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I woke up the other day to find that 10 inches of freshly fallen snow was waiting for me outside my door. The flakes were still __36__ heavily too. I didn’t want my little dogs __37__ in it, so I reluctantly __38__ on my heavy coat and grabbed the snow shovel to make a __39__. I had only gotten a bit done, however, _40_ the handle of my old snow shovel __41__ with a “snap”. Laughing and shaking my head, I _42_ to wait out the storm for a while.
It was late in the afternoon when the snow finally __43__ and I trudged(跋涉) over to my Dad’s house to borrow his shovel and _44__ again. By then the 10 inches of snow had turned into a foot and a half. I started out slow setting a steady __45__ and stopping to rest whenever my back started to ache. After a while, though, the __46__ finally broke and the sun peeked out to __47__ me on. The work seemed a lot easier then even though it was still __48__. I even sang a few Christmas carols and __49__ while I cleared out the drives, cleaned off the cars, and shoveled out the paths. After an hour of hard work the job was finally done. _50_, I let the child that still lives __51__ of me fall back into the snow and _52_ a snow angel for the angels in Heaven to see. It felt good walking back to my house after a job well done. It felt even better _53__ around at this wonderful world of white.
I don’t know why life sometimes gives us spring days and sometimes dumps a ton of snow in us. I do know, __54_, that we can pray, laugh, love, and choose _55__ through it all.
小题1:
A．fallingB．floatingC．pilingD．flying
小题2:
A．missingB．runningC．hidingD．drowning
小题3:
A．pulledB．draggedC．drewD．pushed
小题4:
A．differenceB．discoveryC．pathD．snowman
小题5:
A．untilB．whenC．onceD．as
小题6:
A．crashedB．bentC．slippedD．broke
小题7:
A．decidedB．hopedC．continuedD．hesitated
小题8:
A．disappearedB．frozeC．stoppedD．melted
小题9:
A．clearB．tryC．checkD．think
小题10:
A．developmentB．rateC．stepD．pace
小题11:
A．cloudsB．shovelC．skyD．trees
小题12:
A．overlookB．cheerC．shineD．watch
小题13:
A．heavyB．coldC．warmD．bright
小题14:
A．dancedB．jumpedC．stoppedD．smiled
小题15:
A．LaughingB．CryingC．RestingD．Wandering
小题16:
A．outsideB．insideC．beyondD．above
小题17:
A．catchB．findC．makeD．pretend
小题18:
A．lookingB．walkingC．turningD．wondering
小题19:
A．anywayB．stillC．thenD．however
小题20:
A．fateB．determinationC．joyD．luck

小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:B
小题6:D
小题7:A
小题8:C
小题9:B
小题10:D
小题11:A
小题12:B
小题13:B
小题14:D
小题15:A
小题16:B
小题17:C
小题18:A
小题19:D
小题20:C
作者通过一件小事告诉我们生活中有开心有挫折，我们可以选择开心，让自己更开心。
小题1:动词辨析。A落下；B漂浮；C堆积；D飞行；由句意可知是片片雪花落下。
小题2:动词辨析。A错过，想念；B奔跑；C躲藏；D淹没；由句意可知我不想被雪淹没。
小题3:固定搭配。Pull on披上；句意可知我披上我的外衣。
小题4:上下文串联。由上文可知我拿起铁锹肯定是铲出路。
小题5:连词辨析。A直到；B在这时；C一旦；D作为…由句意可知我刚刚干了一会，在这时铁锹突然断了。
小题6:动词辨析。解析同上。
小题7:动词辨析。A决定；B希望；C继续；D犹豫；由句意可知我决定等一会。
小题8:动词辨析。A消失；B冰冻；C停止；D融化；有下文可知雪停了。
小题9:动词辨析。由句意可知我是想再试试。
小题10:名词辨析。A发展；B比例；C脚步；D速度；由句意可知我以稳定的速度开始铲雪。
小题11:上下文串联。由后文可知太阳出来了，那应该是乌云散去了。
小题12:动词搭配。Cheer on鼓励;太阳出来了，鼓励着我继续。
小题13:形容词辨析。由句意可知天气仍然寒冷。
小题14:动词辨析。我唱着笑着干活。
小题15:动词辨析。有上下文可知干完活了我很开心。
小题16:词义辨析。由下文可知我让住在家里的孩子到外面玩耍。
小题17:词义辨析。由上下文可知是堆了个雪人。
小题18:动词搭配。Look around环顾四周；由句意可知我环顾四周看着这个雪白的世界。
小题19:上下文串联。上文说我不知道…接着说我知道…存在着转折关系。
小题20:名词辨析。根据上下文可知我们选择开心。
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There is currently no evidence that dolphins have a language of their own. But scientists still have a lot to find out about these animals and so there are certain to be a few surprises in the future.
