It was freezing outside my car and I did not want to get out of it. We were passing by a small shop when I noticed an old man 36 with cold. It was freezing that night. 37, here he was, seated in the corner, waiting for anyone who would give him a(n)38 coin or a cup of hot tea.
I asked my husband to go over and 39 a packet of biscuits to this old man. He looked into my husband’s face 40 and smiled. I felt so happy and 41 I prayed for him to live through the cold night.
I 42 to visit again and find out 43 he was the next day. I did so the next evening, and he was still there.44 my car, the old man came up to my 45 and smiled at me. I became 46 once more and this time I gave him a bag of food, which I brought with the 47 of finding him in the same spot. He 48 for the bag and I gave him my hand. He 49 my hand and said，“ May God bless you. Thanks for your help.” With his cap on his head and the 50 of his hand and the smile on his face, he 51 me of my father.
At a closer 52, I saw my father in this old man, waiting for anyone to show him some 53 or love. Maybe one day, it could 54 to one of us, so do not pass by a poor person without offering at least a word of 55 and a kind smile or an act kindness of any kind.
| 小题1: | | A．standing | B．shaking | C．walking | D．crying |
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| 小题2: | | A．Therefore | B．Finally | C．Instead | D．However |
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| 小题3: | | A．new | B．extra | C．single | D．remaining |
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| 小题4: | | A．buy | B．hand | C．throw | D．order |
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| 小题5: | | A．seriously | B．angrily | C．carefully | D．gratefully |
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| 小题6: | | A．in fact | B．in addition | C．in turn | D．in all |
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| 小题7: | | A．agreed | B．promised | C．managed | D．decided |
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| 小题9: | | A．Recognizing | B．Following | C．Stopping | D．Leading |
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| 小题10: | | A．place | B．window | C．way | D．seat |
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| 小题11: | | A．nervous | B．happy | C．excited | D．sad |
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| 小题13: | | A．looked up | B．stood up | C．reached out | D．set out |
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| 小题14: | | A．accepted | B．pulled | C．touched | D．held |
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| 小题15: | | A．size | B．warmth | C．power | D．shape |
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| 小题16: | | A．reminded | B．informed | C．told | D．convinced |
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| 小题17: | | A．appearance | B．look | C．inspection | D．survey |
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| 小题18: | | A．favor | B．respect | C．support | D．mercy |
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| 小题19: | | A．go | B．appear | C．exist | D．happen |
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| 小题20: | | A．romance | B．admiration | C．love | D．passion |
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小题1:B。突然我注意到一位矮矮的老人，裹着很少的衣物，在寒风中颤栗（shaking）。
小题1:D。however然而，表示转折关系，与天冷形成了对比。
小题1:C。他在等待任何一位可以留给他一枚（a single）硬币或者是一杯热茶的人。
小题1:B。hand递送。我叫我的老公过去，递给一包饼干给他。。
小题1:D。根据上下文可知，那个老人肯定是“感激地”（gratefully）。
小题1:C。in addition除了……之外。此外，我保佑他度过那寒冷的夜晚。
小题1:D。我决定再次拜访（visit）和知道他第二天怎么样（how）。
小题1:C。解析见上题。
小题1:A。这里指老人认出（Recognizing）我的小汽车。
小题1:B。来到我的窗户（window），对我微笑。
小题1:B。这里指作者再次变得更加的高兴，所以用happy。
小题1:A。指作者带着在同样地点找到他的希望（hope）。
小题1:C。reached out for伸手去拿之意。
小题1:D。这里指老人抓住作者的手，故用held。
小题1:B。他手的温暖(warmth)和脸上的微笑。
小题1:A。remind sb of sth使某人想起。这里指作者想起了自己的父亲。
小题1:B。这里指更近一点看，故用look。
小题1:D。等待有人给予他同情（mercy）和爱心。
小题1:D。happen to发生。也许一天会发生在我们某人身上。
小题1:C。一个“爱（love）”字或善意的微笑。 |
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试题【It was freezing outside my car and I did not want to get out of it. We were pass】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
Impossible cases are not forever. While it is impossible for one person, it is possible for another. In a word, everything is possible.
