Question

Lose-Win is weak. It’s easy to get stepped on. It’s easy to be the nice guy. It’s easy to give in, all in the name of being a peacemaker.
A girl named Jenny once told me about her  16  in the world of Lose-Win during her eighth-grade year before she finally broke  17 :
My  18  with my mom all started one day  19  she said to me sarcastically (諷刺地) “Wow, you’re surely lively today.” I  20  it so literally (字面地) that then and there I decided to close off from her and never  21  back to her. So every time she would say something  22  I disagreed with her I would just say. “Okay, 23 you want, Mom.” But I really got cold quickly. And my 24 began to build. One night I talked to my mom about the school homework and she said, “Oh, that’s  25 ” and then went back to mop the floor.
“Don’t you ever  26 ?” I thought. But I didn’t say anything and stormed off. She had no idea I was  27 upset. She would have been willing to talk to me had I  28  her bow important it was to me.
At last I just blew up. “Mom, this has got to  29 . You tell me everything you want me to do and I just do it because it’s  30  than if fighting. Well, I’m sick of it.” This all came as a  31  to her.
After my blow up, we felt like we were  32  all over in our relationship. But it’s getting better all the lime. We discuss things now and I always  33  my feelings with her.
If you adopt Lose-Win as your basic  34  toward life, then people will wipe their dirty feet on you. You’ll also be  35  your true feelings deep inside. And that’s not healthy.
16. A. wanderings      B. disappointment         C. lessons           D. helplessness
17. A. out             B. down                       C. up            D. free
18. A. relationship      B. problems                  C. quarrels        D. improvement
19. A. as             B. since                        C. when          D. before
20. A. regarded        B. treated                 C. received       D. took
21. A. fight          B. struggle                    C. talk           D. turn
22. A. even if         B. only if                            C. which         D. as though
23. A. however        B. whatever                  C. so much       D. too much
24. A. coldness        B. anger                       C. disagreement     D. hope
25. A. true           B. impossible                C. nice          D. important
26. A. care           B. see                           C. say           D. listen
27. A. also           B. still                          C. even          D. already
28. A. warned            B. shown                      C. asked         D. told
29. A. end            B. change                            C. last            D. stop
30. A. worse          B. easier                       C. more          D. less
31. A. surprise         B. pleasure                   C. gift          D. harm
32. A. going          B. starting                    C. thinking         D. reviewing
33. A. share          B. have                        C. discuss         D. improve
34. A. way                 B. method                    C. attitude         D. theory
35. A. hurting          B. waking                     C. storing         D. hiding

Answer 1

16-20 ADBCD 21-25 CABBC 26-30 ACDBB 31-35 ABACD

16．A。通過下文看，Jenny講述了自己從忍氣吞聲到最終擺脫出來的過程。而在此過程中，她經歷了從妥協到氣憤以最后跟媽媽理論爭得尊嚴的過程。因此，選“徘徊”最能說明這個過程。
17．D。break free“掙脫；獲得心靈、精神上的解放”，符合最終Jenny爭得自己尊嚴的結果。本題不能想當然憑搭配關系去選擇答案。break out“戰爭、爭吵、火災等爆發”；break down“出故障”；break up“破裂、關系等中斷”。
18．B。從后文看，這兒指的是我跟媽媽的“問題、矛盾”的出現。A項“關系”不符合邏輯，不能說我跟媽媽的關系是從某一天開始的。
19．C。when引導定語從句，修飾前面的名詞day，作狀語。
20．D。take此處意思是“接受，理解”，此處指我并未真正了解媽媽對她的諷刺口吻，僅僅是理解了她所說的話的字面意義。
21．C。talk back“還嘴，頂嘴”，此處指我決定忍氣吞聲，不跟媽媽頂嘴。
22．A。even if引導讓步狀語從句，當“即使”講，此處意為：即使媽媽說的不對，也不去頂撞她。
23．B。此處指我總是不頂撞媽媽，媽媽說什么就是什么，因此用whatever“無論什么”，意即：你說什么都行。
24．B。此處指我總是不頂撞媽媽，但內心的怒氣在聚集。
25．C。從下文我生氣可知，此處指媽媽敷衍我的話，意為“好啊”，表現出媽媽對我的學業漠不關心。
26．A。care“關心，在乎”，此處我在內心里發問：媽媽關心過我嗎?
27．C。even此處用來加強語氣。進一步說明媽媽對我漠不關心，意為：她甚至不知道我生氣了。
28．D。此處句子結構是虛擬語氣，假如我告訴媽媽，她會明白學業對我來說有多么重要。
29．B。我最后終于爆發，對媽媽說：“這一切需要改變了。”我不能再忍氣吞聲了。
30．B。我在申訴：“我忍氣吞聲總比與你發生爭執對大家來說更容易。”
31．A。表示媽媽沒有預料到我會這么生氣，而且向她申訴。surprise用作可數名詞，當“令人吃驚的事情”講。
32．B。表示我和媽媽的關系有了新的“開端”。start all over表示“重新開始”。
33．A。share ... with ... 與媽媽分享(交流)自己的感情，符合題意和搭配。
34．C。后面的介詞是toward，因此只有選“態度”才符合題意。
35．D。我最后發表議論，“忍氣吞聲”，把自己的真實感情“隱藏”起來對健康不利。