(2009年湖南三十二校联考)Valentine’s Day was the time my father chose to show his love for the special people in his life. Over the years I fondlythought 1 him as my “Valentine man ． My first recollection of the 2 he could bring to Valentine’s Day came when I was six. That morning at the breakfast table I found a card and a giftwrapped package at my chair. The card was 3 “Love, Dad and the gift was a ring with a small piece of red glass to 4 my birthstone, a ruby. There is 5 difference between red glass and rubies to a child of six, and I remember 6 that ring with pride that all the cards in the world 7 not surpass． 8 I grew older, the gifts gave 9 to heartshaped boxes filled with my 10 chocolate and always included a 11 card signed “Love, Dad . In those years my thankyou became 12 of a perfunctoryresponse.The cards seemed less 13 . and I took it for granted that the Valentine would 14 be there. I had 15 my hopes and dreams in receiving cards and gifts from“significant others and “Love, Dad just didn’t seem quite 16 . His final card remains on my desk today. It’s a 17 of how special fathers can be and how important it has been to me over the years to know that I had a father who continued a 18 of love with simple acts of understanding and an ability to express happiness over the people in his life. Those things never 19 . nor does the memory of a man who never 20 being my valentine. 1.A.of B．about C．up D．over 解析:选A.think of...as...是固定短语.意为“把--视为/看作-- . 2．A.memory B．magic C．puzzle D．present 解析:选B.语境:我对情人节的记忆最早是从我六岁那年开始的.依据下文的描述可知.作者对这个情人节的记忆特别深刻.所以用magic来描述那种难以忘怀的感觉. 3．A.read B．written C．shown D．signed 解析:选D.卡片上有父亲的签名.该选项从第三段第一句中的“included a．..card signed`Love.Dad’ 可得到提示. 4．A.recover B．resemble C．represent D．replace 解析:选C.礼物是一个戒指.上面镶着一片红色的玻璃来代表我的诞生石--红宝石.其他选项不符合语境. 5．A.much B．little C．great D．less 解析:选B.依据下文的with pride可知.该处用little.对一个六岁的孩子而言.红玻璃和红宝石没有什么不同. 6．A.having B．owning C．wearing D．watching 解析:选C.表示佩戴首饰只能用wear. 7．A.could B．did C．must D．should 解析:选A.上文提及作者佩戴这个礼物时的自豪之情.所以这里选A.认为这是最好的.世界上所有的卡片都不能超过它. 8．A.Because B．Since C．When D．As 解析:选D.as在此处引导时间状语从句.意为“随着 . 9．A.room B．way C．honour D．seat 解析:选B.随着我年龄的增加.礼物变成装满了我最喜爱的巧克力的心形盒子.give way to是固定短语.意为“为--所代替 . 10．A.favorite B．lovely C．dear D．precious 解析:选A.该题可采用排除法.修饰巧克力不能用“可爱的,亲爱的,宝贵的 .但可以用“最喜爱的 . 11．A.usual B．common C．strange D．special 解析:选D.父亲的卡片是特殊的.特别的. 12．A.less B．little C．more D．much 解析:选C.该处语境为“而我的感谢越来越成为一种敷衍的回应 .从上下文可知.此处是与以前相对比. 13．A.important B．beautiful C．familiar D．standard 解析:选A.这些贺卡看起来似乎不再那么重要. 14．A.surely B．always C．regularly D．often 解析:选B.我想当然地认为情人节年年都有.正如此.才有了后文的不珍惜及上文提及的说感谢的话也成了敷衍的回应. 15．A.let B．kept C．placed D．remembered 解析:选C.我把希望和梦想放在收到那些来自“重要的其他人 的卡片和礼物上.place意为“放置.安放 .用在此处能反映出作者当时对父亲的爱的漠视. 16．A.suitable B．enough C．effective D．sacred 解析:选B.来自父亲的贺卡似乎远远不够.与上文的from “significant others 相照应. 17．A.signal B．certificate C．consequence D．reminder 解析:选D.父亲送我的最后一张卡片在提醒着我:父亲对子女的爱是多么特别又是多么重要.看到父亲的卡片.就想起了父亲和卡片的意义.所以这张卡片具有“提示 的功能.故选D. 18．A.tradition B．hobby C．habit D．custom 解析:选A.由上文可知.父亲一直都在这么做.所以用tradition. 19．A.lose B．die C．miss D．appear 解析:选B.语境:这些事情永远不会消逝.就如同我对一位男子的记忆.他永远是我的情人.这句话表达了女儿对父亲永远的怀念.die在此表“消逝 . 20．A.thought B．wanted C．tried D．stopped 解析:选D.stop doing sth.“停止做某事 符合语境.stop与上文提及的两个never正好照应. 【查看更多】
