(2013·高考重庆卷，A)When Joe was about to start school，all signs pointed to success.Yet things turned out to be quite___.The fourth grade even found him at the___of the class.Joe struggled day and night，but it did not____－until one stormy afternoon.
On that afternoon，____the math teacher started to introduce difficult concepts，dark clouds covered the sky，and the storm set in.Hard though she tried to make the kids____，the thunder won the battle for their attention.No one____the concepts.Except for Joe.He understood them and answered all the questions correctly.The teacher patted him on the back，and told him to go around to the others and explain how he had managed it.____by his newfound success，Joe moved quickly throughout the room.Soon math time was followed by the time for____.All children naturally drew____pictures on such a day.Except for Joe.
Since then，Joe started____.Though he never made it to the top，his math teacher was always____and curious about the change：Why had that stormy day changed Joe?
On the day Joe graduated，he presented the teacher with his most____possession－the picture of a bright yellow sun.On the picture Joe had written：This is the day I____my brightness.
| 小题1: | | A．unfair | B．boring | | C．disappointing | D．dangerous |
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| 小题2: | | A．center | B．top | | C．beginning | D．bottom |
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| 小题3: | | A．happen | B．work | | C．finish | D．last |
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| 小题4: | | A．until | B．since | | C．because | D．as |
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| 小题5: | | A．concentrate | B．change | | C．hide | D．sit |
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| 小题6: | | A．challenged | B．grasped | | C．doubted | D．admitted |
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| 小题7: | | A．Relieved | B．Surprised | | C．Encouraged | D．Puzzled |
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| 小题8: | | A．class | B．sports | | C．art | D．tea |
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| 小题9: | | A．great | B．dark | | C．different | D．strange |
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| 小题10: | | A．improving | B．painting | | C．recovering | D．studying |
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| 小题11: | | A．worried | B．amazed | | C．friendly | D．cautious |
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| 小题12: | | A．familiar | B．expensive | | C．admirable | D．precious |
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| 小题13: | | A．woke up to | B．put up with | | C．got on with | D．looked down upon |
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小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:A
小题6:B
小题7:C
小题8:C
小题9:B
小题10:A
小题11:B
小题12:D
小题13:A |
本文是一篇记叙文。全文讲述了在一个暴风雨的下午，一个叫乔的小男孩在数学课上的出色表现让自己发生了改变。总的说来，本篇文章难度适中，与考生的生活息息相关，考生容易理解、接受。同时知识点考查分布合理，着重考查考生对上下文的逻辑推理能力，同时突出了词汇的语境化考查，注重对整个语篇的考查而不是对某个词汇的词义的考查。
小题1:解析：选C。根据上文中的转折连词Yet“然而”可知，在乔上学之前所有的迹象都表明他会成功，然而后来事情就令人失望(disappointing)了。因此选择C项与上文的success相对应。
