Question

This was my grandmother's first Christmas without grandfather, and before he passed away we had promised grandfather that we would make this her best Christmas ever. When my parents and I at her house, we found she had waited up all night for us. The house did seem a little without grandfather.

Grandfather had always said that the Christmas was the most important decoration of all. So we immediately set to work on the beautiful artificial tree that was stored in grandfather's closet (壁橱). Through our efforts, we finally stepped back to our handiwork. It looked beautiful. something was missing.

"Where's your star?" I asked.

The star was my grandmother's favorite part of the tree.

"Why, it be here somewhere," she said, starting to sort through the boxes again. "Your grandfather always everything so carefully when he took the tree down."

As we emptied the boxes and no star, my grandmother's eyes filled with tears. Grandfather had given it to grandmother some fifty years ago on their first Christmas together. It brought them great happiness. Now, on her first Christmas without him, the star was , too.

"Don't worry, Grandmother," I her. "We'll find it for you."

My mother and I formed a search . "Let's start in on the closet where the ornaments (装饰品) were," Mother said. "Maybe the star just fell out of the box."

That sounded , so I began to search the closet. I thought I tried every , but no star. I could see grandmother was , although she tried not to show it.

"What’s in this wrapped box?” Mother suddenly called out. "It was at the bottom of father’s closet."

Grandmother took the box in and opened it. Her face when she unfolded the paper and pulled out a golden star. There was a(n) attached.

Don't be angry with me, dear. I broke your star while packing the decorations, and I couldn't to tell you. Thought it was time for a new one. I hope it brings you as much as the first one. Merry Christmas!

Love,

Bryant

So grandmother's tree had a star after all, a star that expressed their everlasting love for one another. And we were glad we were able to make this Christmas for her.

1.A. arrivedB. looked C. stayed D. worked

2.A. noisy B. emptyC. safeD. clean

3.A. flower B. bell C. stocking D. tree

4.A. admireB. repairC. paintD. design

5.A. Or B. SoC. ButD. And

6.A. mightB. must C. need D. will

7.A. packed B. decided C. covered D. searched

8.A. made B. leftC. found D. felt

9.A. gone B. hidden C. brokenD. forgotten

10.A. warnedB. persuadedC. reminded D. comforted

11.A. gameB. class C. company D. party

12.A. challengingB. reasonableC. pleasantD. difficult

13.A. suggestion B. directionC. possibilityD. method

14.A. ashamedB. shockedC. disappointedD. frightened

15.A. fear B. reliefC. angerD. surprise

16.A. clearedB. brightenedC. darkened D. tightened

17.A. article B. note C. receiptD. poem

18.A. bear B. affordC. wait D. agree

19.A. peace B. changeC. luck D. joy

20.A. special B. funnyC. relaxingD. favorite

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.C

15.D

16.B

17.B

18.A

19.D

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：祖父去世后的第一个圣诞节，作者和父母一起去祖母家过圣诞。当装饰圣诞树的时候，却无论如何也找不到祖父收藏起来的装饰星星，祖母对此很伤心，因为那是他们50年婚姻爱情的见证。但是一枚新星星的出现却使这个圣诞节对祖母来说有了更加深刻的意义。

1.动词辨析。 A. arrived到达；B. looked看； C. stayed停留；D. worked工作。从后句we found she had waited up all night for us.可以判断当作者到祖母家的时候，她在等他们，arrive at “到达”，选A。

2.形容词辨析。A. noisy吵闹的；B. empty空的；C. safe安全的；D. clean干净。从情理可知当家里没有了祖父，原本两个人的世界只剩下一个人时，房子会显得空荡，选B。

3.名词辨析。A. flower 花；B. bell 铃音；C. stocking 长筒袜；D. tree树。根据后句So we immediately set to work on the beautiful artificial tree 判断祖父在世的时候一直认为圣诞树是最重要的装饰，选D。

4.动词辨析。A. admire羡慕；B. repair修理；C. paint刷油漆；D.design 设计。根据上下文语境判断他们装饰完圣诞树之后 ，退后几步去欣赏自己的杰作，而且后面也提到了圣诞树看上去很美，选A。

5.连词辨析。A. Or或；B. So所以；C. But但是；D. And和。空前后句子内容相反，所以判断是转折关系，选C。

6.情态动词辨析。 A. might可以；B. must 必须；C. need 需要；D. will将要。从下文可知祖母开始去找装饰圣诞树的星星，所以判断她是确信星星就在房间里，选B。其他选项不符合语境。

7.动词辨析。 A. packed 打包；B. decided 决定；C. covered 覆盖；D. searched搜查。从上文祖母去盒子里找星星可知祖父是每次过完圣诞节后都会把装饰的东西收好，选A。

8. C动词辨析。 A made.使；B. left离开；C. found发现；D. felt感觉。根据下文可知他们把盒子倒空，也没找到星星，选C。

9.动词辨析。 . gone去；B. hidden 隐藏；C. broken打破；D. forgotten忘记。根据上文中As we emptied the boxes and ……no star,可知星星找不到了，选A。

10.动词辨析。 A. warned警告；B. persuaded劝告；C. reminded 提醒；D. comforted使舒适。从空前后作者说的话"Don't worry, "We'll find it for you."可知作者是在安慰祖母，选D。

11.名词辨析。 A. game游戏；B. class 班级；C. company 公司；D. party聚会 。从语境可知作者和爸爸妈妈一起去找星星，他们是组成一个小分队，party可以指“群，队，组”，选D。

12. B形容词辨析。A. challenging挑战的；B. 有道理的；C. pleasant高兴的；D. difficult困难的。听完妈妈的话，作者开始去放首饰盒的抽屉里找，由此判断作者认为妈妈说的话有道理，选B。

13.名词辨析。 A. suggestion建议；B. direction方向；C. possibility可能性；D. method方法。从语境判断作者把所有可能的地方都找遍了，选C，其他不符合语境。

14.形容词辨析。 A. ashamed羞愧的；B. shocked震动的；C. disappointed失望的；D. frightened 害怕的。从上文内容可知星星是50年前祖父送给祖母的礼物，可以想象当看到找不到这个纪念物的时候，祖母会非常失望，选C。

15.名词辨析。 A. fear害怕；B. relief信仰；C. anger渴望；D. surprise 惊讶。从下文内容可知祖母也不知道这个盒子里装的是什么，所以也会感到非常惊讶，选D。

16.动词辨析。 A. cleared清楚；B. brightened明亮；C. darkened黑暗；D. tightened点亮。从下文内容可知祖父在世的时候给祖母买了一个新的星星，从情理可以推测当时因为找不到星星而感到失望的祖母见到后会非常高兴，选B。

17.名词辨析。A. article 文章；B. note笔记；C. receipt报告；D. poem诗歌。根据下文内容可知和星星在一起的还有一张祖父留给祖母的纸条，选B。

18.动词辨析。 A. bear忍受；B. afford支付得起；C. wait 等；D. agree同意。根据后句|Though it was time for a new one 判断祖父不忍心告诉祖母他们保存了50年的星星被他给弄坏了，can’t bear to do sth “无法忍受，承受”，选A。

19.名词辨析。 A. peace 和平；B. change改变；C. luck 运气；D. joy快乐。根据文章内容可知第一个星星给祖母带来很多快乐美好的回忆，由此判断祖父希望这枚星星也会给她带来快乐，选D。

20.形容词辨析。A. special 特别的；B. funny滑稽的；C. relaxing放松的；D. favorite最喜爱的。从语境判断在祖父去世后的第一个圣诞节因为这枚新星星的出现而更加不同，选A，其他不符合语境。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读。