完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
When I was 14, I was hired for an after-school job selling subscriptions (征订，订阅) to my hometown paper, the Houston Post. I was sent to some of the city’s worst neighborhoods to “beg” door-to-door. Even though I was often moving around after dark in bad areas __36__ for garage apartments, I was __37__ for the work.
It was a __38__ because people didn’t like a stranger knocking on their door, __39__ a kid trying to get them to buy something. On one ___40__, a man shut his door heavily in my face and __41__, “I don’t want your damn paper.” I __42__ myself to knock again and was able to tell him how great the paper was. I __43__ selling him a subscription. I was soon among the __44__ subscription sellers and, like other successful __45__, was given responsibility for training newcomers.
__46__ this time I started playing the harmonica and guitar. Before long I was playing in a __47__ at barbecues and other events. When I __48__ 18, I focused my __49__ on becoming a professional musician. I never lost ___50___ of this dream. I’m sure my determination came from what I __51___ knocking on strangers’ doors.
That ___52___ helped me in many ways. Early in my music career I was locked in a legal disagreement with a former manager. He ___53__ me to back off, but I  refused.
Having all those doors shut in my face as a kid gave me the ___54___to stand up to this frightening figure. Except this time there was one ___55___: I was the one sayin g no. And I won.
| 小题1: | | A．leaving | B．searching | C．reaching | D．asking |
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| 小题2: | | A．sorry | B．ready | C．doubtful | D．thankful |
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| 小题3: | | A．challenge | B．puzzle | C．surprise | D．failure |
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| 小题4: | | A．certainly | B．obviously | C．especially | D．usually |
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| 小题5: | | A．time | B．occasion | C．day | D．place |
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| 小题6: | | A．screamed | B．whispered | C．begged | D．announced |
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| 小题7: | | A．allowed | B．forced | C．wished | D．reminded |
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| 小题8: | | A．ended up | B．gave up | C．picked up | D．kept up |
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| 小题10: | | A．reporters | B．managers | C．salesmen | D．secretaries |
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| 小题11: | | A．For | B．Since | C．Around | D．Until |
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| 小题12: | | A．concert | B．band | C．kitchen | D．party |
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| 小题13: | | A．seemed | B．grew | C．appeared | D．turned |
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| 小题14: | | A．attention | B．attraction | C．service | D．trust |
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| 小题15: | | A．sight | B．use | C．ability | D．fortune |
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| 小题16: | | A．accepted | B．decided | C．expected | D．learned |
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| 小题17: | | A．experience | B．problem | C．story | D．introduction |
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| 小题18: | | A．invited | B．pressured | C．excused | D．charged |
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| 小题19: | | A．pain | B．right | C．strength | D．imagination |
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| 小题20: | | A．conclusion | B．difference | C．chance | D．decision |
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试题【完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）When I was 14, I was hired for an after-school job sell】；主要考察你对
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You must have been troubled by when to say “I love you” because it is one of the greatest puzzles in our life.
What if you say it first and your partner doesn’t love you back? Or if they do say it but you don’t feel they mean it? Being the first to declare your love can be nerve racking(紧张）and risky and can leave you feeling as vulnerable as a turtle with no shell. But is the person who says it first really in a position of weakness? Doesn’t it pay to hold back, play it cool and wait until the other half has shown their hand fast?
A really good relationship should be about “being fair and being equal,” says psychologist Sidney Crown. “But love is seldom equal.” All relationships go through power struggles but, he says, if a love imbalance continues for years, the rot will set in. “That feeling of ‘I’ve always loved you more’ may be subverted(颠覆，破坏) for a time, but it never goes away completely and it often emerges in squabbling(大声争吵).” In love, at least, the silent, withholding type is not always the most powerful. “The strongest one in a relationship is often the person who feels confident enough to talk about their feelings,” says educational psychologist Ingrid Collins. Psychosexual therapist Paula Hall agrees. “The one with the upper hand is often the person who takes the initiative. In fact, the person who says ‘I love you’ first may also be the one who says ‘I’ m bored with you’ first.” Hall believes that much depends on how “I love you” is said and the motivation of the person saying it . “Is it said when they’re drunk? Is it said before their partner files off on holiday, and what it really means is ‘Please don’ t be unfaithful to me’ ?” By saying ‘I love you’, they are really saying ‘Do you love me?’ If so, wouldn’t it just be more honest to say that. Collins agrees tha t intention is everything. “It’s not what is said, but how it’s said. What it comes down to is the sincerity of the speaker.”