小题2:解析：选D。根据“Yet things turned out to be quite disappointing.”可知，乔的成绩不好，even“甚至”表示递进关系。因此此处应是“在四年级的时候乔的学习成绩在全班排名靠后”。at the bottom of“在……底部”，符合题意。
小题3:解析：选B。乔夜以继日地学习，后面的关键词but一转，应是指与“夜以继日地学习”相反或相对的情况，所以此处应是指“这也没有起到作用”，而happen“发生”，finish“完成”，last“持续”，均不符合语境。故空格处应填work，表示“起作用，有效果”。
小题4:．解析：选D。此处表示在那天下午，当数学老师开始讲解难懂的概念的时候，天空中乌云密布。until表示“直到……才”；since表示“既然”；because表示“因为”；as表示“当……时候”。因此选择D项。
小题5:解析：选A。本空的设置非常好，是考查学生对上下文的逻辑推理能力的。句中有连词though，所以此句与“the thunder...attention”构成让步、转折关系。而“the thunder...attenton”表示“雷声吸引了学生们的注意力”，因此空格所在句表示“尽管她尽力让孩子们集中注意力”。concentrate“集中”，符合题意。
小题6:解析：选B。本题事实上考查的是在语境中辨析动词词义的能力。challenge“挑战”；grasp“抓住，掌握”；doubt“怀疑”；admit“承认”。联系上下文可知，“孩子们都没有注意老师讲的内容，除了乔”。因此是没有人“掌握”这些概念，“挑战”“怀疑”“承认”均不符合语境，故排除A、C、D三项。
小题7:解析：选C。联系上文“老师拍着他的后背告诉他走到别的同学中给他们解释一下他是怎么做到的”可知，老师的所做所说都给乔很大的鼓舞，所以选择C项encouraged“受鼓舞的，受激励的”。
小题8:解析：选C。根据下文出现的drew和pictures可知数学课之后是美术课，故选择art。
小题9:解析：选B。根据第二段中的“...dark clouds covered the sky，and the storm set in.”可知，在那样的一天，所有的学生都很自然地画出了暗色的图画，除了乔之外。
小题10:解析：选A。联系下文的curious about the change可知，数学老师很好奇他的变化，由此我们可推知乔的成绩在那个下午的数学课后就开始提高(improving)了。
小题11:解析：选B。因为空格后有and，所以此处应填与curious相近的词语。worried“担心的”；amazed“惊讶的，吃惊的”；friendly“友好的”；cautious“小心的，谨慎的”。因此amazed符合语境，此处指对于乔的进步数学老师很吃惊也很好奇。
小题12:解析：选D。本题事实上考查形容词辨析。familiar“熟悉的”；expensive“昂贵的”；admirable“令人钦佩的”；precious“宝贵的”。根据本文的故事可知，就在那个暴风雨的下午，乔开始进步了，所以他画的明亮的金灿灿的太阳代表了他豁然开朗的心情，应是乔珍视的财富。所以用precious(宝贵的)来形容最贴切。
小题13:解析：选A。空格所在处句意为“就在这一天我认识到了我的聪明”。wake up to“认识到”，符合语境。put up with“忍受”；get on with“进展”；look down upon“瞧不起”，均不符合语境。 |
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(2013·高考福建卷)We have been driving in fog all morning，but the fog is lifting now.The little seaside villages are ____ ，one by one.“There is my grandmother’s house，”I say，____ across the bay to a shabby old house.
I am in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage (朝圣) with Lise，my granddaughter，seeking roots for her，retracing (追溯) ____ memory for me.Lise was one of the mobile children，____ from house to house in childhood.She longs for a sense of ____，and so we have come to Nova Scotia where my husband and I were born and where our ancestors ____ for 200 years.
We soon ____ by the house and I tell her what it was like here，the memories ____ back，swift as the tide (潮水)．
Suddenly，I long to walk again in the ____ where I was once so gloriously a child.It still ____ a member of the family，but has not been lived in for a while.We cannot go into the house，but I can still walk ____ the rooms in memory.Here，my mother ____ in her bedroom window and wrote in her diary.I can still see the enthusiastic family ____ into and out of the house.I could never have enough of being ___ them.However，that was long after those childhood days.Lise ___ attentively as I talk and then says，“So this is where I ____； where I belong.”
She has ____ her roots.To know where I come from is one of the great longings of the human ____.To be rooted is“to have an origin”．We need ____ origin.Looking backward，we discover what is unique in us; learn the ____ of“I”．We must all go home again—in reality or memory.
