You Are Going Places
I work at a local restaurant in town as cashier, seater and waiter.
I went to work feeling 小题1: . And to make things worse, I was busy that evening.
It’s the same thing over and over again. 小题2: with customers who complain about their
food and where they are 小题3: is too big or too small. Little things like that tend to 小题4:
a lot of us 小题5: but we manage to deal with it.
Three elderly ladies walked in and sat by the windows. It happened to be the very 小题6:
near where I keep the dirty 小题7: in the boxes. Trying to keep up with all the dirty tables,
customers leaving and coming in and 小题8: running all over the house, it was crazy. 小题9:
these elderly women were watching 小题10: I was working to make sure every table was clean
and ready for the next customers.
When they 小题11: their meals, I took their plates back to the kitchen. They talked to me
for a while about school, how I was doing, what 小题12: I was in and what I planned to do in
the future.
小题13: they were leaving, they walked past me and one of them said to me in a 小题14:
and gentle voice, “You are going places. And that was it.” They left the 小题15: and I had tears
in my eyes, because they gave me 小题16: to believe in myself. They 小题17: my spirit from
being down and gave me a 小题18: to keep on working hard.
People used to tell me that I couldn’t have a career in 小题19: until I had a degree. I’m now
a co-anchor(联合支持人)of a student-produced television 小题20: . And the best thing is:
I’m only 17 years old and I am a senior in high school.
| 小题21: | | A．tired | B．excited | C．up | D．down |
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| 小题22: | | A．Dealing | B．Helping | C．Talking | D．Meeting |
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| 小题23: | | A．sat | B．seated | C．laid | D．seating |
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| 小题24: | | A．attract | B．avoid | C．adjust | D．annoy |
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| 小题25: | | A．employees | B．customers | C．bosses | D．employers |
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| 小题26: | | A．table | B．box | C．spot | D．kitchen |
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| 小题27: | | A．dishes | B．rooms | C．clothes | D．chairs |
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| 小题28: | | A．men | B．women | C．servers | D．people |
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| 小题31: | | A．finished | B．completed | C．ordered | D．got |
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| 小题32: | | A．place | B．grade | C．mark | D．position |
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| 小题33: | | A．Before | B．While | C．As | D．After |
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| 小题34: | | A．confident | B．loud | C．low | D．pleasant |
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| 小题35: | | A．kitchen | B．house | C．restaurant | D．table |
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| 小题36: | | A．ability | B．courage | C．imagination | D．time |
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| 小题37: | | A．put down | B．picked up | C．took over | D．pointed out |
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| 小题38: | | A．cause | B．reason | C．present | D．permission |
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| 小题39: | | A．television | B．government | C．school | D．restaurant |
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| 小题40: | | A．company | B．station | C．show | D．advertisement |
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小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:A
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:C
小题9:C
小题10:B
小题11:A
小题12:B
小题13:C
小题14:A
小题15:C
小题16:B
小题17:B
小题18:B
小题19:A
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试题分析：作者是一位17岁的中学生，利用业余时间打工。一天，在身心疲惫打工的时候，一个人一句话使作者对自己的前途重燃希望。那句话是：You Are Going Places(你前途无量）。
小题1: D考查语境化选词。我去上班的时候心情非常不好。feeling down 是现在分词作伴随状语，意为“闷闷不乐”。倒数第二段的They 17 my spirit from being down也说明了该题答案。
小题2: A考查动词辨析。应付那些抱怨食品、座位等的顾客是大大小小的事情。deal with表示“对付”；help with帮助某人做......；talk with和......交谈；meet with遇到，经受。
小题3:B考查语境话选词。顾客抱怨他们就座的位置。seat是使动词，表示“使坐下”，be seated意为“坐下，就座”；sit是不及物动词，应为where they sat
小题4:D考查动词。诸如此类的小事容易造成我们雇员的烦恼。annoy表示“使生气”。因为作者前面提到了顾客的种种抱怨，因此只能导致雇员的烦恼、生气。attract吸引；avoid避免；adjust调整。
小题5: A考查名词。诸如此类的小事容易造成我们雇员的烦恼。剧中的our和下文的we给答案做了提示。employees表示“受雇者，雇工”。
小题6: C考查名词。他们碰巧坐在我存放过用过的盘子附近的地方。spot表示“地方，地点”。根据后面的where I keep the dirty 7 in the boxes句子，排除B项；不可能把脏盘子放在客人用餐的桌子上，故排除A；kitchen不会与客人用餐的地方处于同一个位置，故排除D。
小题7: A 考查名词。 the dirty dishes指客人用过的盘子。因为作者是在餐厅打工的学生，所以“端盘子”才能与文章主题相符。
小题8: C考查名词。顾客们的进进出出、服务人员的穿梭走动。该空指服务人员在餐馆的来回走动，穿梭服务。顾客们是来这里就餐的，不能来回走，故排除D，A，B两项太片面。
小题9: C考查连词。虽然餐馆处于一片忙乱的状态，但是这三位妇女在专心的看着我。该空前的crazy给该空提出了暗示。
小题10: B注视着我为了确保每张桌子是干净的去迎接下一位顾客，而多么努力的工作。how相当于how hard。
小题11:A考查动词。她们吃完饭的时候。根据下文的I took their plates back to the kitchen排除C、D选项；complete往往用于完成“建筑物”、“工程”、“书籍”等；而finish制作完手中的事情，如：“用完”、“吃完”等。
