Question

There is something graceful about a well-made hurricane lamp, especially the antique ones. Mom had affection for them.

I can remember ______ through countless flea markets for hurricane lamps, which are _______to keep their light lit through the _______of moments. Mom tried hard to buy the lamps in ______, as her favorite of all the lamps had no mate.

The spring after Mom’s first ______ with cancer, we went to a local craft fair to pass the time, to keep ______. We were still waiting to hear from the doctors on the ______ of her follow-up tests.______ to search something for my mom, I bounded ahead of her and baby brother as they ______ along the tables. I didn’t ______ far before something caught my eye. Standing proud on the display table sat a lamp.

I was excited, as I _______back through the crowd to my mom. “Mom! You have to see something!” I shouted. “______. I think I’m going to get these lamps. What do you think?” She _______so I could see them but I didn’t even look at them. “You’ve got to see what I found first,” I ______her through the fair. When she saw the lamp, she picked up the lamp ______, running her fingers over the bowl, over the hurricane glass, and ______ it closely. “See this?” She pointed at a very small mark in the glass. “The one at home has the same mark.” She smiled. It was the first time I had seen her ______ smile since the doctors first found the cancer.

When the lamp ______ in our house, next to its mate, she cried. She went to light the lamps and sit on their glow until she could sleep. Years later, I understood her ______ for those lamps, through the darkest moments of her life. Mom was my hurricane lamp. She was inextinguishable (永不熄灭的)—through the darkest moments. She lit my way without ______. She still does.

1.A. seeing    B. finding    C. living    D. searching

2.A. designed    B. allowed    C. decided    D. evolved

3.A. happiest    B. coldest    C. busiest    D. hardest

4.A. group    B. double    C. pairs    D. packs

5.A. acquaintance    B. battle    C. knowledge    D. appointment

6.A. busy    B. merry    C. leisure    D. easy

7.A. results    B. discussions    C. procedures    D. processes

8.A. Arranged    B. Determined    C. Required    D. Permitted

9.A. wondered    B. wandered    C. ran    D. hung

10.A. manage it    B. do it    C. make it    D. carry it

11.A. jumped    B. leaped    C. walked    D. raced

12.A. Hang on    B. Hang about    C. Hang around    D. Hang up

13.A. held them on    B. held them up    C. held them back    D. held them down

14.A. grabbed    B. moved    C. dragged    D. caught

15.A. typically    B. immediately    C. occasionally    D. hesitantly

16.A. inspecting    B. looking    C. testing    D. knocking

17.A. finally    B. deliberately    C. lastly    D. truly

18.A. took its way    B. took its place    C. took its control    D. took its name

19.A. anxiety    B. care    C. need    D. worry

20.A. fail    B. sadness    C. pain    D. tear

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.A

8.B

9.B

10.C

11.D

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.B

16.A

17.D

18.B

19.C

20.A

【解析】

本文为记叙文。作者的妈妈被诊断为癌症后，一次与妈妈等待检查结果时在市场上看见了一只风灯，作者买给了妈妈。妈妈非常喜欢。这盏风灯伴着妈妈渡过人生中最黑暗的时刻。而妈妈是作者的风灯，一直照亮着作者的人生之路。

1.考查固定搭配。句意：我记得在无数的跳蚤市场寻找飓风灯。search for…为固定搭配，意为“寻找”。故选D项。

2.考查动词辨析。A. designed设计；B. allowed允许；C. decided决定；D. evolved演变。句意：这些风灯旨在让他们的光在最艰难的时刻发光。根据后面的内容可知，这盏风灯一直陪伴妈妈度过最困难的一段时间。be designed to do…意为“为…而设计”。故选A项。

3.考查形容词辨析。根据第19题后的“, through the darkest moments of her life.” 风灯陪妈妈渡过是最黑暗（最艰难）时。A. happiest最幸福的；B. coldest最冷的；C. busiest最忙碌的；D. hardest最艰难的。分析选项可知，D项与“艰难”有关，故D符合题意。

4.考查固定搭配。A. group组，团体，群；B. double双的；C. pairs成对；D. packs包裹。根据后面的“…had no mate.”可知是成对地。in pairs为固定搭配，意为“成对地，成双地”。故选C项。

