I believe in miracles(奇迹)because I"ve seen so many of them. One day, a patient was referred to me who was one hundred and two years old. "There"s a__1__in my upper jaw, "she said. "I told my own dentist it"s nothing, but he__2__I come to see you." Her eightyyearold son accompanied her. He would__3__to add something, but she stopped him. She wanted to tell everything herself. I found a large cancer that spread over much of the __4__of her mouth. A careful examination later__5__that it was a particularly bad sort of cancer. During her next appointment, I explained to her the__6__of the problem. She clasped my hand in hers and said, "I know you"re worried about me, but I"m just__7__." I thought otherwise. After considerable__8__on my part, and kindness on her part because she wanted to__9__me, she agreed to have me refer her to a cancer surgeon. She saw him, but as I expected, 10 treatment. About six months later she returned to my office, still energetic and 11 . "How are you?" I asked. "I"m just fine, honey, " she responded 12 high spirits. "When can I get started on fixing my dentures(假牙)?" Surprised to see her at all, I answered 13 , "Let me take a look in your mouth and we"ll see about it." I couldn"t believe my eyes. The cancer that had 14 nearly the entire roof of her mouth was gone-only one small area of redness 15 . I had read of such things happening, but had 16 seen them with my own eyes. That was my first miracle. Since then I"ve seen many others, because they keep getting 17 to see. In fact, miracles are daily events for me now. And people are a miracle, 18 through them we have a chance to know ourselves and to 19 the miracles of one another. Since my first miracle, I"ve come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is 2- we choose to find it. |
( )1. A. cut ( )2. A. declared ( )3. A. refuse ( )4. A. roof ( )5. A. confirmed ( )6. A. possibility ( )7. A. old ( )8. A. permission ( )9. A. persuade ( )10. A. declined ( )11. A. healthy ( )12. A. to ( )13. A. worriedly ( )14. A. covered ( )15. A. cured ( )16. A. ever ( )17. A. easier ( )18. A. or ( )19. A. read ( )20. A. whatever | B. pain B. suspected B. continue B. corner B. convinced B. importance B. sick B. support B. please B. provided B. elegant B. in B. confusedly B. reached B. faded B. also B. rarer B. so B. make B. wherever | C. wound C. promised C. attempt C. bottom C. considered C. seriousness C. fine C. approval C. encourage C. received C. optimistic C. with C. patiently C. spread C. expanded C. never C. happier C. yet C. keep C. whoever | D. cancer D. insisted D. manage D. surface D. concentrated D. resolution D. glad D. effort D. astonish D. required D. humorous D. by D. confidently D. grown D. remained D. already D. closer D. for D. see D. whichever | 阅读理解 | Joanne was stuck in a traffic jam in central Birmingham at 5:30, and at 6:30 she was expected to be chairing a meeting of the tennis club. At last, the traffic was moving. She swung quickly racing to her house. As she opened the door, she nearly tripped over Sheba. "Hey, Sheba, " she said, "I"ve got no time for you now, but I"ll take you out as soon as I get back from tennis club."Then she noticed Sheba seemed to be coughing or choking. Obviously, she could hardly breathe. Immediately, Joanne realized she would have to take her to the vet(兽医). When she got there, the vet was just about to close for the day. Seeing the state of Sheba, Dr. Sterne brought her quickly into his office. "Listen, doctor, I"m really in a rush to get to a meeting-can I leave her with you, and go and get changed? I"ll be back in ten minutes to pick her up, and then I"ll take her on to the meeting with me. Is that OK?" "Sure, " said the doctor. Joanne made the quick trip back to her house in a couple of minutes. As she was once more entering the hallway, the phone by the door began to ring. "This is Dr. Sterne, "said an anxious voice. "I want you to get out of that house immediately, " said the doctor. "I"m coming round right away, and the police will be there any time now. Wait outside!" At that moment, a police car screeched to a stop outside the house. Two policemen got out and ran into the house. Joanne was by now completely confused and very frightened. Then the doctor arrived. "Where"s Sheba? Is she OK?"shouted Joanne. "She"s fine, Joanne. I took out the thing which was choking her, and she"s OK now." Just then, the two policemen reappeared from the house, halfcarrying a whitefaced man, who could hardly walk. There was blood all over him. "My God, "said Joanne, "How did he get there? And how did you know he was there?" "I think he must be a burglar."said the doctor. "I knew he was there because when I finally removed what was stuck in Sheba"s throat; it turned out to be three human fingers."
