广东高考英语完形填空专项训练（含解析）
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Last Sunday, there was no dirt in the air, only bright spring sunshine and a clear blue sky. After church, Papa headed out to the field to check on the cattle while Mama started dinner. Faye and I played in the yard. The temperature suddenly dropped-it felt good. The ____1____ had been building since dawn.
Then Mama shouted from the house, “Merry, you and Faye get inside, real quick now!”
I looked to the west and saw a huge black cloud of____2____, like thick smoke from a railway engine’s chimney. All the birds flew away. “Faye, go with Mama!” I shouted. “I’ll warn Papa.”
Faye ran toward the house. The storm hit so fast that I ____3____ saw her climb the porch(门 廊) steps. In a short time, the day turned into night. I ____4____ for Papa, hoping my voice would lead him back.
The dirt and sand stung my face like a thousand bees. I needed to get to shelter. ____5____ my face with one hand, I made my way toward the car and opened the door. Dirt flew in with me as I pulled the door closed. Papa was still out there! I needed to help him ____6____ the car.
I searched the dashboard (仪表板) and found the switch for the front ____7____. They made some rays, but would Papa see them in the thick ____8____ I pushed the horn again and again, hoping Papa would hear it.
Suddenly, Papa’s face appeared at the window. My heart jumped with surprise and ____9____. He opened the door and climbed onto the seat next to me. He coughed and wiped his eyes with dirty hands, then pulled me into his arms. “Oh, Merry, you’re _____10_____. ”
I hugged Papa and cried. I could feel the tears streaming down my dirty cheeks. Papa _____11_____ my face. “Your mother and Faye ” I said, “They are in the house.” Papa nodded, “Good. We’ll wait out the storm there.” Papa shut off the car’s lights and I worried the dirt would _____12_____ us.
Finally, the wind died down and the dust started to _____13_____. Papa kicked against the door, opening it far enough to let us out. We went home as Mama _____14_____ out. “Mama!”I shouted and ran into her arms. “Oh, my precious Merry!” Mama cried. “You and Papa are safe!”
“I’m safe thanks to Merry,” Papa said. “The car’s horn led me to shelter.”
“I’m so proud of you.” Mama said to me.
I cried even more then, tears of joy because our family had _____15_____ the horrible storm.
1．A．sand B．thunder C．heat D．snow
2．A．fog B．gas C．steam D．dust
3．A．quickly B．hardly C．really D．surprisingly
4．A．screamed B．waited C．looked D．searched
5．A．Cleaning B．Touching C．Covering D．Rubbing
6．A．fix B．find C．recognize D．drive
7．A．lights B．handles C．wheels D．windows
8．A．smoke B．darkness C．forest D．atmosphere
9．A．relief B．warmth C．excitement D．bravery
10．A．handsome B．careful C．safe D．impressive
11．A．glared at B．looked into C．swept over D．reached for
12．A．poison B．leave C．hurt D．bury
13．A．spread B．multiply C．settle D．double
14．A．watched B．slipped C．laughed D．rushed
15．A．survived B．defeated C．experienced D．caused
My father grew up in Chicago and loved the local team Cubs (小熊队) his whole life. I loved my dad, so the Cubs ____16____ me too. When I went back home after school or work, I always watched the Cubs with him. Two decades after my father’s ____17____, every time I watch the Cubs on television, I think of him and ____18____ with him in my head about their game.
Perhaps baseball is too ____19____ a thing for father and son to connect over. A ball game might seem, frankly, sort of ____20____ compared with family and career concerns. But that is ____21____ what makes it ideal for forming relationships. We had nothing to ____22____ as we watched them play, except for the ____23____ of enjoying the games together as father and son, which was much greater than it would have been, if either of us had ____24____ without the other. The Cubs were the “place” where we met to enjoy being _____25_____.
Lots of sports fans have similar _____26_____. Sportswriters find that 42 percent of sports fans were “very _____27_____” with their family life, compared with less than a quarter of nonfans.
If your _____28_____ with family are a little cold, you might be _____29_____ too much usefulness in your activities. Maybe the solution is to develop a taste for baseball, or maybe instead for opera or _____30_____.
16．A．attracted B．supported C．impressed D．comforted
17．A．illness B．death C．return D．arrival
18．A．joke B．agree C．discuss D．argue
19．A．small B．popular C．tiring D．risky
20．A．funny B．healthy C．dangerous D．useless
21．A．finally B．exactly C．obviously D．normally
22．A．gain B．keep C．expect D．offer
23．A．importance B．satisfaction C．pride D．power
24．A．started B．played C．watched D．enjoyed
25．A．touched B．praised C．entertained D．connected
26．A．attitudes B．interests C．explanations D．experiences
27．A．patient B．familiar C．pleased D．certain
28．A．relationships B．conversations C．days D．moments
29．A．leading to B．suffering from C．getting over D．asking about
30．A．chess B．money C．math D．science
Every August, teams with players about 10 years old play baseball across the US, with the aim to become Little League ___31___. In this year’s game, Isaiah Jarvis, a Little League batter (击球手), ___32___ the pitcher (投球手), Kaiden Shelton, who threw a baseball that hit him in the head. The ___33___ scene brought tears to the eyes of the crowd in the stadium.
On August 7th, Kaiden Shelton, from Texas, ___34___ Isaiah Jarvis, from Oklahoma, at the plate. With two strikes against Isaiah, Kaiden ___35___ lost control of his pitch. The ball hit Isaiah in his helmet, sending him to the ground. The field staff immediately ___36___ him and found him to be OK. He decided to remain in the ___37___. Yet Kaiden, the pitcher, appeared to be ___38___.
Isaiah called a timeout upon seeing his ___39___ battling emotions. He calmly walked toward Kaiden and gave him a big hug, trying to ____40____ him. “Hey, you’re doing just great.” Kaiden later shared with NBC News. “These ____41____ words from him really helped me.”
A video of the moment was posted online and attracted more than 6.5 million views. Danny Graves, a sports announcer, said Isaiah’s ____42____ was the best thing he had ever seen in Little League baseball.
The Texas team won the game 9-4 to ____43____ to the Little League World Series. And Isaiah was also ____44____ to the game to celebrate its 75th anniversary. The pair told NBC News they think their newfound ____45____ will last beyond any tournament.
31．A．candidates B．volunteers C．champions D．reporters
32．A．replaced B．hugged C．challenged D．identified
33．A．embarrassing B．confusing C．amusing D．touching
34．A．faced B．saved C．assisted D．needed
35．A．possibly B．suddenly C．gradually D．nearly
36．A．attended to B．appealed to C．referred to D．objected to
37．A．video B．celebration C．game D．tournament
38．A．disappointed B．annoyed C．surprised D．panicked
39．A．partner B．opponent C．coach D．fan
40．A．protect B．Rescue C．comfort D．instruct
41．A．powerful B．typical C．familiar D．contradictory
42．A．strength B．sportsmanship C．generosity D．politeness
43．A．apply B．return C．connect D．head
44．A．linked B．admitted C．invited D．selected
45．A．friendship B．popularity C．wealth D．freedom
Sports are important in our family. Both of our sons were high-school ___46___. So I shouldn’t have been ___47___ when Lauren announced she was going out for the girls’ basketball team. But I was because she has Down syndrome (唐氏综合症).
My wife and I never told Lauren that she was ___48___ . We treated her like our other children. We didn’t want her to feel disabled.
I discussed Lauren’s ___49___ with my wife that evening. She thought Lauren would make the team and she was right. Lauren did ___50___ it because not all the girls wanted to play.
The season’s first basketball game ___51___. It kicked off to a good start, but soon Verden, Lauren’s team, was behind. Lauren ___52___ followed the movement on the court and reacted to every ___53___. Even though Lauren wasn’t playing, she looked as if she were having the time of her life. I felt ___54___ for my daughter.
Just less than two minutes were left, and Verden was down by seventeen points when Lauren was called in for the game. Lauren ____55____ the others fairly well. Then they passed Lauren the ball. She ____56____ it. She shot. She scored! A few minutes later, Lauren ____57____us in the stands. ”Did you see I scored! I made a ____58____!”
For sixteen years, I’d tried hard to ____59____ Lauren from feeling like she was different. But watching Lauren in the game, I saw that she really was different-not physically or emotionally, but ____60____.
46．A．athletes B．rescuers C．reporters D．teachers
47．A．depressed B．embarrassed C．disappointed D．surprised
48．A．normal B．different C．ordinary D．typical
49．A．arrangement B．preference C．announcement D．proposal
50．A．approve B．predict C．make D．favour
51．A．appeared B．arrived C．changed D．remained
52．A．attentively B．carelessly C．frequently D．repeatedly
53．A．team B．shout C．game D．shot
54．A．regret B．anxiety C．admiration D．sympathy
55．A．gave way to B．kept pace with C．put up with D．broke away from
56．A．threw B．missed C．caught D．cast
57．A．challenged B．greeted C．left D．joined
58．A．mistake B．basket C．mess D．record
59．A．shelter B．prohibit C．discourage D．excuse
60．A．socially B．consciously C．literally D．spiritually
When I was about twelve years old, my mother told us that we would not be ___61___Christmas gifts for lack of money. I felt sad and thought, “What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d ___62___ ” Then, three women ___63___at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they bought a doll. I would no longer have to be ___64___when I returned to school.
Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my ___65___Christmas special and memorable there, I___66___remembered the women’s visit. I decided that I wanted to create the same feeling of ___67___for as many children as I could possibly ___68___.
So I ___69___with a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, each with a child’s name. We wanted all of them to know they were ___70___. Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I ___71___them that they couldn’t open their presents until every child had come forward. Finally the ___72___they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One, two, three. Open your presents!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles ___73___up the room. The ___74___in the room was obvious, and it wasn’t just about toys. It was a feeling — the feeling I knew from that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody still remembered me. I know I ___75___.
61．A．sending B．receiving C．preferring D．benefiting
62．A．persuaded B．prepared C．got D．expected
63．A．cared about B．settled down C．showed up D．gave in
64．A．puzzled B．embarrassed C．worried D．stubborn
65．A．present B．first C．recent D．late
66．A．hardly B．suddenly C．regularly D．finally
67．A．schedule B．attitude C．importance D．safety
68．A．know B．reach C．remember D．transport
69．A．made up B．caught up C．came up D．gave up
70．A．reliable B．special C．helpful D．fond
71．A．reminded B．waited C．organized D．promised
72．A．chance B．gift C．moment D．fare
73．A．lit B．took C．burned D．cheered
74．A．gratitude B．insurance C．calmness D．joy
75．A．matter B．wonder C．determine D．dream
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Julio Castro, a math teacher at YULA Boys High School, spent two hours going to school and another 2 hours going back home. He used his scooter (滑板车) to ___76___ the bus stop in Santa Clarita and from there, he would take a 90- minute bus___77___ to Century City. After getting off the bus, he would again use his scooter to get to the ___78___.
His students were ___79___ of their teacher’s commuting (通勤) struggles and were very grateful for his hard work despite his muting every day was very ___81___ for Castro but this didn’t make him give up on his passion for teaching. ___82___, he used it as a motivation (动力) to work harder and show his students how hard work can ___83___ one day.
Castro was right about it and now, he can enjoy the ___84___ of his hard work. His kind students gifted him with a dark blue car. Knowing how___85___ petrol nowadays is, they bought their teacher a year’s worth of gasoline. They also got him car insurance, which ___86___ as financial protection in case of accidents. The kind- hearted high school students spent the entire summer ___87___ over $30,000 with the help of several organizations.
Castro is very ___88___ to his students. “I feel surprised. I feel special. So thank you to my students. They are like my kids as well,” Castro said. His students are very happy to ___89___ their math teacher and they are confident that he will find some ___90___ to pay it forward.
76．A．get B．reach C．identify D．observe
77．A．space B．stop C．trip D．crowd
78．A．school B．company C．goal D．place
79．A．tired B．proud C．fond D．aware
80．A．situation B．atmosphere C．activity D．family
81．A．comfortable B．challenging C．suitable D．confusing
82．A．Instead B．However C．Thus D．Otherwise
83．A．march on B．go off C．take away D．pay off
84．A．data B．feature C．fruit D．state
85．A．effective B．priceless C．dangerous D．expensive
86．A．forms B．serves C．supplies D．develops
87．A．operating B．donating C．raising D．carrying
88．A．thankful B．thoughtful C．responsible D．generous
89．A．have B．see C．like D．help
90．A．minds B．ways C．rights D．voices
Last week, I had a wisdom tooth (智齿) pulled, which left me swollen and unable to speak. It was very strange spending a few days in this____91____, but judging from other people’s responses, not as strange as it was for them.
I thought my husband would be the first to feel upset. I tried to imagine how____92____it must be to have half of the house go silent.____93____, when I found him in the kitchen at midnight, cooking potatoes for my recovery and____94____the silence by singing “your lovely swollen face” to the tune of My Humps, I, too, was surprised, but also____95____.
When I felt____96____I went to my local shop. It still hurt when I moved my face, so when I ____97____ a friend, I couldn’t say anything. The friend wanted my____98____on a Twitter disagreement that I didn’t seem bothered. I was not bothered — and it felt good to remember that.
Later I visited my mom, who chatted away as normal. She didn’t even____99____that I was on the silent mode. This makes me certainly believe that my family role is part_____100_____, part listener.
People say_____101_____is golden and that sometimes it is wise to say nothing and to let people reveal (吐露) themselves. Perhaps that is the_____102_____of the wisdom tooth. Maybe when they arrive with all their pain, forcing us —even just for a while—to move our_____103_____a little less, they give a lesson for living well: Listen,_____104_____and try being quiet now and then. Then maybe adulthood won’t be quite like_____105_____teeth.
91．A．room B．state C．position D．period
92．A．embarrassing B．lively C．pleasant D．frightening
93．A．Finally B．Luckily C．However D．Therefore
94．A．enjoying B．filling C．keeping D．welcoming
95．A．amazed B．annoyed C．disappointed D．touched
96．A．hungry B．weaker C．stronger D．thirsty
97．A．called up B．looked at C．turned to D．ran into
98．A．study B．opinion C．report D．information
99．A．accept B．expect C．hear D．notice
100．A．daughter B．patient C．speaker D．friend
101．A．health B．family C．silence D．love
102．A．lesson B．secret C．treatment D．wisdom
103．A．arms B．eyes C．mouths D．faces
104．A．observe B．smell C．review D．suggest
105．A．cutting B．pulling C．brushing D．losing
As my husband, Doug, stood on the busy New York city street trying to stop a taxi, I tried to protect my daughter from the cold December wind and rain. I put my head down to kiss her tiny face.
____106____and wet, my husband gave up his attempt to flag down a taxi. I knew the feeling. Just after her first birthday,we were told our daughter Katie has a ____107____brain illness. Since that moment, Doug and I felt like runners in a marathon race where the finish line kept disappearing. We knew Katie was running out of ____108____and that chances were slim.____109____, we didn’t lose hope. It had taken months before we finally had a name for the____110____but we were told only a few of specialists in the world knew how to ____111____it. Now, as we finally found a brilliant doctor to ____112____our girl, we were in a strange city in the cold rain.
Just at the moment, a middle-aged woman pulled over and____113____us, saying, “Pardon me May I offer you a ride ” Before we could say anything, she continued, “It’s really no____114____for me. Just get in.” It was then that I noticed her thick Irish accent, which warmed me up like hot soup. We simply said, “Thanks! Roosevelt Hospital, please,” as we got in her car for the ride.
“Are you going for the baby ” she asked us. I nodded my head, holding back my____115____. At the hospital, we ____116____her a dozen times for the ride. As the woman hugged me, I____117____her face was wet with tears. She promised to pray for us before she left.
____118____three more visits to New York and two more brain operations afterwards, Katie was cured. But the____119____of the Irish Angel, the woman who gave us a free ride, still rang as a constant reminder of a tiny ray of light that appeared in our____120____days.
106．A．Excited B．Discouraged C．Annoyed D．Satisfied
107．A．simple B．normal C．rare D．natural
108．A．time B．confidence C．money D．sadness
109．A．Therefore B．However C．Otherwise D．Meanwhile
110．A．race B．challenge C．doctor D．illness
111．A．explain B．check C．reach D．treat
112．A．protect B．meet C．save D．encourage
113．A．stared at B．laughed at C．glared at D．knocked at
114．A．trouble B．happiness C．question D．benefit
115．A．surprise B．tears C．smiles D．anger
116．A．thanked B．praised C．respected D．accepted
117．A．guessed B．believed C．understood D．noticed
118．A．Instead of B．Thanks to C．Regardless of D．According to
119．A．voice B．bravery C．reward D．advice
120．A．busiest B．luckiest C．darkest D．happiest
At middle school, I found it challenging to run around the playground. I was always one of the students ____121____ to cross the finish line. One day, my friend asked me if I would like to run a 10K event with him. My first reaction was, “No way! I hate ____122____”.
Over the weekend, I thought about his ____123____. I thought, “Why do I hate it when I haven’t done it since Grade 7 in middle school ” In the end I decided I should have a(n)____124____.
I told my friend I would like to join the 10K event with him. He ____125____ me to tur to the Internet for a running programme to help me learn how to run. After some research,____126____ I chose a 14-week running plan that would teach me how to run for 30 minutes non-stop. I had to run three times a week for different lengths of ____127____. As the weeks went on, I could run for longer periods. I enjoyed following the plan as I could see ____128____ in my running each week. I went from being ____129____ to run for more than 30 seconds to running for over 30 minutes! My younger self would not have ____130____ it.
