阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项。
While attending a conference, I returned to my motel room late one rainy evening. The overhead light outside my door was 16 and I had difficulty finding the keyhole. When I finally 17 to open the door, I 18 around the wall for a light switch. I found a 19 where a switch was once installed… but no switch.
No discouraged easily, I remembered seeing a 20 by the bed when I put away my luggage 21 in the day. I found the bed in the dark and felt around until I found the lamp, but when I switched it on, 22 happened! Now what?
Though I knew that it was dark outside my window 23 the outdoor light was burned out, I thought that 24 if I opened the curtains I might be able to use the light from the 25 to find another lamp. So I 26 my way slowly across the room to the curtains and… no draw-string!
I finally stumbled(跌跌撞撞) around until I found a desk lamp that actually 27! That evening I discovered in a whole new way just how dark the world can be and how necessary 28 is.
But even more necessary than 29 light is the light that shines from people----the light of love, sympathy and 30. Because, for many people, the world is a dark and 31 place.
It is the shining that is important, for someone today just may be stumbling in discouragement or fear and in 32 of some light.
So let your light shine. Whatever light you 33 may be a beacon(灯塔) of hope and encouragement in someone’s darkness. And if you feel that your light is 34 a candle in a forest, remember this----there isn’t enough darkness in the world to 35 the light of one small candle.
A.burning B.broken C.shining D.disappeared
A.managed B.attempted C.succeeded D.meant
A.touched B.turned C.felt D.looked
A.light B.plate C.lamp D.signal
A.lamp B.switch C.desk D.window
A.later B.earlier C.sooner D.first
A.something B.everything C.nothing D.anything
A.when B.unless C.since D.although
A.certainly B.surely C.absolutely D.perhaps
A.stars B.street C.room D.shop
A.forced B.struggled C.made D.pushed
A.worked B.failed C.did D.closed
A.love B.thinking C.dream D.light
A.spiritual B.physical C.mental D.inner
A.faith B.soul C.help D.attention
A.mixed B.fancy C.lonely D.complicated
A.lack B.need C.favor D.face
A.devote B.receive C.offer D.throw
A.only B.event C.ever D.much
A.give out B.leave out C.take out D.put out
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后人36-55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
Anna Douglas was 72 years old when she started writing her newspaper column.She had been a school teacher before she retired(退休),but she needed to keep 1 .She was even willing to work without pay.She then offered her 2 with a business that helped other businesses find jobs for old people.Every day she 3 other old folks like her.By talking with them,she 4 two things.Old people had abilities that were not 5 . But old people also had some 6 .She found a new purpose for herself then.
Through the years,she used to write stories about people for national magazines.There was now a new 7 : Old people like herself.She began to write a newspaper column called“ Sixty Plus”,which was about 8 old.She writes about the problems of old people,especially their problems with being 9 .
Anna Douglas uses her 10 ability to see the truth behind a problem.She understands why problems begin.For example,one of her readers said that his grandchildren 11 the houses as soon as he came to visit.Mrs Douglas 12 some ways for him to understand his grandchildren.
“It's important to know something about your grandchildren's world,”says Mrs Douglas.“That means questioning and listening,and 13 is not what old people do best.Say good things to them and about them,”she continues.“Never try to 14 your grandchildren or other young people.Never 15 your opinion.Don't tell them what they should do.Commonly ,they have been taught they should have respect for old people.The old should respect them as well.”
A.free B.rich C.powerful D.busy
A.service B.money C.students D.books
A.observed B.met C.comforted D.answered
A.recognized B.followed C.enjoyed D.demanded
A.studied B.agreed C.gave D.used
A.mistakes B.problems C.questions D.characters
A.subject B.life C.way D.plan
A.getting B.respecting C.employing D.supporting
A.unknown B.refused C.misunderstood D.discouraged
A.thinking B.working C.writing D.leading
A.got B.entered C.left D.passed
A.invented B.chose C.suggested D.imagined
A.listening B.speaking C.pleasing D.advising
A.praise B.scold C.trouble D.encourage
A.speak out B.give up C.get back D.stick to
完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathered.and they all admired his heart for it was 41 . There was not a scar in it. Suddenly, an old man appeared and said, “Why, your heart is not nearly as beautiful as 42 .”
