题目内容
________________ for their wedding, they haven’t had a rest for several weeks.
A. Devoted to preparing B. Devoted to prepare
A. Devoting to prepare D. Devoting to preparing
A
解析:
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is has ever happened to us before. We’ve never 53 anything or been given anything. Things 54 this just don’t happen to us .” But it did happen. Now every time I think of the 55 at the restaurant a smile spreads across my mouth, as I remember how once, I felt a strong desire to give freely to another.
prepared C. paid D. finished 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
John stood up and studied the crowd of people who were making their way through the station. He looked for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he16 , the girl with a(an) 17 . The story had begun twelve months before in a 18 . Taking a book off a shelf he found himself 19 by the notes penciled in the margin(空白处，白边).The soft handwriting20 a thoughtful soul and insightful mind. In the front of the book, he discovered the 21 owner’s name, Rosanna.
During the next year the two grew to know each other through the 22 . Each letter was a seed falling on a fertile heart. The day finally came for their first 23 —7:00p.m. at the station.
A beautiful young girl in a green suit was coming toward him, whose 24 was (were) tall and slim. John started to walk towards her with delight, entirely forgetting to 25 that she was not wearing a rose. He 26 made one step closer to her, and then saw Rosanna, a short and fat woman well past 40, with a rose on her coat was standing almost directly 27 the girl. The girl in the green suit quickly walked away.
John felt 28 he was split(撕开) in two, and there he stood. His fingers gripped（紧握） the worn leather copy of the 29 that was to identify him to her. He knew this would not be 30 something perhaps even better than love. John felt choked by the bitterness of his 31 . “I’m John, and you must be Rosanna. I am so glad you could meet me, may I take you to 32 ?”
The woman’s face broadened into a big smile. “I don’t know what this is about, son,” she answered, “but the young lady in the green suit who just 33 begged me to wear this rose on my coat. And she said 34 you were to ask me out to dinner, I should tell you that she is waiting for you in the big 35 across the street. She said it was some kind of test!”
| 16. A. hadn’t | B. haven’t | C. couldn’t | D. didn’t |
| 17. A. rose | B. flower | C. book | D. notes |
| 18. A. restaurant | B. meeting room | C. library | D. station |
| 19. A. absorbed | B. surrounded | C. interested | D. persuaded |
| 20. A. reacted | B. reflected | C. responded | D. repeated |
| 21. A. previous | B. nice | C. thoughtful | D. beautiful |
| 22. A. phone | B. telegram | C. book | D. mail |
| 23. A. dining | B. meeting | C. walking | D. talking |
| 24. A. legs | B. face | C. figure | D. hair |
| 25. A. observe | B. know | C. notice | D. say |
| 26. A. carefully | B. eagerly | C. luckily | D. easily |
| 27. A. behind | B. past | C. beside | D. before |
| 28. A. as long as | B. even though | C. no matter how | D. as though |
| 29. A. newspaper | B. book | C. magazine | D. note |
| 30. A. a meeting | B. happiness | C. love | D a dinner |
| 31. A. excitement | B. sorrow | C. disappointment | D. unwillingness |
| 32. A. a walk | B. your home | C. a party | D. dinner |
| 33. A. went by | B. followed me | C. came here | D. went in the restaurant |
| 34. A. when | B. if | C. unless | D. since |
| 35. A. market | B. restaurant | C. building | D. library |
Some children are natural-born bosses. They have a strong need to make decisions，manage their environment，and lead rather than follow. Stephen Jackson，a Year One student，“operates under the theory of what's mine is mine and what's yours is mine，” says his mother. “The other day I bought two new Star Wars light sabers (剑). Later，I saw Stephen with the two new ones while his brother was using the beat-up ones.”
“Examine the extended family，and you'll probably find a bossy grandparent，aunt，uncle or cousin in every generation. It's an inheritable trait，” says Russell Barkley，a professor at the Medical University of South Carolina. Other children who may not be particularly bossy can gradually gain dominance (支配地位) when they sense their parents are weak，hesitant，or in disagreement with each other.
Whether it's inborn nature or developed character at work，too much control in the hands of the young isn't healthy for children or the family. Fear is at the root of a lot of bossy behavior，says family psychologist John Taylor. Children，he says in his book From Defiance to Cooperation，“have secret feelings of weakness” and “a desire to feel safe.” It's the parents' role to provide that protection.
When a “boss child” doesn't learn limits at home，the stage is set for a host of troubles outside the family. The overly willful and unbending child may have trouble obeying teachers or coaches，for example，or trouble keeping friends. It can be pretty lonely as the top dog if no one likes your bossy ways.
“I see more and more parents giving up their power，” says Barkley，who has studied bossy behavior for more than 30 years. “They bend too far because they don't want to be as strict as their own parents were. But they also feel less confident about their parenting skills. Their kids，in turn，feel more anxious.”
【小题1】Bossy children like Stephen Jackson_________.
| A．make good decisions | B．show self-centeredness |
| C．lack care from others | D．have little sense of fear |
| A．inborn nature | B．developed character |
| C．accepted theory | D．particular environment |
| A．should give more power to their children |
| B．should be strict with their children |
| C．should not be so anxious about their children |
| D．should not set limits for their children |
| A．How bossy behavior can be controlled. |
| B．How we can get along with bossy children. |
| C．What leads to children's bossy behavior. |
| D．What effect bossy behavior brings about. |