Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something to make their neighborhood a trouble-free area.
When Tim Becker gets in his car to go shopping, he doesn’t 36 drive to a store and back home. He always looks 37 up and down the streets of his neighborhood. He looks for anything 38 such as strange cars, loud noises, 39 windows , or people gathering on street corners.
Tim 40 to a neighborhood watch group in Stoneville Indiana, USA. The neighborhood watch group 41 on the third Wednesday of every month. That’s 42 Tim gets together with about ten of his neighbors to discuss community 43 . Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police 44 their homes , streets, and families safe.
Tina Stedman , president of 45 neighborhood watch group , agrees with Tim . “People seem to think that crime(犯罪) happens to other people but not 46 them. Well , it’s never happened to me,” she said, “but I don’t think anyone has the 47 to steal from other people or to make them feel 48 sitting in their own homes.
Alex, a member of the group, said that all the neighbors 49 out for one another. “We 50 each other’s homes. We keep watch on the neighborhood at night and on weekends .Usually a 51 of four or five of us goes out together. If something doesn’t look right, then we call the 52 . For example, if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for 53 , or someone destroying property（财产）, we report to the police.”
Alex feels the neighborhood watch groups 54 a lot in keeping crime down. Her husband Jim agrees, “Police are good people, but they don’t do 55 .”
| 小题1: | | A．yet | B．still | C．just | D．rather |
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| 小题2: | | A．carefully | B．clearly | C．nervously | D．coldly |
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小题3:A. familiar B. unusual C expensive. D. interesting
| 小题4: | | A．curtained | B．open | C．old | D．broken |
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| 小题5: | | A．attends | B．belongs | C．goes | D．turns |
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| 小题6: | | A．meets | B．quarrels | C．sings | D．searches |
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| 小题7: | | A．where | B．why | C．when | D．how |
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| 小题8: | | A．politics | B．wealth | C．health | D．safety |
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| 小题9: | | A．keep | B．hold | C．let | D．protect |
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| 小题10: | | A．its | B．his | C．their | D．your |
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| 小题12: | | A．right | B．change | C．courage | D．mind |
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| 小题13: | | A．unlucky | B．unsafe | C．disappointed | D．discouraged |
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| 小题15: | | A．care | B．enter | C．watch | D．manage |
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| 小题16: | | A．group | B．set | C．number | D．crowd |
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| 小题17: | | A．judges | B．police | C．fireman | D．doctors |
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| 小题18: | | A．work | B．burden | C．service | D．trouble |
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| 小题19: | | A．produce | B．find | C．get | D．help |
