It was an early morning in summer. In the streets, sleepy-eyed people were moving quickly, heading towards their . This was the beginning of another day in New York City. this day was to be different.
Waiting the crowded streets, on top of a 110 stories high, was Philippe Petit. This daring Frenchman was about to a tightrope (绷索) between the two towers of the World Trade Center.
Philippe took his first with great care. The wire held. Now he was he could do it. only a balancing pole, Philippe walked his way across, a of 131 feet.
Soon the rush-hour began to notice. What a ! There, 131 feet above the street, a figure was walking on air.
Philippe made seven , back and forth (来回). He wasn"t satisfied with just . At times, he would turn, sit down, and go on his knees. Once, he had the astonishing to lie down on the thin thread. And thousands of watchers stared with their hearts beating fast.
After the forty-five-minute , Philippe was taken to the police station. He was asked he did it. Philippe shrugged (耸肩) and said, "When I see two tall buildings, I walk."
| 小题1: | | A．jobs | B．homes | C．buses | D．offices |
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| 小题2: | | A．working | B．hot | C．same | D．ordinary |
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| 小题5: | | A．roof | B．position | C．wall | D．building |
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| 小题6: | | A．throw | B．walk | C．climb | D．fix |
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| 小题7: | | A．act | B．landing | C．step | D．trip |
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| 小题8: | | A．sure | B．uncertain | C．glad | D．nervous |
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| 小题9: | | A．Through | B．Against | C．With | D．On |
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| 小题10: | | A．distance | B．height | C．space | D．rope |
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| 小题11: | | A．streets | B．crowds | C．passengers | D．city |
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| 小题12: | | A．height | B．pleasure | C．wonder | D．danger |
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| 小题13: | | A．great | B．strange | C．public | D．tiny |
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| 小题14: | | A．experiments | B．circles | C．trips | D．movements |
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| 小题15: | | A．walking | B．staying | C．acting | D．showing |
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| 小题16: | | A．almost | B．even | C．often | D．rather |
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| 小题17: | | A．spirit | B．result | C．strength | D．courage |
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| 小题18: | | A．patient | B．terrified | C．pleased | D．enjoyable |
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| 小题19: | | A．show | B．trick | C．try | D．program |
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| 小题20: | | A．how | B．why | C．whether | D．when |
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小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:D
小题5:D
小题6:B
小题7:C
小题8:A
小题9:C
小题10:A
小题11:B
小题12:C
小题13:D
小题14:C
小题15:A
小题16:B
小题17:D
小题18:B
小题19:A
小题20:B |
试题分析：本文讲述了一个夏日清晨，Philippe Petit在纽约城的一个十字路口110层楼高的高空上走绳索，走了7个来回，还做出许多高难度动作，吸引了下面正准备上班的人们的注意，造成了交通拥堵。表演结束后，他被警察带回警局接受调查询问的故事。
