For a long time I saw happiness as a huge banner (旗帜）across the finish line of a long race. I felt that only when I 36 _____ certain things could I finally be happy in my life. Most of the time I felt like a tortoise believing that being slow and 37 _____ would win the race. At other times I would 38 _____ like a rabbit trying different side roads at a dangerous 39 _____ hoping to reach that banner a little faster. 40 _____ , I began to see that no matter how long I raced towards it, the banner was never any 41 _____ I finally decided one day to 42 _____ and take a break. It was then that I saw my 43 _____ sitting beside me.
It had been with me as I 44 _____ hard to support my family, as I played with my children and heard their 45 _____ and even when I was 46 _____ with my wife at my side looking after me. It had been with me as I raced towards that stupid banner. I just didn’t have the 47 _____ to see it.
There is an old Chinese proverb that says, “Tension is what you think you should be. 48 _____ is who you are” Perhaps we all should stop our race towards the 49 _____ life we think we should have and 50 _____ the life we have now. Happiness will never be found under some banner far away. If will be found 51 _____ your own heart, soul and mind. It will be found when you 52 _____ that others love you just as you do.
Don’t be a tortoise or a rabbit when it comes to your happiness. Be a playful puppy and carry your stick of 53 _____ with you everywhere you go. 54 _____ yourself out of the race and realize that when it comes to love and happiness you are 55 _____ there.
| 小题1: | | A．forgot | B．missed | C．overcame | D．accomplished |
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| 小题2: | | A．safe | B．steady | C．calm | D．quiet |
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| 小题4: | | A．place | B．height | C．speed | D．time |
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| 小题5: | | A．Generally | B．Gradually | C．Unfortunately | D．Firstly |
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| 小题6: | | A．clearer | B．lower | C．closer | D．smaller |
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| 小题7: | | A．settle in | B．start off | C．stop by | D．sit down |
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| 小题8: | | A．happiness | B．goal | C．success | D．friendship |
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| 小题9: | | A．studied | B．fought | C．exercised | D．worked |
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| 小题10: | | A．laughter | B．complaints | C．stories | D．breathing |
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| 小题11: | | A．lonely | B．tired | C．sick | D．hungry |
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| 小题12: | | A．courage | B．chance | C．wisdom | D．strength |
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| 小题13: | | A．Stress | B．Relaxation | C．Failure | D．Pain |
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| 小题14: | | A．real | B．perfect | C．common | D．colorful |
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| 小题15: | | A．enjoy | B．change | C．improve | D．create |
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| 小题17: | | A．realize | B．believe | C．hope | D．admit |
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| 小题18: | | A．sorrow | B．responsibility | C．fortune | D．joy |
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| 小题19: | | A．Carry | B．Make | C．Push | D．Take |
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| 小题20: | | A．never | B．still | C．already | D．ever |
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小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:B
小题6:C
小题7:D
小题8:A
小题9:D
小题10:A
小题11:C
小题12:C
小题13:B
小题14:B
小题15:A
小题16:D
小题17:A
小题18:D
小题19:D
小题20:C |
试题分析：本文是夹叙夹议文。作者通过自身的经历诠释了这样一个道理：我们经常认为只有取得了某些成就，过上理想中完美的生活才会幸福。其实幸福就存在于我们不经意间平
凡而琐碎的生活中，它早就已经根植在你我身边。
小题1:根据学生已有的文化背景可知 “finish line of a long race.”，是人取得阶段性的成功才能真正感觉到幸福，故选D
小题2:根据学生已知的龟兔赛跑的故事背景可知。作者希望像乌龟那样，靠沉稳赢得最终的比赛，所以应该选择slow的同义词，故选B
小题3:根据下文提到 “like a rabbit trying different side roads…可知，作者在其他时候，表现得像兔子一样，总愿意抄近路到达终点，故选A
小题4:根据下文提到 “hoping to reach that banner a little faster.”可知，既然是想快点到达终点，肯定是以一种危险的速度前行，故选C
小题5:考查副词：I began to see that…”可知，作者逐渐开始意识到……故选B
小题6:考查形容词比较级。根据下文 “I finally decided one day to take a break.”可知，那个目标从来没有离作者更近一些，故选C
小题7:考查动词短语，由下文“and take a break…”可知，作者终于有一天决定坐下来休息，故选D
小题8:考查名词：根据下文“Happiness will never be found under some banner far away.”，可知，作者停下来休息时才发现，幸福就在身边，故选A。
小题9:考查动词，据下文“hard to support my family”可知，当作者努力工作养家的时候，幸福在他身边，故选D。
小题10:考查名词：从“I played with my children”可知“作者与孩子们一起玩，感到幸福，听到的一定是快乐的笑声，故选A。
小题11:考查形容词。根据下文“my wife at my side looking after me”可知，甚至当作者生病，有妻子在身边照顾他的时候，幸福在他身边，故选C。
小题12:考查名词。根据上文“as I raced towards that stupid banner”中的stupid 可推知，幸福一直在作者身边，只是作者没有智慧去发现这一点，故选C。