On the day of the 10K running event, I was both excited and ____131____. It was the first time that I had put my new skills into practice. I lined up with other ____132____. My friends and family came to support me. With their encouragement and my training, I ____133____ to finish the 10K in 72 minutes. It was ____134____ but I felt very proud of having tried It.
From this experience I learned that it was a good idea to try something before saying “I hate it!” It turned out that I ____135____ running.
121．A．forced B．determined C．choosing D．failing
122．A．competing B．testing C．running D．exercising
123．A．suggestion B．plan C．choice D．task
124．A．examination B．try C．look D．chance
125．A．expected B．advised C．forced D．allowed
126．A．directly B．unwillingly C．surprisingly D．finally
127．A．preparation B．time C．distance D．training
128．A．improvements B．dreams C．efforts D．prizes
129．A．unable B．ready C．unfortunate D．anxious
130．A．accepted B．affected C．believed D．admitted
131．A．satisfied B．regretful C．confident D．nervous
132．A．classmates B．winners C．friends D．athletes
133．A．pretended B．had C．managed D．longed
134．A．valuable B．comfortable C．difficult D．strange
135．A．understood B．enjoyed C．mistook D．remembered
When Jackelyn Kastanis found out her best friend, Brooke, had cancer, she dropped everything to be by Brooke’s side. She not only stayed with Brooke in the hospital, but tried to give her a sense of___136___.
Brooke was told at 27 years old that she had a year to live. Jackelyn took up residence with Brooke in the hospital room and found an atmosphere of sadness filled the room. Brooke looked rather upset and there was nothing to___137___her to feel like herself and to feel pretty. ___138___, Jackelyn brought wig (假发) and makeup to lift Brooke’s spirits. The idea worked — Brooke started taking fewer painkillers and it changed her entire___139___.
Encouraged by that, Jackelyn wanted to lighten the___140___of other women battling against cancer. She thought when people are in hospital, they need some human___141___. So she created a nonprofit organization called Simply from the Heart and started visiting hospitals with___142___that she called “glam (富有魅力的) girls” to give beauty products to___143___women and girls. They filled “glam boxes” with 30 beauty products,___144___ by individuals and corporations, and took them to the hospital.
After a year and a half, Brooke unfortunately passed away, but Jackelyn ____145____to help make other women feel pretty and confident. So far they have____146____ thousands of “glam boxes” and have____147____the lives of more than 5,000 patients.
Medicine and treatments help people____148____, but friendship and kindness help reignite (重新点燃) the light within them.
“I remember one patient says, ‘These girls____149____me in a way the doctors could not.’ Her words mean a lot to us,” said Jackelyn. “We have doctors and they keep us alive. But ____150____, we all want our souls to feel lit up to get us through.”
136．A．beauty B．safety C．value D．respect
137．A．remind B．require C．force D．inspire
138．A．Therefore B．Instead C．Still D．Besides
139．A．plan B．style C．image D．identity
140．A．mood B．responsibility C．room D．weight
141．A．direction B．interest C．progress D．communication
142．A．doctors B．volunteers C．employees D．patients
143．A．poor B．sick C．disabled D．wounded
144．A．sold B．discovered C．donated D．checked
145．A．promised B．decided C．intended D．continued
146．A．put down B．put together C．put forward D．put aside
147．A．touched B．recorded C．explored D．studied
148．A．escape B．relax C．recover D．grow
149．A．trained B．cured C．attracted D．impressed
150．A．seriously B．physically C．psychologically D．Financially
参考答案：
1．C 2．D 3．B 4．A 5．C 6．B 7．A 8．B 9．A 10．C 11．B 12．D 13．C 14．D 15．A
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了在一场可怕的暴风雨中作者寻找爸爸，帮爸爸躲避灾难的故事。
1．考查名词词义辨析。句意：天亮以来，高温一直在增加。A. sand沙子；B. thunder雷；C. heat高温；D. snow雪。由上文“The temperature suddenly dropped — it felt good”可知，温度突然降下来了，这说明之前一直都是高温，故选C。
2．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我向西望去，看到一大团黑色的尘埃，就像从火车发动机的烟囱里冒出来的浓烟。A. fog雾；B. gas汽油；C. steam蒸汽；D. dust灰尘。由下文“like thick smoke from a railway engine’s chimney.”可知，此处指灰尘就像从火车发动机的烟囱里冒出来的浓烟，故选D。
3．考查副词词义辨析。句意：暴风雨来得太快了，我几乎看不见她爬上门廊的台阶。A. quickly快速地；B. hardly几乎不；C. really真正地；D. surprisingly惊人地。由上文“The storm hit so fast that I”可知，暴风雨来得太快了，作者几乎没看见暴风雨爬上门廊的台阶，故选B。
4．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我大声喊爸爸，希望我的声音能把他带回来。A. screamed大声喊；B. waited等待；C. looked看；D. searched搜寻。由下文“hoping my voice would lead him back.”可知，作者在大声喊，让他爸爸回来，故选A。
5．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我用一只手捂住脸，走向车子，打开车门。A. Cleaning打扫；B. Touching触碰；C. Covering遮盖；D. Rubbing擦。由上文“The dirt and sand stung my face like a thousand bees.”和下文“my face with one hand”可知，泥土和沙子刺痛了作者的脸，所以他用一只手捂着自己的脸，故选C。
6．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我得帮他找到那辆车。A. fix修理；B. find找到；C. recognize识别；D. drive开车。由下文“I searched the dashboard (仪表板)(我找了仪盘表)”和“I pushed the horn again and again, hoping Papa would hear it.(我一遍又一遍地按喇叭，希望爸爸能听到)”可知，作者在找爸爸的车，故选B。
7．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我在仪表板上找到了前灯的开关。A. lights灯；B. handles把手；C. wheels轮子；D. windows窗户。由上文“I searched the dashboard (仪表板)and found the switch for the front”和下文“They made some rays(它们发出了一些光线)”可知，作者在车的仪表板上找到了前灯的开关，故选A。
8．考查名词词义辨析。句意：它们发出了一些光线，但是爸爸会在浓密的黑暗中看到它们吗？A. smoke烟；B. darkness黑暗；C. forest森林；D. atmosphere氛围。由上文“In a short time, the day turned into night.(很快，白天变成了黑夜)”可知，暴风雨来临，白天变成了黑夜，所以此指在黑暗中，故选B。
9．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我的心因惊讶和宽慰而跳动。A. relief安慰；B. warmth温暖；C. excitement兴奋；D. bravery勇敢。由上文“Suddenly, Papa’s face appeared at the window.”可知，爸爸出现了，所以作者感到宽慰，故选A。
10．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：梅里，你是安全的。A. handsome英俊的；B. careful仔细的；C. safe安全的；D. impressive印象深刻的。由上文“then pulled me into his arms.”可知，爸爸看到作者后很高兴，说了句“你是安全的”，故选C。
11．考查动词短语辨析。句意：爸爸看着我的脸。A. glared at怒视；B. look into看；C. swept over席卷；D. reached for伸手去拿。由下文“my face. “Your mother and Faye ””可知，爸爸看着作者的脸，问作者妈妈和Faye在哪里，故选B。
12．考查动词词义辨析。句意：爸爸关掉了车灯，我担心泥土会把我们埋了。A. poison安置；B. leave离开；C. hurt伤害；D. bury埋。由上文“I worried the dirt would”可知，作者担心泥土会把他们给埋了，故选D。
13．考查动词词义辨析。句意：终于，风停了，尘埃开始落下。A. spread传播；B. multiply大大增加；C. settle(灰尘等)落下；D. double加倍。由上文“Finally, the wind died down and the dust started to ”可知，风停了，灰尘开始落下，故选C。
14．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们回家了，妈妈冲出来了。A. watched观看；B. slipped滑倒；C. laughed笑；D. rushed冲。由上文“We went home”可知，妈妈看到作者和爸爸回来了，于是激动地冲出来，故选D。
15．考查动词词义辨析。句意：那时我哭得更厉害了，喜极而泣，因为我们一家在那场可怕的暴风雨中幸存了下来。A. survived幸存；B. defeated击败；C. experienced经历；D. caused引起。由上文“tears of joy because our family had ”和上文描述作者一家在暴风雨后都活下来可知，作者喜极而泣，因为他们一家在那场可怕的暴风雨中幸存了下来了，故选A。
16．A 17．B 18．C 19．A 20．D 21．B 22．A 23．B 24．C 25．D 26．D 27．C 28．A 29．B 30．A
【导语】这是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章介绍了作者和父亲关于体育的共同爱好，这一爱好使得作者常常想起和父亲在一起的时间，并且通过体育爱好，家庭之间的关系也更加的紧密。
16．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我爱我爸爸，所以小熊队也吸引了我。A. attracted吸引；B. supported支持；C. impressed使......印象深刻；D. comforted安慰。根据下文“When I went back home after school or work, I always watched the Cubs with him. Two decades after my father’s ____2____, every time I watch the Cubs on television, I think of him and ____3____ with him in my head about their game (当我放学或下班回家时，我总是和他一起看小熊队的比赛。父亲去世二十年后，每当我在电视上看小熊队的比赛时，我都会想起他，并在脑海中与他讨论他们的比赛。)”可知，作者以前总是会和父亲一起看小熊队的比赛，父亲去世20年了，依旧看小熊队的比赛，可推知：小熊队的比赛吸引（attracted）作者的注意力。故选A项。
17．考查名词词义辨析。句意：父亲去世二十年后，每当我在电视上看小熊队的比赛时，我都会想起他，并在脑海中与他讨论他们的比赛。A. illness生病；B. death去世；C. return回归；D. arrival到达。句中提到I think of him和in my head，由此判断，作者的父亲应该是去世了（death）。故选B项。
18．考查动词词义辨析。句意：父亲去世二十年后，每当我在电视上看小熊队的比赛时，我都会想起他，并在脑海中与他讨论他们的比赛。A. joke开玩笑；B. agree同意；C. discuss讨论；D. argue争论。根据下文“We had nothing to ____7____ as we watched them play, except for the ____8____ of enjoying the games together as father and son, which was much greater than it would have been, if either of us had ____9____ without the other. (当我们看他们比赛的时候，我们什么也得不到，除了像父子一样一起享受比赛的满足感之外，这种满足感比我们中任何一个人单独观看比赛要大得多。)”可知，父子俩在孩子放学后一起看球赛，边看边讨论，享受着比赛，discuss符合语境。故选C项。
19．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：也许棒球是一件微不足道的事情，无法将父子俩联系在一起。A. small微小的；B. popular受欢迎的；C. tiring疲惫的；D. risky冒险的。根据后文“A ball game might seem, frankly, sort of ____5____ compared with family and career concerns. (坦率地说，与家庭和事业相比，球类运动似乎有点无用。)”可知，棒球显得没用，所以算是一个微不足道的（small）事情。故选A项。
20．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：坦率地说，与家庭和事业相比，球类运动似乎有点无用。A. funny有趣的；B. healthy健康的；C. dangerous危险的；D. useless无用的。上文“Perhaps baseball is too small a thing for father and son to connect over. (也许棒球是一件微不足道的事情，无法将父子俩联系在一起。)”，因为棒球的微不足道，因此棒球相对于家庭和事业而言好像有点没有作用。故选D项。
21．考查副词词义辨析。句意：但正是这一点使它成为建立关系的理想选择。A. finally最终；B. exactly恰好，确切地；C. obviously明显地；D. normally普通的。根据下文“We had nothing to ____7____ as we watched them play, except for the ____8____ of enjoying the games together as father and son, which was much greater than it would have been, if either of us had ____9____ without the other. (当我们看他们比赛的时候，我们什么也得不到，除了像父子一样一起享受比赛的满足感之外，这种满足感比我们中任何一个人单独观看比赛要大得多。)”可知，尽管一起看球赛微不足道，但是就是通过这样的契机，父子建立良好的亲子关系，exactly符合语境。故选B项。
22．考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我们看他们比赛的时候，我们什么也得不到，除了像父子一样一起享受比赛的满足感之外，这种满足感比我们中任何一个人单独观看比赛要大得多。A. gain获得；B. keep保持；C. expect期盼；D. offer提供。对于作者来说，和父亲一起看球赛的唯一收获就是感受和父亲一起看球的满足感，gain符合语境。故选A项。
23．考查名词词义辨析。句意：当我们看他们比赛的时候，我们什么也得不到，除了像父子一样一起享受比赛的满足感之外，这种满足感比我们中任何一个人单独观看比赛要大得多。A. importance重要性；B. satisfaction满足；C. pride骄傲；D. power力量。根据下文“Sportswriters find that 42 percent of sports fans were ‘very ____12____’ with their family life, compared with less than a quarter of nonfans. (体育记者发现，42%的体育迷对自己的家庭生活‘非常满意’，而在非体育迷中，这一比例不到四分之一。)”，以及此处句中的of enjoying the games together as father and son可推知，和父亲一起看球赛很是享受，如今一人独自看球时再没有了当年那种满足感，只能在脑海里和父亲交流。satisfaction符合语境。故选B项。
24．考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我们看他们比赛的时候，我们什么也得不到，除了像父子一样一起享受比赛的满足感之外，这种满足感比我们中任何一个人单独观看比赛要大得多。A. started开始；B. played玩；C. watched观看；D. enjoyed享受。根据第一段中“When I went back home after school or work, I always watched the Cubs with him. (当我放学或下班回家时，我总是和他一起看小熊队。)”可知，作者父子俩一起看小熊队的比赛。故选C项。
25．考查动词词义辨析。句意：小熊队是我们相遇并享受彼此联系的“地方”。 A. touched感动；B. praised赞美；C. entertained招待，使快乐；D. connected连接。根据上文“Two decades after my father’s ____2____, every time I watch the Cubs on television, I think of him and ____3____ with him in my head about their game (当我放学或下班回家时，我总是和他一起看小熊队的比赛。父亲去世二十年后，每当我在电视上看小熊队的比赛时，我都会想起他，并在脑海中与他讨论他们的比赛。)”可知，当年经常一起看小熊对比赛，使父子俩有了共同爱好、能进行交流，所以彼此是有联系的，connected符合语境。故选D项。
26．考查名词词义辨析。句意：许多体育迷都有类似的经历。A. attitudes态度；B. interests兴趣；C. explanations解释；D. experiences经验，经历。上文“We had nothing to ____7____ as we watched them play, except for the ____8____ of enjoying the games together as father and son, which was much greater than it would have been, if either of us had ____9____ without the other.( 当我们看他们比赛的时候，我们什么也得不到，除了像父子一样一起享受比赛的满足感之外，这种满足感比我们中任何一个人单独观看比赛要大得多。)”，以及下文“Sportswriters find that 42 percent of sports fans were ‘very ____12____’ with their family life, compared with less than a quarter of nonfans. (体育记者发现，42%的体育迷对自己的家庭生活‘非常满意’，而在非体育迷中，这一比例不到四分之一。)”，可知，和家人一起看比赛会产生很强的满足感，再根据本句中的similar可推知，家里有体育迷的，都会有这样的经历，故选D项。
27．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：体育记者发现，42%的体育迷对自己的家庭生活“非常满意”，而在非体育迷中，这一比例不到四分之一。A. patient有耐心的；B. familiar熟悉的；C. pleased高兴的；D. certain确定的。上文“We had nothing to ____7____ as we watched them play, except for the ____8____ of enjoying the games together as father and son, which was much greater than it would have been, if either of us had ____9____ without the other. (当我们看他们比赛的时候，我们什么也得不到，除了像父子一样一起享受比赛的满足感之外，这种满足感比我们中任何一个人单独观看比赛要大得多。)”可知，体育迷和家人一起看比赛会产生很强的满足感，很开心，pleased符合语境。故选C项。
