On August 26, 1999, New York City experienced a torrential downpour. The rain caused the streets to ____ and the subway system almost came to a stop.
Unfortunately, this happened during the morning rush hour. Many people who were going to work were ____ to go home. Some battled to ____ a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others faced the ____ bravely, walking miles to get to work.
I ____ to be one of the people on the way to work that morning. I went from subway line to subway line only to find that most ____ had stopped. After making my way ____ crowds of people, I finally found a subway line that was ____. Unfortunately, there were so many people waiting to ____ the subway that I could not even get down the stairs to the ____. So I took the train going in the opposite direction, and then switch back to the downtown train. Finally, after what seemed like a forever, the train ____ my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain. When I finally got to my office, I was ____ through, exhausted and ____.
My co-workers and I spent most of the day drying off. When it was 5:00 pm，I was ready to go home. I was about to turn off my computer ____ I received an email from Garth, my Director:
I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and __ __ reported to work. It is always reassuring(令人欣慰), at times like these, when employees so clearly show their ____ to their jobs. Thank you.
Garth’s email was short, but I learned more from that ____ message than I ever did from a textbook. The email taught me that a few words of ____ can make a big difference. The rainstorm and the traffic ____ had made me tired and upset. But Garth’s words immediately____ me and put a smile back on my face.
| 小题1: | | A．break | B．flood | C．sink | D．crash |
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| 小题2: | | A．forced | B．refused | C．adjusted | D．gathered |
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| 小题3: | | A．order | B．pay | C．call | D．search |
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| 小题4: | | A．climate | B．scenery | C．storm | D．burden |
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| 小题5: | | A．used | B．promised | C．deserved | D．happened |
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| 小题6: | | A．practice | B．routine | C．process | D．service |
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| 小题8: | | A．operating | B．cycling | C．turning | D．rushing |
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| 小题9: | | A．check | B．carry | C．find | D．board |
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| 小题10: | | A．street | B．ground | C．floor | D．platform |
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| 小题11: | | A．paused | B．crossed | C．reached | D．parked |
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| 小题13: | | A．ashamed | B．discouraged | C．surprised | D．puzzled |
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| 小题14: | | A．while | B．when | C．where | D．after |
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| 小题15: | | A．hardly | B．casually | C．absolutely | D．eventually |
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| 小题16: | | A．devotion | B．donation | C．connection | D．reaction |
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| 小题17: | | A．accurate | B．urgent | C．brief | D．humorous |
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| 小题18: | | A．promise | B．appreciation | C．advice | D．guidance |
