I am a journalist in America.When reporting a story，I sometimes need to find a ____ kind of person—someone who has recently switched banks，or who is ____ cancer，or who owns both a Chevy pickup and Toyota sedan.
At such moments，I ____ my brother Keith，a telecommunication worker in eastern Kansas.Usually he says，“I know just the guy.”
His contacts are so diverse in large part ____ he is offline.At age 52，he’s ____ sent an email，surfed the Web or bought anything online.Without any mobile email system to ____ his attention when he is shopping，he is ____ to make a friend or two before ____.Without Web pages to instruct him on his latest project—how to build a cow fence or how to fix a woodburning stove—he seeks out the help of neighbours who have done it and follows their ____，and during beerdrinking time afterwards he listens carefully to their ____ of health problems，banking habits and newcar ____.
“I like talking to people，” he says.“I do not ____ nowadays people send each other emails instead of talking while they’re in the ___ room.”
My older brother ____ considers himself as an oldfashioned man and the Internet ____ are making him more so，too.As a(n) ____ to the Web，my brother belongs to one of the nation’s fastestdecreasing ____.
During the first half decade of the 21st century，the proportion of Internet users ____ slowly，to 59% of adult Americans from just over 50%，according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project.____ in the second half of the decade，that growth skyrocketed(猛升) and now nearly 80% of adult Americans use the Internet.At that pace，the offline Americans will no longer ____ in the coming decade.
| 小题1: | | A．rich | B．friendly | | C．brave | D．particular |
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| 小题2: | | A．battling | B．avoiding | | C．curing | D．developing |
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| 小题3: | | A．appoint | B．call | | C．miss | D．search |
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| 小题4: | | A．when | B．until | | C．unless | D．because |
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| 小题5: | | A．ever | B．frequently | | C．never | D．seldom |
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| 小题6: | | A．divide | B．receive | | C．pay | D．gain |
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| 小题7: | | A．willing | B．likely | | C．anxious | D．clever |
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| 小题8: | | A．settling down | B．using up | | C．setting off | D．checking out |
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| 小题9: | | A．advice | B．plan | | C．example | D．gesture |
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| 小题10: | | A．lesson | B．speech | | C．talk | D．lecture |
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| 小题11: | | A．displays | B．purchases | | C．exchanges | D．repairs |
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| 小题12: | | A．imagine | B．predict | | C．understand | D．recommend |
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| 小题13: | | A．big | B．new | | C．same | D．special |
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| 小题14: | | A．sometimes | B．recently | | C．once | D．always |
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| 小题15: | | A．values | B．trends | | C．techniques | D．benefits |
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| 小题16: | | A．stranger | B．user | | C．owner | D．beginner |
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| 小题17: | | A．workers | B．races | | C．minorities | D．teams |
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| 小题18: | | A．increased | B．developed | | C．varied | D．moved |
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| 小题20: | | A．change | B．exist | | C．last | D．work |
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小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:C
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:A
小题10:C
小题11:B
小题12:C
小题13:C
小题14:D
小题15:B
小题16:A
小题17:C
小题18:A
小题19:D
小题20:B |
小题1: D
解析 根据上文“I am a journalist in America.”及下一句“...someone who has recently switched banks，or who is ____ cancer，or who owns both a Chevy pickup and Toyota sedan.”可知，作为记者，作者要经常采访报道某些特别的人，故选particular。
小题2: A
解析 根据句意及上下文可知，作者会采访某个正在与癌症病魔斗争的人，故选battle表示“搏斗，斗争”。其余三项与语境不符。
小题3: B
解析 根据语境，作为记者，作者要经常采访某些特别的人，当遇到困难时，肯定会打电话向哥哥求助，故选call。
小题4: D
解析 根据文章内容可知，正是由于哥哥从不上网，才同周围的人接触频繁，从而认识了各种各样的人。
小题5: C
解析 由上文的“...he is offline.”可知，哥哥从不上网而非不常上网，never符合语境。
小题6: A
解析 根据语境及句意可知，既然哥哥不上网，自然没有电子邮件系统来分散他购物时的注意力，故选divide分散，分开。
