A poor young man lost his job and had no one to help him. Helpless, homeless and hopeless, he decided to commit suicide. He 36 all the coins he had with him and bought a ripe banana wrapped in an old newspaper. He opened the packet and started to eat his last food 37 an old beggar approached him. With trembling lips, the beggar told him that he hadn’t had anything to eat for several days and was too weak to walk. The young man felt 38 . So he didn’t eat the banana. 39 , he gave the banana to the beggar. The beggar ate it with great joy and 40__ him. While leaving, the beggar gave him a very old coin, saying, “Thank you very much. You gave me everything you had. Kindly accept this coin as my gift 41 your kindness.”
After the old man left, he 42 glanced at the piece of paper used to wrap the fruit. There he saw a（n） 43 from an agency dealing with old coins. Anyone 44 old coins was invited to visit the agency and receive suitable price for their old coins on the spot. Out of simple 45 , he carried the coin to the agency after 46 it by phone. He showed the coin gifted by the beggar. The person who 47 the agency stared at it and told him in excitement, “What a __48 ! It is very 49 and several centuries old. It is worth a（n） 50 !” Jumping with joy on receiving the 51 amount of money, he searched everywhere to find the old man who gifted him the coin. He wanted to 52 his joy and the money with the beggar. But he could not find him anywhere. Since then, he started a new life with renewed 53 and enthusiasm about the future.
Kindness will be 54 . It always comes back! As William Wordsworth wrote,“ The best part of a good life is the little, nameless, unremembered acts of 55 and love.”
| 小题1: | | A．collect | B．spread | C．spotted | D．donated |
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| 小题2: | | A．while | B．when | C．before | D．until |
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| 小题3: | | A．worried | B．nervous | C．pity | D．guilty |
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| 小题4: | | A．Still | B．Thus | C．Besides | D．Instead |
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| 小题5: | | A．scolded | B．admired | C．respected | D．thanked |
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| 小题6: | | A．in search for | B．in terms of | C．in return for | D．in favor of |
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| 小题7: | | A．carelessly | B．purposely | C．Immediately | D．normally |
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| 小题8: | | A．suggestion | B．advertisement | C．appeal | D．requirement |
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| 小题9: | | A．possessing | B．seeing | C．ordering | D．deserving |
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| 小题10: | | A．distrust | B．curiosity | C．wonder | D．hobby |
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| 小题11: | | A．replying | B．repeating | C．contacting | D．begging |
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| 小题12: | | A．charged | B．consisted | C．attended | D．managed |
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| 小题13: | | A．shame | B．prize | C．surprise | D．pleasure |
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| 小题14: | | A．private | B．fresh | C．rare | D．casual |
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| 小题15: | | A．value | B．fortune | C．wealth | D．effort |
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| 小题16: | | A．unexpected | B．unlucky | C．unlimited | D．unnoticed |
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| 小题17: | | A．hide | B．share | C．cover | D．spare |
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| 小题18: | | A．wisdom | B．chance | C．hope | D．luck |
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| 小题19: | | A．changed | B．damaged | C．lost | D．rewarded |
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| 小题20: | | A．courage | B．promise | C．memory | D．kindness |
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小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:D