5.考查名词辨析。句意：在妈妈与癌症作斗争后的第一个春天，我们去了当地的手工艺品展来消磨时间。A. acquaintance熟人，相识；B. battle与…作战，争斗；C. knowledge知识；D. appointment约定。故选B项。

6.考查形容词辨析。A. busy忙碌的；B. merry愉快的，快活的；C. leisure闲暇的；D. easy容易的，舒适的。根据后文可知，作者和妈妈在等待医生的诊断结果，所以作者和妈妈去了手工艺品展来消磨时光，让自己有事可做。故选A项。

7.考查名词辨析。句意：我们还在等待医生们对她的后续检查的结果。A. results结果；B. discussions讨论；C. procedures程序，手续；D. processes过程，流程。故选A项。

8.考查动词辨析。A. Arranged安排；B. Determined（使）下决心；C. Required要求；D. Permitted允许。句意：我决心为妈妈找点东西…..。根据上文妈妈喜欢风灯，“我”找遍了市场找到风灯可知，是下定了决心想给妈妈找点东西。be determined to do…为固定搭配，意为“下定了决心做某事”，故选B项。

9.考查动词辨析。句意：妈妈和小弟弟在展台面前徘徊。A. wondered想知道；B. wandered徘徊；C. ran跑；D. hung逗留，悬挂。故选B项。

10.考查短语辨析。A. manage it管理，经营；B. do it做；C. make it强调做的结果成功与否，成功地做到了；D. carry it携带。分析句子可知，直到我看见吸引我的东西我才会买。所以直到突然看到展示台上的傲然端坐着一盏灯，我就决定买下来。故选C项。

11.考查动词辨析。A. jumped跳，跳过；B. leaped跳，跃过；C. walked步行，散步；D. raced全速行进。根据“I was excited,”及后面的让迫不及待地让妈妈看，可知是飞快地跑过去，故选D项。

12.考查动词短语辨析。A. Hang on稍后，等待某事发生；B. Hang about闲逛，耽搁；C. Hang around在附近徘徊；D. Hang up挂起，挂断电话。句意：我很兴奋，当我穿过人群回到我妈妈身边。“妈妈！你一定要看看某样东西！”我大声喊道。“请等一下。我想我要去拿这些灯。你怎么认为？”根据语境可知，作者是请妈妈等一下，故选A项。

13.考查动词短语辨析。A. held them on用力抓住；B. held them up举起展示，使停滞；C. held them back保留，阻止；D. held them down保有，压低。根据语境可知，那盏灯高高举起（held them up）展示给我看，但我甚至没仔细地看它们。故选B项。

14.考查动词辨析。A. grabbed抢先，抢占，攫取；B. moved移动，感动；C. dragged拖，拉；D. caught赶上。根据语境可知，我非常激动，所以我拖着她穿过集市。故C项符合题意。

15.考查副词辨析。A. typically典型地；B. immediately立即；C. occasionally偶尔，间或；D. hesitantly踌躇地。根据前文的“Mom had affection for them.”可知，妈妈特别钟爱这盏风灯，由此可判断出一看见这盏灯，妈妈就立即（immediately）拿起灯。故选B项。

16.考查动词辨析。A. inspecting检查，审视；B. looking看；C. testing测试；D. knocking敲击。根据语境可知，妈妈拿起灯，审视着，故选A项。

17.考查副词辨析。A. finally最后；B. deliberately故意地；C. lastly最后，终于；D. truly真正地，精确地。她笑了。自从医生第一次发现她患癌症以来，我第一次看到她真正地（truly）微笑。故选D项。

18.考查动词短语辨析。A. took its way往，(艰难地)走去；B. took its place就座/位，替代；C. took its control控制；D. took its name取名。当灯在我们的房子里（就座），在它的另一盏旁边时，她哭了。故选B项。

19.考查名词辨析。A. anxiety焦虑；B. care关心，关怀；C. need需要；D. worry担心，忧虑。几年后，我明白了她需要那些灯，渡过她生命中最黑暗的时刻。故选C项。

20.考查名词辨析。A. fail失败，失误，不及格；B. sadness悲伤；C. pain痛苦；D. tear眼泪。妈妈是我的飓风灯。她在最黑暗的时刻一直亮着从未熄灭，照亮了我的道路。从未缺席过，一直如此。故选A项。