An old woman went suddenly blind. She promised a doctor a lot of money if he could make her see again. “If you fail”, she said, “ you will get nothing,” The doctor agreed with her.The doctor soon discovered what was wrong with her, but he decided not to cure her right away. Instead, each time he visited, he secretly took some of her things. When he had taken everything that he wanted, he cured her blindness and sent her a large bill. Now when the old woman could see again she noticed that all her things had gone and she refused to pay the bill. So the doctor took her before a judge.
“What the doctor says is true.” she said to the judge. “But I say I’m not cured, because I still
can’t see any of the things in my house.”
The old woman won her case and the doctor went away unhappily without getting his pay.
小题1:The doctor didn’t cure the old woman right away because __________.
A. He didn’t know how to cure her B. He wanted to get a lot of money
C. He wanted to take the woman’s things D The woman refused to pay him
小题2: The woman was _______ .| A．clever | B．greedy | C．cruel | D．dishonest |
小题3:The doctor was ________.| A．honest | B．a cheat | C．a kind man | D．ready to help others |
小题4:The word “case” in the last paragraph means ______.| A．a single example | B．a particular situation | | C．a question to be decided in a court of law | D．box |
小题5:Which sentence is right according to the passage?| A．The judge didn’t believe the old woman | | B．The doctor cured the woman’s blindness in a short time. | | C．The woman got back all her things taken by the doctor. | | D．The doctor failed to get his pay . |
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小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:D |
1，C 推理判断题，第三行第四行中，“The doctor soon discovered ……some of her things.”医生很快发现了问题所在，但是他并没有很快治疗她，相反，他每一次去治病都偷偷带走一些东西。
2，A 推理判断题，这位女士看到她家的东西都没有了后，她对法官说她看不到她房间里的东西了，所以医生不该索要费用。B.greedy，贪婪的。C. Cruel，残酷的；残忍的；引起痛苦的。D. Dishonest，不诚实的。
3，C 推理判断题，医生很快发现了病因，却没有立即给患者治病，还拿走了患者家的东西。是个骗子，所以选B。
4，C 猜测题意题，诉诸于法官，case在这指的是案件;诉讼
5，D,事实细节题，最后一句，医生没有拿到治疗费，灰溜溜的离开了。 |
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完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I was in seventh grade, I was a candy striper(志愿做护士助手的小姑娘) at a local hospital in my town. Most of the 41 I spent there was with Mr Gillespie. He never had any 42 , and nobody seemed to care about his 43 .
I spent many days there holding his hand and talking to him,__44__anything that needed to be done. He became a close friend of mine, 45 he responded with only an occasional squeeze(捏) of my hand. Mr Gillespie was in a coma(昏迷).
I left for a week to vacation with my parents, and when I came back, Mr Gillespie was 46 . I didn’t have the 47 to ask any of the nurses where he was, for fear they might 48 me he had died.
Several 49 later, when I was a junior in high school, I was at the gas station when I noticed a familiar face. When I 50 who it was, my eyes filled with tears. He was 51 ! I built up the courage to ask him if his name was Mr Gillespie. With a(n) 52 look on his face, he replied yes. I 53 how I knew him, and that I had spent many hours talking with him in the hospital. His eyes welled up with tears, and he gave me the warmest hug I had ever 54 .
He began to tell me how, 55 he lay there comatose, he could hear me talking to him and could 56 me holding his hand the whole time. Mr Gillespie 57 believed that it was my voice and 58 that had kept him alive.
Although I haven’t 59 him since, he fills my heart with 60 every day. I know that I made a difference between his life and his death.
| 小题1: | | A．money | B．energy | C．time | D．effort |
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| 小题2: | | A．visitors | B．relatives | C．patients | D．problems |
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| 小题3: | | A．interest | B．requirement | C．condition | D．thought |
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| 小题4: | | A．talking about | B．looking for | C．pointing out | D．helping out |
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| 小题5: | | A．so | B．even though | C．yet | D．as if |
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| 小题6: | | A．dead | B．mad | C．gone | D．excited |
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| 小题7: | | A．right | B．chance | C．courage | D．time |
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| 小题8: | | A．cheat | B．tell | C．remind | D．warn |
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| 小题9: | | A．days | B．weeks | C．months | D．years |
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| 小题10: | | A．realized | B．wondered | C．heard | D．asked |
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| 小题11: | | A．great | B．alive | C．successful | D．lucky |
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| 小题12: | | A．happy | B．uncertain | C．nervous | D．proud |
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| 小题13: | | A．apologized | B．remembered | C．explained | D．told |
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| 小题14: | | A．dreamed | B．shown | C．wanted | D．received |
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| 小题15: | | A．because | B．if | C．unless | D．as |
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| 小题16: | | A．notice | B．feel | C．imagine | D．appreciate |
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| 小题17: | | A．hardly | B．rightly | C．firmly | D．wrongly |
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| 小题18: | | A．humour | B．worry | C．touch | D．treatment |
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| 小题19: | | A．forgotten | B．called | C．missed | D．seen |
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| 小题20: | | A．joy | B．regret | C．respect | D．honour |
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完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ------ Eleanor Roosevelt
My home is a place of great beauty and agricultural richness, as well as of war and natural disasters. When I was only fourteen years old, I was filled with __36__ in spite of the terrible surroundings. The families living here, who tried to make their living from the land, __37__ great losses.
