I break off a piece of candy and take pleasure in its sweet outside and the bitter, dark chocolate inside, thinking of my own life. Being raised by a single parent was a bitter-sweet 36 , which gave me motivation and ambition.
There were several years that have left a(n) 37 bitter taste in my mouth —those when my mother married a man and moved my sister, Emily, and me several states away from our hometown. The first few months were 38 : baseball games, family trips to the mall, dinners and movies together. Then things changed. Baseball became too expensive, and trips to the mall were 39 by days Emily and I spent isolated (孤立的) in our rooms under our stepfather’s 40 . Moreover, screaming matches between him and our mother always 41 dinner. We spent five years living in a family that had 42 a war zone. Emily and I almost grew used to this situation . Then one evening, after another argument had erupted , we left home. I was 14, my sister 11, and we were 43 .A friend of my mother let us stay with her.
Instead of focusing on our economic instability, my mother selflessly pushed me to struggle for success. She wanted me to lead a more 44 life than hers. She worked long hours every night to pay her bills. 45 , she would find time to read and play with Emily and me. Mom taught me the 46 of perseverance (坚持不懈) and education. We finally settled in Texas. And now, writing this essay with my favorite candy close at hand, I realize my family and I are at the best points of our lives. I haven’t let the trying times stop me from making 47 , both academically and personally. I know that a bitter environment can provide good learning experiences, and that success, even more than candy, is the sweetest treat of all.
| 小题1: | | A．behavior | B．habit | C．activity | D．experience |
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| 小题2: | | A．hardly | B．extremely | C．potentially | D．Gently |
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| 小题3: | | A．sweet | B．bitter | C．boring | D．terrible |
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| 小题4: | | A．concerned | B．associated | C．accompanied | D．replaced |
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| 小题5: | | A．sympathy | B．reminder | C．orders | D．requests |
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| 小题6: | | A．separated | B．interrupted | C．harmed | D．Adjusted |
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| 小题7: | | A．turned into | B．turned up | C．turned down | D．turned on |
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| 小题8: | | A．homeless | B．lucky | C．educated | D．wealthy |
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| 小题9: | | A．interesting | B．comfortable | C．simple | D．typical |
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| 小题10: | | A．Instead | B．Otherwise | C．Meanwhile | D．Therefore |
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| 小题11: | | A．value | B．cost | C．price | D．theme |
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| 小题12: | | A．emotions | B．expectations | C．fortunes | D．achievements |
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小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:C
小题6:B
小题7:A
小题8:A
小题9:B
小题10:C
小题11:A
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试题分析：本文讲述作者在单亲家庭长大的哭和乐，作者感悟到就是在逆境中成长，使她了解坚持和教育的价值，从而获得成功。
小题1:考查名词：A. behavior行为，B. habit习惯C. activity活动D. experience经验，经历，在单亲家庭长大是个有苦有甜的经历。选D
小题2:考查副词：A. hardly几乎不，B. extremely非常，C. potentially潜在的，D. Gently温柔的，有几年留下非常苦涩的味道。选B
小题3:考查形容词：A. sweet 甜的B. bitter 哭的，C. boring令人厌烦的，D. terrible可怕的，从后面的句子：baseball games, family trips to the mall, dinners and movies together. 可知一开始是甜蜜的。选A
小题4:考查动词：A. concerned关心，B. associated联系C. accompanied陪伴D. replaced代替，购物被我和艾米被孤立的呆在自己的房间代替。选D
小题5:考查名词：A. sympathy同情B. reminder 提示C. orders命令，预定，D. requests要求，在继父的命令下。选C
小题6:考查动词：A. separated分离B. interrupted打断C. harmed伤害D. Adjusted调整，他们之间尖叫的比赛经常打断吃饭。选B
小题7:考查词组：A. turned into变成B. turned up出现，露面，C. turned down调低，拒绝，D. turned on打开，我们花了5年时间呆在变成战场的家里。选A
小题8:考查形容词：A. homeless无家可归的，B. lucky幸运的，C. educated受过教育的，D. wealthy 富有的，从前面的we left home.说明他们无家可归。选A
小题9:考查形容词：A. interesting有趣的，B. comfortable舒服的C. simple简单的D. typical典型的，妈妈想要我过比她舒服的生活。选B
小题10:考查副词：A. Instead相反B. Otherwise否则C. Meanwhile 同时D. Therefore因此，妈妈每天工作很长时间，同时还抽出时间陪我和艾米。选C
小题11:考查名词：A. value价值B. cost成本C. price价格D. theme 主题，妈妈教会我们坚持不懈和教育的价值。选A
小题12:考查名词：A. emotions 情感B. expectations期待C. fortunes运气D. achievements成就，我不能让这些艰难的时间阻止我取得成就。选D