| 小题1: | | A．appearing | B．moving | | C．exposing | D．expanding |
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| 小题2: | | A．referring | B．travelling | | C．pointing | D．coming |
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| 小题3: | | A．shared | B．short | | C．fresh | D．treasured |
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| 小题4: | | A．passed | B．raised | | C．moved | D．sent |
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| 小题5: | | A．home | B．duty | | C．reality | D．relief |
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| 小题6: | | A．built | B．lived | | C．remained | D．explored |
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| 小题7: | | A．catch up | B．pull up | | C．step down | D．come down |
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| 小题8: | | A．falling | B．turning | | C．rushing | D．bringing |
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| 小题9: | | A．yard | B．village | | C．room | D．house |
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| 小题10: | | A．adapts to | B．appeals to | | C．belongs to | D．occurs to |
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| 小题11: | | A．across | B．through | | C．along | D．past |
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| 小题12: | | A．lay | B．played | | C．stood | D．sat |
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| 小题13: | | A．marching | B．looking | | C．breaking | D．pouring |
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| 小题14: | | A．between | B．with | | C．near | D．behind |
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| 小题15: | | A．wonders | B．listens | | C．reacts | D．agrees |
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| 小题16: | | A．began | B．grew | | C．studied | D．stayed |
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| 小题17: | | A．deepened | B．recognized | | C．accepted | D．found |
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| 小题18: | | A．heart | B．rights | | C．interest | D．behaviors |
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| 小题20: | | A．meaning | B．expression | | C．connection | D．background |
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(2013·高考江苏卷)I used to believe in the American Dream，which meant a job，a mortgage (按揭)，credit cards，success.I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else，all of us ____ chasing the same thing.
One year，through a series of unhappy events，it all fell ____.I found myself homeless and alone.I had my truck and $56.I ____ the countryside for some place I could rent for the ____ possible amount.I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road ____ the Potomac River in West Virginia.It was ____，full of broken glass and rubbish.I found the owner，rented it，and ____ a corner to camp in.
The locals knew nothing about me，____ slowly，they started teaching me the ____ of being a neighbor.They dropped off blankets，candles，and tools，and began ____ around to chat.They started to teach me a belief in a ___ American Dream—not the one of individual achievement but of ___.
What I had believed in，all those things I thought were ____ for a civilized life，were nonexistent in this place.____ on the mountain，my most valuable possessions were my ____ with my neighbors.
Four years later，I moved back into ____.I saw many people were having a really hard time，___ their jobs and homes.I managed to rent a big enough house to ____ a handful of people.There are four of us now in the house，but over time I’ve had nine people come in and move on to other places.We’d all be in ____ if we hadn’t banded together.
The American Dream I believe in now is a shared one.It’s not so much about what I can get for myself; it’s about ____ we can all get by together.
| 小题1: | | A．separately | B．equally | | C．violently | D．naturally |
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| 小题3: | | A．crossed | B．left | | C．toured | D．searched |
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| 小题4: | | A．fullest | B．largest | | C．fairest | D．cheapest |
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| 小题5: | | A．at | B．through | | C．over | D．round |
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| 小题6: | | A．occupied | B．abandoned | | C．emptied | D．robbed |
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| 小题7: | | A．turned | B．approached | | C．cleared | D．cut |
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| 小题8: | | A．but | B．although | | C．otherwise | D．for |
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| 小题9: | | A．benefit | B．lesson | | C．nature | D．art |
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| 小题10: | | A．sticking | B．looking | | C．swinging | D．turning |
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| 小题11: | | A．wild | B．real | | C．different | D．remote |
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| 小题12: | | A．neighborliness | B．happiness | | C．friendliness | D．kindness |
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| 小题13: | | A．unique | B．expensive | | C．rare | D．necessary |
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| 小题15: | | A．cooperation | B．relationships | | C．satisfaction | D．appointments |
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| 小题16: | | A．reality | B．society | | C．town | D．life |
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| 小题17: | | A．creating | B．losing | | C．quitting | D．offering |
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| 小题18: | | A．put in | B．turn in | | C．take in | D．get in |
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| 小题19: | | A．yards | B．shelters | | C．camps | D．cottages |
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| 小题20: | | A．when | B．what | | C．whether | D．how |
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(2013·高考辽宁卷)A little girl lived in a simple and poor house on a hill.Usually she ____ play in the small garden.She could see over the garden fence and across the valley a wonderful house with shining golden windows high on another hill.____ she loved her parents and her family，she desired to live in such a house and ____ all day about how wonderful and exciting ____ must feel to live there.
