The whole of the United States cheered its latest heroine, Ashley Smith．She showed her brave heart and wise mind in a life-or-death 1 ．
Ashley is a 26-year-old single mother with a daughter．She was going into her 2 in Atlanta, Georgia early on the morning of March 12, when a man 3 her to her door and put a gun to her side．“I started walking to my door, and I felt really 4 ．”She said in a TV interview last week．The man was Brian Nichols, 33．He was 5 of killing three people on March 11 and later of killing an agent．The local 6 were searching for him．
Brian tied Smith up with tape, 7 released her after she repeatedly 8 him not to take her life．In order to 9 the man down, she read him a best-selling 10 book．He asked her to repeat a paragraph in the book．And the two of them 11 one topic．“I basically just talked to him and tried to gain his 12 ．He said he thought I was an angel 13 from God, and that we were Christian sister and brother, and that he was 14 , and that God led him to me to tell him that he had 15 a lot of people．”
Ashley even cooked breakfast for the man 16 he allowed her to leave her house．Ashley said Brain was 17 when she made him breakfast and that the two of them watched television coverage(报道)of the 18 for him．“I cannot 19 that's me on the TV,”Brian told the woman． 20 , he let her go．Then she called the police．
As a teenager I was a productive letter writer． One letter I wrote
1 ．to56pages, and was 2 ．of the extremely ordinary details (微不足道的事) of daily life． It could only have been of interest to me, and maybe, the receiver． But then, 3 , it might become attractive just because of the 4 details it recorded．
Official records of history-books and pictures--may record important events 5 they were always intended to have a large audience． 6 , letters tend not to be modified (修) , often true to 7 ． They were, after all, 8 for just one pair of eyes．
Sadly, however, we don t write proper letters any more． Not only that, but, it's a fact that nowadays hardly anyone 9 to the letters they have receivedWe think only about 10 living and throwing things out． Who among us will leave any helpful papers for historians? In researching a book, I would never have found out that, in the late 19 th century, showy(花枝招展) waistcoats caused a lot of 11 , if I hadn't read the 12 ． One fellow even wrote to a friend to say that if he were to ever meet a man wearing a kind of showy clothes he 13 shoot the man on sight．
What a 14 if such details were lost due to lack of letter writing and a little saving． I think we should all 15 to write at least one letter a month any try to 16 those we get．
17 good emails should be printed out and kept, too． Emails may not leave an example of our handwriting, but 18 they allow us to record our lives． Some years ago, a friend 19 me with a bundle of letters that I'd sent her since I was 16 ． They gave a wonderful 20 of my teenage． History will need to know this, I'm sure．
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ran
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led
C．
referred
D．
turn
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fond
B．
covered
C．
full
D．
filled
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A．
personally
B．
historically
C．
politically
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commonly
(4)
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useless
B．
important
C．
unimportant
D．
meaningful
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so that
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while
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where
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because
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Therefore
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Besides
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Otherwise
D．
However
(7)
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A．
life
B．
fact
C．
nature
D．
themselves
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used
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intended
C．
tried
D．
limited
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A．
holds out
B．
holds on
C．
holds back
D．
holds up
(10)
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A．
enriching
B．
making
C．
simplifying
D．
earning
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A．
interest
B．
worry
C．
matters
D．
accidents
(12)
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A．
letters
B．
newspapers
C．
stories
D．
magazines
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ought to
B．
need
C．
would
D．
must
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pity
B．
fun
C．
wonder
D．
danger
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have
B．
aim
C．
insist
D．
stick
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keep
B．
read
C．
destroy
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print
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Partly
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Probably
