Question

 It’s hard being an astronaut’s son. I 1     ,everybody expects you to be special or 2     ,and I'm just an average student,and I’m average,too,when it 3        basketball,football,soccer,and baseball.

  I often wonder 4        my father ever had a son like me. I mean he’s so 5        and so good at everything. So I used to dream about doing something spectacular to 6        my father and make him 7        me.

  In one class,my teacher 8 a Father’s Day essay contest for us and the winners’ essays would be read in front of all the parents and students. After school I walked home,9     my father,who I would write about in my essay.

  He sat with me in the 10        when I was a little kid and had a nightmare. He 11        me with a new puppy at my eighth birthday party. He sat and tried to 12        death to me when Grandpa Bob died. To me,he wasn’t a world-famous astronaut,just my dad.

  I wrote about all these 13        in my essay.

  One of our neighbours said, “I 14        you’ll win the contest,David. You’re the only one in town who could write about being the son of an astronaut. ” I 15        I hadn’t shown anyone the essay,but now I almost hoped I wouldn’t win. I didn’t want to win just 16        my father was an astronaut.

  I won the second prize. When I finished reading my essay,the 17      applauded. I saw my father blowing his nose. I went back to my seat.

  Dad nodded to me,18        his throat,and put his hand on my shoulder. “Son,this is the 19        moment of my life,” he said.

  It was the proudest moment of my life,too. Maybe I’ll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize,but just then,it was 20        just to be my father’s son.

(   ) 1. A. mean   B. say

       C. know   D. believe

(   ) 2. A. strange   B. honest

       C. perfect   D. formal

(   ) 3. A. refers to   B. relates with

       C. talks about   D. comes to

(   ) 4. A. why   B. how

       C. whether   D. when

(   ) 5. A. normal   B. funny

       C. special   D. unique

(   ) 6. A. shock   B. influence

       C. attract   D. impress

(   ) 7. A. proud of   B. interested in

       C. satisfied with   D. ashamed of

(   ) 8. A. reported   B. announced

       C. claimed   D. warned

(   ) 9. A. caring about   B. worrying about

      C. thinking about   D. complaining about

(   ) 10. A. silence   B. threat

       C. horror   D. dark

(   ) 11. A. pleased   B. astonished

       C. supported   D. encouraged

(   ) 12. A. describe   B. explain

       C. declare   D. remark

(   ) 13. A. experiments   B. incidents

       C. details   D. memories

(   ) 14. A. wish   B. guess

       C. bet   D. promise

(   ) 15. A. smiled   B. nodded

       C. doubted   D. shrugged

(   ) 16. A. because   B. if

       C. while   D. as

(   ) 17. A. parents   B. audience

       C. students   D. teachers

(   ) 18. A. cleaned   B. blew

       C. cleared   D. opened

(   ) 19. A. best   B. proudest

       C. finest   D. greatest

(   ) 20. A. natural   B. honourable

       C. important   D. enough

Answer 1

[文章大意]雖然有一個當宇航員的父親，但生活并不是容易的，人們都期盼你與眾不同。在一次作文比賽中，作者沒有寫一個當宇航員的父親，而是寫了一個生活中的父親，但父親卻為此感到自豪。

1. A用mean來解釋前一句的意思。

2. C此處perfect意為"杰出的，完美的"。句意：每個人都認為你應該與眾不同或者完美。

3. D此處when it comes to意為"說到，談到"，為固定搭配。需要注意的是，這里it為形式主語。

4. B句意："我"有時候會想，父親怎么會有"我"這樣的兒子呢？

5. C句意："我"是指父親是如此特別，擅長任何事。

6. D此處impress意為"給人以深刻的印象"。

7. A句意："我"過去常夢想著能夠做出特別的事情來給父親留下印象，并讓他為"我"驕傲。

8. B此處announce意為"宣布"。老師向我們宣布了一件事，即讓我們寫關于父親的作文。

9. C放學回家的時候，作者想著父親的一切，決定該寫些什么。 

10. D此處dark對應nightmare。 

11. A作者八歲生日時，父親買回小狗，來使作者髙興。 

12. B作者的父親向他解釋死亡。 

13. D此空上面的四句話都屬于作者的回憶。 

14. C此處bet意為"打睹"。鄰居確信作者會得獎，因為他是唯一一個可以寫自己有一個宇航員父親的人。 

15. D此處shrug意為"聳肩"，表示不置可否或不同意。 

16. A作者不想因為自己父親是宇航員才獲獎。 

17. B當"我"讀完文章時，下面的觀眾都為"我"鼓掌。 

18. C父親清了一下喉嚨。這里說明父親借此來掩飾自己的激動。 

19. B這是作者的父親一生中最自豪的時刻。文章中最后一段的首句也有暗示。 

20. D也許將來永遠不能成為英雄或獲得諾貝爾獎，但能作為父親的兒子就足夠了。