For most fourteenyearold girls living in a border town, the world revolves around quinceaneras (celebrations of a girl's fifteenth birthday). Whenever anyone asked __1__ I was having a “quince”， my response was always, “I'm saving up for a car.” until that night when I __2__ at my friend's quinceanera.
I went home early from the party. Although I tried to __3__ my red eyes, my mother could tell something was __4__.What I feared most about telling her the truth was that I didn't want her to think I was __5__.You see, it's pretty selfserving to __6__ a silly party when your dad is __7__.
I finally admitted everything. I wanted to have my own fatherdaughter __8__. My dad had been diagnosed (诊断) with cancer and given five months to __9__.By this time, he was in a wheelchair.
My mother __10__ the little bit of jewelry she owned, and borrowed money from friends to __11__ enough money for my quinceanera. In two weeks we got __12__ prepared for the party. My friends __13__ with me in our beautiful dresses on December 7th, six months before my actual fifteenth birthday.
As the __14__ started, my mom pushed my dad's wheelchair toward where I stood waiting. My dad asked her to stop and __15__ raised himself from the chair and took my hand for the first and last waltz (华尔兹) we would share.
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。在这个边陲小镇，女孩的15岁生日是非常重要的，因为这一天，她将和父亲跳自己人生的第一支舞。然而不幸的是，“我”的父亲身患癌症，将不久于人世……
1．A.if B．why
C．where D．how
解析：选A 下文中的“I'm saving up for a car.”是对别人询问“我”是否(if) 要举办这一活动的委婉回答。
2．A.tried B．cried
C．sang D．reported
解析：选B 根据下文中的“my red eyes”可知，“我”那天在朋友的生日舞会上“哭(cried)”了。
3．A.touch B．rest
C．open D．hide
解析：选D 根据空前的“Although”以及空后的“my mother could tell something was ________”可推知，该句语境为尽管“我”努力隐藏(hide)自己哭红的眼睛，但是母亲看出了“我”的不对劲(wrong)。
4．A.possible B．useless
C．wrong D．important
解析：选C 参见上题解析。
5．A.stupid B．selfish
C．sensitive D．stubborn
解析：选B 根据下文中的“it's pretty selfserving”可知，“我”不想让母亲觉得自己很自私(selfish)。
6．A.support B．leave
C．throw D．attend
解析：选C 根据下文中的“In two weeks ...prepared for the party.”可知，此处指“举办(throw)”一场生日舞会。
7．A.dying B．sleeping
C．working D．reading
解析：选A 根据下文中的“My dad had been diagnosed (诊断) with cancer and given five months ...”可知，父亲病得很重，即将“离世(dying)”。
8．A.days B．talks
C．secret D．dance
解析：选D 根据文章最后一句的“My dad ...took my hand for the first and last waltz (华尔兹) we would share.”可知，“我”想和父亲跳舞(dance)。
9．A.relax B．practice
C．live D．express
解析：选C 根据空前的“My dad had been diagnosed (诊断) with cancer”可知，父亲只能再活(live)五个月了。
10．A.lost B．sold
C．put on D．showed off
解析：选B 根据下文中的“borrowed money”可知，母亲“卖(sold)”掉了她仅有的那点首饰。
11．A.earn B．raise
C．donate D．change
解析：选B 根据下文中的“we got ...prepared for the party”可知，母亲为了给“我”举办生日舞会筹(raise)钱。
12．A.nothing B．anything
C．something D．everything
解析：选D 根据下文中的“My friends ... in our beautiful dresses on December 7th, six months before my actual fifteenth birthday.”可知，两周以后，生日舞会一切(everything)就绪。
13．A.played B．walked
C．studied D．gathered
解析：选D 根据上文中的“party”可知，朋友们和“我”穿着漂亮的裙子聚(gathered)在一起。
14．A.race B．game
C．music D．concert
解析：选C 根据下文中的“the first and last waltz (华尔兹) we would share”可知，随着音乐(music)响起，母亲推着父亲的轮椅向“我”走来。
15．A.slowly B．suddenly
C．unwillingly D．hopelessly
解析：选A 根据上文中的“My dad had been diagnosed (诊断) with cancer ”和“my mom pushed my dad's wheelchair”可知，父亲“慢慢地(slowly)”从轮椅上站了起来。
