题目内容

I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye: Queen City Casket Company. “What is it? ”I wondered. I  it over. There, in faded ink, was a hand-scrawled  . Immediately my mind  back many years ago.

I was nine years old, walking down the cold, wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of  on my shoulder. On my  that day, I came to that company finally, whose owner, Mr. Rader, had always taken me there to  his workers whether they wanted any magazines.
  off the rain like a wet dog, I entered Mr. Rader’s office. After a quick glance he  me over to the fireplace. Noticing the  in the top of my  , he said, “Come with me! ”pulling me into his truck. We  before a shoe store. Inside, a salesman  me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had  seen. I felt about 10 feet tall when I got up  them. “We’d like a pair of new socks too, ”Mr. Rader said.
Back in his office, Mr. Rader took out a  , wrote something on it, and handed it to me. With tearful eyes, I read, “  to others as you would have them do to you. ”He said affectionately(亲切地), “Jimmy, I want you to  I love you. ”
I said goodbye, and for the first time I  a flicker of hope that somehow things would be all right. With people like Mr. Rader in the world, there was hope,   and love, and that would always make a  .
小题1:
A.read  B.thought  C.turned  D.passed
小题2:
A.addressB.list
C.messageD.information
小题3:
A.broughtB.approached
C.returned D.traveled
小题4:
A.magazinesB.newspapers
C.notesD.books
小题5:
A.returnsB.roundsC.tripsD.arrivals
小题6:
A.beg B.demandC.tell D.ask
小题7:
A.LettingB.GivingC.TurningD.Shaking
小题8:
A.followedB.ledC.watchedD.carried
小题9:
A.holeB.mudC.waterD.cover
小题10:
A.coatB.shoe C.sock D.bag
小题11:
A.pulled up B.took in
C.drove awayD.walked up
小题12:
A.dressedB.fittedC.sharedD.comforted
小题13:
A.neverB.alreadyC.ever D.hardly
小题14:
A.forB.with C.onD.in
小题15:
A.penB.paperC.card D.notebook
小题16:
A.Do B.Give C.Show D.Lend
小题17:
A.sayB.know C.consider D.express
小题18:
A.sensed B.predictedC.lost D.admitted
小题19:
A.sadnessB.challengeC.kindness D.intension
小题20:
A.dealB.fortuneC.choiceD.difference

小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:B
小题6:D
小题7:D
小题8:B
小题9:A
小题10:B
小题11:A
小题12:B
小题13:C
小题14:D
小题15:C
小题16:A
小题17:B
小题18:A
小题19:C
小题20:D

作者偶然翻开卡片, 思绪回到从前, 恩情永生难忘, 世界如此温暖。一张卡片, 一位好人, 一段美好的人生回忆。
小题1:选C。习语搭配题。作者看到这张卡片后, 把它“翻过来”去看卡片背面的内容。turn over表示“翻转”。
小题2:选C。逻辑推理题。在卡片的背面, 有草草的手写的“信息”, 字都退色了。message一般指口头传递的或书写的信息, 是可数名词。D项通常指消息、情报、资料等, 是不可数名词, 故排除。
小题3:选D。逻辑推理题。看到卡片上的内容, 作者的思绪立刻“回”到了多年以前。
小题4:选A。词汇复现题。根据第二段最后一句中的“magazines”可知作者当时背着一包“杂志”。
小题5:选B。词语辨析题。作者当天转了几圈后, 最终来到了那家公司。
小题6:选D。词语辨析题。Mr. Rader总是把作者带到那里, “询问”他的员工是否想购买作者的杂志。
