A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor. They
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A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor. They talked about the 36 topic-happiness. But soon their conversation turned into complaints about 37 in work and life.
To offer his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and 38 with a large pot of coffee and a variety of 39 -plastic glass, metal, porcelain (陶瓷), some plain-looking some very 40 .The professor told his students to help themselves to hot coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in 41 . the professor said:" lf you have noticed, all the nice-looking 42 . cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is 43 for you to want only the best for Your belives, that is the 44 of your problems and stress. The professor continued," Believe that the cup itself adds no 45 to the coffee. ln most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases it even 46 what we drink. What all of you 47 wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went 48 the best cups. Now 49 this: life is coffee, the jobs, money, and 50 in society are the cups， which are just tools to hold and 51 life, and the different types of cups we have don"t decide, nor 52 the quality of life. lf we concentrate only on the cups, we will 53 to enjoy the coffee in it. So don"t let the cups 54 you...enjoy the coffee instead."
At these words, the graduates looked at each other in 55 embarrassment.
| 小题1: | | A．hot | B．sensitive | C．famous | D．easy |
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| 小题2: | | A．pay | B．joy | C．experience | D．stress |
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| 小题3: | | A．cooked | B．took | C．returned | D．met |
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| 小题4: | | A．cups | B．gifts | C．plates | D．drinks |
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| 小题5: | | A．common | B．special | C．rare | D．delicate |
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| 小题6: | | A．order | B．time | C．hand | D．place |
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| 小题7: | | A．pretty | B．different | C．colorful | D．expensive |
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| 小题8: | | A．necessary | B．normal | C．good | D．possible |
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| 小题9: | | A．situation | B．answer | C．result | D．source |
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| 小题10: | | A．quality | B．energy | C．weight | D．color |
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| 小题11: | | A．makes | B．gives | C．hides | D．includes |
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| 小题12: | | A．finally | B．really | C．especially | D．nearly |
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| 小题14: | | A．forget | B．discuss | C．consider | D．try |
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| 小题15: | | A．position | B．relation | C．workmates | D．friends |
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| 小题16: | | A．create | B．support | C．contain | D．own |
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| 小题17: | | A．damage | B．determine | C．change | D．increase |
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| 小题19: | | A．drive | B．hold | C．take | D．control |
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| 小题20: | | A．quiet | B．speechless | C．amazing | D．reasonable |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:D
小题6:C
小题7:D
小题8:B
小题9:D
小题10:A
小题11:C
小题12:B
小题13:A
小题14:C
小题15:A
小题16:C
小题17:C
小题18:D
小题19:A
小题20:B |
解析
教授通过杯子以及咖啡形象的比喻了生活与金钱，地位，告诉人们我们不要为金钱地位驱使而忘记生活的本质。
小题1:考查形容词辨析。根据上下文可知他们讨论的是热门话题。
小题2:名词辨析。根据根据下文that is the 44 of your problems and stress.
小题3:动词辨析。全文说教授走进了厨房，那么这里应该是从厨房返回
小题4:名词辨析。根据下文可知是各种咖啡的杯子。
小题5:形容词辨析。delicate精美的,雅致的；与前面的plain-looking形成呼应。
小题6:考查介词搭配。根据句意：每个人手中都有一个杯子。
小题7:上下文串联。根据后文的leaving behind the plain and cheap ones。
小题8:形容词辨析。每个人都想要好东西这是正常的事情。
小题9:考查名词辨析。根据句意可知追求昂贵的事物是他们压力的来源。
小题10:考查名词辨析。贵的杯子不会增加咖啡的品质，咖啡的品质不是容器决定的。
小题11:动词辨析。根据句意昂贵的杯子甚至会掩盖掉杯子的真正内容，人们只会注意杯子，不注意杯子的内容。
小题12:考查副词辨析。根据句意：人们真正想要的是咖啡而不是杯子。
小题13:考查动词短语。go for 想得到;你们只想得到好的杯子。
小题14:考查动词辨析。根据句意：现在考虑这件事情。
小题15:名词辨析。根据句意：工作金钱，和地位是杯子。生活是咖啡。
小题16:动词辨析。杯子中包含有生活。
小题17:动词辨析。根据上文we have don"t decide，可知杯子不能决定也不能改变我们的生活。
小题18:动词辨析。根据上下文可知，当人们只关注杯子的时候，我们就不能享受咖啡了。
小题19:动词辨析。根据句意：不要让杯子驱使你，不要做杯子的奴隶。
小题20:上下文串联。教授的点评非常有道理，大家都无话可说。 |
举一反三
One Tuesday evening in the beginning of the fall 1996 semester at Shippensburg University, sirens(警笛) sounded. These sirens were not in celebration; they were a cry to the university that something was wrong. A house, only one block away, was on fire. Nine of the university"s students lived there.
