For my daughter's 19th birthday, we bought her tickets to go and see Linkin Park, as they were playing in our city. We didn't really have the ____ but we knew how much this band meant to her.
The night before she was like a ____ at Christmas. Every so often she got up and came to ____ with us, because she couldn't ___. On the night of the ____ it was good to see her so ____ and excited, as she and her boyfriend set off.
Needless to say when they ____ after midnight, with Tshirts and lots of pictures of the band, ____ her telling about how fantastic they had been, we knew the money had been well ____. This will be a memory she would ____ forget, and nor would we.
____ full of excitement from the night before, the following day they ___ to go shopping on the other side of the city. My husband and I ____, loving the fact that she had not ____ that quality as she grew up.
Later that day they returned, with faces full of happiness and warmth. They presented my husband and me with a ____ each. On each present were the words “Because you are the ____ mum/dad in the world”. When we said our thankyous and told her she didn't have to, we asked her ____ she had bought us gifts. Her ____ was simply “Just because I love you”.
This wasn't something ____ from our daughter; she had always given us a gift when she wanted to express her ____, and each gift was always a welcome surprise. It could have been anything, it wouldn't have mattered, and it was the act itself and the feelings behind it.
A.money B.time C.interest D.news
A.worker B.baby C.kid D.parent
A.dance B.learn C.walk D.sit
A.speak B.sleep C.stand D.leave
A.concert B.holiday C.party D.travel
A.healthy B.happy C.pretty D.surprised
A.stayed B.left C.returned D.turned
A.worrying about B.caring for C.looking at D.listening to
A.lent B.earned C.saved D.spent
A.ever B.never C.often D.neither
A.Still B.Only C.Just D.Also
A.continued B.tried C.decided D.struggled
A.refused B.cried C.shouted D.laughed
A.kept B.lost C.realized D.discovered
A.gift B.prize C.ticket D.picture
A.richest B.oldest C.best D.cleverest
A.where B.how C.when D.why
A.way B.answer C.suggestion D.idea
A.important B.ordinary C.new D.valuable
A.feelings B.concerns C.understandings D.opinions
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请认真阅读下面各题,从 A、B、C、D四个选项选出最佳选项。
When Alice started to cycle home from Jenny’s house, she wasn’t nervous. She was certainly not afraid of the dark. __31_, it was only a 15-minute ride home. But halfway there, she began to wish that she hadn’t been so __32__.
As she rounded a sharp bend, it suddenly __33_ cold — very cold. Alice’s breath became puffs of white cloud and her legs were so cold that it became hard to ride.
With her heart beating fast, she struggled so hard to move __34_ that she didn’t hear the car which suddenly appeared beside her. She stopped by the road. The big black car also __35__. Slowly, the passenger-window began to slide down. Alice held her breath. In the soft light inside the car, something __36__. Then, the light brightened and Alice was staring at a sweet, grey-haired old lady. “Hello, dear,” said the old lady. “I need __37_. I’m afraid I’m lost. I need to find the nearest airport. I must be there in the next five minutes.”
“Airport? You __38_ are lost,” Alice said. “You need to go back five kilometers _39__ you reach the T-junction. Turn left and __40__ for about another 10 kilometers to the main highway. From there, just follow the __41__ to the airport. But I’m afraid there’s no __42 you’ll get there in five minutes!”
“Thank you very much, dear,” replied the old lady. “Don’t worry — I’ll __43__ in time.”
The __44_ moved up and the car started off. A little way ahead, it __45__ and with headlights flashing, it drove past Alice. But then, something __46_ happened. The car began changing. First, its color __47__from black to silvery-grey. Then, the wheels began disappearing, but the car continued to move forward, 48__ just above the ground. As the car __49_ into the dark sky, the big red tail-lights grew larger and larger and glowed more and more brightly. With a faint whistling __50__, the car was gone in seconds, leaving Alice shaking her head in disbelief… A However B Besides C Therefore D Otherwise
A brave B excitedC curious D stubborn
A fell B seemedC proved D grew
A aside B around C forward D backward
A arrived B stopped C stayedD started
A gathered B existed C dropped D moved
A help B gas C rest D water
A necessarily B normally C basically D certainly
A if B until C unless D as
.A drive B walk C follow D march
A address B signs C notices D guidance
A doubt B room C time D way
A have it B get it C make it D finish it
A door B window C headlight D wheel
A passed B rushed C turned D continued
A strange B sensitive C imaginable D horrible
A developed B appeared C spread D faded来源:()
A rolling B floating C drawing D flashing
A pointed B returned C broke D rose
A tune B voice C sound D tone
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Do you know what kind of things the young people are reading? More and more 46 and parents have noticed another kind of 47 , which came from the printed papers 48 on the streets.
