The summer of 1975 I’d just graduated from college in Southern California and re
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The summer of 1975 I’d just graduated from college in Southern California and received a Ford Car for a 36 present. I had my first job, in Los Angeles. One Sunday night, thinking myself a very 37 gown-up, I 38 my uncle’s place in South Laguna after a visit, 39 admitting to him that I had less than an eighth of a tank of gas and no 40 to buy more on the way to L.A. I pulled onto the Pacific Coast Highway and watched the 41 move down as I headed north. When the engine started giving off strong smells, I 42 into a gas station. There was no self-serve then; there were no credit cards, no ATMs.
I 43 the guy at the station. I could write him a check for gas, I said, or I could 44 in my car and try to walk to a town with a 45 the next morning. As he was informing me that I could sleep in my car but he’d have me arrested, a station wagon pulled up to the next 46 . The driver—a thin, plain, middle-aged guy—overheard the tail end of my 47 request. As the attendant went to 48 him, he nodded at me. “ 49 her tank first,” he said.
“Really?” I said. 50 bloomed. “Oh, thank you. Thank you. But please. I just need two 51 worth. I just need to get home.”
“Fill it,” he 52 to the attendant. Then he turned to me, “You’ll do the same one day, for someone else.”
I keep looking for someone unlucky, hoping to save her 53 on the road. Meanwhile, in case she never shows up, I try for other acts of 54 kindness. That quiet driver is always at the pump a few feet away, instructing the attendant to fill mine 55 .
| 小题1: | | A．graduation | B．birthday | C．Christmas | D．wedding |
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| 小题2: | | A．independent | B．honest | C．polite | D．confident |
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| 小题3: | | A．reached | B．left | C．witnessed | D．took |
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| 小题5: | | A．time | B．chance | C．place | D．cash |
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| 小题6: | | A．sun | B．window | C．needle | D．clock |
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| 小题7: | | A．jumped | B．walked | C．looked | D．pulled |
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| 小题8: | | A．seized | B．pushed | C．begged | D．warned |
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| 小题9: | | A．sit | B．sleep | C．break | D．fight |
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| 小题10: | | A．bank | B．station | C．hotel | D．restaurant |
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| 小题11: | | A．door | B．garage | C．pump | D．town |
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| 小题12: | | A．planned | B．failed | C．pretended | D．suggested |
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| 小题13: | | A．serve | B．attack | C．charge | D．treat |
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| 小题14: | | A．Open | B．Start | C．Fill | D．Heat |
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| 小题15: | | A．Anxiety | B．Nervousness | C．Caution | D．Hope |
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| 小题16: | | A．miles’ | B．hours’ | C．liters’ | D．dollars’ |
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| 小题17: | | A．explained | B．repeated | C．threatened | D．ordered |
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| 小题19: | | A．unwilling | B．unnecessary | C．random | D．extra |
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| 小题20: | | A．immediately | B．quickly | C．next | D．first5 |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:B
小题5:D
小题6:C
小题7:D
小题8:C
小题9:B
小题10:A
小题11:C
小题12:B
小题13:A
小题14:C
小题15:D
小题16:D
小题17:B
小题18:A
小题19:C
小题20:D |
解析
试题分析：
小题1:A试题分析：考察名词辨析。作者刚大学毕业，应该是收到一辆福特车作为毕业礼物.graduation毕业birthday生日Christmas圣诞wedding结婚
小题2:A试题分析：考察形容词辨析。一个星期天的晚上，想到自己已经是个独立的成年人了，我在拜访完叔叔之后，离开了叔叔在South Laguna的家。Independent 独立的 honest诚实的 polite 礼貌的 confident自信的。
小题3:B试题分析：考察动词辨析。我拜访完叔叔离开叔叔那里。left离开. reach到达 witnessed目睹 took带走
小题4:B试题分析：考察介词辨析。没有向他承认我还剩不到八分之一油箱的油，也没有钱在路上加油回洛杉矶。without没有after在……之后 on在……上 by在……旁
小题5:D试题分析：考察名词辨析。没钱加油。cash现金time时间chance机会place 地方。
小题6:C试题分析：考察名词辨析。我朝北开着车，一路上盯着油表的指针。needle针,指针sun太阳 window窗户clock钟
小题7:D试题分析：考察动词词组辨析。当发动机发出很强的味道时，我把车开进了一个加油站。pull into开向路边，开进。jump into跳入 walk into走入look into调查
小题8:C试题分析：考察动词辨析。beg请求seize抓住push推warn警告
小题9:B试题分析：考察动词辨析。我可以给他开张支票来加油，或者睡在车上等第二天早上走路去一个有银行的镇里。sleep睡觉 sit坐break打破fight打架
小题10:A试题分析：考察名词辨析。因为没钱加油，所以应该去银行。bank银行station车站hotel旅馆restaurant餐馆
小题11:C试题分析：考察名词辨析。一辆旅行车停在了隔壁的加油泵那里。pump水泵，油泵door门 garage车库town镇。这是来加油的车，应该是停在油泵那里。
小题12:B试题分析：考察动词辨析。那车一停，加油站的职员要去加油了，便结束了我的没有实现的要求。failed失败的planned计划好的pretended被假装的suggested被建议的。
小题13:A试题分析:考察动词辨析. serve为……服务attack袭击 charge要价treat对待。服务员过去给他的车子加油，是为他服务，所以选A.
