I grew up poor－living with my wonderful mother. We had little money, but plenty
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I grew up poor－living with my wonderful mother. We had little money, but plenty of love and attention. I was and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still to have a dream.
My dream was . By the time I was sixteen, I had started playing baseball. I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and anything that moved on the football field. I was also : My high school coach was John, who not only believed in me, but also taught me to believe in myself. He me the difference between having a dream and remaining true to that dream. One particular _ with Coach John changed my life forever.
A friend recommended me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket-money for a new bike, new clothes and the of savings for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to up summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell John I wouldn’t be playing.
When I told John, he was as as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” He said. “Your days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.” I stood before him with my head , trying to think of the to explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his in me.
“How much are you going to make at this job?” He asked. “3.5 dollars an hour,” I replied.
“Well,” he asked, “is $3.5 an hour the price of a dream?”
That simple question made for me the difference between something right now and having a . I devoted myself to sports that summer and the year I was chosen by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and was a $20,000 contract. My baseball scholarship got me through university and in 1984 I signed with Denver Broncos for $1.7 million and bought my mother the house of her dreams.
| 小题1: | | A．happy | B．polite | C．shy | D．honest |
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| 小题2: | | A．live | B．afford | C．make | D．need |
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| 小题3: | | A．athletics | B．music | C．business | D．money |
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| 小题5: | | A．right | B．popular | C．lucky | D．wrong |
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| 小题6: | | A．how | B．why | C．when | D．whether |
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| 小题7: | | A．gave | B．taught | C．brought | D．asked |
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| 小题8: | | A．accident | B．matter | C．problem | D．experience |
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| 小题9: | | A．aim | B．idea | C．start | D．purpose |
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| 小题11: | | A．mad | B．puzzled | C．frightened | D．shameful |
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| 小题12: | | A．living | B．playing | C．working | D．learning |
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| 小题13: | | A．moving | B．nodding | C．shaking | D．hanging |
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| 小题14: | | A．answers | B．excuses | C．words | D．ways |
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| 小题15: | | A．sadness | B．regret | C．hopelessness | D．disappointment |
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| 小题16: | | A．direct | B．clear | C．straight | D．bare |
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| 小题17: | | A．wanting | B．changing | C．dreaming | D．living |
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| 小题18: | | A．wish | B．dream | C．score | D．desire |
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| 小题20: | | A．paid | B．got | C．offered | D．presented |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:C
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:C
小题11:A
小题12:B
小题13:D
小题14:C
小题15:D
小题16:B
小题17:A
小题18:B
小题19:D
小题20:C |
解析
试题分析：文章讲述一位棒球运动员的故事，告诉我们追求梦想和面对现实之间的区别。
小题1:考查形容词：A. happy快乐，B. polite礼貌，C. shy害羞，D. honest诚实，由上文plenty of love and attention 可以看出作者的生活是幸福的。选A
小题2:考查动词：A. live生活，B. afford负担得起，C. make制作，D. need需要，此处可理解为“有能力拥有”。选B
小题3:考查名词：A. athletics运动员，B. music音乐，C. business生意，D. money钱，由下文打棒球可知。athletics “体育;运动”。选A。
小题4:考查动词： A. throw扔，B. play玩，比赛，C. pass通过，D. hit击打，本句意思是“我能投出每小时90 英里时速的快球，并能击中球场上的任何东西”。选D
小题5:考查形容词：A. right正确的，B. popular 受欢迎的，C. lucky幸运的，D. wrong错误的，由下文可知，没有这位教练，我就不能实现梦想。所以作者认为自己是幸运的。选C。
小题6:考查疑问词：A. how怎么，B. why 为什么，C. when什么D. whether是否，教练不但信任我，还教我怎么信任自己。选A。
小题7:. 考查动词：A. gave 给，B. taught教，C. brought 买，D. asked问，他教会我拥有梦想和实现梦想的区别。选B。
小题8:考查名词：A. accident事件，B. matter事情，麻烦，C. problem 问题，D. experience经验，经历，指与这位教练的一次特殊的经历。选D。
小题9:考查名词：A. aim目标，B. idea主意，C. start开始，D. purpose目的，买房子要花费许多钱，需要一段时间的积蓄。作者想把这次暑假打工作为积蓄的开始。选C。
小题10:考查动词：A. keep保持，B. end 结束，C. give 给，D. pick挑选，keep up 振作起来; end up 结束，终止; pick up 捡起。Give up放弃，指我不得不放弃夏季训练。选C。