The crowd and the young man looked at the old man’s 43 . It was full of scars, it had places 44 pieces had been removed and other pieces 45 in, but they didn’t fit quite right, and there were several 46 edges. In fact, in some places there were deep gaps where whole pieces were missing.
The young man laughed. “ 47 your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars.”
“Yes,” said the old man, “Yours 48 perfect but I would never trade with you. You see, every 49 represents a person 50 I have given my love. I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they 51 me a piece of their heart that fits into the 52 place in my heart. But because the pieces aren’t exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of the love we 53 .
“Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart 54 , and the other person hasn’t returned a 55 of his or her heart to me. These are the empty gaps—giving love is 56 a chance. Although these gaps are painful, they 57 open, reminding me of the love I have for those people too, and I hope someday they may return and fill the space I have been waiting. So now do you see what true beauty is?’’
The young man walked up to the old man, 58 his perfect heart, and tipped a piece out. He 59 it to the old man.
The old man placed it in his heart, then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young man’s heart. It 60 , but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges.
The young man looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever, since love from the old man’s heart flowed into his.
They embraced and walked away side by side.
A.ugly B.perfect C.beautiful D.hurt
A.mine B.his C.theirs D.ours
A.coat B.appearance C.face D.heart
A.that B.which C.where D.whose
A.cut B.set C.put D.brought
A.smooth B.rough C.broken D.pretty
A.Comparing B.Compared C.Compare D.Compares
A.looks B.seems C.is D.fits
A.one B.heart C.piece D.scar
A.on whom B.in whom C.with whom D.to whom
A.take B.give C.lend D.pass
A.empty B.full C.original D.first
A.had B.gave C.shared D.owned
A.in B.away C.off D.up
A.lot B.sheet C.piece D.pile
A.making B.taking C.keeping D.bringing
A.keep B.cut C.come D.stay
A.carried away B.reached into C.took out D.brought up
A.fit B.hit C.beat D.set
完形填空(共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)
I had been out shopping and really took too much time doing it. I was tired and about to (61) home. That is when I saw her.
She was stopped in the left hand turn lane (车道), (62) to get onto the highway but never (63) it. I slowed down, rolled open my window and asked. “Do you need any (64) ?”
“Yes, I ran out of gas. I just moved here and I don’t even know (65) a gas station is,” she replied.
She didn’t have a gas can, so I told her I’d run down the (66) to see if I could get one from the local station. When I (67) with a full can of gas, she couldn’t (68) me enough and told me she would pay for the an and gas. (69), I refused.
As I was (70) the gas in, she said, “I thought no one would even stop. I was afraid to leave the car and even more afraid to (71) help.”
“Well, I couldn’t pass by (72) offering help,” I said. “I’ve used up gas myself a few times. You know I’m getting (73). Now I’m running out of gas and time. It just seems to fly by.”
She then said (74) that I though was a gem (佳作): “My Dad said that old age is (75) toilet paper. The closer you get to the end of the roll the (76) it spins.”
I laughed so hard that I (77) dropped the container. She tried to start the car and it (78). The I told her to keep the (79) can in her trunk.
Seeing her grateful (80), I said friendly, “I’m glad to be of help. Welcome to Pennsylvania.”
A.have B.leave C.stay D.head
A.ready B.ashamed C.afraid D.brave
A.made B.did C.found D.completed
A.gas B.money C.help D.car
A.what B.how C.where D.why
A.road B.car C.station D.window
A.started B.left C.mixed D.returned
A.know B.congratulate C.expect D.thank
A.Of course B.In addition C.After all D.Never mind
A.forcing B.pouring C.fitting D.throwing
A.offer B.get C.send D.refuse
A.before B.without C.for D.beneath
A.well B.strong C.old D.weak
A.it B.one C.something D.all
A.of B.on C.as D.like
A.faster B.slower C.tighter D.looser
A.simply C.nearly D.really
A.rode B.worked C.drove D.pulled
A.special B.valuable C.small D.empty
A.award B.reward C.smile D.letter
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A man who knows how to write a personal letter has a very powerful tool.A letter can be enjoyed, read and 1 .It can set up a warm conversation between two people far apart; it can keep a 2 with very little effort.
