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After getting married I moved to a flat. I felt pretty comfortable living there 16 something strange happened. I had a doll on the windowsill (窗台) facing the living room. One day, I came back home from work and found it was facing the window 17 . I thought it was my husband who played a 18 on me, but he did not admit. I 19 the doll to face the living room again.
The next day, the 20 thing happened. But this time, my husband was so 21 that I believed he had not done that. There was no 22 of anyone breaking into the house while we were away. And there was no reason to 23 that someone stole into the house just to turn the doll and left. What happened not only 24 us but also frightened us.
The doll kept turning every day 25 Saturdays and Sundays when I was at home. I began to wonder if there was a ghost.
Then 26 a school holiday, and I didn’t go to work. While exercising in the living room, I 27 the doll was turning by itself! It was very frightening but I 28 knew why it was turning. There was a construction site right next to the building where I 29 . The construction was at the stage of pile driving (打桩) and our building shook 30 with each pounding (重击). 31 I lived on the top floor, the shaking was quite strong. 32 , the doll moved little by little with the shaking. This also 33 why the doll never turned on Saturdays and Sundays, 34 there was no construction work at weekends. If I had not been home on a weekday, I would never have 35 the truth.
【小题1】A. after B. as C. once D. until
【小题2】A. already B. indeed C. instead D. though
【小题3】A. trick B. part C. danger D. role
【小题4】A. changed B. forced C. pushed D. turned
【小题5】A. other B. same C. whole D. opposite
【小题6】A. serious B. curious C. anxious D. nervous
【小题7】A. chance B. need C. sign D. way
【小题8】A. admit B. think C. expect D. worry
【小题9】A. confused B. excited C. warned D. interested
【小题10】A. including B. besides C. without D. except
【小题11】A. appeared B. came C. existed D. passed
【小题12】A. decided B. remembered C. noticed D. hoped
【小题13】A. immediately B. particularly C. originally D. secretly
【小题14】A. worked B. exercised C. moved D. lived
【小题15】A. quickly B. strongly C. slowly D. slightly
【小题16】A. When B. Since C. Though D. Unless
【小题17】A. By chance B. Above all C. As a result D. In the end
【小题18】A. explained B. discussed C. described D. suggested
【小题19】A. or B. if C. for D. so
【小题20】A. looked into B. found out C. picked up D. searched for
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I had my first job at the age of thirteen, when a friend of my mother’s who owned a book shop 36 me for six hours a week to help her in the shop. I was very 37 to earn my own pocket money and my parents 38 interfered with how I spent it, even when I was spending it 39 . They believed that by earning money, spending it, and learning from the 40 , I would become more mature and 41 about how to handle work, relationships with others, and money.
Like many 42 parents, my parents also let me and my brothers do things over which they 43 a great deal. When I was sixteen, for example, after I finished high school and before I entered university, I wanted to spend the summer months traveling around 44 . My mother was against the idea of my traveling alone at such a young age, but my father felt that it would be a great 45 for me. In the end, my father won the 46 on the condition that I limited my traveling to France, my mother’s home, where I had many uncles, aunts and cousins 47 through the country who could 48 shelter and help if I needed them.
Three years later, my younger brother decided to 49 a year off after his first year in university and travel through the United States and the Caribbean. Again my mother was very worried and not 50 to see my brother leave school, but my father encouraged him and my brother had a(n) 51 year working his way on trains and ships to 52 passage to different ports and cities, and discovering many fascinating places and people.
These kinds of experiences are probably rare for children in many countries but in the US they are fairly 53 . Most parents start 54 their children at a young age to do small things by themselves. By the time they have finished high school, many American kids have already had part-time jobs, traveled around the US or other countries on their own, have 55 the university they plan to attend and maybe even decided on their future career, and so on.
36. A. taught B. allowed C. treated D. hired
37. A. anxious B. content C. proud D. hopeful
38. A. never B. ever C. always D. even
39. A. quickly B. foolishly C. seriously D. honestly
40. A. work B. mistakes C. others D. books
41. A. strict B. reasonable C. polite D. responsible
42. A. American B. Japanese C. Chinese D. British
43. A. helped B. supported C. shared D. worried
44. A. Asia B. Africa C. Europe D. Oceania
45. A. journey B. experience C. chance D. possibility
46. A. argument B. game C. discussion D. plan
47. A. send out B. give out C. carry out D. spread out
48. A. promise B. afford C. provide D. serve
49. A. leave B. make C. take D. prepare
50. A. angry B. eager C. sorry D. sad
51. A. unusual B. hard C. strange D. busy
52. A. accept B. earn C. find D. search
53. A. welcome B. fit C. necessary D. common
54. A. bringing B. forcing C. pushing D. protecting
55. A. selected B. admired C. afforded D. left
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I had my first job at the age of thirteen, when a friend of my mother’s who owned a book shop 36 me for six hours a week to help her in the shop. I was very 37 to earn my own pocket money and my parents 38 interfered with how I spent it, even when I was spending it 39 . They believed that by earning money, spending it, and learning from the 40 , I would become more mature and 41 about how to handle work, relationships with others, and money.
Like many 42 parents, my parents also let me and my brothers do things over which they 43 a great deal. When I was sixteen, for example, after I finished high school and before I entered university, I wanted to spend the summer months traveling around 44 . My mother was against the idea of my traveling alone at such a young age, but my father felt that it would be a great 45 for me. In the end, my father won the 46 on the condition that I limited my traveling to France, my mother’s home, where I had many uncles, aunts and cousins 47 through the country who could 48 shelter and help if I needed them.
