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This is the story of two lovers, who finally got married. Both of them were romantic at first, quarrels, profession came into their life.
One day, she finally decided "I want to break up". "Why?" he asked.
"I am ______." she answered.
He kept silent the whole night, seemingly in deep ______. finally he asked, "What can I do to ______ your mind?"
Looking into his eyes she said, "Answer my question. If you can ______ my heart, I will change my mind. Let's say, I want a flower ______ on the face of a mountain cliff (悬崖), we both are sure that picking the flower will cause your ______. will you do it for me?"
He said, "I will give you my ______ tomorrow."
She woke up the next morning, found him gone, and saw a piece of paper on her bed, which _____"My dear, I would not pick that flower for you, the _____ are …"
"When you use the computer you always ______ the software, and you cry in front of the screen. I have to save my fingers so that I can help to restore the ______ . You always leave the house keys behind, thus I have to save my ______ to rush home to open the door for you. You love traveling but always lose your way in a (n) ______ city. I have to save my eyes to show you the way. You always ______ at the computer, and that will do nothing good for your eyes. I have to save my eyes ______ when we grow old, I can help to clip your nails and help to remove those ______ white hairs."
"Thus, my dear, unless I am sure that there is someone who loves you ______I do … I could not pick that flower yet, and die …"
That's life, and ______. flowers, and romantic moments are only used and appear on the _____ of the relationship. Under all this, the pillar of true love stands.
A.but B.and C.or D.so
A.lonely B.shamed C.worried D.tired
A.space B.shade C.impression D.thought
A.speak B.blow C.keep D.change
A.represent B.expand C.admit D.convince
A.falling B.growing C.living D.waiting
A.attention B.death C.interest D.satisfaction
A.answer B.agreement C.announcement D.judgment
A.informs B.goes C.prints D.writes
A.reasons B.meanings C.messages D.purposes
A.turn up B.put up C.use up D.mess up
A.structures B.balance C.position D.programs
A.dollars B.patience C.energy D.legs
A.ancient B.new C.modern D.underground
A.shout B.jump C.stare D.knock
A.as if B.so that C.now that D.in case
A.enjoyable B.annoying C.dusty D.amusing
A.more than B.less than C.rather than D.other than
A.Determination B.progress C.power D.love
A.principle B.way C.nature D.surface
It is commonly believed that school is where people go to get education. 21 , it has been said that today children 22their education to go to school. The 23 between schooling and education suggested by this is important.
Education is 24 , compared with schooling. Education has no 25. It can take place 26 , whether in the shower or on the bus, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the 27learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of learning out of class.
28the experience of schooling can be known in advance, education quite often produces 29. A chance talk with a 30may lead to a person to discover how 31he knows of another country. People obtain education from 32 on. Education, 33,is a very 34and unlimited term. It is lifelong experience that starts long 35the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of one’s entire life.
Schooling, on the other hand, is a 36experience, whose style changes 37from one way to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at the same time, take 38 seats, use similar textbooks, do homework ,and 39,and so on. Schooling has usually been 40by the edges of the subjects being taught.
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A.Then B.However C.Thus D.Therefore
A.understand B.need C.enjoy D.interrupt
A.difference B.importance C.use D.problem
A.unexpected B.endless C.countless D.simple
A.answers B.ways C.edges D.meanings
A.anywhere B.anywhere else C.some where D.somewhere else
A.part-time B.public C.standard D.strict
A.If B.Because C.So D.Though
A.pride B.surprises C.knowledge D.progress
A.neighbor B.friend C.foreigner D.teacher
A.wonderfully B.well C.greatly D.little
A.babies B.grown-ups C.women D.men
A.still B.next C.then D.yet
A.long B.broad C.narrow D.short
A.that B.when C.after D.before
A.basic B.strict C.final D.irregular
A.unusually B.differently C.little D.frequently
A.large B.new C.fixed D.small
A.take exams B.hold exams C.mark papers D.read papers
A.changed B.limited C.chosen D.controlled
For 52 years my father got up every morning at 5:30 a.m., except Sunday, and went to work. I__41__saw my father home from work ill. He had no hobbies, __42__taking care of his family.
For 22 years, __43__I left home for college, my father__44__me every Sunday at 9:00 a.m.. He was always interested in my__45__,or how my family was doing, and I never once heard him__46__about his lot (生活状况) in life. The calls even came when he and my mother were in other states.
