Dorothy Brown was very happy as she sat in the theatre listening to the music．Today her little daughter Lauren was giving her 36 concert．She had been waiting for this 37 for years and years．“Now it is here at last,” she thought．“How beautiful her 38 is.”
The song made her 39 to the days when she was Lauren’s 40 ．As a young 41 , Dorothy wanted to be a concert singer．She studied 42 in France, Italy and in the United States．“You can become a fine 43 in the future,” her teachers told her．“But you must be 44 to study hard and work for many years．There will be 45 time for anything but music in your life.”
Dorothy was 46 at that time and she was 47 that music was all she wanted or needed to 48 her life．For almost a year Dorothy 49 of nothing else．Then she 50 David, a young engineer travelling Europe．They soon fell in 51 ．David asked her to be his 52 ．Dorothy also wanted to marry David．But she loved 53 , too．She didn’t know what to do．David was against her being a singer．He said, “If you want to be a singer, you must forget about getting married．You can’t 54 do both.” Thus her days were gone and would never return.
Now Lauren became a singer instead of her, which was her 55 .
| 小题1: | | A．sorry | B．successful | C．first | D．wonderful |
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| 小题2: | | A．dance | B．moment | C．show | D．party |
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| 小题3: | | A．voice | B．face | C．dress | D．life |
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| 小题4: | | A．think of | B．bring back | C．go back | D．come back |
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| 小题5: | | A．age | B．friend | C．mother | D．teacher |
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| 小题6: | | A．musician | B．pop star | C．lady | D．girl |
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| 小题7: | | A．French | B．music | C．piano | D．dance |
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| 小题8: | | A．actress | B．student | C．singer | D．dancer |
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| 小题9: | | A．prepared | B．learning | C．driven | D．waiting |
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| 小题11: | | A．eight | B．eighteen | C．eighty | D．eighty-eight |
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| 小题12: | | A．lucky | B．sure | C．afraid | D．fond |
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| 小题14: | | A．heard | B．knew | C．talked | D．thought |
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| 小题15: | | A．saw off | B．learned from | C．heard of | D．met with |
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| 小题16: | | A．love | B．feeling | C．music | D．touch |
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| 小题17: | | A．assistant | B．teacher | C．wife | D．student |
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| 小题18: | | A．him | B．engineering | C．herself | D．music |
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| 小题19: | | A．certainly | B．possibly | C．only | D．mainly |
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| 小题20: | | A．thought | B．hope | C．purpose | D．will |
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文章讲述了Dorothy Brown把自己做歌手的梦想寄托在女儿身上的事。
小题1:形容词辨析。根据上下文可知今天是她女儿第一次登台表演，多年以来她一直在等待这一刻。
小题2:名词辨析。解析同上。
小题3:上下文串联。根据下文女儿的歌声让她想起自己的童年。嗓音应该使用voice,.
小题4:短语辨析。A考虑；B拿回来；回忆起C回去，追溯；D突然想起；重新流行；回来；注意本题的的关键在于横线后面的to;选项AB都是及物动词短语，后面直接加宾语，不需要介词。C选项后面加to构成go back to追溯到…;女儿的歌声让她追溯到她自己在女儿这样的年龄。
小题5:名词辨析。解析同上。
小题6:上下文辨析。根据上文可知是在女儿那个年龄，那么应该是一个小女孩。
小题7:上下文串联。根据上文她想做歌手，可知她是学习音乐。
小题8:上下文串联。由上文可知父亲是鼓励她说她能做一个歌手。
小题9:固定词组。Be prepared to do sth准备好了做某事；句意：你必须准备好了认真学习很多年，这些年里在你的生活中没有别的只有音乐。
小题10:词义辨析。解析同上。
小题11:考查常识。根据上文说再女儿登台表演的年龄。那么不会是8岁，也不会是80或者88岁。
小题12:形容词辨析。句意：她很肯定音乐就是她一生追求的填满生活的东西。
小题13:动词辨析。解析同上。
小题14:动词辨析。句意可知在一年中她什么都没有想，直到她遇见了David。
小题15:短语辨析。解析同上。
小题16:固定词组。Fall in love with 爱上….;根据上下文可知他们相爱了。
小题17:上下文串联。根据上文他们相爱，可知David想要她嫁给他，做他的妻子。
小题18:上下文串联。根据上下文可知她喜欢音乐。
小题19:形容词辨析。根据上下文可知她不可能两者兼得。
小题20:名词辨析。现在她女儿代替她成为了歌手，成了她的希望。 |
