Question

It was the old lady's birthday. She got up early to be ready for the post. From the second floor flat she could see the postman when he came down the street, and a little boy, Johnnie, _ _31___ her letters from the ground floor on the rare_ _32___ when anything came.
    Today she was sure there would be something. Myra_ _33___ forget her mother's birthday, even if she _ _34___ wrote at other times. Of course Myra was busy, but _ _35___, Enid, the daughter the old lady loved most, died two years ago. Since then Myra had been to see her mother three times, but her husband, Harold, never. 

The old lady was eighty today. She had put on her best dress. Perhaps--perhaps Myra might come. After all, eighty was a _ _36___ birthday, another decade lined or tolerated just as you chose to look at it. _ _37___Myra did not come, she would send a present. The old lady was _ _38___ of that. Two spots of colour _ _39___ her cheeks. She was _ _40___ like a child. She would enjoy her day!
    Now, she stood by the window, _ _41___. The postman turned round the corner on his bicycle. Her heart beat _ _42___. Johnnie had seen him too and ran to the gate. Then clatter (咔嗒聲), clatter up the stairs. Johnnie knocked at her door. He had got her post---four envelopes. Three were unclosed cards from old friends. The fourth was closed, in Myra's writing. The old lady felt a sharp pain of _ _43___.There was no parcel for her! Maybe the parcel was too large to come by letter post. That was it. It would come later by parcel post. She said to herself. She must be _ _44___.

Almost _ _45___she tore the envelope open. _ _46___in the card was a piece of paper. Written on the card was a message under the printed Happy Birthday --- Buy yourself something nice with the _ _47___, Myra and Harold. The cheque moved quickly to and fro in the air to the floor like a bird with a broken wing. Slowly the old lady _ _48___to pick it up. Her present! her _ _49___ present! With _ _50___fingers she tore it into little bits.

31. A. took away        B. brought up          C. moved off       D. set down

32. A. occasion         B. opportunity          C. ceremony       D. anniversary

33. A. mustn’t          B. mightn’t            C. wouldn’t        D. needn’t

34. A. occasionally      B. always              C. almost          D. seldom

35. A. unhappily        B. unfortunately         C. unforgettably    D. unkindly

36. A. casual           B. remote              C. special          D. conventional

37. A. Even if          B. So that         C. In case             D. Now that

38. A. proud           B. capable         C. sure               D. afraid

39. A. sharpened        B. weakened      C. widened           D. brightened

40. A. excited          B. alarmed        C. inspired           D. satisfied

41. A. thinking          B. imagining       C. welcoming       D. watching

42. A. steadily           B. wildly         C. nervously         D. randomly

43. A. discontent         B. loneliness      C. disappointment     D. annoyance

44. A. patient            B. anxious       C. urgent             D. mild

45. A. immediately       B. cheerfully      C. angrily            D. unwillingly

46. A. Pinned           B. Folded         C. Lined             D. Roped

47. A. card             B. bonus          C. cheque            D. cash

48. A. bent             B. leaned          C. struggled          D. stretched

49. A. painful           B. sad            C. expensive          D. lovely

50. A. moving          B. trembling        C. reacting           D. freezing

Answer 1

31—35 BACDB 36—40 CACDA 41—45 DBCAD 46—50 BCADB

答案解析

完形填空主題大意：

《禮物》敘述的是一個(gè)80 歲的老人在生日來臨之際對自己唯一的一位親人的一種殷殷期盼，但她最終盼來的確是一種無言的傷痛和沉重的失望。閱讀指導(dǎo)：閱讀此文要注意把握圍繞“禮物”而貫穿文章的一條主線： “情緒”的變化―――自信→激動→失望→無奈→絕望。這種復(fù)雜而矛盾的心理變化旨在營造一種巨大而濃重的心理落差。同時(shí)，作者凄切哀婉、凝重感傷的文筆情調(diào)也是喚起我們心靈共鳴的落點(diǎn)和人間親情問題的關(guān)切與反思。

思想立意：親情是最珍貴的“禮物”。

31. B。此句是說把信件從the ground floor 拿到the second floor，bring up 意為“拿上來”。

32. A。此處是指在特別的“場合”，與下文34___空at other times 作對比。

33. C。此句是指老人堅(jiān)信女兒“一定不會”忘記自己的生日。

34. D。從下文可知Myra 由于工作繁忙，平常“很少”給媽媽寫信。

35. B。最愛的女兒Enid 的離去自然是一件不幸的事情。

36. C。“人生70 古來稀”，80 歲生日自然尤為“特別”。

37. A。前后分句是一種“讓步”關(guān)系。

38. C。此時(shí)老人的心情是“自豪的”“堅(jiān)信的”，下文的描寫可見一斑。

39. D。體會語段中語境詞匯的集中描寫可知，老人的臉上蕩漾著激動的笑容。brighten 露出喜色,快樂起來。

40. A。參考上一空解釋。

41. D。此句是指老人久久地站在門口，眺望著“禮物”的到來。

42. B。該詞是一種夸張的表達(dá)，旨在體現(xiàn)老人無法掩飾的因迫切而慌亂的激動的心情。

43. C。此句是指老人的心情有“狂亂的興奮”跌之“沉重的失望”，是修辭上的一種對比。英語試題答案及評分參考第 4 頁（共9 頁）

44. A。此句是指老人自我解嘲、自我安慰的一種無奈的表達(dá)，同時(shí)也暗含著一絲苦澀的最后的期盼。所以才告誡自己還要“耐心一點(diǎn)兒”。

45. D。此句是指老人對自己期盼的“禮物”非常失望，因此不想情愿打開它。A 項(xiàng)是動作描寫，與老人年齡不得體；C 項(xiàng)與整個(gè)文風(fēng)那種“凝重的”氛圍相悖。

46. B。文中的paper 就是cheque，從下文的描寫可知答案。

47. C。由后一句可知。

48. A。綜合考慮老人此時(shí)的心情和神態(tài)可知，她拾起支票的姿勢應(yīng)是“彎腰”。Struggle 是一個(gè)中性詞匯，不能體現(xiàn)身體的姿勢。

49. D。 lovely 表現(xiàn)的是一種強(qiáng)烈的諷刺效果，增強(qiáng)了語言的表現(xiàn)力。如果選擇A、B 項(xiàng)會是語言的色調(diào)索然無味，黯淡無光。

50. B。結(jié)合全文所有修飾老人心情、神態(tài)、動作的修飾語可知答案。