It was the afternoon of December 24, the day before Christmas；and as the newest doctor in our
office, I had to work. The only thing that 1 my day was the beautifully decorated Christmas tree in
our waiting room and a 2 sent to me by a fellow I was dating - a dozen long-stemmed red roses.
Then I was told a lady 3 needed to speak with me. As I stepped out, I noticed a young,
tired-looking woman with a 4 in her arms. Nervously, she 5 that her husband - a prisoner in a
nearby prison-was my 6 patient. She told me she wasn"t 7 to visit her husband in prison and
that he had never seen his 8 . Her request was for me to let the boy"s father sit in the waiting room
with her as 9 as possible before I called him for his appointment. I agreed. 10 , it was Christmas
Eve.
Her husband arrived-with chains on his feet and hands, and two armed guards. The woman"s tired
face 11 like our Christmas 12 when her husband took a seat beside her. After almost an hour, I
called the 13 to my office.
At the end of the 14 , I wished him a Merry Christmas - a(n) 15 thing to say to a man headed
back to prison. He 16 and thanked me. He also said he felt 17 by the fact he hadn"t been able to
get his wife anything for Christmas. On 18 this, I was inspired with a wonderful idea.
I"ll never forget the look on both their faces as the prisoner gave his wife the beautiful 19 . I"m not
sure who experienced the most joy - the husband in giving, the wife in 20 , or myself in having the
opportunity to share in this special moment. |
( ) 1. A. darkened
( ) 2. A. report
( ) 3. A. urgently
( ) 4. A. dog
( ) 5. A. explained
( ) 6. A. first
( ) 7. A. shown
( ) 8. A. wife
( ) 9. A. soon
( )10. A. After all
( )11. A. went red
( )12. A. day
( )13. A. prisoner
( )14. A. preparation
( )15. A. rude
( )16. A. cried
( )17. A. amused
( )18. A. hearing
( )19. A. clothes
( )20. A. winning | B. brightened
B. patient
B. strangely
B. box
B. learned
B. last
B. allowed
B. doctor
B. close
B. Above all
B. lit up
B. cake
B. woman
B. celebration
B. difficult
B. shouted
B. frightened
B. seeing
B. roses
B. meeting | C. shortened
C. gift
C. regularly
C. quilt
C. realized
C. best
C. persuaded
C. son
C. long
C. In addition
C. clouded over
C. party
C. guard
C. appointment
C. proper
C. disagreed
C. saddened
C. realizing
C. pictures
C. borrowing | D. worsened
D. message
D. unreasonably
D. baby
D. insisted
D. next
D. forbidden
D. victim
D. quietly
D. Sure enough
D. turned aside
D. tree
D. others
D. punishment
D. easy
D. smiled
D. encouraged
D. considering
D. decorations
D. receiving | | 完形填空。 | When I arrived in Hamburg Germany, my colleague who worked there arranged a welcome party
for me in a 1 . We noticed a few customers including several old ladies, were having their meal.
When a dish is 2 , the waiter would distribute the food for them, and they would 3 every bit of the
food on their plates.
As I was hungry, my local colleague 4 much food for me. Since there were other things to do, we
did not 5 much time dining. When we planned to leave, there was still about one third of 6 food left.
When we were leaving the restaurant, we 7 someone calling us. When the old ladies spoke to us in
English, we understood that they were 8 about us wasting so much food.
"We 9 for our food; it is none of your 10 how much food we left behind", my colleague told the
old ladies. They got angry, and one of them 11 made a call to someone. After a while, an officer in 12
arrived. Upon knowing what had happened, he issued us a 50-euro 13 . The officer told us in a stern
(严厉的)voice: "order 14 you can consume. Money is yours, 15 the resources belong to the society.
You have no 16 for wasting them." Our face turned red. We all agreed with him in our 17 . My
colleague took out a 50-euro note and repeatedly 18 to the officer.
