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  When I finished my work and put away my things, I hurried to drive home for my 30th birthday celebration. My husband called, saying he would give me a (1) this evening. Then I came up to a red light and stopped.

  As I was (2) ,I saw a young guy standing on my left. He was pale in the face and (3) a cardboard sign with some writing on it. When you're in the heart of downtown, it's pretty    (4) to see homeless people asking for money. Generally, I would (5) them. But this time when I looked over the sign,I stopped. I didn't know (6)   ,but this sign stuck me.

  I can,t remember what the sign said (7) but it was something like:"Need money/ (8) have stomach cancer, homeless, anything helps."

  The light had just turned green,and there was a line of supper rush hours traffic (9) me. I went back and forth in my mind a hundred times in that next second.  " Should I do something or just (10) ?”The traffic moved forward, and I went with it.

  About a block or two away,my heart had sunk simply for this guy. I felt so (11) for him. So,I decided to go back and ask him if I could buy him some food and listen to his (12) 

  It took me about five minutes to turn around and go back to the same (13) where I had seen him. It was just five minutes—but he had gone.

  "Where did he go so fast?" I wondered. So there was (14) left to do except going on my driving.

  Back at home,I just couldn't (15) happy when I thought of the pale face. If you get an idea from inside you,act on it. Don't miss out―for yourself and for that other person.
(   ) 1. A. kiss    B. hand   C. donation    D. surprise

(   ) 2. A. shopping    B. waving   C. waiting    D. standing

(   ) 3. A. pulling    B. pushing   C. holding    D. throwing

(   ) 4. A. common    B. hard    C. impossible    D. strange

(   ) 5. A. help    B. pass     C. stop    D. join

(   ) 6. A. how    B. when       C. where    D. why

(   ) 7. A. suddenly    B. gradually   C. exactly    D. hardly

(   ) 8. A. clothing    B. food    C. medicine    D. houses

(   ) 9. A. beside    B. before    C. above    D. behind

(   ) 10. A. wait    B. drive     C. walk    D. greet

(   ) 11. A. upset    B. thankful   C. impolite    D. angry

(   ) 12. A. advice    B. songs    C. jokes    D. story

(   ) 13. A. street    B. house    C. light    D. store

(   ) 14. A. everything    B. anything    C. something    D. nothing

(   ) 15. A. remain    B. appear     C. seem    D. become

1. D 根据前文I hurried to drive home for my 30th birthday celebration可知,作者的丈夫要给她一个惊喜,因此选择D。

2. C前文讲到作者开车回家,遇到红灯停下,可知作者在等待红灯的时候遇到了那个乞讨的男人,因此选择C。

3. C 乞讨的男人手里应该是拿着硬纸板,因此选择C。

4. A当你身处市中心时,遇到乞讨的人应该是很常见的,并且后文谈到作者通常会无视他们,直接经过, 可见该种现象是普遍的,因此选择A。

5. B 根据后文but this time when I looked over the sign,I stopped可知前后句是转折关系,后句说作者仔细看了硬纸板并且停了下来,可以推测作者之前都是直接经过,故选B。

6. D虽然我不知道为什么,但是纸板上的内容还是打动了我,因此选择D。

7. C根据后文"but"可知前后句是转折关系,句意为:虽然我不能确切地记得纸板上究竟写了些什么,但是它是诸如此类的话...因此选择C。

8. B根据常理判断,乞丐应该是乞讨钱财和食物,因此选择B。

9. D 根据前文Then I came up to a red light and stopped可知,我来到了红绿灯处,高峰期的车流应该是

在我的身后,因此选择D。

10. B由本句or可知是一个选择关系,句意为:是应该把车停下来做点什么,还是直接开走什么都不做?因此选择B。

11. A前文中作者经过一番犹豫之后决定不理会,开车离开,但行了一段路程后,my heart had sunk simply for this guy心中一沉,感到难过愧疚,A项"upset"有"难过;失望"的含义,因此选择A。

12. D前文提到男子手中纸板上写的"have stomach cancer,homeless",描述了男子目前的遭遇。此时,作者决定返回,给他买食物并倾听他的故事,因此选择D。

13. A前文讲到作者在等红绿灯时看到这个男子,没有停下来,绿灯亮时驶过了红绿灯,而这时作者决定返回,要回到原来的那条街道上,因此选择A。

14. D 14空前讲到作者回到原来那条街上时,男子已经走了,因此此时作者除了开车离开以外没有别的事情可以做了 ,因此选择D。

15. B作者回到家后,还一直想着这件事,想到那张苍白的面孔,因此无法表现得开心,所以选择B。

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(   ) 5. A. since    B. after      C. until    D. when

(   ) 6. A. including    B. except   C. without    D. however

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(   ) 9. A. made of    B. covered by   C. filled with    D. covered with

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(   ) 11. A. come to    B. refer to    C. belong to    D. prefer to

(   ) 12. A. might    B. could     C. must    D. should

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(   ) 15. A. much more than    B. less than

       C. many more than    D. as much as

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 A beautiful girl with a master's degree(硕士学位)went through a lot of challenges and went to the final. In the final stage she faced an interview together with another girl. Both of them were outstanding,not only in looks but also in education.

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A. she didn't like the job

B. she didn't expect the examiner would ask such a question

C. she didn't want to answer the question

D.  her parents would be angry if she didn't ask them
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A. the company lost its best clerk

B.no girl got the job

C. the other girl who failed in the last interview might get the job

D. the examiner was very pleased with the girl

(   ) 3. The examiner regarded         as the most important.

A. a person's confidence    B. a person's knowledge

C. a person's age      D. a person's beautiful looks
(   ) 4. The phrase "right under the nose of probably means         .

A.就在鼻子下      B.想要得到的

C.没有把握的      D.就在眼前的

(   ) 5. The best title for the passage above might be .

A. Make Decisions with Your Parents

B.     A Successful Interview

C.     Use Your Own Mind

D.     Answer the Examiner's Question Quickly


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