I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pen, and white paper, I decided that the act of 1 must be the most 2 thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, mother 3 different things for my sister and brother. “But the 4 ”, she said, “is for Elizabeth”.
I never saw her angry, and never saw her cry. I knew she 5 me, she showed it in action. But 6 a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks 7 mother and daughter. They never happened. And a gulf (深渊) opened between us. I was “too emotional”. 8 she lived “on the surface”.
As years passed and I graduated from college, I loved my mother and I wrote to her in 9 words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did 10 me.
I posted the letter and waited for her answer. 11 came. My hope turned to 12 , then little interest, finally, peace --- it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the 13 had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could 14 trying to make her into someone she was not.
Now the 15 of her desk told me, as she’d 16 been able to, that she was 17 that writing was my chosen work. I 18 the desk carefully and found some papers 19 --- a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded and refolded many times.
“Give me an answer”, my letter asks, “in any way you chose”. Mother, you always chose the 20 that speaks louder than words.
| 小题1: | | A．speaking | B．writing | C．looking | D．listening |
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| 小题2: | | A．wonderful | B．tiring | C．funny | D．productive |
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| 小题3: | | A．bought | B．gave | C．designed | D．kept |
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| 小题4: | | A．pen | B．paper | C．chair | D．desk |
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| 小题5: | | A．loved | B．disliked | C．appreciated | D．sympathized |
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| 小题7: | | A．with | B．among | C．beside | D．between |
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| 小题9: | | A．careful | B．active | C．thankful | D．serious |
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| 小题10: | | A．ignore | B．accept | C．forgive | D．dislike |
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| 小题11: | | A．No one | B．None | C．Something | D．Neither |
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| 小题12: | | A．surprise | B．joy | C．disappointment | D．happiness |
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| 小题13: | | A．ideas | B．information | C．news | D．Letter |
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| 小题14: | | A．stand | B．stop | C．continue | D．practice |
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| 小题15: | | A．present | B．appearance | C．shape | D．sight |
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| 小题16: | | A．always | B．ever | C．never | D．often |
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| 小题17: | | A．sorry | B．encouraged | C．regretful | D．pleased |
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| 小题18: | | A．moved | B．cleaned | C．fixed | D．emptied |
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| 小题19: | | A．inside | B．outside | C．below | D．above |
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| 小题20: | | A．gesture | B．method | C．action | D．way |
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小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:D
小题5:A
小题6:B
小题7:D
小题8:C
小题9:A
小题10:C
小题11:B
小题12:C
小题13:D
小题14:B
小题15:A
小题16:C
小题17:D
小题18:B
小题19:A
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由一张桌子讲述了一个故事作者的母亲表面上很冷漠，但心里充满了对作者的爱，作者是托物思人，以表达自己对母亲的怀念之情
小题1:词义辨析。根据前文提到的桌子笔可知都是与写作有关的内容。
小题2:形容词辨析。我心底认为写作是一件很棒的事情。
小题3:固定搭配。根据后面的介词for可知应该是kee, keep sth for sb保留某物给某人。
小题4:上下文串联。根据前面提及我对桌子很入迷，可知妈妈是把桌子留给了我。
小题5:上下文串联。全文可知母亲外表冷漠，但内心充满了对我的爱。
小题6:介词辨析。上下文可知作为一个小女孩。
小题7:介词辨析，根据后面的mother and daughter.可知是两者之间所以用between.
小题8:上下文串联。根据前后的语义可知我很情绪化，而母亲外表很冷漠，上下文是转折关系。
小题9:形容词辨析。根据上下文可知我写信给母亲，用词很小心谨慎的。
小题10:动词辨析。有前文可知我和母亲关系不好，我写信给母亲求她原谅。
小题11:代词辨析。no one=nobody指人，neither指两者都不。根据上下文可知这里是指没有收到母亲的来信。所以用none是指特定某物一个也没有。
小题12:上下文串联，没有收到母亲的来信，自然是令人失望的。
小题13:上下文串联。前文可知我是写信给了母亲，所以这里我不知道她有没有收到信。
小题14:动词语义辨析。我可以停止努力让母亲成为让她成为一个她不想成为的人。
小题15:名词辨析。根据第一段可知，妈妈是把桌子送给我，那么桌子是她给我的礼物。
小题16:上下文串联。母亲用实际行动告诉我，而在语言上她从来都没有说过。
小题17:形容词辨析。妈妈把桌子送给我，说明她对于我选择写作作为事业很满意。
小题18:动词辨析。妈妈送我桌子，我自然是应该清洁整理它。
小题19:词义辨析。信件应该是放在桌子里面。
小题20:上下文串联。全文可知母亲是一个用行动说话的人。 |
核心考点
试题【I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
I live in Albuquerque, and some homeless people often stay at the stoplights. I often gave money to them, feeling 1 for their bad luck. But later I became a single mom with no home, a huge debt. As a result, I 2 giving and had a strong sense of 3 .
