2.Being quick-minded and good at creating a win-win situation,the young manager was sent to sign the document _____ the committee.( )
A. | on account of | B. | on behalf of | C. | in favour of | D. | in honour of |
7.The (16)B picked up the thermos and poured some hot water into the tea-cup and placed it on the small table in front of his (17)D,who were a father and daughter,and put the lid on the cup with a clink.Obviously (18)D of something,he hurried into the inner room,leaving the (19)A on the table.His two guests heard several drawers opening and a rustling (飒飒地响).
They (20)B sitting in the living-room,the 10-year-old daughter,looking at the flowers outside the window.The father was just about to take his cup when the (21)C came,right there in the living room.Something was hopelessly broken.
It was the thermos,which had fallen to the floor.The girl looked (22)D her shoulder at once,startled (吓一跳),(23)A.It was (24)C.Neither of them had touched it,not even a little bit.The sound caused the host to rush back from the inner room.He looked at the (25)B floor and blurted out (脱 口而出),"It doesn't matter,it doesn't matter!"
The father started to say something.Then he muttered (嘀咕),"Sorry,I (26)A it and it fell."
"It doesn't matter,"the host said.
Later,when they left the house the daughter said,"Daddy,I saw your (27)Cin the windowpane (窗玻璃).You were sitting perfectly (28)B.Why did you say…?"
The father (29)C,"What then would you (30)D as the cause of its fall?"
"It fell by itself!Maybe the floor is uneven.It wasn't steady when Mr Li put it there."
"It won't (31)C,girl.It sounds more (32)C when I say I touched it.There are things people accept less the more you (33)A them.The truer your story is,the less true it sounds."
The daughter was (34)D in silence for a while.Then she said,"Can you explain it only this way?"
"Only this way,"the father laughed again."Since life is not perfect,sometimes we need to deal with it with a white (35)B.
They (20)B sitting in the living-room,the 10-year-old daughter,looking at the flowers outside the window.The father was just about to take his cup when the (21)C came,right there in the living room.Something was hopelessly broken.
It was the thermos,which had fallen to the floor.The girl looked (22)D her shoulder at once,startled (吓一跳),(23)A.It was (24)C.Neither of them had touched it,not even a little bit.The sound caused the host to rush back from the inner room.He looked at the (25)B floor and blurted out (脱 口而出),"It doesn't matter,it doesn't matter!"
The father started to say something.Then he muttered (嘀咕),"Sorry,I (26)A it and it fell."
"It doesn't matter,"the host said.
Later,when they left the house the daughter said,"Daddy,I saw your (27)Cin the windowpane (窗玻璃).You were sitting perfectly (28)B.Why did you say…?"
The father (29)C,"What then would you (30)D as the cause of its fall?"
"It fell by itself!Maybe the floor is uneven.It wasn't steady when Mr Li put it there."
"It won't (31)C,girl.It sounds more (32)C when I say I touched it.There are things people accept less the more you (33)A them.The truer your story is,the less true it sounds."
The daughter was (34)D in silence for a while.Then she said,"Can you explain it only this way?"
"Only this way,"the father laughed again."Since life is not perfect,sometimes we need to deal with it with a white (35)B.
16.A.owner | B.host | C.guest | D.master |
17.A.friends | B.neighbors | C.children | D.guests |
18.A.knowing | B.remembering | C.hearing | D.thinking |
19.A.thermos | B.cup | C.lid | D.tea |
20.A.enjoyed | B.remained | C.imagined | D.hated |
21.A.stranger | B.host | C.crash | D.noise |
22.A.around | B.at | C.behind | D.over |
23.A.staring | B.glaring | C.observing | D.glancing |
24.A.helpless | B.exciting | C.strange | D.terrible |
25.A.breaking | B.steaming | C.sinking | D.flooding |
26.A.touched | B.used | C.hit | D.moved |
27.A.expression | B.shadow | C.reflection | D.action |
28.A.calm | B.still | C.silent | D.straight |
29.A.shouted | B.recalled | C.laughed | D.repeated |
30.A.tell | B.make | C.accept | D.give |
31.A.go | B.help | C.do | D.suit |
32.A.comfortable | B.friendly | C.acceptable | D.agreeable |
33.A.defend | B.support | C.discuss | D.argue |
34.A.kept | B.shut | C.worried | D.lost |
35.A.action | B.lie | C.excuse | D.devotion |
6.I was 23 and studying to be a teacher when friends noticed I was slurring (含糊地发音)my speech and losing my balance. My concentration(16)B and it felt as if my brain was slowing down.
