阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater, ____ a bar of chocolate if given the choice, ____ , as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the ____ he felt and the more he wanted that apple.
He stood on tiptoe, ___ as high as he could, but even at his tallest ____ he was unable to touch it. He began to ____ up and down, as high as he could, at the ___ of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple. Still it remained out of ____.
Not giving up, he thought, if only he had something to ____ on. His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to ____the things inside, like his lunch box, pencil case, and Game boy. Looking ____ he hoped he might find an old box, a rock, or, ____ luck, even a ladder, but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use.
He had tried everything he could think to do. ____ seeing any other choices, he gave up and started to walk ____ . At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his ____, and how he really wanted that apple. The more he _ __ like this, the more unhappy he became.
____, the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t always get what he wanted. He started to say to himself. This isn’t ____. I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling miserable as well. There’s ____ more I can do to get the apple. That is unchangeable, but we are supposed to be able to ____ our feelings. If that’s the case, what can I do to feel better.
A．receiving B．offering C．preferring D．allowing
A．so B．but C．then D．or
A．sadder B．angrier C．tastier D．hungrier
A．expanding B．swinging C．stretching D．pulling
A．length B．strength C．range D．height
A．glance B．look C．walk D．jump
A．tip B．top C．stage D．level
A．reach B．hand C．sight D．hope
A．put B．hold C．get D．stand
A．take B．shake C．break D．strike
A．around B．forward C．down D．up
A．for B．on C．with D．of
A．After B．Without C．Through D．Upon
A．back B．down C．up D．away
A．efforts B．beliefs C．wishes D．goals
A．imagined B．thought C．tried D．claimed
A．Therefore B．Otherwise C．Moreover D．However
A．helpful B．cheerful C．harmful D．skillful
A．something B．nothing C．everything D．anything
A．forget B．express C．change D．remember
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Dad taught me a lot about life, especially its hard times. I remembered one of his one night when I was ready to quit(退出) a political movement I was losing, and wrote about it in my diary. www..com
Tired, feeling the many months of struggle, I went up to my study to make some notes. I was looking for a pencil in the back of my desk drawer when I up one of Dad’s old business cards that he was so proud of; Andrea Guomo, Italian American—fine Imported Products. Then I thought about how he with difficult situation. A lot of pictures appeared into my idea, but one scene came sharply into view.
We had just moved to Holliswood, New York. We had our own house for the first time; it had some land around it, even . One, in particular, was a great blue spruce(云杉) that must have been 40 feet tall.
Less than a week after we moved in, there was a terrible . We came home from the store that night to find the spruce almost totally from the ground and thrown onto the street. When my brother Frankie and I saw the spruce, our heart . But not Dad’s.
The rain was . Then he announced, “Ok, we’re going to push him up!” “What are you talking about, Dad? The roots are out of the ground !” “Shut up; we’re going to push him up; he’s going to .” We couldn’t say no to him. So we followed him into the house and we got what rope there was and we tied the rope around the top of the tree that lay on the street and he stood up by the house, with me on the rope and Frankie in the street in the rain, helping to up the great blue spruce. In no time at all, we had it standing up straight again! Dad stakes(木桩) in the ground, tied rope from the trunk to the stakes, and said, “Don’t worry, he is going to grow again...”
I looked at the card and wanted to cry. I couldn’t wait to get back into the movement.
A．talks B．lessons C．lectures D．classes
A．came B．took C．picked D．turned
A．dealt B．kept C．helped D．worked
A．field B．yard C．trees D．flowers
A．rain B．snow C．weather D．storm
A．pulled B．put C．stuck D．pushed
A．rose B．sank C．fell D．dropped
A．going B．coming C．falling D．stopping
A．plant B．grow C．die D．stay
A．fixing B．holding C．pushing D．pulling
A．push B．take C．pull D．put
A．shook B．cut C．drove D．made
It was still a long way, especially when a wind was blowing in. Trint reached for his jacket and when he saw the box on the passenger seat. His mother had been him spending Christmas on the road and had given him a box filled with . His mom still him like a kid, though he was a driver now. He reached into the stocking and a toy tractor that looked a lot like his truck. He wondered how many stores his mother had to go before she found such a close match. filled his eyes.