For the __38__ I felt sorry especially, but I __39__ to be hopeless. I decided that where I was, I could do __40__ to help them. I began knocking on every door and saying to each person who __41__ my knock, “I know that you are __42__ and give the birds that come to your yard a little __43__. Please consider me your bird. Give me only a handful of rice each week when I come to your __44__. I will take it to the temple where it can be given to the __45__ children.”
No one seemed to __46__ giving me a handful of rice, even __47__ they had little themselves. On Sunday, I would go to the __48__ and give my handfuls of rice to the monks to __49__ to the children.
One day, I came to a house that had __50__ to give. I told my story and asked if I could be their bird. The woman called her daughters, and __51__ gave me fifty cents, as well as the handful of rice! I began to ask for __52__ and rice from the other “bird feeders”, and they gave them to me. Everyone was happy to be helping those who were suffering, even __53__ only this small way. The temple was soon able to help everyone who came to it for food and clothing.
“Consider me your bird.” My __54__ idea had not stopped the war, but anyway, it was __55__ some peace.
| 小题1: | | A．sorrow | B．hope | C．comfort | D．happiness |
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| 小题2: | | A．suffered | B．survived | C．covered | D．made |
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| 小题3: | | A．farmers | B．citizens | C．villagers | D．children |
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| 小题4: | | A．wanted | B．failed | C．refused | D．stopped |
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| 小题5: | | A．something | B．everything | C．anything | D．nothing |
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| 小题6: | | A．said | B．replied | C．answered | D．spoke |
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| 小题7: | | A．glad | B．kind | C．rich | D．friendly |
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| 小题8: | | A．water | B．money | C．nest | D．rice |
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| 小题9: | | A．kitchen | B．room | C．door | D．garden |
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| 小题10: | | A．brave | B．hungry | C．promising | D．nervous |
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| 小题11: | | A．mind | B．escape | C．practice | D．enjoy |
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| 小题13: | | A．village | B．hometown | C．temple | D．house |
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| 小题14: | | A．give in | B．give up | C．give away | D．give over |
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| 小题15: | | A．much | B．little | C．many | D．few |
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| 小题16: | | A．every | B．each | C．neither | D．none |
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| 小题17: | | A．help | B．advice | C．food | D．change |
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| 小题19: | | A．clever | B．childish | C．foolish | D．effective |
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| 小题20: | | A．creating | B．mending | C．developing | D．managing |
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完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A girl complained to her father about her hard life. She didn’t know what she could do and wanted to ___1__. She was tired of fighting and fighting. One problem had been settled, but __2___ appeared.
Her father, a cook, took her into the __3___. He poured water into three pots and boiled it. After the water came to a boil, he put some ___4__ in the first pot, eggs in the second and coffee in the last. He waited for them for a few minutes __5___ any words.
The girl closed her mouth and waited, impatient and __6___ by what her father was doing. After about 20 minutes, her father ___7__ the stove, took out the carrots and put them in a bowl. He took the eggs and put them in another bowl. After that he ___8___ the coffee into a cup. Turning back to his ___9___ , he asked, “Sweetheart, what do you see?”
“Carrots, eggs and coffee,” she replied.
Her father asked her to __10 the carrots. She did and felt that the carrots were ___11___.
__12__ he asked her to take the eggs and break them. After peeling them, she felt the eggs were hard.
Last, her father asked her to smell the coffee.
She asked, “What does this _13___, Father?”
He __14_ that each of the things had felt the same unfortunate fate. They were all boiled in ___15___, but with a ___16___ result. The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak after being boiled. The fragile eggs became _17___ after cooking. Coffee grounds were very unique. They could change the water.
