Linda Evans was my best friend-like the sister I never had, We did everything to
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Linda Evans was my best friend-like the sister I never had, We did everything together:piano lessons, movies, swimming , horseback riding. When I was 13, my family moved away, Linda and I kept in touch through letters, and we saw each other on special times- like my wedding and Linda’s. Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often. One day a card that I sent came back, stamped “Address Unknown”. I had no idea about how to find Linda. Over the years, I missed Linda very much, I wanted to share happiness of my children and then grandchildren, And I needed to share my sadness when my brother and then mother died, There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill. One day, I was reading a newspaper when I noticed a photo of a young woman who looked very much like Linda and whose last name was Wagman—Linda’s married name. “There must be thousands of Wagmans . ”I thought, but I still wrote to her. She called as soon as she got my letter, “Mrs, Tobin!” she said excitedly, “Linda Evans Wagman is my mother.”Minutes later I heard a voice that I recognized at once, even after 40 years. We laughed and cried and caught up on each other’s lives, Now the empty place in my heart is filled, And there’s one thing that Linda and I know for sure: we won’t lose each other again! 小题1:The writer went to piano lessons with Linda Evans .A.at the age of 13 | B.before she got married | C.before the writer’s family moved away | D.after they moved to new homes | 小题2:They didn’t often write to each other because they .A.got married | B.had little time to do so | C.didn’t like writing letters | D.could see each other on special times | 小题3:There was an empty place in the writer’s heart because she .A.was in trouble | B.didn’t know Linda’s address | C.received the card that she sent | D.didn’t have a friend like Linda | 小题4:The writer was happy when she .A.read the newspaper | B.heard Linda’s voice on the phone | C.met a young woman who looked a lot like Linda | D.wrote to the woman whose last name was Wangman | 小题5:They haven’t kept in touch .A.for about 40 years | B.for about 27 years | C.since they got married | D.since the writer’s family moved away |
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小题1:C 小题2:B 小题3:D 小题4:B 小题5:A |
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试题分析:文章讲述了琳达.伊万斯曾是作者最好的朋友,后因忙于照顾孩子、搬家等多种原因失去了联系,为此作者感到很难过。后来作者在报纸时看到一个和自己朋友相貌名字都很相像的女孩子,给她写信询问是否认识琳达.伊万斯。让她高兴的事那个女孩是她朋友的女儿。40年后他们又重拾友谊。 小题1:细节题,根据第二段第一句“When I was 13, my family moved away, Linda and I kept in touch through letters”可知开始的时候作者与Linda总是一起去上钢琴课、看电影、游泳、骑马等,但后来在作者13岁的时候,作者一家搬走了,两人只能通过书信联系。故选C。 小题2:推断题,根据文章第二段中的Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often根据文可知,她们之所以没经常写信,是因为她们要忙于照顾孩子,又要搬新家,也就是说,她们没有时间写信。故选A。 小题3:推断题。根据第三段最后一句“There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill”在我内心深处有一块空白,只有像琳达这样的朋友才能填充它。故选C。 小题4:推断题,根据第四段中“We laughed and cried and caught up on each other’s lives”我们一会哭一会笑,询问对方的近况。由此可知真正让作者感到高兴的是当她在电话上听到老朋友Linda的声音的时候。而读到报纸的时候和写信的时候都还只是在猜测,那时还谈不上高兴。故选B。 小题5:细节题,根据文章最后一段中的“Minutes later I heard a voice that I knew very much, even after 40 years…”几分钟之后,我听到了一个即使过了40年依旧熟识的声音,故选A。 |
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Whenever we hear about “the homeless”, most of us think of the Developing world. But the 31 is that homelessness is everywhere. For example, how many of us would expect to see people living on the streets of a 32 country like Germany? Kurt Muller and his wife Rita have spent eleven years making 33 for the homeless of Berlin, Germany’s capital. They first 34 one long hot summer when most Germans were 35 on holiday. Kurt and his wife stayed at home, made sandwiches, 36 a table in the street and gave food to the homeless. The Mullers soon realized that food and clothing weren’t 37 . “What these people also need is warmth and 38 ,” says Rita. The Mullers didn’t 39 to give their phone number to the street people and told them to phone anytime. Rita 40 there was somebody at home to answer the phone and their home was always 41 to anyone who couldn’t face another night on the street. The couple were soon 42 all their time and money, so Kurt visited food and clothing companies to 43 donations. Today, over thirty companies 44 donate food and other goods to the cause and volunteers help to 45 them to the homeless. The public also give clothes and money and a shoe producer 46 new shoes. Kurt and Rita receive no 47 for their hard work. “ We feel like parents,” says Rita, “and parents shouldn’t 48 money for helping their children. The love we get on the streets is our salary.” Though Rita admits she often gets 49 , she says she will continue with her work because she likes the feeling of having made a 50 in the world.
