During the last fifteen years of my mother"s life she suffered with Alzheimer"s
题型：不详难度：来源：
During the last fifteen years of my mother"s life she suffered with Alzheimer"s disease (老年性痴呆). Until then she had been a bright, ____ woman deeply interested and involved in the world around her. I would go home to visit her in Virginia and she would look at me in a(an) ____ way and ask, "Who are you?" I would answer, "I"m your son." "Where do you live?" She would ask. "In California," I would tell her. "Isn"t that interesting," she would say, "I have a son in California."
She seemed ____ forgetful and confused at the beginning of the disease, ____ later on she would go ___ periods of intense anxiety. She would pace through the house she had lived in most of her life ____ uneasily that she wanted to go home. Or she would leave home and wander away if she were ____ for a short time.
Hoping to please her and put her mind ____ I would take her for a drive, visiting sites where she had lived as a ____. In the yard of the hillside house in Shipman I sat in the car and admired the view of the old oaks and long green lawn. I ____ my mother there was a little girl playing with the pet lamb she had been so fond of. I looked to her for some ____. She shook her head and said, "I want to go home."
Over the years I have decided that what my mother was calling home was not a ____, but a time. I suspect it was a time when she was much ____, when her children were still underfoot, when her husband was still vigorous and attentive.
Watching my mother"s suffering set me wondering ____ I would have in mind if someday I couldn"t find ____ and wanted to go there. In this family we tend to be long-lived and we grow fuzzy (糊涂的) minded as the years go by. At eighty I have already noticed some ____ symptoms. My doctor says the forgetfulness is only ____ and that it comes with age. Still the fear of Alzheimer"s is haunting there. Someday ____ and when I become even more ____ minded than I am now, unable to drive and unable to tell you where "home" is, my dear son, I expect I will ask you to take me home, I know you will do your best to find the place I need to be. I leave these notes for your ____.
| 小题1: | | A．accessible | B．cheerful | C．hopeful | D．considerate |
|
| 小题2: | | A．excited | B．doubtful | C．puzzled | D．amazed |
|
| 小题3: | | A．greatly | B．hardly | C．totally | D．simply |
|
| 小题5: | | A．with | B．through | C．by | D．over |
|
| 小题6: | | A．declaring | B．suggesting | C．crying | D．commenting |
|
| 小题7: | | A．unsettled | B．unattended | C．unconcerned | D．uninspired |
|
| 小题8: | | A．in place | B．under control | C．in order | D．at ease |
|
| 小题9: | | A．lady | B．student | C．child | D．mother |
|
| 小题10: | | A．told | B．pictured | C．stated | D．encouraged |
|
| 小题11: | | A．response | B．smile | C．reasons | D．answers |
|
| 小题12: | | A．name | B．dream | C．symbol | D．place |
|
| 小题13: | | A．prettier | B．younger | C．happier | D．healthier |
|
| 小题14: | | A．that | B．where | C．which | D．when |
|
| 小题15: | | A．memory | B．passion | C．home | D．way |
|
| 小题16: | | A．deadly | B．alarming | C．interesting | D．allergic |
|
| 小题17: | | A．natural | B．special | C．rare | D．unique |
|
| 小题18: | | A．if | B．what | C．until | D．whether |
