题目内容
In fact, China is a_________(多山的)country.
When I was thirteen, my family moved from Boston to
The words, so small, didn't seem 40 enough to hold my new life. But the world changed and I awoke on a tram moving across the country. I watched the 41_ change from green trees to flat dusty plains to high mountains as I saw strange new plants that 42 mysteries(奥秘) yet to come. Finally, we arrived and 43 into own new home.
44 my older sisters were sad at the loss of friends, I 45 explored(探索) our
new surroundings.
One afternoon, I was out exploring 46 and saw a new kind of cactus(仙人掌). I crouched (蹲) down for a closer look. "You'd better not 47 that."
I turned around to see an old woman
"Are you new lo this neighborhood?" I explained that I was, 48 , new to the entire state.
"My name is Ina Thorne. Have you got used to life in the 49 ? It must be quite a _50 after living in
How could I explain how I 51 the desert? I couldn't seem to find the right words.
"It's vastness," she offered. “That vastness 52 you stand on the mountains overlooking the desert -- you can 53 how little you are in comparison with the world. _54 , you feel that the possibilities are limitless.”
That was it. That was the feeling I'd bad ever since I'd first seen the mountains of my new home. Again, my 55 would change with just a few simple words.
"Would you like to come to my home tomorrow? Someone should teach you which plant you should and shouldn't touch."
36.A. During | B. Until | C. Upon | D. Before |
37. A. gathered | B. warned | C. organized | D. comforted |
38. A. hoping | B. admitting | C. realizing | D. believing |
39. A. going | B. moving | C. driving | D. flying |
40. A. good | B. simple | C. big | D. proper |
41 A. picture | B. ground | C. sense | D. area |
42. A. suggested | B. solved | C. discovered | D. explained |
43. A. settled | B. walked | C. hurried | D. stepped |
44. A. If | B. After | C. once | D. While |
45. A. bitterly | B. easily | C. proudly | D. eagerly |
46 A as well | B. as usual | C. fight away | D. on time |
47. A. move | B. dig | C. pull | D. touch |
48. A. of course | B. in fact | C. after all | D. at least |
49. A. desert | B. city | C. state | D. country |
50. A. luck | B. doubt | C. shock |
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51. A. found | B. examined | C. watched | D. reached |
52. A. why | B. when | C. how | D. where |
53. A. prove | B. guess | C. sense | D. expect |
54. A. However | B. Otherwise | C. Therefore | D. Meanwhile |
55. A. idea | B. life | C. home | D. family |
I paid 30 yuan for a watermelon the other day. When I ate it at home I found it more bitter than sweet. I was 36 to throw it away for it cost me money 37 . But to eat it was a 38 thing no better than tasting goldthread(黄连)
Things like this 39 occur in our daily life. For example, last week when going on a tour we failed to find the 40 we had been seeking. 41 we were so uncomfortable as if on pins and needles(如坐针毡).In such a case we had better 42 home immediately, but most of us tourists still chose to 43 our way until we finished visiting all the scenic spots, 44 actually we did not quite enjoy them.
If we 45 , we’ll get nothing; we would have spent money 46 .If we don’t give up, what we’ve got is something to cause suffering or pain, or 47 disaster. Since that’s the case, why are we still unwilling to 48 with it? The only 49 _ is: it means money.
Then what 50 __does money contain? Its importance lies in none 51 __the following two aspects: (1) it can be used for our living;(2) it can be used for daily life. When a sum of money that should be able to obtain joy or enjoyment is certain to 52 the purpose, isn’t it wise to give it up? Isn’t it a sort of 53 for money-spending or even for enjoying ourselves?
To abandon and forget a sum of money that is to be of no value or to produce 54 values can be counted as 55 value of money. Isn’t it so?
【小题1】 |
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A.above all | B.after all | C.in all | D.for all |
A.pleasant | B.painful | C.dangerous | D.special |
A.regularly | B.recently | C.hardly | D.frequently |
A.friendship | B.memory | C.pleasure | D.experience |
A.On the whole | B.In this way | C.In other words | D.On the contrary |
A.call | B.leave | C.arrive | D.return |
A.feel | B.continue | C.stop | D.make |
A.because | B.since | C.although | D.unless |
A.give away | B.give up | C.give out | D.give in |
【小题12】.
A.even | B.still | C.ever | D.more |
A.stay | B.part | C.take | D.break |
A.excuse | B.reason | C.topic | D.ambition |
A.value | B.message | C.secret | D.surprise |
A.less than | B.better than | C.rather than | D.other than |
A.ignore | B.serve | C.fail | D.meet |
A.possibility | B.mistake | C.wisdom | D.choice |
A.proper | B.negative | C.wonderful | D.various |
A.little | B.whole | C.other | D.another |