Question

Mom had lived in a nursing home for the past three and a half years, suffering the increasing effects of dementia(老年癡呆). They were tough years, actually   21  for us family members than for her, I believe. She suffered very little __22__ in those final years, less than she __23__ when living in her own home. This was because other people took better care of her than she did herself.
All dementia is not alike. Mom’s form   24  her short-term memory more than her long-term memory. By the time she went to the nursing home, her short-term memory was _25__ non-existent. We learned to _26___ our conversations with her to old things of the past. Usually, she could connect with these __27__ and seem to enjoy us __28___ about them. I noticed in her last year that her long-term memory was __29___., too. And it became ever more __30_ to engage her. In her last six months, we had very little __31___ of her responding, though a few times she __32__us. So, when we called her, we would just __33___ to tell her about our lives, things we were doing, things our children and grandchildren were doing. The __34__ would be short. We would tell her we loved her; she would either be __35__ or make some grunting(咕噥) sounds.
__36__ I expected Mom’s death, it was still bad news to hear. She is __37___. Even one-way conversations were more __38__ than no conversations.
So now, all we have are __39__ and a few physical items that were hers or gifts from her. On Mother’s Day this year we will send no __40__, no gift, make no call. But we will remember her.

【小題1】

A．luckier B．quicker C．busier D．harder

【小題2】

A．worry B．pain C．noise D．fear

【小題3】

A．reported B．suggested C．noticed D．heard

【小題4】

A．led B．bothered C．blamed D．a(chǎn)ttacked

【小題5】

A．never B．a(chǎn)lmost C．still D．a(chǎn)gain

【小題6】

A．give B．practice C．direct D．pass

【小題7】

A．schedules B．experiences C．data D．poisons

【小題8】

A．hearing B．a(chǎn)sking C．caring D．talking

【小題9】

A．performing B．finishing C．failing D．changing

【小題10】

A．difficult B．strange C．necessary D．hopeful

【小題11】

A．opportunity B．choice C．expectation D．sign

【小題12】

A．promised B．a(chǎn)nnoyed C．fooled D．surprised

【小題13】

A．plan B．continue C．happen D．pretend

【小題14】

A．voice B．calls C．treatments D．happiness

【小題15】

A．disappointed B．friendly C．sure D．silent

【小題16】

A．Because B．If C．Though D．But

【小題17】

A．followed B．left C．lost D．gone

【小題18】

A．disturbing B．relaxing C．satisfying D．challenging

【小題19】

A．memories B．hopes C．rules D．excuses

【小題20】

A．bill B．card C．problem D．mail

Answer 1

【小題1】D
【小題2】B
【小題3】A
【小題4】D
【小題5】B
【小題6】C
【小題7】B
【小題8】D
【小題9】C
【小題10】A
【小題11】C
【小題12】D
【小題13】A
【小題14】B
【小題15】D
【小題16】C
【小題17】D
【小題18】C
【小題19】A
【小題20】B

解析試題分析：本文介紹媽媽患老年癡呆癥而去世，從文章的字里行間可以看出我對媽媽深深的愛。
【小題1】D 形容詞辨析。A更幸運B更快C更忙D更困難；對家人來說要比對她還要困難。
【小題2】B 名詞辨析。A擔(dān)憂B痛苦C噪音D恐懼；在最后幾年里，她幾乎沒有遭受痛苦。
【小題3】A 動詞辨析。A報告B建議C注意D聽見；他遭受的痛苦少于住在自己放在里報告的痛苦。
【小題4】D 動詞辨析。A帶領(lǐng)B麻煩C責(zé)備D攻擊；指她的病影響的是她的短期記憶而不是長期的。
【小題5】B 副詞辨析。A從未B幾乎C仍然D再一次；她的短期記憶幾乎不存在了，都沒有了。
【小題6】C 動詞辨析。A給B練習(xí)C引導(dǎo)D通過；我們學(xué)會把對話引導(dǎo)到過去的事情上。
【小題7】B 名詞辨析。A時間表B經(jīng)歷C數(shù)據(jù)D毒藥；她似乎能夠把這些經(jīng)歷聯(lián)系起來了。
【小題8】D 動詞辨析。A聽見B問C關(guān)心D交談；她似乎喜歡我們談?wù)撨@樣的事情。
【小題9】C 動詞辨析。A表現(xiàn)B完成C衰敗D改變；在最后的一年里，他的長期記憶也衰敗了。
【小題10】A 形容詞辨析。A困難的B奇怪C必要D有希望的；和她交流變得更困難。
【小題11】C 名詞辨析。A機會B選擇C期待D征兆；我們對她的回應(yīng)沒有任何的期待。
【小題12】D 動詞辨析。A允諾B使…惱怒C愚弄D使…驚訝；有時候他也會給我們意外的驚喜。
【小題13】A 動詞辨析。A計劃B繼續(xù)C發(fā)生D假裝；我們計劃告訴她我們做的事情等。
【小題14】B 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)上文的when we called說明這里是calls正確。
【小題15】D 形容詞辨析。A失望B友好C確定D安靜；她要么保持安靜要么就是咕噥著。
【小題16】C 連詞辨析。盡管我們已經(jīng)預(yù)料到她的去世了，但是聽到這個消息仍然讓人很難過。
【小題17】D 形容詞辨析。Gone指去世了。指我的Mom換老年癡呆癥去世了。
【小題18】C 形容詞辨析。A煩人的B放松的C讓人滿意的D挑戰(zhàn)的；有人說話總比沒人說話好。
【小題19】A 名詞辨析。A記憶B希望C規(guī)則D借口；我們擁有的只是記憶和她留下的一些東西。
【小題20】B 名詞辨析。A賬單B卡片C難題D郵件。在母親節(jié)這一天沒有可以送卡片的人。
考點：考查情感類短文
點評：本文介紹媽媽患老年癡呆癥而去世，主要測試學(xué)生綜合運用語言的能力，即從語篇的角度綜合測試閱讀理解能力、詞匯的掌握和對英語習(xí)慣用語的熟悉程度、以及語法規(guī)則的靈活運用�？忌�做題時必須時刻從上下文考慮，不應(yīng)該只看到所添的詞在短語或句子內(nèi)是否可行。因此，在做題時最好將全文通讀一下，了解了全文的意思以后再作答。