I was(17)D to find an answer,and after countless tests,I was finally diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (多发性硬化症). It was a (18)A,but I was relieved finally to find out what was wrong with me.
Soon after my diagnosis,I decided to (19)A teaching,the only career I had ever wanted to chase. It was a destructive decision,but I couldn't see a(n) (20)C. Over the next seven years,my symptoms didn't (21)B,but they came and went,which is (22)C of multiple sclerosis.Eventually,I felt well enough to (23)B a job as a teaching assistant. I was glad to be back in education,but living with the (24)D meant that I was never going to live my dream of being a teacher.
Then,13 years after my (25)A diagnosis,a doctor told me that in fact I did not have multiple sclerosis. I was very (26)B. I pictured all those years bed-bound,the injections (注射),the impact on family and (27)A,and all for what?I demanded answers but the doctor's replies were (28)C. He suggested that my symptoms may have been caused by a lack of vitamin D. And there was no (29)D.
I (30)Cto the hospital,but no action was taken. I went to a lawyer,but because it was a hard case to prove,I couldn't get (31)C aid. However,accepting that my life was no longer (32)Aby the illness had the biggest effect on my recovery.
I started the journey back to becoming a (33)B and completed,a four-year Open University degree in two years. I wanted to (34)Dthe time I had lost in my 20s. I've just started a new job in a large primary school. I try to forget the accident. What (35)D is who I am now.
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I was(17)D to find an answer,and after countless tests,I was finally diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (多发性硬化症). It was a (18)A,but I was relieved finally to find out what was wrong with me.
Soon after my diagnosis,I decided to (19)A teaching,the only career I had ever wanted to chase. It was a destructive decision,but I couldn't see a(n) (20)C. Over the next seven years,my symptoms didn't (21)B,but they came and went,which is (22)C of multiple sclerosis.Eventually,I felt well enough to (23)B a job as a teaching assistant. I was glad to be back in education,but living with the (24)D meant that I was never going to live my dream of being a teacher.
Then,13 years after my (25)A diagnosis,a doctor told me that in fact I did not have multiple sclerosis. I was very (26)B. I pictured all those years bed-bound,the injections (注射),the impact on family and (27)A,and all for what?I demanded answers but the doctor's replies were (28)C. He suggested that my symptoms may have been caused by a lack of vitamin D. And there was no (29)D.
I (30)Cto the hospital,but no action was taken. I went to a lawyer,but because it was a hard case to prove,I couldn't get (31)C aid. However,accepting that my life was no longer (32)Aby the illness had the biggest effect on my recovery.
I started the journey back to becoming a (33)B and completed,a four-year Open University degree in two years. I wanted to (34)Dthe time I had lost in my 20s. I've just started a new job in a large primary school. I try to forget the accident. What (35)D is who I am now.
16. A. increased | B. slipped | C. disappeared | D. lasted |
17. A. worried | B. thrilled | C. content | D. desperate |
18. A. shock | B. wonder | C. dilemma | D. mystery |
19. A. give up | B. focus on | C. set about | D. stick to |
20. A. consequence | B. advance | C. alternative | D. purpose |
21. A. occur | B. worsen | C. appear | D. exist |
22. A. short | B. full | C. typical | D. worthy |
23. A. take off | B. take on | C. take back | D. take in |
24. A. mood | B. job | C. assistant | D. condition |
25. A. initial | B. theoretical | C. accurate | D. positive |
26. A. calm | B. angry | C. happy | D. regretful |
27. A. career | B. health | C. conscience | D. marriage |
28. A. direct | B. negative | C. vague | D. proper |
29. A. excuse | B. response | C. question | D. apology |
30. A. catered | B. applied | C. complained | D. appealed |
31. A. financial | B. medical | C. legal | D. technical |
32. A. defined | B. simplified | C. pushed | D. abandoned |
33. A. leader | B. teacher | C. lawyer | D. doctor |
34. A. take advantage of | B. keep pace with | C. run out of | D. catch up on |
35. A. stresses | B. functions | C. remains | D. counts |