阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16~35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
My friends and I had just finished lunch at a hotel when it started to pour heavily. When it became lighter. I decided to 16 the rain to get my car. which was parked at my office three streets away.
My friends 17 that I shouldn't go, 18 I was seven months pregnant (怀孕的) then. I told them that I'd be very 19 . One of them wanted to come with me but I 20 that she should stay with another friend who needed 21 with her baby.
I walked out of the hotel and started making my 22 to the car. At the traffic junction (交叉路口), a car 23 and the passenger got off with an umbrella. 24 I knew what was happening, he walked right beside me and told me he'd accompany me to my 25 . I was very embarrassed and 26 , but he was very persistent (坚持的).
During our walk, he kept telling me to walk 27 , as the ground was wet. When we got to the car park. I thanked him and we 28 . I did not get his name and may not even 29 him now. Did he purposely stop for me? I'll never know.
So how did I pay it 30 ? I was at home when I 31 two Indian construction workers walking in the heavy rain. They were probably on their way to the construction site near my home, which was a long walk. I went out and 32 them an umbrella. The two men were wet through. They were 33 by my gesture, and I told them they should take the umbrella and keep it. They were very 34 and like me, probably wondered why a stranger was 35 such kindness.
A．carry B．keep C．brave D．collect
A．guessed B．argued C．complained D．promised
A．because B．though C．unless D．if
A．cheerful B．hopeful C．careful D．regretful
A．learned B．insisted C．begged D．worried
A．help B．advice C．food D．shelter
A．call B．change C．way D．choice
A．disappeared B．left C．started D．stopped
A．Before B．Since C．When D．For
A．home B．station C．hotel D．destination
A．agreed B．declined C．smiled D．cried
A．slowly B．quickly C．heavily D．gracefully
A．waited B．ran C．parted D．rested
A．like B．spot C．thank D．recognize
A．up B．off C．forward D．out
A．noticed B．imagined C．invited D．heard
A．made B．passed C．bought D．sold
A．disturbed B．impressed C．encouraged D．surprised
A．scared B．grateful C．sad D．anxious
A．appreciating B．repaying C．accepting D．offering
The purpose of a letter of application(求职信) is to help you to “sell” yourself. It should state__16___ the job you want, and should tell what your abilities are and what you have ___17___. It should be simple, human, personal and brief without ___18___ out any necessary facts.
In writing a letter of application, keep in ___19___ that the things a possible employer is most ___20___ to want to know about are your qualifications(条件), your achievements and your aims. The opening paragraph is perhaps the most important part. ___21___ the first few sentences fail to ___22___ the reader’s attention, the rest of the letter may not be __23___ at all. Try to key your opening remarks to the needs or interests of the employer not ___24___ your own need or desires. For example, instead of beginning with “I saw your ___25___ in today’s newspaper,” you might say “I have made a careful ___26___ of your advertising during the past six months” or “I have made a survey in my neighborhood to find out how many housewives ___27___ your product and why they like it. ”
Try to ___28___ generalities. Be clear about the kind of job for which you are now ___29___. College graduates looking for their first positions often ask “What can I ___30___ in a letter? Employers want experience—which, naturally, no ___31___ has.” The answer is that everything you have ever done is ___32___.
It is important to write a good strong closing for your letter. ___33___ a specific request for an interview or give the possible employer something definite to do or expect. An excellent ___34___ is to enclose(内附) a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your letter. That makes it ___35___ for a possible employer to get in touch with you.
16. A. clearly B. carefully C. obviously D. easily
17. A. found B. done C. known D. heard
18. A. sending B. taking C. leaving D. picking
19. A. brain B. sight C. order D. mind
20. A. probable B. possible C. likely D. able
21. A. While B. Although C. As D. If
22. A. pay B. win C. show D. fix
23. A. kept B. continued C. written D. read
24. A. to B. for C. into D. from
25. A. advertisementB. report C. article D. introduction
26. A. watch B. search C. study D. discussion
27. A. change B. make C. sell D. use
28. A. avoid B. remember C. protect D. gain
29. A. losing B. applying C. preparing D. fitting
30. A. do B. write C. mean D. provide
31. A. worker B. beginner C. owner D. manager
32. A. success B. development C. practice D. experience
33. A. Make B. Ask C. State D. Get
34. A. result B. decision C. promise D. idea
35. A. happier B. easier C. cheaper D. safer
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阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项:
It is always interesting to visit another country, especially for those who have never traveled a great deal. Foreign __1__ can be very educational for __2__ if he is interested enough to make preparations beforehand. Learning the language of the new country would be __3__ for the traveler, but the benefits of __4__ an effort would become obvious immediately __5__ his travel. It may not seem important to him when he comfortably stays at home, but knowing __6__ to order a meal or rent a room is necessary for the newcomer in a strange country. Without __7__ the language, it is very difficult for the stranger to __ 8__ the people of the new country and their customs.
To be sure, he can see places and things without the use of a language, but places and things are not the heart of any country. To get the greatest __9__ from a trip to another country, it is __ 10__ important for the visitor to have an understanding of the language.
