When I was a young man, I thought life was all about me—about how I’d make my wa
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When I was a young man, I thought life was all about me—about how I’d make my way in the world, become successful, and get the things I want. 36 then the two of you came into my world with all your curiosity and mischief and those smiles that never 37 to fill my heart and light up my day. And suddenly, all my big plans for myself didn’t seem so 38 any more. I soon found that the greatest joy in my life was the joy I saw in yours. And I 39 that my own life wouldn’t count for much unless I was able to ensure that you had every opportunity for happiness and fulfillment in yours.
In the end, girls, that’s why I 40 President because of what I want for you and for every child in this nation. I want all our children to go to schools worthy of their 41 schools that challenge them, inspire them, and instill in them a 42 of wonder about the world around them. I want them to have the chance to go to college — 43 their parents aren’t rich. And I want them to get good jobs: jobs that pay well and give them benefits like health care, jobs that let them spend time with their own kid and 44 with dignity.
Sometimes we have to send our young men and women into war and other dangerous 45 to protect our country — but when we do, I want to make sure that it is only for a very good reason, that we try our best to settle our differences with others peacefully, and that we do everything possible to keep our servicemen and women 46 . And I want every child to understand that the blessings these brave Americans fight for are not free — that with the great privilege of being a citizen of this nation 47 great responsibility.
| 小题1: | | A．However | B．While | C．But | D．Although |
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| 小题2: | | A．fail | B．escape | C．drop | D．prepare |
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| 小题3: | | A．shallow | B．important | C．respectful | D．delighted |
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| 小题4: | | A．recognized | B．regretted | C．realized | D．reminded |
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| 小题5: | | A．searched for | B．accounted for | C．asked for | D．ran for |
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| 小题6: | | A．potential | B．ability | C．possibility | D．reputation |
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| 小题7: | | A．sign | B．sense | C．ray | D．bunch |
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| 小题8: | | A．as if | B．now that | C．in case | D．even if |
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| 小题9: | | A．resign | B．resettle | C．retire | D．request |
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| 小题10: | | A．borders | B．situations | C．nations | D．scenery |
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| 小题11: | | A．satisfied | B．fortunate | C．successful | D．safe |
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| 小题12: | | A．comes | B．goes | C．lies | D．stands |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:D
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:B
小题11:D
小题12:A |
解析
