Question

People say one man's trash(垃圾)is another man's treasure. That 5 comes to me as I 6 the house purchased in 1962 by my parents. My mother passed a-way in 1996. My father left the house 7 my sister and me when he died a few months ago.

After Dad was 8， we looked around the 9 house where we grew up and that Dad loved so much. At first we felt so 10 all the stuff(東西）left. Like so many of their generation, my parents 11 every?thing. And like many of my generation, we faced anxious  12    about what to abandon and what to keep.

As we started throwing out old phone books and every medical bill from every 13 my parents ever saw, I also 14 many hidden treasures. Mum's pocketbook was in their bedroom closet, which had everything in it, 15 her hairbrush with hair, as if she were still here. And Dad, who was a World War H veteran(退伍軍人)and a world traveller, 16 every?thing—from little spoons from all over the world to every letter he wrote to his parents while in the 17 . The letters he wrote during the war 18 his thoughts as a young man. Later, in the basement, I 19 our old kitchen table, which brought back 20 of my parents and sister and me having breakfast together.

I'm realizing all these things 21 my parents' life journey. Each time I go to 22 ，1 find something that reminds me of my childhood or teaches me some?thing about my parents 1 23 knew. 24 ， from the shabby furniture to all the hidden treasures, means more to me than all the money in the world.

5.    A. coincidence       B. goal

C.  principle  D. thought

6.    A. looked for  B.  looked through

C.  looked into     D.  looked after

7.    A. to       B. for

C.  with D. by

8.    A. retired       B. ill

C.   gone      D. injured

9.    A. clean  B. strange

C.   empty                         D. modern

10.   A. pleased with      B.  familiar with

C.  astonished at   D.   disappointed at

11.   A. saved  B. enjoyed

C.  purchased       D. designed

12.   A. decisions    B. bargains

C.  challenges       D. responsibilities

13.   A. person       B. doctor

C.   neighbour     D. child

14.   A. bought       B. discovered

C.  buried     D. lost

15.   A. just     B. even

C.  only D. yet

16.   A. liked   B. bought

C.  kept D. lost

17.   A. countryside       B. school

C.   college   D. army

18.   A. received     B. directed

C.   sensed    D. described

19.   A. repaired     B. cleaned

C.  spotted    D. set

20.   A. introductions     B. memories

C.  descriptions     D. communications

21.   A. represent    B. recognize

C.   instruct  D. confirm

22.   A. the supermarket B. church

C.  my office D.  the house

23.   A. merely       B. always

C.  really      D. never

24.   A. Everything B. Nothing

C.  Anything D. Something

Answer 1

【文章大意】作者的父母去世后，給作者和姐姐留下一所房子，在檢査房子的過程中作者發(fā)現(xiàn)了很多"寶藏"，那是作者童年的記憶和父母生活的印記。

D 根據(jù)"People say one man's trash (垃圾)is another man's treasure."可知，"我"有這個想法是在查看父母1962年購買的房子的時候。故選：D項。coincidence巧合，一致；goal目標；principle原貝[J ； thought想法。

B此處是指檢查房子，故選B項。look for尋找；look through瀏覽；look into調(diào)查；look after照顧。

A父親將這所房子留給了"我"和姐姐。leave sth to sb把某物留給某人。

C 根據(jù)上文"My father left the house... my sister and me when he died a few months ago."可知，這是在父親去世后。故選C項。

C因為父母都去世了，所以就剩下空房子，故選C項。clean干凈的；strange竒怪的；empty空的；modern現(xiàn)代的。

C 根據(jù)下文的"Like so many of their generation, my par?ents... everything."可知，作者他們對留下的東西都感到驚訝，故選C項。pleased with對....滿意；familiar with

和...熟悉；astonished at對..驚訝；disappointed at對……失望。

A像他們那代人一樣，"我"父母將所有的東.西都保存下來，故選A項。save拯救，儲存；enjoy享受；purchase購買；design設計。

A像"我們"這代人，"我們"在該放棄什么、保留什么的問題上面臨著焦慮的抉擇，故選A項。decision決定；bargain 討價還價；challenge挑戰(zhàn)；responsibility責任。

B就在"我們"扔掉舊電話簿和看醫(yī)生留下的藥費單的時候，故選B項。

B "我"也發(fā)現(xiàn)了很多"寶藏"。buy買；discover發(fā)現(xiàn)；bury 埋葬；lose失去。

B然而，媽媽的臥室的壁櫥里面什么都有，甚至有帶著頭發(fā)的梳子，故選B項。

C爸爸保留著一切，包括來自世界各地的小勺子及寫給他父母的信，故選C項。

D 根據(jù)上文"…who was a World War II 

veteran(退伍軍人〉…"可知，這是在軍隊的時候，故選D項。

D在戰(zhàn)爭中寫的信描述了他作為年輕人的想法，故選D 項。receive收到；direct指導；sense感覺；describe描述。

C稍后在地下室"我"發(fā)現(xiàn)了 "我們"兒時的餐桌，故選C 項。repair修理；clean打掃；spot發(fā)現(xiàn)，注意到；set設置。

B餐桌讓"我"腦海里出現(xiàn)父母、姐姐和"我"一起吃早餐的記憶。故選B項。introduction介紹；memory記憶；de-scription描寫；communication交流。

A "我"意識到這些東西代表父母的人生軌跡，故選A項。represent呈現(xiàn)；recognize識另寸；instruct指導；confirm證實。

D每次"我"到這所房子，都能發(fā)現(xiàn)使"我"想起童年的東西，故選D項。the supermarket這個超市；church教堂； my office我的辦公室；the house這所房子。

D或告訴"我"關于父母的一些"我"從不知道的事情，故選D項。merely僅僅；always總是；really真實地； never 從不。

A從破舊的家具到所有隱藏的"寶藏"，一切東西對"我"來說都比世上的所有的金錢更有意義，故選A項。everything 所有事物，一切；nothing沒有什么；anything任何事；some-

thing 某些事情。