It was the summer of my freshman year of college. Instead of heading home for a nice long 1 , my friends and I had decided to 2 and take some extra courses. We had 3 the top floor of an old house to live in. My bed was 4 into a stuffy (愁闷的)former laundry room and each night was a new 5 in humidity. Still, it felt 6 to be in my own place for the first time. After the first few weeks, 7 , the thrill faded and 8 set in. I found myself sitting alone each night 9 my home and my parents.
My summer holidays had always been a 10 time. I spent hours playing basketball and swimming. I talked to my Mom while she tended her flowers. I 11 helping my Dad drag firewood for the winter. And every night I sat at a dinner table full of delicious food 12 with love while my family filled the room with the sound of sweet 13 . Now I found myself missing them 14 than ever.
Finally when my 15 were at their lowest, I heard a 16 at the door. I opened it and was 17 to see my parents standing there with big smiles to fill my 18 heart and a box full of food to feed my hungry friends. We spent the afternoon eating 19 , and just being together. It felt so good, and I felt so loved.
Victor Hugo wrote that, “The supreme happiness of life is the 20 that one is loved; loved for oneself, or better yet, loved despite oneself.” It was that gift of happiness that my parents gave me that afternoon and every day of my life.
| 小题1: | | A．journey | B．term | C．break | D．way |
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| 小题2: | | A．leave | B．stay | C．relax | D．travel |
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| 小题3: | | A．rented | B．bought | C．painted | D．repaired |
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| 小题4: | | A．made | B．changed | C．jammed | D．hidden |
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| 小题5: | | A．wish | B．pleasure | C．experiment | D．adventure |
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| 小题6: | | A．exciting | B．boring | C．astonishing | D．moving |
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| 小题7: | | A．anyway | B．though | C．therefore | D．instead |
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| 小题8: | | A．headache | B．loneliness | C．satisfaction | D．homesickness |
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| 小题9: | | A．forgetting about | B．relying on | C．thinking of | D．referring to |
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| 小题10: | | A．special | B．terrible | C．specific | D．difficult |
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| 小题11: | | A．gave up | B．had trouble in | C．put off | D．took pride in |
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| 小题12: | | A．frozen | B．prepared | C．tasted | D．kept |
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| 小题13: | | A．laughter | B．scream | C．whistle | D．sigh |
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| 小题14: | | A．less | B．more | C．worse | D．better |
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| 小题15: | | A．minds | B．dreams | C．spirits | D．thoughts |
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| 小题16: | | A．kick | B．hit | C．crash | D．knock |
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| 小题17: | | A．disappointed | B．surprised | C．puzzled | D．encouraged |
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| 小题18: | | A．hungry | B．open | C．sick | D．gentle |
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| 小题19: | | A．making up | B．getting up | C．catching up | D．taking up |
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| 小题20: | | A．sign | B．chance | C．secret | D．belief |
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小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:D
