When my father died, one of the tasks that fell to me was to sort through and decide which objects to save and which to throw away. Now I look at the   51   of my life as if I were dead,   52   what my children will do with the human skull(骷髅) that   53   on the bookcase next to my desk. I couldn’t   54   them if they threw it out. They’ve been wanting to do that for some years,   55   will they know how much can be learned from   56   with a skull? And what about my books?   57   they can find some place in their   58   for ten thousand books. However, I know they will look at the white, plastic head of a horse on my desk and   59   it into a Glad trash bag without any   60  , never knowing that it is the only place   61   from the first chess set (棋子)I owned.

How many boxes of mine will my children   62  ? Can I trust my children with my   63   ? Every object of our lives is a   64   , and emotion swirls(旋动) around it like fog, hiding and   65   a tiny truth of the heart.

I look at these objects that are mine and know, too, that they are   66   of how alone I am, how alone each of us is,   67   no one knows what any object means except he or she who   68    it. I have the memory of taking it home   69   one of my newly-born children from the hospital; only I have the memory of what it looked like when I lived in that apartment and where it sat in that house. I look at the objects that are mine, and the memories are   70   and permeated（渗透着）with love. I look at the objects that are mine and know that I’m going to miss me very much.

 A. tasks        　　 B. objects                      C. books               D. pictures

【小题２】A. wondering            B. designing         C. concluding D. weaving

【小题３】A. cries                    B. sleeps               C. sits              D. smiles

【小题４】A. educate                B. understand          C. blame             D. strike

【小题５】A. and                  B. so                 C. or                D. but

【小题６】A. helping       　　B. living                 C. playing            D. speaking

【小题７】A. Honestly              B. Luckily     C. Naturally        D. Surely

【小题８】A. desks                   B. bags             C. apartments         D. hearts

【小题９】A. drag                B. take             C. move              D. throw

【小题1０】A. hesitation             B. love              C. care                 D. worry

【小题1１】A. casting             B. expanding        C. remaining            D. shining

【小题1２】A. enjoy                 B. reserve             C. find             D. prepare

【小题1３】A. life                B. passion             C. respect           D. heart

【小题1４】A. mark                 B. pleasure           C. belief              D. memory

【小题1５】A. preventing            B. spreading        C. protecting          D. encouraging

【小题1６】A. symbols            B. phenomena          C. measures        D. tracks

【小题1７】A. when                B. once             C. unless               D. as

【小题1８】A. prefers             B. repairs                       C. owns              D. remembers

【小题1９】A. like               B. for                C. with            D. to

【小题２０】A. strange           B. warm           C. new            D. bitter

When my father died, one of the tasks that fell to me was to sort through and decide which objects to save and which to throw away. Now I look at the   51   of my life as if I were dead,   52   what my children will do with the human skull(骷髅) that   53   on the bookcase next to my desk. I couldn’t   54   them if they threw it out. They’ve been wanting to do that for some years,   55   will they know how much can be learned from   56   with a skull? And what about my books?   57   they can find some place in their   58   for ten thousand books. However, I know they will look at the white, plastic head of a horse on my desk and   59   it into a Glad trash bag without any   60  , never knowing that it is the only place   61   from the first chess set (棋子)I owned.

How many boxes of mine will my children   62  ? Can I trust my children with my   63   ? Every object of our lives is a   64   , and emotion swirls(旋动) around it like fog, hiding and   65   a tiny truth of the heart.

I look at these objects that are mine and know, too, that they are   66   of how alone I am, how alone each of us is,   67   no one knows what any object means except he or she who   68    it. I have the memory of taking it home   69   one of my newly-born children from the hospital; only I have the memory of what it looked like when I lived in that apartment and where it sat in that house. I look at the objects that are mine, and the memories are   70   and permeated（渗透着）with love. I look at the objects that are mine and know that I’m going to miss me very much.