小题1: | A.result | B.truth | C.reason | D.idea |
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小题2: | A.traditional | B.developing | C.typical | D.wealthy |
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小题3: | A.preparations | B.houses | C.meals | D.suggestions |
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小题4: | A.began | B.met | C.called | D.left |
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小题5: | A.asleep | B.alone | C.across | D.away |
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小题6: | A.brought up | B.set up | C.put aside | D.gave away |
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小题7: | A.enough | B.necessary | C.helpful | D.expensive |
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小题8: | A.fame | B.freedom | C.courage | D.caring |
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小题9: | A.hesitate | B.agree | C.pretend | D.intend |
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小题10: | A.made sense | B.found out | C.made sure | D.worked out |
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小题11: | A.open | B.crowded | C.noisy | D.near |
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小题12: | A.costing | B.wasting | C.taking | D.spending |
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小题13: | A.pay for | B.ask for | C.look into | D.carry out |
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小题14: | A.completely | B.calmly | C.regularly | D.roughly |
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小题15: | A.advertise | B.sell | C.deliver | D.lend |
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小题16: | A.donates | B.produces | C.designs | D.collects |
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小题17: | A.permission | B.payment | C.direction | D.support |
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小题18: | A.borrow | B.raise | C.save | D.expect |
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小题19: | A.surprised | B.excited | C.tired | D.amused |
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小题20: | A.profit | B.difference | C.decision | D.rule |
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Every night,I watched for Miss Ellen"s lights to go off. She lives next door and we are best friends,____I"m young and she"s old. We both like dogs,cats and birds. Miss Ellen has another best friend,her ____,Imogene. Soon as her lights were off,I went into our kitchen and got a(n) ____ to say goodnight to Imogene. “Imogene?” I kept my voice ____ because Imogene is old and I didn"t want to ____ her. Imogene looked at me ____ I put the egg under her. She seemed to ___ sitting on that egg. I guessed it must ____ her of good old times. Every morning,I went to Miss Ellen"s home to ____ her bread while she ate Imogene"s egg.“ I should let you eat the egg too,but it"s Imogene"s ___ to me,”she said. When Imogene stopped laying eggs last year,Miss Ellen became ____ and quiet. That was before I started ____ giving her one of Mom"s every night. One morning when I got to Miss Ellen"s kitchen,something was ___.Miss Ellen seldom allowed Imogene in the house,but that day she was on the table. Miss Ellen was ____,holding two eggs in her hands. “Can you ____ it?My Imogene laid this herself!It"s not one of your mother"s. Oh!Oh!”She ____and put her hand over her mouth. I looked at her in ____.“You knew?” “Yes. I"m sorry. To tell the truth,Imogene ____ that you come to visit her every day. She didn"t want you to stop. So we decided to keep ____.” It took a minute for me to ____.Then I figured it out. Both of them wanted me to come. I touched Imogene"s head and smiled at Miss Ellen.