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:A
小题11:D
小题12:B
小题13:A
小题14:B
小题15:C
小题16:D
小题17:B
小题18:A
小题19:C
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试题分析：文章讲述了主人公“我”在暑假里面为了学习一些其它课程，不能再回家了，我和一些朋友租了房子。第一次没有回家，在自己租的房子里生活，刚开始感到的是新鲜，兴奋。而时间长了，没有了刚开始的兴奋，开始感到孤独，思念家人。就在主人公失落的时候，父母的突然到来，使“我”渴望爱的心得到了满足。
小题1:C考查名词的词义。句意为：大学的暑假，不再是急忙的赶回家去过一个长长的假期。
a nice long break 长长的休息，break n 休息；journey n 旅行，旅程；term n 学期；way n 方式，方法。由下文可知，是长长的假期，故应为C。
小题2:B考查动词词义。假期不回家去学习一些其它课程可知应该是决定留下来。leave vi 离开；relax vi 放松；travel vt 旅行；stay vi逗留，呆在某地。
小题3:A考查动词词义。句意为：我们租了一栋老房子的顶层去居住。rent vt租，雇；bought vt买；paint vt 刷抢，油漆；repire vt 维修，修理。
小题4:C考查动词词义。句意为：我的床被塞在了一个原来是洗衣房的房间里。这里说明条件艰苦，也为后来的主人公心情愁闷埋下伏笔。make vt 使得---，制作；change vt 改变，变化；jam vt 堵塞，卡住；hide vt隐藏，躲藏。
小题5:D考查名词词义。句意为：每个晚上，都是一个新的冒险（挑战）。wish n 愿望；pleasure n 快乐，高兴的事儿；experiment n 实验，试验；adventure n 冒险，投机活动。
小题6:A考查形容词词义。句意为：第一次在属于自己的小天地里还仍然感觉是有点儿兴奋。的。exciting adj 激动的，兴奋的；boring adj 厌烦的，令人讨厌的；
小题7:B考查副词的词义。句意：（刚开始感到兴奋）然而，几个星期之后，这种激动慢慢的褪去。anyway 无论如何，不管怎样；though adv 不过，然而；therefore adv 因此，所以；instead adv 代替，相反。
小题8:D考查名词词义。headache n 头痛，令人头痛的事；loneliness n 寂寞，孤独；satisfaction n 满意，心满意足；homesickness n 乡愁，想家。由上文中他和同学在一起住，所以loneliness是不符合上下文的。下文中想念家人可知应是homesickness. 句意为：兴奋褪去去了，想家就开始了----。
小题9:C考查短语的含义。forget about 忘记；rely on 依赖，依靠；think of 想起，想念；refer to 参考，涉及。句意为：每个晚上，都会想家想起父母。
小题10:A考查形容词词义。special adj 特别的，专门的；terrible adj可怕的，很糟的；specific adj 专门的，特定的；difficult adj 困难的。句意为：以往的暑假对我来说都是很特别的时间。
小题11:D考查动词短语的含义。句意：在以往的暑假里，我能够打篮球，游泳，和妈妈聊天，我更以能够帮爸爸准备冬天的柴火为骄傲。give up 放弃；have trouble in 做---有困难；put off 推迟，延期；take pride in 以---为骄傲，自豪。
小题12:B考查动词的过去分词作定语及动词的词义。句意为：每天晚上坐在餐桌旁，上面放满了妈妈用爱去准备的可口的饭菜。frozen 冰冻的，冷酷的；prepared 准备好的，精制的；tasted 尝起来，有味道；kept 保存起来。
小题13:A考查名词词义。句意为：全家人坐在房间里，充满了甜蜜的笑声。laughter n笑声；scream n 尖叫声，尖锐刺耳的声音；whistle n 口哨，汽笛；sigh n 叹息，叹气。由文章中表现全家人幸福的场景可知应是笑声。
小题14:B考查形容词比较级的用法。句意为：现在，我发现比以前更加想念他们了。表示比以前更加----，故答案为B
小题15:C考查名词词义。mind n思想，头脑；dream n梦想，梦；spirit n 精神，精髓；thought n 思想，想法。句意为：当我的精神最低落的时候---。
小题16:D考查名词的词义。kick n踢，反冲；hit n 打击，撞击；crash n 撞碎，坠毁；knock
n 敲打。句意为：正当我情绪很低落的时候，我听到了敲门声。
小题17:B考查形容词词义。disappointed adj 失望的；surprised adj 令人吃惊的；puzzled adj困惑的；encouraged adj 鼓舞人心的。句意为：我非常吃惊的感到我的父母站在了门口。由父母的突然到来可知，我应该是感觉很吃惊，故答案为B。
小题18:A考查形容词词义。hungry adj 饥饿的，渴望的； open adj 打开的，开放的；sick adj 恶心的，生病的；gentle adj 温柔的，优雅的。句意为：父母带着微笑站在了门口，这一幕充满了渴望爱的内心。由下文可知：一个人需要获得他人的爱。
小题19:C考查动词短语的含义。句意为：整个下午和父母都呆在一起。make up 弥补，组成，化妆；get up 起床，站立；catch up 纠缠在一起，把—缠住，赶上。take up 拿起，开始从事。
小题20:D考查名词词义。句意：维克多雨果说过，生活中最崇高的快乐就是那种被爱的信念。sign n 迹象，符号；chance n 机会；secret n秘密；belief n 信念。
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试题【It was the summer of my freshman year of college. Instead of heading home for a 】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
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Fourteen – year – old Richie Hawley had spent five years studying violin at the Community School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles when he took part in a violin contest. Ninety two young people were invited to the contest and Hawley came out first．
The contest could have been the perfect setup for fear, worrying about mistakes, and trying to impress the judges．But Hawley says he did pretty well in staying calm. “I couldn’t be thinking about how many mistakes I’d make—it would distract me from playing,” he says．“I didn’t even remember trying to impress people while I played． It’s almost as if they weren’t there． I just wanted to make music．”
Hawley is a winner． But he didn’t become a winner by concentrating on winning． He did it by concentrating on playing well．
“The important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part,” said the founder of the modern Olympics, Pierre de Coubertin．“The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle．The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well．”