Things started to 4 for me. Again I had a home, and plenty of food, and I started to 5 myself out of debt. One day we saw a homeless person with the 6 ,"Will work for food." I 7 .
My daughter commented, "Mommy, you 8 to give to those people in 9 ."I replied, "Honey, they just use that money for alcohol or other 10 things. "She didn"t respond. But when I said that, I didn"t feel right.
Three days later, I was driving to 11 up my daughter from school. A man was standing on the corner, and something deep 12 me said, "Just help him." 13 I rolled down my window, and he ran over with delight, saying "God bless you, I only need 77 cents." I 14 into my ashtray（烟灰缸） and strangely enough, there sat three quarters and two pennies.
I scooped（抓起） it up and gave it to him. He 15 with joy and tears in his 16 "Wow, you just made it 17 for me to see my mom for Christmas! Thank you so much. The bus that has this great sale is 18 in 20 minutes!" It was a moment I"ll never forget. I think that man won"t forget it either, 19 I was the one who got the best 20 in life——GIVING.
| 小题1: | | A．pleased | B．sorry | C．nervous | D．proud |
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| 小题2: | | A．stopped | B．refused | C．considered | D．continued |
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| 小题3: | | A．satisfaction | B． joy | C．loss | D．surprise |
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| 小题4: | | A． reform | B．decline | C．end | D．change |
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| 小题5: | | A．pull | B．drive | C．persuade | D．concern |
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| 小题6: | | A．gesture | B．symbol | C．sign | D．sentence |
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| 小题7: | | A．passed by | B．gave in | C．stood up | D．held on |
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| 小题8: | | A．expected | B．attempted | C．promised | D．used |
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| 小题9: | | A．shock | B．happiness | C．comfort | D．need |
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| 小题10: | | A．dim | B．bad | C．exciting | D．anxious |
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| 小题11: | | A．pick | B．look | C．ring | D．bring |
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| 小题12: | | A．besides | B．inside | C．behind | D．above |
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| 小题13: | | A．So | B．Otherwise | C．However | D．Moreover |
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| 小题14: | | A．climbed | B．jumped | C．saw | D．reach |
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| 小题15: | | A．turned around | B．broke down | C．burst out | D．spoke up |
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| 小题16: | | A．eyes | B．face | C．nose | D．mouth |
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| 小题17: | | A．necessary | B．possible | C．important | D．nice |
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| 小题18: | | A．taking | B．operating | C．leaving | D．driving |
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| 小题20: | | A．award | B．message | C．gift | D．lesson |
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It was a Friday morning and two lovers were going through a heart-searing breakup.
As he was being 1 away from his lover，he banged on the fence 2 them. She was 3 desperate，and with all her 4squeezed through the fence and rushed to him.
A sweet kiss followed.
No，this was not a passionate Romeo-and-Juliet love 5 .The couple is not _6human．He is a ram，and she a doe．They have been living together in the Yunnan
Wild Animal Park and have been in love since last year．In a fenced area the amorous ram，7 Long Hair，has fascinated the doe，Chunzi．Liu Gencheng，has been 8 the couple for more than a year．“The two have 9 a lot of time together since they were little.”
The pair became famous after the local TV channel reported their relationship．Thousands， 10 some celebrities，left their 11 ．Many gave their blessings but some，12 animal experts，left doubts．
Cai Yue，is one of the fanatic web followers of the unusual love affair.
“I first thought this might be a joke，but when I saw these photos，the love in their eyes 13 my heart. ”
The zoo manager vowed not to separate them．But after Long Hair fathered a baby lamb with the only female sheep in the zoo last month，the manager 14 .
“The baby sheep needs care from both parents,”he said．“ 15 the sheep and the deer are not able to have kids，we decided to separate them.”
The zoo’s plan was to form a “normal family” for Long Hair，letting him live with the female sheep and his baby 16 staying with Chunzi all the time.
17 ，the separation，was like a dramatic scene from a love story.
“Long Hair even hurt his baby and the female sheep with his horns．It 18 us,“Li said．”And Chunzi has been trying to lick Long Hair 19 the fence."
