During the Christmas break from college, a young man wanted to borrow his father’s car. He was going to a New Year’s Eve 21 to be held in Vermont. The father was 22 about the son hitting one of the roadblocks that people set up all over the place on New Year’s Eve. However, a(n) 23 reached was that the son would be allowed to use the car, but he would not drink at all.
So he drove to Vermont, got completely 24 , and attempted to drive home. On the way home he hit a roadblock. He was told to 25 the car and stand in a line of people that were being given the sobriety (not drunk) 26 . However, the policeman 27 him out. He was 小题1: standing off to the side while the others were 29 the police officer how well they could walk a 30 line, etc.
At 7:00 am the next morning, his father got up to answer the 31 . There were 32 policemen there. They asked him if he was the 33 of that red FIAT. He replied, “Yes, I am.” One of the policemen asked him if he was driving the car the evening before and he said that his son had been the driver.
When the young man 34 himself in front of the policemen, he knew he was in some sort of 35 . Upon questioning, he 36 that he was driving the car. But when asked if he had been 37 , he said, “NO!” When the policemen asked if they could see his car, he was unable to remember the 38 . He said that it was in the garage.
And when the four of them walked out to look at the car, instead of looking at the car he had driven the 39 before, they saw a 40 car parked there.
| 小题2: | | A．party | B．meeting | C．concert | D．sports meeting |
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| 小题3: | | A．sure | B．worried | C．curious | D．anxious |
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| 小题4: | | A．suggestion | B．condition | C．conclusion | D．agreement |
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| 小题5: | | A．excited | B．tired | C．pleased | D．drunk |
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| 小题6: | | A．stop | B．get out of | C．drive | D．get into |
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| 小题7: | | A．punishment | B．test | C．education | D．talk |
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| 小题8: | | A．gave | B．made | C．missed | D．found |
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| 小题9: | | A．considered | B．required | C．suggested | D．left |
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| 小题10: | | A．showing | B．explaining | C．asking | D．telling |
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| 小题11: | | A．long | B．straight | C．calm | D．direct |
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| 小题12: | | A．telephone | B．call | C．doorbell | D．question |
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| 小题14: | | A．manager | B．father | C．student | D．owner |
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| 小题15: | | A．stood | B．found | C．put | D．took |
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| 小题16: | | A．danger | B．test | C．trouble | D．accident |
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| 小题17: | | A．believed | B．told | C．admitted | D．said |
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| 小题18: | | A．driving | B．hurting | C．drinking | D．missing |
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| 小题19: | | A．drive | B．test | C．time | D．line |
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| 小题20: | | A．day | B．morning | C．evening | D．afternoon |
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| 小题21: | | A．similar | B．familiar | C．police | D．damaged |
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小题1:.A通读全文可知，惟有出席“party”才能有事后的醉酒。
小题1:.B由句意可知，父亲“担忧”儿子撞路障被罚。
小题1:.D reach an agreement意为“达成协定”。父亲允许儿子用车，但要以儿子不饮酒为条件。
小题1:.D由attempted to drive home可推知，尽管儿子“酩酊大醉”，还想开车回家。
小题1:.B由于撞了路障，他被警察从车里叫出来，站在一队人之间，接受醉酒程度的测试。若选stop，则成为the car stand in a line of people，不合情理。
小题1:.B由上下文语境可知。
小题1:.C miss sb. out意为“漏掉了某人”。
小题1:.D因为A、B、C三项皆不能用现在分词做补足语，只有lrave可以。He was left standing off to the side意为“让他站在一边”。
小题1:.A而其他人正让警察看看他们是如何能笔直地向前走，以示不醉。
小题1:.B walk a straight line“走直线”。
小题1:.C根据语境暗示，警察应近在门前。
小题1:.B由最后一段中的the four of them可知，他们共四人。除去他们父子两人外，另两人是警察。
小题1:.D that red FIAT是the father’s car，故the father为车主。
小题1:.B find oneself in someplace意为“自己不知不觉地处于某地”。
小题1:.C站在警察面前，自然预感到不妙。
小题1:.C此外questioning出于警察之口，有“询问、审问”之意，所以就有后面的admitted与其照应。
小题1:.C问他之前是否一直饮酒。
小题1:.A他也记不得车开哪儿了。选drive照应了前面的“ car”。
小题1:.C由上文所提示的时间可知：车是晚上开的。
小题1:.C用排除法可得此选项。文中没有对车的具体描述，故谈不上similar和familiar。而D项damaged是“损坏”之意，开损坏了的车不合情理。把警车开家来，足见其醉的程度。 |
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试题【During the Christmas break from college, a young man wanted to borrow his father】；主要考察你对
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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.
My friend had mentioned that her father had a lot of children’s toys that he was looking to give away. She knew I had a three-year-old daughter so she thought of me first. I told her I would 36 it if I could get some nice things for my daughter, which I wouldn’t otherwise have been able
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When I met her father, he began to explain that he was 38 once too and that he would hate to 39 things that could be very 40 . At first, he thought of taking everything to the Salvation Army but then he 41 to see if anyone he knew could use them first.
