How often do you let other people’s nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad
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How often do you let other people’s nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, impolite waiter，rude boss，or an insensitive employee your day?
One day I was in a taxi and we headed __ the airport. We were driving in the lane when suddenly a black car drove out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes，slide sideways，and at the very last moment our car stopped and narrowly the other car by just inches！The driver of the other car looked around and started at us.
My taxi driver just and waved at the guy. And I mean he was really . So I asked, “Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital！” This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call “The Law of the Garbage Truck”．
He that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of ，full of frustration，full of anger，and full of disappointment. As their garbage up，they need a place to dump (倒) it and sometimesthey’ll dump it on . Don’t take it personally. Just smile，wave，wish them well，and move on.
Believe me. You’ll be more . Don’t take their garbage and it to other people at work，at home，or on the streets, Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with . The mark of your success is how quickly you can refocus on what’s in your life. Roy Baumeister，a psychology researcher from Florida State University，found in his extensive research that you bad things more often than good things in your life. You store the bad memories rather easily, and you them more frequently.
So...Love the people who treat you right. Ignore the ones who don’t. Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you it!
When you follow “The Law of the Garbage Truck”，you take back control of your life. You make room for the good by go of the bad. Have a Garbage Free Day！Have a marvelous，garbage-free day！The seeds you plant today the harvest you reap tomorrow.
| 小题1: | | A．injure | B．ruin | C．hurt | D．harm |
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| 小题3: | | A．latter | B．right | C．opposite | D．free |
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| 小题4: | | A．knocked | B．overtook | C．missed | D．left |
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| 小题5: | | A．laughing | B．throwing | C．glancing | D．yelling |
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| 小题6: | | A．wondered | B．smiled | C．ignored | D．guessed |
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| 小题7: | | A．friendly | B．angry | C．frightened | D．disappointed |
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| 小题8: | | A．showed | B．suggested | C．explained | D．hated |
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| 小题9: | | A．expectation | B．passengers | C．garbage | D．goods |
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| 小题10: | | A．turns | B．pushes | C．holds | D．piles |
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| 小题11: | | A．roads | B．children | C．you | D．dustbins |
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| 小题12: | | A．healthy | B．happy | C．pitiful | D．wealthy |
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| 小题13: | | A．spread | B．share | C．explain | D．contribute |
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| 小题14: | | A．surprise | B．pleasure | C．doubt | D．regrets |
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| 小题15: | | A．funny | B．important | C．strange | D．embarrassing |
