My wife and I had just finished the 150mile trip home from our daughter"s college.It was the first time
in our lives that we would __1__ for any length of time.We wondered how other people had __2__ it.
Later in bed, I __3__ the time I started college.My father had driven me, too.My mother had to stay
home to keep the __4__from getting into the crops.I, the fourth in a line of brothers, was the first to
__5__ college.
The truck was slow, and I was glad.I didn"t want to get to the city __6__.I shook hands with my
father in the truck and he didn"t say a word.But I knew he was going to make a little __7__.He finally
said, "I never went to college and __8__of your brothers did.I can"t say don"t do this or that, because
everything is __9__and I don"t know what is going to come up, but I think things will __10__.When you
get a job, be sure to be honest and work hard." I knew that soon I would be __11__in the big town and
I would be __12__the life home.
Then my father__13__the Bible (圣经) that he had read so often.I knew that he would miss it but I
must__14__it.He just said, "This can help you __15__you will let it."
When I finished school I took the Bible __16__to my father.But he said he wanted me to __17__it.
Now, too late, I remember.It would have been so __18__ to give it to my daughter when she got out
of the car.But I didn"t.My father could give me only a Bible, but I don"t really believe now that I gave her
half as __19__as my father gave me.So the next morning I__20__up the book and sent it to her.I wrote
a note."This can help you." I said, "if you will let it." |
( )1. A. worry
( )2. A. left
( )3. A. wasted
( )4. A. policemen
( )5. A. graduate from
( )6. A. very late
( )7. A. speech
( )8. A. some
( )9. A. impossible
( )10. A. work out
( )11. A. happy
( )12. A. losing
( )13. A. brought about
( )14. A. refuse
( )15. A. if
( )16. A. down
( )17. A. keep
( )18. A. popular
( )19. A. much
( )20. A. set | B. separate
B. stood
B. spent
B. workers
B. go away to
B. far away
B. living
B. one
B. different
B. die out
B. alone
B. spending
B. brought out
B. mark
B. unless
B. up
B. return
B. strange
B. many
B. turned | C. stay
C. enjoyed
C. remembered
C. cattle
C. be dismissed from
C. too soon
C. promise
C. none
C. difficult
C. hold out
C. free
C. missing
C. brought up
C. follow
C. but
C. back
C. post
C. ready
C. far
C. gave | D. travel
D. tried
D. killed
D. soldiers
D. set up
D. once again
D. progress
D. all
D. favorite
D. break out
D. lost
D. living
D. brought down
D. take
D. though
D. away
D. sell
D. nice
D. good
D. wrapped |
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核心考点
试题【完形填空 My wife and I had just finished the 150mile trip home from our daughter】；主要考察你对 题材分类等知识点的理解。 [详细]举一反三
| 阅读理解 | During my high school years, the most important thing was what I was wearing to the Friday night
dance and who I was taking.Although college was talked about, it was the least of my worries.
When I was graduating eighth grade and starting high school, my older brother was graduating twelfth
grade and going onto college.For my graduation, he gave me a card in which he wrote, "Enjoy your four
years...They go by fast." I remember not believing him then, but looking back...He was right.Those four
years shaped who I was as a person, pushed me to my limit and encouraged me to become an adult.
However, I was so completely absorbed in my junior and senior years of high school, that when
someone spoke of college I brushed it off.I wasn"t ready to leave my comfort zone of having all of my
closest friends together and knowing what every single day was going to be like.Studying was something
I did only AFTER I nailed my halftime dance performance.I knew my parents wanted me to go to college, so I told them I would go to community college (社区学院) and I didn"t worry about my SAT (美国大
学入学考试) scores.
When my senior year passed and everyone graduated and went off to their own colleges, I started to
wish I had done the same.My friends were living away, meeting new people, and discovering new places, while I was living at home and driving to and from class every day.It seemed exactly like high school.I
hated it!I thought college was supposed to be different!Why didn"t I take more time to research colleges
and do the same?I ended up loving college and wishing I had four years to enjoy the campus (大学校园) atmosphere instead of two.
My advice to anyone thinking about attending college is to think about it very seriously and look into
all of your choices well ahead of time.Now I have graduated and I am working fulltime and I would do
anything to go back to my high school days for a second chance!
