The Faces of Christmas

The Faces of Christmas

“ Oh, Sally! Christmas is going to be so terrible this year,” my best friend Laura said to me on the school bus. “ Mom and Dad have to be out of town on Christmas, and I have to stay with my Aunt Jane. She always treats (对待) me like a five-year-old! I wish I had a ______ family like you, so I could go somewhere else.”

I do have a big family: Mom, Dad, Mary, Jim and I, as well as lots of aunts and uncles. Every Christmas, the whole family get together at our house to have dinner.

Later that day, I told Mom about Laura’s ______ .

“ Why don’t you ask Laura to spend Christmas at our house? ” Mom offered.

“ Oh, Mom, that would be great! I’m sure Laura would love to come.” I was so excited.

“ There will be an extra (额外的) place at the table anyway, because Mary has a chance to go to France with her teachers.” Mom went on while washing dishes.

“No! Mom, she can’t go, or she’ll ______ Christmas with the family. We’ve always spent it together…” When I wanted to say more, the telephone rang. It was my brother Jim calling. He asked if Mom and Dad wouldn’t ______ too much if he didn’t come home for Christmas, because he wanted to go skating with friends. Of course, Mom and Dad said Jim could go, but I had wanted them to say no.

On the afternoon of Christmas Eve, Laura came over, which cheered me up a lot.

“Where are Mary and Jim?” she asked me.

“They’ve made other ______ , so they aren’t coming home,” I said. “Christmas just isn’t going to be the same this year ______ them.”

“Of course,” Mom went over and said. “No two Christmases are ever the same. People ______ —children grow older, new members are added (添加) to the family, and sometimes people die. Do you understand that, Sally?”

“ Yes, Mom,” I said. “ I think I do.”

Next evening, all my relatives (亲戚) arrived. As I looked around the dinner table, I really began to ______ what Mom had tried to tell me. I saw the new faces of babies, my aunt’s boyfriend, and my best friend, Laura, and I saw the old familiar faces that would always be there. No, I thought. No two Christmases are ever the same.

【1】A. big B. happy C. rich D. usual

【2】A. accident B. advice C. difference D. problem

【3】A. follow B. miss C. forget D. spend

【4】A. ask B. speak C. mind D. think

【5】A. conversations B. plans C. suggestions D. mistakes

【6】A. against B. around C. between D. without

【7】A. change B. appear C. improve D. move

【8】A. imagine B. remember C. understand D. show

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【5】B

【6】D

【7】A

【8】C

【解析】

我最好的朋友Laura对我说，圣诞节她的爸爸和妈妈要出差，她只能和阿姨过圣诞节，她说希望有一个像我一样的大家庭，我告诉妈妈关于Laura的问题，妈妈说她可以和我们一起过圣诞节，妈妈说正好玛丽和她的老师去法国，我说她不能去，否则她不能和我们一起过圣诞节了，我哥哥吉姆打电话问，如果他不会来过圣诞节，爸爸和妈妈是否会介意，在圣诞节，Laura问玛丽和吉姆呢，我说，他们做了其他的计划，他们不回家，今年没有他们圣诞节不一样，妈妈说，没有两个圣诞节是一样的，人会变化，孩子长大，添加新成员，有时人去世，我真的开始理解妈妈告诉我的。

【1】考查形容词辨析。句意：我希望有一个像你一样的大家庭。A. big大的；B. happy高兴的；C. rich富有的；D. usual普通的；根据I have to stay with my Aunt Jane.和 so I could go somewhere else.”以及I do have a big family: Mom, Dad, Mary, Jim and I, as well as lots of aunts and uncles.可知是像你一样的大家庭；故选A

【2】考查名词辨析。句意：我告诉妈妈关于Laura的问题。A. accident事故；B. advice建议；C. difference不同；D. problem问题；根据Mom and Dad have to be out of town on Christmas, and I have to stay with my Aunt Jane. She always treats (对待) me like a five-year-old! I wish I had a ___1___ family like you, so I could go somewhere else和“ Why don’t you ask Laura to spend Christmas at our house? ” Mom offered可知是告诉妈妈Laura的问题，故选D

【3】考查动词辨析。句意：她将会错过和家人过圣诞节。A. follow跟随；B. miss错过；C. forget忘记；D. spend花费；根据Mary has a chance to go to France with her teachers.和We’ve always spent it together…可知是错过圣诞节；故选B

【4】考查动词辨析。句意：如果他不会来过圣诞节，爸爸和妈妈是否不会介意。A. ask问；B. speak说；C. mind介意；D. think认为；根据We’ve always spent it together…和if he didn’t come home for Christmas,可知是爸爸和妈妈是否不会介意太多；故选C

【5】考查名词辨析。句意：他们做了其他的计划。A. conversations对话；B. plans计划；C. suggestions建议；D. mistakes错误；根据Mary has a chance to go to France with her teachers.和he wanted to go skating with friends.可知有其他的计划安排；故选B

【6】考查介词辨析。句意：没有他们圣诞节会是不一样的。A. against对抗；B. around周围；C. between两者之间； D. without没有；根据Mary has a chance to go to France with her teachers.和he wanted to go skating with friends.可知他们不一起过圣诞节，所以是没有他们；故选D

【7】考查动词辨析。句意：人会变化。A. change改变；B. appear出现；C. improve提高；D. move移动；根据No two Christmases are ever the same.和 —children grow older, new members are added (添加) to the family, and sometimes people die. Do you understand that,以及上文Mary和Jim今年不回来一起过圣诞，Laura来他们家和他们一起过圣诞，可知是人员的改变；故选A

【8】考查动词辨析。句意：我真的开始理解妈妈告诉我的。A. imagine想象；B. remember记住；C. understand理解；D. show表示；根据I saw the new faces of babies, my aunt’s boyfriend, and my best friend, Laura, and I saw the old familiar faces that would always be there. No, I thought. No two Christmases are ever the same.可知理解妈妈的话；故选C

根据前后文语境，结合时态，语态，词性，短语，句型，词义辨析和主谓一致，选出正确的选项。例如：小题7 考查动词辨析。句意：人会变化。A. change改变；B. appear出现；C. improve提高；D. move移动；根据No two Christmases are ever the same.和 —children grow older, new members are added (添加) to the family, and sometimes people die. Do you understand that,以及上文Mary和Jim今年不回来一起过圣诞，Laura来他们家和他们一起过圣诞，可知是人员的改变；故选A