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I know smoking is bad for me, and 1 . I had tried to kick the habit, but 2 . Not even when my
aunt Bernie got lung cancer. How many times had she begged me to give _3 up? After she died, I
made up my mind to stop, and did so, but 4 I started up again.
The house had been one of Aunt Bernie"s favorite places to stay. Lately, I had earned some 5
income by renting it out. New renters were 6 to arrive that afternoon.
The house has no electricity, so I had to 7 there was enough propane (丙烷) in the tank to
8 the fridge and the stove (火炉). Seeing the house in the distance through the trees, I thought
about 9 . I could still hear her 10 telling me, "Give up smoking; it will 11 you."
As I was 12 the house, the voice grew stronger, 13 my aunt were standing right beside
me. Finally, I couldn"t 14 it any longer. I smothered (弄熄) it. "Fine, Auntie, I 15 . See?"
I continued down the path, 16 the urge to light up again. Reaching the house, I opened the
door. Whoa! I stepped back. The 17 was strong. Propane gases! I ran around to the back and
found the problem. The previous 18 had forgotten to turn off the propane tank before they left.
The house had been 19 up with gas for a week!
If I had still been smoking that cigarette... I thought now, 20 . My aunt Bernie was right. Smoking
can kill me. The next day I started a quitsmoking program, and I haven"t lit up since.
| ( )1. A. helpless ( )2. A. hadn"t ( )3. A. it ( )4. A. possibly ( )5. A. special ( )6. A. able ( )7. A. take care ( )8. A. start ( )9. A. my cigarette ( )10. A. sound ( )11. A. harm ( )12. A. approaching ( )13. A. even if ( )14. A. see ( )15. A. put it out ( )16. A. stopping ( )17. A. desire ( )18. A. owners ( )19. A. mixed ( )20. A. frightened | B. harmful B. shouldn"t B. her B. naturally B. extra B. glad B. find out B. manage B. my aunt B. voice B. damage B. passing B. as B. find B. gave it up B. resisting B. house B. renters B. covered B. excited | C. useless C. mustn"t C. this C. shortly C. high C. due C. make out C. run C. new renters C. noise C. kill C. opening C. because C. bear C. put it away C. feeling C. voice C. neighbours C. filled C. surprised | D. dangerous D. couldn"t D. that D. hardly D. low D. willing D. make sure D. stop D. the tank D. cry D. hurt D. entering D. as if D. hear D. gave it way D. keeping D. smell D. guests D. caught D. disappointed | ||||||||
| 1-5: DDACB 6-10: CDCBB 11-15: CADCA 16-20: BDBCA | |||||||||||
| 阅读理解 | |||||||||||
| Much as Robby tried, he lacked the sense of tone and basic rhythm (节奏). But he dutifully reviewed his lessons. Over the months he tried and tried, and often repeated to me "My mom"s going to hear me play some day." But he seemed hopeless, with no born ability. A real bad advertisement for my teaching! I was so happy when one day he stopped coming. Several weeks later my students were to have a recital (演奏会). To my surprise, Robby came, asking to play in the recital. "But, it is for current pupils; you dropped." "My mom was sick. But I have been practicing. I"ve just got to play!" I didn"t know what led me to agree, maybe... The recital came. I__put__Robby__up__last__to__play__before__my__"curtain__closer", by which, I could save the recital if... The recital went on well. Robby came up on stage, clothes wrinkled and his hair looked like he"d run an eggbeater through it. "How could his mom...?" Robby pulled out the piano bench and began. It was Mozart"s work! I was not prepared for what I heard next. Like in a dream, I was then woken up by the wild applause-everybody was on their feet! "I"ve never heard you play like that, Robby! How"d you do it?" Through the microphone Robby explained: "Well, Miss Hondorf, remember I told you my mom was sick? Actually she had cancer and died this morning. She was born deaf, and tonight was the first time she ever heard me play. I wanted to make it special." My eyes were wet. He was not a student of mine, but a teacher! | |||||||||||
| 1. We can infer from the underlined sentence that the writer ________. | |||||||||||
| A. was fully confident that Robby would perform well in the recital B. thought that Robby would make the recital special C. thought that Robby wouldn"t play in the recital D. had no confidence in Robby at all in the recital | |||||||||||
| 2. What made the boy succeed in the recital? | |||||||||||
| A. Love for his mother. B. Musical talent. C. The writer"s help. D. Regular practice. | |||||||||||
| 3. What made the writer think that Robby was her teacher, not a student? | |||||||||||
| A. That he played better than her in the recital. B. That he loved his mother more than she did. C. That he never gave up. D. That the audience gave him more applause than her. | |||||||||||
| 4. What is the highlight of the recital? | |||||||||||
| A The writer"s performance. B. Robby"s performance. C. Robby and his mom"s story. D. The audience"s applause. | |||||||||||
| 完形填空 | |||||||||||
A businesswoman got into a taxi in midtown. As it was the rush hour and she was in a __1__ to | |||||||||||
