I walked into the grocery store not particularly interested in buying something. The sorrow of my husband of 22 years was still too painful. And this grocery store held so many sweet . Bob often came with me and almost every time he'd to go off and look for something special. I'd always see him walking down the walkway the three yellow roses in his hands. Bob knew I loved yellow roses. With a heart with pain, I came to the meat shelf, I searched for the small steak and remembered how Bob had loved his steak.
Suddenly a woman came beside me. She was in a soft green dress. I as she picked up a large pack of T-bones, them in her basket, hesitated, and then put them back. She saw me watching her and she smiled. "My husband loves T-bones, but , at these prices, I don't know."
"My husband passed away eight days ago," I told her. "Buy him the steaks. And value every you have together."
She smiled and I saw the feeling in her as she placed the package in her basket and away. I turned and pushed my cart forward too. Several minutes later I saw first the green suit and then the pretty lady coming to me. In her arms she carried something. On her face was the smile I had ever seen.
As she came closer, I saw what she held and welled down. "These are for you, " she said and placed three beautiful yellow roses in my arms. She placed a gentle kiss on my cheek, then smiled again. I wanted to tell her what the roses , but still unable to speak. I watched as she walked away as tears clouded my . I looked down at the beautiful roses and found it almost . How did she know?
Suddenly the seemed so clear. I wasn't alone. "Oh, Bob, you haven't me, have you?" I whispered, with tears in my eyes. He was still with me, and she was his angel.
A．losing B．leaving C．passing D．failing
A．flowers B．roses C．memories D．thoughts
A．decide B．happen C．refuse D．pretend
A．by B．with C．during D．between
A．full B．filled C．pleased D．crowded
A．very B．beautiful C．pretty D．perfect
A．watched B．saw C．found D．glared
A．fell B．carried C．dropped D．took
A．exactly B．generally C．usually D．honestly
A．moment B．dinner C．time D．year
A．hands B．eyes C．voice D．basket
A．left B．ran C．slipped D．wheeled
A．realized B．recognized C．received D．thought
A．saddest B．funniest C．brightest D．strangest
A．words B．tears C．feelings D．sweats
A．stood B．described C．meant D．designed
A．sight B．cart C．roses D．package
A．unknown B．uncommon C．unreal D．unlike
A．question B．answer C．case D．puzzle
A．missed B．disappointed C．hated D．forgotten
完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15小题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. ” —Albert Einstein
It’s no secret that curiosity makes learning more effective and . Curious students not only ask questions, but also seek out the answers. Without , Sir Isaac Newton would have never put forward the laws of physics, Alexander Fleming probably wouldn’t have penicillin (青霉素)，and Marie Curie’s pioneering research on radioactivity may not exist.
Curiosity is just as as intelligence in determining how well students do in school. Curiosity the brain for learning. As we all known, we’re more likely to what we’ve learned when the subject matter interests us. Actually, curiosity also helpsus learn information wedon’t consider or important. So if a teacher is able to students’ curiosity, they’ll be betterprepared to learn things that they would normally consider boring or difficult. For instance, if a student struggles with , personalizing math problem tomatch their specific interest could help them remember how to go about solving similar math problems in the future.
However, scientists think that there arestill a few things that remain about curiosity’s role in learning. For one thing, scientists have yet to determine its long-term effects. For instance, if a student’s curiosity is aroused at the of a school day, will it help them better absorb information all day long? Another thing the are keen to investigate is why some people are more curious than others, and which factors most influence how curious we are.
A．enjoyable B．impossible C．difficult D．avoidable
A．lazily B．actively C．dependently D．negatively
A．energy B．curiosity C．technology D．secret
A．invented B．discovered C．heard D．learned
A．important B．easy C．sensitive D．heavy
A．blames B．searches C．begs D．prepares
A．remember B．dislike C．forgive D．abandon
A．interesting B．boring C．friendly D．awful
A．arouse B．remove C．record D．miss
A．physics B．chemistry C．math D．biology
A．better B．less C．louder D．harder
A．distinct B．unclear C．certain D．confident
A．beginning B．end C．age D．time
A．teachers B．students C．researchers D．police
A．immediately B．indifferently C．naturally D．seriously
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。
Shortly after I started out as a professional baseball player in the Tri-State League, I was fired. “Frank,” the manager said , “whatever you do after you leave here, put some and enthusiasm into your work!” Well, that was the thing I expected him to say.
