Whenever my kids have a party at school, I am the mom who always signs up to bring the juice boxes. It’s not because I’m   26  or that I don’t care if my kids have a good party. I am just not good at making homemade bread into holiday-themed shapes like other mothers.   27 , I’m happy to try, even though it’ll   28  me a long time to do it.

People say that housewives should have the   29  to make delicious meals, keep their houses clean, and   30  every minute of their child’s life. Their words used to   31  me a lot. I felt that I should also be able to do those things as a housewife. So   32  I couldn’t make the turkey-shaped cookies, I   33  feeling like a failure as a mom.

After many   34  attempts at baking, and many afternoons spent crying over my inabilities as a mother, I finally accepted the   35  that my lot(命運(yùn)) in life is to be the juice box mom. I worked hard to be the   36  one in the elementary school. And after one of my daughter’s class parties, it   37 . Her teacher stopped me as I was leaving and said,＂Thank you so much for always bringing   38  drinks. Sometimes parents forget that other children will also   39  class parties, and they end up being left out because we don’t have enough   40  for everyone.＂

I just accepted her appreciation, rather than telling her that I brought extra drinks because I could   41  remember how many kids were in the class. But her   42  taught me an important lesson: I’m not a failure as a mom.

Not everyone is cut out to be a(n)   43  mom. I believe it’s okay to be the juice box mom. I may not bake cookies and decorate them beautifully, but I   44  something to drink. And I think that’s just as   45 .

1.                A．smart          B．lazy            C．tired D．desperate

 

2.                A．However        B．Therefore       C．Otherwise D．Besides

 

3.                A．cost           B．give            C．introduce D．take

 

4.                A．dream         B．a(chǎn)bility          C．experience    D．tool

 

5.                A．compare        B．save           C．treasure  D．teach

 

6.                A．reflect         B．puzzle          C．upset D．a(chǎn)muse

 

7.                A．unless          B．because        C．though   D．when

 

8.                A．ended up       B．went on        C．insisted on D．set about

 

9.                A．failed          B．careless        C．successful D．useful

 

10.               A．goal           B．opinion         C．fact  D．impression

 

11.               A．slowest         B．best           C．worst D．quickest

 

12.               A．stood out       B．got out         C．came back D．paid off

 

13.               A．cold           B．soft            C．extra D．fresh

 

14.               A．a(chǎn)ttend         B．hold           C．enjoy D．leave

 

15.               A．cookies        B．drinks          C．books D．cups

 

16.               A．a(chǎn)lready         B．a(chǎn)lways         C．ever  D．never

 

17.               A．contribution     B．a(chǎn)ppreciation     C．Congratulation  D．comprehension

 

18.               A．loyal           B．clever          C．a(chǎn)ble  D．rich

 

19.               A．provide        B．make          C．buy  D．retell

 

20.               A．believable      B．ridiculous       C．interesting D．important

 

 

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.C

7.D

8.A

9.A

10.C

11.B

12.D

13.C

14.A

15.B

16.D

17.B

18.C

19.A

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述一位母親由于孩子在學(xué)校要開(kāi)party，其他的母親都讓孩子帶著蛋糕去學(xué)校，而作者的孩子只能帶飲料。作者也曾試圖做一些，可是自己總是做不成，別人都說(shuō)家庭婦女就是必須會(huì)做各種蛋糕或者餅干，會(huì)操持家務(wù)，一想到這些作者就認(rèn)為自己是不稱職的母親，自己也認(rèn)為是一個(gè)失敗的母親，可是有一次參加完孩子的party后，老師非常感謝作者帶來(lái)那么多的飲料，自此作者不再感覺(jué)心里難受了，孩子喝飲料是一樣的重要。

1.考查形容詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。smart聰明的；lazy懶的；tired累的；desperate絕望的。

因?yàn)橄挛膃ven though it’ll 28 me a long time to do it.

做蛋糕花費(fèi)的時(shí)間長(zhǎng)。那并非因?yàn)椤拔摇睉谢蛘摺拔摇辈魂P(guān)心孩子是否在聚會(huì)中開(kāi)心，故選B。

2.考查副詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。however可是； therefore因此； otherwise否則；besides

并且�？墒俏乙彩歉吲d的去嘗試，即使它將花費(fèi)“我”很長(zhǎng)的時(shí)間，故選A。

3.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。cost花費(fèi)，物做主語(yǔ)； give給； introduce介紹；take花費(fèi)。

It takes sb sometime +to do 做某事花費(fèi)某人多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間，故選D。

