A strong wind was blowing hard, thunder was rumbling, and lightning flashed across the dark sky. Rain was 36 down; it looked as if heaven had been broken open.
Gleams of light appeared from windows of 37 houses, shining like jewels in all the dark.
A 38 woman dressed in rags and trembling with cold was 39 on a lonely road, while the merciless rain was 40 her without pause. She knocked at the door, and a 41 answered it. She begged him to let her stay a while 42 . The boy then let her into the sitting room and 43 her sitting by the fire.
The woman 44 old and tired under the bright electric light, 45 she was only in her early thirties. She sat 46 for a moment, and then her eyes began to look about the 47 . When her wandering eyes rested on the picture of a young man, she 48 up, looking thunderstruck. Just then, the boy came with his 49 . The man at once recognized the woman as his 50 . They had 51 touch with each other during the war, and he thought he had lost her forever.
52 words needed to be spoken, They embraced each other 53 the boy stared at them, puzzled.
The storm was over and the sky cleared. Feeling very 54 , the couple stood face to face with their child between them, watching the rain as it gradually 55 .
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| 小题2: | | A．poor | B．black | C．faraway | D．nearby |
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| 小题3: | | A．rich | B．beautiful | C．poor | D．ugly |
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| 小题4: | | A．crying | B．wandering | C．struggling | D．wondering |
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| 小题5: | | A．striking | B．hitting | C．flowing | D．beating |
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| 小题7: | | A．out | B．near | C．outside | D．inside |
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| 小题8: | | A．made | B．left | C．asked | D．told |
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| 小题9: | | A．became | B．showed | C．appeared | D．sounded |
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| 小题10: | | A．so | B．and | C．however | D．though |
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| 小题11: | | A．straight | B．thirsty | C．hungry | D．still |
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| 小题12: | | A．room | B．house | C．picture | D．fire |
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| 小题13: | | A．picked | B．stood | C．came | D．looked |
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| 小题14: | | A．father | B．mother | C．friend | D．brother |
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| 小题15: | | A．wife | B．sister | C．mother | D．girlfriend |
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| 小题19: | | A．disappointed | B．sorry | C．happy | D．sad |
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| 小题20: | | A．began | B．stopped | C．ended | D．wanted |
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小题1:上下文法。根据语境，大雨倾盆而下，故用pour down，选A
小题2:上下文法.根据上文信息词Gleams of light 结合下文可知遥远的房子，选C
小题3:上下文法。从dressed in rags 衣裳褴褛，可知是一个贫穷的妇人。选C
小题4:根据语境，凄风苦雨，衣衫褴褛的妇女在孤寂的路上挣扎着。Struggle奋斗，挣扎C
小题5:近义词辨析。Beat(接连地，有节律)打，敲，冲击，strick撞击，攻击，击中，hit打击，打。无情的雨不停的击打着她。故应用beat，选D
小题6:从下文The boy then let her into the sitting room可得知是一个男孩回应了她。选A
小题7:根据上文信息，外面风雨交加，妇人饥寒交迫，所以乞求让她进去在屋里呆一会。选D
小题8:leave sb doing 让某人一直做某事，句意，男孩让她进入起居室，让她一直坐在火边烤火。选B
小题9:在明亮的电灯下，妇人显得又老又疲惫。A成为，变成Ｂ表示，展现Ｃ看来，似乎，显得Ｄ听起来，选C
小题10:结合上下文，妇人只有三十来岁，看起来却又老又疲惫，因此填though 尽管引导让步状语从句。选D
小题11:词义辨析。Ａ径直地Ｂ口渴的Ｃ饥饿的Ｄ静静地，根据语法，此处因填副词，故排除B，C，再结合句意，妇女安静地坐了一会。选D
小题12:妇女安静地坐了一会，然后眼睛开始四处打量房间。选A
小题13:当妇女看到一张年轻男子的照片上，结合下文得知是她丈夫，因为极度惊讶，所以不由自主的就站了起来。选B
小题14:下文出现了the man,结合上下文，可知男孩和他父亲一起走出来。选A
小题15:从上文妇女看到男人的照片后的反应及下文the couple stood face to face with their child between them可知该妇女就是男人的妻子。选A
小题16:根据常识，家人因为战争分离，儿子，母亲竟然素不相识，可以断定是失去了联系。选D
小题17:亲人团聚，百感交集，一切尽在不言中，只有紧紧的拥抱在一起。选C
小题18:考查连词。While 而，然而，当。。。时候。他们紧紧拥抱在一起而男孩却困惑的看着他们（不知怎么回事）ABC均有“当。。。的时候”的意思，as常强调“一边。。。一边”，when既可以指时间点，也可以指时间段，while只能指时间段，和延续性动词连用。选B
小题19:雨过天晴，家人团聚，所以觉得很开心。选C
小题20:从上文The storm was over and the sky cleared可以得知雨开始慢慢地停了，故用stop, end表示结束。选B |
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[详细]举一反三
Pop singer Peng Tan has tasted the joys of being at the top of the world. He has also 36 life’s lows too. This 37 him that having a 38 picture of oneself is the key to 39_ .
