一、阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的****选项。
One day I overheard my mom talk about a family whose work schedules overlapped (重叠), leaving no one to watch their two children. Upon hearing their ___21___, I decided to help this ___22___ out by babysitting (当临时保姆). I finally continued with it due to the ___23___ I obtained. For example, on the first day, while we were playing outside, the neighborhood kids ___24___ playing on the swings. I ___25___ came up with the solution of rock-paper-scissors: the kids who ___26___ swung first. I ___27___ I had the ability to change a negative situation into an enjoyable ___28___ for the children. The two children ___29___ me how creativity can come from the ____30____ things, with imagination being the only tool needed. We turned plates into masks and the backyard into a medieval (中世纪的) castle. They also taught me things can’t always be ____31____ and sometimes things can get messy but you can always clean a mess up. I ____32____ more about myself each of the four times a week I spent at the household than I could have ____33____.
I continued babysitting throughout my high school ____34____ the bond I’d formed with the children and the ____35____ I’d felt I was making in their family. It was ____36____ to watch the kids ____37____ and learn from things I was able to instill (灌输)in them. After the swing argument, whenever a ____38____ needed a solution, the kids would do rock-paper-scissors. I’ll never ____39____ the lifetime skills I obtained from the experience that has ____40____ me into the person I am today.
21. A. vacation B. accident C. application D. situation
22. A. relative B. family C. friend D. mother
23. A. prizes B. surprises C. gifts D. lessons
24. A. focused on B. waited for C. argued over D. thought about
25. A. quickly B. patiently C. casually D. hardly
26. A. competed B. won C. tried D. stopped
27. A. realized B. expected C. remembered D. agreed
28. A. game B. holiday C. party D. trip
29. A. shocked B. embarrassed C. convinced D. taught
30. A. dullest B. craziest C. simplest D. cheapest
31. A. complex B. perfect C. obvious D. new
32. A. wrote B. talked C. worried D. learned
33. A. insisted B. afforded C. claimed D. imagined
34. A. except for B. because of C. instead of D. as for
35. A. demand B. fortune C. decision D. difference
36. A. confusing B. rewarding C. challenging D. disappointing
37. A. smile B. survive C. grow D. graduate
38. A. conflict B. mystery C. subject D. trick
39. A. doubt B. forget C. believe D. regret
40. A. shaped B. fooled C. reasoned D. followed
【答案】21. D 22. B 23. D 24. C 25. A 26. B 27. A 28. A 29. D 30. C 31. B 32. D 33. D 34. B 35. D 36. B 37. C 38. A 39. B 40. A
【解析】
这是一篇记叙文。作者讲述了自己帮别人照看孩子并从中学到很多东西的经历。

【22题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。A. relative亲戚；B. family家人；C. friend朋友；D. mother妈妈。结合上文提到的family可知，我想去帮助这家人，故选B。
【23题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。A. prizes奖励；B. surprises吃惊；C. gifts礼物；D. lessons经验（教训）。根据下文提到作者学到了什么，可推测出此处是指我收获了一些东西，故选D。
【24题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。A. focused on专注于；B. waited for等候；C. argued over争论；D. thought about思考。结合下文作者想出来石头剪子布的办法，可知，孩子们是在争抢着玩荡秋千，故选C。
【25题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。A. quickly很快；B. patiently耐心地；C. casually随便地；D. hardly几乎不。句意：我很快提出了用石头剪子布的办法来决定谁第一个荡秋千。结合上下文和句意可知，选A。
【26题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. competed竞争；B. won赢；C. tried尝试；D. stopped停止。结合上文可知，是谁赢了谁先玩，故选B。
【27题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. realized意识到；B. expected期待；C. remembered记得；D. agreed同意。结合上文作l者轻而易举的解决了孩子们的争端可知，作者是意识到自己有把消极的情况化为孩子们喜欢的游戏的能力，故选A。
【28题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。A. game游戏；B. holiday假期；C. party聚会；D. trip旅行。结合上文语境，孩子们是在玩荡秋千，可知此处作者是想表达让孩子们游戏玩的愉快，故选A。
【29题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. shocked使震惊；B. embarrassed使尴尬；C. convinced使信服；D. taught教。根据上文他帮孩子们解决了问题，同时也学到了东西，可知此处是两个孩子教会了作者……，故选D。

【31题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。A. complex复杂的；B. perfect****的；C. obvious明显的；D. new新的。结合上文，他们把院子弄的特别乱和下文要清理它们，可知，此句要表达他们也教会了我事情不总是****的，故选B。
【32题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. wrote写；B. talked谈话；C. worried担忧；D. learned学到。句意：我在这一家的一周四次的照顾孩子的工作中对自己的了解比想象的要多。结合上下文可知，作者是对自己了解更多，故选D。
【33题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. insisted坚持；B. afforded给予；C. claimed声称；D. imagined想象。结合上文语境和四个选项可知，作者从帮助孩子中学到了比他想象的要多的东西，故选D。
【34题详解】
考查介词短语辨析。A. except for除了；B. because of因为；C. instead of代替；D. as for至于。根据上文可知，在我的整个高中阶段，我继续照看孩子是因为我和孩子们建立了纽带，故选B。
【35题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。A. demand要求；B. fortune命运；C. decision决定；D. difference不同。根据上文，我继续照看孩子是因为我和他们建立的纽带及下文中提到的作者对孩子们的影响，短语make a difference产生影响，故选D。
【36题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。A. confusing困惑的；B. rewarding值得的；C. challenging挑战的；D. disappointing令人失望的。根据下文作者看到孩子们学了作者给他们灌输的知识，可知作者觉得值得的，故选B。
【37题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。A. smile微笑；B. survive幸存；C. grow成长；D. graduate毕业。结合上下文，此处应该是作者看到孩子们成长感到付出是值得的，故选C。

【39题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. doubt怀疑；B. forget忘记；C. believe相信；D. regret遗憾。结合上文和四个选项，此处要表达我永远不会忘记我从这次经历中所获得的，故选B。
【40题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。A. shaped形成；B. fooled愚弄；C. reasoned原因；D. followed跟随。结合本文作者所描述的经历可知，这些经历使我成了今天的我 ，故选A。

二、阅读下面短文, 从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白的****选项。
One autumn morning, I spotted a pair of wild geese on our pond. The beautiful sight caught me by ___21___ because I’d never seen geese there before. Thinking they would soon leave, I ___22___ the chance to get close to them. I wondered where they came from and why they had chosen our pond.
