Question

I was 10 the year my cousin Marley's parents gave her a(n) _____ Christmas surprise: they were getting a divorce (离婚). My aunt _____California, but my uncle decided to get her back. There was one matter_____to put his young daughter._____， my mother loved Marley, giving her more attention than her family ever did.

On that Christmas Eve, my _____ arrived on our doorstep ____ an old blue suitcase. Before she stepped   _____， Marley said, “It doesn't matter. When my parents come back, we'll have a bigger _____ than this.”

Late on the night Marley arrived, my mom came into my room, her arms  ____ with packages.

I knew they were my Christmas presents. “I know how you love surprises but we have to _____ which ones to give to Marley.”

My mother carefully ______ the gifts. Wow! I saw ice skates, red leather gloves and a dollhouse. The last present was the ______ we'd asked the lady at the local store to take down and play for us over and over again.

“Which ones？”my mother asked. “She can ______ the ice skates，”  I said reluctantly (勉强地). “That's good，” my mother said. She began to ______ the packages up again. Then she stopped and asked, “Are you sure about these？” At that moment, I realized she expected ______ from me than I had already   ______. So I gave her the music box, too, and she hugged me.

The next morning, Marley's eyes were resolute (坚定的). She expected nothing and wanted us to know she didn't ______. But when she saw her name on the biggest box, she couldn't hide her ______. I thought my happiness would be cut in half. Instead it was ______．

Over the last 40 years, Marley and I have grown apart. But the love we felt for each other that day still  ______. Today Marley says, “They were the best presents I ever got.”

1.A. comfortable    B. painful    C. interesting    D. wonderful

2.A. came to    B. arrived in    C. went to    D. dreamed of

3.A. when    B. how    C. where    D. why

4.A. Fortunately    B. Surprisingly    C. Unluckily    D. Successfully

5.A. aunt    B. uncle    C. sister    D. cousin

6.A. following    B. carrying    C. keeping    D. owning

7.A. inside    B. outside    C. away    D. down

8.A. present    B. suitcase    C. matter    D. Christmas

9.A. filled    B. taken    C. brought    D. supplied

10.A. offer    B. choose    C. afford    D. decide

11.A. listed    B. divided    C. served    D. opened

12.A. gloves    B. dollhouse    C. ice skates    D. music box

13.A. have    B. play    C. try    D. use

14.A. pick    B. tape    C. hang    D. put

15.A. less    B. little    C. more    D. many

16.A. asked    B. given    C. received    D. accepted

17.A. care    B. agree    C. want    D. think

18.A. movement    B. encouragement    C. disappointment    D. excitement

19.A. reduced    B. increased    C. doubled    D. added

20.A. remains    B. happens    C. appears    D. moves

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.D

9.A

10.D

11.D

12.D

13.A

14.B

15.C

16.B

17.A

18.D

19.C

20.A

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，当母亲把礼物分给“我”表姐的时候，“我”原以为“我”的快乐会减半，但“我”最终明白，“给予”让“我”获得了双倍的快乐。

1.考查形容词辨析及上下文串联。A. comfortable舒服的；B. painful痛苦的；C. interesting有趣的；D. wonderful非常棒的，极为精彩的；由下文马利的父母正在闹离婚可知，他们给了她一个痛苦的圣诞节惊喜。故B项正确。

2.考查动词短语辨析及上下文串联。A. came to来到；B. arrived in 到达；C. went to前往，前去；D. dreamed of梦想；从下句话“我叔叔决定把她接回来”可知，“我”婶婶去了加利福尼亚。故C项正确。

3.考查连词辨析。由下文“我”表姐马利在圣诞节前夕来到了“我”家可知，当时一件麻烦的事情就是她父亲不知把她安排在哪里。故选where。故C项正确。

4.考查副词及上下文串联。A. Fortunately幸运的是；B. Surprisingly令人惊讶地；C. Unluckily不幸地；D. Successfully成功地；由下文“我”母亲给予“我”表姐的爱和关心可推知，应选fortunately“幸运的是”。 故A项正确。

