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It was a bright spring afternoon when Fieda told me she wouldn’t need me any more. I had just finished my four-hour work -36   up and down the stairs of her three-storey home, cleaning the floor and washing the dishes. She was 37   jeans and a sweater, sitting at the table I had just 38   . a pile of papers spread around her. Her husband’  39   was going to be reduced by thirty percent. And they were trying to live as if it had 40  happened. I felt sorry for her. but I also felt a sense of 41  .
I had been cleaning Freda’s house for five years and had 42   an unexpected relationship with the family. It was not just 43   I had become an expert at scraping(刮掉)dirt stuck to their wooden floor, 44   that I had learned exactly how to place toys on the girls’ beds. It was 45   than that, for I felt I had become a part of their 46  .Freda stayed at home with the kids, 47   I would often see her in the morning 48   them to school. And I’d be there when they 49  home at lunch for sandwiches and piano practice. I had 50  them grow up. Now I was tired, but the  51 thing was that I still wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for the family.  
I left Freda’s house that day, wondering about the 52    of my relationship with my clients(主顾). Who am I  53   them? As a matter of fact, I’m  54    an employee - the lowest kind of employee. But I’m also a trusted 55  of the family. I can’t help worrying about what happens around me.
36.A.stepping         B.coming                    C.jumping              D.moving
37.A.hanging              B.making                    C.wearing                   D.changing
38.A.cleaned              B.washed               C.swept                      D.brushed
39.A.duty                   B.money                     C.work                       D.pay
40.A.already               B.seldom                    C.never                      D.yet
41.A.regret                 B.surprise                   C.fear                         D.loss
42.A.started                B.developed           C.improved            D.broken
43.A.why                     B.what                       C.that                         D.which
44.A.but                     B.and                         C.or                           D.for
45.A.less                    B.least                        C.more                       D.most
46.A.life                     B.story                       C.activity                    D.experience
47.A.as                       B.so                           C.since                       D.however
48.A.taking                 B.bringing                    C.meeting                   D.calling
49.A.left                     B.returned                  C.went                       D.marched
50.A.found                 B.noticed                    C.watched                   D.realized
51.A.possible         B.great                      C.proper                     D.strange
52.A.meaning               B.nature                     C.result                      D.importance
53.A.for                  B.to                        C.with                        D.at
54.A.hardly            B.certainly                C.probably                  D.merely
55.A.member         B.person                    C.relative             D.companion

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A.long B.strange C.clear D.distant

A.joy B.sorrow C.encouragement D.unhappiness

A.sensitive B.objective C.negative D.positive

A.increase B.reduce C.form D.delay

A.charge B.lead C.responsibility D.action

A.stop B.reflect C.relieve D.get

A.unpredictable B.flexible C.unforgettable D.acceptable

A.Otherwise B.Specially C.However D.Therefore

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On arriving, he invited me in to meet his family. As we walked together toward his house, he at a small tree by the front door, touching the branches with his hands.
The moment he opened the door, he had amusing . His eyes lit up and he ran to his two small children and hugged them and gave his wife a kiss.
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A.lose B.find C.expect D.finish

A.tip B.ride C.car D.coffee

A.stared B.waved C.sat D.paused

A.expressions B.kids C.changes D.stories

A.willingly B.quietly C.carefully D.cheerfully

A.pity B.curiosity C.habit D.satisfaction

A.how B.when C.why D.what

A.keep B.help C.appreciate D.allow

A.problems B.jobs C.facts D.duties

A.correct B.remove C.learn D.control

A.admitted B.suggested C.insisted D.smiled

A.many B.good C.interesting D.free

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A.show B.attack C.work D.defend

A.bravery B.life C.thinking D.progress

A.quarrelling B.arguing C.laughing D.screaming

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A.repeatedly B.quickly C.frequently D.gradually

A.home B.place C.scene D.house

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A.thanking B.Recognizing C.admiring D.congratulating

A.There B.It C.He D.She

A.skills B.instructions C.key D.history

A.discovery B.harm C.difference D.choice

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A.giving B.offering C.announcing D.Receiving

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A.Don’t have B.Without C.Having not D.Only with

A.for B.after C.in D.since

A.way B.brain C.doctor D.man

A.too cool B.enough cool C.cool enough D.very

A.a longer B.enough C.a shorter D.another

A.medicine B.manners C.idea D.brain

A.Besides B.Instead C.However D.First

A.to B.across C.through D.onto

A.heat B.temperature C.coolness D.feeling

A.cooled B.operated C.warmed D.stopped

A.the same as B.different from C.used to D.cleverer than

A.was taught B.was teaching C.was to teach D.had taught

A.other people B.human beings C.other things D.more people

A.doesn’t have to B.needn’t C.will be able to D.is afraid to

A.start B.take C.make D.begin

A.loses B.goes C.kills D.dies

A.no B.a dead C.a living D.a lively

A.get B.accept C.keep D.try

A.soon B.quickly C.slowly D.rapid

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