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阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

Our oldest daughter is having trouble letting go of an old red sofa.

It’s not the sofa she’s having trouble letting go of as much as the memories.It was their first sofa.It has been loaded and unloaded onto moving trucks seven times.Three kids have eaten on it,dripped on it,and jumped on it.

Yet she’s having a hard time letting go and asked if I thought that was strange.

“Completely,” I said.“You get it from me.”

When we were ready to get rid of our baby things,I sold our crib (婴儿床) at the neighborhood garage sale.I had pieces of it in the garage and the other pieces of it still in the house.A young woman said she wanted to buy it.

My throat tightened and the tears began to well.She pulled out cash and I cheered up.

But by the time I returned with the other pieces to the crib,I was all sobbing.“Have you considered that maybe you’re not ready to sell it?” the woman asked.

“No-o-o-o,” I cried.“It’s fine,really,” I said.“Take it.”

Our attachment to stuff grows in direct relationship to the amount of time it has sat in one place.The longer it sits,the harder it is to get rid of it.You think: “Hey,we’ve hung onto it this long – it must be valuable!” As though yellowing and a layer of dust increase value.

People who find it extremely hard to part with things have been made into entertainment in a television show called Hoarders.If an episode (集) of that isn’t depressing enough for you,producers now offer Extreme Hoarders.Both of which are not to be outdone by Storage Wars,a show about aggressive people who bid on other people’s storage units.

Let the sofa go,I told my daughter.It served its purpose.You can get a new one.Give the kids some crackers (饼干) and juice and it will be like the old one in six weeks.

1.What does the author mean by saying the underlined sentence “You get it from me”?

A.“You can get another sofa from me.”

B.“You can get mental support from me.”

C.“You behave just the same way I do.”

D.“You are asking the right person to help you.”

2.When the writer was selling the crib,_____.

A.she felt relieved that there was someone willing to buy it

B.she showed a strong attachment to the old item

C.she couldn’t decide whether or not to sell it in the end

D.she changed her mind in hopes of keeping it and increasing its value

3.The writer refers to the television shows to _____.

A.prove that it’s depressing to get attached to old stuff

B.explain what contributes to people’s attachment to old stuff

C.show that people in TV shows live the same lives as ordinary people do

D.prove that it’s actually common for people to find it hard to get rid of old stuff

4.Which opinion might the writer agree with according to the article?

A.If you give away old stuff regularly,you are wasteful.

B.If the old stuff has done what it was supposed to,then let it go.

C.Nothing is more valuable than your love for your old stuff.

D.The older your stuff is,the less trouble you have getting rid of it.

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The Peales were a famous family of American artists.Charles Willson Peale is best remembered for his portraits of leading figures of the American Revolution.He painted portraits(肖像) of Franklin and Jefferson and over a dozen of George Washington.His life-size portrait of his sons Raphaelle and Titian was so realistic that George Washington reportedly once tipped his hat to the figures in the picture.

Charles Willson Peale gave up painting in his middle age and devoted his life to the Peale museum,which he founded in Philadelphia.The world’s first popular museum of art and natural science mainly covered paintings by Peale and his family as well as displays of animals in their natural settings.Peale found the animals himself and found a method to make the exhibits more lifelike.The museum’s most popular display was the skeleton (骷髅) of a huge,extinct elephant,which Peale unearthed on a New York farm in 1801.

Three of Peale’s seventeen children were also famous artists.Raphaelle Peale often painted still lives of flowers,fruit,and cheese.His brother Rembrandt studied under his father and painted portraits of many noted people,including one of George Washington.Another brother,Rubens Peale,painted mostly landscapes and portraits.

James Peale,the brother of Charles Willson Peale,specialized in miniatures (小画像).His daughter Sarah Miriam Peale was probably the first professional female portrait painter in America.

1.The author mentions in Paragraph 1 that Washington tipped his hat to the figures in the painting to show that ________.

A.Charles Willson Peale’s painting was very lifelike

B.Washington respected Charles Willson Peale’s work

C.Washington was friendly with Raphaelle and Titian Peale

D.the painting of the two brothers was very large

2.The underlined word “unearthed” is closest in meaning to“ ______”.

A.Showed

B.invented

C.dug up

D.looked over

3.Which of the following is NOT the child of Charles Willson Peale?

A.Titian Peale.

B.Rubens Peale.

C.Raphaelle Peale.

D.Sarah Miriam Peale.

4.The author’s attitude toward the Peales is in general _______.

A.Puzzled

B.admiring

C.Excited

D.disappointed

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

War started in our house in late July with a month to go before my first day of college.It was a battle of wills over what college I was to attend.Mom wanted me to attend a famous .school, and I wanted to go to a small writing college.Every night for two weeks, we argued, shouted and gave treatments until both sides went to bed with regrets.

