阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
There once lived a young man who was always unhappy and complained about his poverty. One day, he went to see a fortune teller to inquire how to become_____1____. The fortune teller said, "Young man, you are already wealthy now."
"Where is my wealth?" the young man asked _______2____.
"It is with you. Your _______3___ is (are) your wealth. You use them to see this world. You use them to see all the ______4______things in this world. You can read, study and learn. Your hands are your wealth. You can use them to work. You can use them to hug your beloved ones. Your ____5_____are your wealth. You can go to any places..." the fortune teller said.
"You call these wealth? Everyone has them," the young man said.
"These are wealth. What you have now are not what others can luckily have. Are you ______6___ to give your eyes to me? I am willing to give you a lot of money to _____7_____ for them," the fortune teller said.
"No, are you crazy? I am not going to exchange my eyes for money! They are _____8____ to me!" the young man ____9_______.
"Precisely, these are wealth to you. You will not exchange them for money. Furthermore, although a lot of people have their wealthy things, they do not ____10_____ them or treasure them. They are not _______11____ to Heaven for giving them their wealth. They even complain that Heaven is unfair to them. Do you want to _____12_____one of them before you will treasure them?" the fortune teller said.
Everyone is wealthy. But we should not ____13______it for granted. We need to treasure our wealth, take care of it and use it _____14_____. We should not overuse it because once it is ____15____, it is gone forever. Remember it is our wealth that we do not want to lose.
1. A. happy B. young C. wealthy D. poor
2. A. anxiously B. sadly C. quietly D. patiently
3. A. knowledge B. skills C. brain D. eyes
4. A. ugly B. beautiful C. strange D. useful
5. A. legs B. cars C. jewels D. banknotes
6. A. lovely B. optimistic C. angry D. willing
7. A. charge B. buy C. exchange D. change
8. A. precious B. useless C. extra D. special
9. A. wept B. demonstrated C. smiled D. yelled
10. A. see B. realize C. keep D. hold
11. A. grateful B. careful C. meaningful D. faithful
12. A. get B. grasp C. have D. lose
13. A. take B. make C. set D. sell
14. A. wrongly B. wisely C. naturally D. really
15. A. old B. used C.  gone D. dead |
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1. C。他不安于贫困，去找算命先生自然是询问如何致富。
2. A。四个选项中只有A项anxiously可以表现他迫不及待的心情。
3. D。根据下文“You use them to see this world.”可知应为eyes。
4. B。虽然四个选项所表示的都是眼睛可以看到的，但beautiful合乎算命先生说话的意思。
5. A。根据后面的“You can run very fast.”可知应为legs。
6. D。根据后面的“I am willing to give you…”及willing的用法可知选D项。
7. C。charge和change意思不符；buy后不跟for, 所以用exchange。
8. A。根据前面的一句“I am not going to exchange my eyes for money!”可知年轻人不愿意交换，可以推断眼睛对他来说是重要的、宝贵的。所以选A。
9. D。从年轻人说话的语气推断他应该很生气，所以冲着算卦先生大声嚷道。yelled符合文中的情形。
10. B。realize为“意识到”，其他三个选项不妥。
11. A。对上苍赐给我们的财富我们应该心怀感激，grateful符合文意。
12. D。根据上文可知应该选lose。
13. A。take…for granted是固定搭配。
14. B。根据上文“We need to treasure our wealth, take care of them…”推断应该选B项。
15. C。联系下一句“…they are gone forever.”可知应该选gone。gone是形容词，表示动作的完成，不表示被动。 |
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试题【阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 There once lived a young 】；主要考察你对
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If you feel at present that you don’t have enough friends in your life，one reason may be that you have let yourself become too busy to make time for the relationships you already have.
Starting and keeping friendship requires effort and commitment．Many of us let our lives become so busy with work and other commitments that we don’t get around to scheduling time for pleasure and renewal（叙旧，更新）with the friends，relatives and acquaintances we already have．
Making the effort to call your friends more regularly and to accept more of the invitations you receive from others can improve your social life in a hurry!
Are there any people you could call right now and be assured of a pleasant welcome? Are there people that you could count on to help you in time of difficulty? Can you have close talks with them? Do you have fun when you are together? Are you happy to have them in your life?
If you haven’t seen much of them lately, is it because you have become too busy? Have you grown apart? Was there an argument?
If the main reason you haven’t been getting together with the people you already know is because you have gotten too busy, take a good look at how you spend your time．Compare it with your real values and priorities（优先考虑的事）in life．Is your busy lifestyle really bringing you the quality of life that you want?
If you have become too busy for friends，why has this happened? Are you seeking material toys in your life at the expense of relationships with other hum an beings? Have you allowed your time to be over-committed because you never say “No” to anyone? Do you insist on doing things yourself that could be delegated to others? If so, why? Do you believe that everything depends on you?
Examine whether the way you are now spending your time accurately reflects your deepest values and priorities．Make sure that you schedule adequate time for the things that are truly most important to you．
If you really want to keep friends in your life, make a space in your schedule, and a space in your heart for them.