The next morning, the geese were still my ___23___. I walked round to the mailbox, showing them I meant no harm. ___24___. I couldn’t resist getting a ___25___ look. I hid behind some trees and ___26___ the handsome pair quietly through the branches. I was surprised to see they were staring at me, too!
As days passed, I started ___27___ to them on my trips to the mailbox. They craned （伸长） their necks and raised their heads ___28___. but seemed to realize I was their friend. By then, my curiosity about ___29___ they were staying so long at the pond changed to ____30____. As they were feeding in the grass the other day, I discovered the reason for their ____31____: the male had a broken left wing. He couldn’t ____32____, and his faithful mate wouldn’t leave him behind. I asked a biologist what to do. He explained that sometimes a ____33____ wing will heal by itself and suggested letting nature take its course.
On the first day of November, I was working in the neighborhood of the geese with my tractor. As I bent to fasten a chain from the tractor, I ____34____ some movement from the corner of my eye. Both geese were running towards the pond. Their wings were ____35____ like crazy, struggling for take off. Gradually, they flew over the pond. They ____36____ enough altitude to fly past a neighbor’s house, and then circled back towards me, flying no more than 50 feet over my head as if to say goodbye. Then they were out of my ____37____.
The season’s first snowflakes fell the very next day. The birds must have ____38____ that winter was coming, and it was time to go. I became fond of them during their ____39____ visit to our pond, and now I miss them. I’ll never forget their ____40____ to each other.
21. A. accident B. surprise C. nature D. fortune
22. A. increased B. created C. deserved D. valued
23. A. guests B. puzzles C. fellows D. friends
24. A. Instead B. Therefore C. Still D. Anyhow
25. A. closer B. quicker C. quieter D. broader
26. A. approached B. calmed C. observed D. protected
27. A. turning B. attending C. driving D. talking
28. A. firmly B. cautiously C. warmly D. proudly
29. A. why B. when C. how D. whether
30. A. sympathy B. rescue C. pleasure D. concern
31. A. companion B. visit C. settlement D. care
32. A. recover B. survive C. fly D. return
33. A. weak B. folded C. broken D. flightless
34. A. held B. caught C. directed D. made
35. A. spreading B. sweeping C. trembling D. beating
36. A. gained B. set C. discovered D. lost
37. A. reach B. sight C. control D. help
38. A. concluded B. indicated C. sensed D. confirmed
39. A. unexpected B. casual C. regular D. short
40. A. contribution B. promise C. treat D. devotion
【答案】21. B 22. D 23. A 24. C 25. A 26. C 27. D 28. B 29. A 30. D 31. B 32. C 33. C 34. B 35. D 36. A 37. B 38. C 39. A 40. D
【解析】本文是一篇故事，作者讲述了自己家池塘来的两位不速之客——野鹅，它们之间忠诚的陪伴感动了作者。
21. B
考查名词辨析。A. accident事故；B. surprise惊奇；C. nature自然；D. fortune财富。因为作者从未见过野鹅，所以美丽的情景使作者感到惊奇。根据前后句的因果关系和下文的my curiosity，故选B.

23. A
考查名词辨析。A. guests客人；B. puzzles谜题；C. fellows伙伴们；D. friends朋友。第二天早上，野鹅仍然是作者的客人，指它们还没有离开。故选A.
24. C
考查副词辨析。A. Instead代替；B. Therefore因此；C. Still仍然；D. Anyhow无论如何。作者仍然抵制不住接近野鹅去看，与上文I ___2___ the chance to get close to them呼应，故选C.
25. A
考查形容词辨析。A. closer更近的；B. quicker更快的；C. quieter更安静的；D. broader更宽的。指上文的get close to them，更近地接近野鹅观察，故选A.
26. C
考查动词辨析。A. approached靠近；B. calmed镇静；C. observed观察；D. protected保护。作者藏在树后通过树枝静静地观察野鹅，下文surprised to see给了提示，故选C.
27. D
考查动词辨析。A. turning转向；B. attending参加；C. driving驾驶；D. talking交谈。日子一天天过去，作者在去邮箱的路上开始和野鹅交流。下文realize I was their friend给了提示，故选D.
28. B
考查副词辨析。A. firmly坚定地；B. cautiously谨慎地；C. warmly热情地；D. proudly骄傲地。此处指它们伸长脖子，谨慎地抬起头，似乎意识到作者是它们的朋友。句中but起转折作用，下文the male had a broken left wing.也是它们谨慎的一个原因，故选B.
