At Priya"s wedding party, her mother gave her a newly opened bankbook and said, "Priya, keep it as a 21 of your marriage life. When something 22 happens, put some money in and give a brief 23 to it next to the line. The happier the event is, the more money you can put in. When 24 after years, you will know how much happiness you"ve 25 ".
Priya and Hitesh both thought it a great idea and soon made the first deposit(储蓄). 26 , after years, they started quarrelling and fighting. They both 27 marrying the worst person in the world.
One day Priya talked to her mother, "Mom, we can"t 28 it any more. We decided to get divorce! I can"t imagine 29 I decided to marry this Guy!!!" Her mother responded, "Just do whatever you want, but before that do one thing first. 30 the bankbook I gave to you on your wedding party? Take out all the money and 31 it first. You shouldn"t keep any record of such a 32 marriage. "Priya thought it was 33 . So she went to the bank, 34 to draw out all the money. While waiting in the queue, she took out the bankbook and recalled the memories of all the previous 35 . Her eyes filled with tears, she left in a (an) 36 . When she returned home, she handed the bankbook to Hitesh, asking him to spend the money.
The next day, Hitesh gave the bankbook back to Priya. 37 , she found a new deposit of $5000, with a line next to the record:" This is the day I 38 how much I"ve loved you. How much happiness you"ve brought me." Much 39 , they hugged and cried, putting the bankbook back to their 40 .
| 小题1: | | A．record | B．respect | C．remark | D．guide |
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| 小题2: | | A．uncertain | B．unexpected | C．pleasant | D．annoying |
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| 小题3: | | A．arrangement | B．comment | C．promise | D．dream |
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| 小题4: | | A．taking up | B．looking out | C．taking in | D．looking back |
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| 小题5: | | A．harvested | B．bought | C．offered | D．wanted |
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| 小题6: | | A．Besides | B．Anyway | C．Instead | D．However |
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| 小题7: | | A．enjoyed | B．risked | C．regretted | D．stopped |
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| 小题8: | | A．help | B．stand | C．blame | D．defeat |
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| 小题10: | | A．Return | B．Lose | C．Check | D．Remember |
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| 小题11: | | A．devote | B．spend | C．lend | D．waste |
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| 小题12: | | A．happy | B．poor. | C．simple | D．tranditional |
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| 小题13: | | A．reasonable | B．faithful | C．hopeful | D．responsible |
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| 小题14: | | A．planning | B．pretending | C．hesitating | D．preferring |
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| 小题15: | | A．trouble | B．experiences | C．quarrels | D．happiness |
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| 小题16: | | A．panic | B．ease | C．hurry | D．while |
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| 小题17: | | A．Interestingly | B．Naturally | C．disappointingly | D．Surprisingly |
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| 小题18: | | A．admit | B．search | C．realise | D．declare |
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| 小题19: | | A．attracted | B．tired | C．puzzled | D．moved |
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| 小题20: | | A．safe | B．mother | C．bank | D．wedding |
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小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:A
小题6:D
小题7:C
小题8:B
小题9:C
小题10:D
小题11:B
小题12:B
小题13:A
小题14:A
小题15:D
小题16:C
小题17:D
小题18:C
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本文讲述了一个故事，告诉我们要珍惜爱情！
小题1:名词辨析。A记录；B尊敬；C痕迹，分数；D指导。这里是指对婚姻生活的记录。
小题2:形容词辨析。根据句意可知是指遇见令人愉快的事情时，就存一些钱进去。
小题3:名词辨析。A安排；B评论；C诺言；D梦想；每次存入钱的时候，就在笔记本里记录。
小题4:短语辨析。A占据，从事于，开始做；B当心；C吸收，吸收，理解；D回顾；当多年以后回顾的时候，你会知道你的收获很多。
小题5:动词辨析。A收获；B购买；C提供；D想要；解析同上。
小题6:副词辨析。根据下文可知上下文是转折关系。故D正确。
小题7:动词辨析。A喜欢；B冒险；C遗憾，后悔；D停止；根据句意可知他们都很后悔。
小题8:动词辨析。Can’t stand it不能容忍；
小题9:上下文串联。根据句意：我不能想象为什么我会嫁给这样的人。
小题10:动词辨析。A归还；B失去；C检查；D记住；结合句意可知D正确。句意：记住在婚礼上我给你的笔记本吗？
小题11:动词辨析。A 致力于；B花钱；C借；D浪费；根据下文的it可知应该使用spend.