小题12: B 考查名词。grade表示“年级”。她们询问我上哪个年级。通过上下文，可知作者是个打工的学生，故B项符合文章。Place地方， mark分数，position位置。
小题13: C考查连词。当她们离开的时候，她们走过我身边。as引导时间状语从句时，表示主从句的动作同时发生。由句意排除A、D选项；while引导时间状语从句时，从句中的谓语动词是延续性动词。
小题14: A考查形容词。她们从我身边走过时，有一个人用自信和温和的语调说。由下文的You are going places.（你前途无量）推测说话者语气。因为说话人在鼓励作者，所以只有A项符合语境
小题15: C考查名词。客人说完后就离开了餐馆。由下文知道，they指three elderly ladies，她们来餐馆用餐。
小题16: B考查名词。根据文意可知，别人给予了作者自信的“勇气”，作者才得以重新振作起来。
小题17: B考查动词短语。她们让我振作起来。pick up表示“使恢复精神”。put down放下，镇压；take over接管；point out指出。
小题18: B考查名词。她们给了我继续努力的理由。reason表示某种行为的原因；cause表示某种现象的原因。
小题19: A考查名词。有人曾经告诉我，没有学位，我就不能从事电视台的工作。下文的I"m now a co-anchor（联合主持人）of a student-produced television 20.暗示这里的答案。
小题20: C 考查名词。a student-produced television show表示学生制作的电视节目。show表示“演出，表演节目”。
点评：本文属于故事类，这类文章一般描述的是某一件具体事情的发生发展或结局，有人物、时间、地点和事件。命题往往从故事的情节、人物或事件的之间的关系、作者的态度及意图、故事前因和后果的推测等方面着手，考查学生对细节的辨认能力以及推理判断能力。阅读这类材料时，同学们一定要根据主要情节掌握文章主旨大意，同时抓住每一个细节，设身处地根据文章内容揣摩作者的态度和意图，根据情节展开想象，即使是碰到深层理解题也可迎刃而解。 |
核心考点
试题【You Are Going Places I work at a local restaurant in town as cashier, seater and】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so that I decided to write an article about her.
I Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.
I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The was almost unbearable. I struggled for days draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.
It didn’t take long. My manuscript . How stupid of me! I thought. How could I in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.
Five years later, I was moving to California. While my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in :
Ms. Profit,
Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some more relevant materials. Please those and return the article immediately. We would like to your story soon.
Shocked, it took me a long time to . Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and the chance of having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of writing. Today, I have become a full-time writer. this experience, I’ve learned a very important lesson: You can’t to doubt yourself.
| 小题1: | | A．voice | B．joy | C．smile | D．speech |
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| 小题2: | | A．proud | B．moved | C．satisfied | D．active |
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| 小题3: | | A．visited | B．emailed | C．interviewed | D．phoned |
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| 小题4: | | A．refused | B．agreed | C．hesitated | D．paused |
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| 小题5: | | A．explained | B．discovered | C．knew | D．replied |
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| 小题6: | | A．seriously | B．nervously | C．patiently | D．quietly |
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| 小题7: | | A．fooling | B．blaming | C．inviting | D．urging |
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| 小题8: | | A．hardship | B．failure | C．comment | D．pressure |
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| 小题10: | | A．disappeared | B．improved | C．spread | D．returned |
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| 小题11: | | A．compare | B．survive | C．compete | D．struggle |
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| 小题12: | | A．face | B．deliver | C．ignore | D．receive |
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| 小题13: | | A．decorating | B．repairing | C．leaving | D．cleaning |
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| 小题14: | | A．anxiety | B．disbelief | C．horror | D．trouble |
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| 小题15: | | A．increase | B．replace | C．add | D．mix |
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| 小题16: | | A．broadcast | B．create | C．assess | D．publish |
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| 小题17: | | A．concentrate | B．prepare | C．escape | D．recover |
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| 小题18: | | A．energetic | B．enjoyable | C．typical | D．endless |
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| 小题19: | | A．Holding on to | B．Dating back to | C．Looking back on | D．Dropping in on |
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| 小题20: | | A．afford | B．attempt | C．expect | D．pretend |
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Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were year exams. All the in the school had been working hard for some time, reviewing their lessons for the exams. If they didn’t , they would have to retake(重考) them in September. There were usually a few who , but Jane didn’t want to be one of them. She had worked hard all year, just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister Barbara was about her. She went to bed too . The night before the first exam, Barbara that she have an early night and take a pill. She promised to wake up in the morning.
