There is an old story telling about a woman whose only son died in an accident.
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There is an old story telling about a woman whose only son died in an accident. In her 26 , she went to the wise man that is always 27 for his wisdom in her town and said, “What advice or what 28 ways do you have to bring my son back to life? I will 29 you with all I have if you can.”
Instead of sending her away or 30 with her, he said to her, “Fetch me a mustard (芥末) seed from a home that has never 31 sorrow. We will use it to drive the sorrow out of your life.” The woman went off at once in 32 of that magical mustard seed.
She came first to a splendid apartment, 33 at the door, and said in a (n) 34 voice, “I am looking for a home that has never known sorrow. Is this such a (n) 35 that I want? It is very important to me.”
36 , she didn’t get what she wanted, even without a single word of 37 . They told her that she had come to the wrong place. And they began to 38 all the tragic things that recently had happened to them.
The woman said to herself, “Who is better able to help these poor, 39 people than I, though I also have had misfortune of my own?” She 40 to comfort them till they 41 . Then she went on searching for a home that had never known sorrow. But 42 she turned up, in small cottages or in other places, she found one 43 after another of sadness and misfortune. She became so 44 in helping other people out of their sorrow that finally she forgot about her quest for the special mustard seed, in fact, never 45 that it had driven the sorrow out of her life.
| 小题1: | | A．joy | B．danger | C．belief | D．sorrow |
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| 小题2: | | A．envied | B．considered | C．respected | D．treated |
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| 小题3: | | A．strange | B．magical | C．valuable | D．important |
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| 小题4: | | A．reward | B．supply | C．provide | D．award |
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| 小题5: | | A．quarreling | B．discussing | C．reasoning | D．arguing |
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| 小题6: | | A．suffered | B．known | C．obtained | D．forgotten |
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| 小题7: | | A．honor | B．favor | C．need | D．search |
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| 小题8: | | A．knocked | B．broke | C．stood | D．pointed |
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| 小题9: | | A．excited | B．confident | C．sad | D．urgent |
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| 小题10: | | A．place | B．answer | C．apartment | D．person |
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| 小题11: | | A．Luckily | B．Immediately | C．Gradually | D．Unfortunately |
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| 小题12: | | A．praise | B．respect | C．comfort | D．encouragement |
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| 小题13: | | A．exchange | B．describe | C．simplified | D．decorated |
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| 小题14: | | A．unfortunate | B．unfriendly | C．unimportant | D．unfamiliar |
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| 小题15: | | A．planned | B．managed | C．continued | D．stayed |
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| 小题16: | | A．settle down | B．break down | C．calm down | D．get dwon |
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| 小题17: | | A．wherever | B．whatever | C．however | D．whenever |
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| 小题18: | | A．excuse | B．tale | C．lie | D．reason |
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| 小题19: | | A．curious | B．puzzled | C．worried | D．involved |
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| 小题20: | | A．recognizing | B．realizing | C．remembering | D．wondering |
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答案
小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:A
小题5:C
小题6:B
小题7:D
小题8:C
小题9:D
小题10:A
小题11:D
小题12:C
小题13:B
小题14:A
小题15:D
小题16:C
小题17:A
小题18:B
小题19:D
小题20:B |
解析
文章以一个故事告诉我们帮助别人能让我们真正的快乐起来，无论我们遇见多大的痛苦。
小题1:D 名词辨析。A快乐；B危险；C信念；D悲哀；根据上文可知儿子死了，她很难过。
小题2:C 动词辨析。根据上文可知这是一位智者，智者总是受到人们的尊重。
小题3:B 形容词辨析。这里是指由魔力的能把她的儿子找回来的方法。
小题4:A 动词辨析。A以…付报酬；BC提供；D奖励。这里是指她以她所有来回报那位智者。
小题5:C 动词辨析。Reason with sb与…理论，谈论。这里指智者没有和她多讨论。
小题6:B 动词辨析。智者让她2从一个从来都不知道悲哀的家庭里找芥末的种子。
小题7:D 名词辨析。In search of寻找。根据上下文可知是去寻找这样的人家。
小题8:C 动词辨析。这里是指站在一家人的门前。本题容易错选A。
小题9:D形容词辨析。这里是指她用紧急的声音说好话。
小题10:A 上下文串联。很清楚她是在问这是不是她要找的地方。
小题11:D 副词辨析。根据下文可知她找不到那样的地方，所以是很不幸的事情。
小题12:C 动词辨析。这里是指甚至都没有人来安慰她。
小题13:B 动词辨析。A交换；B描述；C使…简化；D装饰。指那些人向她描述他们痛苦的事情。
小题14:A 形容词辨析。这里是指那些比她还要不幸的人。
小题15:D 动词辨析。这里是指她留在那些地方来帮助那些人直到他们平静下来。
小题16:C 词义辨析。A定居；B机器坏；C平静；D写下。解析同上。
小题17:A 语法分析。无论她到什么地方，都会发现一个接一个不幸的故事。
小题18:B 名词辨析。A借口；B故事；C谎言；D原因。解析同上。
小题19:D 固定词组。Be involved in参与….
