Last weekend, my kids along with a few other kids from the neighborhood volunteered to help me wash my car．My 10-year-old daughter came up with the idea of 1 other people’s cars as well．It was pretty 2 outside and I had no plans to 3 being in the bright sun．She 4 wanted to give lemonade（柠檬汽水）to passers-by for free．I had seen little kids 5 and sell fresh lemonade for a small cost but not free．Although I felt 6 , I decided to help her．
7 she asked me, “What if we 8 this a smile car wash?” I couldn’t hold back my tears and 9 her and the other kids to go outside the house and 10 creative ideas．While I kept myself busy in drying the car, the gang walked up to me with a（n） 11 with beautiful images of smiles．They had “Free Car Wash” written on it and the 12 of their exercise was “smile”．It was pretty neat to see a team of kids ranging 5-11 years with the 13 to do something for others．
All that seemed 14 and came right from their heart．Nothing seemed to 15 to them: their playtime, the heat outside—they just wanted to 16 others and do something nice in the community!
I helped them make some fresh lemonade and brought out some additional 17 to help clean cars．Passers-by were 18 and one even shouted back to them saying “God Bless You, my kids…” One of them even tried giving them 5 dollars, which they 19 ．A pretty heartwarming scene !
I felt blessed by being surrounded by such wonderful and loving 20 ．
| 小题1: | | A．drying | B．repairing | C．washing | D．decorating |
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| 小题2: | | A．quiet | B．hot | C．different | D．dirty |
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| 小题3: | | A．suggest | B．avoid | C．continue | D．practice |
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| 小题4: | | A．also | B．therefore | C．already | D．hardly |
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| 小题5: | | A．choose | B．enjoy | C．buy | D．serve |
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| 小题6: | | A．worried | B．popular | C．puzzled | D．difficult |
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| 小题7: | | A．Finally | B．Simply | C．Then | D．Luckily |
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| 小题8: | | A．show | B．leave | C．make | D．order |
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| 小题9: | | A．challenged | B．expected | C．invited | D．encouraged |
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| 小题10: | | A．come up with | B．put up with | | C．get involved with | D．get on with |
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| 小题11: | | A．board | B．picture | C．idea | D．car |
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| 小题12: | | A．purpose | B．trouble | C．secret | D．theme |
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| 小题13: | | A．need | B．duty | C．imagination | D．sense |
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| 小题14: | | A．important | B．disappointing | C．hopeful | D．natural |
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| 小题15: | | A．matter | B．mean | C．belong | D．refer |
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| 小题16: | | A．relax | B．try | C．help | D．smile |
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| 小题17: | | A．food | B．cloths | C．money | D．fruit |
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| 小题18: | | A．interested | B．amazed | C．bored | D．frightened |
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| 小题19: | | A．refused | B．reviewed | C．accepted | D．understood |
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| 小题20: | | A．flesh | B．bodies | C．adults | D．souls |
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小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:D
小题6:C
小题7:C
小题8:C
小题9:D
小题10:A
小题11:A
小题12:D
小题13:B
小题14:D
小题15:A
小题16:C
小题17:B
小题18:B
小题19:A
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试题分析：本文的主要内容是：作者在洗车时，女儿提出了一个想法，想和伙伴们为其他人免费洗车。看着孩子们纯真善良的行为，我被深深地感动了。
小题1:根据Last weekend, my kids along with a few other kids from the neighborhood volunteered to help me wash my car．以及下文内容I helped them make some fresh lemonade and brought out some additional cloths to help clean cars．可知我十岁的女儿想出了一个主意，也帮其他的人洗一下车，故选 C。
小题2: 根据and I had no plans to continue being in the bright sun．可知选B。
小题3:根据上文It was pretty hot outside，故选C。
小题4: 她也想给过路的人免费发柠檬汽水喝，also也 therefore 因此 already 已经 hardly 几乎不，故选A。
小题5: 根据and sell fresh lemonade for a small cost but not free．故选D.
