The Johnson family from England believe they are lucky to be alive after surviving an incredible incident off the coast of Australia. The Johnsons had been that they might see some whales when they were _ a yacht （帆船）— a large expensive boat for a 10-day sailing around the Whitsunday Islands. , they had no clue just how their viewing would be. Two hours into their journey a nine-meter-long humpback whale out of the ocean and crashed into their boat before returning to the water.
Mark Johnson，the eldest son，was sailing the yacht when he heard an immense bang and a thud(重击声).He thought the yacht had hit a rock. However, when he looked up, he saw the whale down the deck of the boat. He told the reporters, “ We were staring into its right eye. It was a very _ moment. The eye was about the of a dinner plate. It was huge.”
for the Johnson family, no one was hurt, but the yacht suffered damage. The whale had ruined the mast and rigging — the pole and ropes which hold the ——and so the family was left at sea, 10 miles from the shore. The equipment was also damaged, but fortunately they had a cell phone and were able to call for help.
Why the whale jumped onto the yacht is a ，but the family thinks that maybe the boat had not sailed between the whale and its baby calf. Perhaps the whale was trying to its calf when it jumped, hit the yacht by chance.
Whatever the reason, people are completely that this incident happened. There is over 135 million square miles of ocean , so what are the of a whale jumping onto a 30-foot-long yacht? The chance of something like this happening is miniscale, but it just shows that life is full of surprises.
| 小题1: | | A．explained | B．learned | C．told | D．taught |
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| 小题2: | | A．hiring | B．running | C．taking | D．driving |
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| 小题3: | | A．competition | B．game | C．trail | D．trip |
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| 小题4: | | A．Moreover | B．Nevertheless | C．Worthwhile | D．However |
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| 小题5: | | A．wide | B．close | C．vivid | D．tense |
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| 小题6: | | A．swam | B．leapt | C．slipped | D．stretched |
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| 小题7: | | A．suddenly | B．occasionally | C．immediately | D．accidentally |
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| 小题8: | | A．shooting | B．jumping | C．falling | D．sliding |
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| 小题9: | | A．exciting | B．surprising | C．frightening | D．astonishing |
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| 小题10: | | A． size | B．sample | C．range | D．scale |
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| 小题11: | | A． Certainly | B．Luckily | C．Definitely | D．Possibly |
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| 小题12: | | A． severe | B．extreme | C．actual | D．special |
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| 小题13: | | A． boat | B．beach | C．sail | D．journey |
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| 小题14: | | A． by all means | B．in no time | C．from then on | D．with no way |
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| 小题15: | | A． radio | B．craft | C．edition | D．compass |
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| 小题16: | | A． problem | B．mystery | C．suspect | D．question |
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| 小题17: | | A． carefully | B．surely | C．purposely | D．simply |