试题分析：这是奥巴马写给他的两个女儿的一封信的节选。信中写到：当我还年轻的时候，我认为生活就该绕着我转：我如何在这世上得心应手，成功立业，得到我想要的。后来，你们俩进入了我的世界，带来的种种好奇、淘气和微笑，总能填满我的心，照亮我的日子。突然之间，我为自己谱写的伟大计划显得不再那么重要了。我很快便发现，我在你们生命中看到的快乐，就是我自己生命中最大的快乐。而我也同时体会到，如果我不能确保你们此生能够拥有追求幸福和自我实现的一切机会，我自己的生命也没多大价值。
总而言之，我的女儿，这就是我竞选总统的原因：我要让你们俩和这个国家的每一个孩子，都能拥有我想要给他们的东西。
小题1:考查连词词义辨析。句意是：但是后来你们俩进入了我的世界，带来各种好奇、淘气和那些微笑... ...。前一句说：我年轻时认为生活就应该围着我转。后一句话锋一转，说道两个孩子给我的生活带来了变化。所以选A或者C。However然而，后面要有逗号与其他句子成分分开，这里没有所以不选；While虽然，然而，当... ...的时候，表对比或同时进行；But并列连词，但是表转折；Although 尽管。根据上下文语境故选C。
小题2:考查动词词义辨析。句意是：但是后来，你们俩进入了我的世界，带来的种种好奇、淘气和微笑，总能填满我的心，照亮我的日子。that引导了一个定语从句修饰前面的三个名词。理解这一句是在说孩子给我带来了快乐。空前有否定词never，总是能相当于从没有不能，fail to do 意为不能做成。fail失败；escape逃跑；drop 下降；prepare 准备。根据句意故选A。
小题3:考查形容词词义辨析。句意是：突然之间，我为自己谱写的重大的计划显得不再那么重要了。结合后一句说明自己的认识在孩子出生前后的巨大变化。shallow浅的；important重要的；respectful恭敬的；delighted 高兴的。根据句意故选B。
小题4:考查动词词义辨析。句意是：而我也同时意识到，如果我不能确保你们此生能够拥有追求幸福和自我实现的一切机会，我自己的生命也没多大价值。recognize辨认出；regret后悔，遗憾；realize意识到；remind 提醒，提示。结合语境故选C。
小题5:考查动词词组词义辨析。句意是：最后,我的女儿们，下面就是我竞选总统的原因：我要让你们俩和这个国家的每一个孩子，都能拥有我想要给他们的东西。search for搜寻；account for 说明，解释；ask for要求；run for竞选，追查。结合事实：奥巴马是现任美国总统。说明我想说的是我为什么要竞选总统。故选D。
小题6:考查名词词义辨析。句意是：我要让所有儿童都在能够发掘他们潜能的学校就读；potential潜力；ability能力；possibility可能性；reputation 名誉，名声。结合语境这里用发挥孩子们的潜能最佳。故选A。
小题7:考查名词词义辨析。句意是：这些学校要能挑战他们，激励他们，并灌输他们对身处的这个世界的好奇心。sign 迹象；sense 感官、感觉、意识；ray光线、射线；bunch 花束、群。A sense of wonder about the world around them 意为：对他们周围的世界感觉到很好奇，wonder 想知道，纳闷。故选B。
小题8:考查复合从属连词词义辨析。句意是：我要他们有机会上大学，--- 即使他们的父母并不富有。as if好像；now that既然；in case 万一；even if 即使、尽管。even if 引导让步状语从句，表达我决心让所有的孩子上大学的决心，没有贫富贵贱之分。故选D。
小题9:考查动词词义辨析。句意是：而且我要他们能找到好的工作：薪酬高还附带健康保险的工作，让他们有时间陪孩子、并且能带着尊严退休的工作。resign 放弃、辞职；resettle 安定、重新定居；retire 退休；request请求。本句用两个带有定语从句的名词来说明我对这份工作高质量的要求：既能保障个人的健康，又能陪孩子成长而且到年老时还可以有尊严地离开岗位。故选C。
小题10:考查名词词义辨析。句意是：有时候为了保护我们的国家，我们不得不把青年男女派到战场或其它危险的地方。border边境；situation 情况、形式；nation 民族，国家；scenery风景。结合语境判断和战争并列的危险的地方，在四个选项中只有situation最接近。故选B。
小题11:考查形容词词义辨析。句意是：也想尽了一切办法保障男女官兵的安全。satisfied 满意的；fortunate 幸运的；successful成功的；safe 安全的。根据语境分析: 在危险的情况下，保证安全是最重要的。其他选项不符合。故选D。
小题12:考查动词词义辨析。句意是：在享有作为这个国家公民的伟大特权之际，重大责任也随之而来。
come来；go 去；lie在于，躺；stand 站。天下没有免费的午餐。在这里with the great privilege of being a citizen of this nation comes great responsibility. 是一个完全倒装句。只有come符合语境。故选A。
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举一反三
I met Billy the last summer before college. He was handsome and his irreverence（玩世不恭）was 36 to me. We liked each other the first instant we met．37 ，I was a straight Astudent and my parents had high hopes for me to 38 an Ivy League（常春藤联盟）school.Billy did not 39 into the equality. We were in love nevertheless-that 40 teenage love．I still remember we had a plan for prom（舞会）．It was understood that we had 41 about where we would dance and drink and party together.
This meant one thing to my parents-panic．And it grew as the 42 letters began to roll in. Of the eleven schools I applied to，nine accepted me. And one of them was Brown University-the Ivy League college 43 in historic Providence，Rhode Island．
There was no 44 that I was drawn to Brown，but Billy (who had joined the army）was 45 down south and I had offers 46 for me there，too. I was torn between my love for him and my family 47 ．
One week 48 the start of school，my mother had a talk with me．She said I was eighteen years old and I had a 49 to make---one that went 50 beyond the choice of 51 to attend university.