From the minute the word got out that help was needed, it seemed like everyone showed up. The victims of the fire were offered endless invitations for housing for the night. The very next day, everyone got into gear to do their part in helping them. Flyers (小传单) were posted with items that were immediately needed, just to get these students through this next couple of days. Boxes for donations and money jars were placed in every residence hall（学生宿舍）．
As a residence director，I went before the students in my hall to ask them to do what they could. I knew that college students don"t have much, but I asked them to do their best: “Every little bit will help." I really didn"t think they could do much. I was proved wrong.
At the hall council meeting the night after the fire, my residents decided to have a wing competition, where each wing of the building would team up to see who could bring In the most donations. I announced that the wing who won would receive a free pizza party.
Thursday evening we announced over the PA system that we were beginning the wing competition. Within minutes, the place exploded. The single large box that I had placed in the lobby (太厅) was over-flowing. We quickly grabbed more boxes, and we watched in amazement as they, too, filled to the brim. Members of the resident assistant staff and I began to count the items. I was astonished by what I saw, and I was inspired by these kids.
When we came to the final tally（得分）, the winners turned to me and announced that they would like to donate their winnings as well. They wanted the victims of the fire to have their pizza party.
Tears welled up in my eyes. I had watched these students jump to action, work tirelessly and donate all that they could. And then, as if that were not enough, they handed over their reward’s was touched and so very proud of them.
小题1:The writer mainly wanted to by the story.| A．tell us the suffering of nine of the college students from a fire | | B．praise the college students helping the victims selflessly | | C．tell us how successful the wing competition was | | D．show he was deeply moved by the college students" action |
小题2:The phrase "get into gear" in the second paragraph means .| A．be eager | B．take action | C．be prepared | D．start working |
小题3:At first, the residence director thought .| A．it was impossible to expect the college students to donate anything | | B．it was easy to collect a lot of donations from the college students | | C．the college students would donate not much | | D．the college students would donate all the items they had |
小题4:The wing competition was held .| A．on Tuesday evening | B．on Thursday | | C．on Wednesday evening | D．the very next day |
小题5:How did the residence director feel when he saw the brimful boxes?| A．Terrible． | B．Funny． | C．Surprised． | D．Serious |
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One sunny afternoon, a seven-year-old girl went for a walk. She crossed a large area of grassland into the woods __26__ she realized that she was lost.
Sitting on a rock and __27__ what to do, she began crying. After a while. She__28__ to walk along a wide path lined with tall trees and thick bushes. __29__ it was getting dark, she saw a small, dark wooden house. She opened the door and __30__ stepped in. Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, and she ran out the door and back to the __31__. Cold and tired, she fell asleep near a __32__.
The girl’s parents were out and her dog, Laddy, was at home. Laddy __33__ that his mistrees（女主人）was in danger. He jumped __34__ a window, breaking the glass. He looked in the fields. But he couldn’t find his mistress anywhere. However, from the ground came a __35__ scent (气味) as he lowered his head. He __36__ the scent and walked across the grassland. Barking __37__ into the air, the dog __38__ through the woods until he found the __39__ . But the girl was not there, so he headed back to the woods. Much to his __40__ , he saw his mistress’ blue shirt in the distance. He __41__ over some bushes and saw the little stream, where the girl was __42__.
