With the help of Gloria ,his wife ,Tom Peterson worked for many years to build a solid business selling television sets, stereo systems, and home appliances. Tom developed an excellent with their full satisfaction guarantee and friendly service. He was proud of his high percentage of repeat .
About five years ago, Tom was by the owners of a competing company, Stereo Super Stores. They wanted him to them out. The price was very attractive. Everything looked good. Before making his final Tom asked Gloria what she thought about the purchase. She told him that the numbers looked good it didn"t feel to her. However, Tom was so self-confident and so convinced that this was a rare , he went ahead and made the . Within months he discovered that he had made a big . He had paid too much for a company. He tried as hard as he could to make it work out, but he couldn"t turn things . He was forced into bankruptcy（***）. He was about to lose everything, including his business.
Tom was embarrassed, but he is a survivor. He looked at his situation. He decided to admit his mistake and, rather than getting stuck in lawsuits(诉讼), he would focus his on saving and rebuilding his original business. He saw also that he had made a mistake by not listening to his , and that he needed to learn from this .He dealt with the crisis in a way that delighted people, who in turn respect for him. Old customers poured into his store. He and Gloria _to changes in retailing(零售) and have built an even better business than before.
In the business world, it is natural to gain and lose, of Peterson’s experience is an example. Only those who regard their mistakes as gifts and learn from them attract endless profits.
| 小题1: | | A．popularity | B．reputation | C．cause | D．foundation |
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| 小题2: | | A．customers | B．assistants | C．friends | D．visitors |
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| 小题3: | | A．appointed | B．approved | C．approached | D．appreciated |
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| 小题5: | | A．decision | B．choice | C．determination | D．judgement |
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| 小题6: | | A．as though | B．now that | C．even though | D．in case |
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| 小题7: | | A．terrible | B．fair | C．right | D．attractive |
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| 小题8: | | A．possibility | B．occasion | C．event | D．opportunity |
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| 小题9: | | A．profit | B．purchase | C．reservation | D．appointment |
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| 小题10: | | A．difference | B．discovery | C．commitment | D．mistake |
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| 小题11: | | A．dying | B．controversial | C．clumsy | D．tiring |
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| 小题13: | | A．original | B．various | C．unique | D．precious |
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| 小题14: | | A．quietly | B．loudly | C．openly | D．secretly |
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| 小题15: | | A．beliefs | B．spirits | C．attempts | D．energies |
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| 小题16: | | A．producer | B．wife | C．relative | D．adviser |
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| 小题17: | | A．experience | B．enterprise | C．process | D．history |
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| 小题18: | | A．won | B．showed | C．achieved | D．earned |
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| 小题19: | | A．belonged | B．adapted | C．adopted | D．appealed |
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| 小题20: | | A．them | B．what | C．that | D．which |