As she was falling asleep, Jane was afraid that she might oversleep. Her kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of , she went to sleep. In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the examination , but she couldn’t answer any of the questions. around her was writing pages and pages. she thought hard, she couldn’t find anything to write . She kept looking at her . Time was running out. There was only an hour to go. She started one question, wrote two sentences, and tried another one. With only half an hour left, she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started . Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she up. She was still in bed and it had all been a dream. A minute later, Barbara called her name.
| 小题1: | | A．teachers | B．students | C．classmates | D．poets |
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| 小题2: | | A．prepare | B．miss | C．gain | D．pass |
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| 小题3: | | A．succeeded | B．failed | C．ended | D．harvested |
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| 小题5: | | A．excited | B．frightened | C．worried | D．satisfied |
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| 小题6: | | A．early | B．late | C．sadly | D．eagerly |
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| 小题7: | | A．insisted | B．admired | C．ordered | D．wished |
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| 小题8: | | A．sleeping | B．starving | C．exciting | D．breathing |
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| 小题9: | | A．him | B．her | C．them | D．herself |
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| 小题11: | | A．her sister | B．her parents | C．the lessons | D．the medicine |
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| 小题12: | | A．result | B．marks | C．desk | D．paper |
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| 小题13: | | A．The teacher | B．The students | C．No one | D．Everyone |
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| 小题16: | | A．watch | B．textbook | C．sister | D．subject |
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| 小题17: | | A．gave up | B．put off | C．look around | D．thought over |
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| 小题18: | | A．examining | B．drowning | C．copying | D．crying |
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| 小题19: | | A．raised | B．woke | C．turned | D．cheered |
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| 小题20: | | A．nice | B．wonderful | C．terrible | D．special |
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Mark and his brother Jason both were looking at the shining new computer enviously, Jason was determined not to go against their father"s wishes but Mark was more adventurous than his brother. He loved experimenting and his aim was to become a scientist like his father.
“Dad will be really mad if he finds out you"ve been playing with his new computer.” Jason said, “He told us not to touch it.”
“He won’t find out,” Mark said. “I"ll just have a quick look and shut it down.”
Mark had been scolded before for touching his father"s equipment. But his curiosity was difficult to control and this new computer really puzzled him.
It was a strange-looking machine — one his dad had brought home from the laboratory where he worked. “It’s an experimental model," his father had explained, “so don’t touch it under any circumstances.” But his father"s warning only made Mark more curious. Without any further thought, Mark turned on the power switch. The computer burst into life and seconds later, the screen turned into colors, shifting and changing and then two big white words appeared in the centre of the screen: “SPACE TRANSPORTER.” “Yes!” Mark cried excitedly, “It"s a computer game. I knew it! Dad"s only been pretending to work. He"s really been playing games instead.”A new message appeared on the screen: “
ENTER NAMES
VOYAGER 1:…
VOYAGER 2:…
Mark"s fingers flew across the keyboard as he typed in both of their names.
“INPUT ACCEPTED. START TRANSPORT PROGRAM. AUTO-RETRIEVE INITIATED( 自动回收程序已启动).”The screen turned even brighter and a noise suddenly rose in volume. “I think we"d better shut it off, Mark,” Jason yelled, reaching for the power switch. He was really frightened.But his hand never reached the switch. A single beam of dazzling white light burst out of the computer screen, wrapping the boys in its glow(光芒) , until they themselves seemed to be glowing. Then it died down just as suddenly as it had burst into life. And the boys were no longer there. On the screen, the letters changed.
“TRANSPORT SUCCESSFUL. DESTINATION ( 目的地)：MARS. RETRIEVE DATE: 2025.”
小题1:Why did Mark touch the computer against his father"s warning?| A．He wanted to take a voyage. | B．He wanted to practice his skill. | | C．He was so much attracted by it. | D．He was eager to do an experiment. |
小题2: Where did the boys" father most likely work?| A．In an electronic factory. | B．In a computer company. | | C．In a scientific research center. | D．In an information processing center. |
小题3:Mark thought “SPACE TRANSPORTER” on the screen was the name of______.| A．a computer game | B．a company website | | C．a software producer | D．an astronomer |
小题4:Why did Jason want to shut off the computer?| A．He was afraid of being scolded. | | B．He didn"t like the loud noise and light. | | C．He didn"t want to play games any more. | | D．He was afraid something dangerous might happen. |
小题5:What happened to the boys at the end of the story?| A．They were blown into the air. | | B．They were sent to another planet. | | C．They were hidden in the strong light. | | D．They were carried away to another country. |
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阅读表达：
[1]An 18-year-old student was struggling to pay his fees. He was an orphan, and not knowing where to turn for money, he came up with a bright idea. He and a friend decided to host a musical concert on campus to raise money for their education.