29. A
考查副词辨析。A. why为什么；B. when什么时候；C. how如何；D. whether是否。此处指作者对于为什么它们停留这么长时间的好奇心，与上文why they had chosen our pond.呼应，故选A.
30. D
考查名词辨析。A. sympathy同情；B. rescue营救；C. pleasure快乐；D. concern关心。根据下文the male had a broken left wing和I asked a biologist what to do.可知作者对它们由好奇变成了关心，故选D.
31. B
考查名词辨析。A. companion陪伴；B. visit逗留；C. settlement解决；D. care关心。此处指作者发现了它们逗留的原因，即the male had a broken left wing.故选B.
32. C
考查动词辨析。A. recover恢复；B. survive幸存；C. fly飞；D. return返回。因为the male had a broken left wing.所以它不能飞，根据常识选C.
33. C
考查形容词辨析。A. weak虚弱的；B. folded折叠的；C. broken折断的；D. flightless不能飞的。与上文a broken left wing呼应，指有时折断的翅膀会自愈，故选C.
34. B
考查动词辨析。A. held握住；B. caught捕捉，看到；C. directed指导；D. made制作。作者眼角的余光看到有东西在动，表示作者看到的事物，故选B.
35. D
考查动词辨析。A. spreading传播；B. sweeping打扫；C. trembling颤抖；D. beating拍打。此处指野鹅疯狂地拍打着翅膀，挣扎着起飞。故选D.
36. A
考查动词辨析。A. gained获得；B. set树立；C. discovered发现；D. lost失去。慢慢地野鹅飞过了池塘，飞到了足够的高度。指获得了能够飞走的高度，故选A.
37. B
考查名词辨析。A. reach范围；B. sight视线；C. control控制；D. help帮助。和作者告别后，野鹅飞离了作者的视线。故选B.
38. C
考查动词辨析。A. concluded推断；B. indicated表明；C. sensed感觉；D. confirmed确认。第二天下了这一年的第一场雪，野鹅肯定感觉到了冬天要来了，它们该走了。指它们对气候的感觉，故选C.
39. A
考查形容词辨析。A. unexpected意外的；B. casual随便的；C. regular定期的；D. short短的。与第一段why they had chosen our pond.呼应，指野鹅们意外的到来，故选A.
40. D
考查名词辨析。A. contribution贡献；B. promise允诺；C. treat款待；D. devotion忠诚，奉献。根据his faithful mate wouldn’t leave him behind雄鹅翅膀断了，雌鹅忠诚地守护和陪伴。可知作者指的是它们互相的忠诚和奉献。故选D.

三、阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出可以填入空白处的****选项，并在答题卡上将该项黑。
What is it that you love to do but never feel that you get it quite right?Perhaps you don’t even try any more because you think what you do is not___21___enough.
Discouragement seems to follow us a good part of the time,___22___whatever it is that we work so hard doing.it seems that there is___23___someone else who can do it much better.
I have always enjoyed music and it is___24___to me that every musician has a___25___of their own.My father___26___several instruments and when he played with other people，it was not difficult to___27___his sound in a group.Whether it was guitar or another instrument,he had his own___28___sound.
I___29___read of a music teacher who commented to a discouraged student,“______30______ else can make the sound that you make.”“The sound that you make may not be the same as someone else's but who is to say which is______31______?It is said that，“______32______is in the eye of the beholder(观看者).”Perhaps it could be said that a delightful sound is“in the ear of the______33______”.
Every person has a different tone of voice that______34______ only to them,______35______ we all know people with an unforgettable laugh or a way of______36______that is unique to them.Perhaps it is not the sound of your music or your voice at all.It ______37______be the way you whistle or the sound of your footsteps.
Each person has a(an)______38______on the world in some way.Someone else can do what you do，but they cannot do it______39______ the same way that you do it.The next time you feel______40______, remember Nobody else can make the sound that you make.”