小题7:选D。习语搭配题。作者像一只落汤鸡一样“抖落”身上的雨水, 走进了他的办公室。shake off“抖掉, 甩掉”, 符合语境。
小题8:选B。习语搭配题。他匆匆地看了一眼, 发觉作者的窘况后, 把作者“领”到壁炉旁。lead sb. to把某人领到……。
小题9:选A。词语辨析题。本段的后半部分提到他为作者购买了一双新鞋, 由此可推知他注意到了作者的鞋上有“洞”。
小题10:选B。词汇复现题。由上文情景和下文的a shoe store可知答案为B。
小题11:选A。词语辨析题。他们将车“停”在一家鞋店前。pull up“停车, 停止”, 符合题意。后三项分别表示“理解, 吸收”、“开走”、“走近”, 都不符合语境。
小题12:选B。词语辨析题。售货员给作者挑选了一双非常合适的鞋, 此处fit用作动词, 意为“使适合”。
小题13:选C。逻辑推理题。这是作者“曾经”见到过的最好的一双牛津鞋。
小题14:选D。词语辨析题。作者穿上这双鞋站起来后, 感觉自己大约有十英尺那么高, in them表示的是in the shoes。
小题15:选C。词汇复现题。文章第一段提到作者看到那张“卡片”后, 思绪回到了从前, 此处与之相呼应。
小题16:选A。词汇复现题。根据本句后半部分中的“do to you”可知此空应用Do。本句的意思是“己所不欲, 勿施于人”。
小题17:选B。词语辨析题。他亲切地说: “吉米, 我想让你知道我爱你。”
小题18:选A。词语辨析题。作者第一次“感觉到”希望的闪现, 不管怎样, 事情总会好起来的。
小题19:选C。逻辑推理题。根据上文叙述的Mr. Rader帮助作者推销杂志以及给作者买鞋等可知他是一个非常善良的人。
小题20:选D。习语搭配题。世界上有了像Mr. Rader这样的人, 就有了希望、善良和关爱, 世界也会因此而不同。make a difference表示“有影响, 起作用”。前三项分别表示“交易”、“财富”、“选择”, 显然有悖文意。
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My wheelchair experiment was soon____.It made a deep impression on me.A few hours of “disability” gave me only a taste of the____,both physical and mental,that disabled people must overcome.
小题1:
A.curious aboutB.interested in
C.aware ofD.careful with
小题2:
A.cureB.preventC.adoptD.analyze
小题3:
A.insteadB.strangelyC.as usualD.like me
小题4:
A.learningB.workingC.satisfyingD.relaxing
小题5:
A.convenientB.awkwardC.boringD.exciting
小题6:
A.heightB.forceC.skillD.weight
小题7:
A.lockedB.repairedC.poweredD.grasped
小题8:
A.handsB.feetC.keysD.handles
小题9:
A.placeB.actionC.playD.effect
小题10:
A.operationB.communication
C.transportationD.production
小题11:
A.explorationB.education
C.experimentD.entertainment
小题12:
A.flexibleB.safeC.startingD.comfortable
小题13:
A.yetB.justC.stillD.even
小题14:
A.shownB.pushedC.drivenD.guided
小题15:
A.realizedB.suggestedC.agreedD.admitted
小题16:
A.liftedB.turnedC.pressedD.seized
小题17:
A.pathB.positionC.directionD.way
小题18:
A.easyB.heavyC.majorD.extra
小题19:
A.forgottenB.repeatedC.conductedD.finished
小题20:
A.weaknessesB.challenges
C.anxietiesD.illnesses
In 1957 a doctor in Singapore noticed that hospitals were treating an unusual number of influenzalike cases. Influenza is sometimes called “flu”or a “bad cold”. He took samples from the throats of patients in his hospital and was able to find the virus(病毒)of this influenza.
There are three main types of influenza virus. The most important of these are types A and B, each of them having several sub-groups(亚群). At the hospital the doctor recognized that the outbreak was because of a virus group A, but he did not know the sub-group. He reported the outbreak to the World Health Organization in Geneva. W. H. O. published the important news together with reports of the same kind of outbreak in Hong Kong, where about 15%~20% of the population had become ill.
