I first went to hear a live rock concert when I was eight years old.My brother and his friends were all ____ of a heavy metal group called Black Wednesday.When they ____ that Black Wednesday were going to perform at our local theatre, they all bought ____ for performance.However, at the last minute, one of the friends couldn"t go, so my brother ____ me the ticket.I was really ____！
I remember the buzz (嘈杂声) of excitement inside the theatre as we all found our ____.After a few minutes, the lights went down and everybody became ___.I could barely make out the stage in the ____.We waited.Then there was a roar from the crowd, like an explosion, as the first members of the band ____ the stage.My brother leaned over and shouted something in my ear, but I couldn"t ___ what he was saying.The first song was already starting and the music was as ____ as a jet engine.I could ____ the drum beats and bass notes in my stomach.
I can"t recall any of the songs that the band played.I just ____ that I really enjoyed the show and didn"t want it to ____.But in the end, after three encores (加演), the show finished.We left the ____ and walked unsteadily out onto the pavement.I felt a little dizzy, as if I had just ___from a long sleep.My ears were still ____with the beat of the last song.
After the____， I became a Black Wednesday fan too for a few years before getting into other kinds of music.Once in a while，____， I listen to one of their songs and ____I"m back at that first show.
| 小题1: | | A．members | B．friends | C．fans | D．volunteers |
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| 小题2: | | A．guessed | B．discovered | C．thought | D．predicted |
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| 小题3: | | A．flowers | B．drinks | C．clothes | D．tickets |
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| 小题4: | | A．booked | B．offered | C．returned | D．found |
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| 小题5: | | A．relaxed | B．embarrassed | C．excited | D．encouraged |
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| 小题6: | | A．seats | B．entrance | C．spots | D．space |
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| 小题7: | | A．comfortable | B．quite | C．serious | D．nervous |
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| 小题8: | | A．silence | B．noise | C．darkness | D．smoke |
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| 小题9: | | A．fell upon | B．got through | C．broke into | D．stepped onto |
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| 小题10: | | A．forget | B．hear | C．repeat | D．bear |
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| 小题11: | | A．loud | B．heard | C．sweet | D．fast |
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| 小题12: | | A．feel | B．touch | C．enjoy | D．digest |
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| 小题13: | | A．realize | B．understand | C．believe | D．remember |
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| 小题14: | | A．continue | B．delay | C．finish | D．change |
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| 小题15: | | A．party | B．theatre | C．opera | D．stage |
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| 小题16: | | A．escaped | B．traveled | C．benefited | D．woken |
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| 小题17: | | A．aching | B．burning | C．ringing | D．rolling |
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| 小题18: | | A．competition | B．performance | C．interview | D．celebration |
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| 小题19: | | A．though | B．otherwise | C．instead | D．besides |
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| 小题20: | | A．decide | B．regret | C．conclude | D．imagine |
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小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:B
小题5:C
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:C
小题9:D
小题10:B
小题11:A
小题12:A
小题13:D
小题14:C
小题15:B
小题16:D
小题17:C
小题18:B
小题19:A
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小题1:答案 C [下文最后一段有照应“I became a Black Wednesday fan too for a few years ”。]
小题2:答案 B [discovered “发现”。guessed “猜测”； thought “认为”；predicted “预测”。]
小题3:答案 D [“ticket for...”词组搭配，表演的票。]
小题4:答案 B [offered “主动提供“，从上文看，因为离演出还有一分钟时有一个朋友不能去，我的哥哥就将票给了我。]
小题5:答案 C [从上文推理出我得到票后应该很兴奋。relaxed “放松的”；embarrassed “尴尬的”；excited“兴奋的”；encouraged“受到鼓舞的”。]
小题6:答案 A [inside the theatre“在剧场里面”应是找到座位。entrance“入口”；spots“地点，现场”；space“空白，空”。]
小题7:答案 B [和上文刚入场的嘈杂对比，要演出了应是静下来了。]
小题8:答案 C [从上文”make out the stage”，指很难辨认出舞台，可推断因为太黑所以看不清。]
小题9:答案 D [踏上舞台用“stepped onto”．fell upon指“躺在……上”；got through“通过；做完”； broke into“闯入”。]
小题10:答案 B [根据上下文判断。]
小题11:答案 A [下文表明十分响就像一架喷气发动机。]
小题12:答案 A [我能感觉到鼓点和贝斯的声音在我的肚子上震动。]
小题13:答案 D [对应上文的recall “记起；回忆起”。]
小题14:答案 C [下文有提示finish。]
小题15:答案 B [只离开了剧场，上文有提示“theatre”。]
小题16:答案 D [我感到有些眩晕，好像刚从一场长梦中醒来。]
小题17:答案 C [耳朵鸣响用“ringing”。 aching“疼痛”；burning “燃烧”；rolling“滚动”。]
小题18:答案 B [应是在演出后。]
小题19:答案 A [though作副词“然而”。]
小题20:答案 D [imagine 意为“想象”又回到了当时那个现场。] |
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It was about six years ago.We were at senior high school.Those days in school were gray to most Chinese students because of the college entrance examination pressure.Not our parents and teachers didn"t love us，but they loved us too much.Our only happiness was a high grade in the exam.