He climbed out of his cab (驾驶室) and ran into the all night café, which many truckers were eating and talking. And a family of three were huddled (挤在一起) in a corner, tired and .
Trint the boy. No kid should have to spend Christmas Eve in a truck stop.
Trint missed his family. His mom raised four kids by herself, no matter how life was, she’d always made sure they had a good Christmas. Then he his box in the truck.
He looked at the kid again and knew what he had to do. He forced himself into the outside to open his truck. He took the out of the cab and hurried back to the warmth of the café. He walked to the family. “I think left this for you,” Trint said and handed the red stocking to the boy. “Tell Santa… well, tell him , ” the boy’s father said and shook Trint’s hand long and hard. The mother smiled gratefully. The boy reached out and caught the stocking and dug inside.
Trint felt good. He had a job he loved, clear weather and miles of open road ahead. He wasn’t any more, or lonely. He loved this life and he wouldn’t a thing.
A．continued B．moved C．left D．stopped
A．worried about B．excited at C．satisfied with D．disappointed at
A．backward B．alone C．together D．ahead
A．flowers B．cakes C．presents D．chocolates
A．blamed B．treated C．thought D．respected
A．put back B．turned over C．brought out D．sold out
A．Tears B．Water C．Blood D．Sweat
A．around B．on C．by D．inside
A．excited B．unhappy C．enthusiastic D．pleased
A．felt proud of B．got tired of C．felt sorry for D．became interested in
A．for B．so C．though D．but
A．hard B．unfair C．hopeless D．boring
A．threw away B．sent back C．thought of D．put down
A．cold B．warmth C．snow D．rain
A．toy tractor B．jacket C．bag D．stocking
A．God B．Santa Claus C．my mother D．someone kind
A．yes B．no C．sorry D．thanks
A．sadly B．weakly C．eagerly D．seriously
A．surprised B．tired C．relaxed D．confused
A．improve B．miss C．throw D．change
I had a very special teacher in high school many years ago and suddenly his wife died of a heart attack. One day, about a week after his wife’s , the teacher said, “Before class is over, I would like to share with all of you a (n) in life that has little to do with this class, but I feel it is very .”
“Each of us is put here on to learn, share, love and appreciate. None of us knows when this fantastic will end. It can be at any moment. Perhaps we must make the most out of every single .” His eyes beginning to , he went on, “So I would like you all to make me a(n) . From now on, on your way, find something beautiful to . It doesn’t have to be something you see — it could be a sweet smell or it could be the sound of the leaves. Please look for these things, and cherish (珍视) them.”
The class was completely quiet. We all our books and got out of the classroom . That afternoon, I noticed more things on my way home from than I had that whole term. Every once in a while, I think of that teacher and what he had said, and I try to appreciate all of those things that we all ignore.
Take notice of something special you see on your lunch hour today. on the beach at sunset. Stop off on the way home tonight to an ice cream, for as we get , it is not the things we did that we often feel about, but the things we didn’t do.
A．death B．illness C．news D．birthday
A．plan B．answer C．lesson D．suggestion
A．clear B．sweet C．different D．important
A．foot B．earth C．business D．holiday
A．game B．experience C．story D．party
A．taken away B．worked out C．put off D．held up
A．place B．word C．bill D．day
A．dry B．open C．water D．move
A．exam B．promise C．date D．trip
A．notice B．eat C．learn D．carry
A．rising B．boiling C．growing D．falling
A．turned over B．brought in C．picked up D．passed on
A．carefully B．quietly C．patiently D．happily
A．school B．hospital C．factory D．church
A．hear B．write C．remember D．understand
A．finally B．never C．unusually D．properly
A．Walk B．Live C．Work D．Study
A．spare B．get C．make D．smell
A．closer B．taller C．older D．stronger
A．excited B．concerned C．upset D．sorry
The tourist bus winded its way into a mountainous area. When it was to make a turn, two passengers－a of young lovers－were so attracted by the beautiful scenery that they a stop to get down. They were left behind and the bus went . Suddenly they heard a loud boom of the road. It was a huge rock rolling down in the landslide that hit the bus and fell with it into a deep valley. The lovers were greatly by the news that no passengers on board . When they calmed down they and expressed their feelings in a few words.
