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It was a cold winter day that Sunday. The parking lot to the  1 was filling up quickly. I noticed, as I got out of my car, fellow church members were  2   among themselves as they walked in the church. As I got 3__, I saw a man leaning up against the wall outside the church. He was almost lying down 4 he was asleep. His hat was 5  down so you could not see his face. He wore shoes that looked 30 years old, too 6   for his feet, with holes all over them and his toes 7  out. I guessed this man was  8  and asleep, so I walked on  9 through the doors of the church. We all talked for a few minutes, and someone 10 the man lying outside. People whispered but no one took 11 to ask him to come in, 12  me. A few moments later church began. We were all waiting for the Preacher (牧师) to take his  13  and to give us the Word, _14   the doors to the church opened. In 15 the man walking down the church with his head down. People gasped（喘息）and whispered and made _16  . He made his way down the church and up onto the pulpit (讲坛) where he took off his hat and coat. My heart 17  .
There stood our preacher… he was the “homeless man”. The preacher took his Bible (圣经) and 18  it on his stand.
“ 19 , I don't think I have to tell you what I am preaching about today. If you ＿20＿   people by their appearance, you have no time to love them.”
小题1:
A．schoolB．lectureC．park D．church
小题2:
A．arguingB．whisperingC．statingD．speaking
小题3:
A．closerB．clearerC．lowerD．farther
小题4:
A．even thoughB．so thatC．as ifD．even if
小题5:
A．draggedB．pulledC．droppedD．pushed
小题6:
A．bigB．badC．uglyD．small
小题7:
A．reachedB．wentC．stuckD．ran
小题8:
A．homelessB．helplessC．hopelessD．careless
小题9:
A．outB．byC．acrossD．from
小题10:
A．invitedB．mentionedC．tookD．called
小题11:
A．pleasureB．measureC．courageD．trouble
小题12:
A．exceptB．besidesC．withoutD．including
小题13:
A．turnB．place.C．timeD．seat
小题14:
A．whenB．beforeC．asD．after
小题15:
A．rushedB．hurriedC．cameD．entered
小题16:
A．decisionB．choicesC．facesD．jokes
小题17:
A．sankB．fellC．brokeD．failed
小题18:
A．threwB．setC．laidD．folded
小题19:
A．BrothersB．FolksC．SupportersD．Members
小题20:
A．judgeB．hateC．treatD．test

小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:B  
小题6:D
小题7:C
小题8:A
小题9:B
小题10:B
小题11:D
小题12:D
小题13:B
小题14:A
小题15:C
小题16:C
小题17:A
小题18:C
小题19:B
小题20:A

试题分析：文章讲述了人们在教堂外面看见一个无家可归的人，但是没有人关心他，但是最后结果是这个人就是牧师，从中我们得到教训不能以貌取人。
小题1:考查名词：A. school学校B. lecture 演讲C. park公园，D. church教堂，下文fellow church members有提示D
小题2:考查动词：A. arguing  争论，B. whispering低语，C. stating陈述，D. speaking说话，下文People whispered有提示，说明是低语。选B
小题3:考查形容词：A. closer更近B. clearer更清楚，C. lower更低，D. farther更远，靠近才能看到，选A
小题4:考查连词：A. even though  即使，B. so that为了，C. as if好像，D. even if即使，几乎躺下来好像睡着了，选 C
小题5:考查动词：A. dragged拖，B. pulled 拉，C. dropped掉下，D. pushed推，帽子被拉下来所以才看不到脸，选B
小题6:考查形容词：A. big大的，B. bad坏的，C. ugly丑陋的，D. small小的，根据后面的：脚趾头伸出来， 所以鞋子是太小了，选D
小题7:考查动词：A. reached到达，B. went去，C. stuck 卡住，D. ran跑，脚指头卡在外面。选C
小题8:考查形容词：A. homeless无家可归的，B. helpless无助的，C. hopeless无望的，D. careless粗心的，睡在教堂外，所以是无家可归的，选A
