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It was a bright spring afternoon when Fieda told me she wouldn’t need me any more. I had just finished my four-hour work － 36 up and down the stairs of her three-storey home, cleaning the floor and washing the dishes. She was 37 jeans and a sweater, sitting at the table I had just 38 . a pile of papers spread around her. Her husband’ 39 was going to be reduced by thirty percent. And they were trying to live as if it had 40 happened. I felt sorry for her. but I also felt a sense of 41 .
I had been cleaning Freda’s house for five years and had 42 an unexpected relationship with the family. It was not just 43 I had become an expert at scraping（刮掉）dirt stuck to their wooden floor, 44 that I had learned exactly how to place toys on the girls’ beds. It was 45 than that, for I felt I had become a part of their 46 .Freda stayed at home with the kids, 47 I would often see her in the morning 48 them to school. And I’d be there when they 49 home at lunch for sandwiches and piano practice. I had 50 them grow up. Now I was tired, but the 51 thing was that I still wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for the family.
I left Freda’s house that day, wondering about the 52 of my relationship with my clients（主顾）. Who am I 53 them? As a matter of fact, I’m 54 an employee － the lowest kind of employee. But I’m also a trusted 55 of the family. I can’t help worrying about what happens around me.
36.A.stepping B.coming C.jumping D.moving
37.A.hanging B.making C.wearing D.changing
38.A.cleaned B.washed C.swept D.brushed
39.A.duty B.money C.work D.pay
40.A.already B.seldom C.never D.yet
41.A.regret B.surprise C.fear D.loss
42.A.started B.developed C.improved D.broken
43.A.why B.what C.that D.which
44.A.but B.and C.or D.for
45.A.less B.least C.more D.most
46.A.life B.story C.activity D.experience
47.A.as B.so C.since D.however
48.A.taking B.bringing C.meeting D.calling
49.A.left B.returned C.went D.marched
50.A.found B.noticed C.watched D.realized
51.A.possible B.great C.proper D.strange
52.A.meaning B.nature C.result D.importance
53.A.for B.to C.with D.at
54.A.hardly B.certainly C.probably D.merely
55.A.member B.person C.relative D.companion
36.D 37.C 38.A 39.D 40.A 41.D 42.B 43.C 44.C 45.C
46.A 47.B 48.A 49.B 50.C 51.D 52.B 53.B 54.D 55.A
解析:
36．解析：move意为“移动”，move up and down the stairs表示来回上下楼梯。根据上文所提供的情景I had just finished my four-hour work可判断出作者原来的工作是每天四个小时在一座三层楼里来回上下楼梯打扫卫生、洗刷餐具。step意为“走；跨步”，上楼：step upstairs；下楼：step down stairs。come意为“来到”。jump意为“跳”。
37．解析：wear意为“穿着，戴着，挂着，佩着，带着”，指穿衣的状态，也可指戴着(手套、鞋袜、手表、眼镜、戒指、首饰等)。表示她穿着牛仔裤和毛衣。hang意为“悬挂”。make意为“制造”。change意为“改变”。
38．解析：clean意为“把……擦干净”，I had just cleaned是定语从句，作the table的定语，表示她正坐在我刚刚擦干净的桌子旁。wash意为“洗”，指用水清洗。sweep意为“扫除，打扫”，用于表示打扫房间或擦地板。brush意为“刷”，指用刷子把……刷干净。
39．解析：pay意为“报酬”，指她丈夫的报酬将下降30%。duty意为“责任”。money意为“钱”。work意为“工作”。
40．解析：already意为“已经”，表示已经发生的动作或存在的状态。as if意为“好像”，后接虚拟语气，表示本来没有发生，而好像发生了。表示在Freda丈夫的报酬下降前，他们就生活得好像报酬已经下降那样节省。seldom意为“不常；很少；难得”。never意为“从不”。yet意为“然而”。
41．解析：loss意为“损失”，根据短文最后一句话I can’t help worrying about what happens around me.可判断出由于Freda丈夫的报酬下降，作者的工作很可能难以保住，所以她有一种受到损失的感觉。regret意为“遗憾，抱歉；后悔，悔恨；痛惜，惋惜”。surprise意为“吃惊”。fear意为“恐怖，畏惧”。
