Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s 21 filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so 22 that I decided to write an article about her.
I 23 Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She 24 and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I 25 I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.
I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there 26 , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that 27 Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The 28 was almost unbearable. I struggled for days 29 draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.
It didn’t take long. My manuscript 30 . How stupid of me! I thought. How could I 31 in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t 32 the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.
Five years later, I was moving to California. While 33 my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in 34 :
Ms Profit,
Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some 35 materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to 36 your story soon.
Shocked, it took me a long time to 37 . Fear of rejection cost me ly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of 38 writing. Today, I have become a full – time writer. Looking back on this 39 , I learned a very important lesson: You can’t 40 to doubt yourself.
| 小题1: | | A．joy | B．voice | C．speech | D．smile |
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| 小题2: | | A．proud | B．active | C．satisfied | D．moved |
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| 小题3: | | A．visited | B．emailed | C．phoned | D．interviewed |
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| 小题4: | | A．agreed | B．refused | C．hesitated | D．paused |
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| 小题5: | | A．replied | B．discovered | C．explained | D．knew |
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| 小题6: | | A．seriously | B．patiently | C．nervously | D．quietly |
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| 小题7: | | A．blaming | B．fooling | C．inviting | D．urging |
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| 小题8: | | A．hardship | B．failure | C．comment | D．pressure |
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| 小题10: | | A．disappeared | B．returned | C．spread | D．improved |
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| 小题11: | | A．compare | B．struggle | C．survive | D．compete |
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| 小题12: | | A．ignore | B．deliver | C．face | D．receive |
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| 小题13: | | A．decorating | B．repairing | C．cleaning | D．leaving |
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| 小题14: | | A．disbelief | B．anxiety | C．horror | D．trouble |
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| 小题15: | | A．subjective | B．relevant | C．private | D．reliable |
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| 小题16: | | A．broadcast | B．create | C．publish | D．assess |
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| 小题17: | | A．recover | B．prepare | C．escape | D．concentrate |
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| 小题18: | | A．energetic | B．endless | C．typical | D．enjoyable |
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| 小题19: | | A．experience | B．success | C．benefit | D．accident |
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| 小题20: | | A．attempt | B．afford | C．expect | D．pretend |
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小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:D
小题6:C
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:A
小题10:B
小题11:D
小题12:C
小题13:C
小题14:A
小题15:B
小题16:C
小题17:A
小题18:D
小题19:A
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小题1:考查名词。 与前面的sing相呼应。
小题2:考查形容词。Salome优美的歌声是剧院活跃起来。我深受感动，决心写篇关于她的文章。
小题3:考查动词。结合下文的When I hung up（挂断电话）,可知此处作者是给Salome打电话。
小题4:考查动词。 她同意了。
小题5:考查动词。 我知道自己在说谎。自己了解自己。
小题6:考查副词。 自己向对方撒了谎，面对对方时，自是感到紧张nervously。
小题7:考查动词。 自己向Salome说谎，也就是欺骗（fool）Salome。
小题8:考查名词。 作者根本就没写过文章，所以要写篇关于她的文章的压力pressure很大，几乎是难以忍受的。
小题9:考查介词。struggle with sth：与...做斗争，拼搏，奋斗。
小题10:考查动词。没过多久， 我的手稿就返回来了。
小题11:考查动词。我如何能在一个满是职业作家的世界里竞争呢？
小题12:考查动词。结合下文的Fear of rejection cost me可知作者害怕被拒绝，而不敢面对，不敢拆开信。
小题13:考查动词。 搬家前，打扫房间。
小题14:考查名词。in disbelief怀疑地，不相信地。结合信的内容可知，当初作者的稿子被采用了，而这是作者没想到的。
小题15:考查形容词。 我们需要与文章相关（relevant）的资料。
小题16:考查动词。杂志社赞赏作者的文章，自然想不久后就能出版（publish）。
小题17:考查动词 花了很长时间，我才从震惊（shocked）中恢复（recover）过来。
小题18:考查形容词。当初是作者第一次写文章，如果当时作者打开信封的话，他就成功了，就会赢得至少500美元，那就是次快乐的enjoyable写作。
小题19:考查名词。回顾这次经历。
小题20:考查动词。can"t afford to do sth 负担不起做某事。 |
核心考点
试题【Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing f】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
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Ginny Ruffner is one of the best-known glass artists in the United States. Her one-of-a-kind pieces are colorful, detailed and often humorous. Over the years, she became famous for a method called lamp working, also known as flame working. It involves using a torch to melt and shape the glass instead of blowing on it.
