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One Sunday, a mother took her son and little daughter to watch a circus. In the  41  of the circus, the little girl, Jenny, fell 42  in her mother’s lap(大腿). The brother, Jack, who was six, stayed awake, and  43  the latter half with his mother. When it was over, the mother  44  Jenny in her arms and carried her to the bus station. It was 45 that night, so she took off her scarf and gently  46  Jenny’s head with it.     When they arrived home, the mother  47 carried Jenny into the bedroom and  48  her to sleep. After Jack had changed his clothes, his mother lay down next to him to talk about the evening together.  49 , when the mother asked what he liked most, there was no 50  on his part. She was a little  51 . He used to speak non-stop whenever something exciting happened. She was 52  that something was wrong: he had been so 53  on the way home and while getting ready for bed. She  54   hearing nothing from him. Suddenly Jack  55  on his side, facing the wall. She 56  why and got up to see his eyes welling up with tears. “What is  57 , honey? ”  He turned back. She could sense he was feeling some  58 for the tears although he wiped away the tears right away. “Mom, if I were cold, would you put your scarf around me, too? ” Of all the  59  of that special evening out together, the most important for Jack was a little    60  of affection—a momentary, unconscious showing of her love to his little sister. In relationships, little things matter the most.a 41. A. beginning              B. middle                   C. end                        D. course 42. A. tired                         B. sick                  C. asleep                           D. bored 43. A. waited                   B. heard        C. performed                     D. enjoyed 44. A. took up                    B. picked up            C. woke up                 D. held up 45. A. dark                         B. cloudy                   C. rainy                             D. freezing 46. A. covered                   B. shook               C. knocked              D. turned 47. A. second                            B. next           C. first                        D. last 48. A. begged                   B. forced         C. put                      D. encouraged 49. A. Therefore             B. Finally        C. Instead               D. However 50. A. surprise                B. response            C. pleasure                D. impression 51. A. polite                     B. dishonest            C. rude                  D. disappointed 52. A. satisfied                    B. convinced    C. amazed               D. judged 53. A. relaxed                 B. still              C. quiet                       D. sad 54. A. regretted               B. remembered         C. forgot                   D. appreciated 55. A. turned over                     B. turned up           C. took over                      D. looked over 56. A. realized                           B. explained            C. learned                  D. wondered 57. A. on                                   B. up                    C. about                            D. over 58. A. danger                           B. time          C. embarrassment            D. experience 59. A. people                            B. processes      C. performances             D. events 60. A. movement             B. support              C. act                  D. behavior 答案：41．根据下文的the latter half可知，Jenny是在马戏表演到一半时睡着的。 42．根据下文的stayed awake可判断，Jack醒着，而Jenny却睡着了。 43．Jack和妈妈一起欣赏后半部分的演出。the latter half 后半部分 44．演出结束，妈妈把Jenny抱起来，抱到汽车站。pick up抱起。 45．根据妈妈的举动以及“Mom, if I were cold”可判断，此处是指“那天晚上很冷”。freezing极冷的。 46．天气很冷，妈妈把自己的围巾摘下来，盖住Jenny的头。 47．一到家妈妈首先把女儿抱到卧室里。 48．这里指妈妈把Jenny抱到卧室后，让她入睡。put sb．to sleep让某人入睡。 49．妈妈躺在Jack旁边和他谈论看过的马戏表演，然而，当妈妈问他最喜欢哪一部分时，Jack没有回应。 50．和以往的speak non-stop相反,儿子不说话,没有回答妈妈的问题。response回应，回复。 51．根据下文的something was wrong可判断, 儿子不回答自己的问题，这让妈妈感到“失望（disappointed）”。 52．看到儿子的这种异常反应，妈妈“确信”出了什么问题。be convinced确信。 53．在回家的路上和准备睡觉的时候，儿子都非常安静，不说话。 54．妈妈记得没有听到过儿子说话。 55．根据前面的his mother lay down next to him to talk about the evening together可知，此刻母子两个躺在床上，现在儿子转了个身，面向墙。turn over转身。  turn up出现，take over 接管，接收  look over 检查，查看 56．这时妈妈想知道为什么，因此起身，却发现儿子的眼里满是泪水。 57．What is up? 出了什么事？一般指不好的事情。What’s on? 正在上演什么？ 58．尽管Jack立刻把泪水擦掉，妈妈还是感到了他对自己的哭泣感到有些尴尬。embarrassment尴尬，难看 embarrassing 令人尴尬的 embarrassed 尴尬的 59．由上下文语境可知，此处表示“在那个特殊夜晚发生的所有事情中”。event事件。 60．在那个特殊的夜晚，他们共同经历的事情中，对Jack来说最重要的是妈妈对妹妹的一个充满爱心的小小的举动。 BCDBD    ACCDB     DBCBA    DBCDC

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