One night, when I was eight, my mother gently asked me a question I would never forget. “Sweetie, my company wants to me but needs me to work in Brazil. This is like your teacher telling that you’ve done and allowing you to skip a grade(跳级), but you’ll have toyour friends. Would you say yes to your teacher?” She gave me a hug and asked me to think about it. I was puzzled. The question kept mefor the rest of the night. I had said “yes” but for the first time, I realized thedecisions adults had to make. For almost four years, my mother would call us from Brazil every day. Every evening I’dwait for the phone to ring and then tell her every detail of my day. A phone call, however, could never replace herand it was difficult not to feel lonely at times. During my fourth-grade Christmas break, we flew to Rio to visit her. Looking at her large apartment, I becamehow lonely my mother must have been in Brazil herself. It was then I started to appreciate the tough choices she had to make onfamily and work.difficult decisions, she used to tell me, you wouldn’t know whether you make the right choice, but you could always make the best out of the situation, with passion and aattitude. Back home, Imyself that what my mother could do, I could, too. If sheto live in Rio all by herself, I, too, could learn to be. I learn how to take care of myself and set high but achievable. My mother is now back with us. But I will never forget what thehas really taught me. Sacrificesin the end. The separation between us has proved to befor me.
试题分析：作者的妈妈有了晋升的机会，但是她需要到巴西工作，这就意味着她将不得不与家人暂时分开。这件事让作者第一次体会到了大人做决定的艰难。与妈妈分开的日子让作者逐渐学会了独立，这应该算是好的一面。 【小题1】考查动词辨析。A吸引；B表扬；C使惊讶；D提升，促进，推动。根据下一行“allowing you to skip a grade”可知，作者的妈妈用跳级来形容她职位上的提升，故选D。 【小题2】考查副词辨析。A少许，一点；B非常，很多；C好，满意地；D错误地。根据后面的“allowing you to skip a grade”可知，应该是学习好的学生才有机会跳级，故选C。 【小题3】考查动词辨析。A拒绝；B离开；C联系；D原谅。but you’ll have to 38your friends但是，跳级意味着要离开自己的朋友，故选B。 【小题4】考查动词辨析。A怀疑，想知道，自问；B睡觉；C解释；D遗憾，后悔。根据前一句“I was puzzled.”可知，妈妈的话让作者感到困惑，作者整晚都在思考这个问题，故选A。 【小题5】考查形容词辨析。A贫穷的，可怜的；B及时的；C最后的；D坚强的，困难的严格的。I realized thedecisions adults had to make作者第一次意识到大人们很难做出决定，根据第三段第三行“appreciate the tough choices”可知答案，故选D。 【小题6】考查副词辨析。A紧张地；B有礼貌地；C急切地；D好奇地。根据“and then tell her every detail of my day”可知，作者迫不及待想把一天所发生的事情告诉妈妈，故选C。 【小题7】考查名词辨析。A耐心；B出席，到场，存在，仪表；C智力，理解力，情报；D影响。A phone call, however, could never replace her作者认为一个电话无法代替有妈妈在身边，故选B。 【小题8】考查形容词辨析。A空的；B昂贵的；C舒适的；D现代的。根据“how lonely my mother must have been”可知，当看到空空的公寓时，作者意识到妈妈很孤独，故选A。 【小题9】考查短语辨析。A对......感兴趣；B怀疑......；C知道；D对......感到满意。I becamehow lonely my mother must have been作者认识到妈妈一个人在巴西很孤独，be/become aware of知道，意识到，故选C。 【小题10】考查强调句。It was then I started to appreciate...正是在那个时候，作者才开始理解妈妈的艰难抉择，it is/was...that是强调句型，这里强调的是时间状语，故选D。 【小题11】考查动词辨析。A放弃，抛弃；B平衡；C比较；D混合。onfamily and work这里指妈妈想兼顾家庭和工作，在两者之间取得平衡，故选B。 【小题12】考查动词短语。A面临；B向......提供；C依靠，取决于；D坚持。difficult decisions, she used to tell me,面临艰难抉择时，妈妈总是告诉我......，故选A。 【小题13】考查形容词辨析。A不同的；B友好的；C积极的；D普遍的，总的，一般的。with passion and aattitude妈妈让作者用热情和乐观积极的态度来对待艰难抉择，故选C。 【小题14】考查动词辨析。A批评；B通知；C警告；D提醒。Imyself that what my mother could do回到家后，作者提醒自己要像妈妈一样战胜孤独，remind sb of sth/that...提醒......，故选D。 【小题15】考查动词辨析。A提供；B设法完成，管理；C试图，尝试；D期望。If sheto live in Rio all by herself如果妈妈能在里约独立生活，manage to do sth做成某事，故选B。 【小题16】考查形容词辨析。A感激的；B独立的；C精力充沛的；D实际的，实用的，心灵手巧的。根据“live in Rio all by herself...I learn how to take care of myself”可知，作者决定学着独立生活，故选B。 【小题17】考查名词辨析。A例子，样品，榜样；B极限，限度；C规则，规定，条例；D目标，得分。and set high but achievable作者学着照顾自己并给自己定下很高但能够实现的目标，故选D。 【小题18】考查名词辨析。A问题；B经历，经验；C历史；D机会，时机，场合，原因。But I will never forget what thehas really taught me.作者永远都不会忘记这次经历教给作者的道理，故选B。 【小题19】考查动词短语。A用完，耗尽，跑出去；B回来；C付清，成功，回报，带来好结果；D调大，出现。根据下一句“The separation between us has proved to befor me.”可知，牺牲得到了回报，作者把不能和妈妈生活在一起看作是一种牺牲，故选C。 【小题20】考查名词辨析。A祝愿，认可，祝福，幸运；B集会，聚会；C失败；D乐事，愉快。The separation between us has proved to befor me.对作者来说，与妈妈分开结果证明是一件幸事，因为它让作者学会了独立，故选A。 考点：生活类短文阅读