Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. 36 man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon. His bed was next to the room"s only 37 . The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.
They talked for hours 38 . Every afternoon when the man by the window could sit up, he 39 pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The other man felt his world would be 40 and enlivened by all the wonderful world outside.
The window overlooked a 41 with a lovely lake. Ducks played on the water while children 42 their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm in flowers. A fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the 43 .
As the man by the window described all this in delicate 44 , the other man would close his eyes and 45 the picturesque scene. One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade 46 . 47 the other man couldn"t hear the band, he could see it in his mind"s eye as the gentleman by the window pictured it with 48 words.
Days and weeks passed.
One morning, the nurse arrived, 49 to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and had the body taken away.
The other man asked to be 50 next to the window. Painfully, he sat up to take his first look at the world outside. 51 , he would have the joy of seeing it for himself.
He slowly turn to look out the window. It faced a blank wall.
The man asked the nurse what could have 52 his roommate to describe such wonderful things outside. The nurse 53 that the man was blind. "Perhaps he just wanted to 54 you."
Shared grief is half the sorrow, 55 happiness when shared, is doubled.
| 小题1: | | A．The one | B．One | C．Another | D．This |
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| 小题2: | | A．entrance | B．exit | C．passage | D．window |
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| 小题3: | | A．on end | B．in vain | C．at ease | D．after all |
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| 小题4: | | A．would | B．should | C．might | D．could |
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| 小题5: | | A．shortened | B．deepened | C．broadened | D．sharpened |
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| 小题6: | | A．courtyard | B．market | C．wood | D．park |
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| 小题7: | | A．flew | B．designed | C．sailed | D．swapped |
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| 小题8: | | A．distance | B．way | C．process | D．course |
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| 小题9: | | A．effect | B．particular | C．detail | D．relief |
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| 小题10: | | A．expose | B．imagine | C．realize | D．spot |
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| 小题11: | | A．passing away | B．passing by | C．passing down | D．passing out |
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| 小题12: | | A．Because | B．As | C．Once | D．Although |
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| 小题13: | | A．descriptive | B．productive | C．sensitive | D．tentative |
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| 小题14: | | A．strangely | B．surprisingly | C．sceptically | D．only |
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| 小题15: | | A．substituted | B．offered | C．switched | D．organized |
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| 小题16: | | A．Willingly | B．Finally | C．Generously | D．Occasionally |
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| 小题17: | | A．sacrificed | B．referred | C．motivated | D．intended |
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| 小题18: | | A．responded | B．respected | C．requested | D．resisted |
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| 小题19: | | A．recover | B．defend | C．observe | D．encourage |
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小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:A
小题5:C
小题6:D
小题7:C
小题8:A
小题9:C
小题10:B
小题11:B
小题12:D
小题13:A
小题14:D
小题15:C
小题16:B
小题17:C
小题18:A
小题19:D
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试题分析：本文讲述了两个病友的故事，为了安慰病友，对着空墙描述的外界的热闹的场景。
小题1:代词词辨析。A. The one特指，这个B. One泛指：一个C. Another另一个C. This 这个，窗户旁边的一个人每天下午可以坐起来一个小时。选B
小题2:上下文串联。根据后面的next to the说明他的床在窗户旁边。选D
小题3:词组辨析。A. on end连续的，B. in vain徒劳C. at ease轻松D. after all毕竟，表示他们每天连续交谈几个小时。A
小题4:情态动词辨析。Would过去常常。他常常给对方描述窗外的美景。选A
小题5:考查动词辨析：A. shortened缩短B. deepened变深C. broadened扩大D. sharpened 削尖，另一个人认为世界会扩大。选C。
小题6:上下文串联。根据下文的描述说明窗户外面是一个公园。选D
小题7:动词辨析。A. flew 飞B. designed设计C. sailed航行D. swapped交换
当孩子们在玩赛艇模型的时候，鸭子和天鹅在河里玩耍。选C。
小题8:考查名词辨析。A. distance距离 B. way路C. process过程D. course课程
In the distance在远处。从远处可以看见城市的美景。选A。
小题9:名词辨析。A. effect效果B. particular尤其C. detail细节D. relief 缓解，in detail详细地。选C。
小题10:动词辨析。A暴露；B想象；C意识；D看见；另外一个人躺在床上想象这一美景。选B。
小题11:考查词组：A. passing away去世B. passing by经过C. passing down传下去D. passing out传出去， 另一个人描述经过的游行队伍。选B。
小题12:考查连词：A. Because 因为B. As当…时候C. Once一旦D. Although 虽然，虽然看不见乐队，但可以想象。选D。
小题13:考查形容词：A. descriptive描述性的，B. productive多产的C. sensitive 敏感的，D. tentative试验的，用描述性的语言形容。选A。
小题14:考查副词：A. strangely奇怪的B. surprisingly 惊人的C. sceptically怀疑的D. only只有，only to do是结果状语，护士发现靠窗的病人在睡觉的过程中安详地去世了。选D。
