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_____ you like to have a walk with us this evening?
A. Could B. Will C. Would D. Can
It was a cold winter's night when I stopped for gas on my way home from work.I was tired and had a slight 21 .
I worked in a 22 doctor's office and this was one of those days when the unexpected happened, making the schedule run 23 than usual.It seemed I was going to be late 24 home and my husband, being the 25 person, would be ready to pronounce me late once again. Maybe 26 I hurried, I could still make it home.
I was heading inside to 27 for my gas when I noticed an older couple at the counter, I heard them asking for 28 to the local hospital.It was the same hospital that I had just 29 a few minutes ago.
The young man at the counter was trying to be 30 in explaining how to get there, with two other people making 31 .One of them was 32 trying to give them a whole different route back.It was then that I walked over to the couple and said, "Would you like to follow me to the 33 ?"
A look of 34 crossed the woman's face.
"I'm going right by there," I said, which wasn't a( an) 35 since I had just made up my mind to do 36 that.
I got in my car and began the journey back.I was trying to watch to be sure they were right 37 me.I took only fifteen minutes to get there as rush hour traffic was beginning to 38 .I felt better than I had all day and my headache was 39 gone.
Later, as I arrived home, my husband teased, "So you aren't ever late any more."
"Sometimes it's 40 to be late," I said, happy inside my heart.
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Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that it’s painful? This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new ___36____. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle.
During the hours when you labour through your work, you __37___ say that you’re “hot”. That’s true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is ___38____. For some people the peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered __39___ this is so , but it leads to such familiar monologues (自言自语)__40___ “Get up , John ! You’ll be late for work again!” The ___41___ explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature—and —energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ___42___ when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has.
You can’t change your ___43___, but you can make your life ___44___ it better. Habit can help. Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe you’re sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late ___45___. Counteract (打乱)your cycle to some extent by ___46___ staying up later than you want to . If your energy is ___47___ in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day, ___48___ before your usual hour. This won’t change your cycle, but you’ll get up steam(打起精神) and work better ___49___.
Get off to a slow start ___50___ saves your energy. Get up with a yawn (呵欠)and ___51___ . Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before ___52____ on the floor. Avoid the ___53___ search for clean clothes by laying them out ___54___. Whenever possible , do routine (常规的)work in the afternoon and save tasks ___55____ more energy for your sharper hours .
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A farmer found a wounded eagle (鹰) in his field. He was so 26 that he took it home and cleaned its wounds. After that he placed it 27 in the yard, in the hope that it 28 recover soon.
Strangely enough, the eagle soon got used to the 29 of all the chickens in the yard. It learned to 30 from side to side like chickens, and eat happily from a trough (食槽). For many years, the eagle 31 his new life on the farm.
Then one day, one of the farmer’s friends pointed to the playing 32 and asked, “ 33 is that eagle acting like a chicken?” The farmer told him what had 34 , and the friend felt quite 35 .
“I can’t believe that!” said the friend. “It should fly in the 36 , not live here!” He picked up the eagle, and 37 it into the air. The eagle was 38 , and cried loudly. Then it just fell down on the ground.
That night, the friend could 39 sleep as he remembered the chicken-like eagle. The next morning, he headed back to the farm for another 40 . This time he carried the eagle to the 41 of a nearby mountain.
When he stood at the highest place of the mountain, he looked into its eyes and shouted, “Don’t you 42 ? You weren’t made to live like a chicken!” As he 43 the eagle up, he made sure it was facing into the bright 44 of the rising sun. Then he 45 tossed (抛) the bird into the sky. This time the eagle opened his wings, and disappeared into the clouds.
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完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分。)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从所给出的四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
After listening to everyone’s concerns and problems, Professor Smith looked over at the hostess (主持人) and asked her if she could get a paper and pen for everyone in the room. She 36 a minute later, and brought some paper and pens.
“Do me a 37 ,” Professor Smith asked. “We’re going to try something and I 38 your cooperation. On the small piece of paper please 39 the 3 biggest problems you are facing in your personal life right now. Don’t write your name on it. We’ll keep it 40 .”
The group found the experiment 41 , not knowing what was to follow.
After everyone wrote down their problems, Professor Smith asked everyone to 42 their paper and put it in a small basket that was in the front of the room. There were 43 expressions throughout the room, 44 again, everyone cooperated, wanting to know what would 45 next.
Professor Smith shook the basket and then he 46 around the room and asked each person to 47 a paper from the basket. After he had done that, he sat back down and looked around the room.
“Friends, 48 the paper and read to yourself the problems that you 49 ,” Professor Smith said.
Then, Professor Smith 50 at the woman sitting on his left and asked, “Lisa, would you like to 51 your problems that you wrote down with those that you chose from the basket?”
“No,” Lisa said.
Next, Professor Smith asked the man sitting next to Lisa the 52 question. “Would you like to exchange the problems you wrote down with those that you chose from the basket?”
53 the reply was “No.”
Professor Smith went around the whole room. Everyone had a 54 to answer.
Surprisingly, the answers were all the same — no, no, no, no…. Some people said that “I can settle my own problems, but I can’t 55 what I chose out of the basket”. Some people said “Wow — these make my problems look like nothing.”
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