At the age when she gained some ____ skill and sensibility(识别力)，she ____ her mother for a bike ride ____ the garden.Her mother finally allowed her to go，____ her keeping close to the house and not ____ too far.The day was beautiful.The little girl knew ____ where she was heading！____ the hill and across the valley，she rode to the ____ of the golden house.
____ she got off her bike and put it against the gate post，she focused on the path ____ to the house and then on the house itself.She was very disappointed when she ____ that all the windows were ____ and rather dirty.
So ___ and heartbroken，she didn’t go any further.She ____，and all of a sudden she saw an amazing ____.There on the other side of the valley was a little house and its windows were golden.Looking at her little home，she ____ that she had been living in her golden house filled with love and care.Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her nose!
| 小题1: | | A．might | B．should | | C．would | D．must |
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| 小题2: | | A．Unless | B．Although | | C．Since | D．But |
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| 小题3: | | A．dreamed | B．worried | | C．asked | D．shouted |
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| 小题5: | | A．different | B．scientific | | C．musical | D．basic |
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| 小题6: | | A．begged | B．blamed | | C．invited | D．paid |
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| 小题7: | | A．inside | B．outside | | C．through | D．along |
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| 小题8: | | A．insisting on | B．relying on | | C．arguing about | D．wondering about |
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| 小题9: | | A．traveling | B．running | | C．riding | D．walking |
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| 小题10: | | A．madly | B．rapidly | | C．exactly | D．possibly |
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| 小题11: | | A．Over | B．Down | | C．Around | D．Beside |
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| 小题12: | | A．windows | B．steps | | C．center | D．gate |
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| 小题13: | | A．Until | B．As | | C．While | D．Because |
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| 小题14: | | A．getting | B．introducing | | C．leading | D．moving |
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| 小题15: | | A．felt | B．learned | | C．concluded | D．found |
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| 小题16: | | A．transparent | B．bright | | C．plain | D．wide |
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| 小题17: | | A．anxious | B．angry | | C．serious | D．sad |
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| 小题18: | | A．turned around | B．cheered up | | C．settled down | D．dropped in |
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| 小题19: | | A．hill | B．valley | | C．background | D．sight |
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| 小题20: | | A．imagined | B．decided | | C．realized | D．guessed |
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(2013·高考湖北卷)Zigfried，a little mouse，blew his breath on the frosty window of the farmhouse and rubbed it to see the outside.Still nobody came.Maybe today，he thought____.It was only a few days before Christmas and he was watching for a miracle (奇迹)．
This farmhouse had been____too long.It needed a family.Zigfried’s____made a noise.He realized that he hadn’t eaten anything since yesterday.He jumped from the windowsill (窗沿)，grabbed a____from his home，and went next door to Farmer Mike’s.
Farmer Mike’s house had been a great place for the little mouse____the farmer married a wife who had a cat.Zigfried____when he thought of it.He looked around cautiously as he____into the room where grain was stored and was quite____as he filled his bag with wheat.He was turning to leave when suddenly he___a hot breath about his ear.His heart beat___，and without thinking he started to run and luckily____the cat’s paws (爪子)．
The next afternoon Zigfried heard some good news：a____family would be moving into the farmhouse soon.Zigfried’s granny would arrive on Christmas Eve to____with him.He hoped that the family would come before his granny came.Before long，a car came____the road leading to the house，with butter sandwiches，cheese and chocolate.
Zigfried’s Christmas miracle did arrive!