小题11:考查形容词：A. mad疯狂的，生气的，B. puzzled困惑的，C. frightened感到害怕的，D. shameful可耻的，教练对他要放弃夏季棒球训练感到生气。选A。
小题12:考查动词：A. living生活，B. playing玩，打球，C. working工作，D. learning学习，本句意思:你打棒球的时间是有限的。选B。
小题13:考查动词：A. moving移动，B. nodding点头，C. shaking摇晃，D. hanging悬挂，with one’s head hanging 是习惯用法，表示“低下头;垂着头”。选D。
小题14:考查名词：A. answers回答，B. excuses借口，C. words话语，D. ways方法，words 表示“话语;言语”。 指我要想一些话来向他解释。选C。
小题15:考查名词：A. sadness悲伤，B. regret遗憾，C. hopelessness无望，D. disappointment失望，作者认为因挣钱而面对教练对他的失望是值得的。选D。
小题16:考查形容词：A. direct直接的，B. clear清楚的，C. straight直接的，D. bare秃的，make sth.clear“弄清楚”。这个简单的问题让我明白…，选B。
小题17:考查动词：A. wanting想要，B. changing改变，C. dreaming梦想，D. living生活，指现在想要得到的东西和追求梦想的区别。选A。
小题18:考查名词：A. wish希望，B. dream梦想，C. score得分，D. desire愿望，指现在想要得到的东西和追求梦想的区别。选B。
小题19:考查介词：A. by通过，B. for 为了，C. over越过，D. within在…里面，这里指：在一年之内我被Pittsburgh Pirates选中，为这支球队打球。选D。
小题20:考查动词：A. paid付钱，B. got得到，C. offered提供，D. presented呈现，递交，本句意思:球队给我提供了一份价值20 000 美元的合同。钱数后面有contract，不能用paid。选C。 |
举一反三
A cancer-stricken British teenage girl said Thursday she had been moved by messages of support from around the world after writing an online "Bucket List" of things she wanted to do before dying.
Alice Pyne, l5, created an Internet blog in which she described her fight against a cancer of the white blood cells. “I’ve been fighting cancer for almost four years and now l know that the cancer is gaining on me and it doesn"t look like I"m going to win this one," she wrote.
For her list, the teenager took inspiration from the 2007 film “The Bucket List”, in which two terminally ill(患绝症的) men, played by Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, draw up a list of things they wish to do before they die.
On her list, at the site www.alicepyne.blogspot.com, she has included making everyone sign up to be a bone marrow donor(骨髓捐赠者), swimming with sharks, meeting boy band Take That and getting a purple iPad computer.
Messages of support and offers of help quickly flooded her webpage and it became one of the most talked about subjects on Twitter.
"Oh dear and I thought that I was just doing a little blog for a few friends!" she wrote after her site attracted huge attention. "Thank you so much for all your lovely messages to me."
Pyne, who lives with her family in the northwest English town of Ulverston, revealed (透露) the management of Take That had arranged for her to see the band after reading her blog. A group of local lawmakers have also joined forces with the Anthony Nolan blood cancer charity to encourage people to join its stem cell register.
小题1:What happened after Alice Pyne wrote her "Bucket List"?| A．The media called on people to help her. | | B．People sent gifts to her from all over the world. | | C．A lot of people offered to donate bone marrow to her. | | D．People around the world sent messages to support her. |
小题2: Alice Pyne wrote her "Bucket List" to ___________.| A．express her last few wishes | | B．say goodbye to a few friends | | C．give comfort to two terminally ill men | | D．catch people"s attention |
小题3:It can be inferred from the second paragraph that Alice Pyne _________.| A．is unaware of her own conditions | | B．is calm to know that death is approaching | | C．is very sad to know that she will die | | D．is still quite confident in fighting against cancer |
小题4:Which of the following is NOT on Alice Pyne"s "Bucket List"?| A．To meet a boy. | B．To get a cool computer. | | C．To swim with sharks. | D．To ask people to donate bone marrow. |
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One March evening I together with my friends was on a bus. The driver didn"t to start the bus soon because it was not yet .A mid-aged woman got on. Tired and sad, she told her story , not to anyone particular. On her way to the station, half of her was stolen. The other half was hidden under her blouse, so she still had some left. A few minutes later, she stopped crying, but still looked .
When all the seats were taken, the driver started the engine. The conductor began to collect the fares. When she came to an old man in worn-out clothes, he that he had spent all his money he accidentally got on a wrong bus and now was trying to go home. On hearing this, she ordered the old man to the bus. The old man was almost in tears as he her to let him take the bus home. The driver took the conductor"s side and repeated the conductor"s .
The woman was watching the incident. the driver and the conductor raised their voices at the old man, she shouted.
“Stop him! Can"t you see he"s only trying to get home”
“He doesn"t have any money!” the driver .
“Well, that"s no to throw him off the bus.” She insisted.
Then she reached inside her blouse, took out her money, and handed it to the conductor. “Here"s his fare and mine. Just stop giving him a time.
