As time goes on, I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away.  I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers   1   it was too late to tell them. I am blessed with the dear mother who is still alive. I   2   her more each day. My mother does not change, but I   3  . As I grow older and wiser, I realize   4   an extraordinary' person she is. How   5   that I am unable to speak these words in her   6  , but they flow easily from my pen.

    As a daughter, how to thank her mother for life itself?? For the love, patience and just   7   hard work that go into   8  a child? For running after a toddler (学走步的小孩), for understanding a   9   teenager, for tolerating a college student who knows   10  ? For waiting for the day when a daughter   11   how wise her mother really is?

    How does a   12   woman thank a mother for   13   to be a mother? For being ready   14   advice when asked or remaining   15   when it is most appreciated? For not saying, “I told you so,” when she could have said these words  16  ? For being  17   herself-loving, thoughtful, patient, and forgiving? I don' t know how, dear God, except to ask you to bless her as richly as she   18   and to help me live up to the example she has   19  . I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother   20   in mine.

1．A．as               B．that            C．until               D．when

2．A．approve         B．appreciate      C．need                D．resemble

3．A．do              B．have            C．did                D．will

4．A．how             B．that           C．who                D．what

5．A．sad              B．glad            C．comic               D tragic

6．A．absence          B．presence        C．appearance          D．existence

7．A．common         B．plain           C．normal             D．usual

8．A．raising           B．rising           C．developing          D．training

9．A．childish          B．energetic       C．fearless              D．moody

10．A．anything        B．something      C．everything           D．nothing

11．A．detects         B．discovers       C．recognizes           D．realizes

12．A．pretty          B．foolish          C．green            D．grown

13．A．failing         B．intending       C．continuing          D．keeping

14．A．by          B．with            C．for                 D．on

15．A．silent         B．quiet           C．cool                D．noiseless

16．A．dozen times    B．a dozen of times C．dozens of times    D．dozen of time

17．A．valuably     B．essentially      C．naturally            D．actually

18．A．devotes       B．deserts         C．deserves             D．desires

19．A．set          B．settled           C．placed              D．fixed

20．A．sees         B．finds            C．is                  D．looks

阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1￣20各题所给的四个选项中, 选出一个　　 最佳答案。

　　    In my neighborhood, there were two stores — the New York House　　 and the American House. They were right next door 1 each other, and　　 the owners were 2 enemies. They were having 3 wars constantly.

　　     In one window would appear the handwritten 4, "For sale. Irish　　 sheets of first-class 5. The low price of ￥6.50." Everyone would then　　 waited for the 6 from the other house, and in about two hours it would　　 appear in the window, "My sheets are 7 to first class and only ￥5.96."

　　    　　 8 the sign war, the two owners would often appear outside their　　 stores, screaming and cursing (谩骂) at each other and often 9 close　　 to actual blows. Finally one of the owners would 10 cursing saying the　　 other one was mad and 11 was anyone who bought from him. Everyone　　 in the neighborhood would 12 the winning store and buy out the sheets.　　 Their quarrel was 13 and everyone benefited from it by getting all　　 kinds of wonderful goods.

　　     One day one of the owners died. A few days later the other owner　　 had a going-out-of-business 14. He moved out of the neighborhood, 15　　 to be seen again.

　　     The new owners of the stores discovered 16 passage as well as a　　 connecting door between the two houses 17 they 18 out their houses　　 more closely. Further research 19 that these two enemies were　　 brothers. For more than thirty years these two brothers had 20 the　　 whole neighborhood. The screaming and cursing were play-acting. All　　 the price wars were tricks.

(1) A. at     B. near    C. to     D. about 

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(2) A. friendly     B. public    C. bitter     D. kind  

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(3) A. price    B. pen    C. world    D. independence

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(4) A. post     B. sign    C. note     D. letter

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(5) A. quantity     B. quality    C. service    D. goods 

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(6) A. turn     B. problem    C. news     D. reply 

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(7) A. far    B. clean    C. favorite    D. close 

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(8) A. Instead of　　 B. In spite of    C. No wonder    D. Besides

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(9) A. taking     B. having    C. coming     D. feeling

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(10)A. stop     B. begin    C. forget     D. enjoy 

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(11)A. so     B. quite    C. rather     D. very  

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(12)A. send for     B. put up    C. get back to    D. rush into  

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(13)A. going over　　 B. breaking out    C. lasting    D. keeping

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(14)A. meeting    B. sale    C. part     D. match 

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(15)A. often    B. never    C. frequently　　 D. seldom

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(16)A. a secret     B. a narrow    C. a great    D. an open

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(17)A. although     B. which    C. when     D. where 

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(18)A. searched     B. checked    C. looked     D. found 

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(19)A. disclosed    B. examined    C. remembered　　 D. discovered 

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(20)A. benefited　　 B. cheated    C. offered    D. limited

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I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Company. Among the topic we ___1___ in our classes is the ___2___ of quality employees.