28．考查名词词义辨析。句意：如果你和家人的关系有点冷淡，你可能会因为在你的活动中有太多的用处而受苦。A. relationships关系；B. conversations对话；C. days天；D. moments时刻。根据上文“Perhaps baseball is too ____4____ a thing for father and son to connect over. A ball game might seem, frankly, sort of ____5____ compared with family and career concerns. (也许棒球是一件微不足道的事情，无法将父子俩联系在一起。坦率地说，与家庭和事业相比，球类运动似乎有点无用。)”，以及下文“Sportswriters find that 42 percent of sports fans were ‘very ____12____’ with their family life, compared with less than a quarter of nonfans. (体育记者发现，42%的体育迷对自己的家庭生活‘非常满意’，而在非体育迷中，这一比例不到四分之一。)”，可推知，认为家庭、事业更重要的人与家人的交流机会少，关系冷淡，relationships符合语境。故选A。
29．考查动词词组辨析。句意：如果你和家人的关系有点冷淡，那么你可能在活动中受到太多有用的东西的影响而苦恼。A. leading to导致；B. suffering from遭受；C. getting over克服；D. asking about询问。相比于观看体育赛事，认为其他活动更重要的人与家人的交流机会少，这一点导致当事人遭受和家人关系疏远的苦恼，suffering from符合语境。故选B项。
30．考查名词词义辨析。句意：也许解决办法是培养对棒球的兴趣，或者对歌剧或国际象棋的兴趣。A. chess象棋；B. money金钱；C. math数学；D. science科学。根据上文“The Cubs were the ‘place’ where we met to enjoy being ____10____. (小熊队是我们相遇并享受彼此联系的‘地方’。)”可知，要增加和家人的交流，句中的baseball, or maybe instead for opera，这些都是可以和家人一起参与的，促进家庭关系、亲子关系的活动，chess符合语境。故选A项。
31．C 32．B 33．D 34．A 35．B 36．A 37．C 38．D 39．B 40．C 41．A 42．B 43．D 44．C 45．A
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。在今年少年棒球联盟比赛中，Kaiden Shelton不小心砸中了对手Isaiah Jarvis，虽然Isaiah Jarvis没事，但Kaiden Shelton吓坏了，于是Isaiah Jarvis拥抱了他，并给他安慰，这一幕感动了许多人，两人也收获了珍贵的友谊。
31．考查名词词义辨析。句意：每年八月，拥有10岁左右球员的球队都会在美国各地进行棒球比赛，目标是成为少年棒球联盟比赛冠军。A. candidates候选人；B. volunteers志愿者；C. champions冠军；D. reporters记者。根据句中的“play baseball across the US”和“the aim”以及常识可知，参加棒球比赛的目的是获得冠军。故选C。
32．考查动词词义辨析。句意：在今年的比赛中，少年棒球联盟击球手Isaiah Jarvis拥抱了投球手Kaiden Shelton，Kaiden Shelton扔了一个棒球，击中了他的头部。A. replaced代替；B. hugged拥抱；C. challenged向……挑战；D. identified认出。根据下文中的“He calmly walked toward Kaiden and gave him a big hug”可知，此处为hug的信息复现，表示Isaiah Jarvis拥抱了Kaiden Shelton。故选B。
33．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这感人的一幕使体育场里的观众热泪盈眶。A. embarrassing令人尴尬的；B. confusing令人困惑的；C. amusing好笑的；D. touching感人的。根据下文中的“He calmly walked toward Kaiden and gave him a big hug”和空后的“brought tears”可知，此处是说这种场景非常感人。故选D。
34．考查动词词义辨析。句意：8月7日，来自得克萨斯州的Kaiden Shelton在本垒板上对阵来自俄克拉荷马州的Isaiah Jarvis。A. faced面对；B. saved拯救；C. assisted援助；D. needed需要。根据上文中的“Isaiah Jarvis, a Little League batter (击球手)”和“the pitcher (投球手), Kaiden Shelton”及常识可知，在棒球比赛中，一方的击球手和对方的投球手处于面对面防守和进攻的位置。故选A。
35．考查副词词义辨析。句意：在对Isaiah的两次进攻中，Kaiden突然失去了对球场的控制。A. possibly可能；B. suddenly突然；C. gradually逐渐；D. nearly差不多。根据下文的“The ball hit Isaiah in his helmet, sending him to the ground. (球击中了Isaiah的头盔，将他摔倒在地。)”可知，这次投球出现了一个事故，这说明Kaiden突然失去了对球场的控制。故选B。
36．考查动词短语辨析。句意：现场工作人员立即对他进行了护理，发现他没事。A. attended to处理，照料；B. appealed to对……有吸引力；C. referred to指的是；D. objected to反对。根据空后的“found him to be OK”和常识可知，现场工作人员在有人受伤的情况下应立即赶去处理。故选A。
37．考查名词词义辨析。句意：他决定继续参与比赛。A. video视频；B. celebration庆祝活动；C. game比赛；D. tournament锦标赛。根据上文中的“found him to be OK”和空前的“decided to remain”可知，发现自己没事后，他决定继续比赛。故选C。
38．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：然而，投球手 Kaiden似乎惊慌失措。A. disappointed失望的；B. annoyed生气的；C. surprised惊讶的；D. panicked惊慌失措。根据下文中的“battling emotions”可知，Kaiden因为这种事故的发生而变得惊慌失措。故选D。
39．考查名词词义辨析。句意：Isaiah看到对手情绪激动，于是叫了暂停。A. partner伙伴；B. opponent对手；C. coach教练；D. fan狂热爱好者。结合第4题解析可知，Isaiah和Kaiden是对手。故选B。
40．考查动词词义辨析。句意：他平静地走向Kaiden，给了他一个大大的拥抱，试图安慰他。A. protect保护；B. rescue救援；C. comfort安慰；D. instruct指示。根据下文中的“Hey, you’re doing just great. (嘿，你做得很好。)”可知，他想要安慰Kaiden。故选C。
41．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他说的这些强有力的话真的帮助了我。A. powerful强有力的；B. typical典型的；C. familiar熟悉的；D. contradictory相互矛盾的。根据空后的“really helped me”可知，Isaiah说的话非常有力，安慰了Kaiden。故选A。
42．考查名词词义辨析。句意：体育播音员Danny Graves说，Isaiah的体育精神是他少年棒球联盟赛中见过的最好的东西。A. strength体力；B. sportsmanship体育精神；C. generosity慷慨；D. politeness礼貌。根据第三段中的“He calmly walked toward Kaiden and gave him a big hug”，在看到对手情绪激动后，Isaiah主动暂停比赛去给对手送安慰，这是一种体育精神。故选B。
43．考查动词词义辨析。句意：得克萨斯队以9比4获胜，晋级少年棒球联盟世界大赛。A. apply运用；B. return返回；C. connect联系；D. head朝（某方向）行进。根据空前的“won the game”和空后的“the Little League World Series”，此处是说朝着少年棒球联盟世界大赛前进，即晋级。故选D。
44．考查动词词义辨析。句意：Isaiah也被邀请观看比赛，庆祝比赛75周年。A. linked连接；B. admitted承认；C. invited邀请；D. selected挑选。根据第二段中的“Kaiden Shelton, from Texas, 4 Isaiah Jarvis, from Oklahoma”和最后一段中的“The Texas team won the game”可知，Kaiden所在的得克萨斯州球队赢得比赛，并顺利晋级，所以Isaiah没有参加接下来的比赛，而是被邀请来观看。故选C。
45．考查名词词义辨析。句意：两人告诉NBC新闻，他们认为他们新建立的友谊将持续下去，超越任何锦标赛。A. friendship友谊；B. popularity流行；C. wealth财富；D. freedom自由。通读全文并结合空前的newfound可知，Kaiden和Isaiah经过这次比赛后成了好朋友。故选A。
46．A 47．D 48．B 49．C 50．C 51．B 52．A 53．D 54．C 55．B 56．C 57．D 58．B 59．A 60．D
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述作者的女儿患有唐氏综合征，但是她仍然参加了女子篮球队，在一次比赛中，她还进球了，作者对女儿感到佩服。
46．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们的两个儿子都是高中运动员。A. athletes运动员；B. rescuers 救援者；C. reporters记者；D. teachers老师。根据上文“Sports are important in our family.”可知，作者的两个儿子都是高中运动员。故选A。
47．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：所以当劳伦宣布她要参加女子篮球队时，我不应该感到惊讶。A. depressed沮丧的；B. embarrassed尴尬的；C. disappointed失望的；D. surprised惊讶的。根据上文“Sports are important in our family. Both of our sons were high-school ___1__.”可知，作者家里有运动这种家庭氛围，所以当劳伦宣布她要参加女子篮球队时，作者觉得不应该感到惊讶。故选D。
48．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我和妻子从来没有告诉劳伦她与别人不同。A. normal正常的；B. different不同的；C. ordinary普通的；D. typical典型的。根据上文“But I was because she has Down syndrome (唐氏综合症).”可知，她是和别人不同的。故选B。
49．考查名词词义辨析。句意：那天晚上，我和妻子讨论了劳伦的声明。A. arrangement安排；B. preference偏爱；C. announcement声明；D. proposal提议。根据上文“Lauren announced she was going out for the girls’ basketball team.”可知，作者和妻子讨论了劳伦的声明。故选C。
50．考查动词词义辨析。句意：劳伦成功了，因为不是所有的女孩都想打篮球。A. approve同意；B. predict预测；C. make制作；D. favour支持。make it成功。根据下文“not all the girls wanted to play.”可知，劳伦成功了，因为不是所有的女孩都想打篮球。故选C。
51．考查动词词义辨析。句意：本赛季的第一场篮球赛到了。A. appeared出现；B. arrived到达；C. changed改变；D. remained保持。根据下文“It kicked off to a good start, but soon Verden, Lauren’s team, was behind.”可知，本赛季的第一场篮球赛到了。故选B。
52．考查副词词义辨析。句意：劳伦专注地跟踪球场上的运动，对每一个投篮都做出反应。A. attentively专注地；B. carelessly粗心地；C. frequently频繁地；D. repeatedly重复地。根据下文“followed the movement on the court”可知，劳伦专注地跟踪球场上的运动。故选A。
53．考查名词词义辨析。句意：劳伦专注地跟踪球场上的运动，对每一个投篮都做出反应。A. team队伍；B. shout大喊；C. game游戏；D. shot投篮。根据上文“followed the movement on the court and reacted to”可知，劳伦专注地跟踪球场上的运动，对每一个投篮都做出反应。故选D。
54．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我很佩服我的女儿。A. regret后悔；B. anxiety焦虑；C. admiration钦佩；D. sympathy同情。根据上文“Even though Lauren wasn’t playing, she looked as if she were having the time of her life.”可知，作者对女儿这样的表现表示钦佩。故选C。
55．考查动词短语辨析。句意：劳伦与其他人的步伐保持得相当好。A. gave way to给……让路；B. kept pace with保持同步；C. put up with忍受；D. broke away from脱离。根据下文“Then they passed Lauren the ball.”可知，劳伦与其他人的步伐保持得相当好。故选B。
56．考查动词词义辨析。句意：她抓住了它。A. threw扔；B. missed错过；C. caught抓住；D. cast投掷。根据下文“She shot. She scored!”可知，她抓住了篮球。故选C。
57．考查动词词义辨析。句意：几分钟后，劳伦在看台上加入了我们。A. challenged挑战；B. greeted问候；C. left离开；D. joined加入。根据下文“in the stands”可知，劳伦在看台上加入了我们。故选D。
58．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我进了一个球！A. mistake错误；B. basket投篮得分；C. mess混乱；D. record记录。根据上文“I scored!”可知，作者女儿说自己进了一个球，空格处是“投篮得分”。故选B。
59．考查动词词义辨析。句意：16年来，我一直努力不让劳伦觉得自己与他人不一样。A. shelter提供庇护，提供保护；B. prohibit禁止；C. discourage使受挫；D. excuse原谅。根据下文“Lauren from feeling like she was different.”可知，作者一直努力不让劳伦觉得自己与他人不一样，空格处意为“提供庇护，提供保护”。故选A。
60．考查副词词义辨析。句意：但看着劳伦在比赛中的表现，我发现她真的与众不同——不是身体上或情感上的，而是精神上的。A. socially在社会上；B. consciously有意识地；C. literally逐字地；真正地；D. spiritually精神上的。根据上文“not physically or emotionally,”可知，作者发现女儿真的与众不同——不是身体上或情感上的，而是精神上的。故选D。
61．B 62．C 63．C 64．B 65．B 66．B 67．C 68．B 69．C 70．B 71．A 72．C 73．A 74．D 75．A
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。我因家里缺钱而不能收到礼物，三个女人带着给我们所有人的礼物来到我们家，缓解了我可能遇到的尴尬，让我觉着我是重要的。长大后，我为尽可能多的孩子创造了同样重要的感觉。
61．考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我大约十二岁的时候，我妈妈告诉我们，我们不会收到圣诞礼物，因为我们缺钱。A. sending发送；B. receiving收到；C. preferring更喜欢；D. benefiting受益。根据本句中“for lack of money”可知，因为缺钱，所以没有圣诞礼物。故选B。
62．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我感到很难过，心想：“当其他孩子问我得到了什么时，我该怎么说 ”A. persuaded劝说；B. prepared准备；C. got得到；D. expected预料。照应前文“When I was about twelve years old, my mother told us that we would not be Christmas gifts for lack of money.”可知，因为缺钱没有圣诞礼物，所以当面对其他孩子询问得到什么礼物时，我不知怎么说。故选C。
63．考查动词短语辨析。句意：然后，三个女人带着给我们所有人的礼物来到我们家。A. cared about关心；B. settled down定居下来；C. showed up出现；D. gave in屈服。根据本句“with gifts for all of us”可知，三个女人带着礼物出现。故选C。
64．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当我回到学校时，我将不再感到尴尬。A. puzzled困惑的；B. embarrassed尴尬的；C. worried担心的；D. stubborn固执的。照应前文“When I was about twelve years old, my mother told us that we would not be Christmas gifts for lack of money.”以及“Then, three women at our house with gifts for all of us.”可知，因为缺钱没有圣诞礼物，所以当面对其他孩子询问得到什么礼物时，我不知怎么说，这会是很尴尬的场景。而三个女人带着给我们所有人的礼物缓解了我可能遇到的尴尬。故选B。
65．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：多年以后，当我站在新房的厨房里，想着我多么想让我在那里度过的第一个特别而难忘的圣诞节时，我突然想起了那些女人的来访。A. present在场的；B. first第一；C. recent最近的；D. late迟的。根据本句“when I stood in the kitchen of my new house”可知，站在新房的厨房里，应是第一个圣诞节。故选B。
66．考查副词词义辨析。句意：多年以后，当我站在新房的厨房里，想着我多么想让我在那里度过的第一个特别而难忘的圣诞节时，我突然想起了那些女人的来访。A. hardly几乎不；B. suddenly突然；C. regularly有规律地；D. finally最终。根据本句“thinking how I wanted to make my Christmas special and memorable there”可知，当我想着如何过一个特别而难忘的圣诞节时，我突然想到了自己的经历。故选B。
67．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我决定，我要为尽可能多的孩子创造同样重要的感觉。A. schedule计划表；B. attitude态度；C. importance重要；D. safety安全。根据下文“I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody still remembered me.”可知，我没有被忘记，还有人记得我，说明我是重要的。我要为孩子创造同样重要的感觉。故选C。
68．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我决定，我要为尽可能多的孩子创造同样重要的感觉。A. know知道；B. reach实现，达到；C. remember记得；D. transport运输。根据后文“We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party.”可知，我要为尽可能多的孩子创造同样重要的感觉。故选B。
69．考查动词短语辨析。句意：所以我想出了一个计划，并从我的公司召集了40个人来帮忙。A. made up编造；B. caught up捉住；C. came up提出；D. gave up放弃。根据宾语“a plan”可知，应是“想出一个计划”。come up with为固定搭配，“想出，提出”。故选C。
70．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我们想让他们都知道他们是特别的。A. reliable可信赖的；B. special特殊的；C. helpful有帮助的；D. fond喜欢的。根据前文“For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, each with a child’s name.”可知，每个礼物上都有各自的名字，说明我是想让他们知道自己是特别的。故选B。
71．考查动词词义辨析。句意：在我叫出他们的名字并把礼物递给他们之前，我提醒他们，在每个孩子都走上前来之前，他们不能打开礼物。A. reminded提醒；B. waited等待；C. organized组织；D. promised承诺。根据本句中宾语从句“that they couldn’t open their presents until every child had come forward”可知，是我提醒他们的内容。故选A。
72．考查名词词义辨析。句意：他们等待已久的时刻终于到来了，我喊道：“一、二、三。打开你的礼物!”。A. chance机会；B. gift礼物；C. moment时刻；D. fare命运。根据空后的定语从句“they had been waiting for”可知，这是孩子们期待的拆礼物的时刻。故选C。
73．考查动词词义辨析。句意：当孩子们打开他们的包裹时，他们的脸上洋溢着笑容，灿烂的笑容照亮了整个房间。A. lit照亮；B. took带着；C. burned燃烧；D. cheered欢呼。根据句意可知，灿烂的笑容照亮了整个房间。light up为固定搭配，“点亮，照亮”。故选A。
74．考查名词词义辨析。句意：房间里的欢乐是显而易见的，而且不仅仅是因为玩具。A. gratitude感激；B. insurance保险；C. calmness镇静；D. joy快乐。根据前文“As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles up the room.”可知，他们的脸上洋溢着笑容，所以房子里充满了欢乐。故选D。
75．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我知道我很重要。A. matter重要；B. wonder想知道；C. determine决定；D. dream梦想。根据前文“I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody still remembered me.”可知，我没有被忘记，还有人记得我，说明我是重要的。故选A。
76．B 77．C 78．A 79．D 80．A 81．B 82．A 83．D 84．C 85．D 86．B 87．C 88．A 89．D 90．B
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲的是YULA Boys High School的学生们为通勤不便的老师筹款买车的故事。
