Question

 

One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter. For several weeks she had been  16  me to play chess(棋) with her, so I suggested a game and she eagerly ___17__. It was a school night, however, and at nine o’clock my daughter asked if I could __18    my moves, because she 19    to go to bed; she had to get up at six in the morning. I  20  she had strict sleeping habits,  21  I thought she ought to be able to  22  some of this strictness. I said to her, “  23  , you can stay up late for once. We’re having   24  .” We played on for another fifteen minutes, during which time she looked   25  . Finally she said, “Please, Daddy, do it quickly.” “No,” I replied. “If you’re going to play it  26  , you’re going to play it slowly.” And so we   27   for another ten minutes, until __28  my daughter burst into tears, and  29  that she was beaten.

Clearly I had made  30  . I had started the evening wanting to have a  31  time with my daughter but had 32  my desire to win to become more  33  than my relationship with my daughter. When I was a child, my desire to win  34   me well. As a parent, I  35  that it got in my way. So I had to change.

16. A. guiding	B. asking	C. training	D. advising
17. A. allowed	B. expected	C. replied	D. accepted
18. A. change	B. repeat	C. hurry	D. pass
19. A. agreed	B. needed	C. begged	D. hated
20. A. knew	B. learned	C. guessed	D. heard
21. A. so	B. for	C. but	D. or
22. A. put up	B. take up	C. pick up	D. give up
23. A. As usual	B. Go ahead	C. By the way	D. Come on
24. A. patience	B. luck	C. fun	D. success
25. A. excited	B. proud	C. anxious	D. angry
26. A. well	B. again	C. fairly	D. regularly
27. A. discussed	B. continued	C. counted	D. argued
28. A. nervously	B. immediately	C. strangely	D. suddenly
29. A. promised	B. admitted	C. wondered	D. discovered
30. A. a mistake	B. a decision	C. an attempt	D. an effort
31. A. free	B. different	C. full	D. happy
32. A. managed	B. recognized	C. allowed	D. reduced
33. A. important	B. attractive	C. practical	D. interesting
34. A. offered	B. served	C. controlled	D. taught
35. A. realized	B. apologized	C. imagined	D. explained

 

Answer 1

解析：

16.B。

從下文作者提議進行棋賽，可知“女兒一直不停地邀請我和她下棋”。

17 D。

接受“我”的建議，用accept。

18 C。

從下文“女兒睡覺要到了”可知“女兒問我是否可以把棋子走快一點”。

19.B。

need to do需要做沒事。從上文的at nine o’clock和下文的she had to get up at six in the morning可知女兒需要早睡。

20.A

know知道，清楚；learn學(xué)會，了解到（從別人那兒間接知道）。

21.C

從上下文可知語意在此轉(zhuǎn)折。女兒需要睡覺了，可“我”卻認為女兒能否改變一下這些嚴格的作息時間。

22.D。

put up掛起；take up從事，占據(jù)；pick up撿起，拾起；give up放棄。

23.D。

as usual像往常一樣；go ahead開始做，著手干； by the way順便問一下；come on加把勁，加油，得了吧。只有come on符合語境，因為他們玩得正高興，“我”不希望這么早就結(jié)束比賽，希望女兒再呆一會兒，和自己多下幾局。

24.C。

 從上文要求女兒再多呆一會兒可知“因為正在興頭上”，不愿結(jié)束比賽。We’re having fun我們玩得正高興。

25.C。

“我”要求女兒多呆一會兒以陪自己多下幾局棋，耽擱了女兒的睡覺時間，故女兒看起來有點“焦急，著急”。

26 A。

句意是“如果你要下好棋，你就要下慢一些”。只有well符合句意。

27 B。

句意是“我們又繼續(xù)下了另外10分鐘”。

28. D。

nervously緊張地；immediately立刻；strangely奇怪地；suddenly突然。

29. B。

句意是“直到女兒放聲大哭并且承認自己被打敗”。只有admit符合句意。

30. A。

make a mistake犯錯；make a decision做決定；make an attempt企圖，盡力；make an effort努力。從下文的So I had to change可知我犯了一個錯。

31. D。

與第一段開始句子One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter相呼應(yīng)。

32. C。

allow sb./sth. to do允許……做……。作者本打算借和女兒下棋搞好父女關(guān)系，結(jié)果卻讓求勝的私心占據(jù)了。

 

33. A。

important重要的；attractive引人注目得；practical實際的，實用的；interesting有趣的。求勝的私欲變得比良好的父女關(guān)系更重要。故只有important符合句意。

34. B。

offer提供；serve服務(wù)，對……有用；control控制；teach教。語意是“我小時候求勝心就很強”。

35. A。

“作為人父，我意識到這種求勝私欲擋住了父女關(guān)系的發(fā)展，我必須得改”，故realize符合題意。