That was when my son was 6 years old. My son is now 22 but whenever I look at him even as a grown man, I remember the small child with .

Our cat was to give birth. And like all young children, my son was very interested in the birth of the babies. During the following week, he never stopped me for a chance to witness it. At last, I agreed. I answered all his questions and prepared him the best he might not be shocked or frightened.

That when my son arrived home, one baby cat had been born. He was so at what he saw that he would put his hand on the mother cat’s stomach and feel the other babies . When the mother cat began to very loudly, it was clear that the second baby was on its way. My son but never said a word. Then he asked me, “Mum, why does she cry so loudly when the baby comes?” I that it was not a hurtful pain but a pain of great pleasure the mother.

When the of the third baby was coming by the crying of the mother cat, my son hugged (擁抱) me with tears his face, saying, “Mum, I’m sorry for the I brought you to have me.” My heart almost stopped. With a(n) choice of words, I told him that his birth has brought me but smiles, and that I would like to it 100 times.

Now my son is a grown man, but he always that night, for it was on that night that he finally what the word “l(fā)ove” meant.

1.A. smiles B. tears C. interest D. care

2.A. willing B. determined C. ready D. upset

3.A. begging B. searching C. thanking D. commanding

4.A. unless B. until C. as if D. so that

5.A. morning B. afternoon C. noon D. night

6.A. amazed B. frightened C. angry D. sad

7.A. jumping B. sleeping C. moving D. growing

8.A. laugh B. cough C. cry D. shout

9.A. watched B. noticed C. found D. responded

10.A. realized B. explained C. expressed D. added

11.A. in B. with C. on D. for

12.A. loss B. birth C. performance D. protection

13.A. suddenly B. peacefully C. actually D. naturally

14.A.calming down B. rolling down C. setting down D. turning down

15.A. pain B. trial C. cruelty D. violence

16.A. hopeful B. careful C. useless D. informal

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

18.A. join in B. suffer from C. dream of D. go through

19.A. regrets B. remembers C. ignores D. prefers

20.A. understood B. decided C. admitted D. doubted

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.D

6.A

7.C

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.B

15.A

16.B

17.C

18.D

19.B

20.A

【解析】

試題分析:本文講述的是作者的孩子通過觀察他家的貓咪生小貓咪了解到他自己媽媽的偉大之處。

1. smiles微笑 B. tears眼淚 C. interest興趣 D. care關(guān)懷，照料；本文講述是作者的兒子通過觀察自家的貓生小貓了解到自己母親的偉大之處。第一段是整個故事的總述，第二段和第三段講了貓咪生小貓的細節(jié)和作者兒子的反應(yīng)，根據(jù)第四段：my son 58 hugged (擁抱) me with tears 59 his face,可知作者的兒子因為心疼自己而流下了眼淚，這使作者永生難忘即使那時她的兒子還是小孩子的時候，故選B.

2. willing to愿意做……, be determined to決定做……, be ready to為…….做準(zhǔn)備, be upset to對……感到心煩；句意：我們家的貓準(zhǔn)備生小貓崽了。根據(jù)句意，故選C.

3. begging祈求B. searching搜索C. thanking感謝D. commanding指揮，統(tǒng)帥；句意：在接下來的幾個星期里，他從未停止祈求我給他一個機會見證（貓生崽）。根據(jù)句意，故選A.

4. unless除非 B. until直到 C. as if好像D. so that以便，以至于；句意：最后，我同意了。我回答了他所有問題并且為他做了最好的準(zhǔn)備以至于他不被震驚到或被嚇到。根據(jù)句意，故選D.

5. morning早上 B. afternoon下午 C. noon中午 D. night晚上；根據(jù)最后一段：Now my son is a grown man, but he always that night,可知兒子是晚上回來看小貓出生，故選D.

6. amazed吃驚的 B. frightened害怕的 C. angry生氣的 D. sad傷心的；句意：他是如此的吃驚他所看到的一切以至于他將手放在貓媽媽的肚子上，感受其他貓崽的活動。根據(jù)句意，故選A.