小题1:考查名词。Jobs工作；homes家；buses公共汽车；offices办公室。根据常识可知人们正在上班的路上，但上班的人并不是都坐办公室。heading towards的意思是“（向特定的方向）出发；动身”。故选A。
小题2:考查形容词。Working工作的；hot热的；same一样的；ordinary 普通的。句意是： 纽约城的又一个普通的一天开始了。根据下文，故事情节与天气没有关系。故选D。
小题3:考查连词。And并且；So所以；But但是；Thus因此。根据后面“不同的”，可知是转折关系。故选C。
小题4:考查介词。 For为；in在...里；by通过；above在...之上。根据下文，Philippe既不是等待某人或某物的出现，也不是在街上等待，而是正在拥挤的街道上空等待。故选D。
小题5:考查名词。 roof 屋顶；position 位置；wall墙；building建筑物。句意是： Philippe正站在一座一百一十层高的大楼顶上。故选D。
小题6:考查动词。throw 扔；walk走；climb爬；fix安装。 此处意为“走绷索”。walk在此为及物动词，意为“在……上走。故选B。
小题7:考查名词。act 行动；landing 登陆；step 步；trip旅行。句意是：Philippe非常小心地迈出了第一步。 take one"s step意为“迈步”。故选C。
小题8:考查形容词。sure 确定的；uncertain靠不住的；glad 高兴的；nervous紧张的。句意是：Philippe十分小心地在绷索上迈出第一步，绷索吃得住。这时他确信可以走绷索了。故选A。
小题9:考查介词。Through 通过；Against 反对；With 用；On在...上。句意是：他手里只拿着一根保持平衡的杆子。故选C。
小题10:考查名词。Distance距离；height高度；space空间；rope绳索。句意是：他在绷索上走了一百三十英尺的距离。根据常识可知走过的是距离。故选A。
小题11:考查名词。Streets街道；crowds 人群；passengers 乘客；city城镇。句意是：很快处在交通拥挤时间的人群开始注意到街道上空发生的一切。故选B。
小题12:考查名词。Height高度；pleasure愉快；wonder 惊奇；danger危险。句意是：真是一大奇观。根据常理可知，高空走钢索是件令人惊奇的事。故选C。
小题13:考查形容词。 Great重大的；strange奇怪的；public公开的；tiny微小的。根据常识可知从地面上看，在110层楼高的空中行走的人，当然是极小的隐约可见的人影，故选D。
小题14:考查名词。Experiments实验；circles圆；trips往返一次；movements运动。后面“back and forth ”是来回的意思，四选项中，只有trip有往返一次的意思。故选C。
小题15:考查动名词。Walking走；staying停留；acting行动；showing展示。 根据上下文，他来回走了七趟后，已不仅仅满足于走了，他要在绷索上做出难度更高的动作。故选A。
小题16:考查副词。Almost几乎；even甚至；often经常；rather宁可。句意是：他时而转身，坐下，甚至跪在绷索上向前移动。故选B。
小题17:考查名词。Spirit精神；result结果；strength力量；courage勇气。句意是：敢于躺在细细的线上，的确需要惊人的勇气，而不是力量。根据常识可知敢在高空躺在一根细绳之上是需要勇气的。故选D。
小题18:考查形容词。patient 耐心的；terrified 受惊吓的；pleased 高兴的；enjoyable快乐的。句意是：看到这么惊险的动作，大饱眼福的观众心跳加速，十分害怕，都为表演者捏着一把汗。故选B。
小题19:考查名词。Show表演；trick 恶作剧；try实验；program计划。句意是：四十五分钟的空中表演后，他被带到了警察局。故选A。
小题20:考查疑问代词。How如何；why为什么；whether哪个；when什么时候 Philippe在上班高峰时间在繁忙的街道上空进行表演，严重干扰了正常的交通秩序，所以警察问他这样做的原因。故选B。 |
核心考点
试题【It was an early morning in summer. In the streets, sleepy-eyed people were movin】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
In 1982, Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank. He got into a life boat, but his supplies were . His chances of surviving were small. when three fishermen found him 76 days later, he was alive —much than he was when he started, but alive.
His of how he survived is fascinating. His cleverness —how he to catch fish, how he evaporated (蒸发) sea water to fresh water—is very interesting.
But the thing that my eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hope seemed lost, and there seemed no in continuing the struggle. He was starved and worn-out. Giving up would have seemed the only possible choice.
When people these kinds of circumstances, they do something with their minds that gives them the courage to keep going. Many people in desperate circumstances in or go mad. Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find the courage to carry on difficulties.
“I tell myself I can it,” wrote Callahan in his book. “Compared to what others have been through, I’m fortunate. I tell myself these things over and over, up courage…”
I wrote that down after I read it. It me as something important. And I’ve told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed off or when my problems seemed too terrible. And every time I’ve said it, I have always come back to my .