Ginny Ruffner almost died in a three-car accident in 1991. No one thought the Seattle-based artist would ever walk or talk again. An award-winning(优等的) film documentary explores that period of her life. "It"s scary when you can"t talk, you can"t do... all your life." said Ruffner.
Ms. Ruffner was in a coma(昏迷) for five weeks and a wheelchair for five years. But she overcame her injuries. And although she still has difficulty walking and talking, she has willed herself back to work. Now, she has a team that helps bring her dream to life.
Her team recently finished an eight point five meter-high flowerpot made of steel and aluminum. It is now in downtown Seattle. Ms. Ruffner was recently honored in Washington, DC. The Renwick Gallery presented a special showing of the film, "A Not So Still Life, the Ginny Ruffner Story."
Ms. Ruffner says “it has been a long battle, but the hardest part has not been the physical problems. I hate being taken for granted, being ignored. The way I talk, people assume that I"m either really old, or kind of retarded(智力迟钝的), and that is so frustrating."
But she is firm. She says "Fortunately I"ve done a lot of stuff in my life, so I know that the best thing is to be open to the mystery, who knows what great things will happen. I"m sure they"re many more to come."
Ginny Ruffner"s art can be seen in more than forty museums around the world. Her work and her life continue to motivate people of all ages.
小题1:Within five years after a car accident, Ginny Ruffner _____.| A．was unconscious of everything | | B．had trouble walking and talking | | C．got over injuries completely | | D．went back to her work |
小题2:From this passage we can learn _____. | A．Ginny Ruffner finished an eight point five meter-high flowerpot made of steel and aluminum himself | | B．The Renwick Gallery made him a the film documentary , "A Not So Still Life, the Ginny Ruffner Story." | | C．Ginny Ruffner"s art is shown in more than forty museums in the United States | | D．Ginny Ruffner’s story has encouraged people to do what they want to |
小题3:What was the most difficult to accept for Ginny Ruffner?| A．The physical disabilities | | B．Being considered old andstupidity | | C．Being looked down upon | | D．Being mistaken as a useless man |
小题4:The best title of this passage is _____.| A． A New Exhibit of Bright Life | | B．The Life of a Glass Artist | | C． A New product of a glass artist | | D．The Introduction of a Great Glass Artist |
小题5:From this passage we can know Ginny Ruffner is _____. | A．determined and optimistic | | B．ambitious and stubborn | | C．hopeful and energetic | | D．devoted and active |
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By my third day in the hospital, I realized Tom didn’t visit. I couldn’t understand 36 my best friend wouldn’t come to see me. Struggling against the 37 , I phoned his __38 . His mother answered, and when I asked for Tom, she got 39 . “He’s not here right now,” she said. I thought it was 40 that she didn’t tell me where he was or 41 to have him call me. But I was so weak, I just let it 42 . I found out later that Tom’s mother called my parents right after we rang 43 . My phone call really made her 44 , and she 45 they talk to me. Later that night, my mom 46 . Did I remember drinking? Did I remember in a car？I had 47 what she was talking about, so she finally told me the news: I’d hit a tree. Tom, in the 48 seat, was thrown from the car and killed instantly. The only reason I’d lived was because of my 49 .
My first 50 was of shock. I’d been drink-driving? Hit a tree? Killed Tom? I felt like the 51 person in the world. Even after I was able to 52 several weeks later, I didn’t want to eat, I didn’t want to talk. I just 53 at the wall in my 54 and cried. The only person I wanted to see was Tom. I didn’t feel like 55 with any of my old friends.
