A few weeks ago，our dog，which we had kept for more than ten years，had to be put down.First，a tumor on her stomach got worse，and she was very ____.Then，the pain in her back got so bad that sometimes she ___ lie down in the middle of a walk and couldn"t take another ____.
When I first found out，I was very sad and cried a lot.She was more like a sister to me than a ___.But I was also angry at my stepfather，Steve，who told us the ___ a week after it happened.He ____ because he didn"t want to worry us，and he didn"t want me to get depressed (抑郁的)and fail my exams.I just thought she was ____ at the animals" hospital.
I think you know all the ____ that went through my head：She was my dog！Why didn"t he tell us earlier？I didn"t even get to say goodbye.
People in my family have a ____ of keeping things from me to protect me，such as only telling me that my aunt had cancer ____ she had already improved.All I could think was：Not again!
I ____ to my mum，and she said，“I know.I"m ____，too.”I opened my mouth to shout.And then she added，“I"m so angry with Steve that he had to ____ through all this on his own.”Hearing my mum"s words，I shut up my mouth.I had been so ____ on myself.I hadn"t thought about ____ Steve was going through.That dog was his baby.He"d had her for longer than he"d had us—and he had to make the decision to ____ her life，and then kept in silence for an entire ____.All my anger melted away，and all I felt was ____.
It makes me realize that we focus so much on ourselves that we ____ the pain of others.At that moment，my mum"s words were an incredible ____ that I"ll never forget.
| 小题1: | | A．lazy | B．lonely | | C．painful | D．shameful |
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| 小题2: | | A．would | B．should | | C．might | D．could |
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| 小题3: | | A．walk | B．step | | C．foot | D．breath |
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| 小题5: | | A．plan | B．accident | | C．anecdote | D．truth |
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| 小题6: | | A．lied | B．waited | | C．reflected | D．hesitated |
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| 小题7: | | A．still | B．once | | C．even | D．never |
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| 小题8: | | A．facts | B．opinions | | C．thoughts | D．doubts |
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| 小题9: | | A．story | B．secret | | C．habit | D．hobby |
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| 小题10: | | A．until | B．before | | C．while | D．after |
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| 小题11: | | A．adjusted | B．turned | | C．contributed | D．related |
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| 小题12: | | A．angry | B．shocked | | C．guilty | D．abused |
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| 小题14: | | A．focused | B．hooked | | C．dependent | D．hard |
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| 小题15: | | A．that | B．where | | C．what | D．which |
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| 小题16: | | A．save | B．expand | | C．make | D．end |
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| 小题18: | | A．regret | B．blame | | C．sorrow | D．sympathy |
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| 小题19: | | A．shared | B．ignored | | C．reminded | D．rid |
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| 小题20: | | A．comfort | B．compromise | | C．gift | D．suggestion |
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小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:D
小题6:B
小题7:A
小题8:C
小题9:C
小题10:D
小题11:B
小题12:A
小题13:B
小题14:A
小题15:C
小题16:D
小题17:C
小题18:A
小题19:B
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本文为记叙文。养了十几年的心爱的宠物狗被药毒死了。然而，因为继父的隐瞒，作者在一周后才得知这一消息。作者满怀的悲伤化作了对继父的愤懑，是妈妈的一句话让作者明白了一个永生难忘的道理。
小题1:答案：C 狗肚子里长了肿瘤，自然是非常疼痛。
小题2:答案：A 有时候，散步的途中，它总是趴在地上，一步也迈不动了。情态动词would这里表示某种倾向或习惯性动作，意思是“总是……”。
小题3:答案：B 此处指饱受病痛折磨的狗步履艰难。
小题4:答案：D 与其说它是宠物，不如说它更像是我的姐妹。
小题5:答案：D 这里指狗已经死去的事实(truth)。plan计划；accident事故；anecdote逸事，趣闻。
小题6:答案：B 因为种种原因，继父将狗死去的消息推迟一周之后才告诉我们，故选项中只有B符合语境。wait推迟，延缓；lie说谎；reflect反映；hesitate犹豫，不情愿。
小题7:答案：A 因为继父没有告知实情，我以为狗仍然在动物医院里。
小题8:答案：C 这里指萦绕在我脑海中的各种想法。fact事实，真相；opinion意见；doubt怀疑，疑惑。
小题9:答案：C 出于对我的保护，家人习惯于对我隐瞒真相。have a habit of doing sth.有做某事的习惯。
小题10:答案：D 根据上文可推断出，我知道姨妈患癌症是在姨妈的身体已恢复之后。
小题11:答案：B 根据下文可推知，我试图求助于妈妈，发泄对继父的不满。turn to sb.求助于某人；adjust to 适应，调节；contribute to 为……做贡献；relate to 与……有关，涉及。
小题12:答案：A 第二段第三句中But I was also angry at my stepfather以及下文的I"m so angry with Steve都提示这里应该选择A项。
小题13:答案：B 他不得不独自承受这一切。15空后Steve was going through也有提示。go through经历，遭受；break through突破；look through浏览；push through使通过。
小题14:答案：A 我太以自我为中心了。19空前的we focus so such on ourselves也有提示。be focused on注意力集中于；be hooked on对……着迷；be dependent on取决于；be hard on严厉对待。
小题15:答案：C 我从未想过Steve经受着什么。what引导宾语从句，且在从句中作宾语，意思是“什么”。
