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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to 36 in order to pay the high tuition (学费) for my brother and me. They don’t act in the 37 waya that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is 38 luxurious (奢侈) for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of the 39 .
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there 40 between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She 41 her head and continued to sew the quilt.
I was very worried because I thought I had hurt her. I was 42 and I didn’t know what I should do. But at 1ast I heard my mother say the following words:
“Susan,” she said 43 , “Look at this thread. Sometimes it is 44 , but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt 45 . If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can hardly be seen 46 , but it’s really there. Love is 47 .”
I listened carefully but I 48 her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly 49 seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked 50 . It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother supported my father 51 on the country road.
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t 52 me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.” 53 his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and 54 .But from this experience, I undentand that love is just 55 in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
A．keep fit B．rise early C．earn money D．collect money
A．magic B．romantic C．fantastic D．attractive
A．very B．quite C．rather D．too
A．question B．problem C．interest D．control
A．feeling B．love C．quarrel D．smile
A．raised B．shook C．nodded D．bowed
A．in great surprise B．in great embarrassment C．in deep depression D．in deep sorrow
A．thoughtfully B．patiently C．anxiously D．happily
A．strong B．weak C．visible D．invisible
A．warm and soft B．hot and hard C．thin and oool D．strong and durable
A．somewhere and sometime B．anywhere or anytime C．here and there D．more or less
A．inside B．outside C．faraway D．nearby
A．could believe B．couldn’t understand C．might know D．wouldn’t recognize
A．got sick B．got stuck C．1ay down D．lay off
A．quite healthy B．very pale C．fairly red D．much surprised
A．jump high B．go hurriedly C．run fast D．walk slowly
A．think about B．talk with C．worry about D．laugh at
A．Reading B．Seeing C．Saying D．Writing
A．fresh roses B．gold rings C．sweet kisses D．beautiful jewels
A．a thread B．a needle C．the cloth D．the cotton
One morning Raman, a true master of the art of archery(箭术), invited his favorite student to watch a display of his skill. The student had 36 this more than a hundred times before, but he still obeyed his 37 .
Together, they went into a nearby wood and reached a tall 38 . Raman picked a rose flower and 39 it on one of the branches of the tree. He 40 opened his bag and took out three objects: his 41 , an arrow and a white handkerchief.
Raman stood one hundred paces from the spot where he had placed the 42 . Facing his target, he 43 his student to blindfold(蒙住眼睛) him with the handkerchief. The student did as his teacher 44 .
“How often have you seen me practice the sport of archery?” Raman asked him 45 .
“Every day,” replied his student. “And you have 46 managed to hit the rose from three hundred paces away.”
With his eyes covered by the 47 , Raman placed his feet firmly on the ground and 48 the bowstring(弓弦) with all his strength. Aiming at the rose on the 49 , he let the arrow fly. The arrow whistled through the air, 50 it did not even hit the tree, missing the target by a few meters.
“Did I 51 it?” said Raman, removing the handkerchief from his eyes.
“No, you missed 52 ,” replied the student. “I thought you were going to 53 me the power of thought and your ability to perform magic.”
“I have 54 taught you the most important lesson about the power of thought.” replied Raman. “When you 55 something, concentrate only on that: No one will ever hit a target they cannot see.”
A．thought B．seen C．heard D．felt
A．teacher B．boss C．father D．monitor
A．wall B．tree C．pole D．house
A．buried B．educated C．signed D．placed
A．first B．now C．then D．finally
A．bow B．hammer C．apple D．knife
A．arrow B．shoe C．flower D．bag
A．advised B．expected C．encouraged D．asked
A．planned B．imagined C．requested D．promised
A．angrily B．calmly C．disappointedly D．sadly
A．never B．almost C．always D．also
A．cloth B．handkerchief C．paper D．leaf
A．drew back B．brought up C．held back D．took off
A．ground B．branch C．tip D．root
A．and B．for C．so D．but
A．touch B．learn C．miss D．hit
A．completely B．suddenly C．quickly D．carefully
A．show B．give C．offer D．lend
A．again B．even C．just D．seldom
A．buy B．find C．notice D．want
That holiday morning I didn’t have to attend school. Usually, on holidays, Mother 36 me to sleep in. And I would certainly take full advantage of it. On this particular morning, ___37___,I felt like getting up early.
