Question

“I wouldn’t buy that woman a Mother’s Day card, even if my life depended upon it,” said the woman standing by the card shelf at Wal-Mart. I looked up and saw a(n) __ of total disgust and disappointment.

Having been __ at a Florida orphanage (孤儿院) at age four, I never knew what it felt like to have a mother or a father. Never once had I received a hug or a kiss from my parents. That part of my life is a total __.

She looked up, saw me looking at her and __ angrily, “Just what are you looking at, you fool?”

“Sorry Ma’am. I never had a mother, and I was __ by your words.” I reached over and picked up a nice-looking __, opened it and began to read, “Thank you __ for being my mother.”

“Do you think your mother would like that card? Mine would, I think,” I said.

“Do you know what it is like to be yelled at for years, and __ be told that you are loved?” she asked.

“My mother didn’t __ me, let alone shout. She just took me to the orphanage and that’s where I stayed until I grew up,” I replied.

“Don’t you __ her?” she asked.

“Oh, I can’t. She’s my mother. Being a mother is a position to be __, even if she is not a very nice person,” I told her. The woman stood there __ her head.

I looked down at the floor and said, “I know your mother __ have done a lot of things that hurt you. It appears as if you hate her. But I can tell you this from my __ that disliking her, or even hating her, feels nowhere near as __ as never having known a mother at all—good or bad. At least, you feel __. For me, it’s all just a large blank of loneliness inside my heart, and that’s __ I’ll feel until I die.”

The woman stood there for several seconds. __, she reached out, took the card from my hand, smelled it, and placed it in her cart.

After she left, I __ a nice card for my mother. I took it home, __ it, and placed it with the other Mother and Father’s Days cards bought all these years, each marked “Address Unknown”.

1.A. idea    B. appearance    C. impression    D. look

2.A. reduced    B. lost    C. deserted    D. rescued

3.A. blank    B. pain    C. misfortune    D. dark

4.A. required    B. stared    C. screamed    D. refused

5.A. shocked    B. annoyed    C. disappointed    D. relieved

6.A. envelope    B. book    C. card    D. magazine

7.A. simply    B. basically    C. originally    D. mainly

8.A. often    B. sometimes    C. never    D. once

9.A. leave behind    B. turn to    C. care about    D. know of

10.A. accuse    B. love    C. miss    D. hate

11.A. expected    B. obeyed    C. respected    D. depended

12.A. shaking    B. raising    C. dropping    D. nodding

13.A. might    B. need    C. would    D. should

14.A. belief    B. responsibility    C. experience    D. nature

15.A. fragile    B. lonely    C. anxious    D. hateful

16.A. nothing    B. everything    C. anything    D. something

17.A. what    B. where    C. how    D. why

18.A. Cheerfully    B. Eagerly    C. Willingly    D. Hesitantly

19.A. turned out    B. made out    C. worked out    D. picked out

20.A. mended    B. signed    C. covered    D. exposed

Answer

1. D

2. C

3. A

4. C

5. A

6. C

7. A

8. C

9. C

10. D

11. C

12. A

13. A

14. C

15. B

16. D

17. C

18. D

19. D

20. B

【解析】

本文讲述了“我”作为一位孤儿，在商店挑选母亲节贺卡时，通过对一位女士的劝说，使得她对母亲的看法有所改观，并购买了贺卡，文章同时也揭露“我”作为孤儿缺乏母爱的状况。

1.考查名词辨析。A. idea主意，想法；B. appearance外貌，外观;；C. impression印象，感觉；D. look表情; 通过观色，女士不喜欢她的母亲，不仅通过她的言语，也通过她的可以表情看出来。这里look更为贴切，它是由动作者主观表现出来的，而appearance更在意其客观相貌， I looked up and saw a(n) expression of total complaint and dislike句意：我抬起头，看到一张充满厌恶和失望的脸。故选D。

2.考查动词辨析。 A.reduced 减少；B. lost遗失，失去；C. deserted丢开，抛弃;D. rescued营救，救援；“我”是母亲丢在孤儿院的孩子，是被母亲deserted抛弃了，而不是lost遗失，reduced和rescued这里表意牵强。Having been deserted at a Florida orphanage at age four, I never knew what it felt like to have a mother or a father句意：四岁那年，我被遗弃在佛罗里达州的一家孤儿院里，我从来不知道拥有母亲或者父亲会是什么感觉。故选C。

3.考查形容词辨析。 A. blank 空白的； B. pain 痛苦； C. misfortune 不幸； D. dark 漆黑的。Never once had I received a hug or a kiss from my parents我从未得到过父母的一个拥抱、一个亲吻 得知父爱和母爱从未在“我”生命里出现过，对于“我”来说，自然不知道拥有它们的感受。所以 That part of my life is a total blank我生命的这部分完全是一片空白。这里“我”是无法同女士感同身受的，只是客观阐述事实。故选A。

4.考查动词辨析。A. required 需要； B. stared 盯着； C. screamed 尖叫； D. refused 拒绝。She looked up, saw me looking at her and screamed angrily句意：那位女士抬起头，看见我在注视着她，便尖叫起来。故选C。