小题20:B 动词辨析。这里是指她没有意识到到帮助别人已经驱赶了她心中的悲哀。
点评：文章以一个故事告诉我们帮助别人能让我们真正的快乐起来，无论我们遇见多大的痛苦。答题前一定要略读全文，把握文章要表达的主题，注意前后句与句，段落与段落之间的关系。答题中，一定要认真分析，注意选项与上下文的关系，与前后单词的关系。对于一时没有太大的把握的题可以放到最后再来完成，因为有时答案可以从下文内容体现出来。答完后再通读一遍文章，看看所选选项能不能是语句通顺，语意连贯。 |
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The back door of the ambulance(救护车) was suddenly shut and the driver ran to the front, jumped into his seat, and started the engine. Inside were the __36 __ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Green, the mother holding their baby daughter Ally. The little girl had __37 __ food stuck in her throat and could hardly breathe.
The driver, Mr. white, __38 __ his siren (报警器) and flashing light, and started speeding towards the nearest hospital, fighting against __39 __. The cars ahead of him pulled out of the way as he drove through the __40 __. From the back of the __41 __the parents were shouting at him to __ 42__, since Ally had almost stopped __43 __. In front of him he saw some traffic lights, with the red “STOP” light shining. Mr. White knew that he had no time to __ 44__, so he drove straight past the traffic lights, looking __45 __his left and right as he did so.
Coming towards him from his right was a taxi. The driver had the windows __46__, since the car was air-conditioned, and he was playing his radio. He did not __47 __the ambulance. The lights were green, so he drove straight __48 __into the path of the ambulance.
Mr. White tried to stop his ambulance but it was too late. It hit the taxi. Everybody was shaken but no one was hurt. Mr. White looked to see __ 49__little Ally was. He was astonished to see relief instead of __50 __on the faces of the parents.
“Look!” cried Mrs. Green. “She is __51 __ again.”
“It must have been the ___52 __.” said her husband. “It __53 __ the food out of her throat.” The baby’s color was turning to __54 __ , and she was crying in a loud but healthy __55 __.
They were all joyful, and quite forgot about the accident, the taxi, and the lines of cars all around them.
| 小题1: | | A．worried | B．angry | C．happy | D．surprised |
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| 小题3: | | A．opened on | B．turned on | C．turned off | D．sped up |
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| 小题4: | | A．police | B．life | C．lights | D．time |
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| 小题5: | | A．empty street | B．busy traffic | C．large crowds | D．deserted place |
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| 小题6: | | A．street | B．cars | C．traffic | D．ambulance |
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| 小题7: | | A．hurry | B．slow | C．stop | D．drive |
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| 小题8: | | A．breathing | B．looking | C．whispering | D．talking |
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| 小题9: | | A．think | B．ignore | C．lose | D．miss |
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| 小题12: | | A．hear | B．see | C．find | D．notice |
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| 小题15: | | A．pleasure | B．anger | C．fear | D．surprise |
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| 小题16: | | A．crying | B．breathing | C．smiling | D．speaking |
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| 小题17: | | A．light | B．policeman | C．car | D．crash |
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| 小题18: | | A．took | B．picked | C．knocked | D．made |
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| 小题19: | | A．usual | B．common | C．ordinary | D．normal |
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| 小题20: | | A．sound | B．voice | C．tone | D．noise |
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When I was a boy, I belonged to the Boy Scouts(童子军)，so I used to go camping every summer, and once something happened which I have never been able to explain.
We were camping in a place above a river. After arriving, we all rushed down to the river and had a swim. Standing by the river, we noticed that it was surrounded by cliffs (悬崖).If someone wanted to reach the river at this point, he had to walk past our camp.
Several days later, the scoutmaster had to be away for a day. That afternoon, we had supper early. We were sitting round the fire, eating and talking, when a man walked past and went down towards the river. We all felt that this man looked very strange, but, because each of us was afraid of looking very stupid, no one said anything.
We ate rather slowly, taking as long as possible. After finishing, we collected our plates together so that we could take them to the river where we always washed them. But no one moved towards the river, we stood looking at each other ashamed. Then all shouting at once, we began talking about the man who had walked past us. We agreed how strange he looked and we wondered what he could be doing by the river. We knew that he could only return by passing through our camp.