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| 小题18: | | A． see | B．touch | C．tend | D．reach |
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| 小题19: | | A． amazed | B．worried | C．interested | D．touched |
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| 小题20: | | A． surprises | B．chances | C．predictions | D．results |
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小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:D
小题5:B
小题6:B
小题7:C
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:A
小题11:B
小题12:A
小题13:C
小题14:D
小题15:A
小题16:B
小题17:C
小题18:D
小题19:A
小题20:B |
试题分析：本文讲述了约翰逊一家到澳大利亚海上观看座头鲸并经历冒险的故事，庆幸的是他们劫后余生。途中一头座头鲸不小心跳到了他们租借的大型帆船上，砸断了桅杆，弄断了控制方向的绳索，致使他们不能前进，所幸他们没有人员伤亡。最后他们用手机求援，平安归来。
小题1:考查动词。Explained解释；learned学习；told告诉；taught教。根据句意：约翰逊一家事先被告知如果他们租船出海，则有可能在海上看到鲸鱼。由下文they had no clue just how...可知别人并未给他们提示(clue),这与told呼应。explain解释，语法上用在这里要加to。learn学习，了解。用这里语态不对。teach教导，教，这里意思不合。故选C。
小题2: 考查动词。Hiring租用；running跑；taking拿；driving开。由后文的a large expensive boat for a 10-day sailing...及two hours into their journey ...可知他们是旅行;另外第二段首句Mark Johnson，the eldest son，was sailing the yacht告诉读者驾船的是他们的长子，可知这是租船之后的自驾游，否则开船的就该是船舶公司的人了。故选A。
小题3:考查名词。Competition竞争；game游戏；trail痕迹；trip旅行。下文的journey与这里的trip呼应，其它选项不当。故选D。
小题4:考查副词。Moreover此外；Nevertheless然而；Worthwhile值得做的；However无论如何。前文说到了美好的一面——出海可能见到座头鲸，但没提示潜在的危险，意思出现了对比，所以however适合这一空。故选D。
小题5:考查形容词。Wide宽的；close近的；vivid生动的；tense紧张的。根据上文可知他们租船开始十天的旅程10-day sailing，但出发两小时后Two hours into their journey 他们就碰到了鲸鱼，体现了how close。故选B。
小题6:考查动词。Swam游泳；leapt跳跃；slipped打滑；stretched伸直。leap out of意思为jump out of。这与空后的crash into以及下文中a whale jumping onto a 30-foot-long yacht呼吁。故选B。
小题7:考查副词。Suddenly突然地；occasionally偶尔；immediately立刻；accidentally意外地。前面说到他们家族的长子听到一声巨响和撞击声，他怀疑船触礁了，根据常识应该是立刻去查看受损情况。故选C。
小题8:考查动词。Shooting射击；jumping跳；falling落下；sliding滑动。既然前面说到已经听到撞击声和一声闷响，鲸鱼落在甲板上是既成的事实，不再可能是看到在falling或jumping过程中。鲸鱼在甲板上滑动slid合理。故选D。
小题9:考查形容词。exciting 兴奋的；surprising吃惊的；frightening恐惧的；astonishing令人惊讶的。这是个让人想起来都毛骨悚然的时刻，试想，如果庞大的鲸鱼落地时刚好撞到人了，那会是多大的危险啊。故选C。
小题10:考查名词。Size尺寸；sample样品；range范围；scale比例。这头巨鲸眼睛有进餐的盘子那么大，这符合事实。故选A。
小题11:考查副词。Certainly当然；Luckily幸运地；Definitely明确地；Possibly可能地。 此处用Luckily与后文no one was hurt.相呼应，过渡自然。故选B。
小题12:考查形容词。Severe严重的；extreme极端的；actual实际的；special特别。根据句意：整条船(由于鲸鱼的撞击而)受到严重的破坏。故选A。
小题13:考查名词。boat 船；beach海滩；sail船帆；journey旅行。根据句意：鲸鱼已经破坏了桅杆和控制杆，以及拉住船帆的绳索。Sail 船帆，hold the sail拉住船帆。故选C。
小题14:考查词组。by all means尽一切办法；in no time立即；from then on从那时起；with no way没办法。根据句意：(由于船的动力系统和桅杆损坏)，因此约翰逊一家在海上进退不能。故选D。
小题15:考查名词。Radio无线电；craft手艺；edition版本；compass指南针。根据句意：船的无线电设备也遭到了破坏，但幸运的是他们带有一部手机，并能借此求助。因为此刻他们不是找不到方向，而是没办法进退，借助无线电发sos求助才是要做的事。故选A。
小题16:考查名词。Problem问题；mystery谜；suspect嫌疑犯；question问题。根据句意：为何鲸鱼能正好跳到他们船的甲板上，这仍然是一个迷。but the family thinks that maybe...中maybe提示了问题的不确定性，只是猜测。故选B。
小题17:考查副词。Carefully小心翼翼地；surely一定地；purposely故意地；simply简单地。根据句意：他们猜测可能是船不经意间驶到这头鲸鱼和她的幼鲸之间，因此她想跳过船去抵近她的幼崽。not purposely不经意间，无意间。故选C。
小题18:考查动词。See看见；touch接触；tend倾向于；reach达到。根据句意：母鲸鱼想抵近幼崽(以便于提供保护)。故选D。
小题19:考查动词。Amazed吃惊的；worried担心的；interested感兴趣的；touched感动的。不管原因是什么，人们都惊奇于这样(这样小概率的)事件(居然)发生了。试想一下，广袤的海洋.鲸鱼能跳到船上!故选A。
小题20:考查名词。Surprises惊讶；chances机会；predictions预测；results结果。此处chances相当于possibilities,机会，可能性。鲸鱼落到夹板上这种概率很小。故选B。 |
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When Jean Calment entered the world in 1875, telephones and automobiles still lay in the future. Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso were not yet born. The Eiffel Tower was 14 years from being built. As a teenager, she met Vincent Van Gogh, near her home in Arles, in the south of France. He was “very ugly, ungracious, impolite, sick—I forgive him, they called him loco.” She recalled. When she died last week at age 122, she was the world’s oldest person. (There were others who claimed to the title, but only Calment had the official documents to prove her age)
