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通读下面短文,了解其大意,然后从21—40各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项   
After their business trip, John and Mary returned, eager to see their lovely children. As they drove into their home town feeling glad to be back, they noticed 21 , and they went off their usual route to see what it was. They found a  22 in flames. Mary said, “Oh, well, it isn’t our fire, let’s go home.”
But John 23 closer and screamed, “That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant. He wouldn’t be 24 works yet, maybe there is something we could do. ” “It has nothing to do with us”, Mary 25 .
But John drove up and stopped and they were both horror-stricken to see the whole house in 26 . A woman on the lawn was screaming, “The children! Get the children!” John 27 her by the shoulder saying, “Get a hold of yourself and tell us where the children are!” “In the 28 ,” cried the woman, “down the hall and to the left. ”
In spite of Mary’s disagreement John 29 for the basement which was full of smoke and 30 hot. He found the door and two children. 31 he left he could hear some more sobbing(哭泣). He 32 the two badly frightened children into 33 arms and started back asking how many more children were down there. They told him 34 more and Mary grasped his arm and screamed, “John! Don’t go back! It’s 35  ! That house will fall down any second. ”
36 he ran into the smoke-filled hallway and at last he found both children. As he climbed up the 37 stairs, the thought went through his mind that there was something strangely 38 about the little bodies next to him, and at last when they came out into the  39  and fresh air, he found that he had just  40 his own children.
The baby-sitter had left them at this home while she did some shopping.
小题1:
A.directionB.mistakeC.dangerD.smoke
小题2:
A.homeB.plantC.storeD.kitchen
小题3:
A.ranB.walkedC.droveD.rode
小题4:
A.at B.offC.toD.on
小题5:
A.whisperedB.nodded C.disagreedD.required
小题6:
A.ruinsB.pieces C.flamesD.silence
小题7:
A.pushedB.seizedC.greetedD.stopped
小题8:
A.basementB.departmentC.houseD.hall
小题9:
A.wentB.reachedC.askedD.rushed
小题10:
A.heavilyB.slightlyC.partlyD.terribly
小题11:
A.If B.AsC.SinceD.Unless
小题12:
A.comfortedB.deliveredC.recognized D.protected
小题13:
A.cheeringB.freezingC.waitingD.suffering
小题14:
A.manyB.severalC.threeD.two
小题15:
A.dangerousB.foolishC.practicalD.painful
小题16:
A.ThereforeB.SoC.Consequently D.But
小题17:
A.wideB.endlessC.finalD.dirty
小题18:
A.particularB.interesting C.familiarD.fortunate
小题19:
A.carB.sunlight C.crowdD.arms
小题20:
A.rescuedB.foundC.lostD.missed

小题21:D
小题22:A
小题23:C
小题24:B
小题25:C
小题26:C
小题27:B
小题28:A
小题29:D
小题30:D
小题31:B
小题32:B
小题33:C
小题34:D
小题35:A
小题36:D
小题37:B
小题38:C
小题39:B
小题40:A

小题21:D 由下文They found a home in flames.可推断出此处应为 fire
小题22:A 由下文“That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant.”可知失火的是Fred Jones的家,故此处填home
小题23:C 根据上下文反复提到John和Mary驾驶着汽车,故选项为C
小题24:B  John说,那是Fred Jones的家,又说或许他们能做点什么,即提供帮助(救火)。中间这句应该是说Fred Jones 这个时间不会在家,所以应该是be off works(还没下班)。
小题25:C  A和B项不符合语境,显然Mary的态度很激烈,要John不要管闲事,所以要用require。而disagree一般用于某人不同意或反对某时或某事,用在此处不合适
小题26:C 根据语境来看,房子正在燃烧,因此此处要用flames
小题27:B 情况危急,John抓住woman的肩膀,因此要用seize her by the shoulder,而不可能是推,故不选push
小题28:A 下文讲到John冲进地下室,故A正确
小题29:D 情况紧急,John冲入地下室,故选rushed
小题30:D   terribly此处意为“极度地、非常地、骇人地”,房子因失火而热浪滚滚,极其热,热得吓人;而heavily一般用于猛烈地、大量地、严重地,搭配不合适
小题31:B 当他带着两个孩子离开的时候,听到还有哭声,因此用as
小题32:B  John把孩子救出,递到外面等候的人手中,故选delivered
小题33:C 参看第32小题解析
小题34:D 根据下文,他终于把两个孩子都找到了,关键词语是both,故此处应为two
小题35:A  Mary要他不要再回去了,因为房子马上就要倒塌了,所以此处应为dangerous
小题36:D 此句说虽然Mary劝阻,但John还是冲进浓烟弥漫的走廊,故选but
小题37:B  John在地下室找到两个孩子,浓烟中带着他们,行动艰难,危急时刻,人也会感觉时间过得很慢,因此应该是“总也走不到头的楼梯”故选B项
小题38:C 虽然在浓烟中看不清,他也并没想到会是自己的孩子,所以虽感觉熟悉,却也很奇怪,故说strangely familiar
小题39:B 带着孩子冲出烈焰浓烟,在阳光下他看清了的确是自己的两个爱子
小题40:A  rescue救;found,找到;lost,失去;missed,失去, A 符合语境
