Those days life was so hard that I finally wished that I could just be “left alone”.
The thought of going somewhere by myself would give me so much 1 . but then I’d remember when I was alone. Not that 2 _ left me. I was alone by myself in crowded places. It was the 3 that I built around me that would not 4 the outside in or the inside out.
When I was a child, I would play this silly 5 . It was always 6 _ because a place in a corner or under a table would do. My favorite place was simply to pull a blanket over my head. I would lie there and 7 , “Right now no one in the world knows where I am!” That thought was so 8 .
If you knew me well enough this wouldn’t 9 you…I still do it at 60. It drives my dogs crazy, because they find me and start digging at the blanket until they find a way in. All three of them 10 me. That thought is so satisfying, too.
I want you to know that at times we all wish that we could be left _11 . The fact that you can be alone with yourself and enjoy it shows clearly who you are. Imagine for a 12 being locked in a room with someone you 13 . It would be torture. So, if you find peace with being with yourself, that is good. However, if you are trying to build a wall so no one can ever 14 , it can’t happen.
The light of love can find a 15 through the tiniest cracks. You can pull the covers over your head and love will find you.
| 小题1: | | A．trouble | B．experience | C．pleasure | D．worry |
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| 小题2: | | A．anybody | B．everyone | C．nobody | D．someone |
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| 小题3: | | A．idea | B．place | C．house | D．wall |
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| 小题4: | | A．permit | B．stop | C．find | D．turn |
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| 小题5: | | A．match | B．program | C．competition | D．game |
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| 小题6: | | A．interesting | B．disappointing | C．easy | D．different |
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| 小题7: | | A．shout | B．think | C．cry | D．dream |
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| 小题8: | | A．satisfying | B．shocking | C．important | D．strange |
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| 小题9: | | A．fear | B．meet | C．surprise | D．excite |
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| 小题10: | | A．bite | B．join | C．watch | D．excite |
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| 小题11: | | A．quiet | B．calm | C．alone | D．silent |
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| 小题12: | | A．change | B．moment | C．rest | D．chance |
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| 小题13: | | A．respect | B．admire | C．notice | D．dislike |
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| 小题14: | | A．go out | B．come to | C．get in | D．leave for |
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| 小题15: | | A．way | B．help | C． love | D．hope |
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试题【Those days life was so hard that I finally wished that I could just be “left alo】；主要考察你对
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Having friends may well keep you healthier and help you deal with stress better. Some studies show that people with close friends have a greater ability to fight disease than people who are alone.
Make friendship a priority. Find the time to be with friends even if it means letting the grass in your garden uncut or the dishes unwashed for a while. When you can’t get together, use the phone to keep in touch.
Open up to close friends. Maintaining a deep friendship requires a level of “heartfelt” intimacy (亲密). Don’t be afraid to express your inner fears and disappointments. Listen to your friends when they have problems，but offer advice only when it’s wanted. Help raise friends’ self-esteem (自尊)when they are shaken by a job loss, or other such events.
Have different friends for different activities, such as going to the movies，singing in a choir，and joining in a bowling league.
Don’t wait for a friend to ask a favor. When a friend has the flu，offer to go to the store or drive his or her children to their afterschool activities.
Never take a friendship for granted. Like a good marriage，friendship needs care and patience. Become a joiner. Find a group that matches your interests.
Talk to strangers. Conversations started in museums, laundry rooms，or bookstores can lead to firm friendship.
Enroll in an adulteducation course. A classroom is an ideal place to meet others with similar interests.
小题1: People with close friends have a ________ ability to fight disease than people who are alone.| A．less | B．greater | C．poorer | D．little |
小题2: According to the passage，you’d better offer advice to your friends ________.| A．at any moment | B．only when they are happy | | C．only when they want it | D．only when you are glad |
小题3:How many things have been mentioned that we must pay attention to in the passage to have friends?小题4:Which of the statements is TRUE according to the passage?| A．You should have different friends for the same activities. | | B．You should wait for a friend to ask a favor. | | C．You should avoid talking with strangers in museums, laundry rooms, or bookstores. | | D．You should never take a friendship for granted. |
小题5:The underlined word “enroll” in the last paragraph means________. |
On a cold evening I was waiting for a taxi in New York. About 5 minutes later, I was picked up by a driver, and he said how terrible some people were. I knew there was a part of me that wanted to be silent, but I had to  listen out of kindness.
