Ⅰ.完形填空
(2020届河北省唐山市高三模拟)
I was often told that God loved me. I wanted to believe that so much.
For nearly a 1 I was shuttled between adoptive families and group homes—14 of them. Some families were nice. Others were 2 ， like evils in a dark fairy tale. At the age of 12, I was finally 3 ， by Gay and Phil Courter, a couple with two adult sons. Gay said, “We lived for a 4 ， and we believe that reason is you.”
I'd been lied to by adults so many times in the past years.I wasn't sure they 5 loved me. “There will be no 6 . All those parents were pretty much the same，” I said to myself. I 7 to call them Mom and Dad. I was particular about the homecooked meals Gay 8 prepared.I hid in my room as much as possible. I wanted to make them 9 so they'd show their true colors.
One Friday night in the eighth grade, I really 10 things to the limit. A neighborhood girl had persuaded me to 11 out of the house with her to meet some boys. I put Advil (镇痛药) in my parents' drinks after dinner, 12 it would make them sleepy. Wow! I'd never seen them so 13 .“Now they would surely send me back”， I thought. Instead they said, “Ashley, we are family, we have nowhere to send you back to, we must 14 this like a family.”
I ran in 15 to my bedroom, where I spent the weekend. Seeing how much I'd disappointed them made me 16 . No one had ever cared for me like that. I didn't deserve this 17 ．
Sunday night, Gay came into my room. She 18 down and kissed my cheek. “Love you, sweetie，” she said. For the first time ever, I kissed her back. “Love you too，” I said. That word—love—sounded so 19 ， yet felt so true. I was discovering that love is what makes a(n) 20 ．
【语篇解读】 文章主要叙述作者在几个领养家庭间来回辗转近十年，最终被Gay一家收养，他们像家人一样对待作者，使作者感受到爱的温暖。
1．A.fortnight B．week
C．month D．decade
解析：选D A项意为“两星期，两周”；B项意为“星期，周”；C项意为“月”；D项意为“十年”。根据下文中的“At the age of 12, I was finally 3 ”可推知，作者在领养家庭和团体之家之间来回辗转近十年。故选D。
2．A.angry B．mad
C．cruel D．strange
解析：选C A项意为“生气的”；B项意为“疯的”；C项意为“残忍的，无情的”；D项意为“奇怪的”。根据上文“Some families were nice.”和下文中的“like evils in a dark fairy tale”可推知，有些家庭很好，有些家庭是无情的，像黑暗童话里的恶魔。故选C。
3．A.adopted B．discovered
C．moved D．persuaded
解析：选A A项意为“收养”；B项意为“发现”；C项意为“移动”；D项意为“说服”。根据下文中的“by Gay and Phil Courter”可知，“我”最终被一对夫妇收养了。故选A。
4．A.family B．kindness
C．love D．reason
解析：选D A项意为“家庭”；B项意为“友好”；C项意为“爱”；D项意为“原因”。根据下文中的“we believe that reason is you”可知，这对夫妇说他们为了一个理由生活，他们相信那个理由就是作者。故选D。
5．A.possibly B．finally
C．truly D．certainly
