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【題目】My Aunt Fannie wasn't really my aunt and, out of fear, I never called her that to her face. I only______to her as "My Aunt Fannie" because the name always made my father laugh and gave my mother cause to look seriously at both of us—at me for being ______ of my elder and at my father for_____my bad behavior. I enjoyed both_____so I looked for every opportunity to work the name into as many conversations as possible.

As a young woman, my mother had worked in the kitchen of a large farmhouse owned by Fannie Cratty and helped Aunt Fanny make the _____ blueberry cobbler jam ever tasted by anyone in Glenfield. She was known for her tasty jam and for never sharing the recipe with another living soul. ____my mother knew the recipe by heart, she never made the jam without Ms. Cratty in our kitchen to direct the process and ____ the secret.

One year, after I had been particularly helpful with the jam process, as a reward, Aunt Fannie gave me a quarter and then made me ____ that I would never spend it. "___ this quarter," she said, "and some day you will be rich. I __ keep my very first quarter given to me by my grandfather." It had obviously worked for her. __ I put the 1938-quarter into a small box, put it away in my dresser drawer, and waited to become rich.

I now have the blueberry cobbler jam recipe and the quarter from Aunt Fannie. In people's eye Aunt Fannie's success owed to that___ recipe. But to me, it was just a common recipe. Neither have contributed to my net worth, but I keep them as ___ to get hold of the valuable things in life. Money can make you feel rich for a while, but it is the relationships and the ____ of time spent with friends and family that truly leave you wealthy. And that is a ___ that anyone can build.

【1】A. responded B. announced C. referred D. reacted

【2】A. disapproved B. tired C. disrespectful D. convinced

【3】A. agreeing B. encouraging C. praising D. criticizing

【4】A. expressions B. reactions C. manners D. emotions

【5】A. most B .first C. best D. least

【6】A. As long as B. Now that C. As if D. Even though

【7】A. find B. preserve C. observe D. steal

【8】A. promise B. recognize C. realize D. accept

【9】A. Accept B. Pass C. Keep D. Sell

【10】A. still B. thus C. merely D. even

【11】A. However B. Somehow C. Therefore D. Besides

【12】A. expensive B. secret C. useful D. valuable

【13】A. warnings B. fortunes C. possessions D. reminders

【14】A. value B. experiences C. memories D. loss

【15】A. secret B. fortune C. relationship D. success

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】C

【3】B

【4】B

【5】C

【6】D

【7】B

【8】A

【9】C

【10】A

【11】C

【12】B

【13】D

【14】C

【15】B

【解析】本文通過講述芬妮姨媽和她的藍莓醬配方，向我們說明金錢只可以暫時讓人感覺富有,唯有和他人的關(guān)系以及和朋友、家人一起度過的那些日子才會真正充實你的記憶，讓你變得富有。

【1】C考查動詞。A. responded 反應；B. announced宣布； C. referred指的是； D. reacted 反應； refer to sb as 稱呼某人……，句意：出于對她的恐懼,我從沒當面這樣稱呼過她。

【2】C考查動詞。A. disapproved 反對；B. tired 累的；C. disrespectful不尊敬的；D. convinced說服；對芬妮姨媽的稱呼以及后面母親認為父親縱容我可知：——瞪著我是因為我對長輩不尊,瞪著父親是因為他縱容我的不良行為。

【3】B考查動詞。A. agreeing 同意；B. encouraging鼓勵； C. praising 表揚；D. criticizing 批評；從上文父母對這種稱呼的反應可以判斷，選B。

【4】B考查名詞。A. expressions表情； B. reactions 反應；C. manners行為，舉止；D. emotions情感；從上文內(nèi)容可作出判斷，此處指母親和父親對這種稱呼的兩種反應都讓我感到有趣。

【5】C考查形容詞。A. most 最多；B .first第一；C. best最好；D. least 至少；根據(jù)下文她因美味的藍莓醬而聞名判斷：那些年里,我母親幫芬妮姨媽做出整個格蘭菲爾鎮(zhèn)公認最為美味的藍莓餡餅醬。

【6】D考查連詞。As long as 只要；B. Now that 既然； C. As if 仿佛；D. Even though即使；由前后句內(nèi)容判斷是讓步關(guān)系：盡管那個秘方我母親早已背得滾瓜爛熟……

【7】B考查動詞。A. reserve 保存；B. preserve保存；C. observe 觀察；D. steal偷；從上句內(nèi)容推斷：沒有克瑞蒂女士在我們廚房里指揮整個制作流程以此來守住這個秘方,母親絕不會私下做那種藍莓醬。

【8】A考查動詞。A. promise許諾；B. recognize認可； C. realize意識到；D. accept接受；根據(jù)空后內(nèi)容判斷：芬妮姨媽給了我一枚價值25分的硬幣,并要我承諾決不會花了它。

【9】C考查短語。Accept 接受； B. Pass傳遞；C. Keep保持；保留； D. Sell賣掉。從空前內(nèi)容可知本句意思是：保存好這枚硬幣，有一天你就會變得富有。

【10】A考查副詞。A. still 仍然；B. thus因此；C. merely 僅僅； D. even甚至；根據(jù)句意判斷芬妮姨媽仍收藏著她自己拿到的第一枚硬幣,那是她的爺爺送給她的。

【11】C考查副詞。A. However 然而；B. Somehow 不知怎得；C. Therefore 因此；D. Besides此外；從前句內(nèi)容判斷此處是表示結(jié)果：因此，我把那枚1938年制造的硬幣塞進一個小盒子里,把盒子放進我的梳妝臺抽屜里,等著變成有錢人。

【12】B考查形容詞。A. expensive昂貴的；B. secret 秘密的；C. useful 有用的；D. valuable 有價值的；根據(jù)上文內(nèi)容判斷：在人們眼里,芬妮姨媽的成功歸功于那個秘方。

【13】D考查名詞。A. warnings 警告；B. fortunes財富；C. possessions財產(chǎn)；D. reminders提醒；根據(jù)下文內(nèi)容判斷作者不認為那枚硬幣對成功起作用：只想借其提醒自己把握住人生中那些珍貴的東西。

【14】C考查名詞。A. value 價值；B. experiences 經(jīng)驗，經(jīng)歷；C. memories 記憶；D. loss損失；據(jù)情理推測作者珍惜的是和親人朋友一起度過的美好時光和記憶：唯有和他人的關(guān)系以及和朋友家人一起度過的那些日子的回憶才會真正讓你變富有。

【15】B考查名詞。A. secret秘密；B. fortune財富C. relationship 關(guān)系； D. success 成功；據(jù)前面內(nèi)容判斷：那是每個人都可以創(chuàng)造的財富。