语境判断此处指在剩余的一天中，他们分别去想对方不让人满意的地方，故选B。 13. D came up问题被提出，走上前来； came out真相大白，出来； came for存心进攻；came up with提出；从上文内容可以判断他们分别写下了他们想出来的对方的缺点，故选D。 14. A go over复习，检查；make up组成，弥补；look over检查，从…..上面看；turn to 转向。根据语境可知他们写出来一些对方的缺点后要拿出来让对方看，故选A。
15. C matter事情；topics话题；items条款，物品；details细节。根据后句内容“…enough to fill three pages.”可知新娘写了很多她认为丈夫的坏毛病，故选C。
16. D cleanly干净地；clearly清楚地；proudly骄傲地；neatly几乎。根据搭配可知新娘把写字用的纸整齐地放到一边，故选D。
17. B unfold展开；fold折叠；open打开；stretch伸展。从语境判断新娘念完后，把纸放后，然后合上手放到纸上，故选B。
18.A state陈述；declare宣布，声称；announce宣布；suggest建议，暗示；后面是新郎说的话，declare侧重正式的声明，announce是声明大家关心的事情，而此处只是指新郎说的话，故选A。
19.D 根据语法结构可知way后面是定语从句，从句中缺少表语，用that。
20.C encourage鼓励 criticize批评 touch触动；love爱；从后句“turned her head and wept.”判断新娘被新郎的话感动了，故选C。
E【2015·四川省成都外国语学校高三下学期3月月考】
My husband and I insisted that our children were old enough to clean their rooms and make their beds. But they thought 1 . My complaints, even self-justified shouting, were always landing on 2 ears. Very often a whole hour‘s scolding would end with their 3 into tears, I felt very frustrated. I realized I needed to 4 my method of ―mothering‖.
One day when they were at school, I spent some time 5 their rooms. On their desks, in plain 6 , I left the cards: ―Dear Bill (the other card was 7 to Sarah), your room was messy this morning and I‘m sure you like it clean. Love, the Room Fairy.‖ 8 arriving back, the children were 9 excited to receive the little note from the Room Fairy. The next day, their rooms were fairly tidy. Sure enough, there was another note from the Room Fairy __10 for them, thanking them for their nice ―gift‖ of a clean room and 11 asking them to play a certain violin 12 . Each day, thank--you notes would be written differently to keep the ideas 13 . Sometimes the Room Fairy would propose a little 14 : ―If you can finish your homework and 15 your lessons before dinner, I‘ d like to watch a particular television program with you tonight.‖ Sometimes some colored markers or other little items would be left in 16 of well done jobs the day 17 .
18 I can‘t remember how long ―the Room Fairy‖ continued leaving her love notes. When they were age appropriate, we used various versions of Post-Its(贴条). The bathroom mirror
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became the 19 centre of our home. Appointments, notices about visiting relatives, lesson schedules, and changes in plans could be posted.
We all benefited from and 20 the idea of sharing reminders and daily details of life through notes. I believe the true advantage of the Room Fairy notes survives in our frequent and enjoyable communication.
1.A. indifferently B. gratefully C. doubtfully D. otherwise 2.A. side B. deaf C. neither D. either 3.A. crying B. breaking C. bursting D. bumping 4.A. adjust B. adopt C. access D. addict 5.A. clearing B. tidying C. emptying D. searching 6.A. distance B. words C. speech D. sight 7.A. sent B. read C. delivered D. addressed 8.A. As B. At C. In D. Upon 9.A. more than B. rather than C. no more than D. other than 10.A. asking B. waiting C. praying D. expecting 11.A. politely B. happily C. gently D. toughly 12.A. music B. song C. piece D. tone 13.A. respectable B. uninteresting C. incredible D. fresh 14.A. challenge B. question C. suggestion D. advice 15.A. go with B. look up C. go over D. look into 16.A. response B. answer C. praise D. honour 17.A. ahead B. before C. over D. ago 18.A. Actually B. Even so C. Even if D. Though 19.A. life B. main C. memory D. reminder 20.A. learned B. appreciated C. shared D. thanked 【解析】
【文章大意】本文讲述了聪明的妈妈换了一种与孩子的交流方法，取得了意想不到的效果。作者通过the Room Fairy 的便条教育孩子要保持房间整洁和努力学习，并一直保持这种习惯，作者和孩子都从中受益了。
1.D indifferently漠不关心地；gratefully感激地；doubtfully怀疑地；otherwise另外地，不同地。根据上下文的意思可知，孩子的想法和我们的不一样。故选D。
2.B side边；deaf聋；neither也不；either也。landing on deaf ears不予理睬。根据句意可知孩子们对我的抱怨根本不理睬，充耳不闻。 故选B。
3.C cry哭；break打破；burst爆发；bump撞。句意：经常是一个小时的责备让孩子们泪流满面。burst into tears是固定结构，意为―突然大哭起来‖。故选C。
4.A adjust调整；adopt收养；access接近；addict有瘾。前面的这些失败让“我”很沮丧，于是想到了要调整“我”的方法。故选A。
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5.B clear清理；tidy整理；empty倒空；search搜寻。句意：我花了一些时间整理他们的房间。故选B。
6.B distance距离；word话语；speech演讲；sight视野。结合句意可知“我”在卡片上留下了话。故选B。
7.D send送；read读；deliver发表；address给…….写(信)。文中指我另外一张卡片是写给Sarah的。be addressed to sb.写给某人。故选D。
8.D as做为；at在…地方；in 在…里面；upon一…就，一回来。句意：孩子们一回家就非常兴奋。故选D。
9.A more than不仅仅，非常；rather than而不是；no more than仅仅；other than除了，more than+形容词，意为\非常”。句意：孩子们一回家就非常兴奋。故选A。
10.B ask问；wait等；pray祈祷；expect盼望。句意：还有一张the Room Fairy的便条在等着他们。故选B。