"I grew 40 at the peak of my career, and I began to lose faith when things turned 41_ me," he said."
"Then I realized that dreams will 42 only if I put myself in the 43 place."
Peng, 29, will 44 at the Beijing Pop Festival at Chaoyang Park in Beijing held on September 8 to 9. He has 45 his first album Teen Spirit after he went solo from the rock band Dada. As the name _46 the album is about his reflection on his youth.
"The _47 years is a special restless period in life, with lots of confusion, sensations, with wise and ridiculous ideas colliding," said Peng.
When younger, he first 48 of being a painter, until one day the 49 singing of Cui Jian lit up his passion, for rock music. In 1996, he became the 50 singer in the band Dada, which he set up with his 51 from junior school.
Soon, they topped the music charts and 52 most of the "’Best Newcomer of the Year" awards. However, the good days didn’t last. The band 53 . Peng became depressed and began 54 his own ability. He then went to the Beijing Pop Festival last year and saw his favorite foreign band, Super Grass. This changed everything. After that, he was back on track and found his confidence.
"When you 55 to your position well in life, opportunities will come to you naturally.” he said.
| 小题1: | | A．shared | B．completed | C．escaped | D．experienced |
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| 小题2: | | A．has scared | B．has taught | C．has held | D．has warned |
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| 小题3: | | A．realistic | B．real | C．true | D．authentic |
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| 小题4: | | A．something | B．everything | C．nothing | D．anything |
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| 小题5: | | A．frightened | B．excited | C．delighted | D．overconfident |
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| 小题6: | | A．against | B．to | C．down | D．over |
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| 小题7: | | A．come out | B．come up | C．come true | D．come across |
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| 小题8: | | A．right | B．left | C．suit | D．wrong |
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| 小题9: | | A．stop | B．perform | C．work | D．stay |
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| 小题10: | | A．created | B．written | C．made | D．composed |
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| 小题11: | | A．tells | B．reads | C．suggests | D．goes |
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| 小题12: | | A．teenage | B．youth | C．mid-aged | D．old |
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| 小题13: | | A．considered | B．dreamed | C．suggested | D．tried |
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| 小题14: | | A．gentle | B．cold | C．depressed | D．explosive |
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| 小题15: | | A．lead | B．pop | C．proper | D．first |
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| 小题16: | | A．workers | B．strangers | C．classmates | D．colleagues |
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| 小题17: | | A．bagged | B．accepted | C．beat | D．finished |
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| 小题18: | | A．broke into | B．broke in | C．broke up | D．broke down |
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| 小题19: | | A．improving | B．doubting | C．wondering | D．considering |
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Just not a long time ago did I finish my blog about the unforgettable snowy storm that I had on Monday night in November. I got another big 36 in Seattle again. But this time, it"s not snow, but the wind and rain. I have 37 seen such a strong wind before even though I had 38 the typhoon every summer when I was still in my home country.