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| 小题19: | | A．troubles | B．signals | C．rules | D．signs |
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| 小题20: | | A．corrected | B．supported | C．amazed | D．refreshed |
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小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:C
小题5:D
小题6:D
小题7:B
小题8:A
小题9:D
小题10:D
小题11:C
小题12:A
小题13:B
小题14:B
小题15:D
小题16:A
小题17:C
小题18:B
小题19:A
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试题分析：1999 年 8 月 26 日那天因为纽约雨下得大，交通几乎完全停滞，上班不便，而作者费了很大的劲，终于成功地赶到了单位，但因为浑身湿透了什么事情也干不成。下班时收到了上司的电子邮件，上司夸奖了自己，顿时路上的辛苦疲劳全部消失，备感欣慰。
小题1:考查动词。道路被洪水淹没。flood意为淹没.break意为中断,断裂;sink: 下沉,crash: 碰撞, 坠落, 皆不合题意.选B
小题2:考查动词。由于暴雨,很多要上班的人被迫回家.sb. be forced to do:某人被迫做某事.refuse意为拒绝,adjust:调整,校准,使…适应,gather:聚集,集合. 选A
小题3:考查动词。order命令,订购(货物等),点(菜). B. pay付钱，C. call叫，打电话，D. search寻找， call a taxi:叫出租车.选C
小题4:考查名词。从上文a terrible rainstorm可知是勇敢的面对暴风雨.climate指气候,不是具体某天的天气.scenery:风景,景色;burden:担子,负担. 选C
小题5:D考查动词。happen to be:碰巧是…,表示"我碰巧是那天早晨上班赶路的人的其中之一".其他三个选项都能和不定式to do/be 搭配,但意思不符.used to be:曾经是,promise to do: 许诺做…,deserve to be: 值得是,应受…. 选D
小题6:考查名词。我意外的发现大部分的地铁路线的服务都停了. practice:实践,练习.routine:常规;惯例;例行公事.process:过程,进程. 选D
小题7:考查介词。through指从内部穿过.through crowds of people意为穿过人群. 选B
小题8:考查动词。operate:运行,工作. Cycling骑车，turning转向，D. rushing冲，表示"终于找到一条还在运行的地铁线". 选A
小题9:考查动词。Check检查，B. carry运送，C. find 发现，board the subway意为:上地铁.board:上(船,车,飞机). 选D
小题10:考查名词。street街道，ground地面， floor地板， platform站台，意为:有太多人等着上地铁以至于我甚至不能挤上去站台的楼梯.只有platform 和地铁有关. 选 D
小题11:考查动词。句意为:在过了好像一辈子那么久的时间后,火车终于到达了我(要到达)的站点.reach:及物动词,到达.pause:暂停, park:停车,都是不及物动词,不合题意. Crossed穿过，选C
小题12:考查形容词。wet 潮湿的， weak虚弱的， sick生病的， hurt受伤的，因为下着大雨,所以应是"我"全身湿透了.与虚弱,疾病,受伤都不相关. 选A
小题13:考查形容词。到达后的状态是discouraged精疲力竭的,气馁的,因为冒雨赶路的辛苦.ashamed意为:羞愧的,惭愧的,surprised:吃惊的,puzzled:困惑的,不解的.都不合题意. 选B
小题14:考查连词。be about to do…when 固定句型,意为:正要做…这时…,不能用其他词代替. 选B
小题15:考查副词。eventually意为:最终,终于."我"的上司感谢我们做出努力,最终来报到上班.hardly:几乎不,casually:随意地,absolutely :绝对地. 选 D
小题16:考查名词。句意为:有时候像这样,当员工们如此明显表现出他们对工作的忠于职守时,总是令人安慰的.devotion意为:热爱,忠诚.donation:捐赠,connection:联系,reaction:反应. 选A
小题17:考查形容词。 通过上文的short 可看出,信息是简短的brief,其他的accurate:准确的, 精密的,urgent:紧急的,humorous:幽默的. 选C
小题18:考查名词。A. promise许诺，B. appreciation感激，C. advice建议，D. guidance指导，从上文可知上司给他写的是感谢信.意为"几句感谢的话有很大影响". 选B
小题19:考查名词。A. troubles麻烦，B. signals信号，C. rules规定，D. signs标志，从上文中的找车,挤车可以看出是交通上的麻烦事,而不是交通信号或是规则. 选A
小题20:考查动词。A. corrected纠正，B. supported支持，C. amazed使…惊讶，D. refresh使精力恢复; 使精神, 上司的话让我路上的辛苦疲劳全部消失，备感欣慰。选D |
核心考点
试题【On August 26, 1999, New York City experienced a torrential downpour. The rain ca】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
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Last week after a long day of traveling, I found myself delayed at a bus station. The bus was running two hours late! I was a little ____ and had to wait there reading a book. Just then a woman _____ and asked me if I had any spare change to help her ____ a bus ticket.
“Oh, sure,” I said.
With the words, I reached into my bag for some _____. As I handed her five dollars I _____her stomach rumble (发出辘辘声) and I knew she was very ______.
I then reached back into my _____ and brought out a Danish pastry (酥皮糕点) I had bought earlier and _____it to her with a smile.
She took the pastry and gave me a bus ticket to Milwaukee to show her _____. I don’t live in Milwaukee and the ticket will probably ____ be used, but I took it. A look of ____ spread over her face. Then she went to get her ____ and I went back to my ____.