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| 小题16: | | A．remember | B．forget | C．value | D．appreciate |
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| 小题17: | | A．enjoy | B．exchange | C．recall | D．imagine |
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| 小题18: | | A．inspire | B．take | C．mend | D．notice |
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| 小题19: | | A．letting | B．consisting | C．making | D．dreaming |
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| 小题20: | | A．distinguish | B．deserve | C．deliver | D．determine |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:D
小题6:B
小题7:A
小题8:C
小题9:C
小题10:D
小题11:C
小题12:B
小题13:A
小题14:D
小题15:B
小题16:A
小题17:C
小题18:B
小题19:A
小题20:D |
解析
试题分析：有些人就像是满载垃圾的垃圾车，他们随时会把车上所载的抱怨、怨愤、以及沮丧的情绪倾泻到他们所遇到的人身上，我们如何做才不会受他们的影响呢？在本文中作者从出租车司机的做法中获得了很深的感悟。
小题1:考查动词辨析：A. injure受伤，B. ruin 毁坏，C. hurt伤害，D. harm伤害，根据上文内容do you let other people’s nonsense change your mood可知此处指别人不好的言行对自己心情的影响，ruin可以指“糟蹋，破坏美好的东西”，故答案选B
小题2:考查介词辨析：A. through通过； B. from从…，C. in在里面； D. for为。固定短语：head for sp“前往某地”，故答案选D
小题3:考查连词辨析：A. latter后者，B. right正好，C. opposite 对面，D. free自由，因为，我们正在正确的道路上行驶，这时一辆黑色的车从停车场出来，正好在我们前面，选B
小题4:考查动词辨析：A. knocked 敲，B. overtook承担，承诺，C. missed错过，D. left离开，根据下文可知作者所乘坐的出租车险些撞上肇事的车，miss“错过”，选C
小题5:考查动词辨析：A. laughing笑，B. throwing扔，C. glancing 瞥见，D.yelling叫喊，从上下文可知尽管是年轻小伙子的过错，险些造成意外，但是他态度非常不好，这点从出租车司机把他们比喻成“Garbage Truck”可知，yell at sb“向某人大嚷”，选D
小题6:考查动词辨析：A. wondered想知道，B. smiled微笑，C. ignored忽略，D. guessed猜想，从下文出租车司机的话Just smile, wave, wish them well,可知此处选B
小题7:考查形容词辨析：A. friendly 友好的，B. Angry生气的，C. frightened 害怕的，D. Disappointed失望的，从下文Just smile, wave, wish them well 可知司机遵循自己的原则，没有向小伙子发怒，在发生状况时，保持微笑、友好的态度，故答案选A
小题8:考查动词辨析：A. Showed展示，B. suggested 建议，C. Explained解释，D. hated 讨厌，下文是司机的解释。选C
小题9:考查名词辨析：A. expectation期待； B. passengers .行人； C. garbage垃圾； D. goods商品。根据上句话Many people are like garbage trucks可知司机把一些人比喻成垃圾车，他们会把自己的糟糕的心情、愤慨、抱怨等随时倾倒到别人身上，由此可知选C
小题10:考查动词辨析：A. Turns转弯，B. Pushes推，C. Holds持有，D. Piles堆，由情理可知当垃圾车满了的时候，就需要倾泻出去，pile up“堆积，积压”，故答案选D
小题11:考查名词辨析：A. Roads道路，B. Children孩子，C. You你，D. Dustbins垃圾箱，根据语境可知此时司机是对作者说话，所以用第二人称，答案选C
小题12:考查形容词辨析：A. Healthy健康的，B. Happy快乐的，C. Pitiful同情的，D. Wealthy富有的，从下文的内容，可知是：相信我，你会更快乐，选B
小题13:考查动词辨析：A. Spread传播，B. Share分享，C. explain 解释，D. Contribute贡献，根据语境可知此处指把从别人那里染到的不快情绪传递给别人， spread指“传播，散布”，答案选A
小题14:考查名词辨析：A. surprise 惊讶，B. pleasure 快乐，C. Doubt怀疑，D. Regrets后悔，遗憾，根据上下文可知人要过的快乐，开心，所以此处应该是反义词，答案选D
小题15:考查形容词辨析：A. Funny滑稽的，B. important 重要的，C. Strange奇怪的，D. Embarrassing令人尴尬的，由情理可知人们的精力要放在人生当中重要的事情上，答案选B
小题16:考查动词辨析：A. Remember记住，B. Forget忘记，C. Value重视，D. Appreciate欣赏，感激，根据下文You store the bad memories more easily可知人们往往记住的是不好的事情，选A
小题17:考查动词辨析：A. Enjoy享受，B. Exchange交换，C. recall 回想，D. Imagine想象，从上下文可知人们经常去回想不好的事情，选C
小题18:考查动词辨析：A. Inspire激励，B. Take拿，C. Mend修补，D. Notice注意，由语境可知此处指对生活的态度，take“对待，看待”，而且上文Don’t take it personally，也是重要提示，答案选B
小题19:考查动词辨析：A. letting让，B. consisting 组成，C.making制作，D. dreaming梦想，let go of“放弃，摒弃，放松，松手”，所以答案选A
小题20:考查动词辨析：A. distinguish区分 ； B. deserve值得； C. deliver传送； D. determine决定由情理可知播下的种子决定着明天的收获，答案选D |
举一反三
It was only a few weeks after my surgery, and I went to Dr. Belt"s office for a checkup. It was just after my first chemotherapy（化学疗法） treatment.
My scar was still very tender. My arm was numb underneath. As usual, I was taken to an examination room to have my blood drawn, again —a terrifying process for me, since I"m so frightened of needles.