I will give 3 . A few years ago my older brother and I were not getting along well.We had been close as 4 but had grown apart.Our meetings were not 5 ; our conversation was filled with arguments and quarrels: and every effort to clear the air seemed to only 6 our misunderstanding.Then he 7 a small island in the Caribbean and we 8 touch.One day he wrote me a letter.He described his island and its people, told me what he was doing, said how he felt.Rereading the letter, I was 9 by its humor and clever expressions.These were all qualities for which I had 10 respected my older brother but 11 he no longer had them.I had never known he could write so well.And with that one letter we became friends 12 .
It might never have occurred to him to write me if he had not been in a place where there were no 13 .For him, writing was a necessity.It also turned out to be the best way for us to get back in touch.Because we live in an age of 14 communication, people often forget that they don’t always have to phone or email.They have a 15 .And that is to write.
A.received B.rewritten C.returned D.reread
A.record B.promise C.friendship D.secret
A.an example B.a lesson C.an experience D.a talk
A.brothers B.children C.fellows D.classmates
A.normal B.necessary C.pleasant D.possible
A.deepen B.start C.express D.settle
A.toured B.stopped over C.reached D.moved to
A.lost B.kept in C.needed D.got in
A.driven B.beaten C.surprised D.honored
A.never B.seldom C.sometimes D.once
A.realized B.judged C.thought D.expected.
A.later B.anyhow C.too D.again.
A.mail services B.transport servic C.phones D.relative
A.poor B.easy C.popular D.busy
A.habit B.choice C.method D.plan
完形填空(共20个小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)
Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist(打击乐器独奏演员) in spite of her disability.
“Early on I decided not to allow the 36 of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began 37 piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion (酷爱)for music grew. But I also began to gradually lose my 38 . Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the 39 and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never 40 me.
“My 41 was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I 42 to ‘hear’ music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can
43 the pitch of a note(音调高低)by the vibrations (震动) I feel through my body and through
my body and through my 44 . My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every 45 that I have.
“I was 46 to be assessed as a musician, not as a deaf musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student had 47 this before and some teachers 48 my admission. Based on my performance, I was 49 admitted and went on to 50 with the academy’s highest honours.
“After that, I established myself as the first full-time solo percussionist. I 51 and arranged a lot of musical compositions since 52 had been written specially for solo percussionists.
“I have been a soloist for over ten years. 53 the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn’t 54 that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be 55 by others. Follow your passion; follow your heart. They will lead you to the place you want to go.”
A.conditions B.opinions C.actions D.recommendations
A.enjoying B.choosing C.taking D.giving
A.sight B.hearing C.touch D.taste
A.evidence B.result C.excuse D.cause
A.left B.excited C.accompanied D.disappointed
A.purpose B.decision C.promise D.goal
A.turned B.learned C.used D.ought
A.tell B.see C.hear D.smell.
A.carefulness B.movement C.imagination D.experience
A.sense B.effort C.feeling D.idea
A.dissatisfied B.astonished C.determined D.discouraged
A.supported B.followed C.required D.opposed
A.usually B.finally C.possibly D.hopefully
A.study B.research C.graduate D.progress
A.wrote B.translated C.copied D.read
A.enough B.some C.many D.few
A.However B.Although C.When D.Since
A.mean B.seem C.conclude D.say
A.directed B.guided C.taught D.limited
完形填空(共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)
The science teacher believed very strongly in practical work as a means of teaching science effectively, and she wanted her pupils' parents to see how well their children were learning ___36___ her methods. She therefore arranged for all the parents ___37___ and see the results of one of the ___38___ experiments on a Saturday evening,___39___ all of them were free. The children had been studying the growth of plants, and they ___40___ four pots of beans a few weeks before. They had put poor soil in one pot, to see ___41___ effect this would have ___42___ the growth of the beans in ___43___,and good soil in ___44___ three pots. Then they had put one of the ___45___ in the dark for several days, and had given ___46___ pot no water for the same length of time.
