Whatever misfortune you face, just hold up your head and face it with a smile! I got to know this from a musical soul.
The other day I was feeling quite , having just been laid off from my job. With so many to pay, I was wondering what was going to happen to my family.
I got off the bus when I heard piano music and singing rising above the noise of the . I walked a bit slower, trying to find out where it was coming from. Through the I saw a young lady sitting at a piano with a box next to her.
She was singing songs about love and her sweet voice me a bit. Then I stood there watching her playing, thinking that it must take to perform on her own in front of hundreds of people she didn’t know.
She might have felt my for she occasionally looked in my direction.
By now I was telling myself that I could at least tell her how good she sounded. I walked and put some money in her box and she expressed her thanks with a smile on her face.
I asked her , “Why are you playing the piano in the middle of this crowded place?”
She explained to me that she sees so many people in the world that she is trying to relieve the pain by motivational(激励的)music.
Instead of continuing my way home, I said to her, “I have been going through a time lately, but you’ve made me again.”
“I’m happy that I could be to you,” she replied. “Why are you so sad?”
I told her my story and said, “I’m not so about what to do….”
“You see, here’s the ,” she responded. “When you were walking, your head was down.” She looked me in the eyes and went on, “Don’t look defeated, because comes in different ways and if your head is down you might never see it. You should more … lift your head up.”
I was really by what she said! I did hold my head up and soon got through the difficult time.
So in trouble, just face it bravely and you are sure to overcome your difficulty sooner or later.
| 小题1: | | A．lonely | B．relaxed | C．awful | D．breathless |
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| 小题2: | | A．bills | B．fees | C．fines | D．prices |
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| 小题3: | | A．listeners | B．traffic | C．instrument | D．background |
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| 小题4: | | A．trees | B．street | C．buildings | D．crowd |
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| 小题5: | | A．shocked | B．comforted | C．excited | D．amused |
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| 小题6: | | A．courage | B．energy | C．patience | D．technique |
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| 小题7: | | A．mood | B．presence | C．thought | D．appreciation |
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| 小题9: | | A．quietly | B．deliberately | C．curiously | D．seriously |
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| 小题10: | | A．negative | B．unhealthy | C．unconscious | D．elderly |
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| 小题11: | | A．creating | B．sharing | C．enjoying | D．teaching |
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| 小题12: | | A．tense | B．wonderful | C．rough | D．crazy |
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| 小题13: | | A．enthusiastic | B．emotional | C．energetic | D．hopeful |
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| 小题14: | | A．available | B．essential | C．superior | D．helpful |
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| 小题15: | | A．sure | B．ashamed | C．particular | D．anxious |
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| 小题16: | | A．problem | B．situation | C．conflict | D．condition |
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| 小题17: | | A．success | B．opportunity | C．aid | D．happiness |
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| 小题18: | | A．concentrate | B．look | C．smile | D．fight |
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| 小题19: | | A．occupied | B．moved | C．inspired | D．satisfied |
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| 小题20: | | A．however | B．wherever | C．whoever | D．whenever |
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小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:B