小题15:考查动词：A. substituted替换B. offered提供C. switched轮换D. organized 组织，剩下的那个病人问护士他“是否”可以转换到靠窗的那张床上。选C。
小题16:考查副词：A. Willingly 愿意地B. Finally最后，终于C. Generously大方的 D. Occasionally 偶尔地，最后他终于可以看见外界了。选B。
小题17:考查动词：A. sacrificed牺牲B. referred所指C. motivated 激发D. intended打算，motivate sb to do激励某人做，选C。
小题18:考查动词：A. responded回答B. respected尊敬C. requested要求D. resisted 反对，护士回答：那个病友是个盲人。选A。
小题19:考查动词：A. recover恢复B. defend保护C. observe 观察D. encourage鼓励，他想鼓励你。选D。
小题20:考查连词：分担的悲伤是一半的悲伤，分享的快乐是加倍的快乐。选B。
点评：本文叙述了一位无私的病人给室友描绘美丽的公园以鼓励室友继续与病魔做斗争。本文主要考查了在上下文具体的语境中各种词性词义的辨析，和上下文语义的串联。要求考生在阅读的时候，关注上下文的联系。 |
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I was a publishing director and was looking forward to embracing a new day of work, as always，that morning．
I would always turn to the crossword, but that day it didn"t 31 I"d been doing it for 30 odd years, but trying to read this one was like treading through syrup（糖浆）: 32 slow and hard． I thought I must be tired． I said to my assistant． The 33 colleague contacted my wife, Beth, and she drove me straight to hospital． There, confirmation came that I"d had a stroke in the part of my brain that 34 communication． I was now in a condition that means it"s difficult or 35 to receive and produce language． It was the only time I 36 ．
I was back at home a week later, and my goal was to get better and 37 Work in a couple of months． The way to 38 my language ability was rough． I"d look at simple pictures and try to describe them as my mind 39 round and round in the darkness, looking for words．
As the months passed it became 40 that I wasn"t going to be able to go back to my old job． For 25 years, I had 41 myself as a publisher． I was used to a busy day of meetings． I enjoyed colleagues and the 42 I"d had． I didn’t feel ready to say goodbye to my old self． There were times when I felt incredibly 43 ．
In the darkest months, I devoted myself to 44 ． I couldn"t manage novels or newspapers, 45 I tried reading poetry, and found the shorter lines less overwhelming． My speech came back, and I learned how to read again, though much more slowly． I also learned the 46 to keep up． I allowed myself to slow down, and started to enjoy it．
47 , I rid of my old skin． I grieved the past, its passing and its absence, and started to 48 it． Now, 10 years later, I look after my grandson a day a week, and my relationship with my family is deeper than ever． If you"d asked me 15 years ago to 49 the importance of the things in my life I might have said work, but now I"m no longer a high-achieving publisher． I"m a 50 man．
| 小题1: | | A．wear off | B．make any sense | C．count up | D．pay off |
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| 小题2: | | A．temporarily | B．scarcely | C．incredibly | D．savagely |
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| 小题3: | | A．curious | B．reserved | C．rigid | D．concerned |
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| 小题4: | | A．calls for | B．deals with | C．suffers from | D．responds to |
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| 小题5: | | A．practical | B．absurd | C．impossible | D．innocent |
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| 小题6: | | A．prayed | B．cried | C．failed | D．withdrew |
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| 小题7: | | A．contribute to | B．agree to | C．return to | D．appeal to |
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| 小题8: | | A．obtaining | B．rebuilding | C．revealing | D．improving |
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| 小题9: | | A．slipped | B．doubted | C．wandered | D．reckoned |
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| 小题10: | | A．messy | B．flexible | C．straightforward | D．self-evident |
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| 小题11: | | A．informed | B．estimated | C．reflected | D．defined |
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| 小题12: | | A．extinction | B．reward | C．agenda | D．status |
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| 小题13: | | A．angry | B．acute | C．prejudiced | D．merciless |
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| 小题14: | | A．speaking | B．trying | C．writing | D．managing |
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| 小题16: | | A．favor | B．patience | C．coincidence | D．comfort |
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| 小题17: | | A．Gradually | B．Hopefully | C．Narrowly | D．Annually |
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| 小题18: | | A．keep up with | B．come to terms with | C．get around to | D．live up to |
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| 小题19: | | A．arrange | B．compare | C．rank | D．declare |
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| 小题20: | | A．genius | B．community | C．dignity | D．family |
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A policeman was questioning 3 blondes who were training to become detectives． To test their skills in recognizing a suspect, he shows the first blonde a picture for5 seconds and then hides it．
“This is your suspect, how would you recognize him?"