21. A. easy B. good C. simple D. hard
22. A. because B. although C. when D. if
23. A. seldom B. always C. never D. merely
24. A. satisfying B. frustration C. worrying D. interesting
25. A. taste B. sound C. life D. song
26. A. play B. designed C. created D. checked
27. A. turn down B. let out C. pick out D. give off
28. A. loud B. powerful C. pick out D. special
29. A. once B. yet C. even D. still
30. A. Anybody B. Somebody C. Nobody D. Everybody
31. A. bigger B. better C. deeper D. lower
32. A. Beauty B. better C. deeper D. lower
33. A. speaker B. receiver C. listener D. looker
34. A. devotes B. adds C. adapts D. belongs
35. A. but B. yet C. and D. for
36. A. hesitating B. spreading C. jumping D. speaking
37. A. must B. might C. would D. should
38. A. choice B. opinion C. advantage D. effect
39. A. exactly B. skillfully C. cautiously D. seriously
40. A. annoyed B. puzzled C. discouraged D. bothered
【答案】21. B 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. B 26. A 27. C 28. D 29. A 30. C 31. B 32. A 33. C 34. D 35. C 36. D 37. B 38. D 39. A 40. C

【21题详解】
考查形容词辨析。句意：也许你不再努力，因为你认为你做的不够好。A. easy容易的；B. good好的；C. simple简单的；D. hard困难的，故选B。
【22题详解】
考查连词辨析。句意：气馁似乎跟随着我们很长时间，因为无论我们多么辛苦地工作，好像总是有别人比我们做得更好。A. because因为；B. although尽管；C. when当…时；D. if如果，故选A。
【23题详解】
考查副词辨析。句意：气馁似乎跟随着我们很长时间，因为无论我们多么辛苦地工作，好像总是有别人比我们做得更好。A. seldom很少；B. always总是；C. never决不；D. merely仅仅，故选B。
【24题详解】
考查形容词辨析。根据I have always enjoyed music可知每个音乐人都有自己独特的声音，我觉得很有意思。A. satisfying令人满意的；B. frustration挫折；C. worrying担心；D. interesting有趣的，故选D。
【25题详解】
考查名词辨析。句意：每个音乐人都有自己独特的声音，我觉得很有意思。A. taste品味； B. sound声音；C. life生活；D. song歌曲，故选B。
【26题详解】
考查动词辨析。根据and when he played with other people可知我父亲演奏过几个乐器。A. play演奏；B. designed设计；C. created创造；D. checked检查，故选A。
【27题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。上文说每个音乐家都有自己独特的声音，由此推断出在一片音乐声中不难辨别出他的声音。A. turn down调低；B. let out放出；C. pick out辨认出；D. give off发出，故选C。
【28题详解】
考查形容词辨析。句意：无论是吉他还是其他乐器，它都有自己独特的声音。A. loud大声的；B. powerful强大的；C. pick out挑选出；D. special特殊的，故选D。
【29题详解】
考查副词辨析。句意：我曾经读过一篇关于一位音乐教师评价一个气馁的学生的文章。A. once曾经；B. yet然而；C. even甚至；D. still仍然，故选A。
【30题详解】
考查代词。句意：没有人能制造出你创造出的声音。A. Anybody任何人；B. Somebody有人；C. Nobody没有人；D. Everybody每个人，故选C。
【31题详解】
考查形容词辨析。句意：你创造的声音可能和某人创造的声音不同，但是谁能说谁的更好呢。A．bigger更大；B．better更好；C．deeper更深；D．lower更低，故选B。
【32题详解】
考查名词辨析。句意：据说，美在观看者的眼里。A. Beauty美丽；B. better更好；C. deeper更深；D. lower更低，故选A。
【33题详解】
考查名词辨析。句意：也许可以说，令人愉快的声音是在听众的耳朵里了。A. speaker演讲者；B. receiver接受者；C. listener听众；D. looker观看者，故选C。
【34题详解】
考查动词辨析。句意：每个人都有只是属于他们自己的不同音调。A. devotes****于； B. adds增加；C. adapts适应；D. belongs属于，故选D。
【35题详解】
考查连词辨析。句意：并且，我们知道每个人都有着令人难忘的笑声或者独特的说话方式。A. but但是；B. yet 然而；C. and并且；D. for为了，故选C。
【36题详解】
考查动名词辨析。句意：并且，我们知道每个人都有着令人难忘的笑声或者独特的说话方式。A. hesitating犹豫；B. spreading传播；C. jumping跳；D. speaking说话，故选D。
【37题详解】
考查情态动词辨析。句意：它可能是你吹口哨的声音或者脚步声。A. must必须；B. might可能；C. would将会；D. should应该，故选B。
【38题详解】
考查名词辨析。句意：每个人在某一方面对这个世界都有着影响。A. choice选择；B. opinion观点；C. advantage优势；D. effect影响，故选D。
【39题详解】
考查副词辨析。句意：别人能做你做的事，但是他们做事的方式和你不****相同。A. exactly****地；B. skillfully巧妙地；C. cautiously小心地；D. seriously认真地，故选A。

四、阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的****选项。
Ann and I have been married for 58 years, but it was not love at first ___21___.
We both ___22___ in Mobile, and entered Murphy High School in 1953. I sat by two girls. The three of us talked so ___23___ during class that the teacher split us up. She moved me next to a ___24___ named Ann. The only thing I knew about Ann was that she was best friends with the ___25___ pastor’s (牧师) daughter. That was all I knew about her. And Ann knew all she ___26___ to know about me.
In our junior year, we were still in the ___27___ class. When in ___28___, I asked Ann to ___29___ me what I was doing wrong. Without a word, she let me know she was ___30___ to help me. So I asked another classmate.
Later, I started working in a ___31___ store. Ann came in weekly with her mother and seemed to be a ___32___ person. We talked a lot and I ___33___ that I had changed, too.
Once as I took the groceries out for her, I asked if she’d ___34___ to go for a ride after work, but she said she ___35___ drive her mother home. I felt ___36___ but found out later that she was hoping for my ___37___ to pick her up after work.
Days later seeing Ann walking home, I offered her a ride. She accepted and I quickly asked her for a ___38___, thinking she’d be more ___39___ to accept. And she did. We continued to date until that famous pastor ___40___ us.
