Before I came to China, I had been somewhat unlucky in love. Days before my ___16___for Shanghai in 2016, my cousin made a ___17___without the slightest bit of irony（讽刺）,“You’ll fall in love in China.”
I met my husband at a Chinese ___18___.It was an embarrassing place to meet him approaching me ___19___I attempted to lift free weights. He spoke English poorly, trying to correct my form. I more or less ___20___him, figuring such a relationship was ___21___as we had little means to communicate. But I was very much ___22___.He ran after me for the next couple weeks and his persistence（坚持不懈）___23___won me over, and I was head over heels in love with him.
The challenges we faced were ___24___—deciding where to live, ___25___over visas, dealing with my parents’ doubts. In time, these problems got settled without too much work on our part. When others would ___26___on how tough it must be to marry someone from a foreign country, I quickly made my ___27___,trying to convince my questioner that marrying cross-culturally is really no different from ___28___within one’s own circle.
Our son was born in the spring of 2018. He was a very easy baby to care for—he cried little and slept well at night. My struggles in caring for a newborn were unimportant ___29___the other pressures I faced. By Chinese tradition, I was ___30___from taking the baby outside until he was 100 days old, for reasons I still don’t fully understand.
Since giving birth, I’ve learned that compromise（妥协）is more ___31___than it seems. If you give up too much of yourself, you may ___32___resentful（怨恨的）. If you compromise too little, you may be ___33___in a frequent battle. In a relationship, our values or beliefs often ___34___with our partner’s, but with patience, most difficulties can be overcome. For that reason, I keep on working to better understand his background and beliefs while ___35___forgetting my own.
16. A. plan B. departure C. reservation D. destination
17. A. decision B. suggestion C. request D. prediction
18. A. gym B. cinema C. restaurant D. museum
19. A. since B. as C. unless D. before
20. A. thanked B. admired C. ignored D. praised
21. A. priceless B. worthless C. pointless D. faultless
22. A. broken B. beaten C. drunken D. mistaken
23. A. gradually B. eventually C. simply D. keenly
24. A. natural B. legal C. typical D. international
25. A. worrying B. arguing C. looking D. taking
26. A. comment B. decide C. insist D. focus
27. A. remark B. conservation C. apology D. defense
28. A. adjusting B. dating C. wandering D. behaving
29. A. in relation to B. in addition to C. in comparison to D. in response to
30. A. protected B. disabled C. excused D. forbidden
31. A. constant B. challenging C. cautious D. cultural
32. A. end up B. put up C. turn up D. take up
33. A. taken B. absorbed C. stuck D. resulted
34. A. deal B. meet C. conflict D. combine
35. A. therefore B. finally C. yet D. never
