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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从第每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项
How often do you let other people’s nonsense change your mood? The mark of a successful person is how 36 he can get back his focus on what is important.
Two years ago I gained the knowledge about the Law of the Garbage Truck. I 37 it in a taxi. I got on a taxi, and we headed for Grand Central Station. We were 38 in the right lane(行车道) when 39 a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver stepped on his brakes(刹车)heavily, and 40 the car’s back end by just inches!
The driver almost caused a(n) 41 , saying bad words at us. My t
axi driver just smiled and waved at the guy 42 . So, I said, “This guy almost 43 your car and sent us to the 44 !” On the way to the Grand Central Station, my taxi driver told me what I now 45 “The Law of the Garbage Truck.”
“Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of 46 , full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage becomes more, they needed a(n) 47 to dump(扔) it. When someone wants to dump it on you, don’t 48 it. You just smile, wish them well, and focus on important things quickly.
Good leaders know they have to be 49 for their next meeting. Good parents know that they have to welcome their children home from school with hugs and kisses. Good 50 and parents know what is 51 for them. The bottom line is that 52 people do not let garbage Trucks take over their day.
Life is too 53 to wake up in the morning with 54 , so take your time and love the peop
le who treat you right. 55 about the ones who don’t. Don’t be regretful for your life.
A．quickly B．hardly C．completely D．directly
A．realized B．observed C．concluded D．learned
A．walking B．driving C．running D．talking
A．suddenly B．slowly C．secretly D．finally
A．struck B．hit C．approached D．missed
A．argument B．fire C．accident D．debate
A．impatiently B．friendly C．angrily D．impolitely
A．destroyed B．stole C．burned D．caught
A．station B．office C．park D．hospital
A．imagine B．believe C．call D．expect
A．energy B．garbage C．happiness D．possibility
A．assistant B．chance C．tool D．place
A．value B．refuse C．mind D．ignore
A．ready B．eager C．anxious D．suitable
A．useful B．important C．necessary D．dangerous
A．successful B．busy C．silly D．common
A．long B．hard C．short D．exciting
A．aims B．dreams C．hopes D．regrets
Down-to-earth means someone or something that is honest, practical and easy to deal with. It is 1 to find someone who is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk to and 2 other people as equals. A down-to-earth person is just the 3 of someone who acts important and prouD．
Down-to-earth persons 4 be important members of society. 5 they don’t let their importance “go to their heads”. They do not 6 themselves to be better persons than others of less importance. Someone who is filled with his own importance and pride, often without cause, is 7 to have “his nose in the air”. There is 8 way a person with his nose in the air can be down-to-earth.
Americans 9 another expression that means almost the same as down-to-earth. The expression is “both-feet-on-the-ground”. Someone with both-feet-on-the-ground is a person with a good 10 of reality. He 11 what is called “common sense”. He may have 12 , but he does not allow them to 13 his knowledge of what is real. The opposite kind of 14 is one who has hid “head-in-the-clouds”. A man with his head-in-the-clouds is a dreamer whose 15 is not in the real world．
16 , such a dreamer can be brought back to reality. 17 words from a teacher can usually get a day-dreaming student to put both feet back on the grounD．Usually, the person who is down-to-earth is very 18 to have both feet on the ground．19 we have both our feet firmly on the ground, we are down-to-earth, and we act honestly and openly 20 others. Our lives are like the ground below us, said and strong.