| 小题2: | | A．pain | B．doctor | C．nurse | D．wound |
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| 小题3: | | A．company | B．office | C．school | D．house |
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| 小题4: | | A．sad | B．quiet | C．calm | D．excited |
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| 小题5: | | A．unfair | B．wrong | C．strange | D．unnecessary |
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| 小题6: | | A．offer | B．allow | C．permit | D．refuse |
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| 小题9: | | A．disappointed | B．shocked | C．anxious | D．excited |
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| 小题10: | | A．hoped | B．wished | C．insisted | D．ordered |
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| 小题11: | | A．went by | B．came by | C．called back | D．passed by |
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| 小题12: | | A．understood | B．believed | C．no idea | D．wondered |
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| 小题13: | | A．passenger | B．drive | C．front | D．spare |
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| 小题14: | | A．doctor | B．friend | C．luck | D．seat-belt |
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| 小题15: | | A．view | B．reaction | C．action | D．idea |
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| 小题16: | | A．luckiest | B．happiest | C．worst | D．most lonely |
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| 小题17: | | A．stand up | B．get on | C．go home | D．eat out |
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| 小题18: | | A．looked | B．stared | C．glanced | D．glared |
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| 小题19: | | A．sickroom | B．office | C．dormitory | D．bedroom |
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| 小题20: | | A．drying out | B．taking out | C．setting out | D．hanging out |
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I take the train to work every morning from a train station near my house. I can get to the station quite _36__ because there’s a short cut（捷径）to the station. But in the summer, it can get quite smelly because of all the 37. So I always try to 38 through it. Today I was trying to do so as usual __39__ something made me stop for a moment. I saw the most beautiful __40__ by an old woman walking in front of me with the help of a white __41__.
She was short and 42 and had white hair. She was walking __43__ as each step took some effort. I hadn’t specially noticed her 44 , until she stopped near a rubbish bin（垃圾箱）.
She slowly placed her walking stick ___45__ the rubbish bin. Then she leaned （斜倚着） on it with her right hand. She bent down and _46__ the rubbish. She clearly found it _47___ and it took her a while. She _48__ some rubbish with her left hand and slowly straightened herself up again. All the while she used the rubbish bin to __49 herself. She threw the rubbish inside the bin and then 50 walking. It all took her great effort.
There’s no much rubbish and no one ever does ___51__ about it. I was moved to _52__ this old woman make such a great effort to keep even a small part of it __53__! I haven’t been able to __54__ thinking about that all day.
I want to follow her example. I’ve decided to pick up rubbish of the __55__ if I meet from now on. I hope people will do the same as I do.
| 小题1: | | A．hard | B．early | C．easily | D．late |
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| 小题2: | | A．rubbish | B．boxes | C．bottles | D．paper |
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| 小题4: | | A．so | B．therefore | C．when | D．because |
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| 小题6: | | A．bike | B．stick | C．dog | D．umbrella |
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| 小题7: | | A．weak | B．rich | C．clever | D．sad |
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| 小题8: | | A．quickly | B．happily | C．angrily | D．slowly |
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| 小题9: | | A．at midnight | B．at dusk | C．at last | D．at first |
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| 小题10: | | A．in | B．around | C．against | D．under |
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| 小题11: | | A．searched for | B．threw away | C．reached for | D．looked for |
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| 小题12: | | A．unable | B．difficult | C．different | D．impossible |
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| 小题13: | | A．picked up | B．dropped down | C．put in | D．lifted up |
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| 小题14: | | A．warm | B．help | C．support | D．hide |
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| 小题15: | | A．continued | B．started | C．enjoyed | D．remembered |
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| 小题16: | | A．something | B．anything | C．everything | D．nothing |
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| 小题18: | | A．busy | B．beautiful | C．dirty | D．clean |
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| 小题19: | | A．keep | B．stop | C．mind | D．regret |
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| 小题20: | | A．wall | B．desk | C．ground | D．classroom |
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On Sunday while I was having my own Father’s Day celebration, I thought about my dad a lot. By the time I called to tell him that I loved him, he had already gone to bed. So I wrote the following to show what my dad means to me.
About 28 years ago, my dad was a used car salesman. Every Thursday night, he would head off to Shreveport, LA for the auction（拍卖会）. Most of the time, I drove a car over there for him so he could sell it there.
One day, I was riding with my dad to Shreveport for the auction when he found a hitchhiker（搭车者）with a backpack. As soon as dad saw him, he pulled the car over and offered him a ride. Dad asked him his name and continued to talk to him about all sorts of things. I can’t recall why but he told dad a lot of terrible things that had occurred to him. I sat in the back seat and watched the scene with amazement. I could see that the hitchhiker changed his attitude as he could tell someone who was really listening to him.
We drove another forty-five minutes before we had to exit the interstate（州际公路）. We pulled over and dad told him to keep his head up and things would start looking up for him soon. He reached into his pocket and handed the hitchhiker a twenty-dollar bill and then a the-dollar bill.