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小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:B
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小题10:B
小题11:C
小题12:D
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试题分析：本文叙述了一个贫穷的年轻人因失业，找不到工作，而想自***。在他临死之前吃最后一顿饭时，遇到了一个乞丐，因为可怜乞丐，把自己的食物给了乞丐。做为感谢，乞丐给了他一枚古老的硬币。当乞丐走了，他发现包食物的报纸上登了一则关于硬币的广告，他出于好奇去了收购古币的代理处。结果，乞丐给他的古币竟然值一大笔钱。体现了好人有好报的道理。
小题1:考查动词及上下文的呼应。A. collected收集； B. spread伸展，传播；C. spotted认出；D. donated捐赠。根据后文bought a ripe banana wrapped in an old newspaper.买了一个用旧报纸包裹的熟香蕉，可知用collecte先收集钱币，再去买东西。句意为：他收集了所有他的硬币,买了一个用旧报纸裹着的成熟的香蕉。故选A。
小题2:考查连词及上下文的呼应。 A. while在......期间;与持续性动词连用。 B. when当......时候, 正在这时，与短暂性动词连用; C. before在......之前 D. until直到........根据前文 opened and started to eat与an old beggar approached同时发生。句意为：他打开包,开始吃他最后的食物，正在这时，一个老乞丐走近他。故选B。
小题3:考查形容词及上下文的呼应。 A. worried担心的；B. nervous紧张的；C. pity同情；D. guilty内疚的。根据后文he gave the banana to the beggar，说明这个年轻人同情那个乞丐。句意为:他感到同情。故选C。
小题4:考查副词及上下文的呼应。A. Still仍然；B. Thus因此； C. Besides此外，而且； D. Instead代替，反而。根据前文he didn’t eat the banana，他自己没吃那个香蕉，反而自己没吃。句意为：相反,他把香蕉给了乞丐。故选D。
小题5:考查动词及上下文的呼应。A. scolded责骂；B. admired羡慕，钦佩； C. respected尊敬 D. thanked感谢。根据后文乞丐说“Thank you very much.”可以判断乞丐感谢年轻人给他香蕉吃。句意为：乞丐高兴地吃着并表示感谢。故选D。
小题6:考查介词短语及上下文的呼应。A. in search for 寻找； B. in terms of依照； C. in return for回报；D. in favor of赞同。根据前文Kindly accept this coin as my gift年轻人给乞丐香蕉，乞丐给年轻人一枚古币，所以说是一种回报。句意为：为了回报你的好意，请接收这个硬币作为礼物。 故选C。
小题7:考查副词及上下文的呼应。A. carelessly粗心地，不经意地；B. purposely故意地；C.Immediately立即，立刻； D. normally正常地。根据前文he decided to commit suicide他想自***，所以glanced at the piece of paper used to wrap the fruit看包水果的报纸应是无心的，不经意地。句意为：那个老人走了之后，他不经意的看了一眼用于包水果的那张报纸。故选A 。
小题8:考查名词及上下文的呼应。A. suggestion建议；B. advertisement广告； C. appeal呼吁D. requirement要求。根据前文glanced at the piece of paper used to wrap the fruit从报纸上看到的内容，应是一则广告。句意为：他看到一则处理古币经营公司刊登的广告。故选B。
小题9:考查动词及上下文的呼应。A.possessing拥有；B. seeing看见；C. ordering命令D. deserving值得。根据后文receive suitable price for their old coins on the spot当场为自己的古钱币获得一个合适的价格，说明应是拥有古钱币的任何人被邀请那个经营公司。句意为：拥有古币的任何人都可以到古币经营公司，当场为自己的古钱币获得一个合适的价格。可以故选A 。
小题10:考查名词及上下文的呼应。A. distrust不信任；B. curiosity 好奇；C. wonder奇迹，惊奇； D. hobby业余爱好。根据后文he carried the coin to the agency看了广告后，他拿着那枚硬币去了那个经营公司，说明他是出于好奇。句意为：出于好奇，他与古币经营共通过电话取得了联系后，拿着那枚古币去了经营公司。故选B。
小题11:考查动词及上下文的呼应。A. replying回答；B. repeating重复； C. contacting联系；D. begging乞讨，乞求。根据后文He showed the coin gifted他展示了他的硬币，说明他去了经营公司之前先同那个公司电话联系。句意为：出于好奇，他与古币经营共通过电话取得了联系后，拿着那枚古币去了经营公司。故选C
小题12:考查动词及上下文的呼应。A. charged 充电；B. consisted组成；C. attended参加；D. managed管理。根据后文told him in excitement, It is worth a（n） !能够告诉他硬币值多少钱，证明这个人是这个公司的管理者。句意为：管理那家公司的人盯着那个硬币，激动地跟他说。故选D。
小题13:考查名词及上下文的呼应。A. shame羞耻，羞愧；B. prize奖品，奖赏； C. surprise惊奇；D. pleasure快乐。根据前文told him in excitement,他激动地说，说明是What a surprise!多么令人惊奇的事。句意为：太令人吃惊了！故选C。
小题14:考查形容词及上下文的呼应。A. private私人的；B. fresh新鲜的；C. rare稀有的； D. casual 随便的。根据后文several centuries old这枚硬币有几个世纪的历史，所以这枚硬币应是稀有的。句意为：这枚硬币非常稀有，有几个世纪的历史。故选C。
小题15:考查名词及上下文的呼应。A. value价值；B. fortune财富；a fortune 一笔巨款；可数名词
C. wealth财富，不可数名词；D. effort努力。根据后文他获得amount of money一笔钱。所以这是一笔巨大的财富。句意为：它值一大笔钱。故选B。
小题16:考查形容词及上下文的呼应。A. unexpected以外的，意想不到的；B. unlucky不幸的，倒霉的；C. unlimited无限制的； D. unnoticed被忽视的，未被注意的。根据前文the beggar gave him a very old coin,是那个乞丐给他的硬币，没想到这枚硬币有几个世纪的历史。所以他得到的这笔钱是没想到的。句意为：一收到这笔意想不到的钱，他高兴地跳了起来。故选A。
小题17:考查动词及上下文的呼应。A. hide隐藏； B. share分享；C. cover包括； D. spare节约。
根据前文searched everywhere to find the old man who gifted him the coin.他到处寻找给他硬币的那个老人，说明他想与老人分享这笔钱和自己的快乐。句意为：他想与那个老人分享那笔钱故选B
小题18:考查名词及上下文的呼应。A. wisdom 智慧；B. chance 机会；C. hope希望；D.luck运气，幸运。根据后文enthusiasm about the future他对生活重新充满热情，也就是说他对生活重新充满了希望。故选C。
小题19:考查动词及上下文的呼应。A.changed改变； B. damaged损害； C. lost 遗失；
D. rewarded奖赏。根据后文It always comes back，好心有好报的事情总是循环的。故选D。
小题20:考查名词及上下文的呼应。A. courage勇气；B. promise许诺； C. memory记忆； D. kindness好意，善良。根据前文Kindness will be 54 rewarded .善良总会得到回报。句意为：一个好的人生中最好的部分就是那些微小的，不记名的，容易遗忘的充满爱心与善良的行为。故选D。
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试题【THE CHARM OF CHARITY A poor young man lost his job and had no one to help him. H】；主要考察你对