The zoo promised to let them “live happily ever after”．”We 20 do anything to separate them.” Li said．
| 小题1: | | A．dragged | B．pushed | C．left | D．brought |
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| 小题2: | | A．surrounding | B．separating | C．dividing | D．trapping |
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| 小题3: | | A．disappointedly | B．separately | C．equally | D．surprisingly |
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| 小题4: | | A．strength | B．efforts | C．power | D．energy |
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| 小题5: | | A．stage | B．scene | C．spot | D．place |
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| 小题7: | | A．known as | B．considered as | C．looked as | D．taken as |
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| 小题8: | | A．taken care | B．taken care of | C．taking care | D．taking care of |
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| 小题9: | | A．cost | B．paid | C．took | D．spent |
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| 小题10: | | A．contain | B．include | C．including | D．containing |
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| 小题11: | | A．comments | B．praise | C．criticize | D．words |
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| 小题12: | | A．in special | B．in practical | C．in rather | D．in especial |
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| 小题13: | | A．touch | B．warm | C．move | D．leave |
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| 小题14: | | A．kept his mind | B．gave his mind | C．made his mind | D．changed his mind |
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| 小题15: | | A．because | B．for | C．since | D．because of |
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| 小题16: | | A．other than | B．in stead | C．instead of | D．or rather |
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| 小题17: | | A．Still | B．But | C．However | D．Though |
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| 小题18: | | A．surprised | B．afraid | C．scared | D．astonished |
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| 小题19: | | A．pass | B．across | C．though | D．past |
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| 小题20: | | A．can’t | B．don’t | C．mustn’t | D．won’t |
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We were travelling in Italy recently and what really made our trip memorable are the encounters (邂逅) with Italian grandmas. I just ___1___ a busy road in Rome. A grandma right next to me sprinted (飞奔) across and came back with my baby’s missing shoe. I hadn’t even ___2___ and she thought it would be easier to run twice than try to communicate with me through our language ___3___.
Another time, I was looking for Fontana de Trevis (许愿池) and ___4___ off in the name of looking at this and that. Out came a ___5___ from a small café and she at once knew I was ___6___. She took me by the hand and asked where I was heading for. Then she ___7___ me to the fountain and three minutes later, I was standing in front of the masterpiece.
On the last day of our ___8__, we were in the local Metro train and a very old grandma got on. The train was ___9__ and many of us offered our seats to her. She accepted my ___10__ and a couple of stops later, I found myself ___11___ again, right next to her. We ___12__, she in Italian and me in English. When she ___13__ my husband and I were heading for Tivoli, she took out her return ___14__ for the expensive inter-city bus and put them into my hand.
I’ve lost count of the grandmas that played with our baby as if he was their own. But the ___15__ of all those grandmas is very hard to forget.
| 小题1: | | A．crossed | B．chose | C．visited | D．found |
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| 小题2: | | A．left | B．cried | C．noticed | D．arrived |
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| 小题3: | | A．translation | B．study | C．skill | D．barrier |
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| 小题4: | | A．called | B．ran | C．wandered | D．set |
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| 小题5: | | A．waitress | B．customer | C．foreigner | D．grandma |
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| 小题6: | | A．optimistic | B．honest | C．lost | D．sick |
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| 小题7: | | A．led | B．told | C．put | D．pointed |
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| 小题8: | | A．conference | B．trip | C．term | D．show |
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| 小题10: | | A．department | B．gift | C．offer | D．opinion |
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| 小题11: | | A．standing | B．sitting | C．thinking | D．sleeping |
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| 小题12: | | A．sang | B．chatted | C．wrote | D．quarreled |
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| 小题13: | | A．said | B．remember | C．forgot | D．learnt |
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| 小题14: | | A．map | B．tickets | C．money | D．plans |
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| 小题15: | | A．warmth | B．experience | C．heart | D．trip |
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One day a few years ago we had a guest of the uninvited variety. In fact, this uninvited guest was a bird--- a(n) __1__, to be more precise(精确地).
“What’s that?” I asked when I first heard the thump(重击声). “It sounds like Joe is outside playing basketball,” my wife, Anita, said. She paused and __2__ more devotedly. “It’s coming from the __3__.” she said. “Maybe it’s one of the little __4__”.
We rushed out the door. Jonathan, our youngest, was easy to make __5__. “If he’s making holes in the wall again…” I said as I searched there. No children at all. But there was that __6_ again, coming from right up there.
And that’s when I __7__ the sparrow. It was flying __8__ just inches below the ceiling. It was clearly trying to __9__, but couldn’t see that the way out wasn’t up, but down and out through the open _10__. So the bird continued beating its wings and hitting its head against the __11__.
“Poor thing,” Anita said. “It must be __12__.”
“Well, maybe it’s because of me,” I said as I moved toward it. I tried to show the bird how to glide (滑翔) down a few feet so it could get outside, __13__ that only seemed to frighten it more.
“Why don’t we just __14__?” Anita suggested. “I’m sure he’ll __15__ eventually.”
