A strong wind was blowing hard, thunder was rumbling (雷声隆隆地响) , and lightning flashed across the dark sky. Rain was 1 down; it looked as if heaven had been broken open.
Gleams of light appeared from windows of 2 houses, shining like jewels in all the dark.
A 3 woman dressed in rags and trembling with cold was 4 on A.lonely road, while the merciless rain was 5 her without pause.
She knocked at a door, and a 6 answered it. She begged him to let her stayA.while 7 . The boy then let her into the sitting room and 8 her sitting by the fire.
The woman 9 old and tired under the bright electric light. 10 she was only in her early thirties. She sat 11 for a moment, and then her eyes began to look about the 12 . When her wandering eyes rested on the picture of a young man, she 13 up, looking thunderstruck.
Just then, the boy came with his 14 . The man at once recognized the woman as his 15 They had 16 touch with each other during the war, and he thought he had lost her forever. 17 words needed to be spoken. They ran into each other's arms 18 the boy stared at them, puzzled.
The storm was over and the sky cleared. Feeling very 19 , the couple stood face to face with their child between them, watching the rain as it gradually 20 .
(1)
[ ]
A.
pouring
B.
falling
C.
dropping
D.
flooding
(2)
[ ]
A.
poor
B.
black
C.
faraway
D.
nearby
(3)
[ ]
A.
rich
B.
beautiful
C.
poor
D.
ugly
(4)
[ ]
A.
crying
B.
wandering
C.
struggling
D.
wondering
(5)
[ ]
A.
striking
B.
hitting
C.
flowing
D.
beating
(6)
[ ]
A.
boy
B.
girl
C.
woman
D.
man
(7)
[ ]
A.
out
B.
near
C.
outside
D.
inside
(8)
[ ]
A.
made
B.
left
C.
asked
D.
told
(9)
[ ]
A.
became
B.
showed
C.
appeared
D.
sounded
(10)
[ ]
A.
so
B.
and
C.
however
D.
though
(11)
[ ]
A.
straight
B.
thirsty
C.
hungry
D.
still
(12)
[ ]
A.
room
B.
house
C.
picture
D.
fire
(13)
[ ]
A.
picked
B.
stood
C.
came
D.
looked
(14)
[ ]
A.
father
B.
mother
C.
friend
D.
brother
(15)
[ ]
A.
wife
B.
sister
C.
mother
D.
girlfriend
(16)
[ ]
A.
kept
B.
got
C.
made
D.
lost
(17)
[ ]
A.
Much
B.
Many
C.
No
D.
Not
(18)
[ ]
A.
as
B.
while.
C.
when
D.
since
(19)
[ ]
A.
disappointed
B.
sorry
C.
happy
D.
sad
(20)
[ ]
A.
began
B.
stopped
C.
ended
D.
went
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A strong wind was blowing hard, thunder was rumbling (雷声隆隆地响) ,And lightning flashed Across the dark sky. Rain was 1 Down; it looked As if heaven had been broken open.
Gleams of light Appeared from windows of 2 houses, shining like jewels in All the dark
A 3 woman dressed in rags And trembling with cold was
4 on A lonely road, while the merciless rain was 5 her without pause.
She knocked At A door, And A 6 Answered it. She begged him to let her stay A while 7 . The boy then let her into the sitting room And 8 her sitting by the fire.
The woman 9 old And tired under the bright electric light. 10 she was only in her early thirties. She sat 11 for A moment, And then her eyes began to look About the 12 . When her wandering eyes rested on the picture of A young man, she 13 up, looking thunderstruck.
Just then, the boy came with his 14 . The man At once recognized the woman As his 15 They had 16 touch with each other during the war, And he thought he had lost her forever.
17 words needed to be spoken. They ran into each other's Arms 18
the boy stared At them, puzzled.
The storm was over and the sky cleared. Feeling very 19 , the couple stood face to face with their child between them, watching the rain as it gradually 20 .
The year I went away to college was a very difficult transition(过渡期)for me. 1 is probably true with many people. I got quite homesick and 2 thought about going home.
Although the 3 time for many students is getting 4 from home my mailbox was frequently 5 One day when I went to the mailbox there was a postcard 6 out at me. I sat down to read it 7 a note from someone back home. 8 I became increasingly puzzled(困惑)as 9 postcard were like this: It was full news report about a woman named Mabel and her newborn baby. I took the card back to my room and 10 about it.
Several days later I 11 another postcard this one 12 news about Maybelline Mabel’s cousin. Soon after another card arrived and then another 13 full of different people. I began to 14 look forward to the next one 15 to see what this author would come up with 16 .I was never 17
Finally the cards 18 coming right about the time I had begun to feel 19 about college life. They had been such a happy distraction(调剂)that I have 20 all the postcards and still bring them out to read whenever I need a lift.
