Question

Whenever my kids have a party at school, I am the mom who always signs up to bring the juice boxes. It’s not because I’m 36  or that I don’t care if my kids have a good party. I am just not good at making homemade bread into holiday-themed shapes like other mothers. However, I’m happy to try, even though it’ll take me a long time to do it.

People say that housewives should have the 37   to make delicious meals, keep their houses clean, and   38 every minute of their child’s life. Their words used to upset me a lot. I felt that I should also be able to do those things as a housewife. So when I couldn’t make the turkey-shaped cookies, I   39 feeling like a failure as a mom.

 After many   40  attempts at baking, and many afternoons spent crying over my inabilities as a mother, I finally accepted the   41  that my lot(命運(yùn)) in life is to be the juice box mom. I worked hard to be the   42   one in the elementary school. And after one of my daughter’s class parties, it   43  . Her teacher stopped me as I was leaving and said,＂Thank you so much for always bringing  44   drinks. Sometimes parents forget that other children will also   45  class parties, and they end up being left out because we don’t have enough drinks for everyone.＂

 I just accepted her appreciation, rather than telling her that I brought extra drinks because I could   46   remember how many kids were in the class. But her appreciation taught me an important lesson: I’m not a failure as a mom.

 Not everyone is cut out to be a(n)   47 mom. I believe it’s okay to be the juice box mom. I may not bake cookies and decorate them beautifully, but I provided something to drink. And I think that’s just as important.

1.A. smart            B. tired              C. lazy               D. desperate

2.A. dream                    B. ability            C. experience          D. tool

3.A. compare          B. save                C. treasure          D. teach

4.A. ended up     B. went on        C. insisted on            D. set about

5.A. failed            B. careless        C. successful             D. useful

6.A. goal               B. opinion     C. fact                 D. impression

7.A. slowest             B. best                C. worst                     D. quickest

8.A. stood out     B. got out          C. came back            D. paid off

9.A. cold              B. soft                C. extra                D. fresh

10.A. attend            B. hold                C. enjoy                     D. leave

11.A. already      B. always           C. ever                       D. never

12.A. loyal                     B. clever           C. rich         D. able

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.D

12.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述一位母親由于孩子在學(xué)校要開party，其他的母親都讓孩子帶著蛋糕去學(xué)校，而作者的孩子只能帶飲料。作者也曾試圖做一些，可是自己總是做不成，別人都說家庭婦女就是必須會做各種蛋糕或者餅干，會操持家務(wù)，一想到這些作者就認(rèn)為自己是不稱職的母親，自己也認(rèn)為是一個失敗的母親，可是有一次參加完孩子的party后，老師非常感謝作者帶來那么多的飲料，自此作者不再感覺心里難受了，孩子喝飲料是一樣的重要。

1.考查形容詞及語境的理解。 A. smart聰明的； B. tired累的； C. lazy懶惰的； D. desperate令人絕望的。因為下文even though it’ll take me a long time to do it.做蛋糕花費(fèi)的時間長。那并非因為“我”懶或者“我”不關(guān)心孩子是否在聚會中開心，故選C。

2.考查名詞及語境的理解。A. dream夢想； B. ability能力； C. experience經(jīng)驗； D. tool工具。have the ability to do有能力做某事，是固定短語。大家都認(rèn)為家庭主婦都應(yīng)該有能力去做美味的蛋糕，故選B。

3.考查動詞及語境的理解。A. compare比較； B. save節(jié)省； C. treasure珍惜，財富； D. teach教學(xué)。根據(jù)常識可知珍惜孩子生活中的每一分鐘，故選C。

4.考查動詞短語辨析及語境的理解。 A. ended up結(jié)束； B. went on繼續(xù)； C. insisted on堅持；D. set about著手，開始做。ended up doing 最終；“我”最終就會感覺作為一位母親真地很失敗，故選A。

5.考查形容詞及語境的理解。 A. failed失敗； B. careless粗心； C. successful    成功的； D. useful有用的。根據(jù)I        feeling like a failure as a mom.可知媽媽失敗了。許多次失敗的嘗試之后，故選A。

6.考查名詞及語境的理解。 A. goal目標(biāo)； B. opinion意見； C. fact     事實； D. impression印象。根據(jù)many afternoons spent crying over my inabilities as a mother,可知 “我”最后接受了這種事實，故選C。

7.考查形容詞及語境的理解。 A. slowest最慢地； B. best最好的； C. worst最壞的； D. quickest最快的。根據(jù)上文可知在小學(xué)時，“我”就努力去做一個最好的，故選B。

8.考查動詞短語辨析及語境的理解。 A. stood out突出； B. got out外出； C. came back回來；D. paid off成功，付清。女兒開完會后，會開的是非常成功的，故選D。

9.考查形容詞及語境的理解。 A. cold寒冷的； B. soft軟的； C. extra額外的； D. fresh新鮮的。根據(jù)they end up being left out because we don’t have enough drinks for everyone.謝謝你帶來這么多的飲料，故選C。

10.考查動詞及語境的理解。 A. attend出席； B. hold持有； C. enjoy欣賞； D. leave離開。attend class parties參加班級聚會；有時父母忘了其他的一些孩子也要參加聚會，故選A。

11.考查副詞及語境的理解。 A. already已經(jīng)； B. always一直； C. ever曾經(jīng)； D. never從不。因為“我”不知道班里有多少學(xué)生，故選D。

12.考查形容詞及語境的理解。 A. loyal忠誠的； B. clever聰明的； C. rich豐富的； D. able能夠。根據(jù)上文可知并非每一個人都被排除在外當(dāng)一個能干的母親，故選D。

考點(diǎn)：故事類短文。