The elementary school was a ten-minute walk from my home. Since it is not far away, I could go home for lunch and find my mother　　 1　　　 for me every day.

　　 At that time, I did not consider this a luxury(人生难得的享受) 　2　　　 today it certainly would be. I took it for granted that mothers were the sandwich-makers, and the　 3　　 monitors(监督者). So I never　 4　　 that this hardworking and intelligent woman,　　 5　　 had had a career before I was born and would return to a career, would spend every lunch hour just with me. When the noon bell rang, I　　 6　　 race breathlessly home. My mother would be standing at the top of the stairs, smiling down at me with a look that suggested I was the only　 7　　 thing she had on her mind. For this, I am forever　　 8　　　 .

　　 One lunchtime, when I was in the third grade, will　　 9　　 me always. I had been picked to be the princess in the school play, and for weeks my mother had patiently helped me practice my 10　　 . But no matter how　 11　　 I recited them at home,　 12　　 I stepped on stage, every word　　 13　　 from my head.

　 　Finally, my teacher took me aside. She 14　　 that she had written a narrator’s part to the play, and asked me to　 15　　 roles. Her words, kindly spoken,　　 16　　 hurt me, especially when I saw my part go to another girl.

　　 I didn’t tell my mother what had happened when I went home that day. But she sensed my　 17　　 , and instead of helping me practice my lines, she asked if I wanted to　　 18　　　 in the yard.

　　 My mother bent down by one of the elm trees,　 “I think I’m going to　 19　　 all these dandelions (蒲公英), ” she said, “From now on, we’ll have only roses in this garden. ”

　　 “But I like dandelions, ” I protested(抗议). “Yes. All flowers are beautiful-even dandelions. ” said mother. “My dear, don’t lose　　 20　　　 whatever difficulties you might meet with. ”

