It was a beautiful spring day, and a sense of peace stayed with me as I left the cathedral (大教堂) on
Easter Monday morning. I 1 for a moment on top of the steps leading to the avenue, now 2 with
people rushing to their jobs. Sitting in her 3 place, inside a small archway (拱门), was the old flower
lady. At her 4 , dresses and flowers were parading (炫耀) on top of a spread-open newspaper.
The flower lady was 5 , her wrinkled old face alive with some inner 6 . I started down the stairs-
then on an impulse (冲动), I turned and 7 a flower.
As I put it in my lapel (翻领), I said, "You look 8 ."
"Why not?" she answered. "Everything is good."
She was dressed so 9 and seemed so very old that her reply 10 me. "You"ve been sitting here for
many 11 now, haven"t you? And always smiling. You wear your 12 well."
"You can"t 13 my age and not have troubles," she 14 , "only it"s like Jesus and Good Friday..." She
paused for a moment.
"Yes?"
"Well, when Jesus was killed-on Good Friday, that was the 15 day for the whole world. When I get
troubles I remember that, 16 then I think of what happened only three days 17 Easter-our Lord arose
from the dead. So when things 18 , I"ve learned to wait three days...and 19 everything gets much better."
She smiled good-bye, but her words still follow me 20 think I have troubles..."Give God a chance to
help. Wait three days." |
( )1. A. paused
( )2. A. dirty
( )3. A. favorite
( )4. A. side
( )5. A. talking
( )6. A. joy
( )7. A. looked for
( )8. A. old
( )9. A. neatly
( )10. A. amused
( )11. A. weeks
( )12. A. clothes
( )13. A. sense
( )14. A. replied
( )15. A. first
( )16. A. but
( )17. A. before
( )18. A. go wrong
( )19. A. somewhat
( )20. A. wherever | B. walked
B. clean
B. proper
B. feet
B. smiling
B. feeling
B. picked out
B. smart
B. properly
B. amazed
B. years
B. flowers
B. imagine
B. asked
B. last
B. and
B. later
B. take place
B. somewhere
B. whatever | C. landed
C. crowded
C. small
C. back
C. selling
C. thought
C. stared at
C. young
C. shabbily
C. caught
C. months
C. hat
C. reach
C. yelled
C. important
C. so
C. ago
C. turn up
C. somehow
C. whenever | D. sat
D. wide
D. usual
D. bike
D. waiting
D. worries
D. put off
D. happy
D. casually
D. reached
D. days
D. troubles
D. notice
D. talked back
D. worst
D. or
D. earlier
D. get well
D. nowhere
D. whichever |
| 1-5: A C D B B 6-10: A B D C B 11-15: B D C A D 16-20: B B A C C |
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| 完形填空。 | I was driving home from a meeting this evening about 5, stuck in traffic on Colorado Blvd, and my car
started to choke and then died.
I barely managed to walk into a gas station, 1 only that I would not be blocking traffic and would have
a somewhat 2 spot to wait for the tow truck (拖车). It wouldn"t even turn over. Before I could make the
3 , I saw a woman walking out of the "quickie mart (快餐)" building, and it looked like she 4 on some
ice and fell into a gas pump! So I got out to 5 if she was okay. When I got there, it looked more like she
had been overcome by 6 than that she had 7 . She was a young woman who looked really haggard (憔
悴的) with 8 circles under her eyes. I asked her if she was okay and if she needed 9 , and she just kept
saying "I don"t want my kids to see me 10 ," so we stood on the 11 side of the pump from her car. She said
she was 12 to California and that things were very 13 for her right now.
So, I asked, "And you were praying?" That made her 14 me a little, 15 I assured her I was not a crazy
person and said, "He heard you, and he sent me."
I 16 my card and swiped it through the card reader on the pump so she could 17 her car completely,
and 18 to the "next door McDonald"s and bought 2 big bags of food, some gift certificates (证书) for more,
and a big cup of coffee. She gave the food to the 19 in the car who attacked it like wolves, and we 20 by
the pump eating fries and talking a little. | ( )1. A. worried
( )2. A. warm
( )3. A. preparations
( )4. A. stepped
( )5. A. ask
( )6. A. sobs
( )7. A. wanted
( )8. A. bright
( )9. A. money
( )10. A. crying
( )11. A. back
( )12. A. flying
( )13. A. hard
( )14. A. close to
( )15. A. and
( )16. A. took out
( )17. A. start out
( )18. A. drove
( )19. A. passer-bys
( )20. A. stood | B. angry
B. safe
B. call
B. slipped
B. know
B. falls
B. hoped
B. dark
B. help
B. falling
B. high
B. hurrying
B. easy
B. in front of
B. but
B. put back
B. fill up
B. hurried
B. husband
B. sat | C. glad
C. empty
C. bills
C. waited
C. notice
C. hurts
C. fallen
C. colourful
C. support
C. walking
C. cold
C. driving
C. bright
C. back away from
C. so
C. handed over
C. pull up
C. turned
C. kids
C. walked | D. anxious
D. large
D. dinner
D. walked
D. see
D. tiredness
D. imagined
D. frozen
D. food
D. talking
D. other
D. walking
D. smooth
D. ahead of
D. or
D. gave away
D. get over
D. walked
D. boys
D. drove | | 阅读理解。 | High school was wonderful, but I had always felt uncomfortable as one of the taller members of my class,
standing a head above the other girls and stooping (弯腰) at the back of the line to avoid sticking out.
