Question

【題目】 Every Saturday night Mama would sit down by the table and count out the money Papa had brought home. Mama would carefully divide big groups for the housing, and food, and one or two coins for Nels or me — Katrin to buy notebooks.

With ___________ interest we would watch the money becoming less and less. At last Papa would ask, “Is that all?” When Mama nodded, we could relax a little. For Mama would look up and smile, “It's good.” she’d say. “We do not have to go to the Bank.”

It was a wonderful thing, that bank account (銀行賬戶(hù)) of Mama’s. We were all so proud of it. It gave us such a warm,_____________ feeling.

When finishing school Nels wanted to go on to high. “It will cost a little money,” Nels said to Mama. We gathered around the table watching a box in front of Mama. This was the “Little Bank” — used for unexpected situations. Nels had it all written out. So much for what he would need. Mama looked at the ____________ for a long time. Then she counted the money in the Little Bank. There wasn’t enough. “We do not,” she said to us gently, “want to have to go to the Bank.” We all ____________ our heads.

“I’ll work in Dillon’s shop after school,” Nels _____________.

Mama smiled at him. Papa said, “It's not enough.” Then he took his pipe out of his mouth. “I give up smoking,” he said. Mama ____________ the table and touched Papa’s hand, but she didn’t say anything.

“I will mind the Elvington children every Friday night,” I said. “It's good,” Mama said.

We all felt very good. We had passed another milestone (絆腳石) without having to go downtown and draw money out of the bank.

So many things, I remember, came out of the Little Bank during the past 20 years. Even during the Strike (罷) , Mama wouldn’t let us worry too much. We all worked together so that the important trip downtown could be put off.

The day the Strike was over and Papa went back to work, I saw Mama stand a little straighter, as if to get a kind out of her back.

Last year I sold my first story. I hurried to Mama’s and showed her the check. “For you,” I said, “to put in your Bank Account.”

“There is no ______________,” Mama said. “In all my life, I’ve never been inside a Bank.”

And when I didn’t — couldn’t — answer, Mama said _____________, “It's not good for little ones to be afraid — to not feel safe. ”

【1】A.endlessB.hopefulC.breathlessD.doubtful

【2】A.comfortableB.safeC.easyD.pleasant

【3】A.priceB.moneyC.objectsD.numbers

【4】A.noddedB.shookC.loweredD.raised

【5】A.decidedB.volunteeredC.suggestedD.mentioned

【6】A.reached acrossB.sat besideC.walked toD.moved around

【7】A.accountB.needC.goodD.check

【8】A.quicklyB.seriouslyC.warmlyD.politely

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【4】B

【5】B

【6】A

【7】A

【8】B

【解析】

本文講述了媽媽為了給孩子營(yíng)造一個(gè)不害怕而又安全感的家，一家人通過(guò)媽媽的銀行賬戶(hù)解決了很多問(wèn)題的故事。

【1】句意：我們屏息聚精會(huì)神地看著錢(qián)越分越少。

endless無(wú)止境的；hopeful有希望的；breathless屏息的；doubtful懷疑地。根據(jù)上文可知，媽媽在分錢(qián)，我們?cè)诳�。這個(gè)句子是在描述我們?cè)诳磱寢尫皱X(qián)時(shí)的那種屏住呼吸、聚精會(huì)神地那種表情。故選C。

【2】句意：它給了我們?nèi)绱藴嘏�、安全的感覺(jué)。

Comfortable舒服的；safe安全的；easy容易的；pleasant令人愉快的。根據(jù)文章最后一段中的句子“It's not good for little ones to be afraid — to not feel safe.”可知，媽媽不想讓小孩子害怕沒(méi)有安全感。正是媽媽的“銀行賬戶(hù)”，給孩子帶來(lái)了溫暖和安全感。這是媽媽的用心所在。故選B。

【3】句意：媽媽對(duì)著那些數(shù)字看了好長(zhǎng)一段時(shí)間。

根據(jù)本段的句子“Nels had it all written out. So much for what he would need.”可知，Nels把所有的上高中的花銷(xiāo)都列了出來(lái)�？赏茰y(cè)媽媽是對(duì)著那些數(shù)字看了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間。故選D。

【4】句意：我們都搖搖頭。

nodded點(diǎn)頭；shook搖；lowered降低；raised提高。由下文的Nels、Papa以及“我”所采取的行動(dòng)�？芍�不用取銀行的錢(qián)。故空格所在句表達(dá)的是：大家都搖搖頭。故選B。

【5】句意：放學(xué)后，我會(huì)在Dillon’s shop工作，”Nels主動(dòng)說(shuō)。

decided決定；volunteered主動(dòng)、志愿；suggested建議；mentioned提到。根據(jù)后文的Papa主動(dòng)放棄抽煙以及“我”提出每個(gè)周五晚上照顧孩子�？赏茰y(cè)Nels的做法是主動(dòng)的、自愿的。故選B。

【6】句意：媽媽把手伸過(guò)桌子，摸了摸爸爸的手，但她什么也沒(méi)說(shuō)。

reached across伸過(guò)去；sat beside在……旁邊坐下；walked to走向……；moved around走來(lái)走去。根據(jù)第四段中的句子“We gathered around the table watching a box in front of Mama.”可知，大家是圍在桌子旁邊的�？赏茰y(cè)媽媽是把手伸過(guò)去摸了摸爸爸的手。故選A。

【7】句意：“沒(méi)有賬戶(hù)，”媽媽說(shuō)。

account賬戶(hù)；need需要；good好的；check支票，賬單。根據(jù)后句“In all my life, I’ve never been inside a Bank.”句意是：媽媽沒(méi)有進(jìn)過(guò)銀行�？芍獘寢寷](méi)有賬戶(hù)。故選A。

【8】句意：媽媽認(rèn)真地說(shuō),“讓小孩子害怕沒(méi)有安全感是不好的�！�

Quickly迅速地；seriously嚴(yán)肅地，認(rèn)真地；warmly溫和地；politely有禮貌地。根據(jù)空格后的句子“It's not good for little ones to be afraid — to not feel safe.”句意是：讓孩子害怕沒(méi)有安全感是不好的�？芍�這時(shí)媽媽說(shuō)出了她的真實(shí)想法，可推測(cè)說(shuō)話(huà)的態(tài)度應(yīng)該是認(rèn)真的。故選B。