5.考查形容词辨析。 A. shocked 惊讶的； B. annoyed 烦恼的； C. disappointed 失望的； D. relieved 如释重负的。Ma’am. I never had a mother, and I was 35 by your words.” 句意：“对不起，夫人。我没有母亲，你说的话让我大吃一惊。”故选A。

6.考查名词辨析。 A. envelope 信封； B. book 书籍； C. card 卡片； D. magazine 杂志。I reached over and picked up a nice-looking card , opened it and began to read句意我伸手挑了一张漂亮的贺卡，打开并念起上面的文字。故选C.。

7.考查副词辨析。A．simply不过，仅仅; B. basically主要地;基本上; C. originally起初，独创地；D. mainly主要地; 母亲节是孩子感恩母亲的节日。仅仅因为她是母亲，最起码要感谢生育之恩。“Thank you simply for being my mother.”句意：“谢谢您，就因为您是我的母亲。”故选A。

8.考查副词辨析。 A. often 经常； B. sometimes 有时； C. never 从不； D. once 一旦。 you know what it is like to be shouted at for years, and never be told that you are loved?” she asked. “你知道多年来一直忍受她的吼叫，并且从未听她说过她爱我，那是什么感觉吗？”她问。故选C。

9.考查动词短语。A. leave behind忘带; 留下; 丢弃; B. turn to 转向；C. care about关心;在乎;担忧; D. know of知道，了解；“我”的母亲都没关心过我，哪怕是责骂我。这种冷漠已经绝情。My mother didn’t care about me, let alone shout句意：我母亲根本不在乎我，更没有对我吼叫过。故选C。

10.考查动词辨析。A. accuse 指责； B. love 热爱； C. miss 错过； D. hate 痛恨；

“Don’t hate you her?” she asked. 句意：“你不恨她吗？”她问。故选D。

11.考查动词辨析。母亲理应被尊重。A. expected 期待；B. obeyed服从，遵守；C. respected尊重，尊敬;D. depended依赖;信赖; Being a mother is a position to be respected, even if she is not a very nice person句意：身为母亲，就应该受到尊重，即使你的母亲不是一个很好相处的人。故选C

12.考查动词辨析。“我”的只言片语还不足以使得女士转变观念，而是下文中我继续说理才打动那位女士。A. shaking摇动; B. raising上升；；C. dropping（使）落下；D. nodding点头 The woman stood there shaking her head句意：女人站在那里，摇头。故选A。

13.考查情态动词。A. might 可能； B. need 需要； C. would 将会； D. should 应该； I know your mother might have done a lot of things that disturbed you句意：我知道，你母亲也许做了很多令你不开心的事。故选A。

14.考查名词辨析。A. belief 信念； B. responsibility 责任； C. experiences经验，经历；D. nature天性，本质；“我”的经历是女士不曾体会的，由此可以给她带来更多的启示。But I can tell you this from my experiences that disliking her句意：但是，我可以凭我的经验告诉你。故选C。

15.考查形容词辨析。A. fragile 脆弱的； B. lonely孤独； C. anxious 焦急的； D. hateful 憎恨的；女士虽是被母亲吼，但与一个孤苦伶仃、连母亲都不知道是谁的“我”相比，还是幸福太多。lonely孤独；disliking her, or even hating her, feels nowhere near as lonely as never having known a mother at all—good or bad句意：讨厌她，甚至是恨她，绝对不会像根本不知道自己的母亲是谁那么孤独。故选B。

16.考查不定代词。A. nothing什么都没有； B. everything 一切； C. anything 任何事； D. something 某些事。一切，但也好于nothing 什么都没有。At least, you feel something.句意：至少你会感觉到一些东西。故选D。

17.考查连接词。A. what 什么； B. where 哪里； C. how 如何； D. why 为什么。how 在这里可译为“这种感觉”，指代文中“我”的感受For me, it’s all just a large blank of loneliness inside my heart, and that’s how I’ll feel until I die.句意：而我什么都感觉不到，我的内心深处，只感到巨大的空白和孤独。这种感觉会一直持续到我死去的那一刻。故选C。

18.考查副词辨析。A. Cheerfully欢乐地;愉快地; B. Eagerly渴望地，热切地；C. Willingly乐意地；D. Hesitantly迟疑地，踌躇地； 这里Hesitantly迟疑地，踌躇地比较恰当。Hesitantly, she reached out, took the card from my hand, smelled it, and placed it in her cart.句意：她慢慢地伸过手来，拿走我手上的贺卡，闻了一下，把它放进了购物车。故选D。

19.考查动词辨析。A. turned out结果是; B. made out理解 C. worked out解决; D. picked out挑选; 贺卡需要挑选。After she left, I picked out a nice card for my mother句意: 她离开以后，我又挑了一张漂亮的卡片。故选D。

20.考查动词辨析。 mended修理，修补; B. signed签名; C. covered覆盖D. exposed揭露;暴露; 这里指给贺卡签名。I took it home, signed it, and placed it with the other Mother and Father’s Days cards bought all these years, each marked “Address Unknown”. 我把它带回家，签上名字，然后把它与多年来我所买的那些母亲节和父亲节卡片放在一起，每一张都写着“不详”。故选B。