小题1: What is the main idea of this passage?| A．The importance of “I love you” | | B．The meaning of “I love you” | | C．The time of saying “I love you” | | D．The place of saying “I love you” |
小题2: In the first sentence the author means that _________.| A．it is easy to say “I love you” | | B．it is hard to say “I love you” | | C．we have many troubles in our life | | D．people usually do not know when to say “I love you” |
小题3: According to the expert, a good relationship should  be _______.| A．fair and equal | B．fair and kind | | C．powerful and equal | D．confident and fair |
小题4: In the third paragraph, the phrase “with the upper hand” means _________.| A．being low in spirit | B．having only one hand | | C．being active | D．being passive |
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完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
When I was in Germany, one day at Christmas-time I went to a post office to send a letter. To my (36)______ I found people queuing some paces away from the person at the savings deposit window.
(37)_____so? Each did his business (38)_____ but the line never move d a step (39)_____. I was very (40)____, so I walked to the window to find out the cause. There was a notice on which was written “Thank you for your (41)_____for other"s privacy”—a polite (42)_____to keep people away from nosing into other"s (43)_____ (money matters are regarded as privacy in Western countries). I was deeply impressed by the (44)____ and stayed a while to watch: they were waiting so (45)____ at a dis tance that they seemed quite (46) _____to the practice. The (47)____ thing happened at a public telephone box. (48)_____ waiting for their turns always kept their distance—enough to be out of (49)____ . It"s another typical example!
From then on I (50)____ to watch their ways of doing things, manners, treatment (51)____ towards others. And I found the Germans always mindful of other"s privacy. They avoided putting others in an embarrassing(窘迫)situation. For instance, they never (52)____ about age, incomes or the place to buy such a coat, (53)_____would they comment on the others or jewelry others wore. Their laws (54)_____ reading diaries or opening letters without permission. That shows (55) ____matters are not allowed to be disturbed．
小题1:
| | A．sorrow | | B．anger | | C．delight | | D．surprise |
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| | A．in secret | | B．with care | | C．in turn | | D．by turns |
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| | A．slower | | B．nearer | | C．farther | | D．longer |
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| | A．curious | | B．angry | | C．interested | | D．impatient |
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| | A．care | | B．respect | | C．help | | D．search |
| 小题7:
| | A．voice | | B．phrase | | C．warning | | D．sentence |
| 小题8:
| | A．pockets | | B．savings | | C．needs | | D．affaris |
| 小题9:
| | A．word | | B．sight | | C．people | | D．matters |
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| | A．honestly | | B．anxiously | | C．nervously | | D．calmly |
| 小题11:
| | A．used | | B．familiar | | C．uncomforable | | D．polite |
| 小题12:
| | A．interesting | | B．strange | | C．same | | D．different |
| 小题13:
| | A．They | | B．These | | C．Those | | D．That |
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| | A．sight | | B．hearing | | C．touch | | D．question |
| 小题15:
| | A．went on | | B．took care | | C．paid attention | | D．took charge |
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| | A．moving | | B．shown | | C．facing | | D．offered |
| 小题17:
| | A．asked | | B．heard | | C．worried | | D．learned |
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| | A．appreciate | | B．stop | | C．hate | | D．forbid |
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| | A．public | | B．personal | | C．small | | D．important |
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As people were rushing up to get cards for Mother’s Day 2006, the editors of Insparenting. Com had a big question inside their mind, “What is a mother to you?” They feel every person has different opinions about a woman called “mother”.
In one of the designs of Hallmark’s latest Mother’s D ay cards, it describs, “mother” is a woman who makes this world a warm and happy place. At the other card, a “mother” is described as a woman who puts her home and family first, and if she is tired, she never lets it out.
What will other people say? To find out that, on this Mother’s Day(May 14th, 2006) , Insparenting. Com launches a new survey “ What Is A Mother to You?”.
According to the editor of Insparenting. Com, Adwina Jackson, Mother’s Day is a special day for everyone! That is why her team uses this day to honor mothers all over the world by launching a survey about “mother”. “This survey is also to express thanks or gratitude and to show appreciation for friends, family who are mothers, as well as other important women who have had a mothering influence,” said Jackson
Using sophisticated database technology（先进的数据库技术）, Insparenting. Com will pubish the answer to “ What Is a Mother to You?” once responses to its survey have been tabulated（制成表格）from around the world. This survey is for everyone, all age, all gender and all status. All paricipates in the survey will be added to a special noticification list altering when survey results are published.
小题1: Insparenting. Com observes Mother’s Day 2006 by______.
A, sending cards to mothers all over the world
B. launching a theme survey around the world
C. publishing people’s opinions about “mother”
D. designing cards with praising words on both sides
小题2: Which of the following is not the possible reason for Insparenting. Com to launch a survy about “mother”?| A．To honour mothers all over the world. | | B．To express thanks for their friends and family who are mothers. | | C．To show appriciation for those who have had mothering influence. | | D．To find out how many people love their mothers. |
小题3: What does the underlined word “gratitude” probably mean?| A．honor | B．respect | C．appriciation | D．praise |
小题4:What are the results of the survey?| A．People have different opinions about “mother”. | | B．“Mother” is a woman who makes the world warm and happy. | | C．“Mother” always puts the interest of her family before her owns. | | D．The results haven’t been published so far. |
小题5:What is the suitable title for the passage?| A．Mother’s Day 2006, World Survey | | B．How to Celebrate Mother’s Day | | C．Making Cards for Mother’s Day | | D．What Is a Mother to You |
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Recently I gave my adult students homework. It was “go to someone you love and tell them you love them.” It has to be someone you have never said those words to before or at least haven’t shared those words with for a long time.