[2]They reached out to the great pianist Ignacy J. Paderewski. His manager demanded a guaranteed fee of $2000 for the piano recital. A deal was struck and the boys began to work to make the concert a success.
[3]The big day arrived. But unfortunately, they had not managed to sell enough tickets. The total collection was only $1600. Disappointed, they went to Paderewski and explained their plight(困境). They gave him the entire $1600, plus a cheque for the balance(差额) $400. They promised to pay the cheque at the soonest possible.
[4]“No,” said Paderewski. “This is not acceptable.” He tore up the cheque, returned the $1600 and told the two boys: “Here’s the $1600. Please deduct（扣除）whatever expenses you have spent on. Keep the money you need for your fees. And just give me whatever is left”. The boys were surprised, and thanked him a lot.
[5]It was a small act of kindness. But it clearly marked out Paderewski as a great human being.
[6]Why should he help two people he did not even know? We all come across situations like these in our lives. And most of us only think “If I help them, what would happen to me?” The truly great people think, “If I don’t help them, what will happen to them?” They don’t do it expecting something in return. They do it because they feel it’s the right thing to do.
[7]Paderewski later went on to become the Prime Minister of Poland. He was regarded as a great leader in Poland’s history.
小题1:Why did the student decide to hold the musical concert? (Within 10 words)
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小题2:What do you know about Ignacy J. Paderewski? (Within 15 words)
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小题3:Please find a word in the text to replace the word “recital” in Paragraph 2.
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小题4:How did the boys feel on hearing what Paderewski said? (No more than 5 words)
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小题5:What should we learn from Paderewski’s words in Paragraph 6? (Within 20 words)
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I believe in my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid, 小题1: I dreamed of becoming a doctor.
My mother was a 小题2:. Through her work, she observed that 小题3: people spent a lot more time 小题4: than they did watch television. She 小题5: that my brother and I could only watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and 小题6: written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and under-line the important 小题7: . Years later we realized her marks were only a 小题8: My mother was a illiterate (文盲). Although we had no money, between the covers of those books, I could go anywhere, do anything and be 小题9:.
When I entered high school I was an A-student, 小题10: not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang about with the guys. I went from being an A—student then to a B--student then to a C-student, but I didn"t 小题11: . I was cool.One night my mother came home from working her multiple jobs and I 小题12: about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, "Okay, I will give you all the money I make this week by scrubbing floors and 小题13: bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With everything left over, you can have all that you want." I was very 小题14: with that arrangement but 小题15: I got through allocating (分配) money, there was nothing left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a 小题16: over our heads and any kind of food on the table, much less to buy clothes. I also 小题17: that immediate satisfaction wasn"t going to get me anywhere. Success 小题18: intellectual preparation. I went back to my studies and became an A—student
小题19: , and eventually I fulfilled my dream and I became a 小题20: .
| 小题22: | | A．woman servant | B．teacher | C．scientist | D．nurse |
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| 小题23: | | A．healthy | B．successful | C．powerful | D．clever |
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| 小题24: | | A．searching | B．reading | C．working | D．training |
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| 小题25: | | A．ordered | B．insisted | C．suggested | D．announced |
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| 小题26: | | A．hand in | B．turn over | C．pick up | D．cut down |
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| 小题27: | | A．titles | B．magazines | C．books | D．parts |
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| 小题28: | | A．game | B．trick | C．pleasure | D．task |
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| 小题29: | | A．anybody | B．nobody | C．somebody | D．everybody |
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| 小题32: | | A．thought | B．chatted | C．complained | D．worried |
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| 小题33: | | A．repairing | B．cleaning | C．rubbing | D．watching |
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| 小题34: | | A．encouraged | B．puzzled | C．moved | D．pleased |
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| 小题35: | | A．now that | B．if | C．when | D．since |
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| 小题36: | | A．wall | B．house | C．window | D．roof |
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| 小题37: | | A．realized | B．imagined | C．believed | D．noticed |
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| 小题38: | | A．suited | B．required | C．made | D．matched |
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| 小题39: | | A．even | B．forever | C．before | D．again |
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| 小题40: | | A．professor | B．expert | C．doctor | D．boss |
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