小题12:形容词辨析。根据上下文可知她认为这次婚姻很糟糕。
小题13:形容词辨析。根据上下文可知她认为妈妈的建议是合理的。
小题14:动词辨析。A计划；B假装；C犹豫；D宁愿；结合句意可知是计划把钱都取出来。
小题15:名词辨析。A麻烦；B经历，经验；C争吵；D幸福；句意：记起了以前的幸福。
小题16: 固定词组。In a hurry匆忙；
小题17:副词辨析。A有趣的；B自然的；C令人失望的；D令人惊讶的；根据上下文可知她惊讶地发现…
小题18:动词辨析。A承认；B寻找；C意识到；D宣布；结合句意可知C正确。句意：我意识到我有多爱你。
小题19:形容词辨析。根据上下文可知他们都很感动。
小题20:名词辨析。结合句意可知是把the bankbook保险箱； |
核心考点
试题【At Priya"s wedding party, her mother gave her a newly opened bankbook and said, 】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
As you grow older, you’ll be faced with some challenging decisions—like whether to cut class or try cigarettes. Making decisions on your own is hard enough, but when other people get involved and try to pressure you one way or another it can be even harder. People who are your age, like your classmates, are called peers. When they try to influence how you act, to get you to do something, it’s called peer pressure.
Peers can have a positive influence on each other. Maybe another student in your science class taught you an easy way to remember the planets in the solar system. Maybe you got others excited about your new favorite book, and now everyone’s reading it. These are examples of how peers positively influence each other.
Sometimes peers influence each other in negative ways. For example, a few kids in school might try to get you to cut class with them; your soccer friend might try to convince you to be mean to another player and never pass him the ball.
It is tough to be the only one who says “no” to peer pressure, but you can do it. Paying attention to your own feelings and beliefs about what is right and wrong can help you know the right thing to do.
You’ve probably had a parent or teacher advising you to “choose your friends wisely.” Peer pressure is a big reason why they say this. If you choose friends who don’t cut class, smoke cigarettes, or lie to their parents, then you probably won’t do these things either, even if other kids do.
If you continue to face peer pressure and you’re finding it difficult to handle, talk to someone you trust. Don’t feel guilty if you’ve made a mistake or two.
小题1:For whom is the passage most probably written?| A．Students. | B．Parents. | C．Teachers. | D．Doctors. |
小题2:In the last three paragraphs, the author mainly_____.| A．explains why friendship is so important | | B．gives advice on how to deal with peer pressure | | C．discusses how peers influence us | | D．shows how to make more good friends |
小题3:Which of following may help handle peer pressure?| A．Spending more time with classmates. | | B．Taking up more relaxing hobbies. | | C．Choosing friends with no bad habits. | | D．Helping others who are in trouble. |
小题4:What is the topic of the passage?| A．Friendship. | B．Making decisions | C．Self-confidence | D．Peer pressure |
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The leaves（树叶） fluttered（飘动）over Josh’s head. The park near his home had always been one of Josh’s 36 places. He liked to watch the colors of the trees glow（闪耀）in the sunlight, 37 the golden trees. It was the same color as his trumpet（小号）. He smiled when he 38 the music the leaves made. Josh sat down and looked at his watch. His father would meet him in a few 39 for their first practice in the park.
Josh and his family lived in an apartment building.When Josh first began playing the trumpet, he 40 in his own living room. Then the family next door had a new baby. To avoid 41 the baby, Josh would 42 his practice time in the park. His father told him it would be good to practice in a wide, open 43 like the park. The baby next door would be able to sleep 44 , but Josh was not very happy with the 45 . He enjoyed visiting the park, but he didn’t want to practice there. He was 46 that he would embarrass（使……难堪）himself in a pubic place if he played the wrong notes（音符）. He didn’t want people to 47 him as he played in the middle of the park.
Josh’s father was a great trumpet player, who once played in a jazz band. He couldn’t possibly understand how 48 it would be to practice in the park！
His father came over and 49 Josh’s daydream(遐想). “Josh, are you ready to practice?” He sat down and 50 his own trumpet from its case. He held the trumpet to his 51 and began to play. The beautiful music floated into the blue afternoon sky.