I stood by my window overlooking the ___38___, having nothing better to do. But as it turned out, I was soon to learn about something ___39___ in life.
As I watched several people go by, get into their cars and go off, I ___40___ an old man on a bicycle with a bucket on its ___41___ and a basket rags and bottles on its back-carriage. He ___42___ from one car to another, washing and cleaning them. From the water on the ground, it seemed that he had already ___43___ washing and cleaning about a dozen or more cars. He must have begun to work quite early in the morning.
Several thoughts ___44___my mind as I watched him work. He wasn’t well-dressed. He had on a pair of shorts and a(n) ___45___ T-shirt. The bicycle he rode was not by any means the kind modern ___46___would want to be seen riding on. But he seemed___47___ with life. There he was, working hard at his small business, ___48___ at passers-by and stopping to chat now and then ___49___ elderly men and women on their way to the market nearby.
There was a noticeable touch of___50___ in the way he seemed to be doing things— ___51___the windscreen (挡风玻璃), then standing back to admire it; scrubbing (擦净) the wheels and ___52___, standing back to see what they look like after the scrub.
It was a ___53___ to learn, I felt. At no age need one have to beg for a ___54___if one has good health and is willing to work hard. For a while I felt ___55__ of myself. Young as I am—just sixteen, and there was this old man who must have been usefully engaged perhaps before the sun appeared above the horizon.
A．forces B．allows C．causes D．forbids
A．otherwise B．therefore C．however D．besides
A．parking lot B．bus stop C．school D．market
A．interesting B．surprising C．awful D．useful
A．noticed B．recognized C．called D．assisted
A．back B．handle C．wheel D．seat
A．searched B．left C．moved D．wandered
A．stopped B．started C．intended D．finished
A．crossed B．slipped C．disturbed D．inspired
A．attractive B．shiny C．simple D．expensive
A．repairmen B．businessmen C．drivers D．cyclists
A．busy B．content C．careful D．bored
A．waving B．looking C．laughing D．pointing
A．about B．for C．with D．like
A．worry B．respect C．sympathy D．pride
A．cleaning B．fixing C．replacing D．covering
A．still B．yet C．again D．soon
A．lesson B．subject C．skill D．fact
A．business B．living C．success D．right
A．tired B．doubtful C．fearful D．ashamed
When I woke next morning, I was dying of 36 .I seemed to have a hole instead of a 37 I dressed quickly and hurried down to the dinning-room. It was a big room with six tall windows and the ugliest wallpaper（背景墙） I had ever seen ! 38 , I had been told the hotel was not beautiful but that you were better 39 there than in any other hotel; and that was 40 I wanted just then.
The waiter came hurrying up. Before I came downstairs I had prepared 41 carefully for what I must 42. I had looked three times in my dictionary to make sure 43 “breakfast” really meant “breakfast”. I had tried to get the right 44 and I had stood in the front of a mirror and twisted my mouth until it ached.
The waiter asked me 45 I could not understand, but I spoke only my one prepared word “breakfast”. He looked at me in a46 way, so I repeated it, still he did not understand. It was 47 that English people didn’t understand their language. The waiter 48 his head and went away, but he came back in a minute and brought a tray with tea, bread and butter--- enough to feed a small army--- and went away. But I was hungry, and I left 49. When the waiter came back I thought his face showed a little 50, but you can never 51 what a waiter’s face really shows. In another minute he brought 52 tray with some bacon(熏肉) and some eggs. He 53 have misunderstood me , but I thought it was no use explaining to people who don’t understand their own language , so I just set to work on the bacon and eggs, wondering whether I could possibly clear that plate.
Well, I finished the bacon and eggs. I got up and made my way slowly to my room-----at least five pound 54 . I never believed until then that any meal could55 me, but on that day I met my Waterloo(滑铁卢).