1. What was Joanne supposed to do at 6:30? A. To walk her dog. B. To see her doctor. C. To attend a club meeting. D. To play tennis with her friends.
2. Joanne wanted to get back to her home again________. A. to dress up for the meeting B. to phone the police station C. to catch the badly hurt burglar D. to wait for her dog to be cured
3. From the passage, we can infer that________. A. Sheba fought against the burglar B. the police found the burglar had broken in C. Joanne had planned to take her dog to the meeting when she was stuck in the traffic jam D. the doctor performed a difficult operation on the dog
4. In this passage, the writer intends to tell us that the dog is________. A. clever B. friendly C. frightening D. devoted | 完形填空 | Recently, I stopped by a convenience store to get a newspaper and a bottle of drink. The young woman at the checkout counter said, "That"ll be five dollars __1__ please." She then __2__ down at the paper I was __3__ and said, "I"m sick and __4__ all this negative (消极的) stuff on the front __5__. I want to read some __6__ news for a change." She then said, "In fact, I think someone should just __7__ a Good News newspaper-a paper with wonderful, inspirational __8__ about people overcoming difficulty and doing good things for __9__. I"d buy one every day!" She then 10 me for coming in and said, "Maybe we"ll get some good news, " and she laughed. She made my day. The following day after my business appointments, I 11 the same store again to 12 bottled water and a piece of newspaper, but a 13 young lady was behind the counter. As I checked out I said, "Good afternoon" and handed her my 14 . She said nothing-not a word, not a smile or not a gesture. She just handed me my change and 15 a negative tone ordered…"Next!" It hit me right between the eyes: Two people, the same age; 16 made me feel great, and the other, well, made me feel that I had inconvenienced her by 17 . Every morning, you should ask 18 this important question: "Who do I want to be today? "The Grouch (不高兴的人)" or "The Good News Girl""? Your answer will do great good to 19 the joy and happiness that you will experience in your 20 . | ( )1. A. at all ( )2. A. stared ( )3. A. picking ( )4. A. tired of ( )5. A. columns ( )6. A. bad ( )7. A. collect ( )8. A. stories ( )9. A. rewards ( )10. A. praised ( )11. A. dropped out ( )12. A. pick up ( )13. A. beautiful ( )14. A. card ( )15. A. with ( )16. A. one ( )17. A. moving up ( )18. A. her ( )19. A. creating ( )20. A. home | B. in all B. smelled B. taking B. interested in B. editions B. good B. print B. ideas B. the others B. thanked B. dropped off B. take up B. fantastic B. money B. at B. who B. going away B. them B. determining B. work | C. for all C. looked C. reading C. concerned about C. pages C. latest C. sell C. concepts C. others C. appreciated C. dropped on C. bring up C. different C. dollar C. through C. what C. showing up C. yourself C. enjoying C. study | D. all for D. noticed D. buying D. fond of D. parts D. sports D. publish D. experiences D. nothing D. criticized D. dropped by D. carry up D. stupid D. change D. in D. it D. showing off D. themselves D. guaranteeing D. life | 完形填空 | One night I was sitting in my kitchen halflistening as my 15yearold son, Tommy quarreled with his 12yearold brother Kevin. I didn"t pay attention when Kevin__1__the stairs with the__2__on his face. About 20 minutes later, as I was walking upstairs I heard Kevin__3__inside the bathroom. I bit my tongue to__4__myself saying, "Come on, Kevin, don"t be such a __5__." Instead, I knocked on the door and asked, "Hey, Kevin, do you want a __6__?" No answer. I __7__ again, "Why don"t you come out of there?"No answer again. So, looking around, I took hold of a pile of __8__ and a pencil and wrote, "If you don"t want to talk, we can __9__ notes to each other." An hour later I was 10 sitting outside the bathroom with two piles of the cards in front of me. They are cards from Kevin on which he had 11 all his unpleasant feelings into words for me. By this time I don"t 12 the rings of my telephone and popular TV show downstairs. One of Kevin"s notes said, " 13 in this family cares about me. I am not the youngest, and I am not the 14 , and I am not the 15 . Tommy thinks that I am stupid and Dad wishes he had 16 Kevin