We have been driving in fog all morning，but the fog is lifting now.The little seaside villages are ____，one by one.“There is my grandmother's house，” I say，____ across the bay to a shabby old house.
I am in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage(朝圣) with Lise，my granddaughter，seeking roots for her，retracing(追溯) ____ memory for me.Lise was one of the mobile children，____ from house to house in childhood.She longs for a sense of ____，and so we have come to Nova Scotia where my husband and I were born and where our ancestors ____ for 200 years.
We soon ____ by the house and I tell her what it was like here，the memories ____ back，swift as the tide(潮水)．
Suddenly，I long to walk again in the ____ where I was once so gloriously a child.It still ____ a member of the family，but has not been lived in for a while.We cannot go into the house，but I can still walk ____ the rooms in memory.Here，my mother ____ in her bedroom window and wrote in her diary.I can still see the enthusiastic family ____ into and out of the house.I could never have enough of being ____ them.However，that was long after those childhood days.Lise ___ attentively as I talk and then says，“So this is where I ____；where I belong.”
She has ____ her roots.To know where I come from is one of the great longings of the human ____.To be rooted is “to have an origin”．We need ____ origin.Looking backward，we discover what is unique in us；learn the ____ of “I”．We must all go home again—in reality or memory.
A．appearing B．moving C．exposing D．expanding
A．referring B．travelling C．pointing D．coming
A．shared B．short C．fresh D．treasured
A．passed B．raised C．moved D．sent
A．home B．duty C．reality D．relief
A．built B．lived C．remained D．explored
A．catch up B．pull up C．step down D．come down
A．falling B．turning C．rushing D．bringing
A．yard B．village C．room D．house
A．adapts to B．appeals to C．belongs to D．occurs to
A．across B．through C．along D．past
A．lay B．played C．stood D．sat
A．marching B．looking C．breaking D．pouring
A．between B．with C．near D．behind
A．wonders B．listens C．reacts D．agrees
A．began B．grew C．studied D．stayed
A．deepened B．recognized C．accepted D．found
A．heart B．rights C．interest D．behaviors
A．one B．its C．that D．every
A．meaning B．expression C．connection D．background
It was a Friday afternoon. An elderly lady was doing the 21 in a supermarket. When she returned to her 22 , she found four men in the act of 23 her car. So she 24 her shopping bags and took out her 25 , screaming at the top of her voice, “I have a gun, and I know how to use it! 26 the car!”
The four men didn’t 27 for a second threat. They all got out immediately and 28 like mad.
After she got into the 29 seat and prepared to drive away, she was 30 that she could not get her key into the ignition (点火开关). She 31 over and over again, and then she suddenly realized why, 32 she found that there was a football, a jacket and two packs of cigarettes in the front seat.
A few minutes later, she saw her own car 33 four or five spaces farther down. She put her bags into the car and drove to the police station to report her 34 .
The police officer to whom she told the story couldn’t stop 35 . He pointed to the other end of the corner, where four 36 men were reporting that their car was 37 by a mad, elderly woman 38 as white, less than five feet tall, glasses, curly white hair, and 39 a large handgun. Not surprisingly, the elderly lady felt very sorry for what she had done, and 40 to the four men.
A．experiment B．business C．shopping D．research
A．garden B．house C．garage D．car
A．running after B．leaving with C．looking at D．taking apart
A．hid B．brought C．showed D．dropped
A．glasses B．key C．handgun D．beer
A．Get out of B．Go away with C．Take away D．Watch out
A．leave B．ask C．wait D．stand
A．spoke B．ran C．laughed D．stood
A．driver’s B．passenger’s C．back D．middle
A．guilty B．embarrassed C．surprised D．disappointed
A．tried B．closed C．stopped D．found
A．before B．though C．as D．if
A．passed B．moved C．driven D．parked
A．trouble B．mistake C．news D．joke
A．talking B．laughing C．worrying D．arguing
A．stupid B．strong C．typical D．frightened
A．bought B．stolen C．robbed D．sold
A．treated B．painted C．considered D．described
A．firing B．carrying C．buying D．finding
A．apologized B．shouted C．waved D．Walked
Louise was 72 years old and she lived by herself. The first thing she noticed when she came downstairs that Sunday morning was that her __36____ window was open. In fact, it was so wide open that she had ___37___ closing it. Then she realized that things were not in their proper __38____. Finally, when she found her empty ___39___ on the kitchen table, she realized the awful __40____. At first, she didn’t know what to do. Then she decided to ___41___ her son, Derek.
