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Yesterday was my stepmother’s birthday. I haven’t been home for a long time, so I wanted to stop by the house to  36  her on this special day. I have been  37  
on a low income so I was afraid that I couldn’t afford the long  38 . Gas is so expensive nowadays!  39 , I filled my tank with gas and set off.  
I  40  at a shopping mall and found a present. It was the  41  gift and I knew she would love it.  42  when I got to the cashier, my card was 43  !
I didn’t have enough money to  44  the gift!
So I thought about the 45  for a few minutes. I could put it back and get something  46 , but I knew there was 47  else in the store she would have liked as much. So, I transferred some money from my saving account and was able to buy the gift. It took a  48  part of my savings but I wanted her to have something special.
It turned out that she loved the gift and I  49  that even though I had spent almost all my money, my stepmother  50  the best. I was glad I gave her the best I could.
Before I  51  my parents’ house, my dad took me to one side and, with our secret handshake, he gave me some money. I hadn’t  52  anything to him about my financial  53  , but I guessed my dad just knew. When I got to the car, I saw the  54  he gave me was three times what I had spent on the gas and the gift! It shows that doing the right thing always comes with great  55  .
小题1:
A.inviteB.helpC.seeD.drive
小题2:
A.dreamingB.strugglingC.escapingD.improving
小题3:
A.jumpB.meetingC.holidayD.journey
小题4:
A.ThereforeB.MoreoverC.AnywayD.Besides
小题5:
A.stoppedB.leftC.shoutedD.smoked
小题6:
A.perfectB.ordinaryC.handmadeD.free
小题7:
A.ThoughB.SoC.SinceD.But
小题8:
A.goneB.checkedC.refusedD.opened
小题9:
A.hang onB.hand outC.make up D.pay for
小题10:
A.idealB.problemC.reasonD.tour
小题11:
A.betterB.greaterC.cheaperD.smaller
小题12:
A.somethingB.everythingC.nothingD.anything
小题13:
A.wholeB.tinyC.halfD.large
小题14:
A.feltB.advisedC.decidedD.predicted
小题15:
A.acceptedB.deservedC.offeredD.sent
小题16:
A.enteredB.leftC.calledD.visited
小题17:
A.writtenB.promisedC.presentedD.mentioned
小题18:
A.memoryB.conditionC.meansD.future
小题19:
A.benefitB.helpC.amountD.knowledge
小题20:
A.rewardsB.awardsC.risksD.thanks

答案

小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:A
小题6:A
小题7:D
小题8:C
小题9:D
小题10:B
小题11:C
小题12:C
小题13:D
小题14:A
小题15:B
小题16:B
小题17:D
小题18:B
小题19:C
小题20:A
解析
小题18:B 名词辨析。A记忆;B状况;C方法;D未来;同上。
小题19:C 名词辨析。A益处;B帮助;C数量;D知识;指爸爸给我的钱的数字。
小题20:A 名词辨析。A回报,酬劳;B奖金;C风险;D感谢;这里指做任何事情都有回报的。
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When Han Duan started her professional career at 16, China’s national women’s football team was defeated in the final of the World Cup by the US. While she was asked to play in her first World Cup in 2003, she largely remained on the bench after the first match.
But things have changed. Now, Han is one of the most important players in China’s team. “I can’t wait to play. Life is short. You must make the most out of it,” Han always says like that. 
Han wants every possible honor that a football player can get — an Asian Cup, a World Cup and an Olympic medal. She has always been good at sports, especially swimming and horizontal bars. At school, she was the fastest in the 60m and 100m.
But the reason she picked football was that she wanted to get more compliments (称赞). “Football is for boys. But I feel more fulfilled when I can do better than them and win more compliments,” she said. Later, when she entered a football school, the coach always asked Han to show others what to do.
However, nobody can be good at everything. Han described her singing as “howling” and the only school subject she was good at was Chinese. “I was very happy every time my essay was posted on the wall for my schoolmates to read.” But Han still has some regrets about her school years. Her handwriting was terrible at school. She ever wanted to improve her handwriting but didn’t achieve much.
“My fans ask for my signature (签名), so I’d better practice and practice. It’s not too late,” she says.
小题1:In the World Cup in 2003, Han Duan was a(n) ______.
A.member of the audienceB.unimportant player
C.team captainD.fan of a sports star
小题2:What does the underlined part in the second paragraph imply?
A.Han Duan seizes every chance to learn more to fulfill herself.
B.Han Duan never wastes any of her practicing time.
C.Han Duan seizes every chance to take part in matches.
D.Han Duan has become ill and she will die quite soon.
小题3:According to the passage, we know that Han Duan ________.
A.has won an Asian Cup, a World Cup and an Olympic medal
B.was good at sports when she was at school
C.did very well in singing and Chinese when she was at school
D.often gets compliments because of her beautiful handwriting
小题4:From the fourth paragraph, it can be inferred that Han Duan most probably ________.
A.felt sad as the boys laughed at her
B.felt proud as she got compliments from others
C.felt sad as she was too strong as a girl
D.hated herself as she couldn’t do anything else well
小题5:What’s the best title of this passage?
A.Growth of a sports star.B.The World Cup.
C.Honor of a football player.D.Star of tomorrow.

