My Forever Valentine我永远的“情人”Valentine’s Day was the time my father chose to show
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My Forever Valentine我永远的“情人”
Valentine’s Day was the time my father chose to show his love for the special people in his life. Over the years I fondly (天真的) thought 1 him as my “Valentine man”.
My first recollection of the 2 he could bring to Valentine’s Day came when I was six. That morning at the breakfast table I found a card and a gift-wrapped package at my chair. The card was 3 “Love, Dad” and the gift was a ring with a small piece of red glass to 4 my birthstone, a ruby (红宝石). There is 5 difference between red glass and rubies to a child of six, and I remember 6 that ring with pride that all the cards in the world 7 not surpass (超越).
8 I grew older, the gifts gave 9 to heart-shaped boxes filled with my 10__ chocolate and always included a 11 card signed “Love, Dad”. In those years my thank-you became 12 of a perfunctory (敷衍) response. The cards seemed less 13 , and I took for granted that the Valentine would 14 be there. I had 15 my hopes and dreams in receiving cards and gifts from “significant others” and “Love Dad” just didn’t seem quite 16 .
His final card remains on my desk today. It’s a 17 of how special fathers can be and how important it has been to me over the years to know that I had a father who continued a 18_ of love with simple acts of understanding and an ability to express happiness over the people in his life.
Those things never 19 , nor does the memory of a man who never 20 being my Valentine.
| 小题2: | | A．memory | B．magic | C．puzzle | D．presents |
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| 小题3: | | A．read | B．written | C．shown | D．signed |
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| 小题4: | | A．recover | B．resemble | C．represent | D．replace |
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| 小题5: | | A．much | B．little | C．great | D．less |
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| 小题6: | | A．having | B．owning | C．wearing | D．watching |
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| 小题7: | | A．could | B．did | C．must | D．should |
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| 小题8: | | A．Because | B．Since | C．When | D．As |
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| 小题9: | | A．room | B．way | C．honour | D．seat |
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| 小题10: | | A．favorite | B．lovely | C．dear | D．precious |
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| 小题11: | | A．usual | B．common | C．strange | D．special |
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| 小题12: | | A．less | B．little | C．more | D．much |
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| 小题13: | | A．important | B．beautiful | C．familiar | D．standard |
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| 小题14: | | A．surely | B．always | C．regularly | D．often |
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| 小题15: | | A．let | B．kept | C．placed | D．remembered |
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| 小题16: | | A．suitable | B．enough | C．effective | D．sacred |
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| 小题17: | | A．signal | B．certificate | C．consequence | D．reminder |
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| 小题18: | | A．tradition | B．hobby | C．habit | D．custom |
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| 小题19: | | A．lose | B．die | C．miss | D．appear |
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| 小题20: | | A．thought | B．wanted | C．tried | D．stopped |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:B
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:D
小题9:B
小题10:A
小题11:D
小题12:C
小题13:A
小题14:B
小题15:C
小题16:B
小题17:D
小题18:A
小题19:B
小题20:D |
解析
提到情人节，人们可能马上联想到鲜花、巧克力以及年轻的恋人们。情人其实是一个古老而广泛的概念，包括所有我们深爱的人以及深爱着我们的人，比如我们的父母。
小题1:think of … as …是固定短语，意为“把……视为／看作……”。
小题2:该句大意为“我对情人节的记忆最早是从我六岁那年开始的。”
小题3:卡片上有父亲的签名。该选项从下文也可得到提示。
小题4:戒指上红玻璃象征／代表着我的诞生石——红宝石。
小题5:对一个六岁的孩子而言，红玻璃和红宝石没有什么不同。
小题6:表示佩戴首饰只能用wear。
小题7:世界上所有的卡片都不能超过它。
小题8:as在此处引导时间状语从句，意为“随着”。
小题9:give way to是固定短语，意为“为……所代替”。
小题10:该题可采用排除法，修饰巧克力不能用“可爱的；亲爱的；宝贵的”但可以用“最喜爱的”。
小题11:父亲的卡片是特殊的。
小题12:该句句意为“而我的感谢越来越成为一种敷衍的回应。”从上下文可知，此处是与以前相对比。
小题13:这些卡片看起来已经不是那么重要。
小题14:我想当然地认为情人节年年都有。
小题15:我把梦想和希望放在收到那些来自“重要的其他人”的卡片和礼物上。
小题16:来自父亲的贺卡似乎远远不能够（满足女儿的需要）。
小题17:父亲送我的最后一张卡片在提醒着我：父亲对子女的爱是多么特别又是多么重要。
小题18:父亲表达的是一种传统的爱。
小题19:该句句意为“这些事情永远不会消逝，就如同我对一位男子的记忆，他永远是我的情人。”这句话表达了女儿对父亲永远的怀念。
小题20:根据该句句意，stop doing sth.符合语境。 |
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Stand Beside You Forever永远站在你身后
题材：感人故事难度：＊＊＊＊词数：272标准时间：15分钟完成时间：______ 正确数：______
The passengers on the bus watched sympathetically as the attractive young woman with the white cane made her way carefully up the steps. She 1 the driver and, using her hands to feel the 2 of the seats, walked down and found the 3 which the driver had told her was empty. Then she settled in.