That 39 storm was so powerful that it 40 the whole big Seattle area out of 41 . 700,000 people had no electricity, and 42 13 people have died. Seattle is famous for its evergreen trees, but those trees made a big 43 this time. They broke down the power line above the ground, 44 the road and streets, and 45 the houses.
As the last storm was still 46 in my mind, I had another personal 47 about this new storm. 48 , this time, it was not good either. I was 49 to have my TOEFL test on the second day of the stormy night. Since the whole city had no electricity, my test had to be 50 off, and I had to prepare for another one later. It was my last test for the 51 , and I already made a plan for the time after the test, but now 52 is changed.
I guess sometimes, the way that the thing 53 is not always what you 54 . And what I can do now is to fit for it. 55 , we got a free hotel room from my husband"s cousin and met my lovely nephew from San Francisco.
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| | 小题9: | | A．built | | B．blocked | | C．cleaned | | D．mixed |
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| | 小题10: | | A．affected | | B．saved | | C．crashed | | D．burnt |
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| | 小题11: | | A．new | | B．fresh | | C．old | | D．fearful |
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| | 小题12: | | A．idea | | B．experience | | C．knowledge | | D．way |
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| | 小题13: | | A．Luckily | | B．Generally | | C．Personally | | D．Unfortunately |
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| | 小题14: | | A．expected | | B．forced | | C．supposed | | D．thought |
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| | 小题15: | | A．called | | B．taken | | C．put | | D．broken |
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| | 小题16: | | A．passport | | B．citizenship | | C．work | | D．application |
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| | 小题17: | | A．everything | | B．something | | C．anything | | D．nothing |
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| | 小题18: | | A．appears | | B．exists | | C．goes | | D．comes |
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| | 小题19: | | A．say | | B．want | | C．see | | D．describe |
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By the third year of teaching I’d begun to expect Christmas break more for the school holiday and less for the excitement of the children. I was teaching fourth grade and my students had made me 36 . I just had to get through one of the hardest days of the school year.
The morning bell rang. I walked 37 through the cold into the overly heated school building. Twenty-two smiling faces 38 me at the school bus stop. I forced myself to 39 their smiles. Back into the classroom, they 40 , comparing plans for the 41 . I had to remove one student from each arm 42 I could take a seat at my desk for my morning duties. Before I could find my roll book（点名册） my desk was covered with 43 and gifts followed by a 44 of “Merry Christmas” wishes.
“Oh, thank you,” I must have 45 a million times. Each gift was truly special to me, except my 46 mood（情绪）. It was kind of them to 47 me. After a while, I heard a small nervous 48 say my name. I looked up to see Brandon standing 49 by my desk, holding a small, round gift. “This is for you.”
“Thank you, Sweetheart.” I laid it on my desk with the others.
“Um, could you 50 it now?”
I gently tore at the paper and tape. “ 51 ,” he said, “it’s breakable.” Slowly I opened a small, green Christmas tree ornament（装饰物）, complete with a hook already 52 . It dawned on me what he had done. Then a nearby student said that he just pulled that off his own tree. I tried to keep my 53 back.
Later that day, I sat 54 the ornament in my hands. Was I really so important to this child that he had searched for something to give me? Now every year as I 55 pull a green Christmas ball from my ornament box, I remember the deep influence my students have on me.
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| 小题2: | | A．eagerly | B．aimlessly | C．gently | D．heavily |
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| 小题3: | | A．watched | B．greeted | C．delighted | D．warned |
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| 小题5: | | A．calmed | B．settled | C．chatted | D．argued |
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| 小题6: | | A．study | B．weekend | C．vacation | D．lesson |
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| 小题7: | | A．before | B．when | C．after | D．because |
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| 小题10: | | A．confirmed | B．assessed | C．responded | D．explained |
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A daughter’s duty? Adult daughters are often expected to caregiver for older parents. In 2007, Jorjan Sarich and her dad moved from California to Idaho. It was where he wanted to live his rest time.