As soon as the London doctors received the package of throat samples, they began to test them. They found that they could reproduce themselves at a very high speed. Continuing their careful tests, the doctor checked the effect of medicine used against all the known sub-groups of type A virus. On this virus, none of them was of any use.
Having separated the virus, the two doctors now made tests on some selected seleceted animals. In a short time the usual signs of the disease appeared. These experiments showed that the new virus spread easily, but that it was not a killer. Scientists, like the general public, called it simply “Asian flu”.
小题1: The Asian flu mentioned in the passage ____.       [    ]
A.had something to do with a virus group B
B.was reported to W. H. O in Geneva by a doctor in Hong Kong
C.broke out not only in Singapore but also in Hong Kong
D.was taken from the throats of the patients in a hospital in Singapore
小题2:London doctors considered ____.  [    ]
A.Asian flu as a bad cold
B.there were three main types of influenza
C.it was necessary to test the other groups of virus besides group A
D.the influenza called “Asian flu”a new one
小题3:The Singapore doctor helped the world by ____.  [    ]
A.making those with Asian flu well again
B.killing the virus that caused Asian flu
C.finding the sub-group of the virus
D.reporting the outbreak of Geneva
小题4: The Asian flu virus ____.       [    ]
A.was a killer
B.was very weak
C.could reproduce very quickly
D.died very fast
One day last September, as Britney Spears was about to board a flight to Los Angeles from London, a blue bottle fell out of her purse. She quickly put it back in, but not before the camera recorded the event. Neither Spears nor her spokesman was willing to comment on the contents of the bottle, but the next morning London’s Daily Express published a page of pictures under the headline “EXCLUSIVE: POP PRINCESS SPOTTED AT AIRPORT WITH POT OF SLIMMING TABLETS.” Spears was apparently carrying Zantrex-3, one of the most popular weight-loss pills now sold in the United States. The pill, which is sold at about fifty dollars for a month’s supply, contains a huge amount of caffeine, some green tea, and three common South American herbs that also act as stimulants (兴奋剂). It hit the U.S. market last March and has had a success that would be hard to overstate. Millions of bottles have been sold, and during the Christmas season it was displayed in the windows of the nation’s largest chain of vitamin shops, G.N.C. (It is so highly sought after that many of the stores keep it in locked counters.) Zantrex-3 is also sold at CVS, RiteAid, Wal-Mart, and other chains, and over the telephone and on the Internet. If you type “Zantrex” into Google, more than a hundred thousand pieces of information about it will appear. At any moment, there are scores of people sell it on eBay.
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51. Britney Spears is a / an______.
A. dancer          B. singer           C. athlete         D. chemist
52. Which of the following is also a kind of weight-loss pill?
A. CVS           B. Rite Aid          C. Wal-Mart       D. Anorex
53. The underlined part of the sentence in the first paragraph is most likely similar in meaning to ______.
A. it is difficult to say how successful Zantrex-3 is
B. you can’t overstate the success of Zantrex-3
C. you can’t think too highly of the success of Zantrex-3
D. Zantrex-3 is not very successful
54. From the second paragraph we know that ______ .
A. Zantrex-3 is one of the successful weight-loss pills on the US market
B. Zantrex-3 is the most successful weight-loss pills on the US market
C. Zantrex-3 is the only weight-loss pill on the US market
D. there are five kinds of weight-loss pills on the US market
55. The text mainly tells us ______.
A. when Britney Spears was found taking weight-loss pills with her
B. how Zantrex-3 became successful in the USA
C. weight-loss pills are very popular in the USA
D. Zantrex-3 is forbidden to be sold on the US market

Tail Spin

Two dolphins race around in a big pool in the Ocean Park. The smaller dolphin, Grace, shows off a few of her tricks, turning around and waving hello to the crowd. The most amazing thing about her, however, is that she's even swimming at all. She doesn't have a tail.