76．考查动词词义辨析。句意：他骑着滑板车到达Santa Clarita的公共汽车站，从那里，他将乘坐90分钟的公共汽车前往世纪城。A. get得到；B. reach到达；C. identify识别；D. observe观察。根据下文“from there, he would take a 90- minute bus___2___ to Century City”可知，他骑着滑板车到达Santa Clarita的公共汽车站。故选B。
77．考查名词词义辨析。句意：他骑着滑板车到达Santa Clarita的公共汽车站，从那里，他将乘坐90分钟的公共汽车前往世纪城。A. space空间；B. stop车站；C. trip旅途；出行；D. crowd人群。根据下文“to Century City”可知，从那里，他将乘坐90分钟的公共汽车前往世纪城，take a bus trip to意为“乘公共汽车前往”。故选C。
78．考查名词词义辨析。句意：下车后，他又会骑滑板车去学校。A. school学校；B. company公司；C. goal目标；D. place地方。根据上文“Julio Castro, a math teacher at YULA Boys High School”可知，他是老师，所以下车后，他又会骑滑板车去学校。故选A。
79．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他的学生们都知道他们的老师在通勤上的困难，并非常感激他在这种情况下的辛勤工作。A. tired累的；B. proud骄傲的；C. fond喜欢的；D. aware知道的。根据“were very grateful for his hard work”可知，他的学生们都知道他们的老师在通勤上的困难，be aware of固定搭配，意为“知道”。故选D。
80．考查名词词义辨析。句意：他的学生们都知道他们的老师在通勤上的困难，并非常感激他在这种情况下的辛勤工作。A. situation情况；B. atmosphere氛围；C. activity活动；D. family家人。根据第一段的“spent two hours going to school and another 2 hours going back home”可知，他的学生们都知道他们的老师在通勤上的困难，并非常感激他在这种情况下仍辛勤工作。故选A。
81．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：每天的通勤对Castro来说非常具有挑战性，但这并没有让他放弃对教学的热情。A. comfortable舒服的；B. challenging有挑战性的；C. suitable适合的；D. confusing令人困惑的。根据第一段的“spent two hours going to school and another 2 hours going back home”可知，每天的通勤对Castro来说非常具有挑战性。故选B。
82．考查副词词义辨析。句意：相反，他把它作为一种更努力学习的动力，并向他的学生展示，努力终有一天会得到回报。A. Instead相反；B. However然而；C. Thus因此；D. Otherwise否则。根据上文“Commuting every day was very ___6___ for Castro”和下文“he used it as a motivation (动力) to work harder”可知，此处表示“相反，他把它作为一种更努力学习的动力”。故选A。
83．考查动词短语辨析。句意：相反，他把它作为一种更努力学习的动力，并向他的学生展示，努力终有一天会得到回报。A. march on向前进；B. go off爆炸；C. take away带走；D. pay off得到回报。根据下文“His kind students gifted him with a dark blue car”可知，他把通勤上的困难作为一种更努力学习的动力，并向他的学生展示，努力终有一天会得到回报。故选D。
84．考查名词词义辨析。句意：Castro是对的，现在，他可以享受他辛勤工作的成果。A. data数据；B. feature特点；C. fruit成果；D. state状态。根据下文“His kind students gifted him with a dark blue car”可知，他的学生筹钱给他买了一辆车，这说明他的付出得到了回报，他现在可以享受他辛勤工作的成果。故选C。
85．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：由于知道现在汽油很贵，他们给老师买了一年的汽油。A. effective有效的；B. priceless无价的；C. dangerous危险的；D. expensive贵的。根据下文“they bought their teacher a year’s worth of gasoline”可知，由于知道现在汽油很贵，学生们给老师买了一年的汽油。故选D。
86．考查动词词义辨析。句意：他们还给他买了汽车保险，以防发生意外。A. forms形成；B. serves（为……）工作，服务；C. supplies提供；D. develops发展。根据上文“They also got him car insurance”和下文“financial protection in case of accidents”可知，他们还给他买了汽车保险，以防意外发生时会作为赔偿给老师，serve as意为“充当，作为”。故选B。
87．考查动词词义辨析。句意：这些善良的高中生用了整个夏天在几个组织的帮助下筹集了3万多美元。A. operating操作；B. donating捐赠；C. raising筹集；D. carrying搬运。根据下文“over $30,000 with the help of several organizations”可知，此处表示筹集3万多美元。故选C。
88．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：Castro非常感谢他的学生。A. thankful感激的；B. thoughtful深思熟虑的；C. responsible负责的；D. generous慷慨的。根据下文“thank you to my students”可知，Castro非常感谢他的学生。故选A。
89．考查动词词义辨析。句意：他的学生很乐意帮助他们的数学老师，他们相信他会找到一些方法来传递这种爱。A. have有；B. see看见；C. like喜欢；D. help帮助。根据上文“His kind students gifted him with a dark blue car”可知，学生给老师买了辆车，是对老师有帮助的。故选D。
90．考查名词词义辨析。句意：他的学生很乐意帮助他们的数学老师，他们相信他会找到一些方法来传递这种爱。A. minds智慧；B. ways方法；C. rights权利；D. voices声音。根据下文“to pay it forward”可知，此处表示“他们相信他会找到一些方法来传递这种爱”。故选B。
91．B 92．A 93．C 94．B 95．D 96．C 97．D 98．B 99．D 100．A 101．C 102．D 103．C 104．A 105．B
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述的是作者通过拔智齿不能说话的经历，得到了一个启迪：沉默是金。少说，多倾听，多观察。
91．考查名词词义辨析。句意：在这种状态下度过几天是非常奇怪的，但从其他人的反应来看，并不像他们那样奇怪。A. room房间；B. state状态，国家；C. position 位置，职位；D. period期间。根据上文“ had a wisdom tooth (智齿) pulled, which left me swollen and unable to speak.”可知，此处指拔智齿后脸肿不能说话的状态。故选B。
92．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我试着想象屋子里一半的人都安静下来是多么尴尬的事。A. embarrassing令人尴尬的；B. lively活泼的；C. pleasant令人愉快的；D. frightening令人害怕的。根据空后“it must be to have half of the house go silent.”可知，全家都安安静静不说话这是一件令人尴尬的事。故选A。
93．考查副词词义辨析。句意：然而，当我在午夜时分发现他在厨房里为我的康复做土豆，并随着《my Humps》的曲调唱着“你可爱的肿胀的脸”来填补沉默时，我也很惊讶，但也很感动。A. Finally最后；B. Luckily幸运地；C. However然而；D. Therefore因此。根据空前后“it must be to have half of the house go silent. 3 ,when I found him in the kitchen at midnight, cooking potatoes for my recovery”，可知，“沉默”和“做饭”“哼歌”构成一种转折关系。故选C。
94．考查动词词义辨析。句意：然而，当我在午夜时分发现他在厨房里为我的康复做土豆，并随着《my Humps》的曲调唱着“你可爱的肿胀的脸”来填补沉默时，我也很惊讶，但也很感动。A. enjoying喜爱；B. filling填满；C. keeping保持；D. welcoming欢迎。根据空后“singing “your lovely swollen face”to the tune of My Humps”可知，歌声“填补了”沉默。故选B。
95．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：然而，当我在午夜时分发现他在厨房里为我的康复做土豆，并随着《my Humps》的曲调唱着“你可爱的肿胀的脸”来填补沉默时，我也很惊讶，但也很感动。A. amazed感到惊讶的；B. annoyed感到恼怒的；C. disappointed感到失望的；D. touched感动的。根据“cooking potatoes for my recovery”和“ singing “your lovely swollen face” ”可知，作者被丈夫的行为感动了。故选D。
96．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当我感觉身体好些了，我就去了附近的商店。A. hungry饥饿的；B. weaker更弱的；C. stronger更强壮的；D. thirsty渴的。根据空后“I went to my local shop.”可知，作者身体“好些了”。故选C。
97．考查动词短语辨析。句意：当我移动我的脸时，它仍然很疼，所以当我遇到朋友时，我不能说什么。A. called up打电话；B. looked at看……；C. turned to转向，求助；D. ran into偶然碰见。结合作者去商店可知，此处指在商店里偶遇朋友。故选D。
98．考查名词词义辨析。句意：这位朋友想知道我在Twitter上的意见分歧，但我似乎并不介意。A. study学习；B. opinion建议；C. report报告；D. information信息。根据空后“on a Twitter disagreement that I didn’t seem bothered.”可知，此处指和朋友“意见”有分歧。故选B。
99．考查动词词义辨析。句意：她都没注意到我调到了静音模式。A. accept接受；B. expect期盼，预测；C. hear听见；D. notice注意到。根据空前后“She didn’t even 9 that I was on the silent mode.”可知，此处指她没有“注意到”。故选D。
100．考查名词词义辨析。句意：这让我确信我的家庭角色是半女儿，半倾听。A. daughter女儿；B. patient病人；C. speaker演讲者；D. friend朋友。根据空前“my family role”可知，这里指“女儿”这一家庭角色。故选A。
101．考查名词词义辨析。句意：人们说沉默是金，有时沉默是明智的，让人们暴露自己。A. health健康；B. family家庭；C. silence沉默；D. love爱。根据空前后“ to say nothing and to let people reveal (吐露)themselves”可知，此处指“沉默是金”。故选C。
102．考查名词词义辨析。句意：也许这就是智齿的智慧吧。A. lesson功课，教训；B. secret秘密；C. treatment治疗；D. wisdom明智，智慧。根据空前后“Perhaps that is the 12 of the wisdom tooth.”可知，此处指“智慧”。故选D。
103．考查名词词义辨析。句意：也许当它们带着所有的痛苦到来，迫使我们——即使只是一会儿——少动我们的嘴巴时，他们给了我们一个良好生活的教训：倾听，观察，试着时不时地保持安静。A. arms胳膊；B. eyes眼睛；C. mouths嘴；D. faces脸。结合作者拔智齿的经历可知，此处指少动“嘴”，多倾听。故选C。
104．考查动词词义辨析。句意：也许当它们带着所有的痛苦到来，迫使我们——即使只是一会儿——少动我们的嘴巴时，他们给了我们一个良好生活的教训:倾听，观察，试着时不时地保持安静。A. observe观察；B. smell闻起来；C. review评论，回顾，复习；D. suggest建议。根据上文“ to let people reveal (吐露) themselves.”可知，有时我们可以少说话，通过观察来了解别人。故选A。
105．考查动词词义辨析。句意：那也许成年就不像拔牙了。A. cutting切割；B. pulling拉；C. brushing梳理；D. losing丢失。呼应第一段的“Last week, I had a wisdom tooth (智齿) pulled, which left me swollen and unable to speak.”可知，此处指“拔”牙。故选B。
106．B 107．C 108．A 109．B 110．D 111．D 112．C 113．A 114．A 115．B 116．A 117．D 118．B 119．A 120．C
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者夫妇在一个雨天里打不到车为女儿看病，一个好心的爱尔兰妇女主动把他们送到了医院，她的声音始终提醒着作者：在生活中最黑暗的日子里，也曾出现过一缕微光。
106．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我丈夫浑身湿透，灰心丧气，放弃了拦出租车的企图。A. Exited激动的；B. Discouraged泄气的；沮丧的；C. Annoyed恼怒；D. Satisfied满足的。由下文“my husband gave up his attempt to flag down a taxi.”可推知，我的丈夫放弃了让出租车停下来的尝试，因此推断他是沮丧的。故选B项。
107．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：就在女儿凯蒂过完一岁生日后，我们被告知她得了一种罕见的脑部疾病。A. simple简单地；B. normal正常的；C. rare罕见的；D. natural自然的。根据下文“It had taken months before we finally had a name for the ____5____”可知，花了几个月才知道病的名字，所以是作者的女儿患了罕见的脑病。故选C项。
108．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们知道凯蒂的时间不多了，机会渺茫。A. time时间；B. confidence自信；C. money钱；D. sadness悲伤。由下文“we were told our daughter Katie has a 2 brain illness”可知，作者女儿得了罕见的脑病，所以此处讲述作者知道Katie即将没有时间了。故选A。
109．考查副词词义辨析。句意：然而，我们并没有失去希望。A. Therefore因此；B. However然而；C. Otherwise否则；D. Meanwhile同时。根据前文“We knew Katie was running out of 3 and that chances were slim.”以及后文“we didn’t lose hope.”可知，两句话之间是转折关系，用however，故选B项。
110．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们花了几个月的时间才最终知道了这种病的名称，但我们被告知，世界上只有少数专家知道如何治疗这种疾病。A. race赛跑；B. challenge挑战；C. doctor医生；D. illness疾病。根据上文提到的“brain illness”可知，花费了数月我们最终知道了这种病的名字。故选D项。
111．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们花了几个月的时间才最终知道了这种病的名称，但我们被告知，世界上只有少数专家知道如何治疗这种疾病。A. explain解释；B. check检查；C. reach到达；D. treat治疗。由前半句提到的“only a few specialists”可推断，世界上仅有几个专家知道如何治疗这种疾病。故选D项。
112．考查动词词义辨析。句意：现在，当我们终于找到一位才华横溢的医生来拯救我们的女儿时，我们在一个陌生的城市里，在寒冷的雨中。A. protect保护；B. meet遇见；C. save挽救；D. encourage鼓励。由上文的“a brilliant doctor”和空格后的“our girl”可推断，我们最终找到了一名优秀的医生挽救我的女儿。故选C项。
113．考查动词短语辨析。句意：就在这时，一位中年妇女把车停在路边，盯着我们说。A. stared at凝视着；B. laughed at嘲笑；C. glared at怒视；D. knocked at敲门。由下文“Pardon me May I offer you a ride ”可推断，一名中年女士靠边停下车凝视着我们说：我可以送你们一程吗？故选A项。
114．考查名词词义辨析。句意：这对我来说真的不麻烦。A. trouble麻烦；B. happiness幸福；C. question问题；D. benefit利益。由下文“Just get in.”可推断，她继续说：对我不麻烦，请上车。故选A项。
115．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我点点头，忍住眼泪。A. surprise吃惊；B. tears眼泪；C. smile微笑；D. anger愤怒。根据实际推断，听到女士问女儿的健康情况，作者控制不住留下眼泪。故选B项。
116．考查动词词义辨析。句意：在医院，我们无数次感谢她载我们一程。A. thanked谢谢；B. praised表扬；C. respected尊敬；D. accepted接受。根据前文的“At the hospital”可知，这位女士把作者一家带到了医院，按照常理，作者会感谢她。故选A项。
117．考查动词词义辨析。句意：当那个女人拥抱我的时候，我注意到她的脸上满是泪水。A. guessed猜测；B. believed相信；C. understood理解；D. noticed注意到。根据前文“As the woman hugged me”可知，女人拥抱了作者，有近距离的接触，所以作者应该是注意到。故选D项。
118．考查介词短语辨析。句意：经过三次纽约之行和两次脑部手术，凯蒂终于痊愈了。A. Instead of而不是；B. Thanks to归因于；C. Regardless of不管；D. According to根据。根据后文“Katie was cured”可知，凯蒂被治好了，所以应该是归因于三次纽约之行和两次脑部手术。故选B项。
119．考查名词词义辨析。句意：但爱尔兰天使的声音，那个免费载我们一程的女人，仍然不断地提醒着我们，在我们最黑暗的日子里出现了一缕微弱的光。A. voice嗓音；B. bravery勇敢；C. reward奖励；D. advice建议。根据前文“It was then that I noticed her thick Irish accent, which warmed me up like hot soup.”可知，女人爱尔兰口音让作者像热汤一样温暖起来，此处指的是帮助作者的女士，所以应该是爱尔兰天使的声音。故选A项。
120．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但爱尔兰天使的声音，那个免费载我们一程的女人，仍然不断地提醒着我们，在我们最黑暗的日子里出现了一缕微弱的光。A. busiest最忙碌的；B. luckiest最幸运的；C. darkest最黑暗的；D. happiest最快乐的。纵观全文女儿求医问药的时候是作者一家人人生中最黑暗的时候，这位爱尔兰妇女给我们的帮助就像是一道光线照亮黑暗的人生。故选C项。
121．D 122．C 123．A 124．B 125．B 126．D 127．B 128．A 129．A 130．C 131．D 132．D 133．C 134．C 135．B
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述最开始害怕跑步，但通过自己不断练习并参加10千米跑步项目后爱上了跑步。
121．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我总是没能冲过终点线的学生之一。A. forced迫使；B. determined决定；C. choosing选择；D. failing失败。根据上文“At middle school, I found it challenging to run around the playground.(在中学时，我发现在操场上跑来跑去很有挑战性)”可知，作者觉得运动有挑战性是因为作者总是没能冲过终点线的学生之一。故选D。
122．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我的第一反应是：“不可能！我讨厌跑步。”A. competing竞争；B. testing测试；C. running跑步；D. exercising锻炼。由前文“I was always one of the last students to cross the finish line”及“if I would like to run a 10K event with him”可知，作者朋友邀请他跑步，但作者拒绝了，他讨厌“跑步”。故选C项。
123．考查名词词义辨析。句意：周末，我想到了他的建议。A. suggestion建议；B. plan计划；C. choice选择；D. task任务。由前文“my friend asked me if I would like to run a 10K event with him”可知，作者又想到了他的“建议”。故选A项。
124．考查名词词义辨析。句意：最后，我决定我应该试一试。A. examination考试；B. try尝试；C. look外观；D. chance机会。由后文“I told my friend I would like to join the 10K event with him. ”可知，作者想“尝试”一下跑步。故选B项。
125．考查动词词义辨析。句意：他建议我在网上找一个跑步程序来帮助我学习如何跑步。A. expected期待；B. advised建议；C. forced强制；D. allowed允许。由后文“to help me learn how to run”可知，作者朋友“建议”他观看跑步节目来学习跑步。故选B项。
126．考查副词词义辨析。句意：经过研究，最后，我选择了一个14周的跑步计划，它可以教我如何不间断地跑30分钟。A. directly直接地；B. unwillingly不情愿地；C. surprisingly令人惊讶地；D. finally最后。由前文“He…me to turn to the Internet for a running programme”可知，在网上挑选之后，作者“最后”选择了一个14周的跑步计划。故选D项。
127．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我必须每周跑三次，每次跑的时间不同。A. preparation准备；B. time时间；C. distance距离；D. training训练。由后文“to run for more than 30 seconds to running for over 30 minutes”可知，作者跑步的“时”长不同。故选B项。
128．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我很享受按照计划进行，因为我每周都能看到跑步的进步。 A. improvements
Last Sunday, there was no dirt in the air, only bright spring sunshine and a clear blue sky. After church, Papa headed out to the field to check on the cattle while Mama started dinner. Faye and I played in the yard. The temperature suddenly dropped-it felt good. The ____1____ had been building since dawn.