小题9:考查介词：A. out外面，B. by在…旁边，C. across   穿过，D. from 来自，walk by表示经过，选B
小题10:考查动词：A. invited邀请，B. mentioned提及，C. took拿，D. called打电话，叫，有人提到躺在外边的人，选B
小题11:考查名词：A. pleasure快乐，B. measure衡量，C. courage勇气，D. trouble麻烦，take trouble to do sth表示费事去做某事，选D
小题12:考查介词：A. except  除了（排除）B. besides除了（包含）C. without没有，D. including包括，没有人叫他进来包括我。选D
小题13:考查名词：A. turn转弯，次序，B. place地方，C. time时间D. seat座位，take one’s place表示就位， take one’s seat表示坐下，这时候指牧师还没来，盼望牧师到位。选B
小题14:考查连词：A. when当…时候，这时，B. before在…前面，C. as正如，D. after在,..后面，正等着，这时候门开了。选A
小题15:考查动词：A. rushed冲，B. hurried匆忙，C. came来，D. entered进入，倒装句，指the man came in，选C
小题16:考查名词：A. decision决定，B. choices   选择，C. faces脸，D. jokes玩笑，人们做鬼脸，选C
小题17:考查动词：A. sank下沉，B. fell摔跤，C. broke破碎，D. failed失败，看到牧师就是门外躺的那个人， 我的心下沉，选A
小题18:考查动词：A. threw   扔，B. set设置，C. laid 放置，D. folded折叠，牧师把圣经放到台上，选C
小题19:考查名词：A. Brothers兄弟，B. Folks表示大伙C. Supporters支持者，D. Members成员，用folks表示对大家的称呼。选B
小题20:考查动词：A. judge   判断，B. hate  讨厌，C. treat 对待，D. test考验，从一个人外表来判断一个人，选A
点评：文章讲述了人们在教堂外面看见一个无家可归的人，但是没有人关心他，但是最后结果是这个人就是牧师，从中我们得到教训不能以貌取人。答题前一定要读懂全文，弄清文章要表达的思想，注意前后段落之间的关系。答题中，一定要认真分析，注意选项与上下文的关系，与前后单词的关系。对于一时没有太大的把握的题可以放到最后再来完成，因为有时答案可以从下文内容体现出来。答完后再通读一篇文章，看看所选选项能不能是语句通顺，语意连贯。
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A．keeping up withB．taking care ofC．making use ofD．keeping in touch with
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A．wantedB．producedC．openedD．made
小题3:
A．teachersB．childrenC．nursesD．cleaners
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A．helping outB．showing offC．staying upD．looking out
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小题12:
A．introducedB．changedC．acceptedD．cheered
小题13:
A．ideasB．wordsC．noisesD．needs
小题14:
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小题15:
A．neverB．sometimesC．hardlyD．only
小题16:
A．strangeB．commonC．fairD．necessary
小题17:
A．carefullyB．quietlyC．wellD．hard
小题18:
A．toB．atC．ofD．for
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A．waysB．costsC．meansD．sides
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And if he gets it wrong, there's nothing hiding it.
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The search for the next year's tree starts soon after the old tree is chopped up for wood chips and horse-jumping logs.
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小题1: Which is the correct order of the events in the passage?
a. Murbach’s thoughts turn to a perfectly shaped tree.
b. 2.5 million people watch the Christmas tree.
c. The tree is flown to New York.
d. It was lighted on December 2.
e. The tree is chopped up.
f. Murbach searches for the tree.
A．a, b, c, d, e, f B．c, d, b, f, e, a
C．c, d, e, b, a, f D．a, f, c, d, b, e
小题2: Murbach spends a lot of time         that are exhibited in Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center each Christmas season.
A．taking care of Christmas trees
B．deciding on the perfect evergreens
C．sorting the letters from people
D．deciding the TV programs
小题3: Why does Murbach take his job seriously?
