Twenty years ago, Mark Thatcher, the son of Mrs. Thatcher, was reported missing in the Sahara Desert while competing in the Grand Prix Motor race from Paris to Daker. The sad news, so unexpected, shook the unusually and unhurried politician off her balance. Though she did her best to as if nothing had happened and made her public appearance as usual, people could not fail to notice that she was no longer the old self-assured prime minister who always had everything under . Instead she had become a very sad mother who was unable to from her shock.
One day when she was to at a lunch party, a reporter caught her off her guard by bringing up the of her missing son again. She was mentally unprepared for the question and lost her self-control. Tears were her cheeks she sobbingly told the reporter there was still no news of Mark and that she was very worried about him. She said that all the countries concerned had to do their best to help her find her son. With that she down completely and sobbed silently for quite a while. Gradually she calmed down and started to speak as . It was a very scene which exposed a new side of Mrs. Thatcher’s the public do not usually see. People began to talk about the Iron Woman’s love, a that is common to all human race.
Later Mark returned to his mother’s side, good-humored and all smiles as usual nothing unusual had ever happened. The Iron Woman, , broke down again and was sobbing for a second time.
| 小题1: | | A．outstanding | B．busy | C．calm | D．considerate |
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| 小题2: | | A．seem | B．talk | C．do | D．pretend |
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| 小题3: | | A．construction | B．control | C．discussion | D．pressure |
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| 小题4: | | A．respond | B．relieve | C．reduce | D．recover |
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| 小题5: | | A．arrive | B．eat | C．speak | D．read |
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| 小题6: | | A．subject | B．object | C．theme | D．message |
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| 小题7: | | A．hardly | B．totally | C．partly | D．mostly |
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| 小题8: | | A．putting down | B．taking off | C．getting off | D．rolling down |
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| 小题9: | | A．because | B．though | C．if | D．as |
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| 小题10: | | A．permitted | B．admitted | C．promised | D．managed |
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| 小题11: | | A．fell | B．went | C．broke | D．brought |
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| 小题12: | | A．agreed | B．planned | C．announced | D．explained |
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| 小题13: | | A．moving | B．shocking | C．interesting | D．serious |
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| 小题14: | | A．quality | B．action | C．position | D．character |
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| 小题15: | | A．lively | B．likely | C．lovely | D．motherly |
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| 小题16: | | A．habit | B．hobby | C．feeling | D．thought |
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| 小题17: | | A．hungry and tired | B．safe and funny | C．safe and sound | D．tired and sleepy |
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| 小题18: | | A．as if | B．even if | C．so that | D．if only |
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| 小题19: | | A．therefore | B．however | C．besides | D．thus |
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| 小题20: | | A．made | B．heard | C．felt | D．seen |
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小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:C
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:D
小题10:C
小题11:C
小题12:B
小题13:A
小题14:D
小题15:D
小题16:C
小题17:C
小题18:A
