请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Before I turned 29, my parents moved to Queensland, where I arrived for a visit six months later.

I upon my mother with hugs, and for the first time in my life I said, “I love you, mom!” Then I gently , expecting some kind of reciprocation. But it never came. Instead, she appeared in horror.

When I was back at work, I overheard a workmate on a call to her mother and she concluded it with “I love you, Mum.” As as that. Why wasn’t it like that in mine? Something had to be done about this situation once and for all.

My came the next Sunday during my weekly phone call to my mother. After we had shared our usual pleasantries and , I took a deep breath and asked, “Do you love me, Mum?” After a short , she replied, “I love you. Don’t be silly. You know we never said things like that in my family.”

“Well, I want it to be said in ours. From now on I want to our conversations with ‘I love you.’”

In May 2000 my mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She was to hospital, and I phoned every day to her. One evening when I rang, a nurse answered the phone and regretfully informed me that my mother’s condition had rapidly worsened. She wasn’t expected to it through the night.

Knowing I couldn’t get a flight in time, I asked the nurse to put the phone next to my mother’s ear so I could talk to her. “She’s conscious,” the nurse replied. “It’s unlikely she’ll hear you.” But I didn’t care. I wanted to do it .

she’d placed the phone by my mother’s ear, I started and telling Mum over and over again that I loved her. At first, all I could hear was “Hmmmm” — but then, like a miracle, with a deep she said, “Love you … love you, darling.” It was the last thing she said before drifting into .

Although I was overwhelmed by her death, the surprising part was how well I . Of course, losing a parent is extremely painful and I shed many tears, but receiving those lovely last words made it much more . I had closure in the best possible way.

1.A. fell B. struck C. relied D. depended

2.A. pushed off B. turned up C. pulled away D. looked on

3.A. deserted B. frozen C. guilty D. clumsy

4.A. simple B. sacred C. apparent D. original

5.A. stress B. crisis C. emergency D. love

6.A. potential B. opportunity C. inspiration D. choice

7.A. interests B. secrets C. expectations D. updates

8.A. preparation B. friction C. hesitation D. identification

9.A. end B. start C. continue D. hold

10.A. permitted B. admitted C. allowed D. sentenced

11.A. check on B. attend to C. call on D. see to

12.A. take B. face C. make D. cool

13.A. entirely B. absolutely C. slightly D. barely

14.A. therefore B. otherwise C. anyway D. somehow

15.A. Before B. Once C. Unless D. Since

16.A. whispering B. yelling C. screaming D. sobbing

17.A. sigh B. conversation C. thought D. sleep

18.A. calmness B. unconsciousness C. hardness D. sickness

19.A. prayed B. clarified C. coped D. concluded

20.A. authentic B. arbitrary C. precise D. bearable

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It's a club with impressive features for teenagers:

●No account keeping fees!

You're no millionaire so we don't expect you to pay large fees.In fact, there are no account keeping or transaction fees!

●Excellent interest rates!

You want your money to grow.The Winners Club has a good rate of interest which gets even better if you make at least two deposits(储蓄)without taking them out in a month.

●Convenient

Teenagers are busy – we get that.You may never need to come to a bank at all.With the Winners Club you can choose to use handy tellers and to bank from home using the phone and the Internet……You can have money directly deposited into your Winners Club account.This could be your pocket money or your pay from your part – time job!

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Along with your regular report, you will receive a FREE magazine full of good ideas to make even more of your money.There are also fantastic offers and competitions only for Winners Club members.

The Winners Club is a great choice for teenagers.And it is so easy to join.Simply fill in an application form.You will have to get permission from your parent or guardian(so we can organize that cool key-card)but it is easy.We can't want to hear from you.It's the best way to choose to be a winner!

1.The Winners Club is a bank account intended for _________.

A.parents B.teenagers C.winners D.adults

2.The Winners Club provides magazines which _________.

A.encourage spending

B.are free to all teenagers

C.are full of adventure stories

D.help to make more of your money

3.If you want to be a member of the Club, you must _________.

A.be an Internet user

B.be permitted by your parent

C.have a big sum of money

D.be in your twenties

4.Which of the following is TRUE about the Winners Club?

A.Special gifts are ready for parents

B.The bank opens only on work days

C.Services are convenient for its members

D.Fees are necessary for the account keeping

5.What is the purpose of this text?

A.To set up a club

B.To provided part – time jobs

C.To introduce a new banking service

D.To organize key – cards

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

It’s interesting that technology often works as a servant for us,yet frequently we become a servant to it.E-mail is a useful tool but many feel controlled by this new tool.The average business person is getting about 80 e-mails per day and many feel that about 80% of the messages in their “Inbox” are of little or no value.

So,I have four suggestions to help you to become better at “Erasing E-mail”.

1.Get off the lists.The best way to deal with a problem is to never have it.If you are receiving a lot of unwanted e-mails,ask to be removed from the various lists.This would include your inclusion in unwanted lists.

2.“Unlisted address”.Just as you keep an “unlisted” telephone number that you share only with those whom you want to have direct access to,you might want to get a separate e-mail address only for the important communications you wish to receive.

3.Check it once or twice per day.Many I speak with are becoming chained to their email server,monitoring incoming email continuously.Maybe this is because e-mail creates its own sense of urgency,but most of the communications are not all that urgent.I respond to them a couple of times per day.

4.Deal with it.As you open each e-mail,do one of the following:

a.If it requires a quick response,respond to it and delete it.

b.If it requires a response but is not the best use of your time,try to find someone else to do it.

c.If it is going to take any serious amount of time to respond,schedule it for action in your Day Planner and then download the message,save it,or print it out for future action.

I personally receive about 250 e-mails per day and by practicing the suggestions above,I can handle that volume in about an hour,taking advantage of this fantastic tool but not being controlled by it to make sure I’m doing more important tasks in my day.

1.If you get unwanted e-mails,the best you can do is to ________.

A.make a list of them

B.put them into unwanted lists

C.send them to a special address

D.ask to be deleted from different lists

2.For the important communications,the writer suggests that you ______.

A.have a direct access for them

B.have several e-mail servers for them

C.get a separate e-mail address for them

D.get an unlisted phone number for them

3.To avoid being chained by the coming e-mails,what you can do is to ________.

A.respond urgent ones only

B.reply to all of them at the same time

C.handle them a couple of times daily

D.keep replying to e-mails all day long

4.To deal with an e-mail you get,you can do the following EXCEPT _______.

A.responding right away if it’s urgent

B.downloading every e-mail before you reply

C.scheduling it for later reply if it takes much time

D.asking someone else to reply to it if it’s not at your convenience

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