A．Because he wants everyone to be happy with his choice.
B．Because he hopes to make everybody unable to breathe.
C．Because he enjoys showing off.
D．Because he wishes to attract people's attention to himself.
小题4: According to Murbach' s standard of trees, the best tree must_______ .
A．be evergreen
B．have lots of space between their branches
C．be tall enough not to see through
D．be equally balanced
小题5: What kind of person do you think Murbach is?
A．A person always ignoring his family.
B．A person full of love.
C．A person devoted to his work.
D．A person with great anxiety.
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Our worst game  __41__ was the one against Crystal Falls. They beat us 56 to 6. Yeah! That was a football not a basketball _42__. We played them again when we were seniors. They __43__ us again but the score was much more _44_，30 to 20.
Coach Ledy would not let that __45__ again. He encouraged us to beat them，to pay them back. And we did so in the last game we played before __46__. I had scored 6 points alone in the game. Coach Ledy praised me. It was a huge _47 for me.
Was I a football hero? Ha! Ha! No，I couldn’t __48__ it without our team. The thing I learned through football was __49__. We won as a team and we __50__ as a team.
I think Mr. Ledy would be __51__ of me if he knew that I had broken the athletic __52__ at the University of Michigan. I’m __53__to him as I would not have today’s honor without him. I’ll __54__life’s final war with pain to win the victory；I’ll seek the lights of glory wholeheartedly and I’ll __55__ working hard so as not to let him down.
小题1:
A．shoutingB．screamingC．laughingD．applauding
小题2:
A．upB．over C．moreD．out
小题3:
A．another B．otherC．someD．any
小题4:
A．immediatelyB．secretlyC．personallyD．finally
小题5:
A．took outB．turned outC．gave offD．gave out
小题6:
A．neverB．once C．everD．again
小题7:
A．gameB．teamC．storyD．score
小题8:
A．won B．metC．beatD．fought
小题9:
A．accessibleB．comfortableC．sensitiveD．acceptable
小题10:
A．happen B．succeedC．spreadD．develop
小题11:
A．liberationB．closingC．graduationD．school
小题12:
A．honorB．hopeC．successD．surprise
小题13:
A．takeB．manageC．solveD．explain
小题14:
A．courageB．devotionC．teamworkD．contribution
小题15:
A．unitedB．appearedC．preparedD．lost
小题16:
A．proudB．fond C．fullD．kind
小题17:
A．timeB．recordC．dateD．ability
小题18:
A．pleasedB．gratefulC．hopefulD．loyal
小题19:
A．fightB．joinC．desire D．enjoy
小题20:
A．take onB．put onC．rely onD．keep on
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As the businessman looked around in the aircraft, it became obvious that many  passengers were becoming a bit    2  . Later, the voice said, “We are so sorry that we are unable    3   the meal at this time. The turbulence is still ahead of us.”
Lightning    4   the darkening skies, and within moments that great plane was like a _  5   moving around on an ocean. One moment the airplane was    6   on terrific currents of air; the next, it dropped as if it were about to crash. All the passengers were upset and scared. Some were praying. The future seemed terrible and many were wondering if they would    7   it through the storm.
Then, he suddenly saw a little girl. Obviously the storm meant    8    to her. She was reading a book and everything within her small world was    9   and orderly. Sometimes she closed her eyes, then she would    10   again; then she would straighten her legs, but worry and fear were not in her    11  . All the adults were scared half to __12___, but the great child wasn’t afraid at all.
The businessman could hardly believe his eyes. When the plane finally    13   its destination, he asked why she had not been afraid. The child replied, “Because my Daddy’s the pilot, and he’s flying the plane to take me home.”
There are many kinds of storms that    14   us physically, mentally and financially. And many storms can easily and quickly darken our skies and    15   out planes into uncontrollable movement.
Let us remember: Our Father is the pilot. He is in control and taking us home. So don’t worry!