Someone says, “Success belongs to those who can look at the complex challenges offered by the world as inspiration.” So your challenges are golden opportunities for success. How can there be miracles if there are no obstacles? How will you chase the storm if there is no storm? You need challenges to reveal your ability. Success doesn’t come out of nothing; success comes from the problems you face. Those who refuse to give in come out smiling.
Robert X. Perez says, “The seeds of success spring from failure’s ashes.” Failure is not defeat; it is the pointer to do better than what you just did. You have to know that you are in a constant study of life. What you face is for your training. Samuel Aidoo says, “Each failure is simply another chapter in the story of our lives. To fail is to understand what not to do. Remember it and don’t give up until your goal is achieved.”
What do you do when you face difficulty? Yeah, life is difficult, but you do not give up. Have a positive and calm outlook on your circumstances(状况) and make the best of them. You may learn something new. You can develop mental toughness. Mental toughness means to be able to see the long-term gains rather than be put off by short-term pains. Once you have this toughness, you have the winning edge(优势).
The only things in life you ever really regret are the chances you didn’t take. You will regret when you see the consequences of not seizing the opportunities when they arose. Take chances every day!
小题1:The main point of the passage is that ____________.| A．success comes out of nothing | | B．never give up and you may achieve success | | C．everything is easy to deal with | | D．impossible things do not exist |
小题2: According to the author, success often comes to people who ____________.| A．have good opportunities | B．face failure | C．don’t fear difficulties | D．have a lot of luck |
小题3:Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?| A．We can perform miracles by overcoming difficulty. | | B．We will seem greater after overcoming difficulty. | | C．Everyone will fail for numerous times because of difficulty. | | D．Most of us can’t show our ability because of difficulty. |
小题4:From Paragraph 3 we can learn that ____________.| A．failure means great success in the future to everyone | | B．all people can achieve success if they keep leaning | | C．most people end up with failure because it often happens | | D．failure can help people to achieve success if they don’t give 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的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
I was 9 years old when I found out my father was 36 ．It was 1994, but I can remember my mother’s words as if it 37 yesterday: “Kerrel, I don’t want you to take food 38 your father, because he has AIDS．Be very careful when you are around him．”
AIDS wasn’t 39 we talked about in my country when I was growing up．From then on, I knew that this would be a family 40 ．My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived alone．For a while, he could take care of himself．But when I was 12, his condition worsened．My father’s 41 children lived far away, so it 42 to me to look after him．We couldn’t afford all the necessary medication for him, and 43 Dad was unable to work, I had no money for school supplies and often couldn’t 44 buy food for dinner．I would sit 45 feeling completely 46 , the teacher’s words muffled（压低）as I tried to figure out 47 I was going to manage．
I didn’t share my burden with anyone．I had seen how people reacted to AIDS．Kids __48__ classmates who had parents with the disease．And even adults could be cruel．When my father was moved to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was __49__ weak to feed himself．I had known that he was going to die, __50__ after so many years of keeping his condition a secret, I was completely unprepared when he reached his final days．Sad and __51__, I __52__ a woman at the non-profit National AIDS Support．That day, she __53__ me on the phone for hours．I was so lucky to find someone who cared．She saved my life．
I was 15 when my father died．He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to anyone, even me．He didn’t want to call attention to __54__．I __55__．
| 小题2: | | A．were | B．was | C．had been | D．has been |
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| 小题4: | | A．anything | B．everything | C．something | D．all |
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| 小题6: | | A．another | B．other | C．the other | D．others |
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| 小题7: | | A．came | B．fell | C．felt | D．turned |
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| 小题8: | | A．before | B．after | C．because | D．so |
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| 小题9: | | A．still | B．even | C．yet | D．already |
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| 小题10: | | A．at home | B．in the hospital | C．on the chair | D．in class |
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| 小题11: | | A．lost | B．sad | C．puzzled | D．curious |
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| 小题12: | | A．what | B．where | C．how | D．when |
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| 小题13: | | A．laughed at | B．smiled at | C．played a joke about | D．made fun of |
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| 小题15: | | A．and | B．but | C．however | D．yet |
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| 小题16: | | A．hopeful | B．excited | C．disappointed | D．hopeless |
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| 小题17: | | A．visited | B．called | C．asked | D．advised |
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| 小题18: | | A．kept | B．told | C．spoke | D．talked |
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| 小题19: | | A．him | B．me | C．disease | D．AIDS |
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Night after night, as was often the case, she’d lean down and push my long hair out of the 36 ,then kiss my forehead.
