Question

I truly feel that my mother led me here, to Morzaine, and to my future as a happy wife and business woman. When Mum   21  in October 2007,I was a cook. In December that year, while I was working for a wedding, a pearl necklace Mum had left me      22      .I was distraught（憂心如焚的）. Some days later, I was     23      that a guy who was working with us that day. “could probably have made a fortune     24    the necklace he found.”  25     .he returned it. Hearing how I’d     26    Mum for six months before her death, he said, “Christmas is going to be  27  —why not go out to the Alps for a couple of weeks?”

I come to Morzaine ,a small ,friendly village in the Alps and___28_ fell in love with it .What was __29__to be a stopgap (權宜之計) trip turned into a new life .I kept travelling between London and here and felt _30__than I had in months .In December 2008 , I was __31_as a hotel manager and moved here full time .

A month later, I met Paul, who was traveling here. We fell in love. In the beginning , I didn’t want to discuss___32__, because the sadness of losing Mum__33__felt great. Paul understood that and never___34__me but, by summer, we got married. A year later, we used his saving, and the money from the sale of Mom’s house, to build our own ___35__.

We want to give our guests a ___36__ feel, so each room is themed(以……為題) around memories from our lives. There are also styles to remind me of Mom ---- a tiny chair which ___37___ be in her bedroom is set in one room.

We are having a wonderful life Mum ___38___ naturally part of it, _39___ there’s no way we would be here if it wasn’t for the __40__ she gave me. I know she’s here in spirit, keeping an eye on us .

1.

A.died             B. came            C. returned          D. visited  

2.

A. burned          B. disappeared       C . broke            D. dropped   

3.

A.shown           B. comforted        C. persuaded         D. told    

4.

A. hiding           B. stealing          C. selling            D. wearing 

5.

A.Luckily         B. Naturally        C. Surely             D. Hopefully  

6.

A.nursed         B. cured           C. missed             D. guarded  

7.

A.long           B. hard           C. merry            D. free      

8.

A. suddenly      B. finally          C. nearly           D. immediately  

9.

A.said           B. proved         C. supposed         D. judged      

10.

A.smarter        B. higher          C. firmer            D. lighter     

11.

A.honored      B. hired          C. regarded          D .trained     

12.

A. travel        B. business         C. children          D. marriage   

13.

A.recently       B. once           C. still             D. first        

14.

A.left           B. pushed         C. surprised         D. interrupted   

15.

A.hotel          B. restaurant      C. home              D. shop     

16.

A.homely         B. lively        C. motherly          D. friendly    

17.

A.ought to       B. used to        C. might             D. could      

18.

A. takes         B. keeps         C. looks             D. feels      

19.

A. unless         B. while         C. because           D. though    

20.

A. money         B. chair        C. house             D. necklace    

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1. A          

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.C           

10.D

11.B

12.D

13.C

14.B

15.A

16.A

17. B          

18.D

19.C

20.D

【解析】

 

1.  句意為：“他可能把項鏈變賣成錢了。”根據句意選C。

2.  根據上一句和下一句“他把項鏈交還了我”可知選A。A意為“幸運地”；B意為“自然地”； C意為“當然”；D意為“希望”。

3.句意為：“聽到在母親去世之前我是如何地護理她那六個月，他…”。A. nurse意為“護理”； B. cured為“治愈”； C. missed為“想念”， D. guarded為“看守”。

4.根據句意“圣誕節(jié)將會很辛苦”故選B. hard。

5.  根據前后文可知我就立刻愛上了Morzaine這個地方。A為“突然，猛然地”；B為“最終”；C為“將近，幾乎”；D為“立即，馬上”。

6.句意為：“原本只認為是一次權宜之計的旅行最終卻成就了我新的生活”。was supposed to be意為“原以為是，本該是”，故C符合題意。

7.上文提到我開始了一種新的生活，故應該感到比以前心情更輕松了。故選D。

8.根據“as a hotel manager”“moved here full time”可知她受雇當旅館經理。

9.  根據下文“but by summer, we got married”可知我不想討論結婚的事情。

10.  我不想討論結婚的事，是因為我深陷喪母悲痛仍無法自拔。故C項最合適。

11.根據句意：“Paul他理解此事，從未催促過我，但到夏天時我們還是結婚了。”故選B（敦促，催促），切合題意。