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My parents made me know the ideas of family, faith and patriotism (爱国主义) when I was young. 26 we lived a hard life, they 27 great importance to making us realize how 28 we were to live in a great country with 29 chances.
I got my first real 30 when I was ten. My dad injured his back working in a factory and had to be 31 so that he could take up a new job as a hairstylist. When he hadn’t got enough money to rent a shop, the owner of the shopping center gave Dad a(n) 32 . But he should clean the parking lot (停车场) three nights a week, which meant getting up at 3 a.m. To pick up waste, Dad used a little 33 that looked like a lawn mower (割草机). Mom and I emptied garbage cans and 34 waste by hand. It took two to three hours to clean the lot. I’d 35 in the car on the way home because of tiredness.
I did this for two years, but the 36 I learned have lasted a lifetime. I 37 discipline (纪律) and a strong work ethic (道德准则), and learned at a(n) 38 age the importance of 39 interests in life -– school, homework and a job. This really __40 during my senior year of high school, when I worked 40 hours a week at a fast-food restaurant while taking school 41 and preparing for my college examination.
The hard work was 42 . As a result, I attended the U.S. Military Academy and went on to receive graduate degrees in 43 and business from Harvard. __44 , I joined a big Los Angeles law firm and was elected to the California State Assembly (会议). In these jobs and in everything else I’ve done, I have never forgotten those 45 in the parking lot.
26. A. Now that B. As if C. Even D. Even though
27. A. attached B. announced C. suggested D. admitted
28. A. important B. surprising C. fortunate D. satisfying
29. A. several B. limitless C. few D. energetic
30. A. incident B. dream C. success D. job
31. A. retrained B. regarded C. considered D. respected
32. A. increase B. order C. discount D. explanation
33. A. bag B. machine C. knife D. stick
34. A. brought up B. turned up C. made up D. picked up
35. A. sleep B. talk C. study D. sing
36. A. knowledge B. information C. lessons D. skills
37. A. required B. acquired C. remind D. forgot
38. A. common B. legal C. old D. early
39. A. balancing B. expressing C. supporting D. increasing
40. A. turned B. changed C. helped D. improved
41. A. measures B. courses C. messages D. tours
42. A. encouraging B. disappointing C. discouraging D. rewarding
43. A. law B. medicine C. science D. arts
44. A. However B. Indeed C. Later D. Before
45. A. people B. nights C. cars D. opportunities
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。
During the years of depression(萧条), food and money were very hard to find and people had to trade things with each other.
One day I was 36 some potatoes from Mr Miller. I noticed a small poor boy hungrily __37a full basket of freshly picked green peas. Then I was _ 38 to see that Mr Miller sold the boy a bag of peas for just a marble (弹球).
Mrs Miller, who had been standing nearby, 39__ and told me that Mr Miller loved to trade with the three boys in the village for peas, tomatoes, and other things _40 he didn’t really need any marbles. I left the stand, smiling to myself, 41 by this man.
Several years went by. One day I learned that Mr Miller had died. I took part in the funeral(葬礼), _ 42__ three young men. They came over to Mrs Miller, hugged her, kissed her on the cheek, spoke with her and moved on, __43__ their eyes.
Our __44__ came to meet Mrs Miller. I mentioned __45_ she had told me about the __46__ . She told me, “Those three young men above were the boys I told you about. They just told mehow they appreciated the things Jim ‘_ 47 _ ’with them. Now, at last, they came to pay their debt.”
“We’ve _ 48__ had a great deal of the wealth in this world,” she __49__, “but right now, Jim wouldW#W$W%.K**S*&5^U consider himself to be the __50__ man.”
Then she gently lifted the _51_ fingers of her husband. Resting underneath were three red marbles.
At that time I realized that we would not be _52 by our words, but by our kind _53 _ . It is said that it takes a minute to find a _54_ person, an hour to appreciate him, a day to love him, but an entire life to _55 him.