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| 小题20: | | A．anything | B．everything | C．harm | D．wrong |
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本文记叙的是Tim Becker和他的邻居努力地使他们的邻里无烦无虑、安全通畅而做的一些工作。
小题1:考查副词。 Tim Becker和他的邻居正在尽力而为使他们的邻里无烦无虑，安全通畅。自然每每Tim Becker开车出门购物就不仅仅只是(not just)开车去开车会，而是还有别的事情要做。注意选项与not搭配及意义。not yet尚未； not still不动；not just不仅仅，不只是；not rather不愿。
小题2:考查副词。 他总是在邻里的街道上上下下仔细地(carefully)查看。 carefully小心地, 谨慎地；clearly明显地，无疑地；nervously神经紧张地，不安地；coldly冷淡地。
小题3:考查形容词。 查看是否有象陌生的也许昂贵的(expensive)车子或喧哗的噪音之类的不熟悉的(familiar)，令他感兴趣的(interesting)，而异常的(unusual)任何事情。familiar熟悉的, 常见的, 听惯的；unusual不平常的, 与众不同的, 异常的; expensive花费的, 昂贵的；interesting有趣味的, 引起好奇/注意的。注意such as后跟名词作同位语。
小题4:考查形容词。与前面strange cars, loud noises构成并列意义不应是开着的(open)、旧的(old)、挂有窗帘的(curtained)窗户，而是破了的(broken)窗户。
小题5:考查动词。 Tim Becker 属于一个邻里监护队。attend to留心，照顾, 护理；belong to属于，归属于；go to相当于，促成，付出，求助于；turn to转向，求取于，变成，开始工作。
小题6:考查动词。 邻里监护队每月第三个周二碰头开会(meet)，而不是争吵(quarrel)，唱歌(sing)，调查(search)。后文gets together with about ten of his neighbors to discuss community safety 有所暗示。
小题7:考查连词。前后照应 根据前文on the third Wednesday of every month 作出判断，可以得出选择。
小题8:考查名词。 从前文Tim Becker的行为可以看出，他们聚集在一起研讨社区的安全(safety)问题，而非政治(politics)，健康(health)，财富(wealth)问题。
小题9:考查动词。 帮助警察以便使(keep)他们的家、街道和家人的安全.此句的结构为V+宾语+形容词。keep sb.+ adj.使某人怎么样，保持某一状态；hold保存，保留；let允许，让；protect保护，保卫；后三者均不用于此结构。
小题10:考查代词。 他们的(their)邻里监护队的队长。
小题11:考查介词。 sth happen to sb.为固定结构，but not表示并列，后跟相同搭配。
小题12:考查名词。 任何人都可能有机会(chance)、勇气(courage)和心思(mind)，但却没有权力(right)去偷别人的东西或使别人感到不安全。
小题13:考查形容词。 没有权力使别人坐在自己家里而感到不安全，与前文偷东西等安全问题联系起来，就不可能是幸运(unlucky)与否，失望(disappointed)与否，灰心沮丧(discouraged)与否的问题。
小题14:考查动词。 所有的邻居都要相互注意留神(look out)，提高警惕。set out出发, 开始，摆出, 陈列；let out放宽(衣服)；出租(车、马等)；hold out给予，坚持，忍耐；伸出；look out注意，留神。
小题15:考查动词。我们应该相互看护(watch)好相互的家。前文已有所暗示，与后文keep watch on一致。care注意, 照料，关心；enter进入，加入；watch 注视，注意，看守, 守护, 监视；manage管理, 控制。
小题16:考查名词。前文已有所暗示。四、五个人形成一组/队(group)。group组, 团, 群，通常指人组成的群体，成员可多可少；set套, 副, 批，通常指成套组装的东西；number数, 数字；crowd人群, 群众, 一堆(东西)，通常指拥挤的人群。
小题17:考查名词。 如果看到有什么事情不对劲，就叫其职责是处理日常安全事务的警察(police)，而不一定叫法官(judge)，fireman(消防员)或是大夫(doctor)。前文help the police keep their homes, streets, and families safe和后文we report to the police已经有所暗示。
小题18:考查名词。发现一群十几岁的孩子似乎想捣乱，想找麻烦(trouble)。look for service找服务；look for trouble找麻烦；look for work找工作；burden负担，重任，要点，主题，通常不与look for连用且与文意不符。
小题19:考查动词。 在制止犯罪方面邻里监护队起到了辅助(help)的作用，充当了助手的功能，而不是制造(produce)，发现(find)或得到(get)什么。
小题20:考查代词。 警察很好，但他们并不可能每件事情(everything)都做得到。anything与not连用表示全部否定；everything与not连用表示部分否定。do harm/wrong(to sb.)伤害/委屈某人。 |
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An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent all the money, so that soon he had nothing left. Of course, when that happened, all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles.
My money has finished and my friends have gone, said the young man. What will happen to me now?
Don"t worry , young man, answered Nasreddin. Everything will soon be all right again. Wait ,and you will soon feel much happier.
The young man was very glad .Am I going to get rich again then? he asked Nasreddin.
No, I didn"t mean that, said the old man. I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and to having no friends.