Grace lost her tail as a baby when she got caught up in a fish trap. When the dolphin arrived at the Ocean Park in December 2005, she was fighting for her life. “ Is she going to make it?” Her trainer, Abbey Stone, feared the worst. Grace did make it—but her tail didn't. She ended up losing her flukes and the lower part of her peduncle.
Over the past six years, she has learned to swim without her tail. Dolphins swim by moving their flukes and peduncle up and down. Grace taught herself to move another way—like a fish! She pushes herself forward through the water by moving her peduncle from side to side.
The movements put harmful pressure on Grace's backbone. So a company offered to create a man­made tail for her. The tail had to be strong enough to stay on Grace as she swam but soft enough that it wouldn't hurt her.
The first time Grace wore the artificial tail, she soon shook it off and let it sink to the bottom of the pool. Now, she is still learning to use the tail. Some days she wears it for an hour at a time, others not at all. “The new tail isn't necessary for her to feel comfortable,” says Stone, “but it helps to keep that range of motion (动作) and build muscles (肌肉).”
Now, the dolphin is about to get an even happier ending. This month, Grace will star in Dolphin Tale, a film that focuses on her rescue and recovery. Her progress has inspired more than just a new movie. Many people travel from near and far to meet her. Seeing Grace swim with her man­made tail gives people so much courage.
小题1:When Grace first arrived at the Ocean Park, her trainer worried about her ________.
A.physical build
B.potential ability
C.chance of survival
D.adaptation to the surroundings
小题2:A man­made tail is created for Grace to ________.
A.let her recover faster
B.make her comfortable
C.adjust her way of swimming
D.help her perform better tricks
小题3:The story of Grace inspires people to ________.
A.stick to their dreams
B.treat animals friendly
C.treasure what they have
D.face difficulties bravely
One day I came home from school, changed my clothes and got ready for work. I worked at a local restaurant in town as a cashier and waiter.

I went to work feeling  . And to make matters worse, I was busy that evening. It’s the same thing over and over again,   with customers who complain about their food and where they are  is too big or too small. Little things like that tend to  a lot of us  but we manage to deal with them.
Three elderly ladies walked in and sat by the windows. It happened to be the very  near where I keep the dirty  in the boxes. Trying to keep up with all the dirty tables, customers leaving and coming in and  running all over the house, it was crazy.   these elderly women were watching  I was working to make sure every table was clean and ready for the next customers.
When they  their meals, I took their plates back to the kitchen. They talked to me for a while about school, how I was doing, what  I was in and what I planned to do in the future.
  they were leaving, they walked past me and one of them said to me in a  and gentle voice, “You are going places. ”And that was it. They left the  and I had tears in my eyes, because they gave me  to believe in myself. They   my spirit from being down and gave me a  to keep on working hard.
People used to tell me that I couldn’t have a career in  until I had a degree. I’m now a co-anchor(联合主持人)of a student-produced television  . And the best thing is: I’m only 17 years old and I am a senior in high school.
小题1:
A.tiredB.excited  C.up    D.down
小题2:
A.dealing B.helpingC.talkingD.meeting
小题3:
A.satB.seatedC.laid D.dressed
小题4:
A.attract B.avoidC.adjustD.annoy
小题5:
A.employeesB.customers
C.bossesD.employers
小题6:
A.tableB.boxC.spot D.kitchen
小题7:
A.dishes B.roomsC.clothesD.chairs
小题8:
A.menB.womenC.waitersD.bosses
小题9:
A.And B.Otherwise
C.ButD.So
小题10:
A.whatB.howC.whereD.why
小题11:
A.finishedB.completedC.orderedD.got
小题12:
A.place B.gradeC.mark D.position
小题13:
A.BeforeB.WhileC.AsD.After
小题14:
A.confidentB.loud C.lowD.pleasant
小题15:
A.kitchenB.houseC.restaurantD.table
小题16:
A.abilityB.courage
C.imaginationD.time
小题17:
A.put downB.picked up
C.took overD.pointed out
小题18:
A.causeB.reason
C.presentD.permission
小题19:
A.televisionB.government
C.schoolD.restaurant
小题20:
A.companyB.station
C.show D.advertisement
Optimism and pessimism are both powerful forces. Each of us must choose which we want to       our future and our expectations. We can choose to laugh or cry, bless or      . It’s our decision: From which perspective do we want to view life? Will we look up in       or down in desperation? I believe in the upward look. I choose to       the positive and skip right over the negative.
