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。
At the edge of a forest, stood a big tree. Its branches spread out majestically (庄严地) and so did its roots. It people from the sun under its shady leaves, and provided to countless birds and other small creatures in its branches. It was very excited with activity all the time.
At the foot of the tree grew a little plant. The plant was tall, thin, graceful and easily , and tended to fall over at the of the slightest wind.
One day, the two neighbours were having a little chat.
“Well, little one, ” said the tree to the plant, “ Why do you not plant your feet deeply in the ground, and raise your head in the air as I do?”
“I see no need to do so,” the plant with a smile. “ , I think I may be safer this way.”
“Safer!” sneered (讥讽) the tree. “ Are you that you’re safer than I am? Do you know how deep my roots are , how thick and strong my trunk is? two men hold hands they would not be able to surround my trunk. Who could possibly pull me out by the roots or my head to the ground?”
And the tree turned away from the plant in .
But the tree was to its words very soon. One evening a great hurricane in the region. It threw the trees off their roots and almost completely destroyed the forest. It uprooted the tree and it away with great force.
When the storm had passed, the villagers living nearby the damage. Strong trees that had once almost touched the sky, were now reduced to stumps (残根）or . The dead animals were found everywhere in the .
But there was one . The little plant. The plant had been moved from side to side under the hurricane, and bent completely. But when the hurricane ended, it sighed and stood upright again.
No trace remained of its powerful neighbour .
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Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel. Green said,“ Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and of hope. I was chosen for grass, trees leaves. Without me, all animals would . ”
BLUE interrupted, “You only think about the , but consider the sky and the sea. the water that is the basis of life and drawn up by the clouds from the deep sea. Without my peace, you would all be .
YELLOW chuckled(轻轻地笑),“ You are all so serious. I bring laughter fun, and （5） into the world.”
ORANGE started to blow her trumpet,“I am the color of health and strength. I may be , but I am precious because I serve the needs of human life. When I fill the sky or at sunset, my beauty is so striking that no one gives another （8） to any of you.”
RED could stand it and he shouted out,“I am the ruler of all of you. I am the color of danger and of bravery. I am willing to truth. I am also the color of passion and of love.”
Then came Purple and Indigo(靛色).
The colours went on boasting, each convinced of his or her own . Their quarreling became louder and louder. Suddenly there was a startling flash of bright lightening and thunder rolled. Rain started to pour down . The colors crouched(蜷缩) down ,drawing close to one another for comfort.
In the midst of the clamor(嘈杂声), rain began to speak,“You foolish colors. You are fighting yourselves, and are trying to dominate . Don’t you know that you were each made for a special purpose, ? Join hands with and come to me
Doing as they were told, the colors and joined hands. They formed a colorful rainbow. From then on, whenever a good rain the world, a rainbow appears in the sky. They remember to one another.
A．stay B．leave C．go out D．die
A．earth B．moon C．star D．sun
A．That is B．I am C．It is D．This is
A．anything B．nothing C．something D．everything
A．warmth B．sadness C．depression D．anxiety
A．usual B．normal C．common D．scarce
A．at midnight B．at noon C．at sunrise D．during the day
A．gift B．honour C．thought D．respect
A．for more B．any more C．very more D．no longer
A．turn to B．fight for C．struggle with D．bend over
A．superiority B．disadvantage C．inferiority D．weakness
A．gently B．quietly C．violently D．peacefully
A．with care B．in fear C．by chance D．on purpose
A．among B．by C．at D．against
A．others B．themselves C．the other D．the rest
A．equal and simple B．ordinary and similar C．more or less D．unique and different
A．each other B．me C．one another D．them
A．combined B．separated C．united D．divided
A．clears B．washes C．brightens D．dampens
A．appreciate B．quarrel with C．ignore D．praise
The simplest way to say it is this: I believe in my mother. My ____ began when I was just a kid. I ____ becoming a doctor.
My mother was a domestic. Through her work, she observed that ____ people spent a lot more time reading than they ____ watching television. She announced that my brother and I ____ watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and ____ to her written book reports. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a ____. My mother was illiterate.