小题1: | A.for | B.yet | C.though | D.because |
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小题3: | A.egg | B.apple | C.cake | D.drink |
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小题4: | A.firm | B.soft | C.loud | D.pleasant |
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小题5: | A.lose | B.hurt | C.keep | D.frighten |
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小题7: | A.like | B.consider | C.regret | D.mind |
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小题8: | A.tell | B.remind | C.warn | D.convince |
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小题9: | A.mix | B.cut | C.borrow | D.share |
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小题10: | A.promise | B.choice | C.gift | D.job |
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小题11: | A.sad | B.calm | C.boring | D.strange |
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小题12: | A.slowly | B.secretly | C.mainly | D.simply |
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小题13: | A.important | B.funny | C.wrong | D.different |
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小题14: | A.busy | B.angry | C.excited | D.shocked |
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小题15: | A.believe | B.feel | C.make | D.see |
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小题16: | A.remembered | B.stopped | C.smiled | D.nodded |
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小题17: | A.peace | B.disappointment | C.surprise | D.confidence |
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小题18: | A.hopes | B.prefers | C.suggests | D.loves |
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小题19: | A.quiet | B.happy | C.honest | D.friendly |
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小题20: | A.start | B.understand | C.cry | D.notice |
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Chuck,unlike other frogs,didn"t like catching flies himself. But he did love eating them.
Some frogs thought Chuck was lazy. Some believed he must think he was too good for them. Some thought Chuck was the strangest frog ever. That didn"t matter to Chuck. Each morning,Chuck jumped over and sat under the spider"s web. Then when Lady Eightlegs went off to dip (浸) her feet in the pond,Chuck ate flies from her web. One morning while Chuck was enjoying his fly breakfast,Lady Eightlegs returned and caught him. “You"re the one who keeps eating my flies!”she cried. Chuck jumped away and into the pond. Now there was an idea!Why not spin (结) his own web? He collected some vines (葡萄藤) from a nearby farm. Then he began to spin his web. He worked on his web for hours,until very late at night. And then he fell asleep. When he woke up the next morning,he found that he got caught by the vines. “Help!”he shouted. Lady Eightlegs looked up from the edge of the pond. She hurried up to help Chuck out of the vine web. “No matter how hard I try,I can"t spin a spider"s web,”Chuck said. “Of course not,”Lady Eightlegs said. “You"re a frog. Frogs can"t spin spider"s webs any better than spiders can swim,I guess.” “But I always see you in the water,”Chuck said. “I only wade in (蹚水) up to my knees,”Lady Eightlegs sighed. “How wonderful it would be to swim in the middle of the pond and float (漂浮) peacefully under the sun.” Chuck smiled,“I have an idea.” From that day forward,Chuck carried Lady Eightlegs out to the middle of the pond,where they floated and played together. When they returned to land,they shared a breakfast of flies from her spider"s web. It wasn"t exactly an ordinary friendship. But Chuck was not an ordinary frog. 小题1:The second paragraph is written to show that Chuck ______.A.was different from other frogs | B.didn"t get along well with other frogs | C.led a lonely life | D.was a proud frog | 小题2:What do we know about Chuck"s web?A.Lady Eightlegs helped Chuck spin it. | B.It was successfully spun by Chuck. | C.It was spun far from the pond. | D.Chuck failed to spin it himself. | 小题3:It can be inferred from the text that ______.A.Chuck had tried to catch Lady Eightlegs | B.Chuck had difficulty collecting vines | C.Lady Eightlegs was very wise | D.Lady Eightlegs swam well | 小题4:What was Lady Eightlegs" attitude towards Chuck in the end?A.Worried. | B.Friendly. | C.Doubtful. | D.Cold. |
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Imagine someone has crossed the seas joining five continents by swimming. It is a major success for anyone. But it is an even greater success for Philippe Croizon, who has no arms, and no legs! His achievements show that we can all achieve great things—no matter who we are. Philippe Croizon was 26 years old when he had an accident. The doctors had to remove both of his arms and legs. “When they cut off my last leg I wanted to die. I suffered great depression and my spirit was as low as you can get. But you have to choose—and I chose to live!” said Croizon. While he was recovering in hospital, Croizon saw a television programme about a woman who had been swimming across the English Channel. After watching the programme Croizon decided to do it. He began to exercise every day to make him strong and it took him two years to prepare. Finally in 2010, Croizon was ready. He entered the cold, grey sea of the English Channel. He was now 42 years old. It took him from early morning until night to swim the distance. He felt a lot of pain. But he had become the first person without arms and legs to swim between France and England. Croizon had achieved his dream, but he did not stop there. He looked for a new goal. Early in 2012 he planned to swim across the seas that join five major continents. During the next few months he swam between the four continents of Australia, Asia, Africa and Europe and finally in the cold waters of the Bering Strait between the continents of Asia and the Americas. “We want to show people something. If disabled people have courage and a lot of training they can do the same things as those who are not disabled,” said Croizon. 