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小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:C
小题5:A
小题6:C
小题7:C
小题8:D
小题9:B
小题10:D
小题11:A
小题12:B
小题13:A
小题14:C
小题15:D
小题16:B
小题17:A
小题18:B
小题19:B
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试题分析：文章介绍Tom Peterson原来生意做的很好，但是因为自己犯了一个错误，导致生意***，但是他没有消沉，而是努力挽回局面，并适应市场的改变，让原来的生意重新红火起来，我们获得一个道理：吸取一个教训，可以赢得一份礼物。
小题1:考查名词辨析：A.popularity流行，人气，B. reputation名声，C. cause 原因，D. foundation基础，从with their full satisfaction guarantee and friendly service.可知汤姆因为售后服务好所以名声很好，选B
小题2:考查名词辨析：A.customers顾客，B. assistants助手，C. friends朋友，D. visitors游客，他为回头客很多而骄傲，选A
小题3:考查动词辨析：A.appointed 任命，B. approved同意，C. approached靠近，D. appreciated欣赏，5年前，一个竞争对手的公司主人朝汤姆走过来，选C
小题4:考查动词辨析：A.sell销售，B. pay付钱，C. buy买，D. check核对，从下文的The price was very attractive.可知这个公司希望汤姆能收购他们，选C
小题5:考查名词辨析：A.decision决定，B. choice选择，C.determination决定，D. judgement判断，在做最后的决定前，汤姆问Gloria对这次的收购怎么看。选A
小题6:考查连词辨析：A.as though 好像，B. now that既然，C. even though即使，D. in case以防，她告诉他即使数字看起来很好，但是她感觉不对。选C
小题7:考查形容词辨析：A.terrible 可怕的，B. fair公平的，C. right对的，D. attractive有吸引力的，她告诉他即使数字看起来很好，但是她感觉不对。选C
小题8:考查名词辨析：A.possibility可能，B. occasion偶然，C. event事件，D. opportunity机会，汤姆太自信的，相信这是一次很好的机会，选D
小题9:考查名词辨析：A.profit利益，B. purchase购买，C. reservation保留，D. appointment任命，委派，从上文：Tom asked Gloria what she thought about the purchase.可知汤姆进行了收购，选B
小题10:考查名词辨析：A.difference不同，B. discovery发现，C. commitment奉献，投入，D. mistake错误，从下文的：He had paid too much for a 46 company.可知他意识到自己犯了一个错误，选D
小题11:考查形容词辨析：A.dying快死的，B. controversial有争议的，C. clumsy笨拙的，D. tiring令人疲劳的，从下文的：He tried as hard as he could to make it work out, but he couldn"t turn things 47 .可知他花了很多钱买的是一个快要***的公司，选A
小题12:考查副词辨析：A. in在…里面，B. around在…周围，C. down向下，D. up向上，他尽了最大努力，但是不能扭转局面，turn around转身，（使）好转，选B
小题13:考查形容词辨析：.A.original最初的，原始的，B. various各种各样的，C. unique独特的，D. precious珍贵的，从下文he would focus his 50 on saving and rebuilding his original business.可知他要失去一切包括他以前的公司，选A
小题14:考查副词辨析：A.quietly安静地，B. loudly大声地，C. openly公开地，D. secretly秘密地，他决定公开承认自己的错误，选C
小题15:考查名词辨析：A.beliefs信念，B. spirits精神，C. attempts试图，D. energies精力，他将经历都用来拯救重建原来的公司，选D
小题16:考查名词辨析：A.producer生产商，B. wife妻子，C. relative亲戚，D. adviser顾问，劝告者，从上文的句子：Tom asked Gloria what she thought about the purchase.可知汤姆没有听妻子的话，选B
小题17:考查名词辨析：A.experience经验，经历，B. enterprise 企（事）业单位，事业，计划，事业心，进取心，C. process过程，D. history历史，他知道要从这次经历中吸取教训，选A
小题18:考查动词辨析：.A.won赢得，B. showed展示，C. achieved获得，D. earned挣得，他处理危机的方式让人们高兴，反过来，人们对他很尊敬。Show respect for sb.尊敬某人，选B
小题19:考查动词辨析：A.belonged属于，B. adapted适应，C. adopted采纳，收养，D. appealed吸引，他和Gloria适应零售业的改变，生意比以前更好，选B
小题20:考查定语从句：在商业领域得失是很正常的其中Peterson就是一个例子。这里是定语从句，先行词是examples，定语从句用of which引导，选D |
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I believe in miracles(奇迹)because I"ve seen so many of them．One day，a patient was referred to me who was one hundred and two years old．“There’s a in my upper jaw，”she said．“I told my own dentist it"s nothing，but he I come to see you”
Her eighty-year-old son accompanied her．He would to add something，but she stopped him．She wanted to tell everything herself．I found a large cancer that spread over much of the of her mouth．A careful examination later that it was a particularly bad sort of cancer．
During her next appointment，I explained to her the of the problem. She clasped (紧握)my hand in hers and said，“I know you’re worried about me，but I’m just ．”
I thought otherwise．After considerable on my part，and kindness on her part because she wanted to me，she agreed to have me refer her to a cancer surgeon．She saw him，but as I expected， treatment．
About six months later she returned to my office，still energetic and ．
“How are you?” I asked．
“I’m just fine，honey，”she responded high spirits．“When can I get started on fixing my dentures(假牙)?”