Each February 21, her birthday, she would share the secrets of long life. Some years it was “a sense of humor”, others it was “keeping busy”. “God may have forgotten me,” she once explained. The truth probably was that she had good genes. Her mother reportedly lived to be 86 and her father 94.
Her life had its sadness: she outlived her husband, her only daughter and her grandson. According to a friend, she was imperturbable. “If you can’t do anything about it,” she reportedly said, “don’t worry about it.”
In her last years she was nearly blind and deaf, but her health remained good. She ate a few bars of chocolate each week and continued smoking until a few years ago, when she could no longer light her own cigarettes. She never lost her sense of humor. On her 110th birthday, she commented, “I have only ever had one wrinkle, and I am sitting on it.” Her longevity made her famous. Her spirits made her eternal(永恒的)
小题1:Why does the author mention Albert Einstein, Pablo Picasso and the Eiffel Tower?| A．To show that Calment had seen famous people and things. | | B．To emphasize that Calement was born a long time ago. | | C．To indicate that Calement is just as famous. | | D．To admire the knowledge that Calement had. |
小题2:The author believes that Calment’s longevity is mainly due to _____.| A．a sense of humor | B．being kept busy | C．belief in God | D．good genes |
小题3:The underlined word imperturbable means ______.| A．calm | B．humorous | C．friendly | D．healthy |
小题4:Toward the end of the story, the author seems to be impressed by Calment’s _____.| A．attitude | B．religious belief | C．knowledge | D．lifestyle |
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Father’s Garden
My father was always a good(酷爱的) gardener. One of my earliest memories is standing without shoes in the freshly tilled(翻耕的) soil, my hands blackened from digging in the ground.
As a child, I loved following Dad around in the garden. I remember Dad pushing the tiller(耕作机) ahead in perfectly straight lines. Dad loved growing all sorts of things: yellow and green onions, watermelons almost as big as me, rows of yellow corn, and our favorite--- red tomatoes.
As I grew into a teenager, I didn’t get so excited about gardening with Dad. Instead of magical land of possibility, it had turned into some kind of prison. As Dad grew older, his love for gardening never disappeared. After all the kids were grown and had started families of their own, Dad turned to gardening like never before. Even when he was diagnosed with cancer, he still took care of his garden.
But then, the cancer, bit by bit, invaded his body. I had to do the things he used to do. What really convinced me that Dad was dying was the state of his garden that year. The rows and rows of multicolored vegetables were gone. Too tired to weed them, he simply let them be. He only planted tomatoes.
For the first few years after he died, I couldn’t even bear to look at anyone’s garden without having strong memories pour over me like cold water from a bucket. Three years ago, I decided to plant my own garden and started out with just a few tomatoes. That morning, after breaking up a fair amount of soil, something caught the corner of my eye and I had to smile. It was my eight-year-old son Nathan, happily playing in the freshly tilled soil.