One afternoon after the final exam，we four girls came to a small wood and we felt it only belonging to us that afternoon.We talked and laughed.We played all the games that we could think of.We felt we were on the top of the world for the first time in our life.We totally forgot the unhappiness in our life and we threw the homework and the endless exams far away out of the wood.
In the middle of the wood ran a small and peaceful stream.Now and then，we could see some wild ducks on the water looking for food.The water weeds danced happily while the water passed beside them.The air was so fresh that we breathed it freely.
The sun had set before we knew it.We had to leave the place which brought us much happiness.We agreed to come back again every time we felt bored.
Years later，we went there several times.But，every time we went there to find that great feeling，we failed.Strangely，the feeling was different from that of several years ago.
I know that wonderful experience was just for once.We can never find that kind of happiness again which only belonged to the special afternoon in our life.That was a release of our uneasy heart.We can never go back to that young age or that simple life.It was our golden ages.No matter how boring and hard the life was，it gave us something worthy to recall.We"ll treasure it forever.
小题1:What does the writer think of their senior high school life?| A．Unhappy. | B．Helpless. | | C．Useless. | D．Meaningless. |
小题2:What does “it” refer to in the second paragraph?| A．The final exam. | B．Happiness. | | C．A small wood. | D．A high grade. |
小题3:What does the second paragraph mainly tell us?| A．How the girls forgot everything in the wood that afternoon. | | B．How the girls played games in the wood that afternoon. | | C．How peaceful the wood was that afternoon. | | D．How the girls relaxed themselves in the wood that afternoon. |
小题4:What did the writer introduce to us in the third paragraph?| A．Hungry wild ducks. | | B．Dancing water weeds. | | C．Fresh air. | | D．A peaceful stream. |
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Night after night, my mother came to my bed, even long after my childhood years.She would ____ down and push my long hair out of the way, and then kiss my forehead.
I don"t remember when it first started ___ me — her hands pushing my hair that way, for they felt workworn and rough ____ my young skin.Finally，one night, I shouted out at her, “Don"t do that any more—your hands are too rough！” she made no ____ and left quietly.But never again did my mother do it with that familiar expression of her ____.
With the passing years, my ____returned to that night time after time.By then I ____ my mother"s hands and her goodnight kiss.Sometimes the incident seemed very ____， sometimes far away, but always it was ____ in the back of my mind.
The years have passed, and I"m not a little girl any more.Mom is in her seventies, and those hands I once ___ to be so rough are still doing things for me and my family.
Now, Mom no longer has Dad and lives ____.One night on Thanksgiving Eve, I found myself ___to her house to spend the night with her.As I slept in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand hesitantly ran across my face to ___the hair from my forehead.Then a ____， ever so gently , touched my forehead.I burst into tears.
In my memory, thousands of times, I ____ the night my young voice complained.Catching Mom"s hand in hand, I told her how ____I was for that night.I thought she"d remember ____ I did.But Mom didn"t know what I was talking about.She had already forgotten and ____ long ago.
That night, I fell asleep with a new ____for my gentle mother and her caring hands.And the guilt that I had carried around for so long was ____ to be found.
| 小题2: | | A．annoying | B．astonishing | C．delighting | D．disappointing |
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| 小题3: | | A．along | B．above | C．against | D．aside |
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| 小题4: | | A．reply | B．promise | C．request | D．agreement |
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| 小题5: | | A．pity | B．sadness | C．apology | D．love |
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| 小题6: | | A．feelings | B．opinions | C．spirits | D．thoughts |
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| 小题7: | | A．missed | B．forgot | C．held | D．shook |
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| 小题8: | | A．strange | B．close | C．serious | D．common |
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| 小题9: | | A．stressed | B．existed | C．hidden | D．exposed |
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| 小题10: | | A．expected | B．changed | C．reminded | D．complained |
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| 小题12: | | A．drawn | B．carried | C．moved | D．stayed |
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| 小题14: | | A．tear | B．kiss | C．press | D．hand |
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| 小题15: | | A．returned | B．remembered | C．realized | D．recalled |
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| 小题16: | | A．sorry | B．happy | C．angry | D．nervous |
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| 小题18: | | A．disappeared | B．forgiven | C．apologized | D．abandoned |
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| 小题19: | | A．imagination | B．inspiration | C．decoration | D．appreciation |
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| 小题20: | | A．still | B．soon | C．nowhere | D．anyhow |
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Herta Müller, the Romanianborn German writer, has won the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature.The award was announced in Stockholm.