All heads turned to the woman. “ It"s only money,” she shrugged.
She rode the rest of her way home a happy smile, with the money she"d lost earlier .
On the road of life, the help of strangers can our roads and lift our spirits. How much sweeter the will be when we make it a little smoother for others!
| 小题1: | | A．try | B．care | C．decide | D．intend |
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| 小题2: | | A．empty | B．full | C．crowded | D．ready |
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| 小题3: | | A．tearfully | B．seriously | C．carefully | D．calmly |
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| 小题4: | | A．fare | B．possession | C．money | D．wealth |
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| 小题5: | | A．strangely | B．happily | C．secretly | D．fortunately |
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| 小题6: | | A．unsatisfied | B．weak | C．unhappy | D．excited |
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| 小题7: | | A．explained | B．declared | C．admitted | D．found |
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| 小题8: | | A．get off | B．start | C．get on | D．stop |
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| 小题9: | | A．begged | B．scolded | C．praised | D．thanked |
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| 小题10: | | A．request | B．action | C．suggestion | D．command |
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| 小题11: | | A．Unless | B．Although | C．Until | D．When |
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| 小题12: | | A．attacking | B．bothering | C．blaming | D．wronging |
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| 小题13: | | A．warned | B．whispered | C．shouted | D．repeated |
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| 小题14: | | A．problem | B．need | C．matter | D．reason |
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| 小题15: | | A．spending | B．collected | C．remaining | D．borrowed |
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| 小题16: | | A．busy | B．cold | C．hard | D．fearful |
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| 小题17: | | A．giving | B．wearing | C．taking | D．forcing |
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| 小题18: | | A．forgotten | B．used | C．earned | D．returned |
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| 小题19: | | A．move | B．increase | C．lighten | D．carry |
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| 小题20: | | A．world | B．journey | C．smile | D．friendship |
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Once upon a time, there was a bird made of stone. She was beautiful and magic. She lived near the entrance to a beautiful between two mountains. The bird was so that she had to walk on the ground instead of in the sky.
Though she couldn’t fly, she looking up at the trees every day. She one day being able to fly and see the forest from up high. , that dream was gone after a great fire.
When the fire was put out, all that was left of the trees were stumps（树桩）. plants and animals that had live there were gone. The stone bird was the only one that didn’t in the fire. When she saw what had to the trees, she felt very sad. Looking at the burnt trees, she couldn’t crying. She cried for hours and days. She cried with such a feeling that her were wearing away her stone . Finally all her body was worn away and the bird had some water.
But when the came out, the water rose into the sky and became a happy little cloud which could fly over the trees and see everything .
Since then, the little cloud has traveled all over the world. She enjoyed the of all the forests and beautiful countryside. She never what had burnt the trees, so she was very careful to pour her rain down on any tree she saw . She saved a lot of trees.
| 小题1: | | A．field | B．lake | C．sea | D．forest |
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| 小题2: | | A．proud | B．surprising | C．heavy | D．pretty |
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| 小题3: | | A．walking | B．trying | C．singing | D．flying |
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| 小题4: | | A．needed | B．began | C．enjoyed | D．disliked |
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| 小题5: | | A．made up | B．dreamed of | C．gave up | D．talked about |
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| 小题6: | | A．dusty | B．poor | C．small | D．beautiful |
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| 小题7: | | A．However | B．Also | C．Therefore | D．So |
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| 小题8: | | A．sadly | B．possibly | C．finally | D．suddenly |
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| 小题10: | | A．change | B．live | C．watch | D．die |
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| 小题11: | | A．happened | B．come | C．moved | D．climbed |
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| 小题12: | | A．continue | B．start | C．keep | D．stop |
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| 小题13: | | A．minds | B．feelings | C．hands | D．tears |
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| 小题14: | | A．house | B．heart | C．body | D．habit |
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| 小题15: | | A．cared about | B．turned into | C．turned up | D．looked for |
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| 小题17: | | A．below | B．above | C．backward | D．ahead |
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| 小题18: | | A．views | B．areas | C．colours | D．numbers |
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| 小题19: | | A．found | B．explained | C．forgot | D．knew |
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| 小题20: | | A．falling | B．burning | C．growing | D．shaking |
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It was very cold at 7 am that Monday morning in Harvard Square. I was nearly mad because I had just the bus, and was standing out in the freezing cold waiting for the next one. My mind was filled with anxiety and thoughts. “Why didn’t I leave two minutes ?”
the others at the bus stop was a woman in her fifties wearing a old-fashioned hat, an old pair of boots and a dark coat, but she had no . Another woman, who looked to be in her middle twenties, said to the woman, “Your hands must be very cold. You’ll get frostbitten (冻伤的) in this weather.” She her heavy backpack to the ground, bent down, and began for something inside her backpack. The older woman looked and said, ”Oh no, that’s OK. I’m .