点评：如果考生能吃透作者的写作意图，透过这个角度进行语言的思维，这篇文章就会容易多了。就语言特色来讲，它考查了这些语言点：动词，形容词及副词，名词，动词短语，介词短语及非谓语等等。当然，完形填空试题还有一个重要的侧枝功能，就是上下文逻辑的理解考查，在这篇测试中，也综合考查到了。本测试更多的偏重到了逻辑选词，所以，考生要在对全文理解透的情况下，做出正确的判断。 |
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When I was young, I wanted to be a teacher if I grew up, simply because I wanted to write on the chalkboard! My teacher seemed to be the __26___ printers, curving their letters just so, and I wanted to do it 27__! Now, after “higher education”, and three__28__ career paths, I have come back to want to be a ___29____, but my reasons have changed. I was __30___ in my years of high school, to have teachers that really ___31__ me as an individual, and I want to___32___this back.
A teacher’s gentleness needs to be shown when___33__ or encouraging the students. It is important to make the corrections in order for the students to learn. ___34___, this needs to be done in a ___35____ that will help to ___36____ the student to make the changes necessary, ___37___ discouraging them from learning. Being patient is also extremely important, because the class needs to know what to ____38____from the teacher. This will also help to build a better agreement with the students, and help both the teacher and students to learn more about each other.
If a teacher exhibits a true love of ___39___ and helping students learn, many of the qualities___40___above will just fall into place. The teacher that had the most ___41___on me had the best fame in the school. She was strict, and she did demand a lot, but she was able to show us it was ____42___ she cared for us. She knew each of us was worth it, and she knew we each could do it. She ___43___ knowledge, firmly, patiently, respectfully, and most effectively. She gently encouraged us to make ___44___ when we needed to, and ___45___ us when we did. She was a true teacher, not just someone who taught, and this is the kind of teacher I hope to be.
| 小题1: | | A．funniest | B．greatest | C．strangest | D．cleverest |
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| 小题2: | | A．too | B．either | C．also | D．hard |
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| 小题3: | | A．ordinary | B．familiar | C．difficult | D．different |
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| 小题4: | | A．teacher | B．doctor | C．lawyer | D．secretary |
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| 小题5: | | A．diligent | B．active | C．successful | D．fortunate |
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| 小题6: | | A．cared about | B．believed in | C．longed for | D．thought about |
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| 小题8: | | A．talking | B．working | C．correcting | D．stressing |
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| 小题9: | | A．Besides | B．Moreover | C．However | D．Otherwise |
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| 小题10: | | A．sense | B．class | C．means | D．manner |
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| 小题11: | | A．prevent | B．motivate | C．force | D．forbid |
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| 小题12: | | A．beyond | B．through | C．without | D．towards |
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| 小题13: | | A．result | B．hear | C．suffer | D．expect |
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| 小题14: | | A．teaching | B．learning | C．considering | D．treating |
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| 小题15: | | A．discussed | B．referred | C．mentioned | D．engaged |
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| 小题16: | | A．goal | B．impact | C．affect | D．duty |
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| 小题17: | | A．while | B．although | C．since | D．because |
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| 小题18: | | A．passed on | B．pulled on | C．kept on | D．turned on |
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| 小题19: | | A．decisions | B．choices | C．changes | D．attempts |
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| 小题20: | | A．blamed | B．ignored | C．helped | D．praised |
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One day an out of work mimic(滑稽演员) is visiting the zoo and attempts to earn some money as a street performer. As soon as he starts to draw the crowd，a zoo keeper grabs him and drags him into his office. The zoo keeper explains to the mimic that the zoo"s most popular attraction，a gorilla(大猩猩)，has died suddenly and the keeper fears that attendance at the zoo will fall off. He offers the mimic a job to dress up as the gorilla until they can get another one. The mimic accepts.
