Question

When my twin sons, Chad and Brad, were born, I was concerned about everything. Five years later, our little girl, Becky   1  our family. I wanted everybody to be healthy and happy. I worked hard to see that they were.

As the kids grew older, I worried about headaches, throat infections and many other common childhood illnesses．I didn’t like it when the boys spent time “warming the bench (板凳)” during Little League football games. I worried about Becky when she  2   the ball while playing softball．Before long, the teen years were upon us. I stayed up late at night waiting for the boys to return home．Many times the   3   crossed my mind that I would call the police if they weren’t home on time.   4 , they always arrived home safe and sound before I had to take such   5  .

“Please don't ever call the police,” one of the boys said when I   6  him after a late arrival. The day the boys moved away to college was a(n)   7  day indeed. I worried about their being able to take care of themselves. Would they starve?

A few months after the boys left college, our   8  rang in the middle of the night. It startled (惊醒) us when we looked at the clock．It was 3 o’clock in the morning. “Something must be wrong,” I shouted to my husband, Roy, as we both jumped up．We ran to the door, opened it, and there stood a police officer.

“You need to call your sons,” he    9   announced. I picked up the telephone, but unfortunately, it was   10  . A line outside had been accidentally cut. Roy and I jumped into the car and   11  to the nearest telephone．My stomach ached．My husband was   12  so badly that he could hardly dial the number.

On the first   13 , Chad answered the telephone. “What's wrong?” Roy shouted into the receiver (听筒). “We were worried about you,” Chad told him. “We’ve been trying to call you all night, but you didn’t   14  .We called the police and asked them to go and check on you.”

For the first time in their lives, the boys were worried about us. And they were the ones who   15   had to call the police.

1.                A．completed      B．visited          C．tested    D．appreciated

 

2.                A．hit            B．threw          C．got  D．missed

 

3.                A．plan           B．advice          C．worry    D．thought

 

4.                A．Strangely       B．Probably        C．Luckily   D．Hopefully

 

5.                A．worries         B．places          C．measures D．telephones

 

6.                A．threatened      B．told            C．surprised D．reminded

 

7.                A．nice           B．embarrassing    C．happy    D．sad

 

8.                A．phone         B．clock           C．alarm D．doorbell

 

9.                A．seriously        B．carefully        C．anxiously D．kindly

 

10.               A．gone          B．useless         C．dead D．shortened

 

11.               A．rushed         B．headed         C．went D．moved

 

12.               A．looking         B．shaking         C．suffering  D．seeing

 

13.               A．night          B．arrival          C．try   D．ring

 

14.               A．talk            B．answer         C．wake D．care

 

15.               A．frequently      B．suddenly       C．actually   D．rarely

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.D

4.C

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.D

9.A

10.C

11.A

12.B

13.D

14.B

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文的主要内容是：我们有三个孩子，我一直为了孩子们操劳，在孩子们小时候时，我经常吓唬他们，如果不按时回家，我就打电话叫警察。当儿子们读了大学后，有一天警察半夜来了，让我们给儿子打个电话，我们很害怕，以为是儿子出事了。原来是儿子们因为给我们打电话打不通，因为担心我们而把警察叫来了。

1.通过阅读整篇文章，可知我们一共有三个孩子，所以这里想说小女儿的出生，使得我们的家庭完整了，completed 完整的 visited 拜访 tested 测验 appreciated 感激，故选A。

2.根据I didn’t like it when the boys spent time “warming the bench (板凳)” during Little League football games.可知这里想说“错过”，hit打 throw 投掷 get得到 miss错过，可知选D。

3.根据crossed my mind that I would call the police if they weren’t home on time.可知是我的一个想法，plan计划 advice建议 worry担心 thought想法，故选D。

4.根据they always arrived home safe and sound before I had to take such   measures.故选C。

5. 这里想说，很幸运的是，他们总是在我采取这项措施之前安全到家，worries担心 places地方 measures措施 telephones电话，故选C.

6.根据“Please don't ever call the police,” one of the boys said，可知我是在吓唬他，threatened吓唬 told 告诉 surprised惊讶 reminded提醒，故选A。

7.根据I worried about their being able to take care of themselves. Would they starve? 故选 D。

8.根据I shouted to my husband, Roy, as we both jumped up．We ran to the door, opened it, and there stood a police officer.可知是有一天午夜，门铃响了，故选D。

9.“You need to call your sons,”以及下文We called the police and asked them to go and check on you.”可知警察很严肃的说，故选A。

10.根据A line outside had been accidentally cut.故选C。

11.根据My stomach ached．My husband was shaking so badly that he could hardly dial the number.可知我们以为儿子出事了，所以家里电话坏了时，就急忙冲到最近的电话亭，故选A。

12.根据that he could hardly dial the number.可知他的手颤抖得厉害，故选B。

13.根据Chad answered the telephone.可知听到第一声铃响，故选D。

14.根据A line outside had been accidentally cut.可知这里想说你们没有听电话，故选B。

15.这里想说事实上，是他们给警察打了电话，frequently频繁地 suddenly突然地 actually事实上 rarely很少地，故选C。

考点：这是一篇记叙文

点评：答题前一定要略读全文，把握文章要表达的主题，注意前后句与句，段落与段落之间的关系。答题中，一定要认真分析，注意选项与上下文的关系，与前后单词的关系。对于一时没有太大的把握的题可以放到最后再来完成，因为有时答案可以从下文内容体现出来。答完后再通读一遍文章，看看所选选项能不能是语句通顺，语意连贯。在阅读这篇文章时，要体会父母与孩子之间细腻的关爱。