-
I truly feel that my mother led
me here, to Morzaine, and to myfuture as happy
wife and
businesswoman. When Mum
21
inOctober 2007, I was cook. In December
that year
，
while
I
wasworking
for
a
wedding
，
a
pearl
necklace
Mum
had
left
me
22
.I
was
distraught
（忧心如焚的）
.Some
days later
, I was
23
that a guy who was working with
usthat day.
“
could
probably have made a fortune
24
the necklace
he found.
”
25
，
he
returned
g
he
I
’
d
26
Mum
for
six
months
before
her
death,
he
said
，
“
Christmas is going
to be
27
—
why not go out
to the Alps for a couple of weeks.
I come to Morzaine, a small, friendly
village in the Alps and
28
fell in love with it.
What
was
29
to be a stopgap
(
权宜之计
) trip turned into a
new life. I kept traveling
between
London and hereand felt
30
than I had in months. In December 2008,
I was
31
as a hotel
manager andmoved here full time.
A month later
, I met Paul,
who was traveling here. We fell in love. In the
beginning, I
didn
’
t want
todiscuss
32
，
because the
sadness of losing Mum __33__ felt great. Paul
understood that andnever
34
me. But, by summer
,we got
married. A year later
, we
used his saving, and the moneyfrom the
sale of Mom
’
s house, to
build our own
35
.
We want to give our guests a
36
feel, so each room is
themed (
以
……
为题
) around
memoriesfrom our lives.
There are also styles to remind me of
Mom
—
a tiny chair which
37
be in herbedroom is set in
one room.
We are having a
wonderful life Mum
38
naturally part of it,
39
there
’
s no way
we would behere. If it
wasn
’
t for the
40
she gave me. I know
she
’
s here in spirit,
keeping an eye on us.
21. A.
died
B.
came
C. returned
D.
visited
22. A. burned
B.
disappeared
C. broke
D. dropped
23.
A. shown
B. comforted
C. persuaded
D. told
24. A. hiding
B. stealing
C. selling
D. wearing
25. A. Luckily
B. Naturally
C.
Surely
D. Hopefully
26. A. nursed
B.
cured
C. missed
D. guarded
27. A. long
B.
hard
C. merry
D. free
28. A. suddenly
B. finally
C.
nearly
D.
immediately
29. A. said
B.
proved
C. supposed
D. judged
30. A.
smarter
B.
higher
C. firmer
D.
lighter
31. A. honoured
B.
hired
C. regarded
D. trained
32. A. travel
B. business
C. children
D.
marriage
33. A. recently
B. once
C.
still
D. first
34. A. left
B. pushed
C. surprised
D.
interrupted
35. A. hotel
B. restaurant
C. home
D. shop
36. A.
homely
B. lively
C. motherly
D. friendly
37. A. ought to
B.
used to
C. might
D. could
38. A. takes
B.
keeps
C. looks
D. feels
39. A. unless
B. while
C.
because
D. though
40. A.
money
B.
chair
C. house
D. necklace
答案解析
21.
A
考查动词词义和语境理解
。
die
去世；
come
来；
return
返回，归还；
visit
拜访。有
下文的
dea
th
可知母亲
“
去世了
”
。
22. B
考查动词词义和语境理解。
disappear
丢失不见；
burn
燃烧；
break
打破；
drop<
/p>
降低，
落下。有后文的我感到
“
忧心如焚
”
及
“
归还
”
（
retur
n
）可知此处是指项链丢失了。
23. D
考查动词词义和语境理解。找了几天没有找到，几
天之后别人
“
告诉
”
< br>（
tell
）了我项
链的下落。
show
展示；
comfort
安慰；
persuade
劝服。
24.
C
考查动词辨析和语境理解。既然是赚了一大笔钱，捡到项链的那个人肯定是把它卖
了。
hid
隐藏；
steal
偷（没有证据表明项链是那个人偷走的）
；
wear
穿戴。
25. A
考查副词词义及语境理解。项链失而复得，
“
我
”
是幸运地。<
/p>
luckily
幸运地；
natural
ly
自然地；
surely
确定地；<
/p>
hopefully
有希望地。
26.
A
考查动词词义及语境理解。母亲去世前我
< br>“
护理
”
了她六个月。
nurse
护理，照料；
cure
治愈（母亲已去世，没有治愈）
；
miss
怀念；
guard
保护，守卫。
27.
B
考查形容词词义及语境理解。
在万
家团圆的圣诞节，母亲刚去世，
对我来说一定很
难熬。
28.
D
考查副词词义及语境理解。我已来到小镇
< br>Morzaine
就
“
立刻
”
喜欢上了它。
immediately<
/p>
立刻，马上；
suddenly
突然；<
/p>
finally
最后
,
终于；
nearly
几乎，差不多。
< br>
29.
