Letting go of success
I want to make the most of every day. And, like most people, I"ve____ that the best way to do it is to let go of past failures. But that"s not all. One can never fully ____ today while thinking too much about past successes, either. People never ____ while resting comfortably on their laurels (荣誉). The ___ is that sometimes our successes hold us back more than our failures!
I once ____ a story about the Oscar owner, actor Clark Gable. A friend ____ Gable one afternoon at the actor"s home. She brought along her ____ son, who was playing happily with toy cars on the floor. He____ he was racing those cars around a great track, which in ____ was an imaginary circle around a golden statue (雕像). The small statue the boy played with was actually the Oscar Clark Gable ____ for his performance in the 1934 movie It Happened One Night.
When his mother told him the time had come to ____, the little boy asked the actor, “Can I have this?” ____ to the Oscar.
“Sure, ” he smiled. “It"s yours.”
The horrified mother ____. “Put that back immediately!”
Giving the child the golden statue, Clark Gable said, “Having the Oscar around doesn"t mean anything to me; ____it does.” The actor seemed to know that past success could be a ____ hammock (吊床) upon which he may be tempted to____, rather than a springboard setting him to begin a new start.
You may have learned to let go of past ____ and mistakes in order to free the present. But will you forget past successes and achievements in order to free the ____? Will your past be a springboard or a restful hammock?
“I like the ____ of the future better than the history of the past,” said Thomas Jefferson. I ____. After all, the future, not the past, is where the rest of your life will be lived.
小题1:A discovered B. inferred C. hoped D. worried
| 小题2: | | A．spend | B．live | C．understand | D．enjoy |
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| 小题3: | | A．struggle | B．work | C．succeed | D．learn |
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| 小题4: | | A．story | B．fact | C．idea | D．news |
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| 小题5: | | A．wrote | B．told | C．knew | D．heard |
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| 小题6: | | A．saw | B．recognized | C．met | D．visited |
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| 小题7: | | A．careful | B．small | C．lonely | D．clever |
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| 小题8: | | A．pretended | B．believed | C．insisted | D．suggested |
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| 小题9: | | A．reality | B．case | C．turn | D．need |
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| 小题10: | | A．cared | B．asked | C．won | D．looked |
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| 小题12: | | A．running | B．getting | C．pointing | D．shouting |
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| 小题13: | | A．objected | B．noticed | C．suffered | D．breathed |
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| 小题14: | | A．selling | B．keeping | C．earning | D．sharing |
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| 小题15: | | A．special | B．comfortable | C．expensive | D．necessary |
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| 小题17: | | A．difficulties | B．events | C．failures | D．achievements |
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| 小题18: | | A．time | B．future | C．body | D．brain |
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| 小题19: | | A．idea | B．meaning | C．dreams | D．thoughts |
