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【題目】Growing up, I always hid my thumbs in my fists because of their unusual shape. ________ they do look more like a big toe（腳趾）________ a thumb. And from an early age, my thumbs ________ another name “toe thumbs” .

In high school, I served as a cashier in a grocery store. One day, I was ________ a sweet little old lady and as I ________ her change back to her, she suddenly took my hands and said in a thick Polish ________, “You are Polish! Look at those ________ Polish thumbs! They match mine!” She raised her hands and ________ her thumbs to me that ________ weathered and wrinkled, looked exactly like mine! She ________ my hands again and said, “Be ________ of those thumbs!”

I’ll never forget that 30-second ________ with a stranger that forever ________ my view of a part of me I once was ________ by and now accept. As I was eating dinner with my Samuel tonight, he looked down at my hand ________ on the table next to his and said, “Mommy! Our thumbs ________!” I smiled and answered, “Yes, they do, buddy! Those are strong Polish ________ you have! Take pride in them! Maybe someday you’ll have a little boy or girl who will have the same thumbs!” I ________ my son never hides his thumbs like I did. I hope he’ll be proud of their “unusualness” and the ________ behind them. He carries on a(n) ________ part of me and that for me will always be beautiful!

【1】A. Admittedly B. Fortunately C. Normally D. Basically

【2】A. other than B. due to C. instead of D. along with

【3】A. earned B. cloned C. found D. deserved

【4】A. waiting for B. checking out C. talking with D. watching over

【5】A. paid B. charged C. counted D. donated

【6】A. tune B. voice C. language D. accent

【7】A. beautiful B. strange C. long D. clumsy

【8】A. passed B. recommended C. showed D. offered

【9】A. till B. unless C. once D. although

【10】A. raised B. inspected C. examined D. held

【11】A. sure B. skeptical C. afraid D. proud

【12】A. appointment B. conversation C. bargain D. deal

【13】A. supported B. changed C. proved D. hurt

【14】A. embarrassed B. frightened C. delighted D. amazed

【15】A. scratching B. resting C. knocking D. drawing

【16】A. differ B. suit C. fight D. match

【17】A. fists B. thumbs C. toes D. hands

【18】A. guarantee B. figure C. insist D. pray

【19】A. scene B. lesson C. history D. moment

【20】A. unique B. elegant C. frank D. sensitive

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【5】C

【6】D

【7】A

【8】C

【9】D

【10】C

【11】D

【12】B

【13】B

【14】A

【15】B

【16】D

【17】B

【18】D

【19】C

【20】A

【解析】

【1】考查副詞。A. Admittedly無(wú)可否認(rèn)地；B. Fortunately幸運(yùn)地；C. Normally正常地；D. Basically主要地。根據(jù)下文And from an early age, my thumbs ___3___ another name “toe thumbs” .可知，這里作者也對(duì)此不可否認(rèn)。句意：不可否認(rèn)它們的確更像大腳趾。故選A。

【2】考查詞組。A. other than 除了，不同于；B. due to由于；C. instead of 代替；D. along with沿著。根據(jù)句意可知，而不是大拇指。句意：它們的確更像大腳趾而不是大拇指。故選C。

【3】考查動(dòng)詞。A. earned掙得；B. cloned克��；C. found發(fā)現(xiàn)；D. deserved值得。根據(jù)上下文可知這里指獲得一個(gè)新的名字。句意：從很小的時(shí)候，我的大拇指就有了另一個(gè)名字“腳趾拇指”。故選A。

【4】考查詞組。A. waiting for等待；B. checking out結(jié)賬退房；C. talking with與---交談；D. watching over看守。根據(jù)前文In high school, I served as a cashier in a grocery store.可知，這里check out 指計(jì)算總價(jià)并收錢。句意：我正在給一個(gè)甜美的小老太太結(jié)賬的時(shí)候。故選B。

【5】考查動(dòng)詞。A. paid支付；B. charged索要，指控；C. counted計(jì)數(shù)；D. donated捐贈(zèng)。根據(jù)句意可知，這里指作者數(shù)零錢給她。句意：當(dāng)我找給她零錢的時(shí)候。故選C。