小题14:C试题分析:考察动词辨析。他向我点点头说：“先给她的油箱加油”fill装，填充open打开start开始heat加热。所以选C
小题15:D试题分析:考察名词辨析。听到有人要帮自己加油，终于见到了希望。hope希望anxiety焦急 nervousness 紧张caution小心。根据意思，选D。
小题16:D试题分析:考察名词辨析。我只需价值两美元的油。我能到家就行。要填单词后有个worth,说明要填一个表示价钱的名词,所以用 dollars美元。而miles’英里hours’小时liters’升。
小题17:B试题分析:考察名词辨析。他开始对服务员说了一次，这里再次说，所以是重复，用repeat选B. explain 解释threaten威胁order命令。
小题18:A试题分析:考察名词辨析。作者曾经受人帮忙为她加了油所以她现在一直在路上寻找不幸的人，希望能在路上也给需要帮助的人加油。所以用gas 汽油。night晚上car 小汽车 money钱
小题19:C试题分析:考察形容词辨析。unwilling不愿意的unnecessary没必要的random 任意的extra额外的。句意应该是我还尽量去做任何其它的善事。所以选C。
小题20:D试题分析:考察副词辨析。那个安静的司机总在几英尺远的油泵出叫服务员先给我的油箱加油。first首先immediately立刻quickly迅速next接着。 |
举一反三
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
She always wore a flower in her hair．Mostly I thought it looked 16 ．A flower to work? But no one questioned the young woman why a flower _17 her to work each day．In fact, we probably would have been more curious if she had 18 without it．
She did so one day _19 she delivered a project to my office．“I _20 there is no flower in your hair today," I said _21 ．"I"m so used to seeing you wear one _22 it almost seems as if something is _23．” “Oh, yes," she replied quietly, in a rather sad voice．This was far from her _24_ bright personality．I knew l had questioned something _25 than a lost flower．
“Today is the anniversary of my mother"s death．I__26 her so much that I"m very sad．When I was a little girl, my mother would often _27_ flowers in my hair．But when I was 15 she died of cancer．I"ve just always worn a flower in my hair since then and _28 made me feel as though she__29 with me．Today, however, I think she would like a 30 that I am becoming self-dependent, after ten years of her death．And it seems that it is the flower that has to__31 ．”
She met my eyes and then smiled sadly．“I needn"t wear a flower to be _32 of her．It was just an outward sign of my treasured _33 they"re still there even with the flower gone…Oh, here"s the 34 I hope it meets with your agreement．" She _35 me the neatly prepared document, signed with a hand-drawn flower below her name．
| 小题1: | | A．stupid | B．childish | C．strange | D．ugly |
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| 小题2: | | A．accompanied | B．brought | C．allowed | D．encouraged |
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| 小题3: | | A．shown up | B．gone up | C．jumped up | D．dressed up |
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| 小题4: | | A．before | B．after | C．when | D．until |
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| 小题5: | | A．sense | B．discover | C．doubt | D．notice |
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| 小题6: | | A．freely | B．firmly | C．calmly | D．worriedly |
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| 小题8: | | A．missing | B．going | C．happening | D．changing |
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| 小题9: | | A．normal | B．general | C．common | D．usual |
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| 小题10: | | A．prettier | B．better | C．bigger | D．earlier |
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| 小题11: | | A．appreciate | B．want | C．respect | D．miss |
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| 小题12: | | A．put | B．sent | C．handed | D．took |
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| 小题14: | | A．stayed | B．studied | C．worked | D．slept |
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| 小题15: | | A．word | B．sign | C．pattern | D．model |
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| 小题17: | | A．informed | B．reminded | C．told | D．remembered |
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| 小题18: | | A．impressions | B．memories | C．secrets | D．wishes |
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| 小题19: | | A．story | B．ending | C．project | D．gift |
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| 小题20: | | A．lent | B．sent | C．posted | D．handed |
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At the age of sixteen, I joined a volunteer group with my dad．I went on my first volunteer project in West Virginia．On the night we arrived, we discovered that "our family" was living in a trailer（活动房车） that was in poor conditions．A crew had been wolfing on it for two weeks, but every time they finished one problem, another surfaced．
We decided the only reasonable solution was to bridle a new house – something unusual but necessary under these circumstances．The family was overjoyed with their new house that was twenty by thirty feet with three bedrooms, a bath and a kitchen．
On Tuesday of that week, while we ate lunch together, I asked the family"s three boys, Josh, Eric and Ryan, "What do you want for your new room?" Expecting toys and other gadgets that children suavity ask for, we were astonished when Josh responded, "I just want a bed．"
The boys had never slept in a bed! They were accustomed to plastic mats．That night we had a meeting and decided that beds would be the perfect gift．On Thursday night, a few adults in our group drove to the nearest city and bought beds and new bedding．
When we saw the delivery truck coming, we told the family about the surprise．We could hardly contain ourselves. It was like watching excited children on Christmas morning．
That afternoon, as we fitted the frames of the beds together, Eric ran into the house to watch us．Too dirty to enter his room, he observed with wide-eyed enthusiasm from the doorway．
As my father slipped a pillowcase onto one of the pillows, Eric asked, "What is that?"
