On New Year’s Eve, it snowed heavily outside. My mum and I decorated our home to welcome the new year.

My New Year’s wish was simple. I hoped to have a big dinner as usual. My mum is good at ____1____, especially tasty dumplings. My dad is a truck driver. He doesn’t have much ____2____ for me because he is often away from home for work. Two days before, he promised to get home at six o’clock on New Year’s Eve. I knew he would not tell ____3____.

After six o’clock that day, I got his ____4____ on my phone, “Traffic is terrible on the way. I will be home later! Wait for me. Dad loves you!” I smiled and waited patiently.

An hour passed, Dad still didn’t appear. The wind blew harder and the snow became even ____5____. I turned on the TV. News reports warned of closed roads and accidents. I called Dad repeatedly, but ____6____answered. How I wished Dad could appear in front of me at once! I walked around in the room and was full of ____7____.

Suddenly, I saw flashing (闪烁的) police lights through the window. Soon someone knocked at the door loudly. I felt so ____8____, “Was there an accident?” I rushed to open the door. Cold wind blew in. Behind two policemen stood my dad! One policeman said they ____9____ my dad when he was trapped in the deep snow. I threw myself into Dad’s arms ____10____.

Dad told me his mobile phone didn’t work when he tried to ask for help. “My trip was terrible, but I didn’t ____11____ my promise,” he said softly. We expressed our ____12____ to the policemen and went back into the warm house.

That night, the three of us stayed around the table. Mum taught us to make dumplings, while Dad told funny jokes to make us____13____. I finally understood that my New Year’s wish was ____14____ about the big dinner. What I really hoped was that the family could ____15____. This was the warmest happiness in life.

1.1.

A reading

B cooking

C dancing

D drawing

解析：选B。动词词义辨析。解析：后文 “tasty dumplings 美味饺子”，说明妈妈擅长做饭 cooking。

2.2.

A time

B space

C money

D love

解析：选A。名词词义辨析。解析：爸爸是卡车司机，经常外出工作，因此陪伴我的时间 time不多。

3.3.

A lies

B truths

C stories

D secrets

解析：选A。名词词义辨析。解析：tell lies 固定搭配 “说谎”。句意：我相信爸爸不会说谎。

4.4.

A task

B question

C introduction

D message

解析：选D。名词词义辨析。解析：手机收到爸爸发来的 message 消息。task 任务；question 问题；introduction 介绍，均不符合语境。

5.5.

A cleaner

B thinner

C heavier

D softer

解析：选C。形容词词义辨析。解析：形容雪下得大，用 heavy，比较级 heavier 雪下得更大。

6.6.

A nobody

B somebody

C everybody

D anybody

解析：选A。不定代词辨析。解析：我反复打电话，但是nobody 没有人接听，对应后文爸爸手机坏掉。

7.7.

A regret

B worry

C pleasure

D courage

解析：选B。名词词义辨析。解析：联系上文风雪大、道路出事、电话打不通，我的心情是 worry 担忧。

8.8.

A calm

B proud

C relaxed

D nervous

解析：选D。形容词词义辨析。解析：看到警察上门，我内心紧张 nervous，担心发生车祸。calm 冷静；proud 骄傲；relaxed 放松均错误。

9.9.

A left

B found

C praised

D followed

解析：选B。动词词义辨析。解析：爸爸困在大雪中，警察found 发现了被困的父亲。

10.10.

A patiently

B angrily

C excitedly

D bravely

解析：选C。副词词义辨析。解析：见到平安归来的父亲，我激动 excitedly 扑入怀中。

11.11.

A keep

B make

C realize

D forget

解析：选D。动词词义辨析。解析：句意：路途艰险，但我没有forget 忘记我的承诺。keep promise 是 “信守承诺”，本句有否定词 didn’t，didn’t forget my promise 没有忘记承诺，即信守承诺。

12.12.

A thanks

B interests

C fears

D pains

解析：选A。名词词义辨析。解析：警察救助父亲，我们向警察表达 thanks 感谢。

13.13.

A work

B change

C laugh

D imagine

解析：选C。动词词义辨析。解析：爸爸讲有趣笑话，目的是逗大家 laugh 大笑。

14.14.

A just

B never

C even

D exactly

解析：选A。副词词义辨析。解析：我明白了，我的新年愿望不仅仅 just是一顿丰盛晚餐。

15.15.

A get along

B get ready

C get away

D get together

解析：选D。动词短语辨析。解析：get together 团聚。我真正想要的是家人团聚。get along 相处；get ready 做准备；get away 离开。