Derek’s wife Sybil answered the phone, “It’s your mother,” she _42___him, coldly. Louise told Derek about the open window, about things being in the wrong places and about the ____43__ missing from her purse.
“ All right,” said Derek, “Don’t __44___ anything. I’ll be __45___ in half an hour.
Louise ___46__ and made herself a pot of tea and some toast. Then she went from room to room wondering __47___ anything else was missing.
When Derek arrived, he was content to __48___ her looking so calm. “Have you rung the ___49___?”he asked. “No? Then I’ll do that straight away.” So he rang the police.
As it was Sunday，__50____ the only detectives were out. However, the police were polite, but vague(含糊的) . “ We’ll send __51__ round as soon as possible.” They said.
Derek telephoned his wife. “I’m not sure when I’ll be home, love,” he told her. “I’ve got to ___52__ for the police.” While Derek and his mother waited, Derek _53___ the catches （挂钩） on the windows and locks on the doors. All of them were old and some of the catches hardly__54___ at all. Derek felt __55___. His mother was an old woman, after all. “I’ll have to change all these.” he told her.
A．washroom B．bedroom C．kitchen D．bathroom
A．strength B．puzzle C．reason D．trouble
A．positions B．places C．directions D．situations
A．purse B．vase C．pot D．envelope
A．mistake B．message C．truth D．news
A．visit B．ask C．ring D．punish
A．invited B．informed C．stated D．scolded
A．note B．coin C．money D．bill
A．say B．move C．touch D．prepare
A．here B．round C．off D．away
A．sighed B．relaxed C．whispered D．hurried
A．if B．why C．how D．where
A．realize B．find C．know D．sense
A．police B．neighbour C．hospital D．friend
A．generally B．luckily C．considerably D．unfortunately
A．anyone B．someone C．everyone D．none
A．hope B．ask C．wait D．call
A．examined B．repaired C．fixed D．tested
A．locked B．opened C．helped D．worked
A．excited B．silly C．worried D．Guilty
My name is Scott and I am 36 years old. I have spent most of my adult life doing an 36 job, so I had a very cynical (愤世嫉俗的) view of life and the world around me. I saw no point in trying to 37 my life or the lives of the people around me.
Two years ago my wife 38 me to return to school and work toward a career where I would find satisfaction. So I entered Long Beach City College to pursue a 39 in history. Last term I took a political science class. The 40 Dr. Rock had such a great effect on me. He 41 in the Air Force, worked in the U.S. nuclear program and served in the White House. When I asked another instructor 42 someone who was so overqualified（资历过高的）worked at a small community college, she 43 told me because he wanted to.
This 44 me, so I asked Dr. Rock himself why he did not pursue a better role in his career. What he told me has changed my 45 forever. He told me that by working at the college he would be able to 46 the kinds of students he believed would make a 47 in the world. He said that 48 the right motivation and support, the students he taught could become the future leaders of our country. He said that he preferred the inner city 49 because the students there showed the 50 promise and cared deeply for their education.
Dr. Rock paid attention to the needs of the community. He taught me how to care and 51 us to take part in our community in any way we 52 .
I thought that I was the 53 one that was affected by his lessons, but at the end of the term I found that the entire class had felt the same 54 that came over me. Dr. Rock taught us how to55 our country, our community and ourselves.
A．unfamiliar B．impatient C．unsatisfying D．Irregular
A．better B．feel C．respect D．Taste
A．informed B．suggested C．ordered D．Convinced
A．reward B．degree C．success D．Career
A．headmaster B．instructor C．officer D．Classmate
A．served B．played C．assisted D．Succeeded
A．where B．how C．why D．Whether
A．angrily B．hurriedly C．simply D．Nervously
A．frightened B．interested C．worried D．Troubled
A．feeling B．spirit C．family D．Life
A．remember B．calm C．watch D．Reach
A．difference B．decision C．promise D．Choice
A．beyond B．through C．with D．For
A．college B．environment C．education D．Background
A．strongest B．usual C．deepest D．Most
A．forced B．encouraged C．warned D．Invited
A．had B．did C．should D．Could
A．few B．just C．only D．First
A．time B．pressure C．change D．Reaction
A．care about B．make for C．turn to D．appeal to
If you are human, you can’t help but experience times when everything seems to be going wrong. You must also _36__as if your life is completely out of control at times. It is during those “down times” that words of encouragement from family, friends, co-workers or __37_strangers can boost(增强)your spirits. It is also during those __38_that negative words can be devastating (毁灭性的) and sink you deeper and deeper into depression.