A characteristic of high performers is their intense, pleasurable concentration on work, rather than on their competitors or future glory or money, says Dr．Charles Garfield, who has studied 1,500 achievers in business, science, sports, the arts, and professions．“They are interested in winning, but they’re most interested in self-development, testing their limits．”
One of the most surprising things about top performers is how many losses they’ve had and how much they’ve learned from each． “Not one of the 1,500 I studied defined losing as failing,” Garfield says．“They kept calling their losses ‘setbacks’．”
A healthy attitude toward setbacks is essential to winning, experts agree．
“The worst thing you can do if you’ve had a setback is to let yourself get stuck in a prolonged depression． You should analyze carefully what went wrong, identify specific things you did right and give yourself credit for them．” Garfield believes that most people don’t give themselves enough praise． He even suggests keeping a diary of all the positive things you’ve done on the way to a goal．
小题1:Hawley won the contest because _______．| A．he put all his mind to his performance | | B．he cared much about the judges’ feelings | | C．he tried his best to avoid making mistakes | | D．he paid close attention to the people around |
小题2:High performers is that they tend to give priority to _______．| A．glory | B．wealth | C．pleasure | D．work |
小题3:According to the passage, successful people concentrate on _______．| A．challenging their own limits | B．learning from others | | C．defeating their opponents | D．avoiding setbacks |
小题4: It can be learned from the passage that top performers are not _______．| A．interested in winning | B．free of losses | | C．accustomed to failures | D．concerned about setbacks |
小题5:The passage tells us that “praise” in times of trouble _______．| A．helps people deal with their disappointment | | B．makes people forget their setbacks | | C．makes people regret about their past | | D．helps people realize their goals |
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Statuses are wonderful human inventions that enable us to get along with one another and to determine where we "fit" in society. In our everyday lives whenever we meet people, we always try to judge them in terms of their statuses. For example, we must judge whether the person in the library is a reader or a librarian, whether the telephone caller is a friend or a salesman and so on.
Our statuses often vary with the people we meet, and change through life. Most of us can, at very high speed, assume(表现出) the different statuses that various situations require. Much of social communication consists of recognizing and selecting among proper statuses and allowing other people to assume their statuses in relation to us. This means that we fit our actions to those of other people, based on a constant mental process of assessment and understanding. Although some of us find the task more difficult than others, most of us perform it rather easily.
A status has been compared to ready-made clothes. Within certain limits the buyer can choose style and material. But an American is not free to choose the clothes of a Chinese peasant or that of a Hindu prince. We must choose from among the clothing presented by our society.
Furthermore, our choice is limited to a size that will fit, as well as by our wallet. Having made a choice within these limits, we can have certain changes made. But apart from small adjustments, we tend to be limited to what the stores have on their shelves. Statuses too come ready-made, and the range of choice among them is limited.