21. A. view B. meeting C. hand D. sight
22. A. grew out B. brought up C. grew up D. brought in
23. A. seriously B. much C. widely D. attentively
24. A. girl B. classmate C. schoolmate D. boy
25. A. poor B. famous C. kind D. strict
26. A. got B. offered C. wanted D. hated
27. A. familiar B. small C. same D. good
28. A. class B. need C. silence D. trouble
29. A. teach B. show C. warn D. inform
30. A. unwilling B. sure C. hesitated D. ready
31. A. fruit B. department C. book D. grocery
32. A. different B. clever C. rich D. mature
33. A. understood B. expected C. thought D. realized
34. A. need B. wish C. like D. hope
35. A. decided to B. preferred to C. used to D. had to
36. A. rejected B. embarrassed C. frustrated D. disappointed
37. A. support B. offer C. hope D. confidence
38. A. promise B. ride C. advice D. date
39. A. uncertain B. possible C. likely D. due
40. A. met B. allowed C. married D. congratulated
【答案】21. D 22. C 23. B 24. A 25. B 26. C 27. C 28. D 29. B 30. A 31. D 32. A 33. D 34. C 35. D 36. A 37. B 38. D 39. C 40. C
【解析】
本文是一篇记叙文，作者和Ann结婚58年了，但是他们并不是一见钟情，文章介绍了两人相见相处及相爱的过程。
【21题详解】
考查固定结构。A. view观点，风景；B. meeting会议；C. hand手；D. sight视力，看见，风景；介词短语love at first sight一见钟情；句意：Ann和我结婚58年了，但我们并不是一见钟情。故D项正确。
【22题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。A. grew out出芽，长出；B. brought up抚养，养育；C. grew up成长，长大；D. brought in引进，赚钱；我和Ann都在Mobile长大的，在1953年进入了Murphy High School。C项表示二人都在同一个地方长大，B项应该使用被动语态。故C项正确。
【23题详解】
考查副词辨析。A. seriously严肃地，认真地；B. much很多；C. widely宽阔的；D. attentively专注地；我和两个女孩子坐在一起，我们三个人在课堂上讲话太多以至于老师把我们分开了。副词much表示程度，故B项正确。
【24题详解】
考查常识及上下文串联。在英语里Ann是一个女孩的名字，同时根据后句“The only thing I knew about Ann was that she was best friends”中的“she”可知她是一个女生，故A项正确。
【25题详解】
考查形容词辨析及上下文串联。A. poor贫穷的，可怜的；B. famous著名的；C. kind善良的；D. strict严格的；关于Ann我所了解的****的事情就是她和著名牧师的女儿是好朋友，而Ann知道了所有她想知道我的事情。根据第20空“We continued to date until that famous pastor ___20___ us”可知这位牧师非常有名。故B项正确。
【26题详解】
考查动词辨析。A. got得到；B. offered主动提供；C. wanted想要；D. hated讨厌，憎恨；关于Ann我所了解的****的事情就是她和著名牧师的女儿是好朋友，而Ann知道了所有她想知道我的事情。故C项正确。
【27题详解】
考查形容词辨析。A. familiar熟悉的；B. small小的；C. same同样的；D. good好的；根据第2空“We both ___2___ in Mobile, and entered Murphy High School in 1953.”可知我和Ann是同一年上学的，也在同一个班级。故C项正确。
【28题详解】
考查名词辨析及上下文串联。A. class班级；B. need需要；C. silence安静；D. trouble麻烦，困境；句意：当我处于困境中的时候，我总是要请Ann告诉我哪里做错了。根据下句中“…what I was doing wrong”我遇见了麻烦。故D项正确。
【29题详解】
考查动词辨析。A. teach教；B. show展示，说明；C. warn警告；D. inform通知；句意：当我处于困境中的时候，我总是要请Ann告诉我哪里做错了。使用show说明我请她向我们说明我的问题在哪里。故B项正确。
【30题详解】
考查词义辨析及上下文串联。A. unwilling不愿意的；B. sure确定的，有把握的；C. hesitated 犹豫的；D. ready准备好的；根据前后句“Without a word…So I asked another classmate”可知她不说话，我只好问其他同学，说明她不愿意告诉我。故A项正确。
【31题详解】
考查名词辨析及上下文串联。A. fruit水果；B. department部门；C. book书；D. grocery杂货；根据14空前“Once as I took the groceries out for her…”可知我在一家杂货店工作了，故D项正确。
【32题详解】
考查形容词辨析及上下文串联。A. different不同的；B. clever聪明的；C. rich富有的；D. mature成熟的；根据前段可知在学校里她和我很少说话，现在和我说了很多，说明她和以前不一样了。故A项正确。
【33题详解】
考查动词辨析。A. understood明白；B. expected期待，预料；C. thought思考，认为；D. realized意识到，实现；根据12句可知她变化很大，在交流的时候我意识到我也发生了很大的变化。故D项正确。
【34题详解】
考查动词辨析。A. need需要；B. wish希望；C. like喜欢；D. hope希望；句意：曾经有一次我帮她把杂货拿出去，我问她是否喜欢下班以后去散步，但是她说她不得不和妈妈开车回家。使用like表示我对她的邀请。故C项正确。

【36题详解】
考查形容词辨析。A. rejected被拒绝的；B. embarrassed尴尬的；C. frustrated挫败的；D. disappointed失望的；她说她不得不开车和妈妈回家，我感觉自己被拒绝了，但后来发现她希望我主动提出下班以后去接她。故A项正确。
【37题详解】
考查名词辨析。A. support支持；B. offer提出；C. hope希望；D. confidence信心；她说她不得不开车和妈妈回家，我感觉自己被拒绝了，但后来发现她希望我主动提出下班以后去接她。名词offer和不定式连用，她希望我主动采取行动。故B项正确。
【38题详解】
考查名词辨析。A. promise诺言；B. ride乘坐，便车；C. advice建议；D. date日期，约会；句意：几天以后我看见她步行回家，我主动让她搭便车，我迅速约她，以为她可能会接受我的邀约。故D项正确。
【39题详解】
考查形容词辨析及固定句式。A. uncertain不确定的；B. possible可能的；C. likely可能的；D. due到期的；句意：几天以后我看见她步行回家，我主动让她搭便车，我迅速约她，以为她可能会接受我的邀约。句式：sb be likely to do sth某人可能做某事；possible的主语不能是人。故C项正确。
【40题详解】
考查动词辨析。A. met遇见；B. allowed允许；C. married和…结婚；为…主持婚礼；D. congratulated祝贺；句意：我们一直在约会直到那个著名的牧师为我们主持婚礼。根据句意可知C项正确。

五、阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的****选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I truly feel that my mother led me here, to Morzaine, and to my future as happy wife and business woman. When Mum ___21___ in October 2007, I was a cook. In December that year, while I was working for a wedding, a pearl necklace Mum had left me ___22___. I was distraught（忧心如焚的）. Some days later, I was ___23___ that a guy who was working with us that day could probably have made a fortune ___24___ the necklace he found. ___25___, he returned it. Hearing how I’d ___26___ Mum for six months before her death, he said, “Christmas is going to be ___27___ —why not go out to the Alps for a couple of weeks?”