Nine years ago when I__47__my first house, my father, 67 years old, spent three days__48__my house. He would not__49__me to pay someone to have it done. All he __50__was a cup of tea, a paint brush and to talk to him. But I was too__51__.I had a law practice to run, and I could not take__52__to hold the brush, or talk to my father.__ 53__things happened several times later.
The morning on Sunday. January 16, 1996, my father telephoned me__54__,this time from my sister’s home in Florida. But the__55__came again at 4:40 p.m. that day. My father was in the__56__in Florida with an aneurysm (动脉瘤).I got on an airplane__57__, and on the way, I__58__of all the times I had not taken the time to talk to my father. I determined that when I arrived, I would__59__for the lost time, and have a nice long talk with him.
I arrived in Florida at 11:30 p.m., my father had__ 60__at 9:12 p.m.. This time it was he who did not have time to talk, or to wait for me.
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A.ever B.never C.always D.often
A.except B.rather than C.more than D.or rather
A.because B.before C.although D.since
A.visited B.praised C.telephoned D.met
A.work B.life C.study D.plan
A.worry B.care C.talk D.look
A.built B.found C.bought D.sold
A.repairing B.painting C.cleaning D.decorating
A.teach B.order C.force D.allow
A.asked B.kept C.ordered D.served
A.smart B.upset C.busy D.tired
A.practice B.task C.tea D.time
A.Different B.Similar C.Funny D.Strange
A.as usual B.in pain C.casually D.finally
A.call B.moment C.situation D.scene
A.church B.school C.home D.hospital
A.immediately B.happily C.gradually D.carefully
A.heard B.spoke C.thought D.demanded
A.take up B.make up C.turn up D.put up
A.started out B.given in C.passed away D.come back
For 52 years my father got up every morning at 5:30 a.m., except Sunday, and went to work. I__41__saw my father home from work ill. He had no hobbies, __42__taking care of his family.
For 22 years, __43__I left home for college, my father__44__me every Sunday at 9:00 a.m.. He was always interested in my__45__,or how my family was doing, and I never once heard him__46__about his lot (生活状况) in life. The calls even came when he and my mother were in other states.
Nine years ago when I__47__my first house, my father, 67 years old, spent three days__48__my house. He would not__49__me to pay someone to have it done. All he __50__was a cup of tea, a paint brush and to talk to him. But I was too__51__.I had a law practice to run, and I could not take__52__to hold the brush, or talk to my father.__53__things happened several times later.
The morning on Sunday. January 16, 1996, my father telephoned me__54__,this time from my sister’s home in Florida. But the__55__came again at 4:40 p.m. that day. My father was in the__56__in Florida with an aneurysm (动脉瘤).I got on an airplane__57__, and on the way, I__58__of all the times I had not taken the time to talk to my father. I determined that when I arrived, I would__59__for the lost time, and have a nice long talk with him.
I arrived in Florida at 11:30 p.m., my father had__ 60__at 9:12 p.m.. This time it was he who did not have time to talk, or to wait for me.
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A.ever B.never C.always D.often
A.except B.rather than C.more than D.or rather
B.before C.although D.since
A.visited B.praised C.telephoned D.met
A.work B.life D.plan
A.worry B.care C.talk D.look
A.built B.found C.bought D.sold
A.repairing B.painting C.cleaning D.decorating
A.teach B.order C.force D.allow
A.asked B.kept C.ordered D.served
A.smart B.upset C.busy D.tired
A.practice B.task C.tea D.time
A.Different C.Funny
A.as usual B.in pain C.casually D.finally
A.call B.moment C.situation D.scene
A.church B.school C.home D.hospital
A.immediately B.happily C.gradually D.carefully
A.heard B.spoke C.thought D.demanded
A.take up B.make up C.turn up D.put up
A.started out B.given in C.passed away D.come back
完型填空(共20小题,每小题1. 5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上涂黑。
My mother attended college during the day while my sister was in school and I was in daycare.One day at daycare I 36a tired mother attempt to 37 her daughter.The mother refused her little girl’s request to go to McDonalds for dinner and the daughter immediately 38 over the floor, kicking and screaming, "I want to go to McDonalds."_39_her mother tried stopped her crying.Finally her mother gave in, the girl stopped crying and they left.To say I was amazed would be 40 ,I was delighted that 41 I wanted could be got in the same way.
