Test 1
(2020·湖南长郡中学三模)My threeyearold son，Nathan，was digging the sand to build a castle.Although I warned him it'd be__1__，he insisted on building it in the__2__of every single wave that would__3__on the shore.
I sighed，figuring the only way to make him__4__was to do as he liked and let him see what would happen.I only hoped he wouldn't be too__5__when that first wave destroyed his__6__．
But when the water came and washed away his castle，he jumped up and down and clapped his hands.“That's__7__！Let's do it again！” I didn't know how he could__8__seeing his fruit of labor ruined.
“Is it really fun when the waves wash away the__9__？”
“Yes，” he said.
Looking at him，I thought about my__10__at home.Nothing I did there ever seemed to __11__．I prepared dinners，which ten minutes after I placed them on the table were__12__ consumed.I mopped floors only to see someone__13__them on their first trip in from the back yard.My life was just one neverending todo__14__．
Just like the sand castles Nathan built，all my__15__were washed away by a giant wave called Family Life.Nothing I did lasted beyond the moment.
Because of this，I often struggled feeling __16__．I wondered if the things I did__17__．And if nothing I did mattered，that meant that I didn't matter.
But as I watched my child__18__in the sand happily，I realized that I'm building something __19__，something that will last forever.
I'm__20__a family.
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者的儿子用沙子堆城堡，然后开心地看着城堡被浪头冲垮，作者由此联想到自己生活中很多像这些沙子城堡一样不能够持久的东西，并意识到其实自己做的那些日常琐事是非常重要的。
1．A.taken apart B．washed away
C．cleared up D．dug out
解析：根据下文中多次出现的wash away可知，作者提醒孩子在那个地方堆沙子城堡会被浪头冲垮。take apart拆开；wash away冲走；clear up清理；dig out挖掘。
答案：B
2．A.front B．charge
C．form D．path
解析：根据下文浪头把城堡冲垮可知，孩子把城堡堆在了撞击海岸的海浪所经过的地方。
答案：D
3．A.crash B．dance
C．float D．appear
解析：由常识可知，海浪会撞击海岸，crash碰撞。
答案：A
4．A.understand B．regret
C．refuse D．struggle
解析：作者认为唯一能够让孩子明白的办法就是让他亲眼看到将会发生的事情。
答案：A
5．A.embarrassed B．frightened
C．guilty D．upset
解析：作者认为当孩子看到自己亲手堆的城堡被浪头冲走的时候心里会难过、沮丧。upset沮丧。
答案：D
6．A.future B．creation
C．world D．souvenir
解析：从下文可知浪头把孩子堆的城堡给冲垮了，城堡是孩子创作力的体现，是他的作品。creation作品，创作。
答案：B
7．A.difficult B．impossible
C．simple D．great
解析：根据下文中出现的fun，以及happily等可推知，孩子看到海水把城堡冲垮非常开心。
答案：D
8．A.imagine B．stand
C．avoid D．risk
解析：根据上文第二段可知，作者认为孩子看到城堡被海水冲垮时会心情沮丧，而实际上他却非常开心，作者对此很不理解，不知道孩子如何能够受得了看到自己的劳动成果瞬间被毁。stand忍受。
答案：B
9．A.tools B．clothes
C．shoes D．castles
解析：根据上文“when the water came and washed away his castle”可知，海水冲垮了孩子建的城堡。
答案：D
10．A.pet B．item
C．life D．plan
解析：根据后面作者讲述的做饭、拖地等内容可知，她是在谈论自己在家里的生活。
答案：C
11. A．last B．happen
C．help D．exist
解析：根据空后内容可知，作者端上桌的饭菜几分钟就被吃光，拖过的地板很快就会被弄脏，由此推断作者认为自己做的事情似乎都不能够持久存在。而且下文“Nothing I did lasted beyond the moment.”也是提示信息。
答案：A
12. A．completely B．suddenly
C．finally D．personally
解析：根据语境可知，端上桌的饭菜会被完全吃掉。completely完全地。
答案：A
13．A.empty B．dirty
C．narrow D．dry
解析：根据上下文可知，作者是在介绍自己所做的事情不能持久存在，所以地板拖过之后会很快又被弄脏。empty倒空；dirty弄脏；narrow变窄；dry弄干。
答案：B
14．A.experiment B．survey
C．list D．puzzle
解析：因为扫过的地会脏，每顿饭要做，所以作者认为自己的生活是一张无休止的任务清单，总有很多的事情要做。
答案：C
15．A.tears B．worries
C．feelings D．efforts
解析：作者认为就像孩子堆的沙堡被海水冲走一样，自己每天的努力也都被生活的巨浪冲走了。
答案：D
16．A.confused B．fancy
C．competitive D．unfair
解析：根据后句内容可知，作者不知道自己做的事情是否重要，所以她感到困惑。
答案：A
17．A.counted B．appeared
C．changed D．faded
解析：见上题解析。
答案：A
18．A.lying B．digging
C．rolling D．sleeping
解析：根据文章首句“...was digging the sand to build a castle.”可知，作者的孩子在挖沙子，用沙子堆城堡。
答案：B
19．A.physical B．moral
C．important D．formal
解析：根据语境可知，当作者看到孩子高兴的样子时，她意识到了其实自己日常做的事情很重要。
答案：C
20．A.protecting B．designing
C．building D．adapting
解析：根据上句中出现的building something可知，作者明白了自己实际上是在建设一个家庭。
答案：C
