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【题目】-Got your driving license?

-No. I __________ too busy to have enough practice, so I didn't take the driving test last week.

A. was B. am

C. have been D. had been

【答案】D

【解析】句意:——拿到你的驾照了吗?——我太忙了没足够的时间练习,所以上周的测试我没有参加。表示忙碌发生在没有参加考试之前,故用过去完成时。

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【1】If you prefer emotional(情感)stories,youll choose _______________.

A.The Invention of Wings and Gray Mountain

B.All the Light We Cannot See and Twenty Seconds Ago

C.The Invention of Wings and All the Light We Cannot See

D.Twenty Seconds Ago and Gray Mountain

【2】What is Samantha Kofer?

A.A lawyer. B.A doctor.

C.A merchant. D.An official.

【3】Which book has won the top honor?

A.The Invention of Wings

B.All the Light We Cannot See

C.Gray Mountain

D.Twenty Seconds Ago

【4】What type of writing is this text?

A.A test report. B.An announcement.

C.A book review. D.Introduction of books.

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Why does this situation continue? Well, for one thing, kids like it. And for another, according to Ripley, parents seem to like the arrangement, too. She describes a tour she took of a school in Washington D.C., which costs thirty thousand dollars a year. The tour leader—a mother with three children in the school—was asked about the school’s flaws(暇疵). When she said that the math program was weak, none of the parents taking the tour reacted. When she said that the football program was weak, the parents suddenly became concerned. “Really?” one of them asked worriedly, “What do you mean?”

One of the ironies(讽刺) of the situation is that sports reveal what is possible. American kids’ performance on the field shows just how well they can do when expection are high. It’s too bad that their test scores show the same thing.

【1】改编The reason why Tom decides to spend his senior year in Poland is that _______.

A. there are evident differences between the two countries

B. Polish kids are better at learning

C. he plans to improve his scores

D. sports are not supported at schools in Gettysburg

【2】According to Paragraph 2, we know that _______.

A. little time is spent on sports in Japanese schools

B. too much importance is placed on sports in America

C. American high schools complain about sports time

D. PISA plays a very important role in America

【3】The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means _______.

A. American students’ academic performance worries their parents a lot

B. high expectations push up American students’ academic performance

C. lacking practice contributes to American students’ average performance

D. low expectations result in American students’ poor PISA performance

【4】改编What is the main purpose of this article ?_______.

A. push public attention to a weakness in American school tradition

B. Appeal to American schools to learn from the Polish model

C. compare Polish schools with those in America

D. explain what is the matter with American schools and provide solutions

【题目】“Mommy, I’m a funny bird,” Jack, my almost-4-year-old tells me. He moves his little fingers like wings.

“You are?” I say. I’m sitting across from him while he eats breakfast at our table. I smile; he says the greatest things. A week ago, however, when he had chocolate on his face and I licked (舔) my finger to wipe it off, he said, “Don’t put your dirty water on me.”

A week ago, I wouldn’t have been sitting here with him during breakfast. I wouldn’t have been up, emptying the dishwasher, cleaning the kitchen, or answering emails. We always had dinner together at the table, but other meals got much less attention. I work from home, and my husband owns an advertising agency and often travels. We were so busy that we had to do the chores during breakfast or lunch.

Why was I not sitting down with my son? It could take Jack an hour to eat a meal, during which I could feel the tug (猛拉) of unanswered emails, a deadline, and the unswept floor each minute.

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I took this as criticism. My husband works a lot, so mealtimes are mostly under my charge. The “we” he was talking about was me.

Then, I remembered myself that I’m a big girl, and took his comment the way it was meant. We both want what’s best for Jack. Yes, I thought. I’m home. I have to eat, too. My husband is Jack’s favorite, which delights and moves me, but I am Jack’s constant. Constants are there. Constants sit down.

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“What?” I asked, amused.

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I could have missed that.

God, I could have missed that.

【1】 Before visiting the friends, Jack _________.

A. didn’t like chocolate

B. couldn’t eat by himself

C. was sometimes rude to his mom

D. preferred his mother to his father

【2】After visiting the friends, the author _________.

A. was determined to learn to cook

B. asked her husband to have every meal with her

C. decided to have dinner together with her family

D. was advised by her husband to learn from the friends

【3】What does the underlined word “that” in the last paragraph refer to?

A. The best time to visit friends.

B. Jack saying sweet words to his mom.

C. A deadline for answering emails.

D. Jack having lunch with his mom.

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