More Than I Had Dreamed Of
From the time I was seven, I had a dream of becoming a member of the Students Union．I always 36 my school leaders for taking responsibility for all of us．So I dreamed of being a leader．
Years flew by, and soon I was able to participate in the elections, 37 I would win．But the reality struck that I hadn"t had a chance．I wasn"t pretty．Girls across the school hardly knew me．I just did not have what it 38 to win a school election．I was 39 ．
As I cried in my room that evening, I 40 took a deep breath and decided I wouldn"t stop dreaming．I decided that I would 41 for elections again in my final year at school—and I would win．
I recognized that my 42 had a lot of things in their favor．What were the 43 that would work in my favor? I had good grades, and I was friendly and helpful．And my biggest 44 was the faith I had．I would not allow my 45 appearance to hold me back from putting my best foot forward．That evening, I 46 my election plans a whole year in advance．
I realized that girls would have to get to know me and recognize that I had the ability to 47 them．I loved making friends and I liked being helpful, 48 I decided that perhaps I could use these qualities to work to my advantage．In order to learn how to present a great election 49 , I also attended a course on effective public speaking．
The day after the election, when the principal announced I won the second highest number of votes, the students 50 That joy on the faces of all my friends showed me that my victory was 51 theirs．
Suddenly, I realized that I had 52 much more than I had dreamed of．I had made many new friends and had helped people 53 the way．I had won the 54 and love of my school-mates and they knew me as somebody who would stand by them．I was able to put a smile on their faces and 55 their day．
| 小题1: | | A．admired | B．remembered | C．praised | D．believed |
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| 小题2: | | A．praying | B．planning | C．calculating | D．judging |
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| 小题3: | | A．assessed | B．provided | C．meant | D．took |
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| 小题4: | | A．concerned | B．depressed | C．surprised | D．confused |
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| 小题5: | | A．gradually | B．immediately | C．suddenly | D．impatiently |
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| 小题6: | | A．pay | B．enter | C．speak | D．wait |
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| 小题7: | | A．competitors | B．companions | C．enemies | D．schoolmates |
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| 小题8: | | A．cases | B．methods | C．examples | D．points |
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| 小题9: | | A．problem | B．strength | C．worry | D．dream |
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| 小题10: | | A．young | B．personal | C．special | D．plain |
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| 小题11: | | A．began | B．discussed | C．announced | D．cancelled |
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| 小题12: | | A．recommend | B．accompany | C．represent | D．support |
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| 小题14: | | A．campaign | B．speech | C．ceremony | D．promise |
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| 小题15: | | A．nodded | B．gathered | C．cheered | D．cried |
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| 小题16: | | A．only | B．still | C．almost | D．also |
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| 小题17: | | A．accomplished | B．accumulated | C．devoted | D．developed |
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| 小题19: | | A．appointment | B．acceptance | C．election | D．reputation |
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| 小题20: | | A．enrich | B．bless | C．brighten | D．expand |
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小题1:A
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:B
小题5:C
小题6:B
小题7:A
小题8:D
小题9:B
小题10:D
小题11:A