小题1:Why did the author like the garden when he was a child?| A．He wanted to be a garden-crazy like his father. | | B．He loved being in the garden with his father. | | C．The garden was full of his favorite food. | | D．The garden was just freshly tilled. |
小题2:When all the kids started their own families, the author’s father _____.| A．stopped his gardening. | | B．turned to other hobbies. | | C．devoted more to gardening. | | D．focused on planting tomatoes. |
小题3:What happened to the garden when the author’s father was seriously ill?| A．There was a great harvest. | | B．The garden was almost deserted. | | C．No plant grew in the garden at all. | | D．The author’s son took charge of the garden. |
小题4:Why did the author start his garden with tomatoes?| A．He wanted to honor his father. | | B．His son liked the fields of tomatoes. | | C．He only knew how to grow tomatoes. | | D．He thought tomatoes were easy to manage. |
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It seemed that ever since Amanda started her school, kids often made fun of her, which made her feel very helpless and lonely.
One day before her birthday, she was told by her mum that a “Make A Special Birthday ” contest was being held in a radio program of the city. If she wrote a to the program, she might win a big prize. The contest sounded , so she started thinking what she most for her birthday. After thinking for a short while, Amanda went to write her letter.
Here was Amanda’s letter:
My name is Amanda. I am nine years old. I have a at school. Can you help me? I have a special . Due to the way I walk and talk, kids often me. I just want one when no one plays jokes on me.
At the radio station in the city, the workers had fun about all the different presents that kids wanted on their birthdays. When Amanda’s letter arrived, the manager Mr. Tobin read it . He knew her disease that might her schoolmates who didn’t understand her . He thought it was for people to know the girl and her wish. It’s necessary for people to that everyone wants and deserves to be with respect, dignity and warmth. , Mr. Tobin quickly called up a local . The next day, a picture of Amanda and her letter made the front page of the newspaper.
All across the country, the media the story of Amanda, who for such a simple yet unusual gift — just one day without being laughed at. Finally her wish came true.
| 小题1: | | A．Poster | B．Card | C．Wish | D．Cake |
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| 小题2: | | A．poem | B．note | C．song | D．letter |
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| 小题3: | | A．fun | B．ridiculous | C．scientific | D．familiar |
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| 小题4: | | A．cared | B．missed | C．wanted | D．planned |
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| 小题5: | | A．challenge | B．problem | C．program | D．project |
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| 小题6: | | A．disease | B．family | C．dream | D．birthday |
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| 小题7: | | A．run after | B．care for | C．watch over | D．laugh at |
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| 小题9: | | A．worrying | B．thinking | C．reading | D．looking |
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| 小题10: | | A．nervously | B．carefully | C．helplessly | D．happily |
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| 小题11: | | A．attract | B．disappoint | C．confuse | D．surprise |
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| 小题12: | | A．disability | B．strength | C．reality | D．loss |
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| 小题13: | | A．impossible | B．hard | C．common | D．good |
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| 小题14: | | A．unknown | B．unusual | C．unimportant | D．unexpected |
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| 小题15: | | A．understand | B．promise | C．admit | D．imagine |
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| 小题16: | | A．observed | B．invited | C．treated | D．allowed |
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| 小题17: | | A．Instead | B．Therefore | C．Anyway | D．However |
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| 小题18: | | A．school | B．website | C．hospital | D．newspaper |
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| 小题19: | | A．edited | B．informed | C．reported | D．explained |
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| 小题20: | | A．asked | B．prepared | C．cared | D．waited |
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Instead of staying at home to care for the kids, many mothers work to help support their families. But what does a mother do when her child is sick?
Sophia Fowkes worked as a computer programmer before, but she was fired for taking too much time off to care for her very sick child. Although she lost her job, she took an opportunity to turn her hobby into a business: creating “baby cakes”, a combination of diapers (尿布) and baby products artfully arranged to look like a cake. Inside, it contains blankets, towels, bottles and toys — things that can be used for babies. They are perfect gifts.