It was mostly my .Since my junior year of high school, I had at being a nurse.I took all the science courses, and even worked as a in my town’s local hospital.My was to help the sick and be superwoman to the world.

Yet, graduation and college neared, it all changed.Treating the sick was , but not what I was meant to do for the of my life.I could picture myself in hospitals, making rounds, and taking , but I couldn’t picture myself happy.It wasn’t the .I wanted.

Then, I realized I had been creating and writing stories for as long as I could .I loved it, and writing was what I had been doing as a .It was going to be my career.And it had to be.

On August 1st, Mom and I sat down at the dinner table and I told her that she had every .to choose where to spend her money, just like I had every right to decide where I wanted to go to school.If it was her choice not to any of my college education, then I would take a year off to work and earn money so I could go to the college I wanted.

Standing by my decision to be a writer had my firm belief to my mom.Finally we were at , and she decided to support me, which the world to me.

Before that time, I had never stood up my parents on any major decision.Choosing which college to attend me to become a separate and complete adult.I am now finished with my first semester as a Professional Writing major and I cannot wait to see what comes next.

1.A.cooking B.gardening C.nursing D.writing

2.A.medical B.warm C.mental D.silent

3.A.success B.duty C.fault D.turn

4.A.wondered B.aimed C.pointed D.looked

5.A.student B.volunteer C.graduate D.doctor

6.A.goal B.job C.task D.post

7.A.before B.after C.until D.as

8.A.rough B.noble C.mild D.tough

9.A.rest B.part C.whole D.half

10.A.notices B.examinations C.temperatures D.drugs

11.A.future B.effect C.drill D.idea

12.A.see B.wait C.find D.remember

13.A.process B.hobby C.rule D.business

14.A.chance B.time C.right D.ability

15.A.finance B.expect C.raise D.offer

16.A.doubted B.followed C.shaken D.proven

17.A.peace B.war C.ease D.play

18.A.attached B.applied C.devoted D.meant

19.A.for B.against C.over D.by

20.A.forced B.promised C.allowed D.Reminded

Tayka Hotel de Sal

Where: Tahua, Bolivia

How much: About $ 95 a night

Why it's cool: You've stayed at hotels made of brick or wood, but salt? That's something few can claim. Tayka Hotel de Sal is made totally of salt-including the beds (though you'll sleep on regular mattresses and blankets). The hotel sits on the Salar de Uyuni, a prehistoric dried-up lake which is the world's biggest salt flat. Builders use the salt from the 4,633-square-mile flat to make the bricks, and glue them together with a paste (糊) of wet salt that hardens when it dries.

When rain starts to dissolve the hotel, the owners just mix up more salt paste to strengthen the bricks.

Green Magic Nature Resort

Where: Vythiri, India

How much: About $ 240 a night

Why it's cool: Taking a pulley(滑轮)-operated lift 86 feet to your treetop room is just the start of your adventure. As you look out of your open window-there is no glass! -you watch monkeys and birds in the rain forest canopy(罩篷). Later you might test your fear of heights by crossing the handmade rope bridge to the main part of the hotel, or just sit on your bamboo bed and read. You don't even have to come down for breakfast-the hotel will send it up on the pulley-drawn

“elevator" .

Dog Bark Park Inn B&B

Where: Cottonwood, Idaho

How much: $ 92 a night

Why it's cool: This doghouse isn't just for the family pet. Sweet Willy is a 30-foot-tall dog with guest rooms in his belly. Climb the wooden stairs beside his hind leg to enter the door in his side. You can relax in the main bedroom, go up a few steps of the loft(阁楼) in Willy's head, or hang out inside his nose.

Although you have a full private bathroom in your quarters, there is also a toilet in the 12-foot-tall fire hydrant(消防栓) outside.

Gamirasu Cave Hotel

Where: Ayvali, Turkey

How much: Between $ 130 and $ 450 a night

Why it's cool: This is caveman cool! Experience what it was like 5,000 years ago,when people lived in these mountain caves formed by volcanic ash. But your stay will be much more modern. Bathrooms and electricity provide what you expect from a modern hotel, and the white volcanic ash, called tufa, keeps the rooms cool in summer. (Don't worry-there is heat in winter. )

1.What do we know about Tayka Hotel de Sal?

A. It is located on a prehistoric lake.

B. It should be protected against the rain.

C. Everything in the hotel is made of salt.

D. You have to cross a rope bridge to the hotel.

2.How are the hotels similar?

A. Expensive. B. Comfortable.

C. Natural. D. Unique.

3.What do the underlined words “Sweet Willy" refer to?

A. The name of the hotel.

B. The name of the hotel owner.

C. The building of Dog Bark Park Inn B&B.

D. The name of a pet dog of the hotel owner.

4.Which of the hotels gives you a feeling of living in the far past?

A. Tayka Hotel de Sal.

B. Green Magic Nature Resort.

C. Dog Bark Park Inn B&B.

D. Gamirasu Cave Hotel.

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