小题12:C
小题13:C
小题14:B
小题15:C
小题16:D
小题17:A
小题18:D
小题19:B
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试题分析：文章介绍了作者为了实现能够进入学生会的梦想，并最终赢得了选举，顺利 。的进入了学生会，实现了儿时的梦想的同时，也收获了很多。
小题1:A 考查动词辨析。根据“So I dreamed of being a leader”所以我梦想成为一个领导者） ，我总是羡慕学校的领导们对我们所有人负责。A.dmired“钦佩、羡慕”符合句意。
小题2:A 考查动词辨析。语境为：祈祷我能赢，但现实的打击使我没有机会。praying“祈祷” ，符合作者想赢得选举的心态。planning“计划”，calculating“计算”，judging“判断”，均不符合文意。
小题3:D 考查动词辨析。it 是形式主语，真正的主语是后面的动词不定式：to win a school election。 ，符合句意。assess“对进行评估”这里指的是赢得学校的选举需要什么。take“需要、花费” ，provide“提供，给予” mean“意味，意思” ， 。
小题4:B。考查形容词辨析。根据上题，作者不知道那什么来赢得选举， B． 所以感到沮丧。 depressed ，符合作者的心情。concerned“关心的” surprised“感到惊讶的”“沮丧的” ， ， confused ，均不能表达作者此时的心情。“困惑的”
小题5:C 考查副词辨析。suddenly 突然。句意：我突然做了一个深呼吸并决定不放弃梦想。符合作者鉴定的态度。gradually“渐渐地”，immediately“立即” impatiently“无奈地” ， ，不能表达作者的态度。
小题6:B 考查动词短语搭配。enter for elections 为固定搭配，意为：参选。语境为：我决定在我上学的最后一年重新参选并将要在选举中胜出。
小题7:A 考 查 名 词 辨 析 。 由 语 境 可 知 ， 该 空 指 的 是 下 文 提 到 的 我 的 竞 争 对 手 们 ， 也 就 是 。句意：我意识到我的竞争对手有很多事情战友优势。companions“competitors”竞争对手）“同伴” enemies“敌人” ， ，schoolmates“同学”，均不符合。
小题8:D 考查名词辨析。这里承接上文，意思是：我有优势的事情是什么？ “points”优势，代上文提到的“a lot of things” 。
小题9:B 考查名词辨析。句意：我最大的长处是我有信念。由上文的“in their favor ，in my favor”可知，这里谈论的是优势，所以选 strength，意为“长处” ，worry“担心” 。problem“问题” ，dream“梦想” ，均不符合文意。
小题10:D 考查形容词辨析。作者不想让自己普通的的外表阻碍自己将最好的一面展现出来。plain 。“普通的” 作者在列举长处时，没有提到自己的相貌。由此可以推知，她的相貌应该不占优势，由此可知答案。
小题11:A 考查动词辨析。分析完优势后，作者开始着手预先制定自己的选举计划。began“开始； 。着手于”
小题12:C 考查动词辨析。句意：我意识到女孩们开始了解我，并且认可我有能力代表他们。represent代表） ，符合句意。
小题13:C 考查连词辨析。上文所提到的我的优势“loved making friends and I liked being helpful”与下文打算利用自己的优势构成因果关系。所以选 so，意思是“因此” 。 “election speech”选举演讲）
小题14:B 考查名词辨析。由下文的“public speaking”可知答案。 。句意：为了学会在一个大型的演讲中如何表现自己，我还参见了一个高效公共演讲的培训。
小题15:C 考查动词辨析。作者赢得选举，朋友们应该为此欢呼以示高兴。此处应填“cheered”欢呼
小题16:D 考查副词辨析。根据文意，这里表达的意思是：选举的胜利不仅是作者的也是他的支持者们的。also 也符合语境。
小题17:A 考查形容词辨析。作者的本意只是在竞选中获胜，但获胜后作者突然意识到，除了实现了自己的梦想外，他还得到了友情、享受了一路走来朋友慢的支持和帮助，所以作者认为自己收获了比目标还要多的东西，所以选 accomplish，意为：完成，实现。accumulate 积累；devote 献身，develope 发展。
小题18:D 考查副词辨析。Along the way 一路走来） 句意： ， 在竞选的过程中，我交了许多新朋友 并在前进的道路上帮助别人。
小题19:B 考查语境化选词。语境为：我已经在选举中赢得了同学们的认可和关爱。
小题20:C 考查动词用法。这里指作者通过这次经历，有了更多的自信，可以“能够让自己的朋友 ”brighten，意思是：使快乐高兴，复合快乐起来，让他们的脸上带着微笑，照亮他们的生活。
点评：文章介绍了作者为了实现能够进入学生会的梦想，并最终赢得了选举，顺利 。的进入了学生会，实现了儿时的梦想的同时，也收获了很多。文章故事线条清晰通过对话展现故事情节，侧重通过上下文信息考查考生的综合运用英语的能力，注重语篇的理解，学生平时要培养自己驾驭语篇的能力，培养自己根据语篇综合运用英语的能力，也注重对词义的辨析和语法的正确使用。 |
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For Rachael and Leigh Badman, there is only one wish on their Christmas list this year__ that their sick daughter survives until December 25.
Fifteen –year-old Paige suffers from a rare brain condition. The disease affects as few as 12 people in the world, and can kill her any day without warning. And her condition has deteriorated in recent months. Each time she closes her eyes, she may never wake up. Rachael and Leigh Badman are worried that she couldn’t live through Christmas. They filled their house with Christmas decorations on November1, so she could enjoy her favorite day of the year in advance.
Paige was diagnosed with the condition four years ago. Mrs. Badman described the condition as “being on death row” as she never knows if she will wake up and still have a daughter. She said, “ Paige always loves Christmas and it’s heartbreaking to see her suffering like this.”
In the last months, Paige has been unable to eat and has never walked or spoken. But she loves music, and enjoys watching pop stars’ DVDs. And in May she also went on holiday to Florida with her parents and little brother, Kefton. The family , who have already organized parts of Paige’s funeral, also saw the teenager swimming with dolphins during the trip. Since then, however, her condition has worsened.
Mrs Badman, who is separated from her husband and works as Paige’s full-time carer, said, “Now she can’t eat or drink anymore, and her brain is shrinking.(萎缩) With all her problems, we just thought, ‘Let’s get the Christmas tree up as soon as possible.’ We’re praying she lives to see Christmas Day.”
