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Linda Evans was my best friend—like the sister I never had. We did everything together: piano lessons, movies, swimming, horse back riding.
When I was 13, my family moved away. Linda and I kept in touch through letters, and we saw each other on special time—like my wedding and Linda’s. Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often. One day a card that I sent came back, stamped “Address Unknown. ” I had no idea how to find Linda.
Over the years, I missed Linda very much. I wanted to share happiness of my children and then grandchildren. And I needed to share my sadness when my brother and then mother died. There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill.
One day I was reading a newspaper when I noticed a photo of a young woman who looked very much like Linda and whose last name was Wagman — Linda’s married name. “There must be thousands of Wagmans,” I thought, but I still wrote to her.
She called as soon as she got my letter. “Mrs Tobin!” she said excitedly, “Linda Evans Wagman is my mother. ”
Minutes later I heard a voice that I knew very much, even after 40 years, laughed and cried and caught up on each other’s lives. Now the empty place in my heart is filled. And there’s one thing that Linda and I know for sure: We won’t lose each other again!
小题1:The writer went to piano lessons with Linda Evans        .
A.at the age of 13B.before she got married
C.after they moved to new homesD.before the writer’s family moved away
小题2:They didn’t often write to each other because they        .
A.got marriedB.had little time to do so
C.didn’t like writing lettersD.could see each other on special time
小题3:There was an empty place in the writer’s heart because she        .
A.was in trouble
B.didn’t know Linda’s address
C.received the card that she sent
D.didn’t have a friend like Linda to share her happiness or sadness
小题4:The writer was happy when she        .
A.read the newspaper
B.heard Linda’s voice on the phone
C.met a young woman who looked a lot like Linda
D.wrote to the woman whose last name was Wagman
小题5:They haven’t kept in touch        .
A.for about 40 yearsB.for about 27 years
C.since they got marriedD.since the writer’s family moved away

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小题1:D
小题1:B
小题1:D
小题1:B
小题1:A
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One day an out of work mime(哑剧演员) was visiting the zoo and attempted to earn some money as a street performer. As soon as he started to draw a 31)______, a zoo keeper grabbed him and dragged him into his office. The zoo keeper explained to the mime that the zoo’s most popular attraction, a gorilla, had died suddenly and the keeper feared that 32)_____ at the zoo would fall off. He offered the mime a job to 33)______ the gorilla until they could get another one. The mime 34)______.
So the next morning the mime put on the gorilla suit and entered the cage before the crowd came. He discovered that it was a35)_______ job. He could sleep if he wanted, play and 36)______ people and he drew bigger crowds than he ever had as a mime. 37)_____, eventually the crowds got tired of him and he got tired of just swinging on tails. He 38)_______ to notice that he people were paying more attention to the lion in the cage next to his. Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience, he climbed to the top of his cage, crawled across a partition(隔墙), and dangled(悬荡) from the top to the lion’s cage. Of course, this made the lion very angry, but the crowd 39)______ it.
At the end of the day, the zoo keeper came and gave the mime a 40)______ for being such an attraction. Well, this went on for some time, the mime kept 41)______ the lion, the crowds grew larger, and his salary kept going up. Then one terrible day when he was dangling over the angry lion, he slipped and fell. The mime was 42)______.
The lion gathered itself and prepared to pounce(猛扑). The mime was so scared that he began to run round and round the cage with the lion close 43)______. Finally, the mime started screaming and yelling, “Help me,help me!”, but the lion was quick and pounced. The mime soon found himself flat on his back, looking up at the angry lion and the lion said, “44)______you fool! Do you want to get us 45)_______.”
小题1:
A.ticketB.profitC.crowdD.lesson
小题2:
A.reputationB.costC.confidenceD.attendance
小题3:
A.take care of B.dress up as C.make up forD.keep up with
小题4:
A.declinedB.hesitatedC.acceptedD.doubted
小题5:
A.greatB.demandingC.meaninglessD.busy
小题6:
A.make fun ofB.communicate withC.cooperate withD.take advantage of
小题7:
A.Surprisingly B.HoweverC.ThereforeD.Additionally
小题8:
A.failedB.refusedC.managedD.began
小题9:
A.lovedB.fearedC.forgotD.excused
小题10:
A.warningB.directionC.riseD.punishment41.
小题11:
A.fightingB.insultingC.boringD.frightening
小题12:
A.caughtB.attackedC.terrified D.offended
小题13:
A.behindB.aheadC.beyondD.aside
小题14:
A.Hurry upB.Get upC.Wake upD.Shut up
小题15:
A.helped B.killedC.favoredD.fired

