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Dear Laura,

　　I just heard you told an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You doubted that such unselfish love would happen in today's world. Well, I'm here to give you ____1____.

　　I wanted to do something very ____2____ for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child. He ____3____ all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle．Then, he spent hours and hours on it ____4____ it looked almost new. I was so ____5____ of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet and a riding outfit.

　　I could ____6____ wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I barely slept the night before. Upon awakening, I went to the kitchen to ____7____ the coffee, tea, and morning goodies. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a ____8____:“To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”

　　I was so ____9____. It had been a long-standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could ____10____ lessons. “Learn to play the piano, and I'll get you one.” was my husband's ____11____.

　　I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could ____12____ this expensive gift.

　　Of course, the ____13____ awoke, and my son was thrilled（激動(dòng)）with my reaction. Many kisses were ____14____ , and I immediately wanted him to ____15____ my gift.

　　As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not ____16____ what I was expecting. Then I ____17____ that he had sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.

　　Of course I was the proudest mother ____18____ on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.

　　So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still ____19____ and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!

　　I thought you'd love to ____20____ this story.

Yours,

Hilary

　　P. S. The next day, my husband and I bought him a new “used”already shiny motorcycle.

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(1)A．hope	B．advice	C．support	D．courage
(2)A．polite	B．similar	C．special	D．private
(3)A．played	B．studied	C．travelled	D．worked
(4)A．after	B．before	C．unless	D．until
(5)A．sure	B．fond	C．proud	D．confident
(6)A．perhaps	B．really	C．almost	D．hardly
(7)A．start	B．cook	C．set	D．serve
(8)A．note	B．notice	C．word	D．sign
(9)A．disturbed	B．confused	C．astonished	D．inspired
(10)A．give	B．take	C．draw	D．teach
(11)A．reason	B．request	C．comment	D．response
(12)A．present	B．afford	C．find	D．order
(13)A．neighbor		B．building
C．home		D．house
(14)A．exchanged		B．experienced
C．expected		D．exhibited
(15)A．tear	B．open	C．check	D．receive
(16)A．purely	B．basically	C．obviously	D．exactly
(17)A．realized	B．remembered	C．imagined	D．supposed
(18)A．only	B．still	C．ever	D．even
(19)A．works	B．exists	C．matters	D．counts
(20)A．send	B．publish	C．share	D．write

Answer 1

答案：A;C;D;D;C;D;A;A;C;B;D;B;D;A;B;D;A;C;B;C
解析：

1．針對(duì)Laura的懷疑態(tài)度，“我”在此將給她一種希望，讓其知道無(wú)私的真愛(ài)是存在的，給她一種能遇到這種愛(ài)的希望。 2．因?yàn)閮鹤雍芎�，很懂事，自己賺錢(qián)買(mǎi)了二手摩托車(chē)，作為母親對(duì)他感到非常驕傲。因此決定為兒子做點(diǎn)特殊的事情。 3．從下文中的賺到錢(qián)買(mǎi)了車(chē)這件事中可知兒子在一夏天中都是在工作。 4．until“一直到……（時(shí)）”；unless“除非”；before“在……之前”；after“在……之后”。 5．sure“確信；有把握”；fond“喜歡”；proud“驕傲”；confident“自信；相信的”。母親對(duì)兒子感到很驕傲，所以給他買(mǎi)了禮物。 6．從后句可知，母親迫不及待地想立即把禮物給兒子，所以她幾乎等不到兒子親自打開(kāi)禮物。hardly否定副詞，“幾乎不”。 7．tea與morning goodies不需look; set為“設(shè)置”；serve為“提供”，母親到廚房是開(kāi)始準(zhǔn)備咖啡、茶、早點(diǎn)等，故用start。 8．后文是前文內(nèi)容的說(shuō)明，故可推知是字條上的文字，因此此處看到的是字條。 9．沒(méi)有想到兒子會(huì)給她買(mǎi)keyboard，所以感到意外，感到吃驚。 10．從后文母親還不會(huì)彈琴可知她是想學(xué)彈琴，能夠上課。 11．上一句是丈夫的原話，是對(duì)她的要求所做的應(yīng)答，故應(yīng)用response。 12．自己感到奇怪兒子是怎么能夠買(mǎi)得起這樣貴重的禮物。afford“負(fù)擔(dān)得起，買(mǎi)得起”。 13．house此處指全家人。 14．兒子因?yàn)槲业姆磻?yīng)變得也很激動(dòng)，因此母子互相親吻、感謝。experience“經(jīng)歷”；expect“期望”；exhibit“展覽”。此處應(yīng)注意外國(guó)的文化特點(diǎn)和習(xí)俗。 15．母親很自然想讓兒子立即看到她給他買(mǎi)的禮物。禮物應(yīng)有包裝，故應(yīng)用open。 16．purely“純地”；basically“基本地”；obviously“明顯地”；exactly“準(zhǔn)確地”。兒子的表情并不像母親原來(lái)所期望的那樣，故用exactly。 17．從兒子的反應(yīng)中，母親意識(shí)到兒子是賣(mài)了摩托車(chē)給她買(mǎi)了keyboard�！耙庾R(shí)到”用realize。 18．only“僅僅”；still“不動(dòng)；靜止；仍然”；ever“曾經(jīng)”；even“甚至”。那天我曾是最感到驕傲的母親。根據(jù)文意選ever。 19．根據(jù)“我的經(jīng)歷”，“我”想讓Laura相信，無(wú)私的愛(ài)仍然存在，故用exist。 20．作者認(rèn)為Laura會(huì)愿意與其共享這個(gè)故事的，故用share。