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    Antonia left Athens and came to America to make her  1  .She wanted to be a famous  2  ,so she went to live in Hollywood,California.

   At first,Antonia had very little  3  ,so she was 4  to watch every penny  5  visiting the movie agents’ offices.For over a year,she worked only in small  6  .She found life extremely  7 . She had to take buses or  8 everywhere, and she ate only one  9  a day.Even though she worked at nights as a 10  ,Antonia could not really make ends meet.

11  ,one day,the star of the film became  12,and the director asked Antonia to    13    the part.Her acting was wonderful.After the premiere(首映)of the film,she became an overnight success.She received many  14  for future starring roles.

Since then,Antonia has   15  her whole way of life.Now she wears    16    furs and drives a Rolls—Royce.She lives in a twenty—seven room mansion(公馆)in Beverly Hills,with seven  17  .All her needs are  18    for.For Antonia,America was truly the land of streets paved with gold.  19  her hard work,she had earned the fame she  20  so much.

1. A.fame       B.chance    C.fortune     D.adventure

2.A.model     B.singer    C.designer    D.actress

3.A.success     B.money    C.limit      D.energy

4. A.forced     B.able      C.asked       D.ready

5. A.and      B.while      C.if      D.or

6.A.places     B.plays     C.parts        D.studios

7. A.unfair     B.simple    C.difficult     D.hard

8. A.drive     B.walk      C.stay      D.sleep

9. A.meal     B.dinner     C.diet       D.food

10. A nurse    B.typist    C.salesgirl    D.waitress

11. A.Gradually  B.Suddenly    C.Fortunately   D.Strangely

12. A.old     B.ugly      C.ill     D.friendly

13. A.take      B.fill      C.join       D.charge

14. A.invitations   B.orders    C.letters      D.offers

15.A.changed    B.started   C.improved    D.realized

16. A.valuable   B.expensive    C.beautiful    D.colorful

17. A.fellows    B. sisters    C.servants    D.friends

18. A.cared      B.looked    C.sent      D.attended

19. A.By     B.With      C.Under    D.Through

20.wished    B.begged    C.desired    D.admired

 

    阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

  By the year 2005, the world population will have increased to six thousand million.Babies born in Britain now have a  1 life expectancy(估计寿命)than 2 born twenty years ago.But families in Britain are smaller now and so the increase in population is not very  3  .Mothers-to-be are able to 4  classes at nearby hospitals,to prepare them  5  childbirth(生小孩)and child  6  .At these classes,they learn techniques(技巧)to help them suffer less  7 they give birth;they are shown  8  to breastfeed their babies,and they can talk to other women who  9  babies.

Dr Jolly is a doctor who studies children's health and behavior(行为).Perhaps go to him for help and  10  about bringing up children.

  “When a child is playing quietly  11,”says Dr Jolly,“ he becomes tired and uninterested very quickly.He calls to Mum,but she doesn't reply  12  he shouts.Then,when he shouts,she comes.So,in fact,she has said to him,13 you shout  14 me,I won't come.’And then she comes to me and says,I've got a child who 15.’Then you find that in fact she's trained him to shout.”

  It’s better to  16  the child when he is playing.If the parent encourages good behavior and takes no notice of bad behaviour,the child  will  17  the bad behaviour because it doesn't get any encouragement.The emphasis today is 18   helping parents understand what goes on in a child’s    19   ,and if they do this,as Dr Jolly says, “Parents can have great 20 with their children.”

1. A. long        B.longer     C.old          D.older

2. A.this         B.these      C.that        D.those

3. A.great        B.big      C.large       D.much

4. A.join       B.take part in   C.attend      D.get

5. A.for        B.with      C.by       D.from

6. A.attention     B.care     C.notice      D.mind

7. A.since        B.before      C.after       D.when

8. A.how        B.when     C.what        D.where

9. A.expect       B.are expected   C.are expecting    D.would expect

10. A.advice        B. an advice   C. advices     D.many advices

11.A.his own      B. himself      C.alone      D.lonely

12. A.as soon as      B.when      C.until      D.after

13.A.If          B.Because     C.Unless     D.When

14. A.to         B. at        C.for        D.behind

15. A.is always shouting  B. has always shouted

   C.always shguted   D.will always shout

16. A leave        B.leave behind    C stay behind    D.stay with

17.A.fall        B.drop       C.lose       D.learn

18. A.for        B.with       C.on       D.in

19. A.mind        B.heart       C.head       D.body

20.A.pain       B.sadness       C.joke       D.fun

 

    阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。

   When I was 16 years old,I made my first visit to Disneyland in America.It wasn't the first time I had been 1.Like most English children I learned French 2 school and I had often been to France,so I  3  speaking a foreign language to people who didn't understand  4  .But  5 I went to America,I was really looking forward to 6 a nice easy holiday without any 7 problems.