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I will never forget the two impressive things that happened last winter. One of my classmates and I were   36  our project work late at night on my university"s campus far from home.  Since there was   37  in the forecast, I had worn a winter   38  to school that day with a raincoat in my bag.
Throughout our work on the project, I could   39  that my friend was tired from a very long day working.  As we stepped outside to begin the   40  walk home, I   41  she was shivering(颤抖).  The temperature had dropped to the low thirties (Fahrenheit) and she   42  had a sweater on. I   43  offered her my warm jacket. She accepted it and asked me what I   44  wear then.  I told her I had another one and pretended that my   45  was a jacket.  She said later that she   46  the next morning and the first thing on her mind was feeling moved about my   47  of the jacket.
Coincidentally(碰巧), the next day I went to an open-air play and I was freezing   48  I didn’t expect it to be so   49 .  A person who I hardly   50  insisted that I wear his jacket.  I was   51  touched by this warm gesture.  He was so matter-of-fact(讲究实际的) about me   52  his coat, too:  he simply took it off and handed it to me telling me that I should   53  it. I used to think that this vast universe was a cold   54 .  It turns out that even when the temperature drops low, the people never   55  to warm each other"s hearts.
小题1:
A.startingB.destroyingC.showingD.doing
小题2:
A.rainB.fogC.snowD.cloud
小题3:
A.suitB.jacketC.capD.coat
小题4:
A.thinkB.guessC.seeD.check
小题5:
A.easyB.shortC.safeD.long
小题6:
A.heardB.believedC.noticedD.expected
小题7:
A.bravelyB.nearlyC.onlyD.usually
小题8:
A.suddenlyB.immediatelyC.madlyD.calmly
小题9:
A.wouldB.couldC.shouldD.might
小题10:
A.blouseB.sweaterC.dressD.raincoat
小题11:
A.ran awayB.woke upC.fell illD.got hurt
小题12:
A.saleB.sizeC.colorD.offer
小题13:
A.thoughB.untilC.sinceD.if
小题14:
A.warmB.coldC.sunnyD.dark
小题15:
A.knewB.matteredC.lovedD.blamed
小题16:
A.deeplyB.wronglyC.finallyD.firmly
小题17:
A.envyingB.watchingC.holdingD.wearing
小题18:
A.keepB.buyC.borrowD.throw
小题19:
A.environmentB.placeC.windD.situation
小题20:
A.denyB.agreeC.helpD.stop

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Bears and humans often meet in National Parks. Although campers and hikers are warned not to feed the bears, many people ignore these warnings and feed the beasts anyway. When bears are used to people’s food, problems soon arise.
Bears like to eat a large variety of things, both meat and vegetable. Without human assistance, bears live nicely on roots, twigs, leaves of trees, insects and small animals. With people around, the bears’ tastes quickly expand to include sandwiches, hot dogs, hamburgers, and anything else they can temp humans into giving up.
Bears often develop clever strategies for getting people to let go their food supplies. More often than not, an unsuspecting hiker has taken off his or her pack for a rest only to have a bear charge out of the woods, grab the pack and quickly disappear into the underbrush with it. Hanging the pack on a tree branch won’t help. Bears have been known to climb up, jump off, and catch the pack on the way down. One mother bear stretched up with her baby on her shoulders to reach a pack stored on a pole. Many bears threaten people into giving up their supplies. Although a bear is unlikely to attack a person and would probably run away if screamed at, few people are willing to do so. Most people drop the pack and run the other way. This, of course, delights the bear. In some places, the Park Service installed some metal barrels with lids to help campers keep their supplies safe from bears. Although the bears were unable to open these containers, the effort was less than successful. Most campers, unable to tell the metal drums from rubbish cans, never used them for the intended purpose.
小题1:Feeding bears on people’s food         .
A.brings the people a lot of funB.can cause problems
C.often causes injuries and deathsD.helps bears survive
小题2:If people had never fed bears, the bears        .
A.might be satisfied with what they had originally
B.would have starved long before
C.wouldn’t have enough food supply
D.would have hunted for other kind of food
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE?
A.If fed on sandwiches and hot dogs, the bears would no longer eat roots, twigs and insects .
B.It’s likely that bears would hurt people if the people didn’t give up their food.
C.Most people would frighten away the bears that would temp their food.
D.Seeing a pack, the bear would quickly snatch it and run away with it.
小题4:Bear-proof containers didn’t work because         .
A.bears were clever enough to get the food in them
B.they were left open in the open air
C.people were not sure of their use
D.they were once used as rubbish cans