The man told me that he had just come from JFK Airport without a customer. Over the courses of that taxi ride, what started as anger changed slowly and he mentioned that he had read an article which said that the happiest people are the ones that give, so he hoped he’d have more chance to give in his life. I was really starting to enjoy being with this man.
As we arrived at the place where I wanted to go, I paid my money by credit card. I pulled out an extra $20 and said, “Sir, since we’ve been talking about giving this whole time, I want to share that feeling with you. I’ve already paid my money, but here’s an extra little bit.  You can tell the next passenger in this taxi that their ride is a gift from another.”
I thought I was pretty cool at this point, but he turned toward me, tears in his eyes, and said, “Sir, I have a better idea. You give that $20 to a homeless person around here and I will give the next passenger a free ride myself.
It was a great honor meeting that man and learning the lesson of how everyone gives and adds joy to another with their generosity.
小题1:According to the text, when the author got in the taxi, the driver was .| A．angry | B．nervous | C．worried | D．regretful |
小题2: The author gave the driver an extra $20 in order to _.| A．help him to get out of trouble | B．know what he was really like | | C．experience the joy of giving | D．learn how to get along with others. |
小题3: What can be inferred from the taxi driver’s words in Paragraph 4?| A．A driver should be willing to help. | B．People should understand each other. | | C．The driver was deeply moved. | | D．One needs to keep an optimistic attitude (乐观态度). |
小题4:What would be the best title for the text?| A．A cold evening in New York | B．Learning from a taxi driver | | C．A gift to a generous stranger | D．Always being a happy person |
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My wife and I had just finished the 150-mile trip home from our daughter’s college. It was the first time in our life that we would __36__ for any length of time. We wondered how other people had __37__ it.
Later in bed, I __38__ the time I started college. My father had driven me, too. My mother had to stay home to keep the __39__ from getting into the crops. I, the fourth in a line of brothers, was the first to __40__ college.
The truck was slow, and I was glad. I didn’t want to get to the city __41__. I shook hands with my father in the truck and he didn’t say a word. But I knew he was going to make a little __42__. He finally said, “I never went to college and __43__ of your brothers did. I can’t say don’t do this or that, because everything is __44__ and I don’t know what is going to come up, but I think things will __45__. When you get a job, be sure to be honest and work hard.” I knew that soon I would be __46__ in the big town and I would be __47__ the life home.
Then my father __48__ the Bible that he had read so often. I knew that he would miss it but I must __49__ it. He just said, “This can help you __50__ you will let it.”
When I finished school I took the Bible __51__ to my father. But he said he wanted me to __52__ it.
Now, too often, I remember. It would have been so __53__ to give it to my daughter when she got out of the car. But I didn’t. My father could give me only a Bible, but now I don’t really believe that I gave her half as __54__ as my father gave me. So the next morning I __55__ up the book and sent it to her. I wrote a note “This can help you.” I said, “if you will let it.”
| 小题1: | | A．worry | B．separate | C．stay | D．travel |
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| 小题2: | | A．left | B．stood | C．enjoyed | D．tried |
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| 小题3: | | A．wasted | B．spent | C．remembered | D．killed |
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| 小题4: | | A．policemen | B．workers | C．cattle | D．birds |
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| 小题5: | | A．graduate from | B．go away to | C．set out | D．set up |
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| 小题6: | | A．very late | B．far away | C．too soon | D．once again |
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| 小题7: | | A．speech | B．living | C．promise | D．progress |
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| 小题9: | | A．impossible | B．different | C．difficult | D．favorite |
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| 小题10: | | A．work out | B．die out | C．hold out | D．break out |
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| 小题11: | | A．happy | B．alone | C．free | D．lost |
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| 小题12: | | A．losing | B．spending | C．missing | D．living |
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| 小题13: | | A．brought about | B．brought out | C．brought up | D．brought down |
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| 小题14: | | A．refuse | B．mark | C．follow | D．take |
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| 小题15: | | A．if | B．unless | C．but | D．though |
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| 小题17: | | A．keep | B．return | C．post | D．sell |
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| 小题18: | | A．popular | B．strange | C．ready | D．nice |
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| 小题20: | | A．set | B．turned | C．gave | D．wrapped |
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The annual marathon in my town usually took place in summer. My job was to 21 behind the runners in an ambulance 22 any of them needed medical attention. The driver and I were in an air-conditioned ambulance behind nearly one hundred athletes 23 to hear the sharp crack of the starting gun.