4.考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。dream夢(mèng)想； ability能力； experience經(jīng)驗(yàn)； tool工具。have the ability to do有能力做某事，是固定短語(yǔ)。大家都認(rèn)為家庭主婦都應(yīng)該有能力去做美味的蛋糕，故選B。

5.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。compare比較； save節(jié)��； treasure  珍愛(ài),珍惜； teach教。珍惜孩子生活中的每一分鐘，故選C。

6.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。reflect反映； puzzle困惑； upset不安； amuse消遣。他們的話過(guò)去使“我”不安，故選C。

7.考查連詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。unless除非； because因?yàn)椋?though盡管； when當(dāng)……時(shí)候。所以當(dāng)“我”想“我”不能做火雞形狀的餅干，“我”最終就會(huì)感覺(jué)作為一位母親真地很失敗，故選D。

8.考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)及上下文的呼應(yīng)。end up結(jié)束； go on 繼續(xù)； insist on堅(jiān)持； set about開(kāi)始做�！拔摇弊罱K就會(huì)感覺(jué)作為一位母親真地很失敗，故選A。

9.考查形容詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。failed失敗的； careless粗心的； successful 成功的 ； useful有用的。許多次失敗的嘗試之后，故選A。

10.考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。goal目標(biāo)； opinion意見(jiàn)； fact事實(shí)； impression印象�！拔摇弊詈蠼邮芰诉@種事實(shí)，故選C。

11.考查形容詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。slowest最慢的； best最好的； worst最好的；quickest最快的。在小學(xué)時(shí)，“我”就努力去做一個(gè)最好的，故選B。

12.考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)及上下文的呼應(yīng)。stand out    杰出； get out離開(kāi)； come back回來(lái)；pay off取得成功，付清。女兒開(kāi)完會(huì)后，它是成功的，故選D。

13.考查形容詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。cold冷的； soft軟的； extra上等的，額外的； fresh新鮮的。謝謝你帶來(lái)這么多的飲料，故選C。

14.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。attend參加； hold支持； enjoy欣賞； leave離開(kāi)。有時(shí)父母忘了其他的一些孩子也要參加聚會(huì)，故選A。

15.考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。cookies餅干； drinks飲料； books書(shū)； cups杯子。他們被忘了因?yàn)槲覀儧](méi)有足夠的飲料，故選B。

16.考查副詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。already已經(jīng)； always     一直，總是； ever曾經(jīng)；never從不。因?yàn)椤拔摇辈恢腊嗬镉卸嗌賹W(xué)生，故選D。

17.考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。contribution貢獻(xiàn)； appreciation感激； congratulation祝賀；  comprehension理解。她的感激教給“我”一個(gè)想法，“我”不是一個(gè)失敗的母親，故選B。

18.考查形容詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。Loyal忠誠(chéng)的； clever聰明的； able能干的；rich豐富的。并非每一個(gè)人都被排除在外當(dāng)一個(gè)能干的母親，故選C。

19.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。provide提供； make制造； buy      買； retell復(fù)述。但是“我”他們提供一些喝的飲料，故選A。

20.考查形容詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。believable可信的； ridiculous可笑的； interesting有趣的； important重要的。“我”認(rèn)為那也是一樣的重要，故選D。

考點(diǎn)：故事類短文。

點(diǎn)評(píng)：完形填空首先要以很快的速度瀏覽全文，掌握文章的主旨，不要急于看選項(xiàng)。瀏覽全文時(shí)要重點(diǎn)了解文中所敘述的人物、時(shí)間、地點(diǎn)、事件，即who，when，where，what。完形填空命題的原則一般是第一句話不挖空，目的是使讀者進(jìn)入語(yǔ)境，因此一定要認(rèn)真閱讀這句話。根據(jù)故事情節(jié)的發(fā)展選詞，確定所填的詞與文中哪個(gè)詞有關(guān)系以及動(dòng)作是在什么場(chǎng)合發(fā)生的。試填之后將所選定的詞放到文章中復(fù)讀檢查。

 

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2.When the author was walking on the street, a young man ran by hurriedly ______.

A．a(chǎn)nd took away his bag                    B．a(chǎn)nd touched his bag

C．to help him with his bag                   D．to brush his bag

3.Which of the following plays a different role in the passage?

A．Paragraph 2       B．Paragraph 3        C．Paragraph 4        D．Paragraph 5

4.At last, the author’s attitude towards the Americans’ “sorry” seems to be ______.

A．a(chǎn)ngry            B．interested         C．a(chǎn)pproving(贊成)    D．disappointed

5.The best title for the passage can be “_______”.

A．My life in America                       B．Americans’ “sorry”

C．My experience in an escalator             D．The meaning of “sorry”

 

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