Test 1
“Make me an instrument of your peace.” These are the words __1__ on my father's gravestone(墓碑)．It has been forty years since a(n)__2__ in a mine took his life.
My father worked night shift that day.Just after 2 a．m.，workers in his group __3__ to go out for coffee，but there was a machine that __4__ needed to be operated.My father said __5__，“You guys all go and I'll __6__ it.”Something went wrong with the machine but my father didn't __7__．It struck him on the head.With __8__，the workers rushed him to the hospital.__9__，my father died on the way.Then the hospital asked my mother if they could take one of my father's eyes—they had a patient __10__ it.My mother replied，“Yes.”
Years later，I was at the Woodlawn Cemetery(公墓)where my father's body __11__．As I finished praying，a man appeared，“I worked with your father for a __12__ time—just over a year—but he made a big __13__ on my life.He was so demanding and yet so __14__．He wasn't meant to be there that day，but that was him.”
My father's favorite hockey(曲棍球)player once said，“I know if I do 100% of my best，I can rest easily.” I know my father is resting easily，for he did his best every day when he was __15__！
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。四十年前作者的父亲在工作中遭遇事故不幸去世。父亲身体力行使作者明白：只有每天都全力以赴，在离开这个世界时才能得到安息。
1．A.drawn B．heard
C．broadcast D．written
解析：根据文章首句以及第2空后的took his life可知，“Make me an instrument of your peace.”是作者父亲的墓碑上写着的话。
答案：D
2．A.construction B．campaign
C．accident D．examination
解析：根据文章第二段的内容可知：四十年前，矿上的一次意外事故夺走了作者父亲的生命。
答案：C
3．A.intended B．happened
C．deserved D．failed
解析：根据下一句作者父亲说的话可知，凌晨两点钟后，作者父亲组内的人打算去喝咖啡，但有一台机器是需要有人来一直控制的。
答案：A
4．A.already B．never
C．seldom D．always
解析：参见上题解析。
答案：D
5．A.frequently B．naturally
C．instantly D．deliberately
解析：作者的父亲立马对其他同事说：“你们都去吧，我来操控机器。”
答案：C
6．A.build B．repair
C．check D．work
解析：参见上题解析。根据上文第4空后的needed to be operated也可知答案。
答案：D
7．A.notice B．interrupt
C．escape D．operate
解析：根据本空前的“Something went wrong with the machine”以及本空后的“It struck him on the head.”可知，机器出故障了，作者的父亲没有注意到，被击中了头部。
答案：A
8．A.anger B．panic
C．respect D．patience
解析：根据本空前的“It struck him on the head.”可知，看到作者的父亲被击中头部，同事们都很惊慌。
答案：B
9．A.Instead B．Therefore
C．Otherwise D．However
解析：本空前后构成转折：虽然作者父亲的同事们急忙把他送往医院，但是，作者的父亲还是在途中就去世了。
答案：D
10．A.dealing with B．approving of
C．waiting for D．looking into
解析：根据本空前的“if they could take one of my father's eyes”可知，作者的父亲去世后，医院的人问作者的母亲是否可以取下他的一只眼睛，因为有一位病人正等着被救治。
答案：C
11．A.suffers B．disappears
C．rests D．counts
解析：根据本空前的Woodlawn Cemetery可知，作者父亲的躯体在这里安息。
答案：C
12．A.free B．short
C．reasonable D．proper
解析：根据本空后的just over a year可知，那位男士说：“虽然我与你父亲共事的时间很短暂，但是他对我的人生影响很大。”
答案：B
13．A.influence B．impression
C．demand D．claim
解析：参见上题解析。
答案：A
14．A.amusing B．struggling
C．promising D．giving
解析：根据本空下一句的“He wasn't meant to be there that day”可知，出事那天作者的父亲本不必在那里的，但为了让同事们去喝咖啡他自己留下坚守岗位，所以说作者的父亲很热心。
答案：D
15．A.available B．alive
C．aggressive D．awake
解析：根据本空前的“I know my father is resting easily，for he did his best every day”可知，作者认为父亲可以安息了，因为他在活着的每一天都全力以赴。
答案：B
