Question

【題目】Family Picture

I was sitting in my favorite chair, studying for my doctoral degree, when Sarah – my five-year-old daughter – came and asked, “Daddy, do you want to see my family picture?” “Daddy’s busy. Come back in a little while, Honey.”

10 minutes later, she rushed back. “Daddy, let me___________you my picture.” The heat went up around my collar. “Sarah,” I shouted, “come back later. I’m busy now.”

Then I___________I might have hurt her feelings, so I called, “Sarah, could you come back inside a minute, please? Daddy would like to see your picture.”

She ran back happily. “Look, here is Mommy, here is me standing by Mommy, here is our dog, Katie, and here is Mike (her little brother).”

“I love your picture, Honey.” I told her. “I'll hang it on the wall so that I can see it whenever I come back home.”

She took me at my word and went outside to play. I went back to my books, but Sarah’s picture was making me _______– something was missing. I asked Sarah to come back.

“Honey…there are Mommy, Sarah, Mike and Katie in the picture. But…where is your daddy?” “You’re at the library,” she said. With that simple statement, my little princess stopped time for me. I felt I was hurt badly by her words, so I went to Barbara, my wife, for help.

“I know how much it___________you, Gary.” She said.

“Barb…I want to come home. Can I do it?”

20 seconds of___________followed. It seemed like I held my breath for an hour. “Gary,” Barb said___________, “you know, we love you very much. But you haven’t been here. I’ve felt like a single parent for years.”

The words looked cold in print, but she said them gently. It was just the___________. My life had been busy, my family was on their own, and I had a long road ahead of me if I wanted to_________ them back. And I had to. Now that the fog had lifted, it suddenly became the most important thing in my life.

【1】A.drawB.awardC.sendD.show

【2】A.consideredB.realisedC.imaginedD.decided

【3】A.uneasyB.ungratefulC.tiredD.bored

【4】A.woundedB.troubledC.taughtD.offered

【5】A.performanceB.complaintC.silenceD.challenge

【6】A.cheerfullyB.carefullyC.quicklyD.privately

【7】A.truthB.valueC.honourD.belief

【8】A.leadB.keepC.winD.drive

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】A

【5】C

【6】B

【7】A

【8】C

【解析】

本文作者講述了他的五歲的女兒莎拉給他展示她的畫(huà)，作者忙于攻讀法學(xué)博士，說(shuō)沒(méi)有時(shí)間。后來(lái)作者意識(shí)到他可能傷害了她的感情，于是讓她回來(lái)。莎拉高興地跑回來(lái)。告訴他，這是媽媽，這是他們的小狗，凱蒂，這是弟弟邁克。照片里沒(méi)有作者。她告訴作者爸爸在圖書(shū)館。

作者感到受到了傷害，他找妻子芭芭拉尋求幫助。他的妻子告訴他她們非常愛(ài)他。多年來(lái)，她一直覺(jué)得自己是單親父母。作者意識(shí)到他一直很忙，卻忽視了家人。如果他想贏回他們，需要很長(zhǎng)的路要走。

【1】句意：爸爸，讓我把我的照片展示給你看看。

考查動(dòng)詞辨析。draw畫(huà)畫(huà)；award授予，獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)，判給；send郵寄，發(fā)送；show表明，展示，給……看。根據(jù)上文““Daddy, do you want to see my family picture?” “Daddy’s busy. Come back in a little while, Honey.” 10 minutes later, she rushed back.（“爸爸，你想看我的家庭照嗎？“爸爸很忙。一會(huì)兒回來(lái)，親愛(ài)的。”10分鐘后，她沖了回來(lái)。）”可知“爸爸，讓我把我的照片展示給你看看�！�；故選D。

【2】句意：然后我意識(shí)到我可能傷害了她的感情，于是喊道，“莎拉，請(qǐng)你馬上回來(lái)好嗎？爸爸想看看你的照片。”

考查動(dòng)詞辨析。considered考慮；realised意識(shí)到；imagined想象；decided決定，選定。根據(jù)上文““Sarah,” I shouted, “come back later. I’m busy now.”（ “莎拉，”我喊道，“過(guò)會(huì)兒再來(lái)。我現(xiàn)在很忙�！保�”可知此句是：然后我意識(shí)到我可能傷害了她的感情，于是喊道，“莎拉，請(qǐng)你馬上回來(lái)好嗎？爸爸想看看你的照片。”故選B。

【3】句意：我又回到我的書(shū)上，但是莎拉的照片讓我很不安——有些東西不見(jiàn)了。

考查形容詞辨析。uneasy擔(dān)心的，不安的；ungrateful忘恩負(fù)義的；tired疲倦的，累的；bored厭倦的。根據(jù)下文“something was missing. I asked Sarah to come back. “Honey…there are Mommy, Sarah, Mike and Katie in the picture. But…where is your daddy?”（有東西不見(jiàn)了。我叫莎拉回來(lái)。“親愛(ài)的…照片里有媽媽，莎拉，邁克和凱蒂。但是…你爸爸呢？”）”可知“莎拉的照片讓我很不安”；故選A。

【4】句意：我知道你受了多大的傷，加里。

考查動(dòng)詞辨析。wounded使……受傷/傷害；troubled使憂慮，使煩惱；taught教；offered提供，建議。根據(jù)上文“I felt I was hurt badly by her words, so I went to Barbara, my wife, for help.（我覺(jué)得她的話深深地傷害了我，所以我去找我妻子芭芭拉尋求幫助。）”可知此句是：我知道你受了多大的傷，加里。故選A。

【5】句意：接著是20秒的沉默。

考查名詞辨析。performance表演，演出；complaint抱怨，埋怨；silence沉默；challenge挑戰(zhàn)。根據(jù)下文“It seemed like I held my breath for an hour.（我好像屏住呼吸了一個(gè)小時(shí)。）”可知此句是“接著是20秒的沉默�！�；故選C。

【6】句意：巴布小心翼翼地說(shuō)：“加里，你知道，我們非常愛(ài)你。但你沒(méi)來(lái)過(guò)這里。多年來(lái)，我一直覺(jué)得自己是單親父母�！�

考查副詞辨析。cheerfully高興地，興奮地；carefully小心翼翼地；quickly很快地；privately通過(guò)私人地，私下地。根據(jù)上文“接著是20秒的沉默。我好像屏住呼吸了一個(gè)小時(shí)�！笨芍�此句是：巴布小心翼翼地說(shuō)：“加里，你知道，我們非常愛(ài)你。但你沒(méi)來(lái)過(guò)這里。多年來(lái)，我一直覺(jué)得自己是單親父母�！惫蔬xB。

【7】句意：這就是事實(shí)。

考查名詞辨析。truth真相，實(shí)情；value價(jià)值；honour崇敬，榮幸，榮譽(yù)；belief信仰。根據(jù)下文“My life had been busy, my family was on their own,（我的生活一直很忙，我的家人只能靠自己）”可知上句是“這就是事實(shí)”。故選A。

【8】句意：我的生活一直很忙，我的家人只能靠自己，如果我想贏回他們，我還有很長(zhǎng)的路要走。

考查動(dòng)詞辨析。lead帶路，引領(lǐng)，通向；keep )保持，繼續(xù)；win獲勝，贏；drive駕駛，開(kāi)車。根據(jù)上文提到作者地女兒給作者展示她地畫(huà)，里面沒(méi)有他，以及作者的妻子抱怨她感覺(jué)像單身父母，和上句“我的生活一直很忙，我的家人只能靠自己”可知此句是“如果我想贏回他們，我還有很長(zhǎng)的路要走。”故選C。