题目内容
8. The country is starting a___________ (战役)against public smoking.
8. campaign
W: I enjoy going through second-hand bookstores,don't you, David? It's interesting to see 35. people used to 36. (enjoy) reading. Did you see this old book of children's stories?
M: Some of these books aren't so old, Jenny. See? This mystery 37. (publish) only six years ago. It 38. (cost) 75 cents. You can't beat that!
W: Hey! Look at this!
M ： What? Are you getting interested in the 19th century poetry all of 39. sudden?
W: No. Look! Someone gave this book as a present and wrote a note 40. the inside of the front cover. It's dated 1893. Maybe it's worth something.
M: Everything on that shelf is worth 50 cents.
W; 41. if this is a signature of someone who is well known, it might bring a lot more. I hear William Shakespeare's signature is worth about a million dollars.
M: Oh, I can 42. (hard) read what that one says. Who wrote it?
W: The name looks like Harold Dobson. Wasn't he a politician or something? I'm going to buy this book and see 43. I can find a name like that in the library.
M: Good luck! Your poetry book may make you rich, but I'll bet my 75-cent mystery is a 44. (good) buy.
A couple had been married for over 60 years. They shared everything talked about everything and kept no secrets 25. each other except that the woman
had a box in a drawer 26. she had cautioned her husband never to open or ask her about.
He'd never thought about it ever since. One day 27. woman got very sick and the doctor said she wouldn't recover. To sort out their affairs, the husband took down the box and 28. (bring) it should know 29. was in the box. 30. (open) it he found two small table mats and a sum of money totalling $ 25,000. He asked
her about the contents. "When we were to be married,"she said, "my grandma told me the secret of happy 31. (marry) was never to argue, and I should
just keep quiet and make a mat 32. I got angry with you.
The man was so 33. (move) that he had to fight back tears. She had only been angry with him twice in all those years of living and loving! "Honey," he said, "that explains the mats, but what about the money? Where did it come from?"
"Oh," she said, " that's the money I made from
selling 34.
Both of Jessica's parents were lawyers and expected her to follow suit. So she went to law school, got a job at a great firm in Washington D. C. and worked as a lawyer for a decade. But her heart was never in it. "I had a big salary but no personal satisfaction," she said.
Jessica found pleasure in the same thing that had brought her joy since joining the church choir at the age of 12. "Singing always felt like communicating something real at a spiritual and emotional level," said Jessica. Yet she never considered it a career option. "That seemed like something people did in fairy tales, and I would never let my parents down," she said.
It was her mum's diagnosis of brain cancer in 2009 that made Jessica realize she had to write her own hap?py-ever-after. "Work was busy and my mother was ail?ing. So I was flying back and forth from Washington D. C. to Houston to see her," Jessica said. " I finally said, 'Enough！ ， and quit. ，， While caring for her mum, Jessica made a plan. She would spend her savingsf stud-y music for a year, and then open a part-time law prac?tice so she could pursue her passion. Before her mother passed away two years later, she encouraged Jessica to follow her dream. Her song Live This Life was inspired by her mum, and her dad came to watch her perform at clubs.
In 2012, Jessica moved to Nashville to try singing and songwriting. A decade of presenting cases in court gave her the confidence to sing for a crowd. "At 20， I would have been too shy to perform," said Jessica.
"Doing music is so free," Jessica said. "There's no pressure to be a star. Success, to me, isn't a dollar amount or a record deal; it's doing what I love."
5. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Jessica didn't really like working as a lawyer.
B. Jessica didn't know what she truly loved for ten years.
C. Jessica wasn't satisfied with the pay she got as a lawyer.
D. Jessica was grateful for her parents' arrangement for her.
6. What does the underlined word "ailing" in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. Sick. B. Crazy.
C. Worried. D. Unhappy.
7. What was Jessica's mother's attitude towards her singing?
A. Unknown. B. Doubtful.
C. Supportive. D. Negative.
8. By telling Jessica's story, the writer most probably wants to .
A. encourage us to pursue our dreams
B. show that singing can be a practical career
C. tell us the importance of choosing a right job
D. show that family members' support is important
3. The little boy doesn't have the s_____________ to lift up that heavy box.
3. 我们遇到了交通堵塞，整个下午的时间都浪费在了路上。
We________________ a traffic jam and wasted the whole afternoon on the road
5. 这位教授好像巳经得知自己得了癌症。
The professor seemed____________________ that he had cancer.
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give away protect cut down forecast process
1. To keep healthy, he has decided to__________________ on coffee and cigarettes,
and have a balanced diet.
2. Don't mention that at the beginning of the story, or it may____________________
the shocking ending.
3. We took our umbrellas with us when we went out in order to_________________
us from a heavy rain.
4. You should try to be patient, Tracy. Learning a language is a slow_____________
______ . It takes time, you know.
5. As we all know, it is difficult for us to____________________ the future.
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Here's something you don't see every day―a runaway horse and a zebra on the street of Staten Island. The two escaped from a petting zoo, where they had perhaps got tired of too many unpleasant children before running away.
When they were running in the Travis neighbourhood on Wednesday morning, they were filmed(拍摄)by Zachary Osher. He is the owner of Metropolitan Drape and Blind. Osher shared his video with the Staten Island Advocate.
The witness watched the unusual event accidentally, first spotting the odd couple out the window of his store at 9 ： 20 am. He ran outside with his phone to get a picture. He told Yahoo News on the phone, " The horse was leading the zebra. Everywhere the horse would turn, the zebra would follow." Osher was amazed at the sight,saying, "I couldn't figure out what it was―a zebra. A horse maybe, but a zebra? Where did the zebra come from?" He added that he only learned later from reporters that a petting zoo was nearby.
The pair ran around in the parking lot, running back towards Osher, which was when he got his chance to film them with his digital camera. Osher added that he tried to stop them so that they wouldn't run into the street, but they did so anyway ， and narrowly missed being hit by a car. Far behind them were two men in blue jump suits and hats and they were trying to get them.
The story ends with the safe capture of the two escapees, who were re?turned to the petting zoo up the street, according to The Nexv York Times. Undoubtedly, the two fleet-footed troublemakers are planning their next adventure.
1. The writer thinks that the horse and the zebra escaped probably because
A. they were treated badly by workers in the petting zoo
B. they were interested in the life outside the petting zoo
C. they could no longer stand the unpleasant children
D. they could no longer bear the hard work in the petting zoo
2. Why did Zachary Osher run out with his phone?
A. To make a movie about the two animals.
B. To take a picture of the two animals.
C. To get in touch with the petting zoo.
D. To call people to work for Yahoo Neivs.
3. How did Zachary Osher feel when he saw the zebra?
A. Shocked. B. Frightened. C. Touched. D. Sad.
4. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to Paragraph 4?
A. Osher drove the horse and the zebra to the street.
B. The horse and the zebra were almost hit by a car.
C. Osher didn't follow the horse or the zebra to the street.
D. Nobody tried to catch the horse and the zebra on the street.
5. What would be the best title of the passage?
A. A horse and a zebra caused a car accident
B. A horse and a zebra took a walk on the street
C. A horse and a zebra escaped from a petting zoo
D. A horse and a zebra were sent to a petting zoo
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