The Johnson family from England believe they are lucky to be alive after surviving an incredible incident off the coast of Australia. The Johnsons had been ____ that they might see some whales when they were ____ a yacht—a large expensive boat for a 10-day sailing ____ around the Whitsunday Islands. ____, they had no clue just how ____ their viewing would be. Two hours into their journey a nine-meter-long humpback whale ____ out of the ocean and crashed into their boat before returning to the water.
Mark Johnson，the eldest son，was sailing the yacht when he heard an immense bang and a thud (重击声). He ____ thought the yacht had hit a rock. But when he looked up, he saw the whale ____ down the deck of the boat. He told the reporters, “We were staring into its right eye. It was a very ____ moment. The eye was about the ____ of a dinner plate. It was huge!”
____ for the Johnson family, no one was hurt, but the yacht suffered ____ damage. The whale had ruined the mast and rigging—the pole and ropes which hold the ____ —and so the family was left with no way at sea, 10 miles from the shore. The ____ equipment was also damaged, but fortunately they had a cell phone and were able to call for help.
Why the whale jumped onto the yacht is a ____，but the family thinks that maybe the boat had not ____ sailed between the whale and its baby calf. Perhaps the whale was trying to ____ its calf when it jumped, and hit the yacht by accident.
____ the reason, people are completely ____ that this incident happened. There is over 135 million square miles of ocean, so what are the ____ of a whale jumping onto a 30-foot-long yacht? The possibility of something like this happening is extremely small, but it just shows that life is full of surprises.
| 小题1: | | A．explained | B．learned | C．told | D．taught |
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| 小题2: | | A．taking | B．driving | C．hiring | D．running |
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| 小题3: | | A．competition | B．game | C．training | D．trip |
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| 小题4: | | A．Moreover | B．Thus | C．Meanwhile | D．However |
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| 小题5: | | A．exciting | B．close | C．vivid | D．tense |
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| 小题6: | | A．swam | B．leapt | C．slipped | D．stretched |
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| 小题7: | | A．suddenly | B．occasionally | C．immediately | D．casually |
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| 小题8: | | A．drifting | B．jumping | C．falling | D．sliding |
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| 小题9: | | A．surprising | B．annoying | C．frightening | D．astonishing |
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| 小题10: | | A．size | B．sample | C．range | D．form |
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| 小题11: | | A．Certainly | B．Luckily | C．Definitely | D．Possibly |
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| 小题12: | | A．severe | B．extreme | C．actual | D．special |
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| 小题13: | | A．boat | B．beach | C．sail | D．journey |
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| 小题14: | | A．radio | B．craft | C．guide | D．compass |
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| 小题15: | | A．problem | B．mystery | C．suspect | D．question |
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| 小题16: | | A．carefully | B．surely | C．deliberately | D．simply |
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| 小题17: | | A．see | B．touch | C．tend | D．reach |
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| 小题18: | | A．Whenever | B．Wherever | C．Whoever | D．Whatever |
