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The drug store was closing for the night and Alfred Higgins was about to go home when his new boss approached him.
“Empty your pockets please, Alfred,” Sam Carr demanded in a firm voice.
Alfred pretended to be shocked but he knew he’d been caught. From his coat he withdrew a make-up kit, a lipstick and two tubes of toothpaste.
“I’m disappointed in you, Alfred!” said the little gray-haired man.
“Sorry, sir. Please forgive me. It’s the first time I’ve ever done such a thing,” Alfred lied, hoping to gain the old man’s sympathy.
Mr Carr’s brow furrowed as he reached for the phone, “Do you take me for a fool? Let’s see what the police have to say. But first I’ll call your mother and let her know her son is heading to jail.”
“Do whatever you want,” Alfred shot back, trying to sound big. But deep down he felt like a child. He imagined his mother rushing in, eyes burning with anger, maybe in tears. Yet he wanted her to come quickly before Mr. Carr called the police.
Mr. Carr was surprised when Mrs Higgins finally arrived. She was very calm, quiet and friendly. “Is Alfred in trouble?” she asked.
“He’s been stealing from the store,” the old man coolly replied.
Mrs. Higgins put out her hand and touched Mr. Carr’s arm with great gentleness as if she knew just how he felt. She spoke as if she did not want to cause him any more trouble. “What do you want to do, Mr. Carr?”
The woman’s calm and gentle manner disarmed the once-angry store-owner. “I was going to get a cop. But I don’t want to be cruel. Tell your son not to come back here again, and I’ll let it go.” Then he warmly shook Mrs. Higgins’s hand.
Mrs. Higgins thanked the old man for his kindness, then mother and son left. They walked along the street in silence. When they arrived home his mother simply said, “Go to bed, you fool.”
In his bedroom, Alfred heard his mother in the kitchen. He felt no shame, only pride in his mother’s actions. “She was smooth!” he thought. He went to the kitchen to tell her how great she was, but was shocked by what he saw.
His mother’s face looked frightened, broken. Not the cool, bright face he saw earlier. Her lips moved nervously. She looked very old. There were tears in her eyes.
This picture of his mother made him want to cry. He felt his youth ending. He saw all the troubles he brought her and the deep lines of worry in her grey face. It seemed to him that this was the first time he had ever really seen his mother.
小题1:Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.It was the first time Alfred had stolen anything.
B.Alfred tried to sound big to hide his fear.
C.Mr. Carr set a trap to catch Alfred stealing.
D.Mr. Carr had planned to forgive Alfred from the beginning.
小题2: What does the underlined word “disarmed” probably mean?
A.annoyedB.made less angry
C.convincedD.got over
小题3:What was the mother’s attitude toward Alfred?
A.She felt disappointed with him.
B.She was very strict with him.
C.She was supportive of him.
D.She was afraid of him.
小题4:What impressed Alfred most about his mother at the drugstore was ________.
A.how angry she was
B.that she didn’t cry
C.that she was able to save him
D.how effectively she handled Mr. Carr
小题5: From the last paragraph, we know that Alfred ________.
A.was no longer a youth
B.felt proud of his mother
C.wanted his mother to be happy
D.felt guilty and regretful for his deed

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小题1:B
小题1:B
小题1:A
小题1:D
小题1:D
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Mrs. Green, including her husband and three children, lived in a city,   41_was very near the countryside. She worked  42  a teacher and gave music lessons at a school. Of course she was fond of.  43__. Mrs. Green had a good voice and she  44 her classes exciting. But she had a   45 point. Some of her notes (音调) were so high that they sounded like a door which needed   46 . In order to improve her notes, she took   47  chance that she could find to practise.
As her house was not big, she couldn"t practise  48__ in it. So she usually left home, walking and singing  49 the country road. She practised her high notes  50 walking. However, each time she heard a person or a car   51  along the road, she  52 singing. She did not want her high notes to be  53 , for she was shy.
One afternoon a fast open car came up to her so  54   and so fast that she didn"t  55 it until the car was only a few meters. She was practising some of her  56 and most difficult notes at that time. As the car passed by, she saw a  57 expression come over the driver"s face. He stopped suddenly to  58 all the tires (轮胎) carefully.
Mrs. Green felt it shy to tell the driver what the   59  he had heard really was. The driver found 60  wrong, got back into the car and drove off.
小题1:
A.thatB.whichC.whereD.there
小题2:
A.asB.likeC.withD.on
小题3:
A.booksB.picturesC.sportsD.music
小题4:
A.gotB.supportedC.madeD.forced
小题5:
A.weakB.strongC.goodD.special
小题6:
A.paintingB.lockingC.cleaningD.oiling
小题7:
A.some B.eachC.aD.other
小题8:
A.operatingB.listeningC.singingD.other
小题9:
A.acrossB.besideC.close toD.along
小题10:
A.as soon asB.whileC.afterD.before
小题11:
A.comingB.disappearingC.leavingD.driving
小题12:
A.keptB.went onC.stoppedD.began
小题13:
A.foundB.madeC.hearingD.heard
小题14:
A.quietlyB.quicklyC.carefullyD.slowly
小题15:
A.recognizeB.catchC.realizeD.provide
小题16:
A.biggestB.highestC.niceD.largest
小题17:
A.puzzledB.sadC.seriousD.happy
小题18:
A.watchB.examineC.controlD.notice
小题19:
A.factB.noteC.noiseD.music
小题20:
A.the tiresB.everythingC.somethingD.nothing

