Question

【題目】A frail old man went to live with his______, daughter-in-law, and a four-year-old grandson. The family ate together nightly at the dinner table. ______the elderly grandfather's shaky hands and failing sight made eating rather_____. Peas rolled off his spoon onto the floor. When he grasped the glass, often milk spilled on the tablecloth.

The son and daughter-in-law became_____the mess. So the husband and wife______a small table in the corner. There, grandfather ate_____while the rest of the family enjoyed dinner at the dinner table. Since grandfather had broken a dish or two, his food was served in a_____bowl.

Sometimes when the family glanced in grandfather's______, he had a tear in his eye as he ate alone. Still, the only words the couple had for______were sharp warnings when he dropped a fork or spilled food. The four-year-old son watched it all______.

One evening_____supper, the father noticed his son playing ______ wood scraps on the floor. He asked the child______, “What are you making?” Just as sweetly, the boy responded, “Oh, I am making a little bowl for you and mama to eat your food from when I grow up.” The words struck the parents so hard______they were speechless. Then______started to stream down their cheeks. ______no word was spoken, both knew_____must be done. That evening the husband took grandfather's hand and gently led him back to the family table.

For the rest of his days he______every meal with the family. And for some reason, ______ husband nor wife seemed to care any longer when a fork was dropped, milk spilled, or the tablecloth soiled. The wise parent______that every day is being laid for the child's future.

【1】A. wife B. brother C. son D. sister

【2】A. And B. So C. Or D. But

【3】A. easy B. difficult C. interesting D. happy

【4】A. angry with B. satisfied with C. concerned about D. tired of

【5】A. built B. bought C. set D. gave

【6】A. lonely B. tiredly C. alone D. happily

【7】A. woolen B. wooden C. golden D. plastic

【8】A. action B. direction C. attraction D. attention

【9】A. him B. her C. me D. you

【10】A. in need B. in case C. in silence D. in all

【11】A. after B. when C. while D. before

【12】A. with B. in C. for D. on

【13】A. strictly B. loudly C. sweetly D. sadly

【14】A. that B. what C. which D. who

【15】A. sweat B. rain C. tears D. water

【16】A. Because B. When C. Until D. Though

【17】A. which B. how C. that D. what

【18】A. cooked B. ate C. prepared D. drank

【19】A. both B. neither C. either D. all

【20】A. recognized B. thought C. realized D. agreed

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】A

【5】C

【6】C

【7】B

【8】B

【9】A

【10】C

【11】D

【12】A

【13】C

【14】A

【15】D

【16】D

【17】D

【18】B

【19】B

【20】C

【解析】

試題分析：一位老人和兒子、兒媳還有他四歲的孫子生活在一起。老人顫抖的雙手和昏花的眼睛使吃飯成了一件很困難的事情。為了防止老人打碎碗，兒子他們把老人的碗換成了木碗。老人的孫子看到爺爺使用木碗吃飯，他也想為爸爸媽媽做木碗。

【1】考查名詞辨析。A妻子；B兄弟；C兒子；D姐妹。根據(jù)第二段“The son and daughter-in-law became...”可知，老人是和兒子一家人一起生活，故選C。

【2】考查并列連詞。 A和；B所以；C或者；D但是。一家人圍著飯桌吃晚飯，顫抖的雙手和下降的視力使老人吃飯變得很困難，前后句子是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故選D。

【3】考查形容詞辨析。A容易的；B困難的；C有趣的；D開心的。根據(jù)“the elderly grandfather's shaky hands and failing sight”可知，老人的雙手顫抖，視力也在下降，說明老人吃飯很困難，且根據(jù)下句“Peas rolled off his spoon...”可知答案，故選B。

【4】考查短語辨析。A生氣；B對......滿意；C關(guān)心；D厭煩。根據(jù)“a small table in the corner”可知，老人的兒子和兒媳對老人的行為感到生氣，他們給老人在角落里擺放了一張桌子，故選A。