A. tasks              　　 B. objects                  C. books            D. pictures

A. wondering         B. designing       C. concluding        D. weaving

A. cries                B. sleeps             C. sits             D. smiles

A. educate              B. understand         C. blame           D. strike

A. and               B. so               C. or              D. but

A. helping     　　B. living             C. playing          D. speaking

A. Honestly           B. Luckily         C. Naturally       D. Surely

A. desks                B. bags            C. apartments        D. hearts

A. drag              B. take            C. move                   D. throw

A. hesitation          B. love            C. care              D. worry

A. casting           B. expanding      C. remaining        D. shining

A. enjoy            B. reserve           C. find           D. prepare

A. life             B. passion           C. respect          D. heart

A. mark              B. pleasure         C. belief                   D. memory

A. preventing        B. spreading       C. protecting        D. encouraging

A. symbols         B. phenomena        C. measures        D. tracks

A. when            B. once           C. unless            D. as

A. prefers           B. repairs                  C. owns            D. remembers

A. like             B. for              C. with           D. to

A. strange          B. warm          C. new           D. bitter

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　　One summer evening, Tom returned home at five to seven. When he opened the front gate, he immediately saw something___1___. There was a heavy footprint___2___ the earth in one of the flower beds. Tom was___3___going to blame（责怪）the postman___4___he noticed that one of the curtains in the front room___5___was out of the place.

　　He walked___6___the front door and opened it quietly. He listened carefully for a moment___7___could hear nothing. The front-room was half-open. Tom___8___it thoughtfully, ___9___if he had forgotten to close it that morning. He stepped silently___10___the hall to the door and looked___11___ the room. The shadow（影子）of___12___was clearly reflected on the hall wall___13___ the evening sunlight. He had obviously been standing behind the door___14___Tom's return. Very quickly Tom closed the door and___15___the key. Then he set out to___16___the police.

　　As was___17___, the thief tried to climb___18___a window to get out. He set about him with his umbrella___19___it like a sword. Three minutes later the police arrived and the thief was caught. Tom was a little angry that he had to have dinner later than usual but on the whole he felt quite___20___himself.

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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。

This was one of my experiences    1   .When I was in my 30s,I was working for a large international company which had its head office in London. I was working in the   2   department.

The company had a training center which was just outside London. Different courses were held there throughout    3    and I    4    go on one training course a year. These usually started    5    a Sunday evening and lasted six days.

Once I was    6    a week’s training course with about forty    7    sales people. I was in the bar on the Friday evening and suddenly a woman who was    8    behind the bar asked me a curious question.“I hope you don’t    9   my asking,” she said, “but I’ve been     10    about it all week. Have you got a sister 　　11     Mary?” The woman’s name was June. And she used to do various jobs at the training center’s worked in the office, she organized all the food and drink for the center and she worked in the bar at lunch time and in the evening.

My answer    12    June’s question was “Yes”,and June said,“I thought    13   .I met her last September when she was organizing a course here.” At that time, my sister was working for   14    company but in a different part of the country. That was    15    she came to be at the training center.
      16    surprised me was how June guessed we were brother and sister. Three things made it even more 　　17    .First, she had met my sister six months before she met me. Second, they have about sixty new people every week at the training center’s about one thousand five hundred people had    18    the center in those six months. And    19   ,my sister is married, so she doesn’t have the same family name as me.

We’re not    20    ,but I guess we must look quite like each other.

1. A.in work　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B.out of work

C.at work　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D.about work

2. A.selling　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.sales

C.sale　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D.sold

3. A.the year　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B.the month

C.the week　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.the day

4. A.used to　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.once

C.get used to　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D.was used to

5. A.at　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B.in

C.during　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D.on

6. A.on　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B.in

C.during　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D.over

7. A.other 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B.another

C.the other　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.one other

8. A.hearing 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.waiting

C.serving　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.seeing

9. A.matter 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.care for

C.remind of　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D.mind

10. A.understanding 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B.wondering

C.discovering　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.worrying

11. A.called　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B.calling

C.calling on　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D.calling up

12. A.of　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.about

C.to　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.for

13. A.that　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.it

C.such　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.so

14. A.the same 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.a different

C.another　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.the other

15. A.where　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.when

C.what　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.how

16. A.All　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B.What

C.That　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.It

17. A.surprising　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B.surprised

C.strange　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D.puzzled

18. A.passed through　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B.passed away

C.left　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.passed by

19. A.finally　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.at the end

C.at last　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.later

20. A.friends　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B.relatives

C.twins　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D.brother and sister

阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1￣25各题所给的四个选项中, 选出一个最佳　　 答案。

    Children always enjoy the small gifts of money. Father, of course, 　　 1 a regular supply of pocket-money, 2 uncle and aunts are always a source　　 of extra 3. With some children, small sums 　　 4 a long way. If six pences are not exchanged for 　　 5, they beat for months inside money-box. Only　　 very 6 children manage to 7 up a money-box. For most of them, six-pence　　 is a small price to pay for a 8 bar of chocolate.

    My nephew, George, has a money-box, but it is often 9. Very few of the six-pence I have given him have 　　 10 their way there. I gave him six pences yesterday and 　　 11 him to save it, but he bought himself six-pence　　 worth of 12. On his way to the sweet shop, he 　　 13 his six-pence and it 14 along the pavement and then 　　 15 down a drain (排水沟). George 16 his　　 jacket and pushed his right arm 17 the drain cover. He couldn't find　　 his six-pence 18 and what's more, he couldn't get his arm out. A crowd　　 of people 19 round him and a lady rubbed his arm with soap, but George　　 was 20 stuck. The firemen were 21 and two of them 22 George using a　　 special type of oil. George was 23 by his six-pence because the lady　　 who owns the sweet shop heard about this and 　　 24 him with a large box of 25.

 (1)A. promises　　 B. gives　　   C.provides　　   D. keeps　　 ［　　］ (2)A. then　　　　 B. and　　　　 C. or　　　　　　D. but　　   ［　　］ (3)A. income　　   B. sum　　　　 C. helper　　　　D. part　　  ［　　］ (4)A. spend　　　　B. cost　　　　C. take　　　　  D. go　　　　［　　］ (5)A. books　　　　B. sweets　　  C. clothes　　   D. fruit　　 ［　　］ (6)A. simple　　   B. clever　　  C. stupid　　　　D. naughty   ［　　］ (7)A. put　　　　  B. save　　　　C. watch　　　　 D. fill　　  ［　　］ (8)A. wondering　　B. exciting　　C. satisfying　　D. surprising［　　］ (9)A. empty　　　　B. open　　　　C. full　　　　  D. close　　 ［　　］ (10)A. made　　　　B. found　　   C. gone　　　　  D. pushed　　［　　］ (11)A. persuaded   B. encouraged  C. advised　　   D. forced　　［　　］ (12)A. praise　　  B. trouble　　 C. worry　　　　 D. respect   ［　　］ (13)A. dropped　　 B. fell　　　　C. threw　　　　 D. touched   ［　　］ (14)A. walked　　  B. moved　　   C. rolled　　　　D. ran　　   ［　　］ (15)A. lost   B. missed  C. jumped   D. disappeared 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　［　　］ (16)A. put on　　  B. took off　　C. wore　　　　  D. had on　　［　　］ (17)A. down　　　　B. through　　 C. into　　　　  D. across　　［　　］ (18)A. nowhere　　 B. somewhere   C. anywhere　　  D. wherever  ［　　］ (19)A. ran　　　　 B. got　　　　 C. circled　　   D. gathered  ［　　］ (20)A. strongly　　B. firmly　　  C. closely　　   D. deeply　　［　　］ (21)A. called　　  B. asked　　   C. invited　　   D. informed  ［　　］ (22)A. saved　　   B. pulled up   C. freed　　　　 D. got out   ［　　］ (23)A. pleased　　 B. sad　　　　 C. worried　　   D. upset　　 ［　　］ (24)A. gave　　　　B. brought　　 C. left　　　　  D. rewarded  ［　　］ (25)A. pences　　  B. gifts　　   C. chocolate　　 D. sweet　　 ［　　］