42．解析：develop意为“发展”，指事物由小到大，由弱到强的变化过程。表示由于作者在Freda家中已经工作了五年，相互之间建立了一种意想不到的关系。start意为“开始”。improve意为“改善”。break意为“破坏”。
43．解析：that引导表语从句，在从句中只起连接作用，不充当任何成分。表示这种关系的建立不是因为作者擅长于刮去木地板上的脏物。why引导表语从句表示原因，即表示作者为什么擅长刮去木地板上的脏物。所以不能作为答案。并且，当主语是it时，要用because引导表语从句。what引导表语从句时，在从句中作主语、宾语或表语。which引导表语从句时，在从句中作主语、宾语、表语或定语，意为“哪一个”。
44．解析：or意为“或者”，用于否定句连接两个以上的同等成分表示完全否定。but意为“但是”，连接并列句，表示转折与对比关系。and在否定句中连接两个或两个以上的同等成分时，表示部分否定。for意为“因为”，附带说明理由。
45．解析：more than意为“不仅仅是”，表示作者与Freda一家建立特殊关系的原因不仅仅是由于她活干得出色，而是因为她感觉自己已经成为这个家庭的成员。less意为“更小的，较小的，更少的，较少的”。least意为“最少”， most意为“最多”，都不与than连用。
46．解析：life意为“生活”，表示作者已成为Freda生活的一部分。story意为“故事”。activity意为“活动”。experience意为“经历”。
47．解析：so意为“因此”，表示两个句子之间是因果关系。表示作者之所以经常看见Freda送孩子上学的原因是她呆在家里照看孩子。as和since意为“因为”，引导原因状语从句。however意为“然而”，表示转折时，要用逗号与句子隔开。
48．解析：take意为“拿走，带走”，指把某人或某物从说话人处拿走或带走，由近至远。take sb to some place表示“带某人到某地”，即表示看见Freda送孩子们去上学。bring意为“带来”，指从别处拿(带)某人或某物到说话人处，由远及近。move意为“移动”。call意为“给……打电话”。
49．解析：return意为“回来”，根据下文中的at lunch可判断出他们放学回家。leave意为“离开”。go意为“去”，go home指从学校回家，但这篇短文讲述了孩子们去上学又回家的两个动作。march意为“行进”，常用于表示部队行军。
50．解析：watch意为“注视”，指全神贯注地观看、观察或注视事物的活动、变化或发展。watch them grow up表示“看着他们长大”。find意为“发现”。notice意为“注意到”。realize意为“意识到”。
51．解析：strange意为“奇怪的”，作者被辞退了，但仍然想为这个家庭打扫卫生，这的确是一件奇怪的事。possible意为“可能的”。proper意为“合适的”。
52．解析：nature意为“本质”，表示作者在离开Freda的家时，她在考虑着她与Freda一家关系的本质是什么。meaning意为“意思”。result意为“结果”。importance意为“重要性”。
53．解析：to意为“对于”，表示自己对于Freda一家是什么关系。for表示“对于”时，常用于it is … for … to do sth结果中。
54．解析：merely意为“单；只；纯粹；全然”，根据作者的身份可以判断出她仅仅是一名佣人。hardly意为“几乎不”。certainly意为“的确，无疑，一定，必定”。probably意为“可能地”。
55．解析：member意为“成员”。由于作者在Freda家中作了五年佣人，与他们一家建立了特殊的关系，作者觉得自己已经成为Freda生活的一部分，成为他们家的一员。person意为“人”。relative意为“亲戚”。companion意为“伙伴”。
完形填空（每小题1.5分，共30分）
It was a normal summer night, humidity（潮湿）hung in the thick air. The only sound was my sister’s heavy __36__ from the bed next to me.
I couldn’t go to _37__, partly because of my cold and partly because of my __38__ for the next day. My mum had said that tomorrow was going to be a __39__ .
Sweat stuck to my aching body. Finally, I gathered enough __40__ to sit up. I looked out of my small window into the night. There was a big bright __41__ hanging in the sky, giving off a magic glow.
My sister turned over as though she was as light as air. Why could she sleep soundly? Why wasn’t she __42__ too? Did she know about tomorrow?
I couldn’t stand the __43__ anymore, so I did what I always do to make myself feel better. I went to the __44__ and picked up my toothbrush and toothpaste. Pouring the red paste onto the brush, I cleaned back and forth, up and down.
Then I walked downstairs to look for some __45__of movement, some life. Gladiator, my cat, __46__ me as he meowed（猫叫）his sad song. He was on the old orange couch （长沙发）, sitting up on his front legs, 47 something to happen. He looked at me as if to say, “I’m __48__, pet me. I need a good hug.” Even the couch begged me to sit on it.
In one movement I settled down onto the soft 49 . This couch represented my birth, my parents’ marriage, and hundreds of other little __50__.
As I held Gladiator, my heart started beating heavily. My mind was __51__ with questions: What’s life? Am I really alive? Are you listening to me? Every time I moved my hand down Gladiator’s body, I had a __52__ thought; each touch sang a different song.
