母亲的手 第6期

本篇阅读材料的难度属中等，全文约424词，因此建议阅读时间（含做题）为14分钟。阅读要求：认真阅读短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Night after night, she came to tuck me in（给我盖好被子）, even long after my childhood years. Following her custom, she’d lean down,____1____my long hair out of the way, and then kiss my forehead.

I don’t remember____2____it first started annoying me—her hands pushing my____3____that way, for they felt rough against my young skin. Finally, one night, I____4____out at her, “Don’t do that any more—your hands are too rough!” She didn’t say anything in____ 5 . But never again did my mother close out my day with that familiar expression of her love.

Time after time,____6____the passing years, my thoughts returned to that night. By then I____7____my mother’s hands, and wanted her goodnight kiss on my forehead. Sometimes the incident seemed very____8 , sometimes far away. But always it remained in the back of my mind.

Well, the years have____9____, and I’m not a little girl any more. Mom is in her mid-seventies, and those hands I once____10____to be so rough are still doing things for me and my family. She’s been our____11____, reaching into a medicine cabinet（药箱） for the remedy to calm a young girl’s stomach or relieve the boy’s scraped（擦破的）knee. She____12____the best fried chicken in the world and gets stains out of blue jeans completely.

Now, my own____13____are grown up and gone. Mom no longer has Dad, and on special occasions, I find myself drawn next door to____14____the night with her. So it was late on Thanksgiving Eve, as I____15____in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand hesitantly ran____16____my face to brush the hair from my forehead. Then a kiss, ever so____17 , touched my brow（前额）.

In my memory, for the thousandth time, I____18____the night my young voice complained, “Don’t do that any more—your hands are too____19 !”Catching Mom’s hand in hand, I blurted out（脱口说出） how sorry I was for that night. I thought she’d____20 , as I did. But Mom didn’t know what I was talking about. She had forgotten—and forgiven—long ago.

That night, I fell asleep with a new appreciation for my gentle mother and her caring hands. And the guilt that I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.

1. A. touch B. push C. replace D. take

2. A. what B. where C. when D. while

3. A. hair B. arm C. hand D. face

4. A. broke B. turned C. ran D. shouted

5. A. turn B. reply C. return D. place

6. A. with B. as C. for D. to

7. A. avoided B. regarded C. missed D. considered

8. A. popular B. important C. pleasant D. close

9. A. lost B. passed C. appeared D. started

10. A. thought B. observed C. accepted D. promised

11. A. doctor B. teacher C. driver D. manager

12. A. sells B. buys C. cooks D. eats

13. A. children B. neighbors C. parents D. friends

14. A. take B. spend C. cost D. spare

15. A. walked B. stayed C. sat D. slept

16. A. through B. above C. across D. over

17. A. gently B. calmly C. curiously D. similarly

18. A. reminded B. recalled C. reviewed D. researched

19. A. different B. soft C. comfortable D. rough

20. A. explain B. remember C. compare D. excuse

【答案和解析】

1. B。考查动词辨析。根据下文3空前的提示选B。

2. C。考查连接词辨析。根据上下文推断，空格处表示时间最佳，因此用when。由于动词start是非延续性动词，所以不能用while。

3. A。考查名词辨析。根据第一段内容提示，空格处填hair。

4. D。考查动词辨析。根据内容annoy me以及引文部分的语气，我们判断空格处填shouted才符合语境，shout at冲某人大嚷。

5. B。考查名词辨析。根据上下文提示，我对母亲怒吼着不要用她粗糙的手抚摸“我”的脸，母亲听后没有作答（in reply），其他三项不合本题逻辑，in return作为回报。

6. A。考查介词辨析。根据time after time, 介词with表示“随着时间的经过”，as后面要接从句，而C、D项没有这样用法。

7. C。考查动词辨析。根据文字提示，好多年过去了，我开始想念母亲的那双手，想要她印在我前额上的“晚安”吻。这里的miss表示“思念，想念”，而不是“避开，错过”。

8. D。考查形容词辨析。这里填close和下文far away构成对比关系。

9. B。考查动词辨析。根据下文I’m not a little girl anymore.我们可以判断空格处表示时间的“经过”，因此用passed。

10. A。考查动词辨析。我不让母亲再抚摸我的脸，是我曾经“认为”母亲的手非常粗糙，因此用thought才正确。

11. A。考查名词辨析。根据空格后面的内容提示，这里选doctor最好。

12. C。考查动词辨析。前文提到现在母亲尽管已经70多岁了，但是仍然为我和我的家人操劳着，因此空格处填cooks才能表达与前文的意思一致。

13. A。考查名词辨析。现在作者的孩子也一个个长大了，离开了家。

14. B。考查动词辨析。母亲现在孤单一人生活，在特殊的时候，我会和母亲一起度过夜晚（如下文提到的Thanksgiving Eve）。因此用spend。

15. D。考查动词辨析。根据情景，我应该是睡在床上才符合逻辑。因此填slept。

16. C。考查介词辨析。这里应该表示母亲的手在我脸上划过，因此用across，其他三项均不合本题逻辑。

17. A。考查副词辨析。母亲亲吻孩子的前额当然应该是“温柔地，轻轻地”才符合逻辑。

18. B。考查动词辨析。我仍然记得那个晚上我对母亲吼叫，不许她再摸我的脸，因此空格用recalled，表示“回想起”的意思。

19. D。考查形容词辨析。根据文章前面的内容提示，答案选D。

20. B。考查动词辨析。我原以为母亲会像我一样还记得以前的事情，但是母亲已经遗忘、原谅我了。因此空格填remember和下文forget构成对比。

【词汇聚焦】

1. lean vt. 使倾斜，把……靠在（某物上）（on/upon/against） vi. 倾身，屈身；倚，靠（on/upon/against）；依赖，依靠（on/upon）

例如：Lean your bike against the wall. 把自行车靠在墙上。

Don’t lean out of the window too far because you might fall out. 身子不要向窗外探得太过，不然你会掉下去的。

She leaned down to hear the child. 她弯下身子听孩子说话。

We lean on our friends when we are in trouble. 我们遇到困难时依靠朋友帮助。

The old man leaned upon his stick. 那个老先生拄着拐杖。

2. remedy n. 治疗；治疗法；药物（for/against）； 补救（法）；纠正（法）（for）

例如：I know a remedy for headaches. 我知道一种治头疼的药。

Natural remedies help overcome winter infections. 自然疗法有助于治疗冬季传染病。

I don’t suppose there will ever be a remedy for that. 我想那件事不会有任何补救办法。

3. appreciation n. 欣赏，鉴赏； 感谢； 评估，评价

例如：She shows little appreciation of classical music. 她对古典音乐鲜有欣赏能力。

I showed an appreciation for her help. 我感谢她的帮助。

We showed our appreciation with flowers. 我们用花表示谢意。

His appreciation of her chances of getting the promotion was correct. 他对她晋升机会所作的评估是对的。

【难句分析】

1. But never again did my mother close out my day with that familiar expression of her love. 但是从此以后妈妈再没有用这种熟悉的表达爱的方式来为我的一天画上句号。

本句是一个倒装句。never是否定副词，当它放在句首时，句子要用部分倒装。

例如：Never shall I forget your kindness. 我永远不会忘记你的好意。

Never in my life have I heard such words. 我这辈子没有听说这样的话。

Never does Tom listen to his father. 汤姆从来都不听他父亲的话。

2. And the guilt that I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found. 多年来压在我心头的负罪感也随之烟消云散。

本句是一个单句，主语是the guilt，谓语部分是was nowhere to be found, 句中that I had carried around for so long是定语从句，修饰the guilt。