Three years later, my younger brother decided to 49 a year off after his first year in university and travel through the United States and the Caribbean. Again my mother was very worried and not 50 to see my brother leave school, but my father encouraged him and my brother had a(n) 51 year working his way on trains and ships to 52 passage to different ports and cities, and discovering many fascinating places and people.
These kinds of experiences are probably rare for children in many countries but in the US they are fairly 53 . Most parents start 54 their children at a young age to do small things by themselves. By the time they have finished high school, many American kids have already had part-time jobs, traveled around the US or other countries on their own, have 55 the university they plan to attend and maybe even decided on their future career, and so on.
36. A. taught B. allowed C. treated D. hired
37. A. anxious B. content C. proud D. hopeful
38. A. never B. ever C. always D. even
39. A. quickly B. foolishly C. seriously D. honestly
40. A. work B. mistakes C. others D. books
41. A. strict B. reasonable C. polite D. responsible
42. A. American B. Japanese C. Chinese D. British
43. A. helped B. supported C. shared D. worried
44. A. Asia B. Africa C. Europe D. Oceania
45. A. journey B. experience C. chance D. possibility
46. A. argument B. game C. discussion D. plan
47. A. send out B. give out C. carry out D. spread out
48. A. promise B. afford C. provide D. serve
49. A. leave B. make C. take D. prepare
50. A. angry B. eager C. sorry D. sad
51. A. unusual B. hard C. strange D. busy
52. A. accept B. earn C. find D. search
53. A. welcome B. fit C. necessary D. common
54. A. bringing B. forcing C. pushing D. protecting
55. A. selected B. admired C. afforded D. left
查看习题详情和答案>>The school year has fallen by nearly six weeks, from 197 days in 1964 to 156days in 1994, 1 the National Association of Scholars. 2 , most American kindergarten, elementary (初等的) and high school students are 3 to spend 180 days a year in their schools. The 4 of the average class period also has 5 , from more than 57minutes to less than 54,the Association reports.
“The 6 has to be that students are simply 7 less,” said the director of the Association. “If you count the actual 8 of contact hours, you'll find they are 9 four years in college getting an education that would have taken about 10 years in 1964.”
The universities argue (认为) that they are simply teaching more 11 “The traditional idea that learning 12 in the classroom and 13 reading and writing 14 based on seat time is out of date,” said a spokesman for the American Council on Education. “ 15 than attending lectures, students now 16 their professors on their computers or use other types of 17 technology, allowing for a shorter school year,” he said. It is very 18 .that, in many schools, they are going to spend 19 time 20 than they used to.
1. A. according to B. by the accordance of C. following D. followed
2. A. By comparison B. In particular C. Strangely enough D. As a result
3. A. intended B. required C. requested D. inquired
4. A. long B. length C. time D. period
5. A. fallen B. declined C. oppressed D. lowered
6. A. reason B. cause C. conclusion D. condition
7. A. playing B. learning C. working D. paying
8. A. number B. times C. need D. arrangement
9. A. spending B. given C. living D. asked
10. A. five B. two C. three D. six
11. A. quickly B. thoroughly C. wisely D. efficiently
12. A. came B. took place C. started D. appeared
13. A. through B. across C. by the way of D. with
14. A. questions B. books C. assignments D. texts
15. A. Rather B. More C. Less D. Easier
16. A. chat with B. argue with C. speak D. tell
17. A. knowledge B. information C. message D. intelligence
18. A. possibly B. probably C. lovely D. likely
19. A. less B. little C. more D. much more
20. A. at home B. in the laboratory C. in the classroom D. on computer
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The other day as I talked with a friend I 1 a story that I heard this summer.”A{n} 2 person, seeing a butterfly struggling to free itself from its cocoon, and wanting to help, very 3 loosed the filaments (细丝) to form a(n) 4 . The butterfly was freed, got out of the 5 , and moved its wings about 6 could not fly. What the sympathetic person did not know was that only through the 7 struggle can the wings grow strong enough for flight. Its shortened life was spent 8 ; it never knew freedom, 9 really lived.”
I call it learning to love with an open hand. It is a 10 which has come slowly to me and has been wrought (锤炼) in the fires of pain and in the waters of patience. I am learning that I must 11 the one I love, for if I hold firmly and try to control , I shall lose what I try to control 12 .
As I learn and practice more and more, I can say to the one I love, “I love you, I value you, I respect you and I trust that you have the 13 to become all that it is possible for you to become — if I don’t 14 your way. I love you so much that I can set you free to walk beside me in 15 and in sadness. I will 16 your tears but I will not ask you not to cry. I will care and 17 you, but I will not hold you up when you can walk alone. I will try to listen to your meaning 18 your word, but I shall not always agree. I can not 19 be with you or hear what you say for there are times 20 I must listen to myself and care for myself.”
1. A. created B. recalled C. wrote D. repeated
2. A. sympathetic B. curious C. apologetic D. angry
3. A. kindly B. carefully C. cautiously D. gently
4. A. closing B. opening C. admission D. permission
5. A. filaments B. wings C. cocoon D. shell
6. A. and B. or C. but D. while
7. A. faith B. birth C. death D. worth
8. A. on the ground B. in the air C. in the water D. in the trees
9. A. ever B. always C. constantly D. never
10. A. practicing B. learning C. struggling D. teaching
11. A. free B. praise C. value D. open
12. A. win B. love C. earn D. hold
13. A. confidence B. will C. strength D. courage
14. A. get in B. get out of C. get away from D. get off
15. A. disappointment B. wonder C. fun D. joy
16. A. enjoy B. sympathize C. share D. criticize
17. A. attend B. comfort C. trust D. believe
18. A. as long as B. as far as C. as well as D. as much as
19. A. quickly B. immediately C. always D. simply
20. A. where B. when C. why D. which
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