小题6:尽管我感觉很困惑，但是我决定帮助她。Worried担心的 popular 流行的 puzzled困惑的 difficult困难的，故选C。
小题7:这里表示“然后”，故选 C。
小题8:这里表示让我们制造一次微笑洗车，show展示 leave离开 make 制造 order命令，故选C。
小题9:根据I couldn’t hold back my tears，故选D。
小题10:这里想表达想出这个创造性的主意，come up with想出 put up with 忍受 get involved with给……缠住 get on with和……友好相处，故选A。
小题11:根据下文They had “Free Car Wash” written on it and the theme
of their exercise was “smile”．可知她们拿了一块板，故选A。
小题12:这里表示“她们这次活动的主题是微笑”, purpose目的 trouble 麻烦 secret秘密 theme主题，故选D。
小题13:这里想表达有责任为别人做一些事情，need需要 duty 责任 imagination想象sense感觉，故选 B。
小题14:根据and came right from their heart可知一切都看起来很自然，故选D。
小题15:根据their playtime, the heat outside，可知没有任何事情可以影响她们。Matter影响 mean意味着 belong 属于 refer提到，故选A。
小题16:根据It was pretty neat to see a team of kids ranging 5-11 years with the duty to do something for others可知她们仅仅是想帮助别人，故选C。
小题17:根据to help clean cars，故选B。
小题18:根据nd one even shouted back to them saying “God Bless You, my kids…”可知过路的人很吃惊，故选B。
小题19:根据A pretty heartwarming scene !故选A。
小题20:根据I felt blessed，可知这里想说我被如此美妙和充满关爱的精神所包围，故选D。
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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Mo Yan, the winner of this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature, said he is not sure about whether he is happy after winning the prize.
In an interview with China Central Television broadcast on Sunday night, Mo said “I don"t know,” when a reporter asked if he was happy.“Happiness means a healthy body and a total absence of mental burdens, but now I’m under high pressure and bothered by worries. Can I say that I"m happy?” he said. “But if I say I"m not happy, people will consider that I"m striking a pose. How could you be unhappy after winning the Nobel Prize?”
Mo, born into a farmer’s family in East China’s Shandong province, As a 12-year-old during the Cultural Revolution he left school to work, first in agriculture, later in a factory. In 1976 he joined the People’s Liberation Army and during this time began to study literature and write. His first short story was published in a literary journal in 1981.
“In his writing, Mo Yan draws on his youthful experiences and on settings in the province of his birth. This is apparent in his novel Hong gaoliang jiazu (1987, in English Red Sorghum 1993),” said the academy in a statement of Mo’s biography. Red Sorghum was successfully filmed in 1987, directed by famous Chinese director Zhang Yimou.
Mo won the Nobel Prize for Literature, which is worth $1.2 million, on Oct 11 for his “hallucinatory realism” which merges “folk tales, history and the contemporary”. Dozens of his works have been translated into English, French and Japanese and many other languages.
He is the first Chinese citizen to win the prize.The award sparked strong interest about contemporary Chinese literature among the public, and his books have been flying off the shelves in many bookstores across the country.
小题1:The followings are TRUE except_____________.| A．He has won about 8 million yuan. | | B．His works are all about farmers. | | C．He has a big influence on Chinese contemporary literature. | | D．Reporters have interviewed him about his winning. |
小题2:From the passage we can know__________.| A．He won the prize because of his story Red Sorghum. | | B．He wanted to become a writer when he was very young. | | C．Mo Yan’s works have been translated into Russian. | | D．Mo Yan was born in a farmer family. |
小题3:What is Paragraph Three mainly about ?| A．His different work. | B．His early life. | | C．He switched over to literature. | D．His family and hometown. |
小题4:What can we infer from the passage?| A．Mo Yan is very happy to win the Nobel Prize. | | B．More and more readers are buying Mo’s books to read in China. | | C．Winning the Nobel Prize is not easy. | | D．Mo Yan won the prize with the help of Zhang Yimou. |
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A very little boy was spending his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox. He had with him a plastic pail (桶) and a shiny, red plastic shovel (铲). In the 1 of creating roads and tunnels in the sand, he 2 a large rock in the middle of the sandbox.