An hour passed. Then one of the boys suggested we should creep(悄悄移动)down by the river so that we could see what the man was doing. Moving very slowly and keeping in the shadow, we crept down towards the bank. One boy climbed a tree so that he could see everything clearly. He called to us that there was no one there, so we ran down to the bank, looking everywhere carefully. We could not understand where the man had gone.
When it got dark, we went back to our camp feeling bewildered. We told the scoutmaster what had happened in the evening. Smiling, he doubted that we had seen the man, but finally suggested we go and look again. We did, but there was no one there.
Many years have passed, but I still remember it as if it were yesterday. What did we see? I do not know.
小题1:The writer in the text mainly tells us _________.| A．the story of his childhood | B．a strange camping experience | | C．about a stranger by the river | D．about a good place for camping |
小题2:Why did the boys eat their supper slowly?| A．They wanted to delay going to the river bank. | | B．They were waiting for their scoutmaster. | | C．They had a supper earlier than usual. | | D．They were talking while eating. |
小题3:The underlined word “bewildered” in the text probably means _________.| A．ashamed | B．nervous | | C．unable to understand | D．eager to know something |
小题4:When he heard what had happened, the scoutmaster __________.| A．realized who the man was | | B．started to worry about the man | | C．went back to look for the can | | D．felt it hard to believe the boys |
小题5:The writer still remembers the event because________.| A．the boys acted foolishly | | B．the camping place is beautiful | | C．there has been no explanation for the event | | D．he particularly enjoyed his camping that summer. |
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About 30 years ago, I left Cuba for the United States with my son. After getting settled finally in Brunswick, New Jersey, I enrolled(注册) my son in kindergarten. Several weeks later, my son’s teacher asked me to meet him at his office.
In the teacher’s office, and exchange of greetings was followed by his questions: “ Is your son mentally retarded(弱智的)? Does he suffer from any kind of mental disability?”
Was he talking about my wonderful Scola? No, no, it can’t be. What a helpless, lonely moment! I told him that Scola was a quiet, sweet little boy, instead. I asked him why he was asking me all these questions.
My son could not follow the teacher’s directions, he told me, and thus, Scola was disrupting the class. Didn’t he know my son did not speak English yet?
He was angry: “ Why hasn’t your son been taught to speak English? Don’t you speak English at home?”
No, I didn’t speak English at home, I replied. I was sure my son would learn English in a couple of months, and I didn’t want him to forget his native language. Well, wrong answer! What kind of person would not speak in English to her son at home and at all times? “ Are you one of those people who come to this country to save dollars and sent them back to their country, never wanting to be a part of this society?”
Needless to say, I tried to tell him I was not one of “ those people.” Then he told me the meeting was over, and I left.
As I had expected, my son learned to speak English fluently before the school year was over. He went on to graduate from college and got a job, earning close to six figures. He travels widely and leads a well-adjusted, contented life. And he has benefited from being bilingual(双语的)。
Speaking more than one language allows people to communicate with others; it teaches people about other cultures and other places- something very basic and obviously lacking in the “educator” I met in New Jersey.
小题1:The teacher asked the author to his office________.| A．to work out a study plan for Scola | | B．to get Scola enrolled in kindergarten | | C．to discuss Scola’s in-class performance | | D．to find a language partner for Scola |
小题2:What does the underlined word “disrupting” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?| A．Attending | B．Disturbing | C．Breaking | D．Following |
小题3:The author’s attitude towards being bilingual may best be described as __________.| A．positive | B．critical | C．casual | D．passive |
小题4:This text is likely to be selected from a book of __________.| A．geography | B．medicine | C．history | D．education |
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The other day, I happened to meet someone I hadn’t seen for many years. I couldn’t believe the change in him. In fact, he didn’t even seem like the 21 person.
When I first knew Bill , back in 22 , he was one of the most carefree（无忧无虑）people I had ever 23 . He was always ready to have a party. He thought 24 of going out for beer at three o’clock in the morning or driving 15 miles to see an old 25 he really liked.
Bill and I were in the same class in college, and 26 was never dull when he was 27 . With him there was one wild 28 after another. Sometimes I wonder how we 29 to study for our exams.
Last week I was in Houston on business and I ran into Bill in the bar at the hotel. 30 , I wasn’t even sure it was 31 . Was this short-haired businessman really the same person? I wasn’t really sure until I came near him but it indeed was Bill. Now he works for a bank. He 32 most of the evening about his job, his new car and his house. How he had changed! Back when we were in college, the 33 thing Bill cared about were possessions(财富). Now they seemed to be his main 34 .Although I have changed quite a bit myself, somehow I never 35 Bill changing so much. My image of him 36 the one I had formed 37 the time when we were college students together.