|
| 小题19: | | A．mechanical | B．cloudy | C．clear | D．stubborn |
|
| 小题20: | | A．appreciation | B．satisfaction | C．guidance | D．convenience |
|
|
答案
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:B
小题6:C
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:B
小题11:A
小题12:D
小题13:B
小题14:B
小题15:C
小题16:B
小题17:A
小题18:A
小题19:B
小题20:C |
解析
试题分析：文章介绍作者看见自己的妈妈得了老年痴呆，找不到自己的家，很痛苦，作者联想自己的老年，指导儿子以后自己老年痴呆了，儿子该怎么做。
小题1:考查形容词：A. accessible易接近的，B. cheerful愉快的，C. hopeful有希望的，D. considerate考虑周到的，和bright并列，说明妈妈一直是愉快的，对周围的事物感兴趣的人，选B
小题2:考查形容词：A. excited兴奋的，B. doubtful怀疑的，C. puzzled困惑的，D. amazed惊人的，因为妈妈得了老年痴呆症，所以是：困惑的看着作者，选C
小题3:考查副词：A. greatly大大地，B. hardly几乎不，C. totally完全，D. simply简单地，只是，从后面的句子：可知妈妈后来是很焦虑，说明一开始只是健忘，选D
小题4:考查连词：A. but但是，B. so因此，C. and并且D. though虽然，前面说妈妈开始就是健忘，后面说焦虑，是转折关系，选A
小题5:考查词组：go. Through经历，说明妈妈会经历紧张焦虑，选B
小题6:考查动词：A. declaring宣布，B. suggesting建议，C. crying哭，D. commenting评论，从前面的she would go through periods of intense anxiety.可知妈妈会焦虑的叫喊要回家，选C
小题7:考查形容词：A. unsettled没有安定，B. unattended没有人照料，C. unconcerned不关心，D. uninspired没有受到鼓舞，妈妈在没有人照料的时候会离开家，选B
小题8:考查词组：A. in place在适当的位置，B. under control被控制，C. in order秩序井然，D. at ease轻松，从前面的句子：Hoping to please her可知是希望妈妈高兴，思想放轻松，选D
小题9:考查名词：A. lady女士，B. student学生，C. child孩子，D. mother妈妈，从后面的句子：my mother there as a little girl playing with the pet lamb可知作者会带妈妈去以前是孩子的时候住的地方，选C
小题10:考查动词：A. told告诉，B. pictured绘图，描述，C. stated陈述，D. encouraged鼓励，作者描述妈妈还是小女孩的情境。选B
小题11:考查名词：A. response回复，B. smile微笑，C. reasons原因，D. answers答案，从后面的She shook her head可知作者看着妈妈想得到回答，选A
小题12:考查名词：A. name名字，B. dream梦想，C. symbol象征，D. place地方，从前面的calling home可知妈妈说的家，不是一个地方，而是一段时间，选D
小题13:考查形容词：A. prettier更漂亮，B. younger更年轻，C. happier更快乐，D. healthier更健康，从后面的句子：when her children were still underfoot, when her husband was still vigorous and attentive.可知是妈妈年轻的时候，选B
小题14:考查连接词：从后面的wanted to go there.可知作者想如果以后自己找不到家了，会记住哪里，选B
小题15:考查名词：A. memory记忆，B. passion热情，C. home家，D. way路，从前面妈妈的话"I want to go home."可知作者想如果以后自己找不到家了，选C
小题16:考查形容词：A. deadly致命的，B. alarming使人害怕的，扰乱人心的C. interesting有趣的，D. allergic过敏的，从前面的句子：In this family we tend to be long-lived and we grow fuzzy (糊涂的) minded as the years go by.可知这些症状是让人害怕的，选B
小题17:考查形容词：A. natural自然的，B. special特殊的，C. rare罕见的，D. unique独特的，从后面的句子：that it comes with age.可知这些症状是随着年龄的增长自然的到来，选A
小题18:考查连词：A. if如果，B. what什么C. until 直到，D. whether是否，句意：如果或当我思维糊涂了，找不到家了，我希望我叫你带我回家，选A
小题19:考查形容词：A. mechanical机械的，B. cloudy多云的，模糊不清的，C. clear清楚的，D. stubborn固执的，从前面的句子：In this family we tend to be long-lived and we grow fuzzy (糊涂的) minded as the years go by.可知作者假设以后会更加糊涂，选B
小题20:考查名词：A. appreciation 欣赏，感激，B. satisfaction满意，C. guidance指导，D. convenience方便，从前面的句子：I expect I will ask you to take me home, I know you will do your best to find the place I need to be.可知作者是给儿子指导，以后自己老年痴呆了，怎么做，选C |
举一反三
As we all know, some people get thirsty not for water. They are thirsty to ____a dream or to make something different. I think it is those people who are eager for ____ with an unquenchable (不能磨灭的) thirst who, ____, are likely to be most satisfied with their lives.
Author Napoleon Hill said, “____ is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, ____ a strong desire which transcends (超越) everything.” He is really ____ a deep thirst.