小题1:
A．quickB．sureC．trueD．worried
小题2:
A．excitedB．curiousC．happyD．nervous
小题3:
A．to serveB．to takeC．to finishD．to produce
小题4:
A．broke outB．lit upC．came acrossD．gave off
小题5:
A．birdB．boatC．planeD．person
小题6:
A．liftedB．squeezedC．knockedD．dropped
小题7:
A．makeB．getC．carryD．finish
小题8:
A．somethingB．anythingC．everythingD．nothing
小题9:
A．funnyB．easyC．movingD．calm
小题10:
A．lieB．readC．playD．smile
小题11:
A．bookB．worldC．storyD．body
小题12:
A．deathB．cryC．smileD．madness
小题13:
A．cameB．arrivedC．gotD．reached
小题14:
A．woundB．warnC．troubleD．kill
小题15:
A．reduceB．throwC．makeD．destroy
My name is Ralph and I am 42 years old. I work in a factory that I enjoy very much. On May 27, 1999, I was working on an automatic machine. While working my hand was pulled into the machine and my middle finger on my right hand was ripped off. I had surgery to replace what was left of the finger and now I have a finger that is almost as long as my index finger.
Over the years I have been very blessed for a full and healthy life. Most of all, blessed for having my wife. We have grown together and grown in our faith. Life is going to go on with or without my finger. I was not going to let this take over my life and I pushed to go back to work and got light duty.
This was where my lesson began. When I returned to work, I started getting comments and some teasing from people asking me if it was worth losing my finger over a pack of cigarettes. Someone started a rumor that I had dropped a pack of cigarettes and reached down to pick them up and that is how I lost my finger. This is not true. This rumor hurt more than losing my finger in that machine. Everyone was called in to a meeting to resolve this matter and get the story straight. I had to share my lesson.
We can ruin a person’s life by just a few bad words. There is an old saying that I will never forget: “Words and water are easily poured, but impossible to recover.” So please remember to watch what you say.
小题1:According to the author, his index finger on his right hand is almost as long as ________.
A．his middle finger on his right hand
B．his middle finger on his left hand
C．his thumb on his right hand
D．his thumb on his left hand
小题2:From the second paragraph, we know that the author ________.
A．was not happy with a short finger
B．had a good relationship with his wife
C．didn’t want to work any more in the factory
D．wanted to find an important job
小题3:The rumour about the author is that he lost his finger ________.
A．when he was picking up a pack of cigarettes that had fallen into the machine
B．because he was not careful and smoked when running the machine
C．because he was too sleepy to operate the machine properly
D．when he was reaching down to fix something wrong in the machine
小题4:Which of the following can match the underlined sentence in the last paragraph?
A．Nothing is really beautiful but truth.
B．Bad words are meaningless.
C．Lies having short legs can do harm.
D．Words cut deeper than swords.
In 1974, after filling out fifty applications, going through four interviews, and winning one offer, I took what I could get ----- a teaching job at what I considered a distant wild area: western New Jersey. My characteristic optimism was alive only when I reminded myself that I would be doing what I had wanted to do since I was fourteen ------- teaching English.
School started, but I felt more and more as if I were in a foreign country. Was this rural area really New Jersey? My students took a week off when hunting season began. I was told they were also frequently absent in late October to help their fathers make hay on the farms. I was a young woman from New York City, who thought that “Make hay while the sun shines” just meant to have a good time.
But, still, I was teaching English. I worked hard, taking time off only to eat and sleep. And then there was my sixth-grade class ---- seventeen boys and five girls who were only six years younger than me. I had a problem long before I knew it. I was struggling in my work as a young idealistic teacher. I wanted to make literature come alive and to promote a love of the written word. The students wanted to throw spitballs and whisper dirty words in the back of the room.
