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That morning, before I realized it, my sixyearold son Jonathan broke a limb of my azalea (杜鵑花) bush and asked, “Can I take this to school today?”
With a wave of my hand, I__1__him off. I turned my__2__so he wouldn't see the tears gathering in my eyes, I__3__that azalea bush. I touched the broken limb as if to say__4__， “Im sorry.”
I was in low spirits most of the day.__5__at 2：30 in the afternoon I hurriedly drove to the school to __6__Jonathan.
I want to talk to you about Jonathan, the teacher said after she let me into the classroom.
__7__now? I thought as I glanced at my son busily coloring a picture. I prepared myself for the__8__. Nothing would have surprised me.
“Did you know Jonathan brought__9__to school today?”she asked.
I nodded, thinking about my__10__bush and trying to hide the__11__in my eyes.
“Let me tell you about yesterday，” the teacher insisted. “See that little girl?”
I watched the brighteyed child__12__and point to a colorful picture on the wall, I nodded.
“Well, yesterday she was almost__13__. Her mother and father are going through a divorce. She told me she didn't want to__14__.I watched that little girl__15__her face in her hands and say loud enough for the class to hear, ‘Nobody loves me，’I did all I could to__16__her, but it only seemed to make matters worse.”
“Today your son walked straight__17__to that child. I watched him__18__her some pretty pink flowers and whisper, ‘I love you.’”
I felt my heart swell with__19__ for what my son had done. I smiled at the teacher. “Thank you，” I said, reaching for Jonathan's hand, “you've__20__my day.”
1.A.pushed B.turned
C.sent D.called
解析 作者很傷心，把兒子“打發(fā)”走了。send sb off意為“把某人打發(fā)走”。
答案 C
2.A.back B.arm C.leg D.hand
解析 作者“轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)身去”，為了不讓兒子看到自己的眼淚。
答案 A
3.A.planted B.fixed C.kept D.loved
解析 從上下文可以看出，作者非常喜歡自己家的杜鵑花。
答案 D
4.A.sadly B.loudly C.slowly D.silently
解析 作者好像在對(duì)杜鵑花“默默地”道歉。
答案 D
5. A.Then B.Yet C.Thus D.Instead
解析 此處是時(shí)間先后關(guān)系的連接。
答案 A
6.A.care for B.take in
C.pick up D.look after
解析 到了下午接近放學(xué)時(shí)間，所以作者去“接”孩子。pick sb up“用車去接某人”。
答案 C
7.A.How B.Why C.When D.What
解析 “現(xiàn)在又有什么事呢?”作者擔(dān)心兒子又犯了什么錯(cuò)誤。
答案 D
8.A.first B.worst C.best D.last
解析 作者做好了老師批評(píng)自己兒子的準(zhǔn)備，也就是“最壞的”準(zhǔn)備。
答案 B
9.A.luck B.change C.happiness D.flowers
解析 從上文可知，Jonathan帶了杜鵑花到學(xué)校。
答案 D
10.A.broken B.favorite
C.pretty D.poor
解析 從上文可知，作者最喜歡的杜鵑花被折了一朵。
答案 B
11.A.hurt B.surprise
C.disappointment D.joy
解析 作者想掩飾自己眼中的“傷感”。
答案 A
12.A.study B.recover
C.laugh D.cry
解析 從老師后面的介紹看，小女孩因?yàn)榈玫锦r花，已經(jīng)從傷心中解脫出來(lái)，因此此處唯一合理的理解是：她一邊看墻上的圖畫(huà)，一邊在笑。
答案 C
13.A.hysterical B.sick
C.weak D.hopeless
解析 從后面的內(nèi)容可以看出，小女孩因?yàn)楦改敢x婚，傷心欲絕，幾乎“歇斯底里”了。
答案 A
14.A.stay B.paint C.live D.learn
解析 小女孩很傷心，說(shuō)自己不想活了。
答案 C
15.A.bury B.hide C.make D.put
解析 小女孩把臉埋在手里哭泣。
答案 A16.A.encourage B.comfort
C.praise D.remind
解析 老師試圖“安慰”小女孩，而不可能在此種情況下去“鼓勵(lì)”或“幫助”她。
答案 B
17.A.over B.on C.off D.across
解析 兒子走到小女孩身邊。walk over“步行到某地”。
答案 A
18.A.plant B.hand C.hold D.provide
解析 兒子把花“遞”給了小女孩。
答案 B
19.A.pleasure B.pride C.regret D.thanks
解析 作者為兒子所做的事情感到非�！白院馈�。
答案 B
20.A.found B.spoiled C.broken D.made
解析 上文已經(jīng)有交代，作者因?yàn)榛ū徽郏蟀胩於挤浅�，但在知道了兒子的行為后非常自豪。you've made my day是特殊用法，可理解為：你使我今天感到快樂(lè)。
答案 D
