Question

My teenage son Karl refused to communicate with others after his father died. As a parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him. But the more I tried, the more he pulled away. When his report card during his junior year, it said that he had been 95 times from classes and had six grades for the year. At this rate he never graduate. I sent him to the school adviser, and I even him. Nothing worked.

One night I felt so that I got down on my knees and prayed for help. “Please God, I can’t do anything for my son. I'm at the end of my rope. I'm giving the whole thing up to you.”

I was at work when I got a phone call. A man himself as the headmaster. “I want to talk to you about Karl’s absences.” he could say another word, I choked up and all my disappointment and sadness over Karl came out into the ears of this stranger. “I love my son but I just don’t know what to do. I’ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has . It’ s out of my hands.” For a moment there was on the other end of the line. The headmaster said, “Thank you for your time, ” and hung up.

Karl’s next report card showed a marked in his grades. Finally, he even made the honor roll. In his fourth year, I a parent-teacher meeting with Karl. I noticed that his teachers were at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home, he said, “Mum, remember that call from the headmaster last year?” I . “That was me. I thought I’d play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really me how much I was hurting you. That's I knew I had to make you proud.”

1.A. confident B. wise C. single D. busy

2.A. arrived B. finished C. returned D. proved

3.A. naughty B. troublesome C. absent D. present

4.A. failing B. satisfying C. disappointing D. surprising

5.A. must B. need C. would D. should

6.A. convinced B. forced C. persuaded D. begged

7.A. powerless B. useless C. homeless D. meaningless

8.A. better B. worse C. less D. more

9.A. described B. regarded C. introduced D. explained

10.A. Before B. When C. After D. While

11.A. speaking B. pouring C. running D. putting

12.A. continuedB. operated C. affected D. worked

13.A. silence B. anger C. sadness D. surprise

14.A. painfully B. happily C. seriously D. jokingly

15.A. progress B. advance C. improvement D. encouragement

16.A. attended B. joined C. arranged D. organized

17.A. concerned B. disturbed C. embarrassed D. astonished

18.A. shook B. nodded C. smiled D. replied

19.A. beat B. hit C. frightened D. confused

20.A. when B. how C. why D. where

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.A

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.B

12.D

13.A

14.C

15.C

16.A

17.D

18.B

19.B

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：青少年的人生會因為一些事而改變。我十幾歲的兒子卡爾在他的父親去世后就好像變了一個人，拒絕和我溝通、逃課、考試不及格。我嘗試了各種辦法都無濟于事幾乎感到絕望。 但是一次和校長的電話改變了兒子，因為那位校長竟然是兒子裝扮的。他了解了自己給媽媽帶來的傷害，決心改變自己，讓媽媽以他為驕傲。他真得做到了。

1.動詞的辨析和對語境的理解。根據(jù)第一句話：我十幾歲的兒子卡爾在他的父親去世后就拒絕和別人溝通�？芍�這句話的意思是：作為一個單親的母親,我想盡力跟他說話。A. confident信心的；B. wise明智的；C. single單一的；D. busy.忙的。 故選C。

2.2】考查動詞的辨析和對語境的理解。A. arrived抵達；B. finished完成；C. returned返回；D. proved.證明。這里是說明父親去世對孩子學(xué)業(yè)的影響：當他的初中成績報告送來時，……。故選A。

3.3】考查動詞的辨析和對語境的理解。A. naughty淘氣的；B. troublesome麻煩的；C. absent缺席的；D. present在場的。結(jié)合語境可知：上面寫道他逃課95次。故選C。

4.4】考查動詞的辨析和對語境的理解。A. failing失敗的；B. satisfying令人滿意的；C. disappointing令人失望的；D. surprising令人驚訝的。結(jié)合語境可知：經(jīng)常逃課，還有6門功課不及格。故選A。

5.5】考查動詞的辨析和對語境的理解。A. must必須；B. need需要；C. would會；D. should 應(yīng)該。結(jié)合語境可知句意：這樣下去，他永遠不會畢業(yè)了。故選C。

