5.Luke didn't know what to do.He wanted to yell at Kyle,his(11)D,because Kyle continued to(12)C with his mom,Jane.She didn't demand very much from him---"Study hard,get the best(13)B you can,"she told him.She tried to get it into his head that she didn't have the (14)B for his college education.Not a cent could be expected!(15)A studying harder,Kyle spent hour after hour playing video games on his computer.He always waited until the last minute to study for school(16)B,and stayed up all night cramming(强记硬背) for them.When Jane tried to(17)D him that he needed good grades to get a(18)A,he would turn a deaf ear to her or even get angry.He said it was her(19)Dto take care for him financially(20)C he graduated from college.
"Where did he get that(21)D?"Luke asked."You've(22)Bhim for 10years all by yourself.You don't(23)A him a thing.He should be glad you haven't kicked him out of the apartment already.When I was in the eleventh grade,my father made it (24)C to me that when I graduated from high school,I was expected to leave home.(25)B Kyle thinks you have to pay his way through college!"
Jane would(26)D Luke to talk to Kyle."He says you're not his father,so why should he have to listen to you?"
"Well,his father's dead.He should appreciate that I'm(27)A to try to help him."Luke said.
"Kyle will be able to learn to accept your help and advice(28)C.But before that,Luke,we need to try hard to get him to accept you in his heart,close to the (29)B of his own father."
"I agree and we sure have every confidence in him."said Luke.
"Yes.And in(30)B,too!"Jane reminded him.
"Where did he get that(21)D?"Luke asked."You've(22)Bhim for 10years all by yourself.You don't(23)A him a thing.He should be glad you haven't kicked him out of the apartment already.When I was in the eleventh grade,my father made it (24)C to me that when I graduated from high school,I was expected to leave home.(25)B Kyle thinks you have to pay his way through college!"
Jane would(26)D Luke to talk to Kyle."He says you're not his father,so why should he have to listen to you?"
"Well,his father's dead.He should appreciate that I'm(27)A to try to help him."Luke said.
"Kyle will be able to learn to accept your help and advice(28)C.But before that,Luke,we need to try hard to get him to accept you in his heart,close to the (29)B of his own father."
"I agree and we sure have every confidence in him."said Luke.
"Yes.And in(30)B,too!"Jane reminded him.
11.A.cousin | B.stepbrother | C.nephew | D.stepson |
12.A.discuss | B.meet | C.argue | D.deal |
13.A.teachers | B.grades | C.friends | D.prizes |
14.A.need | B.money | C.hope | D.time |
15.A.Instead of | B.In addition to | C.In spite of | D.Along with |
16.A.rules | B.tests | C.regulations | D.admissions |
17.A.inform | B.warn | C.promise | D.remind |
18.A.scholarship | B.degree | C.reward | D.job |
19.A.honor | B.right | C.pleasure | D.responsibility |
20.A.since | B.when | C.until | D.after |
21.A.principle | B.decision | C.saying | D.idea |
22.A.helped | B.raised | C.educated | D.sponsored |
23.A.owe | B.ask | C.lend | D.offer |
24.A.easy | B.possible | C.clear | D.strange |
25.A.So | B.Yet | C.Still | D.Because |
26.A.force | B.allow | C.invite | D.forbid |
27.A.around | B.out | C.away | D.off |
28.A.in turn | B.at first | C.in time | D.at once |
29.A.heart | B.place | C.duty | D.life |
30.A.himself | B.ourselves | C.myself | D.yourselves. |
4.Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast.He advertised for hired hands.Most people were(16)unwilling to work on farms along the Atlantic.They feared the awful(17)storms that spread across the Atlantic,damaging the buildings and crops.(18)As the farmer interviewed applicants for the job,he received many(19)refusals.
Finally,a short,thin man,well past middle age,(20)approached the farmer."Are you a good farmhand?"the farmer asked him.
"Well,I can(21)sleep when the wind blows,"answered the little man.
Although(22)puzzled by this answer,the farmer,(23)desperate for help,hired him.The little man worked well around the(24)farm,busy from dawn to dusk,and the farmer felt(25)satisfiedwith the man's work.then one night the wind howled(怒号)loudly in from offshore.Jumping out of bed,the farmer took a lantern and(26)rushed next door the hired hand's sleeping room.He shook the little man and (27)cried,"Get up!A storm is coming!Tie things down (28)before they are blown away!The little man rolled over in bed and said(29)firmly,"No sir.I told you,I can sleep when the wind blows"(30)angered by the answer,the farmer was tempted to fire him on the spot.(31)instead,he hurried outside to prepared for the storm.To his (32)surprise,he discovered that all of the haystacks(干草堆)had been covered with tarpaulins(帆布).The cows and the chickens were all in the(33)proper places,and the doors were fastened.The windows were tightly(34)secured.Everything was(35)tied down.Nothing could be blown away.The farmer then understood what his hired hand meant,so he returned to his bed to also sleep while the wind blew.
Finally,a short,thin man,well past middle age,(20)approached the farmer."Are you a good farmhand?"the farmer asked him.
"Well,I can(21)sleep when the wind blows,"answered the little man.
Although(22)puzzled by this answer,the farmer,(23)desperate for help,hired him.The little man worked well around the(24)farm,busy from dawn to dusk,and the farmer felt(25)satisfiedwith the man's work.then one night the wind howled(怒号)loudly in from offshore.Jumping out of bed,the farmer took a lantern and(26)rushed next door the hired hand's sleeping room.He shook the little man and (27)cried,"Get up!A storm is coming!Tie things down (28)before they are blown away!The little man rolled over in bed and said(29)firmly,"No sir.I told you,I can sleep when the wind blows"(30)angered by the answer,the farmer was tempted to fire him on the spot.(31)instead,he hurried outside to prepared for the storm.To his (32)surprise,he discovered that all of the haystacks(干草堆)had been covered with tarpaulins(帆布).The cows and the chickens were all in the(33)proper places,and the doors were fastened.The windows were tightly(34)secured.Everything was(35)tied down.Nothing could be blown away.The farmer then understood what his hired hand meant,so he returned to his bed to also sleep while the wind blew.