(1)
[ ]
A.
If
B.
So
C.
As
D.
What
(2)
[ ]
A.
often
B.
carefully
C.
seldom
D.
merely
(3)
[ ]
A.
hard
B.
last
C.
busiest
D.
happiest
(4)
[ ]
A.
visitors
B.
letters
C.
calls
D.
directions
(5)
[ ]
A.
empty
B.
full
C.
closed
D.
open
(6)
[ ]
A.
pouring
B.
reaching
C.
staring
D.
rolling
(7)
[ ]
A.
describing
B.
considering
C.
enjoying
D.
expecting
(8)
[ ]
A.
But
B.
Thus
C.
Also
D.
Even
(9)
[ ]
A.
any
B.
no
C.
some
D.
such
(10)
[ ]
A.
joked
B.
talked
C.
forgot
D.
cared
(11)
[ ]
A.
mailed
B.
accepted
C.
wrote
D.
received
(12)
[ ]
A.
delivering
B.
demanding
C.
discovering
D.
developing
(13)
[ ]
A.
one
B.
each
C.
either
D.
both
(14)
[ ]
A.
nearly
B.
possibly
C.
usually
D.
really
(15)
[ ]
A.
promising
B.
surprised
C.
interested
D.
pretending
(16)
[ ]
A.
below
B.
lately
C.
next
D.
behind
(17)
[ ]
A.
frightened
B.
disappointed
C.
excited
D.
pleased
(18)
[ ]
A.
continued
B.
stopped
C.
started
D.
avoided
(19)
[ ]
A.
easy
B.
safe
C.
tired
D.
anxious
(20)
[ ]
A.
lost
B.
collected
C.
torn
D.
saved
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I know I should have told the headmaster at the time. That was my real 1 .
He had gone out of the study for some 2 , leaving me alone. In his absence I looked to see 3 was on his desk. In the 4 was a small piece of paper on which were written the 5 “English Writing Prize 1949. History Is a Serious of Biographies (人物传记)”.
A(n) 6 boy would have avoided looking at the title as soon as he saw the 7 . I did not. The subject of the English Writing Prize was kept a 8 until the start of the exam so I could not 9 reading it.
When the headmaster 10 , I was looking out of the window.
I should have told him what had 11 then. It would have been so 12 to say: “I’m sorry, but I 13 the title for the English Writing Prize on your desk. You’ll have to 14 it.”
The chance passed and I did not 15 it. I sat the exam the next day and I won. I didn’t 16 to cheat, but it was still cheating anyhow.
That was thirty-eight years 17 when I was fifteen. I have never told anyone about it before, 18 have I tried to explain to myself why not.
The obvious explanation is that I could not admit I had seen the title 19 admitting that I had been looking at the things on his desk. 20 there must have been more behind it. Whatever it was, it has become a good example of how a little mistake can trap (使陷入) you in a more serious moral corner (道德困境).
In the city of Fujisawe, lives a woman named Atsuko Sacki. When she arrived, however, she 1 of going go the United States. Most of what she knew about American 2 was from the textbooks the had read.“I had a 3 in mind:Daddy watching TV in the living room. Mummy 4 cakes and their teenage danghter off to the cimma with her hoyfrind.”
Aisuko 5 to attend cooege in California When she arrived, however, she found it was not her 6 world.“People were struggling with problems and often seemed 7 ,”she said.“I felt very alone.”
One of the hardest 8 was physical education.“We played volleyball,”she said.“The other students were 9 it,but I wasn't.”
One afternoon, the instructor asked Atsuko to 10 the ball to her teanunutes so tyey couid knock it 11 the net.No promblem ofor most people. But is terrfied Atsuko.She was afraid of losing face 12 she failed.
A yound man. On her team 13 what she was going through.“He walked up to me and 14 ,‘Come on, You can do that.'”
“You will never understand how those words of 15 .made me feel…Four words:You can do that.I felt like crying with happiness.”
She made it through the class. Pcrhaps she thanked the yound man; she is not 16 .
Six years have passed. Arsulo is back in Japan ,working as a salesclerk.“I have 17 forgotten the words,”she said.“When things are not going so well,I think of them.”
She will is sure the young man had no idea how much his kindness 18 to her.“He probably doesn's evern remember it.”she said, That may be the lesson. Whenever you say something to a person―cruel or kind―you have no ides how long the words will 19 .She's all the way over in Japan, but still she hears those four 20 words; You can do that.
