My father was in the navy, which meant that my mother was married to both my father and the sea. As was often the __1__, we had to pack our belongings into boxes and __ 2__ those we had grown to love. We would arrive at our new home and find ourselves once again __3__ at the pier(碼頭)waving good-bye to my father as his ship pulled him away from us. My mother would turn my brother and me around before the ship was out of __4__, wipe our tears, and take us back home to start the process of __5__ in the new environment again.
Throughout the years of changing __6__, schools and friends, there remained one constant in my childhood — my mother. For both my __7_ and me, she was the cook, maid and teacher. She played these roles while __8__ some type of part-time job. Leaving a promising career is just one of the __9__ which my mother made for my family as we moved around the world with our father every three years or so. __10__ she had to deal with only a small budget, my mother __11__ managed to make each house the very home that is safe and __12__.
This probably sounds like a depressing way to live, __13__ with two small children: “single” parenthood, short-term friendships, and the inability to __14__ a career or establish a home. But it was not for my mother. She turned this __15__ into adventure for us all! Each relocation was a chance to __16__ another part of the world. My mother __17__ each new culture, climate and neighborhood. Each new house was a __18__ to rearrange furniture, make curtains and hang pictures. Every part-time job was an opportunity to learn something new and work with interesting people.
No matter how difficult the life was, she was always having a __19__ attitude. She always had strength in the face of struggle and change. My mother was so __20__all those years of my childhood — she was my island in a sea of change. She is my hero.
1. A.situation B.case C.matter D.rule
2. A.leave behind B.leave out C.leave off D.leave for
3. A.arriving B.staring C.standing D.looking
4. A.range B.shape C.sight D.control
5. A.adapting B.suiting C.matching D.fitting
6. A.names B.jobs C.addresses D.directions
7. A.father B.classmates C.brother D.relatives
8. A.performing B.seeking C.waiting D.applying
9. A.programs B.sacrifices C.contributions D.cooperations
10. A.Once B.While C.When D.Unless
11. A.somewhere B.somewhat C.sometime D.somehow
12. A.romantic B.comfortable C.mysterious D.wealthy
13. A.generally B.actually C.especially D.unfairly
14. A.desert B.pursue C.affect D.limit
15. A.lifestyle B.value C.journey D.opportunity
16. A.acquire B.explore C.occupy D.realize
17. A.met B.greeted C.agreed D.suspected
18. A.load B.sadness C.result D.challenge
19. A.changeable B.cautious C.positive D.negative
20. A.experienced B.brave C.ordinary D.annoyed
1.B
2.A
3.C
4.C
5.D
6.C
7.C
8.A
9.B
10.B
11.D
12.B
13.C
14.B
15.A
16.B
17.B
18.D
19.C
20.B
【解析】
試題分析:本文主要講了我的父親是海軍,經常出海。母親一個人帶著我們兩個孩子生活,雖然生活很難,但母親總以積極的心態(tài)面對生活,給我們創(chuàng)造著生活。母親就如同大海中的溫馨港灣,她是我心中的英雄。
1.這里想說,這種事例經常發(fā)生,situation處境 case事例matter問題 rule
規(guī)定,故選B。
2.這里想說留下我們成長中喜愛的一些東西,leave behind留下 leave out省略 leave off戒除 leave for離開,故選A。
3.這里表示再一次站在碼頭上,standing 站在,故選C。
4.根據wipe our tears, and take us back home to start the process of fitting
in the new environment again,可知這里想說在輪船消失在視線中之前,out of sight在視野之外,故選C。
5. 這里想說再次適應新的環(huán)境,fit in適應,故選D。
6.根據We would arrive at our new home,可知這里想說經常地換地址,學校和朋友,故選C。
7.根據My mother would turn my brother and me around before the ship was out of sight,故選C。
8.根據She played these roles ,故選A,performing履行,扮演。
9.根據as we moved around the world with our father every three years or so可知這里想說媽媽放棄她很有前途的職業(yè)是她為家庭做的犧牲之一,sacrifices犧牲,故選B。
10.這里表示然而她必須用很小一部分錢,While然而,故選B。
11.這里想表達我母親不知怎么把每一個房子都能變成安全和舒適的家,somehow
不知怎么地,故選D。
12.這里想表達我母親不知怎么把每一個房子都能變成安全和舒適的家comfortable舒適的,故選B。
13.這里想表達特別是帶著兩個小孩子,especially特別地,故選C。
14.這里想表達不能去追求事業(yè),pursue追求,故選B。
15.這里想表達她把這些生活方式轉變成了冒險經歷,lifestyle生活方式,故選A。
16.這里想表達每一次遷移都成了探索世界其他地方的一次機會,explore探索,故選B。
17.這里想表達我的母親歡迎新的文化、氣候和鄰居,greeted歡迎,故選B。
18.這里想表達每一座新的房子都是重新放置家具的挑戰(zhàn),故選D,challenge挑戰(zhàn)。
19.這里想表達無論生活有多么難,她總是有一種積極的生活態(tài)度,positive積極地,故選C。
20.根據she was my island in a sea of change. She is my hero.可知我的母親很勇敢,故選B。
考點:日常生活類短文完形填空
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。
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