My chance came at last. Our school was going to hold a sports meet. I knew what it 21 to me so I got up very early to prepare for it. I 22 running and jumping. When I was 23 , I reminded myself of my promise and went on.
24 the time came nearer, I felt quite 25 . On the first day I came fourth in the 1500m 26 but I was far from 27 because what I wanted most was the highlight of the sports meeting—250x8 relay race. I would run the last leg for my team.
With a shot, the race began. All the students were 28 for their team. The competition was so 29 that I began to feel nervous. Before my turn came, my team was 30 the others. Even worse, I almost dropped the stick when I was trying to 31 it.
32 after that, there was nothing in my mind except to run as fast as possible. Just when I was approaching the finish line, my legs 33 . Then my promise came to mind again and 34 me to go on. To my surprise, I was the first to 35 the finish line!
36 , I had proved to myself and those who had often laughed at me that I am not 37 at all! My classmates greeted me warmly and I hugged them tightly. I had won the prize as well as their 38 .
From the sports meeting, I learnt that sometimes things are not so difficult as they 39 to be. Just try your best without fear and you might be surprised at the 40 .
| 小题1: | | A．mattered | B．held | C．meant | D．brought |
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| 小题2: | | A．exercised | B．practiced | C．chose | D．tried |
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| 小题3: | | A．tired | B．upset | C．lazy | D．happy |
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| 小题5: | | A．confident | B．worried | C．proud | D．nervous |
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| 小题6: | | A．run | B．jump | C．race | D．match |
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| 小题7: | | A．happy | B．sad | C．excited | D．pleased |
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| 小题8: | | A．heading | B．racing | C．cheering | D．shouting |
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| 小题9: | | A．difficult | B．close | C．heated | D．near |
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| 小题10: | | A．running before | B．leading | C．falling behind | D．catching up with |
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| 小题11: | | A．fetch | B．hold | C．pass | D．take |
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| 小题13: | | A．gave in | B．gave out | C．gave up | D．gave away |
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| 小题15: | | A．draw | B．cut | C．cross | D．catch |
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| 小题16: | | A．At last | B．After all | C．Above all | D．As a result |
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| 小题17: | | A．bad | B．weak | C．slow | D．strong |
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| 小题18: | | A．congratulations | B．respect | C．support | D．pride |
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| 小题19: | | A．seem | B．hope | C．look | D．expect |
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| 小题20: | | A．beginning | B．place | C．result | D．time |
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小题1:C
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:C
小题9:C
小题10:C
小题11:D
小题12:B
小题13:B
小题14:B
小题15:C
小题16:A
小题17:B
小题18:B
小题19:A
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小题1: what it meant to me“它（代词it，指后面我要参加校运会的这件事）对我的意义”
小题2: practice + doing sth.的用法； 而choose和try 后面要加to do
小题3: tired是形容词“累的，疲倦的”，指“当我练习累了的时候”
小题4: 理解为“随着比赛时间越来越近，我（为自己的状态及训练时的表现）感到了很担心。”
小题5: Nervous 是“焦虑”的意思，两者相比较，选意思更符合常识的为佳。
小题6: race这里是名词，“比赛”。整句意思是“第一天的比赛中，我在1500米比赛中取得了第四名。”
小题7:pleased形容词，是“（令我）满意的”
小题8:cheering“欢呼”的意思
小题9:heated是“（比赛、竞争）激烈的”意思，常以a heated competition的形式出现
小题10:falling behind“落后于（别人）”的意思，这里可由后面描述“我自己的状态和所在队伍的表现不好“内容推出答案
小题11:take 接住（队友递过的“接力棒”）
小题12:But 转折，意思是“接住接力棒后，我脑中一片空白，只有双腿不停地跑、向前冲。”
小题13:gave out指“快到终点线时，我的双腿跑得太累，几乎没力了。”
小题14:make sb. to do sth.使得某人做某事，本句意思是“我的意志力迫使我继续向前冲。”
小题15:cross“冲过”的意思，cross the line是常用搭配
小题16:At last“最后”的意思
小题17:weak是形容词，“（能力）弱的”意思
小题18:respect是名词，“尊重”
小题19:seem，整句意思是“事情并非总是如它们表面上所看到的那样困难”
小题20:result是名词，“结果”的意思 |
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试题【My chance came at last. Our school was going to hold a sports meet. I knew what 】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
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One afternoon, my son A dam asked me, “Are all people the same even if they are different in color?”