The boy dug around the rock, 3 to move it off the dirt. At first, he wanted to carry it out of the sandbox with his hands; however, it was too heavy. Later, with much 4 , he pushed the rock across the sandbox by 5 his hands. When the boy got the rock to the 6 of the sandbox, he found that he couldn’t roll it up and 7 the little wall. 8 , the little boy pushed, but every time he thought he had made some 9 , the rock tipped (翻滚) and then fell back into the sandbox. The little boy pushed and pushed, but his only 10 was to have the rock roll back.
Finally he 11 tears. All this time the boy’s father watched from his living room window 12 the drama was unfolded. The moment the tears fell, a large 13 appeared across the sandbox. It was the boy’s father. Gently but 14 , he said, “Son, why didn’t you use all the strength that you had?”
Defeated, the boy 15 back, “I did! I did! I used all the strength that I had!”
“No, you didn’t. You didn’t ask me for help.” The father 16 down, picked up the rock and dropped it off the sandbox.
Do you have “rocks” in your life that need to be 17 ? Are you discovering that you don’t have 18 it takes to lift them? There is someone who is willing to give us the 19 we need. Maybe, it’s sometimes a good idea to ask others for 20 when we meet difficulties we can’t overcome.
| 小题1: | | A．method | B．step | C．practice | D．process |
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| 小题2: | | A．created | B．set | C．discovered | D．brought |
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| 小题3: | | A．trying | B．managing | C．deciding | D．competing |
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| 小题4: | | A．thought | B．struggle | C．movement | D．worry |
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| 小题5: | | A．touching | B．shaking | C．using | D．controlling |
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| 小题6: | | A．bottom | B．center | C．edge | D．front |
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| 小题7: | | A．over | B．down | C．through | D．into |
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| 小题8: | | A．Doubted | B．Surprised | C．Pleased | D．Determined |
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| 小题9: | | A．attempt | B．progress | C．effort | D．decision |
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| 小题10: | | A．hope | B．reward | C．point | D．purpose |
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| 小题11: | | A．made out | B．broke out | C．burst into | D．rushed into |
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| 小题13: | | A．rock | B．picture | C．figure | D．shade |
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| 小题14: | | A．surprisingly | B．doubtfully | C．kindly | D．firmly |
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| 小题15: | | A．shouted | B．smiled | C．called | D．asked |
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| 小题16: | | A．reached | B．looked | C．fell | D．put |
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| 小题17: | | A．pushed | B．dropped | C．carried | D．removed |
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| 小题18: | | A．who | B．what | C．which | D．where |
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| 小题19: | | A．minds | B．spirits | C．force | D．strength |
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| 小题20: | | A．help | B．tips | C．advice | D．ideas |
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For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
When I was a college student, I did a lot of travelling abroad. That was because a professor 50 me to do so. She said,“Now is the time for you to travel around the world, 51 your knowledge through actual experiences and have fun!” I agreed with her.
Since I started to work for a 52 company, however, I have done most of my travellling through the Internet. By using the Internet, I have seen the sights of many cities on my computer screen. And I have really made business 53 , too. With the help of the Internet, I have also got 54 about food in different countries.
Therefore, I was beginning to feel that actual trips were 55 necessary when I happened to read a famous chef’s comment on the Internet. He said,“It is very difficult to have real Italian food in a foreign country, because we enjoy food and the atmosphere around us at the same time. So why don’t you fly over to Italy and enjoy real Italian 56 ?” Those words reminded me of my 57 advice. As information technology 58 ,you might be able to do without making some real trips. But this also means that you will miss the various 59 you can get from travelling.
Today there are people who 60 direct communication with others and spend much of their time on the Internet. It is not surprising to see a group of people 61 not with each other but into their micro phones. It seems as if such people are 62 by an invisible wall. They seem to be losing out on a good chance to 63 and talk with other people. I do not think that they are taking good advantage of information technology. We should use information technology as a tool to make our daily communication more fruitful. However, we should never let it 64 our time for face-to-face communication. Let’s make use of information technology more wisely, and have great fun in experiencing the actual world.
