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Our apartment has been hit by a “hurricane”. Every bit of furniture is _______ with paper chains, scissors, tape and modeling clay. _______, I’m so exhausted tonight, recovering from a surgery.The phone rings—for the sixth time in less than an hour. We know it is my mother, again. A stroke claimed her brain, but not her life. She is troubled by a severe mental _______— She has no idea that she has _______ the things she is about to say a million times. Nor can she recall I had a _______.Each time she calls, I play a game with _______ called “How Good a Person Can I Be?” I’ve won five rounds of the game tonight; I am due for a _______ this time.“Mom!” I _______. “You are not being removed from your home! And we visited two days ago!” Silence. Then:“I was only calling to say hi.” My mother continues, “Why are you yelling?”I sink into the couch, aware that my daughter is _______. She hears me scold my mother and lose my _______. I have not only failed at being a good person; I have failed at being a good _______ to my daughter.“Can I talk to Grandma Ellie?” My five-year-old _______ the phone. _______, I hand it over.Then, I hear my mother _______ through the receiver. “Sweetheart! How are you? Did you go to school today?”What magic is this? All she says is “Hi, Grandma,” Out of the phone comes a waterfall of good _______. My mother tells her how much she loves her and how lovely her voice sounds.I am not tired or angry; I am _______ inside, watching my kindergartner _______ her fragile grandmother with such skillfulness. I’m fascinated by their _______.The mess in our apartment still _______ around me. I listen to my daughter whispering to her grandmother, caring for her with extreme _______.【1】A. covered B. decorated C. mixed D. filled【2】A. What’s more B. Above all C. Worse still D. Needless to say【3】A. disorder B. fitness C. performance D. function【4】A. created B. completed C. confirmed D. repeated【5】A. stroke B. surgery C. headache D. problem【6】A. my daughter B. myself C. my mom D. my grandma【7】A. success B. winner C. quarrel D. fall【8】A. whisper B. explain C. yell D. promise【9】A. imitating B. witnessing C. laughing D. sleeping【10】A. belief B. face C. temper D. way【11】A. friend B. companion C. caregiver D. example【12】A. reaches for B. picks up C. plays with D. hangs up【13】A. Excitedly B. Aimlessly C. Wordlessly D. Unwillingly【14】A. call out B. break down C. give up D. set out【15】A. ideas B. cheers C. relationship D. applause【16】A. shocked B. weak C. firm D. soft【17】A. teach B. bother C. handle D. acknowledge【18】A. exchange B. declaration C. voices D. behavior【19】A. counts B. settles C. expands D. disappears【20】A. conditions B. confidence C. efforts D. patience 答案：【答案】【1】A【2】C【3】A【4】D【5】B【6】B【7】D【8】C【9】B【10】C【11】D【12】A【13】C【14】A【15】B【16】D【17】C【18】A【19】B【20】D【解析】本文属于记叙文，讲述作者由于被很多事情缠身，因此对自己患中风的母亲发火了，但是当看到女儿与母亲电话交流的很和谐，作者很感动。【1】考查动词词义辨析。A. covered覆盖；B. decorated装饰；C. mixed混合；D. filled充满。根据后文The mess in our apartment still ___19___ around me.可知，家里很乱，到处都是纸带，剪刀，磁带以及橡皮泥，故选A。【2】考查副词词义辨析。A. What’s more另外；B. Above all最重要的是； C. Worse still更糟糕的是；D. Needless to say不必说。根据后文I’m so exhausted tonight, recovering from a surgery可知，作者很疲惫，正在外科手术中恢复，故可知，前后句表示递进，更糟糕，故选C。【3】考查名词词义辨析。A. disorder混乱；B. fitness健康；C. performance表演，表现；D. function功能。根据前文A stroke claimed her brain, but not her life.可知，作者母亲患中风，因此严重精神混乱，故选A.【4】考查动词词义辨析。A. created创造；B. completed完成；C. confirmed确认；D. repeated重复。根据后文she is about to say a million times可知，作者母亲重复其说了很多次的事情，故选D。【5】考查名词词义辨析。A. stroke中风； B. surgery外科手术；C. headache头痛；D. problem问题。根据前文I’m so exhausted tonight, recovering from a surgery.可知，作者做了手术，其母亲记不得了，故选B。【6】考查名词词义辨析和反身代词。根据句意可知，每次作者母亲打电话时，作者都在自己玩游戏，故选B。【7】考查名词词义辨析。A. success成功；B. winner胜利者；C. quarrel吵架；D. fall下降。根据前文I’ve won five rounds of the game tonight可知，作者那晚已经赢了五轮，计划下一轮输掉，故选D。【8】考查动词词义辨析。A. whisper低声说；B. explain解释；C. yell咆哮；D. promise承诺。根据后文Why are you yelling可知，作者在对母亲咆哮，故选C。【9】考查动词词义辨析。A. imitating 模仿；B. witnessing目睹；C. laughing大笑；D. sleeping睡觉。根据后文She hears me scold my mother可知，作者女儿听见了作者在责骂母亲，故可知，作者女儿在目睹其行为，故选B。【10】考查名词词义辨析。A. belief信念；B. face面子；C. temper脾气；D. way路，方式。根据句意可知，作者女儿听见了作者在责骂母亲，在发脾气，故选C。【11】考查名词词义辨析。A. friend朋友；B. companion伴侣；C. caregiver护理者，照料者；D. example例子，榜样。根据句意可知，作者没有为女儿树立一个好榜样，故选D。【12】考查动词词义辨析。A. reaches for达到，去拿；B. picks up拿起；C. plays with玩弄；D. hangs up挂起电话。根据前一句Can I talk to Grandma Ellie?”可知，女儿征求作者，是否可以和奶奶谈话，去拿电话，故选A。【13】考查副词词义辨析。A. Excitedly兴奋地；B. Aimlessly没有目标地；C. Wordlessly无语地；D. Unwillingly不愿地。根据文章可知，作者正在对母亲发脾气，当女儿征求作者意见的时候，作者很无语地把电话递给女儿，故选C。【14】考查动词词义辨析。A. call out召集，召唤；B. break down分解；C. give up放弃；D. set out出发。根据后一句Sweetheart! How are you? Did you go to school today?”可知，作者听见母亲通过送话器说出的话语，故选A。【15】考查名词词义辨析。A. ideas观点，想法；B. cheers欢呼声；C. relationship关系；D. applause掌声。根据后文My mother tells her how much she loves her and how lovely her voice sounds.可知，作者听到一阵欢呼声从电话中传出来，故选B。【16】考查形容词词义辨析。A. shocked震惊的；B. weak虚弱的；C. firm牢固的；D. soft柔软的。根据前文I am not tired or angry可知，作者不再疲惫或者生气的，变得柔软，故选D。【17】考查动词词义辨析。A. teach教；B. bother打扰；C. handle处理，应付；D. acknowledge承认，致谢。根据后文with such skillfulness可知，作者女儿很有技巧安抚其奶奶，故选C。【18】考查名词词义辨析。A. exchange 交换，谈话；B. declaration宣称；C. voices声音；D. behavior行为。根据前文可知，女儿与奶奶在进行交谈，故选A。【19】考查动词词义辨析。A. counts数，有价值；B. settles解决，定居；C. expands扩张；D. disappears消失。根据前文可知，作者屋里依然很乱，故选B。【20】考查名词词义辨析。A. conditions条件；B. confidence信心；C. efforts努力；D. patience耐心。根据后一句I listen to my daughter whispering to her grandmother可知，作者听见女儿与奶奶低声交谈，很耐心地关心她，故选D。

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