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I was walking along the main street of a small seaside town in the north of England looking for somewhere to make a phone call．My car had broken down outside the town and I wanted to contact the AA Company．Low grey clouds were gathering across the sky and there was a cold damp wind blowing off the sea which nearly threw me off my feet every time I crossed one of the side streets．It had rained in the night and water was dropping from the bare trees that lined the street．I was glad that I was wearing a thick coat．
There was no sign of a call box, nor was there anyone at that early hour whom I could ask．I had thought I might find a shop open selling the Sunday papers or a milkman doing his rounds, but the town was completely dead．The only living thing I saw was a thin frightened cat outside a small restaurant．
Then suddenly I found what I was looking for．There was a small post office, and almost hidden from sight in a dark narrow street．Next to it was the town’s only public call box, which badly needed a coat of paint．I hurried forward, but stopped in astonishment when I saw through the dirty glass that there was a man inside．He was fat, and was wearing a cheap blue plastic raincoat．I could not see his face and he didn’t raise his head at the sound of my footsteps．
Carefully, I remained standing a few feet away and lit a cigarette to wait for my turn．It was when I threw the dead match on the ground that I noticed something bright red trickling from under the box call door．
小题1:At what time was the story set?| A．An early winter morning． | B．A cold winter afternoon． | | C．An early summer morning． | D．A windy summer afternoon． |
小题2:Which of the following words best describe the writer’s impression of the town?| A．Cold and frightening． | B．Dirty and crowded． | | C．Empty and dead． | D．Unusual and unpleasant． |
小题3:The underlined word “trickling” in the last paragraph means _____．．| A．rushing out suddenly | B．shining brightly | | C．flowing slowly in drops | D．appearing slowly |
小题4:Why didn’t the man raise his head when the writer came near?| A．He was annoyed at being seen by the writer． | | B．He was angry at being disturbed by the writer． | | C．He was probably fast asleep． | | D．He was probably murdered． |
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Chinese female film stars, like Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi, due to the charm of their films, have set a good image for Chinese women in the world. Compared with Chinese women, the image of Chinese men is not so good in the eyes of Western women, the Shanghai Evening Post reported.
In March 2006, Zhang Jiehai, a doctorate（博士学位） holder at the Sociology Institute of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, led a research team to investigate how Western women look at Chinese men. The survey shows that many Western women think Chinese men are mostly known for their care for the family. Chinese men, as the Western women say, are willing to spend money for women. As to their shortcomings, Western women think that Chinese men do not have good manners and that some Chinese men have the habit of spitting everywhere, keeping nails and hair long, picking their noses and ears in public places, and not cleaning their teeth thoroughly. These bad habits make many Western women think that Chinese men are unwilling to take care of their personal image.
The survey was carried out in two ways, by questionnaires and interviews. All the respondents（调查对象） agreed that Chinese men show much tender loving care for the family and that many Chinese men do know how to respect women. They open the door for women and carry their handbags for them. For some American women, the bad image of Chinese men in the world is largely because of Hollywood films. In many Hollywood films, Chinese men usually do not have a good image. But this has been changed by Hong Kong film star Chow Yun-Fat. After the Chinese film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was shown in cinemas in the United States in 2002, many Westerners began to change their impression of Chinese men.
