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When I was a boy, my family and I lived in my grandmother’s old house. An old man and his ___1___ lived in a white house nearby. When I was eleven, a big fire burned down our home. Luckily, we all got out and were ___2___. But our house and everything we had were gone.

Years later, I grew up. The old couple died, and my brother ___3___ their house. I would visit him there sometimes. One day, I walked down to the place where our old house ___4____. There was only grass. I tried to picture (想象) our old home, but I ___5___. It lived only in my mind.

I drove back to my ___6___. I opened the door. My little girl and boy ran to me with big smiles. They gave me happy hugs. I hugged ___7___ back and laughed. I was home!

I have lived in a lot of places over the years: dormitories (宿舍), apartments (公寓), and houses. It ___8___ me a long time to understand that none of them were really home. Home is not a place. Home is inside us. It is the people we love. Every place can be home ___9___ we bring love to it. Every place can be home if we fill it with laughter. Love makes it ___10___ home.

1.1.

A daughter

B wife

C son

D sister

解析：选B。B 考查名词词义辨析和上下文语境。后文说“The old couple died”，意思是“这对老夫妇去世了”，说明第1空应指这个老男人的妻子，构成“old couple（老夫妇）”。A“daughter女儿”、C“son儿子”、D“sister姐妹”都不能与后文“couple”对应。故选B。

2.2.

A dangerous

B happy

C safe

D busy

解析：选C。C 考查形容词词义辨析和语境理解。句意是“幸运的是，我们都跑了出来，并且是安全的”，火灾中“got out and were safe”表示“逃出来且安全”，符合语境。A“dangerous危险的”、B“happy高兴的”、D“busy忙碌的”都不符合“从火灾中逃出”的语境。故选C。

3.3.

A borrowed

B lent

C sold

D bought

解析：选D。D 考查动词词义辨析。句意是“多年后，那对老夫妇去世了，我哥哥买下了他们的房子”。buy表示“买”，符合“哥哥得到他们的房子”的语境。A“borrowed借入”、B“lent借出”、C“sold卖”都不符合句意。故选D。

4.4.

A is

B was

C are

D were

解析：选B。B 考查一般过去时和be动词单复数。句意是“有一天，我走到我们老房子原来所在的地方”。文章叙述的是过去的事情，且主语“our old house”是单数，所以用一般过去时的单数形式was。A“is”、C“are”是现在时；D“were”是过去时复数，均不符合。故选B。

5.5.

A couldn’t

B can

C could

D mustn’t

解析：选A。A 考查情态动词和过去时语境。句意是“我努力想象我们原来的家，但我做不到”。前句“tried”是过去时，表示过去努力过；but表示转折，说明没有做到，因此用couldn’t。B“can”、C“could”、D“mustn’t”都不符合“过去做不到”的语境。故选A。

6.6.

A home

B school

C farm

D office

解析：选A。A 考查名词词义辨析和上下文理解。后文写“我打开门，小女孩和小男孩笑着跑向我，给我拥抱”，并且本段后文的“I was home!”提示，作者开车回到的是“家”。B“school学校”、C“farm农场”、D“office办公室”都不符合语境。故选A。

7.7.

A him

B her

C them

D us

解析：选C。C 考查人称代词宾格和指代。前文提到“My little girl and boy”，是两个孩子，作“hugged”的宾语，应用复数宾格代词them。A“him”指男性单数，B“her”指女性单数，D“us”指“我们”，均不符合。故选C。

8.8.

A paid

B spent

C cost

D took

解析：选D。D 考查固定句型“It takes sb. some time to do sth.”。该句型表示“某人花费多长时间做某事”。本文是过去时，所以用took：It took me a long time to understand...“我花了很长时间才明白……”。A“paid”常与money连用；B“spent”主语通常是人；C“cost”主语通常是物，均不符合该句型。故选D。

9.9.

A because

B so

C if

D but

解析：选C。C 考查连词和条件状语从句。句意是“如果我们把爱带到每一个地方，那么每个地方都可以成为家”。这里表示条件，用if引导条件状语从句。A“because因为”、B“so所以”、D“but但是”都不符合逻辑关系。故选C。

10.10.

A an

B the

C /

D a

解析：选D。D 考查冠词和“make + 宾语 + 名词作宾补”结构。句意是“爱使它成为一个家”，结构为“make it a home”，home在这里表示“一个家、一个温暖的家”，是可数名词单数，需用不定冠词a表泛指。A“an”用于元音音素前，home以辅音音素开头；B“the”表特指；C不填不符合可数名词单数用法。故选D。