One of my next-door neighbors is a sweet 92-year-old Polish lady. A few days ago, I came back home from a trip. As I was 1 my clothes in my room, I heard a(n) 2 ,violent knock on the door. It was 10:30 pm, and I wasn’t sure who it could be. I went downstairs and 3 the peephole（猫眼）, and saw that it was our sweet next-door neighbor.
I quickly 4 the door, and she seemed really distressed and kept 5 , “please help me, I need your help. The fire alarm won’t go off. Please help me.” I 6 told her that everything would be okay, and 7 her to her house to see what was going on 8 the fire alarm.
She 9 that the alarm had been going on and off inconsistently for the past two hours, and that her 10 to call her daughter to come and fix it was fruitless. So I took a chair from her dining room table, 11 it, and looked at the fire alarm.
After twisting the fire alarm off, I blew into it, because sometimes 12 causes it to make strange noises. She seemed 13 but was exactly shaking out of fear. I asked her 14 she was okay, and she said she was 15 , so I gave her a hug. I felt her shaking in my embrace, and held her _16_ for a few minutes until she stopped shaking and sighed a breath of relief.
We then 17 and talked for ten minutes, until I felt that she was okay, and safe to sleep. She was so generous with 18 for being with her, but I thanked her for 19 me that hugs are indeed good tools! So, sometimes, a(n) 20 hug is a good and powerful way to hold someone going through a difficult period.
| 小题1: | | A．collecting | B．designing | C．unpacking | D．setting |
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| 小题2: | | A．continual | B．flexible | C．rhythmic | D．impressive |
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| 小题3: | | A．looked through | B．made out | C．cut up | D．turned to |
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| 小题4: | | A．closed | B．moved | C．locked | D．opened |
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| 小题5: | | A．thinking | B．repeating | C．complaining | D．screaming |
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| 小题6: | | A．frequently | B．briefly | C．immediately | D．roughly |
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| 小题7: | | A．required | B．accompanied | C．inspected | D．observed |
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| 小题9: | | A．predicted | B．warned | C．mentioned | D．proved |
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| 小题10: | | A．attempt | B．suggestion | C．responsibility | D．permission |
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| 小题11: | | A．pressed | B．revolved | C．crashed | D．climbed |
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| 小题12: | | A．power | B．dust | C．paper | D．switch |
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| 小题13: | | A．determined | B．terrified | C．relieved | D．devoted |
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| 小题15: | | A．afraid | B．tired | C．sleepy | D．pleased |
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| 小题16: | | A．casually | B．tightly | C．automatically | D．abruptly |
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| 小题17: | | A．broke down | B．sped up | C．sat down | D．turned around |
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| 小题18: | | A．suffering | B．regret | C．shame | D．gratitude |
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| 小题19: | | A．advising | B．reminding | C．encouraging | D．advocating |
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| 小题20: | | A．simple | B．special | C．official | D．sudden |
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小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:B
小题6:C
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:A
小题11:D
小题12:B
小题13:C
小题14:D
小题15:A
小题16:B
小题17:C
小题18:D
小题19:B
小题20:A |
试题分析：本文通过作者帮助一个恐慌的老人修报火机，并拥抱老人使她恢复平静的故事说明，有时候，一个简单的拥抱是帮助别人渡过难关的很好且有效地方法。
小题1:根据A few days ago, I came back home from a trip.可知这里想说我正在我的房间里取出衣服，故选C，unpacking取出。
小题2:根据violent knock on the door，故选A，continual不间断的。
小题3:根据the peephole（猫眼）,故选A，looked through穿过……看。
小题4:根据and she seemed really distressed and kept repeating，可知这里想说我很快打开门，故选D。
小题5:根据“please help me, I need your help. The fire alarm won’t go off. Please help me.”可知这里想说她一直在重复，故选B，repeating重复。
小题6:这里想说我立即告诉她，一切都会好的，故选C，immediately立即。
小题7:根据to her house to see what was going on with the fire alarm.可知这里想说我跟随着她来到她的房子，故选B，accompanied跟随。
