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He lived the rest of his life _______ a farm, spending most of the time _______ the fields.

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A. in, to work in

B. on, working in

C. on, working on

D. in, to work on

答案:B
提示:

on a farm意为“在农场里”,in the field (s)意为“在田间”;spend...(in) doing sth.“花费时间/金钱做某事”.


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My father came to the United States as a Ukrainian immigrant (移民) when he was 14 years old. Unable to speak English but willing to do anything to succeed, he learned the language, became a barber, and opened up his own business in a small town. He put my sister and me through college during a time when most people thought that women didn’t need an education and that they should be satisfied with getting married and having children. He gave us values and ambition. But this story didn’t really start until my father was 60 years old.

    I was preparing to get married and my father was attempting to practice the polke, a must at any Ukrainian wedding. But he just couldn’t do it! He had lost mobility in his leg and was diagnosed with a brain tumor (肿瘤). After surgery, this energetic, hard-working man was forced to retire as a result of significant paralysis (瘫痪) in his right arm and leg. My dad had always worked two jobs and spent his spare time working around the house. Now that kind of life came to a sudden stop. Yet never once did he complain. He bought rubber balls and spent his days trying to regain his hand mobility by squeezing those balls over and over.

    After his last operation, he chatted with me pleasantly in the hospital room until a nurse flew into the room, waving her finger at me, and yelling, “You’d better tell your father to stay in bed. He is paralyzed and will never walk again. He needs to stop trying to get out of bed and accept the fact that he can’t walk now or ever. I am sick of picking him up and you’d better warn him to stay put!” My father smiled. He spent a great deal of time on the floor that year, but he eventually got up and walked.

    My father lived nineteen more years after that operation. He bought himself a motor scooter (小型摩托车) and spent years zipping around the streets of Philadelphia. He was proud, free, and always smiling.

In what way was the author’s father different from most other people in his times?

    A. He succeeded in migrating to the U.S.

    B. He learned the new language easily and quickly.

    C. He achieved his life goal by working as a barber.

    D. He had his daughters educated.

The underlined word “polke” in Paragraph 2 probably refers to        .

    A. a song           B. a dance          C. a musical instrument     D. a tool for painting

The author’s father used the rubber balls to         .

    A. kill his too much spare time         B. relieve himself from work pressure

    C. get his hand’s function back            D. recover from his operation

Which of the following can be used to describe the author’s father?

    A. Perfect.         B. Strong-minded.           C. Creative.            D. Impractical.

What can we learn from the text?

    A. Love can do wonders.             B. Failure is the mother of success.

    C. A father’s love is most valuable.       D. Never give up on your life.


(D)
At a certain time in our lives we consider every place as the possible site for a house. I have thus searched the country within a dozen miles of where I live. In imagination I have bought all the farms, one after another, and I knew their prices.
The nearest thing that I came to actual ownership was when I bought the Hollowell place. But before the owner completed the sale with me, his wife changed her mind and wished to keep it, and he offered me additional dollars to return the farm to him. However, I let him keep the dollars and sold him the farm for just what I gave for it.
The real attractions of the Hollowell farm to me were its position, being about two miles from the village, half a mile from the nearest neighbor, bounded(相邻) on one side by the river, and separated from the highway by a wide field. The poor condition of the house and fences showed that it hadn’t been used for some time. I remembered from my earliest trip up the river that the house used to be hidden behind a forest area, and I was in a hurry to buy it before the owner finished getting out some rocks, cutting down the apple trees, and clearing away some young trees which had grown up in the fields. I wanted to buy it before he made any more of his improvements. But it turned out as I have said.
I was not really troubled by the loss. I had always had a garden, but I don’t think I was ready for a large farm. I believe that as long as possible it is better to live free and uncommitted(无牵无挂). It makes but little difference whether you own a farm or not.
57.What do we know about the author?
A. He wanted to buy the oldest farm near where he lived.
B. He made a study of many farms before buying.
C. He made money by buying and selling farms.
D. He had the money to buy the best farm in the country.
58.Why did the author want to buy the farm in a hurry?
A. He was afraid the owner might change his mind.
B. He hoped to enlarge the forest on the farm.
C. He wanted to keep the farm as it was.
D. He was eager to become a farm owner.
59.The underlined words “the loss” in the last paragraph refer to _____?
A. the money the author lost in buying the farm
B. the sale of the garden in the Hollowell place
C. the removal of the trees around the house
D. the failure to possess the Hollowell place
60.What does the author believe as important in life?
A. To own a farm               B. To satisfy his needs
C. To be free from worries.       D. To live in the countryside.


