阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21—35各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Mary’s parents are different from the average. While she was growing up they required her to 21. First of all she had to work around their home. Later on Mary worked for other people.
When Mary was 14 years old, her mother and father told her that they were no 22 going to buy her clothes. Sure, they would continue to buy shoes for her and also the special clothes like suits, but 23 else was her responsibility. Some people thought that they were 24, but they wanted to teach Mary some 25 lessons. One thing she learned was that nothing is cheap or 26. She learned how to deal with her money carefully. Another thing she learned was 27 to keep from wearing out(穿破)her clothes too fast.
Also, even 28 Mary went to school she was 29 to work. All through her high school and 30 years she worked as well as studied. Mary’s parents had plenty of 31 but they felt she would 32 her education more if she had to 33 it. And strange as it may seem, they had heard that students who worked part- time generally got 34 grades than students who did no work.
Now Mary is a mother herself. She requires her children to do the same 35 she did, especially working part- time as they go to school.
21.A.study B.play C.learn D.work
22.A.longer B.money C.any D.hope
23.A.what B.that C.nothing D.everything
24.A.responsible B.lazy C.poor D.careless
25.A.difficult B.daily C.valuable D.useless
26.A.free B.expensive C.useful D.proper
27.A.how B.when C.why D.where
28.A.when B.as C.until D.since
29.A.permitted B.required C.going D.forced
30.A.hard B.work C.happy D.college
31.A.time B.children C.money D.work
32.A.value B.have C.use D.receive
33.A.enjoy B.pay C.pay for D.enjoy
34.A.worse B.better C.more D.less
35.A.as B.what C.which D.like
Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were the first people to climb the West Face of the Siula Grande in the Andes mountains. They reached the top ______, but on their way back conditions were very ______. Joe fell and broke his leg. They both knew that if Simon _____ alone, he would probably get back ______. But Simon decided to risk his ______ and try to lower Joe down the mountain on a rope.
As they ______ down, the weather got worse. Then another ______ occurred. They couldn’t see or hear each other and, ______, Simon lowered his friend over the edge of a precipice(绝壁). It was ______ for Joe to climb back or for Simon to pull him up. Joe’s ______ was pulling Simon slowly towards the precipice. ______, after more than an hour in the dark and the icy cold, Simon had to ______. In tears, he cut the rope. Joe ______ into a large crevasse(裂缝)in the ice below. He had no food or water and he was in terrible pain. He couldn’t walk, but he ______ to get out of the crevasse and started to ______ towards their camp, nearly ten kilometers ____.
Simon had ______ the camp at the foot of the mountain. He thought that Joe must be _____, but he didn’t want to leave ______. Three days later, in the middle of the night, he heard Joe’s voice. He couldn’t ______ it. Joe was there, a few meters from their tent, still alive.
A.hurriedly B.carefully C.successfully D.early
A.difficult B.similar C.special D.normal
A.climbed B.worked C.rested D.continued
A.unwillingly B.safely C.slowly D.regretfully
A.fortune B.time C.health D.life
A.lay B.settled C.went D.looked
A.damage B.storm C.change D.trouble
A.by mistake B.by chance C.by choice D.by luck
A.unnecessary B.practical C.important D.impossible
A.height B.weight C.strength D.equipment
A.Finally B.Patiently C.Surely D.Quickly
A.stand back B.take a rest C.hold on D.make a decision
A.jumped B.fell C.escaped D.backed
A.managed B.planned C.waited D.hoped
A.run B.skate C.move D.march
A.around B.away C.above D.along
A.headed for B.traveled to C.left for D.returned to
A.dead B.hurt C.weak D.late
A.secretly B.tiredly C.immediately D.anxiously
A.find B.believe C.make D.accept
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
It was a cold winter's night when I stopped for gas on my way home from work. I was tired and had a slight ____.