In August，I 52 and drove north to Providence．It took several months to 53 that my life was moving on in a way that was completely different from Billy"s，Brown changed my life，opening doors and giving me the 54 I now use to think，to learn and to write. Life is always about 55 it seems，and the older I get，the more I understand this. Still，there are times when I think of Billy because he taught me about love．
| 小题1: | | A．appealing | B．disturbing | C．confusing | D．amusing |
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| 小题2: | | A．Unfortunately | B．Actually | C．Luckily | D．Originally |
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| 小题3: | | A．leave | B．finish | C．start | D．attend |
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| 小题5: | | A．mature | B．crazy | C．normal | D．wrong |
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| 小题6: | | A．talked | B．looked | C．lied | D．argued |
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| 小题7: | | A．acceptance | B．rejection | C．application | D．recommendation |
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| 小题8: | | A．located | B．placed | C．set | D．laid |
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| 小题9: | | A．point | B．challenge | C．question | D．need |
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| 小题10: | | A．left | B．sent | C．dismissed | D．employed |
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| 小题11: | | A．hoping | B．asking | C．waiting | D．searching |
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| 小题12: | | A．tradition | B．expectation | C．reputation | D．connection |
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| 小题13: | | A．before | B．after | C．at | D．since |
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| 小题14: | | A．decision | B．plan | C．rule | D．promise |
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| 小题16: | | A．when | B．how | C．whether | D．where |
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| 小题17: | | A．got up | B．packed up | C．held up | D．turned up |
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| 小题18: | | A．foresee | B．realize | C．imagine | D．consider |
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| 小题19: | | A．chances | B．position | C．tools | D．equipment |
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| 小题20: | | A．surprises | B．adventures | C．opportunities | D．choices |
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Once on a dark winter"s day，when the yellow fog hung so thick and heavy in the streets of London that the lamps were lighted and the shop windows blazed with gas as they did at night，an odd-looking little girl sat in a cab with her father and was driven rather slowly through the main street.
Sara Crewe leaned against her father，who held her in his arms，as she stared out of the window at the passing people with an old-fashioned thoughtfulness in her big eyes. At this moment she was remembering the voyage she had just made from Bombay with her father，Captain Crewe. She was thinking of what a strange thing it was that at one time one was in India in the hot sun，and then in the middle of the ocean，and then driving in a strange vehicle through strange streets.
“Papa，” she said in a low，mysterious little voice which was almost a whisper.
“What is it，darling?”Captain Crewe answered，holding her closer and looking down into her face．
"Is this the place？＂Sara whispered.
"Yes，little Sara，it is. We have reached it at last.”
It seemed to her many years since he had begun to prepare her mind for "the place”，as she always called it. Her mother had died when she was born，so she had never known or missed her.Her young，handsome，rich father seemed to be the only relation she had in the world．
During her short life only one thing had troubled her，and that thing was "the place” she was to be taken to some day. The climate of India was very bad for children，and as soon as possible they were sent away from it-generally to England and to school.
"Couldn"t you go to that place with me，Papa？＂she had asked when she was five years old．
"Couldn"t you go to school，too？ I would help you with your lessons.”
"But you will not have to stay for a very long time，little Sara，”he had always said. "You will grow so fast that it will seem scarcely a year before you are big enough and clever enough to come back and take care of Papa.”
She had liked to think of that．She liked to talk to him and read his books-that would be what she would like most in the world，and if one must go away to "the place” in England to attain it，she must make up her mind to go．She liked books more than anything else，and was，in fact，always inventing stories of beautiful things and telling them to herself.