She came back a few ____ later, apologized, and told me there were five dollars ____. I gave her the money and slipped(悄悄地塞) a twenty ____. She thanked me and went back to the counter. ____ I went back to my book.
Five minutes later she came back again and ____ to return my twenty. ____ I said it was for her so she could get something else to eat and that I wasn’t taking it back, she _____crying and hugged me.
From then on, I always help others in trouble, because I believe I am really making a difference to them!
| 小题1: | | A．worried | B．terrified | C．interested | D．moved |
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| 小题2: | | A．looked around | B．came up | C．walked about | D．ran away |
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| 小题3: | | A．exchange | B．check | C．find | D．get |
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| 小题4: | | A．books | B．newspapers | C．money | D．food |
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| 小题5: | | A．felt | B．heard | C．imagined | D．proved |
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| 小题6: | | A．weak | B．sick | C．tired | D．hungry |
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| 小题7: | | A．bag | B．counter | C．pocket | D．suitcase |
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| 小题8: | | A．handed | B．showed | C．lent | D．sold |
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| 小题9: | | A．trouble | B．thankfulness | C．kindness | D．belief |
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| 小题10: | | A．always | B．ever | C．never | D．still |
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| 小题11: | | A．surprise | B．relief | C．excitement | D．fear |
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| 小题12: | | A．luggage | B．pastry | C．coffee | D．ticket |
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| 小题13: | | A．speech | B．seat | C．book | D．room |
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| 小题14: | | A．days | B．minutes | C．hours | D．weeks |
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| 小题15: | | A．short | B．missing | C．available | D．unused |
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| 小题16: | | A．as well | B．in return | C．with anger | D．by chance |
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| 小题17: | | A．Sometimes | B．Once | C．Again | D．Often |
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| 小题18: | | A．refused | B．pretended | C．agreed | D．tried |
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| 小题19: | | A．Since | B．After | C．Though | D．If |
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| 小题20: | | A．forgot | B．considered | C．started | D．avoided |
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I grew up poor－living with my wonderful mother. We had little money, but plenty of love and attention. I was and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still to have a dream.
My dream was . By the time I was sixteen, I had started playing baseball. I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and anything that moved on the football field. I was also : My high school coach was John, who not only believed in me, but also taught me to believe in myself. He me the difference between having a dream and remaining true to that dream. One particular _ with Coach John changed my life forever.
A friend recommended me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket-money for a new bike, new clothes and the of savings for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to up summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell John I wouldn’t be playing.
When I told John, he was as as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” He said. “Your days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.” I stood before him with my head , trying to think of the to explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his in me.
“How much are you going to make at this job?” He asked. “3.5 dollars an hour,” I replied.
“Well,” he asked, “is $3.5 an hour the price of a dream?”
That simple question made for me the difference between something right now and having a . I devoted myself to sports that summer and the year I was chosen by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and was a $20,000 contract. My baseball scholarship got me through university and in 1984 I signed with Denver Broncos for $1.7 million and bought my mother the house of her dreams.
| 小题1: | | A．happy | B．polite | C．shy | D．honest |
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| 小题2: | | A．live | B．afford | C．make | D．need |
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| 小题3: | | A．athletics | B．music | C．business | D．money |
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| 小题5: | | A．right | B．popular | C．lucky | D．wrong |
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| 小题6: | | A．how | B．why | C．when | D．whether |
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| 小题7: | | A．gave | B．taught | C．brought | D．asked |
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| 小题8: | | A．accident | B．matter | C．problem | D．experience |
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| 小题9: | | A．aim | B．idea | C．start | D．purpose |
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| 小题11: | | A．mad | B．puzzled | C．frightened | D．shameful |
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| 小题12: | | A．living | B．playing | C．working | D．learning |
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| 小题13: | | A．moving | B．nodding | C．shaking | D．hanging |
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| 小题14: | | A．answers | B．excuses | C．words | D．ways |
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| 小题15: | | A．sadness | B．regret | C．hopelessness | D．disappointment |
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| 小题16: | | A．direct | B．clear | C．straight | D．bare |
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| 小题17: | | A．wanting | B．changing | C．dreaming | D．living |
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| 小题18: | | A．wish | B．dream | C．score | D．desire |
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| 小题20: | | A．paid | B．got | C．offered | D．presented |
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A cancer-stricken British teenage girl said Thursday she had been moved by messages of support from around the world after writing an online "Bucket List" of things she wanted to do before dying.