小题8:这里想说去看一下她的报火机发生了什么事，故选D。
小题9:根据that the alarm had been going on and off inconsistently for the past two hours，故选C，mentioned提到。
小题10:根据to call her daughter to come and fix it was fruitless.可知这里想说她试图让她的女儿回来修一下，attempt试图，故选A。
小题11:根据So I took a chair from her dining room table，故选D，climbed爬上。
小题12:根据After twisting the fire alarm off, I blew into it,，故选B，dust灰尘。
小题13:根据but was exactly shaking out of fear，故选C，relieved放心的。
小题14:根据and she said she was afraid，so I gave her a hug.故选D，if是否。
小题15:根据so I gave her a hug.故选A，afraid害怕的。
小题16:根据for a few minutes until she stopped shaking and sighed a breath of relief，故选B，tightly紧紧地。
小题17:这里想表达然后我们坐下来，聊天十分钟，故选C，sat down坐下来。
小题18:这里想表达她很感激我和她在一起，故选D，gratitude感激。
小题19:这里想说但是我感谢她提醒我拥抱事实上是很好的工具，故选B，reminding提醒。
小题20:这里想说有时候，一个简单的拥抱是帮助别人渡过难关的很好且有效地方法，故选A，simple简单的。
点评：答题前一定要略读全文，把握文章要表达的主题，注意前后句与句，段落与段落之间的关系。答题中，一定要认真分析，注意选项与上下文的关系，与前后单词的关系。对于一时没有太大的把握的题可以放到最后再来完成，因为有时答案可以从下文内容体现出来。答完后再通读一遍文章，看看所选选项能不能是语句通顺，语意连贯。 |
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For most people, graduation is an exciting day – the culmination (顶点) of years of hard work. My graduation day... was not.
I remember that weekend two years ago, Family and friends had traveled far to watch our class walk across the stage. But like everyone else in my graduating class, I had watched the economy go from bad to worse during my senior year. We graduates had degrees, but very limited prospects (前景). I hadn’t secured a job, and I knew that the next day, when my lease (租约) ended, I would no longer have a place to call home.
The weeks ahead weren’t easy. I gathered up everything I couldn’t carry and put it into storage. Then, because I had no opportunities in my small university town, I packed up my car and drove to California to find work. But what I thought would take a week dragged into two, then four, and 100 job applications later, I found myself still jobless. The due date to begin paying back my student loans was creeping even closer.
Have you ever felt utter dread? That feeling became a constant in my life. The most frustrating part was no matter how much I tried, I just couldn’t seem to make any progress.
So what did I do to maintain my sanity? I wrote. Something about putting my words on a page made everything clearer. Something about writing gave me hope.
I channeled my frustration into a children’s book. Beyond the river was the story of an unlikely hero, a little fish who refused to give up.
And then one day, with no writing degree or contacts in the writing world – just hard work and perseverance – I was offered a publishing contract for my first book. After that, things were in place, I was offered a second book deal. Then, a few months later, I got an interview with the Walt Disney Company and was hired shortly after.
The moral of this story is… don’t give up, even if things look bleak now. Two years ago I was drinking cold soup right out the can. Things change. All we need is the courage to push beyond the river.
小题1:When it was time to graduate, the author felt _____.| A．Bored | B．Relieved | C．depressed | D．hopeful |
小题2:After the author’s graduation, _____.| A．he went on a short trip with his family to California | | B．things turned even worse than he had expected | | C．he focused on writing instead of applying for jobs | | D．he found his salary was hardly enough to pay back his student loans |
小题3:When did the author’s career life begin to run smoothly according to the article?| A．After he got his first publishing contract. | | B．After he began to write his book Beyond the river. | | C．After he finished his book Beyond the river. | | D．After he got hired by the Walt Disney Company. |
小题4:What is the main message the story intends to convey?| A．Opportunity lies everywhere. | | B．Perseverance is essential to success. | | C．It’s important to adapt yourself to society. | | D．We should devote ourselves to whatever we do. |
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When I was in the ninth grade, my parents started fighting. I could hear them 36 at each other at night. It always seemed like they were fighting about me. I started to 37 and couldn’t fall asleep. Some nights I didn’t feel like I 38 at all. My grades really started to 39 too. It was hard to pay attention during class because I felt so 40 all the time.
