Most people who live in Seattle, Washington, love their city. There is a never-ending flow of fun things to do. But, people who live there do not always enjoy the day-after-day absence of sunshine during the winter months.
It is documented fact that sunshine (or lack of it) plays a major role in how each of us meets the day. It also affects how we perform at school or work. When people are derived of sunlight, they can develop seasonal affective disorder, which makes it difficult for them to feel happy or get things accomplished. No major city in the United States is more affected by the “sunshine factor” than Seattle.
To fight drizzle and fog during the winter months, Steve Murphy created a business that is very popular among the locals. The Indoor Sun Shoppe is more than a little ray of sunshine during the gray days of Seattle’s winter. His shop offers a huge source of plants and artificial lighting for people who are trying to overcome seasonal affective disorder.
Located in Fremont, Washington, The Indoor Sun Shoppe has an amazing collection of exotic plants and “good bugs” in a humid and well-lit environment. At The Indoor Sun Shoppe, you can spend up to $400 for artificial lighting that will chase away the winter blues. It will also keep your plants healthy. You can buy a dawn simulator that will gradually fill your room with a warming wake-up glow. What better way to meet a Seattle morning when real sunshine is nothing more than a happy thought!
Murphy’s in-home waterfalls are also popular with customers. But his plants and lights remain the “main course.” On a cloudy winter day, The Indoor Sun Shoppe is a bright spot in Seattle!
小题1:Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?| A．Seattle is located in the state of Washington. | | B．Citizens love Seattle for their colorful city lives. | | C．Sunshine in Seattle is rare during the winter months. | | D．People who live in Seattle are used to the sunshine absence. |
小题2:Which of the following best defines the term seasonal affective disorder in Para.2?| A．mild temperature and a general feeling of illness caused by gray winter | | B．exhaustion, depression and lack of energy caused by a lack of sunlight | | C．winter-related illness caused by the low temperature and little sunlight | | D．post-holiday depression that comes when relatives leave after Christmas |
小题3:The Indoor Sun Shoppe _____.| A．attracts people from different parts of the whole country | | B．aims to create a humid and well-lit environment during winter months | | C．brings only a little ray of sunshine during the gray days of Seattle’s winter | | D．offers variety of goods helping people overcome seasonal affective disorder |
小题4:Which of the following best explains the use of a dawn simulator?| A．An alarm clock stimulated by the light rays of early morning. | | B．A bringer of indoor artificial sunshine when there is none outside. | | C．An automatic waterfall system helping make indoor plants healthy. | | D．A better way to meet a Seattle morning with real warming sunshine. |
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小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:B |
试题分析：本文而叙述了在西雅图华盛顿这样的人有许多人不喜欢冬天的这种看不见阳光的日子，因而有些人得了季节性情绪失调症，为了让人们克服这种困难，Steve Murphy创办了The Indoor Sun Shoppe里面用各种设备来保持室内的光，使人们暂时忘掉了烦恼享受快乐。
小题1:细节理解题。根据people who live there do not always enjoy the day-after-day absence of sunshine during the winter months.他们不喜欢这种没有阳光的日子，故选D。
小题2:推理判断题。根据When people are derived of sunlight, they can develop seasonal affective disorder, which makes it difficult for them to feel happy or get things accomplished. 可以推出由于缺乏阳光人们感到疲惫、沮丧和缺乏精力，故选B。
小题3:细节理解题。根据His shop offers a huge source of plants and artificial lighting for people who are trying to overcome seasonal affective disorder.利用各种东西来克服人们的季节性情绪失调，故选D。
小题4:细节理解题。根据You can buy a dawn simulator that will gradually fill your room with a warming wake-up glow.它是一个当外面没有阳光的时候，提供室内的人工制的光，故选B。
点评：推理判断题需要考生正确的阅读短文对语篇有个整体的把握。会根据语句之间的逻辑关系、段内的语义关系及篇章的语义关系，从段落、篇章的角度理解文章的主旨、作者的观点和态度。做此类试题要善于抓住某一段话中的关键信息，即某些关键词或短语去分析、推理、判断，利用逆向思维或正面推理，从而推断出这句话所隐含的深层含义。 |
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From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch, I 11 a note. Often written on a napkin (餐巾), it might be a thank-you for a 12 moment, a reminder of something we were happily expecting, or a bit of 13 for the coming test or sporting event.