小题1:Which statement best expresses the main idea of the first paragraph?| A．Chinese female film stars enjoy as great fame as Chinese male film stars in the world. | | B．Chinese male film stars do not perform well in their films in the eyes of Western women. | | C．Chinese female film stars don’t like Western male film stars. | | D．Chinese female film stars have set a good image for Chinese women. |
小题2:Which is NOT mentioned as the shortcoming of Chinese men in Paragraph 2?| A．Spitting everywhere. | | B．Speaking too loudly in public places. | | C．Not cleaning their teeth thoroughly. | | D．Picking their noses and ears in public places. |
小题3:In some American women’s eyes, Chinese men’s images are bad because of ______.| A．Chinese female film stars | | B．Chinese male film stars | | C．Hollywood films | | D．Film stars in Hong Kong |
小题4:What does the passage mainly deal with?| A．Chinese men in the eyes of Western women. | | B．Foreign film stars and Chinese film stars. | | C．Chinese women in the eyes of Western men. | | D．Chinese film stars in Hollywood films. |
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The passengers on the bus watched sympathetically as the attractive young woman with the white cane made her way carefully up the steps．She 36 the driver and, using her hands to feel the 37 of the seats, walked down and found the 38 which the driver had told her was empty．Then she settled in．
It had been a year since Mary, 34, 39 a medical misdiagnosis （误诊）, was suddenly thrown into a world of 40 . Mark, her husband, was an Air Force officer and he loved Mary with all his heart．He 41 her how to rely on her other 42 , specifically her hearing, to determine where she was and 43 to adapt herself to the new environment．He helped her befriend the bus drivers who could 44 for her, and save her a seat．
45 , Mary decided that she was ready to try the 46 on her own．Monday morning, she said good-bye and for the first time, they went their 47 ways．
On Friday morning, Mary took the bus to work as usual．As she was 48 the bus, the driver said, “Boy, I 49 envy you．” Mary had no 50 what the driver was talking about, and asked, “What do you 51 ?”
The driver answered, “You know, every morning for the 52 week, a fine-looking gentleman 53 a military uniform has been standing across the corner 54 you as you get off the bus．He 55 you cross the street safely and he watches until you enter your office building．You are one lucky lady．”
Tears of gratitude poured down Mary’s cheeks．
| 小题1: | | A．thanked | B．asked | C．discovered | D．paid |
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| 小题2: | | A．location | B．shape | C．size | D．cost |
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| 小题4: | | A．according to | B．instead of | C．thanks to | D．due to |
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| 小题5: | | A．anger | B．darkness | C．happiness | D．light |
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| 小题6: | | A．asked | B．encouraged | C．taught | D．praised |
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| 小题7: | | A．feelings | B．sights | C．senses | D．abilities |
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| 小题9: | | A．make out | B．watch out | C．find out | D．work out |
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| 小题10: | | A．Finally | B．Luckily | C．However | D．Besides |
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| 小题12: | | A．opposite | B．separate | C．difficult | D．usual |
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| 小题13: | | A．getting on | B．getting in | C．getting off | D．getting up |
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| 小题15: | | A．idea | B．opinion | C．way | D．thought |
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| 小题16: | | A．want | B．mean | C．say | D．suggest |
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| 小题17: | | A．next | B．old | C．past | D．following |
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| 小题19: | | A．searching | B．watching | C．calling | D．noticing |
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| 小题20: | | A．looks out | B．takes up | C．believes in | D．makes sure |
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We once had a poster competition in our fifth grade art class.
“You could win prizes,” our teacher told us as she wrote the poster information on the blackboard. She passed out sheets of construction paper while continuing, “The first prize is ten dollars. You just have to make sure that the words on the blackboard appear somewhere on your poster.”
We studied the board critically. Some of us looked with one eye and held up certain colors against the blackboard, rocking the sheets to the right or left while we conjured up our designs. Others twisted their hair around their fingers or chewed their erasers while deep in thought. We had plans for that ten-dollar grand prize, each and every one of us. I’m going to spend mine on candies, one hopeful would announce, while another practiced looking serious, wise and rich.
Everyone in the class made a poster. Some of us used parts of those fancy paper napkins, while others used nothing but colored construction paper. Some of us used big designs, and some of us preferred to gather our art tidily down in one corner of our poster and let the space draw the viewer’s attention to it. Some of us would wander past the good students’ desks and then return to our own projects with a growing sense of hopelessness. It was yet another grown-up trick of the sort they seemed especially fond of, making all of us believe we had a fair chance, and then always—always—rewarding the same old winners.
