淄博市2024高考英语阅读类系列系列(9)及答案
淄博市2024高考英语阅读类系列系列(9)及答案 (201***·河南示范中学适应性测试) What would I do for Carol s 50th birthday? It was __1__ that she didn t want a party, certainly not a surprise party (that was an agreement at our marriage). “How about a small dinner with __2__ ?” I asked. “No,” she said,“I hate being the center of __3__” Still, the milestone had to be marked. __4__ wasn t going to let her get away with a Stouffer s frozen dinner and a movie video, __5__ this was all she said she wanted. I thought and thought,and __6__ making my decision, I sent a letter to her friends, asking them for photos,poems,and letters. “Carol doesn t __7__ a party in person.but I m hoping to __8__ her a party in a book.” I bought a (n) __9__ with a friend s advice, and what I wanted __10__. For a few minutes at the end of every workday, I __11__ pull out the marking pens and make up the __12__, Carol s. Photos of her in junior high, pictures of us __13__ the boys, original songs, notes, cards, and poems. It made me __14__ for all the years we had had together. The __15__ was more than the album. It was the friendship and love she had given to me and to our kids and to all her friends and family. You could __16__ it on every page. I wrapped it up and __17__ it home. “Happy birthday,sweetie,” I said. “It s not a frozen dinner or a video, but it s __18__ you deserve.” She cried. She doesn t ___19__ like to cry, but I think she likes the book. She s said so many times. And every time I remind her __20__ putting it together was a gift to me. 用什么方式庆祝妻子Carol的50岁生日呢?作者的做法很独特。 1.A. amazing B. clear C. unusual D. important 答案:B。我要为Carol的50岁生日做点什么呢?明显她不想举办生日聚会,当然不是一个惊喜聚会,这是我们婚姻中的约定。由括号内的内容可知,她不想举办生日聚会是明显的事实。It is clear that.明显……。 2.A. neighbours B. children C. friends D. classmates 答案:C。“和挚友们一块吃顿饭怎么样?”我问她。由下文征求挚友们的看法可知,此处不是指和孩子们吃饭,而是指和挚友们吃顿饭。 3.A. attention B. comment C. view D. interest 答案:A。她回答道,“不,我厌烦成为众人留意的中心。” 4.A. She B. It C. He D. I 答案:D。我不想让她50岁的生日就这么轻易地不声不响地过去。get away with侥幸逃脱。 5.A. for B. or C. and D. when 答案:C。我不想让她吃一种一般的晚餐和看影碟度过她的生日,但是这正是她说她想要的全部。此处考查and的熟词生义,and在此意为“而,但是”,如:Vegetable oil is digestible and mineral oil is not.植物油易消化而矿物油则不行。因为不知and的这一意思索生易误认为此处表示因果关系而错选for。 6.A. before B. after C. when D. once 答案:B。我想呀想,在打定办法以后,我给她的挚友们寄了一封信,向她们要照片、诗词和信件。 7.A. want B. have C. hold D. attend 答案:A。信上说:“Carol本人不想要举办一次生日聚会……”。want sth.想要某种东西。 8.A. make B. choose C. find D. give 答案:D。“但我希望在一本书中给她举办一次生日聚会。”give sb.a party为某人举办一次聚会。 9.A. album B. novel C. mirror D. overcoat 答案:A。在一个挚友的建议下我买了一本相簿。 10.A. went on B. poured in C. turned