I suppose it’s 38 to expect people to remain the same, especially 39 I have changed so much myself. But I must say that I enjoyed the old Bill much more than the new Bill. Maybe he 40 the same way about me.
| 小题1: | | A．proper | B．usual | C．same | D．right |
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| 小题2: | | A．childhood | B．the army | C．his thirties | D．college |
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| 小题3: | | A．considered | B．met | C．supposed | D．expected |
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| 小题4: | | A．most | B．much | C．nothing | D．none |
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| 小题5: | | A．movie | B．hospital | C．man | D．country |
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| 小题6: | | A．learning | B．life | C．work | D．fun |
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| 小题7: | | A．in | B．out | C．around | D．away |
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| 小题8: | | A．joke | B．mistake | C．chance | D．adventure |
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| 小题9: | | A．managed | B．continued | C．decided | D．hoped |
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| 小题10: | | A．First of all | B．At first | C．Now and then | D．All the time |
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| 小题11: | | A．that | B．him | C．there | D．us |
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| 小题12: | | A．thought | B．spent | C．argued | D．talked |
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| 小题13: | | A．first | B．next | C．last | D．only |
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| 小题14: | | A．interest | B．event | C．subject | D．problem |
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| 小题15: | | A．forgot | B．minded | C．imagined | D．liked |
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| 小题16: | | A．remained | B．reminded | C．suggested | D．became |
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| 小题17: | | A．since | B．from | C．at | D．till |
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| 小题18: | | A．unnecessary | B．foolish | C．common | D．unusually |
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| 小题19: | | A．because | B．that | C．how | D．when |
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| 小题20: | | A．discovered | B．acted | C．looked | D．felt |
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I learned about life from an ant farm. When I was seven years old, my family tried to __1__ an ant farm at home. First, we put clean sand in a thin glass box, and then we brought some ants from the backyard and placed them into the __2__ home.
Shortly after the new __3__ were dropped into the glass structure, they got to work making tunnels. I was amazed that each one knew __4__ what to do. After hours of staring, I realized that the ants had particular given jobs. With my mom’s help, I kept a journal of what happened each day and __5__ the ants. My favorite was the biggest, Cinderella. I drew a picture of her in my journal, which I still have.
On day five a disaster __6__ the ant farm. While I was __7__ the ants, I had put my face so close to the structure that I accidentally tipped it over, __8__ in all the tunnels. Although the ants __9__ their earthquake, one by one they began to die. I was __10__ as I watched them give up their tunnel-building to carry the bodies to a corner of the farm. My mother reported that the ants were dying of “frustration”—feeling annoyed and impatient as they couldn’t control the situation. They simply could not __11__ the reality that their tunnels had been destroyed. Cinderella was the last to die; she did so while carrying a dead ant on her back.
Although much time has passed, I still think of that ant farm. Mom had hoped it would teach me about the natural world, __12__ it taught me much more. __13__ the years, I came to realize the ants were a study in the benefits of __14__. Working together, they were able to create a(n) __15__ world for themselves. I also learned that they should be __16__ for their hard work. Day in and day out, each labored at their task. The ant farm demonstrated that teamwork and perseverance are indeed two key __17__ to success. But there was an even larger lesson that I did not __18__ until recently: Disaster is a natural part of life, and must be __19__. Unlike the ants, humans cannot give up when they face __20__. Unlike the ants, we have to realize that if a tunnel caves in, we just have to build another.
| 小题2: | | A．empty | B．new | C．strange | D．distant |
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| 小题3: | | A．guests | B．settlers | C．friends | D．members |
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| 小题4: | | A．probably | B．roughly | C．exactly | D．normally |
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| 小题5: | | A．named | B．trained | C．compared | D．measured |
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| 小题6: | | A．affected | B．struck | C．kicked | D．beat |
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| 小题7: | | A．removing | B．teaching | C．observing | D．collecting |
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| 小题8: | | A．turning | B．rushing | C．filling | D．caving |
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| 小题9: | | A．experienced | B．predicted | C．faced | D．survived |
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| 小题10: | | A．annoyed | B．horrified | C．moved | D．thrilled |
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| 小题11: | | A．reflect | B．ignore | C．confirm | D．stand |
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| 小题14: | | A．teamwork | B．devotion | C．responsibility | D．organization |
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| 小题15: | | A．relaxing | B．amusing | C．moving | D．amazing |
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| 小题16: | | A．supported | B．inspired | C．admired | D．admitted |
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| 小题17: | | A．certificates | B．approaches | C．ingredients | D．circumstances |
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| 小题18: | | A．give | B．realize | C．take | D．adopt |
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| 小题19: | | A．accepted | B．suffered | C．achieved | D．managed |
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| 小题20: | | A．challenges | B．barriers | C．pressure | D．disappointment |
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