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Largely
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Especially
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at most
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at least
C．
little more than
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no more than
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A．
presented
B．
returned
C．
showed
D．
brought
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A．
opinion
B．
experience
C．
description
D．
report
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San Francisco is a big city which lies in the west of the United States very near the Pacific, where two earth’s plates often meet and jump．So earthquake is a 1 word to hear there．It is recorded that at least 2 big earthquakes have happened in San Francisco since the beginning of the 3 century．One happened in 1906, the other in 1989．
The second worst earthquake 4 San Francisco on the evening of October 17, 1989, when people were travelling to their 5 ．A wide and busy overhead road fell onto the one 6 ．Many people were killed in their cars．A few 7 ones were not hurt, but many thousands became 8 ．A large number of weak buildings didn’t 9 in the quake and the 10 electricity was cut off for several days, too．
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terrible
B．
sad
C．
usual
D．
funny
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two
B．
three
C．
four
D．
five
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17 th
B．
18 th
C．
19 th
D．
20 th
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shook
B．
felt
C．
discovered
D．
moved
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A．
offices
B．
homes
C．
factories
D．
schools
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above
B．
nearby
C．
below
D．
round
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young
B．
tall
C．
strong
D．
lucky
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homeless
B．
jobless
C．
friendless
D．
childless
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put up
B．
go up
C．
stay up
D．
turn up
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A．
company’s
B．
school’s
C．
country’s
D．
city’s
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If you have a watch, don’t repair it! I know it 1 ．Once I had a beautiful watch．And this watch 2 perfect time．But one night it happened that I forgot to 3 it up．Next morning I went to a watchmaker as I wanted my perfect watch to 4 by the exact time．The watchmaker examined my watch and said, “The regulator(校准器)is to be pushed up 5 your watch is four minutes 6 ．”
I tried to stop him, tried to 7 him understand that my watch kept perfect time, but he did not listen to me and pushed the regulator．
My beautiful watch began to gain time．It 8 faster and faster day by day．By the end of the second month it 9 all the clocks and watches of the town far behind．
What did I have to do? To take it to another watchmaker to be regulated．I expected him to regulate the watch immediately 10 he asked me to come in a week’s time．When at last I took my watch from him it began to 11 down．And I began to be late for trains, business appointments and even missed my dinners．
Now I went to 12 watchmaker．While I waited for him to repair my poor watch, he 13 it to pieces and said that he could finish this work 14 three or four days．I could do nothing but 15 ．That time my watch went for half a day and then stopped．
So I kept 16 my watch from one watchmaker to another for a considerable period of time．
And as a result of it the cleverest man in the world could not 17 the time by my watch．The thing was getting 18 ．My watch had 19 two hundred dollars originally but I paid for repairs more than two hundred．At last I decided to buy 20 watch, which I did．
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for reality
B．
for truth
C．
for certain
D．
for certainty
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kept
B．
told
C．
observed
D．
struck
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A．
turn
B．
wind
C．
pick
D．
put
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be turned
B．
be taken
C．
be put
D．
be set
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as
B．
as if
C．
when
D．
if
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fast
B．
slowly
C．
faster
D．
slow
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get
B．
persuade
C．
make
D．
explain
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gained
B．
lost
C．
went
D．
won
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had remained
B．
had left
C．
had stayed
D．
had fallen
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however
B．
and
C．
but
D．
therefore
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A．
go
B．
walk
C．
slow
D．
take
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A．
the third
B．
the second
C．
the first
D．
th fourth
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broke
B．
took
C．
tore
D．
cut
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A．