小题16:答案：D 他不得不做出结束它生命的决定。根据文章第一句中had to be put down可知，狗是被药毒死的。put down毒死(衰老或有病的动物)；人道毁灭。
小题17:答案：C 根据第5空后a week after it happened可知选C项。
小题18:答案：A 不仅没能意识到Steve的良苦用心，还生他的气，我现在觉得后悔不已。regret后悔；blame指责；sorrow悲伤；sympathy同情。
小题19:答案：B 我们对自己关注得太多，以至于忽略了别人的痛苦。ignore忽视；share分享；remind提醒；rid摆脱。
小题20:答案：C 那一刻，妈妈的话是一份极好的礼物，让我永生难忘。gift礼物；comfort安慰；compromise妥协；suggestion建议。 |
核心考点
试题【A few weeks ago，our dog，which we had kept for more than ten years，had to be put 】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
Once upon a time there was a little boy who became very ill.He had to spend all day in bed, unable to ____.Because other children weren"t allowed to come near him, he ____ greatly, and spent his days feeling sad and ____.
There wasn"t much he could do ____ look out of the window.Time passed, and his feeling of ___ just grew.Until one day he saw a strange ____ in the window.It was a penguin ____ a sausage sandwich.The penguin squeezed in ____ the open window, said “good afternoon” to the boy, ____ around, and left.
Of course, the boy was very ____.He was still trying to ____ what had happened, and as more crazylooking characters appeared out the window, he burst out ____ and found it hard to stop.
The little boy didn"t tell anyone about this because who would have ____ him? Even so, those strange characters ended up putting ____ back in his heart, and in his body.Before long, his ____ had improved so much that he was able to go back to school again.
There he got to talk to his ____， and tell them all the ____ things he had seen.While he was talking to his best friend he saw something ___ out of his friend"s school bag.The boy asked his friend what it was, and he was so ____ that finally his friend had to show him what was in the bag：
There, inside, were all the fancydress suits and disguises(假扮的东西) that his friends had been using to try to ____ the little boy up!
And from that day on, the little boy always did his best to make sure that no one felt sad and alone.
| 小题1: | | A．move | B．speak | C．walk | D．leave |
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| 小题2: | | A．shouted | B．suffered | C．sighed | D．prayed |
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| 小题3: | | A．red | B．yellow | C．green | D．blue |
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| 小题4: | | A．until | B．than | C．except | D．because |
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| 小题5: | | A．despair | B．fear | C．anxiety | D．curiosity |
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| 小题6: | | A．voice | B．sign | C．shape | D．frame |
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| 小题7: | | A．taking | B．getting | C．eating | D．spitting |
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| 小题8: | | A．by | B．over | C．along | D．through |
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| 小题9: | | A．turned | B．looked | C．got | D．hung |
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| 小题10: | | A．surprised | B．disappointed | C．frightened | D．crazy |
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| 小题11: | | A．pick out | B．check out | C．work out | D．help out |
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| 小题12: | | A．talking | B．laughing | C．crying | D．jumping |
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| 小题13: | | A．believed | B．invited | C．remembered | D．welcomed |
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| 小题14: | | A．sorrow | B．joy | C．memory | D．honor |
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| 小题15: | | A．score | B．recovery | C．effort | D．health |
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| 小题16: | | A．friends | B．relatives | C．teachers | D．parents |
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| 小题17: | | A．fierce | B．strange | C．useful | D．interesting |
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| 小题18: | | A．running | B．bringing | C．sticking | D．standing |
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| 小题19: | | A．special | B．violent | C．insistent | D．emotional |
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| 小题20: | | A．force | B．pull | C．lift | D．cheer |
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The night was dark, though sometimes the moving clouds allowed a star or two to be seen in the sky.The poor men held on to any bit of ____ they could find. They called to the Marie for but she was far the reach of the human voice. At one o’clock in the morning suddenly some were seen in the distance: another ship! The shouts of the were heard on board, and willing hands pulled them out of the water. The of the ship that had arrived at the scene to save their lives was Ellen. What had her to the exact spot the darkness and the pathless sea? Her captain had known of the wreck and had, indeed, to sail away from it. But let him speak for himself.