I forgot all about the __53__ and the next day’s surprise. The __54__ was so full of warmth and silence that I sank into its arms. Falling asleep with the big cat in my arms, I felt all my worries __55__ move away.
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Betty and Harold have been married for years .But one thing still puzzles (困扰) old Harold .How is it that he can leave Betty and her friend Joan sitting on the sofa ,talking ,go out to a ballgame ,come back three and a half hours later ,and they’re still sitting on the sofa ? Talking ?
What in the world ,Harold wonders ,do they have to talk about ?
Betty shrugs .Talk ? We’re friends .
Researching this matter called friendship ,psychologist Lillian Rubin spent two years interviewing more than two hundred women and men .No matter what their age ,their job ,their sex ,the results were completely clear :women have more friendships than men ,and the difference in the content and the quality of those friendships is “marked and unmistakable .”
More than two –thirds of the single men Rubin interviewed could not name a best friend. Those who could were likely to name a woman .Yet three-quarters of the single women had no problem naming a best friend ,and almost always it was a woman .More married men than women named their wife/husband as a best friend ,most trusted person ,or the one they would turn to in time of emotional distress （感情危机）.“Most women ,”says Rubin ,“identified （认定） at least one ,usually more ,trusted friends to whom they could turn in a troubled moment ,and they spoke openly about the importance of these relationships in their lives .”
“In general,”writes Rubin in her new book ,“women’s friendships with each other rest on shared emotions and support ,but men’s relationships are marked by shared activities.” For the most part ,Rubin says ,interactions （交往）between men are emotionally controlled –a good fit with the social requirements of “manly behavior .”
“Even when a man is said to be a best friend ,”Rubin writes ,“the two share little about their innermost feelings .Whereas a woman’s closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage ,it wasn’t unusual to hear a man say he didn’t know his friend’s marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on the sofa .”
【小题1】What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that .
| A．he is treated as an outsider rather than a husband |
| B．women have so much to share |
| C．women show little interest in ballgames |
| D．he finds his wife difficult to talk to |
| A．a male friend | B．a female friend | C．her parents | D．her husband |
| A．Men keep their innermost feelings to themselves. |
| B．Women are more serious than men about marriage. |
| C．Men often take sudden action to end their marriage. |
| D．Women depend on others in making decisions. |
| A．happy and successful marriages |
| B．friendships of men and women |
| C．emotional problems in marriage |
| D．interactions between men and women . |
Every object tells a story. Even the most ordinary objects can present to us powerful images. Sometimes it is the ordinary nature of these objects that actually makes them so extraordinary. Such is the case with an old leather shoe in a museum in Alaska. At first glance it does not look like much. It is a woman’s shoe of a style popular in the 1890s. But what is unique(独特的) about this shoe is where it was found. It was discovered on the Checkout Pass, the famous trail used by the people seeking gold in Alaska. Who it belonged to or why it was left there is not known. Was it perhaps dropped by accident as the woman climbed up the 1500 stairs carved outface? Or did she throw away goods that she didn’t need in order to travel lighter?
Over 100, 000 people with “gold fever” made this trip hoping to become millionaires. Few of them understood that on their way they would have to cross a harsh wildness. Unprepared for such a dangerous journey, many died of starvation and exposure to the cold weather.
The Canadian government finally started requiring the gold seekers to bring one ton of supplies with them. This was thought to be enough for a person to survive for one year. They would carry their supplies in backpacks(背包) each weighing up to fifty pounds; it usually took at least 40 trips to get everything to the top and over the pass. Whoever dropped the shoe must have been a brave and determined woman. Perhaps she was successful and made it to Alaska. Perhaps she had to turn back in defeat. No one will ever know for sure, but what we do know is that she took part in one of the greatest adventures in the 19th century.
【小题1】The ordinary woman’s leather shoe is considered unusual because ______.
| A．it was an important clue to life in the past |
| B．it was found on a famous trail |
| C．it at one time belonged to a VIP |
| D．it was a fashionable shoe at that time |
| A．eventually became millionaires |
| B．brought with them many shoes |
| C．had conflicts with the Eskimos |
| D．were not properly equipped |
| A．they would not die of hunger and cold |
| B．the army would have enough food for fighting a war |
| C．they would change these goods with the Eskimos |
| D．the supplies would make Alaska rich |
| A．she must have lived a happy life |
| B．she certainly dropped the shoe on purpose |
| C．her adventurous spirit is definitely admired |
| D．her other shoes were equally fashionable |