At Kewalo Basin Marine Laboratory in Hawaii, the dolphin team have developed a sign langue to communicate with the dolphins, and the results are amazing. Not only do the dolphins understand the meaning of individual words, they also understand the significance of word order in a sentence. For example, when they were asked to ‘touch the ball with your tail and then jump over it’ they generally responded correctly and straight away, which showed that they understood the langue.
Most mammals seem to enjoy play—but dolphins seems to like making their games as challenging as possible. On a beautiful day in 1997, researchers working at a beach, off the southern coast of Brazil, observed a little dog going into the sea and swimming towards the dolphins. To their surprise, the dolphins approached the dog and then started throwing it into the air. The dog seemed to enjoy the ‘game’ and continued playing with the dolphins for more than an hour. From then on, different dogs were seem trying to interact with the dolphins.
Dolphins live in a very different world to ourselves, but they are very good at our ‘intelligence tests’. For example, they will jump out of the water when they hear a whistle noise. They do this because they will get a fish as a reward. There is still much to learn about these flexible(灵活的)problem-solvers, but from the evidence so far, it would seem as though dolphins are very intelligent.
小题1:To get a shy eel to come out of its hole , a dolphin would poke it with____.
A．a toolB．its tailC．a dead fishD．its mouth
小题2:At a laboratory in Hawaii, the dolphin team have developed a ____ to communicate with the dolphins.
A．variety of soundsB．sign language
C．special word orderD．dolphin’s language
小题3:Dolphins not only understand the meaning of individual words, they also understand the importance of ______ in a sentence.
A．the subjectB．the verbsC．the main structureD．word order
小题4:When they play, dolphins seems to like making their games as ______ as possible.
A．difficultB．easyC．interestingD．relaxing
小题5:Dolphins will jump out of the water when they hear a whistle noise in order to _______.
A．watch peopleB．breathe fresh air
C．enjoy themselvesD．get some food
When I asked my daughter which item she would keep; the phone, the car, the cooker, the computer, the TV, or her boyfriend, she said“the phone”. Personally, I could do without the phone entirely, which makes me unusual. Because the telephone is changing our lives more than any other piece of technology.
Point 1 The telephone creates the need to communicate, in the same way that more roads create more traffic. My daughter comes home from school at 4:00 pm and then spends an hour on the phone talking to the very people she has been at school with all day. If the phone did not exist, would she have anything to talk about?
Point 2 The mobile phone means that we are never alone. “The mobile saved my life,”says Crystal Johnstone. She had an accident in her Volvo on the A45 between Otley and Skipton. Trapped inside, she managed to make the call that brought the ambulance(救护车) to her rescue.
Point 3 The mobile removes our secret. It allows marketing manager of Haba Deutsch, Carl Nicolaisen, to ring his sales staff all round the world at and time of day to ask where they are , where they are going, and how their last meeting went.
Point 4 The telephone separates us. Antonella Bramante in Rome says, “We worked in separate offices but I could see him through the window. It was easy to get his number. We were so near——but we didn’t meet for the first two weeks!”