(1)
[ ]
A.
learned
B.
spoke
C.
dreamed
D.
heard
(2)
[ ]
A.
way
B.
life
C.
education
D.
spirit
(3)
[ ]
A.
photo
B.
painting
C.
picture
D.
drawing
(4)
[ ]
A.
baking
B.
frying
C.
steaming
D.
drawing
(5)
[ ]
A.
hoped
B.
arranged
C.
liked
D.
attempted
(6)
[ ]
A.
deseribed
B.
imagined
C.
created
D.
discovered
(7)
[ ]
A.
tense
B.
cheerful
C.
relaxed
D.
deseried
(8)
[ ]
A.
times
B.
questions
C.
classes
D.
projects
(9)
[ ]
A.
curious about
B.
good at
C.
classes
D.
projects
(10)
[ ]
A.
kick
B.
pass
C.
carry
D.
hit
(11)
[ ]
A.
throuht
B.
into
C.
over
D.
past
(12)
[ ]
A.
after
B.
if
C.
because
D.
until
(13)
[ ]
A.
beheved
B.
eonsidered
C.
wondered
D.
sensed
(14)
[ ]
A.
warned
B.
sighed
C.
ordered
D.
whispered
(15)
[ ]
A.
excitement
B.
encouragement
C.
persuasion
D.
suggestion
(16)
[ ]
A.
interested
B.
doubiful
C.
puzzled
D.
sure
(17)
[ ]
A.
never
B.
already
C.
seldom
D.
almost
(18)
[ ]
A.
happened
B.
applied
C.
exist
D.
live
(19)
[ ]
A.
continue
B.
stay
C.
exist
D.
live
(20)
[ ]
A.
merriful
B.
hitter
C.
simple
D.
easy
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Many people of my generation say that there is no hope for the future because of the way that young people behave today.
Their first argument is that when we were 1 we used to look after the older people in our community and help them. They also say that young people today don't care about anything or anyone. 2 , I think the reason why we looked after older people was that we had no 3 . People had to live with their parents and grandparents because they had no money. Young people today earn more and have more freedom to live where they want. 4 this, I think that they are still interested in older people. For example, young people often 5 to help me when I get on and off the bus with heavy shopping.
Their second argument is that in our day we didn't 6 to be given jobs —— and that young people now don't look for jobs, but just complain about unemployment. On the other hand, things were easier in the past and it was always easy to get a job 7 you had friends and contacts. It is really harder today. Young people complain about unemployment and I think they have 8 reason to complain.
In conclusion I think there is 9 for the future. This generation, like generations before them, has new 10 as well as old problems. If they learn from our mistakes the world will be a better place in future.
(1)
[ ]
A.
ignorant
B.
young
C.
childish
D.
innocent
(2)
[ ]
A.
Moreover
B.
Meanwhile
C.
Therefore
D.
However
(3)
[ ]
A.
trouble
B.
concept
C.
choice
D.
method
(4)
[ ]
A.
In addition to
B.
In spite of
C.
Due to
D.
As for
(5)
[ ]
A.
offer
B.
hesitate
C.
refuse
D.
mean
(6)
[ ]
A.
prepare
B.
regret
C.
decline
D.
expect
(7)
[ ]
A.
unless
B.
if
C.
until
D.
because
(8)
[ ]
A.
every
B.
no
C.
this
D.
another
(9)
[ ]
A.
possibility
B.
feasibility
C.
hope
D.
result
(10)
[ ]
A.
events
B.
questions
C.
hobbies
D.
opportunities
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The term home schooling means educating children at home or in places other than a normal setting such as a public or private school. There are many reasons why parents choose home schooling for their children. Some parents are 1 with the quality of education in the public schools. Others do not want their children to have to worry about “peer pressure”, or social pressure from friends. They say it may have a(n) 2 effect on the child's studies. These parents 3 this type of pressure will lead to bad behavior such as smoking, drinking alcohol, and taking drugs.
Bullying(欺负) from other students is another concern. Still other parents choose this type of 4 for religious reasons. Whatever the 5 may be, it is evident that more and more children are being taken out of normal schools every year. 6 , many questions have emerged, encouraging the debate over home schooling against public schooling.
What then is the future of education? Will this new model of schooling replace normal schools? Will computers and the Internet 7 our classrooms and teachers? As the debate continues, so do the questions about what home schoolers are studying at home. How can parents ensure that their children are prepared 8 for college? How are home schoolers assessed to make sure they are getting the same educational standards that school students must have?
Finally, there are questions regarding the children's emotional development. Are they too 9 their fellow students? Are they 10 the opportunity to get the social benefits of being in a large classroom of students? As with any debatable issue, the answers to these questions are neither simple nor one-sided.
(1)
[ ]
A.
patient
B.
familiar
C.
pleased
D.
dissatisfied
(2)
[ ]
A.
active
B.
contrary
C.
important
D.
negative
(3)
[ ]
A.
care
B.
fear
C.
wish
D.
deny
(4)
[ ]
A.
activity
B.
education
C.
behavior
D.
belief
(5)
[ ]
A.
effects
B.
suggestions
C.
reasons
D.
pressures
(6)
[ ]
A.
