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We had been living our valley for sixteen months when we first realized the dangers that could exist. It was the year when the storms came early, before the calendar even hinted at winter, even before November was out. 71
Soon snow began to fall. Within a day it lay some 15 centimeters deep. It almost completely blocked our lane and made the streamside path slippery and dangerous. But on the neighboring heights the snow was much deeper and stayed for longer. Up there the wind blasted fiercely. Deeply in our valley we felt only sudden gusts of wind trees swayed but the branches held firm.
And yet we knew that there was reason for us to worry. The snow and wind were certainly inconvenient but they did not really trouble us greatly. 72 It reminded us of what could have occurred if circumstances had been different, if the flow of water from the hills had not, many years before, been controlled, held back by a series of dams.
73 Day after day, we watched furious clouds pile up high over the hills to the west. Sinister grey clouds extended over the valleys. They twisted and turned, rising eastwards and upwards, warning of what was to come. We had seen enough of the sky; now we began to watch the river, which every day was becoming fuller and wilder.
The river seemed maddened as the waters poured almost horizontally down to its lower stretches. 74
It was far deeper than we’d ever seen it so near our home, lunging furiously at its banks. For three days we prayed that it would stay below its wall. 75
A．It was the river, the Ryburn, which normally flowed so gently, that threatened us most.
B．The great power of all this water prevents us from believing ourselves to be completely safe in our home.
C．In a short time the snow started to melt.
D．Just a couple of meters from our cottage, the stream seemed wild beneath the bridge.
E．Our prayer were answered as the dam held and the waters began to subside.
F．They grew so strong that we couldn’t control it.
G．Until then, we had felt safe and sheltered in our valley.
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One night about nine o'clock, Dr Eyck,a surgeon（外科医生）had a phone call from Dr Haydon at the hospital in Clens Falls．The surgeon was asked to go there at once to operate on a very sick boy who shot himself while playing with a gun．
The doctor was soon on his way to Cleas Falls．It was 60 miles away．And it was snowing heavily in the city．The surgeon thought he could get there before 12 o'clock．
A few minutes later, the doctor was stopped by a man in an old black coat．Gun in hand, the man ordered the doctor to get out ．Then the man drove the car down the road, leaving the doctor in the falling snow．
It was after two o'clock in the morning when the doctor arrived at the hospital in Clens Falls．Dr Haydon told him that the boy had died an hour before．
The two doctors walked by the door of the hospital waiting-room．There sat the man in the old black coat with his head in his hands．
“Mr Cunningham,”said Dr Haydon to the man,“this is Dr Eyck. He is a surgeon who came all way from Albany to save your boy．”
(1)Dr Haydon asked Dr Eyck to come to Clens Falls because_________．
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A．he couldn't find his father
B．the boy was not very serious
C．the boy needed the help of a surgeon
D．Dr Eyck knew the boy well himself
(2)The surgeon was late because_________．
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A．the weather was very terrible
B．he was stopped by the people who needed his help
C．Chens Falls was a little too far away from his house
D．his car was taken away
(3)Getting out of his car, Dr Eyck could do nothing but_________．
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A．go to Clens Falls on foot
B．go back to his own hospital
C．call Dr Haydon and told him all about the trouble
D．stand there waiting for help
(4)The boy could have been saved if _________．
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A．he had not been sent to the hospital
B．his father hadn't arrived
C．he hadn't shot himself
D．Dr Eyck had arrived there two hours earlier
(5)The man who took the doctor's car away was_________．
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A．the boy's father B．a policeman
C．a thief D．an escaped prisoner
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Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s __36__ filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so __37__ that I decided to write an article about her.
I __38__ Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She __39__ and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I __40__ I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.
I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there __41__, taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that __42__ Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The __43__ was almost unbearable. I struggled for days __44__ draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.
It didn’t take long. My manuscript __45__. How stupid of me! I thought. How could I __46__ in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t __47__ the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.
Five years later, I was moving to California. While __48__ my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in __49__:
Dear Ms Profit,
Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some __50__ materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to __51__ your story soon.
Shocked, it took me a long time to __52__. Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of __53__ writing. Today, I have become a full-time writer. Looking back on this __54__, I learned a very important lesson: You can’t __55__ to doubt yourself.
A. joy B. voice C. speech D. smile
A. proud B. active C. satisfied D. moved
A. visited B. emailed C. phoned D. interviewed
A. agreed B. refused C. hesitated D. paused
A. admitted B. discovered C. explained D. knew
A. seriously B. patiently C. nervously D. quietly
A. blaming B. fooling C. inviting D. urging
A. hardship B. failure C. comment D. pressure
A. with B. by C. on D. in
A. disappeared B. returned C. spread D. improved
A. compare B. struggle C. survive D. compete
A. ignore B. deliver C. face D. receive
A. decorating B. repairing C. cleaning D. leaving
A. disbelief B. anxiety C. horror D. panic
A. subjective B. relevant C. private D. reliable
A. broadcast B. create C. publish D. assess
A. recover B. prepare C. escape D. concentrate
A. constant B. endless C. typical D. enjoyable
A. experience B. success C. benefit D. accident
A. attempt B. afford C. expect D. pretend
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Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s __36__ filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so __37__ that I decided to write an article about her.
I __38__ Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She __39__ and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I __40__ I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.
I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there __41__, taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that __42__ Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The __43__ was almost unbearable. I struggled for days __44__ draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.
It didn’t take long. My manuscript __45__. How stupid of me! I thought. How could I __46__ in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t __47__ the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.
Five years later, I was moving to California. While __48__ my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in __49__:
Dear Ms Profit,
Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some __50__ materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to __51__ your story soon.
Shocked, it took me a long time to __52__. Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of __53__ writing. Today, I have become a full-time writer. Looking back on this __54__, I learned a very important lesson: You can’t __55__ to doubt yourself.
1.A. joy B. voice C. speech D. smile
2.A. proud B. active C. satisfied D. moved
3.A. visited B. emailed C. phoned D. interviewed
4.A. agreed B. refused C. hesitated D. paused
5.A. admitted B. discovered C. explained D. knew
6.A. seriously B. patiently C. nervously D. quietly
7.A. blaming B. fooling C. inviting D. urging
8.A. hardship B. failure C. comment D. pressure
9. A. with B. by C. on D. in
10.A. disappeared B. returned C. spread D. improved
11.A. compare B. struggle C. survive D. compete
12.A. ignore B. deliver C. face D. receive
13.A. decorating B. repairing C. cleaning D. leaving
14.A. disbelief B. anxiety C. horror D. panic
15.A. subjective B. relevant C. private D. reliable
16.A. broadcast B. create C. publish D. assess
17.A. recover B. prepare C. escape D. concentrate
18.A. constant B. endless C. typical D. enjoyable
19.A. experience B. success C. benefit D. accident
20.A. attempt B. afford C. expect D. pretend
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