阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 1～20 各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
From her lifeguard station at the shallow end of the swimming pool, Jessica noticed clouds gathering in the sky. By the time she took a break at 2:30, the wind was picking up and the sky was getting ________ . The pool manager ________ over the loudspeaker that the pool was closing
________ , due to a severe weather warning.
All of the ________ had left by 3:30 except for Jessica’s neighbor, eight-year-old Zack Hill. Zack’s mother had planned to ________ him up later, but the storm was approaching fast. Jessica decided that she would ________ Zack off on her way home.
The minute Jessica and Zack left the parking lot, it was ________ that this was no ________ storm. The rain hit just as Jessica turned onto her street, coming down in sheets and making it ________ to see clearly. Jessica said, “Zack, I’m going to take you to my house. We need to get inside right away, and your house is farther away than ________ .”
She pressed the garage-door opener, but nothing happened. The electricity was ________ . The front door was only a few feet away, ________ the wind was so strong that Jessica and Zack had to ________ their way out of the car and into the house.
Remembering everything she could from her ________ training, Jessica dragged Zack to the basement (地下室) . “We’ll be safe in here, Zack,” she said, trying to sound ________ . They had just gotten inside ________ everything went deadly quiet for a moment. Then they could hear the sound of glass breaking. A deafening roar, like the sound of a train, filled their ________ .
After a final crash, Jessica and Zack ________ drops of rain on their arms. They saw a flash of lightning through a crack in the ceiling. The sound of the storm grew ________ . Jessica began to breathe easier. She and Zack were safe, and what a ________ they would have to tell!
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One day, our teacher, Mr. Sims, announced that the destination of the seventhgrade field trip would be the amusement park. The classroom buzzed with ____ as the girls discussed what they would wear and what they should bring with them. I sat back and listened, ____ that my parents did not have the money to send me. It made me ____ to feel so leftout. But not Danny. He ____ told everyone that he wouldn't be going. When Mr. Sims asked him why, Danny stood up and ___， “It's too much money for me right now. My dad hurt his back and has been out of ____ for a while. I can't ask my parents for money.”
Sitting back down in his seat, Danny held his head up proudly, even though ____ had begun. I could only shrink in my ____， and surely those whispers must be about me if they found out I would not be going either.
“Danny, I'm very proud of you for understanding the ____ that your parents are in. Not every student of your ____ has that ability，” Mr. Sims replied.
____ not everyone accepted Danny after that day, he won ____the respect of many of us. I was especially ____ by how he didn't back down under peer pressure. For so long, I could never ____ to my friends that I couldn't afford to go there. ____， in order to continue to ____ in, I lied about why I couldn't do things and ____ with excuse after excuse.
By standing up and admitting he was poor, Danny changed my life. His selfconfidence made it ____ for all of us to understand that what his parents had or didn't have did not ____ who he was. After that, I no longer felt I had to lie about my family's situation. And Danny, ____ because of his courage and honesty than his great looks, is someone I will never forget.
A．amazement B．excitement C．disappointment D．encouragement
A．sensing B．knowing C．finding D．saying
A．depressed B．worried C．unsatisfied D．scared
A．gladly B．shyly C．simply D．rudely
A．shouted B．complained C．lied D．stated
A．work B．duty C．order D．control
A．teaching B．debating C．whispering D．understanding
A．shadow B．coat C．desk D．seat
A．situation B．pain C．danger D．trouble
A．class B．age C．grade D．group
A．Since B．As C．Unless D．Although
A．up B．out C．over D．back
A．shocked B．persuaded C．impressed D．confused
A．announce B．admit C．apologize D．prove
A．However B．Otherwise C．Instead D．Also
A．join B．take C．give D．fit
A．came up B．broke up C．put up D．got up
A．harder B．easier C．clearer D．better
A．conclude B．show C．determine D．cause
A．rather B．other C．better D．more
We experienced and unusual weekend last month!
Early in the morning, we went to the country and spent a whole day wild flowers. the car full of we were going home. On our way back, my wife a bookshelf outside a furniture shop. “Buy it,” my wife said at once. “We’ll it home on the roof-rack（车顶架）. I’ve always wanted one like that.”
Ten minutes , we were back with the bookshelf in the flowers on the roof.
In the gathering darkness I drove . Other drivers seemed unusually that evening. The even stopped traffic to let us through. I had thought carrying furniture was a good idea.
After a time my wife said, “ There’s a long line of cars . Why don’t they overtake（超车）, I wonder?” Just at that time a police car did . The two officers inside looked at us seriously they passed. But then, with a kind smile they asked us to their car through the busy traffic. The police car stopped at our village church. One of the came to me.
“Right, sir,” he said, “Do you need any more help?”
I was a bit . “Thanks, officer,” I said. “You have been very kind.”
He was staring at our car, first at the flowers, then at the bookshelf. “Well, well,” he said, . “It’s a bookshelf you’ve got there! We thought it was something else.”
My wife began to laugh. Suddenly I understood the police drove here. The truth me. I smiled at the officer, “Yes, it’s a bookshelf, thanks again.” Then I home as fast as I could.