My mom had to take me to see a therapist(治疗专家). On the way, I 41 to worry even more. What would my friends 42 me if they knew I was going to see a therapist? What if the therapist couldn’t 43 me?
It was not that 44 . My therapist asked me a lot of questions and then we talked about how my life might 45 if I was able to get more sleep. 46 I understood how the future could be better, I felt really 47 to try new things. At the end of the session, I was sent home with a piece of paper called a sleep diary. When I woke up each morning, I had to answer all these questions about my sleep.
48 , she gave me homework related to my sleep. I wasn’t 49 to text or be on my computer after 8 pm. If I couldn’t fall asleep after about ten minutes, she wanted me to get up and do something in another room that would help me to 50 and feel sleepy.
During the therapy sessions, she was a cheerleader for my life and kept 51 out all the things I was doing right. With her help, it was so much easier to notice the 52 things that were happening all around me.
After about two months of seeing my therapist, I was sleeping at least eight hours a night, sometimes even nine! I felt happier. I could 53 . My grades got better. Basically, I felt like myself! It was so much better to admit that something was 54 and to do something to fix it 55 just watch my whole life get worse and worse.
| 小题1: | | A．laughing | B．shooting | C．knocking | D．screaming |
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| 小题2: | | A．doubt | B．worry | C．protest | D．quarrel |
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| 小题3: | | A．slept | B．ate | C．spoke | D．dreamed |
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| 小题4: | | A．reduce | B．change | C．drop | D．influence |
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| 小题5: | | A．bored | B．tired | C．upset | D．shy |
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| 小题6: | | A．refused | B．happened | C．ended | D．started |
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| 小题7: | | A．think about | B．worry about | C．get on with | D．agree with |
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| 小题8: | | A．teach | B．fix | C．answer | D．recognize |
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| 小题9: | | A．helpful | B．interesting | C．awful | D．practical |
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| 小题10: | | A．improve | B．develop | C．benefit | D．adjust |
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| 小题11: | | A．If | B．Unless | C．Though | D．Once |
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| 小题12: | | A．nervous | B．surprised | C．excited | D．calm |
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| 小题13: | | A．Therefore | B．Besides | C．However | D．Instead |
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| 小题14: | | A．allowed | B．reminded | C．asked | D．persuaded |
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| 小题15: | | A．study | B．relax | C．respond | D．recover |
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| 小题16: | | A．picking | B．trying | C．leaving | D．pointing |
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| 小题17: | | A．tiny | B．exciting | C．positive | D．important |
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| 小题18: | | A．forgive | B．concentrate | C．appreciate | D．understand |
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| 小题19: | | A．wrong | B．significant | C．acceptable | D．realistic |
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| 小题20: | | A．instead of | B．as well as | C．rather than | D．other than |
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I was nineteen years old the first time I saw my own true character.
My trip to and from work each day included a ten-minute walk through the heart of downtown, where the 36 often gathered. Like most busy citizens, I learned to 37 those nameless faces. When it came to homeless beggars, my 38 life experience had led me to one 39 that they are on the street because they choose to be, probably due to alcohol or drugs.
It was an extremely cold day. When I passed the groups of beggars as usual, I heard a shaky voice target me.
“Spare some change?” he asked.
I didn’t even 40 looking up at his nameless face. I briefly 41 him walking into a liquor store and buying whiskey with the money we spared him. Like most teenagers, it took me only moments to 42 him.
“I have no money on me,” I said quickly.
Looking back now, I feel as if God had set out that day to teach me a lesson. And God 43 . Just a few feet past him, I managed to find the only ice patch on the sidewalk. I 44 and landed heavily on my right knee. The 45 was almost killing me as I tried to get up. Then I heard a shaky voice only inches above me.