【5】考查動(dòng)詞辨析。A建造；B買；C擺放；D給。So the husband and wife_______a small table...老人的兒子和兒媳在角落里給老人擺放了一張桌子，故選C。

【6】考查副詞辨析。A孤獨(dú)地；B疲勞地，厭煩地；C單獨(dú)；D開心地。根據(jù)“while the rest of the family enjoyed dinner at the dinner table”可知，兒子一家人在餐桌上吃飯，老人單獨(dú)在角落里吃晚飯，根據(jù)下段“as he ate alone”可知答案，故選C。

【7】考查形容詞辨析。A羊毛的；B木制的；C金質(zhì)的；D塑料的。根據(jù)下文“his son playing_____wood scraps...I am making a little bowl”可知，老人的孫子在用木片做木碗，說明老人的兒子為了防止老人把碗打碎，于是用木制的碗給老人盛飯，故選B。

【8】考查名詞辨析。A行動(dòng)；B方向；C吸引；D注意。the family glanced in grandfather's______,老人的兒子一家人朝老人那個(gè)方向看時(shí)，他們看到老人眼中含著淚水在吃飯，故選B。

【9】考查人稱代詞。A他；B她；C我；D你。根據(jù)“when he dropped a fork or spilled food”可知，這里指當(dāng)老人把叉子弄掉或把食物弄灑時(shí)，兒子和兒媳就會(huì)嚴(yán)厲斥責(zé)老人，故選A。

【10】考查介詞短語。A需要；B以防；C靜靜地；D總共。The four-year-old son watched it all_____.老人四歲的孫子默不作聲地看著發(fā)生的一切，故選C。

【11】考查連詞辨析。A在......之后；B當(dāng)；C在......期間；D在......之前。根據(jù)本段最后“That evening the husband took grandfather's...to the family table.”可知，老人四歲的孫子做木碗的事情發(fā)生在吃晚飯之前，故選D。

【12】考查介詞辨析。A和；B在......里；C為，給；D在......上。his son playing _____ wood scraps孩子在地上擺弄木頭的碎片，play with擺弄，玩弄，故選A。

【13】考查副詞辨析。A嚴(yán)格地；B大聲地；C甜甜地；D悲傷地。“Just as sweetly”后省略了as his father did，由此可知，孩子的父親是甜甜地問他在干什么，故選C。

【14】考查狀語從句。so...that...如此......以至于......，孩子的話讓她的父母無言以對，故選A。

【15】考查名詞辨析。A汗水；B雨水；C淚水；D水。Then______started to stream down their cheeks.兒子和兒媳認(rèn)識(shí)到了他們犯的錯(cuò)誤，淚水順著臉頰流了下來，故選D。

【16】考查狀語從句的連接詞。此處意為：盡管他們無話可說，但他們知道必須做什么。Because因?yàn)椋籛hen 當(dāng)……的時(shí)候； Until直到；Though盡管。

【17】考查賓語從句。knew后跟賓語從句，done后缺少賓語，故選D。

【18】考查動(dòng)詞辨析。A做飯；B吃；C準(zhǔn)備；D喝。根據(jù)“______ husband nor wife seemed to care any longer when a fork was dropped”可知，當(dāng)叉子掉到地上時(shí)，兒子和兒媳不再責(zé)備老人，說明老人在剩下的時(shí)間里一直和兒子一家一起吃飯，故選B。

【19】考查不定代詞。A兩者都；B兩者都不；C兩者之一；D三者以上人或物都。“______ husband nor wife”指的是兩個(gè)人，且neither與nor連用，故選B。

【20】考查動(dòng)詞辨析。A認(rèn)出，承認(rèn)；B認(rèn)為；C意識(shí)到，了解；D同意。The wise parent_____that every day is being laid for the child's future.老人的兒子和兒媳不再責(zé)備老人，明智的家長都知道生活中的每一天都是在為孩子打基礎(chǔ)，故選C。