Ms Müller, 56, immigrated to Germany from Romania in 1987.She is the first German writer to win the Nobel Prize for literature since Gunter Grass in 1999 and the 13th winner writing in German since the prize was first given in 1901.She is the 12th woman to get the literature prize.
But unlike Doris Leasing and V．S.Naipaul, Ms Müller is relatively unknown outside literary circles in Germany.“I am very surprised and still cannot believe it，” Ms Müller said in a statement in Germany.“I can"t say anything more at the moment.”
She has written about 20 books, but just five have been translated into English, including the novels “The Land of Green Plums” and “The Appointment”．
At a news conference at the German Publishers and Booksellers Association in Berlin, where she lives, Ms Müller, wearing all black and sitting on a big chair, appeared overwhelmed by all the cameras in her face.She spoke of the 30 years she spent under a dictatorship, describing “living with fear in the morning that in the evening one would no longer exist”．
When asked what it meant that her name would now be mentioned at the same moment as German greats like Thomas Mann and Heinrich Bll, Ms Müller remained calm.“I am now nothing better and I"m nothing worse，” she said.“My inner thing is writing.That"s what I can persist_in,_and if nothing special happens, I will never give up.”
Earlier in the day, at a news conference in Stockholm, Peter Englund，secretary of the Swedish Academy, said Ms Müller was honored for her “very, very special language” and because “she has really a story to tell about...and growing up as a stranger in your own family.”
小题1:Which of the following statements about Ms Müller is true?| A．Most of her works have been translated into English. | | B．She immigrated to Germany from Romania when she was 35. | | C．She"s the first Romanian writer that has won the Nobel Prize for Literature. | | D．She is the first German writer to win the Nobel Prize for literature in the 21st |
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小题2:Before getting the Nobel Prize, Ms Müller __________.| A．was famous for her works | | B．lived a poor but happy life | | C．was not wellknown to most people | | D．had enough confidence in winning it |
小题3:The underlined words “persist in” in Paragraph 6 mean __________.| A．refuse to do | B．continue to do | | C．stop to do | D．agree to do |
小题4:We can learn from the passage that __________.| A．Ms Müller"s special language and experience made her get the Nobel Prize | | B．most of Ms Müller"s novels are unsuccessful works | | C．Ms Müller felt much better after she won the Nobel Prize | | D．Ms Müller was honored because of her wonderful description about German"s |
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What a busy day! The three boys were fed, bathed and changed into their nightclothes.Mary had ____ them a story and finally they were asleep.“Babysitting(照看)the three boys aged eight, six and four is extremely ____，” she thought.
“Sleep，” she considered, “if only I could！” But she had difficult homework to complete.Leaning back, she ____ her feet onto the sofa to get comfortable.Whoever said babysitting was a(an) ____ way to make money obviously hadn"t met the three boys, she thought.The television was on, the room was warm, and the lights were dim.Mary"s ____ felt heavier and heavier.I mustn"t sleep, she thought — which was ____ what she did, of course.
Strangely enough, she soon ___ that she was a worldfamous chef(主厨)．She made a ____ and wore diamonds and designer clothes.Most days she relaxed by the pool, meeting the rich and famous or ____ — her favorite hobby.She ____ took the leading role in her own TV show.
That is, until she became too ____.“I am definitely the best in the world，” she thought, as she prepared a tasty chicken dish.But ___ seemed to go right.She spilt the flour, she dropped an egg and she cut her finger.Despite all the troubles, she ____ to get the chicken into the dove.Soon, smoke blanketed the room.The chicken was on fire.____ set in, but Mary could not run — she was ____ to the spot.She tried hard to move, but could not, ____ a sharp sound awoke her.