11. C politely礼貌；happily高兴；gently温柔地；toughly困难地。便条上感谢他们把房间整理的干净，并温柔的请他们演奏一首小提琴。故选C。
12.C music音乐；song 歌曲；piece片；tone语调。music不能和a连用，这不是小提琴歌曲，而是一首曲子，这里的piece指(艺术)作品；曲，篇。故选C。
13.D respectable值得尊敬的；uninteresting无趣的；incredible难以想象的；fresh新鲜的。句意：每天这个便条写得都不一样，这样可以保持这种想法新鲜感。故选D。
14.A challenge挑战；question问题；suggestion建议；advice建议。句意：有时the Room Fairy的想法有挑战性。故选A。
15.C go with匹配；look up查询；go over复习；look into调查。go over the lesson复习功课。故选C。
16.C response回复；answer回答；praise表扬；honour荣幸。句意：有时候会有一些彩色的记号或者是其他一些小东西给他们，为了表扬他们前一天做得很好的工作，in praise of表扬。故选C。
17.B ahead前面；before之前；over越过；ago之前。the day before指前面一天，这里指前面一天孩子完成的工作。故选B。
18.A actually实际上；even so甚至这样；even if 即使；though虽然。 实际上，我不记得the Room Fairy继续给他们写了多久的便条。故选A。
19.D life生活；main主要；memory记忆；reminder提示。句意：浴室的镜子成为我们家的提示中心。故选D。
20.B learn学习；appreciate欣赏；shared分享；thank感谢。句意：我们都很欣赏这种分享提示的方法。appreciate欣赏，后面接sth；thank后面接sb。故选B。
F【2015·河北省易县第二高中模拟】
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On a number of drives throughout my childhood, my mother would suddenly pull over the car to examine a flower by the side of the road or rescue a beetle from tragedy while I, in my late teens and early twenties, sat ____41______ in the car.
Though Mother‘s Day ____42___ Earth Day, for me, they have always been _____43____ each other.My mum has been ―green‖ since she became____44_____ the environment.Part of this habit was ____45_____of thrift (节俭).Like her mother and her grandmother before her, mum _____46____her plastic bags.
Mum creates a kind of ___47_____ relationship with wildlife in her yard.She knows to pick the apples on her trees a little early to ____48_____ the bears and that if she leaves the bird feeders(给食器) out at night, it is ____49_____that they will be knocked down by a family of raccoons (浣熊).Spiders that _____50_____ their way into the house and are caught in juice glasses will be ___51_____ in the garden.
I try to____52____ my children that looking out for the environment starts with being ____53____of the environment.On busy streets, we look for dandelions (蒲公英) to fly in the wind; we say hello to neighbourhood cats and ____54_____ plastic cups and paper bags.This teaching comes easily, I realize, because I was taught so well by _____55_____.Mum didn‘t need to lecture; she didn‘t need to beat a drum to change the world.She simply slowed down enough to ___56_____ living in it and with that joy came mercy and an instinct for protection.
I am slowing down and it isn‘t _____57_____the weight of my nearly forty years on the planet, it is out of my concern for the planet itself.I‘ve begun to save glass jars and reuse packing envelopes.I pause in my daily tasks to _____58______ the squirrels race each other in the trees above my house.
Last summer, in the _____59____of my son and daughter, I planted tomatoes in my yard.With the heat of August around me, I ate the first while sitting on my low wall with dirt on my hands.Warm from the sun, it burst on my tongue with a sweetness I immediately wanted to _____60_____ with my mum. 41. A.impatiently 42. A.following 43. A.referred to B.happily B.followed B.related to C.eagerly C.follows C.adapted to D.frighteningly D.follow D.adjusted to 39
44. A.worried about 45. A.devoted 46. A.likes 47. A.harmonious 48. A.avoid 49. A.certain 50. A.walk 51. A.set off 52. A.want 53. A.likely 54. A.set up 55. A.example 56. A.allow 57. A.because of 58. A.feel 59. A.member 60. A.play B.thought about B.born B.makes B.happy B.leave B.sure B.make B.set out B.force B.afraid B.pick up B.words B.permit B.fond of B.watch B.colleague B.share C.concerned about C.tired C.reuses C.close C.starve C.impossible C.leave C.set down C.expect C.aware C.give away C.thinking C.make C.curious of C.think C.company C.live D.talked about D.feared D.throws D.strange D.chase D.likely D.operate D.set loose D.teach D.anxious D.throw away D.instruction D.enjoy D.certain of D.expect D.companion D.work 【文章大意】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者童年时，母亲保护环境的行动教育和感染了我。成为母亲后，我用自己的行动教育自己的孩子。这个故事告诉我们：身教大于言教。 41.A impatiently不耐烦地；happily高兴地；eagerly急切地；frighteningly害怕地。因为母亲停车出去检查路边的花，拯救甲壳虫需要一定的时间，所以自己不耐烦地坐在车里。 42.C 此处“Though Mother‘s Day follows Earth Day”是一个完整的句子，所以用第三人称单数的形式作谓语。
43.B refer to参考；relate to相关；和??相联系；adapt to适应；adjust to调整。根据文章“地球日——母亲的环保行动——母亲节”，可知由于母亲的环保行动，地球日和母亲节就联系在一起了。地球日和母亲节，母亲都在进行环保行动。
44.C worry about担心；think about想起；concern about关心；talk about谈起。自从母亲关心环境以来，她也就成了绿色行动者。
45.B devote奉献；born出生；tire累；fear害怕。根据后面的“Like her mother and her
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