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试题分析：文章讲述了一个撒切尔夫人和她儿子的故事。撒切尔夫人的儿子马克在撒哈拉大沙漠参加摩托车竞赛时失踪了，这个消息对这个平时镇定、从容的总理来说，是很大的一个打击。在被记者问到这件事时，她竟然感情失控，痛哭了起来。后来，马克安然无恙的回来时，她又激动的哭了。
小题1:考查形容词辨析。And表并列，前后词性一致，根据“and unhurried”可知，所填词与unhurried同义，A突出的；B繁忙的；C冷静的；D考虑周到的。故选C。
小题2:考查动词辨析。根据“as if nothing had happened and made her public appearance as usual”可知，她假装很镇定，A似乎；B谈论；C做；D假装。故选D。
小题3:考查名词辨析。that she was no longer the old self-assured prime minister who always had everything under 她已经不再是那个把一切都掌控在内的总理了。have sth under contral在控制之内，A建设；B控制；C讨论；D压力。故选B。
小题4:考查动词辨析。Instead she had become a very sad mother who was unable to from her shock.相反，她已经成了一个很伤心的母亲，不能从震惊中恢复过来。A反应；B缓解，减轻；C减少；D恢复。故选D。
小题5:考查动词辨析。根据“a reporter caught her off her guard by bringing up the...”可知，在她要发表谈话的午餐聚会上，一个记者趁不注意提出了那个问题，A到达；B吃；C说话；D读，看。故选C。
小题6:考查名词辨析。bringing up the of her missing son again一个记者再次提出了她儿子消失的话题，A主题，话题，学科；B物体，目标，对象；C主题；D信息。故选A。
小题7:考查副词辨析。She was mentally unprepared for the question因为是记者突然提出的问题，她完全没有心理准备，A几乎不；B完全；C部分地；D大部分，主要地。故选B。
小题8:考查动词短语辨析。Tears were her cheeks眼泪顺着她的脸颊流了下来，A放下；B起飞，脱下，成功；C下车；D滚下。故选D。
小题9:考查连接词。 she sobbingly told the reporter there was still no news of Mark当她哽咽地告诉记者还没有马克的消息时，眼泪顺着脸颊流下来。A因为；B尽管；C如果；D当，随着，正如。故选D。
小题10:考查动词辨析。She said that all the countries concerned had to do their best to help her find her son.她说，相关国家都答应尽最大努力寻找她的儿子。A允许；B承认；C答应，承诺；D设法做成。故选C。
小题11:考查动词辨析。With that she down completely说完这些话之后，她完全失控大哭起来，break down感情失控，A下降；B去；C打破；D带来。故选C。
小题12:考查动词辨析。Gradually she calmed down and started to speak as .慢慢地，她冷静了下来，并开始按照原先计划好的说了起来，A同意；B计划；C宣布；D解释。故选B。
小题13:考查形容词辨析。It was a very scene 总理痛哭的场面让人动容，A令人感动的；B令人震惊的；C有趣的；D严重的。故选A。
小题14:考查名词辨析。which exposed a new side of Mrs. Thatcher’s the public do not usually see总理痛哭的场面也向公众展现了总理性格的另一面，A质量，品质；B行动；C职务；D性格特点。故选D。
小题15:考查形容词辨析。People began to talk about the Iron Woman’s love人们开始讨论坚强女性慈母般的爱，A活泼的；B可能的；C可爱的；D慈爱的。故选D。
小题16:考查名词辨析。a that is common to all human race母爱是人类共有的一种感情，A习惯；B爱好；C感觉，感情；D想法。故选C。
小题17:考查形容词作状语。Later Mark returned to his mother’s side后来，马克安然无恙地回到了妈妈身边，A又累又饿；B既安全又有趣；C安然无恙；D又累又困。故选C。
小题18:考查连接词。good-humored and all smiles as usual nothing unusual had ever happened像往常一样的幽默感和笑容，就像什么都没发生过一样，A似乎；B即使；C以便于；D要是......就好了。故选A。
小题19:考查副词辨析。The Iron Woman, , broke down again但是，这个坚强的女性再次失控了，A因此；B然而；C而且；D因此。故选B。
小题20:考查动词辨析。was sobbing for a second time有人看到她再次哽咽，sb be seen doing sth某人被看到正在做某事，A制造，做；B听见；C感觉；D看见。故选D。 |
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试题【Twenty years ago, Mark Thatcher, the son of Mrs. Thatcher, was reported missing 】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
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Suzie goes to her art class on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. She always looks forward to those days when she can do things all afternoon. What Suzie likes best is the good feeling she gets when she has finished working on a piece of . And then when she takes it home to her parents, she feels so proud of what she has made.
On Wednesday afternoons Suzie writes articles for the newspaper. When she first moved to her new school, she wrote an article about how it feels to be a student in a new school. Her second article in the newspaper was about a(n) from her school who had just finished writing a book. Suzie the teacher what it feels like to be a published author. And then she what she found out with the rest of the school.
Another time she wrote an article about why she thought the school should have two short a day instead of a long one. Lots of her friends thought that this would be a good idea too. Many teachers also with Suzie’s suggestion.
Would you believe the principal (校长) of the school asked everyone to have a about Suzie’s suggestion? The principal always thinks that students should help decide how the school should be .
During the vote, each person in the school voted. At last, the school that two short breaks would be better than one long break. And all of that happened because of Suzie’s suggestion in the school newspaper.