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| 小题20: | | A．obey | B．permit | C．wish | D．agree |
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小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:B
小题5:D
小题6:D
小题7:B
小题8:A
小题9:A
小题10:C
小题11:B
小题12:C
小题13:A
小题14:C
小题15:B
小题16:A
小题17:C
小题18:B
小题19:C
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试题分析：文章大意是放下过去的成就，轻装前行。充分利用每一天的最好方法是放下过去的失败，这样做还不够，过度沉醉于过去的成功和荣誉也不能很好的度过今天。有时，成功比失败更能阻止人们前行的脚步。
小题1:考查动词辨析。A发现；B推断；C希望；D担心。I"ve__41__ that the best way to do it is to let go of past failures作者发现过好每一天的最好的方法就是让过去的失败成为过去。故选A。
小题2:考查动词辨析。A花费，度过；B居住；C理解；D喜欢。One can never fully __42__ today while thinking too much about past successes, either.一个人沉醉于过去的成功，也无法完全享受今天，故选D。
小题3:考查动词辨析。A挣扎，努力；B工作，起作用；C成功；D学习。People never__43__ while resting comfortably on their laurels (荣誉).安于过去的荣誉的人永远不会成功，故选C。
小题4:考查名词辨析。A故事；B事实；C主意；D新闻。The __44_ is that sometimes our successes hold us back more than our failures!事实是，有时候成功比失败更能阻止我们前进的步伐，故选B。
小题5:考查动词辨析。A书写；B告诉；C指代；D听到。I once __45__ a story我曾经听过一个故事，hear听到，故选D。
小题6:考查动词辨析。A看到；B承认；C遇到；D拜访，参观。根据at the actor"s home可知，Gable的一个朋友来拜访他，故选D。
小题7:考查形容词辨析。A小心的；B小的；C孤独的；D聪明的。根据who was playing happily with toy car可知，那个朋友带着她的小儿子，故选B。
小题8:考查动词辨析。A假装；B相信；C坚持；D建议。根据下句的an imaginary circle around a golden statue可知，朋友的小儿子假装汽车在绕着一个轨道赛跑，故选A。
小题9:考查名词辨析。A现实；B案例；C次序；D需要。which in__49_was an imaginary circle around a golden statue那个轨道其实是想象出来的一个圆圈，in reality相当于in fact，故选A。
小题10:考查动词辨析。A关心；B询问，要求；C赢得；D看起来。Clark Gable __50__ for his performance，Gable因精彩的表演获得的奥斯卡小金人，won sth for...因为......赢得......，故选C。
小题11:考查动词辨析。A行动；B离开；C打（球、游戏），玩耍；D等待。根据the little boy asked the actor, “Can I have this?”可知，到了该离开的时间了，故选B。
小题12:考查动词辨析。A奔跑；B得到，变得；C指出；D喊叫。the little boy asked the actor, “Can I have this?” ____ to the Oscar小男孩指着那个奥斯卡小金人问道，“我能要这个吗？”，point to指向，故选C。
小题13:考查动词辨析。A反对；B注意到；C遭受；D呼吸。根据“Put that back immediately!”可知，妈妈不同意小男孩要那个小金人，故选A。
小题14:考查动词辨析。A出售；B保持；C挣得；D分享。根据past success could be a __55__ hammock (吊床) upon which he may be tempted to____,和联系第一段可知，过去的成功会阻止前进的脚步。Gable认为保留小金人没有意义，获得它的过程才有意义，故选C。
小题15:考查形容词辨析。A特殊的；B舒适的；C昂贵的；D必要的。根据第一段“while resting comfortably on their laurels”可知，这里指的是一张舒适的吊床，故选B。
小题16:考查动词辨析。A休息；B欺骗；C停止；D坐。根据第一段“while resting comfortably on their laurels”，这里指在吊床上休息，故选A。
小题17:考查名词辨析。A困难；B事件；C失败的人/事；D成就。根据第一段第一行“let go of past failures”可知，你可能已经学会放下过去的失败和错误了，故选C。
小题18:考查名词辨析。A时间；B将来；C身体；D大脑。But will you forget past successes and achievements in order to free the ____?但是你忘记过去的成功和成就来解放将来了吗？future与present形成对比，故选B。
小题19:考查名词辨析。A主意；B意思，意义；C梦想；D想法。“I like the ____ of the future better than the history of the past,” 我喜欢梦想未来，甚于回顾过去，故选C。
小题20:考查动词辨析。A遵守；B允许；C希望；D同意。根据After all, the future, not the past, is where the rest of your life will be lived.可知，作者同意杰斐逊说的话，故选D。 |
核心考点
试题【Letting go of success I want to make the most of every day. And, like most peopl】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Travis laughed as he tore at the wrapping (包装) paper on his birthday present. He was so ! Finally, he would have the coolest pair of name-brand basketball shoes.
All the guys on his team were wearing the name-brand shoes of a popular basketball , Chuck Hart. Hart was criticized for his poor sportsmanship and infamous he was a great player. In fact, Travis wasn’t thinking about Hart’s behavior; he had only expected to see Hart’s on the side of the box. He realized that something was as he tore away the last piece of paper. Not Hart’s. The new shoes were the name-brand of another player, Robert Ryann, who was for his amazing work in the community.
