Our neighbour"s son was getting married in 2009 at an out-of-town church, and my husband and I were
invited. We immediately rushed out to a 1 , and I bought a nice pink dress with a jacket. The dress was a
little 2 , but I had a month to go before the June 30 wedding and I would 3 a few pounds.
June 29 came and, of course, I hadn"t lost a single pound; in fact I had 4 two. But I 5 a nice new
girdle (紧身内衣) would cure everything. So on our way out of the city we 6 once again at the store. I ran
in and told the clerk I needed a 7 large girdle. The clerk found the box with the 8 girdle marked "LG", and
asked if I would like to try it on. "Oh, no, a large will fit just right. I 9 try it on."
The next morning was rather hot, one of those thirty-four degree days, I suppose, so I 10 to get dressed
until about 45 minutes before time to go. I opened the box only to 11 a new girdle in a small size. Since it was
too late to find another one and the dress wouldn"t 12 right without a girdle, a fight 13 in the hotel room
between me and the girdle. Have you ever tried to 14 20 pounds of potatoes into a five-pound bag? That"s it.
Finally my husband, 15 like crazy, got hold of each side and shook me down into it. At once I put on the pink
dress, which didn"t 16 very well with my red face, and was ready to go.
Finally we got to the 17 . I heard one of the people say that they were having a High Mass (大弥撒). I
turned to my husband and asked, "What is a High Mass?" He shrugged his 18 .
19 , I learned that this particular mass would last one hour, twenty-two minutes and eight and one half
seconds-the priest (神父) was going to bless 20 except my girdle. |
( )1. A. hotel
( )2. A. long
( )3. A. put on
( )4. A. won
( )5. A. think
( )6. A. went
( )7. A. size
( )8. A. described
( )9. A. can’t
( )10. A. wanted
( )11. A. find
( )12. A. work
( )13. A. broke down
( )14. A. pull
( )15. A. laughing
( )16. A. do
( )17. A. town
( )18. A. shoulders
( )19. A. Happily
( )20. A. something | B. store
B. tight
B. gain
B. received
B. suggested
B. arrived
B. length
B. bought
B. needn’t
B. expected
B. notice
B. use
B. broke out
B. lay
B. crying
B. go
B. store
B. arms
B. Generally
B. nothing | C. church
C. little
C. lose
C. gained
C. demanded
C. stopped
C. width
C. sold
C. shouldn’t
C. tried
C. search
C. fit
C. broke up
C. push
C. shouting
C. work
C. church
C. head
C.Luckily
C. anything | D. office
D. perfect
D. miss
D. lost
D. figured
D. entered
D. depth
D. talked
D. mustn’t
D. waited
D. look
D. wear
D. broke away
D. shake
D. smiling
D. look
D. hotel
D. hands
D.Unfortunately
D. everything |
| 1-5: BBCCD 6-10: CAABD 11-15: ACBDA 16-20: BCADD |
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| 阅读理解。 | One day I got a duck from a friend who lived two miles south of my house. I brought the duck home in
a bag. It was obvious that the duck missed his family very much upon his arrival. Left to himself, he would
at once turn his head homeward. I tried to shut him together with other ducks for several days, but with no
use at all. There seemed to be but one thought in the mind of him, and that was home.
So I decided to let him out, but I kept about fifty yards behind him. I followed, thinking he would soon
lose his way and came back. But he seemed to have an exact map of the country in his mind. Soon he met
a dog. He paused and looked at the animal for a moment, and then turned to the right along a road which led
to a railroad station. He had now gone about half the distance, and was getting tired. A little pool of water by
the roadside caught his eye. Into it he bathed, drank, and rested for a few moments, and then started homeward
again. For a while, he realized that he had got into the wrong direction, and turned his face southward again.
Finally we came in sight of the home path, which led up to the farmhouse.
It was now nearly night and I had no time to watch the experiment further. But as he neared the path he
seemed suddenly to see some familiar things, and rushed at the top of his speed. I followed close behind. Into
the house yard he rushed with uplifted wings as if he was eagerly telling his partners the story of his adventures. | | 1. What does the author think about the duck? | | [ ] | A. Interesting and careful.
