The other day, I happened to meet someone I hadn’t seen for many years. I couldn’t believe the change in him. In fact, he didn’t even seem like the ___16___ person.
When I first knew Bill, back in college he was one of the most carefree(无忧无虑) people I had ever ___17___. Bill and I were in the same class in college, and ___18___ was never dull(枯燥的) when he was ___19___. With him there was one wild adventure (探险) after another. Sometimes I wonder how we ___20___ to study for our exams.
Last week I was in Huston on business and I ran into Bill in the bar at the hotel. At first I wasn’t ___21___ sure it was him. Was this short-haired businessman really the same person? I wasn’t really sure until I came near him but it indeed was Bill. Now he works for a bank. He talked most of the evening about his job, his new car and his house. How he had changed! Back when we were in college, the ___22___ thing Bill cared about was possessions(财物). Now they seemed to be his main ___23____.
I suppose it’ s ____24____ to expect people to remain the same, especially when I have changed so much myself. But I must say that I enjoyed the old Bill much more than the new one. Maybe he ___25____ the same way about me.
A．proper B．same C．usual D．right
A．considered B．supposed C．met D．expected
A．learning B．life C．work D．fun
A．in B．out C．away D．around
A．decided B．continued C．managed D．hoped
A．more B．less C．still D．even
A．first B．last C．next D．only
A．interest B．event C．subject D．problem
A．unnecessary B．foolish C．common D．unusually
A．felt B．acted C．looked D．discovered
【2014河南】先通读短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
“It’s raining cats and dogs!” Grandpa shouted.
Little Richie came running to the window. He wanted to see the falling from the sky. He looked out of the window, but it was that there were no cats or dogs. He only saw small pools of water on the ground.
“Man, it’s really coming down out there!” Uncle Bob agreed he looked out of the window, too. Richie scratched his head (挠头). What was coming down? First they talked about cats and dogs that be seen. Now someone said “it”. What was going on with these ?
“Wow!” Aunt Susie shouted as she looked out of the window. “It’s raining really hard.”
Richie his aunt. “It is raining hard,” he agreed, “but are the cats and dogs?”
Grandpa laughed. “Richie, that just it’s raining really hard.”
“So why didn’t you just say that?” Richie . It was irritating (恼人的) when people spoke like they were not speaking English at all.
“We did. You just didn’t understand these .” Richie’s cousin said with a big smile.
“Well, now I do.” Richie said.
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【2014扬州】完形填空
A first-grade student whose best friend is battling cancer thought that hours of playing and telling jokes was not enough—he wanted to show his buddy just how he understood the time he was going through.
Seven-year-old Vincent Butterfield the only way was to cut off his hair in support of his best friend Zac who lost his hair through chemotherapy (化疗).
Zac Gossage is receiving treatment but goes to Union Central Elementary School in Missouri every day, that’s where he gets to play on the swing with Vincent. Vincent found out that Zac might his hair because of the chemotherapy treatment. So one day, he showed up in the first grade class wearing a . He said to his teacher Mrs. Koester, “I have a surprise for Zac.” And he pulled off his cap and other saw that he already had all his hair off.
“I did it just to make Zac feel he’s not the only one without any .” said Vincent.
Vincent has also been raising money for his best friend after learning how his chemotherapy treatments are. He asked his mother to make than 20 scarves and gloves. He and his mother them at the price of 10 dollars each, raising over $200 for Zac. The encouragement from Vincent seems to be working. Though Zac is receiving treatments, he has missed any days of school. He knows that Vincent is out on the playground, waiting for him at break.
When asked friendship was, Vincent looked at his friend Zac, thought for a(an) and responded, “It’s a beautiful thing.”
Clearly, wisdom doesn’t always come with age.
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【2014长沙】词语填空
通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。
This morning I got an e-mail from Roy. It seems that my boy really enjoys his new life at Harvard University.
The made me think of the first day when we moved into this house.
Little Roy ran around the new house with great excitement and tried to move his own things into the house such as his toys, books and clothes. , his little hand knocked over (打翻) a bottle of paint on the shelf. The paint made the tidy floor and white wall a terrible mess (一团糟). “Oh, my God!” My wife rushed in angrily. I looked at my son, and his small face was filled with .
I and held his hand, “Take it easy, Roy. Now let’s do something to make it look .” I took out a . “You see, Dad is a magician (魔术师), I can change it into a big tree.”
His mother soon helped paint some butterflies and flowers on the wall.
We spent the whole afternoon and laughing. The wall became a beautiful forest with plants, birds and small animals. Blue sky and white clouds were also painted by Roy. On that day, everybody in the house knew something happened.
The night before Roy left for Harvard, he asked me if I still remembered the day when he had knocked over the paint. “Since then I’ve worried about making mistakes,” he continued, “I believe I can always ways to solve the problems.”A. call B. e-mail C. card
A. Suddenly B. Luckily C. Gladly
A. happiness B. hope C. fear
A. cried B. smiled C. shouted
A. nice B. bad C. wrong
A. drum B. brush C. clock
A. washing B. cooking C. painting
A. dangerous B. boring C. special
A. never B. always C. sometimes
A. put out B. hand out C. find out
【2014连云港】阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每題所给A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
The sky was clear and the sun was shining brightly before the deadly disaster of the typhoon. Bernadette Tenegra, a 44-year-old high school teacher, was in her which was on the bank of a river. The Tenegra family together in their shelter to keep away from the storm. They thought that the powerful storm would die out soon as it did . So they were just hanging on there.
But things didn’t happen they had thought, the water rose with a frightening speed and their house fell down, sweeping away the occupants (居住者)，including Tenegra’s husband and her other daughter. They were able to struggle to , but the 6-year-old Tenegra was against the strong wind and water, along with sharp deadly debris (残骸). Bernadette made her way to the child and was holding her and kept her to keep on.
“I crawled (爬) over to her, and I tried to pull her up. But she was too and wasn’t able to make it. It seemed she had already , ” Tenegra said, crying. “I screamed but it didn’t work.”
The mother said that she would never forget the last words of her daughter before , “Ma, just let go, just let go. Save . I love you forever.
“Yolanda”, the super typhoon destroyed a great number of houses and buildings. The 6-year- old Tenegra her life. She has just seen a small part of this wonderful world that short lifetime, while the whole world witnessed all the beauty of her.
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【2014年云南省中考】完形填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
从题中所给的A、 B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入空白处的正确选项，并将所选答案涂到答题卡的相应位置上。
There was once a little monkey in the forest. He liked to everyone. He jumped from tree to tree, called all the other bad names and threw bananas or stones at them.
One day he saw a baby elephant near the river. “Hey, baby elephant, you are so , and you’ll never catch me.” said the monkey.
“ do you have to laugh at me?” the baby elephant asked. “I make trouble or make anyone upset.”
“It’s so fun.” said the monkey.
The monkey , jumping from tree to tree. Then he saw a turtle(乌龟) with his mouth open. The monkey thought it would be a lot of fun putting his finger the turtle’s mouth. He did so, the turtle shut his mouth just at that time. The monkey shouted .The nice turtle woke up and let the monkey go. The monkey climbed up a tree and shouted all the way.
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