The Little Angel

Sally jumped up the moment she saw the surgeon(外科醫(yī)生） come out of the operating room. She asked, “How is my little boy?”

The surgeon said, “I’m ____. We did all we could, but your boy didn’t ____ it.”

Sally ____into the chair. The surgeon asked, “Would you like some time with your son before he was transported to the ____?” Sally nodded. While saying goodbye, she ran her fingers ____ through his thick curly hair. “Would you like a lock（一撮）of his hair?” the surgeon asked. Sally nodded yes. The surgeon cut a few hairs, and handed them to Sally. The mother said, “It was Jimmy’s idea to ____ his body to the university for study. He said it might ____ somebody else. “I said no at first, ____ Jimmy said, ‘Mom, I won’t be using it after I die. Maybe it will help some other little boy spend one more day with his Mom.’”

“My Jimmy had a heart of ____, always thinking of someone else, always wanting to help others if he could.” she went on.

Sally walked out of the hospital. She put the bag with Jimmy’s ____ on the seat beside her in the car. The drive home was ____. It was even harder to enter the ____ house. She carried Jimmy’s belongings, and the lock of his hair to her son’s room. She started placing the model cars and other personal things back in his room ____ where he had always kept them. She lay down across his bed and, hugging his pillow, ____ herself to sleep.

It was around midnight when Sally ____. Lying beside her on the bed was a letter. The letter said,

“Dear Mom,

I know you’re going to ____ me, and me too. I will always love you, Mom, even more ____ each passing day. Someday we will see each other again. Until then, if you want to ____a little boy so you won’t be so lonely, that’s OK with me. He can have my room and old toys to play with.

Don’t be sad thinking about me. I don’t hurt any more. The cancer is all ____. I don’t have to stand that ____any more. The angels in Heaven are so tender. They say I’m a Special Angel! I love you, Mom.”

1.A. worried B. sorryC. happy D. grateful

2.A. make B. passC. winD. like

3.A. knocked B. lookedC. sank D. got

4.A. house B. church C. hospital D. university

5.A. anxiously B. lovinglyC. patientlyD. angrily

6.A. donateB. moveC. showD. lend

7.A. affect B. help C. protectD. impress

8.A. for B. and C. soD. but

9.A. gold B. stone C. wisdom D. bravery

10.A. toys B. clothes C. belongingsD. letters

11.A. long B. smoothC. difficult D. dangerous

12.A. emptyB. familiarC. bigD. old

13.A. roughly B. exactlyC. especiallyD. possibly

14.A. put B. sent C. cried D. buried

15.A. wrote B. spokeC. sleptD. awoke

16.A. understandB. forgiveC. leaveD. miss

17.A. withB. around C. onD. in

18.A. saveB. hostC. visitD. adopt

19.A. lost B. gone C. cured D. spotted

20.A. depression B. sadness C. pain D. stress

 

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.A

10.C

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.D

17.A

18.D

19.B

20.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述莎莉的兒子死于癌癥，并且把遺體捐獻(xiàn)給大學(xué)做研究，媽媽十分不舍，在孩子的床上發(fā)現(xiàn)兒子寫給自己的信，安慰媽媽不要悲傷，天堂的天使是很溫柔的。

1.B考查形容詞辨析A. worried著急的；B. sorry對(duì)不起；C. happy高興的；D. grateful感激的；句意：醫(yī)生說，對(duì)不起。我們已經(jīng)盡力。根據(jù)上文提到Sally jumped up the moment she saw the surgeon(外科醫(yī)生） come out of the operating room.在手術(shù)室外等待醫(yī)生，可見醫(yī)生說盡力了，所以是對(duì)不起。

2.A考查動(dòng)詞辨析A. make 使；B. pass經(jīng)過；C. win贏得；D. like喜歡；句意：我們已經(jīng)盡力了，但你的孩子已經(jīng)不行了。根據(jù)下方提到The surgeon asked, “Would you like some time with your son before he was transported to the ____?”可知孩子死了，故選A項(xiàng)。

3.C考查動(dòng)詞辨析A. knocked敲；B. looked看；C. sank下沉；D. got得到；句意：莎莉一下子坐到椅子上。根據(jù)上文提到We did all we could, but your boy didn’t ____ it.”可知母親經(jīng)受不起這樣的打擊，一下坐到椅子上。

4.D考查名詞辨析A. house房子；B. church教堂；C. hospital醫(yī)院；D. university大學(xué)；句意：在他被送到大學(xué)之前你需要看看你兒子嗎？根據(jù)“It was Jimmy’s idea to ____ his body to the university for study.可知把兒子送去大學(xué)做研究，故選D項(xiàng)。

5.B考查副詞辨析A. anxiously焦慮地；B. lovingly柔情地；C. patiently耐心地；D. angrily生氣地；句意：當(dāng)說再見時(shí)，她溫柔地?fù)崦鴥鹤訚饷艿木戆l(fā)。根據(jù)語境，母親與兒子說再見時(shí)，不舍地愛撫著，故選B項(xiàng)。

