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Elizabeth and I are 18 now, and about to graduate．I think about our elementary-school friendship, but some memories have blurred （模糊）．What happened that day in the fifth grade when Beth suddenly stopped speaking to me? Does she know that I"ve been thinking about her for seven years? If only we could go back, and discover what ended our relationship．
I have to speak with Beth．I see her sometimes, and find out school is "fine"．It"s not the same．It never will be．Someone says that she"s Liz now．What happened to Beth?
I can"t call her．Should I write? What if she doesn"t answer me? How will I know what she"s thinking?
Yes, I"ll write her a letter．These things are easier to express in writing．" Be-," no, " Li-," no, " Elizabeth," I begin．The words flow freely, as seven year old memories are reborn．I ask her all the questions that have been left unanswered in my mind, and pray she will answer．I seal my thoughts in the perfect white envelope, and imagine Beth looking into her mailbox．W

ill she know why I"m writing? Maybe she once thought of writing the same letter．
As the mailman takes my envelope from me forever, I wo

nder if I"ve made the right decision．Do I have the right to force myself into Beth"s life again? Am I simply part of the past? I have taken the first step．Beth has control of the situation now．
One day has passed．Are my words lying on the bottom of the post office floor?
Two days are gone．I"m lost in thought and don"t even hear the phone ting．
"Hello? It"s Elizabeth．"
小题1:What can we learn about Beth?

A．She had a quarrel with the author in the fifth grade．

B．She moved to another school in the fifth grade．

C．She is now called Liz instead of Beth．

D．She hasn"t seen the author for seven years．

小题2:Why does the author decide to write a letter instead of calling?

A．She is sure that Beth will not answer．

B．She"s afraid that they"ll quarrel on the phone．

C．She doesn"t know Beth"s telephone number．

D．It is easier to express her feelings in writing．

小题3:Which of the following the author might NOT mention in her letter?

A．Their elementary-school friendship．

B．Her future plan after graduation．

C．Her expectations for Beth"s reply．

D．The questions about the endings of their friendship．

小题4:What might happen at the end of the story?

A．Beth answers her letter two days later．

B．The letter doesn"t reach Beth at all．

C．They make up their friendship．

D．Beth refuses to make peace with her．

答案

小题1:C
小题1:D
小题1:B
小题1:C

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The story goes that some time ago, a man had a very lovely little daughter．One day the man   1      his 3-year-old daughter for   2_   _ a roll of gold wrapping paper．Money was tight and he became  3       when the child tried to decorate a  4      to put under the Christmas tree．However , the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy．"
The man was   5        by his earlier  6       , but his anger flared again when he found out the box was   __7        ．He yelled at her, stating, "Don’t you know, when you give someone a present, there is   8          to be something inside?" The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and cried, "Oh, Daddy, it’s not empty at all．I blew kisses into the box．They are all for you, Daddy．"
The father was crushed. He 9       his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her   10       ．Only a short time later, an 11      took the life of the child. It is also told that her father kept that gold box by his bed for many years and whenever he was discouraged, he would take out a(an) 12      kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there．In a very real sense, each one of us, as human beings, has been given a gold container 13      unconditional love and kisses．．．from our children, family members, friends and God. There is simply no other __14      , anyone could hold, more 15       than this．

小题1:

A．asked

B．praised

C．begged

D．punished

小题2:

A．wasting

B．stealing

C．selling

D．holding

小题3:

A．glad

B．angry

C．sad

D．upset

小题4:

A．room

B．hall

C．box

D．ball

小题5:

A．puzzled

B．surprised

C．scared

D．embarrassed

小题6:

A．overwork

B．overreaction

C．overcoat

D．overtime

小题7:

A．empty

B．heavy

C．full

D．wet

小题8:

A．happened

B．seemed

C．supposed

D．used

小题9:

A．put

B．turned

C．handed

D．gave

小题10:

A．kindness

B．forgiveness

C．sadness

D．carelessness

小题11:

A．overcoat

B．incident

C．accident

D．action

小题12:

A．imaginary

B．kind

C．gentle

D．warm

小题13:

A．filled with

B．pleased with

C．crowded with

D．equipped with

小题14:

A．world

B．feeling

C．possession

D．love

小题15:

A．expensive

B．precious

C．comfortable

D．interesting

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A few weeks ago, I followed a friend into an art supply store．I found him picking out tubes of water-color paint, which __36__ me because he’s not an artist.
"I 37 up for a water-color class, and it starts next week," he said．"I really don’t have 38_ for it, but it was on my list of 50 things to do before I die, so I _39__ it．Every few months I look at the list and decide what to focus on next． 40 I had the list, I complained a lot about what I was 41 _ in my life．Now I just bury myself in doing these things．Write your own list．and you’ll 42 what I mean．"
So that night．I did just that, and he was right．The list revealed （显露出） a whole lot about what was __43__ to me．It also revealed how _44___ behind I am at getting to the things I really want．
I filled up the first twenty __45__ quickly, but then began to think carefully．
Eventually I __46_ items I’ve thought about for years, and __47__ I’ve carried with me since I was young．When I 48 the list later, some entries surprised me．
First, I want to _ 49_ much more, particularly now that my children are 50_ and can go with me to see the world．I would like to take them to bike through Denmark and camp in the Canadian Rockies．
I’m also surprised to _51_ some things on the list that need to be done soon．If I’m going to learn to roller-blade （轮滑）, __52_, I’d better start before I turn 50．
Like my friend, I now have an alternative to __53__．When I’m bored with life, I take out my list．
My friend told me the _54_ was preparing the ground so that life could work in mysterious ways．"If you want your ship to come in, you must build a dock （码头）," he said．
Thanks to my _55__, I’m working on some big docks．

小题1:

A．surprised

B．moved

C．pleased

D．excited

小题2:

A．made

B．took

C．signed

D．gave

小题3:

A．interest

B．concern

C．time

D．emotion

小题4:

A．went for

B．called for

C．accounted for

D．cared for

小题5:

A．Because

B．After

C．Before

D．Although

小题6:

A．doing

B．missing

C．pushed

D．engaged

小题7:

A．admire

B．abolish

C．spot

D．see

小题8:

A．important

B．strange

C．beneficial

D．special

小题9:

A．slightly

B．slowly

C．possibly

D．hopelessly

小题10:

A．thoughts

B．lists

C．ideas

D．blanks

小题11:

A．studied

B．added

C．dropped

D．obtained

小题12:

A．burdens

B．challenges

C．dreams

D．responsibilities

小题13:

A．reviewed

B．discovered

C．wrote

D．appreciated

小题14:

A．play

B．relax

C．travel

D．hike．

小题15:

A．wealthier

B．cleverer

C．healthier

D．older

小题16:

A．write

B．put

C．find

D．leave

小题17:

A．such as

B．for instance

C．in fact

D．in particular

小题18:

A．complaining

B．relaxing

C．objecting

D．adjusting

小题19:

A．problem

B．key

C．answer

D．question

小题20:

A．hobbies

B．optimism

C．list

D．wishes

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A nine-year-old kid was sitting at his desk when suddenly there was a puddle （/JC^C）between his feet and the front of his trousers was wet．He thought his heart was going to stop because he couldn"t possibly imagine how this had happened．It had never happened before, and he knew that when the boys found out he would never hear the end of jt. When the girls found out, they would never speak to him again as long as he lived．
He prayed this prayer, "Dear God, I need help

now! Five minutes from now I"m dead meat!" He looked up from his prayer and here came the teacher with a look in her eyes that said he had been discovered．As the teacher was walking toward him, a classmate named Susie was carrying a goldfish bowl full of water．Susie tripped （绊倒） in front of the teacher and dumped （倒） the bowl of water in the boy"s lap．The boy pretended to be angry, but all the while was saying to himself, "Thank you．Lord!"
Now all of a sudden, instead of being the object of ridicule, the boy was the object of sympathy．The teacher rushed him downstairs and gave him gym shorts to put on while his trousers dried out．All the other children were on their hands and knees cleaning up around his desk．The sympathy was wonderful．But as life would have it, the ridicule that should have been his had been transferred （转移） to someone else—Susie．She tried to help, but they told her to get out．
When school was over

, the boy walked over to Susie and whispered, "You did that on purpose, didn"t you?" Susie whispered back, "I wet my trousers once, too!"
小题1:T

he underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 means ____ .