At the end of the lesson on Friday afternoon, the teacher put little ___47___ on the four pots:‘The beans in this pot were planted in poor soil.’‘This pot ___48___ in the dark for four days.’‘These beans have had no water for four days.’‘These beans have had good soil, plenty of light and ___49___ water.’ Then the teacher went home.
When she arrived on ___50___ evening, half an hour before the ___51___were due to come, she found this note beside the pots:‘We read your notes ___52___ the school servant and thought we would help him, so we watered all the plants, changed the earth in the one with ___53___ soil, and ___54___ the light on above the one that had been left in the dark for four days. We hope that the plants will now grow___ 55___.’
Your friends,
‘The Boy Scouts.’
A.by B.with C.in D.through
A.come B.came C.to come D.coming
A.child B.children C.child's D.children's
A.when B.as C.because D.since
A.have planted B.had planted C.planted D.had been planted
A.how B.what C.which D.why
A.in B.on C.for D.with
A.them B.that C.it D.one
A.the other B.an other C.Other D.others
A.beans B.soil C.plants D.pots
A.a third B.the third C.a fourth D.the fourth
A.notes B.messages C.notices D.announcements
A.had been kept B.has been kept C.had been remained D.has been remained
A.no B.some C.much D.regular
A.Friday B.Saturday C.Sunday D.Monday
A.children B.students C.parents D.teachers
A.to B.for C.from D.on
A.good B.wet C.dry D.poor
A.left B.leave C.kept D.keep
A.well B.strong C.better D.good
通读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后在各题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案。
I was in the queue for the supermarket checkout(付款台) earlier today.All of the checkouts were 36 , and the woman behind me was not happy! Every word that came from her mouth was a(n) 37 ! She wasn’t happy with the number of checkouts 38 ; she wasn’t happy with the amount of shopping some people had in their baskets; she wasn’t happy because this supermarket didn’t have a stand where she 39 scan her own shopping.
I listened to her 40 looking around as I loaded my stuff onto the conveyor belt (传送带).I didn’t want 41 to do with that kind of attitude, and if ever I’d felt like letting someone go 42 of me, it wouldn’t be such a woman!
But then I 43 back.Standing beside the woman was a five-year-old girl, 44 her granddaughter.The girl’s part of the shopping 45 of some comic books.
I couldn’t 46 it.I pushed my shopping back to the end of the conveyor belt, 47 a space.“After you,” I said to the woman and the girl, and 48 them to a big 49 .The woman was delighted, and even 50 to complain ---- until she was walking away.
So, 51 bother having helped? It was because that little girl was probably taking in her granny’s complaint like a sponge(海绵).She was learning how to 52 situations like that by listening to her granny.I’d seen that I could interrupt that complaining, and put a smile and some 53 into the middle of it.
We can all complain; we can all react 54 , but it doesn’t have to be like that.And, even if only for a few 55 , I wanted to leave that little soul with just a glimpse of another way.
A.busy B.big C.free D.empty
A.quarrel B.argument C.praise D.complaint
A.opened B.closed C.left D.hired
A.would B.need C.could D.must
A.beyond B.without C.with D.by
A.something B.nothing C.everything D.anything
A.ahead B.behind C.beside D.back
A.went B.glanced C.focused D.jumped
A.merely B.surely C.possibly D.luckily
A.contained B.included C.consisted D.made
A.think B.help C.believe D.forget
A.taking B.leaving C.bringing D.occupying
A.returned B.pleased C.treated D.served
A.smile B.meal C.joke D.room
A.thanked B.paid C.checked D.forgot
A.how B.what C.why D.who
A.face with B.put with C.deal with D.do with
A.truth B.kindness C.courage D.money
A.actively B.correctly C.negatively D.patiently
A.hours B.chances C.years D.seconds
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从41—60各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
My father was in the navy, which meant that my mother was married to both my father and the sea. As was often the case, we had to pack our belongings into boxes and 41 those we had grown to love. We would arrive at our new home and find ourselves once again 42 at the pier(码头)waving good-bye to my father as his 43 pulled him away from us. My mother would turn my brother and I around before the ship was out of 44 , wipe our tears, and take us back home to start the process of 45 in the new environment again.
