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摘要： I can’t bear the h in summer.

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     Margaret, married with two small children, has been working for the last seven years as a night cleaner,
cleaning offices in a big building.
     She trained as a nurse, but had to give it up when her elder child became seriously ill. "I would have liked
to go back to it, but the shifts (工作班次) are all wrong for me, as I have to be home to get the children up
and off to school."
     So she works as a cleaner instead, from 9 a.m. till 6 a.m. five nights a week for just ￡90, before tax and
insurance. "It's better than it was last year, but I still think that people who work 'unsocial hours' should get
a bit extra."
     The hours she' s chosen to work meant that she sees plenty of the children, but very little of her husband.
However, she doesn't think that puts any pressure on their relationship.
     Her work isn't physically very hard, but it's not exactly pleasant, either. "I do get angry with people who
leave their offices like a place for raising pigs. If they realized people like me have to do it, perhaps they'd be
a bit more careful."
     The fact that she's working all night doesn't worry Margaret at all. Unlike some dark buildings at night, the
building where she works is fully lit, and the women work in groups of three. "Since I've got to be here, I try
to enjoy myself-and I usually do, because of the other girls. We all have a good laugh, so the time never
drags."
     Another challenge Margaret has to face is the reaction of other people when she tells them what she does
for a living. "They think you're a cleaner because you don't know how to read and write," said Margaret. "I
used to think what my parents would say if they knew what I'd been doing, but I don't think that way any
more. I don't dislike the work though I can't say I'm mad about it."

1. Margaret quit her job as a nurse because _______

A. she wanted to earn more money to support her family
B. she had suffered a lot of mental pressure
C. she needed the right time to look after her children
D. she felt tired of taking care of patients

2. Margaret gets angry with people who work in the office because Margaret _______.

A. they never clean their offices
B. they look down upon cleaners
C. they never do their work carefully
D. they always make a mess in their offices

3. When at work, Margaret feels _______.

A. light-hearted because of her fellow workers
B. happy because the building is fully lit
C. tired because of the heavy workload
D. bored because time passed slowly

4. The underlined part in the last paragraph implies that Margaret's parents would _______．

A. help care for her children
B. regret what they had said
C. show sympathy for her
D. feel disappointed in her

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By choosing to let go of the past, we sweep out all the ashes that weigh us down and affect every aspect of our health, and our peace of mind.
My friend Jean was divorced after a thirty-year marriage that produced three daughters, one son and eight grandchildren. Because she actually raised them single-handedly, Jean was hurt and angry that the children didn't take her part after the divorce. For months she refused to attend any family celebration to which her former husband Jim was invited. When I reasoned that her children’s understanding of the relationship with and between the parents was probably altogether different from hers, she stuck to the belief that she was right.
One day Jean called in tears. “Saturday is my granddaughter's birthday, and I want to be with her, but I can’t bring myself to face my former husband.” “Jim isn't the problem,” I said gently, “it's false pride. Instead of holding on to the painful past, which is over and done, let the feelings go and get on with your life. You're depriving yourself of the joy of sharing in these important occasions, while Jim feels free to experience them. Tell me, would you rather be right, or be happy?”
That must have done the trick because when Saturday arrived, Jean appeared at her daughter's home carrying her famous chocolate-chip cookies and a beautiful birthday
cake.
How great it feels to let go! And the more we practice the art of letting go of all negativity, the better able we become to devote our thoughts, our time, and our energy to living joyfully in the present, what ever age we happen to be.
【小题1】 It can be inferred that ____.

A．Jim did very little to bring up the children during their marriage.

B．The writer thought Jean and Jim shouldn't have divorced.

C．The children were on their father's side and didn't invite

Jean to any family celebration.

D．Jean had been too tough on Jim before they divorced.

【小题2】The underlined phrase “depriving yourself of” is closest in meaning to ____ .

A．persuading yourself to get	B．taking away from yourself
C．taking false pride of yourself	D．talking yourself into showing

【小题3】In the writer's opinion, ____.

A．Jean and Jim should be remarried

B．a broken family could live together in peace

C．to be happy is more meaningful than to be right

D．everyone should look into the future

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I’m too tired and I can’t _______ my attention on my book.