as a kid because he"s better at baseball. And you never 17 me." 18 came to my eyes. I wrote back, "You know, Kevin, I really do love you and I am sorry I don"t always 19 it. I am here for you and you are loved in this family."Since then I try my best to never only 20 my family members any more. Kevin and I have a closer relationship now. | ( )1. A. rushed down ( )2. A. injury ( )3. A. laughing ( )4. A. stop ( )5. A. man ( )6. A. dialogue ( )7. A. tried ( )8. A. papers ( )9. A. draw ( )10. A. still ( )11. A. put ( )12. A. pay attention ( )13. A. Nobody ( )14. A. tallest ( )15. A. biggest ( )16. A. one ( )17. A. notice ( )18. A. Smiles ( )19. A. know ( )20. A. halfnotice | B. rushed up B. wound B. crying B. keep B. student B. conversation B. hesitated B. books B. write B. even B. spelled B. look forward B. Everybody B. oldest B. fastest B. the same B. believe B. Tears B. recognize B. halffinish | C. rushed out C. hurt C. whispering C. quit C. baby C. discussion C. cried C. cards C. send C. rather C. wrote C. care about C. Neither C. shortest C. laziest C. the other C. trust C. Appreciation C. realize C. halfempty | D. rushed into D. harm D. singing D. persuade D. pupil D. talk D. shouted D. towels D. share D. already D. translated D. hear from D. Either D. favorite D. smartest D. other D. hear D. Happiness D. show D. halffill | 完形填空 | He was 11 years old and went fishing every chance he got from the dock at his family"s cabin on an island in the middle of a New Hampshire lake. On the day __1__ the bass (鲈鱼) season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, __2__ sunfish with worms. Then he tied on a small lure (鱼饵) and practiced casting. When his pole __3__, he knew something huge was __4__. His father watched __5__ as the boy skillfully worked the fish alongside the dock. Finally, he very carefully lifted the __6__ fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, __17__ it was a bass. It was10 pm-two hours before the season opened. The father looked at the fish, then at the boy. "You"ll have to __8__, son, " he said. "Dad!" cried the boy. "There will be other fish, " said his father. "Not as big as this one, " cried the boy. __9__ no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy could 10 by his father"s firm voice that the decision was 11 . He slowly worked the hook out of the lip of the huge bass and lowered it into 12 . The creature moved its powerful body and 13 . The boy thought that he would never again see such a great fish. That was 34 years ago. Today, the boy is a successful architect in New York City. And he was 14 . He has never again caught such a magnificent fish as the one he 15 that night long ago. But he does see 16 fish again and again every time he comes up against a question of principles. As his father taught him, principles are simple matters of right and wrong. It is only the practice of principles 17 difficult. Do we 18 when no one is looking? We would if we 19 to put the fish back when we were young. For we would have learned the truth. The decision to do right lives 20 in our memory. It is a story we will proudly tell our friends and grandchildren. | ( )1. A.until ( )2. A.providing ( )3. A.bent over ( )4. A.on the other end ( )5. A.with anxiety ( )6. A.delighted ( )7. A.and ( )8. A.bring it home ( )9. A.Even though ( )10. A.tell ( )11. A.passed ( )12. A.the wide container ( )13. A.fled ( )14. A.wrong ( )15. A.landed ( )16. A.a different ( )17. A.which is ( )18. A.do wrong ( )19. A.were taught ( )20. A.freshly | B. when B. catching B. came up B. on the other hand B. in surprise B. frustrated B. but B. put it aside B. Now that B. say B. changed B. the broad sea B. disappeared B. right B. saw B. many big B. it is B. do right B. told B. fresh | C. after C. feeding C. turned over C. on one hand C. with admiration C. frightened C. however C. put it back C. Ever since C. speak C. fixed C. the black water C. floated C. satisfactory C. cast C. even bigger C. that is C. do harm C. were let C. bad | D. before D. supplying D. broke down D. at the either side D. for fear D. exhausted D. yet D. pick it up D. In case D. talk D. refused D. the small river D. swam D. pleased D. threw D. the same D. this is D. do good D. ordered D. strongly |
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