My colleague copied the fine ticket and gave a copy to each of us as a souvenir. We all 19 it to
remind us that we should never be 20 . | ( ) 1. A. restaurant
( ) 2. A. cooked
( ) 3. A. desert
( ) 4. A. kept
( ) 5. A. save
( ) 6. A. undiscovered
( ) 7. A. appointed
( ) 8. A. curious
( ) 9. A. paid
( )10. A. matter
( )11. A. immediately
( )12. A. rags
( )13. A. award
( )14. A. how
( )15. A. but
( )16. A. ability
( )17. A. words
( )18. A. apologized
( )19. A. stuck
( )20. A. hopeful | B. company
B. served
B. refuse
B. sold
B. spend
B. undeveloped
B. knew
B. unhappy
B. asked
B. mind
B. passively
B. uniform
B. food
B. it
B. and
B. problem
B. hearts
B. accused
B. broke
B. grateful | C. family
C. gathered
C. oppose
C. ordered
C. divide
C. unconsumed
C. realized
C. nervous
C. applied
C. question
C. excitedly
C. fashion
C. fine
C. that
C. or
C. reason
C. faces
C. admitted
C. kept
C. merciful | D. bank
D. missed
D. finish
D. made
D. find
D. undetermined
D. heard
D. optimistic
D. accounted
D. business
D. regularly
D. dream
D. souvenir
D. what
D. so
D. power
D. ears
D. approved
D. threw
D. wasteful | | 阅读理解 | The Plot Against America is a novel by Philip Roth published in 2004. Instead of reconstructing real
historical events, Philip Roth offers something bolder: a reconstruction of imagined events, a "what if...?"
that reads like a "what really happened".
Just suppose...that the air hero Charles Lindbergh, the man who made the first solo transatlantic flight
in 1927, who earned huge sympathy when his baby son was kidnapped and murdered five years later,
who called Hitler "a great man", just suppose that he"d run for president in November 1940, and took
advantage of the feelings that undoubtedly existed then (No more war! Never again will young Americans die on foreign soil!), and that instead of Roosevelt being elected for a third term and taking America into
Europe to fight the Nazis, Lindbergh won a landslide victory. And then he signed non-aggression treaties
with Germany and Japan, and introduced a set of anti-semitic(反犹太人的) measures which were a
betrayal of the rights and liberties in the constitution(宪法) and yet they were accepted by the mass of
ordinary citizens and even by some Jews.
The narrator is Philip Roth, aged seven, and the family at the book"s centre are his family-father
Herman, mother Bess and brother Sandy. The Roths understand the threat posed by Lindbergh, but
each member of the family responds differently. Early on, there"s a trip to see the sights of Washington,
where the Roths find their pre-booked hotel room has become mysteriously unavailable. An obvious
case of anti-semitism, Herman shouts, and a violation of the principle that "All men are created equal".
But his loudmouth protests embarrass Bess. Already there"s a pressure to pretend not to see what"s
going on. Further disagreements arise when Sandy disappears for the summer for an "apprenticeship"(学徒期) with a Kentucky tobacco farmer. Worse, after he successfully encourages other Jewish city boys
to follow his example, he"s invited to a reception at the White House through his aunt, Bess"s sister
Evelyn. While Herman refuses Sandy permission to attend, Evelyn defends Lindbergh as a freely elected
democrat. | | 1.Which of the following is true in history according to the passage? | A.Lindbergh’s son was kidnapped and killed in 1933.
B.Lindbergh was elected president of America in 1940.
C.There were antiwar feelings in America during the 1940s.
D.America didn’t fight the Nazis during the World War Two. | | 2. Lindbergh could be elected President mainly because ___________. | A. Americans felt sympathy for his son
B. his antiwar policy was welcome
C. Hitler supported his measures against Jews
D. he was a great air hero in America | | 3.What can we infer from the passage? | A. The Roths at the book"s centre are Jewish.
B. Herman is a strong supporter to Lindbergh.
C. Sandy dislikes his experience in Kentucky.
D. Jewish boys are encouraged to go to the war. | | 4. What can we learn from the Roths" experience in Washington? | A. We shouldn"t protest loudly when faced with problems.
B. All men were equally treated in America at that time.
C. The Roths had a happy time when touring Washington.
D. Jews suffered from unfair treatment due to anti-semitism. | | 5. In which column of the newspaper do you probably find the article? | A. Book review
B. Travel journal
C. National news
D. Family life | | 完形填空。 | When I was thirteen, my family moved from Boston to Tucson, Arizona. __2__the move,
my father __2__us in the living-room on a freezing January night. My sisters and I sat around
the fire, not __3__ that the universe would suddenly change its course. "In May, we are__4__
to Arizona."
The words, so small, didn"t seem__5__enough to hold my new life. But the world changed
and I awoke on a tram moving across the country.1 watched the __6__change from green trees
to flat dusty plains to high mountains as I saw strange new plants that __7__ mysteries yet to
come. Finally, we arrived and __8__ into our new home.