A.buying B.selling C.borrowing D.hunting
A.reaching for B.glancing at C.staring at D.picking up
A.astonished B.pleased C.annoyed D.worried
A.turned over B.went over C.came over D.looked over
A.but B.otherwise C.or D.although
A.suspected B.impressed C.regretted D.embarrassed
A.discovering B.watching C.finding D.seeing
A.closing B.rolling C.cleaning D.wiping
A.time B.chance C.turn D.decision
A.the story B.the proverb C.the legend D.the joke
A.marbles B.men C.debt D.life
A.talked B.traded C.shared D.left
A.ever B.always C.never D.seldom
A.laughed B.cried C.sighed D.added
A.honest B.happiest C.coldest D.richest
A.lifeless B.regretless C.useless D.hopeless
A.thought B.touched C.remembered D.affected
A.deeds B.things C.remarks D.rewards
A.strict B.honest C.special D.learned
A.ignore B.forget C.recognize D.remind
A young Scottish lady, like a lot of teens today, got tired of home. The daughter objected to her family’s lifestyle and said, “I don’t want your God. I am leaving!” She left home. Before long, she was disappointed and unable to find a job, so she took to the streets to do everything she could to . Many years passed by, her father died, her mother grew , and the daughter became more and more stubborn in her way of life.
No was made between mother and daughter during these years. The mother, having heard of her daughter’s whereabouts, went to the poor part of the city in of her daughter. She stopped at of the rescue missions(收容所) with a simple speech. “Would you allow me to this picture?” It was a picture of the smiling, gray-haired mother with a handwritten at the bottom: “I love you still … come home!”
One day the daughter wandered into a rescue mission for a hot meal. She sat listening to the service, all the while letting her wander over to the bulletin board. There she saw the picture and thought, could that be my mother?
She couldn’t until the service was over. She stood and went to look. It was her mother, and there were those words, “I love you still … come home!” she stood in front of the picture, she wept. It was too to be true.
It was night, but she was so by the message that she started walking home. the time she arrived it was early in the morning. She was afraid and her way timidly. As she knocked, the door open on its own. She thought someone must broken into the house. Concerned for her mother’s , the young girl ran to the bedroom and shook her mother awake and said, “It’s me! It’s me! I’m home!”
The mother couldn’t believe her eyes. They fell into each other’s . The daughter said, “I was so worried and thought someone had broken in.” The mother replied gently, “No, dear. From the day you left, that door has never been .”
A.modern B.religious C.awful D.simple
A.earn money B.help others C.get free D.become famous
A.lonelier B.slower C.angrier D.older
A.contract B.contact C.link D.difference
A.sight B.charge C.search D.need
A.each B.both C.none D.every
A.print out B.look at C.give off D.put up
A.record B.advice C.message D.notice
A.sensitively B.absent-mindedly C.devotedly D.carefully
A.eyes B.hands C.thoughts D.imaginations
A.help B.move C.wait D.listen
A.After B.Since C.Until D.As
A.lucky B.good C.happy D.certain
A.astonished B.touched C.interested D.ashamed
A.By B.At C.During D.Before
A.had B.led C.made D.held
A.seemed B.blew C.proved D.flew
A.safety B.health C.danger D.life
A.backs B.hearts C.shoulders D.arms
A.pushed B.opened C.locked D.fixed
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
Learning experiences happen to us throughout our lives. Not long ago, I had one that I would like to 36 .
I was going to Marblehead with my sailboat team. The team was racing down the highway at 85 mph 37 we realized we were 38 . Luckily, we saw a rest area ahead. I had a brand new $20 bill. I was so 39 because I had never had that kind of cash before. But spending it on 40 seemed like throwing it away. We all rushed into the pizza line. 41 I got a pizza and a drink, and walked to my table. About halfway through the meal, I 42 I had not actually handed any money to the cashier. I had just 43 out, and nobody had noticed. I felt terrible.
My conscience(良心) opened its mouth and swallowed me in one big bite. I couldn’t 44 over it. I just couldn’t go back to the cashier and 45 for my stolen pizza. I was so upset that I 46 to give myself the pleasure of an ice cream in 57 that someone would say,“ Hey, Jeff, why don’t you use the change 48 the pizza instead of that nice, new $20 bill?” I was not so 49___ of my cash now.
For the next two years, whenever I was 50 of the “pizza incident”, I would say to myself, “Don’t think about it....”
I have learned two things from this 51 .Maybe I was a fool for 52 in to my conscience, and being too stupid to appreciate a 53 pizza. But the real lesson is that even if you get away from what you have done, your conscience will 54 up with you.
This reflects the saying, “A coward(懦夫) dies a thousand deaths; a hero dies once.” I was a coward and have felt terrible about that incident at least a thousand times. If I had been a “ 55” and gone back to pay for the pizza, I would have felt a little uncomfortable about it only once, or maybe twice.