Josh looked up at the golden trees. The leaves 52 to be dancing to the tune his father was playing. Josh felt 53 as he watched the people walking by and smiling at his father.
He 54 to play like that. Josh put his trumpet to his mouth and blew. He had such a great time that he didn’t 55 if he played a few bad notes. Now he and his neighbors could all be happy.
| 小题1: | | A．painful | B．favorite | C．admirable | D．suitable |
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| 小题2: | | A．slowly | B．frequently | C．hardly | D．especially |
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| 小题3: | | A．thought of | B．looked for | C．set out | D．picked up |
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| 小题4: | | A．weeks | B．minutes | C．years | D．months |
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| 小题5: | | A．practiced | B．developed | C．continued | D．advanced |
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| 小题6: | | A．amusing | B．waking | C．guiding | D．assisting |
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| 小题7: | | A．spend | B．waste | C．shorten | D．realize |
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| 小题8: | | A．address | B．section | C．space | D．corner |
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| 小题9: | | A．anxiously | B．excitedly | C．peacefully | D．angrily |
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| 小题10: | | A．preparation | B．description | C．arrangement | D．appointment |
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| 小题11: | | A．delighted | B．satisfied | C．puzzled | D．afraid |
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| 小题12: | | A．ignore | B．watch | C．forget | D．guess |
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| 小题13: | | A．embarrassing | B．interesting | C．encouraging | D．disappointing |
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| 小题14: | | A．measured | B．interrupted | C．imagined | D．believed |
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| 小题15: | | A．checked | B．pulled | C．changed | D．threw |
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| 小题17: | | A．sounded | B．seemed | C．smelt | D．felt |
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| 小题18: | | A．ashamed | B．nervous | C．calm | D．proud |
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| 小题19: | | A．hated | B．wanted | C．disliked | D．refused |
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| 小题20: | | A．recognized | B．suspect | C．admit | D．care |
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Afraid that her son would be too tired, Ms. Wendy would sometimes tell the boy to skip school, but each time, Fabian would insist on going to school.
“I don’t like it because when I return to school, I don’t know what’s going on,” the 12-year-old boy explained. He suffers for SMA－a neuromuscular（神经肌肉的）disease that leads to weakness in muscles－and gets around in a wheelchair.
Fabian’s determination to excel in his studies was evident when he was disappointed that he got a total score of 236 yesterday in his Primary School Leaving Examination. He was hoping for a score of at least 240, but his mother was full of pride. “I am happy with his results. He’s very motivated,” said Ms. Wendy.
When Fabian was two months old, he was diagnosed with SMA. Ms. Wendy, who used to go to other homes to teach piano lessons, started teaching lessons at home so she could take care of her son. Fabian proved to be a fighter. Ms. Wendy said, “ He would study every day on his own even though he was weak and his spine（脊柱）was already starting to curve quite badly.”
Fabian is also active in the Singapore Disability Sports Council, where he plays boccia（滚球）, a ball sport for those who require a wheelchair due to physical disability.
At just 133cm tall and weighing 14kg, he knows that he will have to rely on others all his life. “I’m afraid that when my parents grow older, they will not be able to carry me and that there will be nobody to carry me,” said Fabian. “But for now, I feel lucky that I get to go out and do a lot of things that I thought I couldn’t.”
His dreams aren’t lofty（崇高的）either－all he want to be able to do is work and provide for his parents. “I just want to study hard so that I can be a businessman, like my dad.” He is planning to apply to study at Victoria School.
小题1:The underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refers to ______.
A. going to school. B. being absent from school
C. studying hard. D. suffering from SMA.
小题2:We can know from the text that Fabian ______.| A．got the disease at the age of 12. | | B．was proud of his exam results. | | C．has no interest in any sports. | | D．wants to be a businessman like his father. |
小题3:What do we know about Ms. Wendy?| A．She insists that her son go to school. | | B．She used to be a piano teacher in a school. | | C．She is satisfied with her son’s performance at school. | | D．She fears that her son will be helpless when she is older. |
小题4:Which words can best describe Fabian? | A．Sensitive and weak. | B．Active and optimistic. | | C．Clever and strong. | D．Stressed and concerned. |
小题5:What is the best title for the text?