The truth is, our circumstances are only bad to something better. But others have been through the much worse, that is, in comparison with what others have been through, you’re fortunate. Tell this to yourself over and over again, and it will help you through the rough situations with a little more courage.
| 小题1: | | A．full | B．rich | C．few | D．enough |
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| 小题3: | | A．thinner | B．stronger | C．worse | D．healthier |
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| 小题4: | | A．attitude | B．assumption | C．instruction | D．account |
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| 小题5: | | A．assisted | B．tended | C．managed | D．intended |
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| 小题6: | | A．make | B．absorb | C．select | D．replace |
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| 小题7: | | A．attacked | B．caught | C．froze | D．cheated |
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| 小题8: | | A．operation | B．taste | C．message | D．point |
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| 小题9: | | A．firmly | B．completely | C．hardly | D．generally |
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| 小题10: | | A．deal | B．defend | C．survive | D．observe |
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| 小题11: | | A．similarly | B．differently | C．gradually | D．commonly |
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| 小题12: | | A．pull | B．take | C．break | D．give |
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| 小题13: | | A．for the lack of | B．in the face of | C．in exchange for | D．as a result of |
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| 小题14: | | A．handle | B．carry | C．follow | D．inspect |
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| 小题15: | | A．rolling | B．using | C．building | D．making |
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| 小题16: | | A．defeated | B．recommended | C．introduced | D．struck |
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| 小题18: | | A．feelings | B．senses | C．ideas | D．influences |
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| 小题19: | | A．related | B．measured | C．contributed | D．compared |
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Steve Nash enjoys team success far more than personal success, and always wants to share the glory and the joy with teammates.
He is a self-effacing (不爱出风头的) Canadian, who grew up in hockey country. Today Steve Nash has to stand alone even if he doesn’t enjoy it. The Phoenix Sun’s point guard has to take ownership of a set of skills that sets him apart from every bigger, faster basketball player. He is considered the best basketball player in the game.
31-year old Nash was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the NBA on May 8, 2005. “It’s unbelievable,” he said. “It’s been a long road for me and I really enjoy playing as a team, just trying to be a good teammate. That is the only way for me to highlight what I do as a basketball player.”
It is the first time a Canadian has won any individual NBA honor. Of the 50 winners of the MVP award, only six have been guards: Steve Nash, Magic Johnson, Oscar Robertson, Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson, and Bob Cousy. “I’m happy for him getting the MVP, which makes us feel like we all got the MVP,” said Phoenix forward Shawn Marion.
He may be the only one who truly believes he can reach this level. “I always try to set goals for myself and have my own time frame to accomplish them and I never give up on anything,” he said. It is not as if Nash arrived at this point without countless hours of hard work.
His interests go far beyond sports and the NBA. His social conscience is such that he wore a T-shirt bearing an anti-war slogan at the NBA all-star weekend festivities in Philadelphia in 2002.
“A lot of great moments are when you win games with your teammates. There’s nothing like sharing something with someone else,” he said. “There is a pinnacle (顶点) of a player’s career individually. In many ways, the pinnacle of a player’s career really is defined by team wins.”
小题1:What does Steve Nash mean by saying the last two sentences?| A．A player’s success is decided by his / her individual efforts. | | B．A player won’t succeed without a team’s support. | | C．A player will succeed sooner or later. | | D．A team always decides a player’s success. |
小题2:Steve Nash feels happiest _______.| A．when he is named the Most Valuable Player of the NBA | | B．when he is 30 years old | | C．when he plays at the NBA all-star weekend festivities | | D．when his team wins a game |
小题3:Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?| A．Nash is an American basketball player. | | B．Nash is better at basketball than Magic Johnson. | | C．Nash is the first Canadian winner of the MVP award. | | D．Michael Jordan is the best of the six guards. |
小题4: Which of the following is the main message that the passage wants to express?
A. Nash prefers team honor to personal honor.
B. Hard work will lead to the honor of the MVP of the NBA.
C. A Canadian can be an MVP of the NBA.
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Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United States who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his and traveling.
Then, after returning to the United States from a trip to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR), Mr. Cousins got sick. Because he had pushed his body to the of its strength on the trip, a change began to take place him. The material between his bones became .
In less than one week after his return, he could not . Every move that he was painful. He was not able to sleep at night. The doctors told him that they did not know how to cure Mr. Cousins’ problem and he might never over the illness. Mr. Cousins, however, refused to give up . Mr. Cousins thought that thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. He did not want to take medicine to cure himself. , he felt that happy thoughts or might cure his illness.