7. jumping跳 B. sleeping 睡覺 C. moving移動，活動 D. growing生長，成長；句意：他是如此的吃驚他所看到的一切以至于他將手放在貓媽媽的肚子上，感受其他貓崽的活動。根據(jù)句意，故選C.

8. laugh大笑 B. cough咳嗽 C. cry叫喊，哭 D. shout大叫；根據(jù)第三段：Then he asked me, “Mum, why does she cry so loudly when the baby comes?”（然后他問我，“媽媽，為什么當(dāng)她的孩子出來的時候它叫喊的如此大聲？”）可知橫線上填cry，故選C.

9. watched觀察，注視 B. noticed注意到 C. found找到，創(chuàng)立 D. responded反應(yīng)，回答；句意：我的兒子注視著（貓媽媽）但是他沒有說一句話。根據(jù)句意，故選A.

10. realized 意識到B. explained解釋C. expressed表達D. added增加；因為前文提到兒子問“我”問題，所以，“我”在回答他。句意：我解釋到這不是那種造成傷害的痛苦，對于一個母親來說，這種是痛并且快樂著。根據(jù)句意，故選B.

11. in在….里面 B. with和…一起 C. on在…之上 D. for對于，對……而言；句意：我解釋到這不是那種造成傷害的痛苦，對于一個母親來說，這種是痛并且快樂著。根據(jù)句意，故選D.

12. loss減少，虧損 B. birth出生，血統(tǒng) C. performance表演，執(zhí)行 D. protection保護，防衛(wèi)；根據(jù)第二段：Our cat was to give birth.可知，故選B.

13. suddenly 突然地 B. peacefully安靜地 C. actually實際上 D. naturally自然地；作者的兒子因為看到貓媽媽生小貓如此的辛苦，所以他突然理解到了自己的母親是多么的偉大，句意：我的兒子突然抱著我，眼淚從他臉上滾落了下來。故選A.

14. down平靜下來B. rolling down滾下來 C. setting down放下，定制D. turning down減小，關(guān)�。痪湟猓何业膬鹤油蝗槐е�，眼淚從他臉上滾落了下來。根據(jù)句意，故選B.

15. pain痛苦 B. trial審判，審訊C. cruelty殘酷 D. violence暴力，侵犯；句意：媽媽，我很抱歉當(dāng)你生我的時候給你帶來這么多痛苦。根據(jù)句意，故選A.

16. hopeful游戲望的 B. careful仔細的，認真的 C. useless無用的，無效的 D. informal非正式的，通俗的；因為兒子突如其來的懂事使作者感到感動和震驚，所以，對于兒子的道歉他想說些什么，但必須得認真地斟酌她的用詞，故選B.

17. something某事 B. anything任何事 C. nothing無事D. everything一切，每件事；句意：我認真地思考著我該如何用恰當(dāng)?shù)恼Z言回答他，我告訴他他帶給我除了微笑別無其他，并且我愿意經(jīng)受這樣的痛苦一百次�？芍髡吆軔鬯膬鹤�，覺得兒子是上天賜予她的最好的禮物，故選C.

18. join in 加入，參加B. suffer from忍受，遭受C. dream of夢想 D. go through參加，經(jīng)受；句意：我認真地思考著我該如何用恰當(dāng)?shù)恼Z言回答他，我告訴他他帶給我除了微笑別無其他，并且我愿意經(jīng)受這樣的痛苦一百次。根據(jù)句意，故選D.

19. regrets遺憾 B. remembers記住，記得 C. ignores忽視，不理睬 D. prefers寧愿，更喜歡；句意：現(xiàn)在，我的兒子已經(jīng)長大成人，但是他永遠記住了那個夜晚。因為就是在那個夜晚，他才理解到了“愛”的意義。根據(jù)句意，故選B.

20. 考查動詞。A. understood理解 B. decided決定 C. admitted承認 D. doubted疑惑，懷疑；句意：現(xiàn)在，我的兒子已經(jīng)長大成人，但是他永遠記住了那個夜晚。因為就是在那個夜晚，他才理解到了“愛”的意義。根據(jù)句意，故選A.

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