When I entered high school I was a(n) ____, but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to ____ the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student. One night my mother came home and I ____ about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, "Okay, I'll give you all the money make this week scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy food for ____ and pay the bills. With everything ____ , you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want. "I was very ____ with that arrangement but once I got through allocating money, there was ____ left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to ____ our heads and any kind of food on the table, and to live a better life. I also realized that ____ satisfaction wasn't going to get me anywhere. Success required intellectual preparation. I went back to my ____ and became an A-student again, and eventually I ____ my dream and I became a doctor.
My story is really my mother's story -- a woman with ____ formal education or property who used her position as a parent to change the lives of many people around. There is no job ____ than parenting. This is what I believe in.
A．belief B．work C．education D．promise
A．majored in B．got used to C．dreamed of D．got tired of
A．lazy B．easy-going C．successful D．reliable
A．cost B．paid C．took D．did
A．could only B．could not C．must not D．should often
A．read B．present C．teach D．explain
A．joke B．means C．tool D．trick
A．A-student B．B-student C．C-student D．D-student
A．get rid of B．hang out with C．break away from D．keep in touch with
A．worried B．thought C．complained D．heard
A．your brother B．yourself C．your sister D．the family
A．left over B．put off C．used up D．carried out
A．angry B．pleased C．disappointed D．bored
A．anything B．everything C．something D．nothing
A．put an idea into B．give an impression on C．keep a roof over D．have eyes in the back of
A．immediate B．great C．much D．last
A．guys B．mother C．studies D．play
A．made B．fulfilled C．changed D．tried
A．little B．much C．few D．high
A．more interesting B．1ess important C．more important D．less interesting
When the sun began to rise, the sailors realized that the boat was blocked in ice. The captain had asleep but the rest of the crew hurriedly woke him up. He took a small axe(斧), and
great care, so as to
a hole in the ice on the deck. He began to knock. From time to time a wave burst over the boat and swept over him but he kept working for ten minutes
the others looked on
. By this time he was
cold that he could no longer trust what he was doing.
Each member of the crew took it in to cut the ice away as long as he could
it.
First, they had to knock off enough ice to get down on their . Standing on that rolling deck meant
, because a man who had fallen into the sea could not have been rescued.
Then the captain discovered that ice was forming inside the cabin(船舱). He called one of the crew and together they managed to get the stove alight, hoping that it would
enough heat to warm the cabin above
point. Unless the ice in the bottom could be melted enough so that the
could be raised, they were in
.
It took an hour’s before the boat began to float better. But by this time they had succeeded in
most of the ice.
Throughout the afternoon, the coating of ice began to build up again their work. In face of this danger, Captain Slater
the crew to clear the ice so that the boat would
until the next morning. Then they settled down to wait for another day.
A. gone B. fallen
C. become D. grown
A. at B. for
C. with D. by
A. make B. drill
C. dig D. fill
A. until B. before
C. after D. while
A. excitedly B. anxiously
C. happily D. strangely
A. too B. so
C. as D. very
A. surprise B. time
C. trouble D. turn
A. support B. help
C. bear D. put up
A. knees B. legs
C. feet D. arms
A. life B. pain
C. damage D. death
A. to B. on
C. up D. at
A. get out B. give off
C. get over D. give in
A. boiling B. marking
C. freezing D. melting
A. boat B. deck
C. sail D. back
A. ruins B. excitement
C. danger D. surprise
A. delay B. work
C. break D. play
A. piling B. getting
C. freezing D. removing
A. because of B. though
C. as long as D. in spite of
A. suggested B. made
C. demanded D. agreed
A. sink B. blow
C. float D. flow
My dad's company used to provide rental accommodations for its employees. Usually the accommodations were in building and we were on Level 4.
For two years, my dad had been trying his application for a level house to make the
more easier for my mom who had __
__ complications(并发症) after her second operation. She was advised to have outdoor
but going up the stairs every day was
for her. As luck had it, my dad's ground level application was
. Hearing the good news, Mum and Dad were extremely
to move into the ground level accommodation in a separate building.