It had been a year since Susan, 34, 4 a medical misdiagnosis(误诊), was suddenly thrown into a world of 5 . Mark, her husband, was an Air Force officer and he loved Susan with all his heart. He 6 her how to rely on her other 7 , specifically her hearing, to determine where she was and 8 to adapt herself to the new environment. He helped her befriend the bus drivers who could 9 for her, and save her a seat.
10 , Susan decided that she was ready to try the 11 on her own. Monday morning, she said good-bye and for the first time, they went their 12 ways.
On Friday morning, Susan took the bus to work as usual. As she was 13 the bus, the driver said, “Boy, I 14 envy you.” Susan had no 15 what the driver was talking about, and asked, “What do you 16 ?”
The driver answered, “You know, every morning for the 17 week, a fine-looking gentleman 18 a military uniform has been standing across the corner 19 you as you get off the bus. He 20 you cross the street safely and he watches until you enter your office building. You are one lucky lady.”
Tears of gratitude poured down Susan’s cheeks.
| 小题1: | | A．thanked | B．asked | C．discovered | D．paid |
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| 小题2: | | A．location | B．shape | C．size | D．cost |
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| 小题4: | | A．according to | B．instead of | C．thanks to | D．due to |
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| 小题5: | | A．anger | B．darkness | C．happiness | D．light |
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| 小题6: | | A．asked | B．encouraged | C．taught | D．praised |
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| 小题7: | | A．feelings | B．sights | C．senses | D．abilities |
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| 小题9: | | A．make out | B．watch out | C．find out | D．work out |
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| 小题10: | | A．Finally | B．Luckily | C．However | D．Besides |
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| 小题12: | | A．opposite | B．separate | C．difficult | D．usual |
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| 小题13: | | A．getting on | B．getting in | C．getting off | D．getting up |
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| 小题15: | | A．idea | B．opinion | C．way | D．thought |
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| 小题16: | | A．want | B．mean | C．say | D．suggest |
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| 小题17: | | A．next | B．old | C．past | D．following |
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| 小题19: | | A．searching | B．watching | C．calling | D．noticing |
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| 小题20: | | A．looks out | B．takes up | C．believes in | D．makes sure |
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Tilly Smith, the 11-year-old British girl, who was called as “Angle of the Beach”, saved 100 tourists from a Thai beach hit by the tsunami① in 2004 and has been named Child of the Year by readers of a French children’s newspaper.
She came ahead of a South African Aids orphan, a six-year-old girl who survived a kidnapping②and a young Parisian pop singer to win the Mon Quotidien award. Tilly had studied tsunamis with her geography teacher, Andrew Kearney, shortly before flying to Thailand for a holiday with her parents and younger sister last year. As she watched the waves suddenly begin to move back, and the sea was bubbling③, she warned her mother, Penny, that the beach was about to be struck by a tsunami. Mrs Smith and her husband, Colin, warned other holidaymakers and hotel staff and scores of people were cleared from Maikhao beach at Phuket.
Tilly, now 11, and back in Thailand for anniversary commemorations④of the disaster, said: “It’s really good, just to know about tsunamis or any natural disaster in case you are in one. I’m very glad that I was able to say on the beach that a tsunami was coming. And I’m glad that they listened to me.”