小题13:考查名词。根据上文“Tension is what you think you should be.”可推知，此处应为与Tension相对的Relaxation, 故选B。
小题14:考查形容词。根据上下文的语意，可知作者以前总是追求自以为值得自己全力以赴争取的某种生活，所以应该是略带贬义的自以为完美的生活。故选B
小题15:考查动词。根据上文可知，我们应该停止自以为完美的生活的脚步，所以，我们应该享受现在我们所拥有的生活。故选A。
小题16:考查介词。根据下文给出的，heart，soul，mind可推断介词应该用in。故选D。
小题17:考查动词，根据上文作者得到启示：“当你意识到别人爱你，你也爱着别人时，幸福就来临了。”可推断答案为A。
小题18:考查名词：根据上文“Be a playful puppy”可知，让我们做一只快乐的爱玩耍的小狗，到处衔着你那根快乐的骨头，故选D。
小题19:考查动词：根据文中多处提到的race，可知，我们应该把自己从那个竞赛中解脱出来，故选D。
小题20:考查副词：从那个竞赛中解脱出来，你就会发现你已经处于爱和幸福之中，故选C。
点评：文章反映的道理深刻，从选项中可以看出，本大题主要还是考查了词汇的辨析与运用，但更加注重综合语言能力的运用，需要根据上下文，了解词汇用法的同时，结合语境，做出准确的判断。 |
核心考点
试题【For a long time I saw happiness as a huge banner (旗帜）across the finish line of a】；主要考察你对
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完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
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。
A lady wanted a birthday gift from her husband. For many months she had liked a beautiful 1 , and knowing her husband could 2 it, she told him that was all she wanted. On the morning of the 3 , her husband told her how 4 he was to have such a good wife, and how much he loved her. He 5 her a beautiful gift package (纸盒). She opened it and 6 a Bible.
7 , she raised her voice and said to her husband, “With all your money, you give me a Bible?” She was so 8 that she left him.
Many years passed and the lady was very 9 in business. She owned two large companies. She 10 her husband was very old, and thought perhaps she should go to 11 him. But before she could, she 12 a letter telling her that he had died, and gave all of his possessions (财产) to her. She needed to come back and 13 things.
When she arrived at his house, sadness 14 her heart. She saw the still new
15 , just as she had left it years before. With 16 , she opened it and began to turn the pages. A ring 17 from the Bible to the floor and a 18 could be seen. She picked it up and found it was the ring she wanted in those days. And on the card was the date of her birth, and the words “LUV U ALWAYS”.
19 your gift is not packaged the way you want it, it’s because it is better packaged the way it is! Always appreciate little things; they usually lead you to bigger things! The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched for they must be felt with the 20 .
| 小题2: | | A．afford | B．like | C．design | D．guess |
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| 小题3: | | A．holiday | B．performance | C．birthday | D．meeting |
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| 小题4: | | A．proud | B．kind | C．sorry | D．brave |
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| 小题5: | | A．lent | B．asked | C．gave | D．moved |
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| 小题6: | | A．carried | B．found | C．missed | D．held |
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| 小题7: | | A．Politely | B．Lightly | C．Patiently | D．Angrily |
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| 小题8: | | A．calm | B．upset | C．grateful | D．careless |
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| 小题9: | | A．failing | B．lonely | C．successful | D．poor |
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| 小题10: | | A．wondered | B．hoped | C．realized | D．explained |
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| 小题11: | | A．visit | B．understand | C．catch | D．help |
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| 小题12: | | A．passed | B．wrote | C．sent | D．received |
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| 小题13: | | A．take care of | B．pay for | C．look for | D．give away |
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| 小题14: | | A．covered | B．broke | C．left | D．filled |
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| 小题15: | | A．car | B．Bible | C．letter | D．table |
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| 小题16: | | A．smiles | B．Laughter | C．tears | D．interests |
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| 小题17: | | A．hid | B．Dropped | C．disappeared | D．made |
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| 小题18: | | A．book | B．pen | C．flower | D．card |
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Adults usually do not remember most of the things that are taught by their teachers at school. But this story is one such lesson that I will never forget. Every time I drift off course, I think of this story.
It was a normal Monday morning, and my teacher was teaching us on important things in life and about devoting ourselves to what is important to us. This is how the story went:
An old man lived in a certain part of London, and he would wake up every morning and go to the subway. He would get onto the train right to Central London, and then sit at the street corner and beg. He would do this every single day of his life. He sat at the same street corner and begged for almost 20 years.
