From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch, I 11 a note. Often written on a napkin (餐巾), it might be a thank-you for a 12 moment, a reminder of something we were happily expecting, or a bit of 13 for the coming test or sporting event.
In early grade school they 14 their notes. But as children grow older they becomes self-conscious(有自我意识的), and 15 he reached high school, my older son, Marc, informed me he no longer 16 my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to 17 them but I still needed to write them, I 18 until the day he graduated.
Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could move 19 for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, graduating from college, 20 two internship (实习) in Washington, D.C., and 21 , becoming a technical assistant in Sacramento, 22 short vacation visits, however, he had lived away from home. With his younger sister leaving for college, I was 23 happy to have Marc back. Since I was 24 making lunch for his younger brother, I 25 one for Marc, too. Imagine my 26 when I got a call from my 24-year-old son, 27 his lunch.
“Did I do something 28 ? Don’t you love me 29 ,Mom?” were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I 30 asked him what was wrong. “My note, Mom,” he answered. “Where’s my note?”
| 小题1: | | A．carried | B．found | C．included | D．held |
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| 小题2: | | A．difficult | B．special | C．comfortable | D．separate |
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| 小题3: | | A．congratulation | B．improvement | C．explanation | D．encouragement |
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| 小题4: | | A．loved | B．answered | C．wrote | D．examined |
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| 小题5: | | A．lately | B．by the way | C．by the time | D．gradually |
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| 小题6: | | A．received | B．understood | C．enjoyed | D．collected |
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| 小题8: | | A．held up | B．gave up | C．followed | D．continued |
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| 小题9: | | A．out | B．home | C．to college | D．to Sacramento |
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| 小题10: | | A．organizing | B．planning | C．comparing | D．completing |
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| 小题11: | | A．hopefully | B．finally | C．particularly | D．certainly |
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| 小题12: | | A．Because of | B．Instead of | C．Except for | D．As for |
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| 小题13: | | A．especially | B．immediately | C．equally | D．generally |
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| 小题14: | | A．once | B．again | C．still | D．even |
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| 小题15: | | A．packed | B．fetched | C．bought | D．filled |
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| 小题16: | | A．fear | B．surprise | C．anger | D．disappointment |
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| 小题17: | | A．waiting for | B．worrying about | C．caring for | D．asking about |
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| 小题18: | | A．wrong | B．funny | C．strange | D．smart |
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| 小题19: | | A．any more | B．enough | C．once more | D．better |
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| 小题20: | | A．interestingly | B．bitterly | C．politely | D．laughingly |
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小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:C
小题6:C
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:B
小题10:D
小题11:B
小题12:C
小题13:A
小题14:C
小题15:A
小题16:B
小题17:D
小题18:A
小题19:A
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试题分析：母亲（即本文的作者）不厌其烦的年复一年的为孩子们上学包午餐，随同午餐盒，这位母亲总坚持给孩子写上简单的一张便条，便条上都是些丁点儿鼓励的话语关于即将到来的考试啊运动比赛啊，还有一个特殊时刻的感激啊等等都写上两句。就这样，这位母亲从孩子一开始上小学到高中毕业都一直坚持这样做。天底下的母亲在生活小事上处处传递的伟大的爱！
小题1: 此题可用排除法，纸条是放在午饭中的，B、D 显然不对，A 项carry 这个词是携带的意思，与题意也不合，include 除包括以外，还有放入，算进去的意思，合题意。选C。
小题2: 此题要结合前面a thank-you for，既是感谢的时刻，应用special 特别的才对。选B
小题3:与上题一样，要结合空后面的意思选择，为要举行的考试或体育比赛写的话，该是鼓励的。选D。
小题4:考查动词：A. loved 爱B. answered回答 C. wrote写D. examined检查，一开始，他们很喜欢这些便条。选A。
小题5:考查副词：A. lately最近B. by the way顺便说一下C. by the time到…时间为止D. gradually逐渐的，到他们上高中为止。选C。
小题6:考查动词：A. received收到B. understood理解C. enjoyed享受D. collected收集，
可由上下文的意思分析：我最大的儿子不再享受我的便条。选出C。
小题7:考查动词：A. copy复制B. read读C. take拿D. send送，母亲写条，孩子读，选B。
小题8:考查动词：A. held up举起，耽搁B. gave up放弃C. followed跟随D. continued继续，我继续写直到毕业那天。选D。
小题9:可由下文提到的我从最小的孩子走了以后，尤其希望大儿子回来推断出大儿子是想回家住几个月。选B。
