Question

One night, when I was eight, my mother gently asked me a question I would never forget. “Sweetie, my company wants to me but needs me to work in Brazil. This is like your teacher telling that you’ve done and allowing you to skip a grade(跳級(jí)), but you’ll have to your friends. Would you say yes to your teacher?” She gave me a hug and asked me to think about it. I was puzzled. The question kept me for the rest of the night. I had said “yes” but for the first time, I realized the decisions adults had to make.

For almost four years, my mother would call us from Brazil every day. Every evening I’d wait for the phone to ring and then tell her every detail of my day. A phone call, however, could never replace her and it was difficult not to feel lonely at times.

During my fourth-grade Christmas break, we flew to Rio to visit her. Looking at her large apartment, I became how lonely my mother must have been in Brazil herself. It was then I started to appreciate the tough choices she had to make on family and work. difficult decisions, she used to tell me, you wouldn’t know whether you make the right choice, but you could always make the best out of the situation, with passion and a attitude.

Back home, I myself that what my mother could do, I could, too. If she to live in Rio all by herself, I, too, could learn to be . I learn how to take care of myself and set high but achievable .

My mother is now back with us. But I will never forget what the has really taught me. Sacrifices in the end. The separation between us has proved to be for me.

1.A. attract B. praise C. surprise D. promote

2.A. little B. much C. well D. wrong

3.A. refuse B. leave C. contact D. forgive

4.A. wondering B. sleeping C. explaining D. regretting

5.A. poor B. timely C. final D. tough

6.A. nervously B. politely C. eagerly D. curiously

7.A. patience B. presence C. intelligence D. Influence

8.A. empty B. expensive C. comfortable D. modern

9.A. interested in B. doubtful about C. aware of D. satisfied with

10.A. when B. where C. which D. that

11.A. abandoning B. balancing C. comparing D. mixing

12.A. Faced with B. Supplied with C. Depending on D. Insisting on

13.A. different B. friendly C. positive D. general

14.A. criticized B. informed C. warned D. reminded

15.A. offered B. managed C. attempted D. expected

16.A. grateful B. independent C. energetic D. practical

17.A. examples B. limits C. rules D. goals

18.A. question B. experience C. history D. occasion

19.A. run out B. come back C. pay off D. turn up

20.A. blessing B. gathering C. failure D. pleasure

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.D

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.D

15.B

16.B

17.D

18.B

19.C

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：作者的媽媽有了晉升的機(jī)會(huì)，但是她需要到巴西工作，這就意味著她將不得不與家人暫時(shí)分開。這件事讓作者第一次體會(huì)到了大人做決定的艱難。與媽媽分開的日子讓作者逐漸學(xué)會(huì)了獨(dú)立，這應(yīng)該算是好的一面。

1.allowing you to skip a grade”可知，作者的媽媽用跳級(jí)來形容她職位上的提升，故選D。

2.allowing you to skip a grade”可知，應(yīng)該是學(xué)習(xí)好的學(xué)生才有機(jī)會(huì)跳級(jí)，故選C。

3.but you’ll have to 38 your friends但是，跳級(jí)意味著要離開自己的朋友，故選B。

4.I was puzzled.”可知，媽媽的話讓作者感到困惑，作者整晚都在思考這個(gè)問題，故選A。

5.I realized the decisions adults had to make作者第一次意識(shí)到大人們很難做出決定，根據(jù)第三段第三行“appreciate the tough choices”可知答案，故選D。

6.and then tell her every detail of my day”可知，作者迫不及待想把一天所發(fā)生的事情告訴媽媽，故選C。

7.A phone call, however, could never replace her 作者認(rèn)為一個(gè)電話無法代替有媽媽在身邊，故選B。

8.how lonely my mother must have been”可知，當(dāng)看到空空的公寓時(shí)，作者意識(shí)到媽媽很孤獨(dú)，故選A。

9.I became how lonely my mother must have been作者認(rèn)識(shí)到媽媽一個(gè)人在巴西很孤獨(dú)，be/become aware of知道，意識(shí)到，故選C。

10.It was then I started to appreciate...正是在那個(gè)時(shí)候，作者才開始理解媽媽的艱難抉擇，it is/was...that是強(qiáng)調(diào)句型，這里強(qiáng)調(diào)的是時(shí)間狀語，故選D。

11.on family and work這里指媽媽想兼顧家庭和工作，在兩者之間取得平衡，故選B。

12. difficult decisions, she used to tell me,面臨艱難抉擇時(shí)，媽媽總是告訴我......，故選A。

13.with passion and a attitude媽媽讓作者用熱情和樂觀積極的態(tài)度來對(duì)待艱難抉擇，故選C。

14.I myself that what my mother could do回到家后，作者提醒自己要像媽媽一樣戰(zhàn)勝孤獨(dú)，remind sb of sth/that...提醒......，故選D。

15.If she to live in Rio all by herself如果媽媽能在里約獨(dú)立生活，manage to do sth做成某事，故選B。

16.live in Rio all by herself...I learn how to take care of myself”可知，作者決定學(xué)著獨(dú)立生活，故選B。

17.and set high but achievable 作者學(xué)著照顧自己并給自己定下很高但能夠?qū)崿F(xiàn)的目標(biāo)，故選D。

18.But I will never forget what the has really taught me.作者永遠(yuǎn)都不會(huì)忘記這次經(jīng)歷教給作者的道理，故選B。

19.The separation between us has proved to be for me.”可知，犧牲得到了回報(bào)，作者把不能和媽媽生活在一起看作是一種犧牲，故選C。

20.The separation between us has proved to be for me.對(duì)作者來說，與媽媽分開結(jié)果證明是一件幸事，因?yàn)樗�讓作者學(xué)會(huì)了獨(dú)立，故選A。

考點(diǎn)：生活類短文閱讀