Without wasting time they did the big the following Saturday and Mum's
was removed. The following Monday, when my dad was about to enter the house, he saw old lady and her old husband
to bring a wheelchair down the stairs. He was
and moved. When he ran quickly to
them, the old lady said, "Don't worry, son. We are used to it now .We have been doing the same thing for our
daughter during the past 15 years." Her kind and yet sad words
my dad in the heart.
The following Saturday, my mum and dad the apartment with the old couple and they were back to Level 4 in their previous building.
My father was dead for twenty years, it is still in my memory that every time the old couple
my dad and me anywhere, they would just look at us with
in their tearful eyes and say to me, “You have an angel for a father!”and it brought tears of
to my eyes every time.
A. commercial B. multi-level
C. three-storyD. historic
A. ground B. top
C. fourth D. higher
A. work B. treatment
C. climb D. visit
A. cured B. lessened
C. suffered D. treated
A. practice B. education
C. training D. exercise
A. confusing B. different
C. exciting D. difficult
A. approved B. delayed
C. rejected D. developed
A. serious B. eager
C. proudD. curious
A. job B. offer
C. return D. move
A. anxiety B. excitement
C. happiness D. illness
A. stopping B. waiting
C. learning D. struggling
A. satisfied B. shocked
C. interested D. encouraged
A. inform B. greet
C. help D. serve
A. disabled B. intelligent
C. lucky D. careless
A. inspired B. struck
C. broke D. disappointed
A. soldB. shared
C. comparedD. exchanged
A. sinceB. for
C．butD. so
A. describedB. met
C. remindedD. praised
A. appreciationB. sadness
C. regretD. envy
A. sorrowB admiration
C. prideD. guilt
John Perry stood up and looked around again. The island had been a good place to find shells. But now how could he make the move out to sea? If they swam out to sea he could jump in and get to shore they saw him,
He saw the sharks rolling and playing. Their was now gone and they were killing for fun. How could he make them move away?
He drew his knife from his belt. Sharks could blood, he thought. He put the knife against his leg and cut deep into the .The blood ran out and he caught it on his white shirt. When the shirt was red and wet he tied some cloth around his leg to the flow of blood. He then tied a long piece of cloth to the shirt, threw it into the water and
it with the piece of cloth.
The sharks smelled the blood and came toward the shirt. He ran down the sand reef pulling the shirt and the sharks raced after it. He was
them away from the shore. Suddenly he dropped the cloth, turned toward the （10） and ran as fast as he could. He jumped in the water and swam.
He was halfway across he turned to look back. A high bony fin(鳍) was （12） through the water toward him. He put his face in the water, kicked and splashed himself as fast as he could. The shore was near now.
He lifted his head again to and he was the shore very near. From behind he left the water rush toward him, almost pushing him, helping him. And then a great gray body hit him and almost rolled him over in the water. He touched the shore with （15） and he pulled himself up the stones. The sharks, by the smell of blood and the chase(追逐), went wildly after him. Its great body crashed against .
The end came quickly and the water was covered with the shark’s blood. The injured shark was eaten up by others as it tried to escape.
Perry slowly struggled his feet.
“So,” he said,“you did not get me.” And he looked down at the sharks still eating （20） they weren’t hungry. He climbed up the stones and walked toward the village.
A．boats B．sharks C．soldiers D．shells
A．before B．after C．until D．when
A．food B．hunger C．anger D．wish
A．fear B．taste C．drink D．smell
A．sand B．shark C．flesh D．meat
A．stop B．keep C．join D．cause
A．pulled B．wrapped C．connected D．caught
A．running B．racing C．swimming D．jumping
A．driving B．keeping C．preventing D．leading
A．sea B．shore C．island D．sand
A．before B．while C．unless D．when
A．going B．running C．cutting D．swimming
A．forward B．backward C．upward D．downward
A．cry B．breathe C．swim D．escape
A．his feet B．a stick C．his fingers D．the shirt
A．interested B．frightened C．disappointed D．excited
A．the shore B．Perry C．the stones D．the shells
A．lively B．alive C．dead D．friendly
A．on B．by C．to D．with
A．as though B．even though C．as soon as D．as long as