Being on the road at 3:15 a. m. to drive 450 kms wasn’t in my plans for the weekend. I had been looking forward to a couple of ____ days to prepare myself for the following busy ___ .
My son, Simon, and his good friends were heading for the ___ . Due to the last- minute issue with transportation, I __ my car to ensure that everyone could get to the point so that they could get together and enjoy their week’s ____ by snowboarding and skiing.
The only thing that ____ to me on my journey was that no sooner had I ____ and said goodbye than I would make the trip ____，in total, a round trip of 900 kms in just 10 hours. Such a long drive in one day was frightening, __ as I was looking forward to relaxation
Simon and I ___，on our way，a little about his break and a whole lot of his school subjects. It was great to have this time with him as we ____ spent five continuous hours together，other than when we played Saturday cricket (板球).
On my return trip, I ____a strange sense of loneliness in some heavy morning ____. Within an hour it ____. I spent the next four hours listening to some CDs and enjoying the scenery. Surprisingly, after my long trip home I was refreshed and energized even though I was physically exhausted. And I knew that I would have a(n) ____ sleep that evening.
A change ____ your environment, no matter how great, can provide you with the opportunity to _ something from different angles, as well as to be refreshed and energized
Now I’m looking forward to my next event and many more opportunities to spend quality time with those who are important to me and make my life more rewarding.
| 小题1: | | A．surprising | B．exciting | C．moving | D．relaxing |
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| 小题3: | | A．hotel | B．beach | C．snowfield | D．school |
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| 小题4: | | A． fueled | B．offered | C．parked | D．lent |
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| 小题5: | | A．drop-off | B．kick-off | C．get-off | D．take-off |
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| 小题6: | | A．freedom | B．break | C．adventure | D．excitement |
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| 小题7: | | A．occurred | B．happened | C．appeared | D．appealed |
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| 小题8: | | A．rested | B．started | C．arrived | D．left |
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| 小题9: | | A．back | B．forward | C．out | D．away |
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| 小题10: | | A．even | B．just | C．particularly | D．mostly |
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| 小题11: | | A．talked | B．quarreled | C．complained | D．argued |
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| 小题12: | | A．constantly | B．rarely | C．frequently | D．usually |
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| 小题13: | | A．developed | B．showed | C．lost | D．kept |
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| 小题15: | | A．turned | B．shone | C．froze | D．cleared |
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| 小题16: | | A．greatly | B．mentally | C．immediately | D．completely |
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| 小题17: | | A．sound | B．uneasy | C．uncomfortable | D．light |
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| 小题19: | | A．give up | B．look at | C．find out | D．carry on |
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| 小题20: | | A．planned | B．discussed | C．prepared | D．unexpected |
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小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:B
小题5:A
小题6:B
小题7:A
小题8:C
小题9:A
小题10:C
小题11:A
小题12:B
小题13:A
小题14:C
小题15:D
小题16:B
小题17:A
小题18:C
小题19:B
小题20:D |
试题分析：本文主要讲了我本想放松两天，却陪儿子去了雪地玩，虽然很累，但我却感到很开心。我期待着再一次和自己生命中重要的人在一起度过时光，使得自己的生命更有意义。
小题1:考查形容词：A surprising令人惊讶的，B. exciting令人兴奋的，C. moving令人感动的，D. relaxing令人放松的，根据as I was looking forward to relaxation可知这里想表达我期望放松两三天，故选D。
小题2:考查名词：A. hour小时，B. week星期，C. day日子，D. month月份，这里想表达为我接下来忙碌的一周做准备，选B
小题3:考查名词：A. hotel 旅店，B. beach海滩，C. snowfield雪地，D. school学校，根据by snowboarding and skiing，选C
小题4:考查动词：A fueled加油，B. offered提供，C. parked停车，D. lent 借出，这里想说我提供了我的汽车，选B
小题5:考查词组：A. drop-off送下车，B. kick-off＂（会议等）开始＂C. get-off下车，D. take-off起飞，根据下文so that they could get together and enjoy their week’s break by snowboarding and skiing.，可知是drop-off，送下车。故选A
小题6:考查名词：A freedom自由，B. break休息，C. adventure冒险，D. excitement兴奋，根据about his break and a whole lot of his school subjects，故选B
小题7:考查动词：A. occurred 发生，B. happened发生，C. appeared出现，D. appealed 吸引，这里想表达我突然想起，occur to sb.突然出现在某人脑海里，故选A
小题8:考查动词：A. rested休息，B. started开始，C. arrived 到达，D. left 离开，这里想表达我到达，arrived到达，故选C
小题9:考查副词：A. back向后，支持，B. forward向前，C. out外面，D. away离开，这里表示支持这次旅行，back支持，故选 A
小题10:考查副词：A. even甚至，B. just 刚刚，C. particularly尤其是，D. mostly 大多数，这里想表达特别地，我想放松，particularly故选C
小题11:考查动词：A. talked谈话，B. quarreled 争吵，C. complained抱怨，D. argued争论，根据about his break and a whole lot of his school subjects. talk about是固定用法，意思是谈论，故选A
