Question

I grew up in a community called Estepona. I was 16 when one morning, Dad told me I could drive him into a___36___ village called Mijas, on condition that I took the car in to be ___37___ at a nearby garage. I readily accepted. I drove Dad into Mijas, and ___38___ to pick him up at 4 pm, then dropped off the car at the ___39___. With several hours to spare, I went to a theater. ___40___, when the last movie finished, it was six. I was two hours late!

I knew Dad would be angry if he ___41___ I’d been watching movies. So I decided not to tell him the truth. When I ___42___ there I apologized for being late, and told him I’d ___43___ as quickly as I could, but that the car had needed a major repairs. I’ll never forget the ___44___ he gave me. “I’m disappointed you ___45___ you have to lie to me, Jason. ” Dad looked at me again. “When you didn’t ___46___, I called the garage to ask if there were any ___47___, and they told me you hadn’t yet picked up the car. ” I felt ___48___ as I weakly told him the real reason. A ___49___ passed through Dad as he listened attentively. “I’m angry with ___50___. I realize I’ve failed as a father. I’m going to walk home now and think seriously about ___51___ I’ve gone wrong all these years. ” “But Dad, it’s 18 miles!” My protests and apologies were ___52___. Dad walked home that day. I drove behind him, ___53___ him all the way, but he walked silently.

Seeing Dad in so much ___54___and emotional pain was my most painful experience. However, it was ___55___ the most successful lesson. I have never lied since.

36. A. lonely   B. small  C. distant D. familiar

37. A. kept     B. washed       C. watched     D. serviced

38. A. agreed  B. planned      C. determined D. promised

39. A. village  B. community C. garage D. theater

40. A. However      B. Then   C. Therefore   D. Still

41. A. realized       B. found out   C. thought      D. figured out

42. A. went     B. ran     C. walked       D. hurried

43. A. started  B. left     C. arrived       D. come

44. A. word    B. face    C. look    D. appearance

45. A. find      B. decide C. believe       D. feel

46. A. turn up B. drive out    C. go away     D. come out

47. A. questions     B. problems    C. mistakes     D. faults

48. A. ashamed      B. frightened  C. nervous      D. surprised

49. A. nervousness  B. sadness       C. silence       D. thought

50. A. you      B. myself       C. me      D. yourself

51. A. where   B. how    C. why    D. when

52. A. meaningless B. useless       C. helpless      D. worthless

53. A. asking  B. persuading  C. begging      D. following

54. A. physical       B. practical     C. personal     D. natural

55. A. indeed  B. always       C. also    D. almost

Answer 1

36---55      CDDCA   BDDCD   ABABB   ABCAC          

解析:

36. C。由文中的But Dad, it’s 18 miles可知距離遠，且其他三項均未在原文中有所提示，故選C。

37. D。service意為“修理、維修（機器）”，文意指把車送去檢修。

38. D。promise意為“承諾、答應”，“我”向父親承諾下午4點來接他。

39. C。根據上下文中父親讓“我”開車送他去Mijas，然后把車開去修車廠可知這里選C。

40. A。however意為“然而”，由上下文的內容可知此處表示轉折，故選A。

41. B。find out意為“發現、查明”，句意：我想若是父親知道我是一直在看電影，他會生氣的。

42. D。由下文說晚了兩小時，可知“我”是要急忙趕去，故選D。

43. D。start意為“開始”，leave意為“離開”，不符文章意思，故排除，arrive僅指到達的瞬間動作，也排除。

44. C。look意為“眼神”，由下文父親再次看著“我”可知上父親的眼神讓“我”難以忘記。

45. D。feel意為“覺得、認為”，文意：我對你認為不得不對我說謊感到很失望。

46. A。turn up 意為“出現、露面”，父親等了很久，“我”卻仍未出現。

47. B。problem意為“問題、難題”，父親是在擔心出了什么問題。

48. A。ashamed意為“慚愧的”，frightened意為“害怕的”，nervous意為“緊張的”，surprised意為“吃驚的”，“我”對父親說了謊，后來告訴他真相時自然會感到慚愧。

49. B。sadness意為“悲傷、難過”，父親對“我”采取撒謊的方式而感到很難過。

50. B。根據后句I realize I’ve failed as a father可知父親是對自己感到生氣，故選B。

51. A。where指在哪里，原文中指父親要反省自己在哪些地方錯了。

52. B。meaningless意為“無意義的”，useless意為“無用的”，helpless意為“無助的”，worthless意為“無價值的”，父親已下決心，我所做的也就變得毫無意義。

53. C。ask意為“要求”，persuade意為“勸說”，beg意為“乞求”，follow意為“跟隨”，C項最符合文意，“我”犯了錯，想求父親上車。

54. A。相對于emotional(情感上的)的是physical(身體上)，由父親采取步行回家的方式可知他還遭受了身體上的痛苦。

55. C。also意為“也……”，這件事是“我”最痛苦的經歷，也是“我最成功的教訓”。