解析：选C A项意为“可能地”；B项意为“最后”；C项意为“真正地”；D项意为“必定，当然”。根据上文“I'd been lied to by adults so many times in the past years.”可知，在过去的几年里，作者被大人们骗了很多次。由此可推知，作者不确信他们是真地爱自己。故选C。
6．A.evidence B．difference
C．choice D．point
解析：选B A项意为“证据”；B项意为“差异”；C项意为“选择”；D项意为“要点”。根据下文中的“All those parents were pretty much the same”可知，此处指没有区别，所有的父母几乎相同。故选B。
7．A.started B．agreed
C．wanted D．refused
解析：选D A项意为“开始”；B项意为“同意”；C项意为“想要”；D项意为“拒绝”。根据上下文语境可推知，作者拒绝叫他们妈妈和爸爸。故选D。
8．A.happily B．painstakingly
C．willingly D．easily
解析：选B A项意为“高兴地”；B项意为“煞费苦心地”；C项意为“愿意地”；D项意为“容易地”。根据上文语境可知，作者对Gay煞费苦心准备的饭菜特别挑剔。故选B。
9．A.mad B．relaxed
C．content D．shocked
解析：选A A项意为“生气的”；B项意为“放松的”；C项意为“满意的”；D项意为“震惊的”。根据下文中的“they'd show their true colors”可知，作者想让他们生气，这样他们才会露出真面目。故选A。
10．A.dragged B．proved
C．pushed D．pulled
解析：选C A项意为“拖，拉”；B项意为“证明”；C项意为“推”；D项意为“拉”。根据下文中的“I put Advil (镇痛药) in my parents' drinks after dinner”可知，在作者上八年级的一个周五的晚上，作者真的做了很过分的事情。故选C。
11．A.run B．slide
C．jump D．break
解析：选B A项意为“跑”；B项意为“滑，快速悄声地移动”；C项意为“跳”；D项意为“打断”。根据下文“I put Advil (镇痛药)in my parents' drinks after dinner, 12 it would make them sleepy.”可知，一个邻家女孩说服作者和她溜出房间去见几个男孩。于是作者在父母喝的水中放了镇痛药，使他们昏睡过去。故选B。
12．A.discovering B．thinking
C．seeing D．observing
解析：选B A项意为“发现”；B项意为“认为”；C项意为“看见”；D项意为“观察”。根据上文语境可知，作者认为放镇痛药能使父母昏睡过去。故选B。
13．A.nice B．cruel
C．different D．angry
解析：选D A项意为“美好的”；B项意为“残忍的”；C项意为“不同的”；D项意为“生气的”。根据下文中的“Now they would surely send me back”可推知，作者从来没看到他们如此生气，所以作者认为自己会被送回去。故选D。
14．A.deal with B．put down
C．look through D．write down
解析：选A A项意为“处理”；B项意为“放下”；C项意为“浏览”；D项意为“写下”。根据上文中的“Ashley，we are family”可推知，他们像家人一样处理这件事。故选A。
15．A.joy B．anger
C．tears D．laughter
解析：选C A项意为“愉悦，高兴”；B项意为“怒气”；C项意为“眼泪”；D项意为“笑，笑声”。根据上文中的“we have nowhere to send you back to，we must 14 this like a family”可知，父母的做法让作者感动，作者哭着跑回了自己的卧室，在那里度过了周末。故选C。
16．A.ashamed B．annoyed
C．excited D．satisfied
解析：选A A项意为“羞愧的”；B项意为“恼怒的”；C项意为“兴奋的”；D项意为“满意的”。根据下文“No one had ever cared for me like that.”可知，从来没有人这样照顾过作者。由此可推知，看到他们这么失望，作者感到很羞愧。故选A。
17．A.service B．honor
C．kindness D．honesty
解析：选C A项意为“服务”；B项意为“荣誉”；C项意为“友好”；D项意为“诚实”。根据上文语境可知，作者做错了事，他们却很照顾作者，所以作者认为自己不值得这种善意。故选C。
18．A.took B．bent
C．put D．broke
解析：选B A项意为“带走”；B项意为“弯曲”；C项意为“放”；D项意为“打破”。根据下文中的“down and kissed my cheek”可知，Gay来到了作者的房间，她弯下腰亲吻作者的面颊。故选B。
19．A.different B．popular
C．familiar D．strange
解析：选D A项意为“不同的”；B项意为“流行的”；C项意为“熟悉的”；D项意为“奇怪的，陌生的”。根据下文中的“yet felt so true”可知，爱的话语听起来如此陌生，然而却又如此真实。故选D。
20．A.family B．group
C．adult D．union
解析：选A A项意为“家庭”；B项意为“小组”；C项意为“成年人”；D项意为“联盟”。根据语境可知，作者发现爱能构成一个家庭的全部。故选A。