He began to on himself while still in the hospital by watching funny shows on television. Mr. Cousins quickly found that 10 minutes of real laughter during the gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night. the doctors could not help him, Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into (登记住宿) a hotel room where he could his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr. Cousins rested in the hotel room watching funny shows on television, reading funny books, and sleeping __ he felt tired. Within three weeks, he felt well to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for . After a few months, Mr. Cousins returned to work. He had laughed himself back to .
| 小题1: | | A．time | B．holiday | C．sleep | D．work |
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| 小题2: | | A．boring | B．tiring | C．dangerous | D．pleasant |
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| 小题3: | | A．top | B．degree | C．problem | D．limit |
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| 小题4: | | A．from | B．around | C．inside | D．beside |
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| 小题5: | | A．weak | B．ill | C．false | D．strong |
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| 小题6: | | A．speak | B．breathe | C．stand | D．see |
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| 小题9: | | A．effort | B．hope | C．treatment | D．arrangement |
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| 小题10: | | A．foolish | B．unusual | C．funny | D．unhappy |
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| 小题11: | | A．Instead | B．However | C．Therefore | D．Otherwise |
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| 小题12: | | A．sleep | B．travel | C．laughter | D．television |
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| 小题13: | | A．beat | B．operate | C．try | D．experiment |
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| 小题14: | | A．day | B．week | C．month | D．year |
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| 小题15: | | A．Promising | B．Telling | C．Imagining | D．Guessing |
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| 小题16: | | A．invent | B．begin | C．continue | D．prove |
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| 小题17: | | A．until | B．whenever | C．unless | D．so that |
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| 小题18: | | A．soon | B．very | C．slowly | D．enough |
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| 小题19: | | A．exercise | B．illness | C．rest | D．pleasure |
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| 小题20: | | A．power | B．sense | C．health | D．happiness |
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Davey wanted to play baseball. But fifty years ago, in his small town, he couldn’t find enough players for two full teams or an empty lot big enough for a field. And when he played ball in his back yard, he just broke windows and got into trouble. So Davey began playing with a plastic golf ball and a broom handle for a bat.
When his dad, David Mullaney, a former semi-pro baseball pitcher(投手), realized his son was hurting his arm trying to throw curves with the little plastic ball, he decided to find a better solution. Mullaney got a bunch of hollow plastic spheres from a local factory, sat down at his kitchen table and began cutting different size holes in the balls with a razor knife. He thought maybe the holes would alter the ball’s flight and help his son throw curves and sliders without hurting his arm.
All the balls failed—except the one with the eight oblong(长椭圆形的) holes cut into one of the hemispheres. This ball curved naturally and sharply without a violent snap of the wrist. In fact, Davey was now striking out so many batters; he called his new ball a “wiffle ball”. A year later, Mullaney borrowed $20,000 from family and friends and started producing Wiffle Balls in his little suburban town of Shelton, Connecticut.
“I didn’t want investors.” He said, “I wanted to control my own company.” This was the beginning of one of the hottest fads(时尚) of the fifties and a perennial(长久的) best seller well known all around the world. Since then millions of boys and girls have enjoyed countless hours of safe, wholesome fun playing with a Wiffle ball and bat. Esquire Magazine has even called the Wiffle Ball “a national treasure”. By producing a high quality product at an affordable price, three generations of Mullany’s have enjoyed the satisfaction and benefits of running a successful and profitable family business.
Over the years, they’ve had plenty of offers to buy them out, but they’re still working out of a small factory in Shelton, making a new Wiffle Ball every couple of seconds. Creativity and persistence are two of the important sources for wealth. If he gave up his attempts at trying new things, Mullany would not have invented the wiffle ball, nor would he have made such a big fortune.