The first blonde answers, "That"s easy, we"ll catch him fast because he only has one eye!" The policeman says, "Well．．．uh．．．that"s because the picture shows his profile．"
Slightly confused by this ridiculous response, he flashes the picture for 5 seconds at the second blonde and asks her, "This is your suspect, how would you recognize him?"
The second blonde giggles, flips her hair and says, "Ha! He"d be too easy to catch because he only has one ear!"
The policeman angrily responds, "What"s the matter with you two? Of course only one eye and one ear are SHOWING because it"s a picture of his profile!! Is that the best answer you can come up with?"
Extremely frustrated at this point, he shows the picture to the third blonde and in a very testy voice asks "This is your suspect, how would you recognize him?" He quickly adds, "Think hard before giving me a stupid answer．"
The blonde looks at the picture intently for a moment and says, "Hmmmm…the suspect wears contact lenses．"
The policeman is surprised and speechless because he really doesn"t know himself if the suspect wears contacts or not． "Well, that"s an interesting answer．．．wait here for a few minutes while I check his file and I’ll get back to you on that．" He leaves the room and goes to his ．office, checks the suspect"s file in his computer, and comes back with a beaming smile on his face． "Wow! I can"t believe it．．．it"s TRUE! The suspect does in fact wear contact lenses． Good work! How were you able to make such an acute observation?"
"That"s easy," the blonde replied． "He can"t wear regular glasses because he only has one eye and one ear．"
小题1:Why did the policeman show a picture to the three blondes?| A．To inquire about their relationship with the suspect． | | B．To test their potential of being detectives． | | C．To train them as qualified police officers． | | D．To show the skills in recognizing a suspect． |
小题2:What"s the policeman"s attitude towards the first blonde"s answer?| A．Angry． | B．Puzzled． | C．Embarrassed． | D．Satisfied． |
小题3:What did the second blonde think of the task?| A．Demanding． | B．Easy． | C．Ridiculous． | D．Confusing． |
小题4:How did the third blonde know that the suspect wore contact lenses?| A．By coincidence． | | B．By random guess． | | C．By logical and reasonable analysis． | | D．By checking the file in the computer． |
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"When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I survived at all． It was, of course, a miserable childhood． The happy childhood is hardly worth your while． "Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood． And worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood．" That was Frank McCourt reading the opening lines of his book Angela"s Ashes, released in nineteen ninety-six．
This Irish American author best known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography Angela"s Ashes that recorded his poor upbringing, died of cancer on Sunday, The New York Times reported． He was 78．
Born in New York City, he was the eldest of seven children born to Irish immigrant parents． Angela"s Ashes was a memoir that captured an irresponsible, drunkard father with a gift for story-telling． When not drunk, his father was absent, turning his back on a family so poor, McCourt wrote, that they were reduced to burning the furniture in their rented hut to keep warm． His mother struggled to raise her many children after his father left the family．
Already struggling when the Great Depression hit, the family moved back to Limerick, where they slipped ever deeper into poverty in the 1930s．
Three of McCourt"s siblings died of diseases worsened by hunger and the wretchedness of their surroundings． McCourt himself almost died of typhoid（伤寒的） fever as a child．
In Angela"s Ashes, he wrote of hunger, a home flooded with rainwater and the unbearable humiliation of seeking handouts from charities in the Irish city． But he told the story in a way that is expressive, warm and light-hearted．
Frank McCourt left Ireland at the age of nineteen to return to New York City where he was born． He earned a degree in- English education and taught creative writing for nearly thirty years． After retiring in nineteen eighty-seven, he decided to write about his childhood． "Angela"s Ashes" became a huge success and brought McCourt a 1997 Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award and other honors． Millions of copies of the book were sold worldwide and it was adapted into a 1999 movie starring Emily Watson and Robert Carlyle．
小题1:What"s the text mainly about?| A．A brief introduction to Frank McCourt and one of his works． | | B．A literary review on Frank McCourt"s book Angela"s Ashes． | | C．An account of Frank McCourt"s miserable childhood. | | D．A comment on Frank McCourt"s life experience． |
小题2:By saying "The happy childhood is hardly worth your while", the writer really means that ．| A．a lot of readers don"t deserve happy childhood | | B．his childhood is not worth of others" sympathy | | C．his childhood is mixed with happiness and misery | | D．smooth childhood surely will not draw readers" attention |
小题3:From the passage, we know Frank McCourt"s father is ．| A．humorous and trustworthy | B．alcohol-addicted but loves his family | | C．poor but warm-hearted | D．irresponsible but gifted in telling stories |
小题4:What does the underlined word "handouts" mean in the 6th paragraph?| A．Reliefs． | B．Compensations． | | C．Leaflets． | D．Teaching materials． |
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I woke up late and had breakfast in a hurry. I had never been late and didn’t want my boss to be unsatisfied.