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:A
小题11:B
小题12:C
小题13:D
小题14:D
小题15:A
小题16:A
小题17:B
小题18:C
小题19:C
小题20:D |
试题分析：本文讲述的是作者失业以后感觉到生活的压力很大，但是在街上我听见一个女孩在唱歌，女孩用她乐观的精神影响到我，让我对未来又一次充满了希望。
小题1: 考查形容词辨析：A. lonely孤单的，B. relaxed放松的，C. awful糟糕的，D. breathless不能呼吸的，从下文的having just been laid off from my job.可知作者感觉很糟糕，选C
小题2:考查名词辨析：A. bills账单，B. fees费用，C. fines罚款，D. prices价格，有这么多的账单要付，我不知道我的家庭会发生什么，选A
小题3:考查名词辨析：A. listeners听众，B. traffic 交通，C. instrument仪器，D. background背景，从上文的I got off the bus可知就在这时我听见了一阵超过车辆声的钢琴声和唱歌的声音。选B
小题4:考查名词辨析：A. trees树，B. street街道，C. buildings建筑，D. crowd人群，这里是通过人群，我看一个女孩坐在钢琴边唱歌。选D
小题5:考查形容词：A. shocked震惊的，B. comforted安慰的，C. excited兴奋的，D. amused好笑的，她唱歌的方式给了我安慰感，选B
小题6:考查名词辨析： A. courage勇气，B. energy 精力，C. patience耐心，D. technique技术，独自一人在街上唱歌需要勇气。选 A
小题7:考查名词辨析：A. mood情绪，B. presence出现，C. thought想法，D. appreciation欣赏，感谢，她一定觉察到我的存在，因为她朝我的方向看了。选B
小题8:考查副词辨析：A. aside一边，B. down向下，C. off离开，D. over在…上面，我走过去，在盒子里面放了一些钱，walk over“走过去”，选D
小题9:考查副词辨析：A. quietly安静地，B. deliberately 故意地，C. curiously好奇地，D. seriously 严肃地，我好奇的问她：为什么在这么拥挤的地方弹钢琴，选C
小题10:考查形容词辨析：A. negative 消极的，B. unhealthy不健康的，C. unconscious没有意识的，D. elderly老年的，从下文的that she is trying to relieve the pain by 51 motivational(激励的)music.可知她看见了世界上很多消极的人，选A
小题11:考查动词辨析：A. creating创造，B. sharing分享，C. enjoying享受，D. teaching教，她想通过分享自己的音乐给别人积极性和乐观的精神。选B
小题12:考查名词辨析：A. tense紧张，B. wonderful好极了，C. rough .粗糙的，崎岖不平的，粗鲁的，D. crazy发疯的，从下文的：The other day I was feeling quite 41 , having just been laid off from my job.可知作者经历了一段艰难的时期，选C
小题13:考查形容词辨析：A. enthusiastic热情的，B. emotional情感的，C. energetic 精力充沛的，D. hopeful有希望的，她的歌声以及唱歌的方式让我对生活有了希望。选D
小题14:考查形容词辨析： A. available可获得的，B. essential 基本的，C. superior优等的，D. helpful有帮助的，她说很高兴能对我有帮助，选 D
小题15:考查形容词辨析：A. sure有把握的，B. ashamed羞愧的，C. particular尤其的，特别的，D. anxious 焦虑的，我说了我的故事，并且所对于该做什么没有把握，选A
小题16:考查名词辨析：A. problem问题，B. situation 形势，C. conflict冲突，D. condition 条件，从下文When you were walking, your head was down.” She looked me in the eyes and went on, 可知这就是问题所在，选A
小题17:考查名词辨析：A. success成功，B. opportunity机会，C. aid 帮助，D. happiness快乐，因为机会来四面八方，你低着头，就会失去一切。选B
小题18:考查动词辨析：A. concentrate专注，B. look 看，C. smile微笑，D. fight 打斗，你应该微笑，抬起头，选C
小题19:考查动词辨析：A. occupied占据，B. moved移动，感动，C. inspired激发，D. satisfied使…满意，从下文的句子：I did hold my head up and soon got through the difficult time. 可知作者被激发了，选 C
小题20:考查副词辨析：A. however然而，B. wherever无论在哪里，C. whoever无论谁，D. whenever无论什么时候，每当遇到困难，要勇敢的面对，迟早会克服困难的，选D |
核心考点
试题【Whatever misfortune you face, just hold up your head and face it with a smile! I】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
I have a cousin who’s a farmer. If you saw him on market day with his old boots and worn hat, you might think he was a tramp (流浪汉). But he’s either buying or selling for thousands of pounds. He doesn’t have a luxurious lifestyle, but the farmhouse, dozens of acres of land, machinery, cattle, chicken and crops must be worth a fortune. You might describe him as a man, but he doesn’t look like that.
My father owned a shop selling newspapers, cigarettes, birthday cards, toys, books and magazines. The shop a comfortable life for us, but we weren’t rich. The only luxury was that my father owned a car when most people in our town couldn’t afford one, professionals such as doctors and lawyers.
My point is that can be misleading. You often can’t the rich from the way they look.
I once met Richard Branson, the Virgin Airlines tycoon (巨头).He’d a hot balloon across the Atlantic and landed in the Irish sea. When he was rescued, he was wearing jeans, a T-shirt and a sneaker. You’d have guessed he was a multimillionaire.
Andrew Bruce, the 11th Earl (伯爵) of Elgin, a group of press people to his luxurious home in Fife, Scotland. His , the 7th Earl of Elgin was famous for removing and transporting to Britain priceless sculptures from the Parthenon, a very famous temple in Greece. The so-called Elgin Marbles can be seen in the British Museum. The Earl’s castle was cold, despite a fire burning in the hearth (壁炉). He explained to us,“I’m sorry it’s so cold, but you should know that a gentleman’s house is always cold.”
