A certain good woman one day said something that hurt her best friend of many years. She 1
immediately and would have done anything to have 2 the words back.What she said hurt the friend so
much that this good woman was herself hu rt for the 3 she caused.In an effort to 4 the bad effect of
what she had done, she went to an older, wiser woman in the village, explained her situation, and asked
for advice.
The older woman listened patiently in an effort to determine just how 5 the younger woman was,
how far she was willing to go to correct the situation.She 6 the younger woman"s unhappiness and knew
she must help her.She also knew she could never 7 the pain, but she could teach.She knew the 8
would depend only on the character of the younger woman.She said, "Tonight, take your best feather
pillows and put a(n) 9 feather on the doorstep of each house in the town before the sun rises."
The young woman hurried home to prepare for her work, even though the feather pillows were very
10 to her.All night long, she 11 alone in the cold.Finally the sky was getting 12 , she placed the last
feather on the steps of the last house.Just as the sun rose, she 13 to the older woman."Now", said the
wise woman, "go back and 14 your pillows with the feathers you have put on the 15 , then everything
will be as it was before."
"You know that"s impossible! The wind 16 away each fe ather as fast as I placed them on the
doorsteps!" the young woman was 17 .
"That"s true," said the older woman."Never forget.Each of your words is like a feather in the wind. 18
spoken, no amount of effort, regardless how heartfelt or sincere, can never return them to your mouth. 19
your words well and guard them most of all in the 20 of those of you love". |
( )1. A. admitted
( )2. A. brought
( )3. A. depression
( )4. A. have
( )5. A. sincere
( )6. A. understood
( )7. A. ease
( )8. A. relationship
( )9. A. simple
( )10. A. dear
( )11. A. waited
( )12. A. sunny
( )13. A. referred
( )14. A. refill
( )15. A. stairs
( )16. A. put
( )17. A. puzzled
( )18. A. Although
( )19. A. Speak
( )20. A. presence | B. denied
B. taken
B. misunderstanding
B. forget
B. sad
B. sensed
B. forget
B. friendship
B. average
B. usual
B. laboured
B. light
B. attended
B. repair
B. feathers
B. gave
B. dissatisfied
B. While
B. Choose
B. eye | C. responded
C. turned
C. pain
C. ignore
C. innocent
C. discovered
C. solve
C. outcome
C. common
C. ordinary
C. struggled
C. warmer
C. appealed
C. refresh
C. steps
C. blew
C. disappointed
C. Once
C. Say
C. case | D. regretted
D. given
D. conflict
D. remove
D. guilty
D. shared
D. handle
D. situation
D. single
D. significant
D. stayed
D. dark
D. returned
D. reunite
D. windows
D. faded
D. surprised
D. Unless
D. Guide
D. charge |
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| 完形填空。 | I saw the old man, with his untidy clothes and messy hair, as he dashed between the rows of the
department store. He was trying to be ordinary but he was hard not to 1 .
He 2 the saleswoman and with a slight 3_, possibly German, asked where the women"s shoes
were sold. "Fourth floor." She responded in a voice I could hear 10 miles away. "Pardon? Where did
you say they were?" he asked again, apparently 4_. Clearly the old man was somewhat 5 "Fourth
floor, sir," the friendly saleswoman replied patiently, this time so _6_ that customers turned to see what
was causing the _7 .
I continued watching as the man thanked the saleswoman and 8 for what I assumed was the
fourth floor. But rather than walk to the 9 or the lift, he dashed behind a shelf, took out a notebook
and started writing hurriedly, with an almost mad 10 on his face. Then he went straight up to another
saleswoman and asked where the women"s shoes were sold. Again he asked her to 11 the answer
and once more he walked away and took down some notes.
He did this three more times before a department store 12 , thinking him mad, removed him from
the store. But rather than be 13 , the old man departed with a huge smile on his face. Although the
incident was 14 , it was not until a year later, during my first year of university, that I gave it any
further 15_. I walked into my language classroom and met my professor. It was that very same man. | ( )1. A. see
( )2. A. followed
( )3. A. doubt
( )4. A. confused
( )5. A. silly
( )6. A. angrily
( )7. A. disturbance
( )8. A. put away
( )9. A. shoes
( )10. A. confusion
( )11. A. reply
( )12. A.security-guard
( )13. A. arrested
( )14. A. unusua
( )15. A. wonder | B. notice
B. interviewed
B. voice
B. amused
B. shy
B. loudly
B. accident
B. passed away
B. stairs
B. appearance
B. recite
B. customer
B. embarrassed
B. serious
B. sense | C. neglect
C. chose
C. accent
C. annoyed
C. deaf
C. suddenly
C. pleasure
C. pulled away
C. exit
C. pain
C. repeat
C. saleswoman
C. relaxed
C. dangerous
C. thought | D. find
D. approached
D. smile
D. tired
D. weak
D. quickly
D. quarrel
D. headed off
D. sign
D. expression
D. retell
D. policeman
D. refused
D. unforgettable
D. idea | | 完形填空。 | How did you do it, Dad? How have you managed not to take a drink for almost 20 years? It took me
almost 20 years to have the 1 to even ask my father this very personal question. When Dad first 2
drinking, the whole family was on pins and needles every time he got into a 3 that, in the past, would have
started him 4 again. For a few years we were 5 to bring it up for fear that the drinking would begin
again.