A. He Is Disabled but He Is a Fighter.
B. A Great Mother and Her Special Son.
C. How to Fight Against SMA.
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A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.
The conversation soon turned into complaints about 26 in work and life. To offer his guests coffee, the 27 went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and a variety of 28 — porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some 29 , some expensive, some delicate — telling them to help themselves to the 30 .
When all the students 31 a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, "If you have 32 , all the nice-looking expensive cups have been taken up, 33 the plain and cheap ones. While it is 34 for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the 35 of your problems and stress. "
"Be assured that the cup itself adds no 36 to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even 37 what we drink. "
"What all of you really want is coffee, 38 the cup, but you 39 went for the best cups … And then you began 40 each other"s cups. "
"Now consider 41 : Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain 42 , and the type of cup we have does not determine, nor 43 the quality of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we 44 to enjoy the coffee. Fully appreciate the coffee, not the cups! Don"t let the cups 45 you ... enjoy the coffee instead. "
| 小题1: | | A．stress | B．progress | C．condition | D．pride |
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| 小题2: | | A．advisor | B．professor | C．monitor | D．graduate |
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| 小题3: | | A．glasses | B．bowls | C．trays | D．cups |
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| 小题4: | | A．plain-looking | B．beautiful | C．modern | D．nice-looking |
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| 小题5: | | A．pot | B．sugar | C．milk | D．coffee |
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| 小题6: | | A．made | B．had | C．cooked | D．served |
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| 小题7: | | A．talked | B．discussed | C．noticed | D．decided |
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| 小题8: | | A．leaving behind | B．falling about | | C．leaving about | D．falling behind |
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| 小题9: | | A．strange | B．wonderful | C．normal | D．important |
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| 小题10: | | A．source | B．purpose | C．doubt | D．result |
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| 小题11: | | A．price | B．quality | C．sweet | D．color |
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| 小题12: | | A．proves | B．tastes | C．hides | D．steals |
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| 小题13: | | A．more than | B．less than | C．other than | D．rather than |
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| 小题14: | | A．consciously | B．wisely | C．shyly | D．carelessly |
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| 小题15: | | A．showing | B．eyeing | C．exchanging | D．praising |
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| 小题17: | | A．jobs | B．money | C．position | D．life |
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| 小题18: | | A．change | B．increase | C．discover | D．lower |
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| 小题19: | | A．try | B．manage | C．fail | D．plan |
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| 小题20: | | A．envy | B．drive | C．support | D．assess |
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Each spring brings a new wildflower blooming in the fields along the highway I travel daily to work.
There is one particular blue flower that has always caught my eye. I"ve noticed that it blooms only in the morning hours. The afternoon sun is too warm for it. Every day each year for about two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers.
This spring, I started a wildflower garden in my yard. I can look out of the kitchen window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. I"ve often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the fields would look great in that bed alongside other wildflowers.
Every day I drove past the flowers, thinking, "I"ll stop on my way home and dig them." "Gee, I don"t want to get my good clothes dirty…" Whatever the reason, I never stopped to dig them. My husband even gave me a tool one year for that expressed purpose.
One day on my way home from work, I was saddened to see that the highway department had cleared up the fields and the pretty blue flowers were gone. I thought to myself, "Way to go, you waited too long. You should have done it when you first saw them blooming this spring. "
A week ago we were shocked and saddened to learn that my oldest sister-in-law has a cancer. She is 20 years older than my husband and unfortunately, because of age and distance, we haven"t been as close as we all would have liked.
I couldn"t help but see the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my husband"s sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us.
And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, I"m sure I"ll stop and transplant them to my wildflower garden.
小题1:How long might the blue flower bloom in spring?| A．About two weeks. | B．The whole season. | | C．About one week. | D．The whole day. |
小题2:Where did the writer want to transplant the flowers?| A．Across the fields. | B．Along the highway. | | C．In the garden. | D．Outside the yard. |
小题3:Which of the following is NOT true about the writer"s sister-in-law?| A．She is seriously ill. | | B．She is twenty years old. | | C．She lives far away from the writer. | | D．She is not in close touch with the writer. |
小题4:What does the writer want to tell us?| A．Value now and don"t lose chances. | | B．Visit our relatives only after they get ill. | | C．Refresh our wonderful moments every year. | | D．Plant flowers and don"t enjoy them in the field. |
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