Travis’s hands ; his heart stopped. It wasn’t that the Ryann shoes weren’t nice, but what would his friends think?
They were the wrong shoes and Travis would be by the other players. When he looked up into his dad’s eyes, however, Travis knew he tell him. “Thanks, Dad. I was really hoping for shoes,” Travis said as he pulled the shoes out of the box.
Next morning his dad drove him to school. When they in front of his destination, Travis slowly opened the car door. Just then, his dad stopped him.
“Hey, Travis, wait a minute…” his dad said “Travis, I know those aren’t the shoes you had hoped for, but I saw the names of the two guys and made a(n) . The guy whose name is on those shoes,” he said, pointing down at Travis’s feet, “is someone I . Do you know how often Ryann has found himself in ? “
“ No,” Travis said.
“ Never. He’s never talked back to his coach or started a fight, and he’s a team player. You could have acted like a(n) when you didn’t get the shoes you wanted, Travis, you were polite and made the best of it. You have honor, like the guy whose name is on these shoes. I am hoping that someday, your will be on the coolest pair of shoes I’ll ever see.”
When Travis looked down at his feet, he saw the shoes . His dad had used his mind and heart to give the son a thoughtful .
| 小题1: | | A．surprised | B．ashamed | C．excited | D．worried |
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| 小题2: | | A．team | B．player | C．coach | D．game |
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小题3:A Unless B. If C. Because D. Although
| 小题4: | | A．skill | B．performance | C．behavior | D．action |
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| 小题5: | | A．name | B．photo | C．sign | D．model |
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| 小题6: | | A．strange | B．wrong | C．true | D．funny |
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| 小题7: | | A．known | B．encouraged | C．adopted | D．influenced |
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| 小题8: | | A．fell | B．froze | C．shook | D．folded |
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| 小题9: | | A．questioned | B．noticed | C．teased | D．attacked |
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| 小题10: | | A．mustn’t | B．needn’t | C．wouldn’t | D．couldn’t |
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| 小题11: | | A．pulled up | B．put up | C．took up | D．turned up |
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| 小题12: | | A．peacefully | B．hesitantly | C．delightedly | D．naturally |
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| 小题13: | | A．choice | B．effort | C．comment | D．mistake |
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| 小题14: | | A．believe | B．miss | C．admire | D．remember |
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| 小题15: | | A．danger | B．anger | C．sorrow | D．trouble |
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| 小题16: | | A．teammate | B．adult | C．kid | D．student |
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| 小题18: | | A．honor | B．courage | C．name | D．belief |
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| 小题19: | | A．clearly | B．carefully | C．patiently | D．differently |
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| 小题20: | | A．gift | B．smile | C．wish | D．lesson |
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Last Sunday, I sat with Tony, my college classmate, in a well-known coffee shop in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As we our coffee, two men entered and sat on an empty table beside us. They the waiter and ordered three cups of , two on the table and one on the wall. We heard this order with great and observed that they were served with two cups of coffee they paid for three. As soon as they , the waiter pasted (粘贴) a piece of paper on the wall saying A Cup of Coffee.
It that the situation was normal at this place. However, it was something for Tony and me. Since we had nothing to do with the situation, we our coffee, paid the bill and left.
After a few days, we again had a to go to this coffee shop. While we were enjoying our coffee, a man entered. The way this man was dressed did not the standard nor the atmosphere of this coffee shop. Poverty (贫穷) was from the looks on his face. As he himself, he looked at the and said, “One cup of coffee from the wall.” the waiter served coffee to this man with , politeness and warmth.
After a few minutes, the man finished his coffee and left paying. We were amazed to watch all this when the waiter a piece of paper from the wall and it in the dust bin.
