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Tears clouded my eyes as I stood in our washing room, holding Brett’s jeans and full of burn holes.

Tired and defeated, I   31   to the floor. The clothes were just one more thing Brett had 32   . He often got almost everything in the house out of    33   . Many windows in our house needed repair due to his breaking   34   to steal money when he chose to live on the street. Yet none of this could compare to the emotional   35     Brett had done to our once quiet home.

Brett came to live with us when he was 12 years old. During the next few years I had dealt with Brett a   36   as possible, but inside I was shouting. “I don’t want him in my house another day, Lord! I just can’t   37   him!” Having wiped my tears, I continued   38   him as before.

When Brett was nearly 18, he landed again in Juvenile Hall(少管所). After that, my husband and I had to send Brett to a boarding school for helping   39   teens.

At the   40   ceremony, each graduate held a white rose to give to the person who had   41   the most to him or her. Brett spoke   42   to his parents and then spoke to me, “You did so much. You were always there, no matter   43   . My mom and dad, I was their kid. But you,   44    troubled enough by me, always   45   me such love. And I want you to know I love you for it.”

  46   , I stood as Brett placed the white rose in my hand and hugged me   47   .

At that moment, tears   48   in my eyes again, this time not for disappointment but for   49  . Although I had struggled with silent   50   toward my stepson, Brett had seen only my actions. Love is action. We may not always have positive feelings about certain people in our lives, but we can love them.

1. A. sat           B. sank         C. bent                 D. dropped

2.A. ruined     B. lost             C. torn                 D. broken

3.A. danger     B. place        C. trouble              D. order

4. A. off           B. in               C. up                   D. away

5. A. pain          B. injury           C. damage           D. harm

6.A. patiently      B. willingly        C. strictly         D. rudely

7. A. forgive       B. educate          C. stand            D. control

8.A. parenting      B. pardoning   C. comforting       D. feeding

9. A. lazy          B. troublesome      C. disappointing D. careless

10. A. opening      B. official         C. victory          D. graduation

11.A. afforded      B. meant        C. supplied             D. owed

12.A. lovingly      B. sadly        C. proudly              D. nervously

13. A. where   B. how              C. what             D. who

14.A. unless   B. although         C. because              D. when

15.A. cost          B. lent             C. taught               D. showed

16.A. Astonished   B. Puzzled           C. Encouraged       D. Interested

17. A. surely       B. roughly          C. tightly          D. fiercely

18.A. fell          B. flowed           C. moved            D. gathered

19.A. pity          B. happiness      C. luck              D. success

20.A. love          B. anxiety          C. anger            D. car

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.D

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.D

16.A

17.C

18.D

19.B

20.C

【解析】

【文章大意】孩子的行为给作者带来了无尽的折磨，作者常常以泪洗面，但是她把愤怒无声地埋在心底，一如既往地履行母亲的责任。毕业典礼上，当孩子把玫瑰送给她时，她情不能已，流出了幸福的眼泪。

1.第一段提到作者在洗手间泪流满面，再结合本句前半句中的内容可知作者“倒”在地上。sink to the floor表示“倒在地上”。

2. 根据句意可知Brett经常“毁坏，糟蹋”东西。Lost丢失；torn 撕碎； broken打破。

3. 根据句意可知他经常把房间里的所有的东西搞得乱七八糟。此处out of danger   表示“脱离危险”；out of place表示“不合适”； out of trouble表示“脱离困境”；out of order表示“杂乱，不整洁”。

4.房子的窗户需要修理，因为他从窗户“闯入”房子去偷钱。

5.然而，所有这一切都不能和Brett对我们曾经安静的家造成的情感“伤害”相比。Emotional damage意为：情感伤害。

6.根据文意可推测在随后的几年中，作者尽可能耐心的对待他。

7.本句中的but表示的是转折意义，且从I don’t want him in my house another day可知，作者在内心深处无法忍受他。

8.作者把满腹心酸和愤怒埋在心底，擦干眼泪，像昔日一样一如既往地对他尽到父母的责任。此处parent用作动词。

9.他再次进入少管所表明他经常招惹是非，作者和丈夫把他送往帮助这些令人烦恼的青少年寄宿学校。

10.上文提到Brett被送到寄宿学校，可知这里是在毕业典礼上。

11.每一个毕业生都把一支白色的玫瑰送给对自己来说最重要的人。此处mean意为：意味着。

12.根据下文他所说的话可知他深情地和亲生父母和作者说话。

13.他所要表达的意思是无论发生什么事情，你总是在我身边。后半句可理解为no matter what happened。

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