A couple were having a wedding. All of their friends and family came to see the lovely and all had a wonderful time. The bride was in her white wedding gown and the groom was very handsome. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.
A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a , “Each of us will write a list of things we find a bit with the other person. Then, we can talk about how we can them and make our lives happier.” The husband agreed. So they went to think of the things that annoyed them about the other.
The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided they would go over their .
“I’ll start,” said the wife. She took out her list. It had many items on it, enough to fill three pages. In fact, as she started reading the list of the little annoyances, she noticed that tears were starting to appear in her husband"s eyes.
“What’s wrong?” she asked. “Nothing.” the husband replied,“ reading your list.”
The wife continued to read until she had read all three to her husband.
“Now, it’s your turn and then we’ll talk about the things on both of our lists.” she said happily.
the husband stated，“I don’t have anything on my list. I think you are the way that you are. I don’t want you to change anything for me.”
The wife by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his acceptance of her, turned her head and wept.
In life, there are enough times when we are disappointed, depressed and annoyed. We don’t really have to go looking for them. We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why waste time seeking the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can look around us, and see the things before us?
| 小题1: | | A．house | B．factory | C．ceremony | D．church |
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| 小题2: | | A．attractive | B．nervous | C．serious | D．strict |
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| 小题3: | | A．preparation | B．order | C．shame | D．suggestion |
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| 小题4: | | A．annoying | B．exciting | C．interesting | D．puzzling |
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| 小题6: | | A．celebration | B．table | C．lists | D．document |
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| 小题7: | | A．Keep on | B．Put on | C．Call on | D．Get on |
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| 小题8: | | A．attacks | B．items | C．annoyances | D．pages |
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| 小题9: | | A．Nervously | B．Calmly | C．Angrily | D．Anxiously |
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| 小题10: | | A．outgoing | B．careful | C．perfect | D．beautiful |
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| 小题11: | | A．shocked | B．moved | C．disappointed | D．threatened |
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| 小题12: | | A．bad | B．wonderful | C．wrong | D．horrible |
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小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:D
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:D
小题9:B
小题10:C
小题11:B
小题12:B |
试题分析：本文的通过一个妻子与丈夫间感人的故事，说明了不要去寻找失望、沮丧和气恼，要看到眼前事物的美好。我们的生活充满了阳光与鲜花。
小题1:考查名词辨析：A. house房子，B. factory工厂，C. ceremony仪式，D. church教堂，根据A couple were having a wedding，可知所有的家人和朋友都来参观他们热闹的仪式。选C
小题2:考查形容词辨析：A. attractive有吸引力的，B. nervous紧张的，C. serious严肃的，D. strict严格的，根据in her white wedding gown and the groom was very handsome 可知这里想说新娘很引人注目，attractive引人注目的，选A
小题3:考查名词辨析：A. preparation准备，B. order命令，C. shame羞愧，D. suggestion建议，根据下文“Each of us will write a list of things we find a bit annoying with the other person ,Then ,we can tale about how we can fix them and make our lives happier”，可知这是一个建议，选D
小题4:考查形容词辨析：A. annoying令人生气的，B. exciting令人兴奋的，C. interesting有趣的，D. puzzling令人困惑的，根据So they went to think of the things that annoyed them about the other，我们每个人都列出发现对方让人生气的地方。选A
小题5:考查动词辨析：A. adopt 采纳，收养，B. keep保持，C. make制作，D. fix确定，解决，这里想说然后我们决定怎样解决， 选D
小题6:考查名词辨析：A. celebration庆祝，B. table桌子，C.lists单子，D. document文件，根据Each of us will write a list of things we find a bit annoying with the other person ,选C
小题7:考查词组辨析：A. Keep on保持，B. Put on穿上，C. Call on 号召，D. Get on上车，第二天早上在早餐桌旁，他们决定检查他们的单子，选A
小题8:考查名词辨析：A. attacks袭击，B. items物品，C. annoyances生气，D. pages页码，妻子一直在读，直到读完了所有的三页纸。选D
小题9:考查副词辨析：A. Nervously紧张的，B. Calmly冷静地，C. Angrily生气地，D. Anxiously焦虑地，从下文的：“I don’t have anything on my list.可知丈夫是冷静地说：选B
小题10:考查形容词辨析：A. outgoing外向的，B. careful仔细的，C. perfect完美的，D. beautiful美丽的，根据I don’t want you to change anything for me ,可知这里想说你是完美的，选C
小题11:考查形容词辨析：A. shocked吃惊，B. moved感动，C. disappointed失望，D. threatened威胁，根据by his honesty and the depth of his love for her可知妻子被感动了，选B
小题12:考查形容词辨析：A. bad坏的， B.wonderful精彩的，C. wrong错误的，D. horrible可怕的，这里想表达为什么看不到我们眼前美好的事物，选B |
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There are going to be moments in life when you must make very important decisions. You will find many people to offer you advice if you ask for it (and even if you don’t), but always remember that the life you is yours and nobody else’s. It’s important to decide for yourself what’s important to you and what you want before you others. Because while there will be times outside advice proves wise, there will be at least as many times when it proves completely . The only way to really evaluate other folks’ advice is to first learn everything that you can about whatever challenge you are . Once you’ve done that, in most cases you should be able to make a wise decision anyway.