Tilly is unaware of her great popularity among French children. Her picture appears on the front page of Mon Quotidien, which is read by 10 to 14-year-olds.
“Our readers chose Tilly because they could identify with her,” said Francois Dufour. “To be a pop star at 11 seems impossible, and the idea of having Aids or being kidnapped is far from their lives.”
1. The passage mainly wants to tell readers that ______.
A. a little girl saved 100 tourists out of a tsunami
B. British “Angle of the Beach” was named Child of the Year
C. many people came for anniversary commemorations
D. the tsunami was able to be avoided
2. The underlined words “Mon Quotidien” (in Paragraph 4) should be the name of ______.
A. a magazine B. a book C. a novel D. a newspaper
3. Which of the following about Tilly Smith is TRUE?
A. She could make full use of her knowledge from books.
B. She was ever kidnapped by a pop singer.
C. She visited Thailand by boat with her parents.
D. She had expected to attract the French children.
4. According to the Tilly Smith’s knowledge, when there is a tsunami, ______.
A. the sea water will not be clear B. the sea will be bubbling when moving back
C. the sea water will make great noise D. the sea will be bubbling when moving forward |
Stacy had recently moved from New York City to Stoneybrook, Connecticut. It was ___1___ for her to make new friends but she finally had three when she joined the Babysitters Club to ___2___ little children whose parents were busy. Claudia, Kristy, and Mary were in her class at school and also the other ___3___ of the club. The girls met at five o’clock on Fridays and waited for the ___4___ to ring. So far they had been busy, in spite of the ___5___ that they couldn’t stay out late and were under 13.
___6___, the girls’ world was invaded(侵犯) by a second group ___7___ themselves the Babysitters Agency. They were ___8___ and the group also included a few boys. The Babysitters Club tried to think of ways to ___9___ with the older group. They could clean and work for less money, however, they ___10___ it would be difficult to compete. The shock was even greater than they had ___11___ when most of their best customers started to call the new group. They ___12___ to get only a few jobs.
To try a new ___13___ Kristy recruited(招收) a few older kids who told the club they didn’t want to ___14___ their money with the other group. The club ___15___ only too quickly that these older girls joined only as spies and didn’t ___16___ for their job assignments(分派). Thus, more parents were ___17___ with the club.
Finally, the girls realized that the ___18___ in the other group were not good babysitters. They watched television, talked on the phone, and invited boyfriends to the house ___19___ they were sitting. When the children of the families started to ___20___, and a near accident almost occurred, the club went to the parents to tell them what was happening.
1. A. active B. thoughtful C. easy D. hard
2. A. take care of B. run into C. go through D. take advantage of
3. A. children B. members C. circles D. players
4. A. alarm B. traffic C. phone D. neighbor
5. A. fact B. degree C. question D. demand
6. A. Therefore B. Suddenly C. Regularly D. Unwillingly
7. A. attracting B. finding C. calling D. matching
8. A. younger B. cleverer C. taller D. older
9. A. compete B. fight C. do D. meet
10. A. heard B. knew C. promised D. shot
11. A. damaged B. caught C. expected D. forced
12. A. hoped B. liked C. refused D. seemed
13. A. chance B. possibility C. power D. policy
14. A. share B. give C. provide D. mark
15. A. put down B. paid off C. found out D. come through
16. A. check up B. end up C. look up D. show up
17. A. satisfied B. unhappy C. curious D. helpful
18. A. kids B. adults C. systems D. situations
19. A. that B. when C. where D. how
20. A. blow B. complain C. appreciate D. spread |
Every year between February and April,when the southwest monsoon (季风)blows ,a fever seizes the Thais (泰国人).It is the kite flying in Thailand __1__a strong feeling of interest that is nothing 2 of feverish.
During the summer, in the moths of March and April ,the skies 3 cities ,towns and villages throughout the Kingdom are 4 with kites of all descriptions --long-tailed dragons,twisting snakes ,beautiful butter-flies,or familiar cartoon characters wheeling and weaving in the waim air.
