sitting room

kitchen

yard

dining hall

考查名词词义辨析。句意：当大人们在外面忙于严肃的谈话时，我一个人留在厨房里帮奶奶洗碗。A. sitting room 客厅；B. kitchen 厨房；C. yard 院子；D. dining hall 餐厅。根据下文 “to help my grandmother wash dishes.” 可推知，此处指作者在厨房洗碗。故选B。

As always

By the way

For example

Here and now

考查介词短语辨析。句意：一如既往地，我的祖母会给我讲她童年的故事。A. As always 一如既往；B. By the way 顺便说一句；C. For example 例如；D. Here and now 此时此地。根据语境，结合下文 “my grandmother would tell me stories about her childhood.” 可推知，此处指作者的祖母经常给作者讲童年故事，这次一如既往的给作者讲她童年的故事。故选A。

adjusted

promoted

achieved

experienced

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我的祖母出生在二战前夕，她的童年生活方式与我的完全不同。A. adjusted 调整；B. promoted 促进；C. achieved 完成；D. experienced 经历。根据下文 “an entirely different childhood lifestyle from mine.” 可推知，此处指祖母经历的童年与作者的不同。故选D。

work

school

court

press

考查名词词义辨析。句意：她没有机会上学。A. work 工作；B. school 学校；C. court 法院；D. press 出版社。根据下文 “The only opportunity she could seize to                  was when her brother was having Chinese                  with the family tutor.” 可推知，此处在指祖母生活的年代，她是没有机会上学的。故选B。

favored

tolerated

trusted

acknowledged

考查动词词义辨析。句意：就像典型的重男轻女的家庭一样，我奶奶不得不呆在家里做家务。A. favored 被宠爱的，得到偏爱的；B. tolerated 被容忍的；C. trusted 被信任的；D. acknowledged 被承认的。根据上文 “She did not have a chance to go to school. Like in typical families,” 并结合语境可推知，此处指作者祖母生活的年代是重男轻女的，所以祖母才不被允许上学。故选A。

gardening

homework

business

housework

考查名词词义辨析。句意：就像典型的重男轻女的家庭一样，我奶奶不得不呆在家里做家务。A.gardening 园艺；B. homework 家庭作业；C. business 商务；D.housework 家务。结合语境，再根据上文 “my grandma had to stay at home” 可推知，此处指作者祖母在家里做家务。故选D。

exercise

study

explore

teach

考查动词词义辨析。句意：她唯一能抓住的学习机会是当她的哥哥和家庭教师一起上语文课的时候。A. exercise 锻炼；B. study 学习；C. explore 探索；D. teach 教学。根据上文 “She did not have a chance to go to school.” 以及下文 “with the family tutor.” 可推知，此处指祖母不被允许上学，自己找机会学习。故选B。

food

guests

lessons

tea

考查名词词义辨析。句意：她唯一能抓住的学习机会是当她的哥哥和家庭教师一起上语文课的时候。A. food 食物；B. guests 客人；C. lessons 课程；D. tea 茶。根据上文 “having Chinese” 以及下文 “with the family tutor.” 可推知，此处指祖母的哥哥和家庭教师一起上语文课。故选C。

closely

directly

nervously

freely

考查副词词义辨析。句意：她会安静地坐在长长的餐桌的另一端，仔细地听着。A. closely 仔细地，紧密地；B. directly 直接地；C. nervously 紧张地；D. freely 自由地。根据上文 “The only opportunity she could seize to study was when her brother was having Chinese lessons with the family tutor. She would sit quietly at the far end of the long dinner table,” 可推知，此处指祖母抓住学习机会，仔细地旁听学习。故选A。

professional

awkward

simple

practical

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这项训练教会了她把中文倒过来读和写——这项技能被证明是非常实用的，尤其是当我们分享报纸的时候。A. professional 专业的；B. awkward 令人尴尬的；C. simple 简单的；D. practical 实用的。根据上文 “This training taught her to read and write her Chinese upside down” 以及下文 “especially whenever we share the newspaper.” 可推知，此处指祖母学会的技能是非常实用的。故选D。