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When I first got an e-mail account ten years ago, I received communications only from family, friends, and colleagues. Now it seems that every time I check my e-mail, I have an endless series of advertisements and other correspondence that do not interest me at all. If we want e-mail to continue to be useful, we need specific laws that make spamming(发送垃圾邮件) a crime.
If lawmakers do not do something soon to prohibit spam, the problem will certainly get much worse. Computer programs allow spammers to send hundreds of millions of e-mails almost instantly. As more and more advertisers turn to spam to sell their products, individual(个人的) e-mail boxes are often flooded with spam e-mails. Would people continue to use e-mail if they had to deal with an annoying amount of spam each time?
This problem is troubling for individuals and companies as well. Many spam e-mails contain computer viruses that can shut down the entire network of a company. Companies rely on e-mail for their employees to communicate with each other. Spam frequently causes failures in their local communications networks, and their employees are thus unable to communicate effectively. Such a situation results in a loss of productivity and requires companies to repeatedly repair their networks. These computer problems raise production costs of companies, which are, in the end, passes on to the consumer.
For these reasons, I believe that lawmakers need to legislate (立法) against spam. Spammers should be fined, and perhaps sent to prison if they continue to disturb people. E-mail is a tool which helps people all over the world to communicate conveniently, but spam is destroying this convenience.
小题1:According to the text, what is the major cause of the flooding spam?    
A.Companies rely on e-mail for communications.
B.More people in the world communicate by e-mail.
C.More advertisers begin to promote sales through spam.
D.Many computer viruses contain spam e-mail.
小题2:According to Paragraph 3, who is the final victim of spam?             
A.The businessB.The advertiserC.The consumerD.The employee
小题3:What is the purpose of the text?
A.To informB.To educateC.To instruct D.To persuade

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It was Saturday when the entire summer world was bright and fresh. Tom looked at the fence, which was long and high, feeling all enthusiasm leaving him. He dipped his brush into the whitewash before moving it along the top board of the fence. He knew other boys would arrive soon with all minds of interesting plans for this day. As walking past him, they would tease him for having to work on a beautiful Saturday—which burnt him like fire.
He, putting his hands into his pockets and taking out all he owned with the expectation of letting someone paint, found nothing that could buy half an hour of freedom. At this dark and hopeless moment, a wonderful idea occurred to him, pouring a great bright light into his mind. He took up his brush and continued to work pleasantly with calm and quietness.
Presently, Ben Rogers came in sight—munching an apple and making joyful noises like the sound of a riverboat as he walked along. Tom went on whitewashing, paying no attention to the steamboat. 
“Hello!” Ben said, “I’m going swimming, but you can’t go, can you?”
No answer. Tom moved his brush gently along the fence and surveyed the result. Ben came nearer. Tom’s mouth watered for Ben’s apple while he kept painting the fence.
Ben said, “That’s a lot of work, isn’t it?”
Tom turned suddenly saying “Here you are! Ben! I didn’t notice you.”
“I’m going swimming,” Ben said. “Don’t you wish you could go? Or would you rather work?”
Tom said, “Work? What do you mean ‘work’?”
“Isn’t that work?”
Tom continued painting and answered carelessly, “Maybe it is, and maybe it isn’t. All I know is it suits Tom Sawyer.”
“Do you mean that you enjoy it?”
“I don’t see why I oughtn’t to enjoy it.”
“Does a boy have a chance to paint a fence frequently” said Tom.
Ben stopped munching his apple.
Tom moved his brush back and forth—stepped back to note the effect—added a little paint here and there. Ben watched every move, getting more and more interested, more and more absorbed1. After a short time, he said, “Tom, let me whitewash a little.”
Tom seemed to be thinking for a moment before he said, “No, Aunt Polly wants this fence to be perfect. If it was the back fence, maybe you could do it. But this fence beside the street is where everybody can see it. It has to be done right.”
“Oh, come on, let me try. I’ll be careful. Listen, Tom. I’ll give you part of my apple if you let me paint.”
“No, Ben, I’m afraid—”
“I’ll give you all the apple!”
Tom handed the brush to Ben with unwillingness on his face but alacrity in his heart. While the riverboat worked and sweated in the hot sun, Tom, an artist sat in the shade close by, munching his apple, and planning how he could trick more of the boys.
Before long there were enough boys each of whom came along the street; stopped to laugh but soon begged to be allowed to paint. By the middle of the afternoon, Tom had got many treasures while the fence had had three layers of whitewash on it. If he hadn’t run out of whitewash, he would have owned everything belonging to the boys in the village.
Tom said to himself that the world was not so depressing after all. He had discovered a great law of human action: in order to make a man cover a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.
小题1:By using “Tom continued painting and answered carelessly”, the author shows Tom ______ when he was talking to Ben.
A.made mistakesB.damaged thingsC.was naturalD.wasn’t concentrating
小题2:The underlined word “alacrity” in the last but two paragraph most probable means “______”.
A.kindnessB.discouragementC.sympathyD.eagerness
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? ________
A.Tom did not want to go swimming at all
B.Tom was asked to help Aunt Polly paint the fence
C.Tom did not get along well with his friends
D.Tom was very busy that Saturday afternoon.
小题4:We can draw a conclusion from the last paragraph that _______.
A.forbidden fruit is sweet.B.a friend in need is a friend indeed.
C.all good things must come to an end.D.a bad excuse is better than none.