小题12:考查副词：A. constantly不断地，B. rarely罕见地，少有地，C. frequently频繁地，D. usually通常地，根据It was great to have this time with him，可知我们很少花连续的5个小时在一起，故选B
小题13:考查动词：A developed发展，B. showed展示，C. lost失去，D. kept 保持，根据a strange sense of loneliness in some heavy morning，可知在回来的途中产生一种强烈的孤独感，故选A
小题14:考查名词：A. smoke烟，B. dust灰层，C. fog 雾，D. snow雪，根据in some heavy morning，故选C，fog雾。
小题15:考查动词：A turned转变， B shone闪耀，C. froze结冰，D. cleared晴朗的， 这里想表达一个小时，天空就晴朗了，cleared晴朗的，故D
小题16:考查副词：A. greatly大大地，B. mentally 精神地，C. immediately立即，D completely完全，根据I was physically exhausted，故选B
小题17:考查名词：A. sound健全的，沉的，B. uneasy不轻松的，C. uncomfortable不舒服的，D. light 轻的，这里想表达那晚我本可以有一个很沉的睡眠，故选A
小题18:考查介词：A. about 关于， B. from来自，C. in在…里面，D. for 为了，这里表示在你环境中的一点改变，故选C
小题19:考查词组；A. give up放弃，B. look at 看，C. find out 发现，D. carry on继续，这里想表达从不同的角度看事物，look at看，故选B
小题20:考查动词：A planned计划，B. discussed讨论，C. prepared准备，D. unexpected预料之外的，这里表示想不到的事情，unexpected想不到的，故选D |
核心考点
试题【Being on the road at 3:15 a. m. to drive 450 kms wasn’t in my plans for the week】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked up at me and said, “I __ you.” I did not ___ what to say, and I just stood there, looking ____ at him. My first ____ was that he _____need help with his homework. Then I asked, “What was that all ___?”
“Nothing,” he said, “My teacher said we should tell our parents we love them and ____ what they say.”
The next day I called his teacher to __ more about what my son said and how the other parents had reacted（ 反应 ）. “Most of the fathers had the ___ response as you did,” the teacher said, ”When I first _____ that we try this, I asked the children ____ they thought their parents ____ say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble.”
Then the teacher ____ , “ I want my students to know that feeling love is an important part of _____. I’m trying to tell them it’s too bad that we don’t express (表达) our feelings. A boy _____ tell his father or mother he loves him or her.” The teacher understands that sometimes it is_____ for some of us to say something that is good for us to say.
That evening when my son___ to me, I took him in my arms and held ___ for a longer moment, saying, “Hey, I love you, ____.” I don’t know if saying that made ____ of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good.
| 小题1: | | A．hate | B．love | C．like | D．enjoy |
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| 小题2: | | A．realize | B．recognize | C．know | D．find |
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| 小题4: | | A．thought | B．meaning | C．news | D．reason |
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| 小题5: | | A．must | B．should | C．could | D．would |
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| 小题6: | | A．for | B．with | C．around | D．about |
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| 小题7: | | A．test | B．know | C．understand | D．see |
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| 小题8: | | A．talk to | B．chat with | C．find out | D．do with |
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| 小题9: | | A．same | B．different | C．usual | D．unusual |
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| 小题10: | | A．allowed | B．agreed | C．planned | D．suggested |
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| 小题11: | | A．how | B．whether | C．when | D．what |
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| 小题12: | | A．would | B．will | C．could | D．can |
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| 小题13: | | A．explained | B．prepared | C．informed | D．developed |
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| 小题14: | | A．study | B．work | C．health | D．body |
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| 小题15: | | A．might | B．can | C．should | D．need |
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| 小题16: | | A．easy | B．difficult | C．crazy | D．silly |
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| 小题17: | | A．turned | B．shouted | C．went | D．came |
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| 小题19: | | A．either | B．too | C．also | D．again |
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| 小题20: | | A．all | B．either | C．none | D．neither |
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A man and his girlfriend got married. 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 proposal, “I read in a magazine about how we can our marriage. Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit with the other. Then, we can talk about how we can them together and make our lives happier together.”
The husband . So each of them went to a(n) room and thought about the things that annoyed them about the other for the rest of the day.
The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided that they would go over their .
“ I’ll start,” offered the wife. She her list. It had many items on it, enough to fill 3 pages. After the wife had read all three pages to her husband, the husband seated, “I don’t have anything on my list. I think that you are perfect the that you are. I don’t want you to anything for me.”