So we went back into the house, where we continued to hear the ongoing struggle. Then suddenly, it was __16__. We looked into the garage, and our uninvited guest was __17__.
“See?” Anita said. “I told you he would make it.”
“Yeah,” I said. “But how many knocks on the head did it __18__ him?”
I’ve thought about that little sparrow through the years. Just like that sparrow, we often meet situations we don’t know how to __19__. Born to go upward, we don’t __20__ consider the possibility that something good might happen if we stop flapping(拍打) around and just glide down a little bit.
| 小题1: | | A．swallow | B．eagle | C．sparrow | D．pigeon |
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| 小题2: | | A．searched | B．listened | C．studied | D．thought |
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| 小题3: | | A．basement | B．kitchen | C．garage | D．yard |
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| 小题4: | | A．kids | B．cats | C．birds | D．dogs |
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| 小题5: | | A．trouble | B．fun | C．sense | D．effort |
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| 小题6: | | A．cry | B．attack | C．knock | D．sound |
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| 小题7: | | A．recalled | B．realized | C．spotted | D．caught |
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| 小题8: | | A．bravely | B．anxiously | C．patiently | D．happily |
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| 小题9: | | A．come up | B．come down | C．get in | D．get out |
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| 小题10: | | A．car | B．hole | C．door | D．roof |
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| 小题11: | | A．wall | B．floor | C．window | D．ceiling |
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| 小题12: | | A．terrified | B．tired | C．stupid | D．mad |
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| 小题14: | | A．leave | B．wait | C．flee | D．escape |
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| 小题15: | | A．attempt | B．recognize | C．understand | D．succeed |
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| 小题16: | | A．strange | B．silent | C．busy | D．noisy |
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| 小题17: | | A．injured | B．awesome | C．gone | D．dead |
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| 小题18: | | A．cost | B．offer | C．earn | D．owe |
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| 小题19: | | A．stand | B．deal with | C．comfort | D．face |
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| 小题20: | | A．still | B．ever | C．also | D．even |
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Years ago, there was a very wealthy man who, with his devoted young son, shared a passion for art collecting. Together, they traveled around the world, adding only the 36 art treasures to their collection.
One year, as winter approached, 37 engulfed (吞没) the nation, and the young man left to 38 his country. After only a few short weeks, his father received a telegram. His beloved son was 39 in action. The art collector 40 awaited more news, 41 he would never see his son again. Within days, his fears were 42 . The young man had died while rushing a fellow soldier to a doctor.
Upset and 43 , the old man faced the coming Christmas holidays with sadness. On Christmas morning, a knock on the door awakened the 44 old man. As he opened the door, he was greeted by a 45 with a large package in his hands.
He introduced himself to the old man by saying,“ I was a 46 of your son. I was the one he was 47 when he died. May I come in for a few moments? I have something to show you.”
As the two began to 48 , the soldier told of how the man"s son had told everyone of his, not to mention his father"s 49 of fine art. “I am no 50 ,” said the soldier, “but I want to give you this.”
As the old man unwrapped the package, he saw a portrait his son. Though the world would 51 consider it the work of a genius, the painting featured the young man"s face 52 striking detail.
Overcome with emotion, the man 53 the soldier. After the soldier had left, the old man put the painting above the fireplace, pushing 54 thousands of dollars worth of art. His task completed, the old man sat in his chair and spent Christmas gazing at the 55 he had been given.
| 小题1: | | A．latest | B．richest | C．cheapest | D．finest |
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| 小题2: | | A．war | B．fire | C．storm | D．flood |
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| 小题3: | | A．save | B．serve | C．help | D．build |
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| 小题4: | | A．fighting | B．acting | C．missing | D．dying |
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| 小题5: | | A．anxiously | B．calmly | C．quietly | D．secretly |
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| 小题6: | | A．wondering | B．doubting | C．fearing | D．expecting |
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| 小题7: | | A．comp1eted | B．doubled | C．removed | D．confirmed |
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| 小题8: | | A．lonely | B．tired | C．nervous | D．frightened |
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| 小题9: | | A．sad | B．puzzled | C．angry | D．worried |
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| 小题10: | | A．farmer | B．soldier | C．painter | D．seller |
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| 小题11: | | A．friend | B．photographer | C．partner | D．guard |
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| 小题12: | | A．rescuing | B．carrying | C．guarding | D．hiding |
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| 小题14: | | A．description | B．love | C．sense | D．understanding |
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| 小题15: | | A．reporter | B．businessman | C．hero | D．artist |
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| 小题16: | | A．sometimes | B．often | C．never | D．still |
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| 小题18: | | A．treated | B．questioned | C．welcomed | D．thanked |
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| 小题20: | | A．treasure | B．souvenir | C．gift | D．Package |
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