“We’re supposed to stay behind the 24 runner, so take it slowly ,” I said to the driver , Doug , as we began to creep  forward .
“Let’s just hope all the runners are fast!” he laughed.
As they began to pace themselves, the front runners started to 25 . It was then that my 26 were drawn to the woman in blue silk running shorts and a baggy white T-shirt.
“Doug, look!”
We knew we were already watching our “last runner”. Her feet were turned in, but her left knee was turned out. Her legs were so crippled and bent that it seemed impossible for her to be able to walk , let alone run a marathon .
Doug and I watched in 27 as she slowly moved forward. We didn’t say a thing. We would move forward a little bit, then stop and wait for her to gain some distance. Then we’d slowly move forward a little bit more.
Finally, she was the 28 runner left in sight. Tears streamed down my face as I sat on the edge of my seat and watched with amazement and even respect as she 29 forward with strong determination through the last miles.
When the 30 line came into sight, rubbishes lay everywhere and the cheering crowds had already gone home. 31 , a man waited proudly there. He was 32 one end of a ribbon (带子) tied to a post. 33 slowly crossed through, leaving both ends of the ribbon fluttering behind her.
I do not know this woman’s name, but that day she became a part of my life –a part I often depend on. For her, it wasn’t about 34 the other runners or winning a competition, it was about  finishing what she had set out to do, no matter 35 . When I think things are too difficult or too time-consuming, I think of the last runner. Then I realize how easy the task before me really is.
小题1:| A．interview | B．watch | C．follow | D．fall |
小题2:| A．when | B．since | C．because | D．in case |
小题3:| A．searching | B．sitting | C．wishing | D．waiting |
小题4:| A．slow | B．last | C．wounded | D．helpless |
小题5:| A．run | B．miss | C．disappear | D．lose |
小题6: | A．attention | B．mind | C．eyes | D．sight |
小题7: | A．happiness | B．silence | C．disappointment | D．hope |
小题8: | A．single | B．only | C．last | D．careful |
小题9: | A．pushed | B．fought | C．pulled | D．jumped |
小题10: | A．close | B．end | C．match | D．finish |
小题11:| A．Yet | B．But | C．Thus | D．Therefore |
小题12: | A．catching | B．handing | C．holding | D．bringing |
小题13: 小题14:| A．winning | B．competing | C．beating | D．fighting |
小题15:| A．what | B．where | C．when | D．why |
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When we think about giving help to developing countries, we often think about giving money so that these countries can build schools and hospitals, buy food and medicine, or find clean water supplies. These seem to be the most important basic needs of the people we are trying to help. However, it"s far from enough. Ladies and gentlemen, we"ve got to come up with some better ideas to help them.
I was very surprised, then, when I read about a plan to make cheap laptop computers for children in developing countries. A man called Nicholas Negroponte invented a cheap laptop computer and he planed to produce a lot and sell them to the children in developing countries at a low price after he visited a school in Cambodia. The laptop will be covered in rubber so that it is very strong and won"t be damaged easily. The idea is that these computers will help the children"s education as they will be ab le to surf the Internet. By improving children"s education they should help people to find their own solutions to their problems in the long term.
Another idea to help children in developing countries is to recycle old mobile phones so that they can be used again. In the UK, and probably in many other countries too, millions of mobile phones are thrown away every year. The waste created by throwing away these old phones is very bad for the environment, so it seems to be an excellent idea to recycle them. In this way we will be able to achieve two important goals at the same time. We will reduce the waste we produce and help others. In other words, we will be able to "kill two birds with one  stone’, and that is always a good thing.
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It"s an excellent idea to recycle old mobile phones because .| A．it reduces waste and can help others | | B．it prevents waste and can earn lots of money | | C．it can send the waste produced by developed countries to other countries | | D．it is good for the environment and very educative for phone users |
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The author gives the example of Mr. Negroponte’s  cheap computers .| A．to show what high technology can bring us | B．to show the kindness of  people in the developed countries | | C．to show how to find business opportunities in developing countries | | D．to give an example of how to help developing countries |
小题3:
Where does this passage probably come from? .A．A newspaper . | B．A magazine. | | C．A lecture. | D．An advertisement. |
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