After finishing shopping in the supermarket, I and my wife Julie stood in the shortest line.
There was only one guy in it, but he was in a 31 and there seemed to be some trouble going on.
Well, I and my wife Julie stepped in behind him. At first, he seemed to be having 32 getting his groceries onto the conveyor belt. But after a while, I realized that what he was actually doing was 33 them into two parts. I offered to help, but he and the checkout lady had it 34 He asked Julie if she would mind 35 his empty basket away. Then he 36 for his wallet which was in a pocket on one side of his wheelchair. The way he was positioned and the fact that he had only one 37 arm made this quite a stretch for him, so I helped there.
What must it be like, I wondered, to be so 38 on other people like that.9 The checkout operator came around and gave him his 39 and the items he needed. She 40 one bag of groceries over a handle at the back of his chair. I 41 to get the. bigger bag and he said, "No. 42 you could do me a favor. Take that part along to the entrance and give it to Angela. " I dutifully did that, 43 Julie with our shopping. It 44 that Angela was collecting food for people who might otherwise go hpngry!
This guy, despite the 45 that his physical condition imposed on him, had 46 more than twice as much shopping as he needed and 47 the bigger bag to help other people! He didn't let the fact that he needed help 48 him from being a help. He may have been limited 49 , bat his heart was more than capable of 50 all that. And it changed my idea of dependenee.
A．comer B．queue C．wheelchair D．lift
A．mercy B．interest C．confidence D．difficulty
A．separating B．breaking C．cutting D．placing
A．under order B．under control C．under discussion D．under repair
A．putting B．getting C．casting D．rolling
A．hunted B．reached C．looked D．sought
A．comfortable B．clumsy C．disabled D．usable
A．kind B．strict C．dependent D．considerate
A．change B．basket C．bag D．food
A．presented B．handed C．hung D．pulled
A．preferred B．used C．decided D．offered
A．So B．But C．For D．Thus
A．exchanging B．leaving C．charging D．associating
A．turned out B．came out C．burst out D．gave out
A．manners B．chances C．limitations D．fates
A．collected B．reserved C．donated D．bought
A．thrown away B．givenaway C．left out D．sent out
A．save B．protect C．stop D．shelter
A．physically B．economically C．originally D．mentally
A．accomplishing B．overlooking C．valuing D．overcoming
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The famous British inventor George Stephenson was born in 1781 and died in 1848. one of his _21_ important inventions was the train. He _22_his first train when he was forty-four years old. When he was experimenting with the _23_ engine on the train, he met with _24_ from the government, newspapers and the gentlemen in the country. They said that the noise and the smoke would _25_ cows, horses and sheep, that the _26_ would hurtle(炸飞) or that the hot coals from it would _27_their houses. At that time, _28_ people believed what they said.
George Stephenson _29_ the people that the train could go on small _30_, could pull carriages _31_goods and passengers and there was _32_ to them. It was a very _33_ matter for him to _34_ them believe. However, after _35_, he was able to do it; and the first train that _36_ by Stephenson himself _37_ what he had said.
The first day _38_ the people along the way _39_ the noises of the train _40_ and saw it running quickly to them, they ran back home as quickly as they could and closed their doors tightly, for they thought it a genius. They did not dare to come out until it had passed.
A．very B．a lot C．most D．much
A．electrical B．atomic C．steam D．beautiful
A．success B．troubles C．people D．pleasure
A．kill B．buy C．interest D．take away
A．smoke B．noise C．driver D．engine
A．pull down B．blow away C．set fire to D．pass
A．most B．few C．only a few D．the rich
A．said B．spoke C．told D．warned
A．short of B．full of C．empty of D．without
A．no great danger B．dangerous C．a lot of danger D．few danger
A．easy B．difficult C．pleasant D．light
A．get B．cause C．make D．force
A．sometimes B．some time C．a few times D．sometime
A．was sold B．were driven C．was pulled D．was driven
A．believed B．seemed C．sensed D．proved
A．of B．when C．while D．for
A．caught sight of B．listened to C．heard D．thought
A．nearby B．in the distance C．on the far D．from the distance
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My father often works very hard. And he 21 goes to the movies. Here I will tell you a 22 story about him.