Throughout the years of changing 46 , schools and friends, there remained one constant in my childhood—my mother. For both my 47 and I, she was the cook, maid and teacher. She played these roles while 48 some type of part-time job. Leaving a promising career is just one of the 49 which my mother made for my family as we moved around the world with our father every three years or so. 50 she had to deal with only a small budget, my mother 51 managed to make each house to be the very home that is safe and 52 .
This probably sounds like a depressing way to live, 53 with two small children: “single” parenthood, short-term friendships, and the inability to 54 a career or establish a home. But it was not for my mother. She turned this 55 into adventure for us all! Each relocation was a chance to 56 another part of the world. My mother greeted each new culture, climate and neighborhood. Each new house was a 57 to rearrange furniture, make curtains and 58 pictures. Every part-time job was an opportunity to learn something new and work with interesting people.
No matter how difficult the life was, she was always having a 59 attitude. She always had strength in the face of struggle and change. My mother was so 60 all those years of my childhood—she was my island in a sea of change. She is my hero.
A.leave behind B.leave out C.leave off D.leave for
A.living B.staring C.standing D.going
A.car B.ship C.train D.plane
A.range B.shape C.sight D.control
A.adapting B.suiting C.matching D.fitting
A.names B.jobs C.addresses D.directions
A.father B.classmates C.brother D.relatives
A.performing B.seeking C.waiting D.applying
A.programs B.sacrifices C.contribution D.cooperation
A.Once B.While C.When D.Unless
A.somewhere B.somewhat C.sometime D.somehow
A.romantic B.comfortable C.mysterious D.wealthy
A.generally B.actually C.especially D.unfairly
A.desert B.pursue C.affect D.limit
A.lifestyle B.value C.journey D.opportunity
A.acquire B.explore C.occupy D.realize
A.load B.sadness C.result D.challenge
A.hang B.draw C.take D.sell
A.changeable B.cautious C.positive D.negative
A.experienced B.brave C.ordinary D.annoyed
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
The night started out ordinarily enough. Jack and Tara, our 36 , were in their small beds surrounded by toy animals. My husband, Pat, and I went to sleep 37 .
38 after midnight, Jack quietly touched me. “Mommy, I want to stay with you. I promise I won’t take much room.” I shifted 39 to make room. My son soon fell asleep.
An hour later, Tara cried and I carefully went downstairs. “Mommy, my 40 is all stuffed up(堵住). I can’t really breathe very well. Will you please 41 with me a little while?” Tara doesn’t often get up at night, 42 I decided to be there for her. She soon fell asleep. I returned to my own bed. I was determined to sleep. But to my 43 , I found Jack sleeping on my side of the bed. He looked so 44 that I couldn’t remove him. Quietly and carefully, I lay down between 45 and Jack.
I did manage to get some sleep 46 I heard Tara’s voice again. I returned to 47 Tara. “Mom, please lie down with me a little bit, I had a bad dream, and I’m so 48 .” “Of course, honey. It was only a dream. Mommy’s here and 49 is okay.” We fell asleep 50 each other’s arms.
Even in my sleepy state, I thought of 51 these nights of merry-go-round(一连串的繁忙活动)beds will be over. In their place, my twins will be grown. 52 before I’m ready, our children’ rooms will be much too 53 and empty. So it is especially on days when I’m worn out after a night on this mom’s merry-go-round that I remind 54 that these very days and nights are, in fact. “the good old days”, ever so 55 .
A.sons B.twins C.daughters D.students
A.downstairs B.in C.out D.upstairs
A.Sometimes B.Some time C.Sometime D.Some times
A.gently B.kindly C.rudely D.impatiently
A.nose B.mouth C.heart D.eye
A.come B.stay C.talk D.play
A.even though B.so C.no matter when D.however
A.joy B.anger C.disappointment D.surprise
A.deeply B.sound C.content D.deep
A.my father B.Tara C.Pat D.my mother
A.before B.when C.after D.until
A.show off B.look after C.watch out D.take care
A.scared B.exciting C.excited D.scaring
A.something B.anything C.everything D.nothing
A.over B.on C.by D.in
A.how often B.how soon C.how long D.how much
A.No doubt B.No wonder C.No problem D.No worry
A.noisy B.quiet C.still D.calm
A.my children B.my husband C.my friend D.myself
A.potential B.precise C.precious D.previous
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Teaching my first child, Danae, to share her toys was the biggest challenge. To 36 this, we started inviting other children to play, which could help Danae discover that it’s 37 to share with others – a lesson I needed to 38 myself as well, as it 39 .
