题目内容
For breakfast he only drinks juice from fresh fruit ___ on his own farm.
A. grown
B. being grown
C. to be grown
D. to grow
A。
解析: 考查非谓语的用法。fresh fruit与grow的关系是被动和完成,所以用过去分词做定语。
I was successful at my job . I worked very hard , but it ___21___ me and my family a fabulous (极好的) lifestyle . I’d worked for the same company for twenty years and had worked my way up to department director. ___22___, one afternoon last May, I was called to the office, and it was __23__ explained to me that they were letting me go. I just sat there __24__ they talked on and all I could think was, “I’ve ___25___ .” I’d been so well respected ; ___26___ I was of no value. ks5u
For six weeks, I was in a very __27__ place. I wandered around my house like a zombie (僵尸).I could __28__ things needed doing, but would not do anything . My beliefs in looking forward and seeing the positive(积极的) in everything ___29___ me . ks5u
Then, in late June, my youngest son’s football team made the city cup final. The year before, he’d been very sad when I __30___ the same final, so he was ___31___ when I told him I’d go. Not only did they win, but the look on his face as he saw me ___32___ him on was unbelievable. From then in , I spent the summer enjoying my sons and their passions (激情) . I attended match after match and performances of my elder son’s band ―I ___33___ went to another city to watch him play. These moments were so ___34___. My life had been so much devoted to __35__ for so long , and I felt __36__ that my sons were happy to welcome me into their world. ks5u
___37___ , being unemployed gave me back a sense of purpose ― I was someone’s mum! I felt a sense of being ___38____ again. Now I feel more positive about my professional ___39___ and I’m getting on better with my family than I ever have. Losing my job made me realize just how __40__ it is to achieve real balance in life. ks5u
21. A. promised | B. afforded | C. showed | D. left |
22. A. Therefore | B. Anyhow | C. Otherwise | D. However |
23. A. quickly | B. gently | C. partly | D. easily |
24. A. until | B. after | C. as | D. so |
25. A. failed | B. finished | C. tried | D. changed |
26. A. suddenly | B. finally | C. immediately | D. shortly |
27. A. secret | B. quiet | C. lonely | D. dark |
28. A. see | B. get | C. suggest | D. understand |
29. A. defended | B. directed | C. deserted | D. disturbed |
30. A. watched | B. missed | C. lost | D. won |
31. A. disappointed | B. worried | C. honoured | D. delighted |
32. A. cheering | B. taking | C. leading | D. passing |
33. A. just | B. even | C. still | D. almost |
34. A. hopeful | B. meaningful | C. difficult | D. strange |
35. A. work | B. family | C. matches | D. performances |
36. A. successful | B. thoughtful | C. thankful | D. peaceful |
37. A. Naturally | B. Doubtfully | C. Disagreeably | D. Unexpectedly |
38. A. employed | B. Comforted | C. valued | D. encouraged |
39. A. education | B. experience | C. relationship | D. future |
40. A. important | B. interesting | C. simple | D. surprising |
James’s New Bicycle ks5u
James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully __36__ the coins that lay on the bed. $24.52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was at least $90! __37__ on earth was he going to get the __38__ of the money? ks5u
He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was __39__ to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He thought about what he could do. There was no __40__ asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to __41__. ks5u
There was only one way to get money, and that was to __42__ it. He would have to find a job. __43__ who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr. Clay for advice, who usually had __44__ on most things. ks5u
“Well, you can start right here,” said Mr. Clay. “My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing.” ks5u
That was the __45__ of James’s odd-job(零工) business. For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He was amazed by the __46__ of jobs that people found for him to do. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He lost count of the __47__ of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the __48__ increased and he knew that he would soon have __49__ for the bicycle he longed for. ks5u
The day __50__ came when James counted his money and found $94.32. He __51__ no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode __52__ home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard __53__ for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more __54__ he had bought it with his own money. He had __55__what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even more than the bicycle. ks5u
36. A. cleaned | B. covered | C. counted | D. checked ks5u |
| B. Why | C. Who | D. What ks5u |
| B. part | C. sum | D. rest ks5u |
| B. hard | C. smart | D. unfair ks5u |
| B. reason | C. result | D. right ks5u |
| B. spend | C. spare | D. save ks5u |
| B. earn | C. raise | D. collect ks5u |
| B. So | C. For | D. But ks5u |
| B. experience | C. opinions | D. knowledge ks5u |
| B. introduction | C. requirement | D. opening ks5u |
| B. quality | C. suitability | D. variety ks5u |
| B. number | C. size | D. type ks5u |
| B. pressure | C. money | D. trouble ks5u |
| B. enough | C. much | D. some ks5u |
| B. instantly | C. normally | D. regularly ks5u |
| B. left | C. took | D. wasted ks5u |
| B. proudly | C. silently | D. tiredly ks5u |
| B. asking | C. looking | D. working ks5u |
| B. if | C. than | D. though ks5u |
| B. benefited | C. achieved | D. learned ks5u |