A week later, , I was introduced to the New Haven. My first day here will always in my memory as a great event in my life. No one knew me in the league, so I was to make myself the most enthusiastic ball player they’d ever seen. From the minute I on the field, I acted like a man electrified. And I acted as if I were alive with a million .
My biggest thrill came the following morning I read in the New Haven newspaper: “This 45 player, Frank, has a barrel (桶) of enthusiasm. He our boys. They looked better than at any time this season.” The newspapers began me the life of the team.
Within two weeks, enthusiasm took me from $250 a month to $1850 a month—it my income by 700 percent! Two years after that, I was third base for the St. Louis and multiplied my income by thirty times. Enthusiasm did it; nothing but enthusiasm.
Enthusiasm is by far the highest paid on earth. It helps you become more successful, and a healthier, richer and happier life. “To become enthusiastic—act enthusiastically.” Put this rule into for thirty days and be prepared to see astonishing . It may easily change your entire life. Can you acquire enthusiasm—or must you be born it? Certainly you can acquire it!
A．carefully B．casually C．quickly D．firmly
A．curiosity B．life C．experience D．pleasure
A．proper B．other C．last D．only
A．meanwhile B．therefore C．otherwise D．however
A．give out B．keep up C．stand out D．look up
A．determined B．delighted C．excited D．moved
A．glanced B．appeared C．queued D．cheered
A．batteries B．machines C．players D．balls
A．till B．before C．when D．though
A．healthy B．popular C．familiar D．new
A．inspired B．satisfied C．upset D．disappointed
A．showing B．calling C．giving D．bringing
A．included B．made C．took D．increased
A．introducing B．leaving C．playing D．starting
A．alone B．once C．also D．indeed
A．reputation B．quality C．theme D．profession
A．change B．enjoy C．spoil D．admire
A．field B．memory C．action D．idea
A．efforts B．events C．factors D．results
A．with B．in C．without D．at
I have two friends who love backpacking. They spent a lot of time in a part of New York State's Adirondack Mountains. It 46 mountains with a height of over 4,000 feet. The Adirondack Mountain Club gives recognition, and an award, to anyone who all 46 mountains. My two friends decided to go for this award.
Now what you have to understand is that many of the 46 mountains have well-marked to their summits (山顶), others are not marked at all. You have to "bushwhack (在丛林中开路)" using a compass and a map.
My friends had climbed 45 of the mountains. They had just one — it was the most requiring bushwhacking. A hiking path led past the base of the mountain, but from that point they were on their own.
Early one morning they left their and walked five miles on the hiking path to the base of a chain of mountains. When they arrived, they that they had left their compass and map back in camp. Rather than the camp, they decided to bushwhack without the compass and map.
For hours they uphill enduring heat, thick bush, and black flies. , late in the afternoon they found themselves at the of a mountain successfully. They were exhausted but .
The feeling was short-lived, however. When they looked across the valley, they another higher mountain. They had climbed the one! It was too that weekend to put their error right. They had to another four months to climb the right mountain.
This story us a good lesson. Often in life we put in a great effort to reach a goal. But without the right "map" and "compass", it is to get "lost".
A．goes through B．consists of C．relies on D．connects to
A．special B．similar C．normal D．general
A．describes B．draws C．observes D．climbs
A．while B．since C．because D．unless
A．paths B．rivers C．views D．avenues
A．occupied B．left C．deserted D．missed
A．interesting B．changeable C．reachable D．remote
A．house B．room C．camp D．yard
A．ignored B．discovered C．sensed D．explained
A．departing from B．traveling to C．returning to D．going for
A．jumped B．wandered C．ran D．walked
A．Immediately B．Surely C．Finally D．Hopefully
A．bottom B．top C．slope D．base
A．embarrassed B．moved C．disturbed D．excited
A．admired B．checked C．saw D．appreciated
A．strange B．wrong C．distant D．steep
A．late B．dangerous C．puzzling D．helpless
A．save B．wait C．gain D．put
A．sends B．tells C．recommends D．teaches
A．easy B．hard C．annoying D．discouraging
“Are you going shopping today?” my husband, Roy, asked when I answered the telephone. “I to,” I said. Thanksgiving was only a couple days away. My money was and I knew I had to be creative in my shopping that day.