6.6】考查動詞的辨析和對語境的理解。A. convinced.深信；B. forced強迫；C. persuaded說服；D. begged乞求。結(jié)合語境可知句意：我甚至乞求他。但是毫無效果。 故選D。

7.7】考查動詞的辨析和對語境的理解。A. powerless無能為力的；B. useless無用的；C. homeless無家可歸的；D. meaningless毫無意義的。結(jié)合語境可知句意：一天夜里,我感到如此無助,所以才會跪下來祈求上帝幫助。故選A。

8.8】考查動詞的辨析和對語境的理解。A. better更好；B. worse更糟糕；C. less更少；D. more更多。根據(jù)后面的話（媽媽快沒希望了。）可知句意：我再也不能為我的兒子做些什么了。故選D。

9.9】考查動詞的辨析和對語境的理解。A. described描述；B. regarded認為；C. introduced介紹；D. explained解釋。這里電話那頭是校長的自我介紹。故選C。

10.10】考查動詞的辨析和對語境的理解。 A. Before在……之前；B. When當……的時候；C. After 在……之后；D. While當……的時候，雖然。結(jié)合下文可知，還不知道對方要說什么，媽媽就開始按原來的情況推斷孩子的狀況了。故選A。

11.11】考查動詞的辨析和對語境的理解。 A. speaking說話；B. pouring傾倒；C. running運行、跑；D. putting放。根據(jù)語境可知句意：所有關(guān)于卡爾的失望和悲傷都傾倒進這個陌生人的耳朵。用pour更能表達一個母親的痛苦和無助的表述，故選B。

12.12】 考查動詞的辨析和對語境的理解。A. continued繼續(xù)；B. operated經(jīng)營；C. affected影響； D. worked工作，起作用。結(jié)合上文可知句意：我什么方法都試過了，但是都沒有。故選D。

13.13】考查動詞的辨析和對語境的理解。A. silence沉默；B. anger憤怒；C. sadness悲傷；D. surprise驚喜。結(jié)合下文可以理解句意：電話那一頭有片刻的沉默。故選A。

14.14】考查動詞的辨析和對語境的理解。 A. painfully痛苦地；B. happily快樂地；C. seriously嚴肅地；D. jokingly開玩笑地。結(jié)合上文可以理解句意：校長說謝謝你時的心情很嚴肅。故選C。

15.15】考查動詞的辨析和對語境的理解。A. progress進展；B. advance 發(fā)展；C. improvement改進；D. encouragement鼓勵。根據(jù)下文可知句意：卡爾的下一個報告單顯示他的成績有了顯著的進步。故選C。

16.16】考查動詞的辨析和對語境的理解。A. attended出席，到處場；B. joined參加一個組織成為其中的一員；C. arranged安排；D. organized組織。甚至在第四年時我還和他一起出席了家長會。故選A。

17.17】考查動詞的辨析和對語境的理解。A. concerned關(guān)心；B. disturbed打擾；C. embarrassed使……尷尬；D. astonished使…..吃驚。根據(jù)語境可知句意：我注意到他的老師們都驚奇于他的轉(zhuǎn)變。故選D。

18.18】考查動詞的辨析和對語境的理解。A. shook震驚；B. nodded點頭；C. smiled微笑；D. replied 回答。前一句話話是兒子問媽媽是否記得去年和校長的一次通話。我當然記得，故選B。

19.19】考查動詞的辨析和對語境的理解。A. beat打��；B. hit 打，打擊；C. frightened嚇走、害怕；D. confused困惑。根據(jù)語境可知句意是：兒子扮成校長想給媽媽一個驚喜，但是媽媽的話令兒子感到很受打擊。他認識到他給媽媽帶來的傷害有多大。故選B。

20.20】考查動詞的辨析和對語境的理解。 A. when當……的時候；B. how如何；C. why為什么； D. where哪里。代入四個選項可知句意是：從那時起兒子懂得了要讓媽媽以他為驕傲。這里when引導(dǎo)的從句做表語。故選A。

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