What makes a gift special? Is it the price you see on the gift receipt(收据)? Or i
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This Christmas I was debating what to give my father. My dad is a hard person to buy for because he never wants anything. I pulled out my phone to read a text message from my mom saying that we were leaving for Christmas shopping for him when I came across a message on my phone that I had locked. The message was from my father. My eyes fell on a photo of a flower taken in Wyoming, and underneath a poem by William Blake. The flower, a lone dandelion(蒲公英) standing against the bright blue sky, inspired me. My dad had been reciting those words to me since I was a kid. That may even be the reason why I love writing. I decided that those words would be my gift to my father.
I called back. I told my mom to go without me and that l already created my gift. I sent the photo of the cream-colored flower to my computer and typed the poem on top of it. As I was arranging the details another poem came to mind. The poem was written by Edgar Allan Poe; My dad recited it as much as he did the other. I typed that out as well and searched online for a background to the words of it. The poem was focused around dreaming, and after searching I found the perfect picture. The image was painted with blues and greens and purples, twisting together to create the theme and wonder of a dream. As I watched both poems passing through the printer, the white paper coloring with words that shaped my childhood, I felt that this was a gift that my father would truly appreciate.
Christmas soon arrived. The minute I saw the look on my dad"s face as he unwrapped those swirling (卷曲的)black letters carefully placed in a cheap frame, I knew I had given the perfect gift.
小题1:The idea for a special gift began to form when the author was .| A．doing shopping | B．having a debate | | C．leaving for Wyoming | D．reading a message |
小题2:The author"s inspiration for the gift came from .| A．a photo of a flower | B．a story about a kid | | C．a call from the mother | D．a text about Christmas |
小题3:The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refers to a poem by _ .| A．the father | B．the author | | C．Edgar Allan Poe | D． William Blake |
小题4:The author made the gift by .| A．searching for the poems online | | B．drawing the background by hand | | C．painting the letters in three colors | | D．matching the words with pictures |
小题5:What is the main purpose of the passage?| A．To show how to design images for gifts | | B．To suggest making gifts from one"s heart. | | C．To explain how computers help create gifts | | D．To describe the gifts the author has received. |
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小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:D
小题5:B |
解析
试题分析：本文叙述了作者的父亲从来都没有什么特别想要的东西，所以在圣诞节他为送父亲什么礼物而纠结。后来无意中看到的一个手机信息给了他灵感。他用文字配着图片为父亲制作了一个特殊的礼物，父亲非常喜欢。
小题1:细节理解题。从文章的第二段第三句和最后一句：在看母亲的信息时，碰巧看到了之前父亲发给自己的信息…，后来是这个信息里的内容给了作者灵感。故选D。
小题2:细节理解题。从第二段第五、六句“My eyes fell on a photo of a flower…inspired me”可知作者送礼物的灵感来自在Wyoming所拍摄的一张花的照片。故选A。
小题3:词义猜测题。根据上一句可知it 指的是Edgar Allan Poe 写的那首诗，故选C。
小题4:细节理解题。从第三段作者制作这件礼物的过程可知作者的礼物是由文字配着图片制成的。故选D。
小题5:推理题。文章以“What makes a gift special?”开头，整篇讲述的是用心为父亲做了礼物，后来父亲很喜欢。所以文章的主要目的是建议用心做礼物，故选B。
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A long time ago，there was a tiger in the forest. He was the__26__of the animals. One day the tiger asked a little cat to see__27__his palace was built. After a few hours，the little cat__28__and said to the tiger，“My dear king，your__29__is very large，tall and beautiful.” The tiger was very__30__to hear that.Several__31__later，the tiger said to a pig，“It’s been days since the cat saw my palace. Now，you go and see it__32__.” But when the pig came back，he said to the tiger，“My dear king，I thought that your palace is beautiful，but it__33__yourself only.”
The tiger was very__34__when he heard what the pig said. “Why are the cat’s and the pig’s__35__not the same？” he said to__36__.He then asked a camel to go to have a(n)__37__.Before long the camel ran back out of breath (气喘吁吁) and said to the tiger，“Oh，your palace is too__38__for you to live in，my king.”
