Life is like potato salad; when it’s shared it becomes a picnic.

When my three children were young, my husband Roy and I were very   1. . “Can we go on a picnic, Mom?” my six-year-old daughter, Becky   2. . “Please.” I had said no so many times in   3.  months, and I decided the usual Saturday morning chores (日常工作) could    4.  . To her   5.  I agreed.

I prepared a few sandwiches and   6.  a cooler with ice and drinks and called Roy   7. . My eleven-year-old twin sons loaded the cooler and the picnic basket in the trunk and off we went to spend some   8.  time together as a family.

About the time I got the lunch   9.  out on the table, Roy arrived on the   10. . That was one of the happiest meals we ever shared together. The meal was filled with   11. . We felt a closeness that had been hidden by work and school related responsibilities for so many months. Roy and the boys   12.  rocks into the lake. Becky fed the ducks and I sat quietly at the picnic table,   13.  God for blessing me with such a wonderful family.

That night as our children went to bed, I kissed their cheeks and   14. what a wonderful life I had. As I walked out of the room it dawned on me that even the busiest   15.  could become a picnic when it’s shared with the ones you   16. . Even though the kids have now grown up and   17.   from home, I can still remember how I felt that day while sitting at the picnic table.

Maybe today would be a good time to   18.  potato salad, call all of my   19.  kids, feed some hungry ducks and skip a few rocks into the lake. Since life is like potato salad, let’s make it a   20. .

21.               A.old            B.poor           C.busy  D.patient

 

22.               A.begged         B.a(chǎn)sked          C.doubted   D.wondered

 

23.               A.coming         B.recent         C.following  D.late

 

24.               A.last            B.wait           C.relax D.a(chǎn)pproach

 

25.               A.disappointment  B.sadness        C.embarrassment D.surprise

 

26.               A.supplied        B.provided       C.compared D.filled

 

27.               A.off work        B.a(chǎn)t home        C.a(chǎn)t work    D.on business

 

28.               A.unhappy        B.quality         C.quantity   D.sad

 

29.               A.spread         B.taken          C.made D.cooked

 

30.               A.scene          B.view           C.sight  D.scenery

 

31.               A.communication  B.expectation     C.hope D.laughter

 

32.               A.missed         B.took           C.skipped   D.left

 

33.               A.praying         B.praising        C.thanking   D.trusting

 

34.               A.expected       B.realized        C.imagined  D.a(chǎn)dmitted

 

35.               A.lifestyle        B.time           C.world D.occupation

 

36.               A.enjoy          B.own           C.have  D.love

 

37.               A.left alone       B.left behind      C.ran away  D.moved away

 

38.               A.a(chǎn)ppreciate      B.cook           C.watch D.plant

 

39.               A.grown         B.little           C.young D.handsome

 

40.               A.salad          B.life            C.picnic D.purpose

 

 

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.D

6.D

7.C

8.B

9.A

10.A

11.D

12.C

13.C

14.B

15.A

16.D

17.D

18.B

19.A

20.C

【解析】

試題分析:作者通過對全家人野餐時的幸福生活的描述可以得知,感到家庭的幸福,意識到自己的生活是多么好,得出結(jié)論愛是他們幸福的原因。

1.考查形容詞:后文中it dawned on me that even the busiest… couldbecome a picnic,busiest是判斷依據(jù)。選C。

2.考查動詞:由I had said no so many times和Please可以判斷出孩子的心情是比較渴望外出野餐的,所以孩子央求母親。選A。

3.考查形容詞:后文中We felt a closeness that had beenhidden by work and school… for manymonths.清楚地表明全家人進來好久沒有一同歡樂過了。選B。

4.考查動詞:A. last持續(xù)B. wait等待C. relax放松D. approach靠近,我決定星期六早上的日常工作可以等等,選B。

5.考查名詞:A. disappointment失望B. sadness悲傷C. embarrassment尷尬D. surprise驚訝,I agreed和前文的I had said no so manytimes形成了強烈的對比,所以此處應該是令她感到意外。

選D。

6.考查動詞:A. supplied供應B. provided提供C. compared比較D. filled填滿,cooler是一種容器。根據(jù)后文的ice anddrinks可以看出是要把ice and drinks裝到cooler當中。選D。

7.后文中的信息暗示了Roy在工作,所以妻子給他打電話通知他野餐的事情。后文Wefelt a closeness that had been hidden bywork中的work也是具體依據(jù)。選C。

8.B。這里的some qualitytime指的是有品位的時光。和前文my husband Roy and I were verybusy.相互對應。

9.考查動詞:由lunch和table可以判斷:此處是要將午餐的食物鋪在桌子上。選A。

10.考查名詞:arrived說明到達了他們野餐的地點,用scene最為恰當。選A。

11.考查名詞:A. communication交流B. expectation期望C. hope希望D. laughter笑聲,

從happiest meals可以推出laughter。選D。

12.文章最后處throw a few rocks into thelake暗示答案應該與throw同義,skip“打水漂”。 選C。

13.考查動詞:a wonderfulfamily說明我此時感到家庭的幸福,所以要感謝上帝。選C。

14.考查動詞:根據(jù)前后語境和I kissed theircheeks可以看出是意識到自己的生活是多么好。選B。

15.考查名詞:從文章的開頭句Life is like potato salad;when it’s shared it becomes a picnic.可以推出選A。

16.考查名詞:通過前文對全家人野餐時的幸福生活的描述可以得知,愛是他們幸福的原因。選D。

17.考查詞組:A. left alone別管B. left behind落后C. ran away逃跑D. moved away搬走,

grownup和home能判斷出孩子們長大后離開了家。選D。

18.考查動詞:A. appreciate欣賞B. cook烹飪C. watch觀看D. plant種植,這里用cook和potatosalad搭配符合前文的內(nèi)容。選B。

19.考查形容詞:A. grown長大的B. little小的C. young 年輕的D. handsome英俊的,前文Even though the kids have now grown up and   20.   from home,中有具體依據(jù)。選A。

21.考查名詞:A. salad沙拉B. life生活C. picnic野餐D. purpose目的,C。和文章首句呼應 。 

考點:考查人生百味類短文

點評:作者通過對全家人野餐時的幸福生活的描述可以得知,感到家庭的幸福,意識到自己的生活是多么好,得出結(jié)論愛是他們幸福的原因。集中考查了考生的歸納整理能力,要求能抓住段落中的中心句和關鍵詞準確的把握段落大意。這類完型填空要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關系,或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點理論,對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋?忌紫纫屑氶喿x短文,完整了解信息,準確把握作者觀點。通過上下文信息考查考生的綜合運用英語的能力,滲透了智力水平和綜合素質(zhì)的要求,建議以后的學習中,注重語篇的學習,培養(yǎng)自己駕馭語篇的能力,培養(yǎng)自己根據(jù)語篇綜合運用英語的能力。

 

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