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小题1:
A.noticeB.report C.boardD.newspaper
小题2:
A.didB.promisedC.madeD.agreed
小题3:
A.every day B.every monthC.twice a weekD.once a week
小题4:
A.excellent B.free C.extraD.unexpected
小题5:
A.waited B.came C.hoped D.went
小题6:
A.friends B.neighbors C.relatives D.customers
小题7:
A.got rid of B.got along with C.gave up D.gave out
小题8:
A.counterB.cushion C.food D.cupboard
小题9:
A.against B.for C.with D.about
小题10:
A.often B.always C.usually D.seldom
小题11:
A.billB.handC.car D.basket
小题12:
A.anxiously B.seriously C.crazily D.wonderfully
小题13:
A.pocketsB.car C.basket D.house
小题14:
A.buy B.find C.take D.have
小题15:
A.shop B.counterC.department D.supermarket
小题16:
A.door B.entrance C.cash-desk D.shelves
小题17:
A.secretary B.policeman C.manager D.salesman
小题18:
A.Putting out B.Holding out C.ShakingD.Waving
小题19:
A.congratulateB.tell C.informD.thank
小题20:
A.is yoursB.means nothingC.belongs to youD.costs nothing
“Where would we be right now if I did not have the restaurant? How else would I be able to provide for our family? Who give me, a man without 36 ,a job?” My father 37 say these things on our car rides to the stores that supply our 38.
He would tell me stories of long, hard hours spent 39 in the hot kitchen and helping all the 40. Now I 41 late on weekends to welcome him, 42 that he will tell me something 43 .He always knows how to inspire me. I could never understand 44 he grew to be so wise without even having the opportunity to complete high school.
“Make sure you get a job 45 you have to wear a tie!” he’d always say with a smile. They were like a paintbrush(画笔) that began 46 this beautiful picture in my head that I have entitled(有资格的)my 47 in life.
My father has worked day in and day out,with few days off, for 20 years, never 48 .He would explain how this is 49 he had to do to make my 50 better. My father worked hard so that I 51 go to the best schools. He worked to supply me with 52 that would provide a job where I had to wear a tie.
My father is a 53 in which I can only hope to catch a reflection(反省)of myself. He is the one I strive to model myself after.  54 , when I make a great name for myself as a doctor, someone will ask, “Where did you get such a great work ethic (道德) ?”
“My father!” I’ ll say, adjusting(调整) my  55 and I’ ll smile.
小题1:A work                      B success             C money        D an education
小题2:A used to           B would              C always        D might
小题3:A family            B kitchen             C restaurant      D hotel
小题4:A to work           B work               C works         D working
小题5:A friends            B cooks              C customers      D waiters
小题6:A hold up           B keep up              C stand up        D stay up
小题7:A wished           B wishing             C hoped         D hoping
小题8:A wonderful         B interesting            C big            D wise
小题9:A whether         B how               C where         D when
小题10:A when           B where             C which         D that
小题11:A putting           B describing           C imagining      D painting
小题12:A job             B success             C goal           D future
小题13:A complained       B complains          C complaining    D complaint
小题14:A what           B that               C which          D why
小题15:A job             B life               C days          D future
小题16:A would          B could             C should        D must
小题17:A opportunities     B hopes              C occasions       D possibilities
小题18:A model          B mirror              C hero           D example
小题19:A The other day     B Another day        C Some days      D One day
小题20:A tie                      B suit            C dress          D shirt
“Dr.Papaderos,what is the meaning of life?”