The king became very angry when he heard what the camel said. He said to the animals，“Maybe somebody of you tells__39__.You three have three ideas. I want to__40__you.” Just at the moment，a fox came out to__41__the tiger. He asked the tiger himself to go to see it before killing them. The tiger__42__.After he saw the palace himself，he thought that their answers were all__43__.He said to the__44__，“You should remember that to see with your own eyes is more important than only to__45__others.”
| 小题1: | | A．brother | B．friend | C．king | D．enemy |
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| 小题3: | | A．got up | B．came back | C．paid back | D．turned up |
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| 小题4: | | A．station | B．office | C．bed | D．palace |
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| 小题5: | | A．sad | B．crazy | C．happy | D．nervous |
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| 小题6: | | A．years | B．minutes | C．days | D．hours |
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| 小题7: | | A．once again | B．no more | C．as usual | D．at last |
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| 小题8: | | A．protects | B．suits | C．covers | D．helps |
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| 小题9: | | A．excited | B．interested | C．tired | D．surprised |
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| 小题10: | | A．suggestions | B．experiments | C．answers | D．excuses |
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| 小题11: | | A．them | B．himself | C．it | D．yourself |
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| 小题13: | | A．ugly | B．small | C．dark | D．tall |
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| 小题14: | | A．news | B．messages | C．stories | D．lies |
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| 小题15: | | A．teach | B．leave | C．kill | D．hate |
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| 小题16: | | A．stop | B．praise | C．cheat | D．order |
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| 小题17: | | A．shook | B．agreed | C．appeared | D．worked |
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| 小题18: | | A．strange | B．different | C．easy | D．right |
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| 小题19: | | A．plants | B．servants | C．animals | D．soldiers |
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| 小题20: | | A．feel | B．hear | C．taste | D．smell |
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Another person’s enthusiasm was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved. That person was my stepmother.
I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia. My father 36 me to her with these words: “I would like you to meet the fellow who is 37 for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no 38 than tomorrow morning.”
My stepmother walked over to me, 39 my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied, “ You are 40 . This is not the worst boy at all, 41 the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet for his enthusiasm.”
That statement began a (n) 42 between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had built me up in my 43 as a bad boy. My stepmother changed all that.
She changed many things. She 44 my father to go to a dental school, from which he graduated with honors. She moved our family into the country seat, where my father’s career could be more 45 and my brothers and I could be better 46 .
When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand 47 and told me that she believed that I could become a writer. I knew her enthusiasm, I 48 it, and I saw how it had already improved our lives. I accepted her 49 and began to write for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of 50 that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later. I wasn’t the 51 beneficiary(受益者). My father became the 52 man in town. My brothers and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president.
What power 53 has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is 54 strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible force which poverty and temporary defeat can never 55 .
You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it. This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.
| 小题1: | | A．rushed | B．introduced | C．sent | D．carried |
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| 小题2: | | A．mistaken | B．favored | C．distinguished | D．rewarded |
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| 小题3: | | A．later | B．sooner | C．longer | D．earlier |
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| 小题4: | | A．dragged | B．raised | C．shook | D．bent |
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| 小题5: | | A．perfect | B．right | C．impolite | D．wrong |
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| 小题7: | | A．agreement | B．gap | C．friendship | D．relationship |
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| 小题8: | | A．opinion | B．image | C．mind | D．expectation |
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| 小题9: | | A．persuaded | B．begged | C．ordered | D．invited |
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| 小题10: | | A．meaningful | B．successful | C．helpful | D．useful |
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| 小题11: | | A．treated | B．entertained | C．respected | D．educated |
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| 小题12: | | A．camera | B．radio | C．typewriter | D．bicycle |
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| 小题13: | | A．considered | B．appreciated | C．ignored | D．suspected |
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| 小题14: | | A．criticism | B．belief | C．request | D．description |
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| 小题15: | | A．writing | B．teaching | C．studying | D．reading |
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| 小题16: | | A．only | B．next | C．same | D．real |
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| 小题17: | | A．cleverest | B．strongest | C．healthiest | D．wealthiest |
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| 小题18: | | A．fortune | B．sympathy | C．enthusiasm | D．confidence |
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| 小题19: | | A．deliberately | B．constantly | C．traditionally | D．happily |
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| 小题20: | | A．win | B．reach | C．match | D．doubt |
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It was 20 years ago. I was driving home with my 4-year-old son. Traffic was light. I was singing quietly along 36 the song playing on the radio. I 37 at the intersection and looked both ways. The road was 38 . I slowly started to make a right turn when suddenly a car rounded the curve at high speed and came 39 at me. I stomped (猛踩) on the brakes of my car killing the engine in the process. The speeder zoomed (疾驰) past my dead car 40 me by inches without even slowing down.
