Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, "Mother, you must come to see the daffodils(水仙花)before they are over．” I wanted to go, but it was a two－hour 1 from Laguna to Lake Arrowhead．"I will come next Tuesday, " I promised, a little 2 , on her third call．
Next Tuesday dawned cold and rainy． 3 , I had promised, and so I drove there．When I finally walked into Carolyn's house and hugged and 4 my grandchildren, I said, " 5 the daffodils, Carolyn! The road is 6 in the clouds and fog, and there is nothing in the world except you and these children that I want to see．"
My daughter smiled 7 and said, "We drive in this all the time, Mother．It's all right, Mother, I promise．You will never 8 yourself if you miss this experience．"
After about twenty minutes, we turned onto a small road and I saw a small church．On the far side of the church, I saw a hand-lettered 9 that read, "Daffodil Garden"．
We got out of the car and 10 took a child's hand, and I followed Carolyn down the path．
Then, we turned a corner of the path, and I 11 and gasped(惊叹)．Before me lay the most wonderful sight．It looked 12 someone had taken a great vat(桶)of gold and 13 it down over the mountain peak and slopes．There were five acres of flowers．"But who has done this?" I asked Carolyn．“It's just one woman”, Carolyn answered．“That's her home．”
Carolyn 14 to a well-kept A-frame house that looked small and modest in the midst of all that 15 ．We walked up to the house．On the patio([露台), we saw a(n) 16 " Answers to the Questions I Know You Are Asking" was the 17 ．
The first answer was a simple one．"50, 000 bulbs(茎)," it read．The second answer was, "One 18 by one woman．Two hands, two feet, and a very little brain．" The third answer was, " 19 in 1958．"
I thought of this woman whom I had 20 met, who, more than forty years before, had begun－one bulb at a time－to bring the beauty and joy to the mountain top．
“Do you think we'll win?” ten-year-old Tyrus Lucas asked his mother 1 he wrote his name on the entry(参赛作品)to Cartoon Network’s toy sweepstakes．
“We can 2 ,”said his mother, a divorced mother who worked as a teacher and struggled to 3 her kids．She didn’t have much cash for 4 ．A week later the phone rang．“Your son won our drawing!” a woman 5
“Great,” cried his mother,“Which 6 did he win?”
“All of them．A thousand toy!”
The next Saturday when the doorbell of their home rang, Tyrus, not 7 the surprise, opened the door and his face 8 up．“Mum,”he cried．“Cartoon Network is here?”
So were dozens of 9 kids who had run over to the cartoon-covered truck．They jumped 10 as hundreds of toys tumbled from the truck's back doors．
Tyrus thought he could 11 his whole room with them．But as he looked at the children around him, he 12 ．The others in their working-class neighborhood didn’t have 13 either．
“Here,”he said, 14 a doll to a little girl．Then he handed a boy a Lite Brite．“Take 15 you want,” Tyrus told the kids－and they did, 16 him over and over．
Tyrus kept several games, but he wasn't done giving．“Why don't we give some to your 17 , Mom?” he asked．They 18 almost l00 toys to the elementary school where she worked．“The first thing my son thought of was to 19 ,”his mother says, beaming．“I’m so 20 of him．”
(1)
[ ]
A．
though
B．
as
C．
as long as
D．
so that
(2)
[ ]
A．
guess
B．
ask
C．
wait
D．
try
(3)
[ ]
A．
support
B．
promise
C．
treat
D．
consider
(4)
[ ]
A．
drawings
B．
extras
C．
food
D．
contests
(5)
[ ]
A．
declared
B．
explained
C．
celebrated
D．
praised
(6)
[ ]
A．
prize
B．
pay
C．
toy
D．
wealth
(7)
[ ]
A．
seeing
B．
helping
C．
knowing
D．
enjoying
(8)
[ ]
A．
lighted
B．
looked
C．
turned
D．
set
(9)
[ ]
A．
attractive
B．
warm
C．
helpful
D．
excited
(10)
[ ]
A．
off
B．
out
C．
clown
D．
up and down
(11)
[ ]
A．
join
B．
fill
C．
teach
D．
look
(12)
[ ]
A．
worried
B．
stopped
C．
laughed
D．
examined
(13)
[ ]
A．
much
B．
them
C．
little
D．
qualities
(14)
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A．
showing
B．
moving
C．
handing
D．
driving
(15)
[ ]
A．
wherever
B．
however
C．
whenever
D．
whatever
(16)
[ ]
A．
troubling
B．
disturbing
C．
reminding
D．
thanking
(17)
[ ]
A．
school
B．
friends
C．
students
D．
children
(18)
[ ]
A．
contributed
B．
delivered
C．
sold
D．
lent
(19)
[ ]
A．
take
B．
create
C．
give
D．
forgive
(20)
[ ]
A．
fond
B．
proud
C．
sure
D．
kind
完型填空：
It was only in the eighteenth century that people in Europe began to think mountains were beautiful． 1 that time, mountains were 2 by the people living on the plain, 3 by the city people, to whom they were wild and 4 places in which one was easily 5 or killed by terrible animals．
