Question

Mom had lived in a nursing home for the past three and a half years, suffering the increasing effects of dementia(老年癡呆). They were tough years, actually   21  for us family members than for her, I believe. She suffered very little __22__ in those final years, less than she __23__ when living in her own home. This was because other people took better care of her than she did herself.

All dementia is not alike. Mom’s form   24  her short-term memory more than her long-term memory. By the time she went to the nursing home, her short-term memory was _25__ non-existent. We learned to _26___ our conversations with her to old things of the past. Usually, she could connect with these __27__ and seem to enjoy us __28___ about them. I noticed in her last year that her long-term memory was __29___., too. And it became ever more __30_ to engage her. In her last six months, we had very little __31___ of her responding, though a few times she __32__us. So, when we called her, we would just __33___ to tell her about our lives, things we were doing, things our children and grandchildren were doing. The __34__ would be short. We would tell her we loved her; she would either be __35__ or make some grunting(咕噥) sounds.

__36__ I expected Mom’s death, it was still bad news to hear. She is __37___. Even one-way conversations were more __38__ than no conversations.

So now, all we have are __39__ and a few physical items that were hers or gifts from her. On Mother’s Day this year we will send no __40__, no gift, make no call. But we will remember her.

1.                A．luckier         B．quicker         C．busier    D．harder

 

2.                A．worry          B．pain           C．noise D．fear

 

3.                A．reported       B．suggested       C．noticed   D．heard

 

4.                A．led            B．bothered       C．blamed   D．a(chǎn)ttacked

 

5.                A．never          B．a(chǎn)lmost          C．still  D．a(chǎn)gain

 

6.                A．give           B．practice        C．direct    D．pass

 

7.                A．schedules       B．experiences     C．data D．poisons

 

8.                A．hearing         B．a(chǎn)sking          C．caring    D．talking

 

9.                A．performing      B．finishing        C．failing    D．changing

 

10.               A．difficult        B．strange         C．necessary  D．hopeful

 

11.               A．opportunity     B．choice         C．expectation    D．sign

 

12.               A．promised       B．a(chǎn)nnoyed        C．fooled D．surprised

 

13.               A．plan           B．continue        C．happen   D．pretend

 

14.               A．voice          B．calls           C．treatments D．happiness

 

15.               A．disappointed    B．friendly        C．sure  D．silent

 

16.               A．Because        B．If             C．Though    D．But

 

17.               A．followed        B．left            C．lost   D．gone

 

18.               A．disturbing       B．relaxing        C．satisfying  D．challenging

 

19.               A．memories       B．hopes          C．rules D．excuses

 

20.               A．bill            B．card           C．problem   D．mail

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.C

12.D

13.A

14.B

15.D

16.C

17.D

18.C

19.A

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹媽媽患老年癡呆癥而去世，從文章的字里行間可以看出我對(duì)媽媽深深的愛。

1.D 形容詞辨析。A更幸運(yùn)B更快C更忙D更困難；對(duì)家人來說要比對(duì)她還要困難。

2.B 名詞辨析。A擔(dān)憂B痛苦C噪音D恐懼；在最后幾年里，她幾乎沒有遭受痛苦。

3.A 動(dòng)詞辨析。A報(bào)告B建議C注意D聽見；他遭受的痛苦少于住在自己放在里報(bào)告的痛苦。

4.D 動(dòng)詞辨析。A帶領(lǐng)B麻煩C責(zé)備D攻擊；指她的病影響的是她的短期記憶而不是長(zhǎng)期的。

5.B 副詞辨析。A從未B幾乎C仍然D再一次；她的短期記憶幾乎不存在了，都沒有了。

6.C 動(dòng)詞辨析。A給B練習(xí)C引導(dǎo)D通過；我們學(xué)會(huì)把對(duì)話引導(dǎo)到過去的事情上。

7.B 名詞辨析。A時(shí)間表B經(jīng)歷C數(shù)據(jù)D毒藥；她似乎能夠把這些經(jīng)歷聯(lián)系起來了。

8.D 動(dòng)詞辨析。A聽見B問C關(guān)心D交談；她似乎喜歡我們談?wù)撨@樣的事情。

9.C 動(dòng)詞辨析。A表現(xiàn)B完成C衰敗D改變；在最后的一年里，他的長(zhǎng)期記憶也衰敗了。

10.A 形容詞辨析。A困難的B奇怪C必要D有希望的；和她交流變得更困難。

11.C 名詞辨析。A機(jī)會(huì)B選擇C期待D征兆；我們對(duì)她的回應(yīng)沒有任何的期待。

12.D 動(dòng)詞辨析。A允諾B使…惱怒C愚弄D使…驚訝；有時(shí)候他也會(huì)給我們意外的驚喜。

13.A 動(dòng)詞辨析。A計(jì)劃B繼續(xù)C發(fā)生D假裝；我們計(jì)劃告訴她我們做的事情等。

14.B 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)上文的when we called說明這里是calls正確。

15.D 形容詞辨析。A失望B友好C確定D安靜；她要么保持安靜要么就是咕噥著。

16.C 連詞辨析。盡管我們已經(jīng)預(yù)料到她的去世了，但是聽到這個(gè)消息仍然讓人很難過。

17.D 形容詞辨析。Gone指去世了。指我的Mom換老年癡呆癥去世了。

18.C 形容詞辨析。A煩人的B放松的C讓人滿意的D挑戰(zhàn)的；有人說話總比沒人說話好。

19.A 名詞辨析。A記憶B希望C規(guī)則D借口；我們擁有的只是記憶和她留下的一些東西。

20.B 名詞辨析。A賬單B卡片C難題D郵件。在母親節(jié)這一天沒有可以送卡片的人。

考點(diǎn)：考查情感類短文

點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文介紹媽媽患老年癡呆癥而去世，主要測(cè)試學(xué)生綜合運(yùn)用語言的能力，即從語篇的角度綜合測(cè)試閱讀理解能力、詞匯的掌握和對(duì)英語習(xí)慣用語的熟悉程度、以及語法規(guī)則的靈活運(yùn)用。考生做題時(shí)必須時(shí)刻從上下文考慮，不應(yīng)該只看到所添的詞在短語或句子內(nèi)是否可行。因此，在做題時(shí)最好將全文通讀一下，了解了全文的意思以后再作答。