“Are you all right?” he asked.
I knew immediately this was the man I had just rushed past. Even in pain, I 46 took a quick moment to sniff for the smell of alcohol on his breath. There was none. He wasn’t 47 . I saw the 48 in his eyes.
I 49 to get to my feet. He held my arm as I walked difficultly to the nearby bus stop.
“My name is Mike,” he said. “That’s quite a fall you took, and you really need to get it checked by a doctor,” he said with deep 50 .
“This bus goes past the hospital,” I said.
Mike paused, and a look of sudden 51 crossed his face. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small cup. He took out all the change and held it out toward me.
“I think there’s just enough here for you to take the bus,” he said.
I was highly embarrassed as I remembered my 52 . I reached for my purse and took out my change. At least ten dollars. I offered Mike all my change.
“Thank you and take care of yourself,” I said. Both of us knew that few minutes earlier I couldn’t have 53 what happened to him.
Mike held his cup tightly, 54 it as if it were the first gift he had ever received.
A half cup of change seemed too small a gift for the man who gave a 55 to every nameless face I’ve ever seen.
| 小题1: | | A．doctors | B．beggars | C．citizens | D．sellers |
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| 小题2: | | A．pity | B．observe | C．forgive | D．ignore |
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| 小题3: | | A．limited | B．painful | C．meaningful | D．rich |
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| 小题4: | | A．fact | B．rule | C．assumption | D．suggestion |
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| 小题5: | | A．mind | B．bother | C．avoid | D．bear |
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| 小题6: | | A．imagined | B．followed | C．noticed | D．heard |
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| 小题7: | | A．judge | B．stop | C．tease | D．blame |
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| 小题8: | | A．signed | B．succeeded | C．responded | D．approached |
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| 小题9: | | A．skipped | B．dashed | C．slipped | D．hesitated |
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| 小题10: | | A．regret | B．scare | C．cold | D．pain |
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| 小题12: | | A．honest | B．reliable | C．drunk | D．shabby |
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| 小题13: | | A．greed | B．surprise | C．sorrow | D．sympathy |
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| 小题14: | | A．failed | B．struggled | C．hurried | D．chose |
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| 小题15: | | A．relief | B．satisfaction | C．understanding | D．concern |
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| 小题16: | | A．confusion | B．realization | C．excitement | D．sadness |
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| 小题17: | | A．lie | B．injury | C．promise | D．experience |
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| 小题18: | | A．known | B．predicted | C．cared | D．accepted |
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| 小题19: | | A．treasuring | B．protecting | C．making | D．showing |
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| 小题20: | | A．lesson | B．name | C．chance | D．fortune |
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Wherever she goes, Molly leaves her mark. Without saying a word, she speaks to people with her kind eyes. Even when she walks away, she leaves an impression．Molly"s mark is a smile, stamped into the ground by the horseshoe at the bottom of her false leg．
A few years ago, Molly was badly attacked by a dog．The dog bit all four or Molly’s legs and left large cuts in her face. Molly"s owner, Kate Harris, took her to an animal hospital．Doctors there were able to save Molly’s life, but soon one of her legs became very infected(感染).
At first, doctors thought Molly would have to be put to sleep．But Molly changed their minds. This pony, doctors noticed, shifted her weight, and rested her good leg from time to time. Doctors knew t hat Molly had amazing intelligence, and that she wanted to live.
Several doctors operated on Molly, and removed her infected leg. A false leg was made for her. The leg was a hollow cast with a pole at the bottom for balance. Doctors gave Molly a special horseshoe at the bottom of the leg. This horseshoe she had had a stamp of a smile face in it!
After the operation, Molly walked around on all four legs, as if nothing had ever happened to her! Now, with every step she takes, she stamps a smile in the dirt．But she leaves her m ark in other ways, too.
Kaye Harris took Molly to the false leg center. There were children there who, like Molly, had artificial arms or legs. They were amazed to see a pony with a false leg. Molly made them smile and gave them hope. Soon, Molly began to visit schools, nursing homes, army bases and hospitals. A book was even written about Molly!