I believe I drew a sailboat, but I can’t say that with any certainty. I made it. I admired it. I determined it to be the very best of all of the posters I had seen，and then I turned it in.
Minutes passed.
No one came along to give me the grand prize, and then someone distracted me, and I probably never would have thought about that poster again.
I was still sitting at my desk, thinking, What poster? when the teacher gave me an envelope with a ten-dollar bill in it and everyone in the class applauded for me.
小题1:What was the teacher’s requirement for the poster?| A．It must appear in time. | | B．It must be done in class. | | C．It must be done on a construction sheet. | | D．It must include the words on the blackboard. |
小题2:The underlined phrase in Paragraph 3 most probably means ________.| A．formed an idea for | | B．made an outline for | | C．made some space for | | D．chose some colors for |
小题3:After the teacher’s words, all the students in the class________.| A．looked very serious | | B．thought they would be rich | | C．began to think about their designs | | D．began to play games |
小题4:After seeing the good students’ designs, some students________.| A．loved their own designs more | | B．thought they had a fair chance | | C．put their own designs in a corner | | D．thought they would not win the prize |
小题5:We can infer from the passage that the author________.| A．enjoyed grown up tricks very much | | B．loved poster competitions very much | | C．felt surprised to win the competition | | D．became wise and rich after the competition |
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Dr. Jack M. Gwaltney, Jr. a professor at the University Of Virginia School Of Medicine infected six student volunteers with virus, the most common cause of colds. A few days later, when they were coughing and sneezing, he gathered 37 more people and divided them into three groups. Group 1 members spent three days and nights in the same room with one of the infected students, separated by a screen so they couldn"t touch one another. Group 2 sat around a table while an infected volunteer talked, coughed and sang to them. Group 3 held hands with an infected student for ten seconds, and then touched their own noses or eyes.
Although most scientists at the time, the mid-70s, believed colds were spread by virus-laden droplets spread through the air when infected people coughed or sneezed, Gwaltney suspected physical contact might play an important role. Sure enough, of the 15 people who had touched a student volunteer, 11 became infected—compared with only one of those who had been sitting at the table, and none who had spent three days and nights together.
"The best evidence we have is that hand-to-hand contact is the most efficient way of transmitting virus," says Gwaltney. The study was one of a series that helped establish Gwaltney"s reputation as a leading authority. Dr. Robert Couch says, "It would not be inappropriate to call him Mr. Common Cold."
When Gwaltney is asked how close scientists are to finding a cure, he replies: "If you mean ‘get rid of’, I don"t think we"re going to be able to do that with cold viruses any time soon. But if you look in the dictionary, you"ll see that "cure" is explained as a successful treatment. And we"re not just getting more effective at treating the symptoms (症状)—we"re getting at the root cause too. "
小题1:Dr. Jack M. Gwaltney conducted the experiment in order to__________.| A．find out the most common cause of colds | | B．infect the student volunteer | | C．find out the role physical contact plays in the common colds | | D．find out the role virus-laden air plays in the infection of colds |
小题2:The result of the experiment shows that ___ plays an important role in the infection of colds.| A．sneezing at the infected person | | B．touching the infected person | | C．sitting together with the infected person | | D．talking with the infected person |
小题3:Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?| A．Dr. Gwaltney was sure that hand-to-hand touch is the cause of the common cold. | | B．Only one of the people who had spent three days and nights together became infected. | | C．Dr. Gwaltney conducted many an experiment as to the cause of colds. | | D．Dr. Gwaltney tested altogether 43 volunteers to see how they could develop colds. |
小题4:Mr. Common Cold is______.| A．a newly-found virus | | B．a nickname (绰号) of respect to Dr. Gwaltney | | C．a method to cure colds | | D．a way by which the other scientists laughed at Dr. Gwaltney |
小题5:When Dr. Gwaltney gives a reply in the end of the passage, he means that______.| A．they have found the fundamental cause of colds | | B．they have managed to wipe out the cold viruses | | C．they have meant to experiment more | | D．they have made much progress in dealing with colds |
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