For a few seconds, Roy sat on the other end of the line. The nervousness gradually increased under the wordlessness, which I couldn’t wait to break through. “Why do you ask?” I whispered, what he might say.
“Nancy, there’s a family with six kids that will not have anything to for Thanksgiving. The little one is only five years old. While you’re at the store could you buy something for them?” My head began to spin when I was thinking about the fifty dollars I had for our family’s Thanksgiving dinner.
In the back of my mind I the hungry guests who would be coming to our house for dinner. I put my head down on my desk, already feeling . There’s no way possible, I thought. But the compassion (怜悯) I heard in my husband’s struck a nerve inside me.
I replied, “ but only if God helps.”
I finished my work and all the way to the nearest grocery store. I entered the parking lot and noticed a big in the grocery store window: Turkeys---29 cents a pound. “Thank God!” I said to myself.
I went inside, but when I read the sign my heart . “Limit one.” But I needed at least two so I decided to find the manager. I the problem. He made an exception. To my , I had enough money. I was even able to purchase a package of cookies for the five-year-old child who had 3 my heart, even though I had never met her.
Later that afternoon, Roy and I made a special delivery to a home with children of all ages. I will never forget the on the six kids’ faces.
By far, that was the greatest of my life.
A．plan B．refuse C．fail D．agree
A．private B．enough C．endless D．limited
A．nervously B．silently C．friendly D．excitedly
A．arranging B．receiving C．fearing D．blaming
A．eat B．do C．pay D．say
A．freely B．possibly C．gently D．regularly
A．lent B．pulled C．hidden D．saved
A．invited B．organized C．counted D．connected
A．affected B．defeated C．satisfied D．bored
A．voice B．face C．heart D．body
A．Bad B．Poor C．Sure D．Afraid
A．angered B．worried C．wondered D．prayed
A．flower B．sign C．book D．word
A．sank B．fell C．ended D．held
A．explained B．promised C．required D．corrected
A．horror B．sadness C．credit D．surprise
A．broken B．stolen C．operated D．supported
A．covered B．shaped C．filled D．made
A．sorrow B．loneliness C．disappointment D．smiles
A．year B．season C．Thanksgiving D．reward
In the past，people usually believed what newly born babies wanted was food and to be kept warm and dry．They thought babies were not able to ____ things until they were five or six months old．____ the researchers in the United States now believe babies begin learning on their first ____ of life．They say babies are strongly ____ by their environment and one baby will ____ if his or her mother does something that the baby likes．
A baby learns to get the best care possible by smiling to ____ her mother．This is how babies start to learn to ____ and communicate with other people．The researchers say this ability to learn ____ in a baby even before birth．They also ____ the idea that newlyborn babies can ____ and understand sounds they heard while they were still ____ inside their mothers．
Recently，an American study ____ 112 babies found babies learned better when they were ____．The babies appeared to learn well whether they were sitting up on their own，sitting in seats or ___ to sit up．The researchers say keeping that kind ____ had what they called a ____ effect on the babies' ability to learn about objects．They say the body position may be linked to development in the ____．One ____ says babies can pay more attention to ____ an object if they do not have to be about their balance．
A．eat B．know C．remember D．learn
A．Besides B．While C．But D．Therefore
A．hour B．day C．week D．month
A．influenced B．accepted C．disturbed D．moved
A．cry B．smile C．eat D．sing
A．annoy B．love C．notice D．please
A．live B．connect C．speak D．smile
A．disappears B．informs C．exists D．happens
A．infer B．support C．deny D．instruct
A．recognize B．realize C．receive D．record
A．sleeping B．delivering C．shaping D．developing
A．helping B．raising C．involving D．containing
A．sleeping soundly B．lying down C．awaking clearly D．sitting up
A．assisted B．forced C．asked D．mentioned
A．hobby B．gesture C．decoration D．purpose
A．negative B．unmarked C．significant D．side
A．language B．feeling C．brain D．body
A．psychologist B．mother C．doctor D．researcher
A．exploring B．finding C．feeling D．discovering
A．anxious B．confident C．worried D．curious