His house was dirty, and a stench (恶臭) came out of the house and it smelled terrible. The neighbors could not stand the smell any more, so they called for the police officers to clear the place. The officers knocked down the door and cleaned the house. There were small bags of money all over the house that he had collected over the years.
The police counted the money, and they soon realized that the old man was a millionaire (百万富翁). They waited outside his house expecting to share the good news with him. When the old man arrived home that evening, one of the officers told him that there was no need for him to beg any more as he was a rich man now, a millionaire.
But the old man said nothing at all; he went into his house and locked the door. The next morning he woke up as usual, went to the subway, sat at the street corner and continued to beg.
Clearly, this old man had no great plans, dreams or anything significant (有意义的) for his life. We learn nothing from this story other than staying focused on the things we enjoy doing.
小题1:The neighbor called the police because ______.| A．the old man kept begging money from them every day | | B．there was something dangerous in the old man’s house | | C．the old man wouldn’t buy tickets for the train | | D．they couldn’t bear the smell from the old man’s house |
小题2:When the old man knew he was a millionaire, he ______.| A．remained calm | B．became excited | | C．felt worried | D．became nervous |
小题3:What lesson do we learn from the story?| A．Make great plans for your life. | | B．Keep on doing what you like. | | C．Do something that is good to society. | | D．Depend on yourself rather than others. |
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完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Living one’s life is really like driving on a highway. First, to make a good driving, the driver must carefully examine the 1 of his car, just as he cares for his health for a good life. Once he enters into the highway, he must 2 certain rules for his own safety. It also can be said that he must obey certain rules of 3 when living as a decent (体面的) adult. For example, on the highway, he is 4 to keep a constant speed which can be compared with his 5 activities through his life. Neither driving nor living must be taken at too 6 a speed nor at too slow a speed. If he drives too 7 , the police will give him a ticket, just as he will be arrested when he breaks the law. 8 too conservatively (保守的), he will be called an out-of-date person 9 the others driving at the proper speed. When he wants to change his lanes, he must give careful 10 to every direction of his car. It is sometimes 11 to change the way of life 12 he can be sure of completion by doing so. He 13 not make any unnecessary changing of lanes which gives him only danger. Finally, he must 14 where he is now by recognizing some 15 appearing now and then. If he takes the wrong way, he must return to the right as 16 as he can. But he may thus lose 17 and energy both on the road and in life.
18 the whole, driving on a highway and living one’s life are both hard work. 19 if he is careful and serious enough, 20 will provide him much pleasure.
| 小题1: | | A．seat | B．condition | C．petrol | D．passenger |
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| 小题2: | | A．listen to | B．find | C．follow | D．insist on |
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| 小题3: | | A．society | B．school | C．group | D．highway |
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| 小题4: | | A．glad | B．required | C．made | D．anxious |
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| 小题5: | | A．broken | B．outdoor | C．good | D．continuous |
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| 小题6: | | A．large | B．high | C．limited | D．expected |
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| 小题7: | | A．speedily | B．slowly | C．orderly | D．willingly |
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| 小题8: | | A．Doing | B．Acting | C．Going | D．Working |
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| 小题9: | | A．persuading | B．getting | C．interrupting | D．refusing |
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| 小题10: | | A．notice | B．attention | C．signs | D．regards |
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| 小题11: | | A．dangerous | B．worthy | C．unfit | D．troublesome |
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| 小题12: | | A．if | B．when | C．unless | D．because |
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| 小题13: | | A．dare | B．need | C．may | D．should |
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| 小题14: | | A．think | B．discover | C．prove | D．look |
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| 小题15: | | A．signs | B．roads | C．posters | D．people |
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| 小题16: | | A．possible | B．soon | C．much | D．hard |
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| 小题17: | | A．money | B．luck | C．time | D．trust |
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| 小题19: | | A．Therefore | B．But | C．And | D．Then |
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A man and his girlfriend got married. It was a large celebration. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was 36 .
Some months later, the wife said to the 37 , “I read in a magazine about how we can strengthen our 38 . Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit annoying(恼人的) with 39 person. Then, we can talk about how we can 40 them together and make our life happier together.”
The husband 41 . So each of them went to a separate room and thought of the things that 42 them about the other.
The next morning, at the 43 table, they decided that they would go over their lists.
“I’ll start,” offered the wife.
She took out her list. It had 44 items on it. As she started reading the list of the little annoyances, she 45 that tears were starting to appear in her husband’s eyes.
“What’s wrong?” she asked. “ 46 ,” the husband replied, “keep reading your list.”
The wife continued to read 47 she had read all the three pages. She carefully placed her list on the 48 and crossed her hands over top of it.