On the day the newspaper out each month, the first thing Suzie does is to where her article is in the newspaper. And each time at the beginning of her article are the words: By Suzie Jefferson.
| 小题1: | | A．sensitive | B．creative | C．positive | D．instructive |
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| 小题2: | | A．cloth | B．art | C．article | D．picture |
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| 小题3: | | A．show | B．explain | C．introduce | D．reward |
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| 小题4: | | A．national | B．local | C．school | D．educational |
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| 小题5: | | A．accustomed | B．fresh | C．strange | D．regular |
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| 小题6: | | A．author | B．artist | C．student | D．teacher |
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| 小题7: | | A．told | B．asked | C．examined | D．obeyed |
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| 小题8: | | A．described | B．recorded | C．shared | D．forgot |
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| 小题9: | | A．classes | B．breaks | C．activities | D．sports |
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| 小题10: | | A．discussed | B．argued | C．disagreed | D．agreed |
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| 小题11: | | A．vote | B．choice | C．question | D．decision |
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| 小题12: | | A．performed | B．run | C．achieved | D．established |
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| 小题13: | | A．imagined | B．expected | C．decided | D．requested |
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| 小题14: | | A．puts | B．takes | C．gives | D．comes |
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| 小题15: | | A．consider | B．check | C．read | D．place |
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Louis Pasteur, the famous French chemist and bacteriologist(微生物学家), invented “pasteurization”. In 1854 Pasteur was made head of the department of science at the University of Lille, and it was there that he made one of his most famous discoveries. Lille was a major center for wine and beer-making, and some of the local wine-makers asked Pasteur if he could help solve the problem of keeping wine fresh. At that time, it was believed that food and drinks go “bad” due to a purely chemical process. But during a series of experiments Pasteur proved that tiny living organisms(微生物)caused food and drinks to go bad. In the case of wine and beer the organisms are already present in the form of the various yeasts (酵母) that caused the fermentation(发酵) process. Pasteur discovered that heating the wine gently for a few minutes after it had fermented would kill off the yeast that was left in the wine, with the result that the wine would remain fresh for much longer. He also proved that food and drinks could be turned bad by other organisms that were present in the air, and that they too would keep fresh much longer if they were kept in airtight containers.
The heating process was so successful that it made Pasteur famous. It was named “pasteurization” in his honour, and by about 1900 it had been widely used for processing and bottling cows’ milk. The result was a huge drop in the number of bottle-fed babies dying from infant diarrhea(婴儿腹泻)and from that time on it has been a standard treatment for milk and many other food products. This simple process has saved thousands, possibly millions, of lives worldwide.
小题1:Pasteur became ___________ in 1854. | A．the chairperson of the science department at the University of Lille | | B．the director of a chemical laboratory at the University of Lille | | C．the general manager of a large beer-making company | | D．the president of the University of Lille |
小题2:According to the passage, Lille was a major center for ___________ in the mid-19th century. | A．growing grain crops | B．making beer and wine | | C．doing chemical research | D．producing various kinds of yeasts |
小题3:In the last sentence of Paragraph 1, the underlined word “they” refers to ___________. | A．wine and beer | B．food and drinks | C．the various yeasts | D．other organisms |
小题4:We can infer from the passage that Pasteur’s discovery __________. | A．is no longer widely used for treating milk and other food products | | B．did not bring much profit to the wine makers in Lille | | C．has done a lot of good to children in the world | | D．has greatly reduced the number of wars in the world |
小题5:According to the passage, we know it is that causes food and drinks to go bad.| A．a purely chemical process. | B．tiny living organisms(微生物) | | C．keeping them in airtight containers. | D．the heating process |
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The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome stuff（东西） they call “books”.
I was going to have my examination the next day. “When can I go to bed？” I asked myself. I didn’t answer. In fact I dared not.
The clock struck twelve. “Oh，dear！” I cried. “Ten more books to read before I can go to bed！” We pupils are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.
The clock struck one. I was quite desperate（绝望的） now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed， “Oh, God, please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards，Amen.” My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.
小题1:When the author was going over his lessons, all the others in the house were ________ .| A．asleep | B．outside | C．working in bed | D．quietly laughing at him |
小题2:He underlined word “wretched” in Paragraph 3 probably means _______ .| A．very happy | B．disappointed | C．very unhappy | D．hopeful |
小题3:Reviewing his lessons didn’t help him because .| A．it was too late at night | | B．he was very tired | | C．his eyes lids were so heavy that he couldn’t keep them open | | D．he hadn’t studied hard before the examination |
小题4:What do you suppose happened to the author later？| A．He went to a church to pray again | | B．He passed the exam by sheer luck | | C．He failed in the exam | | D．He was punished by his teacher |
小题5:The best title for the passage would be __________ .| A．The Night Before the Examination | | B．Working Far into the Night | | C．A Slow Student | | D．Going Over My Lessons |
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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Most of us lose life’s tough battles by starting an unexpected attack—when a touch of humor might well enable us to win. the case of a young friend of mine, who was in a traffic jam on his way to work shortly after receiving a warning about being late for the job. there was a good reason for Sam’s being late—serious illness at home—he that this by-now-familiar excuse wouldn’t any longer. His boss was probably already pacing preparing a speech to fire him.