A．the boys would never

play with him

B．the boys would treat him as usual

C．he would hardly hear any praise from the boys

D．he would be laughed at by the boys endlessly

小题2:After Susie dumped water in his lap, the boy was in a state of ___

A．excitement

B．relief

C．anxiety

D．anger

小题3:What did the other kids do after the incident?

A．They offered him dry clothes．

B．They laughed at the boy rudely,

C．They helped the boy do the cleaning．

D．They urged the boy to get out angrily,

小题4:Why did Susie dump water in the boy"s lap?

A．The boy asked her to do so．

B．She just did it by accident．

C．The teacher tripped her on purpose．

D．She knew the boy"s embarrassment．

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My family came to America in 1985. _21_ of us spoke a word of English. Each morning
I disliked going to school for fear of not __22__what people were saying.
Very soon my mother noticed something was__23__me. The pain and care I saw in her
moonshaped eyes made me burst into tears. I explained to her the __24__I had of going to school. “Learning English is not __25__，” my mother said. She cheerfully __26__the two of us work together to learn the language at home. The__27__and determination my mother had were admirable because English was as __28__ to her as it was to me.
That afternoon，I saw my mother in a different light as she __29__me by the school
fence. She was the shortest of all the mothers there， 30 , her face with her welcoming smile and big，black eyes was the most __31__. The afternoon sun shone__32__on her long，black hair creating an atmosphere that made her different from others.
My mother and I immediately began reading together and __33__five new words a
day. My mother，with her encouraging attitude，made the routine (惯例) fun and interesting. The fact that she was sacrificing (牺牲) her__34__ time before going to work so that I could learn English made me see the __35__she owned. Very soon I began to understand what everyone was saying.

小题1:

A．All

B．One

C．Some

D．None

小题2:

A．hearing

B．mastering

C．understanding

D．noticing

小题3:

A．changing

B．disappointing

C．hurting

D．troubling

小题4:

A．fear

B．emotion

C．sense

D．difficulty

小题5:

A．dull

B．necessary

C．impossible

D．good

小题6:

A．decided

B．suggested

C．promised

D．allowed

小题7:

A．wish

B．consideration

C．confidence

D．progress

小题8:

A．new

B．strange

C．familiar

D．good

小题9:

A．sent for

B．picked up

C．waited for

D．looked for

小题10:

A．so

B．but

C．because

D．however

小题11:

A．hopeful

B．relaxing

C．confusing

D．exciting

小题12:

A．directly

B．brightly

C．slightly

D．clearly

小题13:

A．discussing

B．reviewing

C．remembering

D．writing

小题14:

A．working

B．shopping

C．learning

D．resting

小题15:

A．determination

B．sadness

C．joke

D．modesty

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Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I’m going to fly to New York next week because I’ve got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don’t know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram (电报)," his wife said. "All right," Dick answered.
He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.In the evening he didn’t have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o’clock and said, "Now I’m going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner."He found a taxi (出租车) and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn’t remember the name and address of his hotel.
"Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."
小题1:Dick flew to New York because ___.

A．he went there for a holiday	B．he had work there
C．he went there for sightseeing (观光)	D．his home was there

小题2:Why did his wife want a telegram from him?

A．Because she wanted to know where her husband stayed in New York

B．Because she wanted to go to New York, too

C．Because she might send him another telegram

D．Because she couldn’t leave her husband by himself in New York

小题3:Where did Dick stay in New York?

A．In the center of the city.	B．In a hotel.
C．In a restaurant.	D．At his friend’s house.

小题4:Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?

A．The manager (经理) of his hotel.	B．The police office.
C．The taxi driver.	D．His wife.

小题5:Which of the following is Not true?

A．Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.

B．Dick didn’t work on the first night of his arrival.

C．Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.

D．Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.

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