There you have it: doesn’t always bring comfort.
| 小题1: | | A．eggs | B．foods | C．cattle | D．fruits |
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| 小题2: | | A．wealthy | B．poor | C．good | D．successful |
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| 小题3: | | A．offered | B．provided | C．supplied | D．gave |
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| 小题4: | | A．besides | B．including | C．as well as | D．apart from |
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| 小题5: | | A．things | B．facts | C．appearances | D．faces |
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| 小题6: | | A．say | B．tell | C．recognize | D．judge |
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| 小题7: | | A．made | B．driven | C．bought | D．flown |
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| 小题8: | | A．perhaps | B．neither | C．never | D．rather |
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| 小题9: | | A．allowed | B．permitted | C．demanded | D．invited |
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| 小题10: | | A．forefather | B．father | C．grandfather | D．father-in-law |
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| 小题11: | | A．frozen | B．freezing | C．surprising | D．surprised |
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| 小题12: | | A．health | B．wealth | C．luck | D．poverty |
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My grandmother often said to me, “You can count the number of your true friends on the fingers of one hand.” For a long time I thought this was true. However, I’ve now discovered my grandmother was only half right. Maybe we do only make a few “best” friends in our lifetime, but those aren’t the only people that we can call friends. There are many different types. Let me tell you about a few of them.
One type of friends is the type I call the “football mom friend”. My neighbor Sally is a good example. We both have kids who play football in a football club, and someone has to take them to practice and pick them up. Sally and I and two other mothers take turns to do this. We meet sometimes and have tea and talk about what our kids are doing, but those are the only times that we meet each other. I enjoy being with these women, but we don’t do anything else together.
Another type is called the “hobby friend”. That’s the person you share an interest or a hobby with. Michael and Cater, who are brothers, are a good example of this type. We’re all in a bird watching club. Every few weekends the members of the club go on a trip to watch different kinds of birds. There’s nothing romantic（浪漫的）about my relationship with Michael and Cater, of course. We just share interest in birds.
Then there’s the “other half of the couple” type of friends. Jim is married to Rose, a friend that I’ve known since college. When Rose married Jim, I realized that I would have to be Jim’s friend if I want to continue to be Rose’s. Jim and I don’t share so many interests, but we do have a friendly relationship.
小题1:What does the first paragraph tell us about?| A．We need true friends in our lifetime. | | B．We have few best friends in our lifetime. | | C．We should make new friends. | | D．We must be friendly to all our friends. |
小题2:Many people are mentioned in this passage. Who is the writer’s true friend?| A．Sally. | B． Michael. | C． Jim. | D． Rose. |
小题3:Which of the following statements is RIGHT?| A．Finally the writer agrees with her grandmother. | | B．Michael and Cater both fall in love with the writer. | | C．The writer herself sometimes takes her kid to the football club. | | D．Sally and the writer are close friends. |
小题4:How many types of friends are mentioned in the passage?小题5:From the last paragraph we learn that ________.| A．the writer made friends with Jim only because of Rose | | B．Jim was the writer’s good friend at college | | C．Rose didn’t want the writer to be a friend of her husband | | D．the writer made friends with Rose because of Jim |
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A man found the cocoon(茧) of a butterfly, One day a small appeared , He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any . It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go further.
So the man decided to the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon.
The butterfly came out . But it then had a swollen（肿胀的）body and small, shriveled (褶皱的) .
The man to watch the butterfly because he’d expected that , at any moment, the wings would enlarge to be able to the body , which would contract (缩小) in time . So he waited patiently.
happened! In fact, the butterfly _the rest of its life crawling (爬行)around with a swollen body and shriveled wings , It was never able to .What a shame!
The man, in his kindness and fast action, made a . He did not understand that the suffering and the struggle for the butterfly to get through the tiny hole were nature’s way of fluid (体液) from the body of the butterfly into its wings it would be ready for flight once it achieved its from the cocoon.
Sometimes struggles are what we need in our lives. If nature allowed us to go through our lives any difficulties , it would weaken or even disable us. We would not be as as what we could have been . We could never fly !
| 小题1: | | A．mark | B．insect | C．sign | D．opening |
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| 小题2: | | A．learned | B．struggled | C．pretended | D．expected |
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| 小题3: | | A．progress | B．decision | C．choice | D．noise |
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| 小题5: | | A．study | B．help | C．trouble | D．leave |
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| 小题6: | | A．silently | B．naturally | C．easily | D．excitedly |
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| 小题7: | | A．wings | B．legs | C．feet | D．head |
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| 小题8: | | A．waited | B．stopped | C．hoped | D．continued |
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| 小题9: | | A．examine | B．cover | C．trust | D．support |
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| 小题10: | | A．Neither | B．All | C．Either | D．Both |
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| 小题11: | | A．devoted | B．spent | C．put aside | D．gave up |
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| 小题12: | | A．walk | B．fly | C．get through | D．get up |
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| 小题13: | | A．mistake | B．discovery | C．face | D．fortune |
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| 小题14: | | A．wasted | B．watched | C．required | D．searched |
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| 小题15: | | A．forcing | B．making | C．producing | D．letting |
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| 小题16: | | A．even though | B．as if | C．so that | D．in case |
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| 小题17: | | A．energy | B．freedom | C．progress | D．life |
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| 小题18: | | A．almost | B．probably | C．hardly | D．exactly |
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| 小题19: | | A．with | B．by | C．from | D．without |
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| 小题20: | | A．wise | B．satisfied | C．strong | D．patient |
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Compassion is a desire within us to help others. With effort, we can translate compassion into action. An experience last weekend showed me this is true, I work part-time in a supermarket across from a building for the elderly. These old people are our main customers, and it’s not hard to lose patience over their slowness. But last Sunday, one aged gentleman appeared to teach me a valuable lesson. This untidy man walked up to my register（收款机）with a box of biscuits. He said he was out of cash, had just moved into his room, and had nothing in his cupboards. He asked if we could let him have the food on trust. He promised to repay me the next day.