You were with the ability to decide what is and what isn’t in your best interest. Most of the time, you will make the right decision and the appropriate action, and in thinking for yourself, you will become far more successful than if you had gone against your own .
Early on in my investment career, I made the mistake of a few important business decisions on colleagues’ opinions instead of conducting the necessary to make a wise decision. It wasn’t due to on my part; no one could ever accuse me of that. But, being to Wall Street, I intended to suppose that my more senior knew more than I did, and so I too much significance to their opinions.
You know what happened? Each of those investments ended in . Eventually I stopped allowing myself to be influenced by and began doing the work myself and making my own decisions. It took me until I was almost 30 years old to this—it’s never too late for a person to change his approach both to and to life.
| 小题1: | | A．easy | B． ready | C．unwilling | D．hard |
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| 小题2: | | A．lead | B． lend | C．take | D．earn |
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| 小题3: | | A．look at | B．pick up | C．turn to | D．learn from |
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| 小题4: | | A．that | B．since | C．when | D．while |
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| 小题5: | | A．useless | B．useful | C． priceless | D．clever |
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| 小题6: | | A．getting | B． making | C．suffering | D．facing |
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| 小题7: | | A．on one hand | B．on your own | C．on the whole | D．on all sides |
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| 小题8: | | A．born | B．tired | C．satisfied | D．covered |
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| 小题9: | | A．enjoy | B．step | C．plan | D．take |
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| 小题10: | | A．assumption | B．judgment | C．condition | D．fortune |
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| 小题11: | | A．basing | B．depending | C．relying | D．focusing |
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| 小题12: | | A．research | B．search | C．resources | D．activity |
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| 小题13: | | A．poverty | B．laziness | C．richness | D．diligence |
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| 小题14: | | A．used | B．accustomed | C．new | D．old |
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| 小题15: | | A．students | B．brothers | C．colleagues | D．classmates |
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| 小题16: | | A．owed | B．paid | C． gave | D．held |
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| 小题17: | | A．disaster | B．progress | C． failure | D．success |
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| 小题18: | | A．either | B．another | C．each | D．others |
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| 小题19: | | A．think | B．remember | C．realize | D．recall |
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| 小题20: | | A．payment | B．dreams | C．happiness | D．business |
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My friend Tom came across an accident when driving in darkness. His legs were so hurt that he couldn’t move. What was was that he found himself unable to ask for help—his mobile phone went out of as a result of exhausted battery. Nothing could be done but in the cold wilderness. It was 8 hours later that day broke and then the of the rescue team.
It is almost that he could stand the horror in the darkness for so long. Even more surprising was his . “First of all I checked my conditions and found myself not in danger. As there was no to call for help, I leaned（斜靠）back in my seat trying my best to keep the wound from . In this way I dozed（打盹）off.”
His story put an end to my regret for the of an exploration that happened last year. A group of young men to explore a mountain cave and got lost. to find a way out in the dark cave they were frightened and ran anxiously without a sense of . Finally, they fell dead in fear and exhaustion. According to the team that found them, the place where they got lost was only about 10 meters away from the of the cave. If they stayed on the spot when they lost their way and tried to themselves, they would probably have sensed a faint light glowing(发出) not far away.
