Ⅳ.完形填空(記敘文)
(2014-2015學(xué)年普通高中調(diào)研教學(xué)質(zhì)量監(jiān)測)
Dad often says that hope is everywhere. In his fifties, he lost his job. But he managed to get the right of a newspaper delivery. It would become a family __1__. Dad drove around delivering the papers most weekday mornings. We all __2__. My mother walked all over that long route __3__ money from customers during the day.
Delivering papers is one of the most __4__ jobs you can imagine. I was pretty young, probably still in grade school, __5__ I always worked. I could carry heavy bundles of paper. When I was __6__ enough to drive, Dad bought a Ford Falcon that I was __7__ to drive to high school. My brothers and sister were all __8__ and living away by this time. So I became the number two __9__ on Sunday mornings. Not only would I wake up and __10__ the papers, but I would jump into the car and drive a section of the __11__. Mike was a hired worker, a year younger than me. He was also the brother of my brother Rick's wife. My parents really trusted us with a lot of __12__.
The paper delivery, though __13__ hard work, gave me many things. First, it __14__ me with my father in a way that I very __15__ needed. He trusted my driving __16__, and gave me directions on how to drive down icy steep streets in winters. I felt a __17__ member of my family. Besides, I learned to love the early morning sounds of the city, the awesome quiet of __18__ neighborhoods, and the relationship that only two teenagers working together could ever __19__. I also loved those many hours in the basement loading papers with Mom, Dad, Mike and Roy, the boys who were __20__ by Dad.
1.A.decision B.business
C.command D.union
2.A.helped B.complained
C.puzzled D.gathered
3.A.giving B.drawing
C.raising D.collecting
4.A.amusing B.exciting
C.interesting D.tiring
5.A.and B.so
C.but D.thus
6.A.old B.strong
C.clever D.brave
7.A.advised B.allowed
C.ordered D.helped
8.A.retired B.dismissed
C.married D.separated
9.A.father B.manager
C.ruler D.driver
10.A.write down B.deal with
C.clear up D.make out
11.A.route B.station
C.circle D.journey
12.A.explanation B.reputation
C.responsibility D.quantity
13.A.easily B.probably
C.hardly D.frightfully
14.A.helped B.connected
C.busied D.greeted
15.A.badly B.partly
C.merely D.rarely
16.A.lessons B.trainings
C.abilities D.attitudes
17.A.celebrating B.obtaining
C.performing D.contributing
18.A.laughing B.sleeping
C.working D.talking
19.A.form B.destroy
C.ruin D.observe
20.A.charged B.supported
C.paid D.brought
答案:
【語篇解讀】'父親是一個永遠對生活充滿了希望的人。是他帶領(lǐng)全家開起了屬于自己家族的生意。而作者在這個過程中也得到了最好的鍛煉。
1.B 解析:由下文可知,作者的全家都參與到送報紙這個全家賴以為生的生計中來,對全家而言是屬于自己家的生意,所以選擇business。
2.A 解析:第一段最后一句話說明作者和母親都加入到幫助父親扶持家業(yè)的行列中來,所以選擇help。
3.D 解析:第一段的第四句話的“weekday mornings”說明父親早上駕車送報,而母親則在白天的時候收取報紙的費用。
4.D 解析:由第一段父親的早起晚歸和母親的白天操勞和送報紙這項工作的特點可知,這是一項很累人的工作,所以選擇tiring。
5.C 解析:本句的“still”說明作者當(dāng)時年幼,但是同樣也是父親的好幫手。所以這里是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。
6.A 解析:第一段第二句話的“pretty young”說明本空和當(dāng)時的“年幼”相對比,現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)足夠大了,能駕車了。
7.B 解析:本句的“old enough”說明作者已經(jīng)達到了被允許開車上學(xué)的年齡,用allow表示獲得了“許可權(quán)”。
8.C 解析:本句的“l(fā)iving away by this time”說明作者的哥哥姐姐很有可能已經(jīng)結(jié)婚成家,所以才會住的更遠一些。結(jié)合選項,C項最符合邏輯。
9.D 解析:作者被容許駕車之后,且哥哥姐姐不在身邊后,作者當(dāng)然成了僅次于父親的重要勞動力,那就是開車送報。
10.B 解析:作者全家在送報之前要對報紙進行一番分類整理。deal with“處理”,符合該行業(yè)的特點。
11.A 解析:既然是作者也像父親一樣駕車送報,當(dāng)然是路線相同,而作為備用司機的作者應(yīng)該是行駛父親的常規(guī)路線中的一部分。
12.C 解析:父親能把那么多事情都交給作者去做,說明他在作者并不大的時候就賦予他很強的責(zé)任感。
13.D 解析:由作者和其父親的付出可以看出送報這份工作非常辛苦,frightfully“可怕地;非常地”。符合語境。
14.B 解析:正是和父親一起勤勞工作的經(jīng)歷讓作者感受到了和父親之間的心心相連,connect“聯(lián)系”,符合語境。
15.A 解析:由第二段第六句話的“the number two driver”可知作者在家族生意方面對父親的幫助非常重要。本空badly是一個副詞,意為“嚴重地”,說明程度之深,符合語境。
16.C 解析:作者的父親相信他駕車的能力或者技巧,但是也會教給他一些冬天駕車的技巧。ability指作者的駕車能力,符合語境。
17.D 解析:作者能幫助父親解決那么多問題,說明他給這個家也做出了很大的貢獻,contribute“做貢獻的”,符合作者對整個家的付出。
18.B 解析:本句的“early morning sounds of the city”說明作者和父親每天開始工作的時間之早,而往往這個時候鄰居們正處在睡夢之中,所以選擇sleeping。
19.A 解析:本空和定語從句的先行詞“relationship”形成動賓關(guān)系,說明作者和Mike在一起工作的過程中形成的合作關(guān)系,form“形成”,符合語境。
20.C 解析:由第一段第二句的“family business”可知作者的全家都以送報為生,而Mike與Roy和作者不一樣的地方是,他們兩個是父親雇傭的工人,所以用“were paid”表示他們的身份和作者的不同。