What has ___3___ you to stay long enough to become a manager?” I asked.

After a while a new manager ___4___ the question and said slowly, “It was a baseball ___5___.”

Cynthia said that she ___6___ to take a Circle K clerk job as an interim(临时的) job ___7___ she looked for something else. On her second day behind the counter, she received a ___8___ from her nine-year-old son, Jessie. He needed a baseball glove for Little League. She ___9___ that as a single woman, ___10___ was tight, and her first ___11___ would have to go for paying bills.

When Cynthia arrived for work the ___12___ morning, Patricia, the store manager, handed her a box. “I overheard you ___13___ to your son yesterday,” she said, “and I know that it is ___14___ to explain things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie. I know you have to pay bills before you can buy gloves. You know we can’t ___15___ good people like you as ___16___ as we would like to, ___17___ we do care, and I want you to know how ___18___ you are to us!”

The thoughtfulness, empathy(同情) and love of the store manager ___19___ that people remember more how much an employer ___20___ than how much he pays.

1. A. discuss   B. write   C. learn   D. find

2. A. managing      B. selling C. keeping      D. seeking

3. A. made      B. ordered      C. forced D. caused

4. A. made      B. took    C. raised  D. replied

5. A. pole       B. glove  C. hole    D. match

6. A. ought     B. liked   C. had     D. used

7. A. when      B. because      C. while  D. though

8. A. letter      B. call     C. notice D. announcement

9. A. turned out      B. pointed out C. explained   D. complained

10. A. work    B. food   C. money       D. clothing

11. A. bill       B. check  C. day     D. visit

12. A. last       B. first    C. next    D. past

13. A. lying    B. talking       C. crying D. murmuring

14. A. good    B. easy    C. hard    D. necessary

15. A. thank    B. use     C. employ      D. pay

16. A. many    B. early   C. soon   D. much

17. A. nor       B. but     C. and     D. however

18. A. kind     B. terrible       C. much  D. important

19. A. shows   B. insists C. realizes      D. recognizes

My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling 1, but I always knew he was  2 . He never criticized us, but used  3 to bring out our best. He’d say,” If you pout water on flowers, they flourish. If you don’t give them water, they die.” I  4 as a child I said something  5 about somebody, and my father said, “ 6 time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you.” He explained that if I looked for the best  7 people, I would get the best  8 . From then on I’ve always tried to  9  the principle in my life and later in running my company.

Dad’s also always been very  10 . At 15, I started a magazine. It was   11  a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a  12: stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.

I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision,  13  any good father would. When he realized I Had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad  14  me to go into law. And I’ve  15  regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist,  16 I didn’t pursue my  17 . You know what you want. Go fulfill(实现) it.”

As 18  turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national 19 for young people in the U.K. My wife and I have two children, and I’ d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad  20  me.

1.                A．biologist        B．manager        C．lawyer   D．gardener

2.                A．strict           B．honest         C．special   D．learned

3.                A．praise          B．courage        C．power    D．warmth

4.                A．think           B．imagine         C．remember D．guess

5.                A．unnecessary     B．unkind         C．unimportant   D．unusual

6.                A．Another        B．Some           C．Any  D．Other

7.                A．on            B．in             C．at   D．about

8.                A．in case         B．by turns        C．by chance D．in return

9.                A．revise          B．set            C．review   D．follow

10.               A．understanding   B．experienced     C．serious    D．demanding

11.               A．taking up       B．making up       C．picking up D．keeping up

12.               A．suggestion      B．decision        C．notice D．choice

13.               A．and           B．as             C．even if    D．as if

14.               A．helped         B．allowed        C．persuaded D．suggested

15.               A．always         B．never          C．seldom    D．almost

16.               A．rather         B．but            C．for   D．therefore

17.               A．promise        B．task           C．belief D．dream

18.               A．this            B．he            C．it D．that

19.               A．newspaper      B．magazine       C．program   D．project

20.               A．controlled      B．comforted      C．reminded  D．raised