小题10:考查动词：A. organizing组织B. planning计划C. comparing对比D. completing完成，这些是做完了的事，所以用completing.，选D。
小题11:考查副词：A. hopefully有希望的 B. finally终于C. particularly尤其是 D. certainly当然，完成学业，经过实习以后，他终于成了技术助手，用finally 符合语境。选B。
小题12:考查介词短语：except for 除了，as for 至于；孩子住得远，只是除去短短的假期回家拜访。选C。
小题13:考查副词：A. especially尤其是B. immediately立刻C. Equally相等的 D. generally一般地，马克回来我特别高兴。选A。
小题14:考查副词：A. once曾经B. again再次C. still仍然 D. even曾经，做以前一直在做的事，still 仍旧。选C。
小题15:考查动词：A. packed收拾行李B. fetched去拿C. Bought买D. filled填满，因为我还在为最小的弟弟准备午餐，我也帮马克准备了一份。选A。
小题16:考查名词：surprise 前文提到过大儿子在上大学的时候说过不需要母亲的纸条了，所以，对于现在大儿子对见不到纸条的失望，母亲感到的是惊奇。选B。
小题17:考查词组：A. waiting for等待B. worrying about担心C. caring for照顾D. asking about询问，想象我的惊讶当儿子打电话来询问便条的事情。选D
小题18:考查形容词：儿子见不到母亲的纸条，很失望，所以打电话问是不是自己做得不好了。选A。
小题19:考查词组：not…any more，不再，难道你不再爱我了吗？选A。
小题20:考查副词：A. interestingly有趣的，B. bitterly痛苦的C. politely礼貌的，D. laughingly笑着，可用排除法，laughingly，符合当时母亲对儿子的态度。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，这篇看似比较复杂难懂的文章就会容易多了。就语言特色来讲，它也考查了这些语言点：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，多数考生在对全文理解不透的情况下，往往感受到了该题偏难 |
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It happened towards evening, when I was resting in a cafe. I 36 a pair of newly bought white leather shoes, which were rather expensive. Then 37 came to me.
He was in an unfit shirt, 38 pale and weak. He looked about eleven or twelve. No sooner39 begun to speak than he opened the box in his hand and took out the tools of shoe-polishing. He bent down, 40 my leather shoes, and began to shine them.
He was concentrating on his job when heavy rain began to pour 41 . People rushed into the cafe for protection from the 42 . More and more people crowded in and gradually 43 the boy from me.
Hours passed, and 44 turned dark. I had no shoes on my feet and wondered 45 the boy had been. I thought he would not 46 my leather shoes, and I would have to walk back home on 47 in the night.
When it was near midnight the rain 48 , people started to go out. The cafe 49
Closed. I had to move to the door, I was surprised to see the boy sleeping on the floor with his head leaning 50 a box. He held a package made of his shirt tightly in his arms.
I 51 him slightly and woke him up. He jumped up and rubbed his eyes for a while before he 52 me. Then he opened the 53 hurriedly, gave me my leather shoes, and apologized to me shyly.
I paid him and wrapped around him his unfit shirt, which 54 my leather shoes.
After saying goodbye to the boy, I was 55 home, with the image of the boy staying in my mind.
| 小题1: | | A．put on | B．dressed | C．wore | D．wore out |
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| 小题2: | | A．a boy | B．a woman | C．a girl | D．an old man |
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| 小题3: | | A．looked | B．look | C．to look | D．looking |
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| 小题4: | | A．had I | B．I had | C．I did | D．did I |
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| 小题5: | | A．taking up | B．took off | C．taking off | D．took on |
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| 小题8: | | A．separated | B．connected | C．joined | D．divided |
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| 小题10: | | A．there | B．where | C．how | D．what |
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| 小题11: | | A．polish | B．clean | C．turn | D．return |
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| 小题12: | | A．feet | B．my foot | C．my bare feet | D．my own foot |
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| 小题13: | | A．started | B．began | C．ended | D．came |
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| 小题14: | | A．was | B．was to be | C．had been | D．has been |
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| 小题15: | | A．against | B．with | C．under | D．over |
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| 小题16: | | A．cover | B．shook | C．grasped | D．caught |
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| 小题17: | | A．thanked | B．made out | C．recognized | D．passed |
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| 小题18: | | A．wallet | B．arms | C．shoes | D．package |
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| 小题19: | | A．was wrapping | B．was wrapped | C．had wrapped | D．wrapped |
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| 小题20: | | A．on the way to | B．on a way | C．on my way | D．in my way |
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Bill Gates was born on October 28th, 1955. He and his two sisters grew up in Seattle. Their father, William H. Gates II, was a Seattle lawyer. Mary Gates, their late mother, was a school teacher.
