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A few weeks after my first wife, Georgia, was called to heaven, I was cooking dinner for my son and myself. For a 31 , I had decided on frozen peas. As I was cutting open the bag, it 32 from my hand and crashed to the floor. The peas, like marbles (弹珠), 33 everywhere. I tried to use a broom (扫帚), 34 with each swipe they just rolled across the kitchen.
For the next week, every time I was in the 35 , I found a pea — in a corner, or behind a table leg. They kept 36 . Eight months later I pulled out the refrigerator to clean behind it, and 37 twelve frozen peas hidden underneath (在底下)．
At the time I found those few remaining 38 , I was in a new relationship with a wonderful 39 I’d met in a support group. After we married, I was reminded of those peas 40 the refrigerator, and realized that my 41 had been like that bag of frozen peas. It had shattered (破碎). My wife had died; I was in a new city with a busy job, and with a son having trouble 42 his new surroundings and the 43 of his mother. I was a bag of spilled frozen peas; my life had come apart and scattered (散开)．
When life gets you 44 , when everything you know comes apart, and when you think you’ll never make it, 45 that it’s just a bag of scattered frozen peas. The peas can be 46 , and life will move on. You’ll find all the peas eventually, including the ones that are hardest to 47 . And when you’ve got them 48 , you’ll start to feel whole again.
The life you know can break apart at any time. But you’ll have to 49 , and how fast you collect your peas depends on you. Will you keep scattering them around with a broom, 50 will you pick them up one by one and put your life back together?
31. A. vegetable B. fruit C. drink D. meat
32. A. moved B. walked C. ran D. slipped
33. A. rubbed B. rolled C. grew D. existed
34. A. but B. and C. although D. so
35. A. bedroom B. living room C. kitchen D. storeroom
36. A. getting up B. turning up C. taking up D. using up
37. A. found B. ate C. left D. planted
38. A. presents B. cans C. vegetables D. peas
39. A. man B. child C. woman D. boy
40. A. under B. above C. for D. beside
41. A. wife B. life C. son D. friend
42. A. turning to B. leading to C. getting used to D. adding to
43. A. thank B. love C. help D. loss
44. A. down B. near C. close D. wide
45. A. realize B. remember C. regret D. hope
46. A. grew B. bought C. collected D. frozen
47. A. find B. eat C. cook D. get
48. A. both B. all C. either D. each
49. A. call on B. move on C. bring on D. put on
50. A. while B. because C. since D. or
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It was Sunday morning. All the summer world was bright and fresh, and full of life. There was cheer on every face and a spring in every step.
Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He stopped by the fence in front of the house where he lived with his aunt Polly. He looked at it, and all joy left him. The fence was long and high. He put the brush into the whitewash and moved it along the top of the fence. He repeated the operation. He felt he could not continue and sat down.
He knew that his friends would arrive soon with all kinds of interesting plans for the day. They would walk past him and laugh. They would make jokes about his having to work on a beautiful summer Saturday. The thought burned him like fire.
He put his hand into his pockets and took out all that he owned. Perhaps he could find some way to pay someone to do the whitewashing for him. But there was nothing of value in his pockets—nothing that could buy even half an hour of freedom. So he put the bits of toys back into his pockets and gave up the idea.
At this dark and hopeless moment, a wonderful idea came to him. It filled his mind with a great, bright light. Calmly he picked up the brush and started again to whitewash.
While Tom was working, Ben Rogers appeared. Ben was eating an apple as he walked along the street. As he walked along, he was making noises like the sound of a riverboat. First he shouted loudly, like a boat captain. Then he said “Ding-Dong-Dong”, “Ding-Dong-Dong” again and again, like the bell of a riverboat. And he made other strange noises. When he came close to Tom, he stopped.
Tom went on whitewashing. He did not look at Ben. Ben stared a moment and then said: "Hello! I’m going swimming, but you can’t go, can you?”
No answer. Tom moved his brush carefully along the fence and looked at the result with the eye of an artist. Ben came nearer. Tom's mouth watered for the apple, but he kept on working.
Ben said, "Hello, old fellow, you’ve got to work, hey?"
Tom turned suddenly and said, "Why, it's you, Ben! I wasn't noticing."
"Say — I'm going swimming. Don't you wish you could? But of course you’d rather work — wouldn't you? Of course you would."
Tom looked at the boy a bit, and said "What do you call work?"
"Why, isn't that work?"
Tom went back to his whitewashing, and answered casually,
"Well, maybe it is, and maybe it isn't. All I know is, it suits Tom Sawyer."
"Oh come, now, you don't mean to say that you like it?"
The brush continued to move.
"Like it? Well, I don't see why I shouldn’t like it. Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?" Ben stopped eating his apple. Tom moved his brush back and forth, stepped back to look at the result, added a touch here and there, and stepped back again. Ben watched every move and got more and more interested. Soon he said,
"Say, Tom, let me whitewash a little."