16.A.unfit | B.curious | C.undoubted | D.unwilling |
17.A.hurricanes | B.storms | C.earthquakes | D.wars |
18.A.if | B.once | C.as | D.until |
19.A.refusals | B.suggestions | C.rewards | D.desires |
20.A.approached | B.interviewed | C.reminded | D.educated |
21.A.work | B.sleep | C.wake | D.flee |
22.A.excited | B.touched | C.puzzled | D.discouraged |
23.A.convenient | B.famous | C.bad | D.desperate |
24.A.farm | B.company | C.ocean | D.station |
25.A.bored | B.satisfied | C.patient | D.honest |
26.A.walked | B.slipped | C.rushed | D.fell |
27.A.cheered | B.whispered | C.asked | D.cried |
28.A.while | B.after | C.before | D.unless |
29.A.firmly | B.weakly | C.strangely | D.closely |
30.A.moved | B.angered | C.beaten | D.calmed |
31.A.therefore | B.as a result | C as usually | D.instead |
32.A.surprise | B.regret | C.horror | D.sorrow |
33.A.wrong | B.proper | C.top | D.clean |
34.A.painted | B.stored | C.secured | D.destroyed |
35.A.flied away | B.died down | C.blown away | D.tied down. |
3.He came on stage and bent to the audience before he began his performance.If you have ever been to his concert,you know that getting on stage is no small(21)Dfor him.He was (22)Awith a serious disease as a child,and so he walks with the aid of two walking-sticks.
The audience sat quietly(23)A he made his way across the stage to his chair and began his play.But this time,(24)C went wrong.Just as he finished the first few pieces,one of the strings on his violin (25)C.We thought that he would have to stop the concert.But he didn't.(26)A,he waited a moment,closed his eyes and then (27)Bthe conductor to begin again.
The orchestra began and he played with such (28)Cand such power as they had never heard before.Of course,anyone knows that it is(29)Dto play a harmonious work with just three strings.I know that,and you know that,but that night the violinist (30)Bto know that.
When he finished,there was a(n) (31)Dsilence in the room.And then people rose and cheered.There was an extraordinary outburst of(32)Dfrom every corner of the auditorium.He(33)B,and then said in a quiet tone,"You know,sometimes it is the artist's task to(34)Ahow much music you can(35)Cmake with what you have left."
This powerful(36)D has stayed in my mind ever since I heard it.Perhaps that is the(37)Bof life-not just for artists but for all of us.
He had(38)Aall his life to make music on a violin of four strings,but(39)C,in the middle of a concert,he found himself with only three strings; so he made music with three strings,and the music he made that night was more beautiful,and more memorable.
So,perhaps our(40)Con the stage of life is to make music,at first with all that we have,and then,when that is no longer possible,to make music with what we have left.
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The audience sat quietly(23)A he made his way across the stage to his chair and began his play.But this time,(24)C went wrong.Just as he finished the first few pieces,one of the strings on his violin (25)C.We thought that he would have to stop the concert.But he didn't.(26)A,he waited a moment,closed his eyes and then (27)Bthe conductor to begin again.
The orchestra began and he played with such (28)Cand such power as they had never heard before.Of course,anyone knows that it is(29)Dto play a harmonious work with just three strings.I know that,and you know that,but that night the violinist (30)Bto know that.
When he finished,there was a(n) (31)Dsilence in the room.And then people rose and cheered.There was an extraordinary outburst of(32)Dfrom every corner of the auditorium.He(33)B,and then said in a quiet tone,"You know,sometimes it is the artist's task to(34)Ahow much music you can(35)Cmake with what you have left."
This powerful(36)D has stayed in my mind ever since I heard it.Perhaps that is the(37)Bof life-not just for artists but for all of us.
He had(38)Aall his life to make music on a violin of four strings,but(39)C,in the middle of a concert,he found himself with only three strings; so he made music with three strings,and the music he made that night was more beautiful,and more memorable.
So,perhaps our(40)Con the stage of life is to make music,at first with all that we have,and then,when that is no longer possible,to make music with what we have left.
21.A.shame | B.pleasure | C.privilege | D.achievement |
22.A.stricken | B.suffered | C.survived | D.impacted |
23.A.while | B.before | C.unless | D.although |
24.A.nothing | B.everything | C.something | D.anything |
25.A.lost | B.bent | C.broke | D.stretched |
26.A.Instead | B.However | C.Therefore | D.Moreover |
27.A.ordered | B.signaled | C.prevented | D.promised |
28.A.pride | B.despair | C.passion | D.stress |
29.A.strange | B.probable | C.important | D.impossible |
30.A.seemed | B.refused | C.pretended | D.attempted |
31.A.inspiring | B.embarrassing | C.tiresome | D.awesome |
32.A.anger | B.laughter | C.scream | D.applause |
33.A.wept | B.s miled | C.sighed | D.whispered |
34.A.find out | B.s miled | C.sighed | D.turn out |
35.A.just | B.even | C.still | D.yet |
36.A.note | B.figure | C.impression | D.line |
37.A.routine | B.definition | C.adventure | D.incident |
38.A.prepared | B.devoted | C.scheduled | D.accustomed |
39.A.naturally | B.generally | C.scheduled | D.hopelessly |
40.A.way | B.state | C.task | D.program |