B. Curious and enthusiastic.
C. Intelligent and determined.
D. Brave and experienced. | | 2. As soon as the duck arrived at a new place, he seemed _____. | |
| [ ] | A. glad
B. nervous
C. tired
D. homesick | | 3. The underlined part “the experiment” in the last paragraph refers to "_____". | | [ ] | A. if the duck had the ability to get on well with other ducks.
B. if the duck was born with a good sense of direction.
C. if the duck could discover the author.
D. if the duck could find his way home. | | 4. What"s the purpose of the writer"s writing the text? | | [ ] | A. To share us a duck"s interesting trip.
B. To present his opinions about a duck"s remarkable experience.
C. To express his curiosity about a duck"s interesting trip.
D. To examine why a duck would like to rush on it"s own. | | 完形填空 | "I couldn"t move. I"ll have to wait here until you return." I said to my friends. I felt so aching and my 1
gave out under me. But at the last moment I 2 with great strength and walked with my friends. This was
what I had experienced 12 years before when I was climbing Mt Huangshan, and this 3 cheered me up.
Compared to the climbing of the Huangshan Mountain, going up the Wansheng Mountain (万圣山) seemed
much 4 . The only 5 was the snow.
On the 27th of January 2008, I went out alone, climbing the Wansheng Mountain. On my way I saw
children playing 6 on the road, making snowmen or driving toy wooden trucks on the snow. Soon I 7
myself at the foot of the mountain. Looking up at the snow-covered giant mountain and seeing the steep
slippery (滑) road with thick ice and snow, I suddenly felt a little 8 , but the 9 of the footprints in the
snow made me feel 10 that this was a safe access to the top of the mountain. About 40 minutes later, I
reached the edge of the forest on the mountain. Stamping on the road, I could feel the 11 of ice and snow.
In some places, there were snow drifts and piles of ice, which were pushed aside to let people go more easily.
Seeing the white-covered pine trees, I couldn"t help entering the 12 . In spite of the heavy 13 , many
trees were still standing straight, but some were bent down with snow and ice, some even 14 . Walking on
the path in the forest, I could see no more 15 . Suddenly I realized that it was 16 to walk in such dirty
weather. In my childhood, I had witnessed thousands of trees, big or small, falling down one after another in
a flash. Fearing that the 17 of dominoes (多米诺) might happen, I hurried 18 .
Now I"m sitting beside a warm stove, writing about my trip while my memory is still 19 . I regard this to
be one of the most exciting moments, one that I"ll 20 forever in my life. | ( )1. A. fingers
( )2. A. sat
( )3. A. memory
( )4. A. harder
( )5. A. joy
( )6. A. cheerfully
( )7. A. saw
( )8. A. determined
( )9. A. sound
( )10. A. sure
( )11. A. melting
( )12. A. ice
( )13. A. snow
( )14. A. stayed up
( )15. A. snow
( )16. A. safe
( )17. A. appearing
( )18. A. out
( )19. A. good
( )20. A. remind | B. legs
B. lay
B. difficulty
B. easier
B. way
B. sadly
B. found
B. encouraged
B. impression
B. nervous
B. cracking
B. house
B. smoke
B. pulled over
B. footprints
B. exciting
B. disappearing
B. in
B. fresh
B. forget | C. hands
C. rose
C. trip
C. better
C. failure
C. successfully
C. watched
C. disappointed
C. sight
C. pleased
C. freezing
C. hole
C. weather
C. fell down
C. trees
C. interesting
C. rising
C. by
C. frightening
C. recall | D. eyes
D. raised
D. holiday
D. slower
D. difficulty
D. luckily
D. looked
D. discouraged
D. thought
D. happy
D. running
D. forest
D. climate
D. washed away
D. roads
D. dangerous
D. falling
D. within
D. happy
D. value | | 阅读理解。 | I was a freshman in college when I met the Whites. They were completely different from my own family,
yet I felt at home with them immediately. Jane White and I became friends at school, and her family welcomed
me like a long-lost cousin.
In my family, it was always important to place blame when anything bad happened.
"Who did this?" my mother would scream about a dirty kitchen.
"This is all your fault, Katharine," my father would insist when the cat got out or the dishwasher broke.
From the time we were little, my sister, brothers and I told on each other. We set a place for blame at the
dinner table.