__9__ my older sisters were sad at the loss of friends, I _10_explored our new surroundings.
One afternoon, I was out exploring __11__ and saw a new kind of cactus(仙人掌). I
crouched(蹲)down for a closer look. "You"d better not __12__ that"
I turned around to see an old woman.
"Are you new to this neighborhood?" I explained that I was, __13__,new to the entire
state．
"My name is Ina Thorne." Have you got used to life in the __14__? It must be quite a
__15__ after living in Boston."
How could I explain how I __16__ the desert? I couldn"t seem to find the right words.
"It"s vastness," she offered. "That vastness __17__ you stand on the mountains overlooking
the desert-you can __18__ how little you are in comparison with the world. __19__, you feel
that the possibilities are limitless."
That was it. That was the feeling I"d had ever since I"d first seen the mountains of my new
home. Again, my __20__ would change with just a few simple words.
"Would you like to come to my home tomorrow?" Someone should teach you which plant
you should and shouldn"t touch." | ( )1.A.During
( )2.A.gathered
( )3.A.hoping
( )4.A.going
( )5.A.good
( )6.A.picture
( )7.A.suggested
( )8.A.settled
( )9.A.If
( )10.A.bitterly
( )11.A.aswell
( )12.A.move
( )13.A.ofcourse
( )14.A.desert
( )15.A.luck
( )16. A.found
( )17.A.why
( )18.A.prove
( )19.A.However
( )20.A.idea | B.Until
B.warned
B.admitting
B.moving
B.simple
B.ground
B.solved
B.walked
B.After
B.easily
B.asusual
B.dig
B.infact
B.city
B.doubt
B.examined
B.when
B.guess
B.Otherwise
B.life | C.Upon
C.organized
C.realizing
C.driving
C.big
C.scene
C.discovered
C.hurried
C.Once
C.proudly.
C.rightaway
C.pull
C.afterall
C.state
C.shock
C.watched
C.how
C.sense
C.Therefore
C.home | D.Before
D.comforted
D.believing
D.flying
D.proper
D.area
D.explained
D.stepped
D.While
D.eagerly
D.ontime
D.touch
D.atleast
D.country
D.danger
D.reached
D.where
D.expect
D.Meanwhile
D.family | | 完型填空 | Once upon a time, a king was on a tour with his Ministers(大臣). He was taking a __ 1__ in the shade of a mango tree with his team when suddenly a __ 2__hit him directly on the forehead. Immediately he
started __ 3__.
The king had no idea who threw the stone at him, but he did know he was expecting an intolerable
__ 4__. The guard left right away to find who threw the stone. After __ 5_ they found only one old lady
there, and they asked if she had thrown any stones __ 6__.
"Yes," she replied, "I threw a stone at the mango tree."
They asked her, "Did you throw any stone at the king?" The woman"s face showed how __ 7__ she
was, so the guard forcefully told her that she would be __ 8__. The woman was arrested and presented
before the king. She trembled with fear and __ 9__ they wouldn"t kill her. After seeing the blood flow
down the king"s face, she became more upset and felt __10__.
The king asked her very calmly, "Did you throw the stone at me?"
She replied __11__, "My child has been hungry for two days. I was collecting __12__ for him but
could not find any. I hope when I threw the stone at the tree, a mango would __13__ so that I could feed my son. However, by mistake the stone hit your forehead and that is my unknown mistake."
The woman bowed down before the king begging pardon for her mistake. The king understood the
__14__ very clearly. He forgave her mistake and instead of punishment he decided to give her money,
food, and returned her __15__ to her home. | ( )1. A. calculation
( )2. A. monkey
( )3. A. walking
( )4. A. pain
( )5. A. blaming
( )6. A. successfully
( )7. A. bored
( )8. A. protected
( )9. A. found
( )10. A. hopeless
( )11. A. laughing
( )12. A. information
( )13. A. break
( )14. A. determination
( )15. A. unwillingly | B. rest
B. mango
B. shaking
B. failure
B. battling
B. recently
B. disappointed
B. cured
B. prayed
B. careless
B. weeping
B. juice
B. function
B. appreciation
B. personally | C. research
C. branch
C. bleeding
C. experiment
C. discussing
C. frequently
C. terrified
C. checked
C. realized
C. useless
C. shouting
C. food
C. grow
C. suggestion
C. safely | D. photo
D. stone
D. smiling
D. disease
D. searching
D. curiously
D. amused
D. punished
D. believed
D. restless
D. swinging
D. money
D. fall
D. situation
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