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2. Mary had promised to give me a ticket for tomorrow. She failed, ____.

A. either B. though C. but D. too

解析:

选B。结合上下文意思我们可以知道本题表示转折关系，先排除A、D；而but为并列连词通常放在句首或句子中间起连接作用。故选B。

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阅读下面短文，从各题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案。

Mary had her own special kind of joy. and she knew exactly how to spread it around. She lifted children from 1 into laughter，love，and belonging.

Each time she found a new 2 for a child，she gave the family one of her little homemade paper roses. It had become a 3 for her,and the families didn’t’ever forget it．

One evening，Mary was 4 a meeting for adoptive parents．0ne of the 5 fathers stood up to introduce himself. But before he spoke,he reached into his coat pocket and held up a 6 ，red paper rose.

“Twenty years ago today, I felt alone and 7 .I didn’t know the talents inside me or what was possible for me.

Then Mary 8 two wonderful people into my life. They taught me what it was like to feel 9 .They not only loved me 10.They opened a world of 11 that I didn’t know existed．My new parents told me，‘Reach for your dreams!’

I did, and today I’m 12 to be giving that chance to a child who 13 just like me. My mother gave me this little rose. By now，all of you 14 where she got it so long ago.

Mary sent me a new rose just yesterday. And my new rose 15 a new spring，a beautiful new 1 6 for my own little girl. It 1 7 me to show her what unconditional love is，and to teach her to reach for her own beautiful dreams.

Thank you, Mary，for the special little things like roses that 18 our lives together. And thank you for all you’ve done for me and so many families over the years!”

One brief event can send our spirits soaring or 19 us in

quiet to ponder a new beginning. 20 it is also the very small

things，like Mary’s roses，that tie together the meaningful things.

1．A．poverty B．10neliness C．misery D．suffering

2．A．home B．place C．school D．1ife

3．A．glory B．favor C．habit D．tradition

4．A. organizing B. planning C. hosting D. attending

5．A．new B．grateful C．kind D．active

6．A．broken B．faded C．treasured D．dried

7．A．tasteless B．powerless C．priceless D．worthless

8．A．directed B．introduced C．brought D．accepted

9．A．10ved B．protected C．cared D．cheered

1 0．A. silently B. continuously

C．unintentionally D．unconditionally

1 1．A．necessities B.possibilities C. beauties D．riches

1 2．A．eager B．willing C．proud D．1ucky

13．A．started out B．came up C．turned out D．grew up

1 4．A．understand B．guess C．tell D．know

1 5．A．replaces B．symbolizes C．equals D．creates

1 6．A．chance B．mystery C．challenge D．beginning

1 7．A．reminds B．helps C．accompanies D．drives

18．A．fix B．close C．tie D．gather

19．A．cause B．push C．put D．1cave

20．A．Yet B．Besides C．Otherwise D．Therefore

Mary had taken _____ to see that her guests had everything that they could possibly want.

A. efforts B. pains C. attempts D. endeavors

Mary had to go to a meeting，so she left her children ___________ at home.

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John and Mary had a nice home and two lovely children, a boy and a girl. John had a good 36 and had just been asked to go on a business trip to another city and it was 37 that Mary needed an outing and would go along too. They 38 a reliable woman to care for the children and made the 39 , returning home a little earlier than they had planned.

40 they drove into their home town, they found a home in flames (火焰). Mary said, “Oh well, it isn’t our 41 , let’s go home. ”

But John drove closer and exclaimed, “That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant. He wouldn’t be 42 work yet, maybe there is something we could do. ”

John drove up and they were both 43 -stricken to see the whole house in flames. A woman on the lawn was in hysterics 44 , “The children! Get the children! They are in the basement. ”

45 Mary’s protests, John grabbed the water hose and soaked (浸湿) his clothes, put his 46 hand-kerchief on his head and dashed for the basement which was full of 47 . He found two nearly suffocated (窒息的) children and after carrying them to 48 , he asked how many more children were down there. They told him two more and Mary 49 his arm and screamed, “John! Don’t go back! It’s 50 ! That house will cave in (坍塌) any second!”

But he shook her off and went back by 51 his way down the smoke filled hallway and into the room. It seemed a long time 52 he found both children and started back and at last when they came out into the 53 and fresh air, he found that he had just 54 his own children.

The baby-sitter had 55 them at this home while she did some shopping.

( ) 36. A. job B. family C. wife D. boss

( ) 37. A. known B. believed C. decided D. hoped

( ) 38. A. asked B. hired C. begged D. paid

( ) 39. A. preparations B. mistake C. decision D. trip

( ) 40. A. Before B. As C. Once D. Since

( ) 41. A. duty B. neighbor C. business D. fire

( ) 42. A. off B. on C. out of D. at

( ) 43. A. nerve B. sorrow C. horror D. poverty

( ) 44. A. coughing B. screaming C. waving D. crying

( ) 45. A. Except for B. In case of C. Instead of D. In spite of

( ) 46. A. clean B. soft C. wet D. large

( ) 47. A. smoke B. darkness C. children D. danger

( ) 48. A. entrance B. ground C. rest D. safety

( ) 49. A. pulled B. took C. grabbed D. held

( ) 50. A. dangerous B. useless C. over D. stupid

( ) 51. A. pushing B. feeling C. jumping D. moving

( ) 52. A. that B. when C. while D. before

( ) 53. A. shade B. sunlight C. open D. crowd

( ) 54. A. helped B. found C. recognized D. rescued

( ) 55. A. left B. charged C. removed D. forgot

Mary had to call a taxi because the box was_______ to carry all the way home.?

A. much too heavy B. too much heavy?

C. heavy too much D. too heavy much

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