小题1:According to the passage, Philippe Croizon _____.A.was born with disability | B.suffered a lot from the accident | C.chose to live because of a TV programme | D.was fond of swimming since he was young | 小题2:What do we know about Philippe Croizon’s swimming across the English Channel?A.It took him two years to finish it. | B.He was the first person to achieve it. | C.It was easy for him to finish the swim. | D.He spent a lot of time preparing for it. | 小题3:Philippe Croizon’s crossing the seas joining five continents______.A.lasted a month | B.ended in the Bering Strait | C.happened when he was 42 years old | D.was inspired by a television programme | 小题4:Which of the following can best describe Philippe Croizon’s story?A.Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. | B.Where there’s a will, there’s a way. | C.Actions speak louder than words. | D.The finest diamond must be cut. | 小题5:What’s the best title for the passage?A.Hope in the corner | B.A disabled man’s dream | C.Challenges to Philippe Croizon | D.Philippe Croizon’s amazing swim |
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Henry"s job was to examine people who crossed the frontier (边境) to make sure that they were not smuggling (走私) anything into the country. Every evening except at weekends, he would see a(n) ___ coming up the hill towards the frontier, __ a bicycle with a big load of old straw on it. When the bicycle__ the frontier, Henry used to __ the man and order him to take the straw off and ___ it. Then he would examine the straw very ___ to see whether he could find anything, after which he would look in all the man"s pockets before letting him tie the straw __. The man would then put it on his bicycle and go off down the hill with it. Although Henry was always __ to find gold or jewelry or other valuable things hidden in the straw, he ___ found anything, even though he examined it very carefully. He was___that the man was smuggling __, but he was not able to imagine __ it could be. Then one evening, after he had__ the straw and emptied the factory worker"s__ as usual, he said to him, “___ I know that you are smuggling things __ this frontier. Won"t you tell me what you"re bringing into the country so successfully? I"m sixty years old now, and today is my last day on the __ . Tomorrow I"m going to retire. I promise that I shall not tell anyone __ you tell me what you"ve been smuggling." The factory worker did not say anything ___ . Then he smiled, turned to Henry and said quietly, “ __ .”
小题1: | A.officer | B.driver | C.worker | D.soldier |
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小题2: | A.pulling | B.pushing | C.filling | D.carrying |
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小题3: | A.reached | B.left | C.faced | D.formed |
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小题4: | A.stop | B.greet | C.praise | D.beat |
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小题5: | A.show | B.load | C.light | D.untie |
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小题6: | A.carefully | B.carelessly | C.angrily | D.quickly |
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小题7: | A.once | B.again | C.yet | D.instead |
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小题8: | A.pretending | B.believing | C.expecting | D.asking |
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小题9: | A.ever | B.often | C.always | D.never |
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小题10: | A.curious | B.sure | C.clever | D.known |
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小题11: | A.anything | B.nothing | C.everything | D.something |
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小题13: | A.looked after | B.looked through | C.looked for | D.looked out |
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小题14: | A.pockets | B.clothes | C.socks | D.shoes |
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小题16: | A.past | B.from | C.through | D.across |
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小题17: | A.job | B.mountain | C.edge | D.road |
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小题18: | A.as | B.if | C.before | D.whether |
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小题19: | A.at the moment | B.after all | C.for a moment | D.at all |
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小题20: | A.Straw | B.Money | C.Cars | D.Bicycles |
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