My father died in December. He had spent the last several years in hospital, and my mother spent a lot of her time him. That is without doubt, a situation for any family. And the was a team of fairly frustrated family members.
My biggest frustration was trying to why he didn’t make choices that would him to be involved more fully in the lives of his grandchildren. Yet he each and every one of them. Every morning he asked my mother which of his grandbabies was going to that day. He had frequent visits from his collection of loving grandkids. Kids would have the place up instantly—toys everywhere, cushions off the couches and the TV channel to their station. Every visit was a kid invasion into his space. Interestingly, he was not at all bothered by the or chaos at all. He was never with them and he certainly never shouted at any child. Visits ended with and kisses.
I felt that relationship wasn’t good enough because he didn’t actually do anything my children. My dad didn’t read to the children, and certainly played a board game or did a puzzle with them. He didn’t take them out for or do any of the other things I saw active grandparents doing with their grandchildren. It made me sad that he was to get on with the kids.
A couple of weeks after his death, my 9-year-old daughter turned up in my bedroom at midnight to share a
of him done by herself. Included in the picture were several messages and —one for each day since he had died. The most striking one to me was“I loved EVERYTHING about you, Grandpa”.
Apparently, I was . All that time I thought he wasn’t doing anything with his grandchildren, but he was very actively doing the thing that was most to them. He loved them. And it was all they needed.
1.A. preparing for B. taking care of C. believing in D. looking forward to
2.A. personal B. boring C. difficult D. dangerous
3.A. result B. solution C. reward D. review
4.A. explain B. describe C. accept D. understand
5.A. expect B. allow C. force D. persuade
6.A. respected B. ignored C. loved D. blamed
7.A. leave B. cry C. visit D. perform
8.A. set B. messed C. given D. lit
9.A. introduced B. switched C. pointed D. checked
10.A. impression B. alarm C. expression D. noise
11.A. careful B. intelligent C. inconvenient D. impatient
12.A. tears B. quarrels C. tricks D. hugs
13.A. to B. with C. at D. on
14.A. frequently B. always C. never D. occasionally
15.A. walks B. books C. jokes D. interests
16.A. hoping B. offering C. failing D. promising
17.A. dream B. plan C. story D. drawing
18.A. statements B. photos C. suggestions D. problems
19.A. guilty B. rude C. wrong D. firm
20.A. honest B. important C. normal D. equal
1.B
2.C
3.A
4.D
5.B
6.C
7.C
8.B
9.B
10.D
11.D
12.D
13.B
14.C
15.A
16.C
17.D
18.A
19.C
20.B
【解析】
试题分析：作者对父亲(作者的公公)埋怨颇多。主要埋怨他不同孙辈们一起玩耍。其实作者误解了父亲。
父亲去世后，她的孩子拿出他们所画的一幅画，画中写道“爷爷，我爱你的一切”深深震撼了她。其实父
亲所做的一切对她的孩子们是多么的重要。
1.B 父亲生病住院，按常理说：母亲应该花时间去照料(taking care of)父亲。其余三项“为……准
备，信任，盼望”都不符合语境。
2.C 在父亲生病，母亲照料父亲的情况下，毫无疑问家务事没有人做了，所以应该出现了“困难的
(difficult)情况”，而不至于出现了“危险的(dangerous)情况(如果这样推测就有点夸大其辞)”；其余两项 “个
人的，令人厌烦的” 结合下文的(frustrated令人沮丧的)应排除。
3.A由上下文可以推测这里讲的是结果(result)。结果造成整个一家人都陷入了令人沮丧的境地。其
余三项“解决的办法，奖励/报酬，复习/回顾”都不符合语境。
4.D本句比较长有两个空格，所以与下一题连起来考虑。根据下文的叙述，我们可以这样理解本句
话的意思：作者感到最头疼的是要尽力去理解父亲为什么就没有做出选择让自己更加充分地融入到孙辈们
的生活中去的呢(从下文可以看出，父亲是不去看望孩子们的而是孩子到他们的住处玩)。explain解释；
describe描述；accept接受。
5.B expect期望；allow让，允许；force强迫；persuade劝服。
6.C从“Yet”的转折语气中，我们可以推测“父亲还是爱每一个孩子的”。其余三项的意思分别为
“尊敬，忽视/不重视，责怪”不符合语境。
7.C每天早上父亲都会问母亲当天哪一个孩子来玩(访visit)。leave离开，留下；cry 哭泣；perform
表演。
8.B从下文可以看出：孩子们常常把房间弄得乱七八糟的(messed up)。set up建立，创立；given up
放弃；lit up 点亮。
9.B孩子们常常把房间弄得乱七八糟——到处是玩具和从沙发上拉下的沙发垫子，把电视频道调到
他们喜欢的台。introduced 介绍；switched 转换；pointed 指；check检查。
10.D与下文相匹配的词应该是“noise”。有趣的是，父亲对孩子的吵闹声或是叽叽喳喳声一点儿也
不感到厌烦。impression印象；alarm惊恐，警报，闹铃；expression表情，言语。
11.D从下文“父亲从来没有对任何孩子大喊大叫过一声”可以看出“父亲对孩子们是何等的耐心
(never impatient)”。careful小心谨慎；intelligent勤奋的，智力的；inconvenient不方便的。
12.D根据下文的“kisses”可以推测应该是“拥抱(hugs)”。tears眼泪水；quarrels 争吵；tricks戏
法，把戏，计谋，诀窍，骗局，恶作剧。
13.B do sth.with sb和某人一起做某事，在本文中我们可以理解为“与孩子们一起玩耍”。作者觉得
祖孙之间的关系还是不够好，因为父亲事实上就没有跟孩子们一起玩耍过。
14.C承上文的否定和下文的“or”，这里应该用否定词“never(没有)”。父亲没有读过书给孩子们听，
从来没有跟他们玩过桌面游戏，也没有跟他们猜过谜语。Frequently经常；always总是；occasionally偶尔。
15.A带孩子出去散步(walks)。books书；jokes玩笑；interests兴趣，利益。
16.C fail to do=cannot do。hope to do希望做某事；offer to do 主动做某事；promise to do答应做某
事。令作者悲伤的是父亲没有与孩子们相处。
17.D下文(picture)有同义词复现，故选drawing(图画)。Dream梦想；plan计划；story故事。
18.A下文的““I loved EVERYTHING about you, Grandpa”就是“statement(文字陈述)”。 photos照
片；suggestions建议；problems问题。
19.C 很显然作者错怪了父亲，所以“我错(wrong)了”。 guilty负罪感，内疚的；rude粗鲁的；firm
坚定的。
20.B 父亲所做的事情对作者的孩子是多么的重要(important)。honest诚实的；normal正常的；equal
相等的，平等的。
考点：夹叙夹议类完形填空
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D
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A
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