Now it was no for us because the situation was easy to understand. Although the man didn’t know about the one who was giving this cup of coffee to him, he would have a better understanding of the wall which had a great role between the and receiver.
| 小题1: | | A．enjoyed | B．warmed | C．cooked | D．booked |
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| 小题2: | | A．thanked | B．met | C．called | D．found |
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| 小题3: | | A．water | B．coffee | C．tea | D．milk |
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| 小题4: | | A．pride | B．courage | C．hope | D．interest |
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| 小题6: | | A．moved | B．came | C．left | D．entered |
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| 小题7: | | A．happened | B．proved | C．seemed | D．sounded |
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| 小题8: | | A．special | B．normal | C．kind | D．helpful |
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| 小题9: | | A．prepared | B．ordered | C．changed | D．finished |
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| 小题10: | | A．chance | B．way | C．right | D．choice |
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| 小题11: | | A．win | B．match | C．equal | D．raise |
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| 小题12: | | A．clear | B．quick | C．exact | D．strange |
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| 小题13: | | A．dressed | B．knew | C．introduced | D．seated |
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| 小题14: | | A．menu | B．wall | C．table | D．door |
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| 小题15: | | A．pity | B．calm | C．fear | D．respect |
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| 小题16: | | A．over | B．after | C．without | D．against |
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| 小题17: | | A．took off | B．took up | C．took over | D．took in |
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| 小题18: | | A．hid | B．lost | C．threw | D．picked |
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| 小题19: | | A．idea | B．surprise | C．delight | D．decision |
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| 小题20: | | A．boss | B．guest | C．waiter | D．giver |
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Robert Ballard was born in 1942. From an early age, he loved the sea. Ballard grew up in Southern California. He spent his free time at the beach near his home. He enjoyed fishing and swimming. He even learned to dive.
When Ballard wasn’t at the ocean, he loved reading about it. At age 10, he read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, a book which describes the undersea adventures of Captain Nemo. Ballard decided he wanted to be like Captain Nemo when he grew up. His parents helped him follow his dream.
Ballard was a hardworking student. He spent many years learning all he could about the ocean. By the age of 28, he was an expert. In 1970, he took a job as a scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts. There he studied underwater mountains of the Atlantic Ocean. He came up with ways to predict（预知）volcanoes under the oceans. Working with other scientists, Ballard also found previously（以前）unknown sea animals. These animals lived far below the ocean’s surface, where scientists had believed no animals could live.
By the 1980s, Ballard’s interests changed. He developed unmanned（无人的）vehicles to explore the ocean bottom. His first find, the well-known ship Titanic, made Ballard famous. He was not happy with just one big find, however. He looked for — and found — other well-known ships. One was the German battleship Bismarck. Another was the U.S.S. Yorktown, an aircraft carrier (航空母舰) that sank during World War II.
Today Robert Ballard is still an underwater explorer. He also heads an organization that encourages students to learn about science. Ballard hopes that some of the students will follow in his footsteps. After all, the world’s huge oceans are mostly unknown. Who knows what remains to be discovered under the sea?
小题1:What was Ballard’s dream when he was young?| A．To be a science teacher. | B．To be an underwater explorer. | | C．To be an animal expert. | D．To be a famous writer. |
小题2:When Ballard worked at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, he _____.| A．explored the undersea world by ship | | B．thought of ideas to predict underwater volcanoes | | C．found some unknown sea animals alone | | D．set up an organization to teach students science |
小题3:Which is the correct order of the events mentioned in the text about Ballard?
a. He found the German battleship Bismarck.
b. He read a book about Captain Nemo.
c. He found the famous ship Titanic.
d. He became an expert in science.| A．b-c-d-a | B．d-b-c-a | C．b-d-c-a | D．d-c-a-b |
小题4:What can we learn from the text?| A．Ballard’s parents felt disappointed at his undersea adventures. | | B．Ballard didn’t like fishing and swimming in his childhood. | | C．Ballard was greatly influenced by 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. | | D．Human beings have explored more than half of the sea. |
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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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阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
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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