1．A．pleasant B．sad C．common D．surprising
2．A．meets B．welcomes C．receives D．accepts
3．A．case B．kind C．opposite D．example
4．A．must B．may C．should D．will
5．A．But B．So C．For D．And
6．A．wish B．expect C．desire D．consider
7．A．said B．told C．asked D．made
8．A．some B．a C．no D．every
9．A．discover B．find C．make D．use
10．A．understanding B．wish C．reason D．expectation
11．A．demands B．lacks C．has D．likes
12．A．fortunes B．dreams C．achievements D．disadvantages
13．A．block B．protect C．Own D．gain
14．A．idea B．people C．attitude D．person
15．A．mind B．life C．body D．head
16．A．Always B．Therefore C．However D．Sometimes
17．A．Sharp B．All C．No D．Bad
18．A．possible B．probable C．likely D．able
19．A．Though B．Since C．When D．Unless
20．A．towards B．for C．over D．Onto
Of all living creatures on earth, insects are the most plentiful. Some 1 are very useful to man, for example, bees, 2 we get honey and wax, and silkworms, which 3 us with silk. Other varieties, 4 , are extremely harmful, and do a great 5 of damage, especially to crops. Locusts are perhaps the most dangerous of all, 6 they will eat almost any green 7 , and when millions of them 8 on cultivated land they soon leave it 9 . In some countries they are the farmers’ 10 enemy. Another nuisance is the common 11 , not only because it 12 us indoors and out-of-doors, but because it spreads diseases.
Scientists have given much time and 13 to the study of insects. It needs the most careful and 14 observation. Thanks 15 their discoveries we now know almost all 16 is to be known about the habits of these hardworking insects, bees and ants, which live in 17 better planned in some ways than our 18 . But the most valuable work has been done in trying to give 19 to men, animals and crops from the 20 which insects cause.
1．A．members B．forms C．qualities D．varieties
2．A．by which B．from which C．of which D．in which
3．A．give B．produce C．offer D．supply
4．A．however B．meanwhile C．offer D．supply
5．A．majority B．number C．amount D．what’s more
6．A．and B．for C．if D．when
7．A．grass B．field C．fruit D．plant
8．A．settle B．attack C．pass D．cross
9．A．bare B．nothing C．empty D．untouched
10．A．hardest B．greatest C．serious D．wildest
11．A．insect B．creature C．fly D．enemy
12．A．dislikes B．bites C．worries D．hates
13．A．understanding B．ideas C．comprehension D．thought
14．A．serious B．patient C．curious D．long
15．A．for B．of C．to D．with
16．A．that B．which C．there D．what
17．A．societies B．crowds C．teams D．organizations
18．A．world B．nation C．selves D．own
19．A．help B．protection C．living D．defense
20．A．injury B．wound C．sickness D．ruin
When I was a child ,I spent most of the time near the sea watching the ships, large and small, go in and out of the harbor. At the age of eighteen I 1 home to take a job on a passenger2 that sailed between San Francisco and YokohamA．I was 3 about my new adventure and a little afraid, too. For over a year, I 4 the Pacific on the Rosa Lee. The brilliant blue waters were 5 in the sunlight; under stormy skies the angry 6became dark, dangerous, and exciting. I 7 the sea in all its glorious beauty — both when it was quiet and when it was violent. 8, I knew it was the life for me.
After a year, during a rip from Melbourne to Honolulu, I had a very strange 9 . I have never forgotten it. We couldn’t get 10 the way in time and were hit by a violent11 . The wind grew stronger and stronger —12 fifty miles an hour, and mountains of water 13 the Rosa Lee over on its side. The ship rolled back only to be 14 again by the next wave. All during the rain-filled night, we worked in a frantic 15 to save the ship, but there was a breakdown in the engine room and the motors16. We knew that there was 17 more we could do. At dawn the Captain 18 the order to leave the ship. A few minutes later Rosa Lee 19beneath the angry seA．All that could be 20 were a few lifeboats here and there among the waves.
1．A．left B．went C．landed D．forgot
2．A．bus B．ship C．plane D．train
3．A．worried B．narrow C．excited D．sure
4．A．struck B．imagined C．remarked D．sailed
5．A．shallow B．terrifying C．irregular D．beautiful
6．A．situation B．gainsC．waters D．management
7．A．hated B．loved C．improved D．greeted
8．A．In the end B．What’s more C．That’s to say D．From the beginning
9．A．dream B．practice C．imagination D．experience
10．A．in B．upC．out of D．down
11．A．purpose B．storm C．soul D．rock
12．A．up to B．far from C．less than D．behind
13．A．pushed B．pulled C．drew D．looked
14．A．protected B．attacked C．destroyed D．applied
15．A．request B．decision C．sense D．attempt
16．A．worked B．based C．stooped D．finished
17．A．nothing B．space C．light D．recognized
18．A．gave B．threw C．forced D．recognized
19．A．floated B．sankC．fell D．pushed
20．A．enjoyed B．criticized C．seenD．climbed
As time goes on, I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away. I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers 1 it was too late to tell them. I am blessed with the dear mother who is still alive. I 2 her more each day. My mother does not change, but I 3 . As I grow older and wiser, I realize 4 an extraordinary' person she is. How 5 that I am unable to speak these words in her 6, but they flow easily from my pen.
