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I met Billy the last summer before college. He was handsome and his irreverence(玩世不恭) was    to me. We liked each other the first instant we met.       , I was a straight A student and my parents had high hopes for me to     an Ivy League (常春藤联盟) school. Billy did not concentrate all his attention        his study and school life. However, we were in love --- so        teenager love. I still remember we had a plan for prom(舞会). It was understood that we had       about where we would dance and drink and party together.
This meant one thing to my parents---panic. And it grew as the       letters began to roll in. Of the eleven schools I applied to, nine accepted me. And one of them was Brown University---the Ivy League     in 1770 in historic Providence, Rhode Island.
There was no         that I was drawn to Brown, but Billy (who had joined the army) was      down south and I had offers      for me there, too. I was torn between my love for him and my family      .
One week        the start of school, my mother had a talk with me. She said I was eighteen years old and I had a        to make--- one that went        beyond the choice of       to attend university.
In August, I      and drove north to Providence. It took several months to     that my life was moving on in a way that was completely different from Billy’s. Brown changed my life, opening doors and giving me the       I now use to think, to learn and to write. Life is always about       it seems, and the older I get, the more I understand this. Still, there are times when I think of Billy because he taught me about love.
小题1:
A.confusingB.disturbingC.appealingD.amusing
小题2:
A.UnfortunatelyB.ActuallyC.LuckilyD.Originally
小题3:
A.leaveB.start C.finishD.attend
小题4:
A.in B.atC.onD.from
小题5:
A.specialB.crazyC.wrongD.normal
小题6:
A.talkedB.lookedC.liedD.argued
小题7:
A.descriptionB.rejectionC.applicationD.acceptance
小题8:
A.constructedB.assessedC.assistedD.informed
小题9:
A.pointB.useC.doubtD.need
小题10:
A.leftB.sentC.exposedD.employed
小题11:
A.waitingB.askingC.hoping D.searching
小题12:
A.traditionB.connection C.reputationD.expectation
小题13:
A.beforeB.afterC.atD.since
小题14:
A.planB.decisionC.ruleD.promise
小题15:
A.outB.awayC.farD.deep
小题16:
A.whenB.whereC.whetherD.how
小题17:
A.got upB.packed upC.looked upD.turned up
小题18:
A.foreseeB.imagineC.realizeD.consider
小题19:
A.chancesB.positionC.equipment D.tools
小题20:
A.surprisesB.adventuresC.opportunities D.choices

答案

小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:B
小题6:C
小题7:D
小题8:A
小题9:C
小题10:B
小题11:A
小题12:D
小题13:A
小题14:B
小题15:C
小题16:B
小题17:B
小题18:C
小题19:D
小题20:D
解析

试题分析:文章讲述了一个关于抉择的故事。作者和Billy在高中相爱,作者学习很好,而Billy却显得有些玩世不恭。后来作者考上了位于北方的一所常春藤大学,而Billy去了南方参军。作者想跟Billy在一起,却又不想辜负父母的期望,这让她很矛盾。作者的妈妈教会了她做出选择,作者最后选择了去布朗大学学习,她不会忘记Billy。
小题1:根据下一句“We liked each other the first instant we met.”可知,Billy对作者有吸引力,A令人困惑的;B令人不安的;C有吸引力的;D有趣的,好笑的。故选C。
小题2:     , I was a straight A student,Billy玩世不恭,而实际上,作者是一个尖子生,A不幸的是;B实际上;C幸运的是;D起初。故选B。
小题3:my parents had high hopes for me to     an Ivy League (常春藤联盟) school作者的父母对作者进入一所常春藤学校抱有很大的期望,A离开;B开始;C结束;D上(学),参加。故选D。
小题4:Billy did not concentrate all his attention        his study比利没有把全部的注意力放在学习上,concentrate...on...把......集中在......上,故选C。
小题5:However, we were in love --- so        teenager love.然而作者他们坠入了爱河--非常疯狂的年轻人的恋爱。A特殊的;B疯狂的;C错误的;D正常的。故选B。