小题1: The author mainly discusses _______________in this passage.| A．how to spend our spare time | | B．how to balance friendship and work | | C．whether we should keep friendship | | D．whether we should invite friends to dinner |
小题2:Which of the following doesn’t indicate a good relationship?| A．You feel depressed with others in life. | | B．You have someone to have close talks with. | | C．You have someone to count on when you are in trouble. | | D．You have fun when you are with someone. |
小题3:What does the underlined word “delegated” (Para.7) probably mean?| A．declined | B．answered | C．appointed | D．handled |
小题4:The reason why you have become too busy for friends may be the following EXCEPT that________.| A．you spend too much time seeking material toys in your life | | B．you stick to doing everything all by yourself | | C．you feel it difficult to keep friendship | | D．you never refuse whatever other people ask you to do |
小题5: Which would be the best title for the text?| A．How to Make New Friends | B．Too busy for Friendship? | | C．How to Spend Your Time | D．Too busy with work? |
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One day not too long ago the employees of a large company in St .Louis, Missouri returned from their lunch break and were greeted with a sign on the front door. The sign said: “Yesterday the person who has been hindering(阻碍) your growth in this company passed away. We invite you to attend the funeral in the room that has been prepared in the gym.”
At first everyone was sorry to hear that one of their colleagues had died, but after a while they started getting curious about who this person might be. The excitement grew as the employees arrived at the gym to pay their last respects. Everyone wondered: “Who is this person that was hindering my progress? Well, at least he’s no longer here! ”One by one the employees got closer to the coffin (棺材) and when they looked inside it they suddenly became speechless. They stood over the coffin, shocked and in silence, as if someone had touched the deepest part of their soul. There was a mirror inside the coffin: everyone who looked inside it could see himself. There was also a sign next to the mirror that said: “There is only one person who is capable to set limits to your growth: it is you.”
You are the only person who can revolutionize your life. You are the only person who can influence your happiness, your realization and your success. You are the only person who can help yourself. Your life does not change when your boss changes, when your friends change, when your parents change, when your partner changes, when your company changes. Your life changes when you change, when you go beyond your limiting beliefs, when you realize that you are the only one responsible for your life.
小题1:The underlined word “funeral” in the first paragraph means ________.| A．an occasion when one admires himself in a mirror | | B．a chimney from where smelly smoke comes out | | C．a ceremony for burying or burning a dead person | | D．an exhibition displaying varieties of treasures |
小题2:Which of the following would be the best title for the text?| A．Last Respects | B．A Strange Person | | C．A Strange Company | D．A Road to Success |
小题3:Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?| A．The employees were shocked when they saw the dead person. | | B．It is you yourself that can actually change your life. | | C．In the mirror you can find how small you are in the world. | | D．You can achieve your goal if you set limits to your growth. |
小题4:It seems that the company is ________.| A．encouraging the employees to show respects to the dead | | B．providing good working conditions for its employees | | C．suffering a heavy loss due to its staff member’s death | | D．trying to make its employees aware of their own potential |
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The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome stuff they call “books”.
I was going to have my examination the next day. “When can I go to bed?” I asked myself. I didn’t answer. In fact I dared not.
The clock struck twelve.” Oh, !” I cried. “Ten more books to read before I can go to bed!” We pupils are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.
The clock struck one. I was quite desperate(绝望的) now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, “Oh, God, please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen.” My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.
小题1:When the author was going over his lessons, all the others in the house were____. | A．asleep | B．outside | C．working in bed | D．quietly laughing at him |
小题2:The underlined word “wretched” in Paragraph 3 probably means____.| A．very happy | B．disappointed | C．very unhappy | D．hopeful |
小题3:Reviewing his lessons didn’t help him  because______.| A．it was too late at night | | B．he was very tired | | C．his eyes lids were so heavy that he couldn’t keep them open | | D．he hadn’t studied hard before the examination |
小题4: What do you suppose happened to the author?| A．He went to a church to pray again. | B．He passed the exa m by luck. | | C．He failed in the exam. | D．He was punished by his teacher. |
小题5:The best title for the passage would be____.| A．The Night Before the Examination | B．Working Far into the Night | | C．A Slow Student | D．Going Over My Lessons |
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Hot words on the Internet don’t stay hot for long. “Geili” and “Fuyun”, last year’s biggest creations, are actually ____36____ on Internet now. What’s popular now is “hold steady”.
The term（术语）comes from the very Taiwanese TV show ____37___ includes Miss Lin (Xie Yilin) giving a lecture on how to ____38___ like a fashion queen at parties or on the bus. Although the lecture is mainly a mockery（嘲笑）of the fashion world, ____39____ Miss Lin makes a point: We need to hold steady in pressure-filled or embarrassing situations.
____40___ steady is one of the qualities the public has been ____41____ lately ____42___ pressures on marriage, work and money can easily drive people crazy.
The quality was ____43____ by a girl named Su Miaoling this year, who ____44___ in the TV singing competition “Super Girl”. ____45____ herself with confidence on stage, she kept ____46____ when others got anxious.