Don’t you think that you can compare it with itself? When you meet with difficulties in life, you are lost in darkness. Focus that it’s unclear to you yet and you needn’t put up struggle . It seems to be a negative attitude, a person who can do so must have foresight as well as a great in the first place.
| 小题1: | | A．hopeless | B．worse | C．more | D．best |
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| 小题2: | | A．service | B．way | C．control | D．work |
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| 小题4: | | A．delay | B．success | C．team | D．arrival |
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| 小题5: | | A．untrue | B．unimaginable | C．possible | D．useless |
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| 小题6: | | A．plan | B．decision | C．explanation | D．excuse |
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| 小题7: | | A．physical | B．mental | C．working | D．medical |
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| 小题8: | | A．method | B．way | C．tools | D．strength |
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| 小题9: | | A．rotting | B．spreading | C．bleeding | D．running |
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| 小题10: | | A．loss | B．failure | C．sadness | D．disappointment |
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| 小题11: | | A．had | B．managed | C．tried | D．planned |
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| 小题12: | | A．Willing | B．Unable | C．Determined | D．Deciding |
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| 小题13: | | A．hearing | B．sight | C．feeling | D．direction |
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| 小题14: | | A．rescue | B．village | C．local | D．brave |
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| 小题15: | | A．end | B．top | C．opening | D．side |
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| 小题16: | | A．save | B．help | C．stop | D．calm |
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| 小题17: | | A．adventure | B．work | C．life | D．mankind |
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| 小题18: | | A．really | B．immediately | C．carefully | D．hopefully |
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| 小题20: | | A．courage | B．imagination | C．thought | D．opinion |
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My daughter and I went out for some shopping．While I was waiting to ，my daughter asked if she could wait for me at the door．
Minutes later she returned to ask if she could give the she had just bought to a man in the street, so there she went and her sweets away．Another 2 minutes later, she again to ask me for something else she could give to the man．I told her that I only had some biscuits for dessert，so she took them to the man and came back with a huge on her face．
When we got out of the shop I that the “man”was an old man in his 80"s．It tooked like he was going to the night there. We made eye contact(接触)and he thanked us a lot．
On the way to the parking lot my daughter wanted to buy a drink for the old man, but I had no ．So I went to the cash machine，took some cash and my daughter gave it to the old man，so he could buy a drink．My daughter was over when she came back from the old man．
It was probably my daughter"s first random act of ，and that was amazing．
| 小题1: | | A．order | B．pay | C．leave | D．rest |
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| 小题2: | | A．sweets | B．toys | C．clothes | D．drinks |
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| 小题4: | | A．cried | B．waved | C．returned | D．went |
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| 小题5: | | A．smiie | B．kiss | C．gift | D．feeling |
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| 小题6: | | A．decided | B．realized | C．believed | D．imagined |
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| 小题7: | | A．enjoy | B．make | C．prepare | D．spend |
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| 小题8: | | A．choice | B．idea | C．change | D．plan |
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| 小题9: | | A．excited | B．crazy | C．angry | D．smart |
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| 小题10: | | A．politeness | B．service | C．honesty | D．kindness |
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I was out late watching a movie with a friend in Georgetown．By the time the ended，it was 2 a．m．We walked to my car which was across the street．When we arrived，I noticed something strange-the doors were ．I took a quick of the car and was relieved to find everything undamaged, one thing-my briefcase was gone. After a further search with my friend，I the fact that it was gone, I considered myself incredibly that nothing valuable was taken and nothing else in the car was ．
The next day I a surprising voieemail from a man．He said he had walked his dog in the morning and a pile of papers and bills with my name all over them．I him back immediately．He promised to the materials back or I could pick them up．At first I asked him to send them，but then I ．We were in the same city and plus I didn’t want to inconvenience him．Normally，it probably wouldn’t be to go to a stranger"s house to something up，but he gave me an so I figured I was relatively safe．
I met the man and thanked him very much．He said he would me if he found anything else. Words could not express my of this stranger’s kindness. I thought to myself-there’s so much goodness in the world and there are so many people who that inner goodness through acts kindness. Though it feels good to give kindness, it feels nice to others want to give too.