Alice Pyne, l5, created an Internet blog in which she described her fight against a cancer of the white blood cells. “I’ve been fighting cancer for almost four years and now l know that the cancer is gaining on me and it doesn"t look like I"m going to win this one," she wrote.
For her list, the teenager took inspiration from the 2007 film “The Bucket List”, in which two terminally ill(患绝症的) men, played by Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, draw up a list of things they wish to do before they die.
On her list, at the site www.alicepyne.blogspot.com, she has included making everyone sign up to be a bone marrow donor(骨髓捐赠者), swimming with sharks, meeting boy band Take That and getting a purple iPad computer.
Messages of support and offers of help quickly flooded her webpage and it became one of the most talked about subjects on Twitter.
"Oh dear and I thought that I was just doing a little blog for a few friends!" she wrote after her site attracted huge attention. "Thank you so much for all your lovely messages to me."
Pyne, who lives with her family in the northwest English town of Ulverston, revealed (透露) the management of Take That had arranged for her to see the band after reading her blog. A group of local lawmakers have also joined forces with the Anthony Nolan blood cancer charity to encourage people to join its stem cell register.
小题1:What happened after Alice Pyne wrote her "Bucket List"?| A．The media called on people to help her. | | B．People sent gifts to her from all over the world. | | C．A lot of people offered to donate bone marrow to her. | | D．People around the world sent messages to support her. |
小题2: Alice Pyne wrote her "Bucket List" to ___________.| A．express her last few wishes | | B．say goodbye to a few friends | | C．give comfort to two terminally ill men | | D．catch people"s attention |
小题3:It can be inferred from the second paragraph that Alice Pyne _________.| A．is unaware of her own conditions | | B．is calm to know that death is approaching | | C．is very sad to know that she will die | | D．is still quite confident in fighting against cancer |
小题4:Which of the following is NOT on Alice Pyne"s "Bucket List"?| A．To meet a boy. | B．To get a cool computer. | | C．To swim with sharks. | D．To ask people to donate bone marrow. |
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One March evening I together with my friends was on a bus. The driver didn"t to start the bus soon because it was not yet .A mid-aged woman got on. Tired and sad, she told her story , not to anyone particular. On her way to the station, half of her was stolen. The other half was hidden under her blouse, so she still had some left. A few minutes later, she stopped crying, but still looked .
When all the seats were taken, the driver started the engine. The conductor began to collect the fares. When she came to an old man in worn-out clothes, he that he had spent all his money he accidentally got on a wrong bus and now was trying to go home. On hearing this, she ordered the old man to the bus. The old man was almost in tears as he her to let him take the bus home. The driver took the conductor"s side and repeated the conductor"s .
The woman was watching the incident. the driver and the conductor raised their voices at the old man, she shouted.
“Stop him! Can"t you see he"s only trying to get home”
“He doesn"t have any money!” the driver .
“Well, that"s no to throw him off the bus.” She insisted.
Then she reached inside her blouse, took out her money, and handed it to the conductor. “Here"s his fare and mine. Just stop giving him a time.
All heads turned to the woman. “ It"s only money,” she shrugged.
She rode the rest of her way home a happy smile, with the money she"d lost earlier .