One evening Danac had 40 a friend, Natalie, to play with her. Their favorite was a children’s 41 game called Go Fish. That evening, 42 Natalie left, Danae came to me and said, “Mommy, I’d like to give these to Natalie tomorrow. They’re her favorites.”
She help up three cards from the Go Fish game. I tried to 43 that I didn’t want her to give them away because then our 44 wouldn’t be complete. “But I really want her to have them!” Danae 45 . I thought perhaps she didn’t understand that when she gave something away, it was gone 46 . So I tried again, saying, “ 47 you give the cards to her, you can’t 48 them back tomorrow.”
A look of 49 came over Danae’s face. For a moment I was happy that she seemed to 50 . But then she smiled and said. “Well, that’s okay, I want her to have them anyway.”
What could I say to that? I sat 51 for a moment and then I realized I had been trying for so long to 52 her to share. Did it 53 that our Go Fish set would be 54 ? What mattered was that my daughter was learning the 55 of giving, that she was thinking about others instead of herself, and that she was trying to make her friends happy. Isn’t that what life is all about?
A.achieve B.apply C.receive D.get
A.kind B.gentle C.fun D.merciful
A.design B.know C.create D.review
A.turned up B.turned away C.turned to D.turned out
A.begged B.encouraged C.invited D.found
A.box B.card C.paper D.show
A.before B.while C.after D.until
A.explain B.suggest C.respond D.teach
A.thing B.card C.set D.toy
A.insisted B.recommended C.announced D.cried
A.surely B.suddenly C.forever D.indeed
A.If B.Once C.As D.Unless
A.ask for B.call for C.look for D.care for
A.surprise B.concern C.delight D.satisfaction
A.understand B.accept C.refuse D.doubt
A.sadly B.angrily C.quietly D.slowly
A.conduct B.ask C.force D.help
A.work B.mean C.remind D.matter
A.incomplete B.lost C.limited D.gone
A.content B.usefulness C.way D.joy
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Many years ago, I owned a service station and roadhouse on the main road between Melbourne and Adelaide.
One very cold, wet night at about 3:30 a.m., there was a1on the front door of our house. A young man, wet from2to toe, explained that he had3 out of petrol about 30 km up the road. He had left his pregnant(怀孕的)wife and his two children 4at the car and said that he would hitchhike(搭便车)back.
Once I had 5a can with petrol, I took him back to his car where his two-year-old and four-year-old children were both6, saying that they were cold. Once the car had started, I suggested that he7 me back.
Before leaving, I had turned the heater8 in the roadhouse, so that when we went in, it was nice and9. While the little ones played and ran10, I prepared bread and butter for the children, and hot chocolate for the11.
It was about 5 a. m. before they12.The young fellow asked me how much he 13 me and I told him that the petrol pump(加油泵)had14$ 15. He offered to pay"call-out fee", but I wouldn't accept it.
About a month later, I received a15from interstate, a large bus company that we bad been trying to16to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time, It17out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager, the most18person in the company.
In his letter, he thanked me again and19me that, from then on, all their buses would stop at my service station, In this20, a little bit of kindness was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.
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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从16-35各题所给的A. B. C. D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
Roberta appeared on the stage. She took a deep breath and began to1. Now she was Portia, a strong-willed2 in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. The theater was filled with people. She was speaking with a power she had never before experienced, the words flowing3 form her.
4, Roberta had never acted in her life before the audition (选拔试演). She5 being in front of other people. She was very6 at school. She had never thought she was good enough at anything to7 much attention. She stayed mostly to herself, making8 friends. She had excellent grades,9 she always thought that something was missing.