She got shocked and confused — ____ was pouring from the kitchen.Rushing to investigate, she was met by three ____ little faces and some very burnt bread.“Sorry, we were hungry and you were ____， so we tried to make some bread，” explained a boy.Relieved, Mary made them a snack and sent them back to bed.She____ them never to fall asleep on the job again！
| 小题1: | | A．given | B．written | C．told | D．taught |
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| 小题2: | | A．successful | B．helpful | C．tiring | D．surprising |
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| 小题4: | | A．difficult | B．boring | C．important | D．easy |
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| 小题5: | | A．eyes | B．mind | C．heart | D．legs |
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| 小题6: | | A．nicely | B．exactly | C．curiously | D．carelessly |
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| 小题7: | | A．realized | B．reminded | C．learnt | D．dreamt |
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| 小题8: | | A．decision | B．fortune | C．business | D．plan |
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| 小题9: | | A．cooking | B．reading | C．running | D．babysitting |
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| 小题11: | | A．selfish | B．proud | C．stubborn | D．sensitive |
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小题12:A everything B．something C．anything D．nothing
| 小题13: | | A．tried | B．arranged | C．managed | D．prepared |
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| 小题14: | | A．Panic | B．Pain | C．Noise | D．Stress |
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| 小题15: | | A．frozen | B．dragged | C．pushed | D．brought |
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| 小题16: | | A．because | B．until | C．as | D．unless |
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| 小题17: | | A．smoke | B．light | C．water | D．fire |
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| 小题18: | | A．cheerful | B．strange | C．guilty | D．confident |
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| 小题19: | | A．busy | B．hungry | C．worried | D．asleep |
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| 小题20: | | A．promised | B．allowed | C．expected | D．persuaded |
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Teaching second grade is always a challenge.Each student arrives at school with his own needs and difficulties.One year a student called Billy___me with his behavior as well as his academic requirements.He struggled daily with his ____emotions and often became angry or violent.I knew that，to make____progress，his emotions needed controlling.
One ____I tried to help Billy was to have him come directly into the classroom when he arrived at school.Billy"s mom would____me to alert me to a particularly emotional morning at home.Then，I would focus on____his anger and calming him down before the other students arrived.
One week our class was studying____.I thought one way to bring learning into the classroom was to bring my dog Rocky to school for the day.
That day began as normal.I was preparing activities focused on dog themes____I was told that Billy had a ____morning at home and I might need to get him____.As I was talking to his mom，Billy____into the classroom.To Billy"s____，Rocky immediately ran up to his new____，wagging his tail and licking Billy"s face with doggy affection.Billy couldn"t ____Rocky"s charm(魅力)and began laughing as his anger melted away.
Throughout the day，Billy never left Rocky"s side，feeding him，being gentle with him and even ____the other students while Rocky was sleeping.
Billy was known for doing anything he could to avoid____，but on this day he found a good dog story，“ Clifford"s Puppy Days”，and read it to Rocky.How ____I was at the sight of Billy reading happily！My little dog was able to____Billy"s day from one of anger and frustration to one of laughter，gentleness and ____.
That day Rocky more than helped me with my____；he helped to change the life of a child！After that Billy"s behavior definitely improved.
| 小题1: | | A．challenged | B．cheated | C．benefited | D．betrayed |
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| 小题2: | | A．unforgettable | B．uncontrollable | C．unconscious | D．unfortunate |
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| 小题3: | | A．physical | B．mental | C．academic | D．authentic |
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| 小题4: | | A．advantage | B．agenda | C．reason | D．way |
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| 小题5: | | A．awake | B．call | C．visit | D．sign |
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| 小题6: | | A．tolerating | B．observing | C．relieving | D．ignoring |
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| 小题7: | | A．emotions | B．pets | C．botany | D．diet |
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| 小题8: | | A．after | B．as | C．when | D．before |
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| 小题9: | | A．boring | B．fantastic | C．busy | D．rough |
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| 小题10: | | A．settled | B．punished | C．treated | D．excited |
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| 小题11: | | A．fled | B．stormed | C．jogged | D．floated |
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| 小题12: | | A．surprise | B．delight | C．shame | D．fear |
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| 小题13: | | A．protector | B．trainer | C．friend | D．owner |
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| 小题14: | | A．resist | B．describe | C．reduce | D．forget |
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| 小题15: | | A．educating | B．envying | C．comforting | D．quieting |
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| 小题16: | | A．exploding | B．reading | C．arguing | D．apologizing |
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| 小题17: | | A．surprised | B．disappointed | C．amused | D．confused |
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| 小题18: | | A．urge | B．shorten | C．transform | D．expand |
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| 小题19: | | A．admiration | B．curiosity | C．anxiety | D．love |
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| 小题20: | | A．family | B．teaching | C．housework | D．performance |
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