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Of course, she wasn't really my aunt and, out of fear, I never called her that to her face. I only ____ to her as "My Aunt Fannie" because it always made my father chuckle and my mother look ____ at both of us—at me for being _____ of my elder and at my father for _____ my bad behavior. I ____ both reactions so I grasped every opportunity to work the name into as many conversations as possible.

As a young woman, my mother had worked in the _____ of a large Victorian farmhouse owned by Fannie Cratty and her twin brother, Farnsworth. They represented the ____ of the Cratty line. Neither had married ____ had any living heirs(繼承人) and my father once told me in a whisper that it was because they were both too ____ to share their family wealth. During those years my mother helped Aunt Fanny make the best blueberry jam ever ____ by anyone in Glenfield. She was noted for her jam and for never ____ the recipe with anyone else. ____ my mother knew the recipe by heart, as long as Aunt Fannie was alive, she ____ made the jam without Ms. Cratty in our kitchen to direct the process and preserve the secret.

One year, after I had been particularly helpful with the jam process Aunt Fannie gave me a ____ and then made me promise that I would never spend it. " ____ this quarter," she said, "and some day you will be rich. I still have my very first quarter given by my grandfather." It had obviously ____ for her. So I followed her advice.

I now have the blueberry jam recipe and the quarter from Aunt Fannie. In people's eye Aunt Fannie's ____ was attributed to that secret recipe. But to me, it was just a ____ recipe. However, I keep them as ____ to hold firmly the valuable things in life. Money can make you feel rich for a while, but it is the relationships and the memories of time spent with friends and family that truly leave you wealthy. And that is a ____ that anyone can build.

1. A. called B. thought C. regarded D. referred

2.A. coldly B. severely C. delightedly D. politely

3.A. disappointed B. disagreeable C. disrespectful D. dissatisfied

4.A. encouraging B. scolding C. forcing D. pushing

5.A. hated B. respected C. treated D. enjoyed

6.A. barn B. kitchen C. yard D. garden

7.A. beginning B. start C. end D. glory

8.A. nor B. and C. but D. yet

9.A. proud B. generous C. strict D. mean

10.A. seen B. tasted C. cooked D. sold

11.A. sharing B. telling C. selling D. giving

12.A. As though B. As if C. Even though D. Even if

13. A. ever B. never C. still D. yet

14. A. quarter B. bill C. note D. cheque

15. A. Hold back B. Hold up C. Hold onto D. Hold out

16.A. mattered B. failed C .succeeded D. worked

17. A. sorrow B. success C. schedule D. signature

18.A. usual B. normal C. ordinary D. common

19. A. regulations B. reflections C. reminders D. rewards

20. A. future B. fortune C. fantasy D. favor

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.B

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.A

15.C

16.D

17.B

18.D

19.C

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇記敘文，作者通過講述芬妮姨媽和她的藍莓醬配方，向我們說明金錢只可以暫時讓人感覺富有，唯有和他人的關(guān)系以及和朋友家人們一起度過的那些日子的美好回憶才會讓我們變的真正富有。

1. A. called 叫；B. thought認為 ；C. regarded 看做 ；D. referred提及。固定搭配：refer to sb as 稱呼某人……，答案選D。句意：出于對她的恐懼,我從沒當(dāng)面這樣稱呼過她。

2.副詞辨析。A. coldly 冷地； B. severely 嚴厲地；C. delightedly 高興地 ； D. politely 禮貌地 。 根據(jù)破折號后面內(nèi)容可知母親對這個稱呼感到不滿，所以是嚴厲地瞪著我們，選B。

3.A. disappointed 失望的； B. disagreeable不同意的； C. disrespectful不敬的 ； D. dissatisfied不滿意的。根據(jù)前面我對芬妮姨媽的稱呼以及后面母親認為父親縱容我可知瞪著我是因為我對長輩不尊,be disrespectful of “對某人不尊敬，無理”，選C。

4.動詞辨析。A. encouraging鼓勵；B. scolding責(zé)備 ；C. forcing 強迫；D. pushing督促。從上文可知我的這個稱呼總?cè)堑梦腋赣H咯咯笑,所以母親板起臉來直瞪著我和父親，瞪著父親是因為他縱容我的不良行為，答案選A。

