单选题
Helen and Martin

With a thoughtful sigh, Helen turned away from the window and walked back to her favourite armchair. (51) her brother never arrive? For a brief moment, she wondered if she really cared that much.
Over the years Helen had given (52) waiting for Martin to take an interest in her. Her feelings for him had gradually (53) until now, as she sat waiting for him, she experienced no more than a sister's (54) to see what had (55) of her brother.
Almost without (56) , Martin had lost his job with a busy publishing company after spending the last eight years in New York as a key figure in the US office. Somehow the two of them hadn't (57) to keep in touch and, left alone, Helen had slowly found her (58) in her own judgement growing. (59) the wishes of her parents, she had left university halfway (60) her course and now, to the astonishment of the whole family, she was (61) a fast-growing reputation in the pages of respected art magazines and was actually earning enough to live (62) from her paintings.
Of course, she (63) no pleasure in Martin's sudden misfortune, but she couldn't (64) looking forward to her brother's arrival with (65) satisfaction at what she had achieved.

【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】考查情态动词。根据句意“哥哥将永远不再回来了吗?”有“应该”、“应”意思的B、D选项应该排除。只有Would有“将要”的意思，符合句意。故选C。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】考查介词搭配。此句句意为“这些年来，海伦已经放弃了等待马丁对她产生兴趣”。give in意为“屈服，让步”；give up意为“放弃”，符合句意；give out意为“分发，公布”；giveaway意为“泄露，出卖”。故选B。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】depress偏重表达“数量的减少或价值的降低”；weaken一般来说偏重“情感”方面的减弱、变淡；lower偏重在“数量或质量”上的减少或降低；faint偏重于“视觉”的变淡、模糊。此句表达的是Helen对他的感情慢慢变淡，故选B。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】此句表达的是Helen非常急切地想知道她的哥哥到底发生了什么事的一种“急切的、好奇的”感觉，故四个选项中只有curiosity最贴切，故选C。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】become of sb./sth…是短语，意为“发生某种情况；遭遇……”。故选A。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】根据上下文可知，Martin在没有任何征兆的情况下就失去了工作。caution指“警察的口头警告”，advice意为“劝告、忠告”，signal意为“信号、暗号”，只有warning有“征兆、前兆”之意。故选B。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】此句句意为“在某种程度上他俩不会因为彼此的联系或不联系而烦扰”，其中A选项mind意为“介意”；B选项concern意为“担心、担忧”；C选项worry意为“使担心、使焦虑”，只有D选项bother有“烦扰”之意。故选D。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】此句表达的是Helen对自己的判断的“信心”。A选项dependence意为“依靠、依赖”；C选项certainty意为“确定性、无疑”；D选项courage意为“勇气、胆量”；B选项confidence可与介词in搭配，意为“对……有信心”。故选B。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】ignore“不顾、不理、忽视”，omit“省略、疏忽”，avoid“回避、避免”，prevent“防止、预防”。此句表达的是“不顾及、忽视父母的愿望”。故选A。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】此句强调的是在学业过程中，故应用through一词；across强调横穿，故选C。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】gain意为“获得、博得”，reach意为“达到”，start意为“开始”，open意为“打开”。此句表达获得声誉。故选A。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】考查介词搭配。……而且她的画作足以维持生活。Live for意为“盼望，为……而生活”；live by意为“以……为生”；1ive with意为“忍受，承认”；而live on意为“靠……生活”与句意相符。故选D。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】短语take no pleasure in…“不以……为乐/感到高兴”。故选B。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】短语couldn't help doing sth…“情不自禁做某事”。故选A。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】soft意为“柔软的”，fine意为“好的”，quiet意为“暗中的、未表露的”，still意为“静止的、不动的”。此句表达Helen的那种未言语的欣慰之情，故选C。