after
B．
before
C．
over
D．
in
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to agree
B．
agree
C．
agreeing
D．
agreed
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A．
taking
B．
bringing
C．
carrying
D．
fetching
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recognize
B．
tell
C．
know
D．
understand
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seriously
B．
pleasant
C．
badly
D．
serious
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spent
B．
took
C．
cost
D．
paid
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A．
another
B．
the other
C．
one
D．
one more
完形填空，请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项．
Attention to Details
It was three days before the opening of the Pirates(海盗)of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland．Walt Disney was touring the 1 and suddenly felt strangely 2 ．In his heart he felt th at something was 3 , although he wasn't quite sure 4 it was．He 5 as many employees as h e could find－including the repairing workers and food service people－and 6 them through a kind of inspection(检查)trip．
“Does it look right?”he asked．Yes, the clothes and scenes were 7 ; the buildings had been copied from the New Orleans French Quarter in Caribbean．
“Does it sound right?” Disney 8 the latest sound equipment installed(安装)in order to exactly 9 the sounds of music, voices, boats and even animals that you'd 10 to the Caribbean．Yes, it sounded right．
“Does it feel right?”He had controlled the temperature to perfectly 11 that of a New Orleans night．Yes, it felt right．
12 , something was still missing．“What is it?” Disney asked．
Finally, one of the young men who had been sweeping the floors said, “ 13 , Mr, Disney, I 14 up in the South, and what 15 me is that on summer night like this, there 16 be lightning bugs(虫子)．”Disney's face 17 up．That, of course, was 18 !The young man was given a generous prize, and Disney actually had live lightning bugs 19 in to make his ride more real 20 he could figure out a way to imitate(模仿)them mechanically．
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ride
B．
country
C．
city
D．
South
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A．
discouraged
B．
dissatisfied
C．
unexpected
D．
uninterested
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A．
wrong
B．
missing
C．
strange
D．
broken
(4)
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A．
where
B．
how
C．
what
D．
when
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A．
gathered
B．
ordered
C．
visited
D．
informed
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A．
put
B．
went
C．
saw
D．
led
(7)
[ ]
A．
close
B．
new
C．
interesting
D．
real
(8)
[ ]
A．
had
B．
bought
C．
controlled
D．
tried
(9)
[ ]
A．
react
B．
receive
C．
reproduce
D．
record
(10)
[ ]
A．
stick
B．
refer
C．
relate
D．
ook forward
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A．
match
B．
nt
C．
reflect
D．
represent
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A．
And yet
B．
Then
C．
Besides
D．
Above all
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A．
instead
B．
Well
C．
Perhaps
D．
However
(14)
[ ]
A．
brought
B．
looked
C．
grew
D．
turned
(15)
[ ]
A．
leaves
B．
astonishes
C．
attracts
D．
stokes
(16)
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A．
ought to
B．
expects to
C．
only to
D．
happens to
(17)
[ ]
A．
showed
B．
lit
C．
looked
D．
turned
(18)
[ ]
A．
it
B．
something
C．
lost
D．
great
(19)
[ ]
A．
removed
B．
shipped
C．
called
D．
fed
(20)
[ ]
A．
unless
B．
since
C．
after
D．
until
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I work as a volunteer for an organization that helps the poor in Haiti．Recently I took my son Barrett there for a week, hoping to 1 him．
Before setting out, I told Barrett this trip would be tiring and 2 ．For the first two days, he said almost nothing．I worried the trip was too 3 for a 17-year-old．Then, on day three, as we were 4 over high rocky mountains, he turned to me and grinned(咧嘴笑), “Pretty hard．”
After that there was no turning back．A five-year-old girl, wearing a dress several sizes 5 large and broken shoes, followed Barrett around, mesmerized(着迷)．He couldn't stop 6 ．Later he said 7 , “I wish I could speak French．” I was 8 － this from a boy who hated and 9 French classes throughout school．
Usually silent, he 10 Gaby, our host, and kept asking questions about the country and its people．He blossomed(活泼起来)．
11 , the moment that really took 12 breath away occurred in a village deep in the mountains．I was 13 a woman villager for an article．135 centimeters tall, she was small in figure but strong in 14 ．Through determination, she had learned to read and write, and 15 to become part of the leadership of the 16 ．
Learning her story, Barrett was as 17 as I by this tiny woman's achievements．His eyes were wet and there was a 18 of love and respect on his face．He had finally understood the importance of my work．
When leaving for home, Barrett even offered to stay 19 as a volunteer．My insides suddenly felt struck．This 20 achieved all I'd expected．Soon he will celebrate his 18 th birthday．He'll be a man．