41 I knew it, a stream of rude words was flying from my lips, 42 after the car and its driver. I then saw my son who was staring up at me 43 . With a red face and a(an) 44 smile I started the car, pulled back onto the road, and headed home.
Later that evening I was reading a book when I heard certain 45 words coming from my son’s bedroom. He was replaying the 46 over and over in his mind. Too 47 I realized the 48 of those words that had flown from my lips in that moment of 49 . It took a lot of talks about good language and bad language with my son to undo (消除)the 50 of that incident.
That 51 , however, did teach me just how strong words 52 be. It helped me to decide to stop swearing (咒骂) in my own life and to start using words that uplift and inspire instead. I slowly realized that language is a 53 from God and should be used to make our world better but not worse. I learned 54 that a few loving words can help a hurting heart, strengthen a 55 spirit, and lighten a heavy load. I pray then that all of your words today are full of love, joy, happiness, and light.
| 小题2: | | A．pushed up | B．pulled up | C．put up | D．forced up |
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| 小题3: | | A．clean | B．light | C．clear | D．busy |
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| 小题4: | | A．hard | B．straight | C．far | D．high |
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| 小题5: | | A．leaving | B．missing | C．knocking | D．approaching |
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| 小题6: | | A．When | B．After | C．Before | D．Until |
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| 小题7: | | A．chasing | B．pursuing | C．looking | D．seeking |
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| 小题8: | | A．awfully | B．innocently | C．bravely | D．typically |
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| 小题9: | | A．pleased | B．embarrassed | C．surprised | D．worried |
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| 小题10: | | A．acute | B．unpleasant | C．dynamic | D．marvelous |
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| 小题11: | | A．music | B．story | C．language | D．incident |
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| 小题12: | | A．sorry | B．badly | C．soon | D．late |
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| 小题13: | | A．power | B．importance | C．nature | D．potential |
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| 小题14: | | A．fear | B．worry | C．anger | D．regret |
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| 小题15: | | A．damage | B．lesson | C．image | D．process |
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| 小题16: | | A．mistake | B．leisure | C．nonsense | D．mystery |
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| 小题17: | | A．should | B．can | C．need | D．would |
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| 小题18: | | A．evidence | B．donation | C．gift | D．talent |
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| 小题19: | | A．or | B．otherwise | C．too | D．whereas |
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| 小题20: | | A．challenging | B．struggling | C．rising | D．caring |
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For most people, graduation is an exciting day, but my graduation day was not.
I remember that weekend two years ago. Family and friends had flown in from across the country to 36 the celebration. But just like everyone else in my class, I had watched the 37 turn from bad to worse in my senior year. Almost all of us graduates had degrees, but very uncertain 38 .
The weeks ahead weren’t 39 . I knew my small university town couldn’t offer me any opportunities, 40 I packed up my car and drove to Southern California to find work. But what I thought would take a 41 dragged into two, and then four, and 100 job applications later, I found myself in the exact same 42 as I was before.
You know that feeling when you wake up in 43 ? That feeling became a constant in my life. Days felt like weeks, weeks like months, and those many months felt like everlasting 44 . And the most annoying part was no matter how much I tried, I just couldn’t seem to make any 45 .
So what did I do to keep my good sense? I decided to 46 . Something about putting words on a page made everything seem a little clearer — a little brighter. Something about writing gave me 47 . And if you want something 48 enough, sometimes a little hope is all you 49 !
I put my thoughts into a children’s book. Beyond the River was the story of an unlikely hero, a little fish, who 50 to give up his dream.
And then one day, without any sort of writing degree or contacts in the writing world — just a lot of hard work and determination —I was offered a 51 contract for my first book! After that, things slowly began to fall into 52 . I was offered a second book deal. Then, a few months later, I got an interview with the Walt Disney Company and was 53 shortly after.