The wife, touched by his honesty by his depth of his love for her and his 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 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 wonderful things before us?
| 小题1: | | A．enrich | B．strengthen | C．lengthen | D．deepen |
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| 小题2: | | A．annoying | B．surprising | C．satisfying | D．inspiring |
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| 小题4: | | A．smiled | B．refused | C．agreed | D．hesitated |
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| 小题5: | | A．spare | B．separate | C．empty | D．special |
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| 小题6: | | A．dishes | B．magazines | C．lives | D．lists |
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| 小题7: | | A．put away | B．handed in | C．took out | D．wrote down |
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| 小题8: | | A．disappointedly | B．unluckily | C．bitterly | D．quietly |
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| 小题9: | | A．appearance | B．way | C．situation | D．position |
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| 小题10: | | A．change | B．accept | C．decide | D．drop |
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| 小题11: | | A．advice | B．warning | C．acceptance | D．pride |
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| 小题12: | | A．leaving | B．waiting | C．asking | D．looking |
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Bugs Bunny’s Hoping Carrot Hunt
In this game you are Bugs Bunny. And your goal is to reach the finish line. A carrot truck has spilled its loads! Gather as many carrots as you can, and when you get the big carrot, you’ll be able to jump even higher!
Instructions: Use the mouse to move Bugs left and right, and click to jump a gap while gathering carrots.
Category: Action
| Mushroom Madness
You are in charge of protecting several farms. It’s up to you to make sure the mushrooms there reach maturity before the animals in the forest get their hands on them. Use your swatter(苍蝇拍) to fight off anything that comes near them; use heavier weapons if necessary.
Instructions: Slap any creature that comes near your mushrooms. Use the mouse to control the swatter. If you see a “power up”, click to use it. Collect coins to buy upgrades after each level.
Category: Action
| Rudolph’s Kick and Fly
Santa’s little helpers have worked all year preparing for Christmas. When Santa finally leaves to deliver his presents, the elves head down to the snowfields with Rudolph, the reindeer, to play their favorite game: Kick and Fly!
Instructions:
1. Use the mouse to aim, and click to launch an elf.
2. While in the air, click again to catch, and to gain extra height.
3. The goal is to collect as many Christmas decorations as possible, and get 10 points for each one.
Tips: If you’re heading towards an obstacle, be sure to avoid it!
Category: Action
| Click Flick
Your mission is to save chicks falling from the sky. Use your trampoline(蹦床) to bounce them up and direct them into a nest. But hurry—if you don’t, many chicks will fall and lose their lives. There will be falling bombs, worms, nuts and eggs and you can get extra points by collecting the worms and nuts. Save the amount of chicks shown to unlock the next level!
Instructions: Move the chicks left and right using keys or the mouse.
Category: Adventure
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小题1:If a player wants to become stronger to drive animals away, he should try to _____. | A．find a “power up” or use heavier weapons | | B．collect falling bombs as quickly as possible | | C．click the elf while it’s in the air | | D．get the big carrot while running |
小题2:If a player has collected some worms and nuts, he _____. | A．is playing Mushroom Madness | | B．will lose the game quite soon | | C．will get 10 points for each one | | D．will get extra points and get ahead |
小题3:Which of the following statements about the games is TRUE according to the passage?| A．Bugs Bunny needs to be fast to win the game. | | B．All four games are in the same category. | | C．Players can only use the mouse to control the targets. | | D．The number of elves decides whether a player wins. |
小题4:In which game are there obstacles you must avoid?| A．Bugs Bunny’s Hopping Carrot Hunt. | B．Mushroom Madness. | | C．Rudolph’s Kick and Fly. | D．Click Flick. |
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I was late for the school bus and rushing to get ready. My dog, Tippy, got to the front door and lay down in front of it – his way of asking to be petted. I______his begging for affection (喜爱), and ran for the waiting bus.
______, that afternoon, when I came home, Mom said to me______, “Honey, I have some______news that I need to tell you. This morning, while you were at school, Tippy was hit by a car and______. I’m so sorry.”
“No! It’s not true!” I was______. I couldn’t believe her. “Tippy, come here! Come on, boy!” I called and called for him. I waited. He didn’t come. Feeling______, I wandered into the living room. I didn’t cry that night. I still couldn’t believe that he was______.
When I got off the bus the next day, the silence at home was deafening. , my sobs (哭泣) erupted (喷发) like lava (熔岩) from a volcano. I couldn’t stop______. I hadn’t even petted him when I left.______could I have known that was my last chance? I cried until I felt empty inside.
Time passed, and against my will, I started to______some things. I realized what little control any of us have over what happens ______ a dog. We can do everything right, but______things can still happen. But good things can happen too. That’s______. The best way to deal with the hard times is to understand what you and get them through when they come, and to remember that hard times always______.
