【題目】 To this day, I remember my mum’s letters. It all ______ in December 1941. Every night she wrote to my brother Johnny, who had been ______ that summer. We had not heard from him since the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

Mum claimed that there was a direct ______ from the brain to the written word that was just as strong as the light God has granted us. She trusted that this light would ______ Johnny. I don’t know if she said that to ______ her mind or all of ours. But I do know that it helped us ______ together, and one day a letter from Jonny really did arrive. Johnny was alive on an island.

I had always been amused by the fact that mum ______ her letters, “Cecilia Capuzzi”, and I ______ her about why she didn’t just write “Mum”. I hadn’t been aware that she ______ thought of herself as Cecilia Capuzzi. Not as Mum. I began seeing her in a new light, this small _____ yet strong woman. We often sat recalling the days when our family was filled with laughter of four boys. They had all moved away from home to work, enrolled in the ______, or got married. All except me. Around next spring mum had got two more sons to ______. Little by little, the rumour about mum’s letters ______. One day a small woman knocked at our door. She opened her bag and ______ a pile of airmail letters, begging mum to read them from her son who was a soldier in Europe. Mum read the letters one by one. The woman’s eyes ______ with tears. A few days later the woman returned with a friend, then another one and yet another one—they all needed letters. Mum had become the _______ in our town.

“All people in this world are here with one particular ______,” Mum said. “______, mine is to write letters.” She tried to explain why it ______ her so much. “A letter_______ people like nothing else. It can make them cry, it can make them laugh and it makes the world seem very small. My dear, a letter is life itself!”

1A. gatheredB. disappearedC. startedD. happened

2A. calledB. draftedC. arrestedD. trained

3A. linkB. signalC. routeD. result

4A. warmB. guideC. tellD. find

5A. focusB. calmC. broadenD. strengthen

6A. swingB. struggleC. stickD. settle

7A. beganB. answeredC. signedD. sealed

8A. teasedB. persuadedC. remindedD. informed

9A. neverB. seldomC. everD. always

10A. liberalB. delicateC. reliableD. uneducated

11A. universityB. serviceC. courseD. army

12A. cater toB. relate toC. write toD. subscribe to

13A. circulatedB. aroseC. fadedD. ceased

14A. set outB. pulled outC. put outD. turned out

15A. sprang upB. welled upC. looked upD. turned up

16A. writerB. editorC. assistantD. correspondent

17A. orderB. ambitionC. letterD. purpose

18A. ApparentlyB. GraduallyC. InitiallyD. Eventually

19A. pushedB. challengedC. absorbedD. relaxed

20A. unitesB. drawsC. cheersD. associates

【答案】

1C

2B

3A

4D

5B

6C

7C

8A

9D

10B

11D

12C

13A

14B

15B

16D

17D

18A

19C

20A

【解析】

這是一篇散文。作者回憶了母親喜歡寫信,信中充滿著母親對孩子的愛,這種愛能觸摸到的溫暖從指尖到作者的心里。母親寫信的事漸漸傳開了,很多人都來找母親幫忙,她已經(jīng)成為一名“通訊員”。母親告訴作者信起到了連接感情紐帶的作用,無可替代地把人與人連在一起,信就是生命本身。

1考查動詞辨析。A. gathered聚集;B. disappeared消失;C. started開始;D. happened發(fā)生。句意:事情要從 1941 12月說起。作者在回憶,開始的時間是1941 12月。故C選項切題。

2考查動詞辨析。A. called呼叫;B. drafted 征兵;C. arrested逮捕;D. trained訓練。句意:母親每晚都給我弟弟約翰寫信,那年夏天約翰應(yīng)征入伍。由下文“ We had not heard from him since the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor”可知,自從日本襲擊珍珠港以后,他就一直杳無音信。所以約翰是一名軍人,那年夏天約翰應(yīng)征入伍的。故B選項切題。

3考查名詞辨析。A. link 聯(lián)系;B. signal信號;C. route路線;D. result結(jié)果。句意:她深信思想和文字是直接相連的,這種聯(lián)系就像上帝賦予人類的光芒一樣強大。母親把自己對兒子的掛念,都用文字表達了出來。所以她深信思想和文字是直接相連。故A選項切題。

4考查形容詞辨析。A. warm 使暖和;B. guide指導;C. tell告訴;D. find發(fā)現(xiàn)。句意:這道光芒終會照耀到約翰的身上。由上文可知,約翰杳無音信,母親寫信給兒子,并相信上帝能夠幫助她找到自己的兒子。所以這里用光芒比喻上帝的幫助,照在約翰身上,實際上就是找到了約翰。故D選項切題。

5考查動詞辨析。A. focus(使)集中;B. calm 使安靜;C. broaden 擴大;D. strengthen 使穩(wěn)固。句意:雖然我不肯定她是否只是在安慰自己,或是我們。母親對兒子的掛念只能通過信的形式表達出來,可見這也是在安慰自己或者家人。這更是一種希望。故B選項切題。

6考查動詞辨析。A. swing 搖擺;B. struggle掙扎;C. stick 釘;D. settle解決。句意:但我們一家人卻因此更加親密。而最終我們終于等到了約翰的回信。母親的信是情感的紐帶,所以家人也因此而更加親密。故C選項切題。