1. Why didn"t the author worry about his SAT scores?
A. He wanted to go to community college.
B. He had been admitted for his gift in dance.
C. He was well prepared for the exam.
D. He believed his brother would help him.
2. When in high school, the author________.
A. drove to and from class every day
B. buried himself in his study all the time
C. enjoyed talking about future college life
D. lived in the school except on holidays
3. What did the author"s brother mean by "Enjoy your four years...They go by fast."?
A. He wished the author to have more dance.
B. He advised the author to value the years.
C. He encouraged the author to leave his comfort zone.
D. He suggested the author aim at a community college.
4. Talking of his high school years, the author feels________.
A. regretful
B. lonely
C. angry
D. pleased | | 完形填空 | For 52 years my father got up every morning at 5: 30 a. m., except Sunday, and went to work.I__1__
saw my father home from work ill.He had no hobbies, __2__taking care of his family.
For 22 years, __3__I left home for college, my father__4__me every Sunday at 9?00 a. m..He was
always interested in my__5__, or how my family was doing, and I never once heard him__6__about his
lot (生活状况) in life.The calls even came when he and my mother were in other states.
Nine years ago when I__7__my first house, my father,67 years old, spent three days__8__my house.
He would not__9__me to pay someone to have it done.All he __10__was a cup of tea, a paint brush and
to talk to him.But I was too__11__.I had a law practice to run, and I could not take__12__to hold the
brush, or talk to my father.__13__things happened several times later.
The morning on Sunday.January 16,1996, my father telephoned me__14__, this time from my sister"s
home in Florida.But the__15__came again at 4?40 p. m.that day.My father was in the__16__in Florida
with an aneurysm (动脉瘤). I got on an airplane__17__, and on the way, I__18__of all the times I had
not ta ken the time to talk to my father.I determined that when I arrived, I would__19__for the lost time,
and have a nice long talk with him.
I arrived in Florida at 11?30 p. m., my father had__20__at 9?12 p. m..This time it was he who did
not have time to talk, or to wait for me. | ( )1. A. ever
( )2. A. other than
( )3. A. because
( )4. A. visited
( )5. A. work
( )6. A. worry
( )7. A. built
( )8. A. repairing
( )9. A. teach
( )10. A. asked
( )11. A. smart
( )12. A. practice
( )13. A. Different
( )14. A. as usual
( )15. A. call
( )16. A. church
( ) 17. A. immediately
( )18. A. heard
( )19. A. take up
( )20. A. started out | B. never
B. rather than
B. before
B. praised
B. life
B. care
B. found
B. painting
B. advise
B. kept
B. upset
B. task
B. Similar
B. in pain
B. moment
B. school
B. happily
B. spoke
B. make up
B. given in | C. always
C. more than
C. although
C. telephoned
C. study
C. talk
C. purchased
C. cleaning
C. force
C. ordered
C. busy
C. tea
C. Funny
C. casually
C. situation
C. home
C. gradually
C. thought
C. turn up
C. passed away | D. often
D. or rather
D. since
D. met
D. plan
D. look
D. sold
D. decorating
D. allow
D. served
D. tired
D. time
D. Strange
D. finally
D. scene
D. hospital
D. carefully
D. demanded
D. put up
D. come back | 短文填词
Mr Brown"s wife was a nurse.One day he was driving her home
________a green taxi traveled crazily close to his
and sped by.The taxi driver was in such a h________
that he didn"t see a huge truck just in front of him.
In order to avoid h________it, the taxi changed
direction suddenly and________(不幸) slid off the
road in an uncontrolled way.The driver and his
________(乘客) were injured.They were badly
cut by glass from the b________window screen.
Mr Brown"s car quickly________over.His wife
got out of the car to help the injured.The truck driver
also stopped to help, c________the first aid center.
About 20 minutes later an ambulance
________(到达). The injured were taken
to hospital.The Browns offered to report the details
________the accident to the police station. | | 完形填空 | My dad has been driving a truck for almost his entire life.He"s usually__1__all the weekdays and
comes home only at weekends.Sometimes he stays__2__for two weeks at a time.__3__I don"t get to
see him as often as I wish, we remain very__4__.