I don’t remember when it first started 37 me. But it did. Finally one night, I shouted out as her, “Don’t do that any more – your hands are too 38 ！” She didn’t say anything in reply. But never again did my mother 39 my day with that familiar 40 of her love.
With the years passing, my thoughts 41 to that night, when I missed my mother’s hands, missed her goodnight 42 on my forehead. Sometimes the incident seemed very 43 , while sometimes far away. But always it was hidden in the back of my 44 . Now Mom is in her seventies, and those hands that I 45 thought to be so rough are still doing things for me and my 46 . And now my own children are grown and gone. One Thanksgiving Eve, 47 I slept in the bedroom of my youth, a 48 hand hesitantly run across my face to 49 the hair from my forehead. Then a kiss, ever so 50 , touched my brow.
In my memory, for the thousandth time, I recalled the night and my young voice 51 . “Don’t do that any more – your hands are too rough!” 52 , I caught Mom’s hand in hand, saying how 53 I was for that night. I thought she’d remember, as I did. But Mom didn’t know 54 I was talking about. She had forgotten, and forgiven long ago.
That night, I fell asleep with a new 55 for my gentle mother and her caring hands. And the guilt that I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.
| 小题1: | | A．place | B．way | C．order | D．shape |
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| 小题2: | | A．pleasing | B．frightening | C．satisfying | D．annoying |
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| 小题3: | | A．sweet | B．tough | C．ugly | D．rough |
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| 小题4: | | A．take up | B．give up | C．end up | D．break up |
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| 小题5: | | A．expression | B．symbol | C．promise | D．experience |
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| 小题6: | | A．remained | B．returned | C．occurred | D．missed |
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| 小题7: | | A．story | B．greeting | C．kiss | D．song |
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| 小题8: | | A．close | B．serious | C．different | D．unusual |
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| 小题9: | | A．brain | B．mind | C．spirit | D．heart |
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| 小题10: | | A．once | B．even | C．still | D．always |
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| 小题11: | | A．husband | B．children | C．family | D．father |
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| 小题12: | | A．as | B．before | C．although | D．since |
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| 小题13: | | A．rough | B．reliable | C．thin | D．familiar |
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| 小题14: | | A．tidy | B．touch | C．brush | D．wiped |
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| 小题15: | | A．gently | B．friendly | C．closely | D．weakly |
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| 小题16: | | A．wept | B．whispered | C．complained | D．struggled |
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| 小题17: | | A．On time | B．All at once | C．Once again | D．As usual |
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| 小题18: | | A．grateful | B．anxious | C．sorry | D．excited |
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One day in September we were doing repair work on my parents’ old house to get it ready for my youngest daughter’s wedding. We had to 41 a great climbing plant that had grown across a roof beam（房梁）, so that we could repair the roof and 42 the walls.
When my husband was taking the plant away, he found a 43 of a blackbird. He then 44 something 45 among that mass of earth and straw of the nest. He broke the earth __46__ it into pieces with his finger tips and, to his 47 ,saw glittering gold. It was a child’s bracelet（手镯）. He ran into the house to 48 me.
“You won’t believe that the 49 blackbirds not only steal the best fruit we plant to feed on,” he said, “but they also want their children to 50 in a cradle（摇篮）of gold!”
When my daughter ___51__ on the eve of the 52 ,we told her about this 53 occurrence (事件).
“Don’t you remember, Mother?” she said with a loud 54 .“When I was eight, you gave me a bracelet that I 55 a few days later while out playing in the yard? It was this one!”
As the bracelet no longer 56 its owner and was dirty, I decided to take it into my safekeeping.