Slowly, however, many of the people who were living 6 in the towns began to grow tired of 7 ．They began to feel interested in looking for things which could not be explained, for sights and sounds which produce in a feeling of fear and excitement． 8 in the 9 century, people began to turn away from the man-made 10 to untouched country, and particularly 11 places where it was dangerous and wild．High mountains began to be 12 for a holiday．
Then, mountain-climbing began to grow popular as a sport．To some people, it is something greatly 13 about getting to the． 14 of a high mountain：a struggle against nature is finer than a battle 15 other human beings．And than, when you are at the mountain top after a long and difficult 16 , what a 17 reward it is to be able to look 18 on everything within 19 !At such time, you feel happier and prouder than you can ever feel down 20 ．
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A．
After
B．
In
C．
At
D．
Before
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A．
hated
B．
liked
C．
feared
D．
observed
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however
B．
further
C．
sometimes
D．
especially
(4)
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A．
exciting
B．
interesting
C．
dangerous
D．
alone
(5)
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A．
fallen down
B．
lost
C．
discovered
D．
caught
(6)
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A．
unhappily
B．
lonely
C．
comfortable
D．
easily
(7)
[ ]
A．
them
B．
it
C．
themselves
D．
that
(8)
[ ]
A．
Yet
B．
So
C．
However
D．
But
(9)
[ ]
A．
last
B．
recent
C．
eighteenth
D．
early
(10)
[ ]
A．
country
B．
houses
C．
town
D．
planet
(11)
[ ]
A．
to
B．
at
C．
in
D．
for
(12)
[ ]
A．
importam
B．
right
C．
necessary
D．
popular
(13)
[ ]
A．
pleasant
B．
interested
C．
dangerous
D．
terrible
(14)
[ ]
A．
foot
B．
spot
C．
top
D．
tip
(15)
[ ]
A．
with
B．
to
C．
against
D．
between
(16)
[ ]
A．
light
B．
climb
C．
walk
D．
running
(17)
[ ]
A．
surprising
B．
satisfactory
C．
disappointing
D．
astonishing
(18)
[ ]
A．
behind
B．
up
C．
down
D．
around
(19)
[ ]
A．
miles
B．
minutes
C．
seeing
D．
sight
(20)
[ ]
A．
above
B．
below
C．
under
D．
away
完型填空：
I had offered to watch my 3-year-old daughter, so that my wife could go out with a friend, I was getting some work done in my study, while she 1 to be having a good time in the other room．No problem, I figured．But then it got a little too 2 and I shouted, “What are you doing?” No response．I 3 my question and heard her say, “Oh…nothing…” Nothing?．
I got up from my desk and ran out 4 the living room, where I saw her numbing across the hall．I followed and watched her as her little behind made a quick 5 into tile bathroom．I had her 6 !I told her to turn around．She 7 ．I pulled out my big Daddy voice, “Young lady, I said turn around!”
8 , she turned toward me．In her hand was what was left of my wife’s new lipstick．And every square inch of her face was 9 with bright red!As she looked up at me with fearful eyes, I heard 10 voice that had been shouted to me as a child．“ How could you…You should know…How many times have you been 11 …．What a bad thing to do…” It was just a matter of my picking out which old 12 I was going to use on her so that she would know what a bad girl she had been．But 13 I could let loose, I looked 14 at the sweater on her．In big 15 it said, “I’M A PERFECT LITTLE ANGEL!” I looked back up into her tearful eyes and, 16 seeing a bad girl who didn’t listen, 1 saw a little angel full of 17 that I had come dangerously close to 18 ．“Sweetheart let’s take a picture so Mommy can see how 19 you look．” I took the picture and thanked God that I didn’t 20 the chance to prove what a perfect little angel she had given me．
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[ ]
A．
happened
B．
liked
C．
appeared
D．
pretended
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A．
long
B．
quiet
C．
calm
D．
strange
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A．
asked
B．
answered
C．
raised
D．
repeated
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into
B．
of
C．
from
D．
for
(5)
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A．
way
B．
turn
C．
change
D．
progress
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[ ]
A．
followed
B．
scolded
C．
cornered
D．
fooled
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A．
laughed
B．
listened
C．
agreed
D．
refused
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Slowly
B．
Eagerly
C．
Angrily
D．
Unfortunately
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[ ]
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filled
B．
marked
C．
printed
D．
covered
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A．
every
B．
such
C．
any
D．
one