In early grade school they 14 their notes. But as children grow older they becomes self-conscious(有自我意识的), and 15 he reached high school, my older son, Marc, informed me he no longer 16 my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to 17 them but I still needed to write them, I 18 until the day he graduated.
Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could move 19 for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, graduating from college, 20 two internship (实习) in Washington, D.C., and 21 , becoming a technical assistant in Sacramento, 22 short vacation visits, however, he had lived away from home. With his younger sister leaving for college, I was 23 happy to have Marc back. Since I was 24 making lunch for his younger brother, I 25 one for Marc, too. Imagine my 26 when I got a call from my 24-year-old son, 27 his lunch.
“Did I do something 28 ? Don’t you love me 29 ,Mom?” were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I 30 asked him what was wrong. “My note, Mom,” he answered. “Where’s my note?”
| 小题1: | | A．carried | B．found | C．included | D．held |
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| 小题2: | | A．difficult | B．special | C．comfortable | D．separate |
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| 小题3: | | A．congratulation | B．improvement | C．explanation | D．encouragement |
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| 小题4: | | A．loved | B．answered | C．wrote | D．examined |
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| 小题5: | | A．lately | B．by the way | C．by the time | D．gradually |
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| 小题6: | | A．received | B．understood | C．enjoyed | D．collected |
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| 小题8: | | A．held up | B．gave up | C．followed | D．continued |
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| 小题9: | | A．out | B．home | C．to college | D．to Sacramento |
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| 小题10: | | A．organizing | B．planning | C．comparing | D．completing |
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| 小题11: | | A．hopefully | B．finally | C．particularly | D．certainly |
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| 小题12: | | A．Because of | B．Instead of | C．Except for | D．As for |
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| 小题13: | | A．especially | B．immediately | C．equally | D．generally |
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| 小题14: | | A．once | B．again | C．still | D．even |
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| 小题15: | | A．packed | B．fetched | C．bought | D．filled |
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| 小题16: | | A．fear | B．surprise | C．anger | D．disappointment |
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| 小题17: | | A．waiting for | B．worrying about | C．caring for | D．asking about |
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| 小题18: | | A．wrong | B．funny | C．strange | D．smart |
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| 小题19: | | A．any more | B．enough | C．once more | D．better |
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| 小题20: | | A．interestingly | B．bitterly | C．politely | D．laughingly |
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It happened towards evening, when I was resting in a cafe. I 36 a pair of newly bought white leather shoes, which were rather expensive. Then 37 came to me.
He was in an unfit shirt, 38 pale and weak. He looked about eleven or twelve. No sooner39 begun to speak than he opened the box in his hand and took out the tools of shoe-polishing. He bent down, 40 my leather shoes, and began to shine them.
He was concentrating on his job when heavy rain began to pour 41 . People rushed into the cafe for protection from the 42 . More and more people crowded in and gradually 43 the boy from me.
Hours passed, and 44 turned dark. I had no shoes on my feet and wondered 45 the boy had been. I thought he would not 46 my leather shoes, and I would have to walk back home on 47 in the night.
When it was near midnight the rain 48 , people started to go out. The cafe 49
Closed. I had to move to the door, I was surprised to see the boy sleeping on the floor with his head leaning 50 a box. He held a package made of his shirt tightly in his arms.
I 51 him slightly and woke him up. He jumped up and rubbed his eyes for a while before he 52 me. Then he opened the 53 hurriedly, gave me my leather shoes, and apologized to me shyly.
I paid him and wrapped around him his unfit shirt, which 54 my leather shoes.