The usual laughter followed,and people stirred(骚动)to go.Papaderos held up his hand and stilled the room and looked at me for a long time,asking with his eyes if I was serious and seeing from my eyes that I was.
“I will,answer your question.”
Taking his wallet out of his hip pocket,he fished into a leather billfold and brought out a very small round mirror,about the size of a quarter.And what he said went like this:
“When I was a small child,during the war,we were very poor and we lived in a remote village.One day,on the road,I found the broken pieces of a mirror.A German motorcycle had been wrecked in that place.
I tried to find all the pieces and put them together,but it was not possible,so I kept only the largest piece.This one,and,by scratching it on a stone.I made it round. I began to play with it as a toy and became fascinated by the fact that I could reflect light into dark places where the sun would never shine——in deep holes and crevices(裂缝)and dark closets. It became a game for me to get light into the most inaccessible places I could find.
I kept the little mirror,and,as I went about my growing up,I would take it out in idle moments and continue the challenge of the game.As I became a man,I grew to understand that this was not just a child’s game but a metaphor for what I might do with my life.I came to understand that I am not the light or the source of light.But light——truth,understanding,knowledge——is there,and it will shine in many dark places only if I reflect it.
I am a fragment(碎片)of a mirror whose whole design and shape l do not know.Nevertheless,with what I have I can reflect light into the dark places of this world——into the black places in the hearts of men—and change some things in some people.Perhaps others may see and do likewise.This is what I am about.This is the meaning of my life.”
小题1:On hearing the author’s question,Dr.Papedotes       at first.
A.laughed at his foolishnessB.wasn’t sure of the answer
C.doubted his seriousnessD.wasn’t interested at all
小题2:How did Dr.Papaderos get the small round mirror when he was a child?
A.He found it on the road and made it round.
B.A dying German soldier gave him as a present.
C.He chanced to find it in the street while playing.
D.He put the broken pieces together and made it.
小题3:Why did Dr.Papaderos like the small round mirror so much as a child?
A.Because he was too poor to afford other toys.
B.Because it could shine the places where tke sun couldn’t reach.
C.Because he believed it would bring good luck to him.
D.Because it tofd him a lot about what life really meant to him.
小题4:The underlined“metaphor”in the 7th paragraph most probably means       .
A.symbolB.sourceC.lightD.purpose
小题5:Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
A.A Special Game in the ChildhoodB.A Broken Piece of Mirror
C.Dr.Papaderos’ExperienceD.The Meaning of Life
Heading off to college this year? Here are some fashion tips from our experts you should keep in mind:
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Logo mania (品牌狂热症): Wearing the logos of brands aimed at younger customers physically identifies you as part of that age group, so consider the targeted age group of the stores you shop at. It’s tempting to load up on logos, especially well-known logos that signify high-end brands. But consider this: college is a time of self-discovery, a chance to develop your own personal style. Instead of wearing logos head to toe, “walking advertisement”-style, why not express who you really are?
Wear real pants! The combination of leggings and baggy shirts is all too common on college campuses. Smith points out that leggings, yoga pants, and sweatpants are entirely unacceptable in public unless you’re exercising. Although leggings worn as pants are a common trend among high school and college girls, they are not an appropriate choice for daywear. As a young woman, your style choice should begin to reflect your maturity level. So, get rid of leggings and wear real pants!
Keep the cute factor to a minimum: Stay away from sweaters and T-shirts with smiling animals, cartoon characters, or Hello Kitty on them. Sure, kittens might be cute, but they’re not doing you any favors in the style department. Dressing too cutesy can take years off your look, and not necessarily in a good way!
小题1:The second paragraph indicates the importance of ________.
A.impressing professors
B.getting on well with classmates
C.creating a professional image
D.dressing appropriately
小题2:The author believes that college girls should ________.
A.choose a logo that suits their age
B.try to load up on well-known logos
C.use logos to show who they are
D.find their identity by trying different logos
小题3:The author recommends wearing real pants because ________.
A.leggings and baggy shirts are too common
B.yoga pants and sweatpants are not as comfortable
C.real pants can present you with appropriate maturity
D.people like real pants better than the other pants
小题4:What’s the writer’s attitude towards sweaters with animals on them?
A.They make people look lovely.
B.They are very fashionable these days.
C.They will show you’re an animal lover.