One afternoon ,a friend and long-time kite flier invited me to 5 him at the Pramane Ground ."What"s the attraction?"I asked as he flew a huge kite."Well ,you can feel a bit of a 6 at first ."he replied,""a grown man standing there holding the end of a string and 7 up into the sky .But once you forget yourself ,you get caught up in the 8 of controlling something inthe air where you cannot follow.You"re on the ground :the kite"s in the air but it"s you that are making it al 9 .Come on ,go fly a kite."
I took his advice in the 10 it was meant and ,holding the hand of my young daughter si that others woukd think I was only satisfying a child"s 11 ,I bought a rainbow-colored snake .After a few failed runs we got the kite into the air 12 greater ease than I expected.It was only at my daughter "s crying ,"My go,my go "that I realized I"d been holding the string ,completely 13 what I was discovering was a very pleasing pastime.
Like many other 14 of popular culture ,the sport of kite flying in Thailand has been 15 down from generation to generation.Its origins(起源)are 16 probably in ancient China,although it seems likey that Thai kites are as old as the 17 itself.It was a craze 18 by everyone from the king down.
"It"s a great tradition (传统),that has the 19 of bringing generations togeter,"says my friend ,"What you see today at the King"s Cup is the 20 as the people of the past would have seen more than two hundred years ago."
1.A.fires B.fights C.turns D.keeps
2.A.long B.short C. fond D.proud
3.A.on B.over C.around D. in
4.A.alive B.ready C.open D.equal
5.A.see B.care C.accept D. join
6.A.hero B.fool C.master D.fireman
7.A.flying B.missing C.staring D. jumping
8.A.match B.comfort C.excitement D.movement
9.A.happen B.begin C. attend D.break
10.A.way B.while C.language D. need
11.A.game B.sport C. request D. best
12.A.for B.with C.beyond D.under
13.A.tired of B.fit for C. helped with D. devoted to
14.A.laws B.rules C.forms D. researches
15.A.put B.handed C.sat D.looked
16.A.rooted B.left C.dated D.hoped
17.A.history B.Kingdom C.time D.earth
18.A.imagined B.used C.enjoyed D.told
19.A.effect B.right C. name D.science
20.A.same B.kite C. invention D. relation |
Looking for a low-cost path to self-knowledge? A way to mine your subconscious①for clues to your motivations, desires and fears? No need to have years of treatment or analysis. Just look to your dreams.
“You can ignore your dreams, but you are really doing harm to yourself,” says Lauri Quinn Loewenberg. “If so, you’re letting red flags pass you by, letting great ideas pass you by.”
Some sleep researchers believe dreams are more directly related to our moods and emotions and can serve as tools to self-understanding. Dreams occur during the REM (rapid eye movement) cycles of sleep each night. For adults, that means about every 90 minutes. The first period of REM sleep may be short, 5 to 10 minutes, followed by longer periods, finally reaching an hour or more in the fourth or fifth period.
When people are dreaming, brain scans show a lot of activities. The brain is online during dreams. The experiences you have during the day are connected during dream sleep. People we know or experiences we’ve had at different times in our lives may be different in the same dream.
AmyBeth Gilstrap has had the same recurring② dream that annoyed her since Hurricane Katrina drove her and her daughter and friends out of New Orleans. Ms. Gilstrap says, “It is always spies. My job is to get people to some place.” She’s certain the dream is related to her effort in the hurricane to help several families leave. Sometimes her cats also are part of that dream. That’s because she went back into New Orleans, before it was allowed, to rescue her cats.
Today, through brain scans scientists have known that the parts of the brain that control emotion and long-term memory are active during REM sleep.
1. The passage is mainly to tell readers ______.
A. dreams are mainly caused by hard work B. dreams can offer us key to self-knowledge
C. dreams are only activities of our brains D. how dreams help us solve our problems
2. According to the words from Lauri Quinn Loewenberg, ______.
A. dreams can make you feel badly ill B. you often have red flags in your dreams
C. dreams will make your life colorful D. you may get great help from your dreams
3. According to the passage, the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 refers to ______.
A. Ms. Gilstrap’s dream B. Ms. Gilstrap’s job C. Hurricane Katrina D. New Orleans
4. According to the passage, when you are dreaming at night, ______.
A. your dream is connected with your work that day
B. the dream will generally last about 5 to 10 minutes
C. the longer dream should be in the later part of the sleep
D. your eyes will still move slowly during the time |
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