小题6:It was understood that we had       about where we would dance...,根据下一句“This meant one thing to my parents---panic.”可知,作者和比利都对这个舞会的事情跟父母撒了谎,A谈论;B看;C撒谎;D争论。故选C。
小题7:And it grew as the       letters began to roll in. Of the eleven schools I applied to, nine accepted me.随着录取信一封接一封到来,紧张感也在增加。A描述;B拒绝;C申请;D接受。故选D。
小题8:the Ivy League     in 1770常春藤联盟建于1770年,在罗德岛州的普罗维登斯,A建设;B评估;C帮助;D通知。故选A。
小题9:There was no         that I was drawn to Brown,毫无疑问的是,作者选择了布朗大学,A观点;B用处;C疑问;D需要。故选C。
小题10:but Billy (who had joined the army) was      down south 比利参军后,被派往南方,A遗留;B派遣;C暴露;D雇佣。故选B。
小题11:I had offers        for me there, too作者也有大学的通知书在等着她,A等待;B询问;C希望;D寻找。故选A。
小题12:I was torn between my love for him and my family      .作者在对比利的爱和家人的期望之间难以抉择,A传统;B联系;C名誉;D期望。故选D。
小题13:One week        the start of school, my mother had a talk with me.大学开学的前一周,作者的妈妈找她谈话,A在......之前;B在......之后;C在;D自从。故选A。
小题14:I was eighteen years old and I had a        to make作者已经18岁了,该做出一个决定了,make a decision做决定,A计划;B决定;C规则;D承诺。故选B。
小题15:one that went        beyond the choice of       to attend university这个决定远远超过了选择上大学的地方,go far beyond远远超过,故选C。
小题16:作者在Billy和家人之间难以抉择,矛盾的是在哪里上大学,故选B。
小题17:In August, I      and drove north to Providence.八月份,作者收拾行李,开车去往北部的普罗维登斯,A起床;B打点行装;C查字典;D调大,出现。故选B。
小题18:It took several months to     that my life was moving on in a way that was completely different from Billy’s.作者过了几个月才意识到她的生活在朝着和比利的完全不同的方向前进,A预见;B想象;C意识到;D考虑。故选C。
小题19:giving me the       I now use to think, to learn and to write给作者以思考、学习和写作的知识,A机会;B职位;C设备,(工作必需的)知识;D工具。故选D。
小题20:Life is always about       it seems, and the older I get, the more I understand this.生活总是意味着选择,作者越长大,对此的认识就越深刻,A惊喜;B冒险;C机会;D选择,抉择。故选D。
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试题【I met Billy the last summer before college. He was handsome and his irreverence(】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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About one year ago, a couple with three children moved into the apartment next door to me. I never heard any noise form the children, but I often heard the parents     shouting at the kids, not in a nice tone, but in a (n)     one.
We often     in the hallway. I always greeted them,     the only answer I ever got was a “hello” from the eight-year-old girl. I usually     to see my doctor and one day when I returned they were just     their apartment and the little girl was     the outside door open for the others. I     in the car doing     things because I wasn’t eager to be snubbed (冷落) again. Finally I got out of my car and walked towards the door. The parents were telling her to     to get into the car, but the little girl was still holding the door,     me! I hurried although I was still in pain from my injury.
I forgot to tell her how     I was for her kindness. I wrote a note saying how much her act of kindness had     an old man’s heart.
The next day there was a (n)     on my door and it was the little girl and her father. She was quite     of her behavior and thanked me. Then I noticed her mother was there, too. Her parents     me, too.
Now when we meet in the hall way we always greet each other, in a friendly     .
Last night there was a heavy snow. I looked out at my car and     how I was going to keep my doctor’s     because I could only walk for a short time. This morning when I opened the front door, all the snow was removed.
Isn’t it     that the small kind act of an 8-year-old girl can change so many things for the better? It is said that good tings come from small acts.