D.They are not suitable for college-aged students.
小题5:In which magazine would you most likely find this passage?
A.Business Week.B.Parents.C.In style.D.Travel & Leisure.
The two-week vacation at the end of summer school ended yesterday. Kevin had gone nowhere during his vacation. He had the money, but he hated to travel alone. He used to take vacations with Gary, his youngest brother, but they had a big argument at the end of their last vacation. Each of them had spent the last three years waiting for the other to apologize.
Kevin did not feel good about being on non-speaking terms with his favorite brother. But he was not going to ask for forgiveness when, in his mind, this whole misunderstanding was his brother’s fault.
So Kevin’s summer vacation was spent in his own “back yard.” As usual, he had planned to clean up his apartment. As usual, two weeks later his apartment looked just as it had two weeks before.
He did do one thing new and different during his vacation. There was a new coffee shop on Foothill Street. It served 25 varieties of delicious coffee at reasonable prices, and the staff was genuinely friendly. The shop was air-conditioned at a slightly chilly temperature. About eight small round tables were inside. Outside were four bigger tables. Each had four white metal chairs around it, and several big umbrellas provided shade. Even on hot afternoons, there was usually a pleasant breeze.
Kevin visited the coffee shop four times during his vacation. He always sat at a table outside by himself and read the free daily paper. Each day he was there, he read most of the newspaper articles while he enjoyed two cups of coffee.
Between articles, he took breaks by watching the nearby traffic and pedestrians. The coffee shop was next to a huge parking lot. The lot was for customers of a grocery store, movie rental store, pharmacy, bank, and restaurant. Kevin considered his outdoor seat the perfect place for one of his favorite activities—people watching.
The coffee shop, with its excellent location and coffee, had helped make his vacation a pleasant one. But he knew in his heart, had his brother been there to join him just one day, his vacation would have been a perfect one.
小题1: Why didn’t Kevin go anywhere during his vacation?
A.Because he was short of money.B.Because he didn’t like traveling.
C.Because he had no company.D.Because he had to clean up his apartment.
小题2: What did Kevin do in his vacation?
A.He cleaned up his apartment.B.He had a big argument with Gary.
C.He worked in a parking lot.D.He stayed at home most of the time.
小题3: Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the coffee house?
A.It served delicious coffee of different flavors.
B.It had an effective air-conditioning system.
C.It was often crowded with local customers.
D.It provided free newspapers for customers.
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Soon she was writing about other memorable events in her life, too, like the day her family got their first refrigerator. She also began writing stories, thanks to one of her teachers. Yoshiko wrote stories about animal characters such as Jimmy Chipmunk and Willie the Squirrel. She kept on writing, sharing the kitchen table with her mother, who wrote poems on scraps of paper and the backs of envelopes.
Yoshiko grew up in the 1930s in Berkeley, California. Her parents, both of whom had been born in Japan, provided a loving and happy home for Yoshiko and her sister. They also provided a stream of visitors to their home who later found their way into Yoshiko’s stories. One visitor who later appeared in several of Yoshiko’s stories was the bad-tempered Mr. Toga, who lived above the church that her family attended. Mr. Toga would scold anyone who displeased him. The children all feared him and loved to tell stories about how mean he was and how his false teeth rattled (咯咯响) when he talked.
Yoshiko also included in her stories some of the places she visited and the experiences she had. One of her favorite places was a farm her parents took her to one summer. The owners of the farm, showed Yoshiko and her sister how to pump water from the well and how to gather eggs in the henhouse. They fed the mules that later pulled a wagon loaded with hay while Yoshiko and the others rode in the back, staring up at the stars shining in the night sky. Yoshiko, who lived in the city, had never seen such a sight. As Yoshiko gazed up at the stars, she was filled with hope and excitement about her life. The images of that hayride stayed with her long after the summer visit ended, and she used them in several of her stories.
The experiences Yoshiko had and the parade of people who marched through her young life became a part of the world she created in over twenty books for young people, such as The Best Bad Thing and A Jar of Dreams. Because of such books, we can all share just a little bit of the world and the times in which this great writer grew up.
小题1:The author tells about Mr. Toga’s false teeth in Paragraph 3 in order to ____________.
A.show health care was not good enough in Berkeley during the 1930s
B.provide an interesting detail in Yoshiko’s life and stories
C.show Yoshiko’s young life was difficult and frightening
D.tell about a beloved relative who helped Yoshiko learn how to write
小题2:In Paragraph 4 “the stars” probably refer to ____________.