Surprised to see her at all，I answered ，“Let me take a look in your mouth and we’ll see about it. ”
I couldn’t believe my eyes．The cancer that had nearly the entire roof of her mouth was gone—only one small area of redness ．
I had read of such things happening，but had seen them with my own eyes．That was my first miracle．Since then I"ve seen many others，because they keep getting to see．In fact，miracles are daily events for me now．And people are a miracle， through them we have a chance to know ourselves and to the miracles of one another．
Since my first miracle，I"ve come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is we choose to find it．
| 小题1: | | A．cut | B．pain | C．wound | D．cancer |
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| 小题2: | | A．declared | B．suspected | C．promised | D．insisted |
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| 小题3: | | A．refuse | B．continue | C．attempt | D．manage |
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| 小题4: | | A．roof | B．corner | C．bottom | D．surface |
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| 小题5: | | A．confirmed | B．convinced | C．considered | D．concluded |
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| 小题6: | | A．possibility | B．importance | C．seriousness | D．resolution |
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| 小题8: | | A．permission | B．support | C．approval | D．effort |
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| 小题9: | | A．persuade | B．please | C．encourage | D．astonish |
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| 小题10: | | A．declined | B．provided | C．received | D．required |
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| 小题11: | | A．healthy | B．elegant | C．optimistic | D．humorous |
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| 小题13: | | A．worriedly | B．confusedly | C．patiently | D．confidently |
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| 小题14: | | A．covered | B．reached | C．spread | D．grown |
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| 小题15: | | A．cured | B．faded | C．expanded | D．remained |
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| 小题16: | | A．ever | B．also | C．never | D．already |
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| 小题17: | | A．easier | B．rarer | C．happier | D．closer |
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| 小题20: | | A．whatever | B．wherever | C．whoever | D．whichever |
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The day of my holiday arrived, but I wasn’t looking forward to it. I had little money and had only been able to afford to stay with my Aunt Rosa in Spain. So, I wasn’t really excited as I knew exactly what it was going to be like: lots of noisy cousins , and Aunt Rosa begging me to take her for a ride.
After I had checked in, I made my way slowly to the departure gate. As I was waiting to board the plane, I kept thinking about my ideal holiday destination: Jamaica, with its long, sandy beaches and crystal clear water.
As soon as the plane took off, I fell fast asleep and only woke to the sound of the announcement: “Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten you seat belts, as we will shortly be landing in Kingston.” I froze in my seat. Was I dreaming? Kingston? Jamaica? I had boarded the wrong plane!
Immediately after the plane landed, I explained the situation to the authorities. It seems there were also three other passengers heading for Spain. Apparently it had been the airline’s fault, since the flight numbers for Spain and Jamaica were exactly the same! Therefore, with no flight back to London for a week, the airline had no choice but to pay for our stay.
So there I was, lying on the beach, enjoying the music and the marvelous food of Jamaica! As for Aunt Rosa, I suppose she just had to live without me!
小题1:Why did the writer choose to spend her holiday with her aunt in Spain?| A．She missed her cousins very much. | | B．Her aunt begged her to go there. | | C．She could hardly afford any better trip. | | D．Spain was her ideal destination. |
小题2:In the story, the writer ended up _________.| A．flying to London immediately | B．heading for Spain from Jamaica | | C．complaining to the authorities | D．enjoying a free beach holiday |
小题3:Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?| A．A Lucky Mistake | B．A Terrible Adventure | | C．A Nice Dream | D．A Well-Planned Trip |
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When Mr. Smith was walking one evening, he met four of his old friends. To be polite, he invited them to come home with him to . He hoped that they would say no, but , they quickly agreed and home with him.
