Question

I used to have this destructive problem.

I would remember something ____ or stupid I did when I was younger and the memory would hurt. In fact, I don’t know if it was pain in my ____ or just physical pain, ____ it would hurt.

I would be eating dinner or taking a shower and I would feel the memory approaching suddenly. There was no way I could ____ it. All I could do was wait until the memory went away. It took me a long time to recognize I was ____ a type of grief (悲伤) and the way I was dealing with it wasn’t ____. I’d stop and clench (攥紧) my fists until the ____ of the memory passed: half fighting it, half letting it defeat (击败) me. It truly was like a person who ____ roller coasters riding a roller coaster: I would ____ it firmly while on the ride, scream, let it move quickly, and then just wish it would be over.

Then, one day I ____ there had to be something better than letting the ____ disaster of my life hurt me whenever they wanted to. I finally decided to handle the next incident ____. That next time turned out to be a cold winter morning as I ____ across the parking lot from the subway station. I could feel ____, shame and guilty start to hit me. But this time, I didn’t react in an unhealthy way. ____, I stopped walking, closed my eyes, and opened my ____ as if I was about to give someone a hug (拥抱).

I welcomed the memory of a time when I acted stupidly and selfishly and had ____ other people. I remembered all the details and then I ____ what I had done. Though all the things showed the fact that I was not ____, I learned to forgive myself. As a result, I stopped letting the memory ____ me.

1.A. selfish    B. enjoyable    C. strange    D. amazing

2.A. head    B. stomach    C. mind    D. nerve

3.A. and    B. but    C. or    D. so

4.A. forget    B. face    C. afford    D. stop

5.A. experiencing    B. expressing    C. showing    D. observing

6.A. traditional    B. honest    C. practical    D. healthy

7.A. pain    B. time    C. value    D. history

8.A. loves    B. fears    C. chooses    D. avoids

9.A. fix    B. say    C. grasp    D. shake

10.A. proved    B. realized    C. remembered    D. wondered

11.A. narrow    B. past    C. bright    D. straight

12.A. secretly    B. carefully    C. differently    D. equally

13.A. ran    B. drove    C. rode    D. walked

14.A. risk    B. pressure    C. regret    D. doubt

15.A. Instead    B. However    C. Still    D. Besides

16.A. windows    B. doors    C. arms    D. eyes

17.A. puzzled    B. praised    C. encouraged    D. hurt

18.A. witnessed    B. shared    C. recorded    D. accepted

19.A. perfect    B. beautiful    C. unfriendly    D. stupid

20.A. respect    B. help    C. control    D. fool

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.A

6.D

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.B

11.B

12.C

13.D

14.C

15.A

16.C

17.D

18.D

19.A

20.C

【解析】

本文属于记叙文，讲述作者遇到一个很严重的问题，总是被消极的回忆所困扰，甚至一度影响其生活，但是通过改变自己的心态，对自己的以前的消极回忆淡然处理，学会原谅自己，终于成功解决了这个难题。

1.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我总是会想起一些小时候做的自私或愚蠢的事情，而这些回忆严重影响了我。A. selfish自私的；B. enjoyable开心的；C. strange奇怪的；D. amazing令人惊讶的。根据文章最后一段I welcomed the memory of a time when I acted stupidly and selfishly可知，作者以前被这些消极的回忆所影响，但是现在学会淡然，与最后一段第一句呼应，故选A。

2.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我不知道它是精神上痛苦还是肉体上痛苦，但是真的很伤人。A. head脑袋；B. stomach胃；C. mind思想；D. nerve神经。根据本句or just physical pain可知，两者为选择关系，相比肉体上为精神上，故选C。

3.考查连词词义辨析。句意：我不知道它是精神上痛苦还是肉体上痛苦，但是真的很伤人。分析句子可知，作者不确定是哪方面的痛苦，与后面的伤人形成对比，故用转折连词but，故选B。

4.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我没有办法阻止它。A. forget忘记；B. face面对；C. afford承担得起；D. stop阻止。根据后文All I could do was wait until the memory went away.可知，作者对此毫无办法，只能等待消极回忆慢慢消退，因此无法阻止，故选D。

5.考查动词词义辨析。句意：很长时间后我才意识到我正处于悲伤阶段，处理悲伤的方法也是不健康的。A. experiencing经历；B. expressing表达；C. showing显示；D. observing观察。根据前文I don’t know if it was pain可知，作者之前不知道自己的症状，现在知道自己正在经历，故选A。

6.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：很长时间后我才意识到我正处于悲伤阶段，处理悲伤的方法也是不健康的。A. traditional 传统的；B. honest诚实的；C. practical实际的；D. healthy健康的。根据前文All I could do was wait until the memory went away.可知，作者对此只能消极等待症状结束，没有积极采取措施，因而是不健康的，故选D。