I come to Morzaine, a small, friendly village in the Alps and ___28___ fell in love with it .What was ___29___ to be a stopgap (权宜之计) trip ___30___ a new life .I kept travelling between London and here and felt ___31___ than I had in months. In December 2008, I was ___32___ as a hotel manager and moved here full time.
A month later, I met Paul, who was traveling here. We fell in love. In the beginning, I didn’t want to discuss marriage, because the sadness of losing Mum still felt ___33___. Paul understood that and never ___34___ me. But, by summer, we got married. A year later, we used his savings, and the money from the sale of Mom’s house, to build our own ___35___.
We want to give our guests a ___36___ feel, so each room is themed(以……为题) around memories from our lives. There are also styles to remind me of Mom - a tiny chair which ___37___ be in her bedroom is set in one room.
We are having a wonderful life and Mum ___38___ naturally part of it, ___39___ there’s no way we would be here if it wasn’t for the ___40___ she gave me. I know she’s here in spirit, keeping an eye on us.
21. A. died B. came C. returned D. visited
22. A. burned B. disappeared C. broke D. dropped
23. A. shown B. comforted C. persuaded D. told
24. A. hiding B. stealing C. selling D. wearing
25. A. Hopefully B. Naturally C. Accidentally D. Fortunately
26. A. nursed B. cured C. missed D. guarded
27. A. long B. hard C. merry D. free
28. A. suddenly B. finally C. nearly D. immediately
29. A. said B. proved C. supposed D. judged
30. A. turned out B. turned into C. turned down D. turned on
31. A. smarter B. higher C. firmer D. lighter
32. A. honored B. hired C. regarded D. trained
33. A. upset B. painful C. great D. good
34. A. left B. pushed C. surprised D. interrupted
35. A. hotel B. restaurant C. home D. shop
36. A. homely B. lively C. motherly D. friendly
37. A. ought to B. used to C. might D. could
38. A. takes B. keeps C. looks D. feels
39. A. unless B. while C. because D. though
40. A. money B. chair C. house D. necklace
【答案】21. A 22. B 23. D 24. C 25. D 26. A 27. B 28. D 29. C 30. B 31. D 32. B 33. C 34. B 35. A 36. A 37. B 38. D 39. C 40. D
【解析】
【分析】
本文是一篇记叙文。作者围绕其母亲去世时留给她的一条珍珠项链这一主线展开故事。叙述了她在项链失而复得之后，为了缓解对母亲的思念，在一次不经意的度假中找到了她的新生活——成家立业。作者在生活中以各种形式来怀念她的母亲，感受到家的温暖，而“项链”既表达了对母亲的怀念之情也暗示了母亲对她生活的影响。
【21题详解】
考查动词词义和语境理解。A. died 死；B. came来；C. returned返回，归还；D. visited参观。有下文的death可知母亲“去世了”。 故选A。
【22题详解】
考查动词词义和语境理解。A. burned烧伤；B. disappeared消失；C. broke打破；D. dropped使落下。有后文的我感到“忧心如焚”及“归还”（return）可知此处是指项链丢失了。 故选B。

【24题详解】
考查动词辨析和语境理解。A. hiding躲藏； B. stealing偷；C. selling卖； D. wearing穿戴。既然是赚了一大笔钱，捡到项链的那个人肯定是把它卖了。故选C。
【25题详解】
考查副词词义及语境理解。A. Hopefully有希望地；B. Naturally自然地； C. Accidentally意外地；D. Fortunately幸运地。项链失而复得，“我”是幸运地。故选A。
【26题详解】
考查动词词义及语境理解。A. nursed护理；B. cured 治愈；C. missed怀念；D. guarded守卫。母亲去世前我“护理”了她六个月。故选A。
【27题详解】
考查形容词词义及语境理解。A. long长的；B. hard艰苦的，困难的； C. merry愉快的；D. free自由的。在万家团圆的圣诞节，母亲刚去世，对我来说一定很难熬。 故选B。
【28题详解】
考查副词词义及语境理解。A. suddenly突然地；B. finally最后； C. nearly几乎；D. immediately立刻。我已来到小镇Morzaine就“立刻”喜欢上了它。故选D。
【29题详解】
考查动词及语境理解。A. said说；B. proved证明；C. supposed假定；D. judged判断。一开始到这来旅游的目的是放松心情。be said to据说……；be proved to据证明；be supposed to认为应该……；be judged to据判断。 故选C。
【30题详解】
考查短语辨析及语境理解。A. turned out结果是；B. turned into变成； C. turned down拒绝，调低；D. turned on打开。根据What was ___9___ to be a stopgap (权宜之计) trip ___10___ a new life .可知，原本应该是一次权宜之计的旅行开启了新的生活。故选D。