One afternoon, when he finished his work, and 23 go home, he found a film ticket under the glass on his desk. He thought he 24 to have not much work to do that day and 25 was quite wonderful to pass the evening at the cinema.
So he came back home and 26 finished his supper. Then he said good-bye to us and left..
But to our 27 , he came back about half an hour later. I asked him what was the 28 . He smiled and told us about the funny thing that had happened at the 29 .
Whey my father was sitting in his seat, a 30 came to father’s seat and said that the seat was hers. My father was 31 . he took out the ticket 32 looked at it carefully. It was Row 17, 33 . And then he looked at the seat. It was 34 . So he asked her to 35 her ticket. She took out the ticket at once and the seat 36 in it was Row 17, Seat 3.
Why? What’s the matter with all this? While they were wondering, suddenly the woman said, “The 37 of the tickets are different.” 38 they looked at the tickets more carefully. After a while my father said, “Oh, I am 39 , I made a mistake. My ticket is for the 40 a month ago. Take this seat, please.” With these words, he left.
A．always B．seldom C．often D．sometimes.
A．funny B．sad C．bad D．strange
A．was to B．was about to C．had to D．ought to
A．happened B．liked C．pretended D．wanted
A．it B．this C．that D．which
A．early B．quietly C．quickly D．suddenly
A．surprise B．joy C．sorrow D．delight
A．matter B．date C．time D．price
A．hall B．theatre C．office D．cinema
A．man B．woman C．boy D．stranger
A．interested B．surprised C．frightened D．disappointed
A．and B．but C．or D．so
A．Seat 1 B．Seat 2 C．Seat 3 D．Seat 4
A．different B．unusual C．the same D．strange
A．bring B．get C．see D．show
A．said B．named C．told D．shown
A．designs B．colors C．prices D．owners
A．.But B．However C．So D．Yet
A．sad B．sorry C．wrong D．worried
A．exhibition B．play C．concert D．film
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入
空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I believe in my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid, when I 41 becoming a doctor.
My mother was a 42 . Through her work, she observed that 43 people spent a lot more time 44 than they did watching television. She announced that my brother and I could only watch two to three 45 TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each week from the Detroit Public Library and 46 written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check markers and underline the 47 parts. Years later we realized her marks were a 48 . My mother was illiterate(文盲). Although we had no money, 49 the covers of those books, I could go anywhere, do anything and be anybody.
When I entered high school, I was an A-student, but not for 50 . I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang about with the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student and to a C-student, but I didn’t 51 . I was cool.
One night my mother came home after her several jobs and I 52 about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, “Okay, I’ll give you the money I 53 this week by rubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With 54 left over, you can have all that you want.” I was very 55 with that arrangement. But once I got through 56 money, there was nothing left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a(n) 57 over our heads and any kind of food on the table. I was also 58 that immediate satisfaction wasn’t going to get me anywhere. Success 59 intellectual(知识上的) preparation. I went back to my studies and became an A-student again, and 60 I realized my dream and I became a doctor.
A．contributed to B．was sure of C．dreamed of D．thought of
A．maidservant B．teacher C．. worker D．nurse
A．honest B．successful C．kind D．careful
A．writing B．reading C．working D．training
A．familiar B．dull C．designed D．selected
A．turn in B．take in C．bring in D．check in
A．difficult B．easy C．opposite D．important
A．wealth B．quiz C．pleasure D．competition
A．between B．under C．within D．below
A．the last B．a minute C．long D．anything
A．know B．care C．admit D．realize
A．announced B．claimed C．complained D．blamed
A．borrow B．make C．control D．collect
A．something B．everything C．anything D．nothing
A．encouraged B．puzzled C．moved D．pleased
A．adding B．applying C．dividing D．exchanging
A．balance B．arrangement C．hat D．roof
A．aware B．worried C．confused D．delighted
A．included B．required C．combined D．matched
A．actually B．shortly C．fortunately D．finally
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
A Beautiful Dress
My neighbor’s eight-year-old daughter used to live in the countryside, her native place. Recently her parents 51 her to town to live with them. Wild and uneducated, she would use 52 words when she was angry. Sometimes she went so far as to 53 on the ground, to the 54 of all people around. Her parents tried to 55 her by beating and kicking. However, she became more 56 . Finally they became thoroughly 57 with her.