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Bob was a clever college student, but his family was poor, so he had to work after class and during his holidays to get enough money for his studies.
One summer he got a job in a butcher’s shop during the day time, and another in a hospital at night. In the shop, he learned to cut and sell meat. He did so well that the butcher went into a room behind the shop to do all the accounts. In the hospital, of course, Bob was told to do only the easiest jobs. He helped to lift people and carry them from one part of the hospital to another. Both in the butcher’s shop and in the hospital, Bob had to wear white clothes.
One evening in the hospital, Bob had to help to carry a woman from her bed to the operating - room. The woman already felt frightened when she thought about the operation. When she saw Bob coming to get her, she felt even more frightened.
"No! No!" she cried. "Not a butcher! I won’t let a butcher operate on me!" with these words ,she fainted away.
小题1:根据第一段Bob was a clever college student, but his family was poor, so he had to work after class and during his holidays to get enough money for his studies.描述,可知选C.
小题2:根据第二段One summer he got a job in a butcher’s shop during the day time, and another in a hospital at night.描述,可知选B.
小题3:根据In the hospital, of course, Bob was told to do only the easiest jobs. He helped to lift people and carry them from one part of the hospital to another. 描述,可知选D.
小题4:Bob had to work after class and during his holidays because_________.
A.his father told him to make more friends
B.he wanted to become a rich man
C.he couldn’t go on with his studies without enough money
D.he had nothing to do at home.
小题5:One summer Bob_________.
A.wanted to become not only a butcher but also a doctor.
B.got two different jobs at two places
C.was free only at night
D.worked only during the daytime
小题6:In the hospital, Bob’s job was_________.
A.to take care of the wounded soldiers
B.to give the doctor’s advice
C.to find out what was wrong with the sick people
D.to carry the sick people from one place to another

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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was loading my truck to go to the flea market when a hook(钩子) on one of the bungees bent and broke back into my left eye.The ____36___ was like a hot sword had been struck through my head.I fell down on my hands and knees, and ___37___ I saw blood dripping onto the ground, I knew it was ___38___.
They ___39___ me to Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, where there"s a special eye center.The ____40___ there operated on me several times but couldn"t save my eye.When they told me the news, I wanted to ___ 41___.
Even after I got my prosthetic eye (义眼), I couldn"t ____42___ off the depression.To make matters worse, I lost my job as a transportation officer for the Tennessee Department of Children"s Services because of ___43___ about my driving ability.But one morning, I woke up and the TV was ___44___, and there was a 16-year-old girl.She had been ___45___ burned on her face, hands, and legs and was learning to walk again.She ___46___ a big smile and seemed to look right at me and said, "You can"t ever give up." At that moment, I thought, this is just a (n) ___47___.Get over it.And I ____48___.
It"s been almost 12 years since my ____49___, and there isn"t anything I can"t do now that I used to do.Although I didn"t get my ___50___ job back, I could do something else to ___51___ a happy life.
I read a ___52___ once where a man was feeling bad because he had no ___53___, until he met a man who had no feet. No matter how destroying your problem is, ___54___ there"s always someone somewhere who"s worse off.____55___ having just one eye, I see things a lot more clearly now.
小题1:
A.fightB.painC.injuryD.wound
小题2:
A.beforeB.thoughC.becauseD.when
小题3:
A.badB.goodC.strangeD.lucky
小题4:
A.forcedB.passedC.tookD.gave
小题5:
A.doctorsB.workersC.teachersD.soldiers
小题6:
A.riseB.stayC.leaveD.die
小题7:
A.setB.shakeC.turnD.leave
小题8:
A.possibilitiesB.decisionsC.chancesD.concerns
小题9:
A.offB.upC.onD.down
小题10:
A.badlyB.carefullyC.finallyD.hardly
小题11:
A.developedB.coveredC.enjoyedD.wore
小题12:
A.earB.eyeC.armD.nose
小题13:
A.workedB.stoppedC.didD.helped
小题14:
A.accidentB.experimentC.argumentD.quarrel
小题15:
A.newB.hardC.easyD.former
小题16:
A.buildB.leadC.searchD.avoid
小题17:
A.humorB.jokeC.poemD.story
小题18:
A.clothesB.jacketsC.shoesD.trousers
小题19:
A.rememberB.forgetC.promiseD.prove
小题20:
A.ThroughB.DespiteC.WithoutD.Beyond