Then Mama shouted from the house, “Merry, you and Faye get inside, real quick now!”
I looked to the west and saw a huge black cloud of____2____, like thick smoke from a railway engine’s chimney. All the birds flew away. “Faye, go with Mama!” I shouted. “I’ll warn Papa.”
Faye ran toward the house. The storm hit so fast that I ____3____ saw her climb the porch(门 廊) steps. In a short time, the day turned into night. I ____4____ for Papa, hoping my voice would lead him back.
The dirt and sand stung my face like a thousand bees. I needed to get to shelter. ____5____ my face with one hand, I made my way toward the car and opened the door. Dirt flew in with me as I pulled the door closed. Papa was still out there! I needed to help him ____6____ the car.
I searched the dashboard (仪表板) and found the switch for the front ____7____. They made some rays, but would Papa see them in the thick ____8____ I pushed the horn again and again, hoping Papa would hear it.
Suddenly, Papa’s face appeared at the window. My heart jumped with surprise and ____9____. He opened the door and climbed onto the seat next to me. He coughed and wiped his eyes with dirty hands, then pulled me into his arms. “Oh, Merry, you’re _____10_____. ”
I hugged Papa and cried. I could feel the tears streaming down my dirty cheeks. Papa _____11_____ my face. “Your mother and Faye ” I said, “They are in the house.” Papa nodded, “Good. We’ll wait out the storm there.” Papa shut off the car’s lights and I worried the dirt would _____12_____ us.
Finally, the wind died down and the dust started to _____13_____. Papa kicked against the door, opening it far enough to let us out. We went home as Mama _____14_____ out. “Mama!”I shouted and ran into her arms. “Oh, my precious Merry!” Mama cried. “You and Papa are safe!”
“I’m safe thanks to Merry,” Papa said. “The car’s horn led me to shelter.”
“I’m so proud of you.” Mama said to me.
I cried even more then, tears of joy because our family had _____15_____ the horrible storm.
1．A．sand B．thunder C．heat D．snow
2．A．fog B．gas C．steam D．dust
3．A．quickly B．hardly C．really D．surprisingly
4．A．screamed B．waited C．looked D．searched
5．A．Cleaning B．Touching C．Covering D．Rubbing
6．A．fix B．find C．recognize D．drive
7．A．lights B．handles C．wheels D．windows
8．A．smoke B．darkness C．forest D．atmosphere
9．A．relief B．warmth C．excitement D．bravery
10．A．handsome B．careful C．safe D．impressive
11．A．glared at B．looked into C．swept over D．reached for
12．A．poison B．leave C．hurt D．bury
13．A．spread B．multiply C．settle D．double
14．A．watched B．slipped C．laughed D．rushed
15．A．survived B．defeated C．experienced D．caused
My father grew up in Chicago and loved the local team Cubs (小熊队) his whole life. I loved my dad, so the Cubs ____16____ me too. When I went back home after school or work, I always watched the Cubs with him. Two decades after my father’s ____17____, every time I watch the Cubs on television, I think of him and ____18____ with him in my head about their game.
Perhaps baseball is too ____19____ a thing for father and son to connect over. A ball game might seem, frankly, sort of ____20____ compared with family and career concerns. But that is ____21____ what makes it ideal for forming relationships. We had nothing to ____22____ as we watched them play, except for the ____23____ of enjoying the games together as father and son, which was much greater than it would have been, if either of us had ____24____ without the other. The Cubs were the “place” where we met to enjoy being _____25_____.
Lots of sports fans have similar _____26_____. Sportswriters find that 42 percent of sports fans were “very _____27_____” with their family life, compared with less than a quarter of nonfans.
If your _____28_____ with family are a little cold, you might be _____29_____ too much usefulness in your activities. Maybe the solution is to develop a taste for baseball, or maybe instead for opera or _____30_____.
16．A．attracted B．supported C．impressed D．comforted
17．A．illness B．death C．return D．arrival
18．A．joke B．agree C．discuss D．argue
19．A．small B．popular C．tiring D．risky
20．A．funny B．healthy C．dangerous D．useless
21．A．finally B．exactly C．obviously D．normally
22．A．gain B．keep C．expect D．offer
23．A．importance B．satisfaction C．pride D．power
24．A．started B．played C．watched D．enjoyed
25．A．touched B．praised C．entertained D．connected
26．A．attitudes B．interests C．explanations D．experiences
27．A．patient B．familiar C．pleased D．certain
28．A．relationships B．conversations C．days D．moments
29．A．leading to B．suffering from C．getting over D．asking about
30．A．chess B．money C．math D．science
Every August, teams with players about 10 years old play baseball across the US, with the aim to become Little League ___31___. In this year’s game, Isaiah Jarvis, a Little League batter (击球手), ___32___ the pitcher (投球手), Kaiden Shelton, who threw a baseball that hit him in the head. The ___33___ scene brought tears to the eyes of the crowd in the stadium.
On August 7th, Kaiden Shelton, from Texas, ___34___ Isaiah Jarvis, from Oklahoma, at the plate. With two strikes against Isaiah, Kaiden ___35___ lost control of his pitch. The ball hit Isaiah in his helmet, sending him to the ground. The field staff immediately ___36___ him and found him to be OK. He decided to remain in the ___37___. Yet Kaiden, the pitcher, appeared to be ___38___.
Isaiah called a timeout upon seeing his ___39___ battling emotions. He calmly walked toward Kaiden and gave him a big hug, trying to ____40____ him. “Hey, you’re doing just great.” Kaiden later shared with NBC News. “These ____41____ words from him really helped me.”
A video of the moment was posted online and attracted more than 6.5 million views. Danny Graves, a sports announcer, said Isaiah’s ____42____ was the best thing he had ever seen in Little League baseball.
The Texas team won the game 9-4 to ____43____ to the Little League World Series. And Isaiah was also ____44____ to the game to celebrate its 75th anniversary. The pair told NBC News they think their newfound ____45____ will last beyond any tournament.
31．A．candidates B．volunteers C．champions D．reporters
32．A．replaced B．hugged C．challenged D．identified
33．A．embarrassing B．confusing C．amusing D．touching
34．A．faced B．saved C．assisted D．needed
35．A．possibly B．suddenly C．gradually D．nearly
36．A．attended to B．appealed to C．referred to D．objected to
37．A．video B．celebration C．game D．tournament
38．A．disappointed B．annoyed C．surprised D．panicked
39．A．partner B．opponent C．coach D．fan
40．A．protect B．Rescue C．comfort D．instruct
41．A．powerful B．typical C．familiar D．contradictory
42．A．strength B．sportsmanship C．generosity D．politeness
43．A．apply B．return C．connect D．head
44．A．linked B．admitted C．invited D．selected
45．A．friendship B．popularity C．wealth D．freedom
Sports are important in our family. Both of our sons were high-school ___46___. So I shouldn’t have been ___47___ when Lauren announced she was going out for the girls’ basketball team. But I was because she has Down syndrome (唐氏综合症).
My wife and I never told Lauren that she was ___48___ . We treated her like our other children. We didn’t want her to feel disabled.
I discussed Lauren’s ___49___ with my wife that evening. She thought Lauren would make the team and she was right. Lauren did ___50___ it because not all the girls wanted to play.
The season’s first basketball game ___51___. It kicked off to a good start, but soon Verden, Lauren’s team, was behind. Lauren ___52___ followed the movement on the court and reacted to every ___53___. Even though Lauren wasn’t playing, she looked as if she were having the time of her life. I felt ___54___ for my daughter.
Just less than two minutes were left, and Verden was down by seventeen points when Lauren was called in for the game. Lauren ____55____ the others fairly well. Then they passed Lauren the ball. She ____56____ it. She shot. She scored! A few minutes later, Lauren ____57____us in the stands. ”Did you see I scored! I made a ____58____!”
For sixteen years, I’d tried hard to ____59____ Lauren from feeling like she was different. But watching Lauren in the game, I saw that she really was different-not physically or emotionally, but ____60____.
46．A．athletes B．rescuers C．reporters D．teachers
47．A．depressed B．embarrassed C．disappointed D．surprised
48．A．normal B．different C．ordinary D．typical
49．A．arrangement B．preference C．announcement D．proposal
50．A．approve B．predict C．make D．favour
51．A．appeared B．arrived C．changed D．remained
52．A．attentively B．carelessly C．frequently D．repeatedly
53．A．team B．shout C．game D．shot
54．A．regret B．anxiety C．admiration D．sympathy
55．A．gave way to B．kept pace with C．put up with D．broke away from
56．A．threw B．missed C．caught D．cast
57．A．challenged B．greeted C．left D．joined
58．A．mistake B．basket C．mess D．record
59．A．shelter B．prohibit C．discourage D．excuse
60．A．socially B．consciously C．literally D．spiritually
When I was about twelve years old, my mother told us that we would not be ___61___Christmas gifts for lack of money. I felt sad and thought, “What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d ___62___ ” Then, three women ___63___at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they bought a doll. I would no longer have to be ___64___when I returned to school.
Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my ___65___Christmas special and memorable there, I___66___remembered the women’s visit. I decided that I wanted to create the same feeling of ___67___for as many children as I could possibly ___68___.
So I ___69___with a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, each with a child’s name. We wanted all of them to know they were ___70___. Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I ___71___them that they couldn’t open their presents until every child had come forward. Finally the ___72___they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One, two, three. Open your presents!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles ___73___up the room. The ___74___in the room was obvious, and it wasn’t just about toys. It was a feeling — the feeling I knew from that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody still remembered me. I know I ___75___.
61．A．sending B．receiving C．preferring D．benefiting
62．A．persuaded B．prepared C．got D．expected
63．A．cared about B．settled down C．showed up D．gave in
64．A．puzzled B．embarrassed C．worried D．stubborn
65．A．present B．first C．recent D．late
66．A．hardly B．suddenly C．regularly D．finally
67．A．schedule B．attitude C．importance D．safety
68．A．know B．reach C．remember D．transport
69．A．made up B．caught up C．came up D．gave up
70．A．reliable B．special C．helpful D．fond
71．A．reminded B．waited C．organized D．promised
72．A．chance B．gift C．moment D．fare
73．A．lit B．took C．burned D．cheered
74．A．gratitude B．insurance C．calmness D．joy
75．A．matter B．wonder C．determine D．dream
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Julio Castro, a math teacher at YULA Boys High School, spent two hours going to school and another 2 hours going back home. He used his scooter (滑板车) to ___76___ the bus stop in Santa Clarita and from there, he would take a 90- minute bus___77___ to Century City. After getting off the bus, he would again use his scooter to get to the ___78___.
His students were ___79___ of their teacher’s commuting (通勤) struggles and were very grateful for his hard work despite his muting every day was very ___81___ for Castro but this didn’t make him give up on his passion for teaching. ___82___, he used it as a motivation (动力) to work harder and show his students how hard work can ___83___ one day.
Castro was right about it and now, he can enjoy the ___84___ of his hard work. His kind students gifted him with a dark blue car. Knowing how___85___ petrol nowadays is, they bought their teacher a year’s worth of gasoline. They also got him car insurance, which ___86___ as financial protection in case of accidents. The kind- hearted high school students spent the entire summer ___87___ over $30,000 with the help of several organizations.
Castro is very ___88___ to his students. “I feel surprised. I feel special. So thank you to my students. They are like my kids as well,” Castro said. His students are very happy to ___89___ their math teacher and they are confident that he will find some ___90___ to pay it forward.
76．A．get B．reach C．identify D．observe
77．A．space B．stop C．trip D．crowd
78．A．school B．company C．goal D．place
79．A．tired B．proud C．fond D．aware
80．A．situation B．atmosphere C．activity D．family
81．A．comfortable B．challenging C．suitable D．confusing
82．A．Instead B．However C．Thus D．Otherwise
83．A．march on B．go off C．take away D．pay off
84．A．data B．feature C．fruit D．state
85．A．effective B．priceless C．dangerous D．expensive
86．A．forms B．serves C．supplies D．develops
87．A．operating B．donating C．raising D．carrying
88．A．thankful B．thoughtful C．responsible D．generous
89．A．have B．see C．like D．help
90．A．minds B．ways C．rights D．voices
Last week, I had a wisdom tooth (智齿) pulled, which left me swollen and unable to speak. It was very strange spending a few days in this____91____, but judging from other people’s responses, not as strange as it was for them.
I thought my husband would be the first to feel upset. I tried to imagine how____92____it must be to have half of the house go silent.____93____, when I found him in the kitchen at midnight, cooking potatoes for my recovery and____94____the silence by singing “your lovely swollen face” to the tune of My Humps, I, too, was surprised, but also____95____.
When I felt____96____I went to my local shop. It still hurt when I moved my face, so when I ____97____ a friend, I couldn’t say anything. The friend wanted my____98____on a Twitter disagreement that I didn’t seem bothered. I was not bothered — and it felt good to remember that.
Later I visited my mom, who chatted away as normal. She didn’t even____99____that I was on the silent mode. This makes me certainly believe that my family role is part_____100_____, part listener.
People say_____101_____is golden and that sometimes it is wise to say nothing and to let people reveal (吐露) themselves. Perhaps that is the_____102_____of the wisdom tooth. Maybe when they arrive with all their pain, forcing us —even just for a while—to move our_____103_____a little less, they give a lesson for living well: Listen,_____104_____and try being quiet now and then. Then maybe adulthood won’t be quite like_____105_____teeth.
91．A．room B．state C．position D．period
92．A．embarrassing B．lively C．pleasant D．frightening
93．A．Finally B．Luckily C．However D．Therefore
94．A．enjoying B．filling C．keeping D．welcoming
95．A．amazed B．annoyed C．disappointed D．touched
96．A．hungry B．weaker C．stronger D．thirsty
97．A．called up B．looked at C．turned to D．ran into
98．A．study B．opinion C．report D．information
99．A．accept B．expect C．hear D．notice
100．A．daughter B．patient C．speaker D．friend
101．A．health B．family C．silence D．love
102．A．lesson B．secret C．treatment D．wisdom
103．A．arms B．eyes C．mouths D．faces
104．A．observe B．smell C．review D．suggest
105．A．cutting B．pulling C．brushing D．losing
As my husband, Doug, stood on the busy New York city street trying to stop a taxi, I tried to protect my daughter from the cold December wind and rain. I put my head down to kiss her tiny face.
____106____and wet, my husband gave up his attempt to flag down a taxi. I knew the feeling. Just after her first birthday,we were told our daughter Katie has a ____107____brain illness. Since that moment, Doug and I felt like runners in a marathon race where the finish line kept disappearing. We knew Katie was running out of ____108____and that chances were slim.____109____, we didn’t lose hope. It had taken months before we finally had a name for the____110____but we were told only a few of specialists in the world knew how to ____111____it. Now, as we finally found a brilliant doctor to ____112____our girl, we were in a strange city in the cold rain.
Just at the moment, a middle-aged woman pulled over and____113____us, saying, “Pardon me May I offer you a ride ” Before we could say anything, she continued, “It’s really no____114____for me. Just get in.” It was then that I noticed her thick Irish accent, which warmed me up like hot soup. We simply said, “Thanks! Roosevelt Hospital, please,” as we got in her car for the ride.
“Are you going for the baby ” she asked us. I nodded my head, holding back my____115____. At the hospital, we ____116____her a dozen times for the ride. As the woman hugged me, I____117____her face was wet with tears. She promised to pray for us before she left.
____118____three more visits to New York and two more brain operations afterwards, Katie was cured. But the____119____of the Irish Angel, the woman who gave us a free ride, still rang as a constant reminder of a tiny ray of light that appeared in our____120____days.
106．A．Excited B．Discouraged C．Annoyed D．Satisfied
107．A．simple B．normal C．rare D．natural
108．A．time B．confidence C．money D．sadness
109．A．Therefore B．However C．Otherwise D．Meanwhile
110．A．race B．challenge C．doctor D．illness
111．A．explain B．check C．reach D．treat
112．A．protect B．meet C．save D．encourage
113．A．stared at B．laughed at C．glared at D．knocked at
114．A．trouble B．happiness C．question D．benefit
115．A．surprise B．tears C．smiles D．anger
116．A．thanked B．praised C．respected D．accepted
117．A．guessed B．believed C．understood D．noticed
118．A．Instead of B．Thanks to C．Regardless of D．According to
119．A．voice B．bravery C．reward D．advice
120．A．busiest B．luckiest C．darkest D．happiest
At middle school, I found it challenging to run around the playground. I was always one of the students ____121____ to cross the finish line. One day, my friend asked me if I would like to run a 10K event with him. My first reaction was, “No way! I hate ____122____”.
Over the weekend, I thought about his ____123____. I thought, “Why do I hate it when I haven’t done it since Grade 7 in middle school ” In the end I decided I should have a(n)____124____.
I told my friend I would like to join the 10K event with him. He ____125____ me to tur to the Internet for a running programme to help me learn how to run. After some research,____126____ I chose a 14-week running plan that would teach me how to run for 30 minutes non-stop. I had to run three times a week for different lengths of ____127____. As the weeks went on, I could run for longer periods. I enjoyed following the plan as I could see ____128____ in my running each week. I went from being ____129____ to run for more than 30 seconds to running for over 30 minutes! My younger self would not have ____130____ it.
