单选题 Something happened today that made me realize how much love I have in my house and I am so thankful for it.
My husband used to work in a bank but during the crisis he 1 his job. The economy wasn"t good and he hadn"t many 2 to get another bank job. We were hoping and praying that he would be offered a position.
He got a job and it brought us a feeling of pride. We were able to 3 our mortgage and buy our groceries; but money was still very 4 , so he found another job making deliveries from Monday to Thursday.
He has been working so hard that I wanted to make it an extra 5 Christmas this year. I wanted our house to be filled with 6 —I didn"t want anybody to be alone this year. I finally got round to getting the Christmas tree out yesterday and I worked all day to make the house look 7 .
When my husband came home at 8 p.m. he looked 8 . Seeing the house he broke up the biggest smile, grabbed me and gave me a huge hug. Then he apologized for not being able to help me. He said he knew it was hard on me because he didn"t get 9 and he was grateful that I had not complained.
He was apologizing for working so hard to feed us and keep a 10 over our heads! He was doing two jobs that made much less than his previous job and coming home exhausted. I had no words to tell him how much I loved him and how proud I was of him and that he was such a great husband and father and provider for us.
With this amount of love in our house—we will always have more than "enough".
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 由but可知这里表示转折,又由“during the crisis”可知,由于经济危机,她的丈夫失去了工作,lost job表示“失去工作”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 由“The economy wasn"t good”可知,要找到一份新的工作并不容易,即她的丈夫没有很多选择再找到一个银行的工作。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] pay mortgage表示“还贷款”,其余三项与mortgage不搭配。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 虽然她丈夫找到了工作,但是钱仍是很紧张的。tight表示“拮据的,缺钱的”。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 由语境可知,妻子因为丈夫工作很劳累,希望让他过一个特别的圣诞节,special表示“特别的”。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 因为前面说是一个很特别的圣诞节,所以要让房子充满惊喜,故选D。excitement表示“令人兴奋的事物”;energy表示“能量;活力”;sunshine表示“阳光,愉快”;company表示“陪同”。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] decorated表示“装饰的”;neat表示“整洁的”;splendid表示“辉煌的”;festive表示“喜庆的,欢乐的”。因为是过圣诞节,所以应该是“喜庆的,欢乐的”。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] exhausted表示“疲惫的”;lively表示“生动的”;humorous表示“幽默的”;childish表示“孩子气的”。丈夫工作了一天,直到晚上八点才回来,可想他一定是疲惫的。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] get in表示“参与,到达,收获”;get off表示“起飞,下车”;get over表示“越过,解决难题”;get around表示“逃避,说服”。根据语境,应选A,表示“参与”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] keep a roof over our heads表示“使我们有栖息之地”,符合文意。