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Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away. I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers ___小题1:___ it was too late to tell them. I am blessed (赐福) with the dear mother who is still alive. I ___小题2:___ her more each day. My mother does not change, but I ___小题3:___ . As I grow older and wiser, I realize ___小题4:___ an extraordinary person she is. How ___小题5:___ that I am unable to speak these words in her ___小题6:___ , but they flow easily from my pen.
  How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for life itself? For the love, patience and just ___小题7:___ hard work that go into ___小题8:___ a child? For running after a toddler (学走步的小孩), for understanding a ___小题9:___ teenager, for tolerating (忍受;容忍) a college student who knows ___小题10:___ ? For waiting for the day when a daughter ___小题11:___ how wise her mother really is?
  How does a ___小题12:___ woman thank a mother for ___小题13:___ to be a mother? For being ready ___小题14:___ advice (when asked) or remaining ___小题15:____ when it is most appreciated? For not saying, “I told you so,” when she could have uttered these words ___小题16:___ ? For being ___小题17:___ herself-loving, thoughtful, patient, and forgiving?
  I don’t know how, dear God, except to ask you to bless her as richly as she ___小题18:___ and to help me live up to the example she has ___小题19:___ . I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother ___小题20:___ in mine.
小题21:
A.asB.thatC.untilD.when
小题22:
A.approveB.appreciateC.needD.resemble
小题23:
A.doB.haveC.didD.will
小题24:
A.howB.thatC.whoD.what
小题25:A.sad           B.glad              C.comic            D tragic
小题26:
A.absenceB.presenceC.appearanceD.existence
小题27:
A.commonB.plainC.normalD.usual
小题28:
A.raisingB.risingC.developingD.training
小题29:
A.childishB.energeticC.fearlessD.moody
小题30:
A.anythingB.somethingC.everythingD.nothing
小题31:
A.detectsB.discoversC.recognizesD.realizes
小题32:
A.prettyB.foolishC.greenD.grown
小题33:
A.failingB.intendingC.continuingD.keeping
小题34:
A.byB.withC.forD.on
小题35:
A.silentB.quietC.coolD.noiseless
小题36:
A.dozen timesB.a dozen of times C.dozens of times D.dozen of time
小题37:
A.valuablyB.essentiallyC.naturallyD.virtually
小题38:
A.devotesB.desertsC.deservesD.desires
小题39:
A.setB.settledC.placedD.fixed
小题40:
A.seesB.findsC.isD.looks
答案

小题1:C

小题2:B

小题3:A

小题4:D

小题5:A

小题6:B

小题7:B

小题8:A

小题9:D

小题10:C

小题11:D

小题12:D

小题13:C

小题14:B

小题15:A

小题16:C

小题17:B

小题18:C

小题19:A

小题20:D

题目分析:本文叙述了作者作为女儿应该感谢母亲抚养孩子时所付出的爱、耐心以及无私的辛勤劳动,感谢她始终不变的爱心、体贴周到、耐心与宽容厚道?作者指出要适时地向母亲表达子女的感激之情。

小题1:考查连词及上下文的呼应。as因为; that那个;.until直到……才; when当……时候。根据I have friends whose mothers have passed away,故选C。

小题2:考查动词及上下文的呼应。approve同意; appreciate感谢; need 需要;resemble类似。“我”非常感谢她的母亲,故选B。

小题3:考查动词及上下文的呼应。“我”的母亲没有改变,“我”却改变了。根据上文用的现在时,所以下文可用替代词do来代替上文的动词change.故选A。

小题4:考查连词及上下文的呼应。how怎样; that那个; who谁;.what什么。这是感叹句,被感叹的名词,所以用what,故选D。

小题5:考查形容词及上下文的呼应。sad伤心的; glad 高兴的;comic滑稽的; tragic悲剧的。这是感叹句,被感叹的名词,所以用how,所以它的前面用形容词,我不能当着母亲的面前说出这些话,太遗憾了。故选A。

小题6:考查名词及上下文的呼应。absence不在,缺席;presence在场;appearance出现;       existence存在。当她在的时候“我”不能用语言来表达,故选B。

小题7:考查形容词及上下文的呼应。common共同的,普遍的; plain简单的,无私的; normal正常的;usual 通常的。感谢她在抚养孩子时所付出的爱、耐心以及无私的辛勤劳动,故选B。

小题8:考查动名词及上下文的呼应。raising抚养; rising增长; developing 发展;training训练。感谢她在抚养孩子时所付出的爱、耐心以及无私的辛勤劳动,故选A。

小题9:考查形容词及上下文的呼应。childish孩子气的;energetic有精力的;fearless不害怕的;moody喜怒无常的。心情变幻无常的十几岁的孩子。故选D。

小题10:考查动词及上下文的呼应。anything任何事情; something某个事情;everything每件事情;nothing没有事。对一个自以为是的大学生的宽容。故选C。

小题11:考查动词及上下文的呼应。detect发现; discover发现; recognize认出;realize意识到。感谢她等待女儿认识到她真是一位好母亲的这一天,故选D。

小题12:考查动词及上下文的呼应。pretty漂亮的; foolish愚蠢的; green绿的;grown成年的。一个成年女子该怎样感谢母亲依然如故的角色?故选D。

小题13:考查动词及上下文的呼应。failing失败; intending打算; continuing继续;keeping保持。一个成年女子该怎样感谢母亲依然如故的角色?故选C。

小题14:考查介词及上下文的呼应。形容词词组ready with常作表语,意为:动辄……的,就要…的,快要...的。当感激时就要准备好建议还是保持沉默,故选B。

小题15:考查形容词及上下文的呼应。silent沉默的; quiet安静的; cool凉快的;noiseless无噪音的。当感激时是准备好建议还是保持沉默,故选A。

小题16:考查固定短语及上下文的呼应。a dozen of times十二次; dozens of times几十次;a dozen of修饰名词时of可省略,但dozens of中的of不能省去。故选C。

小题17:考查副词及上下文的呼应。valuably有价值的; essentially本质上;naturally自然地;virtually事实上。 being essentially herself意为:母亲本质上就是……。故选B。

小题18:考查动词及上下文的呼应。devote献身; desert放弃 ; deserves值得;desires要求。母亲应该得到的最衷心的祝福。故选C。

小题19:考查动词及上下文的呼应。set制定; settled解决; place放; fix修理。

set an example(树立榜样)是固定搭配。故选A。

小题20:考查动词及上下文的呼应。sees看见; finds发现; is是; looks看起来。

此处I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother looks in mine意为:我要使自己的在孩子心目中的形象,就像我母亲在我心目中那样美好。故选D。

点评:完形填空考查考生综合运用语言的能力。在语篇理解和逻辑推理的基础上考查词语辨析及词语搭配等。要求考生根据上下文线索,对每题的选项做出合理的分析、判断,从中选出最佳答案,使补全后的文章文意畅达、逻辑严密、结构完整。

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