An optimistic attitude is not a luxury; it’s a(n)      . The way you look at life will determine how you feel, how you perform, and how well you will get along with other people.      , negative thoughts, attitudes, and expectations       themselves; they become a self-fulfilling prophecy (预言). Pessimism creates a dark place where no one wants to live.
  Years ago, I drove into a service station to get some gas. It was a beautiful day, and I was feeling great. As I walked into the station to pay for the gas, the attendant said to me, “How do you feel?” That seemed like a(n)       question, but I felt fine and told him so. “You don’t look well,” he replied. This       me completely by surprise. A little       confidently, I told him that I had       felt better. Without hesitation, he continued to tell me how bad I looked and that my skin appeared yellow.
  By the time I left the service station, I was feeling a little      . About a block away, I      over to the side of the road to look at my face in the mirror. How did I feel? Was I affected with jaundice(黄疸)? Was everything all right? By the time I got home, I was beginning to feel a little nauseous(恶心). Did I have a bad liver? Had I       some rare disease?
On another beautiful day, when I went into that gas station, feeling       again, I figured out what had happened. The place had recently been painted a bright, distasteful      , and the light reflecting       the walls made everyone inside look as though they had hepatitis(肝炎)! I wondered how many other folks had       the way I did. I had let one short conversation with a total       change my attitude for an entire day. He told me I looked sick, and before long, I was actually feeling sick. That single       observation had a great effect on the way I felt and acted.
The only thing more powerful than negativism is a word of optimism and hope. When a whole culture adopts an upward look, incredible things can be accomplished.
小题1:
A.shapeB.decideC.previewD.transform
小题2:
A.forgiveB.curseC.praiseD.regret
小题3:
A.vainB.angerC.actionD.hope
小题4:
A.highlightB.analyzeC.evaluateD.introduce
小题5:
A.necessity B.opportunity C.quality D.identity
小题6:
A.ActuallyB.ConsequentlyC.AccordinglyD.Contrarily
小题7:
A.rely on B.feed onC.go onD.take on
小题8:
A.familiarB.ordinary C.odd D.easy
小题9:
A.gotB.took C.stoppedD.made
小题10:
A.moreB.lessC.quiteD.too
小题11:
A.neverB.everC.onceD.always
小题12:
A.uneasyB.unconcernedC.unsatisfiedD.unaffected
小题13:
A.gotB.cameC.tookD.pulled
小题14:
A.come upB.brought upC.picked upD.put up
小题15:
A.fine B.upsetC.sickD.calm
小题16:
A.grayB.blueC.yellowD.red
小题17:
A.inB.overC.offD.through
小题18:
A.quitB.adaptedC.answeredD.reacted
小题19:
A.liarB.onlooker C.attendantD.stranger
小题20:
A.positiveB.negativeC.carefulD.rigid
My grandfather went to high school in the 1920s. While in school, he became       in the drama program, acting in various productions. He       in touch with his drama teacher.
My father went to high school in the 1960s. Like his      before him, he acted in high school. He, too,stayed in touch with his drama teacher for the rest of the teacher's       I graduated in 1997. When Hoover, my drama teacher, was      in Alaska, I didn't want her to feel like she was ending her life     , so I sent her many packages, including Drama Club yearbook photos from each year she      there in order that she could see the students whose lives she forever     .
