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I used to be ashamed of my grandma. I know that's a 1 thing to say, but it was true until today, so I have to 2 it.
The 3 started when my friend Katy found Grandma's false teeth floating in a glass on the bathroom sink. I was so used to seeing them that I 4 took notice of them. But Katy shouted, laughing and 5 to talk to them. I had to get down on my knees and 6 her to shut up so my grandma wouldn't 7 and get hurt.
After that happened, I 8 there were a million things about Grandma that were embarrassing(令人窘迫).
Once she took Jill and me out to Burger King. 9 ordering our hamburgers well-done, she told the person behind the counter, "They'll have two Whoppers (巨无霸) well-to-do. " Jill burst out laughing, but I almost 10 .
After a while, I started wishing I could 11 Grandma in a closet. I even complained to my parents. Both my parents said I had to be careful not to make Grandma feel 12 in our home.
Then last Wednesday, something happened that 13 everything completely. My teacher told us to help find interesting old people and 14 them about their 15 for a big Oral History project. I was trying to think of someone when Angie pushed me gently.
"Volunteer your grandmother," she whispered. "She's 16 and rich in experience."
That was the last thing I ever thought Angie would say about my grandma.
This is how I ended up on 17 today interviewing my own grandmother before the whole school assembly (集合). All my friends and teachers were listening to her 18 she was a great heroine. I was 19 of my grandma and hoped she would 20 know that I had been ashamed of her.
A. funny B. common C. terrible D. clear
A. admit B. receive C. refuse D. show
A. quarrel B. accident C. trouble D. adventure
A. already B. always C. simply D. hardly
A. enjoying B. pretending C. imagining D. continuing
A. warn B. demand C. advise D. beg
A. mind B. hear C. see D. fall
A. expected B. declared C. realized D. doubted
A. Because of B. Except for C. Such as D. Instead of
A. died B. cheered C. disappeared D. suffered
A. meet B. avoid C. arrange D. hide
A. independent B. inconvenient C. unwelcome D. unfamiliar
A. changed B. finished C. stopped D. Prepared
A. interview B. report C. tell D. write
A. news B. lives C. advantages D. achievements
A. free B. popular C. interesting D. embarrassing
A. show B. stage C. duty D. time
A. and then B. even if C. so that D. as if
A. sure B. proud C. ashamed D. afraid
A. never B. even C. still D. once
查看习题详情和答案>>This is my third story. When I was 17,I read a quote that 1 something like,“If you live each day 2 it was your last,someday you'll most certainly be right.”Since then,for the past thirty?three years,I've looked 3 the mirror every morning and asked myself:“If today were the last day of my life,would I want to do what I am about to do today?”And whenever the answer has been“No”for too many days in a 4 ,I know I need to change something.
About a year ago I was 5 with cancer. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable,and that I should 6 to live no longer than three to six months. They advised me to go home and get my 7 in order,which is doctors' code for“prepare to 8 ”. Later that evening when the doctors 9 the cells taken from my pancreas(胰腺)under a microscope,they started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is 10 with surgery. I had the surgery and,11 ,I'm fine now.
This was the closest I've been to facing death,and I hope it's the closest I get for a few more decades. Death is the 12 we all share. No one has 13 escaped it. And that is 14 it should be,because death is very likely the single 15 invention of life. It's life's change agent. It clears out the old to make 16 for the new. Your time is 17 ,so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma(信条)—which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of 18 opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly,have the courage to 19 your heart and intuition(直觉). They 20 already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
(1)A. said B. described C. went D. expressed
(2)A. unless B. as if C. even if D. as long as
(3)A. in B. at C. through D. On
(4)A. row B. minute C. sense D. word
(5)A. connected B. infected C. affected D. diagnosed
(6)A. want B. dream C. expect D. imagine
(7)A. duties B. businesses C. affairs D. life
(8)A. work B. start C. talk D. die
(9)A. looked B. viewed C. realized D. noticed
(10)A. curable B. possible C. acceptable D. suitable
(11)A. carefully B. thankfully C. anxiously D. hopefully
(12)A. possession B. destination C. expectation D. position
(13)A. ever B. even C. never D. still
(14)A. when B. while C. as D. since
(15)A. better B. worst C. worse D. best
(16)A. use B. a difference C. sense D. way
(17)A. endless B. repeated C. countless D. limited
(18)A. others' B. others C. anyone's D. some others
(19)A. listen B. follow C. take D. accept
(20)A. however B.whatever C.somehow D.Somewhat
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