I work as a postal letter carrier in Charlotte. One day several years ago, I drove up to a 1 . Christy, the
young divorcee (离了婚的人) who lived there, was waiting by the roadside. She said that she had a 2 to
tell me.
About six months 3 it seemed that I had 4 a letter to her which had her street 5 on it but was
addressed to another house with the 6 number on a different street in her neighborhood. She decided to
drop off the letter to the correct house.
It turned out that the letter had been 7 for Johnson, who happened to be 8 . They talked for a little
while and later on he 9 . Then they started dating (约会) and had been going 10 together ever since.
I felt sorry for delivering the letter wrong, but I was 11 that I had brought these nice people together. A
few months later a(n) 12 sign went up in Christy"s yard, and then the wedding 13 were sent out. Soon the
house was sold, the wedding happened, 14 Christy, with her kids, moved into Johnson"s house.
A few months later, I saw a For Sale sign in 15 yard. I feared the 16 might be in trouble, so I made up
a(n) 17 to go to their door and check on them.
Christy opened the door, smiled broadly, and 18 to her huge stomach "We are having twins!" she said,
"This house won"t be big enough, so we have to 19 ."
I suddenly realized that my one 20 letter was now giving two little yet-to-be-born people a shot at life.
Great! |
( )1. A. telephone
( )2. A. story
( )3. A. after
( )4. A. sent
( )5. A. mark
( )6. A. correct
( )7. A. provided
( )8. A. simple
( )9. A. left
( )10. A. out
( )11. A. amazed
( )12. A. At Sale
( )13. A. arrangements
( )14. A. but
( )15. A. her
( )16. A. friendship
( )17. A. apology
( )18. A. pointed
( )19. A. change
( )20. A. described | B. mailbox
B. notice
B. earlier
B. written
B. sign
B. wrong
B. prepared
B. single
B. invited
B. in
B. pleased
B. At Sales
B. preparations
B. and
B. his
B. connection
B. trouble
B. attended
B. settle
B. misdelivered | C. school
C. fact
C. later
C. delivered
C. board
C. same
C. inferred
C. lonely
C. called
C. away
C. surprised
C. On Sale
C. invitations
C. while
C. my
C. marriage
C. excuse
C. contributed
C. separate
C. lost | D. shop
D. message
D. before
D. given
D. number
D. different
D. intended
D. free
D. introduced
D. off
D. interested
D. For Sale
D. announcements
D. until
D. their
D. wedding
D. regret
D. tried
D. move
D. delayed |
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| 1-5: BABCD 6-10: CDBCA 11-15: BDCBD 16-20: CCADB |
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| 阅读理解。 | Once there was an 11-year-old boy who went fishing with his father in the middle of a New Hampshire
lake. On the day before bass (巴斯鱼) season opened, they were fishing early in the evening, catching other
fish with worms. Then the boy tied on a small silver lure (鱼饵) and put it into the lake. Suddenly he felt that
something very big pulling on the lure. His father watched with admiration as the boy skillfully brought the fish
beside the bank. Finally he lifted the tired fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, but it
was a bass.
The boy and his father looked at the big fish. The father lit a match and looked at his watch. It was
10 p.m.-two hours before the season opened. He looked at the fish, then at the boy. "You"ll have to put it back,
son," he said.
"Dad!" cried the boy. "There will be other fish," said his father. "Not as big as this one," cried the boy. He
looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats were in sight in the moonlight. He looked again at his
father.
Even though no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he had caught the fish, the boy
could tell from his father"s voice that the decision couldn"t be changed. He threw the huge bass into the black
water. The big fish disappeared. The boy thought that he would never again see such a big fish.
That was 34 years ago. Today the boy is a successful architect in New York City. He often takes his own
son and daughters to fish at the same place.
And he was right. He has never again caught such a large fish as the one he got that night long ago. But he
does see that same fish... again and again... every time he has an ethical (道德的) decision to make. For, as his
father had taught him, ethics are simple matters of right and wrong. It is only the practice of ethics that is
difficult. | | 1. What happened when the big fish turned out to be a bass? | A. The boy and his father discussed what to do with the big fish.
B. The boy threw the bass back into the water willingly.
C. The father lit a match in order to check the time.
D. They worried other fishermen may discover what they had done. | | 2. From the text we know that the father _____. | A. didn"t love his son
B. always disagreed with his son
C. disliked the huge fish
D. was firm and stubborn decisions. | | 3. The successful architect went fishing with his children at the same place because ______. | A. they might catch a big fish there
B. he was taught a moral lesson there
C. it was a most popular fishing spot
D. their children enjoyed fishing there | | 4. What does the story imply? | A. It is easy to say something, but difficult to do.
B. An ethical decision is always easy to make.
C. It"s hard to tell right from wrong sometimes.
D. Fishing can help one to make right | | 完形填空。 | When I was a college student, I did a lot of traveling abroad. That was because a professor 1 me to
do so. She said, "Now is the time for you to travel around the world, 2 your knowledge through actual
experiences and have fun!" I 3 her.
Since I started to work for a 4 company, however, I have done most of my traveling through the
Internet. By using the Internet, I have seen the 5 of many cities on my computer screen. And I have
really made business 6 , too. With the help of the Internet, I have also got 7 about food in different
countries.
