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Debbie Macomber decided to pursue her dream of becoming a writer. She rented a typewriter, put it on the ____ table and began typing each morning after the kids went to school. ____ the kids came home, she moved it and made them dinner. When they were ____ she got it back and typed some more.
Debbie followed this ____ for two years. She had become a struggling writer and she loved every minute of it. One night, ____, her husband, Wayne, said, “Honey, I’m sorry, but you’re not ____ any income. We can’t do this anymore. We can’t survive on just what I make.” That night, her heart was ____. Debbie knew, with all of the ____ of keeping up a house, working 40 hours a week would ____ her no time to write.
Seeing her ____, her husband asked, “What’s wrong?” “I really think I can make it as a ____.” “All right, honey, go for it,” Wayne ____ for a long time and then said.
So Debbie returned to her ____ and her typewriter on the kitchen table, writing for another two years. Wayne worked harder and their kids went without vacations and wore hand-me-downs. But the sacrifice finally ____. 
Debbie sold her first book after five years of ____. Then another. And another. Until today, Debbie has ____ more than 100 books, many of ____ have become New York Times best-sellers. Over 60 million copies of her books are in print.
And Wayne? His selfless ____ of his wife paid off. He got to retire at 50 and now spends his free time building a private airplane in the basement of their 7,000 square-foot mansion. ____, Debbie’s kids also got a gift more important than several summer camps. As adults, they ____ what Debbie gave them was far more important — persistence and encouragement to pursue their own dreams.
小题1:
A.coffee B.bedside C.kitchen D.dressing
小题2:
A.Unless B.WhenC.ThoughD.Wherever
小题3:
A.asleepB.awake C.freeD.convenient
小题4:
A.standardB.suggestion C.traditionD.routine
小题5:
A.therefore B.however C.somehow D.anyway
小题6:
A.making up B.cutting down C.finding out D.bringing in
小题7:
A.broken B.warm C.touched D.cold
小题8:
A.abilities B.balances C.duties D.problems
小题9:
A.stop B.leave C.ensure D.permit
小题10:
A.achievements B.behavior C.efforts D.sadness
小题11:
A.typist B.housewife C.writerD.designer
小题12:
A.doubted B.comparedC.delayed D.hesitated
小题13:
A.office B.dream C.state D.home
小题14:
A.paid off B.broke upC.came back D.cleared up
小题15:
A.challenging B.strugglingC.thinking D.arguing
小题16:
A.collected B.published C.prepared D.translated
小题17:
A.themB.that C.it D.which
小题18:
A.support B.respect C.trust D.protection
小题19:
A.Surprisingly B.GratefullyC.Gradually D.Similarly
小题20:
A.admit B.realize C.wonder D.prove

答案

小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:B
小题6:D
小题7:A
小题8:C
小题9:B
小题10:D
小题11:C
小题12:D
小题13:B
小题14:A
小题15:B
小题16:B
小题17:D
小题18:A
小题19:D
小题20:B
解析

试题分析:文章介绍家庭主妇Debbie为了自己当作家的梦想,利用平时的点滴时间写作,也得到丈夫的支持,最后她的努力得到了回报,这对孩子是一个特别的礼物,让他们学会坚持和追求梦想。
小题1:考查名词:A. coffee咖啡,B. bedside床边,C. kitchen厨房,D. dressing穿衣,从后面的句子:she moved it and made them dinner.可知她把打字机放在厨房的桌子上,选C
小题2:考查连词:A. Unless除非,B. When当…时候,C. Though虽然,D. Wherever无论什么地方,当孩子回来的时候,她把它搬开,给孩子做饭,选B
小题3:考查形容词:A. asleep睡着了,B. awake 醒着的,C. free自由的,免费的,D. convenient方便的,当他们睡着了,她再把它拿出来,再打一些字,选A
小题4:考查名词:A. standard标准,B. suggestion 建议,C. tradition传统,D. routine路线,日常工作,惯例,Debbie这样做了两年时间,选D
小题5:考查副词:A. therefore因此,B. however然而,C. somehow不知怎么,D. anyway不管怎样,从后面的句子:“Honey, I’m sorry, but you’re not ____ any income. We can’t do this anymore.可知和前面的是转折关系,选B