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The study looked into thousands of teenagers and found that those who felt better about life as young adults tended to have higher incomes by the time they turned 29. Those who were happiest earned an average of $8,000 more than those who were the most depressed.
The researchers, from University College London and the University of Warwick, say that very gloomy teens, no matter how tall or smart they were, earned 10% less than their peers, while the happier ones earned up to 30% more.
Happier teenagers have an easier time getting through school, college and a job interview, chiefly because they always feel better about life. It may also be true that happier people find it easier to make friends, who are often the key to homework help or networking.
A report in June suggested that professional respect was more important than dollars in terms of workplace happiness. In August scientists announced that they had found the gene for happiness in women, Alas （the same gene doesn’t appear to have the same effect on men）. And in October researchers in the UK and in the US announced that people who eat seven portions of fruit and vegetables a day report being the happiest.
The big question is: if it really is true that happier kids end up being wealthier kids, is it necessary for parents to get their kids to do the homework? The fact is that no homework will make kids happy but surely hurt their grades. Studies do show, after all, that more education leads to better-paid jobs, which may give us a deep thought.
“These findings show that the teenagers’ happiness is important to their future success,” one of the report’s authors writes. “But what is the most important is that we should find a way to help children gain more satisfaction from doing schoolwork.”
小题1:What conclusion can the researchers draw from the recent study?| A．Happy teenagers grow up to be wealthier. | | B．Money can make people become happier. | | C．Wealth has nothing to do with happiness at all. | | D．Schoolwork can help teens achieve success. |
小题2:The main reason why happier people have more chances to succeed is that ________.| A．they are easy to communicate with others | | B．they are good at doing their schoolwork | | C．they are hopeful and optimistic about their life | | D．they eat much more fruit and vegetables a day |
小题3:The underlined word “gloomy” in Paragraph 3 probably means “________”.| A．upset | B．glorious | C．happy | D．wealthy |
小题4:What can be the best title for the text?| A．The way to educate kids. | B．The source of happiness. | | C．How to achieve your goal. | D．The secret of being wealthier. |
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My name is Nick Vujicic, an Australian who was born without any limbs（四肢）. In recent years one of my most 36 videos on YouTube shows my skateboarding, surfing, playing music, and best of all, 37 hugs from all fields of great people.
All in all, those are pretty ordinary 38 that just about anyone can do, right? So 39 do you think that video has been viewed millions of times? My theory is that people are 40 to watch it because in spite of my physical limitations, I’m living 41 I had no limits.
People often think someone 42 a severe disability to be inactive, upset, maybe even crazy. But I’d like to 43 them by showing that I lead a very adventurous and fruitful life
Among the hundreds of 44 on that video, here’s one typical remark:” seeing a guy like this being happy makes me wonder why I feel 45 for myself sometimes －or feel not funny enough, or whatever. How can I 46 think thoughts like that when this guy is living without limbs and still being happy!?”
I found happiness when I realized that imperfect 47 I may be, I am the perfect Nick Vujicic. I’m designed 48 God’s plan. That’s not to say that there isn’t 49 for improvement. I’m always trying to be better so I can better 50 the world!