Two weeks before the audition, Robertsa's mother had heard about it and10her to join in.
"I can't think of anyone else better suited to11 the part. Remember all the plays you used to act our for us?"
Her mother wouldn't let the12drop. "You're just a little scared (害怕). Everyone gets scared. You know you13 do it. The trick is to look past the14to find the love of what you're doing."
So Roberta had made an appointment (预约) with the head of the Drama Club. She had read the play and found herself excited by the15of speaking such rich words. In secret she practiced Portia's part,16the lines by repeating them over and over. It wasn't hard; she17every minute of it. Every time she spoke the words, she had a new18 of the lines, as if Shakespeare had written Portia on many levels.
On the day of the audition, she19 two of Portia's famous speeches for the auditors. When she had finished, the head of the Drama Club announced the20was hers.
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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we 36 realize that those challenges are the very things that 37 us and make us who we are. It is the same with the challenges that come with 38 .
When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two 39 . We can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing 40 the challenge isn’ t worth the 41 and call it quits. Although there are certainly 42 when calling it quits is the right thing to do, in most 43 all that is needed is 44 and communication.
When we are committed to something, it means that no matter how 45 or how uncomfortable something is, we will always choose to 46 it and work it through instead of running away from it. Communication is making a 47 for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong. 48 you can say to a friend, “ I got my feeling hurt,” 49 “You hurt my feelings,” you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster.
In dealing with the many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for 50_ they are: small hurdles you need to jump or 51 on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is 52 to get over, and hurt only 53 to make us stronger. It is all part of growing up, it 54 to everyone, and some day you will 55 all of this and say, “Hard as it was, it made me who I am today. And that is a good thing.”
A.seem to B.come to C.hope to D.try to
A.design B.promote C.direct D.shape
A.confidence B.pressure C.friendship D.difficulty
A.opportunities B.expectations C.choices D.aspects
A.demanding B.deserving C.predicting D.presenting
A.comment B.loss C.trouble D.expense
A.spans B.times C.dates D.ages
A.cases B.fields C.parts D.occasions
A.assessment B.commitment C.encouragement D.adjustment
A.doubtful B.shameful C.harmful D.painful
A.keep B.control C.face D.catch
A.space B.plan C.topic D.room
A.If B.As C.While D.Unless
A.other than B.rather than C.or rather D.or else
A.what B.who C.where D.which
A.pass by B.come across C.get through D.run over
A.unnecessary B.necessary C.impossible D.possible
A.serves B.means C.aims D.attempts
A.opens B.appeals C.goes D.happens
A.look down on B.look back on C.look forward to D.look up to
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In the United States there was an unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mechanic (技工). One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl 36 to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl 37 the mother would not return to her eggs and she 38 to take them home. There she carefully 39 the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days 40 the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the 41 .
Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother. 42 , to these young geese, the girl was their mother.
As they 43 , the girl was able to 44 her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to 45 . The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when 46 and in her dreams. Later, she had an 47 : She would pilot a plane to guide them in 48 . She asked her father for a plane and he assembled(组装)a small aircraft for her.
Caring about 49 safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not 50 or follow him, and 51 slept in the grass.
One day, the girl 52 into the plane, started it and soon left the 53 . Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds 54 flapped(拍打)their wings and 55 . She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following.
A.managed B.attempted C.happened D.supposed
A.realized B.expected C.imagined D.admitted
A.helped B.decided C.afforded D.meant
A.placed B.protected C.treated D.examined
A.ago B.out C.later D.long
A.family B.lake C.home D.world
A.But B.Also C.Thus D.Still
A.increased B.improved C.rose D.grew
A.ask B.lead C.want D.allow
A.fly B.race C.swim D.sing
A.asleep B.away C.around D.awake
A.idea B.opinion C.explanation D.excuse
A.sky B.heaven C.flight D.plane
A.his B.her C.their D.its
A.respect B.remember C.recognize D.receive
A.so B.instead C.hardly D.too
A.climbed B.looked C.reached D.fell
A.house B.floor C.water D.ground
A.secretly B.disappointedly C.patiently D.eagerly
A.looked away B.set out C.went by D.turned back
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