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【題目】It was getting dark. Paul looked out of the window and signed (嘆氣). Dad said he could come home by 5:30, but it was almost 7:00. Even if Dad came back, it wouldn’t be much fun playing ____ in the dark. Paul walked into his room and threw his baseball into the corner. He tried to do some homework, but couldn’t.

The phone rang at about 8:00. It was Dad: “Paul, I’m ____ , but I couldn’t play baseball with you tonight. I have to finish my work at the office. Maybe we can play this weekend. Oh no. How about next weekend?....”

Paul couldn’t understand why Dad was so ____ . He threw himself into the sofa and soon fell asleep. His book was still opened to the first page.

The next day at school, Paul didn’t hand in his homework and ____ a test. Mrs. Green, his teacher, asked him to stay after school. “Paul, you didn’t do your homework.You didn’t pass the test and only got a D. This isn’t like you. What’s wrong?”

Paul just sat there ____ . “Paul, if you don’t want to talk, I will. I know that something’s worrying with you, but you have to get it out. You need to tell someone.”

As Paul walked home, he thought of what Mrs. Green said. Maybe he didn’t do his homework because he wanted to get his dad’s ____ . He knew Mrs. Green was right. He decided to take her advice.

When Paul got home, he ____ his dad. But there was no answer. Then it went to voicemail (語音信箱). Paul began talking: “Dad, I can’t play with you next weekend. I’ve got lots of problems with my homework. Also, I really don’t want to spend another day looking out of the window and waiting. Whenever you ____ our plans, Dad, it hurts me. It’s not too late to rebuild our relationship, but we have to start small. Maybe you can help me with my ____ sometime. Dad, I love you.”

As Paul ended the call, he felt much relaxed. He didn’t know whether his dad would be different, but it didn’t matter. He himself ____ . He expressed his feelings to the right person. He had a clear head as he was doing his homework that evening.

【1】A. baseball B. cards C. chess D. toys

【2】A. lucky B. sorry C. surprised D. pleased

【3】A. famous B. helpful C. lazy D. busy

【4】A. made B. missed C. failed D. chose

【5】A. cheerfully B. comfortably C. hopefully D. quietly

【6】A. attention B. message C. praise D. trust

【7】A. saw B. thanked C. called D. greeted

【8】A. prepare B. break C. follow D. question

【9】A. choice B. homework C. speech D. decision

【10】A. regretted B. complained C. insisted D. changed

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【5】D

【6】A

【7】C

【8】B

【9】B

【10】D

【解析】試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了保羅的父親因為自己忙沒有考慮到兒子的感受，而改變了和兒子的約定。保羅因此沒有寫作業(yè)導致考試失敗。而后保羅給父親留言告訴了他自己的感受，心情輕松，也能投入學習了。

【1】A考查名詞及語境的理解。A.baseball棒球；B.cards卡片；C.chess象棋；D.toys玩具。根據(jù)后文保羅把棒球扔進角落，可知句意：即使父親回來，天黑打棒球也沒有什么樂趣。故選A。

【2】B考查形容詞及語境的理解。A.lucky幸運的； B.sorry對不起，C.surprised吃驚的；D.pleased滿意的。根據(jù)后文父親說不能和兒子打棒球可知父親表示歉意，故選B。

【3】D考查形容詞及語境的理解。A.famous著名的；B.helpful有幫助的；C.lazy懶惰的；D.busy繁忙的。根據(jù)上文父親的話，可知這次不能打棒球，這個周末也不行，可知父親忙。故選D。

【4】C考查動詞及語境的理解。A.made制作；B.missed錯過；C.failed失��；D.chose選擇。句意：第二天，保羅沒有交作業(yè)，而且考試不及格。根據(jù)后文老師的話可知，故選C。

【5】D考查副詞及語境的理解。A.cheerfully愉快地；B.comfortably舒適地；C.hopefully有希望地；D.quietly安靜地。根據(jù)上文保羅考試失敗，老師詢問，可知保羅靜靜地坐著沒有說話，故選D。

【6】A考查名詞及語境的理解。A.attention注意；B.message信息；C.praise表揚；D.trust信任。句意：也許他不做作業(yè)是因為他想得到父親的注意。根據(jù)句意，故選A。

【7】C考查動詞及語境的理解。A.saw看到；B.thanked感謝；C.called喊，打電話；D.greeted問候。根據(jù)后文沒有人接電話，進入語音信箱，可知保羅到家后給父親打了電話。故選C。

【8】B考查動詞及語境的理解。A.prepare準備；B.break打碎，弄壞；C.follow跟隨；D.question問題，疑問。結(jié)合上文，可知句意：無論你何時打亂計劃，都傷害到我。故選B。

【9】B考查名詞及語境的理解。A.choice選擇；B.homework作業(yè)；C.speech演講；D.decision決定。什么時間修復我們的關(guān)系都不會太晚。也許某個時間你可以在作業(yè)方面幫助我。根據(jù)上文他說自己作業(yè)方面有問題，故選B。

【10】D 考查動詞及語境的理解。A. regretted后悔；B. complained抱怨；C. insisted堅持；D. changed改變。根據(jù)上文“他不知道是否他的父親會改變”及后文的改變，可知他本人會改變，故選D。