小题6:考查词组:A. making up组成,化妆,编造,B. cutting down减少,砍倒,C. finding out发现, D. bringing in引进,赚钱,Debbie一直在家,所以是不能挣钱,选D
小题7:考查形容词:A. broken打破的,B. warm温暖的,C. touched感动的,D. cold冷的,她的心碎了,选A
小题8:考查名词:A. abilities能力,B. balances平衡,C. duties责任,职责D. problems问题,后面的keeping up a house, working 40 hours a week养家,一个星期工作40个小时,都是职责,选C
小题9:考查动词:A. stop停止,B. leave离开,留下,C. ensure确保,D. permit允许,有这么多的职责,她就没有时间剩下写作了,选B
小题10:考查名词:A. achievements成就,B. behavior举止,C. efforts努力,D. sadness悲伤,从前面的句子:That night, her heart was ____.可知丈夫看见她很难过,选D
小题11:考查名词:A. typist打字员,B. housewife家庭主妇,C. writer作家,D. designer设计者,从前面的句子:Debbie Macomber decided to pursue her dream of becoming a writer.可知选C
小题12:考查动词:A. doubted怀疑,B. compared   对比,C. delayed拖延,D. hesitated犹豫,Wayne犹豫了很长时间,然后说,选D
小题13:考查名词:A. office办公室,B. dream梦想,C. state 状态,州,D. home家,从前面的句子:Debbie Macomber decided to pursue her dream of becoming a writer.可知她又回到她的梦想,选B
小题14:考查词组:A. paid off有回报,还清,B. broke up分手,解体,C. came back回来,D. cleared up澄清,牺牲最后有了回报,选A
小题15:考查形容词:A. challenging有挑战性的,B. struggling努力,挣扎,C. thinking思考,D. arguing争论,Debbie经过四年的努力最后买了第一本书,选B
小题16:考查动词:A. collected收集,B. published出版,C. prepared准备,D. translated翻译,直到今天她出版了100本书,选B
小题17:考查定语从句:其中很多成为纽约时代报的畅销书,many of which引导的是定语从句,选D
小题18:考查名词:A. support 支持,B. respect尊敬,C. trust信任,D. protection保护,Wayne对妻子的无私的支持有了回报,选A
小题19:考查副词:A. Surprisingly令人惊讶的,B. Gratefully感激地,C. Gradually逐渐地,D. Similarly相似的,Debbie的孩子也得到比几个夏令营更重要的礼物,选D
小题20:考查动词:A. admit承认,B. realize意识到,C. wonder想知道,D. prove证明,做为成年人,他们意识到Debbie给他们的要更重要—坚持和鼓励使他们追求自己的梦想,选B
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Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart, was born in Kingfish, Oklahoma on March 29, 1918. He was raised in Missouri where he worked in his father’s store while attending school. This was his first retailing (零售业) experience and he really enjoyed it. After graduation, he began his own career as a retail merchant.
He soon opened his first Wal-Mart store in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas. Wal-Mart specialized in name brands at low prices and Sam Walton was surprised at the success. Soon a chain of Wal-Mart stores sprang up across rural America.
Walton"s management style was popular with employees and he founded some of the basic concepts of management that are still in use today.
After taking the company public in 1970, Walton introduced his “profit sharing plan”. The profit sharing plan was a plan for Wal-Mart employees to improve their income dependent on the profits of the store. Sam Walton believed that “individuals don"t win, teams do”. Employees at Wal-Mart stores were offered stock options (认股权) and store discounts. These benefits are commonplace today, but Walton was among the first to implement (实现) them. Walton believed that a happy employee meant happy customers and more sales. He also believed that by giving employees a part of the company and making their success dependent on the company’s success, they would care about the company.
By the 1980s, Wal-Mart had sales of over one billion dollars and over three hundred stores across North America. Wal-Mart’s unique decentralized (分散的) distribution system, also Walton’s idea, created the edge needed to further encourage growth in the 1980s during growing complaints that the “superstore” was stopping smaller and traditional stores from developing. By 1991, Wal-Mart was the largest US retailer with 1,700 stores. Walton remained active in managing the company, as president and CEO until 1988 and chairman until his death. He was awarded the Medal of Freedom shortly before his death.
