I was off back to work one evening and my two children were sewing things on the sewing machine.My eleven?year?old daughter was.in the midst of her 1 .going to assist her elder brother in making a little cushion.I left.and in a few hours returned to find a mess in the kitchen.front room.and 2 children sitting in front of the television. Having had a long day.I was very 3 with my greeting to them and then I noticed the 4 my daughter had used.It had been 5 to make a coloured baby blanket.and now had chunkscut out of almost every 6 of it.Not stopping to listen.I 7 at the children and explained how 8 I was at what had been done. My daughter listened to me sheepishly.trying not to 9 herself at all.but the pain could be seen 10 across her face.She went back to her room 11 .and spent some time in it alone 12 she came out to say good night and once again 13 for the mistake she had made. A few hours later.as I was preparing to go to bed.there on my bed 14 a beautiful little cushion made out of the 15 fabric.with the words“I LOVE MUM ．Alongside it was a note 16 again. To this day.I still get tears in my eyes when I think of 17 I reacted and still feel the pain of my actions.It was I who 18 sheepishly went to her and apologized for my actions.I display with great 19 the cushion on my bed.and use it as a constant 20 that nothing in this world is greater than a child’s love. [解题导语] 作者一次鲁莽的责备.伤害了孩子的爱母之心.给作者留下了永久的心痛. 1．A.assignment B．project C．housework D．task 解析:选B.从下文可知她们不是在做功课或作业.因此assignment与task用在此处不妥.根据首句可知他们在缝纫机上缝制东西.因此选择project.在本文中它的含义是“a set of aims.ideas or activities that sb.is interested in or wants to bring to people’s attention 即指“让某人感兴趣的事 . 2．A.all B．neither C．both D．either 解析:选C.根据文章的首句中“my two children 可知选择both.表示他们都在看电视. 3．A.informal B．long C．unwilling D．short 解析:选D.be short with...的含义是“to speak to someone using very few words.in a way that seems rude or unfriendly 表示讲一些很简短并且听起来不是很有礼貌的话.符合句意:母亲劳累了一整天.连问候孩子的话都不想说很多. 4．A.tool B．wood C．material D．fibre 解析:选C.material材料.布料.符合题意. 5．A.invested B．bought C．kept D．stored 解析:选B.买这块布料的目的是用来做一个彩色婴儿毯.invest投资.不合题意,kept与stored是同义词.都不适合使用. 6．A.sort B．kind C．part D．piece 解析:选D.every piece表示“每一块布料 .符合题意. 7．A.exploded B．poured C．accused D．congratulated 解析:选A.看到布料被弄坏了.当然是非常恼火了.explode的意思是“to suddenly express strong feelings such as anger .符合题意. 8．A.glad B．disappointing C．excited D．angry 解析:选D.根据前面的explode可知这里使用angry.表示母亲解释她生气的原因. 9．A.protect B．defend C．control D．express 解析:选B.从本节内容可知.女儿没有为自己辩解.只是怯懦地听.因此选择defend辩护.符合题意. 10．A.passed B．sweeping C．painted D．written 解析:选B.虽然没有给自己辩护.可是她受到伤害的“痛 却在脸上掠过.sweep across her face从她的脸上掠过. 11．A.quietly B．shyly C．bitterly D．instantly 解析:选A.女儿受过训斥之后.不声不响地回到了她的房间.因此quietly符合题意. 12．A.after B．then C．before D．when 解析:选C.before表示“过了一段时间才-- .女儿独自在自己的房间里呆了一段时间才出来向母亲说晚安. 13．A.admitted B．cried C．accounted D．apologized 解析:选D.根据上一段可知女儿已经认识到自己的错误.这里女儿再次对此进行道歉.因此apologized符合题意. 14．A.rolled B．lay C．stood D．hung 解析:选B.从本句句意可知母亲看到了床上有一个漂亮的坐垫.lay是lie的过去式.意思是“躺.位于 符合题意.stood与there连用时常表示某处“耸立着.站立着 一个比较高大的事物. 15．A.stored B．broken C．forbidden D．destroyed 解析:选C.从上文可知这个坐垫正是用那些母亲不允许用的布料做的.因此选择forbidden. 16．A.apologizing B．apologized C．intended D．delighted 解析:选A.与坐垫放在一起的还有一个便条.不难看出便条上写的是道歉的话.从句子的结构可知这里使用的是非谓语动词.由于apologize是不及物动词.因此应该使用现在分词形式.在句中充当后置定语. 17．A.which B．what C．that D．how 解析:选D.想起当时自己的举动.母亲就内疚.reacted在句中是“反应 的意思.是不及物动词.因此选择how.表示当时处理问题的方式. 18．A.anyhow B．then C．otherwise D．later 解析:选B.意识到自己错怪了女儿之后.母亲向女儿道了歉.then表示时间上的顺承. 19．A.satisfaction B．regret C．pride D．care 解析:选C.因为坐垫包含了女儿对母亲的爱.因此母亲在展示它时总是很自豪. 20．A.sentence B．experience C．reminder D．lesson 解析:选C.reminder与constant连用时表示“不断使人想起--的事物 .这里指母亲用它来提醒自己不要忘记女儿给她的爱. 【查看更多】