I thought for a minute, and then I said, “I"ll explain, 36_ you can just wait until we make a quick 37_ at th grocery store. I have something 38 to show you. ”
At the grocery store, we 39 some apples — red, green and yellow ones. Back home, I told Adam, “It’s time to 40_ your question.” I put one apple of each 41__on the table. Then I looked at Adam, who had a 42 look on his face.
“People are like apples. They come in all 43_colors, shapes and sizes. On the 44,some of the apples
may not 45 look as the others. ” As I was talking, Adam was 46 each one carefully.
Then, I took each of the apples and peeled (削皮）them, 47 them back on the table, but 48_ a different place.
“Okay, Adam, tell me which is which”
He said, “I 49_ tell. They all look same now. ” Take a bite of 50_. See if that helps you 51_ which one is which"
He took a 52 . and then a huge smile came across his face.. ’’People are 53_ likeapples!They arealldifferent, but once you 54_ the outside, they’re pretty much the same on the inside. ”
He totally 55_ it. I didn’t need to say or do anything else.
| 小题1: | | A．although | B．so | C．because | D．if |
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| 小题2: | | A．stop | B．start | C．turn | D．stay |
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| 小题3: | | A．expressive | B．encouraging | C．informative | D．interesting |
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| 小题4: | | A．bought | B．counted | C．saw | D．collected |
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| 小题5: | | A．check | B．mention | C．answer | D．improve |
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| 小题6: | | A．size | B．type | C．shape | D．class |
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| 小题7: | | A．worried | B．satisfied | C．proud | D．curious |
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| 小题8: | | A．ordinary | B．normal | C．different | D．regular |
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| 小题9: | | A．outside | B．whole | C．table | D．inside |
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| 小题10: | | A．still | B．even | C．only | D．ever |
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| 小题11: | | A．examining | B．measuring | C．drawing | D．packing |
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| 小题12: | | A．keeping | B．placing | C．pulling | D．giving |
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| 小题14: | | A．mustn’t | B．can’t | C．shouldn’t | D．needn’t |
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| 小题15: | | A．each one | B．each other | C．the other | D．one another |
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| 小题16: | | A．admit | B．consider | C．decide | D．believe |
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| 小题17: | | A．big bite | B．deep breath | C．firm hold | D．close look |
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| 小题18: | | A．just | B．always | C．merely | D．seldom |
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| 小题19: | | A．put away | B．get down | C．hand out | D．take off |
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I’ve spent most of my career as a traveling salesman, and so I know that 1 is an occupational disease. But one year, my 2 gave me the cure for my homesickness.
It had black bright eyes, a red bow tie and orange feet--- a stuffed penguin (企鹅) that 3 about five inches tall. Attached to its left wing 4 a little sign with the hand-painted declaration “ I Love My Dad!”. I immediately 5 the penguin on my table.
On my next trip, I put the 6 in my suitcase. That night when I called home, my daughter Jeanine was 7 because the penguin had disappeared. “Honey, he’s here with me,” I explained, “ I brought him 8 ”.
9 , the penguin came with me --- as necessary as my briefcase. And we 10 along the way. In Albuquerque, I checked into a 11 , dropped my bag and ran to a meeting. When I returned, the maid had 12 the bed and stood the penguin on the pillow.