“I left my occupation, I left my friends; he did the same thing,” said Sarich, who bought a house with her father, George Snyder, in the China Gardens neighborhood of Hailey after his health began to decline. Though a graduate student struggling to finish her dissertation（论文）, Sarich chose to be her dad’s full-time caregiver.
“It’s only now, several years later, that I’m realizing how much work it was. It’s the kind of exhaustion（疲惫）that sleep doesn’t cure,” she said.
About 6 million Americans provide care to elderly relatives or friends living outside of nursing homes. Laurel Kennedy, author of “The Daughter Trap” (Thomas Dunne Books, $25.95), says that women bear a disproportionate（不成比例的）share of the burden — about 70 percent of hands-on care giving such as bathing.
“I want to be clear: Women don’t hate this,” Kennedy said. “What they hate is that everyone just assumes they’ll do it.”
Kennedy is calling for a social revolution equal to the rise of affordable child care and day care: Employers should help working caregivers by offering accommodations. Men should step up more often. It’s unfair that women are always chosen to provide care for an elderly family member.
Despite the hard work it took on Sarich — interrupted sleep and the knowledge that his 2009 death was the end game, she would do it again. Since about half a century had gone by, she wasn’t the person he remembered, and he wasn’t the person she remembered either. Caring for her father changed how each saw the other.
小题1: Why did Jorjan Sarich caregiver for her father?| A．It was a very easy job. | B．She had no work to do. | | C．It was the social practice. | D．She lived with her father. |
小题2:What can we infer from the book “The Daughter Trap”?| A．Daughters don’t like care giving. | | B．Daughters devote a lot to care giving. | | C．Care giving is daughters’ duty. | | D．Care giving should be sons’ duty. |
小题3:What does the underlined phrase “a social revolution” refer to?| A．The child care revolution. | B．The reform in day care. | | C．The social development. | D．The change in care giving. |
小题4:How many years did Jorjan Sarich work as her father’s full-time caregiver?| A．Five years. | B．Only one year. | C．Four years. | D．Two years. |
小题5:In her care giving, Jorjan Sarich _____.| A．got along well with her father | B．was a little tired of her father | | C．changed her father in every way | D．felt it was unfair to do so |
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One afternoon I toured an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting. I was looking forward to a quiet view of the wonderful works..
A young couple viewing the paintings ahead of me chatted nonstop between themselves. I watched them a moment and decided she was doing all the talking. I admired his patience for tolerating her constant words. Disturbed by their noise, I moved on.
I encountered them several times as I moved through the various rooms of art. Each time I heard her constant talking, I moved away quickly.
I was standing at the counter of the museum gift store doing some shopping when the couple approached the exit. Before they left, the man reached into his pocket and pulled out a white object. He turned it into a long cane (手杖) and then tapped his way into the coatroom to get his wife’s jacket.
“He’s a brave man,” the clerk at the counter said, “Most of us would give up if we were blinded at such a young age. During his recovery, he made a promise his life wouldn’t change. So, as before, he and his wife come in whenever there’s a new art show.”
“But what does he get out of the art?” I asked, “He can’t see.”
“Can’t see! You’re wrong. He sees a lot. More than you or I do,” the clerk said, “His wife describes each painting so he can see it in his head.”
I learned something about patience, courage and love that day. I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person without sight and the courage of a husband who would not allow blindness to change his life.
And I saw the love shared by two people as I watched this couple walk away arm in arm.
小题1:Which of the following statements is true?| A．The husband was doing all the talking when the couple viewed the works. | | B．The husband tapped his way to the coatroom to get his jacket. | | C．The husband was considered a brave man by the clerk at the store. | | D．The husband allowed blindness to change his life. |
小题2:The underlined word “encountered” in the passage means “________”.| A．saw | B．met | C．talked | D．argued |
小题3:At first the author’s attitude towards the wife of the couple was _________.| A．positive | B．neutral | C．bored | D．admiring |
小题4:What can be inferred from the passage is ___________. | A．the man had his eyes blinded in a fight | | B．the man must be a painter before | | C．the woman was very devoted to his husband | | D．the man often killed time by visiting exhibitions |
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