I do believe my life has no 51 . I want you all to feel the same way about your life, no matter what your challenges may be. As we 52 our journey together, please take a moment to 53 about any limitations you’ve placed on your life. Now think about what 54 would be like to be 55 of those limitations. What would your life be if anything were possible?
| 小题1: | | A．disappointing | B．unforgettable | C．popular | D．useful |
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| 小题2: | | A．receiving | B．collecting | C．returning | D．gathering |
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| 小题3: | | A．sports | B．activities | C．affairs | D．wonders |
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| 小题5: | | A．drawn | B．expected | C．required | D．ordered |
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| 小题6: | | A．even though | B．in case | C．as though | D．if only |
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| 小题8: | | A．advise | B．greet | C．surprise | D．please |
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| 小题9: | | A．comments | B．pictures | C．replies | D．statements |
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| 小题10: | | A．nervous | B．sorry | C．eager | D．desperate |
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| 小题11: | | A．still | B．ever | C．also | D．even |
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| 小题12: | | A．if | B．as | C．while | D．although |
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| 小题13: | | A．according to | B．thanks to | C．owing to | D．up to |
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| 小题14: | | A．stage | B．area | C．place | D．room |
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| 小题15: | | A．protect | B．rescue | C．serve | D．reserve |
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| 小题16: | | A．challenges | B．limits | C．doubts | D．endings |
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| 小题17: | | A．finish | B．continue | C．start | D．stop |
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| 小题18: | | A．worry | B．think | C．care | D．talk |
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| 小题20: | | A．free | B．short | C．aware | D．fond |
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There are two dangers to be guarded against in old age. One of these is undue absorption in the past. It does not do to live in memories, in regrets for the good old days, or in sadness about friends who are dead. One’s thoughts must be directed to the future and to things about which there is something to be done.
It is unwise to be too attached to the youth in the hope of sucking vigor from its vitality. When your children are grown up they want to live their own lives, and if you continue to be as interested in them as you were when they were young, you are likely to become a burden to them, unless they are cold to you.
I think that a successful old age is easiest for those who have strong impersonal interests involving appropriate activities. It is in this sphere that long experience is really fruitful, and it is in this sphere that the wisdom born of experience can be exercised without being oppressive. It is no use telling grown-up children not to make mistakes, both because they will not believe you, and because mistakes are an essential part of education. But if you are one of those who are incapable of impersonal interests, you may find that your life will be empty unless you concern yourself with you children and grandchildren. In that case you must realize that while you can still render them material services, such as making them an allowance or knitting them jumpers, you must not expect that they will enjoy your company.
Some old people are afraid of death. But in fact the best way is to make your interests gradually wider and ore impersonal. An individual human existence should be like a river-small at fist, rushing passionately past rocks and over waterfalls. Gradually the river grows wider and the banks move back and in the end they become mixed in the sea without any visible break.
The old man who can see life in this way will not suffer from the fear of growing old and death.
小题1:The author suggests that old people should_______.| A．develop impersonal interests with proper activities. | | B．tell their children not to make mistakes | | C．concern themselves with their children | | D．not give their children an allowance |
小题2:The underlined word “render” in Paragraph 3 is close to the meaning of “_____”.| A．return | B．reward | C．offer | D．demand |
小题3:The author compares an individual human existence to a river because _____.| A．Life is like a river, first small, and then it becomes wide | | B．life is like a river finally flowing into the sea | | C．old age and death are both natural just like a river | | D．old people will be mixed in the crowd like a river mixed in the sea |
小题4:What’s the best title of this passage?| A．Setting Sun Is Beautiful | B．Growing Old Successfully | | C．Why Fear Getting Old | D．Caring for Olds More |
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I was eight when my neighbors got a TV. It was small and expensive, but that didn’t matter. IT WAS WONDERFUL. Everyone in the building came up to the fifth floor to see this latest wonder of the modern world. That was in 1948.
Soon, a lot of people got a TV, but not us. My parents didn’t think it was good for children. Being a good son, I didn’t argue with them. But I secretly watch TV—at my friends’ homes.
By 1955, televisions weren’t so expensive and were much larger. My parents still thought they were not good for us, but my sisters insisted, saying they were the only people in the neighborhood who didn’t have one. All their friends talked about certain programs and actors, but they couldn’t. Their friends laughed at them, which made them feel very unhappy. My youngest sister cried, saying she was never going back to school and that life without a TV wasn’t worth living. Nothing my parents said made her feel better. The next morning, without telling us, they went out and got a new TV.