Tom thought for a moment, was about to agree; but he changed his mind:
"No — no — it won’t do, Ben. You see, Aunt Polly wants this fence to be perfect. It has got to be done very carefully. I don’t think there is one boy in a thousand, maybe two thousand, that can do it well enough."
"No — is that so? Oh come, now —let me just try. Only just a little."
"Ben, I'd like to, but if it isn’t done right, I’m afraid Aunt Polly— "
"Oh, I'll be careful. Now let me try. Say -- I'll give you the core（核心）of my apple."
"Well, here — No, Ben, now don't. I'm afraid —"
"I'll give you all of it."
Tom gave up the brush with unwillingness on his face, but joy in his heart. And while Ben worked at the fence in the hot sun, Tom sat under a tree, eating the apple, and planning how to get more help. There were enough boys. Each one came to laugh, but remained to whitewash. By the time Ben was tired, Tom sold the next chance to Billy for a kite; and when Billy was tired, Johnny bought in for a dead rat — and so on, hour after hour. And when the middle of the afternoon came, Tom had won many treasures
And he had not worked. He had had a nice idle time all the time, with plenty of company -- and the fence had been whitewashed three times. If he hadn't run out of whitewash, Tom would have owned everything belonging to his friends.
He had discovered a great law of human action, namely, that in order to make a man or a boy want a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to get.
68．Tom was about to agree to let Ben whitewash when he changed his mind because ______ .
A. Tom wanted to do the whitewashing by himself
B. Tom was unwilling to let Ben do the whitewashing
C. Tom was afraid Ben would do the whitewashing better
D. Tom didn’t want to let Ben do the whitewashing before he made him give up his apple first
69．The underlined word “casually” is most similar to “______” in meaning.
A. carelessly B. delightedly C. seriously D. angrily
70．We can learn from the passage that ______ .
A. Tom was interested in whitewashing the fence.
B. Tom had a lot of friends who are ready to help others.
C. Tom was unwilling to whitewash the fence, but he managed to let other boys do it for him
D. Tom was good at whitewashing the fence, so he looked at the result of his work with the eye of an artist.
查看习题详情和答案>>It's a small gas station that has snacks, drinks, cigarettes and candies. The young man behind thecounter knows his l by name and what they normally want to buy. He treats children andadults with equal 2 He reads scicnce fiction behind the counter when business is 3 .
One day, three people rushed in and grabbed food off the shelves as fast as they could, 4 not intending to pay for it. He hit the “panic button”, then went over the counter and locked the front door. It was obvious they were homeless, and equally obvious that they weren't going anywhere with their ill-gotten gains. They 5 the food and simply crowded together in panic --- knowing the police were on the way.
Imagine what they must have felt like when they were told they didn't have to steal if they were 6 .“We have food in the back， expired but still Safe to eat. If you need food, you can have some.”
They Were told to pick up what they had dropped and put it back， and then asked to straighten out the mess. They were doing just that when the police arrived. The officers were told the situation was under control and the police were no longer7
This wasn't what they had 8 .They were being treated as human beings who could right the wrong they'd done 9 ,they quickly followed orders to take turns and use the restroom to 10 up.
Soon three 1l people walked out with all the 12 their arms could hold. They were 13 that, if they needed to come back again, they were to ask and not just grab.
And then the young man went back to read until the next customer came in. He would be the last person in the world to claim he was a/an 14 But he gave three people something they were in desperate need of--- a small amount of self-respect and a little bit of 15
1．A. passengers B. guests C. customers D. friends
2．A. respect B. pride C. wisdom D. imagination
3. A. busy B. swift C. heavy D. slow
4. A. bravely B. obviously C. hardly D. reasonably
5. A. hid B. lifted C. dropped D. swallowed
6. A. hungry B. cautious C. courageous D. anxious
7. A. popular B. necessary C. reliable D. important.
8. A. wanted B. desired C. expected. D. admired
9. A. Shocked B. Scared C. Delighted D. Frightened
10. A. ring B. dress C. look D. clean
11. A. dirtier B. cleaner C. cleverer D. quicker
12. A. money B. cigarettes C. drinks D. food
13. A. warned B. reminded C. ordered D. persuaded
14. A. hero B. figure C. expert D. adviser
15. A. encouragement B. expectation C. pressure D. hope
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We were both in great anger. "Never set foot in this house again!" stormed father. With tears welling up in my eyes, I rushed out of the flat and ran along the street. The street lights were shining, causing rather
sad-feeling. I wandered aimlessly. A young father who held a child in his arms walked past me. I felt as if I saw my childhood from another space: happy and carefree.