"I had this little poem that I would recite to myself at least four to five times a day," was Dad"s 6 to
my 18-year-old unasked question. "The words were a constant (经常的) 7 to me that things were 8
so hard that I could not deal with them," Dad said. Then he 9 the poem with me. The poem"s 10 , yet
profound (深刻的) words immediately became 11 of my daily routine as well.
About a month after this 12 with my father, I received a gift in the mail from a friend of mine. It was
a book of daily sayings of wisdom with one 13 for each day of the year.
It has been my 14 that when you get something with days of the year on it, you naturally turn to the
page that lists your own 15 .
I 16 opened the book to November 10 to see 17 words of wisdom this book had in store for me.
I was 18 when I looked at the page, and then tears of disbelief and appreciation 19 down my face.
There, on my birthday, was the exact same poem that had 20 my father for all these years! It is called
the Serenity (平静) Prayer:
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can;
and the wisdom to know the difference. | ( )1. A. chance
( )2. A. gave up
( )3. A. way
( )4. A. reciting
( )5. A. sure
( )6. A. reply
( )7. A. fear
( )8. A. never
( )9. A. discuss
( )10. A. wonderful
( )11. A. all
( )12. A. talk
( )13. A. listed
( )14. A. method
( )15. A. character
( )16. A. doubtfully
( )17. A. where
( )18. A. excited
( )19. A. hung
( )20. A. troubled | B. courage
B. took up
B. habit
B. asking
B. uncertain
B. words
B. imagination
B. seldom
B. shared
B. long
B. that
B. quarrel
B. included
B. experience
B. birthday
B. carefully
B. whether
B. astonished
B. pulled
B. disturbed | C. ability
C. went on
C. situation
C. smoking
C. afraid
C. excuse
C. thought
C. always
C. offered
C. simple
C. any
C. trip
C. read
C. wealth
C. qualities
C. happy
C. what
C. disappointed
C. rolled
C. pleased | D. right
D. carried on
D. house
D. drinking
D. eager
D. explanation
D. reminder
D. ever
D. said
D. boring
D. part
D. lesson
D. said
D. message
D. favorites
D. hurry
D. how
D. frightened
D. pushed
D. helped | 任务型阅读。
阅读下面这篇文章,请将标有A-E 的段落插入文章中标号为1-5 的合适位置,使这篇文章意义完整,结构连贯。 | She is widely seen as proof that good looks can last forever. But, at nearly 500 years of age, time is
catching up with the Mona Lisa.
1
"The thin, wooden panel (面,板) on which the Mona Lisa is painted in oil has changed shape since
experts checked it two years ago," the museum said. 2
3 "It is very interesting that when you"re not looking at her, she seems to be smiling, and then you
look at her and she stops," said Professor Margaret Livingstone of Harvard University. "It"s because
direct vision (视觉) is excellent at picking up detail, but less suited to looking at shadows. Da
Vincipainted the smile in shadows."
However, the actual history of the Mona Lisa is just as mysterious as the smile. 4
In 1911, the painting was stolen from the Louvre by a former employee, who took it out of the museum
hidden under his coat. He said he planned to return it to Italy. The painting was sent back to France two
years later.
5 | A. Nearly 6 million people go to see the Mona Lisa every year, many attracted by the mystery
of her smile.
B. This picture is now so valuable that no one can tell its exact price. Therefore, many thieves
tried to steal it in any way they could think of.
C. Visitors have noticed the changes but repairing the world"s most famous painting is not easy.
D. Experts are not sure about the materials the Italian artist used and their current chemical state.
E. Da Vinci himself loved it so much that he always carried it with him, until it was eventually sold
to France"s King Francis I in 1519.
F. The health of the famous picture, painted by Leonardo Da Vinci in 1505, is getting worse by
the year, according to the Louvre Museum (卢浮宫博物馆) where it is housed.
G. During World War II , French hid the painting in small towns to keep it out of the hands of
German forces. Like many old ladies, the Mona Lisa has some interesting stories to tell. | | 完形填空。 | "We expected our first child to be perfect." Most parents have thought so.
I know that" s what I 1 with our oldest son, Joe.He would be perfect.Joe would sail through 2 from
learning ABC" s to being awarded a Ph.D..
Joe, 3 , had other ideas.
He was always a 4 kid.He wasn"t the kind of boy who threw 5 at passing cars on a freezing winter
day or who dropped water balloons on the mailman during the heat of August.
But he wasn"t perfect.Especially when it came to that nice little 6 that I had about sailing through
school. From the day Joe started kindergarten he struggled with scissors and handwriting and math. Always 7 . He passed each grade with great 8 , never at the top of his class.
How I 9 friends who had children with the "math gene".A mom told me her daughter was doing high
school algebra(代数) while in the sixth grade.Another mom said her son had just taken first place in the
district" s annual Math Challenge.
