Question

We always celebrated my Dad’s November birthday on Thanksgiving Day, even after he entered a nursing home. As years went on, these events took on a(n) meaning – a traditional birthday party for Dad, and a personal for all that he had done for me in my life.

When we knew that it might be Dad’s birthday, the whole family decided to come together for a huge birthday celebration at the nursing home. It was a crowded party ___all of us sitting around him. Dad was a wonderful , and here was a biggest audience he’d ever had.

During a quiet moment, I announced that it was now Dad’s turn to stories from us. I wanted everyone to tell Dad what we loved about him. , we told stories from our hearts, Dad listened with wet, flashing blue eyes. We all kinds of lost memories – stories about when we were little, stories about when Dad was young and stories that are shared as family . Even the littlest grandchildren couldn’t to tell their grandfather why they loved him. For a man who had been kind to so many people in his life, here was our to honor him.

A few months later, at Dad’s memorial service, we fully realized what we had given Dad that night. Those were the stories people normally tell at a . They are told, then, full of tears, with the hope that the departed will somehow hear the outpouring of love._ _ we had given those loving to Dad when he was , told through laughter, accompanied by hugs and joy. I’m sure the stories and memories over in his mind during his last months and days.

Words do , and they are enough. We need to say them, to speak them to the ones we love, for everyone else to hear. That’s the way to love, and our chance to honor a person in life.

1.A. originalB. modernC. complexD. double

2.A. congratulationB. wishC. thankingD. apology

3.A. lateB. lostC. livingD. last

4.A. withB. asC. thoughD. by

5.A. writerB. listenerC. storytellerD. reader

6.A. hear ofB. listen toC. make upD. talk about

7.A. Little by littleB. Now and thenC. All at onceD. One after another

8.A. ifB. becauseC. whileD. before

9.A. recalledB. recordedC. regrettedD. remembered

10.A. thoughtsB. treasuresC. possessionsD. tales

11.A. affordB. helpC. waitD. offer

12.A. chanceB. taskC. dutyD. decision

13.A. burialB. partyC. meetingD. wedding

14.A. AndB. ButC. SoD. Or

15.A. kindnessB. memoriesC. careD. hugs

16.A. healthyB. oldC. youngD. alive

17.A. wentB. flewC. rolledD. came

18.A. benefitB. matterC. workD. mean

19.A. publiclyB. properlyC. consciouslyD. correctly

20.A. fall inB. search forC. hand overD. give back

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.A

14.B

15.B

16.D

17.C

18.B

19.A

20.D

【解析】本文是一篇记叙文，通过讲述我们在父亲的弥留之际给父亲办宴会，向他表达敬爱之情，因此没有留下遗憾，说明了语言的作用，也告诉我们要返别人对我们的爱的最好的方式就是告诉他们。

1. 辨析。A. original 原本的；B. Modern现代的；C. Complex复杂的；D. Double双重的。根据后文a traditional birthday party for Dad, and a personal for all that he had done for me in my life. 给父亲的传统生日派对和对他在我生命中所做的表示感谢。可以判断出来是双重含义，故选D。

2. Congratulation祝贺；B. wish 许愿；C. Thanking感谢；D. Apology道歉。由后文中“我生命中他为我所做的”可以得出，这里应该是感谢之情，故选C

3. Late晚的；B. Lost输的；C. Living活着的；D. Last最后的。根据倒数第二段during his last months and days.在他最后的日月里。我们可以得知这里应该是最后一次生日.故选D

4. A. With和…；B. As作为；C. though 尽管；D. By通过。这里是with的复合结构做伴随状语。该句意思为：那是一个拥挤的排队，我们大家都围着他坐着。故选A

5. Writer作家；B. Listener倾听者；C. Storyteller讲故事的人；D. Reader读者。由第三段第一句中的told stories讲故事，我们可以得知，这里说父亲是讲故事的人，故选C。

6. hear of知道、同意；B. listen to听；C. make up虚构；D. talk about谈到。根据下文 we told stories from our hearts我们讲述心中的故事，可知这里是父亲听我们讲故事，故选B

7. Little by little 一点一点的；B. Now and then时不时； C. All at once突然；D. One after another一个接着一个。根据语境，我们大家给父亲讲故事，分别讲自己的，所以是一个接着一个，故选D。

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9. recalled 会回忆；B. Recorded记录；C. Regretted后悔；D. Remembered记得。根据后面的memoeirs，可以判断这里应该是回忆，故选A

10. Thoughts想法；B. Treasures宝藏；C. possessions 财产；D. Tales故事。这里说回忆过去当作者小的时候，当父亲还年轻的时候的事情，这些回忆是他们记忆里面的宝藏。故选B

11. afford 能够支付；B. help 帮助；C. Wait等待；D. Offer提供。根据句意这里应该是couldn’t wait等不及。该句意思为：即使是最小的孙子也等不及要告诉他们的祖父为什么他们爱他。根据语境故选C

12. Chance机会；B. Task任务；C. Duty责任；D. Decision决定。结合全文，我们知道父亲不久于人世了，于是给他办的生日宴会，这是我们尊敬他的机会。故选A

13. burial 葬礼；B. party 派对；C. meeting 会议；D. Wedding婚礼。根据语境，这里父亲已经过世了，所以这里是在谈论葬礼上说的故事。故选A

14. And 表并列；B. But 表转折；C. So 表顺承；D. Or表选择。根据上下文得知，我们已经在父亲生日派对上说过了那些充满爱的回忆，所以这里应该是表示转折。故选B

15. Kindness善良；B. Memories回忆；C. Care关心；D. Hugs拥抱。根据上下文，我们可以知道我们在父亲生日派对上说过了回忆，故选B

16. Healthy健康的；B. Old古老的；C. Young年轻的；D. Alive活着的。结合语境，这里说的是我们在父亲还活着的时候说过了那些回忆，故选D

17. Went复习； B. Flew飞过；C. Rolled使翻滚；D. Came顺便。这里是说我们在父亲的生日派对上说的那些过去的回忆一定在父亲最后的日子里不断的出现，故选C

18. Benefit好处；B. Matter重要；C. work 工作；D. Mean意义。结合上下文，这里说的是语言的力量很重要也很足够，我们在表达爱对我们所爱的人的时候说出来。故选B

19. Publicly公开的；B. Properly适合的；C. Consciously清楚地；D. Correctly正确的。结合语境，我们要对那些我们所爱的人开诚布公的说出我们爱他们的话，故选A

20. fall in 掉进；B. search for寻找；C. hand over 交出；D. give back归还、复原。结合语境，这里的意思是，我们表达出对我们所爱之人的爱，这是归还哎的方式，也是我们追忆、尊敬我们生命中的某人的机会。故选D

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