We drove on and my dad did not say a single thing. I was still completely amazed by what I just witnessed. I was always told everyone to never pick up a hitchhiker and yet my dad did it every single time he saw one. I’m sure that it made that poor man’s day, probably a month to follow.
While reflecting upon that story, I learned a lot about my dad and life. I learned that if you come from a place of service or compassion, you can change people’s lives. Just one single kind act can change someone’s life. It never occurred to my dad about not stopping to help him.
This is the type of person my dad is. Thank you for setting such high standards for me to follow.
Dad, I love you. Happy Father’s Day!
小题1:The author and his dad met a hitchhiker（搭车者）_______.| A．when they were just warned not to pick up a stranger | | B．on their way to Shreveport to sell a car | | C．on their way to the west for a trip | | D．when their car was running out of gas |
小题2:What do we learn about the hitchhiker from the passage?| A．Something unpleasant occurred to him. | | B．He was going to the auction. | | C．At first he didn’t believe in the author. | | D．It was he who bought the author’s car. |
小题3:How did the author feel about his dad’s behavior at that time?| A．Angry | B．Appreciated | C．Surprised | D．Ashamed |
小题4:What did the author learn from his father?| A．Just a single kind act can make a difference. | | B．Try learning to be a good listener. | | C．Set high standards for yourself in life. | | D．Offering a ride to a stranger is dangerous. |
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When I met him, I had a lot of anger inside of me．I never had a father, though in my neighborhood that"s not 31 ．I know some kids just like me．You have to 32 yourself．
There are fights and killings all the time．I have friends who ended up in jail or pregnant．1 could have ended up that way, too, but Mr. Clark and my mom 33 let that happen.
Mr. Clark worked long hours, making sure I did my work．My grades rose．In fact, I did so well that in sixth grade, I entered the 34 class, and Mr．Clark was the teacher．I felt so 35 to have him for a second year!
He took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera．Before the show, he 36 us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full．We didn"t want to let him 37 , so we listened to him attentively.
38 of us were surprised when Mr．Clark was selected as Disney"s 2000 Teacher of the Year．When he learned he"d won, he said he would 39 three names out of a hat; he would go to Los Angeles to get the 40 with those students．But 41 it came time to draw names, Mr．Clark said, "You"re all going."
He got 42 to fly all 37 of us out to Disneyland in California and put us up at the Hilton．People were 43 , but Mr．Clark really cared about us．There"s no way I can 44 most teachers doing that．No way．But he saw something in us that nobody else saw.
On graduation day, there were a lot of tears．We didn"t want his class to 45 ．In my new school year, we were all happy when Mr．Clark 46 in our class once again．He"s been a 47 in our lives.
In 2003, Mr．Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to 48 school supplies and visit orphanages．It was the most amazing 49 of my life．It"s now my 50 to one day start a group of women"s clubs, helping people from all backgrounds.
| 小题1: | | A．common | B．normal | C．real | D．unusual |
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| 小题2: | | A．comfort | B．encourage | C．watch | D．tolerate |
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| 小题3: | | A．couldn’t | B．wouldn’t | C．shouldn’t | D．mustn’t |
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| 小题4: | | A．local | B．general | C．gifted | D．scared |
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| 小题5: | | A．sudden | B．lucky | C．annoyed | D．anxious |
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| 小题6: | | A．treated | B．directed | C．showed | D．swapped |
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| 小题9: | | A．give | B．enter | C．draw | D．register |
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| 小题10: | | A．reward | B．bonus | C．diploma | D．award |
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| 小题11: | | A．after | B．when | C．before | D．since |
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| 小题12: | | A．donations | B．suggestions | C．requests | D．messages |
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| 小题13: | | A．excited | B．satisfied | C．ashamed | D．amazed |
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| 小题14: | | A．suggest | B．advocate | C．imagine | D．complain |
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| 小题15: | | A．end | B．start | C．continue | D．last |
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| 小题16: | | A．picked up | B．showed up | C．rang up | D．packed up |
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| 小题17: | | A．colleague | B．sponsor | C．success | D．constant |
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| 小题18: | | A．deliver | B．collect | C．display | D．recommend |
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| 小题19: | | A．adventure | B．experience | C．vacation | D．interview |
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| 小题20: | | A．dream | B．conclusion | C．turn | D．demand |
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