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| 小题19: | | A．amazed | B．worried | C．interested | D．touched |
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| 小题20: | | A．wonders | B．chances | C．predictions | D．consequences |
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小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:D
小题5:B
小题6:B
小题7:C
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:A
小题11:B
小题12:A
小题13:C
小题14:A
小题15:B
小题16:C
小题17:D
小题18:D
小题19:A
小题20:B |
试题分析：本文讲述了约翰逊一家到澳大利亚海上观看座头鲸并经历冒险的故事，庆幸的是他们劫后余生。途中一头座头鲸不小心跳到了他们租借的大型帆船上，砸断了桅杆，弄断了控制方向的绳索，致使他们不能前进，所幸他们没有人员伤亡。最后他们用手机求援，平安归来。
小题1:考查动词：A. explained解释，B. learned了解，C. told知道，D. taught教，约翰逊一家事先被告知如果他们租船出海，则有可能在海上看到鲸鱼。由下文they had no clue just how...可知别人并未给他们提示（clue）,这与told呼应。explain解释，语法上用在这里要加to。learn学习，了解。用这里语态不对。teach教导，教，这里意思不合。选C
小题2:考查动词：A. taking 拿，B. driving开车，C. hiring雇佣，D. running跑，由后文的a large expensive boat for a 10-day sailing...及two hours into their journey ...可知他们是旅行；另外第二段首句Mark Johnson，the eldest son，was sailing the yacht告诉读者驾船的是他们的长子，可知这是租船之后的自驾游，否则开船的就该是船舶公司的人了。选C
小题3:考查名词： A. competition竞争，B. game游戏，C. training训练，D. trip旅行，下文的journey与这里的trip呼应，其它选项不当。选D
小题4:考查副词：A. Moreover还有，B. Thus因此，C. Meanwhile同时，D. However然而，前文说到了美好的一面——出海可能见到座头鲸，但没提示潜在的危险，意思出现了对比，所以however适合这一空。选D
小题5:考查形容词：A. exciting令人兴奋的，B. close关闭的，C. vivid生动的，D. tense紧张的，有上文可知他们租船开始十天的旅程10-day sailing，但出发两小时后Two hours into their journey 他们就碰到了鲸鱼，体现了how close。选B
小题6:考查动词：A. swam游泳，B. leapt猛然行动，骤增，剧增C. slipped滑，D. stretched伸展，leap out of意思为jump out of。这与空后的crash into以及第50空后面的a whale jumping onto a 30-foot-long yacht呼吁，所以B正确。
小题7:考查副词：A. suddenly突然B. occasionally偶然，C. immediately立刻，D. casually随意地，前面说到他们家族的长子听到一声巨响和撞击声，他怀疑船触礁了，根据常识应该是立刻去查看受损情况。选C
小题8:考查动词：A. drifting 流动，随意移动B. jumping跳，C. falling落下，D. sliding滑，他看见鲸鱼在甲板上滑动，选D
小题9:考查形容词：A. surprising令人惊讶的，B. annoying令人生气的，C. frightening令人害怕的，D. astonishing令人惊讶的，从后面的句子：The eye was about the __60__ of a dinner plate. It was huge!”可知鲸鱼的眼睛很大很吓人。选C
小题10:考查名词： A. size尺寸，大小，B. sample样本，C. range范围，射程，D. form形式，鲸鱼的眼睛有餐盘那么大，选A
小题11:考查副词：A. Certainly当然，B. Luckily幸运地，C. Definitely确实，D. Possibly可能，从后面的句子：no one was hurt,可知对Johnson一家没有人受伤是幸运的，选B
小题12:考查形容词：A. severe严重的，B. extreme极端的，C. actual实际的，D. special特殊的，从后面的句子：The whale had ruined the mast and rigging—the pole and ropes which hold the __63__可知但是快艇遭受严重的破坏，选A
小题13:考查名词：A. boat船，B. beach海滩，C. sail帆，D. journey旅程，从后面的句子：and so the family was left with no way at sea, 10 miles from the shore.可知拉帆的绳子坏了，选C
小题14:考查名词：A. radio收音机，无线电，B. craft手艺，C. guide向导，D. compass指南针，从后面的句子：but fortunately they had a cell phone and were able to call for help.可知他们的无线电设备都受到破坏，选A
小题15:考查名词：A. problem问题； B. mystery（未解之）谜； C. suspect怀疑，嫌疑D. question疑问，问题。句意：为何鲸鱼能正好跳到他们船的甲板上，这任然是一个迷。but the family thinks that maybe...中maybe提示了问题的不确定性，只是猜测，所以B正确。
小题16:考查副词：A. carefully仔细地，B. surely当然，C. deliberately故意地，D. simply简单地，句意:他们猜测可能是船不经意间驶到这头鲸鱼和她的幼鲸之间，因此她想跳过船去抵近她的幼崽。not deliberately不经意间，无意间。所以C正确。其它各项不符合情景。
小题17:考查动词：A. see看见，B. touch触摸，C. tend趋向，照料，D. reach到达，母鲸鱼想抵近幼崽（以便于提供保护）。选D
小题18:考查连词：A. Whenever无论何时，B. Wherever无论哪里，C. Whoever 无论谁D. Whatever无论什么，不管原因是什么，人们都惊奇于这样（这样小概率的）事件（居然)发生了。选D
小题19:考查形容词：A. amazed惊讶的，B. worried担心的，C. interested感兴趣的，D. touched感动地，不管原因是什么，人们都惊奇于这样（这样小概率的）事件（居然)发生了。试想一下，广袤的海洋.鲸鱼能跳到船上！选A
小题20:考查名词：A. wonders奇迹，B. chances机会，C. predictions预测，D. consequences后果，选B
Consequences，此处chances相当于possibilities,机会，可能性。鲸鱼落到夹板上这种概率很小。所以B正确 |
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Baroness Thatcher, Britain’s greatest post-war prime minister, died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke (a disease related to blood vessels in the brain), her family announced on 8 April 2013. Her son, Sir Mark, and daughter Carol confirmed her death that morning.