6.A 考查動(dòng)詞辨析A. donate捐贈(zèng)；B. move移動(dòng)；C. show展示；D. lend借出；句意：這是他自己的主意把尸體捐獻(xiàn)給大學(xué)做研究。Donate sth to sb 把某物捐給某人，故選A項(xiàng)。

7.B考查動(dòng)詞辨析A. affect影響；B. help幫助；C. protect保護(hù)；D. impress留下印象；句意：他說這樣能幫助到他人。根據(jù)下方提到Maybe it will help some other little boy spend one more day with his Mom可見可以用來幫助別人故選B項(xiàng)。

8.D考查連詞辨析A. for因?yàn)椋籅. and并且；C. so因此；D. but但是；句意：開始時(shí)我說不行，但他跟我說，媽媽，當(dāng)我死后又沒有用。根據(jù)句意兩個(gè)句子是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故選D項(xiàng)。

9.A考查名詞辨析A. gold金子；B. stone石頭；C. wisdom聰明；D. bravery勇敢；句意：我的孩子有金子般的心，一直在考慮別人，總是盡可能地去幫助別人。根據(jù)文中提到總愛幫助別人，可見有金子一樣的心，故選A項(xiàng)。

10.C考查名詞辨析A. toys玩具；B. clothes衣服；C. belongings所有物；D. letters信；句意：當(dāng)媽媽走出醫(yī)院時(shí)，把吉姆的頭發(fā)放在包里。根據(jù)上文提到“Would you like a lock（一撮）of his hair?” the surgeon asked.可知留下了撮孩子的頭發(fā)，故選C項(xiàng)。

11.C考查形容詞辨析A. long長(zhǎng)的；B. smooth光滑的順利的；C. difficult難的；D. dangerous危險(xiǎn)的；句意：回家之路是那么的艱難。根據(jù)文中提到兒子死去，捐出自己的身體，對(duì)于母親來說，回家之路是那么的艱難，故選C項(xiàng)。

12.A考查形容詞辨析A. empty空的；B. familiar熟悉；C. big大的；D. old老的；句意：回到空空的家更難過。與上句話提到The drive home was ____回家之路很難，而回到空空的家更難，故選A項(xiàng)。

13.B考查副詞辨析A. roughly粗略地；B. exactly確切地；C. especially尤其；D. possibly可能地；句意：她開始收拾孩子的東西，這些東西一直在她熟悉的地方。根據(jù)文中可知母親熟悉孩子每件東西的位置，故選B 項(xiàng)。

14.C考查動(dòng)詞辨析A. put放；B. sent 送；C. cried哭；D. buried埋藏；句意：她躺在孩子的床上，抱著孩子的枕頭，哭著睡著了。根據(jù)句意，母親抱著孩子的枕頭肯定是哭到不行，故選C項(xiàng)。

15.D考查動(dòng)詞辨析A. wrote寫；B. spoke說；C. slept睡覺；D. awoke醒著；句意：午夜時(shí)，莎莉突然醒了。根據(jù)下方提到Lying beside her on the bed was a letter.床上放著封信，所以是媽媽突然醒來看到的，故選D項(xiàng)。

16.D考查動(dòng)詞辨析A. understand理解；B. forgive原諒；C. leave離開；D. miss錯(cuò)過，想念；句意：媽媽，我知道你肯定在想我，我也想你。根據(jù)語境得知兒子提前給媽媽寫的信，說想念媽媽，媽媽肯定也在想念著他，故選D項(xiàng)。

17.A考查介詞辨析A. with與。。B. around在。。周圍；C. on在。。上；D. in在。。里；句意：媽媽，我愛你，一直愛你每天。With表示伴隨，故選A項(xiàng)。

18.D考查動(dòng)詞辨析A. save挽救；B. host舉辦；C. visit訪問；D. adopt收養(yǎng)；句意：如果你收養(yǎng)個(gè)小孩，你就不會(huì)那么孤單。根據(jù)you won’t be so lonely 可知要媽媽收養(yǎng)個(gè)孩子，故選D項(xiàng)。

19.B考查動(dòng)詞辨析A. lost失去；B. gone去；C. cured治愈；D. spotted找到；句意：癌癥也會(huì)消失。根據(jù)上文提到Don’t be sad thinking about me. I don’t hurt any more.想我時(shí)不要悲傷，我不再受傷，可知天堂沒有疾病了，故選B項(xiàng)。

20.C考查名詞辨析A. depression沮喪；B. sadness悲傷；C. pain痛苦；D. stress壓力 ；句意：我不必在忍受痛苦。根據(jù)下方提到The angels in Heaven are so tender.天堂里的天使是如何的溫柔，可知天堂沒有痛苦，讓媽媽放心，不要悲傷，故選C項(xiàng)。

考點(diǎn)：人生百味類短文。

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