However, it seemed that the day wasn’t a lucky one for me from the very second I left my flat. The moment I wanted to rush downstairs, one of my stiletto heels (细高跟) broke. I had to return to change my red shoes. I also had to change my purse and other little things that I had tried to match with the shoes. I was sure I would be late for work.
On my way to work I had to wait for over half an hour because of an accident. I had no choice but to wait. I phoned my boss and he told me that it was no problem, but he needed me for the meeting with the Japanese clients (客户) that morning.
Finally, I arrived at the office one hour later. I had to keep calm and be fresh for the meeting to make the clients sure that our plan was the best for their future business project. However, I left the plan I had made the night before at home and was going to make a presentation (介绍) about it to the clients. I was about to get angry when I realized that I had a copy of it in my office.
At last, the meeting came to an end and it turned out to be successful. But I have to say that I had a terrible day, full of incidents.
小题1:Which of the following is NOT the reason of the writer being late for her work? | A．She got up late in the morning. | | B．She changed her purse and other little things. | | C．One of her shoe heels broke. | | D．She had a traffic accident on the way to work. |
小题2:According to the passage, what could we learn about the writer?| A．Her boss was very angry with her. | | B．She often arrived at her office on time. | | C．She left her plan on the bus. | | D．She was nervous at the meeting. |
小题3:What did the clients think of the writer’s presentation?| A．Dull. | B．Just so-so. | C．Excellent. | D．Terrible. |
小题4:Which old saying could be used to describe the writer’s incidents? | A．Failure is the mother of success. | | B．A good beginning makes a good ending. | | C．Where there is a will, there is a way. | | D．One trouble never comes alone. |
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I"ve spent most of my career as a traveling salesman, and so I know that 36 is an occupational disease．But one year, my 37 gave me the cure for my homesickness．
It had black bright eyes, a red bow tie and orange feet—a stuffed penguin（企鹅）that 38 about five inches tall．Attached to its left wing 39 a little sign with the hand-painted declaration "I Love My Dad! "．I 40 the penguin at once on my table．
On my next trip, I put the penguin in my suitcase．That night when I 41__ home, my daughter Jeanine was 42 because the penguin had disappeared．"Honey, he"s here with me, " I explained, "I brought him 43 ."
44 , the penguin came with me—as necessary as my briefcase．And we __45 along the way．In Albuquerque, I checked into a 46 , dropped my bag and ran to a meeting．When I returned, the maid had 47 the bed and stood the penguin on the pillow．
One night, I discovered the penguin 48 , and after a mad phone call, I learned I" d 49 it in my previous hotel room, 50 it had been rescued by a maid．I __51 a hundred miles to get it, and when I arrived at midnight, the penguin was waiting at the front desk．In the hotel lobby（大厅）, other tired business travelers were __52 at the reunion of my penguin and me---I think with a bit of 53 ．
Jeanine is in college now, and I don"t travel 54 . The penguin sits on my table, a reminder that love is a wonderful traveling companion．All those years on 55 , it was the one thing I never left home without．
| 小题1: | | A．cold | B．hunger | C．loneliness | D．fever |
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| 小题2: | | A．wife | B．daughter | C．friend | D．mother |
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| 小题3: | | A．stood | B．lay | C．jumped | D．climbed |
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| 小题4: | | A．wrote | B．turned | C．was | D．had |
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| 小题5: | | A．threw | B．lost | C．ordered | D．placed |
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| 小题6: | | A．drove | B．called | C．wrote | D．went |
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| 小题7: | | A．upset | B．happy | C．glad | D．excited |
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| 小题9: | | A．From now on | B．In the future | C．In future | D．From then on |
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| 小题10: | | A．had friends | B．had friend | C．made friends | D．made friend |
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| 小题11: | | A．school | B．hotel | C．shop | D．supermarket |
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| 小题12: | | A．given | B．turned | C．made | D．carried |
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| 小题13: | | A．sleeping | B．going | C．living | D．missing |
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| 小题14: | | A．forgot | B．left | C．ordered | D．sent |
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| 小题15: | | A．there | B．when | C．where | D．how |
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| 小题16: | | A．ran | B．walked | C．hurried | D．drove |
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| 小题17: | | A．surprised | B．frightened | C．looked | D．laughed |
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| 小题18: | | A．anger | B．admiration | C．sadness | D．illness |
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| 小题19: | | A．as many | B．as seldom | C．so few | D．as much |
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| 小题20: | | A．the hotel | B．the meeting | C．the trip | D．the house |
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