"A pillow," he replied．
"What do you do with it?" Eric continued to ask
"When you go to sleep, you put your head on it," I answered softly．Tears came to my eyes as my father handed Eric the pillow．
"Oh．．．that"s soft," he said, hugging it tightly．
Now, when my sister or I start to ask for something that seems urgent, my dad gently asks, "Do you have a pillow?"
We know exactly what he means．
小题1:The author"s first volunteer project was .| A．working on a poor trailer | | B．helping a poor family | | C．donating beds and bedding | | D．dealing with a housing problem |
小题2:On hearing Josh"s answer, the author was shocked because .| A．the family lived in a trailer | | B．Josh didn"t know what a bed was | | C．Josh expected to get some toys | | D．The boys had no bed to sleep in |
小题3:By "We could hardly contain ourselves．", the author means that they all| A．felt confused | B．felt excited with joy | | C．couldn"t help laughing | D．failed to keep the secret |
小题4:From the passage, we can learn that what Eric had never seen before is .| A．a trailer | B．a bed | | C．a pillow | D．a truck |
小题5:From the last two paragraphs, the author"s father means that| A．what the author wants to get may be unnecessary | | B．the author should not waste money on small things | | C．the author should do more volunteer work for the poor | | D．what he will buy is not what the author wants but a pillow |
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Perhaps the only test score that I remember is the 41. I was in high school. The test was the final for the class. It was a rather 36 test. I didn’t know how 37 I had done but I knew there were things on 38 that I didn’t know.
I remember 39 waiting for the result. When Mr. Bales 40 my paper on my desk, I was 41 . There in big 42 numbers, circled to draw attention, was my grade — 41! I 43 my paper so that others couldn’t see it. A 41 was not 44 that you wanted your classmates to see. Finally, Mr. Bales stood behind the desk and 45 the class. “The grades were not very good; 46 of you passed,” he announced. “ The highest grade in the class was a 41, so all of you failed.”
A 41. That was me. Suddenly my dismal(阴沉的) face didn’t look quite so bad. I had the highest grade. I felt a lot 47 . As soon as I got home, my mother asked me, “How did you do on your test?” “I made a 41,” I said. My mother’s 48 changed suddenly. “You failed.” “But I had the highest grade in the class!” I replied. “ I don’t 49 what everyone else had. You failed. It doesn’t matter if everyone else failed too; what matters is what you do,” my mother 50 answered.
For years, I thought that was a harsh judgment. My mother was always that 51 . It didn’t matter what the other kids did; it only mattered what I did and 52 I did it excellently.
We often don’t understand the wisdom of good parents until we ourselves stand 53 the parenting shoes. My mother’s philosophy（人生态度）has 54 me throughout life. The path of the crowd is wide but the path to pass the tests of life is 55 and there are very few people on it.