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[ ]
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told
B．
beaten
C．
frightened
D．
forbidden
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[ ]
A．
reports
B．
notice
C．
advice
D．
words
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[ ]
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as
B．
when
C．
since
D．
before
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[ ]
A．
up
B．
down
C．
in
D．
on
(15)
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A．
signs
B．
letters
C．
messages
D．
figures
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[ ]
A．
because of
B．
instead of
C．
in spite of
D．
as a result of
(17)
[ ]
A．
value
B．
sadness
C．
pities
D．
tricks
(18)
[ ]
A．
preventing
B．
getting rid of
C．
destroying
D．
doing wrong on
(19)
[ ]
A．
dirty
B．
ugly
C．
special
D．
silly
(20)
[ ]
A．
have
B．
get
C．
take
D．
miss
完型填空：
We may look at the world, around us, but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever we've become used to suddenly disappears． 1 for example, the neatly-dressed woman I 2 to See－or look at－on my way to work each morning．
For three years, no matter 3 the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8∶00 a.m．On 4 days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves．Summertime 5 out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses． 6 , she was an ordinary working woman．Of course, I 7 all this only after she was seen no more．It was then that I realized how 8 I expected to see her each morning．You might say I 9 her．
“Did she have an accident?Something 10 ?” I thought to myself about her 11 ．Now that she was gone, I felt I had 12 her．I began to realize that part of our 13 life probably in-eludes such chance meetings with familiar 14 ：the milkman you see at dawn, the woman who 15 walks her dog along the street every morning, the twin brothers you see at the library．Such people are 16 markers in our lives．They add weight to our 17 of place and belonging．
Think about it． 18 , while walking to work, we mark where we are by 19 a certain building, why should we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though 20 , person?
(1)
[ ]
A．
Make
B．
Take
C．
Give
D．
Have
(2)
[ ]
A．
happened
B．
wanted
C．
used
D．
tried
(3)
[ ]
A．
what
B．
how
C．
which
D．
when
(4)
[ ]
A．
sunny
B．
rainy
C．
cloud
D．
snowy
(5)
[ ]
A．
took
B．
brought
C．
carried
D．
turned
(6)
[ ]
A．
Clearly
B．
Particularly
C．
Luckily
D．
Especially
(7)
[ ]
A．
believed
B．
expressed
C．
remembered
D．
wondered
(8)
[ ]
A．
long
B．
often
C．
soon
D．
much
(9)
[ ]
A．
respected
B．
missed
C．
praised
D．
admired
(10)
[ ]
A．
better
B．
worse
C．
more
D．
less
(11)
[ ]
A．
disappearance
B．
appearance
C．
misfortune
D．
fortune
(12)
[ ]
A．
forgotten
B．
lost
C．
known
D．
hurt
(13)
[ ]
A．
happy
B．
enjoyable
C．
frequent
D．
daily
(14)
[ ]
A．
friends
B．
strangers
C．
tourists
D．
guests
(15)
[ ]
A．
regularly
B．
actually
C．
hardly
D．
probably
(16)
[ ]
A．
common
B．
pleasant
C．
important
D．
faithful
(17)
[ ]
A．
choice
B．
knowledge
C．
decision
D．
sense
(18)
[ ]
A．
Because
B．
If
C．
Although
D．
However
(19)
[ ]
A．
keeping
B．
changing
C．
passing
D．
mentioning
(20)
[ ]
A．
unnamed
B．
unforgettable
C．
unbelievable
D．
unreal
完型填空：
Mr．Jones woke early one morning, before the sun had risen, it was a beautiful morning, 1 he went to the window and looked out．He was surprised to see 2 middle-aged professor, who walked in the university just up the road from Mr．Jones’s house, 3 the direction of the town．He had grey hair and thick glasses, and was carrying an umbrella, a morning newspaper and a bag．Mr．Jones thought that he must have 4 by the night train, and decided to walk to the university instead of taking a taxi．
Mr．Jones had a big tree in his garden, and the children had 5 a long rope to one of the branches so that they could swing on it．
Mr．Jones was 6 to see the professor 7 when he saw the rope, and looked 8 up and down the road．When he saw that there was nobody in sight, he 9 into the garden, put his umbrella, newspaper, bag and hat on the grass and 10 the rope．He 11 it hard to see whether it was strong enough to 12 his weight, then ran as fast as he could and swung into the 13 on the end of the rope, his grey hair 14 all around his face．Backwards and forwards he swung, 15 taking a few more 16 steps on the grass when the rope began to swing 17 slowly for him．
At last the professor stopped, 18 his tie, combed his hair carefully, put on his hat, picked up his umbrella, newspaper and bag, and 19 his way to the university, looking as 20 and correct and respectable as one would expect a professor to be．
