Tick, tock, tick, tock．I’m sitting here, watching the movements of my existence pass slowly away．My house has been 1 for such a long time, and I’m lonely and forgotten．Sitting here, by myself, all that I can do is 2 and think about my past．I could tell you stories that only walls would know．But walls can’t speak．
For a time, I was left alone, while people came and 3 the house…．Then, one day a nice couple moved in with a young son．From the beginning, their son Danny liked to stay with me, and I was completely 4 with him．He always looked as if he loved the stories I told, most of which began with．“Back in my day…” and “When I was 5 ．…”I sometimes had the kind of idea that he didn’t really understand what I was saying, but it felt good to be 6 ．When Danny went off to college, my heart broke．Soon afterward, 7 sold the house．…
New owners came and 8 ．Then, one day it so happened that I was in when a new family was moving into the house．You can’t even imagine my 9 when, unexpectedly, Danny walked through the front door．He had a 10 and kids now．I was so overjoyed when I saw him that I put all my energy into my daily activities…I spent the next twenty years watching his kids grow up, with a mixture of pride and 11 about what would happen next．
The kids finally became 12 and Danny sold the house．That was about five years ago…．Some of the local kids have started the rumor that the house is haunted(闹鬼的)－and, in 13 way, it is．It is haunted by memories of all the people who have lived in it．Every second has 14 me so much．I have been counting them down and they are almost up for me…I hope that someday somebody will 15 me, and drop in on me again．Maybe then I’ll get a new home and an opportunity for a whole new set of memories．
Scientists no w believe the earth’s magnetic poles(地磁极)have changed many times．One 1 change may have taken place about 330,000 BC．This 2 is about when modem man first 3 on the earth．
Many 4 now believe the magnetism(磁力现象)of the earth may have a 5 influence(影响)on life itself．In the 6 past many kinds of animals and plants died out suddenly, 7 the North and South magnetic poles changed 8 ．
Animals, birds and 9 people are to some degree controlled by magnetic forces When there is a 10 increase in magnetic strength; many animals have 11 in finding their way．Mice, 12 near a strong magnet, lose their hair and die 13 ．And when the earth's magnetism suddenly decreases, the 14 of men or women who kill themselves increases．
How 15 does the earth’s magnetism 16 our lives?We cannot know for 17 ．We do know this magnetism is getting weaker and we know that in 2,500 years the magnetic poles may change position 18 ．And we know when 19 happened in the past there were enormous 20 in life on Earth．
(1)
[ ]
A．
similar
B．
such
C．
probable
D．
certain
(2)
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A．
year
B．
century
C．
date
D．
moment
(3)
[ ]
A．
appeared
B．
came
C．
produced
D．
made
(4)
[ ]
A．
people
B．
scientists
C．
experts
D．
specialists
(5)
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A．
surprising
B．
poor
C．
complete
D．
strong
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A．
far
B．
distant
C．
long
D．
deep
(7)
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A．
when
B．
if
C．
before
D．
after
(8)
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A．
place
B．
direction
C．
position
D．
use
(9)
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A．
also
B．
too
C．
some
D．
even
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A．
slow
B．
weak
C．
quick
D．
sudden
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A．
interest
B．
difficulty
C．
pride
D．
problem
(12)
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A．
lain
B．
placed
C．
come
D．
stayed
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A．
early
B．
late
C．
much
D．
quietly
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A．
ease
B．
fact
C．
number
D．
chance
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A．
long
B．
much
C．
old
D．
weakly
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A．
make
B．
cause
C．
connect
D．
control
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A．
certain
B．
clear
C．
free
D．
ever
(18)
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A．
too
B．
instead
C．
again
D．
often
(19)
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A．
those
B．
this
C．
that
D．
these
(20)
[ ]
A．
influences
B．
effects
C．
movements
D．
changes
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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After
B．
In
C．
At
D．
Before
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hated
B．
liked
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feared
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observed
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however
B．
further
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sometimes
D．
especially
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A．
exciting
B．
interesting
C．
dangerous
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alone
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A．
fallen down
B．
lost
C．
discovered
D．
caught
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A．
unhappily
B．
lonely
C．
comfortable
D．
easily
(7)
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them
B．
it
C．
themselves
D．
that
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Yet
B．
So
C．
However
D．
But
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A．
last
B．
recent
C．
eighteenth
D．
early
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A．
country
B．
houses
C．
town
D．
planet
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to
B．
at
C．
in
D．
for
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A．
importam
B．
right
C．
necessary
D．
popular
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A．
pleasant
B．
interested
C．
dangerous
D．
terrible
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A．
foot
B．
spot
C．
top
D．
tip
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A．
with
B．
to
C．
against
D．
between
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A．
light
B．
climb
C．
walk
D．
running
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A．
surprising
B．
satisfactory
C．
disappointing
D．
astonishing
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A．
behind
B．
up
C．
down
D．
around
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A．
miles
B．
minutes
C．
seeing
D．
sight
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A．
above
B．
below
C．
under
D．
away
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?
