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Freda Bright says, "Only in opera do people die of love." It's true. You really can't love somebody to death. I've known people to die from no love, but I've never known anyone to be loved to death. We just can't love one another enough.

    A heart-warming story tells of a woman  36  decided to ask her boss for a  37  in salary. All day she felt  38  and worried. Late in the afternoon she summoned the  39  to approach her employer. To her  40 , the boss agreed to a raise.

    The woman arrived home that evening, finding a beautiful table  41  with their best dishes. Candles were softly glowing. Her husband had come home  42  and prepared a festive meal. She  43  if someone from the office had tipped him off, or ... did he just somehow know that she would not get  _44 ?

    She found him in the kitchen and told him the  45  news. They embraced and kissed, then sat down to the wonderful  46   Next to her plate the woman found a beautifully lettered note. It  47_  "Congratulations, darling ! I knew you'd get the raise! These things will tell you how much I love you."

    Following the supper, her husband went into the  48  to clean up. She noticed that a second card had fallen from his pocket. Picking it off the  49 , she read: "Don' t worry about not getting the raise! You  50  it anyway! These things will tell you how much I love you. "

   Someone has said that the measure of love is when you love without  51 . What this man feels for his  52  is total acceptance and love,  53  she succeeds or fails. His love celebrates her victories and soothes (抚慰，减轻) her  54 . He stands with her, no matter what life throws  55  their direction.

    Upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, Mother Teresa said: "What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family. "And love your friends. Love them without measure.

1.A. she           B. who            C. whom           D. which

2.A.development    B. promise        C. raise          D. post

3.A. nervous       B. happy          C. excited        D. sorry

4.A. strength      B. courage        C. power          D. tongue

5.A. regret        B. disappointment C. horror         D. delight

6.A. decorated     B. fulfilled      C. prepared       D. set

7.A. early         B. hurriedly      C. happily        D. angrily

8.A. asked         B. understood     C. wondered       D. guessed

9.A. turned up     B. turned over    C. turned down    D. turned in

10.A. shocking      B. unimportant    C. Unlucky        D. good

11.A. discussion    B. meal           C. ceremony       D. holiday

12.A. read          B. wrote         C. showed         D. told

13.A. bedroom       B. study          C. kitchen        D. garden

14.A. bed           B. floor          C. table          D. plate

15.A. deserve       B. own            C. request              D. remember

16.A. worry         B. way            C. method         D. measure

17.A. employee      B. wife           C. friend      D. colleague

18.A. whether       B. if             C. when            D. how

19.A. happiness     B. tears          C. wounds          D. duties

20.A. to            B. from           C. for             D. in

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.C

10.D

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.A

16.D

17.B

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了在真正的生活中存在着真爱，要我们相信爱情的存在。

1.考查定语从句，先行词是a woman，定语从句中缺少主语，用who引导定语从句，选B

2.考查名词：A.development发展，B. promise许诺，C. raise提升，D. post职位，从下文的I knew you'd get the raise!可知这个女士是想要老板给她涨工资，选C

3.考查形容词：A. nervous紧张的，B. happy快乐的，C. excited兴奋的，D. sorry对不起的，和worried并列，说明她一天都是紧张的.选A

4.考查名词：A. strength力量，B. courage 勇气，C. power权力，D. tongue舌头，语言，她鼓起勇气朝老板走去，选B

5.考查名词：A. regret后悔，遗憾，B. disappointment失望，C. horror害怕，D. delight高兴，从后面的句子：the boss agreed to a raise.老板同意涨工资了，说明她很高兴，选D

6.考查动词：A. decorated装饰，B. fulfilled 完成，C. prepared准备，D. set设置，摆放，桌上摆放的是最好的饭菜，选D

7.考查形容词：A. early早，B. hurriedly 匆忙地，C. happily快乐地，D. angrily生气地，从后面的内容：and prepared a festive meal，可知丈夫早早回来准备节日的晚餐，选A

8.考查动词：A. asked 问，B. understood 理解，C. wondered想知道，D. guessed猜想，她想知道是否办公室有人暗示过他了，选C

9.考查词组：A. turned up出现，B. turned over翻转，C. turned down拒绝，声音调低，D. turned in上交，从前面的句子：the boss agreed to a raise.可知她没有被拒绝，选C

10.考查形容词：A. shocking令人震惊的，B. unimportant不重要的，C. Unlucky不幸运的，D. good好的，前面我们知道老板同意给她涨工资，这是个好消息，选D

11.考查名词： A. discussion讨论，B. meal饭，C. ceremony仪式，D. holiday假期，从前面的句子：Her husband had come home  42  and prepared a festive meal.可知他们坐下吃美味的饭菜，选B

12.考查动词：A. read读，写着，B. wrote写，C. showed 展示，D. told告诉，表示“便条上写着…”，用read，选A

13.考查名词：A. bedroom 卧室，B. study书房，C. kitchen厨房，D. garden花园，从后面的to clean up.可知丈夫是进了厨房，选C

14.考查名词：A. bed床，B. floor地板，C. table桌子，D. plate盘子，从前面的句子：She noticed that a second card had fallen from his pocket.可知卡片从口袋掉到地板上，选B

15.考查动词：A. deserve值得，应得到， B. own拥有，C. request要求，D. remember记得，从前面的句子：Don' t worry about not getting the raise!可知丈夫写这张卡片是以防她没有涨工资，用来安慰她的，她应该得到涨工资，选A

16.考查名词：A. worry担心，B. way方式，C. method方法，D. measure衡量，措施，从前面的the measure of love 和后面的Love them without measure.可知对爱的衡量是当你不去计较的爱时候，选D

17.考查名词：A. employee职员，B. wife 妻子， C. friend 朋友， D. colleague同事，这个人对妻子的感觉是完全的接受和爱，选B

18.考查连词：A. whether是否，不管，B. if如果，是否，C. when当…时候，D. how怎样，whether可以引导让步状语从句和or连用，表示“不管…还是…’,这句话是“不管她失败还是成功”，选A

19.考查名词：A. happiness快乐，B. tears眼泪，C. wounds伤口，D. duties职责，他的爱庆祝她的胜利抚慰她的伤口，选C

20. 考查介词：朝着…方向in the direction，选D

考点：考查情感类短文