小题1:
A.quietly B.strangelyC.quicklyD.angrily
小题2:
A.frighteningB.exciting C.sincereD.kind
小题3:
A.quarreledB.metC.chattedD.argued
小题4:
A.whenB.so C.butD.or
小题5:
A.went outB.set outC.took outD.gave out
小题6:
A.decoratingB.cleaning C.returning D.leaving
小题7:
A.breakingB.operatingC.holdingD.unlocking
小题8:
A.keptB.remained C.insistedD.left
小题9:
A.favoriteB.importantC.unnecessaryD.curious
小题10:
A.hurryB.driveC.stayD.greet
小题11:
A.hunting forB.asking for C.waiting forD.calling for
小题12:
A.beneficialB.influentialC.anxiousD.grateful
小题13:
A.strengthenedB.brokenC.touchedD.saved
小题14:
A.noteB.knockC.invitationD.picture
小题15:
A.proudB.awareC.afraidD.sure
小题16:
A.understoodB.recognizedC.praisedD.thanked
小题17:
A.manner B.appearanceC.statement D.announcement
小题18:
A.foundB.doubtedC.rememberedD.wondered
小题19:
A.advice B.appointmentC.suggestionD.attention
小题20:
A.amazingB.confusingC.disappointingD.challenging

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I opened my new patient"s chart and headed for her room. My son, Eric, had just brought home a disappointing report card, and my daughter, Shannon, and I had argued again about her getting a driver"s license. For the next eight hours I wanted to throw myself into helping people who I knew had much more to worry about than I did. Rebekah, mother of three lovely little girls, was only 32, admitted for chemotherapy after breast-cancer surgery, When I gave her an injection, Rebekah shut her eyes tightly and murmured a prayer until it was over. Then she smiled and squeezed my hand. “Before you go, could you get my Bible from the table?" I handed her the worn book. "Do you have a favorite Bible verse?" she asked. "Jesus wept. John 11: 35." "Such a sad one," she said. "Why?""It makes me feel closer to Jesus, knowing he also experienced human sorrow." Rebekah nodded thoughtfully and started flipping through her Bible as I shut the door quietly behind me.
During the following months, her hospital stays became frequent and she worried about her children. One day when I entered her room, I found her talking into a tape recorder. She picked up a notebook and held it out to me. "I"m making a tape for my daughters, " she said. I read the list on her pad: starting school, confirmation, turning 16, first date, graduation. While I worried how to help her deal with death, she was planning for her children"s future. She usually waited until the early hours of the morning to record the tapes so she could be free from interruptions. She filled them with family stories and advice,trying to cram a lifetime of love into a few precious hours. Finally, every item in her notes had been checked off and she entrusted the tapes to her husband.
I often wondered what I would say in her place. My kids joked that I was like an FBI agent, with my constant questions about where they’d been and who they’d been with. Where, I thought, are my words of encouragement and love?
It was three o"clock one afternoon when I got an urgent call from the hospital. Rebekah wanted me to come immediately with a blank tape. She was breathing hard when I entered her room. I slipped the tape into the recorder and held the microphone to her lips. "Ruthie, Hannah, Molly, this is the most important tape." She held my hand and closed her eyes. "Someday your daddy will bring home a new mommy. Please make her feel special. Show her how to take care of you. Ruthie, honey, help her get your Brownie uniform ready each Tuesday. Hannah, tell her you don"t want meat sauce on your spaghetti. Molly, don"t get mad if there"s no apple juice. Drink something else. It"s okay to be sad, sweeties. Jesus cried too. He knows about sadness and will help you to be happy again. Remember, I"ll always love you. I shut off the recorder and Rebekah sighed deeply. "Thank you, Nan, "You"ll give this one to them, won"t you?" she murmured as she slid into sleep.
A time would come when the tape would be played for Rebekah"s children, but right then, after I smoothed Rebekah"s blanket, I got in my car and hurried home. I thought of how my Shannon also liked her sauce on the side and suddenly that quirk, which had annoyed me so many times, seemed to make her so much more precious. That night the kids didn"t go out; they sat with me long after the spaghetti sauce had dried onto the dishes. And we talked, without interrogations, without complaints,late into the night.
小题1:From the first paragraph we can learn that ____________ .
A.Nan was in a bad state and wept a lot in her daily life.
B.Nan was not on good terms with her children.
C.Nan was worried about how to help Rebeka deal with her death.
D.Nan laid more stress on attending on her patients than her children.
小题2:Which of the following scenes was most likely to be seen at Nan’s home before she met Rebekah?
A.The family sat down in a circle and shared an interesting story.
B.After dinner, the children either went out or shut themselves up in their rooms.
C.The son was the headache of the parents while the daughter their comfort.
D.When Eric did poorly at school, the parents comforted him and cheered him up.
