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Mr. Hall was a rich businessman and lived in a big house beside a beautiful river.
The river usually __16__ over in winter, and one year __17__ happened very early, so that by Christmas time it was covered with really __18__ ice. People could walk across it safely.
The sight of this ice gave Mr. Hall __19__. He decided to have a big Christmas party on the ice. He would have all the furniture in his living-room _ 20 _ out onto the ice. He would have pretty colored lights _ 21 _ all around

, and they would have a wonderful party. So he sent out __22__ to all his important friends, and on Christmas Eve they all began to _ 23 his house and then went onto the ice. They were all in very good _ 24 and thought that it _25_

a wonderful idea of Mr. Hall to have a party on the ice.
The party 26 until late at night, and as the _ 27 guests said their merry Christmas, Mr. Hall was pleased with himself for the __28 party.
He had drunk rather 29 at the party, so he did not wake up very early __30 morning. In fact, it was 31 midday when he got up and looked out of the window at the spot where the party was held last night. __32__ he saw there made him wonder whether he was still 33 _. He closed his eyes, opened them again but there was no mistake! The ice had __34 up in the early sunshine and had carried all his living-room furniture out to __35 .
小题1:

A．flows

B．flowed

C．freeze

D．froze

小题2:

A．freezing

B．ice

C．snow

D．rain

小题3:

A．thin

B．thick

C．deep

D．shallow

小题4:

A．a wish

B．an idea

C．a hope

D．a plan

小题5:

A．selling

B．carrying

C．sold

D．carried

小题6:

A．lay

B．lain

C．hung

D．hanged

小题7:

A．introductions

B．invitations

C．informations

D．lights

小题8:

A．look for

B．come to

C．see

D．leave

小题9:

A．spirit

B．strength

C．condition

D．manners

小题10:

A．would be

B．had been

C．had had

D．would have

小题11:

A．went to

B．kept on

C．happened

D．took place

小题12:

A．first

B．last

C．most

D．important

小题13:

A．big

B．new

C．interesting

D．successful

小题14:

A．many

B．little

C．a lot

D．more

小题15:

A．next

B．the next

C．following

D．followed

小题16:

A．most

B．mostly

C．near

D．nearly

小题17:

A．Where

B．What

C．That

D．Which

小题18:

A．afraid

B．awake

C．asleep

D．alive

小题19:

A．dried

B．come

C．frozen

D．broken

小题20:

A．his house

B．the sea

C．the river

D．land

答案

小题1:D
小题1:A
小题1:B
小题1:B
小题1:D
小题1:C
小题1:B
小题1:B
小题1:A
小题1:A
小题1:B
小题1:B
小题1:D
小题1:C
小题1:B
小题1:D
小题1:B
小题1:C
小题1:D
小题1:B

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Jerry is a popular manager of a restaurant. It was his attitude 21 made the waiters follow him. He was a natural motivator (鼓舞人心的人). If a(n) 22 was having a bad day, Jerry was always there, telling him/her how to look on the 23 side of the situation.
This attitude really made me 24, so one day I asked him, “I don’t get it! No one can be a positive person 25. How can you manage it?”
“Every time something bad happens, I can choose to 26 it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining and I can 27 the positive side of life. Why don’t we just do that later?” Jerry said.
Jerry told me an unusual story out of his experience. One day he left the back door of his restaurant 28 and was robbed by three men. While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from 29 , slipped off the combination (开启号码的号码组合). The robbers got angry and 30 him.
31 , Jerry was found quickly and taken to the hospital. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of care, Jerry 32 with fragments (碎片) of the bullets (子弹) still in his body.
I saw Jerry about six months after the 33 . I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place. “Did you lose consciousness? Weren’t you 34 ?” I asked.
“No,” Jerry said, “35 when I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared.”
“A nurse asked if I was allergic (过敏的) to anything. ‘Yes’ I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped 36 as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, ‘37 !’”
“Over the laughter, I told them, ‘Please 38 on me as if I am alive, not dead.’”
Jerry survived 39 the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. Attitude, after all, is 40 .

小题1:

A．which

B．that

C．what

D．why

小题2:

A．adviser

B．performer

C．actress

D．employee

小题3:

A．right

B．dark

C．same

D．positive

小题4:

A．regretful

B．curious

C．bored

D．content

小题5:

A．up to now

B．all the time

C．now and then

D．sooner or later

小题6:

A．insist on

B．get close to

C．refer to

D．learn from

小题7:

A．point out

B．pick up

C．build up

D．take up

小题8:

A．open

B．closed

C．shut

D．locked

小题9:

A．happiness

B．eagerness

C．nervousness

D．anger

小题10:

A．shot

B．killed

C．beat

D．hit

小题11:

A．Immediately

B．Fortunately

C．Obviously

D．Suddenly

小题12:

A．died

B．disappeared

C．recovered

D．escaped

小题13:

A．robbery

B．murder

C．sickness

D．meeting

小题14:

A．astonished

B．delighted

C．excited

D．frightened

小题15:

A．so

B．and

C．but

D．or

小题16:

A．to work

B．working

C．to talk

D．talking

小题17:

A．Pills

B．Flowers

C．Bullets

D．Cakes

小题18:

A．operate

B．focus

C．rely

D．carry

小题19:

A．instead of

B．in spite of

C．in place of

D．thanks to

小题20:

A．something

B．none

C．everything

D．any

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I made a pledge (发誓) to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I would try to be a loving husband and father. Totally loving. No ifs, ands or buts.
The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio. The speaker was quoting (引用) a Biblical (圣经的) passage about husbands being considerate towards their wives. Then he went on to say, “Love is an act of will. A person can choose to love.” To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband. Well, for two weeks that would change.
And it did. Right from the moment I kissed Evelyn at the door and said, “That new yellow sweater looks great on you.”
“Oh, Tom, you noticed,” she said, surprised and pleased, maybe a little puzzled.
After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach. I started to refuse, but then I thought, “Evelyn’s been alone here with the kids all the week and now she wants to stay with me.” We walked on the beach when the children flew their kites.
So it went. Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street firm where I am a director; a visit to the shell museum though I usually hate museums. Relaxed and happy, that’s how the whole vacation passed, I made a new pledge to keep on remembering to choose love. There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment, however. Evelyn and I still laugh about it today. Last night at our cottage, preparing for bed, Evelyn stared at me with the saddest expression.
“What’s the matter?” I asked her.
“Tom,” she said in a voice filled with sorrow, “do you know anything I don’t?”
“What do you mean?”
“Well…that checkup (体检) I had several weeks ago…our doctor…Did he tell you anything about me? Tom, you’ve been so good to me... Am I dying?”
It took a moment for it all to sink in. Then I burst out laughing.
“No, honey,” I said, wrapping her in my arms. “You’re not dying; I’m just starting to live.”
小题1:
From the story we may infer that Tom went to the beach cottage ________.

A．with his family

B．with Evelyn

C．alone

D．with his children

小题2:
During the two weeks on the beach, Tom showed more love to his wife because ________.

A．she looked lovely in her new clothes

B．he had made a lot of money in Wall Street

C．he was determined to be a good husband

D．she was seriously ill

小题3:
The underlined words “one thing” in the passage refer to the fact that ________.

A．he praised her sweater, which puzzled her

B．she insisted on visiting a museum, which he hated

C．he knew something about her illness but didn’t tell her

D．he was so good to her that she thought she must be dying

小题4:
By saying “I’m just starting to live”, Tom means that ________.

A．he is just beginning to understand the real meaning of work

B．he is just beginning to enjoy his life as a loving husband

C．he lived an unhappy life before and is now starting to change

D．he is beginning to feel sorry for what he did to his wife

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A young man who lived in London was in love with a beautiful girl. Soon she became his fiancée(未婚妻).The man was very poor 26 the girl was rich. The young man wanted to give her a 27 on her birthday. He wanted to buy something 28 for her, but he had no 29 how to do it, as he had very little 30 .

The next morning he went to a shop. There were many fine things there; rings, gold watches, diamonds but all these things were 31 .There was one thing he could not take his eyes 32 . 33 was a beautiful vase. That would be a wonderful present for 34 . He had been looking at the vase for half an hour 35 the manager asked what had happened to him. The young man told him everything. The manager felt 36 for him and decided to help him. A brilliant idea 37 him. The manager pointed to the corner of the shop. To his great 38 , the young man saw a vase 39 into many pieces. The manager said, “I can help you. I shall order my servant to 40 it and take it to your fiancée. When he enters the room, he will 41 it.”

On the birthday of his fiancée the young man was very 42 . Everything happened as he had 43 ．The servant brought in the vase, and as he entered the room, he dropped it. There was 44 on everybody"s face. When the vase was unwrapped, the guests saw that 45 was packed separately.

小题1:.

A．when

B．while

C．a

D．because

小题2:

A．vase

B．coat

C．ring

D．present

小题3:.

A．important

B．necessary

C．separate

D．beautiful

小题4:

A．way

B．plan

C．idea

D．path

小题5:

A．time

B．thought

C．money

D．change

小题6:

A．too expensive

B．so cheap

C．too big

D．very beautiful

小题7:

A．on

B．out

C．off

D．over

小题8:

A．It

B．Which

C．This

D．one

小题9:

A．a man

B．him

C．a girl

D．his fiancée

小题10:

A．when

B．while

C．since

D．after

小题11:

A．sorry

B．sorrowful

C．worried

D．uneasy

小题12:

A．stuck

B．came

C．helped

D．struck

小题13:

A．surprise

B．excitement

C．joy

D．horror

小题14:

A．burst

B．broken

C．got

D．turned

小题15:

A．wrap (包起来)

B．send

C．buy

D．pick

小题16:

A．watch

B．fall

C．drop

D．unwrap

小题17:

A．exited

B．surprised

C．calm

D．busy

小题18:

A．planned

B．told

C．realized

D．expected

小题19:

A．expression

B．anger

C．horror

D．fun

小题20:

A．the vase

B．the present

C．all that

D．each piece

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A new book about Chinese-style tough parenting has caused debate in the US．Amy Chua, the author of Battle Hymn （颂歌）of the Tiger Mother, is a Chinese-American professor at Yale Law School, also a mother of two．
The 36 methods she used with her daughters would seem 37 to Western

ers．In school her daughters weren"t allowed to have grades 38 than As．They had to 39 playing the piano or violin even for hours a day．
There has bee

n wide criticism (批评) of Chua"s book in the US．"It"s a(n)   40  way of parenting," said a professor at New York University, "standards of parenting need to be 41 ．Children need parents to   42  them, not to force them to do things they"re probably not interested in．”
Now the criticism seems to have   43  to China．Sun Yunxiao, an expert from the China Youth and Children Research Center spoke to The Beijing News about his   44  . He argued Chua"s method of   45  would limit children from developing their full   46  ．"Some Chinese parents do focus too much on test scores and good degrees," Sun said, "What gets sacrificed (放弃) along the way is their kids’ 47 to develop fully and to enjoy life．"
48  critics(批评家)might have sympathy for kids who experience this parenting style, some teenagers quite   49

it．"I think anyone can do well if they work hard enough,” said a 17-year-old boy, "A 50 mother is there to help her kids work hard．"
Others think that Chua has a（n） 51 in setting challenging goals for kids．"It"s important for children,” said an American professor, " 52 speaking , kids need to be 53 sometimes．If you urge kids to do well, they are good at it, and they 54 from it．It

"s good to have high 55 ．”

小题1:

A．rough

B．reasonable

C．vivid

D．strict

小题2:

A．unnecessary

B．uncomfortable

C．uninteresting

D．unimaginable

小题3:

A．higher

B．fewer

C．less

D．lower

小题4:

A．drill

B．practise

C．exercise

D．experience

小题5:

A．skilful

B．extreme

C．excellent

D．merciful

小题6:

A．practical

B．high

C．convenient

D．low

小题7:

A．replace

B．love

C．force

D．guide

小题8:

A．spread

B．belonged

C．turned

D．referred

小题9:

A．concern

B．delight

C．caution

D．regulation

小题10:

A．caring

B．fond

C．supporting

D．parenting

小题11:

A．goal

B．potential

C．achievement

D．possibility

小题12:

A．strength

B．power

C．force

D．ability

小题13:

A．Why

B．Because

C．While

D．What

小题14:

A．resist

B．

state

C．object

D．appreciate

小题15:

A．lion

B．monkey

C．tiger

D．sheep

小题16:

A．angle

B．point

C．opinion

D．view

小题17:

A．Honestly

B．Positively

C．Hopefully

D．Finally

小题18:

A．pushed

B．picked

C．lifted

D．dragged

小题19:

A．count

B．work

C．help

D．benefit

小题20:

A．levels

B．expectations

C．marks

D．results

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Zoe Cha

mbers was a successful PR (Public Relations) consultant (顾问) and life was going well—she had a great job, a beautiful flat and a busy social life in London. Then one evening in June last year, she received a text message telling her she was out of work. “The first two weeks were the most difficult to live through,” she said. “After everything I’d done for the company, they dismissed me by text

! I was so angry and I just didn’t feel like looking for another job. I hated everything about the city and my life.”
Then, Zoe received an invitation from an old school friend, Kathy, to come and stay. Kathy and her husband, Huw, had just bought a farm in northwest Wales. Zoë jumped at the chance to spend a weekend away from London, and now, ten months later, she is still on the farm.
“The moment I arrived at Kathy’s farm, I loved it and I knew I wanted to stay,”said Zoe.“Everything about my past life suddenly seemed meaningless.”
Zoe has been working on the farm since October of last year and says she has no regrets. “It’s a hard life, physically very tiring,” she says.“In London I was stressed and often mentally exhausted. But this is a good, healthy tiredness. Here, all I need to put me in a good mood is a hot bath and one of Kathy’s wonderful dinners.”
Zoe says she has never felt bored on the farm. Every day brings a new experience. Kathy has been teaching her how to ride a horse and she has learnt to drive a tractor. Since Christmas, she has been helping with the lambing—watching a lamb being born is unbelievable, she says,“It’s one of the most moving experiences I’ve ever had. I could never go back to city life now.”
小题1: When she worked as a PR consultant in London, Zoë thought she lived a life.

A．meaningless

B．tough

C．boring

D．satisfying

小题2: The most important reason why Zoe went to visit Kathy’s farm is that .

A．Kathy persuaded her to do so	B．Zoe lost her job as a PR consultant
C．Zoe got tired of the city life	D．Zoe loved Wales more than London

小题3: How does Zoe feel about the country life according to the passage?

A．Physically tiring but rewarding.	B．Romantic and peaceful.
C．Mentally exhausting but healthy.	D．Tiresome and troublesome

小题4: Which of the following is closest to the main idea of the passage?

A．A friend in need is a friend indeed.	B．A misfortune may turn out a blessing.
C．Kill two birds with one stone.	D．Where there is a will, there is a way.

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