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A．
Make
B．
Take
C．
Give
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Have
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happened
B．
wanted
C．
used
D．
tried
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what
B．
how
C．
which
D．
when
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sunny
B．
rainy
C．
cloud
D．
snowy
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took
B．
brought
C．
carried
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turned
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Clearly
B．
Particularly
C．
Luckily
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Especially
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believed
B．
expressed
C．
remembered
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wondered
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long
B．
often
C．
soon
D．
much
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respected
B．
missed
C．
praised
D．
admired
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better
B．
worse
C．
more
D．
less
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A．
disappearance
B．
appearance
C．
misfortune
D．
fortune
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A．
forgotten
B．
lost
C．
known
D．
hurt
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[ ]
A．
happy
B．
enjoyable
C．
frequent
D．
daily
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A．
friends
B．
strangers
C．
tourists
D．
guests
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A．
regularly
B．
actually
C．
hardly
D．
probably
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A．
common
B．
pleasant
C．
important
D．
faithful
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choice
B．
knowledge
C．
decision
D．
sense
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A．
Because
B．
If
C．
Although
D．
However
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A．
keeping
B．
changing
C．
passing
D．
mentioning
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[ ]
A．
unnamed
B．
unforgettable
C．
unbelievable
D．
unreal
完型填空：
Cars are important part in the United States．Without a car most people feel that they are 1 ．And even if a person is poor he doesn’t feel 2 poor when he has a car．
Henry Ford was the man who first started 3 cars in large numbers．He probably didn’t know how much the car was going to 4 American culture．The car made the United States a nation on 5 ．And it 6 to make the United States what it is today．
There are three main reasons that the car has become so 7 in the United States． 8 the country is a huge one and Americans like to 9 around it．The car 10 the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportation．With a car people can go any place 11 spending a lot of money．The second reason is that the United States never really developed an efficient and inexpensive form of public 12 ．Long distance trains have never been as 13 in the United States as they are in other parts of the world．Nowadays there is a good system of air-service provided by 14 ．But it is too expensive to be used 15 ．The third reason is the most 16 one．The Americans’ spirit of 17 is what really made cars popular．Americans don’t like to wait for a bus or a train, 18 a plane．They don’t like to have to 19 an exact schedule．A car gives them the freedom to schedule their own time．And this is the freedom that Americans want 20 to have．
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[ ]
A．
healthy
B．
rich
C．
pretty
D．
poor
(2)
[ ]
A．
really
B．
truly
C．
actually
D．
exactly
(3)
[ ]
A．
doing
B．
making
C．
designing
D．
owing
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[ ]
A．
affect
B．
afford
C．
effort
D．
effect
(5)
[ ]
A．
foot
B．
horse backs
C．
chairs
D．
wheels
(6)
[ ]
A．
tried
B．
helped
C．
hoped
D．
got
(7)
[ ]
A．
well-known
B．
lovely
C．
popular
D．
famous
(8)
[ ]
A．
In all
B．
After all
C．
First of all
D．
Above all
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A．
move
B．
transport
C．
walk
D．
go
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[ ]
A．
offers
B．
provides
C．
takes
D．
proves
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A．
with
B．
without
C．
for
D．
by
(12)
[ ]
A．
journey
B．
travel
C．
transportation
D．
trip
(13)
[ ]
A．
common
B．
usual
C．
unusual
D．
ordinary
(14)
[ ]
A．
bikes
B．
ships
C．
rockets
D．
planes
(15)
[ ]
A．
frequently
B．
continuously
C．
completely
D．
fully
(16)
[ ]
A．
funny
B．
important
C．
common
D．
simple
(17)
[ ]
A．
dependence
B．
serf-confidence
C．
selfishness
D．
independence
(18)
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A．
or even
B．
but
C．
and
D．
nor
(19)
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A．
take
B．
receive
C．
follow
D．
accept
(20)
[ ]
A．
worst
B．
most
C．
best
D．
least
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．
