“Where is the bus?” I asked myself. I was going to be late and the manager wasn’t going to be pleased. Thank God, here it is! The bus__1__round the corner and I got on. Ten minutes later I was walking into the__2__ where I work. “Twenty-five past nine. I__3__ the manager doesn’t notice.” But no __4__luck! “Smith!” shouted the manager. “Late again. What’s your__5__ this time?”. “ I’m afraid the bus was late, Mr. Brown.” “Get up earlier tomorrow! Anyway, go to your__6__ at the counter, we’ll be opening in a few minutes.”
My first customer was a pretty girl wearing a red dress. Behind her was a young man of about 25. He seemed very__7__, and every few seconds he looked __8__the main entrance. The girl__9__about opening a bank account. I gave her the necessary __10__and she walked out. __11__, I noticed a tall man by the door, carrying something__12__with brown paper. Turning to my next customer, I was terrified to see a gun__13__ out of his coat. The moment a loud noise __14__ my ears. Everything went black. I was falling…. After__15__seemed a very long time, I opened my eyes and found in bed! __16__shaking from the memory of this terrible dream, I got dressed and ran out of the house. As usual, the bus wasn’t on time, and I got to the bank at 9:25.
“Smith!” the manager cried out in a voice like thunder. “__17__of your excuse! Go start work at once!” To my__18__, the first customer was a girl __19__ a red dress and behind her stood a man carrying something wrapped in brown paper. The __20__! Wasn’t that the surprise of my life?
| 小题2: | | A．hotel | B．shop | C．bank | D．restaurant |
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| 小题3: | | A．believe | B．expect | C．guess | D．hope |
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| 小题5: | | A．excuse | B．idea | C．cause | D．answer |
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| 小题6: | | A．business | B．job | C．place | D．spot |
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| 小题7: | | A．nervous | B．shy | C．calm | D．angry |
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| 小题8: | | A．down | B．for | C．towards | D．through |
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| 小题9: | | A．cared | B．talked | C．asked | D．worried |
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| 小题10: | | A．information | B．offer | C．instruction | D．support |
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| 小题11: | | A．Again | B．Then | C．Thus | D．However |
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| 小题12: | | A．hidden | B．rolled | C．filled | D．covered |
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| 小题13: | | A．getting | B．aiming | C．appearing | D．sticking |
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| 小题14: | | A．took | B．shook | C．filled | D．covered |
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| 小题16: | | A．Even | B．Still | C．Just | D．Ever |
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| 小题17: | | A．Less | B．Plenty | C．More | D．None |
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| 小题18: | | A．belief | B．surprise | C．joy | D．regret |
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| 小题20: | | A．dream | B．story | C．affair | D．accident |
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:B
小题5:A
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:C
小题9:C
小题10:A
小题11:B
小题12:D
小题13:D
小题14:C
小题15:A
小题16:B
小题17:D
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作者梦见有人抢劫银行，强盗的枪声惊醒了作者。可早晨梦中的情况发生了。
小题1:本题考查动词。固定搭配词语用法。 公交车绕过拐角。come round前来, 过访, 绕道而来；run around，驾车到处游逛；ride和drive的主语提出为人而非a bus。
小题2:本题考查名词。前后照应。 从后文可得出结论，我是在银行(bank)工作。
小题3:本题考查动词。 由下句可知我迟到了但希望(hope)经理没注意到。believe相信，认为；expect期待，盼望，认为；guess猜想, 认为。
小题4:本题考查形容词。前后照应词汇用法。 没这么幸运，还是给经理发现了。such luck这样的运气，much/ more luck许多/更多的运气。luck为不可数名词，不与this连用。
小题5:本题考查名词。逻辑推理词义比较前后照应。 经理问我这次迟到又有什么借口(excuse)。excuse理由，借口；idea想法，意见；cause 原因，理由；answer回答, 答辩。再则由后文None of your excuses!也可得知答案。
小题6:本题考查名词。 business生意, 事情；job工作, 零活；place和spot都有"指定的地点"的意思，但place在日常英语更常用。
小题7:本题考查形容词。逻辑推理前后照应。 由后句可知，每隔及秒钟他就朝大门口张望一下，显示出这个年轻人表示害羞畏惧(shy)，沉着镇静(calm)，也不是生气愤怒(angry)，而是神情紧张不安(nervous)。
小题8:本题考查动词搭配。词义比较固定搭配。 这个年轻人每隔几秒钟就朝正门入口处看看。look towards面朝, 期待；look down俯视，用目光压倒；look for寻找, 期待；look through看穿，浏览，温习。
小题9:本题考查动词。常识运用词义比较。 红衣女孩到银行来询问(ask about)开银行账户之事。care about关心, 担心；talk about谈论；worry about担心。
小题10:本题考查名词。常识运用词义比较。 我给予她帮助(offer)即必要的关于开户的信息(information)。introduction(介绍)，support(支持)与句意不符。