I especially hated being around large groups of people like during the social hour after the church services.
My grandfather would watch me grow increasingly uncomfortable, but he didn"t laugh at me or try to
comfort me. Instead, he would warn me. "Stand straight and tall," he"d say, as I tried to shrink (退缩).
And each time, I would obey him. Even at age 15, I understood that his advice was about more than just
feet and inches.
My grandfather grew up in war-torn Europe. When German soldiers took his hometown, the beautiful and
exciting city of Tarnow, Poland, he joined the Soviet army for his country"s freedom. "Stand straight, stand
tall," meant something else back then. I trusted my grandfather more than anyone else in my childhood. And
whenever I was afraid of something, he would tell me stories of his life.
After the war, he took a boat for America on January 27,1947. All alone in a new country, he was
frightened about his future.
Still, he marched head-on in the streets of New York. Soon he met other European immigrants, each of
them trying to find his or her own way.
If they could do it, why couldn"t he? "Stand straight, stand tall," he would told himself.
At first my grandfather retused to enter an American church. He was angry with God for the loss of his
whole family back in Europe. But soon he felt his self-confidence returning. When he walked into the church
that first time, he walked in proudly. | | 1. Which can best serve as the title for the text? | A. Stand straight, stand tall
B. My grandfather"s stories
C. Height brought me trouble
D. My unforgettable high school | | 2. The writer didn"t like attending social activities because _____. | A. her grandfather didn"t allow her to attend
B. other people didn"t like making friends with her
C. her height made her feel uncomfortable
D. she thought she was too young to join in | 3. The part "his advice was about more than just feet and inches." underlined in Paragragh 4 means that her
grandfather advised her _____. | A. to grow up quickly
B. not to worry about height
C. to pay attention to her body shape
D. to be brave and proud | | 阅读理解。 | It was Thanksgiving morning. I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell
rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling (挤) together on the top step.
"Any old papers, lady?" asked one of them.
I was busy. I wanted to say "no" until I looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin little sandals (凉鞋),
wet with heavy snow. "
Come in and I"ll make you a cup of hot cocoa."
They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet sandals left marks upon the floor. I served them
cocoa and bread to fight against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started cooking.
The silence in the front room struck me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at
it. The boy asked in a flat voice, "Lady, are you rich?"
"Am I rich? Pity, no!"
I looked at my worn-out slipcovers (椅套). The girl put her cup back in its saucer (茶碟) carefully and said,
"Your cups match your saucers." They left after that, holding their papers against the wind. They had reminded
me that I had so much for which to be grateful.
Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they matched.
I tasted the potatoes and stirred (搅动) the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads,
my man with a regular job? These matched, too.
I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The muddy marks of little sandals were
still wet upon my floor. Let them be for a while, I thought, just in case I should begin to forget how rich I am. | | 1. Which of the following would be the best title for the text? | A. Lady, are you rich?
B. A story of Thanksgiving Day.
C. Don"t forget how much you are rich.
D. Does cups and saucers match well? | | 2. The writer let the two children come in and served them well because _____. | A. she wanted to sell old papers to them
B. she wanted to invite them to her Thanksgiving party
C. she showed great pity and care on them
D. she had the same experience as them in the past | | 3. The writer left the muddy marks of little sandals on the floor for a while to _____. | A. show that she was a kind-hearted lady
B. remind her that she shouldn"t forget how rich she was
C. leave room for readers to think about what being rich is
D. prove that she had understood what being rich meant | | 4. It can be inferred from the text that whether you are rich depends on _____. | A. how much money you have made
B. what attitude you have had towards life
C. the way you help others
D. your social relationship | | 完形填空。 | Few days ago, I went to school with tons of books, hoping to get a locker. All of a sudden, it started
raining 1 . I hurried to pay for my locker, but I was disappointed 2 they informed me that they only
accepted cash. I was $7.00 3 , which meant I had to carry the books back home. It would be an
exhausting two-hour 4 back home with all those books.
There was an elderly gentleman nearby. 5 my predicament (困境), he asked me how much cash I
needed. When I told him I needed $7, he quickly took out the money. "You don"t have to pay me back,"
he said. I was 6 . I didn"t know whether to take the money or come back with the books the next day.