After hearing these stories, I would look at Joe and 10 : Why didn"t we raise a mathematical talent?
How is he ever going to get into 11 if he does not get better at math? Needless to say, my motherly 12 never really amounted to(总计) much.Does it ever? Moms tend to worry and worry, while whatever
they" re worrying about usually 13 on its own.
During high school, Joe slowly 14 at math.He got through algebra I & II, and geometry, our state
requirements for math.I felt greatly 15 at his little achievement.Then he announced that
he" d take pre-calculus (微积分) in his last year of high school, which 16 me a lot.
"Why?" I questioned.
"Because I need to keep my skills up," he explained." I 17 math, but I need to take it so I don" t forget
how to do it."
"For college, " he added."I want to do really well in college, Mom.I know it will be 18_,but I think it" s
important that I try to do my best."
My oldest son wasn"t perfect.He wasn"t a math talent, either.But he knew what was important: he was
focusing on his 19 while I was worrying over his past.And that, to me, is even better than being 20 . | ( )1. A. worked
( )2. A. school
( )3. A. however
( )4. A. careful
( )5. A. toys
( )6. A. belief
( )7. A. art
( )8. A. effort
( )9. A. respected
( )10. A. consider
( )11. A. job
( )12. A. love
( )13. A. pauses
( )14. A. developed
( )15. A. hopeful
( )16. A. moved
( )17. A. fail
( )18. A. hard
( )19. A. career
( )20. A. perfect | B. expected
B. books
B. therefore
B. proud
B. clothes
B. fantasy
B. scissors
B. attention
B. supported
B. imagine
B. life
B. doubt
B. comes
B. improved
B. grateful
B. inspired
B. hate
B. boring
B. major
B. intelligent | C. continued
C. experience
C. fortunately
C. good
C. flowers
C. interest
C. handwriting
C. pleasure
C. trusted
C. wonder
C. society
C. worry
C. declines
C. advanced
C. relieved
C. satisfied
C. prefer
C. necessary
C. future
C. successful | D. showed
D. situations
D. obviously
D. happy
D. snowballs
D. enthusiasm
D. math
D. ambition
D. envied
D. wish
D. college
D. guidance
D. disappears
D. achieved
D. amused
D. surprised
D. choose
D. beneficial
D. world
D. confident | | 阅读理解。 | Dr. Glenn Tisman, a cancer specialist, knew his young neighbor, Ray Bateman, had an unusual mind.
But he had no idea at the time that 12-year-old Ray had the ability to become his partner in cancer
research.
Ray" s parents remembered that at age four, Ray surprised them by fixing a broken vacuum cleaner (吸
尘器). When he was ten, he speedily constructed the family color television from a kit.Later, he
succeeded in assembling (组装) a complex stereo system after two experts had failed to do the job.
When Ray was ten, he convinced his parents to buy him a computer.In a short time, Ray was able to
do amazing things with the computer.Ray shared his enthusiasm for computers with Dr. Tisman, who
used a computer for his research. The two discussed computers and medicine frequently.Amazingly, Ray
understood the biology and chemistry related to Dr. Tisman"s medical research without any previous
instruction.
Ray then worked with Dr. Tisman after school.He helped conduct research with the equipment and
kept it in working order.The purpose of the research was to test the effectiveness of mixing an old cancer
drug with certain vitamins.Ray analyzed patient test results by computer, while Dr. Tisman handled all
patient contact.Together, they came up with solid research that helped advance cancer treatment.
In 1988, 14-year-old Ray went with Dr. Tisman to a meeting of the American Federation for Clinical
Research (AFCR) , where Ray presented their initial research findings.Using terminology (术语) beyond
the grasp of most kids of his age, Ray told the scientists how the new drug mixture caused fewer and
milder side effects for cancer patients.
A year later, Ray returned to the meeting to update the findings of his and Dr. Tisman" s research. By
then, he had become well-known for his devotion to finding cures for sick patients.Stories about him
appeared in hundreds of newspapers around the world.He appeared on television newscasts and talk
shows.
Ray continued to spend most free hours working with Dr. Tisman.The two began studying the effects
of vitamins on babies inside the womb.However, Ray" s main interest remained cancer treatment, and he
continues his research today. | | 1. According to the passage, Ray______. | A. is a boy of many gifts
B. is very helpful to his parents
C. learned fast under Dr. Tisman" s instruction
D. stopped working with Dr. Tisman after his success | | 2. What do we know about Dr. Tisman? | A. He succeeded in finding cures for cancer.
B. He made a new discovery in cancer treatment.
C. He convinced Ray to become a partner of him.
D. He taught Ray knowledge related to his research. | | 3. What made Ray first known to the medical world? | A. His presentation at AFCR.
B. His great skills in computer.
C. His devotion to cancer research.
D. His appearance on television newscasts. | | 4. Dr. Tisman"s research is aimed at ______. | A. providing different cancer treatments
B. proving the effects of vitamins on babies
C. finding the side effects of a cancer drug
D. testing the effectiveness of a new drug mixture |
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