小题11:本题考查副词。 词义比较逻辑推理。 就在这/当时(then)，我注意到……。again又, 再次表示重复意义；then="at" that moment就在这/当时，与短暂动词连用，表示突发性行为；thus因而, 从而表示顺承关系；however然而, 可是，表示转折关系。
小题12:本题考查动词。前后照应逻辑推理词义比较。 一个高个子拿着有纸包着的一样东西。再则由后文carrying something wrapped in brown paper也可得知。hide…with用……掩藏/隐瞒；roll…with用……卷起, 卷拢；fill…with用……填满； cover(= wrap)…with用……包裹。
小题13:本题考查动词搭配。 词义比较固定搭配本题考查动词。 我看见一支枪从他的口袋里顶突出来。 stick out突出；伸出；get out出去, 离开，泄露, 摆脱, 弄出来； aim out向外瞄准；appear通常不与out连用。
小题14:本题考查动词。 词义辨析逻辑推理。 立刻巨大的声响灌满了我的耳朵。take拿走，占领； shake摇，震动 fill充满、灌满，多用与容器状的物体；tear 撕破, 戳破。
小题15:本题考查连词。句法结构。 After后跟名词性从句，需用what来引导，what既作seemed的主语又带着整个从句作after的宾语。句意：似乎过了很长时间。
小题16:本题考查副词。逻辑推理词义比较。 我穿上衣服，跑出房间，仍然浑身发抖，因为那可怕的梦。even甚至，表示过分情况；still仍旧，还，表示原来状态的持续；just正好，仅仅；ever曾经，在任何时候, 究竟。
小题17:本题考查代词。逻辑推理固定搭配。 none of sth.不要……，不得……，属习惯用法，常用在相当于祈使句的结构中。经理大发脾气大叫"别找借口"。
小题18:本题考查名词。常识运用前后照应固定搭配。 现实中发生的事和梦中的情景相似得令我吃惊(surprise)。to one"s surprise/ joy/ regret表示"使某人吃惊/欢乐/后悔的是"的意思。belief不可用于此句型结构。
小题19:本题考查介词。前后照应词汇用法。 介词"in"相当于现在分词wearing，有"穿着"的意思。"穿着"也可以写成with a red dress on。
小题20:本题考查名词。逻辑推理前后照应 纵贯全文，我的梦和现实惊人的相似，所以发出感慨"这梦(dream)，难道不是我生命中的奇迹吗?" |
核心考点
试题【 “Where is the bus?” I asked myself. I was going to be late and the manager wasn】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
My father often works very hard. And he 1 goes to the movies. Here I’ll tell you a 2 story about him.
One afternoon, when he finished his work, and 3 go home, he found a film ticket under the glass on his desk. He thought he 4 to have not much work to do that day and 5 was quite wonderful to pass the evening at the cinema.
So he came back home and 6 finished his supper. Then he said good－bye to us and left.
But to our 7 , he came back about half an hour later. I asked him what was the 8 . He smiled and told us about the funny thing that happened at the 9 .
When my father was sitting in his seat, a 10 came to my father’s seat and said that seat was hers. My father was 11 , he took out the ticket 12 looked at it carefully. It was Row 17, 13 . And then he looked at the seat. It was 14 . So he asked her to 15 her ticket. She took out her ticket at once and the seat 16 in it was Row17, Seat3.
Why? What’s the matter with all this? While they were wondering, suddenly the woman said, “The 17 of tickets are different.” 18 they looked at the tickets more carefully. After a while my father said, “Oh, I am 19 , I made a mistake. My ticket is for the 20 a month ago. Take this seat, please.” With these words he left.
| 小题1: | | A．always | B．seldom | C．often | D．sometimes |
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| 小题2: | | A．funny | B．sad | C．bad | D．strange |
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| 小题3: | | A．would | B．was about to | C．had to | D．ought to |
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| 小题4: | | A．happened | B．liked | C．pretended | D．wanted |
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| 小题6: | | A．early | B．quietly | C．quickly | D．suddenly |
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| 小题7: | | A．surprise | B．joy | C．sorrow | D．delight |
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| 小题8: | | A．matter | B．date | C．time | D．price |
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| 小题9: | | A．hall | B．theatre | C．office | D．cinema |
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| 小题10: | | A．man | B．woman | C．boy | D．stranger |
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| 小题11: | | A．interested | B．surprised | C．frightened | D．disappointed |
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| 小题13: | | A．Seat1 | B．Seat2 | C．Seat3 | D．Seat4 |
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| 小题14: | | A．different | B．unusual | C．the same | D．strange |
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| 小题16: | | A．said | B．named | C．told | D．shown |
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| 小题17: | | A．designs | B．colors | C．prices | D．owners |
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| 小题19: | | A．sad | B．sorry | C．wrong | D．worried |
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| 小题20: | | A．exhibition | B．play | C．concert | D．film |
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Each new school year brings fresh reminders of what educators call the summer learning gap．Some call it the summer learning setback．Simply speaking，it means the longer kids are out of "school，the more they forget．The only thing they might gain is weight.