I now deeply understand the “circle of life”. Everyone is born, everyone______, and that’s the way it is. If dogs never died, there would be no______for others like Belle – my new dog.
Best of all, I realized that Tippy______all of my old memories of him. And they come to me every time I call!
| 小题1: | | A．met | B．ignored | C．promised | D．preferred |
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| 小题2: | | A．However | B．Besides | C．Therefore | D．Finally |
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| 小题3: | | A．excitedly | B．quickly | C．reliably | D．seriously |
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| 小题4: | | A．good | B．sad | C．dull | D．happy |
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| 小题5: | | A．escaped | B．wounded | C．killed | D．knocked |
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| 小题6: | | A．in disagreement | B．in anger | | C．in silence | D．in shock |
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| 小题7: | | A．upset | B．sleepy | C．spellbound | D．uncertain |
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| 小题8: | | A．gone | B．missing | C．alive | D．stolen |
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| 小题9: | | A．Entirely | B．Actually | C．Finally | D．Frequently |
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| 小题10: | | A．waiting | B．crying | C．thinking | D．expecting |
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| 小题12: | | A．forget | B．recall | C．understand | D．change |
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| 小题14: | | A．surprising | B．bad | C．amazing | D．amusing |
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| 小题15: | | A．nature | B．human | C．life | D．rule |
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| 小题16: | | A．came through | B．went through | | C．looked through | D．watch through |
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| 小题17: | | A．disappear | B．overcome | C．help | D．pass |
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| 小题18: | | A．grows | B．lives | C．suffers | D．dies |
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| 小题19: | | A．chance | B．room | C．possibility | D．doubt |
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| 小题20: | | A．thought of | B．brought up | C．left behind | D．picked up |
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Cherish (珍惜) now no longer missed
John, a famous musician, took his priceless antique zither (齐特琴) and played it in the crowded subway station. The music coming from the zither was delicately（优美地）streaming throughout the whole . However, during the one-hour play, only six or seven people were truly the charming music. John only got 52 dollars for his work that day.
However, in normal days, when John is about to hold a , one ticket can be sold at more than 100 dollars and it is extremely to buy a ticket even at such a high price. Therefore, later, many passers-by in the station that day felt deeply for not recognizing the famous musician and missing such valuable but music feast.
I have a very friend who had totally changed after that his wife came down with an acute (严重的) illness. He cooked by himself for the family and took a walk with his wife every day. Nonetheless（但是）, his wife still did not to conquer the illness and passed away after three months. After that, he often sighed miserably that due to his past busy life, he had a lot of beautiful time with his wife. But now, it is to make up for it.
It is no use crying over spilt milk. We have a lot of precious things in our life without knowing how to them. Actually, I also missed something before. The reason is simple: we had thought that we could still own them tomorrow.
Nevertheless, tomorrow is actually reliable. There was a famous Buddhist monk (修道士) saying that in many people’s lives, they have only done two things: waiting and . The result is that they were always too late to cherish they had before they lost it. We would often claim to do something when we , or when we have money or when we become old, etc. However, when we reach the , we could no longer realize our , because we have lost it by then.
| 小题1: | | A．hall | B．station | C．square | D．bus stop |
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| 小题2: | | A．appreciating | B．listening | C．creating | D．discussing |
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| 小题3: | | A．meeting | B．party | C．debate | D．concert |
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| 小题4: | | A．easy | B．convenient | C．possible | D．difficult |
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| 小题5: | | A．excited | B．disappointed | C．regretful | D．worried |
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| 小题6: | | A．special | B．cheap | C．delicious | D．wonderful |
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| 小题7: | | A．lazy | B．social | C．busy | D．optimistic |
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| 小题8: | | A．guessing | B．knowing | C．expecting | D．telling |
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| 小题9: | | A．decide | B．promise | C．hope | D．manage |
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| 小题10: | | A．missed | B．spent | C．wasted | D．valued |
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| 小题11: | | A．necessary | B．absolute | C．impossible | D．beneficial |
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| 小题12: | | A．missed | B．made | C．invented | D．contributed |
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| 小题13: | | A．cherish | B．apply | C．protect | D．express |
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| 小题14: | | A．important | B．precious | C．positive | D．negative |
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| 小题15: | | A．to some degree | B．on the way | | C．at all times | D．by no means |
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| 小题16: | | A．regretting | B．rewarding | C．demanding | D．expecting |
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| 小题17: | | A．which | B．that | C．what | D．when |
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| 小题18: | | A．get up | B．set up | C．grow up | D．make up |
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| 小题19: | | A．station | B．condition | C．agreement | D．destination |
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| 小题20: | | A．danger | B．mistake | C．purpose | D．wish |
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