“___18___ one are you?” asked her father. “When calamity（不幸的事） __19___ on your door, what will your ___20__ be? Are you carrots, eggs of coffee?”
| 小题1: | | A．give in | B．give up | C．go on | D．carry on |
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| 小题2: | | A．the other | B．the rest | C．another | D．the second |
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| 小题3: | | A．kitchen | B．storeroom | C．backyard | D．bedroom |
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| 小题4: | | A．potatoes | B．carrots | C．tomatoes | D．apples |
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| 小题5: | | A．with | B．over | C．beyond | D．without |
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| 小题6: | | A．confused | B．excited | C．surprised | D．relaxed |
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| 小题7: | | A．turned on | B．turned down | C．turned off | D．turned out |
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| 小题8: | | A．put | B．poured | C．flew | D．picked |
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| 小题9: | | A．son | B．pot | C．kitchen | D．daughter |
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| 小题10: | | A．touch | B．eat | C．smell | D．taste |
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| 小题11: | | A．strong | B．heavy | C．light | D．soft |
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| 小题12: | | A．Now that | B．Since then | C．After that | D．Once again |
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| 小题13: | | A．mean | B．say | C．refer | D．think |
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| 小题14: | | A．questioned | B．explained | C．required | D．suggested |
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| 小题15: | | A．water | B．pot | C．stove | D．fire |
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| 小题16: | | A．similar | B．same | C．different | D．wonderful |
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| 小题17: | | A．hard | B．calm | C．delicious | D．broken |
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| 小题18: | | A．What | B．Whichever | C．Whose | D．Which |
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| 小题19: | | A．looks | B．touches | C．knocks | D．waits |
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| 小题20: | | A．reaction | B．responsibility | C．answer | D．impression |
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Here in the hills were buffaloes (野牛). I had even, in my very young days — when I could not live till I had killed one of each kind of African animal — shot a bull out there. Later on, when I was not so interested to shoot as to watch the wild animals, I had been out to see them again. But twice I had to go back without success.
But one afternoon as I was having tea with some friends outside the house, Denys came flying from Nairobi and went over our heads westwards; a little while after he turned and came back and landed on the farm. I drove down to the plane to bring him back, but he would not get out of his plane.
“The buffaloes are out feeding in the hills,” he said, “come out and have a look at them.”
“I cannot come,” I said. “I have got a tea-party up at the house.”
“But we will go and see them and be back in a quarter of an hour,” he said.
This sounded to me like the suggestions which people make to you in a dream. So I went up with him. It did not take us long to see the buffaloes from the air; we counted them as they peacefully mixed and separated on the open ground closed in by bushes. There was one very old big black bull, and a number of young ones; if a stranger had come near to them they would have heard or smelt him at once, but they were not prepared for something from the air. They heard the noise of our machine and stopped feeding, but they did not seem to be able to look up. In the end they realized that something very strange was about; the old bull first walked out in front of the others. Suddenly he began to go down the valley side and after a moment he broke into a run. The whole group now followed him, rushing hurriedly down into the buses. In a small wood of low trees they stopped and kept close together. Here they believed themselves to be out of sight. We flew up and away. It was like having been taken there by a secret unknown route.
When I came back to my tea-party the teapot on the stone was still so hot that I burned my fingers on it.
小题1:The writer drove to the plane ________.| A．to pick Denys up and take him back to the tea-party | | B．to have a talk with Denys | | C．to do some repairs for Denys | | D．because they wanted to go up in the plane |
小题2: Denys said it would only take a quarter of an hour to go and see the buffaloes ________.| A．but it took much longer than that | B．and he was right | | C．if they went by a secret route | D．but it wasn’t a serious suggestion |
小题3:When the buffaloes heard the noise of the plane, they ________.| A．looked up at it | B．ran away immediately | | C．continued feeding | D．were uncertain what to do |
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I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as Mother sat doing letters(学问). Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, Mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk”, she said again, “is for Elizabeth.” I never saw her anger, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter. They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was too emotional. But she lived “on the surface”.
As years passed, I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive（原谅）me. I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came. My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace-it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written in, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.
Now the present of her desk told me, as she’d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside－a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded and refolded many times. Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you chose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.
小题1:The writer began to love her mother’s desk _______. | A．after Mother died. | B．before she became a writer. | | C．when she was a child. | D．when Mother gave it to her. |
小题2:The passage shows that _____. | A．Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter. | | B．Mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done. | | C．Mother cared much about her daughter in words. | | D．Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words. |
小题3:The word gulf in the paragraph 2 means ______. | A．deep understanding between the old and the young. | | B．different ideas between the mother and the daughter. | | C．free talks between mother and daughter. | | D．part of the sea going far in land. |
小题4:What did mother do with her daughter’s letter asking for forgiveness? | A．She had never received the letter. | | B．For years, she often talked about the letter. | | C．She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in all her life. | | D．She read the letter again and again till she died. |
小题5:What’s the best title of the passage? | A．My Letter to Mother. | B．Mother and Children. | | C．My Mother’s Desk. | D．Talks between Mother and Me. |
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