小题7: B
解析 根据上下文及语境可知，既然没有电子邮件系统来分散他购物时的注意力，那自然有可能结识一两个朋友，likely符合语境。
小题8: D
解析 根据常识可知，购物后要结账离开，故用check out结账离开。settle down安下心来，定居；use up消耗掉，用完；set off动身，启程，出发，均不符合语境。
小题9: A
解析 结合上下文可知此处表示哥哥遇到困难时常寻求邻居的帮助和建议。advice最符合语境。
小题10: C
解析 由后文的“...health problems，banking habits and newcar ____.”可知，在喝过酒后，哥哥会仔细听邻居们谈论这些话题。talk最合文意。
小题11: B
解析 根据语境，邻居们酒后谈论的更可能是购买新车，故选purchase。
小题12: C
解析 由作者哥哥的话可知，他不理解人们不是相互交谈而是发电子邮件这种现象。imagine想象；predict预测；recommend建议，均不符合语境。
小题13: C
解析 四个选项中只有same能表现出哥哥对使用因特网的这些人的不理解。
小题14: D
解析 根据后半句“...the Internet ____ are making him more so，too.”可知此处意为：我哥哥总是认为自己是个过时守旧的人。always最符合语境。
小题15: B
解析 根据上下文可知，互联网用户迅猛增加的这一趋势使作者的哥哥更落伍了，故选trend。
小题16: A
解析 根据第三段前两句“...he is offline.At age 52，he’s ____ sent an email，surfed the Web or bought anything online.”可知，作者的哥哥从不上网，故stranger局外人，外行，符合语境。
小题17: C
解析 结合全文可知，作者的哥哥属于全国正在迅速减少的少数人中的一员，故选minority少数。
小题18: A
解析 结合下文“...to 59% of adult Americans from just over 50%...”可知，互联网用户比例缓慢增加。
小题19: D
解析 空格前后内容是转折关系，but符合语境。
小题20: B
解析 根据句意“以那样的速度，不使用互联网的美国人在十年后将不会存在了。”可知，exist符合语境。 |
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It’s a great sunny day，so it’s time to get out and enjoy the weather.Many of us would like to，but we have projects due，tasks that need to be done，people that we need to see，and money that needs to be made.
What if your company gave you that time off as compensation for the great effort that you gave to the team to finish a project on time？See，when it comes to teamwork，the main focus is for the team to work together.In a “winning” team there is an equal balance of people who have unique strengths and weaknesses.
Take the example of the Chicago Bulls of the 1990s.Michael Jordan was the greatest basketball player to play the game，but did they win a championship every year when Michael had played？No.It took a (Dtype) Michael Jordan to lead the team and control the outcome.It took a(n) (Itype) wild and energetic Dennis Rodman to keep the team fun and interesting.It took (Stypes) Scottie Pippin，Bill Cartwright，and John Paxson to support the team.And it took the (Ctype) analytical mind of Coach Phil Jackson to create a foundation for the players to play on.In the end they，the Chicago Bulls，were able to win six championships within eight years.
What is your team made up of？All Jordans？All Jacksons？All Rodmans？Or all Pippins，Cartwrights and Paxsons？It is you who can choose who’s on your team.Try finding the right people for the right job，and you will have a “winning” team every time!
小题1:We can infer from the first paragraph that________.| A．we need to finish the task | | B．we are eager to make more money | | C．we are all very busy every day | | D．we often go out and enjoy the fine weather |
小题2:The underlined word “compensation” in the second paragraph means “________”．| A．reward | B．present | | C．money | D．duty |
小题3:According to this passage，a winning team is made up of________.| A．a group of people who are tall and strong | | B．a group of people who don’t have weaknesses | | C．a group of people who don’t quarrel with each other | | D．a group of people whose strengths and weaknesses can get to balance |
小题4:What would be the best title for this passage?| A．Working Is Happy | | B．The Story of the Chicago Bulls | | C．Good Choice | | D．Working Together for a Team |
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The way people hold to the belief that a funfilled，painfree life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness.If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness，then pain must be equal to unhappiness.But in fact，the opposite is true.More often than not，things that lead to happiness involve some pain.
As a result，many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness.They fear the pain inevitably (不可避免地) brought by such things as marriage，raising children，professional achievement，religious commitment and selfimprovement.
Ask a bachelor (单身汉) why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying.If he is honest，he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment.Certainly，commitment is quite painful.The single life is filled with fun，adventure，and excitement.Marriage has such moments，but they are not its most distinguishing (显著的) features.
Couples with infant (婴儿) children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a threeday vacation.I don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children.But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.
Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations.It liberates time：now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness.It liberates money：buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless.And it liberates us from envy：we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.
小题1:According to the author，a bachelor doesn’t want to marry mainly because________.| A．he is unwilling to take family responsibilities | | B．he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains single | | C．he finds more fun in dating than in marriage | | D．he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and excitement |
小题2:Raising children，in the author’s opinion，is________.| A．a moral duty | | B．a thankless job | | C．a rewarding task | | D．a source of inevitable pain |
小题3:To understand what true happiness is one must________.| A．have as much fun as possible during one’s lifetime | | B．make every effort to liberate oneself from pain | | C．put up with pain under all circumstances | | D．be able to distinguish happiness from fun |
小题4:What is the main idea of the passage?| A．Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain. | | B．One must know how to attain happiness. | | C．It is important to make commitments. | | D．It is pain that leads to happiness. |
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Who give us life，raise us and are our constant support and wellwishers？Our mothers.That’s why millions of people across the world take Mother’s Day as an opportunity to express thanks and send best wishes to their moms.
However，the celebration of Mother’s Day is not the recent thing that many believe it to be.It was the ancient Greeks who started the tradition by celebrating their annual spring festival in honor of Rhea，the mother of many gods and goddesses.
Later，in the 1600s，Mothering Sunday came to be celebrated in England.On the fourth Sunday of Lent (大斋期)，children brought flowers and special fruitcakes to show their respect for their mothers.It may be the root of the modern Mother’s Day.
Thanks to the great efforts of Julia Ward Howe and Anna Jarvis，Mother’s Day became an official festival in the US.It is celebrated on the second Sunday in May.Later，many countries began to celebrate this day as Mother’s Day.
Today，Mother’s Day is an international festival honoring mothers.It is celebrated all over the world in different ways.In Western countries，the most common way is to treat mothers with breakfast in bed.Kids often allow their mothers to sleep till late in the morning while they prepare her favorite breakfast with their fathers.Some also make handmade gifts or buy beautiful carnations (康乃馨)．It is the day when you acknowledge your mothers contribution in your life and pay a tribute (礼品) to her，often with flowers and gifts.It complements Father’s Day，the celebration honoring fathers.
Today，Mother’s Day is a day celebrated on various days in many places around the world.
小题1:Why do people across the world celebrate Mother’s Day?| A．Because they want to express thanks and send best wishes to their mothers. | | B．Because they want to express thanks and send best wishes to Rhea. | | C．Because Mother’s Day is an official festival in the US. | | D．Because Mother’s Day is an international festival. |
小题2:The modern Mother’s Day came from________.| A．Greece | B．England | | C．America | D．China |
小题3:From the passage we can learn that________.| A．Rhea is the mother of many gods and goddesses of England | | B．many people wrongly believe Mother’s Day has a short history | | C．in America Mother’s day is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent | | D．on Mother’s day fathers have to get up early to prepare breakfast |
小题4:The passage mainly wants to tell us________.| A．how to celebrate Mother’s day | | B．what to do on Mother’s day | | C．the historical change of Mother’s day | | D．the meaning of Mother’s day |
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When I was a small child，during the war，we were very poor and we lived in a faraway village.One day，on the road，I found the ____ pieces of a mirror.There was a motorcycle accident.
I ____ to find all the pieces and put them ____，but it was not possible，so I used only the ___ piece and I made it round.I could ____ with it as a toy and became greatly attracted by the ____ that I could reflect light to dark places where the sun would never shine—in ____ holes and some other dark places.It became a game for me to ____ light into the darkest places I could find.
I ____ the little mirror，and，as I grew up，I would take it out ____ I had nothing to do and ____ the game.As I became a man，I grew to realize that this was not ____ a child’s game but a metaphor(暗喻) for what I might ____ my life.I came to ____ that I am not the light or the source of light.But light—truth，understanding，knowledge—is there，and it will shine in many dark places ____ I reflect it.