小题1:An old man died and left his son_______.| A．nothing | B．some gold | C．much money | D．only a house |
小题2:When the son was________, he went to see Nasreddin.| A．short of money | B．quite poor and sick | | C．in trouble | D．quite poor and alone |
小题3:The young man was very glad because Nasreddin said that________.| A．he would become rich again | | B．he would soon feel much happier | | C．he would become clever | | D．he would have more friends |
小题4:Nasreddin meant the young man______.| A．would get rich again | | B．would get used to having nothing | | C．would get used to being in trouble | | D．would get out of poorness |
小题5:What this story tells us is________.| A．that money is everything | | B．that money makes the mare go | | C．to save each penny | | D．that misfortune tests the sincerity of friends |
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Towards the end of the baseball game, a controversial call was given. At full speed Paul Harvey slid home（本垒）and, thinking he had just ___36___ a game-changing run, he stood up only to face the words, “You’re ___37___!”
Angry, he threw off his helmet and ran over to explain to the ___38___ why the call was wrong. Before his ___39___ really got out of control, someone pulled him away, and he walked to the bench---___40___.
Long after the coaches, players, and fans had gone home, he realized the impact of his ___41___. Like most of us do when we are faced with the __42___ of our actions, he could have just let it go, reasoning, “Everybody ___43___ it.”
However, in the silence of his heart, he knew that just ___44___ everyone else does it, that doesn’t make it all right. And so, long after his friends had gone home, he ___45___ that coach back up to the school—not to ___46___ his car. No, the boy tracked this man down so he could tell him face to face, “I’m sorry, Sir. It was all my___47___.”
It takes true courage to stand up to face the ___48___ we all make and say, “I was wrong. I’m sorry.” What makes this ___49___ unique is that it wasn’t meant for the world to ___50___, it was meant simply as a way to stay ___51___ to his own heart.
The truth is at one time or another we have all been this boy --- ___52___ out in anger, saying hurtful things, and feeling ___53___ for doing so. But the real test comes later when we are ___54___ with the choice to say “sorry” or to walk away thinking, “Ah, they’ll get over it.”
Maybe the “they” is a customer, a friend, or a child. Whoever it is, don’t pass up the opportunity to get right with your own heart. The time for apology is now! Courage is a ___55___ of the heart.
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| 小题3: | | A．judge | B．fan | C．coach | D．player |
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| 小题4: | | A．temper | B．strength | C．mood | D．spirit |
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| 小题5: | | A．peaceful | B．pale | C．hopeful | D．disappointed |
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| 小题6: | | A．explanation | B．argument | C．performance | D．behavior |
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| 小题7: | | A．satisfaction | B．guilt | C．embarrassment | D．pride |
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| 小题8: | | A．does | B．hates | C．likes | D．receives |
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| 小题9: | | A．until | B．because | C．when | D．if |
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| 小题10: | | A．accompanied | B．sent | C．brought | D．tracked |
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| 小题11: | | A．repair | B．clean | C．destroy | D．drive |
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| 小题12: | | A．fault | B．rudeness | C．mistake | D．carelessness |
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| 小题13: | | A．promise | B．impoliteness | C．effort | D．attempt |
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| 小题14: | | A．situation | B．excuse | C．announcement | D．apology |
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| 小题15: | | A．praise | B．remember | C．hear | D．see |
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| 小题16: | | A．true | B．still | C．calm | D．sensitive |
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| 小题17: | | A．setting | B．acting | C．looking | D．holding |
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| 小题18: | | A．regretful | B．brave | C．nervous | D．right |
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| 小题19: | | A．offered | B．awarded | C．presented | D．charged |
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Kelly Reeves was getting ready for a trip when her phone slipped into a sink full of water. Panic moment! She quickly picked up the wet phone and tried to turn it on, but nothing worked. Her first reaction? She got dressed, drove to the nearest store, and bought a new model at full price.