One night, I discovered the penguin 13 , and after a mad phone call, I learned I’d 14 it in my previous hotel room, 15 it had been rescued by a maid. I 16 a hundred miles to get it, and when I arrived at midnight, the penguin was waiting at the front desk. In the hotel lobby (大厅), other tired business travelers were 17 at the reunion of my penguin and me --- I think with a touch of 18 .
Jeanine is in college now, and I don’t travel 19 . The penguin sits on my table, a reminder that love is a wonderful traveling companion. All those years on 20 , it was the one thing I never left home without.
| 小题1: | | A．cold | B．hunger | C．loneliness | D．fever |
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| 小题2: | | A．boy | B．daughter | C．friend | D．mother |
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| 小题3: | | A．stood | B．lay | C．jumped | D．climbed |
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| 小题4: | | A．wrote | B．turned | C．was | D．had |
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| 小题5: | | A．threw | B．lost | C．gave | D．placed |
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| 小题6: | | A．bear | B．penguin | C．dog | D．rabbit |
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| 小题7: | | A．upset | B．happy | C．glad | D．excited |
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| 小题9: | | A．From now on | B．In the future | C．In future | D．From then on |
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| 小题10: | | A．had friends | B．had friend | C．made friends | D．made friend |
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| 小题11: | | A．school | B．hotel | C．shop | D．supermarket |
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| 小题12: | | A．given | B．turned | C．made | D．carried |
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| 小题13: | | A．sleeping | B．going | C．living | D．missing |
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| 小题14: | | A．forget | B．left | C．ordered | D．sent |
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| 小题15: | | A．there | B．when | C．where | D．how |
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| 小题16: | | A．ran | B．walked | C．hurried | D．drove |
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| 小题17: | | A．surprised | B．frightened | C．looked | D．laughed |
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| 小题18: | | A．anger | B．envy | C．sadness | D．illness |
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| 小题19: | | A．as many | B．as seldom | C．so little | D．as much |
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| 小题20: | | A．the hotel | B．the meeting | C．the road | D．the house |
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I remember a day when I was a little kid. I was making a sandwich in the kitchen when I noticed the date on one of the wine bottles.
“ Dad, dad!” I cried. “This wine is too old to drink.”
“ Son, hold on,” he said.
“ No, you can’t drink this tonight! This bottle of wine was made 10 years ago.”
“ Wait, let me tell you…”
“ Would you like me to throw it away from you?” I asked.
“ Son, wait a second,” he said. “Son, some wines get better over time. The longer you wait to drink it, the better it will be. Although this may seem strange, it is true.”
When I was young, I didn’t have any understanding of what this meant, but now, this would have been very helpful to remember as I went through my teenage years.
In our society, we forget this simple rule: The longer you want for certain things, the better they will be. But we want the best job as quickly as possible; we want to graduate from college in as few years as possible; we even speed through our homework just to chat with friends. When we do this, we lose something of great importance.
We all want to get to the next step so quickly that perhaps we don’t get ready enough to get there. This has a negative effect on our society. When trying to go to the right college, we will do anything to get in and when we rush through our class-work, we may not study enough for the test, and end up failing. We need to be ready for whatever comes, ready for the unexpected. Wine gets better over time, so do the things in our paths of life.
小题1:Why did the author tell his father not to drink the bottle of wine?| A．Because it smelt terrible. | | B．Because it was mixed with something else. | | C．Because his father drank too much that night. | | D．Because it had been kept for years. |
小题2:What the author’s father said __________.| A．made the author puzzled when he was a little child. | | B．was too simple a rule to be meaningful to the author. | | C．threw the author into deep thought then. | | D．was an excuse to drink the wine. |
小题3: In the author’s opinion, if we do things too quickly, we will __________.| A．do it better | B．save much time | | C．graduate from college more quickly | D．miss something useful to us in life |
小题4: Which of the following best reflects the main idea of the passage?| A．Well begun is half done. | B．More haste（匆忙）, less speed. | | C．Failure is the mother of success. | D．Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. |
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I want to let you know about an event that changed my life many years ago. We were living in College Station, Texas and my wife and I were on our way home from Houston, Texas one Sunday morning. We decided to stop at a local gas station to get something to eat since we had enough time.