Margaret Thatcher, daughter of a businessman and mayor of Grantham, was educated at the local grammar school, and at Oxford, where she got a degree in chemistry, and upon graduation she worked for four years as a research chemist. She then qualified as a lawyer in 1954.
As Miss Margaret Roberts, she stood twice in parliamentary (国会的) elections for the Conservative Party (保守党), before being elected (after her marriage) to the House of Commons in 1959.
When the Conservatives returned to office in June 1970, she was appointed secretary of state for education and science. After the Conservatives lost power in 1974, she was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet (内阁), and was elected leader of the Conservative Party in 1975.
Baroness Thatcher became prime minister on 4 May 1979 and went on to earn the nickname “the Iron Lady”, becoming known for her strong responses to the political and economic crisis, which Thatcher’s supporters think are good for Britain, while her opposers argue that her policies destroyed British manufacturing.
Lady Thatcher governed Britain from 1979 to 1990. She will go down in history not only as Britain’s first female prime minister, but as the woman who changed Britain’s economy in addition to being an awesome rival on the international stage.
Lady Thatcher was the only British prime minister to leave behind a set of ideas about the role of the state which other leaders and nations try to copy and apply.
小题1:How old was Lady Thatcher when she became prime minister?小题2:Why did Lady Thatcher get the nickname “the Iron Lady”?| A．Because she was the first female prime minister in Britain. | | B．Because she took strong measures to deal with the crisis. | | C．Because she was strong enough to live a long life. | | D．Because her supporters credited (归功于) her with developing the British economy. |
小题3:Which of the following statements is NOT true about Lady Thatcher?| A．She died of a heart attack on 8 April 2013. | | B．She left behind many ideas about the role of the state. | | C．Not all the people are in favor of her policies. | | D．She governed Britain for 11 years. |
小题4:Which is the correct order of what happened in Thatcher’s life?
a. She became prime minister.
b. She was appointed secretary of state for education and science.
c. She was educated at a local grammar school.
d. She was elected leader of the Conservative Party.
e. She qualified as a lawyer.| A．e-c-b-d-a | B．c-e-d-b-a | | C．b-c-e-d-a | D．c-e-b-d-a |
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I had been playing hockey（冰球）for about 10 years. I was always the one sitting at the end of the bench, and got into a game. I went to all the and showed up even when it was so that your ‘breath froze’ and when the otherplayers had decided to stay home. I felt I had enough and thought of quitting.
I finally decided to the news to my mom that I was leaving the team. My mom may have looked like a tiny and quiet lady but on my words, she said, “Remember, ‘A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.’ Your mother didn’t raise , so think about yourself in a way and see yourself as a winner!” So I worked harder than ever at getting in better shape, my shot（投球） accuracy and changing my .
Once in a match, we our first game badly. What’s worse, one of our best players got hurt. I was sitting at my place, at the end of the bench, when the coach came over and told me I was going . I was nervous, excited and terrified all at the same time.
The opposing team was fast and I had to admit I was a little . But my mom’s words out in my head like a church bell. Instead of being afraid, I was “pumped” and I very quickly found that all my work was paying off. I was as fast a skater as anyone else on the ice, and I seemed to get the to score. The crowd went quiet. All the time I spent on the ice when everyone had
gone home had me for this moment.
Won! I won!
The lesson I learned from my mom’s has stayed with me over the years. I hear them whenever I am faced with a challenge, or whenever I myself.
