Question

Garage sales (舊貨市場) are a strange pastime. I am not interested in other people’s items. My mother was, and she convinced me to her. We went to several garage sales and finally stopped at a cottage. The owner told me that he and his wife were moving away. His wife had been a (n) before she retired.

As we were the sale items, I heard the gentleman’s wife say her name to someone, and I realized who she was. She looked at me and said, “ You are Lisa Miller.” I at her in awe（驚嘆）for it had been thirty years I had been in her class.

My mother to her for any trouble I might have caused. She that if this woman remembered me after so many years, I must have done something . My teacher looked at my mother and said, “Oh, no, she was very good,” and my mother watched her in .

My teacher explained during the last week of school, I brought her a . She told us she planted the Lamb’s Ear in her garden. She looked at me and said, “Every day when I leave my house, I think of you. And when I come home these plants me, and I think of you.” welled up in my eyes. There at her home, among all her , was a piece of my life that she had nurtured(培養).

In that moment, she taught me more about life than I could . We give pieces of ourselves every day without thought or expectation. We seldom envision(展望) the that we have on others’ lives. That piece may grow and spread, becoming a (n) part of a life. In the end it is not the big things that , but the small things that make all the difference in the world. I never had a chance to thank her, but I hope she took a Lamb’s Ear with her to her new home.

1.A. brokenB. unwantedC. frozenD. desired

2.A. accompanyB. attachC. arrangeD. accomplish

3.A. cruelB. lonelyC. elderlyD. lovely

4.A. driverB. pianistC. athleteD. teacher

5.A. exchangingB. instructingC. selectingD. exposing

6.A. nervouslyB. immediatelyC. strangelyD. automatically

7.A. staredB. smiledC. glancedD. glared

8.A. afterB. whileC. sinceD. because

9.A. appealedB. apologizedC. laughedD. shouted

10.A. suspectedB. doubtedC. thoughtD. wondered

11.A. toughB. terribleC. flexibleD. practical

12.A. peaceB. dangerC. disbeliefD. need

13.A. bookB. phoneC. diamondD. plant

14.A. possessB. impressC. greetD. observe

15.A. TearsB. HappinessC. PromisesD. Laughter

16.A. aimsB. belongingsC. figuresD. exhibitions

17.A. needB. planC. imagineD. guess

18.A. sensesB. benefitsC. effectsD. pains

19.A. appropriateB. necessaryC. braveD. mild

20.A. careB. matterC. dependD. remain

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.C

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.C

11.B

12.C

13.D

14.C

15.A

16.B

17.C

18.C

19.B

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：作者陪媽媽逛舊貨市場的時候，意外碰到了自己以前的老師。雖然過去了三十年，但是老師仍然記得作者，這讓作者感到驚訝。作者上學時送給了老師一株植物，每當看到它，老師就會想起作者。

1.形容詞辨析。A壞的，破碎的；B不需要的；C冷凍的，凍僵的，嚴寒的；D渴望的。根據第一句“Garage sales (舊貨市場) are a strange pastime.”可知，這里講的是舊貨市場上賣的東西，作者對舊貨不感興趣，舊貨即別人不需要的東西，故選B。

2.動詞辨析。A陪伴；B系，附帶，把......歸于；C安排；D完成，實現。根據“We went to several garage sales”可知，作者的媽媽對舊貨感興趣，且說服了作者陪她一起逛舊貨市場，故選A。

3.形容詞辨析。A殘忍的；B孤獨的；C上年紀的；D可愛的。根據下一行“His wife had been a (n) before she retired”可知，小屋主人的妻子已經退休，說明他是一位老人，故選C。

4. 考查名詞辨析。A司機；B鋼琴家；C運動員；D老師。根據第二段“for it had been thirty years I had been in her class”可知，作者是老人妻子的學生，即老人的妻子以前是老師，故選D。

5.動詞辨析。A交換；B指示；C選擇，挑選；D暴露。As we were the sale items, I heard the gentleman’s wife say在挑選物品時，作者聽到了老人妻子的名字，故選C。

6.副詞辨析。A緊張地；B立即；C奇怪地；D自動地，無意識地。I realized who she was聽到老人妻子的名字之后，作者立刻就認出了她，故選B。

7.動詞辨析。A盯著看；B微笑；C瞥一眼；D怒視。I at her in awe（驚嘆）for it had been thirty years作者驚訝地盯著她，stare at盯著看，故選A。

8.連詞辨析。A在......之后；B在......期間；C因為，自從；D因為。it had been thirty years I had been in her class自從作者上學時到現在已經三十年了，故選C。

9.動詞辨析。A呼吁，有吸引力；B道歉；C笑；D大叫，叫喊。根據“for any trouble I might have caused”可知，作者的媽媽是在向作者的老師道歉，apologize to sb for sth因某事向某人道歉，故選B。

10.動詞辨析。A懷疑；B懷疑；C認為；D懷疑，想知道。She that if this woman remembered me after so many years作者的媽媽認為，老師多年后仍然記得作者，那一定是因為自己的孩子曾經做了錯事，故選C。

11.形容詞辨析。A困難的，不易碎的，倒霉的；B可怕的，糟糕的，極壞的；C柔韌的，靈活的；D實踐的，實用的，務實的。根據第一句“for any trouble I might have caused”可知，作者媽媽認為作者在上學時犯過錯，故選B。

12.名詞辨析。A和平，平靜；B危險；C懷疑；D需要。Oh, no, she was very good,” and my mother watched her in 老師說作者是一個好學生，作者的媽媽用懷疑的眼光看著作者的老師，故選C。

13.名詞辨析。A書；B電話；C鉆石；D植物，設備，工廠。根據下句“She told us she planted the Lamb’s Ear in her garden.”可知，作者送給了老師一株植物，故選D。

14.動詞辨析。A加工，處理；B給......深刻印象；C問候，歡迎，迎接；D觀察，慶祝，遵守。And when I come home these plants me, and I think of you.當回到家時，作者送給老師的植物會迎接她回到家，這時，老師就會想起作者，故選C。

15.名詞辨析。A眼淚；B幸福，開心；C承諾；D笑聲。 welled up in my eyes.聽了老師說的話，作者熱淚盈眶，well在此意為“流出，涌出”，故選A。

16.名詞辨析。A目標；B財物；C數字，圖表，畫像，身材；D展覽，顯示。There at her home, among all her , was a piece of my life that she had nurtured(培養).在老師的家中，在所有的財物中，老師很珍視作者送的植物，故選B。

17.動詞辨析。A需要；B計劃；C想象；D猜測，認為。she taught me more about life than I could 那一刻，老師教給作者的生活道理比她想象的要多得多，故選C。

18.名詞辨析。A感覺，意義；B好處，救濟金，優良條件；C影響；D疼痛，令人厭煩的事物。We seldom envision(展望) the that we have on others’ lives.我們很少考慮到我們會給他人的生活帶去什么樣的影響，have effects on sb/sth對......的影響，故選C。

19.形容詞辨析。A適當的，合適的；B必要的；C勇敢的；D溫和的。becoming a (n) part of a life變成生命不可或缺的一部分，故選B。

20.動詞辨析。A關心，喜歡；B重要；C依靠；D保持。In the end it is not the big things that , but到最后，不是大事起了重要作用，而是細小的事情產生了重大的影響，not...but不是......而是......，故選B。

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