When we finished, we got back into our car and before I started it, we noticed a homeless man standing in front of the building. His clothes were worn and it looked as if he didn’t have any money. It was cold and I was sure he wanted something to drink. However, it was not this that moved(感动) me.
A dog was also walking up to the front of the building. Being a dog lover, I noticed that the dog was a mother and that she had just had some puppies(小狗). She was hungry and weak and I felt so bad for her. I knew if she didn’t eat soon, she and her puppies would not live on.
People walking by didn’t even notice her. She might not have been as pretty and clean as most, but she still deserved(值得) better. But we still did not do anything, someone else did. The homeless man, who I thought could not afford anything to eat, went back into a store and bought dog food with all the money he had.
小题1: From the passage we can know that______.| A．the author didn’t like dogs | | B．the dog was not pretty enough to be loved | | C．the author wanted to help the dog but he was unable to | | D．the dog and her puppies were in danger of dying of hunger |
小题2:Which of the following moved the author?| A．Most people walking by the dog didn’t notice her | | B．The homeless man wore worn clothes on the cold day | | C．The homeless man bought food for the dog with all of his money | | D．The homeless man had not any money to buy any food for himself |
小题3: The author did the following except that he_______.| A．had pity on the dog that was in danger | | B．bought dog food with all the money he had | | C．was a person who treasured dogs very much | | D．went home from Houston one Sunday morning |
小题4:According to the passage, we know that the homeless man was _______.| A．kind and helpful | B．brave and kind | | C．clever and helpful | D．clever and brave |
小题5:. The best title for this passage would be_______.| A．My Memory | B．My wife and I | | C．Animals Are Parents Too | D．A Mother Dog and Her Puppies |
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One cold night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco．There I was walking home around one o’clock in the morning after a 1 practice at the theatre. With the opening night only a week away, I was still learning my lines by heart. I was having 2 handling my part-time job at the bank in the daytime and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about 3 both acting and San Francisco. I had 4 too much of city life.
As I walked down the 5 streets under the tall buildings, I felt very small and cold, so I began 6 both to keep warm and to keep away from any possible robbers. Very few people were still out except a few homeless people under blankets.
About a block from my 7 , I heard a sound behind me. I 8 quickly, half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the noise had made me 9 ，so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I 10 what the noise had been. It had been my wallet 11 to the sidewalk.
Suddenly I wasn’t cold or tired anymore. I ran out of the door and back to where I’d heard the noise. Although I searched the sidewalk 12 for 15 minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found.
Just as I was about to quit the 13 , I heard the garbage truck stop to the sidewalk next to me. When a voice came from the inside, “Alisa Camacho?” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? The door opened and out jumped a small blonde man with an 14 look in his eyes. “Is this what you’re looking for?” He asked, holding up a wallet.
It was already 3 a.m. by the time I got into bed. I couldn’t get much sleep, but I had got my wallet back. I also had got back some 15 of city life. I realized the city couldn’t be a bad place as long as people were willing to help each other.
1．A．comfortable B．serious C．tiresome D．fortunate
2．A．comfort B．desire C．pain D．trouble
3．A．setting up B．giving up C．holding up D．picking up
4．A．expected B．changed C．controlled D．possessed
5．A．deserted B．crowded C．busy D．wild
6．A．running B．jumping C．moving D．marching
7．A．bank B．theatre C．apartment D．office
8．A．stood B．walked C．turned D．left
9．A．satisfied B．confused C．frightened D．annoyed
10. A．turn out B．figure out C．give out D．pull out
11. A．belonging B．adding C．sticking D．falling
12. A．aimlessly B．anxiously C．skillfully D．delightedly
13. A．discovery B．research C．hunt D．finding
14. A．amused B．unpleasant C．uneasy D．embarrassed
15. A．production B．judgment C．friendship D．appreciation |