| 小题1: | | A．easy | B．difficult | C．exciting | D．disappointed |
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| 小题2: | | A．much | B．good | C．well | D．long |
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| 小题4: | | A．happily | B．anxiously | C．excitedly | D．calmly |
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| 小题5: | | A．fell | B．handed | C．dropped | D．lay |
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| 小题6: | | A．excited | B．worried | C．delighted | D．shocked |
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| 小题7: | | A．red | B．black | C．blue | D．green |
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| 小题8: | | A．collected | B．gathered | C．hid | D．kept |
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| 小题9: | | A．everything | B．something | C．anything | D．nothing |
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| 小题10: | | A．talked | B．declared | C．announced | D．addressed |
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| 小题11: | | A．some | B．each | C．none | D．most |
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| 小题12: | | A．worse | B．better | C．best | D．good |
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| 小题13: | | A．looks | B．appearance | C．eyes | D．expression |
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| 小题14: | | A．understand | B．care | C．mind | D．want |
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| 小题15: | | A．rudely | B．politely | C．firmly | D．impatiently |
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| 小题16: | | A．method | B．manner | C．behavior | D．way |
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| 小题17: | | A．this | B．that | C．which | D．what |
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| 小题19: | | A．taken | B．brought | C．fetched | D．carried |
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| 小题20: | | A．wide | B．deep | C．narrow | D．straight |
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However, doing that job was no easy task in itself. I offered to help, but he and the checkout lady had it under control. He asked my wife if she would mind putting his empty basket away. What must it be like, I wondered, to be so dependent on other people like that? The checkout operator came around and gave him his change and the items he needed to have to hand. She hung one bag of groceries over a handle at the back of his chair. I offered to get the other, bigger, bag and he said, “No. But you could do me a favour. Take that lot along to the entrance and give it to Angela.”
As I was told, I did that, leaving Julie with our shopping. Angela, as turned out, was collecting food for people who might otherwise go hungry! I hadn"t even noticed her before. This guy, despite the limitations that his physical condition imposed on him, had bought more than twice as much shopping as he needed – and given the bigger bag away to help other people! He didn"t let the fact that he needed help stop him from being a help. He may have been limited physically, but his heart was more than capable of overcoming all that. And it changed my idea of dependence when I realized that the help he had given was more than the help he had received.
So … what’s holding the rest of us back?
小题1: From the first paragraph, we know that______.| A．the writer was obviously a disabled person | | B．the man in a wheelchair was a shopper | | C．the writer and Julie jumped the queue | | D．only three people were shopping then |
小题2: The man put the things he bought into two piles, probably because______.| A．his shopping bags were too small to hold all the groceries | | B．he hoped to keep the balance of his wheelchair | | C．he intended to help the people in need | | D．it would be easy for him to carry |
小题3: From the passage, we can learn that Angela was probably______.| A．the disabled person’s wife | | B．the girl at the checking desk | | C．a hungry and homeless beggar | | D．a kind-hearted and helpful woman |
小题4: Which of the following can best describe the man in the wheelchair?| A．kind, energetic and determined | | B．positive, dependent and easy-going | | C．active, optimistic and open-minded | | D．helpful, generous and strong-hearted |
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“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. “If you can carry on, one day something good will happen. And you’ll 16 that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous 17 .”
Mother was right, 18 I discovered after 19 from college in 1932. I had decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way 20 sports announcer. I hitchhiked（搭便车） to Chicago and knocked on the door of 21 station—and got 22 every time. In one 23 , a kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t 24 hiring inexperienced persons. “Go out in the sticks and find a small station that’ll give you a 25 .” she said.
I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois. While there was no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local 26 to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I 27 . The job sounded just right for me. 28 I wasn’t hired.
My disappointment must have shown. “Everything happens for the best,” Mom 29 me. Dad 30 me the car to job-hunt. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had 31 hired an announcer.
As I left his office, my 32 boiled over. I asked aloud, “How can a fellow get to be a sport announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?” I was waiting for the elevator 33 I heard MacArthur calling, “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he stood next to me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an 34 game.
On my way home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother’s words: “if you carry on, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous disappointment”. I often 35 what direction my life might have taken if I’d gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.
| 小题1: | | A．realize | B．recognize | C．request | D．receive |
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| 小题2: | | A．disappointment | B．excitement | C．pressure | D．anxiety |
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| 小题4: | | A．studying | B．working | C．living | D．graduating |
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| 小题5: | | A．up to | B．out at | C．up for | D．down to |
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| 小题6: | | A．every | B．many | C．a few | D．some |
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| 小题7: | | A．taken down | B．broken down | C．turned down | D．put down |
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| 小题8: | | A．room | B．image | C．studio | D．stage |
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| 小题9: | | A．risk | B．avoid | C．mind | D．regret |
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| 小题10: | | A．trouble | B．chance | C．choice | D．change |
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| 小题11: | | A．adviser | B．athlete | C．photographer | D．composer |
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| 小题12: | | A．applied | B．assisted | C．approved | D．admitted |
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| 小题14: | | A．reminded | B．praised | C．demanded | D．informed |
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| 小题15: | | A．supplied | B．provided | C．prepared | D．offered |
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| 小题16: | | A．still | B．even | C．already | D．yet |
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| 小题17: | | A．distinction | B．frustration | C．impression | D．expression |
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| 小题19: | | A．visible | B．bitterness | C．imaginary | D．satisfactory |
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| 小题20: | | A．think | B．suspect | C．doubt | D．wonder |
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