I lay down on the examining table. Ramona entered the room. Her warm smile was familiar, and stood out in contrast to my fears. She knew about my fear of needles, and she kindly hid the equipment under a magazine. As we opened the blouse, the fresh scar on my chest could be seen.
She said, “How is your scar healing?”
I said, “I think pretty well. I wash around it gently each day.” The memory of the shower water hitting my numb chest flashed across my face.
She gently reached over and ran her hand across the scar, examining the smoothness of the healing skin and looking for any irregularities. I began to cry gently and quietly. She brought her warm eyes to mine and said, “You haven"t touched it yet, have you?” And I said, “No.”
So this wonderful, warm woman laid the hand on my chest and she gently held it there. For a long time, I continued to cry quietly. In soft tones she said, “This is part of your body. This is you. It"s okay to touch it.” But I couldn"t. So she touched it for me. The scar. The healing wound. And beneath it, she touched my heart. Then Ramona said, “I"ll hold your hand while you touch it.” So she placed her hand next to mine, and we both were quiet. That was the gift that Ramona gave me.
小题1:After I got my first chemotherapy treatment, _________.| A．I began to feel better | B．my scar was still painful | | C．I could hardly stretch my arm | D．I got tired of operation |
小题2:Ramona hid the equipment under a magazine to _________.| A．cheer me up | B．rid my fear | | C．make me amused | D．tease me |
小题3: When Ramona examined my healing skin, __________.| A．she was careless | B．she hurt me | | C．I started to cry | D．she was in tears |
小题4:I began to have the courage to touch the scar _________.| A．because of Ramona’s encouragement | | B．because I could face the fact | | C．because of Ramona’s gentleness | | D．because Ramona and I became friends |
小题5:What is the author’s attitude towards Ramona?| A．Objective | B．Grateful | C．Doubtful | D．Helpless |
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Matt Haimovitz is 42 and a renowned cellist (大提琴手) in the world. He rushed into the classical music scene at the age of 12 after Itzhak Perlman, the famed violinist, heard him play.
But nothing in his family history explains where Haimovitz got his extraordinary talent. And that’s typical, Ellen Winner, a professor says.
“People are fascinated by these children because they don’t understand where their talent came from. You will see parents who say, ‘I wasn’t like this, and my husband wasn’t like this.’ It seems to sometimes just come out of the blue,” Winner says.
It’s not clear whether a prodigy’s （天才）brain is any different from the brains of other children, in part because there have been no study comparing the brains of prodigies to those of average people.
“But I believe that anything that shows up so early, without training, has got to be either a genetic or some other biological basis,” Winner says. “If a child suddenly at the age of 3 goes to the piano and picks out a tune and does it beautifully, that has to be because that child has a different brain.”
Children who are extremely gifted tend to be socially different, too, Winner says. “They feel like they can’t find other kids like themselves, so they feel strange, maybe even like a freak, and feel like they don’t have anybody to connect with. On the other hand, they also long to connect with other kids, and they can’t find other kids like themselves.”
As Haimovitz got older, he became frustrated. He wanted to play other kinds of music but felt constricted by the image and the expectations of the boy prodigy who played classical music and filled concert halls.
“When you start that early, you suddenly start to grow up in public, and I wanted to experiment,” Haimovitz says.
So he took his cello into punk rock clubs and coffee houses. He played Bach, Haydn and Hendrix. “My teacher was Leonard Rose, and we never played any 20th-century music. He didn’t like it. But once I was exposed to James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix, Miles Dewey Davis El and others, I couldn’t really turn back. I wanted to know more,” he says.