On the day of the 10K running event, I was both excited and ____131____. It was the first time that I had put my new skills into practice. I lined up with other ____132____. My friends and family came to support me. With their encouragement and my training, I ____133____ to finish the 10K in 72 minutes. It was ____134____ but I felt very proud of having tried It.
From this experience I learned that it was a good idea to try something before saying “I hate it!” It turned out that I ____135____ running.
121．A．forced B．determined C．choosing D．failing
122．A．competing B．testing C．running D．exercising
123．A．suggestion B．plan C．choice D．task
124．A．examination B．try C．look D．chance
125．A．expected B．advised C．forced D．allowed
126．A．directly B．unwillingly C．surprisingly D．finally
127．A．preparation B．time C．distance D．training
128．A．improvements B．dreams C．efforts D．prizes
129．A．unable B．ready C．unfortunate D．anxious
130．A．accepted B．affected C．believed D．admitted
131．A．satisfied B．regretful C．confident D．nervous
132．A．classmates B．winners C．friends D．athletes
133．A．pretended B．had C．managed D．longed
134．A．valuable B．comfortable C．difficult D．strange
135．A．understood B．enjoyed C．mistook D．remembered
When Jackelyn Kastanis found out her best friend, Brooke, had cancer, she dropped everything to be by Brooke’s side. She not only stayed with Brooke in the hospital, but tried to give her a sense of___136___.
Brooke was told at 27 years old that she had a year to live. Jackelyn took up residence with Brooke in the hospital room and found an atmosphere of sadness filled the room. Brooke looked rather upset and there was nothing to___137___her to feel like herself and to feel pretty. ___138___, Jackelyn brought wig (假发) and makeup to lift Brooke’s spirits. The idea worked — Brooke started taking fewer painkillers and it changed her entire___139___.
Encouraged by that, Jackelyn wanted to lighten the___140___of other women battling against cancer. She thought when people are in hospital, they need some human___141___. So she created a nonprofit organization called Simply from the Heart and started visiting hospitals with___142___that she called “glam (富有魅力的) girls” to give beauty products to___143___women and girls. They filled “glam boxes” with 30 beauty products,___144___ by individuals and corporations, and took them to the hospital.
After a year and a half, Brooke unfortunately passed away, but Jackelyn ____145____to help make other women feel pretty and confident. So far they have____146____ thousands of “glam boxes” and have____147____the lives of more than 5,000 patients.
Medicine and treatments help people____148____, but friendship and kindness help reignite (重新点燃) the light within them.
“I remember one patient says, ‘These girls____149____me in a way the doctors could not.’ Her words mean a lot to us,” said Jackelyn. “We have doctors and they keep us alive. But ____150____, we all want our souls to feel lit up to get us through.”
136．A．beauty B．safety C．value D．respect
137．A．remind B．require C．force D．inspire
138．A．Therefore B．Instead C．Still D．Besides
139．A．plan B．style C．image D．identity
140．A．mood B．responsibility C．room D．weight
141．A．direction B．interest C．progress D．communication
142．A．doctors B．volunteers C．employees D．patients
143．A．poor B．sick C．disabled D．wounded
144．A．sold B．discovered C．donated D．checked
145．A．promised B．decided C．intended D．continued
146．A．put down B．put together C．put forward D．put aside
147．A．touched B．recorded C．explored D．studied
148．A．escape B．relax C．recover D．grow
149．A．trained B．cured C．attracted D．impressed
150．A．seriously B．physically C．psychologically D．Financially
参考答案：
1．C 2．D 3．B 4．A 5．C 6．B 7．A 8．B 9．A 10．C 11．B 12．D 13．C 14．D 15．A
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了在一场可怕的暴风雨中作者寻找爸爸，帮爸爸躲避灾难的故事。
1．考查名词词义辨析。句意：天亮以来，高温一直在增加。A. sand沙子；B. thunder雷；C. heat高温；D. snow雪。由上文“The temperature suddenly dropped — it felt good”可知，温度突然降下来了，这说明之前一直都是高温，故选C。
2．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我向西望去，看到一大团黑色的尘埃，就像从火车发动机的烟囱里冒出来的浓烟。A. fog雾；B. gas汽油；C. steam蒸汽；D. dust灰尘。由下文“like thick smoke from a railway engine’s chimney.”可知，此处指灰尘就像从火车发动机的烟囱里冒出来的浓烟，故选D。
3．考查副词词义辨析。句意：暴风雨来得太快了，我几乎看不见她爬上门廊的台阶。A. quickly快速地；B. hardly几乎不；C. really真正地；D. surprisingly惊人地。由上文“The storm hit so fast that I”可知，暴风雨来得太快了，作者几乎没看见暴风雨爬上门廊的台阶，故选B。
4．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我大声喊爸爸，希望我的声音能把他带回来。A. screamed大声喊；B. waited等待；C. looked看；D. searched搜寻。由下文“hoping my voice would lead him back.”可知，作者在大声喊，让他爸爸回来，故选A。
5．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我用一只手捂住脸，走向车子，打开车门。A. Cleaning打扫；B. Touching触碰；C. Covering遮盖；D. Rubbing擦。由上文“The dirt and sand stung my face like a thousand bees.”和下文“my face with one hand”可知，泥土和沙子刺痛了作者的脸，所以他用一只手捂着自己的脸，故选C。
6．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我得帮他找到那辆车。A. fix修理；B. find找到；C. recognize识别；D. drive开车。由下文“I searched the dashboard (仪表板)(我找了仪盘表)”和“I pushed the horn again and again, hoping Papa would hear it.(我一遍又一遍地按喇叭，希望爸爸能听到)”可知，作者在找爸爸的车，故选B。
7．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我在仪表板上找到了前灯的开关。A. lights灯；B. handles把手；C. wheels轮子；D. windows窗户。由上文“I searched the dashboard (仪表板)and found the switch for the front”和下文“They made some rays(它们发出了一些光线)”可知，作者在车的仪表板上找到了前灯的开关，故选A。
8．考查名词词义辨析。句意：它们发出了一些光线，但是爸爸会在浓密的黑暗中看到它们吗？A. smoke烟；B. darkness黑暗；C. forest森林；D. atmosphere氛围。由上文“In a short time, the day turned into night.(很快，白天变成了黑夜)”可知，暴风雨来临，白天变成了黑夜，所以此指在黑暗中，故选B。
9．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我的心因惊讶和宽慰而跳动。A. relief安慰；B. warmth温暖；C. excitement兴奋；D. bravery勇敢。由上文“Suddenly, Papa’s face appeared at the window.”可知，爸爸出现了，所以作者感到宽慰，故选A。
10．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：梅里，你是安全的。A. handsome英俊的；B. careful仔细的；C. safe安全的；D. impressive印象深刻的。由上文“then pulled me into his arms.”可知，爸爸看到作者后很高兴，说了句“你是安全的”，故选C。
11．考查动词短语辨析。句意：爸爸看着我的脸。A. glared at怒视；B. look into看；C. swept over席卷；D. reached for伸手去拿。由下文“my face. “Your mother and Faye ””可知，爸爸看着作者的脸，问作者妈妈和Faye在哪里，故选B。
12．考查动词词义辨析。句意：爸爸关掉了车灯，我担心泥土会把我们埋了。A. poison安置；B. leave离开；C. hurt伤害；D. bury埋。由上文“I worried the dirt would”可知，作者担心泥土会把他们给埋了，故选D。
13．考查动词词义辨析。句意：终于，风停了，尘埃开始落下。A. spread传播；B. multiply大大增加；C. settle(灰尘等)落下；D. double加倍。由上文“Finally, the wind died down and the dust started to ”可知，风停了，灰尘开始落下，故选C。
14．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们回家了，妈妈冲出来了。A. watched观看；B. slipped滑倒；C. laughed笑；D. rushed冲。由上文“We went home”可知，妈妈看到作者和爸爸回来了，于是激动地冲出来，故选D。
15．考查动词词义辨析。句意：那时我哭得更厉害了，喜极而泣，因为我们一家在那场可怕的暴风雨中幸存了下来。A. survived幸存；B. defeated击败；C. experienced经历；D. caused引起。由上文“tears of joy because our family had ”和上文描述作者一家在暴风雨后都活下来可知，作者喜极而泣，因为他们一家在那场可怕的暴风雨中幸存了下来了，故选A。
16．A 17．B 18．C 19．A 20．D 21．B 22．A 23．B 24．C 25．D 26．D 27．C 28．A 29．B 30．A
【导语】这是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章介绍了作者和父亲关于体育的共同爱好，这一爱好使得作者常常想起和父亲在一起的时间，并且通过体育爱好，家庭之间的关系也更加的紧密。
16．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我爱我爸爸，所以小熊队也吸引了我。A. attracted吸引；B. supported支持；C. impressed使......印象深刻；D. comforted安慰。根据下文“When I went back home after school or work, I always watched the Cubs with him. Two decades after my father’s ____2____, every time I watch the Cubs on television, I think of him and ____3____ with him in my head about their game (当我放学或下班回家时，我总是和他一起看小熊队的比赛。父亲去世二十年后，每当我在电视上看小熊队的比赛时，我都会想起他，并在脑海中与他讨论他们的比赛。)”可知，作者以前总是会和父亲一起看小熊队的比赛，父亲去世20年了，依旧看小熊队的比赛，可推知：小熊队的比赛吸引（attracted）作者的注意力。故选A项。
17．考查名词词义辨析。句意：父亲去世二十年后，每当我在电视上看小熊队的比赛时，我都会想起他，并在脑海中与他讨论他们的比赛。A. illness生病；B. death去世；C. return回归；D. arrival到达。句中提到I think of him和in my head，由此判断，作者的父亲应该是去世了（death）。故选B项。
18．考查动词词义辨析。句意：父亲去世二十年后，每当我在电视上看小熊队的比赛时，我都会想起他，并在脑海中与他讨论他们的比赛。A. joke开玩笑；B. agree同意；C. discuss讨论；D. argue争论。根据下文“We had nothing to ____7____ as we watched them play, except for the ____8____ of enjoying the games together as father and son, which was much greater than it would have been, if either of us had ____9____ without the other. (当我们看他们比赛的时候，我们什么也得不到，除了像父子一样一起享受比赛的满足感之外，这种满足感比我们中任何一个人单独观看比赛要大得多。)”可知，父子俩在孩子放学后一起看球赛，边看边讨论，享受着比赛，discuss符合语境。故选C项。
19．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：也许棒球是一件微不足道的事情，无法将父子俩联系在一起。A. small微小的；B. popular受欢迎的；C. tiring疲惫的；D. risky冒险的。根据后文“A ball game might seem, frankly, sort of ____5____ compared with family and career concerns. (坦率地说，与家庭和事业相比，球类运动似乎有点无用。)”可知，棒球显得没用，所以算是一个微不足道的（small）事情。故选A项。
20．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：坦率地说，与家庭和事业相比，球类运动似乎有点无用。A. funny有趣的；B. healthy健康的；C. dangerous危险的；D. useless无用的。上文“Perhaps baseball is too small a thing for father and son to connect over. (也许棒球是一件微不足道的事情，无法将父子俩联系在一起。)”，因为棒球的微不足道，因此棒球相对于家庭和事业而言好像有点没有作用。故选D项。
21．考查副词词义辨析。句意：但正是这一点使它成为建立关系的理想选择。A. finally最终；B. exactly恰好，确切地；C. obviously明显地；D. normally普通的。根据下文“We had nothing to ____7____ as we watched them play, except for the ____8____ of enjoying the games together as father and son, which was much greater than it would have been, if either of us had ____9____ without the other. (当我们看他们比赛的时候，我们什么也得不到，除了像父子一样一起享受比赛的满足感之外，这种满足感比我们中任何一个人单独观看比赛要大得多。)”可知，尽管一起看球赛微不足道，但是就是通过这样的契机，父子建立良好的亲子关系，exactly符合语境。故选B项。
22．考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我们看他们比赛的时候，我们什么也得不到，除了像父子一样一起享受比赛的满足感之外，这种满足感比我们中任何一个人单独观看比赛要大得多。A. gain获得；B. keep保持；C. expect期盼；D. offer提供。对于作者来说，和父亲一起看球赛的唯一收获就是感受和父亲一起看球的满足感，gain符合语境。故选A项。
23．考查名词词义辨析。句意：当我们看他们比赛的时候，我们什么也得不到，除了像父子一样一起享受比赛的满足感之外，这种满足感比我们中任何一个人单独观看比赛要大得多。A. importance重要性；B. satisfaction满足；C. pride骄傲；D. power力量。根据下文“Sportswriters find that 42 percent of sports fans were ‘very ____12____’ with their family life, compared with less than a quarter of nonfans. (体育记者发现，42%的体育迷对自己的家庭生活‘非常满意’，而在非体育迷中，这一比例不到四分之一。)”，以及此处句中的of enjoying the games together as father and son可推知，和父亲一起看球赛很是享受，如今一人独自看球时再没有了当年那种满足感，只能在脑海里和父亲交流。satisfaction符合语境。故选B项。
24．考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我们看他们比赛的时候，我们什么也得不到，除了像父子一样一起享受比赛的满足感之外，这种满足感比我们中任何一个人单独观看比赛要大得多。A. started开始；B. played玩；C. watched观看；D. enjoyed享受。根据第一段中“When I went back home after school or work, I always watched the Cubs with him. (当我放学或下班回家时，我总是和他一起看小熊队。)”可知，作者父子俩一起看小熊队的比赛。故选C项。
25．考查动词词义辨析。句意：小熊队是我们相遇并享受彼此联系的“地方”。 A. touched感动；B. praised赞美；C. entertained招待，使快乐；D. connected连接。根据上文“Two decades after my father’s ____2____, every time I watch the Cubs on television, I think of him and ____3____ with him in my head about their game (当我放学或下班回家时，我总是和他一起看小熊队的比赛。父亲去世二十年后，每当我在电视上看小熊队的比赛时，我都会想起他，并在脑海中与他讨论他们的比赛。)”可知，当年经常一起看小熊对比赛，使父子俩有了共同爱好、能进行交流，所以彼此是有联系的，connected符合语境。故选D项。
26．考查名词词义辨析。句意：许多体育迷都有类似的经历。A. attitudes态度；B. interests兴趣；C. explanations解释；D. experiences经验，经历。上文“We had nothing to ____7____ as we watched them play, except for the ____8____ of enjoying the games together as father and son, which was much greater than it would have been, if either of us had ____9____ without the other.( 当我们看他们比赛的时候，我们什么也得不到，除了像父子一样一起享受比赛的满足感之外，这种满足感比我们中任何一个人单独观看比赛要大得多。)”，以及下文“Sportswriters find that 42 percent of sports fans were ‘very ____12____’ with their family life, compared with less than a quarter of nonfans. (体育记者发现，42%的体育迷对自己的家庭生活‘非常满意’，而在非体育迷中，这一比例不到四分之一。)”，可知，和家人一起看比赛会产生很强的满足感，再根据本句中的similar可推知，家里有体育迷的，都会有这样的经历，故选D项。