Don’t give up. Even if things look 54 now, don’t give up. If you work hard, things will always get better. Often times our dreams lie in wait just a little further upstream ... all we need is the 55 to push beyond the river.
| 小题1: | | A．hold | B．attend | C．prepare | D．enjoy |
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| 小题2: | | A．environment | B．climate | C．opportunity | D．economy |
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| 小题3: | | A．choice | B．danger | C．desire | D．future |
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| 小题4: | | A．quiet | B．busy | C．easy | D．short |
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| 小题7: | | A．town | B．direction | C．situation | D．habit |
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| 小题8: | | A．surprise | B．delight | C．peace | D．fear |
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| 小题9: | | A．pain | B．complaint | C．love | D．glory |
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| 小题10: | | A．appointment | B．progress | C．commitment | D．decision |
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| 小题11: | | A．read | B．think | C．write | D．paint |
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| 小题12: | | A．hope | B．wisdom | C．pleasure | D．inspiration |
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| 小题13: | | A．hardly | B．badly | C．easily | D．well |
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| 小题15: | | A．refused | B．managed | C．failed | D．decided |
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| 小题16: | | A．writing | B．translating | C．publishing | D．reviewing |
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| 小题17: | | A．ruin | B．place | C．pieces | D．despair |
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| 小题18: | | A．rewarded | B．paid | C．hired | D．fired |
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| 小题19: | | A．different | B．unimportant | C．strange | D．tough |
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| 小题20: | | A．courage | B．chance | C．time | D．dream |
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One weekend afternoon I toured an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting．I was looking forward to a quiet 36 of the splendid artwork．
A young 37 viewing the paintings ahead of me 38 nonstop between themselves．I watched them a moment and decided the lady was doing all the talking．I admired the man"s 39 for putting up with her 40 stream of words． 41 by their noise, I moved on．
I met them several times as I moved 42 the various rooms of art．Each time I heard her continuous flow of words, I moved away 43 .
I was standing at the counter of the museum gift shop making a 44 when the couple approached the 45 ．Before they left, the man 46 into his pocket and pulled out a white object．He 47 it into a long stick and then 48 his way into the coatroom to get his wife"s jacket．
"He"s a 49 man, " the clerk at the counter said．" Most of us would give up if we were blinded at such a young age．During his recovery, he made a promise his life wouldn"t change．So, as before, he and his wife come in 50 there is a new art show．"
"But what does he get out of the art?" I asked．"He can"t see．"
"Can"t see! You"re 51 ．He sees a lot．More than you and I do," the clerk said．"His wife 52 each painting so he can see it in his head．"
I learned something about patience, 53 and love that day．I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person without 54 and the courage of a"" husband who would not 55 blindness to change his life．And I saw the love shared by two people as I watched this couple walk away, their arms intertwined．
| 小题1: | | A．view | B．touch | C．wander | D．stare |
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| 小题2: | | A．lady | B．couple | C．man | D．clerk |
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| 小题3: | | A．yelled | B．argued | C．screamed | D．chatted |
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| 小题4: | | A．attempt | B．independence | C．patience | D．wisdom |
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| 小题5: | | A．constant | B．vivid | C．casual | D．vague |
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| 小题6: | | A．Adopted | B．Adapted | C．Disturbed | D．Conducted |
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| 小题7: | | A．from | B．to | C．towards | D．through |
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| 小题8: | | A．anxiously | B．quickly | C．urgently | D．sensibly |
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| 小题9: | | A．comment | B．purchase | C．decision | D．profit |
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| 小题10: | | A．exit | B．entrance | C．front | D．queue |
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| 小题11: | | A．plugged | B．reached | C．held | D．bent |
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| 小题12: | | A．lengthened | B．made | C．brought | D．broadened |
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| 小题13: | | A．led | B．found | C．tapped | D．forced |
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| 小题14: | | A．generous | B．rough | C．smart | D．brave |
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| 小题15: | | A．wherever | B．whatever | C．whenever | D．whichever |
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| 小题16: | | A．unique | B．silly | C．equal | D．wrong |
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| 小题17: | | A．decorates | B．draws | C．shoves | D．describes |
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| 小题18: | | A．kindness | B．pride | C．courage | D．enthusiasm |
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| 小题19: | | A．sight | B．support | C．expectation | D．confidence |
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| 小题20: | | A．get | B．allow | C．hope | D．cause |
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