8  wrong I was! The misunderstanding began 9 the airport。I was looking for a  10  telephone to give my friend Danny a 11 and tell her that I had arrived.A  12  old man saw me looking lost and asked 13 he could help me.

  “Yes,”I said,“I want to give my friend a ring.”“Well,that's nice,”he said,“Are you getting 14 ? But aren't you a bit young?”“15 is talking about marriage?”I replied.“I just want to give my friend a ring to tell her I've arrived.Can you tell me  16  there’s a phone box?”“Oh!”he said,“there's a phone downstairs.”

   When at last we did meet up,Danny explained the misunderstanding to me.“Don't worry,”she said to me,“I had so many  17  at first.There are lots of words

which the Americans 18 differently in meaning from us British.You'll soon get used to  19  funny things they say.Most of the  20  British,and American people understand each other!”

1. A.out     B.away      C.outside   D.abroad

2. A.from     B.during      C.at     D.after

3. A.get used to   B.was used to   C.used to   D.used

4. A.English   B.French      C.Russian    D.Latin

5. A.when     B.while       C.if     D.for

6. A.buying    B.having      C.giving   D.receiving

7. A.time      B.human      C.language  D. money

8. A. Too     B. What       C.What   D.How

9. A.with     B. to        C.over    D.at

10. A.cheap      B.popular      C.public    D.good

11. A. letter     B. ring        C. news     D. information

12.A. friendly    B. strange      C. stupid    D. tough

13.A.that    B. if         C. where    D. when

14.A. to marry   B. to be married    C. marrying    D. married

15.A.You    B.She        C.Who     D.He

16.A.where    B.in which     C.over there   D.that

17. A.trouble   B.difficulties     C.things    D.fun

18. A.write    B.speak       C.use     D.read

19. A.every   B.these        C.some   D.all the

20. A.chance    B.situation      C.condition    D.time

 

阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

My friend Alice decided to be a nurse when she was four years old.She always wanted to play“doctors and nurses” with her playmates.When she left school last year,she still wanted to be a good nurse.One day she found an advertisement in the newspaper:

  DO YOU WANT TO HELP PEOPLE?

  STUDY NURSING

  SEND THIS FORM TO US

  FOR MORE INFORMATION

Alice filled the coupon(广告上的附单) with her name and address. She got it out and   1   it at once.

Last October she   2   her studies in a big hospital in New York. She had to work very hard. She went to    3   every day and studied late till night.  Then a really important day came: her first   4   in a ward(病房).At last she was really helping the   5   people, not just sitting in classes or learning from   6  .

At first student nurses do lots of odd jobs(杂事)in the   7  . They help to   8   meals or wash the patients. They also keep the ward tidy and make the  9They can't give injections(注射) or help the 10  .

One of Alice's first jobs was in a ward of 11   people. She   12   to clean all the patients'   13    teeth. She collected all the teeth and took them to the bathroom.   14   cleaning each set of teeth one by one, she put all of them into one big   15 .

 “It'll be   16   this way,”she said to herself , “then I can give back everyone's teeth   17   a few minutes. ”

Give back everyone's teeth! Alice stood in the middle of the ward   18   a big bowl of teeth. She had no  19    which teeth belonged to   20   old man.

1 A. posted         B. kept      C. threw        D. sold

2 A.finished       B.used     C.started        D.made

3. A.offices       B.work     C.hospital        D.classes

4. A.time       B.turn      C.patient        D.day

5. A.young        B.old     C.sick        D.good

6. A.teachers      B.books     C.doctors        D.radios

7. A.ward        B.classroom   C.hospital      D.school

8. A.cook       B.prepare    C.serve        D.had

9. A.money       B.room     C.beds       D.peace

10. A.teachers     B.patients     C.poor        D.doctors

11. A.old       B.young      C.ugly     D.kind

12.A.was ordered    B.was told     C.was forced   D.was reported

13. A.dirty       B.bad     C.good        D.false

14. A.Because of      B.Before     C.Instead of      D.When

15. A.bowl       B.bathroom    C.bag        D.box

16. A.faster        B.cleaner      C.quicker     D.easier

17. A.in         B.without     C.after        D.of

18. A.with       B.in      C.before        D.beside

19.  A.problem      B.idea     C.way        D.mind

20. A.what        B.that    C.whose       D.which

 

Before the 20th century the horse supplied day to day transportation(运输) in the USA.