27．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：体育记者发现，42%的体育迷对自己的家庭生活“非常满意”，而在非体育迷中，这一比例不到四分之一。A. patient有耐心的；B. familiar熟悉的；C. pleased高兴的；D. certain确定的。上文“We had nothing to ____7____ as we watched them play, except for the ____8____ of enjoying the games together as father and son, which was much greater than it would have been, if either of us had ____9____ without the other. (当我们看他们比赛的时候，我们什么也得不到，除了像父子一样一起享受比赛的满足感之外，这种满足感比我们中任何一个人单独观看比赛要大得多。)”可知，体育迷和家人一起看比赛会产生很强的满足感，很开心，pleased符合语境。故选C项。
28．考查名词词义辨析。句意：如果你和家人的关系有点冷淡，你可能会因为在你的活动中有太多的用处而受苦。A. relationships关系；B. conversations对话；C. days天；D. moments时刻。根据上文“Perhaps baseball is too ____4____ a thing for father and son to connect over. A ball game might seem, frankly, sort of ____5____ compared with family and career concerns. (也许棒球是一件微不足道的事情，无法将父子俩联系在一起。坦率地说，与家庭和事业相比，球类运动似乎有点无用。)”，以及下文“Sportswriters find that 42 percent of sports fans were ‘very ____12____’ with their family life, compared with less than a quarter of nonfans. (体育记者发现，42%的体育迷对自己的家庭生活‘非常满意’，而在非体育迷中，这一比例不到四分之一。)”，可推知，认为家庭、事业更重要的人与家人的交流机会少，关系冷淡，relationships符合语境。故选A。
29．考查动词词组辨析。句意：如果你和家人的关系有点冷淡，那么你可能在活动中受到太多有用的东西的影响而苦恼。A. leading to导致；B. suffering from遭受；C. getting over克服；D. asking about询问。相比于观看体育赛事，认为其他活动更重要的人与家人的交流机会少，这一点导致当事人遭受和家人关系疏远的苦恼，suffering from符合语境。故选B项。
30．考查名词词义辨析。句意：也许解决办法是培养对棒球的兴趣，或者对歌剧或国际象棋的兴趣。A. chess象棋；B. money金钱；C. math数学；D. science科学。根据上文“The Cubs were the ‘place’ where we met to enjoy being ____10____. (小熊队是我们相遇并享受彼此联系的‘地方’。)”可知，要增加和家人的交流，句中的baseball, or maybe instead for opera，这些都是可以和家人一起参与的，促进家庭关系、亲子关系的活动，chess符合语境。故选A项。
31．C 32．B 33．D 34．A 35．B 36．A 37．C 38．D 39．B 40．C 41．A 42．B 43．D 44．C 45．A
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。在今年少年棒球联盟比赛中，Kaiden Shelton不小心砸中了对手Isaiah Jarvis，虽然Isaiah Jarvis没事，但Kaiden Shelton吓坏了，于是Isaiah Jarvis拥抱了他，并给他安慰，这一幕感动了许多人，两人也收获了珍贵的友谊。
31．考查名词词义辨析。句意：每年八月，拥有10岁左右球员的球队都会在美国各地进行棒球比赛，目标是成为少年棒球联盟比赛冠军。A. candidates候选人；B. volunteers志愿者；C. champions冠军；D. reporters记者。根据句中的“play baseball across the US”和“the aim”以及常识可知，参加棒球比赛的目的是获得冠军。故选C。
32．考查动词词义辨析。句意：在今年的比赛中，少年棒球联盟击球手Isaiah Jarvis拥抱了投球手Kaiden Shelton，Kaiden Shelton扔了一个棒球，击中了他的头部。A. replaced代替；B. hugged拥抱；C. challenged向……挑战；D. identified认出。根据下文中的“He calmly walked toward Kaiden and gave him a big hug”可知，此处为hug的信息复现，表示Isaiah Jarvis拥抱了Kaiden Shelton。故选B。
33．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这感人的一幕使体育场里的观众热泪盈眶。A. embarrassing令人尴尬的；B. confusing令人困惑的；C. amusing好笑的；D. touching感人的。根据下文中的“He calmly walked toward Kaiden and gave him a big hug”和空后的“brought tears”可知，此处是说这种场景非常感人。故选D。
34．考查动词词义辨析。句意：8月7日，来自得克萨斯州的Kaiden Shelton在本垒板上对阵来自俄克拉荷马州的Isaiah Jarvis。A. faced面对；B. saved拯救；C. assisted援助；D. needed需要。根据上文中的“Isaiah Jarvis, a Little League batter (击球手)”和“the pitcher (投球手), Kaiden Shelton”及常识可知，在棒球比赛中，一方的击球手和对方的投球手处于面对面防守和进攻的位置。故选A。
35．考查副词词义辨析。句意：在对Isaiah的两次进攻中，Kaiden突然失去了对球场的控制。A. possibly可能；B. suddenly突然；C. gradually逐渐；D. nearly差不多。根据下文的“The ball hit Isaiah in his helmet, sending him to the ground. (球击中了Isaiah的头盔，将他摔倒在地。)”可知，这次投球出现了一个事故，这说明Kaiden突然失去了对球场的控制。故选B。
36．考查动词短语辨析。句意：现场工作人员立即对他进行了护理，发现他没事。A. attended to处理，照料；B. appealed to对……有吸引力；C. referred to指的是；D. objected to反对。根据空后的“found him to be OK”和常识可知，现场工作人员在有人受伤的情况下应立即赶去处理。故选A。
37．考查名词词义辨析。句意：他决定继续参与比赛。A. video视频；B. celebration庆祝活动；C. game比赛；D. tournament锦标赛。根据上文中的“found him to be OK”和空前的“decided to remain”可知，发现自己没事后，他决定继续比赛。故选C。
38．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：然而，投球手 Kaiden似乎惊慌失措。A. disappointed失望的；B. annoyed生气的；C. surprised惊讶的；D. panicked惊慌失措。根据下文中的“battling emotions”可知，Kaiden因为这种事故的发生而变得惊慌失措。故选D。
39．考查名词词义辨析。句意：Isaiah看到对手情绪激动，于是叫了暂停。A. partner伙伴；B. opponent对手；C. coach教练；D. fan狂热爱好者。结合第4题解析可知，Isaiah和Kaiden是对手。故选B。
40．考查动词词义辨析。句意：他平静地走向Kaiden，给了他一个大大的拥抱，试图安慰他。A. protect保护；B. rescue救援；C. comfort安慰；D. instruct指示。根据下文中的“Hey, you’re doing just great. (嘿，你做得很好。)”可知，他想要安慰Kaiden。故选C。
41．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他说的这些强有力的话真的帮助了我。A. powerful强有力的；B. typical典型的；C. familiar熟悉的；D. contradictory相互矛盾的。根据空后的“really helped me”可知，Isaiah说的话非常有力，安慰了Kaiden。故选A。
42．考查名词词义辨析。句意：体育播音员Danny Graves说，Isaiah的体育精神是他少年棒球联盟赛中见过的最好的东西。A. strength体力；B. sportsmanship体育精神；C. generosity慷慨；D. politeness礼貌。根据第三段中的“He calmly walked toward Kaiden and gave him a big hug”，在看到对手情绪激动后，Isaiah主动暂停比赛去给对手送安慰，这是一种体育精神。故选B。
43．考查动词词义辨析。句意：得克萨斯队以9比4获胜，晋级少年棒球联盟世界大赛。A. apply运用；B. return返回；C. connect联系；D. head朝（某方向）行进。根据空前的“won the game”和空后的“the Little League World Series”，此处是说朝着少年棒球联盟世界大赛前进，即晋级。故选D。
44．考查动词词义辨析。句意：Isaiah也被邀请观看比赛，庆祝比赛75周年。A. linked连接；B. admitted承认；C. invited邀请；D. selected挑选。根据第二段中的“Kaiden Shelton, from Texas, 4 Isaiah Jarvis, from Oklahoma”和最后一段中的“The Texas team won the game”可知，Kaiden所在的得克萨斯州球队赢得比赛，并顺利晋级，所以Isaiah没有参加接下来的比赛，而是被邀请来观看。故选C。
45．考查名词词义辨析。句意：两人告诉NBC新闻，他们认为他们新建立的友谊将持续下去，超越任何锦标赛。A. friendship友谊；B. popularity流行；C. wealth财富；D. freedom自由。通读全文并结合空前的newfound可知，Kaiden和Isaiah经过这次比赛后成了好朋友。故选A。
46．A 47．D 48．B 49．C 50．C 51．B 52．A 53．D 54．C 55．B 56．C 57．D 58．B 59．A 60．D
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述作者的女儿患有唐氏综合征，但是她仍然参加了女子篮球队，在一次比赛中，她还进球了，作者对女儿感到佩服。
46．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们的两个儿子都是高中运动员。A. athletes运动员；B. rescuers 救援者；C. reporters记者；D. teachers老师。根据上文“Sports are important in our family.”可知，作者的两个儿子都是高中运动员。故选A。
47．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：所以当劳伦宣布她要参加女子篮球队时，我不应该感到惊讶。A. depressed沮丧的；B. embarrassed尴尬的；C. disappointed失望的；D. surprised惊讶的。根据上文“Sports are important in our family. Both of our sons were high-school ___1__.”可知，作者家里有运动这种家庭氛围，所以当劳伦宣布她要参加女子篮球队时，作者觉得不应该感到惊讶。故选D。
48．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我和妻子从来没有告诉劳伦她与别人不同。A. normal正常的；B. different不同的；C. ordinary普通的；D. typical典型的。根据上文“But I was because she has Down syndrome (唐氏综合症).”可知，她是和别人不同的。故选B。
49．考查名词词义辨析。句意：那天晚上，我和妻子讨论了劳伦的声明。A. arrangement安排；B. preference偏爱；C. announcement声明；D. proposal提议。根据上文“Lauren announced she was going out for the girls’ basketball team.”可知，作者和妻子讨论了劳伦的声明。故选C。
50．考查动词词义辨析。句意：劳伦成功了，因为不是所有的女孩都想打篮球。A. approve同意；B. predict预测；C. make制作；D. favour支持。make it成功。根据下文“not all the girls wanted to play.”可知，劳伦成功了，因为不是所有的女孩都想打篮球。故选C。
51．考查动词词义辨析。句意：本赛季的第一场篮球赛到了。A. appeared出现；B. arrived到达；C. changed改变；D. remained保持。根据下文“It kicked off to a good start, but soon Verden, Lauren’s team, was behind.”可知，本赛季的第一场篮球赛到了。故选B。
52．考查副词词义辨析。句意：劳伦专注地跟踪球场上的运动，对每一个投篮都做出反应。A. attentively专注地；B. carelessly粗心地；C. frequently频繁地；D. repeatedly重复地。根据下文“followed the movement on the court”可知，劳伦专注地跟踪球场上的运动。故选A。
53．考查名词词义辨析。句意：劳伦专注地跟踪球场上的运动，对每一个投篮都做出反应。A. team队伍；B. shout大喊；C. game游戏；D. shot投篮。根据上文“followed the movement on the court and reacted to”可知，劳伦专注地跟踪球场上的运动，对每一个投篮都做出反应。故选D。
54．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我很佩服我的女儿。A. regret后悔；B. anxiety焦虑；C. admiration钦佩；D. sympathy同情。根据上文“Even though Lauren wasn’t playing, she looked as if she were having the time of her life.”可知，作者对女儿这样的表现表示钦佩。故选C。
55．考查动词短语辨析。句意：劳伦与其他人的步伐保持得相当好。A. gave way to给……让路；B. kept pace with保持同步；C. put up with忍受；D. broke away from脱离。根据下文“Then they passed Lauren the ball.”可知，劳伦与其他人的步伐保持得相当好。故选B。
56．考查动词词义辨析。句意：她抓住了它。A. threw扔；B. missed错过；C. caught抓住；D. cast投掷。根据下文“She shot. She scored!”可知，她抓住了篮球。故选C。
57．考查动词词义辨析。句意：几分钟后，劳伦在看台上加入了我们。A. challenged挑战；B. greeted问候；C. left离开；D. joined加入。根据下文“in the stands”可知，劳伦在看台上加入了我们。故选D。
58．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我进了一个球！A. mistake错误；B. basket投篮得分；C. mess混乱；D. record记录。根据上文“I scored!”可知，作者女儿说自己进了一个球，空格处是“投篮得分”。故选B。
59．考查动词词义辨析。句意：16年来，我一直努力不让劳伦觉得自己与他人不一样。A. shelter提供庇护，提供保护；B. prohibit禁止；C. discourage使受挫；D. excuse原谅。根据下文“Lauren from feeling like she was different.”可知，作者一直努力不让劳伦觉得自己与他人不一样，空格处意为“提供庇护，提供保护”。故选A。
60．考查副词词义辨析。句意：但看着劳伦在比赛中的表现，我发现她真的与众不同——不是身体上或情感上的，而是精神上的。A. socially在社会上；B. consciously有意识地；C. literally逐字地；真正地；D. spiritually精神上的。根据上文“not physically or emotionally,”可知，作者发现女儿真的与众不同——不是身体上或情感上的，而是精神上的。故选D。
61．B 62．C 63．C 64．B 65．B 66．B 67．C 68．B 69．C 70．B 71．A 72．C 73．A 74．D 75．A
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。我因家里缺钱而不能收到礼物，三个女人带着给我们所有人的礼物来到我们家，缓解了我可能遇到的尴尬，让我觉着我是重要的。长大后，我为尽可能多的孩子创造了同样重要的感觉。
61．考查动词词义辨析。句意：当我大约十二岁的时候，我妈妈告诉我们，我们不会收到圣诞礼物，因为我们缺钱。A. sending发送；B. receiving收到；C. preferring更喜欢；D. benefiting受益。根据本句中“for lack of money”可知，因为缺钱，所以没有圣诞礼物。故选B。
62．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我感到很难过，心想：“当其他孩子问我得到了什么时，我该怎么说 ”A. persuaded劝说；B. prepared准备；C. got得到；D. expected预料。照应前文“When I was about twelve years old, my mother told us that we would not be Christmas gifts for lack of money.”可知，因为缺钱没有圣诞礼物，所以当面对其他孩子询问得到什么礼物时，我不知怎么说。故选C。
63．考查动词短语辨析。句意：然后，三个女人带着给我们所有人的礼物来到我们家。A. cared about关心；B. settled down定居下来；C. showed up出现；D. gave in屈服。根据本句“with gifts for all of us”可知，三个女人带着礼物出现。故选C。
64．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当我回到学校时，我将不再感到尴尬。A. puzzled困惑的；B. embarrassed尴尬的；C. worried担心的；D. stubborn固执的。照应前文“When I was about twelve years old, my mother told us that we would not be Christmas gifts for lack of money.”以及“Then, three women at our house with gifts for all of us.”可知，因为缺钱没有圣诞礼物，所以当面对其他孩子询问得到什么礼物时，我不知怎么说，这会是很尴尬的场景。而三个女人带着给我们所有人的礼物缓解了我可能遇到的尴尬。故选B。
65．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：多年以后，当我站在新房的厨房里，想着我多么想让我在那里度过的第一个特别而难忘的圣诞节时，我突然想起了那些女人的来访。A. present在场的；B. first第一；C. recent最近的；D. late迟的。根据本句“when I stood in the kitchen of my new house”可知，站在新房的厨房里，应是第一个圣诞节。故选B。
66．考查副词词义辨析。句意：多年以后，当我站在新房的厨房里，想着我多么想让我在那里度过的第一个特别而难忘的圣诞节时，我突然想起了那些女人的来访。A. hardly几乎不；B. suddenly突然；C. regularly有规律地；D. finally最终。根据本句“thinking how I wanted to make my Christmas special and memorable there”可知，当我想着如何过一个特别而难忘的圣诞节时，我突然想到了自己的经历。故选B。
67．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我决定，我要为尽可能多的孩子创造同样重要的感觉。A. schedule计划表；B. attitude态度；C. importance重要；D. safety安全。根据下文“I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody still remembered me.”可知，我没有被忘记，还有人记得我，说明我是重要的。我要为孩子创造同样重要的感觉。故选C。
68．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我决定，我要为尽可能多的孩子创造同样重要的感觉。A. know知道；B. reach实现，达到；C. remember记得；D. transport运输。根据后文“We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party.”可知，我要为尽可能多的孩子创造同样重要的感觉。故选B。
69．考查动词短语辨析。句意：所以我想出了一个计划，并从我的公司召集了40个人来帮忙。A. made up编造；B. caught up捉住；C. came up提出；D. gave up放弃。根据宾语“a plan”可知，应是“想出一个计划”。come up with为固定搭配，“想出，提出”。故选C。
70．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我们想让他们都知道他们是特别的。A. reliable可信赖的；B. special特殊的；C. helpful有帮助的；D. fond喜欢的。根据前文“For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, each with a child’s name.”可知，每个礼物上都有各自的名字，说明我是想让他们知道自己是特别的。故选B。
71．考查动词词义辨析。句意：在我叫出他们的名字并把礼物递给他们之前，我提醒他们，在每个孩子都走上前来之前，他们不能打开礼物。A. reminded提醒；B. waited等待；C. organized组织；D. promised承诺。根据本句中宾语从句“that they couldn’t open their presents until every child had come forward”可知，是我提醒他们的内容。故选A。
72．考查名词词义辨析。句意：他们等待已久的时刻终于到来了，我喊道：“一、二、三。打开你的礼物!”。A. chance机会；B. gift礼物；C. moment时刻；D. fare命运。根据空后的定语从句“they had been waiting for”可知，这是孩子们期待的拆礼物的时刻。故选C。
73．考查动词词义辨析。句意：当孩子们打开他们的包裹时，他们的脸上洋溢着笑容，灿烂的笑容照亮了整个房间。A. lit照亮；B. took带着；C. burned燃烧；D. cheered欢呼。根据句意可知，灿烂的笑容照亮了整个房间。light up为固定搭配，“点亮，照亮”。故选A。
74．考查名词词义辨析。句意：房间里的欢乐是显而易见的，而且不仅仅是因为玩具。A. gratitude感激；B. insurance保险；C. calmness镇静；D. joy快乐。根据前文“As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles up the room.”可知，他们的脸上洋溢着笑容，所以房子里充满了欢乐。故选D。
75．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我知道我很重要。A. matter重要；B. wonder想知道；C. determine决定；D. dream梦想。根据前文“I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody still remembered me.”可知，我没有被忘记，还有人记得我，说明我是重要的。故选A。
76．B 77．C 78．A 79．D 80．A 81．B 82．A 83．D 84．C 85．D 86．B 87．C 88．A 89．D 90．B
