Question

I believe that families are not only blood relatives, but sometimes people who show up and love you when no one else will.
In May 1977, I was living in a Howard Johnson’s motel off Interstate 10 in Houston. My dad and I 1 a room with two double beds and a bathroom was too 2for a 15-year-old girl and her father. Dad’s second marriage was3and my stepmother had4us both out of the house the previous week. Dad had no5 what to do with me. And that’s when my other family6.
Barbara and Roland Beach took me into their home7their only daughter, Su, my best friend, asked them to. I 8with them for the next seven years.
Barb washed my skirts the same as Su’s. She9I had lunch money, doctors’ appointments, help with homework and nightly hugs. Barbara and Roland attended every football game where Su and I were being cheerleaders.10I could tell, for the Beaches there was no11between Su and me; I was their daughter, too.
When Su and I12college they kept my room the same for the entire four years I attended school. Recently, Barb presented me with an insurance policy they bought when I first moved in with them and had continued to pay on for 23 years.
The Beaches knew13about me when they took me in – they had heard the whole story from Su. When I was seven, my mother died and from then on my father relied on other people to14his kids. Before I went to live with the Beaches I had believed that life was entirely15 and that love was shaky and untrustworthy. I had believed that the only person who would take care of me was me.
16the Beaches, I would have become a bitter, cynical (憤世嫉俗的) woman. They gave me a(n)17that allowed me to grow and change. They kept me from being paralyzed by my 18 , and they gave me the confidence to open my heart.
I 19family. For me, it wasn’t the family that was there on the day I was20, but the one that was there for me when I was living in a Howard Johnson’s on Interstate 10.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      lived
   2. B.
      shared
   3. C.
      possessed
   4. D.
      bought
2. 2.
   1. A.
      cheap
   2. B.
      noisy
   3. C.
      small
   4. D.
      limited
3. 3.
   1. A.
      in trouble
   2. B.
      in sight
   3. C.
      in place
   4. D.
      in parts
4. 4.
   1. A.
      struck
   2. B.
      removed
   3. C.
      kicked
   4. D.
      knocked
5. 5.
   1. A.
      plan
   2. B.
      choice
   3. C.
      chance
   4. D.
      idea
6. 6.
   1. A.
      looked after
   2. B.
      showed up
   3. C.
      turned over
   4. D.
      came across
7. 7.
   1. A.
      so
   2. B.
      because
   3. C.
      until
   4. D.
      while
8. 8.
   1. A.
      worked
   2. B.
      traveled
   3. C.
      lived
   4. D.
      learned
9. 9.
   1. A.
      worked out
   2. B.
      called up
   3. C.
      watched out
   4. D.
      made sure
10. 10.
    1. A.
       As long as
    2. B.
       As far as
    3. C.
       As soon as
    4. D.
       As many as
11. 11.
    1. A.
       change
    2. B.
       problem
    3. C.
       conflict
    4. D.
       difference
12. 12.
    1. A.
       set off
    2. B.
       left for
    3. C.
       entered into
    4. D.
       admitted into
13. 13.
    1. A.
       all
    2. B.
       little
    3. C.
       something
    4. D.
       nothing
14. 14.
    1. A.
       supply
    2. B.
       teach
    3. C.
       encourage
    4. D.
       raise
15. 15.
    1. A.
       different
    2. B.
       unfair
    3. C.
       easy
    4. D.
       hopeful
16. 16.
    1. A.
       Thanks to
    2. B.
       In spite of
    3. C.
       Except for
    4. D.
       But for
17. 17.
    1. A.
       home
    2. B.
       house
    3. C.
       ability
    4. D.
       lesson
18. 18.
    1. A.
       choice
    2. B.
       failure
    3. C.
       past
    4. D.
       present
19. 19.
    1. A.
       doubt about
    2. B.
       call on
    3. C.
       center on
    4. D.
       believe in
20. 20.
    1. A.
       born
    2. B.
       accepted
    3. C.
       educated
    4. D.
       deserted

Answer 1

BCACD BBCDB DBADB DACDA
家人不僅僅是血親。有的時候，有人會在無人愿意伸出援手的時候出現(xiàn)在你的身邊，讓你感受到愛，那也是家人。
1.B 考查動詞辨析。我跟我爸爸共用(shared)一個有兩張雙人床和一個洗手間的房間。
2.C考查形容詞辨析。這衛(wèi)生間對于一個15歲女孩子和她爸爸來說實在是太小了。
3.A考查介詞短語。那時，我爸爸的第二次婚姻陷入了麻煩了。
4.C考查動詞辨析。之前一周，我后母把我們父女倆趕了（kick）出來。
5.D考查名詞辨析。爸不知道該拿我如何是好。have no idea不知道。
6.B考查動詞短語。正在這個時候，我的另一個家庭出現(xiàn)（show up）了。
7.B考查連詞辨析。芭芭拉·比奇和羅蘭·比奇夫婦兩人把我接到他們家里，而這僅僅是因為我最要好的朋友——他們唯一的女兒蘇的請求他們做的。
8.C考查動詞辨析。從此，我與他們一起生活了達七年之久。
9.D考查動詞短語辨析。她確保讓我每天都有吃午飯的錢。
10.B考查短語辨析。在我看來(as far as I can tell)，比奇夫婦對待我跟蘇一視同仁(no difference)：我也是他們的女兒。
11.D考查名詞辨析。見上題解析。
12.B考查短語辨析。后來，我和蘇離開家(left for)，上了大學(xué)。set off引起；動身；使爆炸 enter into 參加 admit into準許進入。
13.A考查代詞辨析。比奇夫婦在接收我的時候，就了解我的一切（all）。
14.D考查動詞辨析。從那個時候起，我的爸爸就靠其他人幫他撫養(yǎng)(raise)孩子。
15.B考查形容詞辨析。我開始與比奇這一家人住的時候，我相信生活根本就是不公平的。
16.D考查短語辨析。要不是比奇這一家人，我就會變成一個滿腹牢騷、憤世嫉俗的女人。
17.A考查名詞辨析。但他們給了我一個讓我可以成長、可以改變自己的家。
18.C考查名詞辨析。們沒有讓我的過去成為我生活的障礙。
19.D考查短語辨析。我相信家庭。對我來說，家人并不是我出生的那天在等著我的人，而是在我住在十號州際公路旁的豪生汽車旅館時，向我敞開胸懷的那個“安樂窩”
20.A考查動詞辨析。解析見上題。