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One day I came home from school, changed my clothes and got ready for work. I work at a local restaurant in town as a cashier and waiter.

I went to work feeling   36  . And to make matters worse, I was busy that evening. It' s the same thing over and over again.  37 with customers who complain about their food andwhere they are  38 is too big or too small. Little things like that tend to  39 a lot of us  40 but we manage to deal with it.

Three elderly ladies walked in and sat by the windows. It happened to be the very   41  near where I keep the dirty   42 in the boxes. Trying to keep up with all the dirty tables, customers leaving and coming in and   43 running all over the house, it was crazy.  44  these elderly women were watching   45  I was working to make sure every table was clean and ready for the next customers.

When they   46  their meals, I took their plates back to the kitchen. They talked to me for a while about school, how I was doing, what   47  I was in and what I planned to do in the future.

 48 they were leaving, they walked past me and one of them said to me in a  49  and gentle voice, “You are going places.(你前途无量) And that was it.” They left the  50 and I had tears in my eyes, because they gave me  51 to believe in myself.They   52  my spirit from being down and gave me a   53 to keep on working hard.

People used to tell me that I couldn’t have a career in    54  until I had a degree. I'm now a co-anchor (联合主持人) of a student-produced television  55 . And the best thing is: I'm only 17 years old and I am a senior in high school.

1.

A.tired

B.excited

C.down

D.up

 

2.

A.Helping

B.Dealing

C.Talking

D.Meeting

 

3.

A.seated

B. sat

C.laid

D.seating

 

4.

A.attract

B.avoid

C.annoy

D. adjust

 

5.

A.customers

B.employees

C.boss

D.employers

 

6.

A.table

B.box

C.kitchen

D. spot

 

7.

A.rooms

B.dishes

C.clothes

D.chairs

 

8.

A.men

B.women

C.people

D.servers

 

9.

A.And

B.Otherwise

C.But

D.So

 

10.

A.how

B.what

C.where

D.why

 

11.

A.completed

B.finished

C.ordered

D.got

 

12.

A.grade

B.place

C.mark

D.position

 

13.

A.Before

B.While

C.After

D.As

 

14.

A.confident

B.loud

C.low

D.pleasant

 

15.

A.house

B.kitchen

C.table

D.restaurant

 

16.

A.courage

B.ability

C.imagination

D.time

 

17.

A.put down

B.picked up

C.took over

D.pointed out

 

18.

A.reason

B.cause

C.present

D.permission

 

19.

A.government

B.television

C.school

D.restaurant

 

20.

A.company

B.factory

C.advertisement

D.show

 

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.D

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.B

12.A

13.D

14.A

15.D

16.A

17.B

18.A

19.B

20.D

【解析】作者是一位17岁的中学生,利用业余时间打工。一天,在身心疲惫打工的时候,一个人一句话使作者对自己的前途重燃希望。那句话是:You Are Going Places(你前途无量)。

1.C短语辨析。A感觉累B感觉激动C闷闷不乐D心情很好 句意:我去上班的时候心情非常不好。feeling down 是现在分词作伴随状语,意为“闷闷不乐”。倒数第二段的They 47 my spirit from being down也说明了该题答案。故选C

2.B词义辨析。A帮助B应付,处理C谈论D遇见  deal with表示“对付”;help with帮助某人做......;talk with和......交谈;meet with遇到,经受。句意:应付那些抱怨食品、座位等的顾客是大大小小的事情。故选B

3.A seat是使动词,表示“使坐下”,be seated意为“坐下,就座”;sit是不及物动词,应为where they sat。句意:顾客抱怨他们就座的位置。故选A

4.C词义辨析。A吸引B避免C使生气D适应  annoy表示“使生气”。因为作者前面提到了顾客的种种抱怨,因此只能导致雇员的烦恼、生气。句意:诸如此类的小事容易造成我们雇员的烦恼。故选C

5.B词义辨析。A顾客B雇员C老板D雇佣者 剧中的our和下文的we给答案做了提示。employees表示“受雇者,雇工”。句意:诸如此类的小事容易造成我们雇员的烦恼。