I am just a single piece of a mirror whose ____ design and shape I do not know.___，with what I have I can reflect light into the dark places of this ____—into the black places in the ____ of men—and change some things in some people.Perhaps others may see and do the same.This is what I am about.This is the ____ of my life.
| 小题1: | | A．broken | B．wasted | | C．painted | D．sharpened |
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| 小题2: | | A．pretended | B．tried | | C．demanded | D．hated |
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| 小题3: | | A．back | B．down | | C．together | D．aside |
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| 小题4: | | A．lightest | B．longest | | C．hardest | D．largest |
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| 小题5: | | A．talk | B．play | | C．deal | D．share |
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| 小题6: | | A．suggestion | B．fact | | C．decision | D．reason |
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| 小题7: | | A．deep | B．big | | C．bright | D．empty |
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| 小题8: | | A．attract | B．show | | C．get | D．bring |
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| 小题9: | | A．kept | B．cut | | C．used | D．mended |
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| 小题10: | | A．until | B．before | | C．when | D．after |
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| 小题11: | | A．watch | B．continue | | C．remember | D．change |
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| 小题12: | | A．just | B．wholly | | C．really | D．even |
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| 小题13: | | A．get from | B．owe to | | C．tell about | D．do with |
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| 小题14: | | A．announce | B．doubt | | C．understand | D．expect |
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| 小题15: | | A．so that | B．now that | | C．even if | D．only if |
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| 小题16: | | A．whole | B．unique | | C．special | D．other |
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| 小题17: | | A．Otherwise | B．However | | C．Besides | D．Therefore |
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| 小题18: | | A．country | B．village | | C．world | D．city |
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| 小题19: | | A．hands | B．brains | | C．eyes | D．hearts |
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| 小题20: | | A．way | B．standard | | C．quality | D．meaning |
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I’ve always had strong opinions of how love should be expressed，but others had their own ways of showing care.
What I ___ most about visiting my boyfriend’s parents is the loud tick of the clock in the dining room as we ____ ate our meal.With so little conversation I was quick to ____ his family as cold.When we got into the ____ to go home，his father suddenly appeared.___，he began to wash his son’s windscreen.I could feel he is a caring man through the glass.
I learned another lesson about love a few years later.My father often ____ me early in the morning.“Buy Xerox.It’s a good sharp price，” he might say when I answered the phone.No pleasant ___ or inquiry about my life，just financial instructions.This manner of his ___ me and we often quarreled.But one day，I thought about my father’s success in business and realized that his concern for my financial security lay behind his ____ morning calls.The next time he called and told me to buy a stock，I ____ him.
When my social style has conflicted with that of my friends，I’ve often felt ___.For example，I always return phone calls ____ and regularly contact my friends.I expect the same from them.I had one friend who rarely called，answering my messages with short emails.I rushed to the ____：She wasn’t a good friend！My anger ____ as the holidays approached.But then she came to a gathering I ____ and handed me a beautiful dress I had fallen in love with when we did some windowshopping the previous month.I was ____ at her thoughtfulness，and regretful for how I’d considered her to be ____.Clearly I needed to change my expectations of friends.
Far too often，I ignored their ____ expressions，eagerly expecting them to do things in my ____.Over the years，however，I’ve learned to ____ other persons’ love signs.
| 小题1: | | A．remember | B．enjoy | | C．value | D．admire |
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| 小题2: | | A．excitedly | B．nervously | | C．silently | D．instantly |
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| 小题3: | | A．regard | B．treat | | C．find | D．think |
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| 小题5: | | A．Punctually | B．Carefully | | C．Proudly | D．Coldly |
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| 小题6: | | A．visited | B．interrupted | | C．warned | D．telephoned |
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| 小题7: | | A．greeting | B．meeting | | C．apology | D．explanation |
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| 小题8: | | A．interested | B．angered | | C．encouraged | D．surprised |
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| 小题9: | | A．long | B．short | | C．warm | D．polite |
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| 小题10: | | A．praised | B．remembered | | C．blamed | D．thanked |
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小题11:．| A．content | B．guilty | | C．curious | D．disappointed |
| 小题12: | | A．in order | B．in turn | | C．without delay | D．without difficulty |
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| 小题13: | | A．feeling | B．suggestion | | C．judgment | D．belief |
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| 小题14: | | A．disappeared | B．grew | | C．helped | D．declined |
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| 小题15: | | A．opened | B．refused | | C．hosted | D．invited |
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| 小题16: | | A．depressed | B．upset | | C．fascinated | D．shocked |
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| 小题17: | | A．uncaring | B．dishonest | | C．unhappy | D．discouraged |
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| 小题18: | | A．unique | B．common | | C．pleasant | D．familiar |
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| 小题19: | | A．opinion | B．way | | C．mind | D．life |
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| 小题20: | | A．send | B．read | | C．give | D．express |
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