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲的是YULA Boys High School的学生们为通勤不便的老师筹款买车的故事。
76．考查动词词义辨析。句意：他骑着滑板车到达Santa Clarita的公共汽车站，从那里，他将乘坐90分钟的公共汽车前往世纪城。A. get得到；B. reach到达；C. identify识别；D. observe观察。根据下文“from there, he would take a 90- minute bus___2___ to Century City”可知，他骑着滑板车到达Santa Clarita的公共汽车站。故选B。
77．考查名词词义辨析。句意：他骑着滑板车到达Santa Clarita的公共汽车站，从那里，他将乘坐90分钟的公共汽车前往世纪城。A. space空间；B. stop车站；C. trip旅途；出行；D. crowd人群。根据下文“to Century City”可知，从那里，他将乘坐90分钟的公共汽车前往世纪城，take a bus trip to意为“乘公共汽车前往”。故选C。
78．考查名词词义辨析。句意：下车后，他又会骑滑板车去学校。A. school学校；B. company公司；C. goal目标；D. place地方。根据上文“Julio Castro, a math teacher at YULA Boys High School”可知，他是老师，所以下车后，他又会骑滑板车去学校。故选A。
79．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他的学生们都知道他们的老师在通勤上的困难，并非常感激他在这种情况下的辛勤工作。A. tired累的；B. proud骄傲的；C. fond喜欢的；D. aware知道的。根据“were very grateful for his hard work”可知，他的学生们都知道他们的老师在通勤上的困难，be aware of固定搭配，意为“知道”。故选D。
80．考查名词词义辨析。句意：他的学生们都知道他们的老师在通勤上的困难，并非常感激他在这种情况下的辛勤工作。A. situation情况；B. atmosphere氛围；C. activity活动；D. family家人。根据第一段的“spent two hours going to school and another 2 hours going back home”可知，他的学生们都知道他们的老师在通勤上的困难，并非常感激他在这种情况下仍辛勤工作。故选A。
81．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：每天的通勤对Castro来说非常具有挑战性，但这并没有让他放弃对教学的热情。A. comfortable舒服的；B. challenging有挑战性的；C. suitable适合的；D. confusing令人困惑的。根据第一段的“spent two hours going to school and another 2 hours going back home”可知，每天的通勤对Castro来说非常具有挑战性。故选B。
82．考查副词词义辨析。句意：相反，他把它作为一种更努力学习的动力，并向他的学生展示，努力终有一天会得到回报。A. Instead相反；B. However然而；C. Thus因此；D. Otherwise否则。根据上文“Commuting every day was very ___6___ for Castro”和下文“he used it as a motivation (动力) to work harder”可知，此处表示“相反，他把它作为一种更努力学习的动力”。故选A。
83．考查动词短语辨析。句意：相反，他把它作为一种更努力学习的动力，并向他的学生展示，努力终有一天会得到回报。A. march on向前进；B. go off爆炸；C. take away带走；D. pay off得到回报。根据下文“His kind students gifted him with a dark blue car”可知，他把通勤上的困难作为一种更努力学习的动力，并向他的学生展示，努力终有一天会得到回报。故选D。
84．考查名词词义辨析。句意：Castro是对的，现在，他可以享受他辛勤工作的成果。A. data数据；B. feature特点；C. fruit成果；D. state状态。根据下文“His kind students gifted him with a dark blue car”可知，他的学生筹钱给他买了一辆车，这说明他的付出得到了回报，他现在可以享受他辛勤工作的成果。故选C。
85．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：由于知道现在汽油很贵，他们给老师买了一年的汽油。A. effective有效的；B. priceless无价的；C. dangerous危险的；D. expensive贵的。根据下文“they bought their teacher a year’s worth of gasoline”可知，由于知道现在汽油很贵，学生们给老师买了一年的汽油。故选D。
86．考查动词词义辨析。句意：他们还给他买了汽车保险，以防发生意外。A. forms形成；B. serves（为……）工作，服务；C. supplies提供；D. develops发展。根据上文“They also got him car insurance”和下文“financial protection in case of accidents”可知，他们还给他买了汽车保险，以防意外发生时会作为赔偿给老师，serve as意为“充当，作为”。故选B。
87．考查动词词义辨析。句意：这些善良的高中生用了整个夏天在几个组织的帮助下筹集了3万多美元。A. operating操作；B. donating捐赠；C. raising筹集；D. carrying搬运。根据下文“over $30,000 with the help of several organizations”可知，此处表示筹集3万多美元。故选C。
88．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：Castro非常感谢他的学生。A. thankful感激的；B. thoughtful深思熟虑的；C. responsible负责的；D. generous慷慨的。根据下文“thank you to my students”可知，Castro非常感谢他的学生。故选A。
89．考查动词词义辨析。句意：他的学生很乐意帮助他们的数学老师，他们相信他会找到一些方法来传递这种爱。A. have有；B. see看见；C. like喜欢；D. help帮助。根据上文“His kind students gifted him with a dark blue car”可知，学生给老师买了辆车，是对老师有帮助的。故选D。
90．考查名词词义辨析。句意：他的学生很乐意帮助他们的数学老师，他们相信他会找到一些方法来传递这种爱。A. minds智慧；B. ways方法；C. rights权利；D. voices声音。根据下文“to pay it forward”可知，此处表示“他们相信他会找到一些方法来传递这种爱”。故选B。
91．B 92．A 93．C 94．B 95．D 96．C 97．D 98．B 99．D 100．A 101．C 102．D 103．C 104．A 105．B
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述的是作者通过拔智齿不能说话的经历，得到了一个启迪：沉默是金。少说，多倾听，多观察。
91．考查名词词义辨析。句意：在这种状态下度过几天是非常奇怪的，但从其他人的反应来看，并不像他们那样奇怪。A. room房间；B. state状态，国家；C. position 位置，职位；D. period期间。根据上文“ had a wisdom tooth (智齿) pulled, which left me swollen and unable to speak.”可知，此处指拔智齿后脸肿不能说话的状态。故选B。
92．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我试着想象屋子里一半的人都安静下来是多么尴尬的事。A. embarrassing令人尴尬的；B. lively活泼的；C. pleasant令人愉快的；D. frightening令人害怕的。根据空后“it must be to have half of the house go silent.”可知，全家都安安静静不说话这是一件令人尴尬的事。故选A。
93．考查副词词义辨析。句意：然而，当我在午夜时分发现他在厨房里为我的康复做土豆，并随着《my Humps》的曲调唱着“你可爱的肿胀的脸”来填补沉默时，我也很惊讶，但也很感动。A. Finally最后；B. Luckily幸运地；C. However然而；D. Therefore因此。根据空前后“it must be to have half of the house go silent. 3 ,when I found him in the kitchen at midnight, cooking potatoes for my recovery”，可知，“沉默”和“做饭”“哼歌”构成一种转折关系。故选C。
94．考查动词词义辨析。句意：然而，当我在午夜时分发现他在厨房里为我的康复做土豆，并随着《my Humps》的曲调唱着“你可爱的肿胀的脸”来填补沉默时，我也很惊讶，但也很感动。A. enjoying喜爱；B. filling填满；C. keeping保持；D. welcoming欢迎。根据空后“singing “your lovely swollen face”to the tune of My Humps”可知，歌声“填补了”沉默。故选B。
95．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：然而，当我在午夜时分发现他在厨房里为我的康复做土豆，并随着《my Humps》的曲调唱着“你可爱的肿胀的脸”来填补沉默时，我也很惊讶，但也很感动。A. amazed感到惊讶的；B. annoyed感到恼怒的；C. disappointed感到失望的；D. touched感动的。根据“cooking potatoes for my recovery”和“ singing “your lovely swollen face” ”可知，作者被丈夫的行为感动了。故选D。
96．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当我感觉身体好些了，我就去了附近的商店。A. hungry饥饿的；B. weaker更弱的；C. stronger更强壮的；D. thirsty渴的。根据空后“I went to my local shop.”可知，作者身体“好些了”。故选C。
97．考查动词短语辨析。句意：当我移动我的脸时，它仍然很疼，所以当我遇到朋友时，我不能说什么。A. called up打电话；B. looked at看……；C. turned to转向，求助；D. ran into偶然碰见。结合作者去商店可知，此处指在商店里偶遇朋友。故选D。
98．考查名词词义辨析。句意：这位朋友想知道我在Twitter上的意见分歧，但我似乎并不介意。A. study学习；B. opinion建议；C. report报告；D. information信息。根据空后“on a Twitter disagreement that I didn’t seem bothered.”可知，此处指和朋友“意见”有分歧。故选B。
99．考查动词词义辨析。句意：她都没注意到我调到了静音模式。A. accept接受；B. expect期盼，预测；C. hear听见；D. notice注意到。根据空前后“She didn’t even 9 that I was on the silent mode.”可知，此处指她没有“注意到”。故选D。
100．考查名词词义辨析。句意：这让我确信我的家庭角色是半女儿，半倾听。A. daughter女儿；B. patient病人；C. speaker演讲者；D. friend朋友。根据空前“my family role”可知，这里指“女儿”这一家庭角色。故选A。
101．考查名词词义辨析。句意：人们说沉默是金，有时沉默是明智的，让人们暴露自己。A. health健康；B. family家庭；C. silence沉默；D. love爱。根据空前后“ to say nothing and to let people reveal (吐露)themselves”可知，此处指“沉默是金”。故选C。
102．考查名词词义辨析。句意：也许这就是智齿的智慧吧。A. lesson功课，教训；B. secret秘密；C. treatment治疗；D. wisdom明智，智慧。根据空前后“Perhaps that is the 12 of the wisdom tooth.”可知，此处指“智慧”。故选D。
103．考查名词词义辨析。句意：也许当它们带着所有的痛苦到来，迫使我们——即使只是一会儿——少动我们的嘴巴时，他们给了我们一个良好生活的教训：倾听，观察，试着时不时地保持安静。A. arms胳膊；B. eyes眼睛；C. mouths嘴；D. faces脸。结合作者拔智齿的经历可知，此处指少动“嘴”，多倾听。故选C。
104．考查动词词义辨析。句意：也许当它们带着所有的痛苦到来，迫使我们——即使只是一会儿——少动我们的嘴巴时，他们给了我们一个良好生活的教训:倾听，观察，试着时不时地保持安静。A. observe观察；B. smell闻起来；C. review评论，回顾，复习；D. suggest建议。根据上文“ to let people reveal (吐露) themselves.”可知，有时我们可以少说话，通过观察来了解别人。故选A。
105．考查动词词义辨析。句意：那也许成年就不像拔牙了。A. cutting切割；B. pulling拉；C. brushing梳理；D. losing丢失。呼应第一段的“Last week, I had a wisdom tooth (智齿) pulled, which left me swollen and unable to speak.”可知，此处指“拔”牙。故选B。
106．B 107．C 108．A 109．B 110．D 111．D 112．C 113．A 114．A 115．B 116．A 117．D 118．B 119．A 120．C
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者夫妇在一个雨天里打不到车为女儿看病，一个好心的爱尔兰妇女主动把他们送到了医院，她的声音始终提醒着作者：在生活中最黑暗的日子里，也曾出现过一缕微光。
106．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我丈夫浑身湿透，灰心丧气，放弃了拦出租车的企图。A. Exited激动的；B. Discouraged泄气的；沮丧的；C. Annoyed恼怒；D. Satisfied满足的。由下文“my husband gave up his attempt to flag down a taxi.”可推知，我的丈夫放弃了让出租车停下来的尝试，因此推断他是沮丧的。故选B项。
107．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：就在女儿凯蒂过完一岁生日后，我们被告知她得了一种罕见的脑部疾病。A. simple简单地；B. normal正常的；C. rare罕见的；D. natural自然的。根据下文“It had taken months before we finally had a name for the ____5____”可知，花了几个月才知道病的名字，所以是作者的女儿患了罕见的脑病。故选C项。
108．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们知道凯蒂的时间不多了，机会渺茫。A. time时间；B. confidence自信；C. money钱；D. sadness悲伤。由下文“we were told our daughter Katie has a 2 brain illness”可知，作者女儿得了罕见的脑病，所以此处讲述作者知道Katie即将没有时间了。故选A。
109．考查副词词义辨析。句意：然而，我们并没有失去希望。A. Therefore因此；B. However然而；C. Otherwise否则；D. Meanwhile同时。根据前文“We knew Katie was running out of 3 and that chances were slim.”以及后文“we didn’t lose hope.”可知，两句话之间是转折关系，用however，故选B项。
110．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们花了几个月的时间才最终知道了这种病的名称，但我们被告知，世界上只有少数专家知道如何治疗这种疾病。A. race赛跑；B. challenge挑战；C. doctor医生；D. illness疾病。根据上文提到的“brain illness”可知，花费了数月我们最终知道了这种病的名字。故选D项。
111．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们花了几个月的时间才最终知道了这种病的名称，但我们被告知，世界上只有少数专家知道如何治疗这种疾病。A. explain解释；B. check检查；C. reach到达；D. treat治疗。由前半句提到的“only a few specialists”可推断，世界上仅有几个专家知道如何治疗这种疾病。故选D项。
112．考查动词词义辨析。句意：现在，当我们终于找到一位才华横溢的医生来拯救我们的女儿时，我们在一个陌生的城市里，在寒冷的雨中。A. protect保护；B. meet遇见；C. save挽救；D. encourage鼓励。由上文的“a brilliant doctor”和空格后的“our girl”可推断，我们最终找到了一名优秀的医生挽救我的女儿。故选C项。
113．考查动词短语辨析。句意：就在这时，一位中年妇女把车停在路边，盯着我们说。A. stared at凝视着；B. laughed at嘲笑；C. glared at怒视；D. knocked at敲门。由下文“Pardon me May I offer you a ride ”可推断，一名中年女士靠边停下车凝视着我们说：我可以送你们一程吗？故选A项。
114．考查名词词义辨析。句意：这对我来说真的不麻烦。A. trouble麻烦；B. happiness幸福；C. question问题；D. benefit利益。由下文“Just get in.”可推断，她继续说：对我不麻烦，请上车。故选A项。
115．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我点点头，忍住眼泪。A. surprise吃惊；B. tears眼泪；C. smile微笑；D. anger愤怒。根据实际推断，听到女士问女儿的健康情况，作者控制不住留下眼泪。故选B项。
116．考查动词词义辨析。句意：在医院，我们无数次感谢她载我们一程。A. thanked谢谢；B. praised表扬；C. respected尊敬；D. accepted接受。根据前文的“At the hospital”可知，这位女士把作者一家带到了医院，按照常理，作者会感谢她。故选A项。
117．考查动词词义辨析。句意：当那个女人拥抱我的时候，我注意到她的脸上满是泪水。A. guessed猜测；B. believed相信；C. understood理解；D. noticed注意到。根据前文“As the woman hugged me”可知，女人拥抱了作者，有近距离的接触，所以作者应该是注意到。故选D项。
118．考查介词短语辨析。句意：经过三次纽约之行和两次脑部手术，凯蒂终于痊愈了。A. Instead of而不是；B. Thanks to归因于；C. Regardless of不管；D. According to根据。根据后文“Katie was cured”可知，凯蒂被治好了，所以应该是归因于三次纽约之行和两次脑部手术。故选B项。
119．考查名词词义辨析。句意：但爱尔兰天使的声音，那个免费载我们一程的女人，仍然不断地提醒着我们，在我们最黑暗的日子里出现了一缕微弱的光。A. voice嗓音；B. bravery勇敢；C. reward奖励；D. advice建议。根据前文“It was then that I noticed her thick Irish accent, which warmed me up like hot soup.”可知，女人爱尔兰口音让作者像热汤一样温暖起来，此处指的是帮助作者的女士，所以应该是爱尔兰天使的声音。故选A项。
120．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但爱尔兰天使的声音，那个免费载我们一程的女人，仍然不断地提醒着我们，在我们最黑暗的日子里出现了一缕微弱的光。A. busiest最忙碌的；B. luckiest最幸运的；C. darkest最黑暗的；D. happiest最快乐的。纵观全文女儿求医问药的时候是作者一家人人生中最黑暗的时候，这位爱尔兰妇女给我们的帮助就像是一道光线照亮黑暗的人生。故选C项。
121．D 122．C 123．A 124．B 125．B 126．D 127．B 128．A 129．A 130．C 131．D 132．D 133．C 134．C 135．B
【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述最开始害怕跑步，但通过自己不断练习并参加10千米跑步项目后爱上了跑步。
121．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我总是没能冲过终点线的学生之一。A. forced迫使；B. determined决定；C. choosing选择；D. failing失败。根据上文“At middle school, I found it challenging to run around the playground.(在中学时，我发现在操场上跑来跑去很有挑战性)”可知，作者觉得运动有挑战性是因为作者总是没能冲过终点线的学生之一。故选D。
122．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我的第一反应是：“不可能！我讨厌跑步。”A. competing竞争；B. testing测试；C. running跑步；D. exercising锻炼。由前文“I was always one of the last students to cross the finish line”及“if I would like to run a 10K event with him”可知，作者朋友邀请他跑步，但作者拒绝了，他讨厌“跑步”。故选C项。
123．考查名词词义辨析。句意：周末，我想到了他的建议。A. suggestion建议；B. plan计划；C. choice选择；D. task任务。由前文“my friend asked me if I would like to run a 10K event with him”可知，作者又想到了他的“建议”。故选A项。
124．考查名词词义辨析。句意：最后，我决定我应该试一试。A. examination考试；B. try尝试；C. look外观；D. chance机会。由后文“I told my friend I would like to join the 10K event with him. ”可知，作者想“尝试”一下跑步。故选B项。
125．考查动词词义辨析。句意：他建议我在网上找一个跑步程序来帮助我学习如何跑步。A. expected期待；B. advised建议；C. forced强制；D. allowed允许。由后文“to help me learn how to run”可知，作者朋友“建议”他观看跑步节目来学习跑步。故选B项。
126．考查副词词义辨析。句意：经过研究，最后，我选择了一个14周的跑步计划，它可以教我如何不间断地跑30分钟。A. directly直接地；B. unwillingly不情愿地；C. surprisingly令人惊讶地；D. finally最后。由前文“He…me to turn to the Internet for a running programme”可知，在网上挑选之后，作者“最后”选择了一个14周的跑步计划。故选D项。
127．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我必须每周跑三次，每次跑的时间不同。A. preparation准备；B. time时间；C. distance距离；D. training训练。由后文“to run for more than 30 seconds to running for over 30 minutes”可知，作者跑步的“时”长不同。故选B项。
128．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我很享受按照计划进行，因为我每周都能看到跑步的进步。 A. improvements