6.D 词义辨析。A桌子B盒子C厨房D地点,场所 根据后面的where I keep the dirty 37 in the boxes句子,排除B项;不可能把脏盘子放在客人用餐的桌子上,故排除A;kitchen不会与客人用餐的地方处于同一个位置,故排除D。句意:他们碰巧坐在我存放过用过的盘子附近的地方。spot表示“地方,地点”。

7.B词义辨析。A房间B盘子C衣服D椅子  the dirty dishes指客人用过的盘子。因为作者是在餐厅打工的学生,所以“端盘子”才能与文章主题相符。故选B

8.D上下文辨析。A男人B女人C人们D服务员该空指服务人员在餐馆的来回走动,穿梭服务。顾客们是来这里就餐的,不能来回走,故排除D,A,B两项太片面。句意:顾客们的进进出出、服务人员的穿梭走动。故选D

9.C连词辨析A和B或者C但是D因此句意:虽然餐馆处于一片忙乱的状态,但是这三位妇女在专心的看着我。该空前的crazy给该空提出了暗示。故选C

10.A特殊疑问词辨析。句意:注视着我为了确保每张桌子是干净的去迎接下一位顾客,而多么努力的工作。how相当于how hard。故选A

11.B词义辨析。A完成的B完成的C订购D得到    句意:她们吃晚饭的时候。根据下文的I took their plates back to the kitchen排除C、D选项;complete往往用于完成“建筑物”、“工程”、“书籍”等;而finish制作完手中的事情,如:“用完”、“吃完”等。故选B

12.A词义辨析。A年纪B地方C分数D职位 句意:她们询问我上哪个年级。

通过上下文,可知作者是个打工的学生,故B项符合文章。

13.D词义辨析。A在。。之前B当。。。时C在。。以后 句意:当她们离开的时候,她们走过我身边。

as引导时间状语从句时,表示主从句的动作同时发生。由句意排除A、D选项;while引导时间状语从句时,从句中的谓语动词是延续性动词。故选D

14.A词义辨析。A自信的B大声的C低的D令人愉快的   句意:她们从我身边走过时,有一个人用自信和温和的语调说。

由下文的You are going places.(你前途无量)推测说话者语气。因为说话人在鼓励作者,所以只有A项符合语境。

15.D词义辨析。A房子B厨房C桌子D餐馆   句意:客人说完后就离开了餐馆。由下文知道,they指three elderly ladies,她们来餐馆用餐。故选D

16.A 词义辨析A勇气B能力C想象D时间    根据文意可知,别人给予了作者自信的“勇气”,作者才得以重新振作起来。故选A

17.B短语辨析。pick up表示“使恢复精神”。put down放下,镇压;take over接管;point out指出。句意:她们让我振作起来。故选B

18.A词义辨析。A理由,原因B原因C现在D允许

句意:她们给了我继续努力的理由。reason表示某种行为的原因;cause表示某种现象的原因。故选A

19.B词义辨析。A政府B电视C学校D餐馆

句意:有人曾经告诉我,没有学位,我就不能从事电视台的工作。下文的I'm now a co-anchor(联合主持人)of a student-produced television 50.暗示这里的答案。 故选B

20.D词义辨析A公司B工厂C广告D演出Da student-produced television show表示学生制作的电视节目。show表示“演出,表演节目”。

 

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Dear Yellow Oldsmobile,

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                                                   Blue Buick

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Dear Blue Buick,

My mistress is sorry, too. She parked so 53because she just learned to drive. We will park much farther over after this. I’m glad we can be54 now.

                                                 Your neighbor,

                                                 Yellow Oldsmobile

After that, whenever Blue Buick 55 Yellow Oldsmobile on the road, their drivers waved

cheerfully and smiled.