 Gates attended public elementary school before moving on to the private Lakeside School in North Seattle. It was at Lakeside that Gates began his career in personal computer soft ware, programming computers at age 13.
In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer, who is now Microsoft"s president. While at Harvard, Gates developed a version (版本) of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer---the MITS Astair. In his junior year, Gates dropped out of Harvard to devote his energies full-time to Microsoft, a company he had started in 1975 with his boyhood friend Paul Allen. Guided by a belief that the personal computer would be a valuable tool on every office desk-top and in every home, they began developing software for personal computers.
Gates" foresight has led to the success of Microsoft and the software industry. He plays an important role in the technical development of new products. Much of his time is devoted to meeting with customers and staying in touch with Microsoft employees around the world through e-mail.
In the dozen years since Microsoft went public, Gates has donated more than $ 800 million to charities, including $ 200 million to the Gates Library Foundation to help libraries in North America make use of new technologies and the Information Age.
小题1:Where did Bill Gates begin his career in personal computer software?| A．At public elementary school. | B．At the private Lakeside School. | | C．At Harvard University. | D．At Microsoft Company. |
小题2:Why did he drop out of Harvard?| A．To change school. | B．To spend all his energies to Microsoft. | | C．To find a full-time job. | D．To earn money. |
小题3:How does Gates spend much of his time?| A．Meeting with people. | | B．Travelling around the world. | | C．E-mailing some friends. | | D．Meeting with customers and e-mailing Microsoft employees. |
小题4:What does the underlined word “donated” in the last paragraph mean?| A．gave. | B．earned. | C．made. | D．received. |
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For years I wanted a flower garden．But then we had Matthew．And Marvin．And the twins, Alisa and Alan．And then Helen．Five children．I was too busy raising them to grow a garden．
Money was tight, as well as time．Often when my children were little, one of them would want something that cost too much, and I" d have to say, “Do you see a money tree outside? Money doesn"t grow on trees, you now．”
Finally, all five got through high school and college and were off on their own．
One spring morning, on Mother"s Day, I was working in my kitchen．Suddenly, I realized that cars were tooting their horns as they drove by．I looked out the window and there was a new tree, planted right in my yard．I thought it must be a weeping willow, because I saw things blowing around on all its branches．Then I put my glasses on－and I couldn"t believe what I saw．
There was a money tree in my yard!
I went outside to look．It was true! There were dollar bills, one hundred of them, taped all over that tree．Think of" all the garden flowers I could buy with one hundred dollars! There was also a note attached: ‘‘IOU eight hours of digging time．Love, Marvin．"
Marvin kept his promise, too．He dug up a nice ten－by－fifteen foot bed for me And my other children bought me tools, ornaments , a trellis（格架）, a sunflower stepping stone and gardening books．
That was three years ago．My garden"s now very pretty, just like I wanted．When I go out and tend my flowers, I don"t seem to miss my children as much as I once did．I feel like they"re right there with me．
I"m still not sure that money grows on trees．But I know love does!
小题1:Why did the mother say "Money doesn"t grow on trees"? .| A．She wanted them not to spend extra money | | B．She was too sad to say anything else | | C．She told them a truth on money | | D．she just played a joke with them |
小题2:What do we know about the mother according to the text? ．| A．She is a bad-tempered woman | | B．She believes money can grow on a tree now | | C．She is a writer | | D．She is hard-working in housekeeping |
小题3:What can be inferred from the text? ．| A．The author raised five children | | B．The money tree was a Mother Day"s gift | | C．It cost Marvin eight hours to dug up the bed | | D．Children planted a weeping willow in the yard |
小题4:Which of the following would be the best title for the text? ___ ．| A．My Money Tree | B．The Garden of My Children | | C．Mother"s Love | D．Marvin"s Promise |
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On the border, a pack of wild dogs circled the soldiers for food． The leader of the pack was a gray- and-white dog called Nubs． He was 11 and hardly able to stand． Marine major Brian Dennis looked 12 and saw that there was a knife wound in his chest．
Dennis couldn"t stand seeing the dog 13_．He and his men immediately treated the wound, and gave Nubs medicine．Nubs pulled through but was still in 14 ．The next day, the team had to 15 . Ten days later, Dennis" unit was back, and so was Nubs． He was still 16 ，but the men fed him and played with him．
Before long the unit once again left for the front 70 miles away． Nubs, slowly but 17 , followed them far into the trackless wasteland _ 18 the men lost sight of him．Two days later, beyond Dennis" 19 , he saw Nubs just outside the outpost（前哨）．The dog had 20 him across 70 miles of frozen desert to meet with the friend who had 21 his life．From then on Nubs and the men 22 in the same place, and ran around in the same ruins（废墟）．