But the Whites didn"t worry about who had done what. They picked up the pieces and moved on with their
lives. The beauty of this was driven home to me the summer Jane died.
In July, the White sisters and I decided to take a car trip from their home in Florida to New York. The two
older sisters, Sarah and Jane, were college students, and the youngest, Amy, had recently turned sixteen. Proud
of having a new driver"s license (驾照), Amy was excited about practicing her driving on the trip. She showed
off her license to everyone she met.
The big sisters shared the driving of Sarah"s new car during the first part of the trip, but when they reached
less crowded areas, they let Amy take over. Somewhere in South Carolina, we pulled off the highway to eat.
After lunch, Amy got behind the wheel. She came to a crossroads with a stop sign. Whether she was nervous
or just didn"t see the sign no one would ever know, but Amy continued into the crossroads without stopping.
The driver of a large truck, unable to stop in time, ran into our car.
Jane was killed immediately.
I was slightly injured. The most difficult thing that I"ve ever done was to call the Whites to tell them about
the accident and that Jane had died. Painful as it was for me to lose a good friend, I knew that it was far worse
for them to lose a child.
When Mr. and Mrs. White arrived at the hospital, they found their two daughters sharing a room. Sarah had
a few cuts on the head; Amy"s leg was broken. They hugged us all and cried tears of sadness and of joy at
seeing their daughters. They wiped away the girls" tears and made a few jokes at Amy as she learned to use her
crutches (拐杖).
To both of their daughters, and especially to Amy, over and over they simply said, "We"re so glad that you"re
alive."
I was astonished. No blame. No accusations.
Later, I asked the Whites why they never talked about the fact that Amy was driving and had run a stop
sign.
Mrs. White said, "Jane"s gone, and we miss her terribly. Nothing we say or do will ever bring her back.
But Amy has her whole life ahead of her. How can she lead a full and happy life if she feels we blame her for
her sister"s death?"
They were right. Amy graduated from the University of California and got married several years ago. She
works as a teacher of learning-disabled students. She"s also a mother of two little girls of her own, the oldest
named Jane. | | 1. The author of the passage is _____. | | [ ] | A. Mrs. White"s niece
B. Jane"s school friend
C. The Whites" cousin
D. Sarah"s friend from college | | 2. How did the accident occur? | | [ ] | A. Amy didn"t stop at a crossroads and a truck hit their car.
B. Amy didn"t know what to do when she saw the stop sign.
C. Amy didn"t slow down so their car ran into a truck.
D. Amy didn"t get off the highway at a crossroads. | | 3. The Whites did not blame Amy for Jane"s death because _____. | | [ ] | A. they didn"t want Amy to feel ashamed and sorry for the rest of her life
B. Amy was badly injured herself and they didn"t want to add to her pain
C. they didn"t want to blame their children in front of others
D. Amy was their youngest daughter and they loved her best | | 4. From the passage we can learn that _____. | | [ ] | A. Amy has never recovered from the shock
B. Amy changed her job after the accident
C. Amy lost her memory after the accident
D. Amy has lived quite a normal life | | 完形填空。 | About 1,000 students were having a final exam in a huge lecture hall. Obviously the teacher wasn"t very
well liked, who kept shouting out how much time was left. During the exam he was so 1 going around the
room making sure that nobody 2 . He asked the students to pile the 3 tests on the huge desk. This made
for quite a mess.
4 , everyone needed a fairly good grade. Many students did poorly when 5 .
One of the students thought that he must get a good grade, so he went on when the professor said " 6
down and check up your exam sheets."
Five 7 turned into ten, ten into twenty, twenty into forty…almost an hour 8 the test was over, our
friend finally put down his pencil, gathered up his work, and headed to the front to 9 his final. The whole
time, the professor sat there, 10 waiting for the student to complete.
"What do you think you are doing?" It was clear that the professor had 11 only to give the student a 12
time.
"Turning in my exam," replied the student confidently.
"I"m afraid I have some bad 13 for you," the professor gloated (幸灾乐祸), "Your 14 is an hour late.
You"ve FAILED it. And I"ll see you next term when you 15 my course."
The student smiled slyly (狡诈地) 16 asked the professor, "Do you know who I am?"
"No," cried out the professor 17 .