It sounds like very tough homework since most of the men were over 35 and were raised in the generation of men that were taught expressing emotions is not “macho (阳刚之气).” Showing feelings or crying was just not done. So this was very threatening homework for some.
At the beginning of our next class, I asked if someone wanted to share what happened when they told someone they loved them. I fully expected one of the women to volunteer, as was usually the case, but on this evening one of the men raised his hand, quite moved and a bit shaken.
As he unfolded out of his chair (all 1.85 meters of him), he began by saying, “Dennis, I was quite angry with you last week when you gave us this homework. Who were you to tell me to do something that personal?”
“But as I began driving home my conscience (良心)started telling me that I knew exactly who I needed to say ‘I love you’ to.”
“Five years ago, my father and I had a severe disagreement and really never settled it since then. We avoided seeing each other unless we absolutely had to at Christmas or other family gatherings. But even then, we hardly spoke to each other.”
“So last Tuesday by the time I got home I had convinced myself. I was going to tell my father I loved him. It’s strange, but just making that decision seemed to lift a heavy load off my chest.”
小题1: The homework is threatening for some students because_________.| A．they are middle-aged people | B．they are not macho enough | | C．they were taught to hide their emotions | D．they didn’t know how to show feelings |
小题2: From the passage we know that_________.| A．the adult students have classes in the day time only | | B．not all the adult students in the writer’s class are male | | C．the man refused to meet his father after their quarrel | | D．the man quickly decided to say “I love you” to his father |
小题3: The underlined phrase “unfolded out of his chair” in Para 4 is close st in meaning to_________.| A．stood on his chair straight | B．sat quietly in the chair | | C．bent himself over his chair | D．raised himself slowly from the chair |
小题4: What does the man imply by saying the underlined sentence in the last paragraph?| A．He felt it too strange to say “I love you” to his father. | | B．He felt relaxed just thinking of saying “I love you” to his father. | | C．He felt very relaxed after saying “I love you” to his father. | | D．He had to lift a heavy load off his chest before saying “I love you”. |
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阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
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One night recently, I was driving down a two-lane highway at  about 60 miles an hour. A car approached f rom the opposite direction at about the same speed. As we passed each other, I caught the other driver’s eye for only a second. I wondered whether he might be thinking, as I was, how dependent we were on each other at that moment. I was relying on him not to fall asleep, not to be put off by a phone conversation, not to cross over into my lane and bring my life to a sudden end. Though we had never spoken a word to each other, he relied on me in just the same way.
Multiplied a million times over, I believe that is the way the world works. At some level, we all depend upon one another. Sometimes that dependence requires us simply not to do something like crossing over the double yellow line. And sometimes it requires us to act cooperatively, with friends or even with strangers.
As technology shrinks our world, the need increases for cooperative action among nations. In 2003, doctors in five nations were quickly organized to identify the SARS virus, which saved thousands of lives. The threat of international terrorism has shown itself to be a similar problem, one requiring team action by police and intelligence forces across the world. We must recognize that our fates are not ours alone to control.
In my own life, I’ve put great stock in personal responsibility. But, as time has passed, I’ve also come to believe that there are mom ents when one must rely upon the good faith and judgment of others. so, while each of us faces the case of driving alone down a dark road, what we must learn is that the approaching light may not be a threat, but a shared moment of trust.
小题1:The author considers it very important ______.| A．to drive with a company | B．to have personal independence | | C．to gain certain responsibility | D．to share trust and cooperation |
小题2:The author said that they depended on each other in the same way because ______.| A．the approaching car was very dangerous | | B．they both drove their car at a terrific speed | | C．he might be killed out of the other’s careless driving | | D．it was dark and the road was not wide enough |
小题3:From the second paragraph, we know the author drew the important lesson from ______.| A．only one experience | B．many similar experiences | | C．a driver on a dark road | D．many friends and strangers |
小题4:The need for cooperation increases because ______ .| A．peoples’ fates can’t be controlled by themselves | | B．certain viruses can spread in a quick way | | C．terrorism can happen everywhere and every day | | D．the world has become much more dangerous |
小题5: We can infer from the last paragraph that the author has ______.| A．believed in one’s own personal responsibility | | B．counted upon himself alone in everything | | C．had no trust in others’ good faith and judgment | | D．had accomplished a change on his viewpoint of life |
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