A.say B.talk C.share D.explain
A.as B.while C.then D.when
A.lost B.tired C.hungry D.anxious
A.excited B.eager C.satisfied D.encouraged
A.rest B.food C.travel D.drink
A.Luckily B.Finally C.Immediately D.Actually
A.thought B.recognized C.noticed D.realized
A.walked B.left C.worked D.found
A.look B.get C.turn D.think
A.ask B.pay C.apologize D.send
A.refused B.wanted C.hoped D.meant
A.hope B.surprise C.anger D.fear
A.into B.with C.for D.from
A.sure B.upset C.proud D.pleased
A.warned B.reminded C.thought D.told
A.experience B.experiment C.story D.mistake
A.turning B.taking C.handing D.giving
A.free B.cheap C.plain D.delicious
A.make B.wake C.catch D.put
A.coward B.fool C.loser D.hero
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
I am a mother of three and have recently completed my college degree. My teacher’s last 36 of the term was called “ Smile”. I am a very friendly person and always 37 at everyone. So I thought this would be very 38 .
Soon after we were given the project, my 39 went out to McDonald’s. We were waiting to be 40 , when all of a sudden everyone around us began to 41 , and even my husband did. There standing behind me were two homeless men 42 .
As I looked down at the short gentleman with 43 eyes, he said, “ Good day.” The second man stood behind his friend. I 44 the second man was mentally challenged(智障)and the blue-eyed gentleman was his helper.
The young 45 at the counter asked him what they wanted.
He said, “ Coffee is all ,Miss.” Because that was all they could 46 .
I smiled and asked the young lady to give me two more breakfast meals on a 47tray(托盘). I then said to the men, “ I did not do this for you. God is here 48 through me to give you hope.”
When I joined my husband, he smiled at me, saying, “That is 49 God gave you to me, Honey, to give me hope.”
I returned to 50 with this story in hand. I 51 “my project” and the teacher read it. Then she looked up at me and said, “ Can I 52 this with the class?”
I slowly 53 and she began to read and that was when I knew that we, as human beings, share this to help people and to be 54.
In my own way I had 55 the people at McDonald’s, my husband, sons, teacher, and every person that shared the classroom on the last night I spent as a college student.
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请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Terry was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man, often 36 that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so 37 with the city that he had to leave.
So his family moved to another city. It was the 38 of a weekend. When Terry and his wife were busily occupied in tidying up their new home, the light suddenly 39 . Terry was regretful to have forgotten bringing along 40 and had to wait 41in a low mood. Just then he heard light, hesitant 42 on his door that were clearly audible (听到) in the 43 night.
“Who’s it?” he wondered. Since Terry was a 44in this city, and this was the moment he especially hated to be 45 . So he went to the door and opened it 46 . At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir. do you have candles? I’m your neighbor.” “No,” answered Terry in anger and shut the door 47 . “What a nuisance (讨厌),” he complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down than the neighbor came to 48 things.”
After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside. 49 this time she was 50 two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She 51 me here to give you these.” Terry was struck dumb (目瞪口呆) by what he 52 .
At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his 53in life. It was his 54 and harshness (刻薄) with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was 55 nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been blurred (蒙蔽) by his unsympathetic (无情的) mind.
A.complaining B.reflecting C.praying D.pretending
A.inspired B.disappointed C.thrilled D.encouraged
A.morning B.moment C.afternoon D.evening
A.went on B.went down C.went out D.went through
A.candles B.matches C.lights D.flashlights
A.happily B.patiently C.willingly D.helplessly
A.steps B.words C.knocks D.screams
A.dark B.quiet C.noisy D.crowded
A.newcomer B.guest C.neighbor D.settler
A.offered B.disturbed C.embarrassed D.surprised
A.cheerfully B.confidently C.impatiently D.absurdly
A.gently B.deliberately C.slightly D.heavily
A.lend B.sell C.purchase D.borrow
A.And B.But C.So D.For
A.holding B.hiding C.fetching D.seeking
A.suggested B.forbad C.sent D.forced
A.felt B.smelt C.heard D.saw
A.failure B.success C.attempt D.determination
A.warmth B.coldness C.kindness D.influence
A.probably B.hardly C.actually D.especially