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Bill Robinson is on trial for murder(因谋***而受审).He grew up in a small town in Ohio and then went to Kent State University for one year.When he was nineteen years old,he was asked to join the army and was soon sent to fight in Vietnam.He was very unhappy there as he hated the war and he hated killing people.Two years later he returned home and tried to pick up where he had left off,but things were never quite the same again for the young black man.For one thing,he always had terrible dreams about the war.He could not concentrate on his studies and soon he had to leave school.Then he was fired from one job after another.He wanted to meet someone nice and get married,but he just couldn"t seem to get close to anyone.He became angry easily and people avoided him.He was always lonely.Finally one day,while eating at a restaurant,Bill lost control of himself and shot someone for no reason at all.Bill"s lawyer hopes that he will not be held responsible for the shooting.He hopes that the judge and the jury(陪审团)will understand that Bill was“temporarily insane(一时精神错乱)”and did not really choose to kill anyone.
小题1:What did Bill Robinson do after he returned from abroad?
A.He gave up the chance to go back to college.B.He tried to go back to his normal life.
C.He picked up his things and left again.D.He found what he had dreamed of.
小题2:He failed to complete his college education because he ____ .
A.hated schoolB.joined the army
C.didn"t study hardD.found it difficult to keep his mind on his studies
小题3:He never married because ____ .
A.there were no nice girls aroundB.he didn"t care to meet any girls
C.he hadn"t met girls that he likedD.he found it hard to make friends with girls
小题4:The best title for this article is ____ .
A.Robinson on TrialB.Murder at a Restaurant
C.A Young Black ManD.A Victim of the Vietnam War

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I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was 1  and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be 2  but a failure.”
After five years of 3  jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best  that could have happened to me. I  I wanted to do something positive (积极地) with my life because I wanted to prove to 6  that what people said about me was . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s 8  it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.”  So I tried hard with my 9  and went to college. My first novel (小说) 10  while I was at college.
`After college I taught during the 11  in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a 12 in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of 13    that job to write full time 14  I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself — 15  was a working-class boy who’d 16  school early, now teaching at the university
My writing career (职业) took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and 17 , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. 18  what does it mean? I 19  wish all the people that have put me down had 20 : “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”
小题1:
A.brightB.uselessC.simpleD.hopeful
小题2:
A.anythingB.somethingC.everythingD.nothing
小题3:
A.lowB.poorC.goodD.useful
小题4:
A.supportB.happinessC.surpriseD.thing
小题5:
A.admitted (承认)B.decidedC.plannedD.told
小题6:
A.meB.themC.herD.it
小题7:
A.wrongB.rightC.stupidD.bad
小题8:
A.seeB.knowC.understandD.face
小题9:
A.experimentB.practiceC.writingD.composition
小题10:
A.came onB.came inC.came outD.came back
小题11:
A.dayB.nightC.monthD.year
小题12:
A.graduationB.passC.degreeD.success
小题13:
A.giving inB.giving backC.giving outD.giving up
小题14:
A.whileB.ifC.whenD.or
小题15:
A.thereB.hereC.itD.that
小题16:
A.leftB.attendedC.changedD.graduated
小题17:
A.tiredB.calmC.nervous .D.famous
小题18:
A.AndB.ButC.HoweverD.Well
小题19:
A.justB.exactlyC.soD.very
小题20:
A.praisedB.saidC.answeredD.advised

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