The younger woman continued to search in her backpack and the older woman kept repeating, “Don’t yourself. I’ll be all right.” After seemed like so many minutes, the younger woman a pair of purple gloves. She took the older woman’s hands and gently a glove on each hand, covering one finger . The older woman said, “Thank you. You’re so sweet.”
Though I was very cold, the act of gave ma a warm feeling inside. It also motivated me to buy five pairs of purple gloves, similar to hers, and them in my bag, just in case I someone who was in great on a cold day.
| 小题1: | | A．missed | B．got | C．waited | D．seen |
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| 小题2: | | A．negative | B．happy | C．good | D．creative |
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| 小题3: | | A．ago | B．earlier | C．later | D．sooner |
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| 小题4: | | A．With | B．Between | C．Among | D．Before |
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| 小题5: | | A．shoes | B．gloves | C．scarf | D．coat |
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| 小题6: | | A．older | B．younger | C．latter | D．shorter |
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| 小题7: | | A．pushed | B．pulled | C．lifted | D．dropped |
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| 小题8: | | A．watching | B．caring | C．looking | D．leaving |
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| 小题10: | | A．sorry | B．glad | C．happy | D．fine |
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| 小题12: | | A．upset | B．trouble | C．save | D．satisfy |
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| 小题14: | | A．pulled out | B．picked up | C．picked out | D．put on |
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| 小题15: | | A．gave | B．placed | C．situated | D．took |
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| 小题16: | | A．at once | B．at times | C．at a time | D．at the same time |
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| 小题17: | | A．happiness | B．kindness | C．rudeness | D．sadness |
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| 小题19: | | A．took care | B．came across | C．learned of | D．turned to |
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| 小题20: | | A．honor | B．need | C．shock | D．surprise |
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I took a trip after lunch and on my way home I stopped at a park in this beautiful little town. I really wanted to enjoy the _ wind of one of the last days of summer. I know I still have a lot of time left according to the ___. But I’ve seen too many summers suddenly____
When I had a rest at a __ , a man came, who was about my __ . Maybe we could have common topics. “Good _ _ , my friend!” he said as he _ _ down on the opposite side of the table. “You don’t live __ , do you?” “No, I’m just _ _ . I live about an hour and a half from here.” “What do you do for a living?” he asked. “I’m a _ _ .” “Well, I should have known,” he said.
Now he had my _ _ . How could he possibly know what I did for a living just by __ at me? “You were dreaming and wondering just like an author. I could see in your eyes. Most people see how _ _ the town is, but you see many other things most people don’t take the time to see.” I just wondered about his _ _ . “What do you do for a living?” “_ _ I’m a journalist (记者) for our local paper. But I call myself a reflection because I _ _ what I see in my job. My words can _ _ the world around me. I can write about what I know faithfully and I know these people for I have been _ _ here so long. So you can imagine how _ _ the news is here. They are in turn a reflection of me.”
If you had to _ _ what a good person would be like, could you fit the description? I hope you’re a good reflection.
| 小题1: | | A．cool | B．hot | C．strong | D．cold |
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| 小题2: | | A．schedule | B．weather | C．calendar | D．experience |
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| 小题3: | | A．start | B．change | C．worsen | D．disappear |
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| 小题4: | | A．chair | B．table | C．restaurant | D．station |
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| 小题5: | | A．height | B．weight | C．accent | D．age |
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| 小题6: | | A．night | B．afternoon | C．evening | D．morning |
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| 小题7: | | A．sat | B．settled | C． calmed | D．lay |
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| 小题8: | | A．distantly | B．nearby | C．comfortably | D．alone |
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| 小题9: | | A．passing by | B．giving up | C．thinking over | D．walking off |
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| 小题10: | | A．designer | B．thinker | C．painter | D．writer |
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| 小题11: | | A．interest | B．secrete | C．trust | D．patience |
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| 小题12: | | A．shouting | B．working | C．smiling | D．looking |
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| 小题13: | | A．busy | B．scenic | C．wide | D．peaceful |
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| 小题14: | | A．career | B．situation | C．history | D．advantage |
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| 小题15: | | A．Originally | B．Actually | C．Really | D．Recently |
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| 小题16: | | A．report | B．consider | C．remember | D．study |
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| 小题17: | | A．record | B．decorate | C．monitor | D．reflect |
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| 小题18: | | A．watching | B．waiting | C．living | D．traveling |
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| 小题19: | | A．funny | B．important | C．truthful | D．numerous |
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| 小题20: | | A．copy | B．describe | C．draw | D．guess |
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