小题1:From the passage we can know that . | A．Mullaney made the invention of Wiffle ball with the help of his son | | B．fifty years ago people didn’t like playing baseball very much | | C．Mullaney’s attempts to help Davey better enjoy ball-playing led to the invention of Wiffle ball | | D．playing balls would hurt one’s arm before the Wiffle ball’s appearance |
小题2:All the following are true EXCEPT .| A．Davey was a good ballplayer after the Wiffle ball came into existence | | B．David Mullaney wanted to run the family business on his own | | C．Mullaney’s family made a big fortune through the production of Wiffle balls | | D．Mullaney’s business was nearly bought out but they worked hard to keep it |
小题3:The underlined word “spheres” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to .| A．balls | B．bottles | C．bags | D．boxes |
小题4:The two important factors for Mullaney’s successful family business are .| A．time and fortune | B．persistence and creativity | | C．quality and fame | D．cooperation and efforts |
小题5:The passage mainly tells us something about . | A．Davey, a famous baseball player | B．a popular ball game in the 1950’s | | C．the birth of Wiffle ball | D．the success of a family business |
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Tess was a precocious(早熟) eight-year-old girl when she heard her Mom and Dad taling about her little brother,Andrew.____ __she knw was that he was very sick and they were completely _____money. They were moving to an apartment complex next month because Daddy didn’t have the money for the doctor’s bills and their house .Only a(n) _____could save him now.
Tess went to her bedroom and pulled a glass jelly(果冻) jar from its hiding place. She poured all the out on the floor and counted carefully. Three times,even.The total had to be absolutely exact. No here for mistakes. After carefully placing the coins back in the jar, she slipped out of the back door, and her way six blocks to a chemist’s.
She waited patiently for the pharmacist (药剂师) to give her some ,but he was too busy at this moment. Tess twisted her feet to make a noise. Nothing. She cleared her with the most awful sound she could muster. No good.
Finally the pharmacist asked in an tone of voice, “What do you want? I’m talking to my brother from Chicago I haven’t seen in ages,” he said without waiting for a reply to his question.
“Well, I want to talk to you about my brother,” Tess answered back in the same annoyed tone. “His name is Andrew and he has something bad inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him now. So how much does a miracle cost?”
“We don’t sell miracles here, little girl. I’m sorry, I can’t help you,” the pharmacist said, his voice a little.
There was a man there whose clothes were admirable. He asked the little girl, “What kind of a miracle does your brother need?”
“I don’t know” Tess replied with tears in her eyes. “I just know he"s sick and Mommy says he needs an operation. But my Daddy can’t pay it, so I want to use my money.”
“How much do you have?” asked the man. “One dollar and eleven cents,” Tess answered.
“A dollar and eleven cents ― the price of a miracle for your little brother,” smiled the man, “Take me to you live. Let’s see if I have the kind of miracle you need.”
That well-dressed man was Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon, specializing in neurosurgery (神经外科). The operation was completely charge and it wasn’t long before Andrew was home again and did well.
Mom and Dad were happy but they wonder how much the operation would have . Tess smiled. She knew exactly how much a miracle cost…one dollar and eleven cents…plus the of a little child.
| 小题1: | | A．As | B．All | C．All what | D．That |
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| 小题2: | | A．in need | B．in short | C．out of | D．sort of |
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| 小题3: | | A．miracle | B．doctor | C．God | D．operation |
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| 小题4: | | A．change | B．jellies | C．candies | D．cookies |
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| 小题5: | | A．way | B．doubt | C．chance | D．wonder |
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| 小题6: | | A．drove | B．fought | C．made | D．struggled |
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| 小题7: | | A．pills | B．attention | C．medicine | D．tablets |
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| 小题8: | | A．mouth | B．eyes | C．ears | D．throat |
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| 小题9: | | A．anxious | B．exciting | C．annoyed | D．tired |
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| 小题10: | | A．who | B．where | C．because | D．which |
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| 小题11: | | A．finding | B．planting | C．showing | D．growing |
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| 小题13: | | A．soft | B．soften | C．softened | D．softening |
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| 小题14: | | A．really | B．real | C．firm | D．firmly |
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| 小题16: | | A．actual | B．exact | C．average | D．true |
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| 小题17: | | A．the place | B．the apartment | C．the complex | D．where |
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| 小题18: | | A．free | B．free of | C．not | D．no |
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| 小题19: | | A．spent | B．paid | C．cost | D．took |
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| 小题20: | | A．thought | B．value | C．patience | D．faith |
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