“Now, you read your list and then we’ll talk about the things on both of our lists.” She said 49 . Quietly the husband said, “I don’t have anything on my list. I think you are 50 as you are. You are lovely and wonderful. I don’t want you to 51 anything for me.”
The wife, touched by the depth of his love for her and his 52 of her, turned her head and wept(流泪).
We have a wonderful 53 that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why 54 time looking for the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can 55 us and see the wonderful things before us?
| 小题1: | | A．true | B．false | C．kind | D．happy |
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| 小题2: | | A．boyfriend | B．husband | C．father | D．mother |
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| 小题3: | | A．home | B．family | C．house | D．marriage |
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| 小题4: | | A．some | B．other | C．the other | D．another |
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| 小题5: | | A．repair | B．solve | C．set | D．raise |
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| 小题6: | | A．agreed | B．admitted | C．refused | D．laughed |
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| 小题7: | | A．interested | B．surprised | C．troubled | D．puzzled |
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| 小题8: | | A．lunch | B．supper | C．breakfast | D．dinner |
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| 小题10: | | A．guessed | B．understood | C．knew | D．noticed |
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| 小题11: | | A．Nothing | B．Something | C．Everything | D．Anything |
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| 小题12: | | A．unless | B．until | C．after | D．when |
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| 小题13: | | A．floor | B．bed | C．chair | D．table |
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| 小题14: | | A．sadly | B．happily | C．angrily | D．crazily |
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| 小题15: | | A．perfect | B．beautiful | C．gentle | D．rich |
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| 小题16: | | A．read | B．write | C．change | D．do |
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| 小题17: | | A．belief | B．doubt | C．understanding | D．acceptance |
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| 小题18: | | A．home | B．earth | C．world | D．country |
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| 小题19: | | A．waste | B．spend | C．take | D．devote |
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| 小题20: | | A．look at | B．look around | C．look after | D．look for |
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Frank told us of his childhood. “My dad was a fisherman, and he 36 the sea. It was 37 making a living on the sea. He worked hard and would stay out 38 he caught enough to feed the family.”
“He was a big man, and was 39 from pulling the nets and fighting the seas. When you got close to him, he smelled like the 40 . No matter how much my mother 41 his clothes, they would 42 smell of fish.”
“Every day he drove me to school. When the old truck rattled (嘎嘎作响) down the road, I would shrink down into the seat hoping to 43 . When we reached school, he would give me a kiss on the cheek and 44 me to be a good boy. It was so embarrassing for me. I was 45 twelve years old!”
“I 46 the day I decided I was too old for a goodbye kiss. When he started to lean toward me, I put my hand up and said, ‘No, Dad.’ It was the first time I had ever talked to him in that 47 , and he had this 48 look on his face. I said, ‘Dad, I’m too old for a goodbye kiss.’ My dad looked at me and his eyes were filled with tears. I had never seen him 49 . ‘You’re right,’ he said. ‘You are a big boy...a man. I won’t 50 you any more.’”
51 began to well up in Frank’s eyes, “It wasn’t long after that when my dad went to sea and never came back. 52 of the boats stayed in that day because of a coming storm, but not dad. He had a big family to 53 .”
“Guys, you don’t know what I would like is to have my dad give me just one more kiss on the cheek, to feel his 54 old face, to smell the ocean on him. I wish I had been a man then. 55 I had been a man, I would never have told my dad I was too old for a goodbye kiss.”
| 小题1: | | A．hated | B．loved | C．owned | D．sold |
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| 小题2: | | A．hard | B．enjoyable | C．easy | D．comfortable |
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| 小题3: | | A．before | B．after | C．until | D．unless |
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| 小题4: | | A．thin | B．fat | C．weak | D．strong |
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| 小题5: | | A．ocean | B．land | C．sky | D．animals |
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| 小题6: | | A．made | B．washed | C．changed | D．bought |
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| 小题7: | | A．never | B．seldom | C．still | D．ever |
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| 小题8: | | A．survive | B．disappear | C．succeed | D．appear |
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| 小题9: | | A．force | B．advise | C．order | D．tell |
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| 小题10: | | A．sometimes | B．once | C．already | D．only |
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| 小题11: | | A．remember | B．forget | C．recognize | D．forecast |
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| 小题12: | | A．voice | B．way | C．case | D．attitude |
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| 小题13: | | A．tired | B．surprised | C．worried | D．annoyed |
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| 小题15: | | A．kiss | B．cheat | C．punish | D．beat |
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| 小题16: | | A．Fear | B．Tears | C．Blood | D．Anger |
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| 小题18: | | A．blame | B．hold | C．rescue | D．feed |
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| 小题19: | | A．smooth | B．dirty | C．rough | D．clean |
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| 小题20: | | A．If | B．When | C．Whether | D．Where |
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