7.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我将拽紧手，握成拳头直到痛苦的回忆消散，一半和痛苦的回忆作斗争，一半是让它击败我。A. pain痛苦；B. time时间；C. value 价值；D. history历史。根据前文All I could do was wait until the memory went away.可知，作者的应对措施是被动等待，因而痛苦，故选A。

8.考查动词词义辨析。句意：这就像一个害怕玩过山车的人正玩着过山车一样，紧紧抓住扶手，大声尖叫，以便让它快点过去，并且希望早点结束。A. loves爱；B. fears害怕；C. chooses选择；D. avoids避免。根据本句的描述可知，本场景描述一个害怕坐过山车的人玩过山车的模样，因而选B。

9.考查动词词义辨析。句意：这就像一个害怕玩过山车的人正玩着过山车一样，紧紧抓住扶手，大声尖叫，以便让它快点过去，并且希望早点结束。A. fix固定；B. say 说；C. grasp抓住；D. shake摇晃。根据本句的描述可知，本场景描述一个害怕坐过山车的人玩过山车的模样，玩的时候牢牢抓住扶手，故选C。

10.考查动词词义辨析。句意：有一天，我突然意识到，除了让这痛苦的回忆肆无忌惮的折磨我之外，我肯定可以做更多的事。A. proved证明；B. realized意识到；C. remembered回忆；D. wondered好奇。作者不堪这种折磨，因而努力寻找解决措施，故选B。

11.考察形容词词义辨析。句意：有一天，我突然意识到，除了让这痛苦的回忆肆无忌惮的折磨我之外，我肯定可以做更多的事。A. narrow狭窄的；B. past 过去的；C. bright明亮的；D. straight径直的。根据前文I would remember something ___1___ or stupid I did when I was younger and the memory would hurt.可知，作者饱受过去痛苦回忆的折磨，故选B。

12.考查副词词义辨析。句意：我决定下次发作的时候，采取不同的措施。A. secretly秘密地；B. carefully仔细地；C. differently不同地；D. equally相等地。根据前文there had to be something better可知，作者认为肯定有更好的解决办法，需要尝试不同的办法，故选C。

13.考查动词词义辨析。句意：下次发作的时候是一个寒冷的当天早上，当时我正从地铁站出来走过一个停车场。A. ran跑；B. drove驾车；C. rode骑行；D. walked步行。根据后文stopped walking可知，作者当时正在步行，故选D。

14.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我开始感受到后悔、耻辱以及愧疚侵袭我。A. risk风险；B. pressure压力；C. regret遗憾；D. doubt怀疑。根据本文可知，作者保守过去消极的回忆的影响，对过去的事情持悔恨的态度，故选C。

15.考查副词词义辨析。句意：相反，我停了下来，闭上双眼，张开双臂，好像要拥抱某人一样。A. Instead相反；B. However但是；C. Still 仍然；D. Besides除此之外。根据前文I finally decided to handle the next incident ___12___可知，作者不再消极对待这个问题，而是主动应对，故本句为主动对待的措施，故选A。

16.考查名词词义辨析。句意：相反，我停了下来，闭上双眼，张开双臂，好像要拥抱某人一样。A. windows窗户；B. doors门；C. arms胳臂；D. eyes眼睛。根据后文as if I was about to give someone a hug (拥抱) 可知，拥抱需要张开双臂，故选C。

17.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我欣然接受了那些痛苦的回忆，在那回忆里，我表现得自私又愚蠢，还伤害别人。A. puzzled使困惑；B. praised称赞；C. encouraged鼓励；D. hurt伤害。分析句子，when I acted stupidly and selfishly and had作定语修饰先行词the time，描述作者的回忆里全是消极的事物，自私、愚蠢、伤害别人，故选D。

18.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我想起了所有的细节，接受了我的所作所为。A. witnessed目睹；B. shared分享；C. recorded记录；D. accepted接受。根据前文welcomed可知，作者对过去回忆的态度发生改变，不再被其苦恼，故选D。

19.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：尽管所有的事情都显示出一个事实，我不是一个完美的人，但是我学会了原谅我自己。A. perfect完美的；B. beautiful美丽的；C. unfriendly不友好的；D. stupid愚蠢的。根据前文when I acted stupidly and selfishly可知，作者之前做过很多傻事，表现自私，因此不完美，故选A。

20.考查动词词义辨析。句意：因此，我不再让过去的回忆控制我。A. respect尊重；B. help帮助；C. control控制；D. fool愚弄。根据全文可知，作者之前一直被过去的痛苦回忆所折磨，现在他决心改变这种状况，故选C。