My father was raised in a fatherless home at a time when the family of five struggled to survive, which caused my father to be extremely tightfisted(吝嗇) with money.

When we children became    16  that other children got pocket money from their parents, we made a(n)   17  to ask our father from some. Immediately his face turned stone-cold, and he said, “If you’re old enough to ask, you’re old enough to    18 .” And we had to seek odd jobs about the neighborhood.

He didn’t    19  his attitude as we grew into adulthood. There was a time when    20  of us had a car, so we had to ride a    21  whenever we came home. Though the bus stopped about two miles from home, Dad never met us, 22  in bad weather. If someone    23  (and my brothers did a lot), he’d say in his    24  father-voice. “That’s what your legs are    25  !”

One spring morning I was on the bus home from    26 . Tests and long hours in labs had    27  me exhausted. As other students were    28  at their stops. I looked silently out of the window. Finally, the bus came to a    29  at my destination, and I    30 , carrying my suitcase to begin the long journey home.

The row of privet hedge(樹籬) came into    31 , which lined the driveway that climbed the hill to our house. I stopped to put a book in the suitcase. When I stood up, I saw something gray    32  along the top of the hedge toward the house.

It was the top of my father’s head. I    33  then, each time I came home, he would stand behind the hedge, watching,    34  he knew I had arrived safely. I held back my tears. He did care,   35 .

Upon reaching home, I found my father innocently in his chair. “So! It’s you!” he said, his face lengthening into surprise.

1.                A．a(chǎn)ware          B．certain         C．surprised D．excited

 

2.                A．a(chǎn)ttempt         B．suggestion       C．trouble   D．plan

 

3.                A．spend          B．earn           C．survive   D．raise

 

4.                A．strengthen      B．soften          C．take D．show

 

5.                A．neither         B．each           C．a(chǎn)ll   D．none

 

6.                A．bicycle         B．car            C．train     D．bus

 

7.                A．especially       B．only           C．even D．once

 

8.                A．refused        B．complained      C．cried D．intended

 

9.                A．strangest       B．lowest          C．softest   D．scariest

 

10.               A．on            B．in             C．by   D．for

 

11.               A．work          B．home          C．town D．college

 

12.               A．led            B．made          C．found D．proved

 

13.               A．treated         B．received        C．met  D．greeted

 

14.               A．stop           B．house          C．street D．corner

 

15.               A．stepped off     B．went off        C．jumped on D．climbed on

 

16.               A．mind          B．view           C．flower D．leaf

 

17.               A．shining         B．flying          C．failing D．moving

 

18.               A．understood     B．thought        C．imagined  D．realized

 

19.               A．since          B．a(chǎn)fter           C．until D．though

 

20.               A．a(chǎn)fter all        B．a(chǎn)bove all        C．in advance D．in total

 

 

【答案】

1.A

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.D

6.D

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.D

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.A

15.A

16.B

17.D

18.D

19.C

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：父親一直對我們很嚴(yán)厲。向他要零花錢，他不給，讓我們自己掙。長大后，我們回家，他從不出來接我們。有一次，我回家時(shí)，不經(jīng)意地發(fā)現(xiàn)了父親的秘密。這時(shí)，我才明白，其實(shí)父親很關(guān)心我們，只是他有他自己關(guān)心我們的方式。

1.考查形容詞：become aware that...“知道”，當(dāng)我們“得知”其他孩子有父母給的零花錢時(shí)，我們“想”向父親要一些零花錢。選A

2.考查名詞：A. attempt試圖B. suggestion建議C. trouble麻煩D. plan 計(jì)劃， make an attempt to do“想做，企圖做” 答案：A。

3.考查動詞：A. spend花費(fèi)B. earn掙得C. survive幸存D. raise撫養(yǎng)，你們既然長大到了想要零花錢的時(shí)候，那么你們也就能“掙錢”了。也可由該段“we had to seek odd jobs”推知。答案：B。

4.考查動詞：A. strengthen加強(qiáng)B. soften變?nèi)魿. take拿D. show展示，當(dāng)我們長大成人后，他的態(tài)度也沒有“軟化”。 答案：B。