The above story was told by a guide when we were riding a tourist to a scenic mountain. He asked us to guess what the lovers said after the disaster that they had narrowly escaped.
Often we read reports about traffic accidents, among which there were ones who missed the bus and the disaster. Those people usually said with a sigh of “Fortunately I was not on board.” On our bus the passengers’ to the guide were various.
But the answer was quite out of our expectation. “If we hadn’t got down and the bus, it would have the dangerous spot and all the passengers would have survived.”
The story passed from person to person as a sort of wit (智慧) test, but I think . It actually serves as a(n) of a person’s mind. I pay my heart-felt respect to the couple who, instead of feeling lucky, themselves for causing the loss of lives. People all have heart for , but it is often a flashing thought across one’s mind that decides whether it is good or evil (邪恶的).
A．rapid B．due C．eager D．about
A．couple B．group C．party D．row
A．got to B．called for C．set up D．looked for
A．away B．in C．on D．by
A．along B．ahead C．across D．opposite
A．shocked B．scared C．moved D．confused
A．died B．saved C．survived D．witnessed
A．shouted B．screamed C．fought D．sighed
A．car B．bike C．road D．bus
A．immediately B．even C．only D．ever
A．lazy B．selfish C．lucky D．strange
A．missed B．avoided C．caused D．trapped
A．injury B．concern C．relief D．regret
A．emotions B．expressions C．replies D．attitudes
A．caught B．delayed C．missed D．took
A．seen B．passed C．jumped D．landed
A．differently B．actually C．exactly D．sincerely
A．examination B．change C．quality D．state
A．thought B．blamed C．enjoyed D．helped
A．happiness B．excuse C．honor D．mercy
“Who could ever have imagined someone like me would make it this far?” asked Evan Mercer last week during his high school graduation speech as the best student. Mercer offered to his fellow classmates to never give up---and the words much more to himself. That’s because Mercer is deaf, and he told the story of the serious troubles he to graduate first in his class at Harrison High school in Kennesaw, Georgia.
Mercer didn’t start to until he was 5, according to his mother, Pam Mercer. Although her son was a disadvantage, she was determined not to treat him . “I’ve expected him to do everything every other kid does, and I saw no why he couldn’t,” she told ABC News. “And if he the first time, we just tried again.”
Mercer, 18, worked hard throughout school, no special treatment but sitting at the front of the class and using a special audio system so he could hear the teacher. All his hard work . He received full school fare to Vanderbilt University. “Deafness had taught me a lesson to never ,” he said in the speech. “Not when the experts tell you it cannot be done. Not when you have so far behind that escaping seems the only way . Not when achieving your dreams seems an entire .”
Mercer spoke for about four minutes, after which he received a standing ovation(鼓掌) from the class and messages from family, friends and strangers. “They’ve been sending me messages on Facebook, email, they’ve been talking to me in person telling me how it had a on their lives and how they’re really by it,” Mercer told ABC News. “It feels . Seeing that my words have a power on someone and that they want to work harder my words makes me feel wonderful.”
A．warning B．advice C．message D．information
A．meant B．paid C．recognized D．persuaded
A．faced B．preferred C．needed D．forecast
A．cry B．hear C．smell D．speak
A．at B．for C．under D．by
A．kindly B．differently C．exactly D．similarly
A．harm B．cause C．reason D．trouble
A．organized B．failed C．succeeded D．managed
A．accepting B．achieving C．harvesting D．receiving
A．paid off B．dropped off C．took off D．set off
A．give out B．give in C．give up D．give away
A．fallen B．waited C．walked D．gone
A．in B．out C．off D．up
A．possibility B．success C．victory D．impossibility
A．supportive B．negative C．useless D．selfish
A．reward B．source C．power D．detail
A．disappointed B．educated C．frightened D．puzzled
A．amazing B．frightening C．shocking D．embarrassing
A．actually B．suddenly C．strangely D．extremely
A．except for B．according to C．instead of D．because of