Alan C. Elliott tells in his book A Daily Does of the American Dream about a five-year study that was undertaken to ____ what made some people extraordinarily successful. The study consisted of detailed research into the ____ of 120 of the nation’s top artists, athletes, and scholars.
He reports that the researcher was ____ to find that natural abilities played only a small part in the ____ of those individuals. But research found that they ____ a powerful thirst to succeed. They practiced the piano four hours every day, ___ well before school in the morning to practice swimming or running, or spent much time ____ (time they could have spent hanging out with friends) working on science projects or painting.
Parental support was also a key factor. ____ of these extraordinarily thirsty young people helped out, ____ their children to great ideas and influential persons. Many sacrificed to ensure that their children received ____training. But in the end, it was their children’s ____ that made the difference.
The principle ____ adults, too. If you want to be more successful, the question you might first ask yourself is, “How thirsty am I?” Your ____ in any field you choose, anything you want to be or anything you want to do will ____ your answer to that simple question.
| 小题1: | | A．search | B．realize | C．understand | D．enter |
|
| 小题2: | | A．anything | B．everything | C．nothing | D．something |
|
| 小题3: | | A．in the end | B．for example | C．by the way | D．on the contrary |
|
| 小题4: | | A．Determination | B．Courage | C．Desire | D．Convince |
|
| 小题6: | | A．building up | B．suffering from | C．looking for | D．talking about |
|
| 小题7: | | A．predict | B．discover | C．wonder | D．question |
|
| 小题8: | | A．tasks | B．jobs | C．lives | D．games |
|
| 小题9: | | A．surprised | B．satisfied | C．frightened | D．disappointed |
|
| 小题10: | | A．failure | B．history | C．procedure | D．development |
|
| 小题11: | | A．abandoned | B．possessed | C．offered | D．required |
|
| 小题12: | | A．stood | B．stayed | C．rose | D．fell |
|
| 小题13: | | A．alone | B．awake | C．alive | D．alike |
|
| 小题14: | | A．Teachers | B．Managers | C．Friends | D．Parents |
|
| 小题15: | | A．passing | B．exposing | C．devoting | D．throwing |
|
| 小题16: | | A．ordinary | B．cruel | C．good | D．physical |
|
| 小题17: | | A．thirst | B．anger | C．worry | D．fortune |
|
| 小题18: | | A．stands for | B．turns to | C．goes against | D．applies to |
|
| 小题19: | | A．success | B．loss | C．salary | D．result |
|
| 小题20: | | A．carry on | B．insist on | C．depend on | D．bring on |
|
|
Pete Rose was a great baseball player. Though I have never met him, he taught me something that changed my life.
Pete was being in spring training the year he was about to break Ty Cobb"s all-time hits record. Suddenly one reporter asked him, "Pete, you only need 78 hits to reach your nearest . How many at-bats（击球）do you think it"ll take you to get the 78 hits？" Without hesitation, Pete just at the reporter and said,"78." The reporter yelled back, "Ah, come on, Pete, you don"t think you"ll get 78 hits in 78 at-bats, do you？"
Mr. Rose calmly his philosophy（哲理，观点） with the reporters who were waiting for his reply to the claim. "Every time I up to the plate（击球区），I to get a hit! I have it in mind，I have no right to step into the batter"s（击球手）box! It is expectation that has enabled me to get all of the hits in the first place."
When I thought about Pete Rose"s and how it applied to everyday ，I felt a little embarrassed. As a business person，I was hoping to increase my . As a father，l was hoping to be a good dad. As a married man，I was hoping to be a good husband. The truth was that I was a fairly good salesperson，I was not so a father，and I was an okay husband. I immediately decided that being okay was not ! I wanted to be a great salesperson，a great father and a great husband. I my attitude to a positive one，and the results were .I was fortunate enough to win a few sales trips，I won Coach of the Year in my baseball league，and I share a loving relationship with my wife，Karen，with whom I am to enjoy the rest of my life!