A young student who was working there noticed my 7 . "He is really nice," said the student, "I was
starving this moming and he bought 8 for me. He always helps people in different ways." 9 thinking
for a while, I took the money and 10 my locker.
The next day, I went to him and thanked him for 11 me and lending me the money. He said he forgot
about it and did not 12 that I would give it back. "I am very happy," he said, "not because I am getting
my money back, 13 because this is the right way to go whatever you get 14 this world, give it back as
much as you possibly can. Spread kindness around the world 15 the smallest things you can do,"
Later, I found out that he was not involved with any charity 16 . He has been performing these types
of 17 for years. I desperately needed the locker that day but after meeting this man, I was much more
18 for meeting him than getting my locker. He taught me a very important 19 in life-we come to this
world with nothing and we will leave with nothing. Whatever we own, it 20 someone else and whatever
we leave, it will become somebody else"s. | ( )1. A. hardly
( )2. A. when
( )3. A. extra
( )4. A. distance
( )5. A. Considering
( )6. A. hopeless
( )7. A. permission
( )8. A. breakfast
( )9. A. Before
( )10. A. closed
( )11. A. trusting
( )12. A. realize
( )13. A. and
( )14. A. in
( )15. A. for
( )16. A. organizations
( )17. A. results
( )18. A. surprised
( )19. A. idea
( )20. A. belonged to | B. heavily
B. what
B. short
B. way
B. Arguing
B. speechless
B. difficulty
B. lunch
B. Over
B. opened
B. believing
B. depend
B. but
B. from
B. without
B. applications
B. purposes
B. grateful
B. technique
B. contributed to | C. largely
C. which
C. enough
C. movement
C. Noticing
C. careless
C. hesitation
C. supper
C. During
C. kept
C. giving
C. expect
C. so
C. out
C. by
C. certifications
C. changes
C. interested
C. lesson
C. turned to | D. deeply
D. where
D. left
D. journey
D. Thinking
D. selfless
D. doubt
D. service
D. After
D. covered
D. praising
D. prepare
D. while
D. around
D. with
D. emotions
D. acts
D. forgetful
D. dream
D. devoted to | | 完形填空。 | Todd was working at his gas station (加油站) at night when he heard over the radio that a 1 in Long
Island had been 2 by an armed man who had killed the night guard and got away with $150,000. "One
hundred and fifty thousand," Todd whistled, "Here"s a fellow who just 3 into a bank and helps himself 4
so much money." Todd thought of the 5 with which he managed to get the amount of money he 6 to
start his gas station. So many papers to 7 , so much money to pay back. The news 8 twenty minutes later.
The gunman had 9 a car for a ride, and then 10 out the driver. He was possibly heading for the Southern
State Parkway in a white Ford. License plate (车牌) number LJR1939. The 11 of the announcer continued,
" 12 out for white cars. Don"t pick up strangers, and all you folks at gas stations better not do 13 to a white
Ford car." Todd stood up and 14 to see out into the cold night. It was dark but Todd 15 the Southern State
Parkway was out there. Just then, Todd saw the headlights coming at him and a car pulled in for 16 . There it
was, a white Ford. He saw the number, LJR1939. "What should I do?" Todd had to make a quick 17 . "Yes,
sir?" Todd 18 while making up his mind for sure. " 19 him up," the man said sounding like any other 20 .
When the tank (油箱) was full,Todd quickly turned round and pointed a gun at the man. "Hands up and get out!" | ( )1.A. store
( )2.A. searched for
( )3.A. walks
( )4.A. for
( )5.A. satisfaction
( )6.A. saved
( )7.A. collect
( )8.A. continued
( )9.A. bought
( )10.A. sent
( )11.A. news
( )12.A. Run
( )13.A. harm
( )14.A. tried
( )15.A. considered
( )16.A. directions
( )17.A. decision
( )18.A. wondered
( )19.A. Cover
( )20.A. visitor | B. bank
B. held up
B. looks
B. by
B. difficulty
B. made
B. prove
B. lasted
B. borrowed
B. found
B. warning
B. Look
B. favor
B. decided
B. knew
B. repairs
B. call
B. stopped
B. Fill
B. robber | C. station
C. taken over
C. marches
C. to
C. disappointment
C. offered
C. sign
C. spread
C. stolen
C. left
C. voice
C. Call
C. service
C. hoped
C. recognized
C. gas
C. movement
C. waited
C. Check
C. driver | D. house
D. broken into
D. drives
D. of
D. spirit
D. needed
D. write
D. arrived
D. stopped
D. pushed
D. advice
D. Set
D. business
D. happened
D. learnt
D. parking
D. remark
D. asked
D. Tie
D. rider |
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