When we were young our parents allowed us to watch TV for two hours a night. And we couldn’t watch until our homework was finished. But after a year or two, TV wasn’t exciting or new anymore. It became just another part of our lives like shoes or soap. My parents still had fears about TV. We were going to forget how to read, and TV was going to fill our minds with violence, they said.
Today people still argue about the value of TV. Nobody can deny the power of TV, which has a powerful influence on our lives. On average, Americans spend 30 hours a week watching TV. Is this influence good or bad? This is an unanswerable question indeed: It is hard enough to measure influence; and it is even harder to decide what is good and what isn’t. What is good, I suppose, is that many people are concerned about TV’s influence and that we have the power to change what we don’t like.
The people of Monhegan Island, 18 kilometers away off the coast of Maine, don’t have electricity, and they decided; once again, that they liked that way. Electricity, they think, would make life too easy and spoil their way of life. Maybe the young people wouldn’t want to go to town dances anymore. Maybe they would be more interested in staying at home and watching TV.
小题1:How old was the author, when their family got a TV?| A．About 15. | B．8. | C．18. | D．About 10. |
小题2:The author’s parents finally decided to buy a TV because _______.| A．they wanted to meet their daughters’ needs . | | B．the children couldn’t go to school without a TV | | C．the sisters would like to be like their friends | | D．they had to do as the youngest daughter told them to |
小题3:The author thinks “to judge whether a TV’s influence is good or bad” is ________.| A．concerning | B．hard | C．meaningless | D．important |
小题4:The last paragraph is written to show ________.| A．the disadvantage of TV | | B．TV influences people a great deal | | C．the advantage of TV | | D．we can change what we don’t like |
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Fill Her Tank First
The summer of 1975 I’d just graduated from college in Southern California and received a 1968 Ford Capri for a graduation present. I had my first job, in Los Angeles. One Sunday night, __36__ myself a very independent grown-up, I left my uncle’s place in South Laguna after a visit, without __37__ to him that I had less than an __38__ of a tank of gas and no cash to buy __39__ on the way to L.A. I pulled onto the Pacific Coast Highway and watched the needle __40__ as I headed north. When I started running on fumes, I pulled into a __41__. There was no self-service __42__; there were no credit cards, no ATMs.
I begged the guy at the station. I __43__ write him a check for gas, I said, or I could sleep in my car and try to __44__ to a town with a bank the next morning. As he was informing me that I could sleep in my car but he’d have me __45__, a station wagon __46__ to the next pump. The driver--- a thin, plain, middle-aged guy---overheard the tail end of my __47__ request. As the attendant went to serve him, he nodded at me. “__48__ her tank first,” he said.
“Really?” I said. Hope __49__. “Oh, thank you. Thank you. But please. I just need two dollars’ __50__. I just need to go home.”
“Fill it,” he __51__ to the attendant. Then to me, “You will do the same one day, for someone else.”
I keep looking for that unlucky young person, __52__ to save her night on the road. Meanwhile, in case she never __53__ up, I try for other acts of random kindness. That __54__ driver is always at the pump a few feet away, __55__ the attendant to fill mine first.
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| 小题2: | | A．confirming | B．convincing | C．admitting | D．concerning |
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| 小题3: | | A．eighty | B．eight | C．eighth | D．eighths |
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| 小题4: | | A．another | B．more | C．much | D．some |
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| 小题5: | | A．drop | B．increase | C．reduce | D．decrease |
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| 小题6: | | A．train station | B．bus station | C．railway station | D．gas station |
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| 小题7: | | A．at one time | B．at a time | C．at times | D．at that time |
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| 小题8: | | A．could | B．might | C．should | D．must |
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| 小题9: | | A．scramble | B．drive | C．climb | D．walk |
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| 小题10: | | A．ordered | B．helped | C．warned | D．arrested |
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| 小题11: | | A．went up | B．drove up | C．pulled up | D．drew into |
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| 小题12: | | A．tried | B．succeeded | C．reasoned | D．failed |
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| 小题13: | | A．Fill | B．Filled | C．Filling | D．To fill |
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| 小题14: | | A．increased | B．raised | C．accumulated | D．fired |
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| 小题15: | | A．value | B．worthy | C．worth | D．money |
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| 小题16: | | A．pardoned | B．repeated | C．said | D．spoke |
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| 小题17: | | A．ensuring | B．supposing | C．hoping | D．considering |
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| 小题18: | | A．shows | B．goes | C．grows | D．comes |
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| 小题19: | | A．easy-going | B．polite | C．powerful | D．quiet |
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| 小题20: | | A．introducing | B．instructing | C．interesting | D．interacting |
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