After saying goodbye to the boy, I was 55 home, with the image of the boy staying in my mind.
| 小题1: | | A．put on | B．dressed | C．wore | D．wore out |
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| 小题2: | | A．a boy | B．a woman | C．a girl | D．an old man |
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| 小题3: | | A．looked | B．look | C．to look | D．looking |
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| 小题4: | | A．had I | B．I had | C．I did | D．did I |
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| 小题5: | | A．taking up | B．took off | C．taking off | D．took on |
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| 小题8: | | A．separated | B．connected | C．joined | D．divided |
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| 小题10: | | A．there | B．where | C．how | D．what |
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| 小题11: | | A．polish | B．clean | C．turn | D．return |
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| 小题12: | | A．feet | B．my foot | C．my bare feet | D．my own foot |
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| 小题13: | | A．started | B．began | C．ended | D．came |
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| 小题14: | | A．was | B．was to be | C．had been | D．has been |
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| 小题15: | | A．against | B．with | C．under | D．over |
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| 小题16: | | A．cover | B．shook | C．grasped | D．caught |
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| 小题17: | | A．thanked | B．made out | C．recognized | D．passed |
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| 小题18: | | A．wallet | B．arms | C．shoes | D．package |
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| 小题19: | | A．was wrapping | B．was wrapped | C．had wrapped | D．wrapped |
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| 小题20: | | A．on the way to | B．on a way | C．on my way | D．in my way |
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Bill Gates was born on October 28th, 1955. He and his two sisters grew up in Seattle. Their father, William H. Gates II, was a Seattle lawyer. Mary Gates, their late mother, was a school teacher.
 Gates attended public elementary school before moving on to the private Lakeside School in North Seattle. It was at Lakeside that Gates began his career in personal computer soft ware, programming computers at age 13.
In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer, who is now Microsoft"s president. While at Harvard, Gates developed a version (版本) of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer---the MITS Astair. In his junior year, Gates dropped out of Harvard to devote his energies full-time to Microsoft, a company he had started in 1975 with his boyhood friend Paul Allen. Guided by a belief that the personal computer would be a valuable tool on every office desk-top and in every home, they began developing software for personal computers.
Gates" foresight has led to the success of Microsoft and the software industry. He plays an important role in the technical development of new products. Much of his time is devoted to meeting with customers and staying in touch with Microsoft employees around the world through e-mail.
In the dozen years since Microsoft went public, Gates has donated more than $ 800 million to charities, including $ 200 million to the Gates Library Foundation to help libraries in North America make use of new technologies and the Information Age.
小题1:Where did Bill Gates begin his career in personal computer software?| A．At public elementary school. | B．At the private Lakeside School. | | C．At Harvard University. | D．At Microsoft Company. |
小题2:Why did he drop out of Harvard?| A．To change school. | B．To spend all his energies to Microsoft. | | C．To find a full-time job. | D．To earn money. |
小题3:How does Gates spend much of his time?| A．Meeting with people. | | B．Travelling around the world. | | C．E-mailing some friends. | | D．Meeting with customers and e-mailing Microsoft employees. |
小题4:What does the underlined word “donated” in the last paragraph mean?| A．gave. | B．earned. | C．made. | D．received. |
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For years I wanted a flower garden．But then we had Matthew．And Marvin．And the twins, Alisa and Alan．And then Helen．Five children．I was too busy raising them to grow a garden．
Money was tight, as well as time．Often when my children were little, one of them would want something that cost too much, and I" d have to say, “Do you see a money tree outside? Money doesn"t grow on trees, you now．”
Finally, all five got through high school and college and were off on their own．
One spring morning, on Mother"s Day, I was working in my kitchen．Suddenly, I realized that cars were tooting their horns as they drove by．I looked out the window and there was a new tree, planted right in my yard．I thought it must be a weeping willow, because I saw things blowing around on all its branches．Then I put my glasses on－and I couldn"t believe what I saw．
There was a money tree in my yard!
I went outside to look．It was true! There were dollar bills, one hundred of them, taped all over that tree．Think of" all the garden flowers I could buy with one hundred dollars! There was also a note attached: ‘‘IOU eight hours of digging time．Love, Marvin．"
Marvin kept his promise, too．He dug up a nice ten－by－fifteen foot bed for me And my other children bought me tools, ornaments , a trellis（格架）, a sunflower stepping stone and gardening books．
That was three years ago．My garden"s now very pretty, just like I wanted．When I go out and tend my flowers, I don"t seem to miss my children as much as I once did．I feel like they"re right there with me．
I"m still not sure that money grows on trees．But I know love does!