1．A．crying　　　 B．preparing　　　 C．looking　　　 D．waiting

[解析]选D。作者每天放学回家，母亲都在家等着她。

2．A．although　　　　 B．if　 　 C．unless　　　　　 D．since

[解析]选A。对于母亲的关爱，尽管现在作者认为是人生难得的享受，但当时不这样认为。

3．A．housework　　　 B．homework　　　　 C．house　　　 D．home

[解析]选B。作者认为母亲在监督她写作业。

4．A．predicted　　　　　　　　 B．hated　　　

C．doubted　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．disliked

[解析]选C。根据上文作者想当然地认为母亲是一个家庭主妇，因此对母亲会每天和她一起度过午餐时间，从来都没有怀疑过。

5．A．whom　　 B．that　　　　　 C．who D．which

[解析]选C。先行词是woman, 因此用who 引导定语从句，并作主语。

6．A．would　　　　 B．should　　　　 C．might　　　　　　 D．could

[解析]选A。would指“过去常常”，下句有母亲常常在等我，也用了would。

7．A．important　　　　　　　　 B．unlucky

C．simple　　　 　　 　　　　　　　　　D．common

[解析]选A。孩子在母亲的眼里应该是最重要的。

8．A．angry　　　　　　　 B．puzzled

C．interested　　　　　　　 D．grateful

[解析]选D。由上句的“孩子在母亲的眼里应该是最重要的”，对此作者应该感激。

9．A．break away from　 　 B．refer to

C．stay with　　　　　　　　 D．escape from

[解析]选C。stay with和……在一起，此处指作者永远不会忘记的一次午餐时间。

10．A．dances　　　 B．experiments

C．papers 　　　　　　 D．lines

[解析]选D。根据倒数第三段中“. . . practice my lines. . . ”可知D项正确。

11．A．difficultly B．slowly　　　　 C．easily　　　　　 D．lowly

[解析]选C。和下句忘记台词相反，这里应该是作者很容易地背出台词。

12．A．as soon as B．while

C．because　　　　　　 D．in case

[解析]选A。as soon as“一……就”，一到舞台上，就把台词忘得干干净净。

13．A．turned up 　　　 B．showed off

C．disappeared　　 　　　 D．came

[解析]选C。与easily 相反应该是disappear“消失，忘记”。

14. A．lied　　 　　　　 B．pretended

C．expressed　　　　　 D．explained

[解析]选D。老师要把作者的角色换掉，当然要解释了。

15．A．check　　　　 B．change　 　　　C．provide　　　　 D．improve

[解析]选B。根据下句角色给了另一个女孩，可知是“换”角色。

16．A．already　　　 B．never　　　 　　　 C．hardly　　　　 D．still

[解析]选D。still“仍然；还是”。

17．A．excitement　　　 B．satisfaction

C．sadness　　　　　　 　 D．anger

[解析]选C。上文角色被换掉了，当然“难过”了。

18．A．walk 　　　 　　B．run　　　　 C．recite D．practice

[解析]选A。去花园当然是要走走了。

19．A．bring in　　　　　　 B．dig up

C．bring back　　　　　　　　 D．take along

[解析]选B。dig up“挖出”，根据下句只保留玫瑰，可知要挖出所有的蒲公英。

20．A．way　　　　 B．mind　　　 C．breath　　　　　 D．heart

[解析]选D。lose heart “灰心丧气，沮丧”。母亲鼓励作者无论遇到什么困难，都不要灰心丧气。

Task & Project

14. We need to be prepared for the wide spread of H1N1 virus, but hopefully it won’t_______ that.

A. come up　　　　　　 B. come to

C. come across　　　　　　　 D. come out

[解析]选B。句意：我们必须为H1N1病毒的广泛传播做好准备，但希望不会到那一步。come to“到达，发展成”；come up“出现，发芽”；come across“遇见”；come out“出版，长出”。

13. The earth is becoming warmer and warmer so that the_______ can melt the ice in the South Pole.

A. hot　　　　 B. heated　　　　　 C. heats　　　　　 D. heat

[解析]选D。heat作“热，热量”讲时, 为不可数名词，而hot是形容词。此处应用名词heat。

12.______ you have a rest at first,_______ we begin the work immediately.

A. Either; or　　　　　　　　 B. Neither; nor

C. Not only; but also　　　　　　 D. Both; and

[解析]选A。连接两个分句的词有either. . . or, not only. . . but also, 但not only用于句首时，要倒装。

11. The primary school is in poor______ or equipment, which worries many parents and teachers.

A. state　 　　　　 B. situation　　　　　 C. condition　　　　 　D. position

[解析]选C。句意：这所小学设备条件差，使得许多家长和老师担忧。in poor condition条件差。state状态；situation形势，局势；position职位。

10. More and more students_______ studying in school. That’s why we have to reform our education.

A. feed on　　　　　　 B. feed to

C. feed with　　　　　 D. are fed up with

[解析]选D。句意：越来越多的学生厌学，这就是我们教育改革的原因。be fed up with厌倦，厌烦。feed on以……为主食，feed. . . to. . . 把……喂给……；feed. . . with. . . 把……放进机器。

9. I, who _______ your friend, will always take the side of you whenever you are in trouble.

A. am　　　　　 B. is　　　　　 C. are　　　 　　　D. be

[解析]选A。who引导非限制性定语从句，在从句中关系词who作主语，因此，从句中的谓语动词在人称和数上应与先行词“I”保持一致。

8. -I’m sorry. I_____ at you the other day.

-You______ temper. I was also a bit out of control myself then. But forget it.

A. shouldn’t shout; have lost

B. mustn’t shout; had lost

C. shouldn’t have shouted; did lose

D. mustn’t have shouted; does lose

[解析]选C。shouldn’t have done“本不该做而做了某事”；did lose(确实)发了(脾气)。mustn’t不准；mustn’t have done结构不存在；shouldn’t 不应该，但不用来表示过去的情况。

7. Chen Xiexia was the first Chinese_______ a gold medal in the 29th Olympics.

A. won　　　　　　　　　 B. to win

C. winning　　　　　　 D. to have won

[解析]选B。如果名词前有the first, the last等修饰时，后面用动词不定式作定语。

6. Beneath the mountain______ that wild animals depend on for food and water.

A. the forest lay　　 B. the forest lies

C. lie the forest　　　　　　 D. lies the forest

[解析]选D。表示方位的地点状语用于句首，谓语是lie, live, be等词时，应用全部倒装。