5.考查名词辨析。A. aunt阿姨；B. uncle叔叔；C. sister 姐妹；D. cousin表姐妹，堂姐妹；从上下文可知，是马利来“我”家过圣诞节，而她是“我”的表姐。故D项正确。

6.考查动词词义辨析。A. following 跟随，采纳；B. carrying携带；C. keeping保持；D. owning拥有；句意：表姐提着一个很旧的蓝色手提箱到了“我”家门前台阶上。故B项正确。

7.考查副词辨析。A. inside进去；B. outside外面；C. away离开；D. down向下；从语境可知，马利走到门前台阶上，在走进去之前，她说了句话，表达自己当时的感受。故选A项。

8.考查名词辨析。A. present礼物；B. suitcase手提箱；C. matter麻烦事；D. Christmas圣诞节；从马利所说的话可知，她觉得自己的这个圣诞节过得很凄凉，等爸妈回来后，会过一个更隆重的圣诞节。这里还未涉及礼物，与她所带来的箱子大小也没关系。故D项正确。

9.考查动词辨析。A. filled装满；B. taken拿走；C. brought带来；D. supplied提供；母亲进“我”房间时，她的手里满是许多礼品盒子。故A项正确。

10.考查上下文串联。A. offer提供；B. choose选择；C. afford承担得起；D. decide决定；由下文的“‘which ones？’ my mother asked.”可知，应选decide。故D项正确。

11.考查动词辨析。A. listed列出；B. divided划分，区分；C. served端出；服务，服役；D. opened打开；从下文“我”看见各种各样的礼物可知，妈妈此时打开了礼品包装袋。list “罗列”，divide “划分”，serve“端上来”均不符合语境。故D项正确。

12.考查上下文串联。A. gloves手套；B. dollhouse玩具屋；C. ice skates溜冰鞋；D. music box音乐盒；从该空后的定语从句“我们请当地商店里的售货员拿下来，并一遍一遍地为我们播放”可知这个礼物是音乐盒，下文也提到了音乐盒。故D项正确。

13.考查动词辨析。A. have拥有；B. play玩耍；C. try努力，尝试；D. use使用；根据上下文，妈妈是要“我”把礼物分给马利，让马利得到、拥有某个礼物，因此play, try, use等均不符合语境。故A项正确。

14.考查动词辨析。A. pick捡起；挑选；B. tape包装，扎起；C. hang悬挂；D. put放置；动词短语tape ...up意为“用带子把……扎起来”。从下文可以看出礼物被重新包装起来。故B项正确。

15.考查上下文串联。A. less更少；B. little小的；C. more更多；D. many许多；由下文“我把音乐盒给了表姐”可知母亲是期望“我”能给表姐更多东西。可知more符合此处语境。故C项正确。

16.考查动词辨析。A. asked请求；B. given给予；C. received收到；D. accepted接受；由下文“我把音乐盒给了表姐”可知母亲是期望“我”能给表姐更多东西。故B项正确。

17.考查动词词义辨析。A. care在乎，在意；B. agree同意；C. want想要；D. think思考；由前半句“她不期望得到什么”可推出后半句表示“她想让我们知道她不在乎”，故选care。故A项正确。

18.考查名词词义辨析。A. movement运动；B. encouragement鼓励，鼓舞；C. disappointment失望；D. excitement兴奋； “我”表姐本来不期望得到什么礼物，但当她看见最大的盒子上写着她的名字的时候，她应该是掩藏不住她的兴奋。故D项正确。

19.考查上下文串联。A. reduced减少；B. increased增加；C. doubled加倍；D. added加上；由instead可知，此处填cut in half的反义词double。故C项正确。

20.考查动词词义辨析及上下文串联。A. remains仍然；B. happens 发生；C. appears出现；D. moves移动；通过连词but可知，“我”和“我”表姐马利虽然分开了，但我们之间的爱仍然存在着。故A项正确。