小题1:According to the writer, people often assume different statuses______.| A．in order to distinguish themselves from others | | B．in order to better recognize other people | | C．as their mental processes change | | D．as the situation changes |
小题2:In the last sentence of the second paragraph, “it” refers to “___”| A．constant mental process | | B．selecting one’s own statuses | | C．recognition of other people’s statuses | | D．fitting our actions to those of other properly |
小题3:What can be the best title for this text?| A．Proper Relations. | | B．Limited Choices. | | C．Judgment of Statuses. | | D．Comparison of Clothes. |
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Taste is such a subjective matter that we don’t usually conduct preference tests for food. The most you can say about anyone’s preference is that it’s one person’s opinion. But because the two big cola companies—Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola are marketed so aggressively, we’ve wondered how big a role taste preference actually plays in brand loyalty. We set up a taste test that challenged people who identified themselves as either Coca-Cola or Pepsi fans: Find your brand in a blind tasting.
We invited staff volunteers who had a strong liking for either Coca-Cola Classic (传统型) or Pepsi, Diet (低糖的) Coke, or Diet Pepsi. These were people who thought they’d have no trouble telling their brand from the other brand.
We eventually located 19 regular cola drinkers and 27 diet cola drinkers. Then we fed them four unidentified samples of cola one at a time, regular colas for the one group, diet versions for the other. We asked them to tell us whether each sample was Coke or Pepsi; then we analyzed the records statistically to compare the participants’ choices with what mere guess-work could have accomplished.
Getting all four samples right was a tough test, but not too tough, we thought, for people who believed they could recognize their brand. In the end, only 7 out of 19 regular cola drinkers correctly identified their brand of choice in all four trials. The diet-cola drinkers did a little worse----only 7 of 27 identified all four samples correctly.
While both groups did better than chance would predict, nearly half the participants in each group made the wrong choice two or more times. Two people got all four samples wrong. Overall, half the participants did about as well on the last round of tasting as on the first, so tiredness, or taste burnout, was not a factor. Our preference test results suggest that only a few Pepsi participants and Coke fans may really be able to tell their favorite brand by taste and price.
小题1:According to the passage the preference test was conducted in order to ________.| A．show that a person’s opinion about taste is mere guess-work | | B．compare the ability of the participants in choosing their drinks | | C．find out the role taste preference plays in a person’s drinking | | D．reveal which cola is more to the liking of the drinkers |
小题2: It is implied but not stated in the first paragraph that ________.| A．the competition between the two colas is very strong | | B．blind tasting is necessary for identifying fans | | C．the purpose of taste tests is to promote the sale of colas | | D．the improvement of quality is the chief concern of the two cola companies |
小题3:The word “burnout” (Line3, Para. 5) refers to the state of _________.| A．being seriously burnt in the skin | | B．being badly damaged by fire | | C．being unable to function because of excessive use | | D．being unable to burn for lack of fuel |
小题4:The author’s purpose in writing this passage is to ________.| A．emphasize that taste and price are closely related to each other | | B．recommend that blind tasting be introduced in the quality control of colas | | C．show that taste preference is highly subjective | | D．argue that taste testing is an important marketing strategy |
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Strange Baby-Naming Laws
Germany Parents are banned by law from using last names and the names of objects and products as first names. A child’s first name must clearly indicate his or her sex, and all names must be approved by the office of vital statistics in the area in which the child was born.
Iceland The country’s naming committee consults the National Register of Persons to determine if a name is acceptable. If parents want to go off-list, they must apply for approval and pay a fee, and the name must contain only letters in the Icelandic alphabet.
New Zealand The country’s Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration Act of 1995 prohibits parents from choosing a name that “ might cause offense to a reasonable person; is unreasonably long; or is, includes, or resembles an official title or rank,” including, apparently, Adolf Hitler and Yeah Detroit—both names recently rejected.