小题3:Which was the most vital message Rebekah left to her children?
A.Bringing home satisfying school report cards
B.Landing a job after graduation
C.Growing up healthily and happily
D.Accepting their step-mother into their lives.
小题4:The writer learnt from Rebekah that a parent’s real concern should be_______.           .
A.protecting the children from the dangers they may be trapped in.
B.having encouraging and loving talks with children.
C.making tape records to guide the children in their future lives.
D.tolerating the children’s annoying quirks.

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The largest campaign of killing rats in history is set to poison millions of rats on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. Scientists say the campaign planned for 2013 and 2014 will restore beautiful South Georgia to the position it once held as the world’s most important nesting sites for seabirds.
It was sailors in the late 18th century who unintentionally introduced rats to what had been a fresh environment. “If we can destroy the rats, at least 100 million birds will return to their home on South Georgia,” says Tony Martin, a biology professor at the University of Dundee who was invited to lead the project.
South Georgia is by far the largest island to get rid of animals that destroy native wildlife after being introduced deliberately or accidentally by people. Though rats and mice have done the most damage, cats, foxes, goats, deer, rabbits and other species have been targeted in the campaigns around the world.
South Georgia is seven times the size of New Zealand’s Campbell Island, currently the largest area ever killing rats. The successful war against Campbell Island rats was carried our in 2001 with 132 tons of poison dropped from five helicopters.
“New Zealand pioneered the techniques for ridding islands of rats and in fact our operation on South Georgia is based on New Zealand’s technology.” Says Martin. “Some New Zealanders will be helping our campaign, including our chief pilot, Peter Garden, who was also chief pilot for the projects at Campbell Island and Rat Island, in the Aleutian chain of the north Pacific.”
The second and third stages in 2013 and 2014 will involve dropping as much as 300 tons of poison from the air onto every part of the island where rats might live. It is a huge operation, carried out during the stormy southern autumn when the rats are hungry and the risks of poisoning native wildlife are less than in the spring and summer months. “Ideally we’d do in winter but the weather makes that too risky,” Martin says.
The ecological payback will be priceless. But Martin says, “The full benefits will take decades to arrive, because some of these birds are slow to hatch.”
小题1:According to the passage, how did the rats appear on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia ?
A.They were attracted there by wildlife.
B.They escaped there from Campbell Island.
C.They were introduced there by sailors accidently.
D.They were brought in by people deliberately.
小题2:Which of the following is True about Peter Garden ?
A.He is in charge of the campaign on the sub-Antarctic island.
B.He will be the only pilot for the project on the sub-Antarctic island.
C.He will benefit a lot from the campaign on the sub-Antarctic island.
D.He made great contributions to the project at Campbell Island and Rat Island.
小题3:The operation of ridding South Georgia of rats is to carried out in autumn because _________.
A.the war against Campbell Island rats failed in all seasons except autumn.
B.only then do the New Zealanders to help the operation have the spare time.
C.rats then need more food and the operation does less harm to native wildlife.
D.the poison kills rats more effectively than it does in any other season.
小题4:What can we infer from the passage?.
A.The campaign of killing rats will benefit the native wildlife in a short time.
B.Rats aren’t the only species to be blamed for the disappearance of wildlife.
C.The first stage of killing rats on the sub-Antarctic island didn’t make great achievements.
D.The campaign in South Georgia will fully follow in the footsteps of that on Campbell Island.

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One Sunday, a picture in the newspaper touched me. A young woman stood in front of a totally destroyed home. A little boy stood beside her with his head    . Holding her skirt tightly was a tiny girl, eyes wide with        and fear.
With growing       I noticed that their sizes of each family member closely      ours. This would be a good opportunity to    my children, so I explained their difficult    to my seven-year-old twins and three-year-old Meghan.
“We have so much, but these poor people now have nothing,” I said, “we’ll      what we have with them.”
I brought three large boxes and placed them on the living room floor. Meghan watched seriously      the boys and I filled one box with canned food.
While I     our clothes, I encouraged the boys to go through their toys and     some of their less favorite things. Meghan watched      as the boys piled up useless toys in the box.
“I’ll help you find something for the little girl,” I said to her.
