Garage sales (旧货市场) are a strange pastime. I am not interested in other people’s items. My mother was, and she convinced me toher. We went to several garage sales and finally stopped at a cottage. The owner told me that he and his wife were moving away. His wife had been a (n)before she retired. As we werethe sale items, I heard the gentleman’s wife say her name to someone, and Irealized who she was. She looked at me and said, “ You are Lisa Miller.” Iat her in awe（惊叹）for it had been thirty yearsI had been in her class. My motherto her for any trouble I might have caused. Shethat if this woman remembered me after so many years, I must have done something. My teacher looked at my mother and said, “Oh, no, she was very good,” and my mother watched her in. My teacher explained during the last week of school, I brought her a. She told us she planted the Lamb’s Ear in her garden. She looked at me and said, “Every day when I leave my house, I think of you. And when I come home these plantsme, and I think of you.” welled up in my eyes. There at her home, among all her, was a piece of my life that she had nurtured(培养). In that moment, she taught me more about life than I could. We give pieces of ourselves every day without thought or expectation. We seldom envision(展望) thethat we have on others’ lives. That piece may grow and spread, becoming a (n) part of a life. In the end it is not the big things that, but the small things that make all the difference in the world. I never had a chance to thank her, but I hope she took a Lamb’s Ear with her to her new home.
试题分析：作者陪妈妈逛旧货市场的时候，意外碰到了自己以前的老师。虽然过去了三十年，但是老师仍然记得作者，这让作者感到惊讶。作者上学时送给了老师一株植物，每当看到它，老师就会想起作者。 【小题1】考查形容词辨析。A坏的，破碎的；B不需要的；C冷冻的，冻僵的，严寒的；D渴望的。根据第一句“Garage sales (旧货市场) are a strange pastime.”可知，这里讲的是旧货市场上卖的东西，作者对旧货不感兴趣，旧货即别人不需要的东西，故选B。 【小题2】考查动词辨析。A陪伴；B系，附带，把......归于；C安排；D完成，实现。根据“We went to several garage sales”可知，作者的妈妈对旧货感兴趣，且说服了作者陪她一起逛旧货市场，故选A。 【小题3】考查形容词辨析。A残忍的；B孤独的；C上年纪的；D可爱的。根据下一行“His wife had been a (n)before she retired”可知，小屋主人的妻子已经退休，说明他是一位老人，故选C。 【小题4】 考查名词辨析。A司机；B钢琴家；C运动员；D老师。根据第二段“for it had been thirty yearsI had been in her class”可知，作者是老人妻子的学生，即老人的妻子以前是老师，故选D。 【小题5】考查动词辨析。A交换；B指示；C选择，挑选；D暴露。As we werethe sale items, I heard the gentleman’s wife say在挑选物品时，作者听到了老人妻子的名字，故选C。 【小题6】考查副词辨析。A紧张地；B立即；C奇怪地；D自动地，无意识地。Irealized who she was听到老人妻子的名字之后，作者立刻就认出了她，故选B。 【小题7】考查动词辨析。A盯着看；B微笑；C瞥一眼；D怒视。Iat her in awe（惊叹）for it had been thirty years作者惊讶地盯着她，stare at盯着看，故选A。 【小题8】考查连词辨析。A在......之后；B在......期间；C因为，自从；D因为。it had been thirty yearsI had been in her class自从作者上学时到现在已经三十年了，故选C。 【小题9】考查动词辨析。A呼吁，有吸引力；B道歉；C笑；D大叫，叫喊。根据“for any trouble I might have caused”可知，作者的妈妈是在向作者的老师道歉，apologize to sb for sth因某事向某人道歉，故选B。 【小题10】考查动词辨析。A怀疑；B怀疑；C认为；D怀疑，想知道。Shethat if this woman remembered me after so many years作者的妈妈认为，老师多年后仍然记得作者，那一定是因为自己的孩子曾经做了错事，故选C。 【小题11】考查形容词辨析。A困难的，不易碎的，倒霉的；B可怕的，糟糕的，极坏的；C柔韧的，灵活的；D实践的，实用的，务实的。根据第一句“for any trouble I might have caused”可知，作者妈妈认为作者在上学时犯过错，故选B。 【小题12】考查名词辨析。A和平，平静；B危险；C怀疑；D需要。Oh, no, she was very good,” and my mother watched her in老师说作者是一个好学生，作者的妈妈用怀疑的眼光看着作者的老师，故选C。 【小题13】考查名词辨析。A书；B电话；C钻石；D植物，设备，工厂。根据下句“She told us she planted the Lamb’s Ear in her garden.”可知，作者送给了老师一株植物，故选D。 【小题14】考查动词辨析。A加工，处理；B给......深刻印象；C问候，欢迎，迎接；D观察，庆祝，遵守。And when I come home these plantsme, and I think of you.当回到家时，作者送给老师的植物会迎接她回到家，这时，老师就会想起作者，故选C。 【小题15】考查名词辨析。A眼泪；B幸福，开心；C承诺；D笑声。 welled up in my eyes.听了老师说的话，作者热泪盈眶，well在此意为“流出，涌出”，故选A。 【小题16】考查名词辨析。A目标；B财物；C数字，图表，画像，身材；D展览，显示。There at her home, among all her, was a piece of my life that she had nurtured(培养).在老师的家中，在所有的财物中，老师很珍视作者送的植物，故选B。 【小题17】考查动词辨析。A需要；B计划；C想象；D猜测，认为。she taught me more about life than I could那一刻，老师教给作者的生活道理比她想象的要多得多，故选C。 【小题18】考查名词辨析。A感觉，意义；B好处，救济金，优良条件；C影响；D疼痛，令人厌烦的事物。We seldom envision(展望) thethat we have on others’ lives.我们很少考虑到我们会给他人的生活带去什么样的影响，have effects on sb/sth对......的影响，故选C。 【小题19】考查形容词辨析。A适当的，合适的；B必要的；C勇敢的；D温和的。becoming a (n) part of a life变成生命不可或缺的一部分，故选B。 【小题20】考查动词辨析。A关心，喜欢；B重要；C依靠；D保持。In the end it is not the big things that, but到最后，不是大事起了重要作用，而是细小的事情产生了重大的影响，not...but不是......而是......，故选B。 考点：故事类短文阅读