【答案】16. B 17. D 18. A 19. B 20. C 21. C 22. D 23. B 24. C 25. A 26. A 27. D 28. B 29. C 30. D 31. B 32. A 33. C 34. C 35. D
【解析】
【分析】
本文为记叙文。作者介绍了自己的跨国婚姻经历与感受。
【16题详解】
考查名词辨析。A. plan计划；B. departure离开；C. reservation预约；D. destination目的地。句意：2016年去上海的前几天。故B选项正确。
【17题详解】
考查名词辨析。A. decision决定；B. suggestion建议；C. request要求；D. prediction预言。句意：我表哥毫不讽刺地预言：“你会在中国坠入爱河。”故D选项正确。
【18题详解】
考查名词辨析。A. gym健身房；B. cinema电影院；C. restaurant餐厅；D. museum博物馆。根据下文I attempted to lift free weights.可知，作者在健身房遇到了她的丈夫。故A选项正确。
【19题详解】
考查连词辨析。A. since自从；B. as当……的时候；C. unless除非；D. before在……之前。句意：当我试着举重的时候，我遇到了我现在的丈夫。故B选项正确。
【20题详解】
考查动词辨析。A. thanked感谢；B. admired羡慕；C. ignored忽视；D. praised表扬。根据下文as we had little means to communicate.可知，因为没有办法交流，作者或多或少忽略了他。故C选项正确。
【21题详解】
考查形容词辨析。A. priceless无价的；B. worthless无价值的；C. pointless无意义的；D. faultless完美的。因为没有办法交流，所以作者认为这种关系毫无意义。故C选项正确。
【22题详解】
考查形容词辨析。A. broken破碎的；B. beaten被打败了的；C. drunken喝醉的；D. mistaken错误的。根据下文He ran after me for the next couple weeks and his persistence（坚持不懈）可知，作者的上文对于现在的丈夫最初的关系的判断是错误的。故D选项正确。
【23题详解】
考查副词辨析。A. gradually逐渐地；B. eventually最终；C. simply简单地；D. keenly强烈地。根据下文I was head over heels in love with him.可知，小伙子的坚持不懈最终征服了作者。故B选项正确。
【24题详解】
考查形容词辨析。A. natural自然的；B. legal合法的；C. typical典型的；D. international国际的。句意：我们面临的挑战很典型——决定住在哪里……故C选项正确。
【25题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。A. worrying over担心；B. arguing over争论；C. looking over检查；D. taking over接管。根据上文The challenges we faced 可推断，此处指担心签证。故A选项正确。
【26题详解】
考查动词辨析。A. comment评论；B. decide决定；C. insist坚持；D. focus聚焦。句意：当其他人都在评论嫁给一个外国人是多么的困难时，我很快做出了辩护。故A选项正确。
【27题详解】
考查名词辨析。A. remark评论；B. conservation保存；C. apology道歉；D. defense辩护。结合语境科长，句意：我迅速地为自己辩护。故D选项正确。
【28题详解】
考查动词辨析。A. adjusting调整；B. dating约会；C. wandering漫步；D. behaving表现。句意：跨文化婚姻和在自己的圈子里的人约会没什么不同。故B选项正确。
【29题详解】
考查介词短语辨析。A. in relation to关于；B. in addition to除了；C. in comparison to与……相比；D. in response to回答。句意：与我面临的其他压力相比，我在照顾新生儿方面的努力并不重要。故C选项正确。
【30题详解】
考查动词辨析。A. protected保护；B. disabled使失去能力；C. excused原谅；D. forbidden禁止。句意：按照中国的传统，我被禁止在孩子100天大之前带他出去，原因我至今还不完全明白。故D选项正确。
【31题详解】
考查形容词辨析。A. constant经常的；B. challenging挑战的；C. cautious谨慎的；D. cultural文化的。句意：自从生下孩子后，我明白了妥协比看起来更有挑战性。故B选项正确。
【32题详解】
考查动词辨析。A. end up最终成为；B. put up举起；C. turn up出现；D. take up拿起。句意：如果你放弃了太多，你可能最终会成为怨恨的。故A选项正确。
【33题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。A. taken in欺骗；B. absorbed in沉浸在；C. stuck in困在；陷入；D. resulted in导致。句意：如果你妥协太少，你可能会陷入一场频繁的战斗。故C选项正确。
【34题详解】
考查动词辨析。A. deal处理；B. meet遇见；C. conflict冲突；D. combine结合。句意：在一段关系中，我们的价值观或信念经常与伴侣的价值观或信念发生冲突，但只要有耐心，大多数困难都可以克服。故C选项正确。
【35题详解】
考查副词辨析。A. therefore所以；B. finally最终；C. yet但是；D. never从不。句意：鉴于此，我不断努力去更好地了解他的背景和信仰，同时永远不会忘记我自己的。故D选项正确。
【点睛】完形填空的解题技巧之一就是要根据上下文来学会“推理”出最佳选项。同学们要遵循“上下求索”的原则来查找信息。例如，第3小题要求判断出作者在哪里遇到她的丈夫的。根据下文I attempted to lift free weights.It was an embarrassing place to meet him approaching me ___4___I attempted to lift free weights.可知，作者在健身房遇到了她的丈夫。故A选项正确。