“ I was forced by the wind to change my course, a small bird flew across the ship once or twice and then flew at my face. I of this until exactly the same thing happened a second time, caused me to think it rather . While I was this , the same bird, for the third time, made its appearance and flew in the same way as before. I was then to change my course back to the original one. I had not gone far I heard a strange voice; and when I tried to where they came from, I found I was in the middle of people who had been shipwrecked. I immediately did my best to save them.”
| 小题1: | | A．land | B．grass | C．hope | D．wood |
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| 小题4: | | A．people | B．lights | C．ships | D．houses |
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| 小题5: | | A．sailors | B．captains | C．rescuers | D．swimmers |
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| 小题6: | | A．name | B．owner | C．captain | D．finder |
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| 小题7: | | A．ahead of time | B．at times | C．on time | D．in time |
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| 小题8: | | A．brought | B．carried | C．kept | D．caused |
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| 小题9: | | A．in | B．on | C．through | D．around |
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| 小题10: | | A．everything | B．nothing | C．something | D．Anything |
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| 小题11: | | A．attempted | B．managed | C．allowed | D．demanded |
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| 小题12: | | A．Just as | B．In case | C．Only because | D．Even though |
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| 小题13: | | A．paid no attention | B．took good care | C．took no notice | D．kept close watch |
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| 小题14: | | A．which | B．what | C．that | D．this |
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| 小题15: | | A．Interesting | B．funny | C．friendly | D．unusual |
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| 小题16: | | A．searching | B．expecting | C．considering | D．studying |
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| 小题18: | | A．forced | B．decided | C．persuaded | D．forbidden |
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| 小题19: | | A．when | B．until | C．then | D．while |
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| 小题20: | | A．listen to | B．search for | C．make sure | D．look out |
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I got up and dressed, stuck my violin under my jacket, and went out into the street. I wandered about for an hour, looking for a likely place, feeling as if I were about to commit a crime. Then I stopped at last under a bridge near the station and decided to have a go.
I felt tense and shaking. I drew my violin from under my coat like a gun. It was here, in Southampton, with trains passing overhead, that I was about to prove myself.
The first notes I played were loud and raw, and then they settled down and began to run more smoothly and to stay more or less in tune. To my surprise I was neither arrested nor told to shut up. Indeed, nobody took any notice at all.
I walked the streets of Southampton for several days, gradually knowing how to try and get money by being a street artist. It was not a good thing, for instance, to let the hat fill up with money — the sight could discourage the people; nor was it wise to empty it completely, which could also confuse them, giving them no hint as to where to drop his money. Placing a couple of pennies in the hat to start the thing going soon became a good idea. Before I played another tune, I took off the big money, but always left two pennies behind.
Old ladies were most generous, and so were women with children, shop girls, and typists. As for the men: Heavy drinkers were always generous too and so were big young with muscles. But never a man with a hat, briefcase or dog; respectable types were the meanest of all, except retired army officers, who would bark “Why aren’t you working, young man?” and then threw much money into the hat to hide their confusion.
