Question

Father’s secret

My father grew up in a fatherless home. At that time, the family struggled hard to _ _. The childhood experiences caused my father to be extremely mean.

When we children became knew  that other children got spending money from their parents, we made the ______of ask our father from some.His face turned cold, “If you’re old enough to ask you’re old enough to_____” he shouted. And we went about the neighborhood seeking odd jobs.

There was a period of time when _ _of us had a car, so we had to ride the bus home. _ _the bus stopped more than two miles from home, Dad never met us. If someone _ _, he ‘d say in his loudest voice, “That’s what your _ _are for!” When I went to senior high school, I had to _ _a long way each time I came home. The walk didn’t _____me as much as the fear of walking alone. I also felt that my father didn’t care about my _ _. That feeling was _ _one spring evening.

It had been a quite difficult week at school. Tests and long hours in labs had left me _ _. As other students were __at their stops, I looked out of the window __. Finally ,the bus pulled into my stop, and I _ _off, beginning the long journey home.

On that evening, I saw something gray moving along the hedge(樹籬) towards my house. Upon a closer watch, I __ it was the top of my father’s head. Then I knew, each time I ‘d come home, he had _ _behind the hedge, watching, until I arrived safely. He did __ after all.

After that, that spot of gray became my focus. I could hardly wait to watch for its ______movement on my way home. Upon reaching home I would find my father sitting in his chair. “So, it’s you !” he’d say, pretending to be _____.

I replied, “Yes, Dad, it’s me. I’m home.”

1.A. travel B. survive C. succeed D. escape

2.A. excuse B. point C. mistake D. discovery

3.A. waste B. borrow C. save D. earn

4.A. each B. none C. one D. all

5.A. Though B. Since C. When D. Until

6.A. complained B. forgot C. arrived D. failed

7.A. buses B. legs C. brains D. friends

8.A. walk B. run C. ride D. drive

9.A. tire B. help C. trouble D. excite

10.A. opinion B. grade C. safety D. interest

11.A. felt B. discussed C. shown D. removed

12.A. curious B. exhausted C. worried D. delighted

13.A. met B. singing C. talking D. kept

14.A. sadly B. coldly C. seriously D. carefully

15.A. paid B. stepped C. called D. dropped

16.A. considered B. imagined C. remembered D. realized

17.A. fallen B. left C. stood D. lain

18.A. care B. try C. watch D.know

19.A. secret B. quick C. easy D. small

20.A. confident B. surprised C. happy D.angry

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.A

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.C

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.A

15.B

16.D

17.C

18.A

19.A

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：父親一直對我們很嚴厲。向他要零花錢，他不給，讓我們自己掙。長大后，我們回家，他從不出來接我們。有一次，我回家時，不經意地發(fā)現了父親的秘密。這時，我才明白，其實父親很關心我們，只是他有他自己關心我們的方式。

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2. to ask you’re old enough to_____”可知作者他們向爸爸要零花錢是錯誤的，所以選C。

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6.

7.

8.The walk didn’t ____me as much as the fear of walking alone.可知我們每次要走很遠，所以選A。

9.

10.The walk didn’t _____me as much as the fear of walking alone.可知作者感覺爸爸不關心他的安全，所以選C。

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16.

17.

18. father didn’t care about my _ That feeling was __one spring evening.可知爸爸其實是關心的，所以選A。

19.Upon a closer watch, I __ it was the top of my father’s head.可知爸爸是秘密的關注著我，所以選A。

20.

考點：考查人生百味類短文