That day my mother picked me up early from daycare 42 we were collecting our - Christmas shopping.As we walked through the toy section, I saw a 43 I had to have.It was a white and red telephone whose bells 44 as it was pulled along on a string.
45 lovingly at my mother, I asked, "Mama, 46 I have that telephone?" She replied, "Not now, but if you are a good girl maybe Santa will bring it to you." As I insisted, her eyes narrowed and her hand 47 on mine.
By now we were standing in the long line, and I figured it was _48_.I lay down on the ground and began screaming."I want that telephone." Tired Christmas shoppers looked as my mother 49 said, "Becky, you ’d better get up by the count of three 50 ."
Nothing happened.So then she lay 51 me on the floor, and began kicking and screaming, "I want a new car, I want a new house, I want some jewelry, I want…" _52_ , I stood up.
"Mama, stop.Mama, get up," I 53 said.
She stood, and 54 herself off.At first astonished, the others waiting in line began to clap.And as they were leaving, they said with a smile, "Your mom got your good.I bet you’ll never try that again."
And I didn’t, because it left a lasting mental picture more effective than any 55 _ mark.
A.looked B.found C.observed D.watched
A.pick up B.hold up C.make up D.hang up
A.knocked B.fell C.came D.took
A.Anything B.Something C.Nothing D.Everything
A.enough B.abrupt C.impossible D.inaccurate
A.however B.whenever C.whatever D.whichever
A.where B.because C.though D.after
A.toy B.bell C.ring D.doll
A.hung B.burst C.stayed D.rang
A.Looking up B.Holding up C.Carrying on D.Going through
A.must B.can’t C.shall D.will
A.tended B.accumulated C.tightened D.approved
A.more or less B.again and again C.now and then D.now or never
A.calmly B.angrily C.anxiously D.disappointedly
A.at length B.and so on C.or something D.or else
A.beside B.against C.besides D.over
A.Shocked B.Excited C.Angry D.Amused
A.excitedly B.tearfully C.smilingly D.jokingly
A.lift B.polished C.breathed D.brushed
A.arbitrary B.worthy C.physical D.Necessary
完形填空(共20小题,满分30分)
阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项(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。
In my second year of high school, the class was to run the mile. I will always 36 that day because due to the 37 from medical operation on my 38 , for two years I had not worn shorts. I was afraid of being laughed at. Yet that day, it didn’t 39 . I was ready 40 , heart and mind. I had 41 got to the starting line than I heard the loud 42 . “How ugly!” I blocked it out.
Then the coach shouted, “Ready. Go!” I jetted out of there like a 43 , faster than anyone else for the first 20 feet. I knew 44 about speed then, but it was OK because I was 45 to finish first. As I started the third lap (圈), only a few of my classmates were left on the track, and I began limping (跛行). By the time I hit the fourth lap, I was 46 . Then it hit me. I realized that nobody had 47 . Everyone had already finished, 48 . As I ran that last lap, I cried. 49 12 minutes 42 seconds after starting I crossed the finish line. I 50 to the ground and shed oceans.
Suddenly my coach ran up to me and picked me up, saying, “You did it. Manuel! Son, you FINISHED!” He looked at me 51 in the eyes, waving a piece of paper in his hand. It was my 52 for the day, which I had given to him before class. He read it 53 to everyone. It simply said, “I, Manuel, will finish the mile run tomorrow, come what may.”
My heart 54 with a smile on my face. My classmates cheered. It was then that I 55 winning isn’t always finishing first. Sometimes winning is just finishing.
A.remind B.remember C.realize D.repay
A.doctor B.reason C.mark D.effect
A.hand B.back C.forehead D.leg
A.matter B.appear C.hurt D.wound
A.success B.failure C.shoes D.shorts
A.no matter B.no longer C.no sooner D.no more
A.cry B.whisper C.voice D.laughter
A.horse B.player C.runner D.plane
A.something B.nothing C.anything D.everything
A.decided B.determined C.excited D.encouraged
A.lucky B.lonely C.afraid D.alone
A.given up B.given away C.given out D.given in
A.yet B.instead C.rather D.still
A.Since B.Until C.Before D.After
A.came B.ran C.fell D.escaped
A.specially B.directly C.actively D.carefully
A.goal B.fault C.shame D.pity
A.loudly B.aloud C.even D.ever
A.fell B.bent C.lifted D.broke
A.recognized B.told C.remembered D.realized