小题1:Paige’s parents got the Christmas tree up on November 1 to ____.| A．let her enjoy the great time with visitors | | B．let her understand her parents’ love | | C．let her enjoy Christmas early before her death | | D．let her receive more good wishes from others |
小题2:Mrs Badman described Paige as “ being on death row” because ______.| A．Paige could die at any time without warning | | B．she found Paige struggling painfully | | C．she had organized Paige’s funeral | | D．Paige lost the abilities to walk and speak |
小题3:The underlined word can be replaced by “_____”.| A．proved satisfying | B．grown stronger | C．got improved | D．become worse |
小题4:What can be learned from the passage?| A．Christmas is Paige’s favorite festival. | | B．12% of children in the world suffer from the disease. | | C．Paige enjoyed watching pop stars’ DVDs on a trip. | | D．Paige travelled with her family before suffering the disease. |
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Switzerland is famous for its watches. However, this country didn’t 26 the
watch. It was the British 27 did it.Here is a story of 28 the
watch was 29 to Switzerland.
Many years ago, an Englishman was 30 to Italy 31 his way he stopped in a small town in south Switzerland. This Englishman travelled in a carriage inside 32 there was a carriage watch. This was the 33 kind of watch. A native shop assistant 34 to see the watch. He 35 what it was and asked the Englishman 36 it.“Itis a carriage watch. ”said the man. “ This machine 37 the time but now it
isn’t working.”
At once the shop assistant 38 to try to repair it. So the traveller 39 him the watch. The assistant was a very wise man. So it was not 40 that he managed to repair it. He 41 remembered how it was made. As soon as the traveller had 42 on his journey, he made a watch of 43 the same type.
44 the watch-making was 45 in Switzerland. Today Swiss watches are sold in stores all over the world.
| 小题1: | | A．make | B．invent | C．produce | D．develop |
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| 小题2: | | A．which | B．who | C．where | D．they |
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| 小题4: | | A．carried | B．sold | C．sailed | D．brought |
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| 小题5: | | A．travelling | B．riding | C．walking | D．running |
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| 小题8: | | A．proper | B．smallest | C．earliest | D．biggest |
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| 小题9: | | A．wanted | B．seemed | C．happened | D．discovered |
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| 小题10: | | A．wondered | B．thought | C．understood | D．discovered |
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| 小题12: | | A．gives | B．tells | C．strikes | D．counts |
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| 小题13: | | A．failed | B．helped | C．insisted | D．offered |
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| 小题14: | | A．served | B．shared | C．showed | D．handed |
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| 小题15: | | A．surprise | B．surprised | C．surprising | D．surprises |
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| 小题16: | | A．however | B．besides | C．but | D．even |
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| 小题17: | | A．gone | B．done | C．come | D．spent |
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| 小题18: | | A．correctly | B．specially | C．exactly | D．naturally |
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| 小题19: | | A．Thus | B．So | C．Otherwise | D．However |
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| 小题20: | | A．opened | B．started | C．done | D．returned |
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William Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth. He wrote thirty-seven plays in all. They are still popular today.
He was born in 1564 in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of fourteen. In 1582, he married a farmer’s daughter. She was eight years older than he was. Their first child was a daughter. Later they had twins. In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon. His wife and children stayed behind. No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592.
At twenty-eight he moved to London and joined a theatre company which opened the Globe Theatre in 1599. He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays. He earned almost no money from his writing. But he made a lot of money from acting. With the money he bought a large house in his hometown.
At the age of forty-nine, Shakespeare retired (退休) and went to live in Stratford-upon-Avon. He died at the age of fifty-two. He left his money to his family. He left his genius to the world. You still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world.
小题1:Shakespeare wrote many famous plays except _______.| A．Hamlet | B．Macbeth | | C．Romeo and Juliet | D．Man and Superman |
小题2:Shakespeare decided to be an actor in _______.小题3:In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown Stratford-upon-Avon _______.| A．with his wife | B．with his daughter | | C．with his wife and children | D．alone |
小题4:Shakespeare got much money from _______.| A．writing | B．plays | C．acting | D．retirement |
小题5:According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE? ________.| A．Shakespeare had two children | | B．Shakespeare wrote both plays and poems | | C．Shakespeare left his money to the Globe Theatre | | D．Shakespeare wrote plays in English and some other languages |
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My brother and I were alone in our apartment. My parents had gone for a party and had left me in 36.I was doing my homework while my younger brother was watching television. 37 the doorbell rang. My younger brother rushed to the door thinking that our parents had come home; he unlocked the door and 38 it.
Outside, stood a tall man wearing a black raincoat. He said that he was a salesman and asked 39 if our mother or father was at home.
Without 40 , my brother said, “No.” He asked if we would like to 41 some comic books, which he was selling. I quickly explained that we were not 42 to buy anything without our parents’ 43 .