Captain Crewe held her very closely in his arms as the cab rolled into the big，dull square in which stood the house which was their destination．
小题1:The story happened_______．| A．on a moonless night | B．on a foggy day | | C．on a hot day | D．on a starry night |
小题2:Sara Crewe came to England to_______| A．visit her relatives | B．see her mother"s house | | C．receive education | D．buy books for her father |
小题3:We can learn from the story that Sara Crewe was_______．| A．sceptical | B．curious | C．cheerful | D．imaginative |
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Something that has always interested me about Abraham Lincoln is，not surprisingly，his sense of humor. As far as I can tell，he"s the first American President to have one．
That"s because the term“sense of humor” really wasn"t in common usage until the eighteen-sixties and seventies．In the eighteen-forties and fifties，it was called“the sense of the ridiculous," and didn"t have the positive connotations（隐含意义）that“sense of humor" has today. Back then，what was ridiculous was what invited ridicule（讥笑）．Funniness and cruelty went hand in hand．Of course，they still do a lot of arm-in-arm walking in our day as well．
Lincoln’s humor was very different because，for one thing，it was actually "humor＂as what the word meant in his time. We don"t make the distinction between "wit（风趣）”and "humor”anymore; but in the nineteenth century people did．Wit was unpleasant and offensive while humor was pleasant and sympathetic．It’s the difference we note now when we distinguish between "laughing with”and“laughing at．”Lincoln was much more about "laughing with”than "laughing at．”And when“laughing at，”it was often himself he was teasing.
In the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates，when Douglas accused Lincoln of being two-faced，Lincoln replied，referencing his plain looking，“Honestly，if I were two-faced，would I be showing you this one？”And，in a way，Lincoln"s face itself tells us much about his sense of humor．
You can comb through thousands of photographs of politicians，soldiers，and the like from Lincoln"s time and not find a single smile．
True, the long exposures（曝光）required for photographs of that time made smiling difficult．Yet Lincoln alone，as far as I can tell，overcame that difficulty.
Interestingly, while having a sense of humor，or at least the appearance of one provided by comedy writers has become a necessary characteristic for an American President in our time，in the nineteenth century，too much humor was considered problem. And that was the case for Lincoln．A journalist covering the Lincoln-Douglas debates commented that“I could not take a real personal liking to the man，owing to an inborn weakness. . .that he was extremely, fond of jokes，anecdotes，and stories．”
小题1:We can infer from Paragraph 2 that＿＿| A．the American President could influence the use of English | | B．the term "sense of humor”wasn"t invented until the 1860s | | C．what is funny to someone might be offensive to someone else | | D．the concept of humor remains the same despite the passing of time |
小题2:The underlined words“this one”in Paragraph 4 refer to＿＿．| A．Lincoln"s unattractive face | | B．Lincoln"s sense of humor | | C．the debate they were having | | D．cruelty that went with funniness |
小题3:We rarely see people from Lincoln"s time wear smile in their photos because＿．| A．being humorous was considered inappropriate | | B．they found it quite funny to smile before camera | | C．not smiling for photographs was the fashion | | D．photography technology then was not advanced |
小题4:What might the writer think of the journalist covering the Lincoln-Douglas debates？| A．His comment accurately reflected his time | | B．He created a false picture of Lincoln | | C．He was prejudiced and self-centered | | D．He was brave to point out Lincoln"s weakness |
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“All I could see was two sets of red eyes below me,” said Dave Gatty, an Australian farmer who spent seven days up a tree in remote bush land to escape crocodiles. Gatty, 52, said he was forced to take such drastic action after he accidentally went into a crocodile-infested area of Queensland. He only had two meat sandwiches to keep him going, as crocodiles moved beneath his tree each night until his rescue. Gatty said he decided it was safer to hold out for a rescue team than try to make a run for it. His problems began after he fell off his horse while out in the northern Australia outback. Dazed and bleeding, he climbed back on his horse and hoped it would lead him home. It was only when he regained his senses he realized that he had been taken into crocodile-infested area. “I had to get off the horse and I fell straight into a crocodile nest,” he told reporters.
“That frightened me. I couldn’t go back, it was too far and too dangerous, so I headed to the nearest high ground and stayed there, hoping someone would come and find me before the crocs did.”