So the next morning the mimic puts on the gorilla suit and enters the cage before the crowd comes. He discovers that it"s a great job. He can sleep all he wants，play and make fun of people and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a mimic. However，eventually the crowds tire of him and he tires of just swinging on wires. He begins to notice that the people are paying more attention to the lion in the cage next to his. Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience，he climbs to the top of his cage，crawls across a partition(隔离物)，and dangles from the top to the lion"s cage. Of course，this makes the lion very angry，but the crowd loves it.
At the end of the day the zoo keeper comes and gives the mimic a raise for being such a good attraction. Well，this goes on for some time－the mimic keeps taunting the lion，the crowds grow larger，and his salary keeps going up. Then one terrible day when he is dangling over the angry lion he slips and falls. The mimic is terrified.
The lion gathers itself and prepares to attack. The mimic is so scared that he begins to run round and round the cage with the lion close behind. Finally，the mimic starts screaming and yelling，“Help me，help me！”But the lion is quick and attacks. The mimic soon finds himself flat on his back looking up at the angry lion and the lion says，“Shut up，you idiot！Do you want to get us both fired？”
小题1:The mimic visits the zoo to________.| A．take care of the dying gorilla | B．beg some money from the zoo keeper | | C．ask for a job there | D．perform and earn some money there |
小题2:The zoo keeper offers the mimic a job to act as the gorilla because________.| A．it is more expensive to hire a real gorilla | | B．the real gorilla died but the keeper does not want to lose its visitors | | C．he likes the mimic"s performance | | D．he wants to help the mimic who is out of work |
小题3:What does the mimic feel about the new job at first?| A．He likes it because he has enough freedom in the job. | | B．He likes it but he prefers to working as a mimic. | | C．He doesn"t like it for people do not respect him. | | D．He doesn"t like it because he gets little pay. |
小题4:The mimic climbs to the lion"s cage because________.| A．he finds it more interesting to climb the cage | | B．he wants to play with the lion | | C．he wants to attract the attention of his audience | | D．he has never seen a lion before |
小题5:What does the passage mainly tell us?| A．The mimic and his job | B．The mimic and his success | | C．The actor and the mimic | D．The mimic and his animals |
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Son’s Help
Mr. Smith worked in a factory. As a driver, he was busy but he was paid much. His wife was an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything at home. So he had enough time when he had a holiday. A few friends of his liked gambling(赌博) and he learned it soon. So he was interested in it and hardly forgot anything except gambling. He lost all his money and later he began to sell the television, watches and so on. His wife told him not to do it but he didn’t listen to her. She had to tell the police. He and his friends were punished for it. And he was hardly sent away. After he came out of lockup, he hated her very much and the woman had to leave him.
It was New Year’s Day. Mr. Smith didn’t go to work. He felt lonely and wanted to gamble again. He called his friends and they came soon. But they were afraid the police would come. He told his six-year-old son to go to find out if there were the policemen outside. They waited for a long time and didn’t think the police would come and began to gamble. Suddenly opened the door and in came a few policemen.
“I saw there weren’t any policemen outside, daddy,” said the boy, “so I went to the crossing and asked some to come.”
小题1:Mr. Smith was paid much because _______. | A．his wife helped him a lot | | B．he worked in a factory | | C．he was busy and had a lot of work to do | | D．he had worked there for a long time |
小题2:Mrs. Smith did all housework because _______. | A．she couldn’t find any work | | B．she thought her husband was tired | | C．her husband spent all time in gambling | | D．she wouldn’t stop her husband gambling |
小题3:_____, so he was put into lockup. | A．Mr. Smith often gambled | | B．Mr. Smith was late for work | | C．Mr. Smith didn’t help his wife at home | | D．Mr. Smith wasn’t polite to the police |
小题4:The woman had to leave Mr. Smith because _______. | A．he didn’t love her any longer | | B．he wouldn’t stop gambling | | C．he had been put into lockup | | D．he was hardly sent away by the factory |
小题5:What is the meaning of the underlined word in the first paragraph?| A．clinic | B．office | C．prison | D．restaurant |
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The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California, US. “ 1 station? A train for Santa Fe collided (相撞) a 2 at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please come here at once. With an ambulance(救护车)，too. A man is badly wounded,” said a(n) 3 voice of a young woman.