Trains were used for long distance transportation.

Today the car is the most   1   sort of transportation in all of the   2  .It has completely taken the place of the horse as a   3  of  everyday transportation. The Americans use their cars for nearly 90   4   all their   5  .Most Americans are   6   to buy cars. The average(平均)   7   of a car was 2050 in 1950,2740 in 1960 and up to 4750 in 1975. During this period, American carmakers   8   improving their products. As a   9  ,the income of the average family   10   from 1950 to 1970   11   than the price of cars.  12  ,buying a new car takes a smaller part of a family’s   13   income today. In 1951, it   14   8.1 months of an average family’s income to buy a new car. In 1962,a new car   15   6.43 months of a family’s income. By 1975,it   16   took 4.75 months’ income.  17  ,the 1975 cars were technically   18   than those of the previous(先前的)   19  .

That’s why cars are so   20   in the USA.

1.A.useful           B.valuable           C.cheap              D.popular

2.A.United States      B.world             C.year              D.continent

3.A.development       B.journey            C.sign              D.means

4.A.percent           B.years               C.miles             D.dollars

5.A.trips             B.lives              C.buissness          D.time

6.A.permitted          B.encouraged          C.anxious           D.able

7.A.value            B.cost              C.price             D.money

8.A.suggested         B.enjoyed             C.made up            D.started

9.A.tool              B.result              C.drive             D.producer

10.A.reduced          B.increased           C.received            D.needed

11.A.more slowly      B.smaller            C.faster              D.less

12.A.However         B.For example         C.Instead            D.For this reason

13.A.low            B.high              C.monthly            D.total

14.A.needs           B.took              C.spent              D.saved

15.A.spent            B.paid              C.cost            D.took

16.A.might            B.really              C.only            D.would

17.A.Otherwise       B.Besides         C.But             D.Finally

18.A.improved        B.better              C.lighter              D.smaller

19.A.months         B.years              C.cars            D.families

20.A.popular          B.expensive          C.cheap             D.good

 

When we were children, our grandfathers told us the river was called the Pool that Forgets because when anything falls into it, the pool forgets to send it to the   1   again. One time when we were no longer children and not yet men, we seized a hunting dog and took her to the Pool that Forgets. We   2   her into the pool, and we all   3   to see her come up. We waited from morning till evening but   4   never came up. We knew that the   5   had forgotten her.

But this particular day when we were   6   from the raid (袭击), everyone had taken a trophy (猎获品)   7   my brother. Maybe that was why he was talking when we were whispering and why he   8   to sound as though he had no   9  . My brother was forced to walk behind us. That is the position of honor and dishonor. As an honor, the   10   men are placed there to   11   us when we return, but sometimes those who have not shown the strength are placed there to be laughed at for   12  . I think my brother   13   this, because as we reached the pool, he ran   14   us. He stopped at the   15   to the gray rock above the pool and stood there with   16   trying to look stronger than he was.

“Heroes of the only world!”he shouted,“Watch me. I am not   17   the Pool that Forgets.”

   And with those words, he dived and   18   into the pool and we saw nothing more. We stared over edge of the   19   . Our eyes staring into the circle of terror produced by   20  .

1.A.surface           B.bottom            C.bank             D.edge

2.A.put             B.sent              C.brought           D.threw

3.A.decided          B.waited             C.promised           D.agreed

4.A.he              B.it                C.she               D.they

5.A.dog              B.pool              C.children           D.me

6.A.setting out           B.starting off          C.moving on         D.returning

7.A.besides           B.including           C.except             D.more than

8.A.tried             B.hoped              C.learned            D.stopped

9.A.worry            B.fear               C.courage           D.wish

10.A.strongest           B.weakest           C.cleverest           D.luckiest

11.A.save                B.support                C.satisfy             D.protect

12.A.poverty         B.mistake           C.weakness          D.carelessness

13.A.understood        B.apologized         C.guessed           D.accepted

14.A.behind          B.among             C.before             D.ahead of

15.A.surface         B.edge              C.top               D.bottom

16.A.a simple          B.anger              C.pride             D.pleasure

17.A.afraid of         B.fond of            C.proud of            D.surprised at

18.A.dropped          B.swam              C.buried             D.disappeared

19.A.pool             B.rock              C.my brother          D.word

20.A.the hunting dog                         B.my brother

C.the Pool that Forgets                     D.our grandfathers

 

Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United States who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his   1   and traveling.

