consumed

shocked

embarrassed

bored

考查动词词义辨析。句意：她热爱做母亲，但常常因为这一切的混乱而感到筋疲力尽，觉得生活永远不会恢复正常。A. consumed 消耗，使筋疲力尽；B. shocked 使震惊；C. embarrassed 使尴尬；D. bored 使无聊。根据上文 “Emma Carlson Berne had just had her third child.”、下文 “by the confusion of it all,” 以及 “Since they were all exhausted,” 可知，刚生下第三个孩子带来的生活的混乱，常常让她感到筋疲力尽。故选A。

play

nurse

exercise

sleep

考查动词词义辨析。句意：当他们下车时，婴儿又需要喂奶了。A. play 玩耍；B. nurse 护理，喂奶，哺育；C. exercise 锻炼；D. sleep 睡觉。根据下文 “While nursing the baby,” 可知，婴儿又需要喂奶了。故选B。

hurriedly

doubtfully

smoothly

calmly

考查副词词义辨析。句意：由于他们都筋疲力尽，所以他们匆匆走进餐馆。A. hurriedly 匆忙地；B. doubtfully 怀疑地；C. smoothly 顺利地；D. calmly 冷静地。根据上文 “When they stepped out of the car, the baby needed to                  again. Since they were all exhausted,” 可知，因为他们都筋疲力尽，孩子又需要喂奶，所以他们匆匆走进餐馆。故选A。

feared

remembered

claimed

agreed

考查动词词义辨析。句意：在给孩子喂奶的时候，Berne看到他不安地动来动去，担心他随时会哭起来。A. feared 担心；B. remembered 记得；C. claimed 声称；D. agreed 同意。根据空前 “Berne saw him moving restlessly” 以及空后 “he’d start crying any moment.” 可知，Berne看到孩子不安地动来动去担心孩子随时会哭起来。故选A。

dangerous

meaningless

tough

urgent

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：由于这真的很艰难，她开始感到绝望，并且有点眼泪汪汪的。A. dangerous 危险的；B. meaningless 无意义的；C. tough 艰难的；D. urgent 紧急的。根据上文 “he’d start crying any moment.” 以及空后 “she started to feel hopeless” 可知，因为情况很艰难，所以她开始感到绝望。故选C。

light-hearted

narrow-minded

good-natured

teary-eyed

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. light-hearted 轻松的；B. narrow-minded 狭隘的，小心眼的；C. good-natured 本性善良的，友好的；D. teary-eyed 眼泪汪汪的。根据 “she started to feel hopeless” 可知，她开始感到绝望，所以有点眼泪汪汪的。故选D。

champion

hero

guardian

contributor

考查名词词义辨析。句意：然后，她心中的无名英雄出现了：一位年长的女士。A. champion 冠军；B. hero 英雄；C. guardian 监护人；D. contributor 贡献者。根据下文 “Finally, she                  Berne and said kindly, ‘Look at you, mom. You’re doing such a good job.’” 可知，这位年长的女士鼓励了Berne，所以在Berne心中，这位女士就是英雄。故选B。

pretended

decided

expected

promised

考查动词词义辨析。句意：Berne本以为她会说这个婴儿很可爱，但这位女士让她大吃一惊。A. pretended 假装；B. decided 决定；C. expected 预料，认为；D. promised 承诺。根据 “she would say how cute the baby was,” 以及下文转折词 “but” 可知，此处指Berne本以为这位女士会说婴儿很可爱。故选C。

annoyed

disappointed

puzzled

surprised

考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. annoyed 使恼怒；B. disappointed 使失望；C. puzzled 使困惑；D. surprised 使惊讶。根据转折词 “but”、下文 “She first said, ‘What a(n)                  family.’ Looking at the children sitting quietly, she added, ‘It’ s not                  to sit at a table for a long time.’” 以及 “Look at you, mom. You’re doing such a good job.” 可知，这位女士并没有说婴儿很可爱，而是说了对一家人都进行了赞扬，夸奖孩子们能安静地坐在桌子旁，赞扬Berne做得很好，这让Berne很惊讶。故选D。

extended

beautiful

noisy

wealthy

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她首先说：“多么漂亮的一家人啊。” A. extended 延长了的，扩展了的；B. beautiful 漂亮的；C. noisy 吵闹的；D. wealthy 富有的。根据下文 “It was the woman’s compliment (赞美) that made her,” 可知，此处是女士在赞美Berne一家人，结合选项，应该说一家人很漂亮。故选B。

easy

polite

normal

right

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：看着孩子们安静地坐着，她补充道：“在桌子旁坐很长时间并不容易。” A. easy 容易的；B. polite 礼貌的；C. normal 正常的；D. right 正确的。根据上文 “Looking at the children sitting quietly,” 以及空后 “to sit at a table for a long time.” 可知，此处指孩子安静地在桌子旁坐很长时间并不容易。故选A。

called on

met with

turned to

picked up

考查动词短语辨析。句意：最后，她转向Berne，和蔼地说：“看看你，妈妈。你做得很好。” A. called on 号召；B. met with 遇见；C. turned to 转向，求助于；D. picked up 捡起。根据上文 “Looking at the children sitting quietly, she added,” 以及下文 “Look at you, mom. You’re doing such a good job.” 可知，这位老人夸奖孩子后又转向Berne，和蔼地赞扬了Berne。故选C。

openness

fairness

thoughtfulness

selflessness

考查名词词义辨析。句意：近10年过去了，Berne仍然被那位女士的体贴所感动。A. openness 率真，坦率，开明；B. fairness 公平；C. thoughtfulness 体贴；D. selflessness 无私。根据上文 “Looking at the children sitting quietly, she added,” 以及 “Look at you, mom. You’re doing such a good job.” 可知，在Berne害怕孩子哭闹感到无助的时候，一位陌生女士给了她夸奖和鼓励，所以Berne 被女士的体贴所感动。故选C。

dinner

lesson

trip

encounter

考查名词词义辨析。句意：她一直珍惜那次邂逅。A. dinner 晚餐；B. lesson 课，一课时；C. trip 旅行；D. encounter 邂逅，相遇。根据上文 “Then, her unsung                  showed up: an older woman.” 可知，Berne一直珍惜与那位给她鼓励的女士的邂逅。故选D。

needed

accepted

liberated

seen

考查动词词义辨析。句意：正是那位女士的赞美，让她这个当时有时觉得自己被人忽视的人，在这样一段艰难的时期，感受到了被需要和重视。A. needed 需要；B. accepted 接受；C. liberated 解放；D. seen 看见。根据上文 “said kindly, ‘Look at you, mom. You’re doing such a good job.’” 以及空前 “someone who sometimes felt invisible then,” 可知，这位女士的赞美让Berne感到自己的付出被别人看到，此处seen与invisible相对应，指被看见。故选D。