When she opened her eyes and 43 her dog standing beside her, the girl said, “you 44 me, Laddy,” and she kissed him several times. Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears of 45 . That night Laddy had a heror’s supper: a huge meal of steak
| 小题1: | | A．before | B．since | C．while | D．as |
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| 小题2: | | A．wondering | B．forgetting | C．remembering | D．regretting |
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| 小题3: | | A．preferred | B．expected | C．failed | D．decided |
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| 小题4: | | A．When | B．Until | C．If | D．Because |
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| 小题5: | | A．carelessly | B．cautiously | C．hopelessly | D．unwillingly |
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| 小题6: | | A．trees | B．bushes | C．woods | D．grasses |
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| 小题7: | | A．stream | B．rock | C．tree | D．house |
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| 小题8: | | A．found | B．sensed | C．heard | D．smelt |
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| 小题10: | | A．terrible | B．strange | C．pleasant | D．familiar |
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| 小题11: | | A．missed | B．discovered | C．followed | D．ignored |
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| 小题12: | | A．calmly | B．loudly | C．merrily | D．gently |
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| 小题13: | | A．searched | B．wandered | C．looked | D．travelled |
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| 小题14: | | A．window | B．girl | C．house | D．hero |
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| 小题15: | | A．satisfaction | B．disappointment | C．embarrassment | D．delight |
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| 小题16: | | A．jumped | B．climbed | C．walked | D．flew |
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| 小题17: | | A．awake | B．abandoned | C．available | D．asleep |
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| 小题18: | | A．spotted | B．watched | C．observed | D．saw |
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| 小题19: | | A．disturbed | B．comforted | C．rescued | D．scared |
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| 小题20: | | A．pain | B．shock | C．sorrow | D．relief |
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Three Boys and a Dad
Brad closed the door slowly as Sue left home to visit her mother. Expecting a whole day to relax, he was thinking whether to read the newspaper or watch his favourite TV talk show on his first day off in months. “This will be like a walk in the park,” he’d told his wife. “I’ll look after the kids, and you can go visit your mom.”
Things started well, but just after eight o’clock, his three little “good kids”—Mike, Randy, and Alex—came down the stairs in their night clothes and shouted “breakfast, daddy.” When food had not appeared within thirty seconds, Randy began using his spoon on Alex’s head as if it were a drum. Alex started to shout loudly in time to the beat（节拍）. Mike chanted “Where’s my toast, where’s my toast” in the background. Brad realized his newspaper would have to wait for a few seconds.
Life became worse after breakfast. Mike wore Randy’s underwear on his head. Randy locked himself in the bathroom, while Alex shouted again because he was going to wet his pants. Nobody could find clean socks, although they were before their very eyes. Someone named “Not Me” had spilled a whole glass of orange juice into the basket of clean clothes. Brad knew the talk show had already started.
By ten o’clock, things were out of control. Alex was wondering why the fish in the jar refused his bread and butter. Mike was trying to show off his talent by decorating the kitchen wall with his colour pencils. Randy, thankfully, appeared to be reading quietly in the family room，but closer examination showed that he was eating apple jam straight from the bottle with his hands. Brad realised that the talk show was over and reading would be impossible.
At exactly 11:17, Brad called the daycare centre (日托所）.“I suddenly have to go into work and my wife’s away. Can I bring the boys over in a few minutes?” The answer was obviously “yes” because Brad was smiling.
小题1:When his wife left home. Brad expected to .| A．go out for a walk in the park | | B．watch TV talk show with his children | | C．enjoy his first day off work | | D．read the newspaper to his children |
小题2:Which of the following did Randy do? | A．Drawing on the wall | B．Eating apple jam | | C．Feeding the fish. | D．Reading in a room |
小题3:Why did Brad ask the daycare centre for help?| A．Because he wanted to clean up his house. | | B．Because he suddenly had to go to his office | | C．Because he found it hard to manage his boys home. | | D．Because he had to take his wife back |
小题4:This text is developed .| A．by space | B．by comparison | C．by process | D．by time |
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I became a gardener when I was twelve. My early__36___of gardening may not have originated from my love for nature. It was to ___37____my parents.
At that time, we had a big yard in which a beautiful maple tree stood. But my mother often looked with __38___at this work of natural art. Those golden leaves seemed like tons of rubbish to her, “something else to ___39___!” Seeing the neighbors busy with gardening, my father ever thought it a waste of time.
At that age, I always did something___40___to whatever my parents did! If gardening were something they found____41___, I would plant a garden!
I planted some lily（百合花）seeds in the yard. But they failed to ___42___.I continued to plant sunflower seeds and roses. Wild ___43___ joy, I found the first rose bloom（开花）.One by one, the flowers bloomed their heads off. __44___, I was touched by this land of wonder.
___45___, my parents showed no interest in my garden. My father even___46___at me because he found it was ___47___to move around my garden to the driveway. To my mother’s ___48__ , I put in her vase my real roses which, in her eyes, were simply weeds____49___flowers.
Regardless of their ___50___,I kept on planting my garden and ___51___to enjoy the pleasure of gardening. Plants make such good companions: they breathe, they bloom, they___52____to care and love.