market

mountain

beach

class

考查名词词义辨析。句意：在大多数周末，我的祖母，当时还是个小女孩，和她的哥哥会去海滩。A. market 市场；B. mountain 山；C. beach 海滩；D. class 班级。根据下文 “they would walk through deep water, sit down cross-legged underwater” 可推知，此处指祖母和哥哥去海滩玩水。故选C。

secret

breath

view

tongue

考查名词词义辨析。句意：在那里，他们会穿过深水，盘腿坐在水下，屏住呼吸，看着周围发生的一切。A. secret 秘密；B. breath 呼吸；C. view 视野；D. tongue 舌头。根据上文 “they would walk through deep water, sit down cross-legged underwater” 可推知，此处指祖母和哥哥在水下屏住呼吸。故选B。

admire

notice

adopt

value

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我非常钦佩她在水下睁开眼睛并且还能舒适地坐在海床上的能力。A. admire 钦佩；B. notice 注意到；C.adopt 采纳；D. value 重视。根据下文 “her ability to open her                  underwater and still sit comfortably on the seabed.” 可推知，此处指作者佩服祖母在水里的能力。故选A。

hands

mouth

eyes

arms

考查名词词义辨析。句意：我非常钦佩她在水下睁开眼睛并且还能舒适地坐在海床上的能力。A. hands 手；B. mouth 嘴；C. eyes 眼睛；D. arms 胳膊。根据上文 “while they watched all action going on around them.” 可推知，此处指祖母睁开眼睛在水下坐着。故选C。

difficult

complex

happy

similar

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：与她的童年相比，我的童年相当幸福。A. difficult 困难的；B. complex 复杂的；C. happy 快乐的，幸福的；D. similar 相似的。通读全文，再根据 “compared with hers.” 可推知，此处指与祖母的童年经历相比，作者的童年相当幸福。故选C。

grateful

surprised

convinced

regretful

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我很感激我不需要像她那样经历磨难。A. grateful 感激的；B. surprised 惊讶的；C. convinced 深信不疑的；D. regretful 后悔的。根据上文 “My childhood is quite happy compared with hers.” 可推知，此处指作者很感激自己的童年是快乐的。故选A。

reflect upon

go through

ask about

prepare for

考查动词短语辨析。句意：我很感激我不需要像她那样经历磨难。A. reflect upon 思考；B. go through 经历；C. ask about 询问；D. prepare for 准备。根据上文 “I am grateful that I did not need” 以及下文 “the hardships like she did.” 可推知，此处指作者感激自己不需要经历祖母经历过的那些磨难。故选B。

unemployment

health

education

communication

考查名词词义辨析。句意：我从来没有遇到过受教育的问题。A.unemployment 失业；B. health 健康；C. education 教育；D. communication 沟通。通读全文，再根据上文 “She did not have a chance to go to school.” 可推知，文章主要讲了祖母不被允许上学，没受过教育的困境，所以此处指作者从来没有遇到过受教育的问题。故选C。

attend

refer

lead

talk

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我想是我们不同的童年背景让我的祖母成为了一个交谈时令人惊叹的人：她的故事总是让我的历史教科书鲜活起来。A. attend 出席；B. refer 参考；C. lead 领导；D. talk 对话，讨论。结合上文祖母给作者讲故事，再根据上文 “makes my grandmother such an amazing person” 可推知，此处指祖母的经历使祖母成为了一个交谈时令人惊叹的人。talk to “与某人交谈”。故选D。

come true

come round

come out

come alive

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我想是我们不同的童年背景让我的祖母成为了一个交谈时令人惊叹的人：她的故事总是让我的历史教科书鲜活起来。A. come true 成真；B. come round 苏醒；C. come out 出现；D. come alive 变得生动。根据上文 “I guess our different childhood background is what makes my grandmother such an amazing person to talk to: her stories always make my history textbooks” 可推知，此处指作者祖母的经历和故事丰富了作者的人生，使历史书上的故事变得生动鲜活，跃然纸上。故选D。