| 小题1: | | A．once | B．seldom | C．usually | D．even |
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| 小题2: | | A．meetings | B．shows | C．matches | D．practices |
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| 小题3: | | A．cloudy | B．wet | C．cold | D．windy |
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| 小题4: | | A．suffered | B．explained | C．planned | D．escaped |
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| 小题5: | | A．write | B．break | C．read | D．speak |
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| 小题6: | | A．noticing | B．gathering | C．hearing | D．analyzing |
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| 小题7: | | A．talkers | B．dreamers | C．attackers | D．losers |
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| 小题8: | | A．positive | B．familiar | C．brief | D．convenient |
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| 小题9: | | A．testing | B．improving | C．questioning | D．affecting |
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| 小题10: | | A．aim | B．taste | C．habit | D．attitude |
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| 小题11: | | A．lost | B．controlled | C．practiced | D．continued |
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| 小题12: | | A．usual | B．safe | C．secret | D．private |
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| 小题14: | | A．annoyed | B．awkward | C．scared | D．bitter |
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| 小题15: | | A．put | B．rang | C．gave | D． stood |
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| 小题16: | | A．exact | B．extra | C．creative | D．casual |
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| 小题17: | | A．chance | B．message | C．order | D．note |
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| 小题18: | | A．spared | B．requested | C．prepared | D．sent |
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| 小题19: | | A．actions | B．reasons | C．words | D．promises |
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| 小题20: | | A．judge | B．express | C．comfort | D．doubt |
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I walked into the grocery store not particularly interested in buying something. The sorrow of my husband of 37 years was still too painful. And this grocery store held so many sweet . Bob often came with me and almost every time he"d to go off and look for something special. I"d always see him walking down the walkway the three yellow roses in his hands. Bob knew I loved yellow roses. With a heart with pain, I came to the meat shelf, I searched for the small steak and remembered how Bob had loved his steak.
Suddenly a woman came beside me. She was in a soft green dress. I as she picked up a large pack of T-bones, them in her basket, hesitated, and then put them back. She saw me watching her and she smiled. "My husband loves T-bones, but , at these prices, I don"t know."
"My husband passed away eight days ago," I told her. "Buy him the steaks. And value every you have together."
She smiled and I saw the feeling in her as she placed the package in her basket and away. I turned and pushed my cart forward too. Several minutes later I saw first the green suit and then the pretty lady coming to me. In her arms she carried something. On her face was the smile I had ever seen.
As she came closer, I saw what she held and welled down. "These are for you, " she said and placed three beautiful yellow roses in my arms. She placed a gentle kiss on my cheek, then smiled again. I wanted to tell her what the roses , but still unable to speak. I watched as she walked away as tears clouded my . I looked down at the beautiful roses and found it almost . How did she know?
Suddenly the seemed so clear. I wasn"t alone. "Oh, Bob, you haven"t me, have you?" I whispered, with tears in my eyes. He was still with me, and she was his angel.
| 小题1: | | A．losing | B．leaving | C．passing | D．failing |
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| 小题2: | | A．flowers | B．roses | C．memories | D．thoughts |
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| 小题3: | | A．decide | B．happen | C．refuse | D．pretend |
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| 小题4: | | A．by | B．with | C．during | D．between |
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| 小题5: | | A．full | B．filled | C．pleased | D．crowded |
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| 小题6: | | A．very | B．beautiful | C．pretty | D．perfect |
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| 小题7: | | A．watched | B．saw | C．found | D．glared |
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| 小题8: | | A．fell | B．carried | C．dropped | D．took |
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| 小题9: | | A．exactly | B．generally | C．usually | D．honestly |
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| 小题10: | | A．moment | B．dinner | C．time | D．year |
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| 小题11: | | A．hands | B．eyes | C．voice | D．basket |
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| 小题12: | | A．left | B．ran | C．slipped | D．wheeled |
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| 小题13: | | A．realized | B．recognized | C．received | D．thought |
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| 小题14: | | A．saddest | B．funniest | C．brightest | D．strangest |
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| 小题15: | | A．words | B．tears | C．feelings | D．sweats |
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| 小题16: | | A．stood | B．described | C．meant | D．designed |
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| 小题17: | | A．sight | B．cart | C．roses | D．package |
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| 小题18: | | A．unknown | B．uncommon | C．unreal | D．unlike |
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| 小题19: | | A．question | B．answer | C．case | D．puzzle |
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| 小题20: | | A．missed | B．disappointed | C．hated | D．forgotten |
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When Russell Lyons volunteered for the first time, he read Goodnight Moon to a class of San Diego preschoolers. And it wasn’t reading－he’d memorized the book and was reciting it out loud. He was 4. Still, he said it felt good up there, in front of the other kids, lending a hand. He wanted more of that feeling.
Thirteen years later, he’s getting a lot of it. He’s on a five-month road trip across America－not sightseeing, but volunteering.