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第一节:阅读理解。阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
A
This is a true story from Guyana. One day, a boy took a piece of paper from a box. He made a paper ball and pushed it into his nose. He couldn’t get it out. He ran crying to his mother. His mother couldn’t get the paper out, either. A week later, the paper was still in the boy’s nose. His nose began to have a bad smell.
So his mother took the boy to a hospital. The doctor looked up at the child’s nose, but she couldn’t get the paper out. She said she had to cut the boy’s nose to get the paper out.
The boy’s mother came home looking sad. She didn’t want her child to have his nose cut. The next day she took the boy to her friend Sidney who lived in a house with an old lady called May. May wanted to see the child, so the child let her look up his nose.
“Yes, I can see it,” May said. “It will be out soon.”
As she spoke, she shook some black pepper on the child’s nose. The child gave a mighty sneeze and the paper flew out. His mother was surprised. May told his mother to take the boy to the seaside for a swim, for the salt water would go up his nose and stop the bad smell.
So the lucky boy didn’t have to go to the hospital to have his nose cut.
41. After the boy pushed a paper ball into his nose, ____.
A. he took it out                B. his mother took it out
C. he did nothing but cry         D. he tried to take it out but failed
42. The paper ball stayed in the boy’s nose for ____.
A. at most seven days             B. less than seven days
C. more than seven days           D. exactly seven days
43. According to the story, _____ was most worried about the boy’s accident.
A. the boy’s mother     B. Sidney       C. May       D. the doctor
44. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The doctor helped to take the paper ball out of the boy’s nose.
B. May succeeded in taking the paper out.
C. The boy’s mother found some black pepper to solve the problem.
D. The boy had to have his nose cut at last.
45. The boy should be taken to the seaside for a swim because ____.
A. he needed to learn to swim
B. the sea water would stop the bad smell of his nose.
C. the sea water would wash out the paper ball.
D. he needed a rest

Every Christmas the giant tree in Rockefeller Center sparkles with thousands of lights. From the beginning, when construction workers raised the first one during the depths of the Depression, it has been a symbol of hope. Diana Abad, like most Americans, loved that tree.

In 1999, however, Diana was writing her will. The 33-year-old woman from Staten Island, New York, was diagnosed with leukemia(白血病)and wanted to put her things in order. Doctors told her she had nine months to live.

Her slim chance for survival lay in finding a bone marrow(骨髓)donor. The most likely source for a match is always among relatives -- but her family was tested and there was none.

Then one day in February 2000, she got a call from the hospital saying that out of the four million people enrolled in the National Marrow Donor Program Registry, there was only one match. The potential donor was thinking about it. In March the donor agreed, and the transplant procedure was scheduled for March 27.

On that day, a doctor came in with the marrow in a bag, and Diana remembers him saying: “This is it. If it doesn’t graft within four to six hours, nothing will bring you back.” Diana asked a priest (牧师)to give her last rite(祈祷).

Almost immediately after the two-hour procedure, she felt stronger. Doctors told her it looked like the graft had taken.

Donors are anonymous, but when she was better, Diana sent a note through the Registry: “You don’t know the joy that I am experiencing,” she wrote. “I hope that one day we can meet and I can thank you in person.”

It was several months before the donor replied. At first he didn’t even give his name. He was 34-year-old David Mason, and he lived in Dedham, Massachusetts. But eventually the two exchanged phone numbers and began to talk.

Then unexpectedly and unannounced, he turned up at her door in Englishtown, New Jersey, on December 23. She says it was love at first sight. He says he didn’t feel it until they met the second time.