But now … I don't know whether it is because I have grown up or because dad is getting old. We
differ in our ways of thinking. He always put his opinions and codes of behavior on me. Wheneve
r I do something wrong, he never admits it. We are just like two people coming from two different worlds. It feels like there is an iron door between us that can never be opened.
I wandered the streets, without a destination in mind. My heart was frozen on this hot summer night. As I walked on there were fewer and fewer people on the streets, until I had only the street lights to keep me company. When I finally reached the high-rise apartment block in which I lived ,I saw that the light was still on.
I thought to myself: "Is father waiting for me, or is he still angry with me?" In fact, it was nothing.
Perhaps, dad was throwing away some of his old stamps. Perhaps he thought they were useless. I never
had the courage to tell him that I liked collecting stamps. I can't stand his outrageous(蛮横的)words: "I
can't throw you away, let alone these old papers?"
All the lights were off except father's. Dad was always like this. Maybe he didn't know how to express himself. After shouting at me, he never showed any mercy or any moments of regret. After an argument he has the habit of creeping up in my sleep and then tucking(用……盖住) me underneath the covers.
This was how he always was．He has been a leader for so long that telling everyone else what to do
has become his second nature.
The light was still on. "Am I wrong?" I whispered, maybe…ith the key in hand, I was as nervous as I
had ever been. At last, I decided to open the door. As soon as I opened the door tears ran down my
cheeks. I suddenly realized that the iron door that I had imagined between us did not exist at all. Love-it's
second to none.
a. I opened the door and entered the house.
b. Sadly I ran out into the street.
c. I reached the place where I lived and saw my house still brightly lit.
d. I thought of my father's kindness towards me.
e. I walked about in the street without any aim.
A. b, e, d, c, a
B. b, e, c, d, a
C. b, e, a, c, d
D. b, e, c, a, d
2. What made the writer think of his childhood ?
A. The sight of the street lights.
B. The sight of the empty street.
C. The sight of a father with a child in his arms.
D. The sight of light in his own house.
3. Why do you think the father often shouts at his son?
A. perhaps the father is getting older and older.
B. perhaps the son has already grown up.
C. perhaps they never agree with each other.
D. perhaps the father has got used to doing that.
4. What conclusion can you come to after reading the passage?
A. The father treats his son in an unfair way.
B. The father is actually kind to his son.
C. The father is neither kind nor cruel to his son.
D. The father is always finding fault with his son.
For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D． Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context．
Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there, to serve some sort of 1 , teach you a lesson, or to help you figure out who you are or who you want to become． You 2 know who these people maybe （possibly your roommate, neighbor, co-worker, long lost friend, lover, or even a complete stranger）, but when you lock eyes with them, you know at that very moment they will affect your life in some 3 way．
And sometimes things happen to you that may seem horrible, painful． and unfair at first, but __4__you find that without overcoming those obstacles you would have never realized your potential, strength, willpower, or heart．
Everything happens for a reason． Nothing happens5 or by means of good luck． Illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatness and sheer stupidity all occur to test the limits of your soul． 6 these small tests whatever they may be, life would be like a smoothly paved, straight, flat road to nowhere． It would be safe and comfortable, but dull and utterly 7 ． The people you meet who affect your life, and the success and downfalls you experience, help to create who you are and who you become．
Even the 8 experiences can be learned from． In fact, they are probably the most poignant and important ones． If someone hurts you, 9 you, or breaks your heart, forgive them, for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious when you open your heart． If someone loves you, love them back 10 , not only because they love you, but because in a way, they are teaching you to love and how to open your 11 and eyes to things．
Make every day count． 12 every moment and take from those moments everything that you possibly can for you may never be able to experience it again． Talk to people that you have never talked to before, and actually listen． Let yourself fall in love, break free, and set your sights high． Hold your head up because you have 13 right to． Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself, for if you don’t believe in yourself, it will be hard for others to believe in you． You can make of your life anything you wish． Create your own life and then go out and live it with absolutely no 14 ．
Most importantly, if you LOVE someone, tell him or her, for you never know what tomorrow may have 15 ． And learn a lesson in life each day that you live．
That’s the story of life．
1.A． people B． purpose C． intention D． advantage
2.A． already B． sometimes C． should D． never
3.A． limited B． strange C． other D． profound
4.A． in reflection B． in reality C． in addition D． in a way
5.A． on purpose B． by any chance C． by accident D． on principle
6.A． Despite B． With C． For all D． Without
7.A． bored B． pointless C． undeserved D． meaningful
8.A． good B． different C． bad D． pleasant
9.A． betrays B． loves C． appreciates D． understands
10.A． in turn B． moderately C． unconditionally D． in a way
11.A． mouth B． mind C． heart D． emotion
12.A． ComprehendB． Appreciate C． Expect D． Evaluate
13.A． every B． each C． proper D． exact
14.A． ambition B． hatred C． belief D． regrets
15.A． in the futureB． in stock C． in store D． in pursuit
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