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阅读下面短文后所给各题的四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

　　September 4 was my first day at Phillips Academy, my new school. It was also my 18th birthday.

　　I received a warm 1 from my host family--the Steins. Gena was my host mum, and her daughter Lily would also be a new 2 at Phillips. They took me to the school and 3 me around the campus.

　　On our way to my dorm (学生宿舍), we saw a huge truck delivering a student's 4 to her room. Many students at the school were very rich, and they would fill their dorms with decorations (装饰物). But I was 5 not to because I thought it was a 6 of time and money.

　　I had a single room, which was about the 7 of a Chinese college dorm--the ones which normally hold six people.

　　 8 she helped carry my bags, Lily asked me,“What's your favourite 9 , Teresa?”

　　I thought for a moment before answering,“Orange.”

　　I didn't know why she had asked the question.

　　We 10 an introduction meeting after dinner. 11 of the students were native English speakers, so I felt a little 12 .

　　I returned to my room after the 13 , tired and wanting to go to bed after a(n) 14 day.

　　When I opened my door, I found a big 15 . The bed was perfectly made with blankets and an orange sunflower pillow. On the 16 was a sunflower-pattern mat (垫子) while a colorful lamp 17 beside the bed.

　　I opened my mouth, 18 . How beautiful!

　　There was also a 19 card. I touched the little pillow on the bed as I read the card. A warm current (暖流) rushed through my 20 .

1．

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A．heart　　　　　　　B．card

C．service　　　　　　D．welcome

2．

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A．student　　　　　　B．teacher

C．citizen　　　　　　D．visitor

3．

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A．walked　　　　　　B．introduced

C．showed　　　　　　D．invited

4．

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A．belongings　　　　　　B．newspaper

C．letters　　　　　　　　D．furniture

5．

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A．warned　　　　　　B．forced

C．determined　　　　 D．supposed

6．

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A．matter　　　　　　B．waste

C．show　　　　　　D．use

7．

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A．design　　　　　　B．size

C．pattern　　　　　　D．example

8．

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A．As　　　　　　　　B．Though

C．Because　　　　　　D．While

9．

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A．fruit　　　　　　B．weather

C．food　　　　　　D．colour

10．

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A．organized　　　　　　B．planned

C．attended　　　　　　 D．opened

11．

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A．All　　　　　　B．Most

C．Some　　　　　D．Few

12．

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A．pleased　　　　　　B．nervous

C．angry　　　　　　　D．afraid

13．

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A．dinner　　　　　　B．class

C．meeting　　　　　 D．teaching

14．

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A．exciting　　　　　　B．ordinary

C．tiring　　　　　　　D．interesting

15．

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A．secret　　　　　　B．joke

C．warmth　　　　　 D．surprise

16．

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A．wall　　　　　　B．desk

C．floor　　　　　　D．ground

17．

[　　]

A．stood　　　　　　 B．lay

C．appeared　　　　　D．hung

18．

[　　]

A．frightened　　　　　　B．moved

C．satisfied　　　　　　 D．understood

19．

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A．post　　　　　　　B．birthday

C．greeting　　　　　D．festival

20．

[　　]

A．mind　　　　　　B．head

C．face　　　　　　D．body

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　　My aunt Edith was a widow of 50, working as a secretary, when doctors discovered what was then thought to be a very serious heart ailment.

　　Aunt Edith doesn't accept defeat 1 . She began studying medical reports 2 and found an article in a magazine about a (an) 3 heart surgeon（外科医生）, Dr. Michael DeBakey, of Houston, Texas. He 4 the life of someone with the same ailment. The article said Dr. DeBakey's fees（费用）were very high; Aunt Edith 5 not possibly pay them. But could he tell her of someone 6 fee she could pay?

　　So Aunt Edith 7 to him. She simply listed her 8 for wanting live: her three children, who would be on their own in three or four 9 years, her little-girl dream of 10 and seeing the world. There wasn't a word of 11 --only warmth and humor and the joy of living. She mailed the letter, not really 12 an answer.

　　A few days later, my doorbell rang. Aunt Edith didn't 13 to come in; she stood in the hall and read aloud: “Your beautiful letter 14 me very deeply. 15 you can come to Houston, there will be no charge （收费）for either the hospital or the 16 . Signed--Michael DeBakey.”

　　That was seven years ago. 17 then, Aunt Edith has been around the world. Her three children are 18 married. For her age, she is one of the youngest, most 19 people I know--all because of an open heart surgeon 20 knew how to honor his job, and how to open his own heart.

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　　It is ten o'clock at night and you are outside. You can see many stars in the sky. Each star is another sun. The sky is big, and it hag many suns.

　　Our sun is near to us. It warms us and gives us light in daytime. The stars are not near. We can see their light only at night, and they do not warm us.

　　The stars are not all the same. Many stars are quite like our sun. They are the same size, and they have the same colour, yellow. Other stars are bigger or smaller. A “giant(巨人)” star is very, very big. A “dwarf(侏儒)”is a small star—smaller than the sun.

　　Stars have different colours, too. They can be blue, orange, yellow, white or red. There are giants and dwarfs in all these colours. All stars are, of course, very hot. The hottest stars are the blue ones. White stars come next, they are less hot. Then yellow and orange stars are less hot again. Red stars are the least hot, and they are also the oldest stars.

　　Light moves very quickly across the sky, eighteen million (18,000,000)kilometers in a minute. Our nearest star is a red dwarf. Its name is Proxima Centauri ( proxima ＝ nearest), and it gives a weak, red light. We can just see this light. It left Proxima Centauri 4.25 years ago, and now tonight, it is reaching cur eyes. Think about it! In one minute, 18,000,000 kilometres. So, in 4.25 years—well, how many kilometers? You can find the answer yourself.

　　I will just say this: Proxima Centauri is a long way from us.

1．According to the temperatures on stars, the right order from the lowest temperature to the highest is ________.

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A．red→yellow→white→blue

B．orange→red→blue→white

C．blue→white→yellow→red

D．white→blue→orange→red

2．All the following am right except ________.

[　　]

A．a “dwarf” is smaller than the sun

B．there are dwarfs in different colours

C．a “dwarf” is a small star

D．dwarfs are the least hot

3．How far away is the star Proxima Centauri from us?

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A．40,208,400,000,000 kilometres.

B．9,460,800,000,000 kilometres.

C．679,140,000,000 kilometres .

D．279,225,000,000 kilometres .

4．When we say “The star Procyon is ‘ten light years’ away.”, we mean ________.

[　　]

A．we can reach the star in ten years

B．we first saw the star ten years ago

C．the light left Procyon ten years ago

D．Procyon has been that far away for ten years