【31题详解】
考查形容词词义和语境理解。A. smarter聪明的；B. higher高的；C. firmer 结实的；D. lighter明亮的。我的心情比过去的几个月“敞亮了”很多。故选B。
【32题详解】
考查动词词义和语境理解。A. honored 尊敬；B. hired雇佣；C. regarded看作；D. trained训练。我“受雇”到这里来当宾馆的经理。故选D。
【33题详解】
考查形容词词义及语境理解。A. upset心烦的；B. painful痛苦的； C. great 伟大的；D. good好的。根据We fell in love. In the beginning, I didn’t want to discuss marriage, because the sadness of losing Mum still felt ___13___.可知，后文的“But, by summer, we got married.”暗示此处为刚开始我没有心情谈论“婚姻”，因为我“还”沉浸在失去母亲的痛苦当中。故选C。
【34题详解】
考查动词词义和语境理解。A. left 离开；B. pushed催促；C. surprised使惊讶；D. interrupted打断。Paul理解我的心情，从不“催促”我结婚。故选B。
【35题详解】
考查语境理解。A. hotel宾馆；B. restaurant 餐厅；C. home家；D. shop商店。上文提到受雇做宾馆的经理，现在我们开了家自己的“宾馆”。 故选A。
【36题详解】
考查语境理解。A. homely家庭的；B. lively活泼的；C. motherly 母亲般的；D. friendly友好的。后文说每间客房都是围绕我们的生活记忆装饰的，我们这样做是为了让客人有一种“家”的感觉。 故选A。
【37题详解】
考查情态动词及语境理解。A. ought to应该；B. used to过去经常；C. might 可能；D. could可以。这把小椅子“以前”是放在母亲的卧室里的。故选B。
【38题详解】
考查语境理解。A. takes拿走；B. keeps保持；C. looks看；D. feels感觉。母亲已去世，但是我们的幸福生活她在天堂可以“感觉”的到。 故选D。
【39题详解】
考查连词和语境理解。A. unless除非（引导条件状语从句）；B. while当---时候 （引导时间和比较状语从句）；C. because因为 （引导原因状语从句）；D. though尽管（引导让步状语从句）这里是在解释我认为母亲在天堂可以感觉到我们幸福生活的原因。故选C。
【40题详解】
考查语境理解。A. money钱；B. chair椅子；C. house 房子；D. necklace项链。前文一直在围绕着母亲给我的“项链”在记述。故选D。

六、阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的****选项。
Experts say boredom is good for kids．It forces them to be creative，___21___their imaginations and helps them discover new things．A(n)___22___in point is 13-year-old Luke Thill from Dubuque, Iowa.
Luke was___23___of playing video games and riding his bike, so he decided to build a tiny house in his backyard instead．He made money from cutting lawns(草坪)and___24___exchanged some services，such as gaining the help of an electrical engineer___25___sweeping his garage．Luke also___26___spare materials from his grandmother’s house and other___27___materials from his neighbors for some of the windows and the door．
The 89-square—foot home cost $1，5 00 to build and___28___18 months．Inside there’s a kitchenette，a back sitting room，a table and a mounted(镶嵌的)TV，and an upstairs bedroom can be easily___29___by stairway．
Although Luke did the___30___and learned how to do all the work．he had his father’s___31___throughout the project．Greg Thill was very happy that his son learned to stay on___32___and deal with grown-ups．___33___，he had some simple rules when Luke___34___the house：“You ___35___the money．You build it．And you own it．’’
Luke is now in love with ___36___. He has a YouTube channel and hopes to___37___other kids to start building．___38___，he wants to build a bigger tiny house to live in，but for now，he___39___in his new home a few nights a week，does homework there，and uses it to take a___40___from his twin brother．
21. A. changes B. ignores C. improves D. weakens
22. A. method B. explanation C. procedure D. case
23. A. tired B. fond C. confident D. guilty
24. A. thus B. even C. still D. anyhow
25. A. in exchange for B. in praise for
C. in support of D. in place of
26. A. updated B. ordered C. removed D. used
27. A. recycled B. cheap C. new D. raw
28. A. spent B. took C. saved D. wasted
29. A. supported B. accessed C. held D. 1anded
30. A. research B. housework C. experiment D. discovery
31. A. permission B. help C. control D. order
32. A. credit B. business C. budget D. duty
