Question

Dear Laura,

I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You doubted that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you  ___36___.

I wanted to do something very ___37___ for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child. He ___38___ all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it ___39___ it looked almost new. I was so ___40___ of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet and a riding outfit.

I could ___41___ wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I barely slept the night before. Upon a wakening, I went to the kitchen to ___42___ the coffee, tea, and morning goodies. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a ___43___:” To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”

I was so ___44___. It had been a long-standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could ___45___ lessons. “Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s ___46___.

I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could ___47___ this expensive gift.

Of course, the ___48___ awoke, and my son was thrilled(激動的)with my reaction. Many kisses were ___49___, and I immediately wanted him to ___50___ my gift.

As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not ___51___ what I was expecting. Then I ___52___ that he has sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.

Of course I was the proudest mother ___53___ on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.

So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still ___54___ and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!

I thought you’d love to ___55___ this story.

Yours,

Hilary

P.S. The next day, my husband and I bought him a new “used” already shiny motorcycle.

36. A. hope    B. advice C. support      D. courage

37. A. polite   B. similar       C. special       D. private

38. A. played  B. studied       C. traveled      D. worked

39. A. after     B. before C. unless D. until

40. A. sure     B. fond   C. proud  D. confident

41. A. perhaps       B. really  C. almost D. hardly

42. A. start     B. cook   C. set      D. serve

43. A. note     B. notice C. word   D. sign

44. A. disturbed     B. confused    C. astonished  D. inspired

45. A. give     B. take    C. draw   D. teach

46. A. reason  B. request       C. comment    D. response

47. A. present B. afford C. find    D. order

48. A. neighbor      B. building     C. home  D. house

49. A. exchanged B. experienced  C. expected     D. exhibited

50. A. tear      B. open   C. check  D. receive

51. A. purely  B. basically     C. obviously   D. exactly

52. A. realized       B. remembered      C. imagined    D. supposed

53. A. only     B. still     C. ever    D. even

54. A. works   B. exists  C. matters       D. counts

55. A. send     B. publish       C. share   D. write

Answer 1

36---55          ACDDC   DAACB   DBDAB   DACBC      

解析:

本文通過講述一對母子互相為對方買禮物的故事，說明世界上仍有無私的愛的存在。

36. A。針對Laura對“當今世界是否有無私的真愛”的懷疑態度，作者通過自己的親身經歷來說明無私的真愛是存的。比較4個選項，同時結合下文的內容，只有A最佳。

37. C。下文(51空處)講，“我”希望看到兒子激動的表情，所以是想給兒子一個特殊的(special)禮物。

38. D。因為要掙錢買摩托車，所以整個夏天都在work。

39. D。此處指兒子在這輛二手摩托車上花費了很長時間，一直到(until)它看上去跟新車一樣。

40. C。從搭配上看，四個選項都是對的，即：be sure of對……有把握，be fond of喜歡， be proud of為……而驕傲，be confident of對……有信心(把握)。但根據文章意思可知，作者的兒子是一個優秀而且很懂事的孩子，所以作者應該是對他引以自豪。

41. D。此處指母親等不及希望兒子早點見到禮物，描述的是母親的迫切的心情。hardly 意為“幾乎不”。

42. A。由于 tea 和 morning goodies 無需cook，故排除B；而set 和 serve 不合語境。start 在此表示“開始準備”。

43. A。note在此指“字條”“便條”。

44. C。沒想到兒子會給自己買keyboard，所感到很吃驚。另外，根據下文的I stood there shocked 也可推知答案。

45. B。根據下文說的 Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one 可知，作者還不會彈鋼琴，此處用take lessons表示“上課”，也就是學鋼琴。

46. D。作者想擁有一架鋼琴，而她的丈夫的答復是Learn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one。

47. B。此處指作者想知道兒子是怎樣弄到那么錢來買這個禮物的。afford 指“付得起錢”。

48. D。家里人都醒了，也就是整個屋子的人都醒了，這是擬人的寫法。

49. A。指家人之間因高興而互相親吻。比較：exchange交換，experience經歷，expect期待，exhibit展覽。

50. B。此處用open 表示打開禮物的包裝。

51. D。此處指作者的兒子看到禮物后臉上的表情并不像作者所期待的那樣興奮(因為他把摩托車賣掉了)。exactly意為“確切地”。

52. A。根據作者兒子給她買的貴重禮物以及兒子收到禮物后的表情來看，此時作者意識到兒子是把摩托車給賣掉了。

53. C。ever與最高級連用表示加強語氣，ever的意思“一直以來”，又如：It was the best result they’ve ever had. 這是他們歷來取得的最好成績。

54. B。指作者想讓 Laura 相信，無私的愛仍然存在(exist)。

55. C。指作者認為Laura 會與自己分享(share)這個故事。