小题1:According to some parents, prodigies’ extraordinary talent . | A．comes unexpectedly | B．is inherited from parents | | C．results from hard work | D．is trained in early times |
小题2:Winner seems to agree to the fact that ____. | A．average people have their particular brains | | B．biology is the base of a different brain | | C．a prodigy’s brain is superior to those of others | | D．genes play an important role in a prodigy |
小题3:According to the text, gifted children are .| A．lonely | B．easy-going | C．innocent | D．social |
小题4:The last paragraph is mainly about how Haimovitz was trying to .| A．build up his friendship | B．play different kinds of music | | C．set up the image of a prodigy | D．perform classical music creatively |
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Most of us know about the Nobel Prize, especially the Nobel Peace Prize, but few of us know anything about the man who set them up. His name was Alfred Nobel. He was a great scientist and inventor himself. Besides, he had a big business. His business may surprise you. He made and sold explosives(炸药). His companies even made and sold weapons. Isn’t this something that surprises you? The man who made money from weapons should set up the Peace Prize?
Though Alfred Nobel had a lot of money from weapons, he hated war. He hoped that there would be no war in the world. He was one of the richest in Europe. When he died in 1896, he left behind him a lot of money and his famous will. According to his will, most of his money was placed in a fund(基金). He wanted the interest(利润) from the fund to be used as prizes every year. We know them as the Nobel Prizes. The Nobel Prizes are international. Alfred Nobel wanted the winners to be chosen for their work, not the country they came from.
Alfred Nobel had given his whole life to his studies and work and to the benefits of mankind. He made money all by his own efforts, but he left the world share his wealth. His inventions and wealth stay with the world for ever.
小题1:Alfred Nobel did the following EXCEPT ______________| A．choosing the winners of Nobel Prize | | B．making and selling weapons | | C．setting up the Nobel Prize | | D．making and selling explosives |
小题2:Nobel wanted to set up the Nobel Peace Prize because _____.| A．he made enough money | | B．he hated war | | C．he wanted to get more interest from the fund | | D．he liked to live in a peaceful world |
小题3:Nobel Prizes come from _____.| A．all Nobel’s money in the fund | | B．all Nobel’s money in his company | | C．all the interest from the fund | | D．some of the interest in the fund |
小题4:Nobel was a (an) _____ person in the world.| A．interesting | B．unselfish | C．cold-hearted | D．richest |
小题5:Which statement of the following is Right according to the passage? | A．Nobel set up his company to sell clothes. | | B．Most of Nobel’s money was used for the world Wars. | | C．Nobel Prizes are only for some people from some special countries. | | D．Nobel worked hard in his life and saved lots of money for the world to share. |
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Don’t Wait Until Flowers Fade
Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches (路沟) along the highway I travel daily to work.
There is one blue flower that has always my eye. I’ve noticed that it blooms only in the morning hours, and the afternoon sun is too warm it. Every day for approximately two weeks, I see those beautiful .
This spring, I started a wildflower garden in our yard. I can look out of the window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. I’ve often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the ditch would look in that bed alongside wildflowers.
Everyday I drove the flowers thinking, “I’ll stop on my way home and dig them.” “Gee, I don’t want to get my good clothes ...” Whatever the reason, I never stopped to dig them. My husband gave me a folding shovel(铁锹) one year to be used for that purpose.
One day on my way home from work, I was to see that the highway department had moved the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were gone. I thought to myself, “Way to go, you too long. You it when you first saw them blooming this spring.”
A week ago we were shocked and saddened to learn that my oldest sister-in-law has a terminal brain tumor(脑瘤晚期). She is 20 years older than my husband and , because of age and distance, we haven’t been as as we all would have liked.
I couldn’t help but see the between the pretty blue flowers and the between my husband’s sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some valuable that will bloom every year for us.
