Question

We always celebrated my Dad’s November birthday on Thanksgiving Day, even after he entered a nursing home. As years went on, these events took on a(n) meaning – a traditional birthday party for Dad, and a personal for all that he had done for me in my life.

When we knew that it might be Dad’s birthday, the whole family decided to come together for a huge birthday celebration at the nursing home. It was a crowded party ___all of us sitting around him. Dad was a wonderful , and here was a biggest audience he’d ever had.

During a quiet moment, I announced that it was now Dad’s turn to stories from us. I wanted everyone to tell Dad what we loved about him. , we told stories from our hearts, Dad listened with wet, flashing blue eyes. We all kinds of lost memories – stories about when we were little, stories about when Dad was young and stories that are shared as family . Even the littlest grandchildren couldn’t to tell their grandfather why they loved him. For a man who had been kind to so many people in his life, here was our to honor him.

A few months later, at Dad’s memorial service, we fully realized what we had given Dad that night. Those were the stories people normally tell at a . They are told, then, full of tears, with the hope that the departed will somehow hear the outpouring of love._ _ we had given those loving to Dad when he was , told through laughter, accompanied by hugs and joy. I’m sure the stories and memories over in his mind during his last months and days.

Words do , and they are enough. We need to say them, to speak them to the ones we love, for everyone else to hear. That’s the way to love, and our chance to honor a person in life.

1.A. originalB. modernC. complexD. double

2.A. congratulationB. wishC. thankingD. apology

3.A. lateB. lostC. livingD. last

4.A. withB. asC. thoughD. by

5.A. writerB. listenerC. storytellerD. reader

6.A. hear ofB. listen toC. make upD. talk about

7.A. Little by littleB. Now and thenC. All at onceD. One after another

8.A. ifB. becauseC. whileD. before

9.A. recalledB. recordedC. regrettedD. remembered

10.A. thoughtsB. treasuresC. possessionsD. tales

11.A. affordB. helpC. waitD. offer

12.A. chanceB. taskC. dutyD. decision

13.A. burialB. partyC. meetingD. wedding

14.A. AndB. ButC. SoD. Or

15.A. kindnessB. memoriesC. careD. hugs

16.A. healthyB. oldC. youngD. alive

17.A. wentB. flewC. rolledD. came

18.A. benefitB. matterC. workD. mean

19.A. publiclyB. properlyC. consciouslyD. correctly

20.A. fall inB. search forC. hand overD. give back

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.A

14.B

15.B

16.D

17.C

18.B

19.A

20.D

【解析】本文是一篇記敘文，通過講述我們在父親的彌留之際給父親辦宴會，向他表達(dá)敬愛之情，因此沒有留下遺憾，說明了語言的作用，也告訴我們要返別人對我們的愛的最好的方式就是告訴他們。

1. 辨析。A. original 原本的；B. Modern現(xiàn)代的；C. Complex復(fù)雜的；D. Double雙重的。根據(jù)后文a traditional birthday party for Dad, and a personal for all that he had done for me in my life. 給父親的傳統(tǒng)生日派對和對他在我生命中所做的表示感謝�？梢耘袛喑鰜硎请p重含義，故選D。

2. Congratulation祝賀；B. wish 許愿；C. Thanking感謝；D. Apology道歉。由后文中“我生命中他為我所做的”可以得出，這里應(yīng)該是感謝之情，故選C

3. Late晚的；B. Lost輸?shù)�；C. Living活著的；D. Last最后的。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段during his last months and days.在他最后的日月里。我們可以得知這里應(yīng)該是最后一次生日.故選D

4. A. With和…；B. As作為；C. though 盡管；D. By通過。這里是with的復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)做伴隨狀語。該句意思為：那是一個擁擠的排隊(duì)，我們大家都圍著他坐著。故選A

5. Writer作家；B. Listener傾聽者；C. Storyteller講故事的人；D. Reader讀者。由第三段第一句中的told stories講故事，我們可以得知，這里說父親是講故事的人，故選C。

6. hear of知道、同意；B. listen to聽；C. make up虛構(gòu)；D. talk about談到。根據(jù)下文 we told stories from our hearts我們講述心中的故事，可知這里是父親聽我們講故事，故選B

7. Little by little 一點(diǎn)一點(diǎn)的；B. Now and then時不時； C. All at once突然；D. One after another一個接著一個。根據(jù)語境，我們大家給父親講故事，分別講自己的，所以是一個接著一個，故選D。

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9. recalled 會回憶；B. Recorded記錄；C. Regretted后悔；D. Remembered記得。根據(jù)后面的memoeirs，可以判斷這里應(yīng)該是回憶，故選A

10. Thoughts想法；B. Treasures寶藏；C. possessions 財(cái)產(chǎn)；D. Tales故事。這里說回憶過去當(dāng)作者小的時候，當(dāng)父親還年輕的時候的事情，這些回憶是他們記憶里面的寶藏。故選B

11. afford 能夠支付；B. help 幫助；C. Wait等待；D. Offer提供。根據(jù)句意這里應(yīng)該是couldn’t wait等不及。該句意思為：即使是最小的孫子也等不及要告訴他們的祖父為什么他們愛他。根據(jù)語境故選C

12. Chance機(jī)會；B. Task任務(wù)；C. Duty責(zé)任；D. Decision決定。結(jié)合全文，我們知道父親不久于人世了，于是給他辦的生日宴會，這是我們尊敬他的機(jī)會。故選A

13. burial 葬禮；B. party 派對；C. meeting 會議；D. Wedding婚禮。根據(jù)語境，這里父親已經(jīng)過世了，所以這里是在談?wù)撛岫Y上說的故事。故選A

14. And 表并列；B. But 表轉(zhuǎn)折；C. So 表順承；D. Or表選擇。根據(jù)上下文得知，我們已經(jīng)在父親生日派對上說過了那些充滿愛的回憶，所以這里應(yīng)該是表示轉(zhuǎn)折。故選B

15. Kindness善良；B. Memories回憶；C. Care關(guān)心；D. Hugs擁抱。根據(jù)上下文，我們可以知道我們在父親生日派對上說過了回憶，故選B

16. Healthy健康的；B. Old古老的；C. Young年輕的；D. Alive活著的。結(jié)合語境，這里說的是我們在父親還活著的時候說過了那些回憶，故選D

17. Went復(fù)習(xí)； B. Flew飛過；C. Rolled使翻滾；D. Came順便。這里是說我們在父親的生日派對上說的那些過去的回憶一定在父親最后的日子里不斷的出現(xiàn)，故選C

18. Benefit好處；B. Matter重要；C. work 工作；D. Mean意義。結(jié)合上下文，這里說的是語言的力量很重要也很足夠，我們在表達(dá)愛對我們所愛的人的時候說出來。故選B

19. Publicly公開的；B. Properly適合的；C. Consciously清楚地；D. Correctly正確的。結(jié)合語境，我們要對那些我們所愛的人開誠布公的說出我們愛他們的話，故選A

20. fall in 掉進(jìn)；B. search for尋找；C. hand over 交出；D. give back歸還、復(fù)原。結(jié)合語境，這里的意思是，我們表達(dá)出對我們所愛之人的愛，這是歸還哎的方式，也是我們追憶、尊敬我們生命中的某人的機(jī)會。故選D

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