“OK. We’ll come soon. Please stay there and wait.” Replied the policeman.
Within a minute, a police car and an ambulance 4 off. Soon they got to the crossing, but only to find everything was 5 . No collision, no wounded man.
“What a dirty 6 !” said the policeman angrily. “ We must find out that mischievous (恶作剧) 7
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They had not been able to say anything about a 8 when they heard the whistle of a train was nearing them quickly. All of a sudden, a truck appeared. It came 9 towards them, too. When it was passing the crossing, it suddenly 10 to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the people present, the train collided with the truck heavily and struck it dozens of metres away.
When Randolph Bruce, the driver , was helped out of the damaged truck, he was badly wounded just as the young woman had foretold (预言) on the phone. As he was taken to hospital in time, he was 11 at last. Later the police did whatever they could to 12 the woman who had 13 them, but failed.
It is really 14 that a prophecy(预言) should agree with the fact so 15 .
| 小题1: | | A．Weather | B．Railway | C．Fire | D．Police |
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| 小题2: | | A．bus | B．truck | C．taxi | D．train |
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| 小题3: | | A．sweet | B．anxious | C．beautiful | D．low |
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| 小题4: | | A．turned | B．took | C．started | D．walked |
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| 小题5: | | A．bad | B．satisfied | C．pleasant | D．fine |
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| 小题7: | | A．policeman | B．boy | C．woman | D．driver |
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| 小题8: | | A．reward | B．praise | C．thanks | D．punishment |
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| 小题9: | | A．turning | B．running | C．starting | D．passing |
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| 小题10: | | A．continued | B．refused | C．began | D．stopped |
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| 小题11: | | A．saved | B．dead | C．awake | D．alive |
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| 小题12: | | A．find | B．meet | C．punish | D．thank |
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| 小题13: | | A．laughed | B．telephoned | C．repeated | D．visited |
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| 小题14: | | A．exciting | B．surprising | C．pleasing | D．interesting |
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| 小题15: | | A．equally | B．truly | C．exactly | D．carefully |
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On the first day of class, Mr. Whiteson gave us a lecture about a creature(生物) called cattytiger, a kind of cat-like animal that completely disappeared during the Ice Age. He passed round a skull (头骨) as he talked, and we all felt interested and took notes while listening. Later, we had a test about that.
When he returned my paper, I was very, very surprised. There was a very large cross through each of my answers. And so it was with everyone else"s in our class.
What had happened? Everyone was wondering and couldn"t wait to get the answer.
Very simple, Mr. Whiteson explained. He had made up all that story about the cattytiger. There had never been such an animal. So why none of us noticed that and how could we expect good marks for the incorrect answers?
Needless to say, we got very angry. What kind of teacher was this?
We should have guessed it out, Mr. Whiteson said. After all, at the very moment he was passing around the cattytiger skull (in fact, a cat"s), hadn"t he been telling us that it completely disappeared during the Ice Age? Clearly he was telling a lie. But we just kept busy making notes and none used his head. We should learn something from this. Teachers and textbooks are not always correct.
小题1:We failed in the test because we didn"t ______. | A．take notes while listening | | B．show interest in what Mr. Whiteson said | | C．listen to the teacher carefully | | D．think carefully |
小题2:We got angry because ______.| A．Mr. Whiteson didn"t tell us the truth about cattytiger | | B．we failed in the test | | C．we didn"t know why he played the joke on us | | D．there was no cattytiger |
小题3:We didn"t find out it was a lie for ______.| A．we simply believed our teacher very much | | B．we took notes carelessly | | C．we hadn"t watched the skull carefully enough | | D．Mr. Whiteson spoke too fast |
小题4:Mr. Whiteson meant that ______.| A．teachers couldn"t make any mistakes | | B．textbooks might be wrong sometimes | | C．we should speak up if we thought our teacher or the textbook was wrong | | D．we shouldn"t believe our teachers because sometimes they might tell lies |
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