| 小题1: | | A．party | B．movie | C．meeting | D．night |
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| 小题2: | | A．driven | B．stopped | C．bought | D．parked |
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| 小题3: | | A．unlocked | B．broken | C．scratched | D．changed |
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| 小题4: | | A．charge | B．attempt | C．survey | D．repair |
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| 小题5: | | A．rather than | B．along with | C．as for | D．except for |
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| 小题6: | | A．declared | B．accepted | C．doubted | D．predicted |
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| 小题7: | | A．anxious | B．confident | C．fortunate | D．satisfactory |
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| 小题8: | | A．damaged | B．attacked | C．guarded | D．emptied |
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| 小题10: | | A．made out | B．went through | C．passed down | D．came across |
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| 小题11: | | A．turned | B．fought | C．called | D．wrote |
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| 小题12: | | A．bring | B．find | C．hold | D．mail |
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| 小题13: | | A．reconsidered | B．discussed | C．criticized | D．remembered |
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| 小题14: | | A．honest | B．proud | C．smart | D．true |
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| 小题16: | | A．example | B．excuse | C．order | D．address |
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| 小题17: | | A．meet | B．charge | C．inform | D．greet |
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| 小题18: | | A．appreciation | B．approval | C．sympathy | D．satisfaction |
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| 小题19: | | A．search | B．express | C．drive | D．remove |
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| 小题20: | | A．force | B．challenge | C．help | D．realize |
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Mark Twain said that "habit is habit, and not to be flung（扔） out the window by anyone, but coaxed(劝诱) downstairs a step at a time. " The chances of successfully changing negative behavior when you make gradual changes that give you time to _ _ negative patterns for positive ones.
On any given day, countless numbers of us get out of bed and _ _ to begin to change a given behavior "today." Whether it be exercising more, drinking less, managing time or some other change in a negative behavior, we start out with high . In a short time, however, a vast majority of people fail and are soon doing it was they thought they shouldn"t be doing.
After considerable research, some researchers believe that behavior changes usually do not if they start with the change itself. , they believe that we must a series of “stages” to adequately prepare ourselves for that change. Once you have analyzed all the factors that what you do ,you must decide which behavior-change technique will work best for you.
According to the psychologist Albert Ellis, most problems and related behaviors arise from irrational (不理性的) statements that people make to when events in their lives are different from what they would like them to be. For example, suppose after doing on an exam, you say to yourself, “I can not believe I failed that easy exam. I am so stupid.”By changing this irrational “catastrophic” self-talk into rational, statements about what is really going on, you can increase the that positive behaviors will occur.
Positive self-talk might be as follows: "I really didn"t study enough for the exam. I just need to prepare for the next ”.
Such self-talk will help you to recover quickly from and take positive steps to correct the situation. Some other technique like purposefully or stopping negative thoughts and refusing to dwell on (沉湎于) negative images can also spare you wasted energy, time and emotional resources and move on to positive changes.
| 小题1: | | A．decline | B．remain | C．disappear | D．improve |
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| 小题2: | | A．substitute | B．cancel | C．find | D．ignore |
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| 小题3: | | A．refuse | B．determine | C．hesitate | D．advocate |
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| 小题4: | | A．more | B．better | C．worse | D．less |
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| 小题5: | | A．values | B．requirements | C．expectations | D．levels |
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| 小题6: | | A．whichever | B．however | C．wherever | D．whatever |
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| 小题7: | | A．succeed | B．fail | C．exist | D．fade |
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| 小题8: | | A．Nevertheless | B．Otherwise | C．Instead | D．Moreover |
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| 小题9: | | A．look through | B．break through | C．go through | D．pull through |
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| 小题10: | | A．initial | B．temporary | C．instant | D．eventual |
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| 小题11: | | A．involve | B．influence | C．explain | D．adjust |
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| 小题12: | | A．emotional | B．physical | C．technical | D．professional |
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| 小题13: | | A．all | B．others | C．someone | D．themselves |
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| 小题14: | | A．poorly | B．carefully | C．completely | D．slowly |
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| 小题15: | | A．positive | B．ridiculous | C．negative | D．explicit |
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| 小题16: | | A．danger | B．awareness | C．amount | D．probability |
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| 小题17: | | A．written | B．phrased | C．listed | D．captioned |
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| 小题18: | | A．research | B．test | C．talk | D．problem |
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| 小题19: | | A．tiredness | B．habits | C．disappointment | D．burdens |
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| 小题20: | | A．recalling | B．starting | C．blocking | D．holding |
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