，Mr. Rose!
| 小题1: | | A．reliable | B．enjoyable | C．valuable | D．unbelievable |
|
| 小题2: | | A．admired | B．interviewed | C．watched | D．trained |
|
| 小题3: | | A．decision | B．record | C．level | D．goal |
|
| 小题4: | | A．stared | B．shouted | C．glared | D．pointed |
|
| 小题5: | | A．enjoyed | B．shared | C．discussed | D．reviewed |
|
| 小题6: | | A．anxiously | B．nervously | C．cheerfully | D．impatiently |
|
| 小题7: | | A．climb | B．jump | C．drive | D．step |
|
| 小题8: | | A．seem | B．fail | C．expect | D．compete |
|
| 小题9: | | A．Though | B．Unless | C．Because | D．When |
|
| 小题10: | | A．sudden | B．simple | C．positive | D．considerate |
|
| 小题11: | | A．plan | B．idea | C．ability | D．behaviour |
|
| 小题12: | | A．agenda | B．exercise | C．work | D．life |
|
| 小题13: | | A．sales | B．skills | C．experiences | D．experiments |
|
| 小题15: | | A．explicit | B．helpful | C．enough | D．practical |
|
| 小题16: | | A．changed | B．added | C．devoted | D．contributed |
|
| 小题17: | | A．hopeful | B．amazing | C．funny | D．disappointing |
|
| 小题18: | | A．son"s | B．wife"s | C．friend"s | D．customer"s |
|
| 小题19: | | A．supposed | B．expected | C．encouraged | D．determined |
|
| 小题20: | | A．Good luck | B．Best regards | C．Thanks | D．Congratulations |
|
|
Being on the road at 3:15 a. m. to drive 450 kms wasn’t in my plans for the weekend. I had been looking forward to a couple of ____ days to prepare myself for the following busy ___ .
My son, Simon, and his good friends were heading for the ___ . Due to the last- minute issue with transportation, I __ my car to ensure that everyone could get to the point so that they could get together and enjoy their week’s ____ by snowboarding and skiing.
The only thing that ____ to me on my journey was that no sooner had I ____ and said goodbye than I would make the trip ____，in total, a round trip of 900 kms in just 10 hours. Such a long drive in one day was frightening, __ as I was looking forward to relaxation
Simon and I ___，on our way，a little about his break and a whole lot of his school subjects. It was great to have this time with him as we ____ spent five continuous hours together，other than when we played Saturday cricket (板球).
On my return trip, I ____a strange sense of loneliness in some heavy morning ____. Within an hour it ____. I spent the next four hours listening to some CDs and enjoying the scenery. Surprisingly, after my long trip home I was refreshed and energized even though I was physically exhausted. And I knew that I would have a(n) ____ sleep that evening.
A change ____ your environment, no matter how great, can provide you with the opportunity to _ something from different angles, as well as to be refreshed and energized
Now I’m looking forward to my next event and many more opportunities to spend quality time with those who are important to me and make my life more rewarding.
| 小题1: | | A．surprising | B．exciting | C．moving | D．relaxing |
|
| 小题3: | | A．hotel | B．beach | C．snowfield | D．school |
|
| 小题4: | | A． fueled | B．offered | C．parked | D．lent |
|
| 小题5: | | A．drop-off | B．kick-off | C．get-off | D．take-off |
|
| 小题6: | | A．freedom | B．break | C．adventure | D．excitement |
|
| 小题7: | | A．occurred | B．happened | C．appeared | D．appealed |
|
| 小题8: | | A．rested | B．started | C．arrived | D．left |
|
| 小题9: | | A．back | B．forward | C．out | D．away |
|
| 小题10: | | A．even | B．just | C．particularly | D．mostly |
|
| 小题11: | | A．talked | B．quarreled | C．complained | D．argued |
|
| 小题12: | | A．constantly | B．rarely | C．frequently | D．usually |
|
| 小题13: | | A．developed | B．showed | C．lost | D．kept |
|
| 小题15: | | A．turned | B．shone | C．froze | D．cleared |
|
| 小题16: | | A．greatly | B．mentally | C．immediately | D．completely |
|
| 小题17: | | A．sound | B．uneasy | C．uncomfortable | D．light |
|
| 小题19: | | A．give up | B．look at | C．find out | D．carry on |
|
| 小题20: | | A．planned | B．discussed | C．prepared | D．unexpected |
|
|
I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked up at me and said, “I __ you.” I did not ___ what to say, and I just stood there, looking ____ at him. My first ____ was that he _____need help with his homework. Then I asked, “What was that all ___?”