As a result
B.
On the whole
C.
After all
D.
On the contrary
(7)
[ ]
A.
replace
B.
reserve
C.
represent
D.
release
(8)
[ ]
A.
gracefully
B.
emotionally
C.
academically
D.
financially
(9)
[ ]
A.
free from
B.
isolated from
C.
related to
D.
close to
(10)
[ ]
A.
providing
B.
making
C.
taking
D.
losing
Eleven-year-old Angela had something wrong with her nervous system(神经系统).She was unable to 1 . In fact, she could hardly make any 2 .Although she believed that she had a 3 chance of recovering, the doctors said that 4 ,if any, could come back to normal after getting this disease. Having heard this, the little girl was not 5 .There, lying in her hospital bed, she 6 that no matter what the doctors said, her going back to school was 7 .
She was moved to a specialized health center, and whatever method could be tried was used. Still she would not 8 .It seemed that she was 9 .The doctors were all fond of her and taught her about 10 that she could make it. Every day Angela would lie there, 11 doing her mental exercise.
One day, 12 she was imagining her legs moving again, it seemed as though a miracle(奇迹)happened:The bed began to 13 !“Look, what I'm doing! Look! I can do it! I moved! I moved!" she 14 .
Of course, at this very moment everyone else in the hospital was 15 .More importantly, they were running 16 safety.
People were crying, and equipment was 17 . You see, it was an earthquake. But don't 18 that to Angela. She has 19 that she did it ,just as she had never doubted that she would recover. And now only a few years later, she's back in school. You see, to such a person who can 20 the earth, such a disease is a small problem, isn't it?
(1)
[ ]
A.
see
B.
hear
C.
talk
D.
walk
(2)
[ ]
A.
progress
B.
difference
C.
movement
D.
achievement
(3)
[ ]
A.
poor
B.
good
C.
little
D.
special
(4)
[ ]
A.
few
B.
all
C.
some
D.
most
(5)
[ ]
A.
satisfied
B.
delighted
C.
surprised
D.
discouraged
(6)
[ ]
A.
insisted
B.
sighed
C.
feared
D.
promised
(7)
[ ]
A.
true
B.
doubtful
C.
certain
D.
impossible
(8)
[ ]
A.
get up
B.
give up
C.
turn up
D.
stand up
(9)
[ ]
A.
disappointed
B.
proud
C.
troubled
D.
undefeatable
(10)
[ ]
A.
thinking
B.
expecting
C.
pretending
D.
imagining
(11)
[ ]
A.
sadly
B.
madly
C.
carefully
D.
faithfully
(12)
[ ]
A.
as
B.
since
C.
after
D.
before
(13)
[ ]
A.
fly
B.
move
C.
roll
D.
speak
(14)
[ ]
A.
jumped
B.
wondered
C.
screamed
D.
recovered
(15)
[ ]
A.
frightened
B.
pleased
C.
touched
D.
encouraged
(16)
[ ]
A.
in
B.
by
C.
for
D.
with
(17)
[ ]
A.
rising
B.
falling
C.
missing
D.
gathering
(18)
[ ]
A.
tell
B.
do
C.
give
D.
show
(19)
[ ]
A.
noticed
B.
supposed
C.
believed
D.
discovered
(20)
[ ]
A.
push
B.
shock
C.
shake
D.
save
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One day Raul was miles away from the small ranch(牧场) house in a large valley. 1 seemed to be all right yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy. The wind had picked up and angry dark clouds 2 across the sky. He could smell the rain coming. And it did. 3 the lightning flashed through the clouds nearly 4 Raul. The thunder(雷声) was so loud that he buried his 5 in his hands and rubbed his eyes. Then he heard it. Hoof beats(蹄声).He 6 .There before him stood a tall white 7 An old man stared down at him from its back.
“Wh—wh—who are y—y—you?” asked Raul. “My name is Gray Cloud ” the old man answered 8 .“Come with me.”
Raul followed on his horse. A 9 feeling came over him. All 10 them the rain was pouring down 11 not a drop fell on them. They seemed to be 12 back toward Raul’s home. Raul lost track of time. Then all at once he found 13 at the ranch gate. The old man turned his horse 14 his hand and smiled. Lightning flashed again. The old man and his horse were 15
Raul’s father ran out across the yard to 16 him .“we have been 17 sick about you. Are you okay? Hurry. Let’s get in out of the 18 .”
“Wait ” said Raul. “Have you ever heard of an old man called Gray Cloud?”
“Can’t say I … wait. I 19 my great—grandfather used to tell storied about a man called Gray Cloud. He died a long time ago. They say he was 20 by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. Why do you ask?”