I couldn’t help staring at him, I wondered what kind of person he had been ten or twenty years before, and what he would be like if luck had gone his way. I had a hurt in my heart for this kind of human soul, all alone in the world, I told him that I was sorry, but store rules didn’t allow me to do so. I felt stupid and unkind saying this, but I valued my job.
Just then, another man, standing behind the first, spoke up. If anything, he looked more pitiable. “Charge it to me” was all he said.
What I had been feeling was pity. Pity is soft and safe and easy. Compassion, on the other hand, is caring in action. I thanked the second man but told him that was not allowed either, then I reached into my pocket and paid for the biscuits myself. I reached into my pocket because these two men had reached into my heart and taught me compassion.
小题1:The aged gentleman who wanted to buy the biscuits ________.| A．promised to obey the store rules | | B．forgot to take any money with him | | C．hoped to have the food first and pay later | | D．could not afford anything more expensive |
小题2:Which of the following best describes the old gentleman?| A．Kind and lucky. | | B．Poor and lonely. | | C．Friendly and helpful. | | D．Hurt and disappointed. |
小题3:The writer acted upon the store rules because ________.| A．he wanted to keep his present job | | B．he felt no pity for the old gentleman | | C．he considered the old man dishonest | | D．he expected someone else to pay for the old man |
小题4:What does the writer learn from his experience?| A．wealth is more important than anything else. | | B．Helping others is easier said than done. | | C．experience is better gained through practice. | | D．Obeying the rules means more than compassion. |
小题5:How would the old men feel at the end of the story?| A．Sad and disappointed. | B．Happy and lucky. | | C．Depressed and unlucky. | D．Surprised and grateful. |
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One day, a well-known speaker was invited to give a lecture to an audience of 200. He started his lecture by a $ 20 bill. He looked around the room, and asked, “Who would like this $20 bill?” started going up.
He said, “I am going to this $20 to one of you, but first, let me do this.” He crumpled up (揉皱) the 20-dollar bill. He then asked, “Who wants it?” Still the hands were in the air.
“Well”, he replied,“ I do this ?” And he dropped it on the and started to step on it with his shoes. He picked it up. Now it was crumpled and .
“Now, who wants it?” Still the hands went into the air.
“My friends, we have all learned a very lesson. No matter what I did to the , you still want it because it doesn’t decrease in . It is still worth $20, with we can buy what we need.
Many times in our lives, we are , and trampled underfoot by the decision we and the circumstances that come our way. We feel we were worthless. But no matter what has happened or what may happen to us, you will never your value. Dirty or clean, you are still priceless to those who do love you. The worth of our lives is determined not by we do or who we know, but by who we are. You are . Don’t ever forget it.”
If you this lesson in mind, it will help you to again when you fall. Each time it makes you grow much stronger.
| 小题1: | | A．holding up | B．picking up | C．keeping up | D．bringing up |
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| 小题2: | | A．Chats | B．Voices | C．Hands | D．Talks |
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| 小题3: | | A．pass | B．give | C．show | D．lend |
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| 小题4: | | A．ever | B．even | C．also | D．still |
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| 小题6: | | A．What for | B．How come | C．What about | D．What if |
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| 小题7: | | A．floor | B．desk | C．shelf | D．dustbin |
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| 小题8: | | A．usable | B．small | C．dirty | D．old |
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| 小题9: | | A．meaningless | B．amazing | C．rare | D．valuable |
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| 小题10: | | A．money | B．paper | C．book | D．card |
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| 小题11: | | A．shape | B．value | C．quality | D．size |
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| 小题12: | | A．which | B．what | C．that | D．whose |
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| 小题13: | | A．warned | B．pushed | C．dropped | D．reminded |
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| 小题14: | | A．prefer | B．receive | C．face | D．make |
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| 小题15: | | A．as though | B．even though | C．if only | D．only if |
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| 小题16: | | A．take | B．lose | C．miss | D．win |
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| 小题17: | | A．how | B．what | C．where | D．who |
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| 小题18: | | A．honest | B．wise | C．young | D．special |
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| 小题19: | | A．keep | B．forget | C．impress | D．leave |
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| 小题20: | | A．stand up | B．put up | C．take up | D．jump up |
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