The year I went to college was a very difficult transition (过渡期) for me.
As is probably true with many people, I got quite a lot of homework and often thought about going home.
Although the 1 time for many students is getting letters from home, my mailbox was frequently 2 . One
day when I went to the mailbox, there was a postcard staring out at me. I sat down to read it, 3 a note from
someone back home. 4 I became increasingly puzzled as no postcards were like this: It was a full news report
about a woman named Mabel and her newborn baby. I took the card back to my room and forgot about it.
Several days later I 5 another postcard, this one delivering news about Maybelline, Mabel"s cousin. Soon
after, another card arrived and then another, 6 full of news of different people. I began to really look forward
to the next one, interested to see what this author would come up with 7 . I was never disappointed.
Finally, the card 8 coming, right about the time I had begun to feel 9 about college life. They had been
such a happy distraction (调剂) that I have 10 all the postcards and still bring them out to read whenever I
need a lift. |
( ) 1. A. hard
( ) 2. A. empty
( ) 3. A. describing
( ) 4. A. But
( ) 5. A. mailed
( ) 6. A. one
( ) 7. A. below
( ) 8. A. continued
( ) 9. A. easy
( ) 10. A. lost | B. last
B. full
B. considering
B. Thus
B. accepted
B. each
B. lately
B. stopped
B. safe
B. collected | C. busiest
C. closed
C. enjoying
C. Also
C. wrote
C. either
C. next
C. started
C. tired
C. torn | D. happiest
D. open
D. expecting
D. Even
D. received
D. both
D. behind
D. avoided
D. anxious
D. saved |
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| 完形填空。 | On May 27, 1995, our life was suddenly changed. It happened a few minutes past three, 1 my husband,
Chris, fell from his horse as it jumped over a fence. Chris was paralyzed (瘫痪) from the chest down, unable to
breathe normally. As he was thrown from his horse, we entered into a life of 2 with lots of unexpected
challenges. We went from the "haves" to the "have-nots". Or so we thought.
3 what we discovered later were all the gifts that came out of sharing difficulties. We came to learn that
something wonderful could happen in a disaster (灾难). All over the world people 4 Chris so much that letters
and postcards poured in every day. By the end of the third week in a medical center in Virginia, about 35,000
pieces of 5 had been received and sorted.
As 6 , we opened letter after letter. They gave us comfort and became a source of strength for us. We
used them to 7 ourselves. I would go to the pile of letters marked with "Funny" if we needed a 8 , or to the
"Disabled" box to find advice from people in wheelchairs or even in bed living happily and successfully.
These letters, we realized, had to be shared. And so here we offer one of them to you.
Dear Chris,
My husband and I were so sorry to hear of your 9 accident last week. No doubt your family and your
friends are giving you the strength to face this 10 challenge. People everywhere are also giving you best
wishes every day and we are among those who are keeping you close.
Yours Sincerely, Nancy Reagan | ( ) 1. A. since
( ) 2. A. disability
( ) 3. A. So
( ) 4. A. wrote for
( ) 5. A. news
( ) 6. A. patients
( ) 7. A. encourage
( ) 8. A. cry
( ) 9. A. driving
( ) 10. A. technical | B. before
B. possession
B. For
B. cared for
B. paper
B. a family
B. express
B. laugh
B. flying
B. different | C. when
C. inconvenience
C. Or
C. hoped for
C. equipment
C. nurses
C. control
C. chat
C. running
C. difficult | D. while
D. experience
D. Yet
D. sent for
D. mail
D. a group
D. treat
D. sigh
D. riding
D. valuable | | 阅读理解。 | Almost everyone likes dogs, and almost everyone likes to read stories about dogs.
I have a friend. He has a large police dog named Jack. Police dogs are very clever. Every Sunday
afternoon my friend takes Jack for a long walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks very much.
One Sunday afternoon a young man came to visit my friend. He stayed a long time. He talked and
talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jack for his walk. But the visitor still stayed. Jack became
very worried. He walked around the room several times and then sat down in front of the visitor and
looked at him. But the visitor paid no attention to Jack. He went on talking. At last Jack got angry. He
went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down again in front of the visitor, but
this time he took the visitor"s hat in his mouth. The visitor saw it and was surprised. He laughed and left. | 1. — The young visitor stayed a long time, didn"t he?