Her nickname for our group of Drama Club was "the Throwaway Kids".      , no? She described us as that       we were nonconformists (不墨守成规者) that other teachers didn't         know what to do with. She simply      us for who we are, and that was exactly what we needed.
We have all become       members of society: reporters, lawyers, and singers, soldiers, doctors and, you guessed it, teachers. Every member of my family is a teacher. This year        the 73rd year we have taught in Alaska altogether.
      me, teaching the course is only one important part of the     job. As I returned to my classroom just before the final bell      on the last day of school in May, I thought how the most emotional part of the experience will not be seeing the recent       return to say "hello" at Christmas. That was how the     of keeping in touch with our teachers our whole life long began in my family. Honestly, learning      a lifetime.
小题1:
A.famous B.active C.anxious D.attractive
小题2:
A.lost B.provided C.kept D.shared
小题3:
A.teacher B.classmate C.mother D.father
小题4:
A.life B.job C.space D.season
小题5:
A.dying B.singing C.acting D.playing
小题6:
A.Poor B.angry C.anxious D.alone
小题7:
A.taught B.constructedC.ordered D.demanded
小题8:
A.protected B.developed C.scolded D.affected
小题9:
A.Interesting B.Exciting C.Shocking D.Encouraging
小题10:
A.because B.if C.But D.although
小题11:
A.purely B.exactly C.obviously D.basically
小题12:
A.entertained B.accepted C.disliked D.noticed
小题13:
A.consuming B.contributing C.confirming D.connecting
小题14:
A.fills . B.marks C.covers D.deals
小题15:
A.After B.With C.To D.By
小题16:
A.natural B.simple C.entire D.casual
小题17:
A.fel1 B.rang C.broke D.rolled
小题18:
A.classmates B.soldiers C.adultsD.graduates
小题19:
A.traditionB.culture C.custom D.behavior
小题20:
A.wastes B.puts C.takes D.pulls
My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling     , but I always knew he was     . He never criticized us, but used        to bring out our best. He’d say, “If you pour water on flowers, they flourish. If you don’t give them water, they die. ” I       as a child I said something       about somebody, and my father said, “     time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection(反映)of you. ” He explained that if I looked for the best       people, I would get the best      . From then on I’ve always tried to       the principle in my life and later in running my company.
Dad’s also always been very      . At 15, I started a magazine. It was       a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a      : stay in school or leave to work on my magazine. I decided to leave, and Dad tried to get me to change my decision,       any good father would. When he realized I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad       me to go into law. And I’ve       regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist, __   I didn’t realize my      . You know what you want. Go achieve it. ”
As      turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national       for young people in the U. K. My wife and I have two children, and I’ d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad       me.
小题1:
A.biologistB.managerC.lawyerD.gardener
小题2:
A.strictB.honestC.specialD.learned
小题3:
A.praiseB.courageC.powerD.warmth
小题4:
A.thinkB.imagineC.remember D.guess
小题5:
A.unnecessary B.unkindC.unimportantD.unusual
小题6:
A.Another B.SomeC.AnyD.Other
小题7:
A.onB.inC.atD.about
小题8:
A.in case B.by turnsC.by chanceD.in return
小题9:
A.process B.setC.reviewD.follow
小题10:
A.understandingB.experiencedC.seriousD.demanding
小题11:
A.taking upB.making upC.picking upD.keeping up
小题12:
A.suggestion B.decisionC.noticeD.choice
小题13:
A.andB.asC.even ifD.as if
小题14:
A.helped B.allowedC.persuadedD.suggested
小题15:
A.always B.neverC.seldomD.almost
小题16:
A.rather B.butC.forD.therefore
小题17:
A.promiseB.taskC.beliefD.dream
小题18:
A.thisB.heC.itD.that
小题19:
A.newspaperB.magazineC.programD.project
小题20:
A.controlled B.comfortedC.reminded D.raised

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