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When I was four, I was a painter armed with a big box of crayons. Somehow, the usual paper wasn't __1__ enough for these sticks of vivid __2__. I looked around for fantastic paper and the walls __3__ an inviting yet __4__ view. If only there were __5__ walls, which people could sometimes see and sometimes not, like the ones in Mom and Dad's closet (衣柜)．
__6__ quietly to the bedroom, I pushed aside the heavy __7__. Words and __8__ filled my mind faster than my hands could make them. A brilliant rainbow was seen on one wall. Flowers __9__ everywhere.
All my own __10__！ My masterpiece (杰作)! Joy __11__ inside me. A thought __12__： I've got to show Mom! Suddenly I was __13__. I looked around with new eyes. What had I done?
Mom called out, “Dinner's ready.” After a short time, her footsteps __14__， and then finally, the closet door opened. I stood __15__ in the corner. Oh, please don't be __16__， I thought. Please, please.
Mom breathed sharply, __17__ with shock. Only her eyes moved as she slowly looked over my masterpiece. She was quiet for a long, long time. I didn't dare to __18__.
__19__， she turned to me. “I like it，” she said. “No, I love it! It's happy! I feel like I have a new closet！”
Now, many years later, my childhood artwork is still there. Every time I open it, I remember that, big as the white closet seemed when I was little, my mother's __20__ was the biggest thing of all.
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者四岁时，在父母房间里衣柜的壁板上绘画的经过，表达了妈妈对他的爱大于一切。
1．A.relevant B．special
C．fair D．regular
解析：选B 根据下一句中的“looked around for fantastic paper”对比空前的“the usual paper”可以推断，作者认为自己的画纸太普通，即不够“特别”。
2．A.color B．shape
C．quality D．price
解析：选A 句中these sticks指的是首句提到的crayons，所以空处应该是指蜡笔的颜色。
3．A.ruined B．attracted
C．presented D．required
解析：选C 根据空前的walls和空后的view并结合选项可知，present“展现，表现”符合语境。
4．A.forbidden B．disappointing
C．frightening D．rotten
解析：选A 根据yet可知，inviting (诱人的)和空处表示的意义是相对的，所以选A项。
5．A.broken B．decorated
C．painted D．hidden
解析：选D 根据语境“这一些墙壁有时人们能够看见而有时又看不见，就像妈妈和爸爸的衣柜的壁板一样”可以推断出作者心中的画板是“隐藏的”(hidden)。
6．A.Flying B．Skipping
C．Waving D．Slipping
解析：选D 根据第一段中作者心理的描述可知作者认为隐藏的画板就是父母的衣柜的壁板，所以他为了不被父母发现，应该是悄悄地溜进父母的房间。
7．A.pictures B．clothes
C．walls D．books
解析：选B 根据常识可以知道衣柜里常常放置的是大量的衣服(clothes)。
8．A.images B．cameras
C．smiles D．acts
解析：选A 空前的“Words and”决定四个选项中与之词义最接近的是images (图像)，即作者脑海中充满了千言万语和即将绘制的图画。
9．A.opened B．cried
C．advanced D．faded
解析：选A 根据空前“在一面壁板上看到一道灿烂的彩虹”可推知，此处指“花儿到处开放(opened)”。
10．A.dinner B．magic
C．enterprise D．garbage
解析：选B 由空后的“My masterpiece (杰作)！”可以推断作者觉得眼前的画很神奇，是属于自己的魔术，满心欢喜，所以选magic“魔术，戏法”。
11．A.abandoned B．reduced
C．swelled D．puzzled
解析：选C 参见上题解析。
12．A.broke down B．came up
C．got off D．went away
解析：选B 根据本段前三句可以推断作者突然产生一种与人分享喜悦的想法，所以选came up“出现”。break down“分解，出故障，失败”，get off“(使)动身，(从……)下来”，go away“离开”，均不符合语境。
13．A.ambitious B．energetic
C．pleasant D．still
解析：选D 根据空后两句可以推断作者欣喜之余突然又产生了担心，因为在父母衣柜的壁板上画画是否会引起妈妈的批评呢？所以作者突然站在那里纹丝不动，陷入了思考，所以选still“静止不动的”。
14．A.left B．escaped
C．approached D．jumped
解析：选C 根据空后“衣柜的门开了”可以判断妈妈进到房间里面来了，所以选approached“走近，靠近”。
15．A.actively B．confidently
C．nervously D．gently
解析：选C 根据语境并结合常识可以推断妈妈的突然出现必然引起作者的紧张，担心受到妈妈的批评，所以选nervously“紧张地”。
16．A.grateful B．merry
C．fond D．mad
解析：选D 根据前句作者心理状态的描述可以推断作者在祈祷妈妈看到自己的所作所为后不要生气(mad)。
17．A.addicted B．ashamed
C．embarrassed D．frozen
解析：选D 从空前妈妈呼吸急促和空后妈妈长时间不说话只是看着作者的画可以推断妈妈是被眼前的画面震惊了，所以选frozen。
18．A.deny B．breathe
C．laugh D．nod
解析：选B 根据前句可以推断作者此时是极其紧张的，不敢呼吸(breathe)，等待妈妈的反应。
19．A.Eventually B．Traditionally
C．Strangely D．Naturally
解析：选A 根据上一段对妈妈的描述可以判断，很长时间之后，妈妈终于(Eventually)发表了自己的看法。
20．A.abuse B．celebration
C．love D．guidance
解析：选C 根据上述故事可知，小时候即使那个白色的衣柜看起来很大，但是妈妈对作者的爱是所有东西中最大的，所以选love。