Mr. Smith was a man. There was never in his house. He knew that there very little for supper that night, he did not know how to break away from his guests without being impolite, so he let them come with him to house. But when they came his front door, he suddenly rushed forward, opened the door, went in, closed in again and then locked it. He found in the kitchen and quickly told her had happened.
Mr. Smith’s guests were at first . Then they thought he had perhaps gone ahead to get ready for the . When nothing had yet happened for a few minutes, they began to and to knock heavily at the door. After this had gone for some time, Mr. Smith sent his wife to a window to talk to . She told them that Mr. Smith .
“What do you mean, woman?” shouted one of the men. “We came here a few minutes ago and we saw him go into the house.”
Mr. Smith was now afraid that the noise his friends were making would bring his neighbours around and that he would be , so he put his head out of the window and said to his friends, “This house has a door, too. Perhaps Mr. Smith came in through the front door and went out through the other.”
| 小题1: | | A．breakfast | B．lunch | C．supper | D．play |
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| 小题2: | | A．happily for him | B．luckily for him | C．to his joy | D．to his surprise |
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| 小题3: | | A．go | B．went | C．going | D．will go |
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| 小题4: | | A．poor | B．rich | C．strong | D．honest |
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| 小题5: | | A．much water | B．much food | C．many clothes | D．many vegetables |
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| 小题6: | | A．will be | B．would have | C．would be | D．is going to be |
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| 小题9: | | A．nearly | B．near | C．close | D．out |
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| 小题10: | | A．his wife | B．a man | C．his son | D．his father |
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| 小题12: | | A．angry | B．interested | C．hungry | D．surprised |
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| 小题14: | | A．laugh | B．get angry | C．get sad | D．get surprised |
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| 小题15: | | A．herself | B．himself | C．his friends | D．his neighbours |
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| 小题16: | | A．was in | B．wasn’t in | C．at home | D．was here |
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| 小题17: | | A．alone | B．along | C．with him | D．with you |
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| 小题18: | | A．that | B．of which | C．what | D．who |
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| 小题19: | | A．praised | B．found | C．laughed at | D．hit |
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Two weeks before Christmas, Mother told me we were going to my grandmother"s house for the holiday. Grandma and Uncle Henry lived on a farm some 15 miles out of town They had no electricity or running water and _ what I considered the "good things" in life. They made no plans for Christmas When Christmas Eve arrived, Mom told me in her best "I-mean-it" voice to _ all the decorations from our tree. She packed those up all the materials for a _ turkey dinner.
Christmas morning perfectly with the sun shining brightly across a fresh blanket of snow. _ I was angry silently in the backseat of the car as we made our _ to grandma"s. This was going to be the _ Christmas ever! Grandma was _ to see us as we walked up to her door. "What on earth are you doing here?" she said." We weren"t expecting . It"s Christmas, and I don"t even have a turkey to cook for you." "I knew ." Mom said as we set boxes of goodies(好吃的) on the kitchen table. "That"s _ we brought all with us." "We _ have a tree" Mom insisted. " what will we do with all these decorations?" Uncle Henry quickly caught Mom"s spirit. He called me to join him, and we found a perfect Christmas tree in the woods. Soon the house _ fresh and piney as we decorated the pine tree, and the day a festive air . The turkey dinner was very good, too. I was actually beginning to enjoy this unusual Christmas day!
Dessert was almost forgotten _ Mom came out with the final surprise-a flaming (色彩鲜明的)pudding! "Merry Christmas, mother," Mom said. "Dear me!" Grandma said with her mouth wide open. "I haven"t seen a flaming pudding since I left England before I was married." Tears of filled her eyes. I could not keep the tears . my eyes, either. I knew then that Mom had also given me the best Christmas present ever.