And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, you can bet I"ll stop and them to my wildflower garden
| 小题1: | | A．sweet | B．interesting | C．different | D．particular |
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| 小题2: | | A．fascinated | B．struck | C．caught | D．charm |
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| 小题4: | | A．plants | B．flowers | C．ones | D．wilds |
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| 小题5: | | A．open | B．main hall | C．front | D．kitchen |
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| 小题6: | | A．great | B．well | C．horrible | D．ugly |
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| 小题7: | | A．many | B．various | C．other | D．colorful |
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| 小题8: | | A．passed | B．past | C．pass | D．pasted |
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| 小题9: | | A．damaged | B．ready | C．dirty | D．smelly |
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| 小题10: | | A．ever | B．once | C．never | D．even |
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| 小题11: | | A．expressed | B．temporary | C．unfinished | D．permanent |
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| 小题12: | | A．annoying | B．saddened | C．interested | D．helpless |
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| 小题13: | | A．wasted | B．ignored | C．thought | D．waited |
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| 小题14: | | A．would have done | B．need have done | C．should have done | D．muse have done |
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| 小题15: | | A．unconsciously | B．fortunately | C．unfortunately | D．consciously |
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| 小题16: | | A．close | B．closely | C．closed | D．near |
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| 小题17: | | A．connection | B．difference | C．meaning | D．significance |
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| 小题18: | | A．friendship | B．relationship | C．support | D．relative |
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| 小题19: | | A．trees | B．memories | C．species | D．roses |
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| 小题20: | | A．dig | B．rescue | C．transmit | D．transplant |
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While waiting to pick up a friend at the airport in Portland, Oregon, I noticed a man coming toward me carrying two light bags. He stopped right next to me to his family.
First he moved to his youngest son as he laid down his bags. They gave each other a long, loving hug. they separated, I heard the father say, “It’s so good to see you, son. I missed you so much!” His son smiled somewhat shyly and replied softly, “Me, too, Dad!”
Then the man stood up, gazed in the of his oldest son and said, “You’re already quite the young man. I love you very much, Zach!” They too hugged a most loving, tender hug.
After several , he turned to his wife and declared, “I’ve saved the best for last!” and to give his wife the longest, most passionate kiss I remember seeing.
For an instant they me of newlyweds(新婚夫妇), but I knew by the age of their kids that they couldn’t possibly be. I puzzled about it for a moment and gathered my courage to ask, “Wow! How long have you been married?”
“Almost twelve years.” he replied, breaking his gaze from his lovely wife’s face. “Well then, how long have you been away?” I asked. The man turned and looked at me,. “Two whole days”
Two days? I was . By the intensity of the greeting, I had he’d been gone for at least several weeks — if not months. I know my expression me. Hoping to stop our conversation politely and continue with my for my friend, I said almost immediately, “I hope my is still that passionate after twelve years!”
The man suddenly smiling. He looked me straight in the eye, and with power that burned right into my soul, he told me something that left me a person. He told me, “Don’t , friend …decide!” Then with wonderful smile, he and his family turned and left together.
I was still watching that special family walk just out of sight when my friend to me and asked, “What are you looking at?” Without , and with a curious sense of certainty, I replied, “ My future!”
| 小题1: | | A．greet | B．hug | C．comfort | D．appreciate |
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| 小题2: | | A．As | B．Before | C．Because | D．Since |
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| 小题3: | | A．mind | B．eyes | C．heart | D．head |
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| 小题4: | | A．months | B．hours | C．moments | D．weeks |
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| 小题5: | | A．proceeded | B．managed | C．pretended | D．promised |
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| 小题6: | | A．never | B．already | C．ever | D．almost |
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| 小题7: | | A．remembered | B．reminded | C．warned | D．informed |
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| 小题8: | | A．nervously | B．strangely | C．casually | D．excitedly |
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| 小题10: | | A．directly | B．finally | C．cautiously | D．deliberately |
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| 小题11: | | A．shocked | B．frightened | C．delighted | D．discouraged |
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| 小题12: | | A．assumed | B．planned | C．realized | D．decided |
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| 小题13: | | A．discovered | B．overlooked | C．betrayed | D．withdrew |
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| 小题14: | | A．research | B．control | C．search | D．reach |
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| 小题15: | | A．marriage | B．relatives | C．family | D．friends |
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| 小题16: | | A．continued | B．kept | C．stopped | D．tried |
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| 小题17: | | A．different | B．reliable | C．wonderful | D．perfect |
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| 小题18: | | A．remark | B．imagine | C．hope | D．quit |
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| 小题19: | | A．called on | B．dropped in | C．came up | D．waved at |
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| 小题20: | | A．hesitation | B．decision | C．difficulty | D．intention |
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