On the road of life, the help of strangers can our roads and lift our spirits. How much sweeter the will be when we make it a little smoother for others!
| 小题1: | | A．try | B．care | C．decide | D．intend |
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| 小题2: | | A．empty | B．full | C．crowded | D．ready |
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| 小题3: | | A．tearfully | B．seriously | C．carefully | D．calmly |
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| 小题4: | | A．fare | B．possession | C．money | D．wealth |
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| 小题5: | | A．strangely | B．happily | C．secretly | D．fortunately |
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| 小题6: | | A．unsatisfied | B．weak | C．unhappy | D．excited |
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| 小题7: | | A．explained | B．declared | C．admitted | D．found |
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| 小题8: | | A．get off | B．start | C．get on | D．stop |
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| 小题9: | | A．begged | B．scolded | C．praised | D．thanked |
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| 小题10: | | A．request | B．action | C．suggestion | D．command |
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| 小题11: | | A．Unless | B．Although | C．Until | D．When |
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| 小题12: | | A．attacking | B．bothering | C．blaming | D．wronging |
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| 小题13: | | A．warned | B．whispered | C．shouted | D．repeated |
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| 小题14: | | A．problem | B．need | C．matter | D．reason |
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| 小题15: | | A．spending | B．collected | C．remaining | D．borrowed |
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| 小题16: | | A．busy | B．cold | C．hard | D．fearful |
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| 小题17: | | A．giving | B．wearing | C．taking | D．forcing |
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| 小题18: | | A．forgotten | B．used | C．earned | D．returned |
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| 小题19: | | A．move | B．increase | C．lighten | D．carry |
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| 小题20: | | A．world | B．journey | C．smile | D．friendship |
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Once upon a time, there was a bird made of stone. She was beautiful and magic. She lived near the entrance to a beautiful between two mountains. The bird was so that she had to walk on the ground instead of in the sky.
Though she couldn’t fly, she looking up at the trees every day. She one day being able to fly and see the forest from up high. , that dream was gone after a great fire.
When the fire was put out, all that was left of the trees were stumps（树桩）. plants and animals that had live there were gone. The stone bird was the only one that didn’t in the fire. When she saw what had to the trees, she felt very sad. Looking at the burnt trees, she couldn’t crying. She cried for hours and days. She cried with such a feeling that her were wearing away her stone . Finally all her body was worn away and the bird had some water.
But when the came out, the water rose into the sky and became a happy little cloud which could fly over the trees and see everything .
Since then, the little cloud has traveled all over the world. She enjoyed the of all the forests and beautiful countryside. She never what had burnt the trees, so she was very careful to pour her rain down on any tree she saw . She saved a lot of trees.
| 小题1: | | A．field | B．lake | C．sea | D．forest |
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| 小题2: | | A．proud | B．surprising | C．heavy | D．pretty |
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| 小题3: | | A．walking | B．trying | C．singing | D．flying |
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| 小题4: | | A．needed | B．began | C．enjoyed | D．disliked |
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| 小题5: | | A．made up | B．dreamed of | C．gave up | D．talked about |
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| 小题6: | | A．dusty | B．poor | C．small | D．beautiful |
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| 小题7: | | A．However | B．Also | C．Therefore | D．So |
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| 小题8: | | A．sadly | B．possibly | C．finally | D．suddenly |
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| 小题10: | | A．change | B．live | C．watch | D．die |
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| 小题11: | | A．happened | B．come | C．moved | D．climbed |
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| 小题12: | | A．continue | B．start | C．keep | D．stop |
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| 小题13: | | A．minds | B．feelings | C．hands | D．tears |
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| 小题14: | | A．house | B．heart | C．body | D．habit |
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| 小题15: | | A．cared about | B．turned into | C．turned up | D．looked for |
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| 小题17: | | A．below | B．above | C．backward | D．ahead |
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| 小题18: | | A．views | B．areas | C．colours | D．numbers |
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| 小题19: | | A．found | B．explained | C．forgot | D．knew |
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| 小题20: | | A．falling | B．burning | C．growing | D．shaking |
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