The University City resident has spent time at an animal reserve in Utah, a women’s shelter in St. Louis, a soup kitchen in New York, a retirement home in Tucson. This week he’s in Los Angeles, at a program that supports disabled youth.
“I just like helping people and feeling that something I do is making a difference,” he said. He resists the idea that his “Do Good Adventure” is all that unusual. It bothers him that the media often describes young people as lazy, self-centered and materialistic. So he sees his trip as a chance to make a statement, too. “About 55 percent of teens do volunteer work, higher than the rate of adults,” he said, according to a 2002 study. “Not everybody knows that.”
Of course, some teens do volunteer work because it looks impressive on their college applications. Lyons said he mentioned his trip on his submissions. But charity work is a habit with him. Even before the cross country trip, he was volunteering abut 200 hours a year at various places. He’s made sandwiches for homeless families in Washington D.C.. He’s taught math to fifth-graders in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
He gets some of that drive from his mother, Leslye Lyons, who has been involved in nonprofits for much of her life. She was there when her son “read” to the preschoolers－a memory of hers “that will never go away.”
小题1: What did Russell Lyons think of his first volunteering?| A．Creative. | B．Impressive. | C．Persuasive. | D．Imaginative. |
小题2:The third paragraph is meant to ______.| A．indicate Russell Lyons is working as a volunteer | | B．introduce some tourist attractions across America | | C．appeal to volunteers to offer help to those in need | | D．show volunteers are needed in all parts of America |
小题3: According to Paragraph 4, Russell Lyons is against the idea that ______.| A．what he has done is common | | B．most teens do volunteer work | | C．young people don’t work hard | | D．adults prefer to be volunteers |
小题4:Russell Lyons has been doing volunteer work because ______. | A．it is necessary for college applications | | B．he ought to keep his promise to Momit | | C．he likes the feeling of being praised | | D．has become a natural part of his life |
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41-60各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
I will never forget that night, when I pulled into my drivewayafter a busy day of school and baby-sitting. I still to write a physics paper, which must be handed in the next day. There were many things on my mind. At that time I was having many problems with my family and friends, I was in a very bad mood (心情). And I was unhappy with and the way that my life was going. A major I was struggling with was drug (毒品) use. For two years I had been smoking marijuana (大麻) and got used to it, could not stop. I did not let drugs affect my grades or personality, but it made a (n) in how I thought about myself. I had always been a good kid and still tried to be, but drugs brought me . I frequently thought about drugs were not something I wanted as part of my life. I wanted to but I was frightened to make it.
I looked up at the sky as I got out of my . The moon gave off tiny beams of light. The sky was a dark, ink-black colour millions of stars. I stood outside in the cool fall air for what seemed a long time of heaven and . The joy that I had not for ages came upon me. I closed my eyes to decide if this dream could be . I slowly opened my eyes and caught a shooting star (流星) flying over treetops. Tears fell from my eyes and streamed down my cheeks. I had the true beauty of nature. Those few helped me find the to change.
It is not easy to make the decision to stop using drugs. It is even harder to stop . Giving it up has given me hope and a reason to be myself. It has helped me grow and more mature (成熟).
| 小题1: | | A．promised | B．had | C．wished | D．stopped |
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| 小题3: | | A．my family | B．my homework | C．my friends | D．myself |
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| 小题4: | | A．problem | B．situation | C．subject | D．condition |
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| 小题5: | | A．while | B．or | C．but | D．rather |
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| 小题6: | | A．difference | B．effort | C．plan | D．mistake |
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| 小题9: | | A．escape | B．change | C．live | D．forget |
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| 小题10: | | A．way | B．house | C．school | D．car |
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| 小题12: | | A．sadness | B．luck | C．happiness | D．regret |
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| 小题13: | | A．received | B．learned | C．known | D．felt |
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| 小题14: | | A．real | B．surprising | C．useless | D．helpful |
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| 小题15: | | A．recognized | B．seen | C．guessed | D．imagined |
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| 小题16: | | A．minutes | B．stars | C．thoughts | D．nights |
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| 小题17: | | A．fact | B．courage | C．reason | D．chance |
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| 小题18: | | A．actually | B．simply | C．gradually | D．quickly |
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| 小题19: | | A．crazy about | B．afraid of | C．proud of | D．angry with |
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| 小题20: | | A．weaker | B．richer | C．poorer | D．stronger |
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