Denmark If Danish parents prefer a moniker not on the list of 7,000 preapproved baby names, they must get permission from local church and government officials. Fifteen to 20 percent of the 1,100 reviewed names—including creative spellings of common names, last names as first names, and unusual names—are rejected each year.
小题1:You can tell whether a baby is a girl or a boy according to the first name in _____.| A．Denmark | B．New Zealand | C．Iceland | D．Germany |
小题2:In Iceland, the names should _____.| A．be approved by the office of vital statistics. | | B．be accepted by the National Register of Persons. | | C．contain only letters in the Roman alphabet. | | D．be paid for some money. |
小题3:Which name is accepted in New Zealand?| A．Bin Laden | B．Talula Does The Hula | | C．Keenan Got Lucky | D．John Smith |
小题4:According to the passage, which of the following is true?| A．Danish babies’ names should be on the list if parents can’t get the permission. | | B．Each year about 150-200 reviewed names are rejected in Denmark. | | C．Adolf Hitler is banned in Iceland. | | D．Parents should pay a fee for babies’ names if the names are rejected. |
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I used to be ashamed of my grandma. I know that"s a ____16____ thing to say, but it was true until today, so I have to____17___ it.
The____18____ started when my friend Katy found Grandma"s false teeth floating in a glass on the bathroom sink. I was so used to seeing them that I____19____ took notice of them. But Katy shouted, laughing and____20____ to talk to them. I had to get down on my knees and____21____ her to shut up so my grandma wouldn"t____22____ and get hurt.
After that happened, I____23____ there were a million things about Grandma that were embarrassing（令人窘迫）.
Once she took Jill and me out to Burger King. ____24____ ordering our hamburgers well-done, she told the person behind the counter, "They"ll have two Whoppers (巨无霸) well-to-do. " Jill burst out laughing, but I almost____25____.
After a while, I started wishing I could____26____ Grandma in a closet. I even complained to my parents. Both my parents said I had to be careful not to make Grandma feel____27____ in our home.
Then last Wednesday, something happened that____28____ everything completely. My teacher told us to help find interesting old people and____29____ them about their____30____ for a big Oral History project. I was trying to think of someone when Angie pushed me gently.
"Volunteer your grandmother," she whispered. "She"s____31____ and rich in experience."
That was the last thing I ever thought Angie would say about my grandma.
This is how I ended up on____32____ today interviewing my own grandmother before the whole school assembly (集合). All my friends and teachers were listening to her____33____ she was a great heroine. I was____34____ of my grandma and hoped she would____35____ know that I had been ashamed of her.
| 小题1: | | A．funny | B．common | C．terrible | D．clear |
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| 小题2: | | A．admit | B．receive | C．refuse | D．show |
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| 小题3: | | A．quarrel | B．accident | C．trouble | D．adventure |
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| 小题4: | | A．already | B．always | C．simply | D．hardly |
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| 小题5: | | A．enjoying | B．pretending | C．imagining | D．continuing |
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| 小题6: | | A．warn | B．demand | C．advise | D．beg |
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| 小题8: | | A．expected | B．declared | C．realized | D．doubted |
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| 小题9: | | A．Because of | B．Except for | C．Such as | D．Instead of |
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| 小题10: | | A．died | B．cheered | C．disappeared | D．suffered |
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| 小题11: | | A．meet | B．avoid | C．arrange | D．hide |
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| 小题12: | | A．independent | B．inconvenient | C．unwelcome | D．unfamiliar |
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| 小题13: | | A．changed | B．finished | C．stopped | D．Prepared |
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| 小题14: | | A．interview | B．report | C．tell | D．write |
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| 小题15: | | A．news | B．lives | C．advantages | D．achievements |
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| 小题16: | | A．free | B．popular | C．interesting | D．embarrassing |
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| 小题17: | | A．show | B．stage | C．duty | D．time |
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| 小题18: | | A．and then | B．even if | C．so that | D．as if |
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| 小题19: | | A．sure | B．proud | C．ashamed | D．afraid |
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| 小题20: | | A．never | B．even | C．still | D．once |
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