However, the idea of making “baby cakes” came from one of her experiences. When her child was born, she received a gift called diaper cake. It was made of diapers, but it was small and unusable. So she decided to create her own style of it to give her friends as a gift. Her friends liked these gifts very much and advised her to make and sell “baby cakes”.
She thought that it would be turned into a full-time business. In 1998, she started Baby-Cakes.com. After several years, her business grew and expanded in a way that even she had never expected. She sold her products online at first. Three years after her own website was created, demand for her products was so great that in August, 2001 she opened a real store. She is ready to combine the online store with the traditional store.
小题1:Sophia was out of work because .| A．she wanted to start her own business | | B．she lost interest in computer programming | | C．she failed to design computer programs | | D．she couldn’t balance her work and family |
小题2:What made Sophia decide to create “baby cakes” for sale?| A．Her unemployment. | B．Her family’s support. | | C．Her friends’ suggestion. | D．Her market research. |
小题3:Which of the following is the right order for Sophia’s events?
a. She set up her first real store.
b. She turned her hobby into a business.
c. She used both traditional and online selling.
d. She set up her own website for her products.| A．b, c, d, a. | B．b, d, a, c. | C．a, c, b, d. | D．a, d, c, b. |
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Our tolerating ability is indeed beyond our imagination. But not until the very critical moment will we realize our tolerating ability.
There was a woman in the countryside who had to with her children wherever she could at the age of 26 due to the Japanese army’s . Many people could not bear the and wanted to commit suicide. After she knew about it, she would come to those people and them by saying, “Don’t do that silly thing. There are no such setbacks that we could not overcome. The Japanese armies are sure to be one day!”
Finally she insisted until the day when all the Japanese armies were kicked out of China. However, her son died of disease without medicine and nutrition in those days of hardships. Her husband lay in bed for two days without eating and drinking . She teared to her husband and said, “We have a tough , but however tough our lives will be, we should never . Though our son has passed away, we can have another. There are no such setbacks that we could not overcome.”
After giving birth to the second son, her husband died of edema(水肿), which blew her away. But eventually, she and hugged the three young children, saying, “My sweet hearts, don’t feel scared. You still have me, your dear mum!”
It took her painstaking efforts to raise her children up and the life of her family was getting . She was aging and could not do the farm work any more. she stayed at home and did some housework. Nevertheless, the Heaven to show no affection to her who had undergone a rough life. She lived until 86. Before she went to Heaven, she said to her children, “You all should live your best. There are no such setbacks that we could not overcome!”
We will get to realize our own iron will and strong tolerating after getting stricken heavily. Therefore, no matter what you are suffering from now, do not merely complain about the of our destiny.
| 小题1: | | A．potential | B．partial | C．beneficial | D．influential |
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| 小题2: | | A．fight | B．live | C．escape | D．hide |
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| 小题3: | | A．arrival | B．attack | C．activity | D．invasion |
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| 小题4: | | A．trouble | B．sorrow | C．starvation | D．suffering |
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| 小题5: | | A．persuaded | B．informed | C．comforted | D．warned |
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| 小题6: | | A．killed | B．defeated | C．punished | D．blamed |
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| 小题7: | | A．sufficient | B．effective | C．satisfactory | D．proper |
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| 小题8: | | A．nothing | B．everything | C．anything | D．something |
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| 小题9: | | A．destiny | B．environment | C．period | D．future |
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| 小题10: | | A．break away | B．break down | C．give away | D．give up |
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| 小题11: | | A．immediately | B．exactly | C．almost | D．slowly |
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| 小题12: | | A．struggled | B．cured | C．weakened | D．recovered |
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| 小题13: | | A．better | B．sadder | C．worse | D．richer |
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| 小题14: | | A．eventually | B．gradually | C．healthily | D．unluckily |
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| 小题16: | | A．seemed | B．happened | C．attempted | D．intended |
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| 小题18: | | A．only | B．never | C．even | D．still |
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| 小题19: | | A．effort | B．will | C．desire | D．ability |
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| 小题20: | | A．arrangement | B．unfairness | C．appointment | D．unhappiness |
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