小题1: Sam Walton first made a hit in retailing when __________.
A.he worked in his father’s store
B.he created Walton"s management style
C.a chain of Wal-Mart stores sprang up across rural America
D.he specialized in name brands at low prices
小题2:What is the purpose of Walton’s carrying out “profit sharing plan”?
A.To make sure all the employees had their own shares.
B.To encourage the employees to work hard and make joint efforts.
C.To select excellent employees for his stores.
D.To make more profit for himself.
小题3:Which of the statements is TRUE?
A.With Walton’s management style, employees treated the stores as their own.
B.Walton wasn’t one of the merchants who first implemented stock options.
C.The smaller and traditional stores were well affected by Walton’s stores.
D.In his old age, Walton gave all the management to his men.
小题4:What does the underlined word “edge” in the last paragraph mean here?
A.Danger.B.Disadvantage.C.Advantage.D.System.

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Linda Evans was my best friend –like the sister I never had ,We did everything together: piano lessons ,movies, swimming , horseback riding.
When I was 13, my family moved away . Linda and I kept in touch through letters ,and we saw each other on special times — 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 about 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 Ev-ans Wagman is my mother.”
Minutes later I heard a voice that I recognized at once, even after 40 years . We 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.before the writer’s family moved awayD.after they moved to new homes
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 times
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
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 Wangman
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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Audrey Hepburn(奥黛丽·赫本)won an Academy Award as Best Actress for her first major American movie, Roman Holiday, which was released in 1953,But she is remembered as much for her aid work as for her acting.
Born in Belgium in 1929, Audrey’s father was British and her mother was Dutch. Audrey was sent to live at a British school for part of her childhood . During World war Ⅱ , she lived and studied in the Netherlands .Her mother thought it would be safe from German attacks . Audrey studied dance as a teenager and during college. But when she returned to London after the war she realized she wasn’t going to be a ballerina(芭蕾舞女演员). So she began taking acting parts in stage shows. Later she began to get small parts in movies.
But it was Audrey Hepburn’s move to America that brought her true fame .In 1951 she played the character“Gigi”in the Broadway play of the same name to great critical praise. Two years later, Roman Holiday made her a star at the age of 24.
Audrey make more than 25 movies. Among her most popular roles was Hoolly Golinghtly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s in 1961. There years later she played Eliza Doolittle in my Fair Lady.
She was married two times and had one by each husband. In 1989,the UN Children’s Fund named Audrey a goodwill ambassador. She travelled all over the world in support of UNICEF(联合国儿童基金会) projects .The UN agency said she was a tireless worker. She often gave 15 interviews a day to gain money and support for UNICEF projects.
Audrey Hepburn often said her loyalty to UNICEF was the result of her experiences as a child during World War II. She said she knew what it was like to be starving and to be saved by international aid . She was a goodwill ambassador until her death in 1993 from colon cancer.
小题1:In Paragraph 1,“her aid work”means       .
A.winning an Academy Award as Best Actress
B.taking acting parts in stage shows
C.making her own movies
D.acting as a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF
小题2:The reason why Audrey lived and studied in the Netherlands was that     .
A.she wanted to be a ballerinaB.her parents were from Britain
C.it was safe thereD.the education there was excellent
小题3:We can infer from the passage that     .
A.Audrey’s parents lived in Germany during World War II
B.Audrey lived in America in the 1950s
C.Audrey was made to give up dancing
D.the character“Gigi”in the Broadway play was her most popular role
小题4:     is NOT mentioned in the passage about Audrey Hepburn
A.MarriageB.IdentityC.ContributionD.Religion
小题5:     is the right order for Audrey’s life.
①The first time she began to play in movies
②She returned to London from the Netherlands
③She won an Academy Award as Best Actress
④She travelled all over the world in support of UNICEF projects
⑤She played a part in My Fair Lady
A.②①③⑤④B.①②③⑤④C.②①⑤③④D.①②⑤③④

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[1]Although known as an extraordinarily successful businessman, Warren Buffet comes off as a pretty ordinary person.
