Question

When my twin sons, Chad and Brad, were born, I was concerned about everything. Five years later, our little girl, Becky   1  our family. I wanted everybody to be healthy and happy. I worked hard to see that they were.

As the kids grew older, I worried about headaches, throat infections and many other common childhood illnesses．I didn’t like it when the boys spent time “warming the bench (板凳)” during Little League football games. I worried about Becky when she  2   the ball while playing softball．Before long, the teen years were upon us. I stayed up late at night waiting for the boys to return home．Many times the   3   crossed my mind that I would call the police if they weren’t home on time.   4 , they always arrived home safe and sound before I had to take such   5  .

“Please don't ever call the police,” one of the boys said when I   6  him after a late arrival. The day the boys moved away to college was a(n)   7  day indeed. I worried about their being able to take care of themselves. Would they starve?

A few months after the boys left college, our   8  rang in the middle of the night. It startled (驚醒) us when we looked at the clock．It was 3 o’clock in the morning. “Something must be wrong,” I shouted to my husband, Roy, as we both jumped up．We ran to the door, opened it, and there stood a police officer.

“You need to call your sons,” he    9   announced. I picked up the telephone, but unfortunately, it was   10  . A line outside had been accidentally cut. Roy and I jumped into the car and   11  to the nearest telephone．My stomach ached．My husband was   12  so badly that he could hardly dial the number.

On the first   13 , Chad answered the telephone. “What's wrong?” Roy shouted into the receiver (聽筒). “We were worried about you,” Chad told him. “We’ve been trying to call you all night, but you didn’t   14  .We called the police and asked them to go and check on you.”

For the first time in their lives, the boys were worried about us. And they were the ones who   15   had to call the police.

1.                A．completed      B．visited          C．tested    D．appreciated

 

2.                A．hit            B．threw          C．got  D．missed

 

3.                A．plan           B．advice          C．worry    D．thought

 

4.                A．Strangely       B．Probably        C．Luckily   D．Hopefully

 

5.                A．worries         B．places          C．measures D．telephones

 

6.                A．threatened      B．told            C．surprised D．reminded

 

7.                A．nice           B．embarrassing    C．happy    D．sad

 

8.                A．phone         B．clock           C．alarm D．doorbell

 

9.                A．seriously        B．carefully        C．anxiously D．kindly

 

10.               A．gone          B．useless         C．dead D．shortened

 

11.               A．rushed         B．headed         C．went D．moved

 

12.               A．looking         B．shaking         C．suffering  D．seeing

 

13.               A．night          B．arrival          C．try   D．ring

 

14.               A．talk            B．answer         C．wake D．care

 

15.               A．frequently      B．suddenly       C．actually   D．rarely

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.D

4.C

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.D

9.A

10.C

11.A

12.B

13.D

14.B

15.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文的主要內容是：我們有三個孩子，我一直為了孩子們操勞，在孩子們小時候時，我經常嚇唬他們，如果不按時回家，我就打電話叫警察。當兒子們讀了大學后，有一天警察半夜來了，讓我們給兒子打個電話，我們很害怕，以為是兒子出事了。原來是兒子們因為給我們打電話打不通，因為擔心我們而把警察叫來了。

1.通過閱讀整篇文章，可知我們一共有三個孩子，所以這里想說小女兒的出生，使得我們的家庭完整了，completed 完整的 visited 拜訪 tested 測驗 appreciated 感激，故選A。

2.根據I didn’t like it when the boys spent time “warming the bench (板凳)” during Little League football games.可知這里想說“錯過”，hit打 throw 投擲 get得到 miss錯過，可知選D。

3.根據crossed my mind that I would call the police if they weren’t home on time.可知是我的一個想法，plan計劃 advice建議 worry擔心 thought想法，故選D。

4.根據they always arrived home safe and sound before I had to take such   measures.故選C。

5. 這里想說，很幸運的是，他們總是在我采取這項措施之前安全到家，worries擔心 places地方 measures措施 telephones電話，故選C.

6.根據“Please don't ever call the police,” one of the boys said，可知我是在嚇唬他，threatened嚇唬 told 告訴 surprised驚訝 reminded提醒，故選A。

7.根據I worried about their being able to take care of themselves. Would they starve? 故選 D。

8.根據I shouted to my husband, Roy, as we both jumped up．We ran to the door, opened it, and there stood a police officer.可知是有一天午夜，門鈴響了，故選D。

9.“You need to call your sons,”以及下文We called the police and asked them to go and check on you.”可知警察很嚴肅的說，故選A。

10.根據A line outside had been accidentally cut.故選C。

11.根據My stomach ached．My husband was shaking so badly that he could hardly dial the number.可知我們以為兒子出事了，所以家里電話壞了時，就急忙沖到最近的電話亭，故選A。

12.根據that he could hardly dial the number.可知他的手顫抖得厲害，故選B。

13.根據Chad answered the telephone.可知聽到第一聲鈴響，故選D。

14.根據A line outside had been accidentally cut.可知這里想說你們沒有聽電話，故選B。

15.這里想說事實上，是他們給警察打了電話，frequently頻繁地 suddenly突然地 actually事實上 rarely很少地，故選C。

考點：這是一篇記敘文

點評：答題前一定要略讀全文，把握文章要表達的主題，注意前后句與句，段落與段落之間的關系。答題中，一定要認真分析，注意選項與上下文的關系，與前后單詞的關系。對于一時沒有太大的把握的題可以放到最后再來完成，因為有時答案可以從下文內容體現出來。答完后再通讀一遍文章，看看所選選項能不能是語句通順，語意連貫。在閱讀這篇文章時，要體會父母與孩子之間細膩的關愛。