Until an order came that they were not 23_ to have pets, Dennis decided to make sure the dog would 24 _ to live the good life．So he quickly raised $4,000 from his family and friends to 25 Nubs to America．
A year later, when Dennis and the dog were 26 in California, at first Nubs didn"t 27 the guy．But within minutes, the dog jumped into Dennis" arms, jumping 28 again and again to lick his friend"s face．
A little love and concern in the middle of 29 will not save a violent world． But small stories, like the story of a soldier and a clog, hold a 30 of a harmonious（和谐的）world．
| 小题1: | | A．shaking | B．waiting | C．barking | D．resting |
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| 小题2: | | A．lower | B．better | C．clearer | D．closer |
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| 小题3: | | A．worry | B．suffer | C．fear | D．starve |
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| 小题4: | | A．surprise | B．control | C．pain | D．anger |
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| 小题5: | | A．leave | B．drill | C．fight | D．walk |
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| 小题6: | | A．dirty | B．weak | C．thin | D．tired |
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| 小题7: | | A．suddenly | B．happily | C．easily | D．determinedly |
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| 小题8: | | A．unless | B．since | C．until | D．after |
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| 小题9: | | A．imagination | B．reach | C．sight | D．ability |
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| 小题10: | | A．caught | B．tracked | C．guarded | D．found |
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| 小题11: | | A．loved | B．started | C．saved | D．taken |
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| 小题12: | | A．traveled | B．met | C．grew | D．slept |
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| 小题13: | | A．allowed | B．expected | C．needed | D．required |
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| 小题14: | | A．go | B．like | C．try | D．continue |
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| 小题15: | | A．lead | B．fly | C．drive | D．show |
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| 小题16: | | A．reunited | B．interviewed | C．watched | D．gathered |
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| 小题17: | | A．notice | B．believe | C．recognize | D．bother |
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| 小题18: | | A．out | B．about | C．around | D．up |
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| 小题19: | | A．time | B．danger | C．war | D．space |
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| 小题20: | | A．way | B．view | C．concern | D．promise |
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The house was quiet at 5 am and Tim’s mother was asleep. Only the sound of the big freezer broke the quiet. He’d dreamt of the cave last night. The purring（轻微颤动声）of the freezer had been the sea.
Tim pulled on a sweater and put some apples into his schoolbag. It was too early for breakfast. He’d eat after he’d been through the cave, sitting on the rocks and staring at the sea.
He wished he had a proper pack. His schoolbag would have to do. What else? Sandwiches—but his mother might wake up if he started pulling out bread for sandwiches. She’d want to know why he had to leave so early. He settled for some biscuits, and left a note stuck to the table:
Gone to Michael’s. Back tonight, Tim.
The sky was high and soft and light outside, though the sun still wasn’t up. Even the highway up the hill was quiet as he made his way down the street. The wind from the sea was fresh and sweet.
The sand hills still breathed heat from yesterday’s sun, though the top of the sand was cool. He ran down to the beach impatiently, but there was no one, just dry sand dancing in the early wind and seabirds marching up and down watching the waves.
The light changed suddenly. The first rays of sunlight stretched (延伸) across the sea. The sun was pushing its way over the edge of the world.
Over the first rocks, along to the point, Tim glanced back. The beach was still empty. The sun sailed higher in the sky.
He could see the cave now, even darker in the morning light. The sand turned silver then dark gold as the water flowed away from it. He had to force himself to go closer. Why was it so much more mysterious now? But it would be silly to go back now after so much trouble. He needn’t go in all the way...
小题1:What did Tim do at the beginning of the story?| A．He left the house quietly. | B．He had breakfast at home. | | C．He left a note on the freezer. | D．He put a sweater in his schoolbag. |
小题2:“He settled for some biscuits” means that Tim_______.| A．had to leave the biscuits on the table | | B．liked biscuits better than sandwiches | | C．had to take biscuits instead of sandwiches | | D．could only find some biscuits in the kitchen |
小题3:What made it possible for Tim to see the entry to the cave?| A．The height of the first rocks. | B．The ups and downs of the waves. | | C．The change in the position of the sun. | D．The vast stretch of the sunlit beach. |
小题4:Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the story?| A．The sea looked like a piece of gold. | | B．Seabirds flew away when Tim arrived. | | C．Tim was the only person on the beach. | | D．The sky got dark as Tim reached the cave. |
小题5:In the story, Tim’s mood changed from_______.| A．loneliness to craziness | B．anxiousness to excitement | | C．helplessness to happiness | D．eagerness to nervousness |
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