She had taught me what a beautiful thing it is to give.
| 小题1: | | A．wanted | B． lacked | C．refused | D． prepared |
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| 小题2: | | A．also | B．still | C．never | D．hardly |
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| 小题3: | | A．replace | B．collect | C．remove | D．cover |
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| 小题4: | | A．instead of | B．by the side of | C．along with | D．in spite of |
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| 小题5: | | A．normal | B．complete | C．fresh | D．separate |
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| 小题6: | | A．dawned | B．passed | C．broke | D．happened |
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| 小题8: | | A．decision | B．Way | C．wish | D．plan |
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| 小题9: | | A．last | B．busiest | C．best | D．worst |
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| 小题10: | | A．expected | B．crazy | C．surprised | D．ready |
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| 小题11: | | A．anyone | B．others | C．someone | D．no one |
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| 小题15: | | A．In short | B．Therefore | C．However | D． Or rather |
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| 小题16: | | A．improved | B．smelled | C．became | D．changed |
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| 小题17: | | A．went on | B．put on | C．took on | D．tried on |
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| 小题18: | | A．until | B．after | C．because | D．unless |
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| 小题19: | | A．sadness | B．joy | C．regret | D．worry |
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| 小题20: | | A．outside | B．back | C．away | D．from |
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Once, long ago, there was a man who traveled from Persia to India on foot. He had been to India before. When he arrived at a village, he happened upon a fruit stand. In that village, fruit was quite because of the lack of water. The man was looking around at the fruits when he a big basket of some very red, very long fruit. It was the cheapest fruit in the shop, not expensive at all.
the man walked up to the counter (柜台) and asked: “How per kilo?” And the shopkeeper said: “Two rupees.” Two rupees in India is . The man thought to himself: “What a !” So he bought a whole kilogram of the fruit and began to it. But after he tried a few pieces, he screamed: “Oh, my God!” His eyes watered, his mouth burned, and his face turned . He coughed and choked and gasped for breath.
But despite his , he continued to stuff the fruits into his mouth! Onlookers their heads and laughed. One man yelled: “You’re , man! Those are chilies! People use them as a condiment (佐料). You don’t just eat them by the handful like that; they’re not fruit!” But the man replied: “No, I can’t ! I paid money for them, and now I’ll eat them. It’s my money!”
You probably think this man was pretty , right? Nevertheless, I bet you or someone you know makes the same on a daily basis. People invest money, time and effort into a relationship, business or job. Even when experience tells them that it’s not , and they know there’s little hope of improvement, they still because they don’t want to waste the previous investment. But this is . It is no different than being the man who continued eating chilies because he didn’t want to waste the money he’d paid for them.
Losing something is difficult, but it is important to the loss and move on. you’ll just keep burning your mouth on hot chilies.
| 小题1: | | A．often | B．never | C．sometimes | D．seldom |
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| 小题2: | | A．common | B．small | C．expensive | D．tasteless |
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| 小题3: | | A．noticed | B．watched | C．recognized | D．selected |
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| 小题4: | | A．Yet | B．So | C．Still | D．Besides |
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| 小题5: | | A．large | B．long | C．many | D．much |
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| 小题6: | | A．something | B．nothing | C．anything | D．everything |
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| 小题7: | | A．bargain | B．trade | C．business | D．regret |
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| 小题9: | | A．pale | B．red | C．purple | D．yellow |
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| 小题10: | | A．fear | B．warning | C．confusion | D．pain |
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| 小题11: | | A．shook | B．raised | C．lowered | D．nodded |
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| 小题12: | | A．amazing | B．hungry | C．crazy | D．different |
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| 小题13: | | A．believe | B．stop | C．agree | D．confuse |
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| 小题14: | | A．impolite | B．humorous | C．awkward | D．stupid |
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| 小题15: | | A．mistake | B．agreement | C．impression | D．explanation |
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| 小题16: | | A．changing | B．working | C．leaving | D．helping |
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| 小题17: | | A．refuse | B．worry | C．ignore | D．continue |
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| 小题18: | | A．illogical | B．unusual | C．unnatural | D．incredible |
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| 小题19: | | A．remember | B．improve | C．recognize | D．protect |
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| 小题20: | | A．Also | B．However | C．Thus | D．Otherwise |
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