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Can trees talk? Yes, but not in words. Scientists have reason to believe that trees do communicate (交际) with each other. Not long ago, researchers learned some surprising things. First a willow tree attacked in the woods by caterpillars (毛虫) changed the chemistry of its leaves and made them taste so terrible that they got tired of the leaves and stopped eating them. Then even more astonishing, the tree sent out a special smell---a signal (信号) causing its neighbors to change the chemistry of their own leaves and make them less tasty.
Communication, of course, doesn’t need to be in words. We can talk to each other by smiling, raising our shoulders and moving our hands. We know that birds and animals use a whole vocabulary of songs, sounds, and movements. Bees dance their signals, flying in certain patterns that tell other bees where to find nectar (花蜜) for honey. So why shouldn’t trees have ways of sending message?
小题1: It can be concluded from the passage that caterpillars do not feed on leaves that ______.
A.are lying on the groundB.have an unpleasant taste
C.bees don’t likeD.have an unfamiliar shape
小题2:According to the passage, the willow tree was able to communicate with other trees by ______.
     
A.waving its branchesB.giving off a special smell
C.dropping its leavesD.changing the colour of its trunk
小题3:According to this passage, bees communicate by ______.
A.making special movementB.touching one another
C.smelling one anotherD.making unusual sound

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The afternoon on December 25 in the waiting room , I was the nurse on duty . When I felt sad about having to_36_on Christmas Day , a woman and four small children showed up at my desk .
“ Are you all sick ?” I asked. “ Yes,” the woman said _37_and lowered her head. But when it came to telling me about their_38_ ,things got a little surprising. They all seemed to be well and there was nothing _39_ with their body.
Why did they tell a _40_that they were all sick? I did not say anything but _41_ that it might be a little time before a doctor could _42_ them . The mother said,“Take your time.We can _43_ here. It’s so warm.” When she finished the register chart , I noticed she didn’t write down their address----were they _44_ ?
I looked at the _45_ around the Christmas tree. The children were excited and _46_ to be healthy. The littlest one was pointing at the Christmas tree and say something to the mother. Then I was sure that they came here not because of _47_ but only for warmth.
I went back to the nurses’ station and _48_ the homeless family. The nurses, _49_ about working on Christmas Day like me, turned to feel sorry for the family and decided to _50_.
We bought delicious food in the hospital restaurant and _51_ a big dinner for our guests. We needed _52_. So we put apples in a basket and collected candies and clothes. Just as we were seriously prepared to meet the physical needs of the _53_, our team worked to meet the needs of a family who just wanted to be _54_ on Christmas Day.
Later, as the family was to _55 _ , the youngest child ran to me and said,“Thank you very much. Good bye.’
小题1:A choose               B work              C shop             D clean
小题2:A angrily              B joyfully          C weakly           D loudly
小题3:A plans                B jobs              C habits           D problems
小题4:A wrong                B new               C special          D strange
小题5:A story                B lie               C joke             D secret
小题6:A explained            B agree          C promised     D replied
小题7:A visit                B educated       C see          D encouraged
小题8:A sleep                B eat               C dance            D wait
小题9:A careless             B homeless          C impolite         D unhappy
小题10:A family               B team              C class            D police
小题11:A seemed               B wanted            C decided          D happened
小题12:A fun              B hunger            C illness     D tiredness
小题13:A introduced        B mentioned         C reported         D greeted
小题14:A writing    B learning          C worrying         D complaining
小题15:A leave                B stop              C watch            D help
小题16:A prepared             B cooked            C ordered          D started
小题17:A vegetables           B materials         C presents         D fruits
小题18:A doctors             B patients           C leaders           D nurses
小题19:A satisfied           B excited            C warm              D full
小题20:A watch              B sing               C win               D leave
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