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Dear Laura,

　　I just heard you told an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You doubted that such unselfish love would happen in today's world. Well, I'm here to give you ____1____.

　　I wanted to do something very ____2____ for my fifteen-year-old son, who has always been the perfect child. He ____3____ all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle．Then, he spent hours and hours on it ____4____ it looked almost new. I was so ____5____ of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet and a riding outfit.

　　I could ____6____ wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I barely slept the night before. Upon awakening, I went to the kitchen to ____7____ the coffee, tea, and morning goodies. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a ____8____:“To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”

　　I was so ____9____. It had been a long-standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could ____10____ lessons. “Learn to play the piano, and I'll get you one.” was my husband's ____11____.

　　I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could ____12____ this expensive gift.

　　Of course, the ____13____ awoke, and my son was thrilled（激动）with my reaction. Many kisses were ____14____ , and I immediately wanted him to ____15____ my gift.

　　As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not ____16____ what I was expecting. Then I ____17____ that he had sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.

　　Of course I was the proudest mother ____18____ on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.

　　So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still ____19____ and lives even in the ever-changing world of me, me, me!

　　I thought you'd love to ____20____ this story.

Yours,

Hilary

　　P. S. The next day, my husband and I bought him a new “used”already shiny motorcycle.

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(1)A．hope	B．advice	C．support	D．courage
(2)A．polite	B．similar	C．special	D．private
(3)A．played	B．studied	C．travelled	D．worked
(4)A．after	B．before	C．unless	D．until
(5)A．sure	B．fond	C．proud	D．confident
(6)A．perhaps	B．really	C．almost	D．hardly
(7)A．start	B．cook	C．set	D．serve
(8)A．note	B．notice	C．word	D．sign
(9)A．disturbed	B．confused	C．astonished	D．inspired
(10)A．give	B．take	C．draw	D．teach
(11)A．reason	B．request	C．comment	D．response
(12)A．present	B．afford	C．find	D．order
(13)A．neighbor		B．building
C．home		D．house
(14)A．exchanged		B．experienced
C．expected		D．exhibited
(15)A．tear	B．open	C．check	D．receive
(16)A．purely	B．basically	C．obviously	D．exactly
(17)A．realized	B．remembered	C．imagined	D．supposed
(18)A．only	B．still	C．ever	D．even
(19)A．works	B．exists	C．matters	D．counts
(20)A．send	B．publish	C．share	D．write

Answer 1

答案：A;C;D;D;C;D;A;A;C;B;D;B;D;A;B;D;A;C;B;C
解析：

1．针对Laura的怀疑态度，“我”在此将给她一种希望，让其知道无私的真爱是存在的，给她一种能遇到这种爱的希望。 2．因为儿子很好，很懂事，自己赚钱买了二手摩托车，作为母亲对他感到非常骄傲。因此决定为儿子做点特殊的事情。 3．从下文中的赚到钱买了车这件事中可知儿子在一夏天中都是在工作。 4．until“一直到……（时）”；unless“除非”；before“在……之前”；after“在……之后”。 5．sure“确信；有把握”；fond“喜欢”；proud“骄傲”；confident“自信；相信的”。母亲对儿子感到很骄傲，所以给他买了礼物。 6．从后句可知，母亲迫不及待地想立即把礼物给儿子，所以她几乎等不到儿子亲自打开礼物。hardly否定副词，“几乎不”。 7．tea与morning goodies不需look; set为“设置”；serve为“提供”，母亲到厨房是开始准备咖啡、茶、早点等，故用start。 8．后文是前文内容的说明，故可推知是字条上的文字，因此此处看到的是字条。 9．没有想到儿子会给她买keyboard，所以感到意外，感到吃惊。 10．从后文母亲还不会弹琴可知她是想学弹琴，能够上课。 11．上一句是丈夫的原话，是对她的要求所做的应答，故应用response。 12．自己感到奇怪儿子是怎么能够买得起这样贵重的礼物。afford“负担得起，买得起”。 13．house此处指全家人。 14．儿子因为我的反应变得也很激动，因此母子互相亲吻、感谢。experience“经历”；expect“期望”；exhibit“展览”。此处应注意外国的文化特点和习俗。 15．母亲很自然想让儿子立即看到她给他买的礼物。礼物应有包装，故应用open。 16．purely“纯地”；basically“基本地”；obviously“明显地”；exactly“准确地”。儿子的表情并不像母亲原来所期望的那样，故用exactly。 17．从儿子的反应中，母亲意识到儿子是卖了摩托车给她买了keyboard。“意识到”用realize。 18．only“仅仅”；still“不动；静止；仍然”；ever“曾经”；even“甚至”。那天我曾是最感到骄傲的母亲。根据文意选ever。 19．根据“我的经历”，“我”想让Laura相信，无私的爱仍然存在，故用exist。 20．作者认为Laura会愿意与其共享这个故事的，故用share。