Question

While I was twelve, my family moved to a new home on the top of mountain. It was a _______house, but life was a little tough there. We could only get _______from a nearby spring and the only _______of heat was a wood stove in the kitchen. My Dad had become _______with a back injury so it was up to me and my brother to chop wood for the stove and _______home five-gallon containers of drinking water every day. I _______both chores and avoided them whenever I could. For the first few years there, my brother did most of the _______.

When he left home for the army, _______it was up to me to _______these chores. At first I ________a lot, but after a while I found that I didn’t ________doing them at all. Maybe I became ________or maybe I was becoming a little less spoiled. All I ________was that it felt good to be able to help Mom and Dad. It made me feel alive, ________, and closer to my parents even while ________was (were) dropping from my face.

Though many years have passed, I still ________those boyhood chores. It isn’t the work that matters. It is the way you ________when you do the work that matters. In this life we are all going to have ________work of one kind or another. It can bring us misery or ________. When we do our work with all our ________it becomes a gift that we give to ourselves and others.

1.A. cheap    B. lovely    C. special    D. comfortable

2.A. electricity    B. gas    C. water    D. heat

3.A. source    B. resource    C. end    D. change

4.A. slow    B. worried    C. annoyed    D. disabled

5.A. find    B. carry    C. save    D. store

6.A. performed    B. shared    C. hated    D. challenged

7.A. tasks    B. opportunities    C. choices    D. responsibilities

8.A. therefore    B. besides    C. though    D. otherwise

9.A. give in to    B. put up    C. take over    D. come up with

10.A. shouted    B. wept    C. whispered    D. complained

11.A. forget    B. miss    C. imagine    D. mind

12.A. potential    B. mature    C. serious    D. generous

13.A. expected    B. attempted    C. knew    D. promised

14.A. happy    B. nervous    C. curious    D. cautious

15.A. concerns    B. fear    C. tears    D. sweat

16.A. recommend    B. refuse    C. recognize    D. remember

17.A. pretend    B. feel    C. behaved    D. choose

18.A. dangerous    B. great    C. hard    D. creative

19.A. joy    B. choice    C. comfort    D. decision

20.A. care    B. heart    C. patience    D. ease

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.A

9.C

10.D

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.A

15.D

16.D

17.B

18.C

19.A

20.B

【解析】本文为夹叙夹议文。文章讲述了作者的父亲由于背部受伤残疾不能工作，哥哥参军，所以家务活只能自己承担。即使很累，作者也感到高兴。因为作者认识到为自己的家人工作再辛苦也值得。

1.考查形容词辨析。句意：当我十二岁的时候，我家搬到了山顶上的一个新家。这是一个可爱的房子，但那里的生活有些艰难。A. cheap便宜的；B. lovely可爱的；C. special特别的；D. comfortable舒服的。根据后面的“__1___house, but life was a little tough there.”，but表示转折，后面说生活有点苦，自然不会是comfortable（舒服的）和special（特别的）。文中没有提及是租的房子，可知cheap（便宜的）也不符合。新家在山顶，应该是lovely（可爱）。故选B项。

2.考查名词辨析。A. electricity电力；B. gas气体；C. water水；D. heat热量。根据后面的“from a nearby spring”及第5小题的“_5__home five-gallon containers of drinking water”可知，是从附近的泉水里取（water）。故选C项。

3.考查名词辨析。A. source本源，源头，来源；B. resource资源，物力；C. end结尾；D. change变化，改变。根据后面的“the only _3___of heat was a wood stove in the kitchen.”可知，厨房里的木火炉是唯一的热源（source），故选A。

4.考查形容词辨析。A. slow缓慢的；B. worried担忧的；C. annoyed令人生气的；D. disabled残疾的。根据后面的“a back injury”可知，是因为背部受伤而残疾。故选D项。

5.考查动词辨析。A. find找到；B. carry携带，输送，运载；C. save节约；D. store储存。句意：因此，我和我哥哥要为炉子劈柴，每天带（carry）回家五加仑的饮用水。故选B项。

6.考查动词辨析。A. performed表现，表演；B. shared分享，分担；C. hated痛恨；D. challenged挑战。根据下文For the first few years there, my brother did most of the ___7___.可知，最初几年大部分家务都是自己哥哥做，所以“我”是痛恨家务。故选C项。

7.考查名词辨析。A. tasks工作，任务；B. opportunities机会，机遇；C. choices选择；D. responsibilities责任。根据上文的内容可知，是背柴火和水，推断出这是家务。故选A。

8.考查连接词。A. therefore因此；B. besides而且，除….之外，还；C. though虽然，尽管；D. otherwise否则，另外，别的方式。根据“he left home for the army,”可知，哥哥参军走了，因此由“我”来干家务活。前后是因果关系，故选A。

9.考查动词短语辨析。A. give in to屈服于，让步于；B. put up举起，张贴，提供食宿；C. take over接管，承担；D. come up with想出。句意：当他离开家去参军时，由我来承担（take over）这些家务活。故选C项。

10.考查动词辨析。A. shouted大声喊叫；B. wept哭泣，流泪；C. whispered低声说；D. complained抱怨。根据上文可知，哥哥参军家务活落在“我”身上，自然会抱怨（complained），故选D项。

11.考查动词辨析。A. forget忘记；B. miss错过；C. imagine想像；D. mind在意。根据后面的“it felt good to be able to help Mom and Dad”（能帮助爸爸妈妈，感觉很好。）可知，后来“我”不在意了。故选D项。

12.考查形容词辨析。A. potential潜在的，可能的；B. mature成熟的；C. serious严重的；D. generous慷慨的。“我”由开始的抱怨到后面的不在意，也许是因为“我”变得成熟（mature）了，故选B项。

13.考查动词辨析。A. expected期望，预料；B. attempted尝试，试图；C. knew知道；D. promised承诺。我所知道的（knew）是能帮助爸爸妈妈干活，感觉很好。它让我感觉很快乐。故选C项。

14.考查形容词辨析。A. happy高兴的；B. nervous紧张的；C. curious好奇的；D. cautious小心的，谨慎的。根据上文“it felt good to be able to help Mom and Dad. It made me feel alive.”可知，愿意帮助父母，所以帮助做家务是高兴的（happy）。故选A项。

15.考查名词辨析。A. concerns关注；B. fear恐惧，害怕；C. tears眼泪；D. sweat汗水。句意：尽管汗水（sweat）从脸上掉下来，我也很高兴。故选D。

16.考查动词辨析。A. recommend推荐；B. refuse拒绝；C. recognize承认，识别；D. remember记得。虽然很多年过去了，我仍然记得（remember）那些童年的琐事。故选D项。

17.考查动词辨析。A. pretend假装；B. feel感觉；C. behaved表现；D. choose选择。重要的不是工作而是当你做事时的你的那种感觉（feel）。故选B项。

18.考查形容词辨析。A. dangerous危险的；B. great伟大的；C. hard艰难的；D. creative有创造性的。在这一生中，我们都会有这样或那样的艰苦工作。故选C项。

19.考查名词辨析。A. joy喜悦，快乐；B. choice选择；C. comfort安慰；D. decision决定。根据“misery or__19___可知，应当是（joy）。句意：它能带给我们痛苦或欢乐。故选A项。

20.考查固定搭配。A. care关心；B. heart心脏，感情；C. patience耐心；D. ease舒适，容易，安逸。with all one’s heart为固定搭配，意为“全心全意地”。句意：当我们全心全意地工作时，它就会成为我们给自己和他人的礼物。故选B项。