Yes, the boss was. Sam entered the office at 9:35. The place was as as a locker room; was hard at work. Sam’s boss came up to him angrily. Suddenly, Sam and stretched out his hand. “How do you do!” he said. “I’m Sam Maynard. I’m applying for a , which, I understand, became just 35 minutes ago. Does the bird get the worm?”
The room exploded in laughter. The boss a smile and walked back to his office. Sam Maynard had his job—with the only that could win-–a laugh. is a most effective, yet frequently neglected ,means of handling the difficult situations in our lives. It can be used for making up differences, apologizing, criticizing and the other fellow to do what you want his losing face. For some jobs, it’s the only tool that can succeed. It is a way to discuss subjects so that serious dialogue may start a quarrel. , many believe that comedians(喜剧演员) on television are doing more today for racial and religious problems than people in any other field.
| 小题1: | | A．Think | B．Imagine | C．Suppose | D．Consider |
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| 小题2: | | A．dug | B．trapped | C．erupted | D．aimed |
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| 小题3: | | A．If | B．Because | C．Unless | D．Although |
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| 小题4: | | A．decided | B．said | C．talked | D．urged |
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| 小题6: | | A．here and there | B．in and out | C．up and down | D．now and then |
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| 小题7: | | A．silent | B．clean | C．noisy | D．quiet |
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| 小题8: | | A．somebody | B．everybody | C．nobody | D．anybody |
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| 小题9: | | A．cried | B．shouted | C．stared | D．smiled |
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| 小题10: | | A．prize | B．patent | C．punishment | D．job |
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| 小题11: | | A．available | B．fragrant | C．possible | D．reasonable |
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| 小题12: | | A．lazy | B．late | C．diligent | D．early |
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| 小题14: | | A．protected | B．saved | C．hold | D．took |
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| 小题15: | | A．tool | B．technique | C．measure | D．instrument |
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| 小题16: | | A．Understanding | B．Apology | C．Humor | D．Communication |
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| 小题17: | | A．making | B．having | C．letting | D．getting |
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| 小题19: | | A．constant | B．easy | C．sensitive | D．heated |
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| 小题20: | | A．After all | B．For example | C．At length | D．Even so |
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One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods from door to door found that he had only one dime left. He was hungry so he decided to beg for a meal at the next house.
However, he became nervous when a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal, he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, “How much do I owe you?”
“You don’t owe me anything,” she replied, “Mother has taught me never to accept pay for a kindness.” He said, “Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.” As Haward Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but it also increased his faith in God and the human race. He was about to give up and quit before this point.
Years later, the young woman became seriously ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where specialists could be called in to study her rare disease. Dr. Haward Kelly, now famous was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes. Immediately, he rose and went down through the hospital hall into her room.
Dressed in his doctor’s gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at once. He went back to the consultation room and determined to do his best to save her life. From that day, he gave special attention to her case.
After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the bill to him for approval. He looked at it and then wrote something on the side. The bill was sent to her room. She was afraid to open it because she was positive that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off. Finally she looked, and the note on the side of the bill caught her attention. She read these words,
“Paid in full with one glass of milk.”
(Signed) Dr. Haward Kelly
Tears of joy flooded her eyes as she prayed silently, “Thank You, God. Your love has spread through human hearts and hands.”
小题1:After finishing the milk, the boy ______________.| A．felt angry because what he was really hungry | | B．regretted that he didn’t ask for any food | | C．felt more hungry than ever before | | D．had a stronger faith in God and the human race |
小题2:The underlined word “baffled” in Para. 4 probably means_______. | A．puzzled | B．excited | C．amazed | D．encouraged |
小题3:What did the local doctors finally do when the young woman became seriously ill?| A．They looked on indifferently. | | B．They asked for Dr. Howard Kelly’s help. | | C．They sent her to a hospital with specialists. | | D．They believed that his faith in God would cure her. |
小题4:Which of the following statement is RIGHT according to the passage?| A．The young woman knew that Dr. Howard Kelly would help her and save her life. | | B．The doctor walked away the moment he heard the name of the town she came from. | | C．The doctor saved the woman’s life and paid off the bill. | | D．We shouldn’t ask for help because one day we will pay a lot for it. |
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