C
考查短语辨析及语境理解。一开始到这来旅游的目的是放松
心情。
be supposed to
认为应该
……
；
be said to
据说
……
；
be proved
to
据证明；
be judged
to
据判断。
30.
D
考查形容词词义及语境理解。
light
明亮的，敞亮的；<
/p>
smart
伶俐的，聪明的；
high<
/p>
高的
firm
结实的
,
牢固的。我的心情比过去的几个月
“
敞亮了
”
很多。
31.
B
考查动词词义和语境理解。
hir
e
雇用；
honour
尊敬；
regard
看作，注意；
train
训
练。我
“
受雇
”
到这里来当宾馆的经理。
32.
D
考查名词词义和语境理解。后文的
“
But, by summer
, we got marr
ied.
”
暗示此处为
刚开始我没有心
情谈论
“
婚姻
”
，因为我
“
还
”
沉浸在失去母亲的痛苦当中。
33.
C
考查副词词义及语境理解。
解释同上。
still
仍然，
仍旧；
recently
< br>最近；
once
一旦，
一次；<
/p>
first
第一
,
最早
,
首先；
34.
B
考查动词词义和语境理解。
Paul
理解我的心情，
从不
“
催促
”
我结婚。
push
催促；
leave
离去
,
离开；
surprise
使惊奇
,
< br>使诧异；
interrupt
打断。
35.
A
考查语境理解。上文提到受雇做宾馆的经理，现在我们开了
家自己的
“
宾馆
”
。
36.
A
考查语境理解。
后文说每间客房都是围绕我们的生活记忆装饰的，
我们这样做是为
了让客人有一种
“
家
”
的感觉。
37.
B
考查情态动词及语境理解。这把小椅子
“
以前
”
是放在母亲的卧室里的。
38.
D
考查语境理解。母亲已去世，但是我们的幸福生活她在天堂可以
“
感觉
”
的到。
39.
C
考查连词和语境理解。
这里是在解
释我认为母亲在天堂可以感觉到我们幸福生活的
原因。
beca
use
引导原因状语从句；
unless
引导条件状语从句；
while
引导时间和比较状语
从句；
though
引导让步状语从句。
40.
D
考查语境理解。前文一直在围绕着母亲给我的
“
项链
”
在记述。
Every year more than half a
million American kids have drainage
(
排泄
) tubes
surgically
implanted
in
their
ears
to
combat
persistent
infections.
The
procedure,
known as tympanostomy, may not be as 67
as the tonsillectomy was in the 1940s,
but it now 68 as the nation’s leading
childhood 69 and a new study suggests it’s
being vastly overused. In 70 more than
6,000 scheduled
ear tube operations, a
team
of
experts
71
by
Harvard
pediatrician
Lawrence
Kleinman
found
that
fewer
than
half
were clearly justified.
current Journal
of the American Medical Association (JAMA),
thousand children in the United States
may be 72 tympanostomy tubes that offer
them no demonstrated 73 ...and may
place them at increased 74 .
Tube placement isn’t a 75
risky procedure, but it costs $$1,000 to $$1,500 and
sometimes scars the eardrum, causing a
partial loss of 76 . Studies show that the
benefits are
most likely to 77 the risks ifa child’s middle ear
has produced
sticky fluid 78 more than
four months despite treatment 79 antibiotics. For
less
virulent
infections,
drug
treatment
is
Usually
a(n)
80
,
safer
alternative
(though
drugs, too, can be overused). In the
new JAMA study, Kleinman’s team reviewed
the medical charts of 6,429 kids, all
under 16, 81 doctors had recommended the
procedure.
Even
making
assumptions
about
the
likely
82
,
the
researchers
found that a quarter of the proposed
operations were 83 , since less invasive
alternatives
were
available,
84
another
third
were
as
likely
to
harm
the
recipients
as help them.
Parents needn’t 85 about ear tubes that are
alread
y in place. Once
86
implanted, the tiny devices provide drainage for
six months to a year, then
come out by
reducing health costs by hundreds of millions of
dollars every year.
67.
[A] rare
[B] common
[C] general
[D] abnormal
68.
[A] considers
[B] altemates
[C] ranges
[D] ranks
69.
[A] operation
[B] disease
[C] condition
[D] injection
70.
[A] finding
[B] reviewing
[C] amending
[D] performing
71.
[A] controlled
[B] conducted
[C] legitimated
[D] led
72.
[A] receiving
[B] accepting
[C] undertaking
[D] initiating
73.
[A] disadvantage
[B] agreement
[C] advantage
[D] hortcoming
74.
[A] bottom
[B] risk
[C] edge