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主题语境(一) 个人、家庭、社区及学校生活
(2020·全国卷Ⅰ·完形填空)
Since our twins began learning to walk,my wife and I have kept telling them that our sliding glass door is just a window.The 1 is obvious.If we 2 it is a door,they'll want to go outside 3 .It will drive us crazy.The kids apparently know the 4 .But our insisting it's 5 a window has kept them from 6 millions of requests to open the door.
I hate lying to the kids.One day they'll 7 and discover that everything they've always known about windows is a 8 .
I wonder if 9 should always tell the truth no matter the 10 .I have a very strong 11 that the lie we're telling is doing 12 damage to our children.Windows and doors have 13 metaphorical(比喻) meanings.I'm telling them they can't open what they absolutely know is a door.What if later in 14 they come to a metaphorical door,like an opportunity(机会) of some sort,and 15 opening the door and taking the opportunity,they just 16 it and wonder,“What if it isn't a door?”That is,“What if it isn't a 17 opportunity?”
Maybe it's an unreasonable fear.But the 18 is that I shouldn't lie to my kids.I should just 19 repeatedly having to say,“No.We can't go outside now.”Then when they come to other doors in life,be they real or metaphorical,they won't 20 to open them and walk through.
【语篇解读】 有时为了避免麻烦,我们难免会说谎。可谎言有时也会让人产生恐惧,引发人内心的不安。本文叙述了作者在自己的双胞胎孩子刚学步时,为避免孩子不断地通过滑动玻璃门给其带来麻烦,刻意编造谎言告诉孩子,那是窗户而不是门,而后又后悔对孩子说谎的故事。窗户和门都有重要的比喻意义,作者害怕对孩子说了这样的谎后,当孩子人生中的机会出现时,他们会产生怀疑从而犹豫不前。
1.A.relief B.target C.reason D.case
C [根据语境可知,作者说谎的原因(reason)很明显。]
2.A.admit B.believe C.mean D.realize
A [结合下文“they'll want to go outside ______.It will drive us crazy”可推知,如果作者他们承认(admit)这是门,孩子就会一直(constantly)想出去,这会使他们发疯的。]
3.A.gradually
B.constantly
C.temporarily
D.casually
B [参见上题解析。temporarily“暂时地,临时地”;casually“随意地,偶然地”。]
4.A.result B.danger C.method D.truth
D [由下文中的“tell the truth”并结合语境可知,此处表示孩子们显然知道真相(truth)。]
5.A.merely