A．growing B．picking C．buying D．selling
A．For B．As C．Without D．With
A．books B．flowers C．fruits D．vegetables
A．noticed B．heard C．watched D．felt
A．post B．carry C．send D．hold
A．before B．after C．later D．ago
A．quickly B．quietly C．carelessly D．slowly
A．polite B．worried C．rude D．frightened
A．drivers B．police C．cleaners D．villagers
A．behind B．ahead C．beside D．along
A．go B．stop C．overtake D．arrive
A．while B．after C．as D．before
A．take B．follow C．move D．push
A．officers B．passers-by C．drivers D．ministers
A．puzzled B．excited C．depressed D．delighted
A．coughing B．laughing C．crying D．shouting
A．how B．what C．who D．why
A．pleased B．fooled C．interested D．hit
A．so B．but C．and D．or
A．drove B．walked C．flew D．left
Most people believe they don’t have much imagination. They are ____. Everyone has imagination, but most of us, once we become adults, forget how to ____ it. Creativity isn’t always ____ with great works of art or ideas. People at work and in their free time ____ think of creative ways to solve problems. Maybe you have a goal to achieve, a tricky question to answer or you just want to expand your mind! Here are three techniques to help you.
Making connections This technique involves taking ____ ideas and trying to find links between them. First, think about the problem you have to solve or the job you need to do. Then find an image, word, idea or object, for example, a candle. Write down all the ideas/words ____ with candles: light, fire, matches, wax, night, silence, etc. Think of as many as you can. The next stage is to relate the ____ to the job you have to do. So imagine you want to buy a friend an original ____; you could buy him tickets to a match or take him out for the night.
No limits! Imagine that normal limitations don’t ____. You have as much time/space/money, etc. as you want. Think about your goal and the new ____. If your goal is to learn to ski, ____, you can now practice skiing every day of your life (because you have the time and the money). Now ____ this to reality. Maybe you can practice skiing every day in December, or every Monday in January.
Be someone else! Look at the situation from a ____ point of view. Good businessmen use this technique in trade, and so do writers. Fiction writers often imagine they are the ___ in their books. They ask questions: What does this character want? Why can’t she get it? What changes must she make to get what she wants? If your goal involves other people, put yourself in their ____. The best fishermen think like fish!
A．wrong B．unbelievable C．reasonable D．realistic
A．put up with B．catch up with C．make use of D．keep track of
A．equipped B．compared C．covered D．connected
A．skillfully B．routinely C．vividly D．deeply
A．familiar B．unrelated C．creative D．imaginary
A．presented B．marked C．lit D．associated
A．ideas B．ambitious C．achievement D．technique
A．experience B．service C．present D．object
A．work B．last C．exist D．change
A．possibilities B．limitations C．tendency D．practice
A．in fact B．in particular C．as a whole D．for example
A．devote B．adapt C．lead D．keep
A．private B．global C．different D．practical
A．features B．themes C．creatures D．characters
A．positions B．dreams C．images D．directions
Adults are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children but have never practiced in the meantime．A man who has not had an opportunity to go swimming for years can swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water．He can get on a bicycle after several decades and still away．A mother who has not the words or years can teach her daughter the poem that begins " Twinkle, twinkle, little star" or the story of Cinderella or Snow White ．
One explanation is the law of over learning, which can be stated as following: we have learned something, additional learning increases the of time we will remember it．In childhood, we usually continue to practice such skills as swimming, bicycle riding long after we have learned them．We continue to listen to and ourselves of poems such as "Twinkle．twinkle, little star" and childhood tales such as Cinderella or Snow White．We not only learn but
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The law of over learning explains why cramming （突击学习） for an examination． it may result in a passing grade, is not a way to learn a school course．By cramming, a student may learn the subject well enough to get by on the examination, but he is soon to forget almost everything he learned．A little over learning, , is usually a good investment toward the future．
A．only B．hardly C．still D．even
A．walk B．drive C．travel D．ride
A．thought about B．cared for C．showed up D．brought up
A．rewrite B．repeat C．sing D．recite
A．Before B．Once C．Until D．Unless
A．accuracy B．unit C．limit D．length
A．remind B．inform C．warm D．recall
A．recite B．overlcarn C．research D．improve
A．though B．so C．if D．after
A．convenient B．demanding C．satisfactory D．fast
A．possible B．likely C．probable D．perhaps
A．at most B．by the way C．on the other hand D．in the end
Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story to their children. And they must have how difficult it is to write a children's book. Either the author has aimed too . , so that the children can't follow what is in his (or more often, her) story, the story seems to be talking to the readers.
The best children's books are very difficult nor very simple, and satisfy both the who hears the story and the adult who it. Unfortunately, there are in fact books like this, the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not to solve.
This may be why many of books regarded as of children's literature were in fact written for . “Alice's Adventure in Wonderland” is perhaps the most of this.
Children, left for themselves, often the worst possible interest in literature. Just leave a child in bookshop or and he will more willingly choose the books in an imaginative way, or have a look at most children's comics ( 连环画 ), full of the stories and jokes to which both teachers and right-thinking parents .
Perhaps we parents should stop trying to persuade children into our taste in literature. After all children and adults are so that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the books. So I suppose we'll just have to compromise（妥协） over that bedtime story.
A．hoped B．realized C．told D．said
A．short B．long C．bad D．good
A．easy B．short C．high D．difficult
A．and B．but C．or D．so
A．both B．neither C．either D．very
A．child B．father C．mother D．teacher
A．hears B．buys C．understands D．reads
A．few B．many C．little D．much
A．but B．however C．so D．because
A．hard B．easy C．enough D．fast
A．articles B．work C．arts D．works
A．adults B．girls C．boys D．children
A．difficult B．hidden C．obvious D．easy
A．are B．show C．find D．add
A．library B．school C．home D．office
A．read B．designed C．printed D．written
A．favor B．interest C．object D．read
A．receiving B．accepting C．having D．refusing
A．same B．friendly C．different D．common
A．common B．average C．different D．same