Question

【题目】阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

One cold evening in winter, I asked my dear mother, “Mum, what were you like when you were at my age?” She looked up, 1at my question.
After a long time, she answered, “Polly, why did you ask me that? Well, you see, I was not so lucky as you. In our times, there was only one 2for girls－being a hard-working woman. To tell you the truth, I 3 my mother, your grandmother, when I was growing up. I did so much for her, but not once did she ever said, 'thank you'.”
And then, Mother went on, “I had always wanted to hear a word of 4 from her, but I got only the family rules and wishes I could never manage. During those years, she 5 me to get up at six every morning and cook breakfast. She often 6 me with other girls, who were as 7 as me, and found my mistakes.”
“Nothing was ever 8 enough for my mother,” continued my mother, “but now I know she did 9 me, even if she never said so. Polly, like your grandmother, I love all my children, and you are everything to me. I have been very strict and hard on you, but I am raising you in the only 10 I knew.”
（1）A.excited B.disappointed C.surprised
（2）A.job B.event C.concern
（3）A.hated B.loved C.respected
（4）A.honesty B.importance C.praise
（5）A.encouraged B.forced C.advised
（6）A.compared B.matched C.explained
（7）A.old B.bad C.strict
（8）A.interesting B.useful C.good
（9）A.support B.love C.honor
（10）A.wish B.way C.rule

Answer 1

【答案】（1）、C
（2）、A
（3）、A
（4）、C
（5）、B
（6）、A
（7）、A
（8）、C
（9）、B
（10）、B

【解析】本文通过作者与母亲的对话引起对子女教育的话题。作者的祖母在教育子女的方式上只有严格的要求而缺少了鼓励与表扬，使得孩子们不理解甚至怨恨她。而作者的母亲长大后体会到了母爱，但是她用另一种方式来教育自己的孩子们。
⑴句意：她抬起头，对我的问题感到惊讶。excited兴奋；激动；disappointed失望的；surprised惊讶的；根据下文after a long time可知母亲对作者的问题猝不及防，所以感到惊讶，故选C。
⑵句意：在我们那时代，对于女孩只有一个工作——做一个努力工作的女人。job工作；event大事件；比赛项目；concern担心；关心；根据下文可知选A。
⑶句意：老实说，在我成长的时候我恨我的妈妈，你的外祖母。我为她做了那么多，但是她一次都没说过“谢谢”。hate憎恨；讨厌；love爱；respect尊重，根据后一句可知选A。
⑷句意：：“我一直想从她那里听到一句表扬的话，但是我得到的只是家庭的规矩和我永远做不到的希望。”honesty诚实；importance重要性；praise表扬。根据句意可知选C。
⑸句意：在那些年，她强迫我每天早上六点起床做早饭。encourage鼓励；force强迫；advise建议。根据上文可知作者小时候得不到表扬，只有被迫做很多事，故选B。
⑹句意：她经常把我与别的和我一样大的女孩相比，挑我的错误。compare A with B把A和B相比。match匹配；explain解释。根据句意可知选A。
⑺as old as和……一样大；bad糟糕的；strict严格的。故选A。
⑻句意：“对我的母亲来说从没有任何事是足够好的，”我妈妈继续说，interesting有趣的；bad糟糕的；strict严格的；根据下文可知选C。
⑼句意：“但是现在我知道她确实爱我，即使他从不这么说。波利，像你的祖母一样，我爱我所有的孩子们，你们是我的一切。”support支持；love爱；honor荣誉。根据句意可知选B。
⑽句意：我对你们非常严格，但是我在用我知道的方式表扬你们。wish希望；way方式；rule规则。故选B。根据句意可知选B。