摘要: Are you sure the trees can the coming cold winter ? A. survive B. pass C. overcome D. live

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  To take the apple as a forbidden fruit is the most unlikely strory the Christians(基督教徒)ever cooked up.For them, the forbidden fruit from Eden is evil(邪恶的).So when Colu brought the tomato back from South America, a land mistakenly considered to be eden, ever jumped to be the obvious conclusion.Wrongly taken as the apple of Eden, the tomato was shut o the door of Europeans.

  What made it particularly terrifying was its similarity to the mandrake, a plant that was the to have come from Hell(地狱).What earned the plant its awful reputation was its roots w looked like a dried-up human body occupied by evil spirits.Tough the tomato and the man were quite different except that both had bright red or yellow fruit, the general population consio them one and the same, to terrible to touch.

  Cautious Europeans long ignored the tomato, and until the early 1700s most of the We people continued to drag their feet.In the 1880s, the daughter of a well-known plant expert that the most interestinig part of an afternoon tea at her father's house had been the “introduction this wonderful new fruit-or is it a vegetable?”As late as the twentieth century some writers classed tomatoes with mandrakes as an”evil fruit”.

  But in the end tomatoes carried the day.The hero of the tomato was an American named R Johnson, and when he was publicly going to eat the tomato in 1820, people journeyed for hun of miles to watch him drop dead.”Wha are you afraid of?”he shouted.”I'll show you fools these things are good to eat!” Then he bit into the tomato.Some people fainted.But he sur and, according to a local story, set up a tomato-canning factory.

(1)

The tomato was shut out of the door of early Europeans mainly because ________.

[  ]

A.

it made Christive evil

B.

it was the apple of Eden

C.

it came from a forbidden land

D.

it was religiously unacceptable

(2)

What can we infer the underlined part in Paragraph 3?

[  ]

A.

The process of ignoring the tomato slowed down

B.

There was little pregress in the study of the tomato

C.

The tomato was still refused in most western countries

D.

Most western people continued to get rid of the tomato

(3)

What is the main reason for Robert Johnson to eat the tomato Publicly?

[  ]

A.

To manke imself a hero

B.

To remove people's fear of the tomaoto

C.

To speed up the popularityt of the tomato

D.

To persuade people to buy products fo\rom his factory

(4)

What is the main purpose of the passage?

[  ]

A.

To challenge people's fixed concept of the tomato

B.

To give an explanation to people's dislike of the tomato

C.

To present the change of people's attitudes to the tomato

D.

To show the process of freeing the tomato from religious influence

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In this modern world, we rush around all day, doing things, talking, sending and reading messages. We are always on ,always conected, always thinking, always talking. There is no  36 for stillness.
And when we are  37 to be still because we’re in line for something, or waiting at a doctor’s appointment, or on a bus or train, we often  38 something to do. Some will play with mobile devices, other will read something. Being still isn’t something we’re  39 .
This comes at a   40 : we lose that time for  41 , for observing and listening. We lose peace.
And   42 yet: sometimes too much action is worse than no action at all. You can run around crarily, but get  43 done.
Take a moment to think about  44 you spend your days. Are you constantly rushing around? Are you constantly reading and answering  45 checking on the news and the latest tream of information? Are you always  46 through your schedule?
Is this how you want to spend your  47 ? If so, peace be with you. If not, take a moment to be   48 . Don’t think about what you have to do, or what you’ve done already.   49 be in the moment.
Then after a minute or two of doing that, consider your life, and how you’d  50 it to be. See your life with less moveanent, less doing, less rushing. See it with more stillness, more consideration, more  51 .
Then be that vision.
It’s prerty simple: all you have to do is sit still for a little bit each day.   52 you’re gotten used to that, try doing less each day. Breathe when you feel yourself moving too  53 . slow down. Be present. Find happiness now, in this moment, instead of   54 for it.