Most American schools follow a traditional nine-month calendar with winter and spring breaks and about ten weeks of summer vacation．Some schools follow a year-round calendar．They hold classes for about eight weeks at a time，with a few weeks off in between．The National Association for Year-Round Education says there were fewer than 3,000 such schools at last count．They were spread among forty-six of the fifty states.
But many experts point out that the number of class days in a year-round school is generally the same as in a traditional school．Lead researcher Paul von Hippel said，“Year-round schools don"t really solve the problem of the summer learning setback．They simply spread it out across the year.
Across the country，research shows that students from poor families fall farther behind over the summer than other students．Experts say this can be prevented．They note that many schools and local governments offer programs that can help.
But calling them “summer school” could be a problem．The director of the summer learning center at Johns Hopkins，Ron Fairchild，said research with groups of different parents in Chicago and Baltimore found that almost all strongly disliked the term “summer school”．In American culture，the idea of summer vacation is connected to beliefs about freedom and the joys of childhood．The parents welcomed other terms like “summer camp,” “extra time” and “hands-on learning.”
小题1:According to the first paragraph，the summer learning gap ____| A．helps children to gain weight | | B．leads children to work harder | | C．improves children"s memories | | D．affects children"s regular studies |
小题2:Compared to traditional schools，students in the year-round ones _____| A．perform better and have more learning gains | | B．have much less time for relaxation every year | | C．have generally the same number of class days | | D．hold more classes with more free weeks off |
小题3:Which of the following statements is true?| A．Students from poor families often fall behind after the vocation. | | B．Year-round schools can solve the problem of the learning gap. | | C．There are schools in each state following a year-round calendar． | | D．Nothing can help the students who fall behind after the vocation. |
小题4:Why did almost all parents dislike the term “summer school”?| A．They cherish the children"s rights of freedom very much. | | B．They are worried about the quality of the “summer school”． | | C．They want their children to be forced to make up the gap. | | D．They can"t afford to the further study during the vacation. |
小题5:What would be the best title of this passage? | A．Opening Summer Camps | | B．Forbidding Summer Schools | | C．Spreading Year-Round Education | | D．Minding the Summer Learning Cap |
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Hidden in a small street in the south end of Springfield, not far from buildings torn apart by the tornado（龙卷风） earlier this year, Frigo’s is an Italian restaurant right in our own backyard.
Frigo’s is not a tiny place. It provides different kinds of Italian food. There are refrigerator cases full of prepared foods and desserts, and shelves filled with olives and various pasta.
There’s some traditional Italian music and the smell is of olive oil and garlic（大蒜）. Above the largest refrigerator case, there’s a chalk board covered with desriptions of more Italian sandwiches than I could remember.
I stepped into Frigo’s almost by accident when I had to stay in Springfield into the evening for an open house at the school where I work. Frigo’s is the perfect place to find something quick to go. There are no tables, so all food is taken out. I also thought it would be a great place to pick up some already-prepared food to bring home for dinner.
I ordered the easiest meal possible: a chicken sandwich and a salad. It cost＄4.75 for the sandwich. The salad was＄4.99 and didn’t have salad dressing on it. I must have missed the choice of salad dressing on the way out. The sandwich was great—great chicken, excellent tomato sauce and not too much cheese.
I wish I had tried one of the many other sandwiches which include Joe’s Favorite (＄5.25-＄6.75) and the Dante (King) which is made of turkey breast, roasted red peppers, asiago cheese and choice of dressing.
I have a feeling that I’ll be picking up dinner for me and the kids at Frigo’s soon.