For example, consider this story about a group of _39__who were traveling through the woods when __40__of them fell into a deep pit(坑). All of the other frogs gathered around the __41__.When they saw how _42__the pit was, they told the two _43__frogs they would never get out.
The two frogs didn’t obey what other frogs said and tried to __44__ out of the pit. The other frogs kept telling them not to jump, _45__it was in vain. Finally, one of the frogs followed what the other frogs were saying and simply _46. He fell down and _47_. The other frog continued to jump as __48_as he could. Once again the crowd of frogs shouted at him to _49__ the pain. The more they _50__, the harder he jumped and finally he __51__to safety.
When he __52_, the other frogs asked him why he continued to jump when they were all __53__him to simply quit. The frog __54_to them that he was a little bit deaf. He thought they were _55__him all the time.
A．think B．experience C．seem D．feel
A．so B．just C．even D．ever
A．processes B．times C．courses D．practices
A．frogs B．mice C．dogs D．cats
A．hole B．pit C．water D．well
A．muddy B．wide C．deep D．long
A．uncomfortable B．unpleasant C．unhappy D．unfortunate
A．run B．walk C．climb D．jump
A．so B．as long as C．because D．although
A．gave out B．gave up C．gave away D．gave off
A．died B．wounded C．destroyed D．damaged
A．fast B．hard C．easily D．swiftly
A．help B．ban C．forbid D．stop
A．cried B．spoke C．shouted D．read
A．get it B．forget it C．use it D．made it
A．turned out B．kept out C．got out D．held out
A．taking to B．shouting at C．throwing at D．speaking to
A．explained B．announced C．introduced D．told
Recently, a professor of philosophy in the U. S. has written a book called Money and the Meaning of Life. He has discovered that how we 41 money in our day-to-day life has more meaning than we usually think. One of the exercises he asked his students to do is to 42 every penny they spend for a week. 43 they spend their money, they can see what they really 44 in life.
He says our relation with others often becomes clearly 45 when money enters the picture. You might have 46 with somebody and you think that you are very good friends. But you will 47 him only when you ask him to lend you some money. If he does, it brings 48 to the friendship that seems stronger than ever before. Or it can suddenly 49 the friendship if he doesn’t.
Since money is so important to us, we consider those who possess a lot of it 50 very important. The author interviewed some millionaires for 51 . Question: What is 52 thing you have discovered about being rich, because you are a self-made man? Answer: What makes me surprised most is how people give me 53 . I am nothing. I don’t know much. All I54 money
People just 55 making more and more money, but what is it 56 ? How much do I need for a given purpose in my life? In his book, the professor uncovered an important need in modern society: to bring back 57 that money is an instrument 58 the end． 59 plays an important role in the material world, but expecting money to give happiness may be 60 the meaning of life.
A．get through B．deal with C．give away D．look after
A．keep a record of B．run out of C．keep up with D．use up
A．In this way B．By this means C．By the way D．From the way
A．insist B．value C．dream D．offer
A．doubtful B．uncertain C．definite D．distrustful
A．poor relation B．a quarrel C．words D．wonderful friendship
A．know B．recognize C．respect D．admire
A．everything B．nothing C．anything D．something
A．strengthen B．weaken C．threaten D．protect
A．is B．to be C．being D．is to be
A．his family B．his friends C．much money D．his book
A．the most surprising B．the less surprising C．the most surprised D．a most surprising
A．so less respect B．so much respect C．so much money D．so much envy
A．have is B．am has C．have but D．am to be
A．pay no attention to B．make no sense of C．have an idea of D．lose consciousness of
A．against B．by C．beyond D．for
A．the design B．the idea C．the plan D．the argument
A．rather than B．more than C．other than D．less than
A．Spirit B．Friendship C．Money D．Character
A．missing B．getting C．receiving D．understanding