A new study finds that fear of losing your phone is a common illness. About 66 percent of those surveyed suffer from nomophobia or “no mobile phone phobia”. Interestingly, more women worry about losing their phone than men.
Fortunately, there’s a solution.
The first step is to figure out if you have nomophobia. Checking your phone too often is one thing, but the true sign of a problem is that you can’t conduct business or go about your routine when the fear becomes so severe.
Do you go to unusual lengths to make sure you have your phone? That’s another sign of a problem. If you find you check your phone plenty of times per hour, or a total of an hour per day, there may be a problem.
Some of the treatments are similar to those for treating anxiety attacks: Leaving the phone behind and not checking e-mail or text messages, and then learning to tolerate the after anxiety. Even if this leads to a high level of worry and stress, the solution is to push through the fear and learn to deal with not having your phone.
Of course, there are also technological alternatives. Luis Levy, a co-founder at Novy PR, says he uses an application called Cerberus that can automatically track the location of his phone. To find it, he can just go to a Web site and see the phone’s location.
He also insures his phone through a service called Asurion. The company’s description of its product reads like a prescription for anxiety: “60 million phones are lost, stolen or damaged each year. You’ll have complete peace of mind knowing that your phone is protected and you can quickly reconnect with family, friends and work, as soon as the very next day!”
小题1:Why does the author mention Kelly’s experience in the first paragraph?| A．To inform us that mobile phones are useful. | | B．To introduce the topic for discussion. | | C．To tell us we should get phones ready for a trip. | | D．To warn us that we should be careful. |
小题2:The underlined word “nomophobia” in Paragraph 2 means ________.| A．Fear of losing mobile phones. | | B．Habits of using mobile phones | | C．Independence of mobile phones. | | D．Eagerness for new mobile phones. |
小题3:Which of the following is a way to treat nomophobia?| A．Learning more about modern technology. | | B．Avoiding using phone for some time | | C．Not using a mobile phone in one’s daily work. | | D．Protecting one’s phone against any damage. |
小题4:Why can the service called Asurion help to treat nomophobia?| A．It will give you a new phone through insurance. | | B．It lets you know other people also lose their phones. | | C．It gives you a prescription to treat nomophobia. | | D．It enables you to reconnect with your acquaintance. |
小题5:What is the passage mainly about? | A．New mobile phone technology. | | B．Attitude toward mobile phone. | | C．Solutions to nomophobia | | D．Disadvantages of mobile phone |
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Donald had his own difficulties in sleeping that night. Not just because of the bright lights of the shelter or people’s constant voices, it was the happening repeatedly nightmare that caused him to stay awake, to fear sleep. Donald was back in his small house. He did his best to ignore the howling winds outside his window. Yet he could not turn out the fearful whimpers (呜咽) of his little dog, or the uncomfortable sounds of his mother anxious in her room next door, unable to sleep through the storm despite her insistence they would be all right.
Donald did not want his mother to be upset, but on some level, he was glad to hear she was awake, It meant he was not alone in the dark. Though he was 12, until recently it was impossible for Donald to fall asleep unless his mother lay down by his side.
Suddenly there was a crash. Their living room window is shattered (打碎) by 125 miles an hour winds. Troy rushed to Donald and sat anxiously on the edge of his bed. He did his best to calm his mother, and she had to comfort him. Soon water was seeping (渗入) into the single floor house. Quickly it rose from ankle level to leg level. At Donald’s insistence, they pushed their way through the water --- now chest high --- toward the front door. When they fought their way into the living room, water rose to their chins.
It was a struggle for the boy and mother to stay afloat. In a total panic, desperate to hold on to something, Troy caught a curtain rod. She was breathing hard, shouting that she couldn’t swim.
Donald cried out, “Mom! Hold on!” Just then Donald also caught a floatable wood board.