My dad is the type of person who doesn"t let you__5__up anything that you start.When I was eleven,
my father bought me a piano.At first I was so__6__about it that I would spend hours and hours learning
how to play.Then it got __7__.I was so tired of it that I asked if I could stop.Much as I tried, he__8__
me to go on.Now I have been playing for almost five years.I love it and I"m glad I__9__my dad"s advice.
My dad is__10__talented, for he has been playing the guitar for over 20 years.Under his influence, I
also like__11__now.Sometimes my dad can be my biggest__12__.He makes me smile even when I lose
in a talent show__13__sometimes he can be my biggest critic (批评家). He__14__ignore the small
mistakes I make.He encourages me never to lose__15__because hethinks that all my efforts will__16__
one day.
My dad is generous.Every Thursday night, he__17__to read to the children at a children"s club.When
he reads, their__18__light up with curiosity about what will happen next.I feel__19__of having a person
in my family who cares enough to volunteer to__20__.
I love dad with all my heart.He"s a hero in my heart and the most wonderful person in theworld. | ( )1. A. on
( )2. A. away
( )3. A. In case
( )4. A. polite
( )5. A. give
( )6. A. nervous
( )7. A. rough
( )8. A. promised
( )9. A. received
( )10. A. physically
( )11. A. composing
( )12. A. director
( )13. A. however
( )14. A. ever
( )15. A. aim
( )16. A. come true
( )17. A. agrees
( )18. A. bodies
( )19. A. jealous
( )20. A. help | B. with
B. home
B. Even though
B. kind
B. put
B. anxious
B. difficult
B. persuaded
B. challenged
B. typically
B. dancing
B. supporter
B. so
B. often
B. dream
B. take risks
B. likes
B. arms
B. optimistic
B. read | C. out
C. inside
C. If only
C. different
C. take
C. crazy
C. disappointing
C. reminded
C. took
C. musically
C. writing
C. scholar
C. and
C. never
C. strength
C. pay off
C. intends
C. hands
C. proud
C. work | D. in
D. alone
D. As if
D. close
D. speed
D. familiar
D. boring
D. suggested
D. listened
D. exactly
D. drawing
D. sponsor
D. still
D. even
D. heart
D. let out
D. offers
D. faces
D. happy
D. drive | | 阅读理解 | Looking back on my childhood, I am convinced that naturalists are born and not made.Although we
were all brought up in the same way, my brothers and sisters soon abandoned their pressed flowers and
insects.Unlike them, I had no ear for music and languages.I was not an early reader and I could not do
mental arithmetic.
Before World War ? we spent our summer holidays in Hungary.I have only the dim memory of the
house we lived in, of my room and my toys.Nor do I recall clearly the large family of grandparents, aunts,
uncles and cousins who gathered next door.But I do have a clear memory of the dogs, the farm animals,
the local birds, and above all, the insects.
I am a naturalist, not a scientist.I have a strong love of the natural world and my enthusiasm led me
into varied investigations.I love discussing my favorite topics and enjoy burning the midnight oil while
reading about other people"s observations and discoveries.Then something happens that brings these
observations together in my conscious mind.
Suddenly you fancy you see the answer to the riddle, because it all seems to fit together.This has
resulted in my publishing 300 papers and books, which some might honor with the title of scientific
research.
But curiosity, a keen eye, a good memory and enjoyment of the animal and plant world do not make
a scientist:one of the outstanding and essential qualities required is selfdiscipline, a quality I lack.A
scientist requires not only selfdiscipline, but hard training, determination and a goal.A scientist, up to a
certain point, can be made.A naturalist is born.If you can combine the two, you get the best of both
worlds.
1. The first paragraph tells us the author________.
A. was interested in flowers and insects in his childhood
B. lost his hearing when he was a child
C. didn"t like his brothers and sisters
D. was born to a naturalist"s family
2. The author can"t remember his relatives clearly because________.
A. he didn"t live very long with them
B. the family was extremely large
C. he was too young when he lived with them
D. he was fully occupied with observing nature
3. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The author is a naturalist, but not a scientist.
B. The author is a scientist as well as a naturalist.
C. The author is first of all a scientist.
D. The author is neither a naturalist nor a scientist.
4. The author says that he is a naturalist rather than a scientist probably because he thinks he________.
A. has a great deal of trouble doing mental arithmetic
B. lacks some of the qualities required of a scientist
C. just reads about other people"s observations and discoveries
D. comes up with solutions in a most natural way |
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