Question

The family had just moved. The young woman was feeling a little__31__. It was Mother's Day — and 800 miles separated her from her parents.

    She had called them that morning, and her mother had__32__ how colorful their backyard was__ 33__ spring had arrived. Later, she told her husband how she__34__ those lilacs（丁香）in her parents' yard. “I know where we can find some,” he said. “Get the__35__ and come on.” So off they went.

    Some time later, they stopped at a hill and there were lilacs all round. The young woman rushed up to the nearest__ 36__ and buried her face in the flowers. Carefully, she__37__ some. Finally, they returned to their car for the__38__ home. The woman sat smiling, surrounded by her__39__.

    When they were near home, she shouted “stop,” got off quickly and__40__ to a nearby nursing home.  She went to the end of the porch(門廊), where a(n)__41__ patient was sitting in her wheelchair, and put the flowers into her lap. The two__42__, bursting into laughter now and then. Later the young woman turned and ran back to her__43__. As the car pulled away, the woman in the wheelchair__44__ with a smile, and held the lilacs__45__.

“Mom,” the kids asked, “__46___ did you give her our flowers?” “It is Mother's Day, and she seems so__47__ while I have all of you. And anyone would be__48__ by flowers.”

This satisfied the kids, but not the husband. The next day he__49__ some young lilacs around their yard.

I was the husband. Now, every May, our yard is full of lilacs. Every Mother's Day our kids__50__ purple lilacs. And every year I remember that smile of the lonely old woman.

1.A. moved   B. worried   C. angry    D. depressed

2.A. learned   B. imagined   C. mentioned   D. realized

3.A. now that   B. so that   C. as if     D. even if

4.A. missed   B. grew     C. watered   D. showed

5.A. cars      B. kids      C. clothes   D. lilacs

6.A. bush     B. hill     C. yard     D. door

7.A. bought   B. picked    C. set        D. raised

8.A. break    B. holiday   C. trip       D. dinner

9.A. friends   B. memory   C. flowers   D. honor

10.A. responded   B. pointed   C. drove   D. hurried

11.A. loving    B. elderly   C. serious   D. sensitive

12.A. hesitated   B. waited    C. sat    D. chatted

13.A. family   B. mother   C. path      D. home

14.A. nodded    B. waved      C. left   D. continued

15.A. sadly    B. politely   C. quickly   D. tightly

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

17.A. quiet    B. confused   C. alone    D. patient

18.A. calmed   B. persuaded   C. disappointed   D. cheered

19.A. arranged    B. dried    C. planted   D. hid

20.A. find      B. gather    C. receive   D. sell

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.A

5.B

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.C

10.D

11.B

12.D

13.A

14.B

15.D

16.A

17.C

18.D

19.C

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講了一家人對紫丁香的回憶。如今，每年五月, 每逢母親節(jié)，作者的孩子都要采摘紫丁香花束。每年作者都會記起那位孤獨的老太太臉上露出的笑容，那是妻子善良的體現(xiàn)。

1.根據(jù)It was Mother’s Day – and 800 miles separated her from her parents.故選D，depressed沮喪的。A.感動的B. 擔心的 C生氣的。

2.上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)上文She had called them，然后推斷出在電話中，她的母親向她提起，所以院子里的色彩是多么絢麗。故選C，mentioned提到。A獲悉，得知B想象D意識到

3.上下文串聯(lián)。之所以院子里的色彩是多么絢麗，是因為春天已經(jīng)來臨，故選A，now that既然。 B. 為了，以便C. 似乎，好像D.即使

4.上下文邏輯推理。因為出嫁，遠離了父母親，所以當母親提到院子里色彩是多么絢麗的丁香花后，勾起了她對紫丁香的思念，故選A，missed想念。B. 種植C.澆水 D. 展示

5. 根據(jù)“Mom,” the kids asked，故選B。

6.根據(jù)Some time later, they stopped at a hill and there were lilacs all round.故選A，bush灌木叢。B小山 C院子D門，均不合題意。

7.上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)上文buried her face in the flowers及下文put the flowers into her lap可推斷出年輕女在小心翼翼的摘下一些花，故選B。

8.上下文串聯(lián)。上文提到they stopped at a hill，說明他們在出游，然后摘完花后，他們終于返回了汽車，走上了回家的路。故選C，trip旅游，出行。A休息B假期C旅游，出行D正餐，晚餐。

9.根據(jù)Carefully, she picked some，故選C。

10.上下文串聯(lián)。從上文 she shouted “stop,” got off quickly可以看出女士很急切的心情，因此，匆匆走向附近的一家療養(yǎng)院，故選D，hurried。A. 回應，反應B指著C開車，駕車D匆忙趕往。

11.上下文串聯(lián)。從文中sitting in her wheelchair可以說明那個病人上了年紀，故選B，elderly上了年紀的。A.愛的，表示愛意的，親愛的C嚴肅的，認真的D敏感的。

12.上下文串聯(lián)。從后文 bursting into laughter now and then說明兩個人在興高采烈的聊天。故選D，chatted聊天。A.猶豫B.等待C坐，均不合題意

13.上下文推理。年輕女人把花送給療養(yǎng)院的病人后轉(zhuǎn)身跑回到家人的身邊，故選A，family家人。

14.上下文串聯(lián)。從As the car pulled away說明他們要開車離開了，因此坐在輪椅里的那個女人揮動著手告別，故選B，waved揮手。A點頭C離開 D繼續(xù)。

15.上下文推理。年輕女人在母親節(jié)給輪椅里的那個年邁的婦人送紫丁香花，老婦人深深的感動，因此，緊緊地握著那束紫丁香花，故選D，tightly緊緊地。A.悲傷地B有禮貌地 C 快速地，均不合題意。 

16.上下文串聯(lián)。從下文回答 “It is Mother's Day"說明孩子們問，"你為什么把我們的花送給她？"，故選A。

17.上下文串聯(lián)。從后文while I have all of you對比說明：她看起來是那么孤獨，故選C，alone孤獨的。A. 安靜的B困惑的D有耐心的。

18.上下文串聯(lián)。從 上文輪椅上的老婦人手拿鮮花，面帶微笑，說明鮮花會給任何人帶來好心情。故選D，cheered使……高興。A使平靜B說服，勸服C使失望

19.根據(jù)I was the husband. Now, every May, our yard is full of lilacs.故選C，grew種植。

20.常識法。根據(jù)句意，每逢母親節(jié)，我們的孩子都要采擷紫丁香花束。故選B，gather采摘。

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