87-year-old Charles had always been a man with a kind heart. All his life, he was ____1____ to all the people in his life, especially to his ____2____ Olivia. So when he got sick he was deeply ____3____ to find out that she didn’t want to take care of him. ____4____ she was the only person left in his life and there was no one else ____5____ could take care of him. So when she ____6____, he knew that his future wouldn’t look bright and that his days were ____7____. 

Charles was ____8____ to find out her true colors and couldn’t believe his ears. He knew that she had taken ____9____ of him whenever she could. Now his granddaughter Olivia simply didn’t ____10____ him anymore. Charles didn’t want to spend his last ____11____ feeling sad about it, so he decided to teach her a ____12____, Olivia would only find out after he died.

When Charles ____13____, Olivia didn’t know what to expect. She had been so ____14____ her grandfather in the years ____15____ his death that she wasn’t sure what he would have ____16____ for her. Olivia just knew that she needed to ____17____ the notary(公证人) to discuss the inheritance(遗产). She already started seeing dollar signs, but when she arrived at the notary’s office, Olivia was in for a ____18____.

There was ____19____ money! Instead, the notary handed her a handwritten letter from her grandfather Charles. As Olivia read the letter, she realized that Charles had spent his ____20____ weeks carefully planning a lesson for her.

1.1.

A mean

B generous

C stubborn

D smart

解析：选B。B 考查形容词辨析。根据第一句“87-year-old Charles had always been a man with a kind heart.”可知，87岁的查尔斯一直是一个心地善良的人，因此他对所有人都很“慷慨”。故选B。

2.2.

A daughter

B niece

C granddaughter

D grandniece

解析：选C。C 考查名词辨析。根据第二段中的“Now his granddaughter Olivia”可知，奥利维亚是查尔斯的“孙女”。故选C。

3.3.

A disappointed

B confused

C embarrassed

D relieved

解析：选A。A 考查形容词辨析。根据前文可知查尔斯对他的孙女尤其慷慨，然而当他生病时，他得知奥利维亚并不想照顾他，由此可推断他深深地“感到失望”。故选A。

4.4.

A Luckily

B Strangely

C Suddenly

D Sadly

解析：选D。D 考查副词辨析。根据后面的“she was the only person left in his life”可知，奥利维亚是查尔斯生命中唯一一个可以依靠的人了，但是奥利维亚却不想照顾他，这“令人遗憾/悲伤”。故选D。

5.5.

A who

B whom

C why

D how

解析：选A。A 考查关系词辨析。此题空引导定语从句，修饰指人的先行词no one，且在从句中作主语，用who引导从句。故选A。

6.6.

A agreed

B returned

C considered

D refused

解析：选D。D 考查动词辨析。根据前文内容可知，奥利维亚不愿意照顾查尔斯，并结合题空后的“he knew that his future wouldn’t look bright”查尔斯知道他的前途不再光明，因此此题空表示奥利维亚（正式）“拒绝”了查尔斯。故选D。

7.7.

A numbered

B shared

C wasted

D repeated

解析：选A。A 考查动词辨析。结合前文可知查尔斯年迈且生病需要人照顾，由此可知他自觉“时日不多了”，习语one’s days are numbered表示“好日子不多了”。故选A。

8.8.

A pleased

B shocked

C anxious

D thankful

解析：选B。B 考查形容词辨析。根据后面的“couldn’t believe his ears.”可知，当查尔斯认清奥利维亚的真面目时，他感到“震惊”。故选B。

9.9.

A advantage

B step

C name

D credit

解析：选A。A 考查名词辨析。奥利维亚一有机会就“利用”他，take advantage of 利用……。故选A。

10.10.

A care about

B bother about

C argue about

D know about

解析：选A。A 考查动词短语辨析。根据前文可知，奥利维亚拒绝照顾生病的查尔斯，由此可知，现在他的孙女奥利维亚不再“关心”他了。故选A。

11.11.

A days

B hours

C minutes

D seconds

解析：选A。A 考查名词辨析。根据前文内容可知，查尔斯自觉时日不多了，因此他不想再把他最后的“时日”用来徒感悲伤。故选A。

12.12.

A skill

B trade

C lesson

D secret

解析：选C。C 考查名词辨析。结合文章最后一句的“carefully planning a lesson for her”可知，查尔斯决定要给孙女奥利维亚“上一课”。故选C。

13.13.

A passed by

B passed off

C passed on

D passed away

解析：选D。D 考查动词短语辨析。根据后文中的“his death”以及“inheritance(遗产)”可知，查尔斯去世了。故选D。

14.14.

A distant from

B close to

C different from

D familiar with

解析：选A。A 考查形容词短语辨析。根据前文奥利维亚拒绝照顾生病的爷爷可推断，她和爷爷查尔斯的关系“很疏远”。故选A。

15.15.

A over

B before

C after

D since

解析：选B。B 考查介词辨析。结合上一题解析可知，在爷爷查尔斯去世前的那些年，奥利维亚和他的关系很疏远。故选B。

16.16.

A taught

B made

C bought

D left

解析：选D。D 考查动词辨析。结合后文的“inheritance(遗产)”可知，因为关系疏远，奥利维亚不知道去世的爷爷给自己“留下”了什么。故选D。

17.17.

A look up

B get through

C meet with

D compare with

解析：选C。C 考查动词短语辨析。根据后文的“When she arrived at the notary’s office”奥利维亚去了公证人的办公室，可知奥利维亚需要和公证人“碰面”讨论爷爷的遗产问题。故选C。

18.18.

A surprise

B relief

C fear

D joy

解析：选A。A 考查名词辨析。根据前面的“She already started seeing dollar signs”可知奥利维亚以为遗产是一些金钱，并结合下一段中的内容可知，遗产只有一封爷爷手写的信，因此奥利维亚感到“吃惊”。故选A。

19.19.

A much

B no

C enough

D little

解析：选B。B 考查代词辨析。根据后文的“Instead, the notary handed her a handwritten letter from her grandfather Charles”公证人只递给她一封她祖父查尔斯亲笔写的信，可知遗产里“没有”钱。故选B。

20.20.

A perfect

B free

C normal

D final

解析：选D。D 考查形容词辨析。结合前文中的“his last 11 ”可知，爷爷查尔斯在他生命“最后的”几个星期里，一直在为她精心策划一堂课（一个教训）。故选D。