小题1:The passage is mainly about _____.| A．how a storm happened and caused damage | | B．how a mother and son experienced a storm | | C．how a mother and son survived a storm | | D．how a son helped his mother in a storm |
小题2:Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the story?| A．The rising water. | B．The broken window. | | C．The lucky dog. | D．The noisy environment. |
小题3:Which phrase can describe Troy’s feelings at the beginning of the storm most suitably?| A．In excitement. | B．In calm. | C．In anxiety. | D．In despair. |
小题4:What will the author most probably talk about next?| A．How the other people struggled in the storm. | | B．Why the rainstorm happened. | | C．What damage the rainstorm caused. | | D．How Donald and Troy struggled to save themselves |
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It was just getting dark. There was a touch of fog and I was on a lonely stretch of road. 36 I was going along cheerfully, thinking about the dinner I would eat when I got to Salistury .
I was going along 37 at about thirty-five miles an hour when suddenly I heard a scream, a 38 scream--- “ Help! ” I looked round, but the only 39 of life was a large, black, rather suspicious--looking（可疑的）car just 40 a bend in the road about a hundred yards away. That was where the cry had come from. I 41 speed and went after it. I think the driver saw what I was doing, for he did the same and began to draw 42 me. As I drew near, the girl’s voice came again, a lovely voice but trembling with 43 .
“Let me go, you coward; you’re hurting me. Oh ! Oh ! ”
I felt my 44 boil. The fog was coming down 45 now, and the countryside was lonelier. I had no 46 that the murderous guy in the car noticed this. Again came a cry.
“Drop that knife, you fool. Oh ! ” Then a cry and a groan（***）.
If I was to save her, it was now or 47 . Perhaps even now I was too late. But if I couldn’t save the girl, I would at least try to bring the murderer to 48 . The car was only a couple of yards away now. I drove the bike right across its 49 , and its brakes（刹车）screamed as the driver tried to pull it over and 50 into the ditch（沟）at the side of the road. The door of the car was pushed open angrily and a dark, evil-looking fellow stepped out .
“You fool!” he shouted as he came towards me with his fist raised to hit me. But I was 51 than he. I put all I could into 52 that would have knocked out Joe Louis. It 53 him right on the point of the chin; his 54 slowly bent under him, and he dropped to the ground without a sound. I rushed to the car, 55 open the door and looked inside. There was no girl there. Suddenly from the back of the car came a voice.
“You have been listening to a radio play, Murder in Hollywood, with Mae Garbo and Clark Taylor. The news will follow immediately . ”
| 小题1: | | A．And | B．Though | C．Therefore | D．But |
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| 小题2: | | A．quietly | B．quickly | C．carefully | D．nervously |
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| 小题3: | | A．boy’s | B．man’s | C．woman’s | D．driver’s |
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| 小题4: | | A．person | B．sign | C．sound | D．form |
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| 小题5: | | A．turning | B．crossing | C．going | D．driving |
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| 小题6: | | A．slowed down | B．put on | C．added to | D．took up |
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| 小题7: | | A．right behind | B．close to | C．away from | D．near by |
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| 小题8: | | A．joy | B．sorrow | C．fear | D．anger |
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| 小题9: | | A．tears | B．heart | C．face | D．blood |
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| 小题10: | | A．slighter | B．thicker | C．lower | D．harder |
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| 小题11: | | A．need | B．effort | C．trouble | D．doubt |
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| 小题12: | | A．never | B．late | C．ever | D．then |
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| 小题13: | | A．justice | B．court | C．lawyer | D．sentence |
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| 小题14: | | A．direction | B．path | C．front | D．nose |
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| 小题15: | | A．drove | B．ran | C．crashed | D．sped |
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| 小题16: | | A．slower | B．quicker | C．taller | D．heavier |
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| 小题17: | | A．an anger | B．a fist | C．a beat | D．a blow |
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| 小题18: | | A．caught | B．struck | C．knocked | D．beat |
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| 小题19: | | A．chin | B．fists | C．knees | D．body |
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| 小题20: | | A．hit | B．brought | C．pushed | D．pulled |
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