7考查動詞辨析。A. began開始;B. answered回答;C. signed在…上簽字;D. sealed 封上。句意:母親總以“塞西莉婭卡普奇”署名,每每令我忍俊不禁,還要嘲笑她幾句。根據(jù)常識可以判斷出,寫信要在信封上寫上寄信人的姓名和地址。所以signed “在……上簽字”符合句意。故C選項切題。

8考查動詞辨析。A. teased 取笑,調(diào)侃;B. persuaded說服;C. reminded提醒;D. informed 告知。句意:母親總以“塞西莉婭卡普奇”署名,每每令我忍俊不禁,還要嘲笑她幾句。因為母親以“塞西莉婭卡普奇”署名,所以作者忍不住會“嘲笑”她。這種“嘲笑”即使孩子的一種天性,也是一種母親和孩子之間的一種特別的愛。故A選項切題。

9考查副詞辨析。A. never決不;B. seldom 很少;C. ever曾經(jīng);D. always一直。句意:以前我一直沒有留意到她把自己當成塞西莉婭卡普奇,而不是母親。always是含有肯定意義的程度副詞,其基本意思是指某個行為發(fā)生頻率的百分之百或某種狀態(tài)存在的自始至終。這里表示以前作者一直沒有留意到母親把自己當成塞西莉婭卡普奇。故D選項切題。

10考查形容詞辨析。A. liberal 慷慨的;B. delicate雅致的;C. reliable可依靠的;D. uneducated 未受過良好教育的。句意:我不禁以新的眼光打量自己的母親,她是多么優(yōu)雅,又是那么矮小,但是又很堅強。作者以新的眼光打量自己的母親,此時母親時優(yōu)雅的。所以 delicate“雅致的”符合句意。故B選項切題。

11考查名詞辨析。A. university大學;B. service服務(wù);C. course課程;D. army軍隊。句意:現(xiàn)在他們都因工作、入伍或婚姻紛紛離開了家。enroll in the army“入伍”。由前文可知,母親的孩子有參軍入伍的。 所以 army“軍隊”符合句意。故D選項切題。

12考查動詞短語辨析。A. cater to 迎合;B. relate to...有關(guān);C. write to 寫信給……;D. subscribe to 同意。句意:第二年春天,母親也要開始給另外兩個兒子寫信了。由上文“wrote to”可知,本空處是原詞再現(xiàn)。說明母親也要開始給另外兩個兒子寫信了。故C選項切題。

13考查動詞辨析。A. circulated 傳播;B. arose 產(chǎn)生;C. faded 逐漸消失;D. ceased 停止。句意:母親寫信的事漸漸傳開了。由下文可知,很多人來找母親讀信或者寫信,所以母親寫信的事漸漸傳開了,很多人才會找她來幫忙。故A選項切題。

14考查動詞短語辨析。A. set out著手;B. pulled out 抽出;C. put out撲滅;D. turned out結(jié)果是。句意:女人打開背包,掏出一疊航空信。她乞求母親幫她讀信的內(nèi)容。信是女人在歐洲參戰(zhàn)的兒子寫來的。and 連接兩個并列的動作,所以先是打開背包,然后掏出一疊航空信。故B選項切題。

15考查動詞短語辨析。A. sprang up 突然冒出;B. welled up 涌出(淚水);C. looked up查找;D. turned up出現(xiàn)。句意:聽完,那女人的眼里充滿了淚水。由前文可知,女人的兒子在歐洲作戰(zhàn),是一名士兵。所以這個女人在聽完信后哭了起來。故B選項切題。

16考查名詞辨析。A. writer作家;B. editor編輯;C. assistant助手;D. correspondent 通訊員。句意:媽媽變成了我們城鎮(zhèn)的通訊員。很多人找母親讀信或者寫信。所以母親成了城鎮(zhèn)的“通訊員”。故D選項切題。

17考查名詞辨析。A. order命令;B. ambition野心;C. letter信;D. purpose目的。句意:每個人來到這個世界都有一個特別的目的。顯然,我就是來寫信的。這里說明了每個人來到這個世界都有一個特別的目的,以此說明母親的目的是什么。故D選項切題。

18考查副詞辨析。A. Apparently明顯地;B. Gradually逐漸地;C. Initially 最初;D. Eventually最終地。句意:每個人來到這個世界都有一個目的。顯然,我就是來寫信的。由“mine is to write letters.”可知,我就是來寫信的,這是很明顯地。故A選項切題。

19考查動詞辨析。/span>A. pushed推;B. challenged挑戰(zhàn);C. absorbed 吸引;D. relaxed 放松。句意:母親試著解釋她為何如此沉迷寫信。由上文可知,母親喜歡用信表達自己的情感。所以 absorb “吸引”符合句意。故C選項切題。

20考查動詞辨析。A. unites團結(jié);B. draws勾畫 (輪廓);C. cheers歡呼;D. associates 使相關(guān)。句意:信無可替代地把人與人連在一起。由下文“ It can make them cry, it can make them laugh and it makes the world seem very small”可知,信讓人笑,讓人哭,讓世界變小。所以信起到了紐帶的作用,無可替代地把人與人連在一起。故A選項切題。

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