题目内容
My mom once worked in a very small village school, which is__________only on foot.
- A.acceptable
- B.adequate
- C.accessible
- D.appropriate
When I was growing up, I always gave my mom an apron (围裙)on her birthday.I wanted my own mom — 21 that apron I'd just given her, of course —to 22 me at the end of each afternoon bearing a plate of home-baked 23 as she waited breathlessly to hear about my 24 day at school.
Mom loved her family without question, but as an elementary-school teacher she had her own exciting days to 25 .She had hardly any extra time and 26 , and home-baked treats were rare in our house except 27 very special occasions.Since Mom didn't make cookies very often, the 28 of her baking were not always the same.Sometimes the cookies were browned a little more than planned or 29 together and other times the cookies weren't smooth. 30 , none of that bothered anyone in the family.All we 31 was swallowing whatever we were having for dinner that night so we could get to the cookies 32 us on the kitchen counter.
Now that I'm a mom myself, I can 33 all too well why my mother didn't always have the time to wear the apron.As was true with my mother, the list of things I need to do is often 34 than the day itself.But I also understand the desire to 35 the same yellow mixing bowl my mother used and make something special for my family every so often.Whatever I bake is met with approval, appreciation and good 36 by my husband and children.At some level, I believe they're 37 that I was thinking about them as I 38 the brown sugar into the butter or frosted the cake with their favorite kind of icing.They always know I love them.I 39 they know it a little better when I'm in a baking mood.
I'm sure my mother felt 40 the same way whenever she made cookies for us.Those cookies will always, in my mind, be the best treat.
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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
Robby was 11 years old when his mother (a single mom) dropped him off for his first piano lesson. I prefer students begin at an earlier age, which I explained to Robby. 21 Robby said that it had always been his mother’s 22 to hear him play the piano. So I took him as a student.
Hard as Robby tried, he lacked the 23 of music. However, he persisted and at the end of each weekly 24 he’d always say, “My mom’s going to hear me play someday.” But it seemed 25 . I only knew his mother from a distance as she dropped Robby off or waited in her aged car to 26 him up. She always 27 and smiled but never visited my class. Then one day Robby 28 coming to our lessons. He telephoned me and said his mother was 29 .
A few weeks after that, I was 30 my students for the upcoming recital when Robby came and asked me 31 he could be in the recital. “Miss Hondorf… I’ll just go to play!” he insisted.
The night for the recital came. The high school gym was 32 with parents, friends and relatives. The recital 33 well. Then Robby came up on stage. I was 34 when he announced that he had chosen Mozart’s Concerto No. 21 in C Major. I was not prepared for what I had heard 35 his fingers were light on the keys. They even 36 on the keys… He played so well that everyone was on their 37 in wild applause (鼓掌). In tears I ran up on stage. “Oh Robby! How 38 you do it?”
“Well Miss Hondorf… I 39 on practicing at home. Remember I told you my mom was sick? Well, 40 she had cancer and passed away this morning. She was born deaf so tonight was the first time she ever heard me play…”
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A.Although | B.Because | C.But | D.Thus |
A.idea | B.dream | C.desire | D.imagination |
A.feeling | B.knowledge | C.education | D.sense |
A.trial | B.attempt | C.performance | D.lesson |
A.helpless | B.hopeless | C.senseless | D.worthless |
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A.went | B.kept | C.continued | D.stuck |
A.unfortunately | B.suddenly | C.strangely | D.actually |
A while ago,I didn’t think I had a passion. 1 would sit in front of the TV all day and not think about anything except the next 36 . At that time,I didn’t know how 37 it was to have a passion in our life.
The first 38 I thought about this was in the seventh grade when 1 went to school with my mom. As we stopped at a red light,someone 39 my eyes. It was a man dressed in old 40 standing on the other side of the 41 . This homeless man was not sitting down with a sad and hopeless 42 . He was standing,waving his hands and dancing. He looked happy and held a radio as if it was the most 43 thing he had.
Seeing all this 44 me. “Morn,why does that man have a radio even though he’s homeless?”I asked.
“He bought it,”she replied. 1 was still 45 .