The house came____the next few days.Zigfried____every single hour of them.____，the day before Christmas when he was drinking hot chocolate with a____smile at the door of his home，he heard the____of the children of the family about what they might get for Christmas.What？A cat？The____froze on his face；his mouth fell wide open.After a long while，he at last found his voice：“Hey! Whose Christmas miracle is this？”
| 小题1: | | A．carefully | B．excitedly | | C．hopefully | D．proudly |
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| 小题2: | | A．shabby | B．noisy | | C．messy | D．empty |
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| 小题3: | | A．mouth | B．nose | | C．stomach | D．throat |
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| 小题5: | | A．although | B．until | | C．whereas | D．unless |
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| 小题6: | | A．leapt | B．sniffed | | C．trembled | D．withdrew |
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| 小题7: | | A．broke | B．marched | | C．paced | D．stole |
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| 小题8: | | A．curious | B．nervous | | C．pitiful | D．sensible |
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| 小题9: | | A．took | B．released | | C．felt | D．drew |
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| 小题10: | | A．strongly | B．irregularly | | C．slowly | D．wildly |
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| 小题11: | | A．escaped | B．seized | | C．rubbed | D．scratched |
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| 小题12: | | A．close | B．happy | | C．new | D．young |
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| 小题13: | | A．celebrate | B．communicate | | C．compete | D．compromise |
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| 小题15: | | A．alive | B．loose | | C．open | D．still |
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| 小题16: | | A．counted | B．enjoyed | | C．missed | D．wasted |
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| 小题17: | | A．However | B．Instead | | C．Moreover | D．Therefore |
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| 小题18: | | A．bitter | B．forced | | C．polite | D．satisfied |
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| 小题19: | | A．introduction | B．discussion | | C．comment | D．debate |
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| 小题20: | | A．blood | B．smile | | C．tear | D．sweat |
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(2013·高考江西卷)Diane Ray was completely selfcentred and very spoilt.Her parents gave her____she wanted，knowing that she would throw a temper tantrum(耍小孩脾气)if they did not.She would scream and kick and____on the floor drumming her heels.Her parents always____.
That was why she was alone on the____，wearing an expensive swimsuit.It had taken a massive tantrum to___her parents to buy it.They were back at the beachhouse，____from the tantrum she had thrown when they told her that it was too dangerous to go diving____.“Dangerous ？”she had said.“You just don’t want me to have____.I’m going and if you try to stop me，I’ll scream.”
“What are you doing ？”a voice asked.Diane jumped.She did not know that the man was there____he spoke.
“I’m going diving，”she answered.
“You shouldn’t swim today，” the man____.“There is a storm coming up.”
“You should mind your own____！”Diane replied and walked into the gentle waves.
“If you go out there you’ll be____，”the man called after her.She did not bother to reply.
Diane slipped into the water and dived____until white caps began rolling in and it became harder to___against the current (水流)．Saltwater hit against her face，making it____to breathe.Oh，why had she not listened to advice?
Panicking，she began to____.Then，just as it seemed as if she would slip beneath the surface，she heard a____voice.“Hold on! I’m coming.”With____，she saw the old man rowing an ancientlooking boat towards her.“I hope you’ve learned a lesson.You put us both in____，”he shouted angrily，as he dragged her over the side of the____.Gratefully，Diane thanked him and ran towards the beachhouse.
| 小题1: | | A．either | B．neither | | C．nothing | D．everything |
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| 小题3: | | A．set out | B．set in | | C．gave in | D．gave out |
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| 小题4: | | A．beach | B．bed | | C．floor | D．ship |
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| 小题5: | | A．allow | B．warn | | C．get | D．prefer |
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| 小题6: | | A．changing | B．recovering | | C．appearing | D．traveling |
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| 小题7: | | A．alone | B．away | | C．again | D．aside |
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| 小题9: | | A．when | B．until | | C．after | D．once |
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| 小题10: | | A．decided | B．intended | | C．advised | D．repeated |
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| 小题11: | | A．business | B．swimsuit | | C．friends | D．parents |
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| 小题12: | | A．angry | B．sorry | | C．confused | D．excited |
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| 小题13: | | A．nervously | B．sadly | | C．shyly | D．happily |
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| 小题15: | | A．difficult | B．easy | | C．comfortable | D．suitable |
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| 小题16: | | A．speak | B．sing | | C．sniff | D．scream |
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| 小题17: | | A．calm | B．frightening | | C．beautiful | D．disgusting |
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| 小题18: | | A．regret | B．relief | | C．interest | D．ease |
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| 小题19: | | A．power | B．safety | | C．danger | D．thought |
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| 小题20: | | A．house | B．wave | | C．beach | D．boat |
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