Gatty explained how each night two crocodiles would sit at the bottom of the tree staring at him. Although Gatty’s two sandwiches ran out after three days, he was able to get running water during the day and knew rescuers were looking for him as he could see helicopters in the air above his tree.
“If I hadn’t seen the crocs circling me, and if I hadn’t fallen into the croc nest, I would have made a push for it. But I knew the safest thing was for me to sit and wait,” he said. A chocolate bar, given to him by rescuers after being moved to safety by using a winch(卷扬机), “was like a gourmet (delicious)meal,” he said.
小题1:Gaddy felt _______ when he found himself trapped in the crocodile- infested area.| A．panicked but optimistic | B．nervous and hopeless | | C．upset and regretful | D．frightened but calm |
小题2:Which of the following did not help Gatty survive the accident?| A．Sandwiches | B．Running water | | C．Chocolates | D．Staying up in a tree |
小题3:What’s the right order of the events related to the accident?
a. Gaddy climbed up onto his horse unconscious.
b. Gaddy climbed up a tree and stayed there.
c. Gaddy was moved by a winch to safety.
d. Gaddy fell off his horse accidentally.
e. Gaddy found himself in a crocodile-infested area.| A．a d e c b | B． d a e b c | C．a d e b c | D．d e a b c |
小题4:The article can be classified as _________.| A．a news story | B．a scientific fiction | | C．a personal essay | D．a literary report |
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完型填空（共20小题，每题1分，满分20分）
Good Work Ethics （规范）
When I was younger, about 14, I was already ready to work．My father was a dairy man and he had been working his entire life．For him, getting up at 5 a．m．and working a couple of hours before I went to school, and then 36 more after school until there was not enough37 to see, were normal．
My father considered putting good work ethics in me to be very 38 ．He began to show me these, not through 39 , but through his actions．He would not 40 a job until it was done．He 41 put his all into everything he did． 42 , he showed me this not just in working, but in everything．Like when I was in soccer, I wanted to 43 a game once．and he explained to me-that I had made a 44 and that even if I just skipped one game, then I did not 45 to play the rest of the games．
So the day I started my first job at the age of 14, I was 46 to show my father that I could do it well, and that I was not going to 47 . My entire 48 was to make my father proud of me. I knew that ___49 I did, he would not say it in words, but he would show it．My first job was doing 50 for a company．As most of you know, construction is not an easy job, especially being so 51 _. When someone as young as I was started working, they would either __52 or get stronger．I got stronger．I worked the 53 I had been taught and I gave that day everything I had．In the end, my boss was impressed．He even called to tell my parents what a good worker I was, and my parents" eyes __54 ．From that day on I have worked every job to my full 55 , because that day defined （explain the truth of）my life．It defined how I was going to work, and I will always stick to it．
| 小题1: | | A．going | B．learning | C．working | D．playing |
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| 小题2: | | A．light | B．time | C．chance | D．strength |
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| 小题3: | | A．ridiculous | B．easy | C．hopeless | D．important |
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| 小题4: | | A．words | B．truth | C．facts | D．practice |
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| 小题6: | | A．might | B．could | C．would | D．should |
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| 小题7: | | A．Finally | B．However | C．Therefore | D．Thus |
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| 小题8: | | A．enjoy | B．skip | C．defeat | D．dip |
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| 小题9: | | A．commitment | B．improvement | C．devotion | D．conclusion |
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| 小题10: | | A．decide | B．stop | C．resist | D．deserve |
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| 小题11: | | A．interested | B．shocked | C．surprised | D．prepared |
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| 小题12: | | A．stick | B．fail | C．leave | D．play |
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| 小题13: | | A．problem | B．world | C．trick | D．goal |
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| 小题14: | | A．in case | B．now that | C．even if | D．as though |
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| 小题15: | | A．construction | B．negotiation | C．communication | D．reception |
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| 小题17: | | A．break | B．struggle | C．pause | D．work |
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| 小题18: | | A．manner | B．moment | C．method | D．way |
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| 小题19: | | A．stared | B．lifted | C．shone | D．closed |
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| 小题20: | | A．ambition | B．skill | C．spirit | D．potential |
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