— . | | [ ] | A. Yes, he didn"t
B. Yes, he did
C. No, he didn"t
D. No, he did | | 2. Jack became worried because . | | [ ] | A. he wanted to go out for a walk
B. he wanted to play with him
C. he didn"t know the young man
D. he wanted to eat something | | 3. Jack sat down in front of the visitor because . | | [ ] | A. he wanted the visitor to talk to him
B. he wanted to talk with the young man
C. he wanted to show the visitor how clever he is
D. he wanted the visitor to leave | | 4. The visitor went on talking and . | | [ ] | A. he paid no attention to his hat
B. he didn"t like Jack
C. he didn"t know that his hat was taken away by Jack
D. he paid no attention to Jack | | 5. Jack went out of the room, but came back with in his mouth. | | [ ] | A. food
B. nothing
C. the visitor"s hat
D. something | | 阅读短文，选择正确答案。 | Died of shock (震惊)
A very old lady won a million dollars in a lottery（彩票）. Her son and her husband heard the news on the
radio.
"How are we going to tell your mother?" the man asked. "The news might kill her."
"That"s true." said the son. "Perhaps we"d better speak to her doctor about it. He will know how to bring the
news to her gently."
They told the old lady"s doctor about this .
"I"m glad you told me," he said, "A shock even a happy one could give her heart attack (打击). Leave it to
me. I"ll find a way of bringing the news to her."
The doctor thought about the problem for several days. Then decided what he would say.
He called on the old lady and sat by her. He took her hand in his. "let"s play a game ,my dear," "A Let"s
Pretend Game (一个假装游戏)."
"Oh, yes," said the old lady. "I love playing it." "Good , I"ll ask you a question first" the doctor said. "Then
you can ask me one."
He pretended to think for a few moments. Then he said, "Tell me , what would you do if you won a million
dollars in the lottery?"
"Oh. That"s an easy one," the old lady said. "I"d give most of it to you, Doctor. Because you have been so
good to me all these years. Doctor!"
But the doctor was lying on the floor. He had died of sock. | | 1. Why didn"t the son and his father tell the lady the good news at once? Because they _______. | | [ ] | A. weren"t sure it was right
B. didn"t want her to die of sock
C. want to kill her first | | 2. The doctor was also worried that the news would ________. | | [ ] | A. make her worried
B. kill him
C. cause a heart attack | | 3. The doctor went to the old lady"s house ________. | | [ ] | A. to give her a heart attack
B. to play games with her
C. to tell her the news | | 4. Why was the doctor lying on the floor? Because ________. | | [ ] | A. he hoped the old lady would do the same.
B. It was part of the "Let"s Pretend" game.
C. he had died of shock | | 5. Which of the following is wrong? | | [ ] | A. The son took bad care of the old lady"s health
B. They wanted to tell her the happy news, but they didn"t want to shock her.
C. The doctor tried to tell the news gently. | | 阅读短文，判断正(T)误(F)。 | The horse and his purchaser (买主)
A man wanted to buy a horse. He went to the market, and saw a nice one. But he wanted to test him first.
So he took the horse home, and put him into the stable (马厩) with the other horses. The new horse looked
around, and at once went to choose a place next to the laziest in the stable.
When the man saw this, he put a halter (辔头) on the horse at once, and gave him back to his owner.
The owner felt quite surprised. He asked the man, "Why are you back so soon? Have you tested him
already?" "I don"t want to test him any more," answered the man, "From the companion (同伴) he chose for
himself, I could see what kind of animal he is."
( ) 1. The man wanted to buy a good horse.
( ) 2. The new horse chose is the laziest one as his friend.
( ) 3. The man liked the new horse very much.
( ) 4. He didn"t give it back to his owner.
( ) 5. From this story, we know the new horse is also a lazy one. | | Fill in each blank with a word according to the information given. | Once in a while I was teaching English at a college in Boston, a foreign student came to class and was happy
with the first snow he has ever seen. Very excited, he shyly said to me, "I am writing a poem (诗) about the
snow."
The next day, after more snow had fallen, he said he had bought boots but was having "much trouble with
slipping (滑) and falling."
After another heavy snow, I met my foreign student on the playground with deep snow. "How are you?" "I
have thrown away my poem."
1. Once in a while the writer was teaching _______ at a college in ________.
2. The student was so happy with the first snow he has ever seen that he wanted to _______ a ______.
3. The story doesn"t say this, but we can know from it that it _______ _______ in the student"s own
hometown.
4. When the teacher asked how the student was, she wanted to know if he was _______ _______ with snow
everywhere.
5. It was not easy for the foreign student _______ _______ balance in the snow. | 最新试题
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