As a daughter, how to thank her mother for life itself?? For the love, patience and just 7 hard work that go into 8a child? For running after a toddler (学走步的小孩), for understanding a 9 teenager, for tolerating a college student who knows10? For waiting for the day when a daughter 11 how wise her mother really is?
How does a 12 woman thank a mother for 13 to be a mother? For being ready 14 advice when asked or remaining 15 when it is most appreciated? For not saying, “I told you so,” when she could have said these words16 ? For being17herself-loving, thoughtful, patient, and forgiving? I don' t know how, dear God, except to ask you to bless her as richly as she 18 and to help me live up to the example she has 19. I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother 20 in mine.
1．A．asB．that C．until D．when
2．A．approve B．appreciate C．need D．resemble
3．A．do B．have C．didD．will
4．A．how B．that C．who D．what
5．A．sad B．glad C．comic D tragic
6．A．absence B．presence C．appearance D．existence
7．A．common B．plain C．normal D．usual
8．A．raising B．rising C．developing D．training
9．A．childish B．energetic C．fearlessD．moody
10．A．anything B．something C．everything D．nothing
11．A．detects B．discovers C．recognizes D．realizes
12．A．pretty B．foolish C．greenD．grown
13．A．failing B．intending C．continuing D．keeping
14．A．by B．with C．for D．on
15．A．silent B．quiet C．cool D．noiseless
16．A．dozen times B．a dozen of times C．dozens of times D．dozen of time
17．A．valuably B．essentially C．naturally D．actually
18．A．devotesB．deserts C．deserves D．desires
19．A．setB．settled C．placed D．fixed
20．A．sees B．finds C．is D．looks
Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was
ready for new 16 in high school.17, high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went totryouts(选拔赛)for cheerleaders(拉拉队队员). She was competing against very talented girls, and
she knew it would be 18 for her to be selected. Two hours later, the 19 read a list of the girls for a
second tryout. Her heart 20 as the list ended without her name. Feeling 21, she walked homecarrying her schoolbag full of homework.
Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was 22. She moved on to English and history, and was 23 to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to 24 math for the time being.
The nest day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school 25. Mrs. Biden wasn’t as 26 as JennA．“I’m sorry, but we have enough 27 for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then.” Jenna smiled 28 and left. “Why is high school so 29?” she sighed.
Later in 30 class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much 31. By the end of class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she’d continue to try to 32 at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to 33. High school was just as her mom had said: “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond 34 a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the 35 fish you can be.”
16．A．processes B．decision C．challenges D．exercises
17．A．ThereforeB．However C．Otherwise D．Besides
18．A．difficult B．easy C．boring D．interesting
19．A．editor B．boss C．candidate D．judge
20．A．jumped B．sank C．stopped D．raced
21．A．strange B．happy C．awfulD．lonely
22．A．struggling B．improving C．workingD．complaining
23．A．ashamed B．disappointed C．shockedD．relieved
24．A．put up B．prepare forC．worry aboutD．give up
25．A．committee B．newspaperC．radioD．team
26．A．enthusiastic B．artistic C．sympathetic D．realistic
27．A．speakersB．readers C．cheerleaders D．writers
28．A．widely B．weakly C．excitedly D．brightly
29．A．similar B．ordinary C．different D．familiar
30．A．physics B．history C．English D．math
31．A．pleasure B．hope C．trouble D．sorrow
32．A．fit in B．look out C．stay up D．get around
33．A．swim B．try C．ask D．escape
34．A．in return for B．in case ofC．in terms of D．instead of
35．A．slimmest B．smallest C．best D．gentlest