I worked in a ____ doctor's office and this was one of those days when the unexpected happened,making the schedule run __ than usual. It seemed I was going to be late ____ home and my husband,being the ____ person,would be ready to pronounce me late once again. Maybe ____ I hurried,I could still make it home.
I was heading inside to ____ for my gas when I noticed an older couple at the counter. I heard them asking for ____ to the local hospital. It was the same hospital that I had just ___ a few minutes ago.
The young man at the counter was trying to be ___ in explaining how to get there,with two other people making ____.One of them was ____ trying to give them a whole different route back. It was then that I walked over to the couple and said,“Would you like to follow me to the ____?”
A look of ____ crossed the woman's face.
“I'm going right by there,” I said,which wasn't a ____ since I had just made up my mind to do ____ that.
I got in my car and began the journey back. I was trying to watch to be sure they were right ____ me. It took only fifteen minutes to get there as rush hour traffic was beginning to ____.I felt better than I had all day and my headache was nearly gone.
Later,as I arrived home,my husband ____,“So you aren't ever late any more.”
I said,“Sometimes it's ___ to be late.”
A.break B.fever C.cold D.headache
A.foreign B.common C.busy D.noisy
A.earlier B.later C.easier D.simpler
A.getting B.cooking C.calling D.working
A.tough B.punctual C.generous D.careful
A.as B.since C.while D.if
A.pay B.change C.wait D.search
A.opinions B.trouble C.directions D.money
A.reached B.visited C.observed D.left
A.skilled B.helpful C.experienced D.active
A.comments B.promises C.jokes D.noises
A.only B.still C.even D.ever
A.station B.office C.hospital D.hotel
A.panic B.relief C.sadness D.peace
A.duty B.fact C.reason D.lie
A.partly B.properly C.exactly D.perfectly
A.across B.before C.beside D.behind
A.go up B.die down C.speed up D.turn down
A.teased B.shouted C.burst D.laughed
A.possible B.special C.good D.safe
The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played during the break. She seemed so small as she pushed her way the crowd of boys on the playground. She from them all.
I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing . She would practice dribbling (运球) and shooting over and over again, sometimes until . One day I asked her she practiced so much. She looked in my eyes and without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can is if I get a scholarship, I am going to play college basketball. I want to be . My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.”
Well, I had to give it in to her—she was . One day, I saw her sitting in the grass, head in her arms. I walked toward her and quietly asked what was “Oh, nothing,” came a soft reply. “I am just too short.” The coach told her that at her height she would probably get to play for a top ranked team, offered a scholarship. So she stop dreaming about college.
She was and I sensed her disappointment. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They just did not the power of a dream. He told her she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, could stop her except one thing — her own attitude. He told her again, “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.”
The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college recruiter (招聘人员). She was indeed offered a . She was going to get the college education that she had and worked toward it for all those years.
A.through B.across C.over D.into
A.brought out B.showed out C.stood out D.worked out
A.only B.lonely C.simply D.alone
A.dark B.dawn C.midnight D.daybreak
A.how B.when C.why D.what
A.worriedly B.shyly C.quietly D.directly
A.go B.meet C.enter D.attend
A.worse B.better C.the best D.the worst
A.determined B.encouraged C.fixed D.fascinated
A.covered B.enclosed C.dropped D.buried
A.the affair B.wrong with C.the thing D.the matter
A.ever B.even C.once D.never
A.far more B.much less C.more less D.many more
A.should B.must C.can D.may
A.overjoyed B.moved C.embarrassed D.heartbroken
A.understand B.experience C.learn D.believe
A.even if B.as if C.that if D.only if
A.anything B.nothing C.something D.everything
A.prize B.medal C.scholarship D.position
A.dreamed of B.relied on C.thought of D.looked forward
As a teacher,I often make it a rule that when we are on a field trip,there will be no talking as we enter a building.This rule to entering any place,whether it is a cinema,a church,a theatre, or any other place.
