Question

【題目】The Missed Blessings (祝福)

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he wanted a beautiful sports car in a car showroom, and knowing his father was able to buy it, he told him that was all he wanted.

As Graduation Day was coming, the young man waited the _______ that his father would buy the car for him. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his study. His father told him how _______ he was to have such a ne son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful gift box. The young man opened the box and found a lovely Bible, with the young man's name written in gold. _______ , he shouted to his father, 'With all your money you give me a Bible?' He then rushed out of the house, _______ the Bible.

Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but _______ his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make the visit, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and _______ all what he had to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.

When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to _______ his father's important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key dropped (落下) from the back of the Bible. It had a small card with his name, and the date of his _______ , and the words... 'PAID IN FULL'.

How many times do we miss blessings because they are not packaged (包裝) as we expected? Remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

【1】A.signsB.noticesC.lettersD.reasons

【2】A.shyB.safeC.kindD.proud

【3】A.HappilyB.AngrilyC.ProbablyD.Hopefully

【4】A.holdingB.throwingC.leavingD.reading

【5】A.wonderingB.hopingC.rememberingD.realizing

【6】A.returnedB.handedC.gaveD.sold

【7】A.shareB.searchC.chooseD.watch

【8】A.birthB.deathC.successD.graduation

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【5】D

【6】C

【7】B

【8】D

【解析】

文章大意：本文講述了主人公希望在畢業(yè)的時(shí)候他爸爸能送他一輛他在展覽館內(nèi)看中的那輛跑車，他爸爸在他畢業(yè)的那天早上給了他一個(gè)禮盒，禮盒里面有一本圣經(jīng)，圣經(jīng)的最后一頁是那輛跑車的鑰匙，可是主人公并沒有翻到最后一頁，便誤以為他爸爸只送給他一本圣經(jīng)，最后他氣得跑出去家，然后自己創(chuàng)業(yè)，多年后成為一個(gè)成功的商人，當(dāng)然他也擁有了自己的財(cái)富和家庭，他想回家去看老父親，不料行程還沒確定，便接一電報(bào)，他父親去世了，后來他趕往自己家里，卻已物是人非，悔恨交加中他翻起他父親留下的書籍，里面便有那本圣經(jīng)，他正在閱讀圣經(jīng)的時(shí)候，那輛跑車的鑰匙突然掉落地下，一時(shí)間，一切成惘然，令人扼腕嘆息啊。

【1】句意：畢業(yè)典禮快到了，年輕人等著父親給他買車的信號(hào)。

考查名詞。signs信號(hào)，標(biāo)志；notices通知；letters信，字母；reasons原因，理由。根據(jù)空前定冠詞the可知，此空應(yīng)填名詞，結(jié)合句意可知，此空是“信號(hào)，標(biāo)志”的意思，應(yīng)填signs，故選A。

【2】句意：他父親告訴他有這么一個(gè)兒子是多么的自豪，并告訴他他是多么的愛他。

考查形容詞辨析。shy害羞的；safe安全的； kind 善良的，和藹的； proud自豪的。根據(jù)后面的"he was to have such a fine son，and how much he loved him"可知，父親為兒子感到自豪，應(yīng)填proud，故選D。

【3】句意：他氣憤地對(duì)父親喊道：“用你所有的錢給我一本圣經(jīng)？”

考查副詞辨析。Happily快樂地，高興地；Angrily生氣地；Probably可能地；Hopefully有希望地。根據(jù)"he shouted to his father"可知，兒子很生氣。此空應(yīng)填Angrily，故選B。

【4】句意：然后他沖出家門，留下了圣經(jīng)。

考查動(dòng)詞辨析。holding拿著，抓��；throwing投，擲；leaving離開，留下；reading讀。結(jié)合句意可知，此空是“留下”的意思，此空應(yīng)填leaving，故選C。

【5】句意：他有一個(gè)漂亮的家和一個(gè)美好的家庭，但意識(shí)到他的父親已經(jīng)很老了，他想也許他應(yīng)該去看看他。

考查動(dòng)詞。wondering想知道； hoping希望； remembering記得， 記起 ；realizing意識(shí)到。 結(jié)合句意可知，他意識(shí)到他的父親很老，他想也許他應(yīng)該回家去看他。此空應(yīng)填realizing，故選D。

【6】句意：他還沒來得及拜訪，就收到一封電報(bào)，告訴他父親去世了，把他所有的東西都給了兒子。

考查動(dòng)詞的辨析。returned返回，帶回；handed交， 遞；gave交給，贈(zèng)送；sold賣。結(jié)合句意可知，此空是“給，交給”的意思，應(yīng)填gave，故選C。

【7】句意：他開始翻閱父親的重要文件，看到了那本仍然嶄新的圣經(jīng)，就像他幾年前留下的一樣。考查動(dòng)詞辨析。share分享；search翻閱，搜索；choose選擇；watch觀看。根據(jù)空前began to可知，此空應(yīng)填動(dòng)詞原形，結(jié)合句意可知，此空是“翻閱”的意思，此空應(yīng)填search，故選B。

【8】句意：上面有一張小卡片，上面寫著他的名字，畢業(yè)日期，還有已全額支付。

考查名詞的辨析。birth 出生；death死亡；success 成功；graduation 畢業(yè)。根據(jù)空前the date of his 可知，結(jié)合句意，此空是“畢業(yè)”的意思，應(yīng)填graduation，故選D。