| ( )1. A. hurry ( )2. A. chose ( )3. A. jokingly ( )4. A. supposed ( )5. A. apologizing ( )6. A. reasonable ( )7. A. road ( )8. A. strange ( )9. A. across ( )10. A. Surprised ( )11. A. rider ( )12. A. until ( )13. A. satisfied ( )14. A. give up ( )15. A. combine ( )16. A. and ( )17. A. lying ( )18. A. problem ( )19. A. fact ( )20. A. agree | B. rush B. made B. angrily B. expected B. driving B. thoughtful B. mind B. wrong B. in B. Worried B. speaker B. after B. concerned B. turn down B. destroy B. that B. resulting B. importance B. meaning B. argue | C. moment C. found C. anxiously C. meant C. asking C. normal C. direction C. terrible C. through C. Annoyed C. helper C. because C. crowded C. stick to C. suffer C. but C. setting C. key C. expression C. explain | D. way D. suggested D. curiously D. decided D. shouting D. practical D. manner D. stupid D. along D. Disappointed D. comer D. since D. faced D. point out D. divide D. though D. leading D. reply D. truth D. escape | ||||||||
| 阅读理解 | |||||||||||
| Long ago, near the village of Hedley, there lived a strange and playful trickster (骗子), known as the Hedley Kow. Sometimes it looked like an ordinary object. Sometimes it looked like a donkey or a goat. One evening, as an old woman went along the path, she saw an old iron pot lying in the ditch. "Fancy that," she said. "Nobody seems to want this old pot. I will take it home and plant pretty flowers in it." When she tried to lift it, she saw that it was full of gold pieces. "Well, now, if that doesn"t beat all," she said. "I"m rich! I can buy a fine house and fancy clothes." The pot was heavy, so she tied her shawl around it and began to drag it home. After a while, she stopped to rest. When she looked in the pot, she was amazed to see that it was full of silver pieces! "Oh, my God!" she said. "Aren"t I the lucky one! If it were gold, thieves would have been after me. My friends might have been jealous. But I can hide these silver pieces, take out a few at a time, and live like a queen." On she went, pulling the pot after her. She was nearing home now. At her gate, she looked into the pot. What a surprise! The silver had changed into a lump (块) of iron. "Iron," she said. "Well, now! No one will be jealous or want to steal this from me. I can use this iron to prop my door open and let in fresh air and sunlight. Lucky me!" As soon as she said that, the pot began to grow and later it became a goat. Then it jumped up and ran off down the road laughing. "Fancy that!" said the old woman. "I believe I have seen the Hedley Kow! Not many folks can say that, and that"s a fact. I"ll just sit up by my fire tonight thinking about how lucky I was to see it for myself. I truly must be the luckiest person in the world!" | |||||||||||
| 1. Which of the following sayings can best describe this story? | |||||||||||
| A. All good things come to an end. B. The early bird catches the worm. C. Content is better than riches. D. All bad luck goes away. | |||||||||||
| 2. What does "the Hedley Kow" stand for in the eyes of the old woman? | |||||||||||
| A. Glory. B. Honor. C. Misfortune. D. Luck. | |||||||||||
| 3. From this passage we can know the old woman is ______. | |||||||||||
| A. optimistic B. pessimistic C. strange D. mindless | |||||||||||
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| The Pecan Thief When I was six years old, I was visiting my grandfather"s farm in Kansas. Grandpa had sent me into the 1 to gather pecans for us to enjoy later. Pecan picking was really 2 work and my little basket was only half full. I wasn"t about to 3 Grandpa down. Just then something caught my 4 . A large brown squirrel was a few feet away. I watched as he picked up a pecan, hurried to a tree and 5 in a large hole in the trunk. A moment later the squirrel 6 out and climbed down to the ground to pick up another nut. Once again, he took the pecan back to his hiding place. Not so 7 anymore, I thought. I dashed over to the tree and looked into the hole. It was 8 with pecans! Golden pecans were right there for taking. This was my 9 . Handful by handful, I scooped all of those pecans into my basket. Now it was full! I was so 10 of myself. I couldn"t wait to show Grandpa all the pecans. 11 , I ran back and shouted, "Look at all the pecans!" He looked into the basket and said, "Well, well, how did you find so many?" I told him how I"d 12 the squirrel and taken the pecans from his hiding place. Grandpa congratulated me on how smart I"d been in observing the squirrel and his habits. Then he did something that 13 me. He handed the basket back to me and put his arm gently 14 my shoulders. "That squirrel worked very hard to gather his winter 15 of food," he said. "Now that all of his pecans are gone, don"t you think that little squirrel will 16 the cold winter?" "I didn"t think about that," I said. "I know," Grandpa said. "But a good man should never take 17 of someone else"s hard work." Suddenly I felt a bit 18 . The image of the starving squirrel wouldn"t 19 my mind. There was only one thing I could do. I carried the basket back to the tree and poured all the nuts into the hole. I didn"t eat any pecans that night, but I had something much more filling-the 20 of knowing I had done just the right thing. | |||||||||||
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