Then, as I was about to close the door, he 44 his way into our house. He took out a 45 and forced me to 46 up my brother’s hands with some rope. I tied up his hands but I tied it in a 47 way so my brother could untie himself. The man then tied my hands up and 48 both of us in the kitchen
49 , he went upstairs to search the bedroom for 50 . I managed to teach my brother to untie the rope. He then united me. I 51 to the telephone to call the police， but the line was 52 . The doors were all locked from the outside .Luckily, the robber 53 to lock the kitchen window. My brother managed to get out of the house 54 the window.
My brother brought the police to our house and the robber was caught. The police 55 us for our good work.
| 小题1: | | A．danger | B．charge | C．surprise | D．mess |
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| 小题2: | | A．Carefully | B．Quietly | C．Loudly | D．Suddenly |
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| 小题3: | | A．opened | B．shut | C．fastened | D．held |
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| 小题4: | | A．nervously | B．rudely | C．politely | D．anxiously |
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| 小题5: | | A．thinking | B．watching | C．waiting | D．questioning |
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| 小题7: | | A．planned | B．supposed | C．determined | D．pleased |
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| 小题8: | | A．purpose | B．money | C．permission | D．absence |
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| 小题9: | | A．forced | B．fought | C．felt | D．doll |
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| 小题10: | | A．rope | B．knife | C．stick | D．doll |
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| 小题11: | | A．break | B．cover | C．dress | D．tie |
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| 小题12: | | A．fine | B．careless | C．special | D．possible |
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| 小题13: | | A．locked | B．left | C．stationed | D．beat |
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| 小题14: | | A．Anyway | B．Soon | C．Still | D．Otherwise |
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| 小题15: | | A．Saving | B．belongings | C．nobles | D．valuables |
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| 小题16: | | A．moved | B．headed | C．rushed | D．knocked |
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| 小题17: | | A．dead | B．stolen | C．off | D．short |
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| 小题18: | | A．tried | B．forgot | C．delayed | D．preferred |
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| 小题20: | | A．admitted | B．rewarded | C．admired | D．thanked |
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As a music teacher，I have always known that music touches the soul. It can 36 all kinds of barriers to reach students in a very special way.It can be the 37 for each child to find their light.I would like to 38 a story about it.
For a few years I was 39 with the opportunity to teach disabled students.One of my most 40 students was a five-year-old girl called Vanessa，who had difficulty walking，and could not speak.We 41 sat on the floor for our music lessons and Vanessa liked to 42 on my lap．One of her favorite songs was John the Rabbit.It was a call and response song where I sang the call and the students 43 twice while singing the repeating phrase，“Oh，yes！” Vanessa liked to 44 her hands together with mine and clap with me.We probably performed that song during every class，Vanessa and I clapping together.But she 45 said or sang a word.
One day，when the song was finished，Vanessa turned around， 46 me in the eyes，clapped her tiny hands twice and said the words“Oh，yes！” I opened my mouth in 47 and for that moment I was the one who could not speak.When my heart 48 started beating again，I looked over at the assistant teacher to find her also 49 .Through music，we had made an awesome connection.
Several years later，I met Vanessa on the street in town.She waved with a big 50 on her face and then clapped her hands twice，imitating the song we had 51 so many times in our music class.The little girl， 52 her connection with music，left an impression on me that will last forever. Every child has the 53 to learn and grow. It is up to us to 54 the way to reach each and every one of our students.We all must find each child"s 55 .
| 小题1: | | A．get across | B．put away | C．take over | D．break through |
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| 小题2: | | A．means | B．direction | C．process | D．effort |
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| 小题3: | | A．add | B．talk | C．share | D．write |
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| 小题4: | | A．blessed | B．tired | C．covered | D．filled |
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| 小题5: | | A．troublesome | B．Hardworking | C．memorable | D．sensitive |
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| 小题6: | | A．most | B．almost | C．nearly | D．mostly |
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| 小题8: | | A．sang | B．said | C．followed | D．clapped |
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| 小题9: | | A．strike | B．put | C．give | D．shake |
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| 小题10: | | A．ever | B．never | C．still | D．even |
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| 小题11: | | A．looked | B．saw | C．glared | D．noticed |
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| 小题12: | | A．horror | B．delight | C．astonishment | D．embarrassment |
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| 小题13: | | A．immediately | B．fortunately | C．slowly | D．finally |
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| 小题14: | | A．happy | B．grateful | C．speechless | D．hopeless |
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| 小题15: | | A．greeting | B．smile | C．expression | D．sign |
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| 小题16: | | A．performed | B．operated | C．trained | D．organized |
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| 小题17: | | A．upon | B．through | C．from | D．beyond |
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| 小题18: | | A．standard | B．ability | C．plan | D．freedom |
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| 小题19: | | A．discover | B．invent | C．test | D．make |
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| 小题20: | | A．strength | B．dream | C．light | D．weakness |
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