One day their next-door 58 , a retired teacher, gave the girl a snow-white dress, which was very 59 . It immediately caught the girl’s 60 and made them shine brightly.
The girl put on the dress and became quite a 61 person. She no longer acted rudely or hit others. She 62 seldom rolled on the floor. She knew running wild was not 63 for her in a beautiful dress. Since then, the girl had been 64 , neat, and lovely.
The story set me 65a lot. Perhaps everyone has a beautiful dress 66 somewhere in his or her heart. Only some people are not aware of it, 67 it or take no notice of it. 68 is a powerful force or weapon — that’s something 69 by many of us. It can arouse fine qualities that humans are 70 with but have so far hidden somewhere. It has a soul-shaking influence that is indeed unmatched.
A．left B．brought C．met D．taught
A．dirty B．new C．creative D．attractive
A．trap B．weep C．roll D．jump
A．surprise B．delight C．mercy D．regret
A．advise B．encourage C．support D．educate
A．mature B．violent C．changeable D．considerate
A．tired B．pleased C．relaxed D．disappointed
A．office B．stranger C．neighbor D．apartment
A．beautiful B．modern C．shabby D．fragile
A．attention B．ears C．eyes D．imagination
A．rude B．different C．violent D．unique
A．even B．also C．still D．ever
A．bad B．much C．enough D．suitable
A．voluntary B．conscious C．merciful D．gentle
A．imagining B．moving C．thinking D．puzzling
A．ruined B．hidden C．disappeared D．rediscovered
A．forget B．criticize C．advocate D．remember
A．Love B．Violence C．Beauty D．Honesty
A．cared B．valued C．unlearnt D．unrealized
A．dealt B．born C．grown D．lived
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The science teacher believed very strongly in practical work as a means of teaching science effectively, and she wanted her pupils' parents to see how well their children were learning ___36___ her methods. She therefore arranged for all the parents ___37___ and see the results of one of the ___38___ experiments on a Saturday evening,___39___ all of them were free. The children had been studying the growth of plants, and they ___40___ four pots of beans a few weeks before. They had put poor soil in one pot, to see ___41___ effect this would have ___42___ the growth of the beans in ___43___,and good soil in ___44___ three pots. Then they had put one of the ___45___ in the dark for several days, and had given ___46___ pot no water for the same length of time.
At the end of the lesson on Friday afternoon, the teacher put little ___47___ on the four pots:‘The beans in this pot were planted in poor soil.’‘This pot ___48___ in the dark for four days.’‘These beans have had no water for four days.’‘These beans have had good soil, plenty of light and ___49___ water.’ Then the teacher went home.
When she arrived on ___50___ evening, half an hour before the ___51___were due to come, she found this note beside the pots:‘We read your notes ___52___ the school servant and thought we would help him, so we watered all the plants, changed the earth in the one with ___53___ soil, and ___54___ the light on above the one that had been left in the dark for four days. We hope that the plants will now grow___ 55___.’
Your friends,
‘The Boy Scouts.’
A．by B．with C．in D．through
A．come B．came C．to come D．coming
A．child B．children C．child's D．children's
A．when B．as C．because D．since
A．have planted B．had planted C．planted D．had been planted
A．how B．what C．which D．why
A．in B．on C．for D．with
A．them B．that C．it D．one
A．the other B．an other C．Other D．others
A．beans B．soil C．plants D．pots
A．a third B．the third C．a fourth D．the fourth
A．notes B．messages C．notices D．announcements
A．had been kept B．has been kept C．had been remained D．has been remained
A．no B．some C．much D．regular
A．Friday B．Saturday C．Sunday D．Monday
A．children B．students C．parents D．teachers
A．to B．for C．from D．on
A．good B．wet C．dry D．poor
A．left B．leave C．kept D．keep
A．well B．strong C．better D．good