5.A. hated 憎恨 ；B. respected 尊敬；C. treated對待 ；D. enjoyed喜歡。根據(jù)后句內(nèi)容“我總是伺機盡可能地將那個稱呼用到我們平常的對話里來”可以判斷父母的兩種反應(yīng)都讓我感到有趣，所以才會經(jīng)常說，選D。

6.A. barn糧倉；B. kitchen 廚房 ；C. yard庭院；D. garden花園。根據(jù)下文可知母親是在她家廚房里幫忙做活，故答案選B。

7.A. beginning開始； B. start 開始；C. end結(jié)尾；D. glory 光榮。根據(jù)后文內(nèi)容可知他們兩個都沒有結(jié)婚也沒有繼承人，所以這個家族到他們這里就結(jié)束了，答案選C。

8.A. nor 也不；B. and 和 ；C. but 但是； D. yet還。固定搭配neither……nor “既不……也不”，句意：他們既沒結(jié)婚也沒有繼承人，答案選A。

9.A. proud驕傲；B. generous慷慨； C. strict 嚴格； D. mean自私的。從下文內(nèi)容可知芬妮姨媽把配方當(dāng)成秘密，不愿與任何人分享其秘方，因此判斷她是一個很吝嗇，小氣的人，選D。

10.A. seen看見；B. tasted 品嘗 ；C. cooked 做飯；D. sold賣。從文章內(nèi)容可知母親幫忙做的藍莓醬是當(dāng)?shù)匚兜雷詈玫�，也就是人們品嘗過的最好的藍莓醬，根據(jù)語境可知選B。

11.動詞辨析。A. sharing 分享；B. telling 告訴； C. selling 賣； D. giving給。從下文內(nèi)容可知她把配方當(dāng)成秘密，換句話說她不愿與任何人分享其秘方，答案選A。

12.A. As though 雖然；B. As if 好像；C. Even though盡管； D. Even if如果。由前后句內(nèi)容判斷此處是讓步關(guān)系：盡管那個秘方我母親早已背得滾瓜爛熟……，故答案選C。

13.A. ever曾經(jīng)；B. never絕不；C. still依舊；D. yet還。從上文內(nèi)容可知芬妮姨媽不允許把秘方透露出去，所以沒有她在廚房里指揮整個制作流程以此來守住這個秘方,母親絕不會私下做那種藍莓醬。答案選B。

14. A. quarter 一刻鐘；B. bill 賬單； C. note 筆記；D. cheque支票。根據(jù)空后內(nèi)容"__35__ this quarter,"判斷芬妮姨媽給了我一枚價值25分的硬幣,并要我承諾決不會花掉它。選A。

15.A. Hold back 退縮； B. Hold up延誤； C. Hold onto 緊抓住，堅持不賣掉；D. Hold out忍受。從空前內(nèi)容and then made me promise that I would never spend it. 可知姨媽讓保存好這枚硬幣，選C。

16.動詞辨析。A. mattered 要緊； B. failed失�。籆 .succeeded 成功；D. worked工作，起作用。根據(jù)下文內(nèi)容可知她的確獲得了成功，由此判斷“保存好這枚硬幣就能帶來成功”這種說法顯然對她奏效，選D。

17. A. sorrow 難過；B. success成功； C. schedule 清單； D. signature 標志 。根據(jù)上文內(nèi)容可知芬妮姨媽非常成功，而且在人們眼里,芬妮姨媽的成功歸功于那個不被人們所知的秘方，答案選B。

18.A. usual 尋常 ；B. normal 正常； C. ordinary平常； D. common普通。根據(jù)下文內(nèi)容可知作者不認為那枚硬幣會對成功起作用，認為那只是一枚普通的硬幣而已，故答案選D。

19.A. regulations標準； B. reflections影像；C. reminders提醒物； D. rewards獎勵。由上文判斷作者沒有認為那枚硬幣會給人帶來成功的運氣，他只是把那枚硬幣當(dāng)做提醒自己把握住人生中那些珍貴東西的一個物品而已，故答案選C。

20.A. future未來； B. fortune 運氣， 財富；C. fantasy 幻想；D. favor愛好。根據(jù)前面內(nèi)容可知作者認為錢財只是給人帶來一時的富有，而只有那些美好的記憶才是人們創(chuàng)造的永久的財富，答案選B。

考點：考查故事類短文閱讀。