When he was 42 me around, I saw a bed, a slide(滑板)，a kitchen set and many other things that made me surprised. As my eyes were wide and beginning to tear up a bit, he told me not to feel guilty. He said I was 43 him by getting rid of them.
As I was looking around, I did feel guilty, but I tried to remain more grateful than guilty because he told me to. Every time I tried to 44 him for giving my daughter all these 45 things, he would thank me right back and was grateful that these toys would be put to good use.
So, sometimes when we are helped by others, the others that helped us are helped as a side –effect. In the 46 of charity , it makes sense to feel grateful, but guilt is just as normal, I know we could have lived without a slide, which is why I do feel guilty, but I am grateful all the same because my daughter 47 enjoys all these nice things!
| 小题1: | | A．wear | B．repair | C．appreciate | D．check |
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| 小题2: | | A．believe | B．afford | C．see | D．spare |
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| 小题3: | | A．handsome | B．young | C．poor | D．healthy |
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| 小题4: | | A．throw away | B．hand out | C．add up | D．pick out |
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| 小题5: | | A．suitable | B．expensive | C．useful | D．dangerous |
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| 小题6: | | A．continued | B．forgot | C．had | D．decided |
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| 小题7: | | A．driving | B．showing | C．turning | D．sending |
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| 小题8: | | A．helping | B．saving | C．troubling | D．guiding |
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| 小题9: | | A．praise | B．move | C．call | D．thank |
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| 小题10: | | A．wonderful | B．cheap | C．strange | D．foreign |
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| 小题11: | | A．habit | B．end | C．eyes | D．corners |
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| 小题12: | | A．sadly | B．hardly | C．secretly | D．really |
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I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk,” she said again, “is for Elizabeth.”
I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.
They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional(易动感情的)”. But she lived “on the surface”.
As years passed and I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive me.
I posted the letter and waited for her answer, none came.
My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace. It seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.
Now the present of her desk told me that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work though she’d never been able to. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside — a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded(折叠) and refolded many times.
Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose, Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.
小题1:The writer began to love her mother’s desk _______.| A．after Mother died | B．before she became a writer | | C．when she was a child | D．when mother gave it to her |
小题2:The passage shows that _______.| A．Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter | | B．Mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done | | C．Mother cared much about her daughter in words | | D．Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words. |
小题3: The world “gulf” in the passage means _______.| A．deep understanding between the old and the young. | | B．different ideas between the mother and the daughter. | | C．free talks between mother and daughter. | | D．part of the sea going far in land. |
小题4:What did Mother do with her daughter’s letter asking for forgiveness?| A．She had never received the letter. | | B．For years, she often talked about the letter. | | C．She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in all her life. | | D．She read the letter again and again till she died. |
小题5: What’s the best title of the passage?| A．My letter to Mother | B．Mother and Children | | C．My Mother’s Desk | D．Talks between Mother and me. |
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Once an Arab was traveling in the desert . When the sun went down in the west , he stopped and put up his tent , made a fire and had a 36 meal . When night fell , he 37 down to sleep .
He had 38 fallen asleep when he felt a soft 39 on his elbow(肘) . He woke up to find that his camel had put his head inside the tent . The camel said , “Would you please let me keep my head in the tent to get warm ? It’s so cold outside . I won’t take up much room . ”
The Arab was a 40 man . “All right ,do as you please , ”he said . Then he turned on his side and went back to sleep .
It wasn’t long 41 he felt a push on his shoulder . It was the camel again . “Dear master ,”the camel said , “my head is quite warm now , but my neck is still cold . Do you mind 42 I keep it inside the tent ,too ? ”
“No , not at all , ”the man said . But this time he felt a bit 43 , as the camel had such a long neck .
Hardly had he shut his eyes when he got a harder push in his side . This time the camel said , “Will you please 44 me to bring my front legs inside and warm them up a little ?”
The Arab moved over to one side of the tent .He made 45 as small as he could . It wasn’t a bit comfortable , and sleep was now 46 .
After a while, the camel gave him a rough push and said , “The tent is too small for the two of us .Besides , my two hind legs are still left in the cold. 47 is only reasonable that you should leave the whole tent to me .”
| 小题1: | | A．simple | B．rich | C．excellent | D．ordinary |
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| 小题3: | | A．seldom | B．not | C．almost | D．hardly |
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| 小题4: | | A．touch | B．beat | C．kick | D．bite |
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| 小题5: | | A．hard-hearted | B．kind-hearted | C．cruel | D．careless |
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| 小题6: | | A．after | B．before | C．since | D．then |
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| 小题8: | | A．crowded | B．comfortable | C．warmer | D．narrower |
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| 小题10: | | A．the tent | B．himself | C．room | D．ground |
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| 小题11: | | A．impossibly | B．impossible | C．quite possible | D．possibility |
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21～40各题所给的四个选项（A.B.C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
The subway train moved back and forth, its wheels producing more loud sounds than ever against the tracks. Outside the window was just the 21 cold of winter. The carriage was filled with frozen self-centered, bored 22 .
