Question

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

When I was a child I thought a lot about what it means to love. I once asked my mother if she loved me or my father 1 (many), certain that I knew the answer — me. Instead, she bent down and looked at me 2 the eye, hands gently on each shoulder. She explained that she couldn’t help 3 (love) me and that the love of a mother for her baby was incredibly strong. But then she told me that the love she had for my daddy was a love of __4__ (choose), which made it special. Of all the people in the world, she chose 5 and he chose her. Now that I’m married, I consider each day 6 it takes to stay married as long as my parents have. It’s not that I don’t believe in romance. 7 I believe more in the sacred of the ordinary. I believe in love that is sustained by deliberate __8__ (kind) and the choice to see little acts as testaments of love and commitment rather than indicators of a spark that has died of love communicated each time he cooks meals and I schedule his dental appointment. This picture of love is certainly less 9 (excite), but decidedly real, and more romantic in its own way because of the weight of its 10 (real).

Answer 1

【答案】见解析

【解析】

【语篇解读】这是一篇记叙文，作者讲述了自己小时候问自己的母亲是爱自己的孩子多一点、还是爱自己的丈夫多一点。作者当时确信母亲爱自己的多一点，但是她的母亲的回答却让她出乎意料；后来作者自己也是如同她的母亲那样处理自己的问题。本文的主线是＂爱＂，特点是强调爱对下一代人的影响。

1. more 作者拿母亲对自己与对父亲的爱进行对比，应用比较级。

2. in look at somebody in the eye表示＂看着某人的眼睛＂。

3. loving can’t/couldn’t help doing表示＂情不自禁做某事＂。

4. choice 此处是在介词of的后面，所以用名词choice表示一种对爱的选择。

5. him 此处表示＂她选择了他，他选择了她＂。

6. what ＂it takes sth to do＂中，take表示＂需要，花费＂，句中缺少sth，而且此处需要一个连接词连接两句话，故用what。

7. But 前后两句话形成了对比，所以用but。

8. kindness 这里需要一个名词，所以用kindness。

9. exciting 这句话的意思是＂爱的场景一定不那么让人兴奋……＂。主语是The picture of love，指物，应用-ing形容词，故填exciting。

10. reality 此处的意思是＂现实/真实＂。