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. —Haven’t I told you that I like the beef well-done?
—Yes, but I _______ it longer than I usually do.
A. was cooking B. cooked C. had cooked D. will cook
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The police________ already_______ his house but haven’t found any evidence against him.
A.has; searched | B.have; searched | C.has; searched for | D.have; searched for |
This economy has really got a lot of people moving and not always by a choice they wanted to make. My wife and I now find ourselves among those unfortunates feeling that 1 .
At the end of last year, our customers just 2 . We had to make the painful decision to 3 our office and put our house up for 4 . We haven’t lived in it for two years yet and expected it would be the 5 one for a long time. How 6 this world economic mess is changing our lives!
As I get older, I find moving less adventurous and more 7 . This time, we’re in the process of moving without knowing where we’ll 8 next. Job searching has been thrown into the quagmire(困境) of an unsettled life. Both my wife and I had been feeling pretty 9 from all this. I’ve been challenged to find the positive in all this down that’s 10 us.
But then it happened while I watched my wife 11 things up. She’s an absolute whiz(能手) when it comes to packing. I took delight in watching her 12 just the right boxes for 13 in front of her and filling in the 14 with pillows and towels. I began feeling something like a wind lift me up and sail me through my own 15 of the packing and loading.
Some friends will be helping us with the 16 . I’ve told them that they’re not 17 friends but gaining some new vacation spots.
I have 18 that we’ll get through this transition finally. We all will always have work to do, by choice or 19 , and we can also consciously make the effort to create a sense of 20 in a new place.
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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,
选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Two old beggars were sitting on a busy corner. They watched helplessly as scores of people walked by, some purposely ___36___ them and others too caught up in their own cares to even notice their __37__. Every so often, a __38__woman or a small child would drop a few coins in the __39__ which lay in front of them.
As the crowd began to die down, they started to __40_ their things and head for their evening shelters. Just as they were getting ready to leave, they noticed a man walking toward them. He was obviously a _ 41 man ----they could tell that from his finely tailored business suit.
The first beggar whispered to the second with _____, “ He’s coming our way!”
The two tried not to look ___43____ at the man as he stepped closer to them, but they couldn’t ___44___ gazing up with anticipation (期待) as he reached into his pocket and took something out.
“Trunk” was the only sound they heard __45___ what looked like a piece of hard _46__, wrapped in tissue paper hit each of their waiting hats. The rich man __47__ and continued on his way, not making a backward glance.
“How insulting (侮辱人的)!” said the first beggar. “He could have __48___ left us a few coins or a spare bill, but he mocks (嘲弄) us with a piece of rock candy. Who does he think we are ----__49___? There’s no way we can even eat this ---------we have no __50___.” He picked up the object and threw it into the gutter(排水沟).
“I haven’t had anything like this for ages,” the _51_beggar thought. “I can’t chew it, but I can suck on it for while, and the sugary juices will stay in my _52__ for a long time. How nice of that man to offer me something so sweet.”
With that, he _53_ the white tissue paper, but to his _54__, there was no hard rock candy inside. _55_, into his fell a shiny white pearl worth thousands of dollars.
36. | A. aiding | B. abusing | C. abandoning | D. ignoring |
37. | A. existence | B. situation | C. appearance | D. expressing |
38. | A. young | B. kind-hearted | C. beautiful | D. police |
39. | A. hats | B. hands | C. pockets | D. bowls |
40. | A. give up | B. cover up | C. pack up | D. build up |
41. | A. healthy | B. wealthy | C. kind | D. generous |
42. | A. confusion | B. determination | C. excitement | D. amazement |
43. | A. calmly | B. happily | C. sadly | D. directly |
44. | A. help | B. avoid | C. stop | D. prevent |
45. | A. because | B. as | C. since | D. though |
46. | A. cake | B. candy | C. coin | D. bill |
47. | A. quit | B. declined | C. turned | D. resigned |
48. | A. easily | B. hardly | C. suddenly | D. finally |
49. | A. students | B. children | C. adults | D. old men |
50. | A. hands | B. teeth | C. bowls | D. money |
51. | A. angry | B. second | C. old | D. wise |
52. | A. pocket | B. hand | C. mouth | D. hat |
53. | A. threw | B. undertook | C. unfolded | D. wrapped |
54. | A. satisfaction | B. surprise | C. horror | D. disappointment |
55. | A. However | B. Fortunately | C. Therefore | D. Instead |
Imagine that you are in school, giving a speech to your class. Now think what it feels like when stammering (口吃) makes it a struggle to communicate your thoughts and feelings to other people.
The King’s Speech, which won the best picture at the Academy Awards in March, 2011, focuses on stammering along with other speech-related problems. The movie tells the story of Britain’s King George VI, who became king after his brother Edward VIII gave up the crown to marry an American woman.
As a result of British actor Colin Firth’s performance, people are starting to realize that stammering can damage a person’s self-confidence and cause him or her to escape from life.
“The serious problem is unseen and unheard,” said Norbert Lieckfeldt, an expert at the British Stammering Association, in an interview with a news reporter.
“Stammering masks your ability,” he said. “It's a serious disability.”
Most stammerers face bullying (欺负) in school, something that is “usually carried over into the workplace”.
George VI’s stammer took away his confidence as a speaker. But Samantha Mesango, a speech coach based in the UK, believes that speech problems are more common than most people realize. “Some simply don’t like the sound of their own voice; others are scared of speaking in public,” she said.
Travis Treats from St.Louis University praised The King’s Speech. He said it shows that “how one’s speech does not mean what one is inside”. He also added that people who stammer need to be heard and our society should recognize that they have a lot to give to the world.
【小题1】The author writes the first 3 paragraphs to .
A.show how harmful stammer is for common people |
B.introduce a famous movie winning great awards |
C.tell the story of the king who suffers from stammer |
D.draw readers’ attention to the problem of stammer |
A.stammerers face bullying in school but not in the workplace |
B.Edward VIII gave up his crown because he was a stammerer |
C.stammerers should be understood and can contribute to the world |
D.the sufferings caused by stammer haven’t been found yet |
A.the voice of stammering people cannot be heard |
B.people who stammer do better in work than school |
C.there are a lot of things that stammering people can give to us |
D.the serious problem of stammering remains unseen and unheard |
A.the success the king made by overcoming stammer |
B.the medical treatments given to the stammerers |
C.doctors’ opinions upon the serious stammer problem |
D.how popular the movie The King’s Speech will become |