Then, after returning to the United States from a   2   trip to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic(USSR), Mr. Cousins got sick. Because he had pushed his body to the   3   of its strength on the trip, a change began to take place   4   him. The material between his bones became   5  .

In less than one week after his return, he could not   6  .Every move that he   7   was painful. He was not able to sleep at night. The doctors told him that they did not know how to cure Mr. Cousins’ problem and he might never   8   over the illness. Mr. Cousins, however, refused to give up   9  .

Mr. Cousins thought that   10   thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. He did not want to take medicine to cure himself.  11  ,he felt that happy thoughts or   12   might cure his illness.

He began to   13   on himself while still in the hospital by watching funny shows on television. Mr. Cousins quickly found that 10 minutes of real laughter during the   14   gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night.

  15  the doctors could not help him, Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could   16   his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr. Cousins rested in the hotel room watching funny shows in television, reading funny books, and sleeping   17   he felt tired. Within three weeks, he felt well   18   to take a vacation to Puerto-Rico where he began running on the beach for   19  .

After a few months, Mr. Cousins returned to work. He had laughed himself back to   20  .

1.A.time             B.holiday            C.sleep             D.work

2.A.boring            B.tiring               C.dangerous         D.pleasant

3.A.top             B.degree             C.problem            D.limit

4.A.from            B.around            C.inside              D.beside

5.A.weak            B.ill                C.false             D.painful

6.A.speak                B.breathe            C.stand              D.see

7.A.made            B.did                C.took              D.gave

8.A.look             B.get                C.turn              D.think

9.A.effort                B.hope             C.treatment             D.arrangement

10.A.foolish          B.unusual           C.funny              D.unhappy

11.A.Instead         B.However           C.Therefore          D.Otherwise

12.A.sleep            B.travel              C.laughter           D.television

13.A.rescue          B.operate            C.try                D.experiment

14.A.day            B.week             C.month             D.year

15.A.Promising       B.Deciding            C.Doubting           D.Recognizing

16.A.invent           B.begin             C.continue            D.prove

17.A.until           B.whenever          C.unless             D.so that

18.A.soon           B.completely         C.slowly             D.enough

19.A.exercise          B.illness              C.rest               D.pleasure

20.A.power          B.sense              C.health              D.happiness

 

The Japanese pay much attention to the luck of telephone numbers. The bath houses, for example, like to use 4626, because when   1   in Japanese, it has the   2   pronunciation as “have a good bath”.   3   the clothes shops and the butcher’s like 4129 better than   4  number because this number can either be read as “good dress”   5    “good meat”.

Since these numbers are   6   with something   7  , people can remember them very  8  , so they have   9   advertisements for shops.

On the other hand,   10   are also telephone numbers which are regarded as forbidden   11   the Japanese people. 1564, for example, has the sound of “kill people”   12   the number 4219 has   13   of “people die”.

At   14  , there are about forty-four million   15   in Japan, yet it is almost   16   for everyone to get a lucky telephone number. So these   17   have become commodities (商品) and can be   18   as goods. The   19   can reach as   20   as 222 thousand Japanese yen (日元).

1.A. read            B. listen             C. hear             D. look

2.A. English          B. strange                C. different           D. same

3.A. For             B. Neither                C. Either             D. Both

4.A.any              B.rest               C.other             D.any other

5.A.but             B.or               C.as               D.and

6.A.joined           B.connected          C.fixed             D.mixed

7.A.to do            B.useful              C.nice              D.important

8.A.hard             B.slowly             C.much              D.easily

9.A.become          B.been              C.had               D.made

10.A.these            B.they              C.those              D.there

11.A.for             B.by               C.with              D.to

12.A.but             B.because           C.as               D.while

13.A.sound           B.meaning            C.that               D.this

14.A.times            B.present            C.last               D.first

15.A.shops           B.Japanese            C.telephones           D.numbers

16.A.possible          B.impossible         C.easy              D.necessary

17.A.telephones       B.goods              C.shops              D.numbers

18.A.used           B.made             C.sold              D.stored

19.A.yen            B.money             C.telephone           D.prices

20.A.valuable          B.big                C.high              D.large

 

A great big fellow, weighing around 250 pounds, walked with slow heavy noisy footsteps up to the producer counter in the supermarket. “Give me   1   a head of cabbage,” he told the clerk.