In college I had been taught that a successful educator should ignore bad behavior. So I did, confident that, as the textbook had said, the bad behavior would disappear as I gave my students positive attention. It sounds reasonable, but the text evidently ignored the fact that humans, particularly teenagers, rarely seems reasonable. By the time my boss, who was also my taskmaster, known to be the strictest, most demanding, most quick to fire inexperienced teachers, came into the classroom to observe me, the students exhibited very little good behavior to praise.
My boss sat in the back of the room. The boys in the class were making animal noises, hitting each other while the girls filed their nails or read magazines. I just pretended it all wasn’t happening, and went on lecturing and tried to ask some inspiring questions. My boss, sitting in the back of the classroom, seemed to be growing bigger and bigger. After twenty minutes he left, silently. Visions of unemployment marched before my eyes.
I felt mildly victorious that I got through the rest of class without crying, but at my next free period I had to face him. I wondered if he would let me finish out the day. I walked to his office, took a deep breath, and opened the door.
He was sitting in his chair, and he looked at me long and hard. I said nothing. All I could think of was that I was not an English teacher; I had been lying to myself, pretending that everything was fine.
When he spoke, he said simply, without accusation, “You had nothing to say to them.”
“You had nothing to say to them”. he repeated.” No wonder they are bored. Why not get to the meat of literature and stop talking about symbolism. Talk with them, not at them. And more important, why do you ignore their bad behavior”? We talked. He named my problems and offered solutions. We role-played. He was the bad student, and I was the forceful, yet, warm, teacher
As the year progressed, we spent many hours discussing literature and ideas about human beings and their motivations. He helped me identify my weaknesses and strengths. In short, he made a teacher of me by teaching me the reality of Emerson’s words: “The secret to education lies in respecting the pupil.”
Fifteen years later I still drive that same winding road to the same school. Thanks to the help I received that difficult first year, the school is my home now.
小题1: It can be inferred from the story that in 1974 ________________.
A．the writer became an optimistic person
B．the writer was very happy about her new job
C．it was rather difficult to get a job in the USA
D．it was easy to get a teaching job in New Jersey
小题2:According to the passage, which of the following is most probably the writer’s problem as a new teacher?
A．She had blind trust in what she learnt at college.
B．She didn’t ask experienced teachers for advice.
C．She took too much time off to eat and sleep.
D．She didn’t like teaching English literature.
小题3:What is the writer’s biggest worry after her taskmaster’s observation of her class?
A．She might lose her teaching job.
B．She might lose her students’ respect.
C．She couldn’t teach the same class any more.
D．She couldn’t ignore her students’ bad behavior any more.
小题4:Which of the following gives the writer a sense of mild victory?
A．Her talk about symbolism sounded convincing.
B．Her students behaved a little better than usual.
C．She managed to finish the class without crying.
D．She was invited for a talk by her boss after class.
小题5:The students behaved badly in the writer’s classes because
A．They were eager to embarrass her.
B．She didn’t really understand them.
C．They didn’t regard her as a good teacher.
D．She didn’t have a good command of English.
小题6:The taskmaster’s attitude towards the writer after his observation of her class can be described as________________.
A．cruel but encouragingB．fierce but forgiving
C．sincere and supportiveD．angry and aggressive
The technology is great. Without it we wouldn’t have been able to put a man on the moon, explore the ocean’s depths or eat microwave sausages. Computers have revolutionized our lives and they have the power to educate and pass on knowledge. But sometimes this power can create more problems than it solves.
Every doctor has had to try their best to calm down patients who’ve come into their surgery waving an Internet print-out, convinced that they have some rare incurable disease, say, throat cancer. The truth is usually far more ordinary, though: they don’t have throat cancer, and it’s just that their throats are swollen. Being a graduate of the Internet “school” of medicine does not guarantee accurate self-health-checks.
One day Mrs. Almond came to my hospital after feeling faint at work. While I took her blood sample and tried to find out what was wrong, she said calmly, “I know what’s wrong；I’ve got throat cancer. I know there’s nothing you doctors can do about it and I’ve just got to wait until the day comes.”
