阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
People from every corner flooded into the streets that Christmas Eve. "Frosty the Snowman," and "Jingle Bells" in stores; on the pavements, the street singers performed happily. Everyone, was by someone else, delighted and cheerful. I was alone.
As one of 8 kids of a Brazilian family, brought up in America's crowded apartment, I'd spent several years searching for aloneness. Now, at 27, a college student after the with my girlfriend , every cell inside me wanted to be alone, not at Christmas. My family had to Brazil and my friends were with their own lives. Dusk was approaching, and the fact that I had to return to my home made me sad. Lights from windows blinked, and I hoped someone would from one of those homes to invite me inside with a Christmas tree decorated with shiny fake snow andpresents.
At a market, I felt more when people were buying lots of goods, which the gifts we received as children in my mind . I missed my family and wanted to cry for wanting to be alone and for having achieved it.
Outside the church , a manger(小耶稣) had been set . I stood with others watching the scene, some of them themselves, praying. As I walked home, I realized that leaving Brazil was still a painful experience as I struggled with I had become in 15 years in America. I'd mourned the but for the first time, I recognized what I’d gained. I was independent, and healthy. My life was still ahead, full of.
Sometimes the best gift is the one that you give yourself. That Christmas, I gave myself for what I'd obtained up to now and promise to go forward. It is the best gift I've ever got, the one that I most .
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share v.分享;serve v.服务;故选项B正确。
由语境中的"Frosty theSnowman," and "Jingle Bells"这两首耳熟能详的圣诞歌可知这里应是圣诞歌在商店播放,所以应选played。
上下文文意判断不准。
accompany v.陪伴;employ v.雇佣;attend v.参加;support v.支持,只有A选项符合文意。
由后面一句话“I was alone.”把我一个人独处的情形和周围的人都有人陪伴形成对比。
逻辑推理错误。
usually adv.通常地;extremely adv.极其地;eventually adv.逐渐地。所以选项D正确。
由前一句“I'd spent several years searching for aloneness.”推理出多少年来一直在寻求独处的机会,现在这里我终于可以一个人了,所以选eventually。
忽略了前后文的照应关系。
cell n.细胞;want to be alone 想要孤独,所以选项A正确。
由原文“every cell inside me wanted to be alone”可知我之所以倍感孤独,推理出因为和女友分手了,所以选择breakup。
识别不出上下文的呼应而致错。
but 表前后句的转折关系;故选项B正确。
虽然失恋想一个人待会儿,但是却不想圣诞节这样,前后有转折关系,所以选择but。
判断不出前后句的关系致错。
return v.返回,故选项D 正确。
由第二段开头“As one of 8 kids of a Brazilian family”知道我是巴西后裔,所以这里推理家人回去过圣诞了。
不够仔细,识别不出前后文的照应。
occupy v.占据;从事;be occupied with sth. 忙于某事。故选项C正确。
文意指“我独自呆在街上,家人回巴西了,朋友们都在忙于自己的生活”。
重点词汇及短语记忆不到位。
shabby adj.破败的;cozy adj.舒适的;empty adj.空荡荡的。所以选项B正确。
夜幕降临,我不得不回到我那个空荡荡的家,这让我很难过,更衬托出孤单。
词义记忆不清致错。
hang out 闲逛 ;break in 插嘴;所以A选项正确。
我希望灯光闪烁的房子里有人出现请我进去跟他们共庆圣诞,用“turn up”表示“出现”之意,最符合语境。
重点短语记忆不清致错。
deal v.处理;discount v.打折;wrap v.包装;donate v.捐赠;故选项C正确。
常识问题,圣诞树下的礼物一般都是包装好的。
逻辑推理错误。
nervous adj.紧张的;excited adj.激动的;upset adj.不安的;故选项D正确。
第二段描述了作者在街上孤独的心情,在市场看到人们为圣诞购物的气氛,作者的心情越发难过了”
逻辑推理错误。
call up 想起;call on 号召,故选项A正确。
这里有点触景生情,别人购买的物品让我想起了孩提时代收到的礼物,我越发想家了。
对上下文意把握不准。
set up 设立,建立;故选项B正确。
在教堂外面,为庆祝圣诞,小耶稣已经被架起来了
重点短语记忆不清致错。
hug v.拥抱;bow v.鞠躬;cross v.画十字;bend v.弯腰;故选项C正确。
由后面的“praying”可以看出旁边有的人正在祈祷,可以想象他们在用手在胸前划十字。
词义搭配错误。
painful adj.痛苦的;struggle with 做挣扎;故选项C正确。
由原文“leaving Brazil was still a painful experience as I struggled with 55 I had become in 15 years in America.”可知离开巴西始终是我一次痛苦的经历,我一直在想,15年的美国生活让我变成了一个什么样的人。
上下文文意不准。
recognize v.意识到;gain v.得到,故选项C 正确。
由后文“I recognized what I’d gained”知道,我意识到我得到了一些东西,推理出前面应该是为失去的难过
词义搭配错误。
由第二段“a college student”知道我是大学生,所以算得到很好的教育。【解析】college student 大学生。故选项B正确。
对上下文文意及关系把握不准。
possibility n.可能性;sight n.风景,视野;sadness n.悲伤;hardship n.艰难。所以选项A正确。
由“My life was still ahead.”知道生活会继续向前,会有一切可能
词义记忆不清致错。
credit n.信誉,赞誉;所以D选项正确。
这个圣诞节我送给自己的礼物就是对自己已经取得的赞誉及对未来的承诺
上下文关系把握不准。
value v.珍视,珍惜;故选项B正确。
这份礼物是我收到的最好的礼物,也是我最珍惜的
逻辑推理错误。