“All we have are   2   heads,” came the   3   reply.

“I   4   want a whole head,”the customer   5   , “Just half a head. Are you going to sell me half a   6  ?”“Wait a minute,”said the clerk nervously,“   7   ask the manager.”

She went back   8   the manager was stamping   9   on canned goods. “Hey,” she said,“there’s a big, stupid-looking buffalo (水牛) out   10   who wants me to   11   him half a head of cabbage. Shall I tell the   12   to…”She noticed the manager   13   —not at her, but behind her.   14  , the clerk saw that the big and tall customer had   15   her and heard   16 word.   17  , the clerk   18   back to the manager, “and this   19  ,” she said, “wants to buy   20   half.”

1.A.half              B.just               C./                 D.every

2.A.all              B.your              C.whole             D.half

3.A.warm                B.clerk             C.loud               D.cold

4.A.just              B.don’t             C.will               D.only

5.A.asked                B.demanded          C.beg               D.said

6.A.cabbage          B.thing             C.head             D.matter

7.A.Let me           B.Let’s             C.I                 D.You

8.A.to              B.to place           C.to notice            D.where

9.A.something         B.prices              C.letters             D.cabbages

10.A.front            B.back             C.of               D.inside

11.A.give            B.cut                C.throw             D.sell

12.A.man                B.gentleman          C.fool              D.customer

13.A.looking         B.afraid              C.surprising          D.staring

14.A.Quickly          B.Turning           C.Calling            D.Shouting

15.A.seen                B.followed            C.come to            D.caught

16.A.every            B.her                C.a                D.some

17.A.Slowly          B.Suddenly           C.Quickly           D.Generally

18.A.went            B.turned             C.ran               D.looked

19.A.man                B.customer           C.gentleman          D.fool

20.A.the other         B.another            C.a whole           D.his

 

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Harriet Tubman was born a slave. She didn’t get a   1   to go to school.   2   a child, Harriet had to work very hard in   3   all day. That way, her owner could   4   a lot of money when he sold his crops. Harriet   5   think that she was being treated fairly.

  6   Harriet grew up, she ran away from the plantation(庄园)to the Northern United States. There, and in Canada,   7   could be free.

Harriet liked to be free. She felt   8   for all of the black people who were   9   slaves.

Harriet returned to   10   to help other slaves to run away. She made   11   that they got to the North and became free.

Harriet was in great   12   because of a law that   13  .The law said it was not permitted to   14   runaway slaves. She also   15   that the slave owners said they would   16   $4000 to anyone who could catch Harriet Tubman.

There were many stories about Harriet   17   slaves run away. In all, she made nineteen trips back to the South and guided about 300 slaves to   18  .When the Civil War broke out, the northern states   19   with the southern states. Harriet   20   the northern states because the Northerners believed that slaves should be free. She worked as a nurse and spied behind enemy lines until the northern states won the war.

1.A.day      B. chance     C. permission     D. moment

2.A.As       B.Being      C.Since         D.Like

3.A.the farm   B.a school    C.the fields        D.a factory

4.A.make B.pay       C.got            D.spend

5.A.certainly   B.didn’t      C.did           D.no longer

6.A.Since     B.After       C.Then          D.With

7.A.the white  B.white      C.black               D.black people

8.A.happy     B.sure        C.wrong     D.sorry

9.A.still      B.yet        C.only           D.not

10.A.Canada   B.the South   C.the North       D.the U.S.

11.A.perfect    B.way        C.possible        D.sure

12.A.anger    B.anxiety C.hurry         D.danger

13.A.has just been passed         B.had just been broken

C.had just been passed           D.has just been broken

14.A.help B.set free C.stop                D.catch

15.A.found   B.noticed C.found out            D.made sure

16.A.pay B.make       C.spend         D.get

17.A.help B.helped  C.helping      D.to help

18.A.freedom  B.safety      C.North         D.Southern states

19.A.united   B.fought  C.made peace      D.gave in

20.A.looked for     B.stood for   C.looked on       D.went to

 

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