These printed things 49 newspapers but have hardly 50 to do with them. You can only find reading materials badly made up there----some are too strange for anyone to 51 ; others are 52 stories of something 53 . However, many of the young readers are getting interested in such 54 reading, which 55 them what they should pay for their breakfast and brings them nightmares(噩梦)and 56 ideas in return. Homework was left 57 ; daily games lost.
These sellers shout on streets selling their papers well. The writers, publishers and printers, 58 they are, we never know, are 59 their silent money.
The sheep-skinned wolf’s story seems to have been forgotten once again. Why not 60 this kind of things? Yes, 61 the teachers and parents have asked each other for more strict control of the young readers. 62 , the more you want to stop it, 63 they want to have a look at it. 64 you may even find out several children, driven by the curious natures, 65 one patched paper, which has travelled from hand to hand.
A.readers B.writers C.teachers D.students
A.result B.effect C.education D.pollution
A.found B. sold C.given D.shown
A.appear B.seem as C.look like D.are
A.nothing B.anything C.something D.everything
A.get B.find C.believe D.know
A.puzzling B.pleased C.worried D.frightening
A.too bad B.still worse C.even better D.very good
A.poisonous B.wonderful C.interesting D.useless
A.takes B.uses C.costs D.pays
A.ordinary B.immoral C.valuable D.unpunished
A.undone B.unknown C.much D.less
A.who B.what C.whoever D.which
A.using B.making C.spending D.losing
A.allow B.forbid C.separate D.leave
A.neither B.some C.most D.both
A.Happily B.Luckily C.Unfortunately D.Badly
A.the less B.so that C.the more D.as though
A.Seldom B.Always C.Sometimes D.Hardly
A.find B.share C.get D.hold
完型填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
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Sharon wrote this when she was 16 and in the llth grade.Her goal is to become an international diplomat (外交官) and peace-maker.
It was my first day at school.I felt __36___ and scared.I went to all my classes with no _37_ .It felt like no one _38__.I listened anxiously to all the lessons and waited for lunch __39_ at 1:00.Then finally the bell rang.It was time to talk and have 40 .
In the lunch line I met a new friend who wore a hijab (穆斯林妇女戴的面纱) on her head, and though I am 41 .we got along fine, and I was so 42 when she said, "Sit-with us, at our table." She pointed to the one next to the door.
So I 43 ,and took my tray and was _44_ to walk with her across the floor, when suddenly I felt a jog."Hey, I saw you on the bus," said a tall girl in a long skirt."I see your Jewish star necklace.You _45_ sit with us."
At that moment I looked around, and that's when I 46 ,to my surprise, the nations of the world,47 themselves.That's what I saw through my own eyes.
The Spanish only sat with Spanish, the Hindus only with Hindus, the Russians always with the Russians, and _48_ the Arabs with the Jews.
I saw the reason why 49 got started.Everyone 50 to their own kind.The 51_ was just like a map of the world, where there should never have been so much separation among nations.But why was everyone so _52_?
And so I turned _53__ this girl, and went with the first, and there was no offence, I built a 54 between two worlds when I sat with those 55 from me.
A.nervous B.generous C.frightened D.excited
A.relatives B.teachers C.friends D.classmates
A.cared B.mattered C.understood D.helped
A.hours B.stop C.period D.break
A.rest B.fun C.chat D.lunch
A.Spanish B.Arab C.Russian D.Jewish
A.curious B.relieved C.worried D.serious
A.allowed B.adopted C.agreed D.admitted
A.about B.ready C.willing D.likely
A.might B.would C.could D.should
A.saw B.noticed C.knew D.recognized
A.developing B.expanding C.separating D.defending
A.only B.always C.sometimes D.never
A.dialogues B.friendships C.wars D.arguments
A.stuck B.catered C.turned D.listened
A.school B.classroom C.restaurant D.lunchroom
A.quiet B.blind C.deaf D.tough
A.down B.towards C.off D.up
A.stage B.platform C.bridge D.path
A.opposite B.different C.strange D.apart
完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
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I grew up poor-living with my wonderful mother. We had little money, but plenty of love and attention. I was 21 and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still 22a dream.
