Question

The only thing that troubled me more than the pain in my back that morning was my worries about money. I’d been excited to visit my sister--Therese, but all I could think about was how I’d hurt my back and had to down my hours at work. Even with my savings, I wasn’t sure I’d have enough to cover the bills.

“Are you OK?” Therese asked.

“Yeah,” I said. “Just wish I could stop worrying about .”

“Why don’t we make Mom’s cake?” she said. “Mom to make this kind of cake for all of us. It will you up.”

It wasn’t easy being a single mom, raising eight of us kids with money, but that couldn’t bring Mom down. She got that spirit from our grandmother, who was never about the hardships(艰难，困苦). Also, Mom was good at use of food. She always found a way to include a special(特别的) treat on birthday or Christmas--a tasty cake with 43 eggs, milk or butter.

“ how we’d all run around the living room singing,‘eggless, milkless, butterless cake’?” Therese asked, laughing.

“Those were good times,” I said. We didn’t have money, we knew how to have together.

Thinking about the eight of us gathered around the kitchen table waiting for Mom to cut the cake my worries. Mom would make the cake extra for Christmas--a coin was put into the cake. “Whoever finds the in their cake can keep it and they won’t have to do housework for a week.”she would say.

My siblings﹙兄弟姐妹﹚and I are now separated from each other, but the cake still us.

“Cake’s done,” Therese said. I pulled it out of the oven(烤箱), then called everyone in. We gathered around the kitchen table, like old times.

“Feeling any ?” Therese asked.

“Yeah,” I said. I looked at the around the table, reminded once again that whatever hardships come my way I can do more than just get through them.

I can find in my life, even in a simple cake, and share it the ones I love.

1.A.breakB. passC. putD. cut

2.A.moneyB. businessC. timeD. health

3.A. usedB. hadC. gotD. enjoyed

4.A. wakeB. cheerC. bringD. pick

5.A. littleB. extraC. goodD. easy

6.A. facedB. upsetC. surprisedD. caught

7.A. gettingB. havingC. makingD. finding

8.A. manyB. someC. fewD. no

9.A. WonderB. ExplainC. RememberD. Understand

10.A. andB. butC. ifD. as

11.A. freedomB. performanceC. funD. dream

12.A. endedB. hidC. deepenedD. kept

13.A. specialB. roundC. heavyD. large

14.A. candleB. prizeC. butterD. secret

15.A. connectsB. challengesC .treatsD. interests

16.A. alsoB. somehowC. soD. just

17.A. fasterB. closerC. youngerD. better

18.A. platesB. guestsC. facesD. chairs

19.A. limitB. joyC. respectD. luck

20.A. forB. atC. withD. to

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.A

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.C

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.A

14.B

15.A

16.D

17.D

18.C

19.B

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：文章讲了一个关于亲情的感人故事。相比于背部的疼痛，作者担心的是钱的问题，作者的姐姐Therese带作者回忆儿时的情景，那时家里不富裕，但她们坚强的妈妈仍然把他们八个孩子都养大了。文章重点讲述了他们儿时吃蛋糕的事情，最后，作者重新振作了起来。

1.I’d hurt my back and had to down my hours at work作者背痛，这不得不让她减少工作时间，cut down减少，砍倒，故选D。

2.The only thing that troubled me ...was my worries about money”可知，作者担心的是钱的问题，故选A。

3.Mom to make this kind of cake for all of us妈妈过去常常为我们做这种蛋糕，used to do sth过去常常做某事，enjoy后跟动名词，排除D，故选A。

4.It will you up.一起做蛋糕会让你开心点，cheer sb up使某人振作起来，故选B。

5.It wasn’t easy being a single mom...”可知，作者的妈妈育他们七个孩子并非易事，作者姐姐提起母亲是为了安慰作者，可推测作者母亲当时没有太多的钱，故选A。

6.who was never about the hardships作者的母亲从祖母那里继承了吃苦的精神，没有什么艰难能打败祖母，be upset about sth对某事心烦意乱，故选B。

7.Mom was good at use of food妈妈善于利用食物，make use of sth使用某事，故选C。

8.a tasty cake with eggs, milk or butter一个没有用鸡蛋、牛奶和黄油做的蛋糕，根据or可知，句子是一个发否定句，排除A、B，milk和butter不可数，排除C。根据下一行“eggless, milkless, butterless cake”可知答案，故选D。

9.“ how we’d all run around the living room singing,‘eggless, milkless, butterless cake’?姐姐笑着问作者“还记得我们当时围着起居室跑着唱着‘没有鸡蛋、没有牛奶、没有黄油的蛋糕吗’？”，故选C。

10.We didn’t have money, we knew how to have我们当时没有钱，但是我们知道怎样玩的开心，故选B。

11.have together一起开心地玩，have fun玩得开心，故选C。

12.Thinking about the eight of us gathered around the kitchen table waiting for Mom to cut the cake my worries.回忆着小时候围在厨房等待妈妈切蛋糕的情形，作者的担心消失了，故选A。

13.a coin was put into the cake”可知，妈妈会在蛋糕里放一枚钱币，以使圣诞节时的蛋糕显得格外特别，故选A。

14.can keep it and they won’t have to do housework for a week无论是谁吃到那枚钱币，都可以据为己有且一周不用做家务，由此可见，这枚钱币是一个奖品，故选B。

15.My siblings﹙兄弟姐妹﹚and I are now separated from each other, but the cake still us.作者和兄弟姐妹现在各自分开了，但是吃蛋糕的记忆始终联系着彼此，故选A。

16.the eight of us gathered around the kitchen table”可知，作者他们围在餐桌周围，就像小时候一样，故选D。

17. “Feeling any ?” Therese asked.Therese问作者“感觉好点了吗？”，根据前文可知，作者的担心减少了很多，故选D。

18.I looked at the around the table作者看着围在桌子周围的兄弟姐妹的脸庞，根据上面两行“then called everyone in”可知，围在桌子周围的是人而非仅仅是椅子，故选C。

19.I can find in my life, even in a simple cake,作者重拾儿时的记忆，坚定了不畏惧困难的信心，她认为自己能从生活中找到欢乐，就像儿时一块简单的蛋糕一样，故选B。

20.and share it the ones I love和爱的人分享欢乐，share sth with sb和某人分享某物，故选C。

考点：亲情类短文阅读