The student 18 the professor right in the eyes and said slowly, "I didn"t think so," so he lifted up one of
the 19 half way, put his test neatly into the center of the pile, let the pile fall 20 his test in the middle, turned
around, and walked out of the huge lecture hall. | ( )1. A. kind
( )2. A. cheated
( )3. A. written
( )4. A. Therefore
( )5. A. encouraged
( )6. A. pencils
( )7. A. students
( )8. A. if
( )9. A. presented
( )10. A. strangely
( )11. A. interrupted
( )12. A. easy
( )13. A. information
( )14. A. exam
( )15. A. refuse
( )16. A. and
( )17. A. cruelly
( )18. A. searched
( )19. A. hands
( )20. A. changing | B. busy
B. failed
B. possessed
B. In addition
B. rushed
B. papers
B. minutes
B. though
B. brought
B. cautiously
B. managed
B. hard
B. consequence
B. time
B. repeat
B. but
B. calmly
B. hit
B. eyes
B. burying | C. strict
C. slept
C. unfinished
C. Anyhow
C. scolded
C. hands
C. sheets
C. before
C. sent
C. genuinely
C. waited
C. long
C. advice
C. arrival
C. learn
C. so
C. angrily
C. revenged
C. desks
C. inserting | D. serious
D. chased
D. completed
D. Despite
D. advanced
D. books
D. piles
D. after
D. made
D. curiously
D. worked
D. good
D. news
D. turn
D. occupy
D. however
D. firmly
D. looked
D. piles
D. handling | | 阅读理解。 | It was Molly"s job to hand her father his brown paper lunch bag each morning before he headed off to
work.
One morning, in addition to his usual lunch bag, Molly handed him a second paper bag. This one was
worn and held together with staples (书钉).
"Why two bags?" Her father asked. "The other is something else," Molly answered.
"What"s in it?" "Just some stuff (东西). Take it with you."
Not wanting to discuss the matter, he put both sacks into his briefcase, kissed Molly and rushed off.
At midday he opened Molly"s bag and took out the contents: two hair ribbons, three small stones, a plastic
dinosaur, a tiny sea shell, a small doll, and 13 pennies…The busy father smiled, finished eating, and swept
the desk clean into the wastebasket, Molly"s stuff included.
That evening, Molly ran up behind him as he read the paper. "Where"s my bag?" "What bag?" "The one I
gave you this morning." "I left it at the office. Why?" "I forgot to put this note in it," she said. "And, besides,
Daddy, the things in the sack are the things I really like. I thought you might like to play with them. You didn"t
lose the bag, did you, Daddy?" "Oh, no," he said, lying. "I just forgot to bring it home. I"ll bring it tomorrow."
While Molly hugged her father"s neck, he unfolded the note that read:"I love you, Daddy." Molly had given him
her treasures-all that a 7-year-old held dear.
Love in a paper bag, and he missed it-not only missed it, but had thrown it in the wastebasket. So back he
went to the office. Just ahead of the night Janitor (看门人), he picked up the bag from the wastebasket. He
put the treasure inside and carried it home carefully. The bag didn"t look so good, but the stuff was all there
and that"s what counted.
After dinner, he asked Molly to tell him about the stuff in the sack. It took a long time to tell. Everything
had a story or a memory.
"Sometimes I think of all the great times in this sweet life," he thought.
We should all remember that it"s not the destination that counts in life, but the journey. That journey with
the people we love is all that really matters. It is such a simple truth but it is so easily forgotten. | | 1. Why did Molly give her father a second bag? | | [ ] | A. She didn"t want to keep the things in the bag.
B. She hoped those things would bring happiness to her father.
C. She wanted to remind her father of the stories behind the things.
D. She enjoyed playing with her father. | | 2. How did Father deal with the bag after he opened it? | | [ ] | A. He kept it in the drawer.
B. He took it back home.
C. He threw it into the wastebasket.
D. He put it on his table. | | 3. After Father heard what his daughter said, he felt _____. | | [ ] | A. regretful
B. surprised
C. sad
D. satisfied | | 4. Which of the following is the most suitable title of the passage? | | [ ] | A. An Important Journey
B. Two Bags
C. Father and Daughter
D. Love in a Paper Bag |
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