小题1:Why did the mother say "Money doesn"t grow on trees"? .| A．She wanted them not to spend extra money | | B．She was too sad to say anything else | | C．She told them a truth on money | | D．she just played a joke with them |
小题2:What do we know about the mother according to the text? ．| A．She is a bad-tempered woman | | B．She believes money can grow on a tree now | | C．She is a writer | | D．She is hard-working in housekeeping |
小题3:What can be inferred from the text? ．| A．The author raised five children | | B．The money tree was a Mother Day"s gift | | C．It cost Marvin eight hours to dug up the bed | | D．Children planted a weeping willow in the yard |
小题4:Which of the following would be the best title for the text? ___ ．| A．My Money Tree | B．The Garden of My Children | | C．Mother"s Love | D．Marvin"s Promise |
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On the border, a pack of wild dogs circled the soldiers for food． The leader of the pack was a gray- and-white dog called Nubs． He was 11 and hardly able to stand． Marine major Brian Dennis looked 12 and saw that there was a knife wound in his chest．
Dennis couldn"t stand seeing the dog 13_．He and his men immediately treated the wound, and gave Nubs medicine．Nubs pulled through but was still in 14 ．The next day, the team had to 15 . Ten days later, Dennis" unit was back, and so was Nubs． He was still 16 ，but the men fed him and played with him．
Before long the unit once again left for the front 70 miles away． Nubs, slowly but 17 , followed them far into the trackless wasteland _ 18 the men lost sight of him．Two days later, beyond Dennis" 19 , he saw Nubs just outside the outpost（前哨）．The dog had 20 him across 70 miles of frozen desert to meet with the friend who had 21 his life．From then on Nubs and the men 22 in the same place, and ran around in the same ruins（废墟）．
Until an order came that they were not 23_ to have pets, Dennis decided to make sure the dog would 24 _ to live the good life．So he quickly raised $4,000 from his family and friends to 25 Nubs to America．
A year later, when Dennis and the dog were 26 in California, at first Nubs didn"t 27 the guy．But within minutes, the dog jumped into Dennis" arms, jumping 28 again and again to lick his friend"s face．
A little love and concern in the middle of 29 will not save a violent world． But small stories, like the story of a soldier and a clog, hold a 30 of a harmonious（和谐的）world．
| 小题1: | | A．shaking | B．waiting | C．barking | D．resting |
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| 小题2: | | A．lower | B．better | C．clearer | D．closer |
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| 小题3: | | A．worry | B．suffer | C．fear | D．starve |
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| 小题4: | | A．surprise | B．control | C．pain | D．anger |
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| 小题5: | | A．leave | B．drill | C．fight | D．walk |
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| 小题6: | | A．dirty | B．weak | C．thin | D．tired |
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| 小题7: | | A．suddenly | B．happily | C．easily | D．determinedly |
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| 小题8: | | A．unless | B．since | C．until | D．after |
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| 小题9: | | A．imagination | B．reach | C．sight | D．ability |
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| 小题10: | | A．caught | B．tracked | C．guarded | D．found |
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| 小题11: | | A．loved | B．started | C．saved | D．taken |
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| 小题12: | | A．traveled | B．met | C．grew | D．slept |
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| 小题13: | | A．allowed | B．expected | C．needed | D．required |
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| 小题14: | | A．go | B．like | C．try | D．continue |
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| 小题15: | | A．lead | B．fly | C．drive | D．show |
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| 小题16: | | A．reunited | B．interviewed | C．watched | D．gathered |
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| 小题17: | | A．notice | B．believe | C．recognize | D．bother |
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| 小题18: | | A．out | B．about | C．around | D．up |
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| 小题19: | | A．time | B．danger | C．war | D．space |
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| 小题20: | | A．way | B．view | C．concern | D．promise |
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