小题1:The underlined phrase “have a go” in Paragraph 1 probably means ________. | A．have a try | B．run away | | C．change a place | D．commit a crime |
小题2:When the writer began to play the violin, he thought that ________. | A．he could make a lot of money | B．he had chosen the wrong place | | C．he would get into trouble | D．people would stop and listen to him |
小题3:According to the passage, the writer thought the best way of encouraging people to give a street-violinist money was to ________. | A．let the hat fill up with money first | | B．leave a small amount of money in the hat | | C．make sure that the hat was always empty | | D．choose the best place to play more smooth tunes |
小题4:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage? | A．Most of the ladies were willing to give him money. | | B．Retired army officers seldom gave him money. | | C．Drinkers were generous with their money. | | D．Not all the people would feel pity for street-violinists. |
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Henry Edwards Huntington
Henry Edwards Huntington was born in 1850 in Oneonta，New York．In 1872 he went to work for his uncle，one of the owners of the Central Pacific Railroad．Twenty years later， Huntington moved to San Francisco at his uncle"s request to share management of the Southern Pacific Railroad．On the way to San Francisco，he visited San Marino，and later bought it，which is home to his collections today．
In 1902，Huntington moved his business operations to Los Angeles，where he developed the street railway system that created the structure of the Los Angeles area．He greatly expanded the existing electric railway lines，creating an extensive inter-urban system providing the transportation necessary．Huntington’s business interests continued to grow particularly in the areas of water，power，and land development；at one time he served on as many as 60 corporate boards throughout the United States．
At the age of 60，he announced his decision to retire in order to devote time to his book and art collections and the landscaping of the 600一acre farm．In 1911 the large Beaux Arts building，in the charge of the architect Myron Hunt，was completed．
In 1913，Huntington married Arabella Duval Huntington．She shared his interests in collecting．As one of the most important art collectors of her generation，she was highly influential in the development of the art collection now shown in the former building．
In 1919，Henry and Arabella Huntington signed the agreement that conveyed their San Marino property and collections to a nonprofit educational trust，creating the Huntington，one of the world’s great cultural，research，and educational centers．
Henry E．Huntington died in 1927，leaving his great treasures the Huntington，including the world—famous H untington Library，Art Gallery，and Botanical Gardens in San Marino，California to the public，which hosts more than 500，000 visitors each year.
小题1:What can you learn about Huntington from the first two paragraphs?| A．He worked in many fields before he came to Los Angeles． | | B．He built a house to store his art collection in San Marino． | | C．H e did a lot to the USA railway development． | | D．He founded the Central Pacific Railroad． |
小题2:What did Huntington do after his retirement?| A．He devoted himself to his personal interests． | | B．He worked part time for non—profit business． | | C．H e was in charge of an educational center． | | D．H e shared his wife’s interests with her． |
小题3:Which of the following can best describe Huntington?| A．An excellent artist． | B．A talented architect． | | C．An ambitious educator． | D．A successful businessman． |
小题4:This passage is most probably taken from| A．a science fiction | B．a newspaper report | | C．a novel | D．a biography |
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I’d been travelling for long hours on a lonely country road when I had a flat tyre. So I had to and get the tools to fix the problem. It certainly wasn’t doing this with a white shirt and suit on.
Nightfall was approaching. Suddenly a car pulled up beside me. A man got out and offered to me. Seeing tattoos (纹身) on his arm, I became as thoughts of robberies flashed through my mind. But I could say anything, he had already begun to take the tools to change the . While watching him, I happened to look back at his car and noticed someone sitting in the passenger seat. This me.
Then, without warning, it began to rain. He suggested that I wait in his car because my car was unsafe. As the rain increased, I unwillingly agreed. When I settled into the back seat, a woman’s voice came from the front seat. I replied with much when seeing an old woman there. It must be his mother, I thought. To my surprise, the old woman was a neighbor of the man who was helping me. “Jeff insisted on stopping when he saw you the tyre.” “I am grateful for his help,” I said. “Me too!” she said with a smile. He helped drive her to see her husband twice a week in a nursing home. She also said that he at the church and taught disadvantaged students for free.
Finally, Jeff helped me change the tyre. I tried to offer him money and of course he refused it. As we shook hands to say goodbye I apologized for my stupid at the first sight of him, and this incident warned us that we shouldn’t judge people by the way they .
| 小题2: | | A．difficult | B．easy | C．bad | D．polite |
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| 小题3: | | A．lift | B．carry | C．drive | D．help |
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| 小题4: | | A．discouraged | B．disappointed | C．frightened | D．astonished |
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| 小题5: | | A．as | B．before | C．until | D．when |
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| 小题6: | | A．tyre | B．suit | C．shirt | D．tools |
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| 小题7: | | A．puzzled | B．embarrassed | C．calmed | D．concerned |
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| 小题8: | | A．fear | B．relief | C．satisfaction | D．delight |
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| 小题9: | | A．taking on | B．fighting for | C．picking out | D．struggling with |
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| 小题10: | | A．volunteered | B．studied | C．grew | D．performed |
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| 小题11: | | A．ignorance | B．words | C．reaction | D．comment |
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| 小题12: | | A．drove | B．walked | C．behaved | D．looked |
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