小题1:Molly is the name of a__________.| A．dog | B．horse | C．parent | D．child |
小题2:Which of the following is true according to the text?| A．Molly can speak to people in kind words. | | B．Kay Harris took Molly to a children’s hospital after the attack. | | C．In the beginning, doctors had planned to end Molly’s life. | | D．Molly sometimes leaves smiling marks on people’s faces. |
小题3:What is unique about Molly?| A．Molly has a false leg with a horseshoe shaped like a smiling face. | | B．Molly ran a race and won the first prize. | | C．Molly often visits places such as schools and parks. | | D．Molly has become a symbol of hope for people of all ages. |
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It was lunchtime and I walked into a small branch bank on the West Side. I had come to 1 a checking account. The only officer on 2 was a fortyish black man, standing 3 a small counter from a young white boy who was wearing a V-necked sweater. I thought I was especially 4 of the boy because he looked more like from a prep school than a 5 in a West Side bank.
The boy continued to 6 my attention because of what happened next. He was holding an open savings-account book and 7 an expression of disappointment. “But I don’t understand. I opened the account myself, so why can’t I 8 any money?” the boy said, his voice breaking.
“I know it is, but those are the rules. I’ve already explained to you that a fourteen-year-old is not 9 to withdraw money without a letter from his parents,” the officer explained patiently.
Suddenly I noticed the 10 had a series of small deposits (存款) and withdraws. Then I questioned the officer, “How do you 11 that? Why did you let him withdraw money before, but not now?” He looked 12 . “Because the tellers were not aware of his age before and now they are. It’s really very 13 .” I turned to the boy with a shrug. “You’re really getting 14 ,” I said. “You ought to get your parents to come here and protest.” The boy looked destroyed. 15 , he put his savings book in a rear-pocket and walked out of the bank.
The officer turned to me. “You know,” he said, “you really shouldn’t have got 16 .” I couldn’t believe what he was saying. “We were 17 this morning that some neighborhood bully has been shaking down (敲诈) this boy for more than a month. The guy was 18 him to take money out every week and hand it over. The poor kid was 19 too scared to tell anyone. Anyway, the police are on the case and they’ll probably make a(n) 20 today.”
“You mean there is no rule about being too young to withdraw money from a savings account?”
“Not that I ever heard of. Now, sir, what can we do for you?”
| 小题1: | | A．make | B．open | C．buy | D．choose |
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| 小题2: | | A．duty | B．board | C．display | D．business |
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| 小题3: | | A．on | B．after | C．over | D．across |
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| 小题4: | | A．sure | B．proud | C．aware | D．afraid |
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| 小题5: | | A．guard | B．customer | C．clerk | D．manager |
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| 小题6: | | A．attract | B．pay | C．attach | D．control |
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| 小题7: | | A．achieving | B．finding | C．reaching | D．wearing |
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| 小题8: | | A．use | B．spend | C．withdraw | D．bank |
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| 小题9: | | A．supported | B．inspired | C．encouraged | D．allowed |
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| 小题10: | | A．letter | B．account | C．note | D．message |
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| 小题11: | | A．think | B．explain | C．do | D．claim |
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| 小题12: | | A．annoyed | B．disappointed | C．confused | D．amused |
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| 小题13: | | A．difficult | B．strange | C．fantastic | D．simple |
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| 小题14: | | A．obeyed | B．stolen | C．cheated | D．caught |
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| 小题15: | | A．Happily | B．Silently | C．Cheerfully | D．Nervously |
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| 小题16: | | A．interacted | B．interrupted | C．involved | D．infected |
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| 小题17: | | A．occupied | B．discovered | C．suggested | D．informed |
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| 小题18: | | A．rushing | B．forcing | C．requesting | D．begging |
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| 小题19: | | A．hardly | B．unwillingly | C．apparently | D．eagerly |
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| 小题20: | | A．arrest | B．sentence | C．apology | D．difference |
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