36.A.driven      B.parked      C.stopped     D.stayed

37.A.complete  B.close C.narrow     D.fixed

38.A.quite B.nearly       C.seldom     D.hardly

39.A.hurriedly  B.first   C.finally      D.timely

40.A.as usual    B.as planned C.as well      D.as yet

41.A.run into    B.run about  C.run out     D.run off

42.A.keeping    B.saving      C.offering    D.leaving

43.A.mine B.hers   C.itself D.ours

44.A.For   B.With  C.From D.Upon

45.A.room B.area   C.front D.side

46.A.an instruction   B.a result     C.an answer D.a chance

47.A.put    B.wrote       C.sent   D.discovered

48.A.working   B.driving     C.returning  D.cooking

49.A.on end      B.so long     C.like that    D.any more

50.A.hope B.know C.suppose    D.suggest

51.A.comfort    B.help  C.forgive     D.please

52.A.office       B.flat    C.place D.garage

53.A.crazily      B.eagerly     C.noisily      D.early

54.A.neighbors B.friends      C.drivers      D.writers

55.A.followed   B.passed      C.found       D.greeted

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       Knowing the death could have been   25   if he had only realized the seriousness of the situation, Al's emotional health became worse under the huge burden of his guilt. To make matters __26  , his wife left him a short time later, leaving him alone with his six-year-old younger son. The hurt and pain of the two   27    were more than Al could handle, and he   28    to alcohol.In time Al __29  an alcoholic.

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       When I heard of Al's death, I thought that Al's life was a complete  32  .  I thought. "What a totally wasted life".

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       Ernie sat quietly and  38  for a few moments. Then he said, "From my earliest __39  as a child until I left home at 18, Al came into my room every night, gave me a kiss and said, ' I love you, son.' "

Tears came to my eyes as I realized what a fool I had been to  40  Al as a failure. He had not left any material possessions behind.But he had been a kind loving father, and he left behind one of the finest, most giving men I have ever known.

21.A.formed              B.developed               C.received                D.gained

22.A. average          B. normal               C. ordinary           D. common

23.A. slightly          B. secretly       C. seriously           D. terribly

24.A.died                   B.choked                   C.starved                        D.worsened

25.A.cured                  B.prevented               C.forbidden              D.saved

26.A.better               B.heavier                   C.worse                           D.happier

27.A.disasters            B.adventures               C. directions                    D.situations

28.A.got                   B.drank                    C.turned                         D.sank

29.A.turned               B.became                  C.followed                       D.created

30.A.needed              B.shared                   C.benefited               D.possessed

31.A.Eventually          B.Gradually                C.Therefore              D.Meanwhile

32.A.trouble                B.hardship                  C.failure                        D.waste

33.A. never                   B. even                 C. still                D. ever

34.A.win                B.fall                          C.space                    D.flow

35.A.up                   B.with                        C.on                             D.through

36.A.worried             B.puzzled                    C.interested               D.attracted

37.A.especially           B.basically                   C.merely                  D.specially

38.A.argued               B.searched                  C.analyzed                 D.reflected

39.A.thoughts            B.ideas                       C.minds                   D.memories

40.A.treat                 B.call                        C.judge                             D.feel

One day I heard that one of my dear friends had lost his mother. This made me sad, for my friend was very close to his mother. He had been by her side as she traveled through her long and hard journey with cancer. At this time, many memories about my loved ones that had passed away came flooding to me. Finally these memories passed, but it was really sad to think that my friend would have to go through the pain.

Three times I tried to write an email to my friend and three times words failed me. I am a person who is not often lost for words and I decided to have a sleep. Upon waking up I could hardly wait for my computer to work, the words I needed were there. I was still left with a heavy heart although I had sent an email.

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Everything in life is balanced; the lowest feelings change places with the highest feelings. Without the lows, we would never appreciate the highs. No matter how dark the clouds seem to be, the sunshine is always there and just waiting for the opportunity to shine through.

1.When the author learnt her friend had lost his mother, she ______.

A.gave him some money                   B.wrote an email to him

C.went to visit him                        D.went for a journey with him

2.What good news did the author’s friend receive?

A.He received the author’s email.

B.He was told that life would go on.

C.He would go to Cambridge University.

D.His life would go back to normal again

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A.The author wrote four emails to her friend.

B.The mother of the author’s friend died from cancer.

C.The author’s friend is a teacher in Cambridge University.

D.The author felt relaxed after sending the email.

4.From the text, we can learn that the author is ______.

A.sincere and warm-hearted

B.proud and confident

C.serious and friendly

D.funny and responsible

5.The author aims to tell us that ______.

A.life is not fair to everybody

B.time waits for no man

C.everyone has good and bad times in life

D.where there is a will, there is a way

 

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“Excuse me, I need to   35  these,” I said .