Point 5 The telephone allows us to reach out beyond our own lives. Today we can talk to several complete strangers simultaneously ( 同时地) on chat lines (at least my daughter does. I wouldn’t know what to talk about). We can talk across the world. We can even talk to astronauts (if you know any) while they’re space-walking. And, with the phone line hooked up to the computer, we can access(进入) the Internet, the biggest library on Earth.
小题1:How do you understand‘Point 1 —The telephone creates the need to communicate,6…’？
A．People don’t communicate without telephone.
B．People communicate because of the creating of the telephone.
C．People communicate more since telephone has been created.
D．People communicate more because of more traffic.
小题2:Which of the following best shows people’s attitude towards mobile phones?
A．Mobile phones help people deal with the emergency.
B．Mobile phones bring convenience as well little secret to people.
C．Mobile phones are so important and should be encouraged.
D．Mobile phones are part of people’s life.
小题3:Which points do you think support the idea that phones improve people’s life?
a.      Point 1. b. Point2. c. Point3. d. Point 4. e. Point 5.
A．c, dB．a, eC．a, cD．b, e
小题4:It is possible to talk to several complete strangers simultaneously through .
A．the TV screenB．a fax machine
C．the phone line hooked up to the computerD．a microphone
小题5:The best heading for the passage is .
A．The power of PhoneB．Kinds of Phone
C．How to Use PhonesD．Advantage of Phones

"What's it like to have a gap between your teeth?" a girl asked me one day.
Nobody had ever _. 36 _  before. My hand unconsciously rose to cover my mouth. But, as she looked at me, sincerely waiting for__ 37__, 1 realized she was not trying to be rude. "I never think about it," I truthfully replied. She nodded and turned away. I was left wondering if people _38__ me and saw only gappy teeth.
Later that day at home, I began to __39 __ my teeth again. I felt upset. I thought my life would be somehow better if my teeth were not gappy. How I wanted the perfect teeth that everyone else seemed to have!
Of course, Mom   40  everything . She has lived her entire life with gappy teeth, and tried to convince me that there was nothing to __41__. When I refused to listen, she told me I could get the surgery to close the gap if it was that important. "Let's be   42__, though," she said. "If everyone got surgeries to become pretty, everyone would be exactly the same. There is beauty in differences."
Her __43__ made me consider my teeth seriously. The thought of losing my gap was more terrible than the reality that people were going to notice it. I realized how important it was to me. It is part of my  44 _.
Nowadays many people do ridiculous things to realize their dream of "perfection." The__45_ is that no one is perfect. When all potential for ugliness is removed, so is all of the potential for   46__.
So if that girl ever asked about my teeth   47___, I would truthfully answer. "You know? It's really cute."
小题1:
A．facedB．guessed C．askedD．imagined
小题2:
A．an offerB．an answerC．a suggestionD．a result
小题3:
A．heard ofB．thought ofC．talked aboutD．looked at
小题4:
A．considerB．brushC．coverD．appreciate
小题5:
A．admittedB．noticedC．controlledD．changed
小题6:
A．worry aboutB．put offC．give upD．wipe out
小题7:
A．friendlyB．lovelyC．honestD．helpful
小题8:
A．wordsB．jokesC．dreamsD．acts
小题9:
A．abilityB．decision C．goalD．identity
小题10:
A．possibilityB．purposeC．truthD．choice
小题11:
A．courageB．wisdomC．kindnessD．beauty
小题12:
A．onceB．againC．tooD．instead

Australia is the smallest continent in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is on the Southern Hemisphere(半球)of the earth. Australia is big, but its population is small. The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai.
Enough laws have been made to fight against pollution. The cities in Australia have little air or water pollution. The sky is blue and the water is clean. You can clearly see fish in the rivers. Plants grow very well.
Last month we visited Perth, the biggest city in Western Australia, and went to a wild flower exhibition. There we saw large numbers of wild flowers on show, most of which we had never seen before. We had a wonderful time. Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers. Every year in spring Perth has wild flower exhibitions. After visiting Perth, we spent a day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill. It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves very much. When we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill, we looked up, but what we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to our car as quickly as we could. There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us along the path.
Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos(袋鼠). After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself among the white sheep. Sheep, sheep, everywhere you can see sheep.
小题1:Which country is the writer most possibly from?
A．JapanB．CanadaC．ChinaD．America
小题2:Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?
A．Australia has enough laws to fight against pollution.
B．Perth is the biggest city in Australia.
C．The wild flowers in Perth must be different from what the author sees in his/her country.
D．The author enjoyed his/her visit in the countryside.
小题3:The underlined word “exhibition” in the third paragraph probably means_______.
A．a public show for people to visit
B．a market where you can buy all kinds of flowers
C．a place where all kinds of flowers are grown
D．a field where there are flowers and animals
小题4:From the passage we know Perth is famous for ____
A．its populationB．its sizeC．its kangaroosD．its wild flowers

One day, when old Jacob and little Jacoble were walking home, the sun began to go down. Old Jacob was thinking of his house and little Jacoble didn’t know what to think. Then he thought of a wonderful idea, and he cried, “Jacob! Do you know what I saw yesterday? I saw a green rabbit. It was flying in the air and it was so big, even bigger than an elephant!”
“You saw that with your own eyes?” asked old Jacob. “Of course I did,” said Jacoble proudly. “It’s a good thing that you really saw that big, flying, green rabbit,” said old Jacob, “because that old bridge we are going to walk over is a very strange one. As soon as anyone who hasn’t told the truth comes on it, the bridge breaks in two.” They continued walking.
“Jacob,” said Jacoble a little later, “you know that big, green, flying rabbit I saw yesterday ... Well, it wasn’t really flying, and ... it wasn’t quite as big as an elephant ... but it was very big, about the size of a horse!” “Big as a horse?” asked Jacob as they got closer to the bridge and little Jacoble began not to feel so well.
“Jacob,” said Jacoble. “That big, green rabbit I saw yesterday, well, I had something in my eye and so I couldn’t see that well. It wasn’t a very big rabbit but it was green. Yes, that’s what it was — all green!”
Old Jacob didn’t say a word. He just walked over the bridge. But Jacoble didn’t go after him because he was afraid and he knew why he was afraid. He stood at the bridge and said, “Oh, Jacob! You know that rabbit I saw yesterday. It wasn’t green. No. It was just a little, brown rabbit.”
Then he was not afraid of anything any more and he ran happily over the bridge.
小题1:We know from the text that the story happened ______.
A．in the morningB．in the afternoonC．at dusk (黄昏) D．at midnight
小题2:Jacob considered Jacoble’s story ______.
A．humorousB．interestingC．frightening D．unbelievable
小题3:Why did little Jacoble change his story again and again?
A．Because he was afraid of falling into the river.
B．Because he tried to persuade Jacob to believe it.
C．Because he wanted to frighten Jacob.
D．Because he didn’t remember the story clearly.
小题4:What lesson can we learn from the text?
A．A lie will never be known.
B．True friends don’t cheat each other.
C．Telling lies makes one suffer from fears.
D．Making up a story is lying.

Passing Your Love On
Waiting for the airplane to take off, I was happy to get a seat by myself. Just then, an air hostess approached me and asked, “Would you mind  36  your seat? A couple would like to sit together.” The only  37  seat was next to a girl with her arms in casts（石膏绷带）, a black-and-blue face, and a sad  38 . “No way am I going to sit there,” I thought immediately. But a soft voice spoke, “She needs help.” Finally, I  39  to move to that seat.
The girl was named Kathy. She had been in a car accident and  40  was on her way for  41 .
When the snack and juice arrived, it did not take me long to  42  that Kathy would not be able to  43  herself. I considered  44  to feed her but hesitated, as it seemed too  45  to offer a service to a  46 . But then I realized that Kathy’s need was more  47  than my discomfort. I offered to help her eat, and  48  she was uncomfortable to accept, she  49  as I expected. We became closer and closer in a short period of time. By the end of the five-hour trip, my heart had  50 , and the time was really  51  spent than if I had just sat by myself.