33. A. Therefore B. Besides C. Rather D. However
34. A. finished B. decorated C. started D. painted
35. A. borrow B. donate C. raise D. distribute
36. A. books B. videos C. riding D. building
37. A. inspire B. press C. command D. warn
38. A. Luckily B. Eventually C. Frequently D. Strangely
39. A. brings out B. 1eaves out C. hangs out D. puts out
40. A. ride B. risk C. chance D. break
【答案】21. C 22. D 23. A 24. B 25. A 26. D 27. A 28. B 29. B 30. A 31. B 32. C 33. D 34. C 35. C 36. D 37. A 38. B 39. C 40. D
【解析】
本文是一篇记叙文，通过来自Dubuque, Iowa的13岁的卢克对建筑感兴趣的例子，证明无聊对孩子有好处。它迫使他们变得有创造力，提高他们的想象力，帮助他们发现新的东西。

【22题详解】
考查名词。A. method方法；B. explanation解释；C. procedure程序；D. case情况，案例。一个恰当的例子是来自Luke Thrill from Dubuque, Iowa的13岁的卢克。此处指的是一个“案例”，故选D。
【23题详解】
考查形容词。A. tired劳累的；B. fond喜爱的；C. confident自信的；D. guilty有罪的。Luke厌倦了玩电子游戏和骑自行车，所以他决定在他的后院建一个小房子。be tired of对---感到厌烦，故答案为of。
【24题详解】
考查副词。A. thus因此；B. even甚至；C. still仍然；D. anyhow无论如何。他从修剪草坪上赚了钱，甚至还交换了一些服务，比如得到一名电气工程师的帮助，以换取打扫车库的费用。故选B。
【25题详解】
考查词组。A. in exchange for交换；B. in praise for因为---赞美；C. in support of 支持；D. in place of代替。他从修剪草坪上赚了钱，甚至还交换了一些服务，比如得到一名电气工程师的帮助，以换取打扫车库的费用。根据such as gaining the help of an electrical engineer ___5___ sweeping his garage.可知此处的意思是“交换”，故选A。
【26题详解】
考查动词。A. updated更新；B. ordered命令；C. removed拆除；D. used使用。Luke还用他祖母家的备用材料和邻居的其他回收材料做了一些窗户和门。故选D。
【27题详解】
考查形容词。A. recycled回收利用的；B. cheap便宜的；C. new新的；D. raw未加工的。Luke还用他祖母家的备用材料和邻居的其他回收材料做了一些窗户和门。故选D。
【28题详解】
考查动词。A. spent花费；B. took花费，拿走；C. saved挽救；D. wasted浪费。这个89平方英尺的房子建造花费了1500美元和18个月。spend“花费”，主语是“人”；take“花费”的主语是“物”，故选B。
【点睛】
1.spend 句型sb spend some money on sth. /sb spend some time doing sth.人花费钱或时间。
2.take 句型it takes sb some time to do sth. it开头的，只用于花费时间。
3.cost 句型sth cost sb some money 物花费的钱。
4.pay 短语pay for 是付款，为...花费的，主语是人。
【29题详解】
考查动词。A. supported支持；B. accessed接近，获取；C. held举行；D. landed登陆。里面有一个小厨房，一个后客厅，一张桌子和一个挂着的电视，楼上的卧室可以很容易地通过楼梯进入。可知此处指很容易地通过楼梯“进入”，故选B。
【30题详解】
考查名词。A. research研究；B. housework家务；C. experiment实验； D. discovery发现。虽然Luke做了研究，并学会了如何做所有的工作，但他在整个项目中都得到了父亲的帮助。根据learned how to do all the work可知，Luke做了研究，故选A。
【31题详解】
考查名词。A. permission许可；B. help帮助；C. control控制；D. order命令。虽然Luke做了研究，并学会了如何做所有的工作，但他在整个项目中都得到了父亲的帮助。根据Although Luke did the ___10___ and learned how to do all the work,可知，Luke整个过程得到了父亲的“帮助”，故选B。
【32题详解】
考查名词。A. credit信用；B. business生意；C. budget预算；D. duty职责。他的儿子学会了保持预算和处理成年人的问题，他非常高兴。根据deal with grown-ups可知他学会了保持“预算”，故选C。
【33题详解】
考查副词。A. Therefore因此；B. Besides另外；C. Rather宁愿；D. However然而。然而，当卢克开始建造这所房子时，他有一些简单的规则：“你筹集资金。你建立它。和你拥有它。”上文提到整个过程他得到了父亲的帮助，而下文的he had some simple rules when Luke ___14___ the house说明前后表示“转折”，故选D。
【34题详解】
考查动词。A. finished完成；B. decorated装饰；C. started开始，起动；D. painted油漆，绘画。然而，当卢克开始建造这所房子时，他有一些简单的规则：“你筹集资金。你建立它。和你拥有它。”故选C。
【35题详解】
考查动词。A. borrow借；B. donate捐赠；C. raise提高，养育；D. distribute分布，分配。然而，当卢克开始这所房子时，他有一些简单的规则：“你筹集资金。你建立它。和你拥有它。”此处表示“筹集资金”，故选C。
【36题详解】
考查名词。A. books书；B. videos视频；C. riding骑马；D. building建筑物。Luke现在爱上了建筑。根据下文start building可知答案为D。
【37题详解】
考查动词。A. inspire鼓舞；B. press按压；C. command命令，指挥；D. warn警告。他有一个YouTube频道，希望能激励其他孩子开始建设。故选A。

【39题详解】
考查动词词组。A. brings out生产，出版；B. leaves out遗漏，不考虑； C. hangs out挂出，闲逛；D. puts out熄灭，出版。最终，他想要建造一个更大的小房子住在里面，但现在，他每周都要在他的新房子里呆上几个晚上，在那里做家庭作业，用它来休息一下避开他的双胞胎兄弟。故选C。
【40题详解】
考查名词。A. ride骑，乘坐；B. risk冒险；C. chance机会；D. break破裂，间断。最终，他想要建造一个更大的小房子住在里面，但现在，他每周都要在他的新房子里呆上几个晚上，在那里做家庭作业，用它来休息一下避开他的双胞胎兄弟。故选D。