| 小题1: | | A．promised | B．allowed | C．hurried | D．encouraged |
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| 小题2: | | A．build up | B．use | C．practice | D．exchange |
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| 小题3: | | A．computer | B．food | C．clothing | D．machine |
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| 小题4: | | A．plans | B．bargain | C．progress | D．trips |
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| 小题5: | | A．information | B．taste | C．cooks | D．feelings |
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| 小题6: | | A．even more | B．no longer | C．much | D．actually |
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| 小题7: | | A．shoes | B．dishes | C．customers | D．situations |
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| 小题8: | | A．friend’s | B．parents’ | C．professor’s | D．boss’ |
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| 小题9: | | A．produces | B．advertises | C．forms | D．advances |
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| 小题10: | | A．news | B．pleasures | C．troubles | D．places |
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| 小题11: | | A．avoid | B．keep | C．lose | D．enjoy |
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| 小题12: | | A．meeting | B．talking | C．communicating | D．travelling |
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| 小题13: | | A．stopped | B．met | C．surrounded | D．hurt |
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| 小题14: | | A．look at | B．employ | C．travel | D．meet |
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| 小题15: | | A．spare | B．increase | C．reduce | D．make use of |
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If I raised the question, “What would be the last thing you would expect to happen while watching your son’s flag football game?” you probably still couldn’t come up with what happened to me and my family.
As we were sitting on the sidelines enjoying the game, a low-flying bird came swooping in attempting to land on my daughter’s head! It honestly came out of nowhere. We were seated by ourselves on the tree lined side of the field. I was able to calm my daughter’s shock and fear once I showed her that the bird was not some wild animal, it was in fact, somebody’s pet!
Now, we’re sitting at the outdoor fields of the Pontiac Silverdome, far from any populated area, wondering where this very social cockatiel, an Australian parrot (澳洲鹦鹉) could have come from. I walked up to the bird and put out my hand. Immediately, it hopped on and chirped in a friendly way. We looked around us and knew that we could not just leave and suppose that the bird would return to where it came from. This was a very domesticated bird that needed help or it would not survive.
The flag football game had ended so we walked the bird over to other groups of adults and asked if they knew of anyone who had lost a bird. All the kids were excited about the bird and fed it with some post game snacks. The bird’s nails were getting long and he was looking pretty dirty, so we knew it had been out here for a long time and was hungry. Since its wings were clipped, it could fly a little but probably not more than 100 yards or so at a try. We all just scratched our heads as a group wondering what to do with the lost bird.
We explained to the kids that this bird needed our help since it was someone’s pet and would not know how to get its own food, and it could not fly well since its wings were clipped. The kids understood, and all of them wanted to take the bird home! The parents however, knew this was not a good choice as one had a large dog, another two cats, etc. We explained to the kids that one of us could take the bird home for the night and then bring it to the Humane Society in the morning in hopes to connect it to its owners. We couldn’t keep the bird. It wasn’t ours. This was tough for the kids to understand at first. We couldn’t just leave the bird either. There was no way it could attend itself. The group of us sat around the Silverdome practice fields for quite a while trying to determine the best course of choice for the lost bird. It was getting dark out but no one was willing to leave that parking lot until we had a game plan for how to help the bird.
The owner of the football league, Chris Novak, offered to take the bird. It was extremely nice of him and he really stepped in to help while all the rest of us who had kids tugging on our shirts and begging to take it home. We took a box and put a bunch of holes in it and he brought it home for the night. Another mom went online and found a family that had lost a bird that looked just like the one we’d found. She emailed the info to Chris who got in touch with the family and the next day, reunited the bird with the family that lost it almost 3 weeks earlier! When Chris emailed us to let us know, we could not believe that this bird had traveled from The Rochester Tienken area all the way to the Silverdome!
We were so happy to be able to save this bird and get it back to its family. I showed my kids the email about how the other family got their pet back. The family has 3 kids who were so happy to see their bird. My kids realized what a nice ending this story had. Not only had we been able to save this bird’s life, but we were able to bring it back to the family that loves and misses him.
The life lesson in the missing bird story seemed to miss its mark with my kids at first. They were a little bummed out that they couldn’t keep the lost bird. I explained to them that when an animal or someone needs help, you just can’t turn a blind eye and hope everything works out OK. The “lost bird incident” was also a reminder to them that teamwork and the kindness of strangers can make a world of difference and that a group of well-meaning strangers can work together to help someone. It wasn’t a heroic act, but one that I knew had sunk in with my kids when they realized that trying to help was the best and only real course of action.