Suddenly a little boy 23 his way in between grown-up legs. 24 his father stayed by the door, the boy sat next to the window, surrounded by 25 , half-awake adults. What a brave child, I thought. As the train entered a tunnel (隧洞), something totally 26 happened. The little boy slid down from his seat and put his 27 on my knee. For a moment, I thought that he wanted to go 28 me and returned to his father, so I moved a bit. But instead of moving on, the boy held his 29 up towards me. He wanted to tell me something, I thought. I 30 to listen to what he had to say. Wrong 31 ! He kissed me softly on the cheek.
Then he returned to his 32 , settled down and cheerfully started looking out of the window. But I was 33. What happened? A kid kissing an unknown grown-up on the train? To my amazement, the kid 34 to kiss all my neighbors.
Nervous and puzzled, we looked questioningly at his father. “He’s so happy to be 35 .” the father said. “He’s been very sick.”
The train stopped and the father and son got down and 36 into the crowd. The doors closed. On my cheek I could still 37 the child’s kiss -- a kiss that had caused 38 soul-searching. How many grown-ups go around kissing each other 39 the joy of being alive? How many even give much thought to the privilege of living? What would happen 40 we all just started being ourselves?
The little boy has given us a sweet but serious lesson: Don’t let yourself die before your heart  stops!
| 小题1: | | A．great | B．freezing | C．strong | D．strange |
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| 小题2: | | A．drivers | B．boys | C．adults | D．passengers |
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| 小题3: | | A．pushed | B．left | C．got | D．felt |
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| 小题5: | | A．polite | B．unfriendly | C．rude | D．strange |
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| 小题6: | | A．interesting | B．nervous | C．unexpected | D．exciting |
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| 小题7: | | A．hand | B．face | C．finger | D．mouth |
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| 小题8: | | A．before | B．beyond | C．with | D．past |
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| 小题9: | | A．hand | B．luggage | C．head | D．ticket |
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| 小题10: | | A．got off | B．bent down | C．fell down | D．stood up |
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| 小题12: | | A．father | B．carriage | C．home | D．seat |
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| 小题13: | | A．frightened | B．excited | C．shocked | D．worried |
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| 小题14: | | A．kept on | B．went on | C．moved on | D．tried on |
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| 小题15: | | A．alive | B．active | C．young | D．awake |
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| 小题16: | | A．lost | B．joined | C．disappeared | D．rushed |
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| 小题20: | | A．after | B．unless | C．if | D．when |
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It was a lovely day at the park and Stella Bianchi was enjoying the sunshine with her two children when a young boy, aged about four, approached her two-year-old son and pushed him to the ground.
“I’d watched him for a little while and my son was the fourth or fifth child he’d pushed,” she says. “I went over to them, picked up my son, turned to the boy and said, firmly, ‘No, we don’t push.’” What happened next was unexpected.
“The boy’s mother ran toward me from across the park,” Stella says, “I thought she was coming over to apologize, but instead she started shouting at me for blaming her child. All I did was let him know his behavior was unacceptable. Was I supposed to sit back while her kid did whatever he wanted and hurt other children?”
Getting your own children to play nice is difficult enough. Dealing with other people’s children has become a hidden danger.
In my house, jumping on the sofa is not allowed. In my sister’s house it’s encouraged. I find myself saying “no” a lot when her kids are over at mine. That’s OK between sisters but becomes dangerous when you’re talking to the children of friends or acquaintances.
“Kids aren’t all raised the same,” agrees Professor Naomi White of Monash University.” But there is still an idea that they’re the property of the parent. We see our children as a mirror of ourselves, so if you’re saying that my child is behaving improperly, then that’s somehow a criticism(批评) of me.”
In those situations, it’s difficult to know whether to approach the child directly or the parent first. There are two opinions.
“I’d go to the child first,” says Andrew Fuller, author of Tricky Kids. “Usually a quiet reminder that ‘we don’t do that here’ is enough. Kids have antennae (直觉) for how to behave in different settings.”
He points out bringing it up with the parent first may make them feel careless, which could cause problems. Of course, approaching the child first can bring its own headaches, too.
This is why White recommends that you approach the parents first. Raise your concerns with the parents and ask them to deal with it,” she says.
Asked how to approach a parent in this situation, psychologist Meredith Fuller answers: “Explain your needs as well as stressing the importance of the friendship. Start with something like: ‘I know you’ll think I’m silly but in my house I don’t want…’”
小题1:What did Stella Bianchi expect the young boy’s mother to do when she talked to him?| A．Make an apology | B．Come over to stop her | | C．Blame her own boy | D．Take her own boy away |
小题2:What does the author say about dealing with other people’s children?| A．It’s important not to hurt them in any way | | B．It’s no use trying to stop their wrongdoing | | C．It’s advisable to treat them as one’s own kids | | D．It’s possible for one to get into lots of trouble |
小题3:According to professor Naomi White, when one’s kids are criticized, their parents will probably feel ______.| A．discouraged | B．hurt | C．puzzled | D．affected |
小题4: What should one do when seeing other people’s kids misbehave according to Andrew Fuller?| A．Talk to them directly in a mild way | B．Complain to their parents politely | | C．Simply leave them alone | D．Punish them lightly |
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