A. fill B. absorb

C. place D. concentrate

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第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项
I hadn’t really planned on taking a trip this time of year, and yet I found myself packing rather hurriedly. I knew in   36   that this trip was going to be unpleasant.
I’m talking about my annual Guilt Trip. I got tickers to fly there on WISH – I – HAD’ airlines. I   37   my baggage all the way, which was weighted down with a thousand   38   of ‘what might have been’. No one greeted me at the ‘Regret City’ International Airport.
As I   39   into the Last Resort Hotel, I noticed to miss that great   41   occasion.
Many leading citizens went there. First, there was the ‘Should – Have - Done’ family.   42   came the ‘I – Wish’ family. Of course, the ‘Opportunities’ family, ‘Missed and Lost’, surely made an   43 . They each had a dad story to share. ‘It’s – Their - Fault’ treated us with stories about   44 things had failed in his life, and each story was applauded by ‘Don’t – Blame - Me’ and ‘I – Couldn’t – Help – It.’
To make a long   45   short, I became very depressed at the party   46 .
But as I though about all the stories of failures   47 from the past, it occurred to me that all of this trip and ‘pity party’ could have been cancelled by ME!
I truly realized that I didn’t have to be there to be   48 . One thing kept going through my mind – I can’t change yesterday, but I   49   have the power to make today a wonderful day. Knowing this, I left ‘Regret City’ immediately. Am I sorry for   50 I’ve made in the past? YES! But there is no physical way to undo them.
So, if you’re planning a trip to ‘Regret City’, please cancel all your reservations now.   51 , take a trip to a placed called ‘Starting Again’, which I like so much that I’ve made it my   52   residence. My neighbors, the ‘I – Forgive - Myselfs’ and the ‘New - Starts’ are so very helpful.
By the way, you don’t have to carry   53   heavy baggage, because the load is lifted from your shoulders   54   arrival. Surely you’ll find this great town – it’s in your own heart. Look me up if you’re ready for a (n)   55   changer in your life. I live on ‘I – CAN – DO – IT ’ Street.
36．A．person         B．time         C．advance       D．secret
37．A．grasped       B．held         C．lifted         D．dragged
38．A．inspirations      B．prescriptions    C．memories     D．souvenirs
39．A．checked       B．prepared      C．reserved       D．accessed
40．A．creating       B．hosting        C．introducing      D．participating
41．A．political       B．social              C．historical     D．cultural
42．A．There          B．Thus         C．Finally        D．Then
43．A．achievement     B．appearance       C．appointment     D．announcement
44．A．where          B．whether       C．how         D．which
45．A．story         B．event         C．comedy       D．tragedy
46．A．after all       B．in public      C．ever since     D．as usual
47．A．brought back    B．taken down      C．kept up        D．carried on
48．A．motivated     B．depressed     C．refreshed     D．impressed
49．A．could              B．might          C．did           D．do
50．A．attempts      B．preparations     C．mistakes      D．efforts
51．A．Instead        B．Nevertheless     C．Therefore     D．However
52．A．independent     B．mature         C．permanent     D．dynamic
53．A．away         B．through       C．out           D．around
54．A．beyond        B．upon         C．under              D．above
55．A．total         B．abrupt         C．punctual      D．severe

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In the middle of the night, Peter's wife suddenly fell ill. She couldn't help crying, “Oh， my stomach! Get the 1 !”
Peter, awaking from a deep sleep, thought his wife was only having a   2  dream.
“Stop that noise,” he said to her. He turned over and tried to go to   3  again, but his wife still cried out, “Oh, help！help！ I'm sure I'm   4  .”
Peter got out of bed and started   5 , but he could not find him any clothes.
“Where is my shirt?” he asked. His wife was   6  ill to tell him, and she could only cry, “Oh, my   7   stomach!”
As soon as he had put his clothes   8 , he said, “Now, my dear, are you quite   9 that you need the doctor? Surely you can wait   10  morning, can’t you?”
“No, I can't. Go, go, go,” his wife shouted, “ 11  you will find me dead   12  the morning.”
So Peter went out into the dark street. He had only gone a few meters   13  he heard his wife calling him again．
“I’m   14  again now, and I shall not want the doctor.” she said softly.
Hearing this, he started running as   15  as he could towards the doctor’s. When he arrived there, he knocked at the door loudly enough to wake   16  around.
The doctor put his sleepy head out of the bedroom window and said, “Er? Who’s there?”
“Oh, Doctor.” Peter called up to him, “I have very   17  news for you. My wife   18 ill with a terrible stomachache. I was on my way to bring you to her, but she called me back to say the trouble had suddenly 19 her. So you need not come. Go back to   20  now, and sleep well!”