A．hunger B．cold C．anger D．illness
A．stone B．head C．breast D．stomach
A．Therefore B．Otherwise C．So D．However
A．received B．fed C．cared D．eating
A．just B．what C．that D．why
A．English B．meal C．questions D．myself
A．speak B．answer C．say D．explain
A．that B．about C．of D．to
A．pronunciation B．meaning C．form D．spelling
A．whether B．something C．when D．what
A．surprised B．friendly C．puzzled D．touched
A．unbelievable B．true C．thought D．a pity
A．much B．a little C．nothing D．empty
A．pleasure B．surprise C．pride D．satisfaction
A．tell B．guess C．design D．express
A．other B．another C．more D．me
A．should B．might C．would D．must
A．lighter B．heavier C．weightier D．more
A．hurt B．fat C．defeat D．please
An old man once had an argument with his only son. He tried to __36__ many times, but the young man would not __37__. The father never__38__ because he loved his son with all his heart, but the son would not give in, __39__ he was too blinded by his pride.
Years passed and as the man lay in his deathbed, he made a __40__ attempt to reconcile (和解) with his son, but __41__ he would not listen and so the father died with a heart full of __42__.
During this time the son too had a child who had now __43__ into a young adult. To this child he never __44__ his father and when the young man asked about his grandfather he __45__ tell him never to mention him again.
One day, they two were involved in a hot __46__ and his son fled away as he did many years ago. This made the man extremely__47__ and this time he had no __48__, but felt completely isolated. (孤立的)
He was afraid that he would__49__ his son forever and for the first time after many years he realized how his father must have__50__ many years back.
He remembered how he had __51__ his old man and only at that point he realized the extent of the hurt he had caused. The __52__ he thought the more he understood how unjust he was with his old father, the man who gave him everything __53__ his life.
With these sad thoughts he felt __54__ on the couch. The next morning when he opened his eyes he found __55__ lying in his bed and in front of him stood his son. The man could not believe his eyes, and the two hugged each other while they cried together.
A．bend B．predict C．apologize D．seek
A．stop B．listen C．chose D．come
A．brought about B．gave up C．got in D．made up
A．if B．when C．thought D．because
A．final B．big C．latest D．useless
A．still B．ever C．once D．just
A．anger B．curiosity C．sorrow D．gratitude
A．left out B．grown up C．put aside D．turned up
A．mentioned B．hid C．praised D．forgave
A．would B．need C．must D．might
A．imagination B．room C．argument D．discussion
A．sad B．confused C．annoyed D．afraid
A．thought B．pride C．laugh D．guess
A．throw B．change C．return D．lose
A．felt B．done C．watched D．regretted
A．hurt B．abandoned C．disappointed D．scolded
A．better B．higher C．more D．older
A．before B．throughout C．into D．against
A．painful B．frightened C．relaxed D．asleep
A．his father B．his son C．someone D．himself
A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.
The conversation soon turned into complaints about 26 in work and life. To offer his guests coffee, the 27 went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and a variety of 28 — porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some 29 , some expensive, some delicate — telling them to help themselves to the 30 .
When all the students 31 a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, "If you have 32 , all the nice-looking expensive cups have been taken up, 33 the plain and cheap ones. While it is 34 for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the 35 of your problems and stress. "
"Be assured that the cup itself adds no 36 to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even 37 what we drink. "
"What all of you really want is coffee, 38 the cup, but you 39 went for the best cups … And then you began 40 each other's cups. "
"Now consider 41 : Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain 42 , and the type of cup we have does not determine, nor 43 the quality of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we 44 to enjoy the coffee. Fully appreciate the coffee, not the cups! Don't let the cups 45 you ... enjoy the coffee instead. "
A．stress B．progress C．condition D．pride
A．advisor B．professor C．monitor D．graduate
A．glasses B．bowls C．trays D．cups
A．plain-looking B．beautiful C．modern D．nice-looking
A．pot B．sugar C．milk D．coffee
A．made B．had C．cooked D．served
A．talked B．discussed C．noticed D．decided
A．leaving behind B．falling about C．leaving about D．falling behind
A．strange B．wonderful C．normal D．important
A．source B．purpose C．doubt D．result
A．price B．quality C．sweet D．color
A．proves B．tastes C．hides D．steals
A．more than B．less than C．other than D．rather than
A．consciously B．wisely C．shyly D．carelessly
A．showing B．eyeing C．exchanging D．praising
A．it B．that C．this D．one
A．jobs B．money C．position D．life
A．change B．increase C．discover D．lower
A．try B．manage C．fail D．plan
A．envy B．drive C．support D．assess