A.family relationshipsB.terrors in the night
C.limitless possibilitiesD.sacrifices to benefit others
小题3: What does the underlined part in the last paragraph mean?
A.Yoshiko loved to write about parades.
B.Yoshiko met many interesting people.
C.Yoshiko liked to go for long walks with others.
D.Yoshiko preferred to talk to her pets instead of to people.
小题4:What is the main idea of this story?
A.People who live in the city should spend as much time as they can in the country.
B.Writers like Yoshiko Uchida must communicate with as many writers as possible.
C.Those who move to the United States often miss their homelands for many years.
D.Writers like Yoshiko Uchida look to the richness of their lives for material.
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The youngster immediately fell silent as tears welled up in his big blue eyes.Apologicaliy the father said, "You can finish later."
The boy said nothing but quietly walked away, disappointment written over his face.That evening the father said, "Come and finish the kisses now, Andrew!" But the boy didn't respond.
Unfortunately, a few days later after this incident, the boy had an accident and was drowned.His heartbroken father wrote...
"If only I could tell him how much I regret my thoughtless words, and could be sure that he knows how much my heart is aching."
Love is not only giving.Any loving act must be warmly accepted or it will be taken as rejection and can leave a scar.If we are too busy to give and receive love, we are too busy! Nothing is more important than responding with love to the cry for love from those who are near and precious to us, because there may be no chance at all as in the case of the little boy.
小题1:What does the underlined phrase "poring over" mean?
A.looking in onB.looking out for
C.looking throughD.looking around
小题2:The boy is going to give his father 40 kisses because ______.
A.his father is very busy
B.this is the boy' birthday
C.the boy wants to play with his father
D.this is his father' birthday and he's 40 years old
小题3:What happened to the youngster later?
A.His heart was broken.B.He died unexpectedly.
C.He ran away from home.D.He fell silent all the time.
小题4:Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A.A Love StoryB.Love Your Son
C.A Father and a SonD.Love is a Two-way Street

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  On Monday, the Nobel Prize committee awarded the prize for economics to the three scholars who have done the most to explain this phenomenon. Two of the winners are Americans, Peter Diamond of MIT and Dale Mortensen of Northwestern. The third winner is Christopher Pissarides, who teaches at the London School of Economics and was born on Cyprus.
  Like most of economics, what they have found about why the jobless and ready-employers don’t find each other seems obvious. You have to find out there is job opening you are interested in. Employers need to get resumes (简历). It takes a while for both employers and employees to make the decision that this is what they want. And these guys came up with a frame-work to study the problem of why people stay unemployed longer than they should and what can be done about it.
  So what would today’s Nobel Prize winners do to solve the current problem of the unemployed? And does the awarding of the prize contribute to the politicians’ lowering joblessness?
  Speaking from his north London home, Pissarides told The Associated Press the announcement came as “a complete surprise” though his work had already helped shape thinking on both sides of the Atlantic.
  For example, the New Deal for Young People, a British government policy aimed at getting 18-24-year-olds back on the job market after long periods of unemployment, “is very much based on our work,” he said.
  “One of the key things we found is that it is important to make sure that people do not stay unemployed too long so they don’t lose their feel for the labor force,” Pissarides told reporters in London. “The ways of dealing with this need not be expensive training – it could be as simple as providing work experience.”
小题1:According to the writer, which is true about finding jobs?
A.It is always difficult to find a job.
B.Everyone can find a job in good times.
C.Contrary to popular belief, it is easier to find a job in bad times.
D.It is possible to find a job even in times as bad as now.
小题2: What is it that leads to their winning the prize?
A.They have found the reason for unemployment.
B.They have put forward a set of ideas to deal with unemployment.
C.They have found out why people don’t want to be employed.
D.They have long studied the problem of unemployment.
小题3:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A.Pissarides thinks his work surprising.
B.The work of Pissarides has influenced many economists.
C.Some of the winners’ ideas have been put into practice.
D.It is probable that unemployed young people in Britain benefit from Pissarides’ work.
小题4: According to Pissarides, _________ is effrctive in dealing with unemployment.
A.spending large sums of money on training
B.teaching some knowledge of economics
C.providing work experience
D.keeping people unemployed for some time

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