5.考查代詞：A. neither兩者都不B. each每個C. all所有都D. none沒有，由句意可知，此處是指我們當(dāng)時(shí)“都沒”車，所以選 A、D 項(xiàng)；再由43 空后的my brothers 可知，我們是三者以上，因此用none，不用neither。答案：D 。

6.考查名詞：A. bicycle自行車，B. car汽車C. train火車D. bus汽車，與該空后的bus 對應(yīng)。答案：D。

7.考查副詞： “即使”天氣不好，父親也從不接我們。even“甚至”；especially“尤其”；only“只，只是”；once“曾經(jīng)”。 答案：C。

8.考查動詞：A. refused拒絕B. complained抱怨C. cried哭D(zhuǎn). intended打算， 父親從不接我們，我們難免“抱怨”。complain“抱怨”。答案：B 。

9.考查形容詞：scariest“引起恐懼的，怕人的”；strangest“最奇怪的”；lowest“最低聲的”；softest“最柔弱的，最輕柔的”。由文章可知，我的父親很嚴(yán)厲，所以他的聲音應(yīng)該是“讓人害怕的”。 答案：D 。

10.考查介詞：你們長腿干什么用的。for“供，為”。 答案：D

11.考查名詞：A. work工作B. home家C. town城鎮(zhèn)D. college大學(xué)，由該空后的“Tests and long hours in labs”可知，應(yīng)該選college“大學(xué)”。答案：D 。

12.考查動詞：A. led帶領(lǐng)B. made制作C. found發(fā)現(xiàn)D. proved證明， make me exhausted“讓我精疲力竭”。其他選項(xiàng)構(gòu)不成該搭配。答案：B。

13.考查動詞：其他的學(xué)生下車都被“接走了”。meet“遇見”； treat“對待，招待”；receive“收到”；greet“問候”。該空也與 42 空前的met 對應(yīng)。答案：C

14.考查形容詞：A. stop停下B. house房子C. street街道D. corner角落， come to a stop“停下”。 答案：A。

15.考查詞組：A. stepped off 下車B. went off離開C. jumped on跳上D. climbed on爬上，到了目的地，我“下車”。step off“下車”。答案：A

16.考查名詞：A. mind 思想B. view觀點(diǎn)C. flower花，D. leaf樹葉， come into view“被看見”；come into mind“記起，想起”。 答案：B。

17.考查動詞： 我看到一個黑影沿著樹籬回了家。shine“閃爍”； fly“飛”；fail“失敗”；move“移動”。 答案：D。

18.考查動詞：我“意識到”每次我回家時(shí)，他就會站在樹籬后“一直看到”我平安抵達(dá)。realize“意識到”；understand“理解”； think“想”；imagine“想象”。答案：D

19.考查連詞：A. since自從B. after在…后面，C. until直到D. though雖然， 由上題可知，選until“直到”。 答案：C。

20.考查詞組：我忍住了眼淚�！爱吘埂�，父親還是很在意我們的。 after all“畢竟，別忘了”；above all“最重要的是”；in advance“提前”；in total“全部，一共”。 答案：A

考點(diǎn)：考查故事類短文

點(diǎn)評：本文描寫了父親對我們的特殊的愛的方式。本文要求考生具有扎實(shí)的英語詞組、短語、習(xí)慣用法等英語搭配的知識，這對于理解文章的邏輯關(guān)系特別有利。文章的邏輯關(guān)系不外乎列舉、原因、結(jié)果、讓步、對照、補(bǔ)充、目的、條件等關(guān)系。解題時(shí)應(yīng)聯(lián)系上下文尋找相關(guān)線索，如某一個詞的原詞、指代詞、同義詞、近義詞、上義詞、下義詞和概括詞等。但由于我們在做題時(shí)不可能總是重復(fù)地閱讀文章，因此，在做完形填空時(shí)要培養(yǎng)一種捕捉并記憶相關(guān)信息的能力。

 

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