“So ? I’m not your   36 ! You should get yourself a basket and start filling,” Miss Bee, the owner of the store, said   37  without smiling. “If you’re   38  you’ll be home by sunset.” Sunset was five hours away.   39 , the store was a puzzle, and I wasn’t sure if I would make it.

I visited Miss Bee several times a week that   40 . One afternoon when I watched her adding 35 cents instead of 29 for a can of beans, I   41  her immediately. Though being caught overcharging , she didn’t seem   42 , and she just fixed the price.

All summer long I was always tricked by Miss Bee. No sooner had I memorized the soda’s location on the shelf than she rearranged the shelves and made me  43 it all over again. But by summer’s end the   44 trip that had once taken me an hour was done in 15 minutes.

The morning I was to return to Brooklyn, I stepped in to get a bottle of water.

“What did you   45  this summer?” she said.

“That you’re so mean!” I whispered.

To my   46 , Miss Bee laughed. “When you get older, you’ll be glad our paths crossed!”

Glad I met Miss Bee ? No!

Until one day my daughter came to me with homework  47 . “It’s too hard,” she said. “Could you finish it for me?”

“If I do it for you, how will you ever learn to do it yourself?” Suddenly, I was   48  at that general store where Miss Bee had really taught me something all those years ago.

1.                A.bag            B.bottle          C.list  D.can

 

2.                A.buy            B.read           C.borrow   D.sell

 

3.                A.daughter       B.servant         C.master   D.teacher

 

4.                A.honestly        B.quietly         C.coldly    D.quietly

 

5.                A.busy           B.stupid          C.lucky D.popular

 

6.                A.However       B.Besides         C.Therefore D.Also

 

7.                A.year           B.summer        C.autumn   D.term

 

8.                A.supported      B.attracted        C.corrected D.remembered

 

9.                A.excited         B.unfriendly       C.moved   D.uncomfortable

 

10.               A.hunt for        B.step onto       C.learn about D.care for

 

11.               A.school         B.shopping       C.business   D.sightseeing

 

12.               A.eat            B.earn           C.forget D.learn

 

13.               A.shame         B.delight         C.surprise   D.regret

 

14.               A.signs           B.troubles        C.scores D.rules

 

15.               A.out            B.ahead          C.around    D.back

 

 

I began working in journalism(新闻工作) when I was eight.It was my mother’s idea.She wanted me to“make something”of myself,and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.

With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue.The crowds were there.There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union.For several hours I made myself highly visible,making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST.When it was suppertime,I walked back home.

“How many did you sell,my boy?”my mother asked.

“None.”

“Where did you go?”

“The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”

“What did you do?”

“Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”

“You just stood there?”

“Didn’t sell a single one.”

“My God,Russell!”

Uncle Allen put in,“Well,I’ve decided to take the Post.”I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickel(五分镍币).It was the first nickel I earned.

Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman.I would have to ring doorbells,address adults with self-confidence(自信),and persuade them by saying that no one,no matter how poor,could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.

One day,I told my mother I’d changed my mind.I didn’t want to make a success in the magazine business.

“If you think you can change your mind like this,”she replied,“you’ll become a good-for-nothing.”She insisted that,as soon as school was over,I should start ringing doorbells,selling magazines.Whenever I said no,she would scold me.

My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember.My mother,dissatisfied with my father’s plain workman’s life,determined that I would not grow up like him and his people.But never did she expect that,forty years later,such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love.

1.Why did the boy start his job young?

A.He wanted to be famous in the future.

B.The job was quite easy for him.

C.His mother had high hopes for him.

D.The competition for the job was fierce.

2.From the dialogue between the boy and his mother,we learn that the mother was _______.

A.excited

B.interested

C.ashamed

D.disappointed

3.What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up?

A.She forced him to continue.

B.She punished him.

C.She gave him some money.

D.She changed her plan.

4.What does the underlined phrase “this battle”(last paragraph) refer to?

A.The war between the boy’s parents.

B.The arguing between the boy and his mother.

C.The quarrel between the boy and his customers.

D.The fight between the boy and his father.

5.What is the text mainly about?

A.The early life of a journalist.

B.The early success of a journalist.

C.The happy childhood of the writer.

D.The important role of the writer in his family.

 

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