“I like your poise(淡定). Very few people on this stage can keep calm like you do,” said one of the show’s judges, Hu Haiquan, to Su. Internet users named Su “Sister Poise”.
Poise is also appreciated in Western culture as an essential quality of a ____47____ person.
Each year, the National League of Junior Cotillions of the US releases a list of the Ten Best Mannered People. Kate Middleton was ____48____ as the one of the Ten Best Mannered Peo ple for the way ____49____ she showed herself in the public. The Duchess of Cambridge was also appreciated ____50____ this year for her remarkable poise at the royal wedding. That is good news for many because she has prove ____51____ true that poise is not born, but it can be got with a bit of ____52____.
About-personal-growth.com, a foreign website on personal growth guidance, gives ____53___ on how to stay poised.
“Take a few deep breaths when you are facing a situation that tests your patience; practise yoga ____54___; say to yourself “I choose to be calm in any situation”; write down your encouragement daily to ____55____ the goal,” reads the site.
| 小题1: | | A．fashionable | B．outdated | C．hot | D．popular |
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| 小题2: | | A．which | B．where | C．that | D．who |
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| 小题5: | | A．Held | B．Hold | C．Holding | D．Being held |
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| 小题6: | | A．looking for | B．looking back on | C．looking at | D．looking down |
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| 小题8: | | A．explained | B．exhibited | C．equipped | D．exchanged |
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| 小题9: | | A．turned down | B．turned around | C．turned on | D．turned up |
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| 小题10: | | A．Taking | B．Giving | C．Carrying | D．Earning |
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| 小题11: | | A．nervous | B．upset | C．frightened | D．cool |
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| 小题12: | | A．well-behaved | B．well-organized | C．well-done | D．well-balanced |
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| 小题13: | | A．called | B．elected | C．chose | D．selected |
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| 小题14: | | A．which | B．in that | C．how | D．in which |
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| 小题15: | | A．early | B．earlier | C．earliest | D．former |
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| 小题17: | | A．effect | B．effort | C．affect | D．afford |
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| 小题18: | | A．advices | B．lectures | C．tips | D．courses |
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| 小题19: | | A．regularly | B．commonly | C．usually | D．normally |
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| 小题20: | | A．set | B．make | C．have | D．achieve |
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After a long day at school, I walked home with my heavy schoolbag . By the time I got home, I was sweaty, 16 and hungry. I threw my things on the couch and grabbed something from the kitchen to 17 . I passed by the living room and wished I could watch TV , but I knew my 18 would take me the whole night. I grabbed my schoolbag and went 19 to my room, feeling defeated. I tried to understand chemistry and 20 sleepiness at the same time. I was stressed out and 21 . I wanted something to cheer me up .
Later in the evening , I 22 the sound of the front door opening. And I waited for it—the sound of my mom singing . 23 she sings off-key (跑调), it made me excited that she was here. I ran down the stairs to greet my mom. We 24 and I ran back upstairs to do homework again. I like it when my mom was happy. Her 25 flowed down to me and I got the strength to 26 the stress again.
Sometimes, I wonder how my mom can still be 27 after coming back from work. Every weekday, she wakes up 28 in the morning to go to work and spends an hour on the bus before getting downtown . At a 29 factory, she works standing for the whole day and draws patterns for clothes over and over. After work, she gets stuck in 30 for two hours on her way back home. When I 31 my school life with her work life, I should not be the one to 32 . At least I have some fun things to do at school, while one mistake at work can cost my mom her job. I 33 that my mom has a positive attitude and lives her life with a joyous heart even though there may be 34 . Seeing her happy makes me feel 35 , too.
| 小题1: | | A．heavy | B．busy | C．sleepy | D．unlucky |
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| 小题2: | | A．keep | B．eat | C．give | D．watch |
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| 小题3: | | A．dream | B．supper | C．homework | D．experience |
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| 小题4: | | A．aside | B．upstairs | C．outwards | D．nearby |
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| 小题5: | | A．put off | B．fight off | C．refer to | D．research into |
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| 小题6: | | A．bored | B．shocked | C．worried | D．frightened |
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| 小题7: | | A．made | B．recorded | C．imagined | D．heard |
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| 小题8: | | A．Unless | B．Though | C．If | D．As |
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| 小题9: | | A．agreed | B．debated | C．hugged | D．celebrated |
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| 小题10: | | A．need | B．idea | C．faith | D．energy |
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| 小题11: | | A．face | B．change | C．accept | D．leave |
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| 小题12: | | A．creative | B．careful | C．positive | D．professional |
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| 小题13: | | A．early | B．naturally | C．fast | D．regularly |
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| 小题14: | | A．furniture | B．tobacco | C．car | D．clothing |
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| 小题15: | | A．task | B．traffic | C．communication | D．examination |
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| 小题16: | | A．replace | B．exchange | C．connect | D．compare |
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| 小题17: | | A．complain | B．decide | C．study | D．play |
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| 小题18: | | A．achieve | B．notice | C．appreciate | D．improve |
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| 小题19: | | A．lies | B．difficulties | C．confusions | D．accidents |
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| 小题20: | | A．successful | B．skillful | C．good | D．important |
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