【6】考查名詞。A. tune曲調(diào)；B. voice聲音；C. language語(yǔ)言；D. accent口音。根據(jù)句意可知這里指很濃的波蘭口音。句意：她突然抓住我的手，并用很濃的波蘭口音說(shuō)。故選D。

【7】考查形容詞。A. beautiful美麗的；B. strange奇怪的；C. long長(zhǎng)的；D. clumsy笨拙的。根據(jù)后文they match mine.可知，老太太認(rèn)為波蘭人的拇指很漂亮。故選A。

【8】考查動(dòng)詞。A. passed通過(guò)；B. recommended推薦；C. showed顯示，展示； D. offered提供。show sth. to sb.可知，向某人展示某物。句意：她舉起她的手并展示給我看。故選C。

【9】考查連詞。A. till直到---為止；B. unless除非；C. once一旦；D. although盡管。根據(jù)后句looked exactly like mine!可知，這里是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。句意：盡管歷經(jīng)歲月風(fēng)霜，皺紋斑斑。故選D。

【10】考查動(dòng)詞。A. raised舉起，提升；B. inspected視察；C. examined檢查； D. held握住，舉行。根據(jù)句意可知，這里指握住作者的手。句意：她再次握住我的手。故選C。

【11】考查形容詞。A. sure確信的；B. skeptical懷疑的；C. afraid害怕的； D. proud自豪的。be proud of以---而自豪。句意：為這些木質(zhì)而自豪吧！故選D。

【12】考查名詞。A. appointment任命，約定；B. conversation談話；C. bargain便宜貨；D. deal交易。根據(jù)上文可知，這里指30秒的交談。句意：我永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)忘記與一個(gè)陌生人30秒的交談。故選B。

【13】考查動(dòng)詞。A. supported支持；B. changed改變；C. proved結(jié)果是，證明是；D. hurt使受傷。根據(jù)上下文可知，這里只改變了我的觀點(diǎn)。句意：改變我對(duì)我的一部分的看法。故選B。

【14】考查形容詞。A. embarrassed尷尬的；B. frightened害怕的；C. delighted高興的；D. amazed感到驚訝的。根據(jù)后句的and now accept可知我曾經(jīng)尷尬。句意：我曾經(jīng)為此尷尬，現(xiàn)在接受了。故選A。

【15】考查動(dòng)詞。A. scratching劃傷；B. resting休息；C. knocking撞擊；D. drawing繪畫。這里的rest應(yīng)為“倚靠，支撐”之意。句意：他低頭看著我放在他的桌旁的手。故選B。

【16】考查動(dòng)詞。A. differ不同；B. suit使適應(yīng)；C. fight戰(zhàn)斗，打架；D. match匹配。根據(jù)前文They match mine直接找出答案。句意：你的手和我的完全不一樣。故選D。

【17】考查名詞。A. fists拳頭；B. thumbs拇指；C. toes腳趾；D. hands手。根據(jù)上下文可知，這里指大拇指。句意：那些是你擁有波蘭人的拇指。故選B。

【18】考查動(dòng)詞。A. guarantee保證，擔(dān)保；B. figure計(jì)算；C. insist堅(jiān)持；D. pray祈禱。根據(jù)句意可知，這里只做者祈禱，希望兒子不要像她以前一樣。句意：我祈禱我兒子永遠(yuǎn)不要像我那樣隱藏他的拇指。故選D。

【19】考查名詞。A. scene場(chǎng)面；B. lesson功課；C. history歷史；D. moment片刻。根據(jù)句意可知，這里指歷史。句意：我希望他會(huì)很自豪自己的“拙”和他們背后的歷史。故選C。

【20】考查形容詞。A. unique獨(dú)一無(wú)二的； B. elegant優(yōu)雅的； C. frank坦白；D. sensitive敏感的。根據(jù)上下文可知，這種大拇指是獨(dú)特的。句意：他遺傳了我獨(dú)特的一部分，對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)永遠(yuǎn)是美麗的！故選A。