Once,in New York City,I took my class to see a(n) near Times Square.When we arrived at the theatre,there were about twenty other classes outside waiting to get in.The students from the other schools were not and there was pandemonium(乌烟瘴气).I told my students to stay in a line and keep .I told them that we would not carry ourselves like those other .Soon we started to file into the theatre,and it was very disorganized.There was a lady trying to the groups and get them to their seats, students were everywhere and really knew where to go.My class,observing our rule,walked in in two single-file lines.We stood near the door behind everyone else,and we .All of a sudden,the lady who was noticed us and she walked our direction.She asked the students the teacher was for our group, and I raised my .She asked, “Very, very nice to meet you.Come this way.”We were led into the theatre, ,and we were given front-row seats.
Sometimes for others may not seem like it is going to have an effect,especially when you no one around who is taking manners into .However,that is usually the time when such ____ actions will be most appreciated and recognized.
A.applies B.leads C.turns D.belongs
A.lady B.play C.teacher D.exhibition
A.sorted out B.settled down C.lined up D.turned away
A.listening B.behaving C.concentrating D.watching
A.time B.contact C.watch D.order
A.places B.seats C.classes D.teachers
A.scold B.dismiss C.attract D.organize
A.and B.but C.so D.while
A.anyone B.nobody C.everyone D.somebody
A.anxiously B.immediately C.quietly D.hurriedly
A.passed B.chatted C.rushed D.waited
A.in trouble B.on guard C.in charge D.on business
A.in B.to C.for D.under
A.how B.where C.what D.whether
A.voice B.arm C.head D.hand
A.finally B.somehow C.first D.instead
A.love B.respect C.concern D.support
A.receive B.visit C.meet D.recognize
A.practice B.account C.effect D.operation
A.kind B.urgent C.legal D.firm
Three months before graduating from university, my son started to hunt for a job. the financial crisis, fewer companies would like to new staff. My son targeted a company that was 43 to hire only one person there were more than twenty people filling their resumes(简历).
After the interview, there would only be three who could enter the final round, which would later one person to be employed. Everything seemed to go quite and my son passed the first round and entered the final round in a week.
On the day of the final interview, my son and other two arrived at the interview place on time, the test. Unexpectedly, the interview was unbelievably . The interviewer only said to them," All of you are very super. Please go home and wait for our . We will tell you the in three days. Good luck to all of you!" On the morning of the third day, my son received a text from the company shortly after breakfast that he was not employed. We all felt very .
In nightfall that day, my son suddenly told me on the phone,"Dad, I have been employed!" Greatly surprised, I could not wait to ask him,"What's the whole ?"My son told me that he received another text saying that he was employed. Actually the first text sent to my son was also of the test in the interview. Three men received the same text this morning and only my son's was "Thank you" while the others said "Goodbye".
Only then did I know that my son's "hope" in that way.That is,when you feel disappointed, do not to say "thank you" to the one who disappoints you.Saying "thank you" shows respect for others' work and shows your grand . Therefore, while under the same condition, you will get the upper hand in terms of compared with others!
A.Owing to B.As to C.Instead of D.Contrary to
A.promote B.train C.discover D.employ
A.encouraged B.allowed C.intended D.supposed
A.since B.while C.as D.if
A.meet B.attract C.represent D.decide
A.smoothly B.slowly C.secretly D.silently
A.members B.staff C.candidates D.friends
A.watching over B.waiting for C.thinking about D.looking into
A.simple B.formal C.funny D.strange
A.notice B.information C.order D.return
A.mark B.choice C.result D.idea
A.annoyed B.puzzled C.disappointed D.shocked
A.excitedly B.doubtfully C.calmly D.worriedly
A.cause B.matter C.conclusion D.interview
A.middle B.ending C.part D.course
A.way B.reply C.problem D.question
A.changed B.grew C.developed D.came
A.expect B.forget C.dislike D.regret
A.generosity B.curiosity C.dignity D.personality
A.abilities B.strengths C.challenges D.opportunities