It has been many years since I made my first garden out of my desire to ___53___my parents. Today I become known as Mrs. Greenthumbs, teaching gardening and hosting a gardening show which makes my parents feel very___54_ . And now I could say it is my affection for___55___that makes me a real gardener.
| 小题1: | | A．memory | B．dream | C．intention | D．design |
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| 小题2: | | A．please | B．change | C．help | D．annoy |
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| 小题3: | | A．doubt | B．appreciation | C．surprise | D．excitement |
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| 小题4: | | A．collect up | B．care about | C．clean up | D．come in |
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| 小题5: | | A．equal | B．similar | C．superior | D．opposite |
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| 小题6: | | A．painful | B．valuable | C．upsetting | D．interesting |
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| 小题7: | | A．come up | B．break out | C．hold on | D．get through |
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| 小题9: | | A．Luckily | B．Cheerfully | C．Regularly | D．Eventually |
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| 小题10: | | A．Instead | B．However | C．Therefore | D．Besides |
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| 小题11: | | A．shouted | B．laughed | C．glanced | D．jumped |
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| 小题12: | | A．convenient | B．troublesome | C．enjoyable | D．dangerous |
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| 小题13: | | A．sadness | B．displeasure | C．delight | D．relief |
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| 小题14: | | A．other than | B．more than | C．rather than | D．less than |
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| 小题15: | | A．dislike | B．encouragement | C．threat | D．suggestion |
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| 小题16: | | A．decided | B．stopped | C．continued | D．struggled |
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| 小题17: | | A．devote | B．turn | C．respond | D．lead |
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| 小题18: | | A．defeat | B．satisfy | C．respect | D．challenge |
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| 小题19: | | A．proud | B．comfortable | C．strange | D．disappointed |
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| 小题20: | | A．freedom | B．life | C．growth | D．nature |
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I tend to accept any idea put forward by experts on TV. One day, a sociologist proposed that the 31 society has been consuming modern humans little by little. For fear that I would become a victim of the consumer society, I 32 hurried to a bicycle shop in my neighborhood. 33 the shopkeeper Mr. Johnson was selling me the bicycle, he said, “This is the best thing you 34 have done. Life has become hopelessly 35 . A bicycle is simple, and it brings to you 36 things: fresh air, sunshine and exercise.” I agreed. Happy as a child, I got on the bicycle and headed out onto the streets. After some time, I 37 at the other end of the town. I was 38 that this simple vehicle could let me 39 long distances in a fairly short time. But how 40 did I really go?
Since I hated to be 41 , I went back to Mr. Johnson and asked him to 42 an odometer (里程表) on my bicycle. He agreed, but 43 , “An odometer without a speedometer (速度计) is like a 44 without a knife.” I admitted he was right and in a few minutes, the two devices (装置) were 45 to the handlebars of my bicycle. “What about a horn?” he then asked. “Look, this horn is no larger than a matchbox and has many 46 .” Attracted by these functions, I bought the horn.
“You can’t leave the back part 47 ,” noted Mr. Johnson. He fixed a metal box with buttons 48 the seat, and said, “Is there anything better than this oven when you feel 49 on your way? I can give you a special discount.” I was not strong enough to 50 the offer.
“I congratulate you once more; this is the best thing you could have done,” said Mr. Johnson in the end.
| 小题1: | | A．adult | B．human | C．consumer | D．bachelor |
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| 小题2: | | A．eventually | B．immediately | C．reluctantly | D．gratefully |
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| 小题3: | | A．Although | B．Because | C．As | D．Unless |
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| 小题4: | | A．would | B．should | C．must | D．could |
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| 小题5: | | A．boring | B．complicated | C．stressful | D．tough |
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| 小题6: | | A．natural | B．mysterious | C．complex | D．unique |
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| 小题7: | | A．gave up | B．broke down | C．calmed down | D．ended up |
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| 小题8: | | A．amazed | B．amused | C．confused | D．concerned |
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| 小题9: | | A．march | B．drive | C．cover | D．measure |
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| 小题11: | | A．unreliable | B．impractical | C．unprepared | D．inaccurate |
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| 小题12: | | A．fix | B．check | C．repair | D．lay |
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| 小题13: | | A．swore | B．added | C．replied | D．concluded |
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| 小题14: | | A．pencil | B．fork | C．box | D．cake |
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| 小题15: | | A．distributed | B．converted | C．applied | D．attached |
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| 小题16: | | A．shapes | B．sizes | C．functions | D．models |
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| 小题17: | | A．loose | B．blank | C．bare | D．incomplete |
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| 小题18: | | A．beside | B．before | C．below | D．behind |
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| 小题19: | | A．sick | B．hungry | C．hot | D．thirsty |
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| 小题20: | | A．consider | B．withdraw | C．make | D．resist |
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