The boys placed the toys they had     to donate into one of the boxes while I filled the third box with clothes. Meghan walked up with Lucy, her worn, faded, much-loved doll    tightly to her chest. She      in front of the box, pressed her little face into Lucy’s face, gave her a      kiss, then, laid her gently on top of the other toys.
“Oh, honey,” I said. “You      to give away Lucy. You love her so much.”
Meghan nodded, eyes shining with tears. “Lucy makes me happy, Mommy.       she’ll make that little girl happy, too.”
I stared at Meghan for a long moment,        how I could teach the boys the lesson she had just taught me.
It’s easy to give what we don’t want any more, but       to let go of things we cherish, isn’ t it?       , the true spirit of giving is to give with your heart.
小题1:
A.offB.upC.downD.round
小题2:
A.smileB.confusionC.joyD.anger
小题3:
A.happinessB.friendshipC.puzzleD.interest
小题4:
A.matched B.equaledC.comparedD.suited
小题5:
A.helpB.complainC.changeD.teach
小题6:
A.experienceB.problemC.situationD.process
小题7:
A.giveB.shareC.sendD.spare
小题8:
A.asB.sinceC.thoughD.because
小题9:
A.came throughB.broke throughC.sorted throughD.got through
小题10:
A.donateB.leaveC.keepD.sell
小题11:
A.hopefullyB.anxiouslyC.depressinglyD.quietly
小题12:
A.separatedB.chosenC.boughtD.confirmed
小题13:
A.huggedB.tiedC.graspedD.caught
小题14:
A.settledB.regrettedC.pausedD.cried
小题15:
A.preciousB.finalC.heartyD.lovely
小题16:
A.wouldn’t like B.ought notC.had better notD.don’t have
小题17:
A.AlsoB.YetC.MaybeD.Though
小题18:
A.knowing B.wonderingC.realizingD.expecting
小题19:
A.availableB.necessaryC.importantD.hard
小题20:
A.HoweverB.ThereforeC.OtherwiseD.Moreover

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In 1970, at the age of 35, my father was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. There was not much     done at that time and my father had to rely on the medication and treatment that were     at that time. But one thing was     , my father was not a quitter. He was a teacher who      children with special educational needs in Chicago Public High School. Every day we would hear     about “his kids”. These “kids” did not usually     my sister and I.
One day, my father arrived at his school and walked up the    for his first period. He was having a very      day because the disease was really taking everything out of him. He      once and bruised (擦伤) his knee but he still kept going.       did he know that someone was watching.
As the day     his steps began to get a little lighter. At the end of the day, he was about to leave     a young girl entered his office. He had met her in the hallway but she was not one of his     . He asked what he could do for her and she said, “I just wanted to thank you for    my life.”
He looked at her and couldn’t      what he had done. She then went on     . “When I got up this morning, I felt as if I was at the end of my     and ready to kill myself. But when I saw you trying to go up the stairs and then you fell, I felt   and the feeling of sadness just kept getting    . And now you are walking as     as ever. It’s really true that everything will get better as the days go on.”
小题1:
A.informationB.researchC.knowledgeD.experience
小题2:
A.favorable B.believableC.reasonable D.available
小题3:
A.obviousB.specialC.naturalD.strange
小题4:
A.abandonedB.followedC.taughtD.attended
小题5:
A.stories B.jokes C.songsD.humors
小题6:
A.connectB.changeC.mean D.defeat
小题7:
A.mountainsB.stairsC.laddersD.streets
小题8:
A.normalB.pleasantC.simpleD.difficult
小题9:
A.fellB.stoodC.happenedD.appeared
小题10:
A.FewB.LittleC.SeldomD.Never
小题11:
A.arrived B.progressedC.brokeD.stopped
小题12:
A.untilB.beforeC.when D.while
小题13:
A.students B.friendsC.teachersD.workers
小题14:
A.losingB.givingC.passingD.saving
小题15:
A.write downB.figure outC.cut offD.put up
小题16:
A.respondingB.admittingC.explainingD.complaining
小题17:
A.ropeB.wallC.roadD.work
小题18:
A.sorryB.badC.luckyD.proud
小题19:
A.lowerB.weakerC.higherD.stronger
小题20:
A.carefullyB.quicklyC.lightlyD.slowly

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