“But if he’s homeless,why doesn’t he use his money to buy clothes?He 46 his money on something he doesn’t need. He should buy food. ”
“Well,Sarah,sometimes food isn’t the most important thing. 47 can be food for the
48 . Food and clothes aren’t the only things we need. People need happiness to stay 49 ,too. ”
I wasn’t sure whether I 50 my mother’s words. Maybe my mom was right. If one lives in sadness,there’s 51 to keep him moving from day to day.
Now I 52 that I’ve had passions all along,but never recognized their importance in my life. They were invisible(无形的)hopes that I 53 without knowing them. What’s often forgotten is that we all need a 54 ,a light on a 55 day. We all need a passion.
36. A. display | B. show | C. exhibition | D. show off |
37. A. efficient | B. effective | C. important | D. valuable |
38. A. moment | B. period | C. date | D. time |
39. A. caught | B. seized | C. held | D. held on to |
40. A. cloths | B. clothes | C. clothing | D. coat |
41. A. way | B. passage | C. road | D. express way |
42. A. expression | B. looks | C. face | D. eyes |
43. A. invaluable | B. expensive | C. precious | D. worthless |
44. A. shocked | B. astounded | C. astonishing | D. surprised |
45. A. puzzled | B. wondered | C. confused | D. amazed |
46. A. spent | B. wasted | C. took | D. cost |
47. A. Passion | B. Music | C. Love | D. Happiness |
48. A. soul | B. mind | C. heart | D. brain |
49. A. 1ive | B. living | C. alive | D. 1ively |
50. A. understood | B. agreed | C. see | D. have gotten |
51. A. none | B. nothing | C. no one | D. anything |
52. A. find out | B. know about | C. come true | D. realize |
53. A. depended | B. relied on | C. relied | D. 1ay in |
54. A. pleasure | B. fun | C. joy | D. enjoy |
55. A. darkness | B. dusk | C. dim | D. dark |
The ringing of the phone runs through my head, telling me someone needs help. I pick it up and 36 the routine, “Teen Lifeline, this is Amber. ” About 45 minutes later I hang up, feeling pleased because I’ve 37 another teen. Volunteering at Teen Lifeline has helped me realize how to deal with my own 38 and help others.
“My mom is always fighting with me. I want to run away. ” Some teens feel their 39 is a prison, rather than a place of shelter and safety. They feel parents are only there to make their lives 40 . We try to help the teens realize the danger they could be in 41 giving them advice. All we can do is to ask questions. We also try to 42 where the teens would go and how they would survive. We give them a phone number if they 43 don’t want to live in their “prison”.
“I don’t want to 44 any more” is something we hear, and suicide(自杀)calls are some of the hardest to 45 . We try to discover why they want to take their lives and how 46 they are by asking them to rate it on a scale of one to ten. One means they are 47 suicide but haven’t decided how, and ten means they are always thinking about it and have a 48 . We ask them to make a promise that they will not hurt 49 . And sometimes we ask for their telephone numbers 50 we can call back to make sure that they are okay.
Although many calls are about relatively 51 problems, volunteering at Teen Lifeline has helped me realize I’m not the 52 person with problems, and has taught me how to 53 with my heart. I have made a 54 and saved many lives possibly even my own, 55 .
36. | A. set | B. start | C. change | D. stop |
37. | A. contacted | B. known | C. helped | D. forgiven |
38. | A. decisions | B. opinions | C. disadvantages | D. problems |
39. | A. home | B. school | C. bedroom | D. classroom |
40. | A. simple | B. unusual | C. terrible | D. happy |
41. | A. for | B. by | C. besides | D. without |
42. | A. insist on | B. advise on | C. find out | D. set aside |
43. | A. even | B. still | C. almost | D. mostly |
44. | A. study | B. live | C. call | D. listen |
45. | A. carry out | B. find out | C. believe in | D. deal with |
46. | A. serious | B. curious | C. nervous | D. ashamed |
47. | A. accepting | B. objecting | C. considering | D. performing |
48. | A. question | B. doubt | C. purpose | D. plan |
49. | A. the other | B. the rest | C. themselves | D. ourselves |
50. | A. in case | B. so that | C. if | D. when |
51. | A. small | B. important | C. normal | D. typical |
52. | A. very | B. only | C. exact | D. possible |
53. | A. listen | B. see | C. learn | D. write |
54. | A. decision | B. choice | C. promise | D. difference |
55. | A. however | B. though | C. instead | D. too |