In December of the following year, the young couple’s baby son was baptized（受洗礼）.Among the 57 the newborn baby received, I placed his mother’s bracelet, now shining like 58 . I hope that if my grandson 59 loses it, one of the 60 that live in my backyard is somewhere nearby.
| 小题1: | | A．remove | B．cover | C．grow | D．water |
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| 小题2: | | A．build | B．paint | C．rescue | D．print |
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| 小题4: | | A．moved | B．got | C．picked | D．noticed |
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| 小题5: | | A．nice | B．colorful | C．shiny | D．special |
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| 小题6: | | A．over | B．through | C．above | D．around |
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| 小题7: | | A．horror | B．surprise | C．delight | D．disappointment |
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| 小题9: | | A．working | B．cheating | C．dreaming | D．thieving |
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| 小题10: | | A．lie | B．sing | C．listen | D．wait |
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| 小题11: | | A．came up | B．came over | C．came across | D．came by |
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| 小题12: | | A．party | B．Christmas | C．birthday | D．wedding |
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| 小题13: | | A．important | B．strange | C．terrible | D．frightening |
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| 小题14: | | A．cry | B．sigh | C．laugh | D．sound |
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| 小题15: | | A．hid | B．threw | C．lost | D．broke |
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| 小题16: | | A．fitted | B．satisfied | C．matched | D．interested |
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| 小题17: | | A．jewels | B．toys | C．clothes | D．presents |
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| 小题18: | | A．attractive | B．new | C．modern | D．golden |
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| 小题19: | | A．almost | B．just | C．even | D．ever |
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When I was a teenager, my dad did everything he could do to advise me against becoming a brewer (造酒人). He’d 36 his life brewing beer for local breweries only to make a living, 37 had his father and grandfather before him. He didn’t want me 38 near a vat (酿酒用的桶) of beer. So I did as he asked. I got good 39 , went to Harvard and in 1971 was accepted into a graduate program there that 40 me to study law and business at the same time.
In my second year of graduate school, I began to realize that I’d 41 done anything but go to school. So, at 24 I decided to drop out. 42 , my parents didn’t think this was a great idea. But I felt strongly that you can’t 43 till you’re 65 to do what you want in life.
I packed my stuff into a bus and headed for Colorado to become an instructor at Outward Bound. Three years later, I was ready to go back to 44 . I finished Harvard and got a highly-paid job at the Boston Consulting Group Still, after working there five years, I 45 , “Is this what I want to be doing when I’m 50?” At that time, Americans spent good money on beer in 46 quality. Why not make good beer for 47 ? I thought.
I decided to give up my job to become 48 . When I told Dad, he was 49 , but in the end he 50 me. I called my beer Samuel Adams, 51 the brewer and patriot (爱国者) who helped to start the Boston Tea Party. 52 I sold the beer direct to beer drinkers to get the 53 out. Six weeks later, at the Great American Beer Festival, Sam Adams Boston Lager (淡啤酒) won the top prize for American beer. In the end I was destined (注定) to be a brewer. My 54 to the young is simple: Life is very 55 , so don’t rush to make decisions. Life doesn’t let you plan.
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| 小题3: | | A．anywhere、 | B．anyway | C．anyhow | D．somewhere |
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| 小题4: | | A．habits | B．teachers | C．grades | D．work |
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| 小题5: | | A．promised | B．convinced | C．advised | D．allowed |
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| 小题6: | | A．never | B．ever | C．always | D．hardly |
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| 小题7: | | A．Fortunately | B．Obviously | C．Possibly | D．Surprisingly |
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| 小题8: | | A．assure | B．decline | C．deny | D．wait |
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| 小题9: | | A．school | B．Colorado | C．my home | D．my decision |
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| 小题10: | | A．thrilled | B．stressed | C．wondered | D．sneezed |
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| 小题11: | | A．cheap | B．expensive | C．low | D．high |
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| 小题12: | | A．Englishmen | B．Europeans | C．the world | D．Americans |
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| 小题13: | | A．a lawyer | B．a brewer | C．an instructor | D．an engineer |
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| 小题14: | | A．astonished | B．satisfied | C．interested | D．anxious |
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| 小题15: | | A．hated | B．supported | C．raised | D．left |
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| 小题17: | | A．Therefore | B．Otherwise | C．Also | D．Yet |
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| 小题18: | | A．price | B．name | C．company | D．party |
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| 小题19: | | A．advice | B．life | C．job | D．experience |
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| 小题20: | | A．hard | B．busy | C．short | D．long |
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