I was very glad I had reached  52  my comfort zone to sit next to Kathy and feed her. Love  53  flows beyond human borders and removes the fears that keep us  54 . When we stretch to serve another, we grow to live  55  a larger and more rewarding world.
小题1:
A．leaving B．changingC．takingD．giving
小题2:
A．comfortableB．suitable C．available D．favorable
小题3:
A．heartB．expression C．action D．thought
小题4:
A．decided B．wanted C．regrettedD．promised
小题5:
A．immediatelyB．lately C．recently D．now
小题6:
A．treatment B．travel C．pleasure D．business
小题7:
A．know B．say C．realize D．recognize
小题8:
A．eat B．feed C．choose D．support
小题9:
A．offering B．needing C．stopping D．trying
小题10:
A．impolite B．far C．close D．fast
小题11:
A．girl B．neighbor C．passenger D．stranger
小题12:
A．unusual B．directC．importantD．shameful
小题13:
A．when B．although C．since D．as
小题14:
A．refused B．wondered C．cried D．did
小题15:
A．warmed B．jumped C．broken D．cheered
小题16:
A．good B．worse C．better D．bad
小题17:
A．below B．through C．across D．beyond
小题18:
A．seldom B．never C．hardly D．sometimes
小题19:
A．separate B．independentC．silent D．upset
小题20:
A．of B．in C．at D．for


The following is a timetable in Shanghai Pudong International Airport．
Airline
Flight Number
Destination
Departure
Gate
Air Canada
137
Beijing
10:12 a．m．
24
Japanese Airlines
320
Tokyo
10:30 a．m．
18
British Airways
405
Paris
11:00 a．m．
20
Pan American
226
London
11:20 a．m．
12
Pan American
12
Beijing
11:43 a．m．
15
Air Canada
178
Tokyo
12:32 a．m．
21
CAAC
289
Hong Kong
12:32 a．m．
14
CAAC
314
Moscow
12:45 a．m．
18
British Airways
230
New York
12:55 a．m．
23
小题1: A man wants to take Flight 178 to Tokyo. Which gate should he go to?
A．14B．28C．21D．18
小题2:Lisa is at gate 23. Where is she going?
A．ParisB．Beijing C．TokyoD．New York
小题3:Now it’s 10:40. Mary is at gate 20. Which airline’s plane will she take?
A．British Airways B．Japanese Airlines
C．Pan AmericanD．Air Canada
小题4:Gate _______ is the busiest among all these gates.
A．23B．18C．24D．15

The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled，pain-free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness．If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness．But in fact，the opposite is true：more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain．
As a result，many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness．They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage， raising children， professional achievement，religious commitment，self improvement．
Ask a bachelor （单身汉）why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying．If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment．For commitment is in fact quite painful．The single life is filled with fun，adventure，excitement．Marriage has such moments，but they are not its most distinguishing features．
Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three-day vacation．I don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children．But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild．
Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations．It liberates time：now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness．It liberates money：buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless．And it liberates us from envy：we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all．
小题1:According to the author，a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because          ．
A．he finds more fun in dating than in marriage
B．he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains single
C．he is reluctant to take on family responsibilities
D．he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and excitement
小题2:Raising children，in the author’s opinion，is           ．
A．a moral duty B．a thankless job
C．a source of inevitable pain D．a rewarding task
小题3:From the last paragraph，we learn that envy sometimes stems from       ．
A．hatred B．misunderstanding C．prejudiceD．ignorance
小题4:To understand what true happiness is one must        ．
A．be able to distinguish happiness from fun
B．make every effort to liberate oneself from pain
C．put up with pain under all circumstances
D．have as much run as possible during one’s lifetime
小题5:What is the author trying to tell us?
A．It is important to make commitments．
B．One must know how to attain happiness．
C．Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain
D．It is pain that leads to happiness．

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