( ) 1. A. travel B. country C. language D. people
( ) 2. A. someone B. everyone C. anyone D. no one
( ) 3. A. usual B. easy C. difficult D. interesting
( ) 4. A. so B. what C. quite D. such
( ) 5. A. after B. before C. for D. at
( ) 6. A. why B. who C. how D. when
( ) 7. A. hearing B. knowing C. saying D. reading
( ) 8. A. see B. recognize C. understand D. believe
( ) 9. A. benefit B. success C. satisfaction D. money
( ) 10. A. how B. indeed C. also D. finally
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My friend Gayle has been "living" with cancer for four years and it is progressively getting worse. One day Gayle 1 that one of her childhood wishes was to have a red Radio Flyer bicycle. As a child she never received one because she believed that if you told your birthday wish it wouldn't 2 .
I was at an ice cream stand one day and in the window was a miniature (微型的) red Radio Flyer bicycle that could be won in a 3drawing (抽奖). For each ice cream you could fill out a ticket for a chance to win. After several weeks and many ice creams, I didn't win. I got up the courage to ask the person 4 if I could buy one. T 'went to the window and as I began 5, I could feel my throat 6 and my eyes overflowed with tears. However I managed to tell him the story, and after writing a 7 I left carrying it.
The bicycle was 8 the next day, and Gayle's dream came true. The following day I received a letter that read:
Dear Bonnie,
Once in a while there is an opportunity to pass on a 9 I lost my parents to cancer six months ago. I cared for both of them but could not have done it without the love and generosity of friends - friends who10 .
The best to you,
Norma
It was from the owner of the ice cream stand. Enclosed was my uncashed check.
( ) 1. A. expressed B. whispered C. told D. ordered
( ) 2. A. realize B. appear C. happen D. come true
( ) 3. A. daily B. weekly C. monthly D. yearly
( ) 4. A. in the charge B. in charge C. in office D. in public
( ) 5. A. to say B. to tell C. to weep D. to speak
( ) 6. A. tighten B. loosen C. dry D. wet
( ) 7. A. name B. check C. notice D. note
( ) 8. A. bought B. came C. ridden D. delivered
( ) 9. A. hand B. check C. kindness D. bicycle
( ) 10. A. care B. treasure C. value D. promise
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San Francisco is a big city which lies in the west of the United States very near the Pacific, where two earth's plates often meet and jump. So earthquake is a 1 word to hear there. It is recorded that at least 2 big earthquakes have happened in San Francisco since the beginning of the _3 century. One happened in 1906, the other in 1989.
The second worst earthquake _4 San Francisco on the evening of October 17, 1989, when people were traveling to their 5 . A wide and busy overhead road fell onto the one 6 _. Many people were killed in their cars. A few 7 ones were not hurt, but many thousands became 8 . A large number of weak buildings didn't _9 in the quake and the 10 electricity was cut off for several days, too.
( ) 1. A. terrible B. sad C. usual D. funny
( ) 2. A. two B. three C. four D. five
( ) 3. A. 17th B.18th C. 19th D 20th
( ) 4. A. shook B. felt C. discovered D. moved
( ) 5. A. offices B. homes C. factories D. schools
( ) 6. A. above B. nearby C. below D. round
( ) 7. A. young B. tall C. strong D. lucky
( ) 8. A. homeless B. jobless C. friendless D. childless
( ) 9. A. put up B. go up C. stay up D. turn up
( ) 10. A. company's B. school's C. country's D. city's
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It was said by Sir George Bernard Shaw that "England and America are two countries separated by the same language". My first personal ___1___ of this was when I worked as a camp instructor for two months in 2006 in a Summer camp __2__ by the Boy Scouts of America, __3__ part of an international leader exchange program. Before I went, all the participants in the program were given a list of words that are in common __4__ in the UK which Americans would either be confused by or would __5__ make them angry. I memorized the words and thought "I'll manage."
However, when I finally arrived in the States three months later, I realized that perhaps a lifetime of watching American television was not __6__ preparation for appreciating and __7__ the differences between American and British speech. In the first hour of arriving at the camp, I was __8__ to High School American English, Black American English and the American English spoken by other ordinary people, all very __9__ to each other. Needless to say, I __10__ manage in the end. The Americans I met were very helpful, and I found they were patient with me when I made a social communicative mistake when I used an inappropriate word or phrase.
( ) 1. A. chance B. opinion C. viewpoint D. experience
( ) 2. A. run B. set C. controlled D. found
( ) 3. A. with B. for C. as D. like
( ) 4. A. sense B. practice C. phenomenon D. use
( ) 5. A. even B. ever C. hardly D. never
( ) 6. A. wrong B. adequate C. true D. real
( ) 7. A. helping with B. doing with C. dealing with D. comparing with
( ) 8. A. shown B. put C. faced D. exposed
( ) 9. A. similar B. alike C. different D. opposite
( ) 10. A. did B. should C. might D. would