As a matter of routine I ordered a chest X-ray. I looked at it and the blood results an hour later. Something wasn’t right. “Did your local doctor do an X-ray?” I asked. “Oh, I haven’t been to the doctor for years,” she replied. “I read about it on a website and the symptoms fitted, so I knew that’s what I had.”
However, some of her symptoms, like the severe cough and weight loss, didn’t fit with it—but she’d just ignored this.
I looked at the X-ray again, and more tests confirmed it wasn’t the cancer but tuberculosis (肺结核)—something that most certainly did need treating, and could be deadly. She was lucky we caught it when we did.
Mrs. Almond went pale when I explained she would have to be on treatment for the next six months to ensure that she was fully recovered. It was certainly a lesson for her. “I’m so embarrassed,” she said, shaking her head, as I explained that all the people she had come into close contact with would have to be found out and tested. She listed up to about 20, and then I went to my office to type up my notes. Unexpectedly, the computer was not working, so I had to wait until someone from the IT department came to fix it. Typical. Maybe I should have a microwave sausage while I waited?
小题1:Mrs. Almond talked about her illness calmly because ______.
A．she thought she knew it well
B．she had purchased medicine online
C．she graduated from a medical school
D．she had been treated by local doctors
小题2:It was lucky for Mrs. Almond ______.
A．to have contacted many friends
B．to have recovered in a short time
C．to have her assumption confirmed
D．to have her disease identified in time
小题3:Mrs. Almond said “I’m so embarrassed” (Para. 7) because ______.
A．she had distrusted her close friends
B．she had caused unnecessary trouble
C．she had to refuse the doctor’s advice
D．she had to tell the truth to the doctor
小题4: By mentioning the breakdown of the computer, the author probably wants to prove ______.
A．it’s a must to take a break at work
B．it’s vital to believe in IT professionals
C．it’s unwise to simply rely on technology
D．it’s a danger to work long hours on computers
Charlton Heston was born in 1923 in Evanston, Illinois. Charlton Heston discovered his interest in acting while performing in plays at his high school. He later spent two years studying theater at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. But he left college to join the Army Air Forces during World War Two.
After the war, he found small roles in the theater as well as in television shows. His performance in a television version of the book Jane Eyre caught the attention of the Hollywood producer Cecil B. DeMille who later asked Heston to play the role of Moses in his movie The Ten Commandments which came out in 1956. This role made Heston famous and defined (明确) his career as a hero and leader. His face and body represented strength and heroism in many different roles. He played cowboys, soldiers and athletes.
The 1959 movie Ben Hur made Charlton Heston an even bigger star. Ben Hur won eleven Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Charlton Heston. Heston starred in many adventure movies during the 1960s. In the 1970s, Heston appeared in popular disaster movies like Earthquake,. Skyjacked and Airport 1975.
Charlton Heston was also very active in the movie industry. He worked to help set up the American Film Institute. In 1977 he was honored for his service in the industry. He received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 1997 he was awarded a Kennedy Center Honor. And, in 2003, President Bush gave Charlton Heston a Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.
In 2000, Charlton Heston issued a statement announcing that he had an Alzheimer's disease. He died in 2008 at his home in Beverly Hills, California.
小题1:What kind of role did Charlton Heston often play in films?
A．Heroes.B．Cowboys.C．Soldiers.D．Athletes.
小题2:Which film won Best Actor for Charlton Heston?
A．Jane Eyre.
B．Earthquake.
C．Ben Hur.
D．The Ten Commandments.
小题3:What can we learn about Charlton Heston according to the passage?
A．He began to show his talent in Ben Hut.B．He used to be a soldier.
C．He was once awarded by Kennedy.D．He won eleven Academy Awards.
小题4:What's the main idea of Paragraph 2?
A．How Charlton Heston became famous.
B．How Charlton Heston began his career.
C．Who made Charlton Heston a popular star.
D．Who made Charlton Heston win so many awards.

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