That meeting began a long-distance romance that culminated(修成正果)under the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center in December 2004. That’s where David proposed(求婚)to Diana. She, of course, said yes.

64.Which of the following may be the title of the passage?

A.Perfect Match         B.Successful Graft

C.Anonymous Donor  D.Lucky Christmas Tree

65.What can we know about the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center?

A.It was planted by the local inhabitants of Rockefeller in the United States.

B.Diana got saved under the Christmas tree and so loved it.

C.Many Americans love the tree because it was raised during the depths of the depression.

D.The tree is very tall and beautifully decorated by people at Christmas time.

66.It can be inferred from the passage that         .

A.leukemia is so serious a disease that nobody can survive in America

B.patients who suffer from leukemia may feel very weak

C.bone marrow transplant is very easy to carry out in America

D.the man donor knew Diana would become his wife in advance

67.Which of the following is true about their first meeting with each other?

A.Diana met David at the hospital on the day when she was operated on.

B.Diana went to David’s home in Dedham in order to thank him in person.

C.David and Diana fell in love with each other when they first met.

D.David didn’t telephone Diana to inform her of the date of his visiting her.

 

Tick, tock, tick, tock. I’m sitting here, watching the movements of my existence pass slowly away. My house has been  36  for such a long time,and I’m lonely and forgotten. Sitting here, by myself, all that I can do is   37    and think about my past. I could tell you stories that only  38  would know. But walls can’t speak.

    I came to this place many years ago,along with an old man….  39  , he was with me for on1y three short years before he passed on….

For a time, I was left alone, while people came and  40  the house….  Then, one day a nice couple moved in with a young son.   41  , their son Danny liked to stay with me, and I was completely  42   with him. He always looked as if he loved the stories I told, most of which began with. ‘‘Back in my day…” and ‘‘When I was  43  .…” I sometimes had the kind of idea that he didn’t really understand what I was saying, but it felt good to be  44 .  When Danny went off to college,my heart broke. Soon afterward,   45   sold the house.…

    New owners came and  46  . Then, One day it so happened that I was in when a new family was moving into the house. You can’t even imagine my  47   when, unexpectedly, Danny walked through the front door. He had a  48   and kids now. I was so overjoyed when I saw him that I put all my  49   into my daily activities. ... I spent the next twenty years watching his kids grow up, with a mixture of pride and  50   about what would happen next.

    The kids finally became  51    and Danny sold the house. That was about five years ago…. Some of the local kids have started the rumor that the house is haunted(闹鬼的)--- and, in a way, it is. It is haunted by   52  of all the people who have lived in it. Every second has  53   me so much. I have been   54  them all day and they are almost up for me.... I hope that someday somebody will  55   me, and drop in on me again. Maybe then I’ll get a new home and an opportunity for a whole new set of memories.

1.A. crowded                   B. empty              C. painted           D. sold

2.A. look back             B. enjoy food       C. have a dream          D. chat with friends

3.A. friends               B. learners          C. neighbors        D. walls

4.A. Luckily               B. Happily          C. Sadly                   D. Surprisingly

5.A. looked at             B. settled in         C. bought in        D. sold out

6.A. At last               B. At one time              C. In the end       D. From the beginning

7.A. tired                  B. friendly          C. taken             D. fond

8.A. older                 B. healthier            C. better                D. younger

9.A. loved               B. told                  C. disliked             D. believed

10.A.Danny               B. I                       C. his parents         D. the old man

11.A. settled              B. went                 C. lived                 D. greeted

12.A. pity                B. pride                 C. surprise             D. sadness

13.A. friend               B. daughter            C. son                   D. wife

14.A. energy              B. time                  C. life                   D. ideas

15.A. happiness           B. dream               C. anxiety              D. disappointment

16.A. old                 B. impatient           C. adults                D. tired

17.A. families             B. furniture           C. houses               D. memories

18.A. impressed           B. surprised          C. encouraged        D. inspired

19.A. putting                   B. copying             C. recalling            D. taking

20.A. call                     B. remember          C. visit               D. attend

 

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