答案:A
3.A.family B.record
C.promise D.team
解析:根据assured us that she would keep us together可知,此处指母亲使我们确信她会把我们一家人维系在一起,并且让我们远离伤害。故A项family(家庭)正确。
答案:A
4.A.repair B.control
C.maintain D.handle
解析:根据语境可知,母亲虽然身材矮小,却能驾驭沉重的犁。故D项handle(操作;驾驭)正确。
答案:D
5.A.ever B.even
C.just D.yet
解析:根据此句中表示递进关系的副词Besides可知,此处句意应该是:此外,母亲甚至还能抽出时间来帮助我们做功课。故B项even(表示程度的递进,意为"甚至")正确。
答案:B
6.A.witnessed B.realized
C.remembered D.complained
解析:根据上文As Christmas approached,my mother didn't seem to smile as much.可知,此处指"我"意识到母亲是因为没钱为"我们"买圣诞礼物而脸上没有了笑容。故B项realized(意识到)正确。
答案:B
7.A.excitement B.embarrassment
C.puzzlement D.disappointment
解析:根据上文I________she had no money to buy us presents.可知,"我"有些失望,但考虑到自己已经长大了,"我"只好把失望隐藏起来。故D项disappointment(失望)正确。
答案:D
8.A.escaped B.injured
C.returned D.departed
解析:根据空前的my mother took a saw into the forest及空后的with some tree branches