“Nothing,” he said, “My teacher said we should tell our parents we love them and ____ what they say.”
The next day I called his teacher to __ more about what my son said and how the other parents had reacted（ 反应 ）. “Most of the fathers had the ___ response as you did,” the teacher said, ”When I first _____ that we try this, I asked the children ____ they thought their parents ____ say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble.”
Then the teacher ____ , “ I want my students to know that feeling love is an important part of _____. I’m trying to tell them it’s too bad that we don’t express (表达) our feelings. A boy _____ tell his father or mother he loves him or her.” The teacher understands that sometimes it is_____ for some of us to say something that is good for us to say.
That evening when my son___ to me, I took him in my arms and held ___ for a longer moment, saying, “Hey, I love you, ____.” I don’t know if saying that made ____ of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good.
| 小题1: | | A．hate | B．love | C．like | D．enjoy |
|
| 小题2: | | A．realize | B．recognize | C．know | D．find |
|
| 小题4: | | A．thought | B．meaning | C．news | D．reason |
|
| 小题5: | | A．must | B．should | C．could | D．would |
|
| 小题6: | | A．for | B．with | C．around | D．about |
|
| 小题7: | | A．test | B．know | C．understand | D．see |
|
| 小题8: | | A．talk to | B．chat with | C．find out | D．do with |
|
| 小题9: | | A．same | B．different | C．usual | D．unusual |
|
| 小题10: | | A．allowed | B．agreed | C．planned | D．suggested |
|
| 小题11: | | A．how | B．whether | C．when | D．what |
|
| 小题12: | | A．would | B．will | C．could | D．can |
|
| 小题13: | | A．explained | B．prepared | C．informed | D．developed |
|
| 小题14: | | A．study | B．work | C．health | D．body |
|
| 小题15: | | A．might | B．can | C．should | D．need |
|
| 小题16: | | A．easy | B．difficult | C．crazy | D．silly |
|
| 小题17: | | A．turned | B．shouted | C．went | D．came |
|
| 小题19: | | A．either | B．too | C．also | D．again |
|
| 小题20: | | A．all | B．either | C．none | D．neither |
|
|
A man and his girlfriend got married. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.
A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a proposal, “I read in a magazine about how we can our marriage. Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit with the other. Then, we can talk about how we can them together and make our lives happier together.”
The husband . So each of them went to a(n) room and thought about the things that annoyed them about the other for the rest of the day.
The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided that they would go over their .
“ I’ll start,” offered the wife. She her list. It had many items on it, enough to fill 3 pages. After the wife had read all three pages to her husband, the husband seated, “I don’t have anything on my list. I think that you are perfect the that you are. I don’t want you to anything for me.”
The wife, touched by his honesty by his depth of his love for her and his of her, turned her head and wept.
In life, there are enough times when we are disappointed, depressed and annoyed. We don’t really have to go for them. We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why waste time seeking the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can look around us, and see the wonderful things before us?
| 小题1: | | A．enrich | B．strengthen | C．lengthen | D．deepen |
|
| 小题2: | | A．annoying | B．surprising | C．satisfying | D．inspiring |
|
| 小题4: | | A．smiled | B．refused | C．agreed | D．hesitated |
|
| 小题5: | | A．spare | B．separate | C．empty | D．special |
|
| 小题6: | | A．dishes | B．magazines | C．lives | D．lists |
|
| 小题7: | | A．put away | B．handed in | C．took out | D．wrote down |
|
| 小题8: | | A．disappointedly | B．unluckily | C．bitterly | D．quietly |
|
| 小题9: | | A．appearance | B．way | C．situation | D．position |
|
| 小题10: | | A．change | B．accept | C．decide | D．drop |
|
| 小题11: | | A．advice | B．warning | C．acceptance | D．pride |
|
| 小题12: | | A．leaving | B．waiting | C．asking | D．looking |
|
|
最新试题
热门考点