【小题1】
A.placeB.chanceC.freedomD.time
【小题2】
A.forcedB.orderedC.invitedD.told
【小题3】
A.haveB.findC.buyD.get
【小题4】
A.familiar withB.curious aboutC.used toD.interested in
【小题5】
A.costB.riskC.momentD.danger
【小题6】
A.playB.foodC.sleepD.consideration
【小题7】
A.furtherB.worseC.fartherD.deeper
【小题8】
A.everythingB.anythingC.nothingD.something
【小题9】
A.howB.whereC.whyD.whether
【小题10】
A.questionsB.problemsC.phonesD.messages
【小题11】
A.walkingB.rushingC.steppingD.going
【小题12】
A.schoolB.youthC.workD.life
【小题13】
A.silentB.patientC.stillD.quiet
【小题14】
A.NearlyB.EverC.JustD.Already
【小题15】
A.likeB.decideC.chooseD.need
【小题16】
A.activityB.researchC.studyD.peace
【小题17】
A.BecauseB.UntilC.OnceD.Unless
【小题18】
A.frequentlyB.slowlyC.fastD.quickly
【小题19】
A.askingB.sendingC.callingD.waiting
【小题20】
A.ValueB.MissC.OweD.Hold

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完型填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)              
阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A girl complained to her father about her hard life. She didn’t know what she could do and wanted to ___1__. She was tired of fighting and fighting. One problem had been settled, but __2___ appeared.
Her father, a cook, took her into the __3___. He poured water into three pots and boiled it. After the water came to a boil, he put some ___4__ in the first pot, eggs in the second and coffee in the last. He waited for them for a few minutes __5___ any words.
The girl closed her mouth and waited, impatient and __6___ by what her father was doing. After about 20 minutes, her father ___7__ the stove, took out the carrots and put them in a bowl. He took the eggs and put them in another bowl. After that he ___8___ the coffee into a cup. Turning back to his ___9___ , he asked, “Sweetheart, what do you see?”
“Carrots, eggs and coffee,” she replied.
Her father asked her to __10 the carrots. She did and felt that the carrots were ___11___.
__12__ he asked her to take the eggs and break them. After peeling them, she felt the eggs were hard.
Last, her father asked her to smell the coffee.
She asked, “What does this _13___, Father?”
He __14_ that each of the things had felt the same unfortunate fate. They were all boiled in ___15___, but with a ___16___ result. The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak after being boiled. The fragile eggs became _17___ after cooking. Coffee grounds were very unique. They could change the water.
“___18___ one are you?” asked her father. “When calamity(不幸的事) __19___ on your door, what will your ___20__ be? Are you carrots, eggs of coffee?”

【小题1】
A.give inB.give upC.go onD.carry on
【小题2】
A.the otherB.the restC.anotherD.the second
【小题3】
A.kitchenB.storeroomC.backyardD.bedroom
【小题4】
A.potatoesB.carrotsC.tomatoesD.apples
【小题5】
A.withB.overC.beyondD.without
【小题6】
A.confusedB.excitedC.surprisedD.relaxed
【小题7】
A.turned onB.turned downC.turned offD.turned out
【小题8】
A.putB.pouredC.flewD.picked
【小题9】
A.sonB.potC.kitchenD.daughter
【小题10】
A.touchB.eatC.smellD.taste
【小题11】
A.strongB.heavyC.lightD.soft
【小题12】
A.Now thatB.Since thenC.After thatD.Once again
【小题13】
A.meanB.sayC.referD.think
【小题14】
A.questionedB.explainedC.requiredD.suggested
【小题15】
A.waterB.potC.stoveD.fire
【小题16】
A.similarB.sameC.differentD.wonderful
【小题17】
A.hardB.calmC.deliciousD.broken
【小题18】
A.WhatB.WhicheverC.WhoseD.Which
【小题19】
A.looksB.touchesC.knocksD.waits
【小题20】
A.reactionB.responsibilityC.answerD.impression

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