小题1:What happened when the author watched his son’s football games?| A．A parrot tried to eat their food. | | B．His daughter was hurt by a parrot. | | C．A parrot flew towards his daughter. | | D．A parrot landed on his daughter’s head. |
小题2:The underlined word “domesticated” in the second paragraph probably means_______.| A．having been abandoned | B．having been used to home life | | C．having been used to life in the wild | D．having been week and hungry |
小题3:Who was the first one to find the bird’s owner?| A．The author | B．Chris Novak | | C．The Humane Society | D．A participant’s mother |
小题4:What can be learned from the “lost bird incident”?| A．Strangers can also work well together. | | B．Humane Society helps children in teamwork. | | C．Children can keep lost injured pet birds home. | | D．Helping others is always regarded as a heroic act. |
小题5:What did the author want to tell in the text?| A．How to help a lost parrot to find home. | | B．The experience of watching a football games. | | C．The importance of teamwork and helping others. | | D．How a parrot can fly a long distance from home. |
小题6:The best title of the text should be________. | A．What Animals Can Teach Us | | B．Complete Care for a Lost Bird | | C．Life Lessons When You Least Expect It | | D．Love First, Teamwork and Kindness Second |
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Monty Roberts owns a horse ranch（牧马场） in San Ysidro. He told us his story. As a senior, he was asked to write a 36 about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.
That night he wrote a seven-page paper 37 his goal of someday owning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great 38 and he even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the 39 of all the buildings.
He put his heart into the 40 and the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a note that 41 , ‘See me after class.’
The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, ‘Why did I 42 an F?’
The teacher said, ‘This is an 43 dream for a young boy like you. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. There’s no 44 you could ever do it.’ Then the teacher added, ‘If you will 45 this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.’”
The boy went home and 46 it. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, ‘Look, son, you have to 47 your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very 48 decision for you.’
Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the 49 paper, making no changes at all. He stated, ‘You can keep the F and I’ll keep my 50 .’
Monty now owned a 200-acre ranch. He had 51 his plan for a 4,000-square-foot house.
Two summers ago that same school teacher brought 30 kids to camp out on his ranch for a week. When leaving, he said 52 , ‘Look, Monty. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream 53 . During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams. 54 , you had enough perseverance not to give up on yours.’”
Don’t let anyone steal your dreams. 55 your heart, no matter what.
| 小题1: | | A．paper | B．composition | C．passage | D．notice |
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| 小题2: | | A．reaching | B．achieving | C．continuing | D．describing |
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| 小题3: | | A．excitement | B．detail | C．demand | D．spirit |
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| 小题4: | | A．relation | B．advantage | C．location | D．meaning |
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| 小题5: | | A．project | B．work | C．house | D．painting |
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| 小题6: | | A．informed | B．read | C．wrote | D．reflected |
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| 小题7: | | A．recognize | B．own | C．receive | D．admit |
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| 小题8: | | A．unbearable | B．unbelievable | C．unrealistic | D．unusual |
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| 小题9: | | A．need | B．way | C．doubt | D．time |
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| 小题10: | | A．see | B．retell | C．discuss | D．rewrite |
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| 小题11: | | A．thought about | B．cared about | C．set about | D．talked about |
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| 小题12: | | A．keep up | B．show up | C．sweep up | D．make up |
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| 小题13: | | A．unique | B．wrong | C．wise | D．important |
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| 小题14: | | A．same | B．final | C．correct | D．suitable |
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| 小题15: | | A．promise | B．grade | C．dream | D．word |
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| 小题16: | | A．put forward | B．carried out | C．taken up | D．sped up |
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| 小题17: | | A．constantly | B．strongly | C．guiltily | D．delightedly |
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| 小题18: | | A．catcher | B．seeker | C．dreamer | D．stealer |
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| 小题19: | | A．Gradually | B．Personally | C．Strictly | D．Fortunately |
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| 小题20: | | A．Follow | B．Guide | C．Arrange | D．Concentrate |
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