My dream was 23 . By the time I was sixteen, I started playing baseball. I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and 24 anything that moved on the football field. I was also 25 : My high school coach was John, who not only believed in me, but also taught me 26 to believe in myself. He 27 me the difference between having a dream and remaining true to that dream. One particular 28 with Coach John changed my life forever.
A friend recommended me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket-money for a new bike, new clothes and the 29 of savings for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to 30 up summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell John I wouldn’t be playing.
When I told John, he was 31 as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work, ”He said. “Your 32 days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them. ”I stood before him with my head 33 , trying to think of the 34 that would explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his 35in me.
“How much are you going to make at this job, son? ”He asked. “3.5 dollars an hour, ”I replied.
“Well, ”he asked, “is $3.5 an hour the price of a dream? ”
That simple question made 36 for me the difference between 37 something right now and having a 38 . I decided myself to play sports that summer and the next year I was 39 by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and was 40a $20,000 contract(agreement). In 1999, I bought my mother the house of my dream!
A.happy B.polite C.shy D.honest
A.live B.afford C.make D.need
A.athletics B.music C.business D.money
A.kick B.play C.pass D.hit
A.right B.popular C.lucky D.confident
A.how B.why C.when D.whether
A.gave B.taught C.brought D.asked
A.accident B.matter C.problem D.experience
A.keep B.end C.give D.pick
A.mad B.mournful C.frightened D.shameful
A.living B.playing C.working D.learning
A.moving B.nodding C.shaking D.hanging
A.answers B.excuses C.words D.ways
A.sadness B.regret C.hopelessness D.disappointment
A.direct B.clear C.straight D.bare
A.wanting C.dreaming D.enjoying
A.wish B.goal C.score D.desire
A.fired B.accompanied C.avoided D.hired
A.paid B.got C.offered D.presented
完形填空 (共15小题; 每小题2分,满分30分)
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An English padre(神父) wanted to become a member of a certain club in Africa. In order to become a member, each person had to 1at least one lion. The padre had never shot an animal for his life. So, armed with a rifle and led by a young African boy, the padre set out one evening for a pool in the jungle where he was told a lion came each evening to 2. He waited patiently for a few 3until shortly before midnight when he heard a rustling(沙沙声) noise. Sure enough a few feet away the head of the lion appeared above a bush that separated the padre and the pool. He aimed and fired. The head of the lion 4fell behind the bush but a moment later
5. So the padre aimed and 6again. The head of the lion fell behind the bush and once more reappeared. The padre fired again: the same 7. He remained calm because he 8he had brought sixteen bullets with him. After his fourth try, his aim seemed to become more and more 9: in fact, after his 10
try the African boy had to 11him: “This is your last chance. If you 12this time, we are in trouble.” The padre then realized how 13the situation was, so he took a deep breath, aimed very carefully and fired. They waited for a moment, and then slowly 14up to twenty: the head of the lion did not reappear. The padre was certain that at last he had shot his lion. They 15forward together to the spot behind the bush. And what do you think they found? Sixteen lions!
1. A. shoot B. kill C. catch D. hurt
2. A. eat B. walk C. drink D. hunt
3. A. minutes B. seconds C. days D. hours
4. A. fast B. immediately C. once D. directly
5. A. turned B. reappeared C. returned D. moved
6. A. killed B. jumped C. fired D. tied
7. A. result B. situation C. answer D. problem
8. A. acknowledged B. understood C. believed D. knew
9. A. inaccurate B. unnecessary C. impossible D. indirect
10 A. last B. fifteenth C. sixteenth D. many
11. A. tell B. frighten C. warn D. remain
12. A. fell B. shot C. fired D. missed
13. A. difficult B. serious C. exciting D. mad
14. A. counted B. waited C. added D. named
15. A. drove B. rushed C. wandered D. climbed