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For many people, the name Baskin-Robbins is linked to sweet memories of eating ice cream.Irvine Robbins, who helped create this famous company, died in May at the age of ninety.His life"s work of making fun and exciting ice cream flavors changed the way Americans enjoy this food.
Irvine Robbins opened his first ice cream store in 1945 in California.At the time, there were no stores that sold only ice cream.His sister"s husband, Burton Baskin, also opened his own ice cream stores.
In 1948 they combined their six stores into one business.Baskin and Robbins realized that they were too busy to operate each store well.So, they decided to sell part of each operation to the manager of that store.This permitted the company to grow quickly.
By 1953, they renamed their company Baskin-Robbins.They advertised that they sold 31 kinds of ice cream to show the many choices buyers had.There was one flavor for every day of the month.
Robbins and Baskin sold "Lunar Cheesecake" the day after astronauts landed on the moon in 1969.Other flavors included "ChaChaCha", for cherry chocolate chip, and Robbins" personal favorite "Jamoca Almond Fudge".They said: "We sell fun, not just ice cream."
By 1967, there were 500 Baskin-Robbins stores in the United States.The business partners sold their company that year.Today, there are more than 5,800 Baskin-Robbins stores around the world.
小题1:What is the main idea of the passage?
A.The managers of Baskin-Robbins.B.The start of Baskin-Robbins.
C.The production of Baskin Robbins.D.The great success of Baskin-Robbins.
小题2:From the text we learn that _____.
A.Baskin-Robbins was the only shop selling ice cream in 1945
B.Baskin-Robbins was famous for their special ice cream flavors
C.Baskin-Robbins grew quickly because they combined their other stores together
D.there had been more than 5,800 Baskin-Robbins stores around the world by 1967
小题3:What was probably the main reason for Baskin-Robbins" success?
A.They sold not only ice cream, but fun.
B.They renamed their company.
C.They put all their hearts into the business.
D.They sold "Lunar Cheesecake".
小题4:It can be inferred from Paragraph 5 that
A.Jamoca Almond Fudge is Baskins" favorite
B.Cherry chocolate chip sells best
C.Robbins and Baskin were good at inventing new ice creams
D.Lunar cheesecake was invented for the astronauts

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阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Once again, I was in a new school. So was a girl in my class named Paris. That’s where the   31 ended.
I was tall and she was small. I was one of the oldest in the class while she was the youngest. I was   32 and shy. She wasn’t. I couldn’t   33 her, considering her my enemy. But she wanted to be friends.
One day, she invited me over and I said yes — I was too   34  to say no. Actually no one has invited me over to play before. But this girl, who wore the latest  35 , wanted to see me.
She lived on the fourth floor in a two-room place with her mother, her stepfather, her two brothers and her sister. When we got to the room she    36 with her sister, she took out a big case of Barbies(芭比娃娃)- which was my next  37 . I would have thought she’d outgrown them. I has never played with them. But we sat on the floor of a walk-in cupboard laughing as we  38 crazy stories about the Barbies. That’s   39 we found out that we both wanted to be writers when we were older. We both had wile   40 .
We had a great day that afternoon. Our jaws ached from   41 so much. She showed me her outfits, which had   42  come from a designer clothing store down the block. The woman who owned it used her   43  a model sometimes for her newspaper ads and gave her clothes   44 .
Paris had the whole neighborhood   45 . The bookstore owners lent her fashion magazines, the movie theater gave her free   46  and the pizza place let her have free slices. Soon I was   47 in her magic world. We slept over at each other’s houses, spent every free moment together. My dark hair grew out and I learned to love being   48 .
Paris, my first real friend since childhood, helped me   49  the through teenage years and taught me an amazing and very surprising thing about making friends: your “worst enemy” can  50 to be your best friend.
小题1:
A.differencesB.similaritiesC.storyD.legend
小题2:
A.awkwardB.braveC.beautifulD.clever
小题3:
A.likeB.hateC.stand D.help
小题4:
A.happyB.worriedC.shamedD.shocked
小题5:
A.clothesB.shoes C.fashionsD.trousers
小题6:
A.stayedB.sharedC.builtD.repaired
小题7:
A.surpriseB.puzzleC.issueD.question
小题8:
A.took upB.thought upC.set upD.made up
小题9:
A.whereB.howC.whyD.when
小题10:
A.imaginationsB.imageC.profileD.thinking
小题11:
A.cryingB.shoutingC.smilingD.doing
小题12:
A.hardlyB.mostlyC.greatlyD.rarely
小题13:
A.asB.forC.ofD.from
小题14:
A.in turnB.in lineC.in exchangeD.in advance
小题15:
A.confusedB.charmedC.addictedD.annoyed
小题16:
A.permissionB.price C.clothesD.passes
小题17:
A.included B.taken C.controlled D.closed
小题18:
A.shortB.highC.tallD.funny
小题19:
A.go through B.see throughC.look throughD.get through
小题20:
A.lookoutB.turnoutC.watch outD.work out

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