小题1: Who would be most likely to go to eat at Frigo’s?| A．People who want to eat quietly in a nice restaurant. | | B．People who want to enjoy home-made food | | C．People who like traditional American food | | D．People who are fond of Italian food |
小题2: Which of the following cannot be seen at Frigo’s?| A．A chalk board covered with descriptions of sandwiches | | B．Refrigerator cases full of prepared foods and desserts | | C．Shelves filled with olives and different kinds of pasta | | D．Customers eating happily around tables |
小题3:How much did the writer pay for his first meal at Frigo’s?| A．＄4.75 | B．＄5.25 | C．＄9.74 | D．＄4.99 |
小题4:We can infer that “Joe’s Favorite” and “Dante” are the names of .| A．sandwiches | B．salads | C．cheese | D．peppers |
小题5:We can infer from the passage that the writer .| A．seldom eats out in a restaurant with his family | | B．feels very happy that be has found Frigo’s | | C．dislikes eating sandwiches | | D．lives a very relaxing life |
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Never before had I imagined I should have the opportunity to live with so many girls．Would they 36 such a single “Hi” from me? I was about to greet my new roommates， 37 they did not seem to have the same 38 attention that I had．They just dealt with their own 39 ， sorting out their clothes，and making arrangements for their university life．Thus tranquility（宁静）
became the 40 atmosphere in the dormitory．
To my surprise， 41 such a situation，I did not feel a sense of 42 ．With time going on，we got to know each other deeper．I was 43 to find that in deep soul we all had great dreams and belonged to the same 44 ．
However，not long before the 45 was disturbed by my own upset of mind for study pressure．What I was 46 about seemed to have 47 to do with them and what they were doing and talking about seemed so far away from me．However，one incident changed my 48 and made me treasure this kind of 49 better and more confident in our friendship．
One day，when I was leaving the teachers’ office，it was in complete silence and frightening 50 ．At my dormitory gate，I was startled （使惊奇）to find there still 51 a little light glimmering in the darkness，so faint but yet so clear．Just under the 52 of the light，I went to the room without any difficulty．They were in sound sleep，leaving the 53 light on in the calm world．Tears rolled down my cheeks．
I know 54 that we all like tranquility，both in environment and in our mind．It is the care that 55 all the misunderstandings and unpleasantness．
| 小题1: | | A．hear | B．accept | C．expect | D．like |
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| 小题3: | | A．worried | B．eager | C．deep | D．warm |
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| 小题4: | | A．homework | B．meal | C．business | D．reading |
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| 小题5: | | A．silent | B．other | C．rest | D．only |
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| 小题6: | | A．having | B．thinking | C．facing | D．doing |
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| 小题7: | | A．surprise | B．disappointment | C．happiness | D．warmth |
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| 小题8: | | A．pleased | B．disappointed | C．sorry | D．sure |
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| 小题9: | | A．dormitory | B．class | C．pattern | D．group |
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| 小题10: | | A．harmony | B．friendship | C．order | D．arrangement |
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| 小题11: | | A．interested | B．curious | C．concerned | D．doubtful |
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| 小题12: | | A．something | B．anything | C．nothing | D．everything |
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| 小题13: | | A．idea | B．life | C．dormitory | D．mind |
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| 小题14: | | A．calm | B．friendship | C．care | D．situation |
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| 小题15: | | A．light | B．darkness | C．time | D．feeling |
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| 小题16: | | A．happened | B．had | C．existed | D．set |
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| 小题17: | | A．guidance | B．calm | C．shadow | D．middle |
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| 小题18: | | A．bright | B．rosy | C．strong | D．cold |
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| 小题19: | | A．at last | B．on purpose | C．at first | D．once again |
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| 小题20: | | A．moves | B．melts | C．touches | D．tears |
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The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled，pain-free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness．If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness．But in fact，the opposite is true：more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain．
As a result，many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness．They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage， raising children， professional achievement，religious commitment，self improvement．
Ask a bachelor （单身汉）why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying．If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment．For commitment is in fact quite painful．The single life is filled with fun，adventure，excitement．Marriage has such moments，but they are not its most distinguishing features．
Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three-day vacation．I don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children．But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild．
Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations．It liberates time：now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness．It liberates money：buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless．And it liberates us from envy：we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all．
小题1:According to the author，a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because ．| A．he finds more fun in dating than in marriage | | B．he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains single | | C．he is reluctant to take on family responsibilities | | D．he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and excitement |
小题2:Raising children，in the author’s opinion，is ．| A．a moral duty | B．a thankless job | | C．a source of inevitable pain | D．a rewarding task |
小题3:From the last paragraph，we learn that envy sometimes stems from ．| A．hatred | B．misunderstanding | C．prejudice | D．ignorance |
小题4:To understand what true happiness is one must ．| A．be able to distinguish happiness from fun | | B．make every effort to liberate oneself from pain | | C．put up with pain under all circumstances | | D．have as much run as possible during one’s lifetime |
小题5:What is the author trying to tell us? | A．It is important to make commitments． | | B．One must know how to attain happiness． | | C．Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain | | D．It is pain that leads to happiness． |
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