[2]Looking back on his childhood, one can see how serious he was about making money. Buffet used to go door-to-door and sell soda pop. Later, he also worked at his grandfather’s grocery store. At the ripe age of 11, Buffet bought his first stock(股票). When his family moved to Washington D.C., Buffet became a paperboy for The Washington Post. While still in school, he was making $175 a month, a full-time wage for many young men.
[3]From the beginning, Buffet made his fortune from investing. He started with all the money that he had made from selling pop, delivering papers and so on. Between 1950 and l956, he grew his $9, 800 to $14, 000.From there, he organized investment partnerships with his family and friends, and then gradually drew in more people through very attractive terms.
[4]Buffet applied to Harvard Business School but         , making it to be one of the worst admission decisions in Harvard history. The outcome ended up affecting Buffet’s life deeply, for he ended up attending Columbia Business School, where he studied under Benjamin Graham, the father of securities analysis who provided the foundation for Buffet’s grand success.
[5]Buffet is a person of habit—same house, same office, same city. He doesn’t collect houses or cars or works of art, and he hates companies that waste money on such goods. Instead, he has established the Buffet Foundation, with a detailed plan on how to invest his money more wisely to society.
小题1:What kind of person is Buffet according to Paragraph 1? (no more than 10 words)
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小题2:What does the writer intend to tell us in Paragraph 2? (no more than 10 words)
_____________________________________________________________________
小题3:According to Paragraph 3, how did Buffet start his investment? (no more than 10 words)
_____________________________________________________________________
小题4:Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words. (no more than 3 words)
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小题5:Explain the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5.(no more than 10 words)
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WHEN John Gurdon was 15, he ranked last out of the 250 boys in his grade at biology. He also came in last for every other science subject. His teacher wrote in a      : “I believe he has ideas about becoming a      ; on his present showing this is quite foolish.”
Luckily, the teacher’s words didn’t       Gurdon’s love for science. He kept working hard. He went to lab earlier and left       than anyone else.
On Oct 8, 2012, 64 years later, the British professor       the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. Japanese scientist Shinya Yamanaka had contributed to the research and therefore       the award.
Gurdon got the honor       his research into cells and cloning. When he was studying at Oxford, he did some       on cells. He took a cell from an adult frog, moved its      , and put them into an egg cell. The egg cell then       into a clone of the adult frog. His research       for the first time that every cell in the body contains the same genes.
At that time, many people       accept Gurdon’s idea. But later it helped to       Dolly the sheep in 1996, the first cloned mammal in history. It also led to important findings in the       use of cells. For example,       from someone’s skin can turn into any type of tissue in the body. This is good news for those       who have diseased or damaged tissue.
Gurdon always remembers the       he had when he was 15. He even put the report on his desk as a daily       to himself.
“When you have      , like an experiment doesn’t work, it’s nice to remind yourself that perhaps you are not so good at your job and the teacher may be      ,” he said.
However, the facts suggest Gurdon is pretty good indeed.
小题1:
A.reportB.letterC.passageD.program
小题2:
A.musicianB.scientistC.managerD.millionaire
小题3:
A.stopB.meanC.inspireD.reflect
小题4:
A.soonerB.laterC.more hurriedlyD.more happily
小题5:
A.wonB.foundedC.dreamed ofD.applied for
小题6:
A.acceptedB.refusedC.collectedD.shared
小题7:
A.instead ofB.in spite ofC.because ofD.in place of
小题8:
A.readingB.writingC.changeD.research
小题9:
A.babyB.powerC.genesD.features
小题10:
A.cut B.grewC.wentD.formed
小题11:
A.predictedB.studiedC.provedD.provided
小题12:
A.couldn’tB.shouldn’tC.mustn’tD.needn’t
小题13:
A.saveB.driveC.feedD.create
小题14:
A.everydayB.medicalC.physicalD.illegal
小题15:
A.cellsB.hairsC.waterD.blood
小题16:
A.foolsB.scientistsC.patientsD.doctors
小题17:
A.friendB.teacherC.classmateD.neighbor
小题18:
A.ruleB.paperC.reminderD.reward
小题19:
A.prizesB.diseasesC.mealsD.problems
小题20:
A.rightB.wrongC.happyD.welcome

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