Therefore, I was beginning to feel that actual trips were 8 necessary when I happened to read a
famous chef"s (厨师) comment on the Internet. He said, "It is very difficult to have real Italian food in a
foreign country, because we enjoy food and the 9 around us at the same time. So why don"t you fly over
to Italy and enjoy real Italian 10 ?" Those words reminded me of my 11 advice. As information technology
12 , you might be able to do without making some real trips. But this also means that you will miss the
various 13 you can get from traveling.
Today there are people who 14 direct communication with others and spend much of their time on the
Internet. It is not surprising to see a group of people 15 not with each other but into their micro phones.
It seems as if such people are 16 by an invisible wall. They seem to be losing out on a good chance to
17 and talk with other people. I do not think that they are taking good advantage of information technology.
We should use information technology as a tool to make our daily 18 more fruitful. However, we should
never let it 19 our time for face-to-face communication. Let"s make use of information technology more
20 , and have great fun in experiencing the actual world. | ( )1. A. promised
( )2. A. build up
( )3. A. agreed with
( )4. A. computer
( )5. A. life
( )6. A. plans
( )7. A. information
( )8. A. even more
( )9. A. people
( )10. A. shoes
( )11. A. friend’s
( )12. A. produces
( )13. A. news
( )14. A. avoid
( )15. A. meeting
( )16. A. stopped
( )17. A. look at
( )18. A. communication
( )19. A. spare
( )20. A. wisely | B. allowed
B. use
B. learned from
B. food
B. rivers
B. bargain
B. taste
B. no longer
B. drink
B. dishes
B. parents’
B. advertises
B. pleasures
B. keep
B. talking
B. met
B. employ
B. study
B. increase
B. correctly | C. hurried
C. practise
C. followed
C. clothing
C. sights
C. progress
C. cooks
C. much
C. atmosphere
C. customers
C. professor’s
C. forms
C. troubles
C. lose
C. communicating
C. surrounded
C. travel
C. work
C. reduce
C. or less | D. encouraged
D. exchange
D. obeyed
D. machine
D. houses
D. trips
D. feelings
D. actually
D. environment
D. situations
D. boss’
D. advances
D. places
D. enjoy
D. traveling
D. hurt
D. meet
D. action
D. make use of
D. slowly | | 完形填空。 | "So teach him to close the door", my daughter Emma responded after listening to me 1 , again, about the
dog coming in from the back door, bringing with him a blast of Buffalo January 2 air.
Teach a dog to close a door behind him? That has got to be a really, really 3 thing to do.But then she took
it a step 4 . "Come on Kolby", she said, grabbing (抓住) some treats and 5 him in front of the open door.
"Touch." And "touch" he did, which moved the door to a 6 position. She 7 him with a treat, smiled, looked
at me, and said "see!" And I saw and became 8 . Over the last few days I have been consistent (一致的) with
Kolby. Each time he comes in I 9 him back to the open door patiently and ask him to close.There have been
10 in the beginning, but lately more and more successes.
However, there remains much work to be done.I have to get him follow my hand signal again and again 11
he will close the door from a distance. But, I now realize, as long as you keep to the 12 , the task will be
completed, and, with the way things are progressing, 13 quickly.
What a 14 treat to have a dog that can close the door after himself! Even more wonder can be found in
the 15 I learned so clearly from both Emma and Kolby.
A wish is just a wish until you decide to take 16 . Once you 17 the belief that it is"too hard", then it remains
"too hard" and out of 18 . Once you decide to accomplish a goal, and 19 that it is"easy", then it becomes
"easy" to do what needs to be done. Just 20 doing it. | ( )1. A. complain
( )2. A. thin
( )3. A. last
( )4. A. again
( )5. A. pushing
( )6. A. stopped
( )7. A. rewarded
( )8. A. persuaded
( )9. A. bring
( )10. A. pleasures
( )11. A. in case
( )12. A. interest
( )13. A. determined
( )14. A. wonderful
( )15. A. knowledge
( )16. A. patience
( )17. A. hold on to
( )18. A. date
( )19. A. prove
( )20. A. imagine. | B. scream
B. fresh
B. funny
B. further
B. tying
B. fixed
B. provided
B. convinced
B. pull
B. experiments
B. even if
B. focus
B. taught
B. small
B. skills
B. part
B. pay attention to
B. touch
B. decide
B. start | C. worry
C. dirty
C. hard
C. deeper
C. seating
C. closed
C. offered
C. inspired
C. drag
C. failures
C. as if
C. progress
C. bought
C. different
C. lessons
C. delight
C. come up with
C. reach
C. conclude
C. keep | D. scare
D. cold
D. possible
D. backward
D. positioning
D. locked
D. thanked
D. puzzled
D. call
D. pauses
D. so that
D. harmony
D. completed
D. simple
D. experience
D. action
D. get used to
D. power
D. realize
D. enjoy | | 完形填空。 | Outside our hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, an old woman waited beside door with her hand
outstretched. Every day I put my hand in hers as our eyes met. She never failed to 1 smile, my grasp,
and my greeting.
On the last day of our visit, I found myself 2 on a busy corner across the street from our hotel.
Bicycles and motorbikes rushed in front of me. We had been advised to walk 3 through the crowded
traffic without looking right or left. Let them 4 us.
5 tonight I was by myself and felt uncertain to 6 the flood of vehicles. As I 7 on the roadside.
I felt a hand on my elbow and looked 8 to see the smile of my small beggar friend looking up at me.
She nodded her head toward the street 9 that she would take me across. Together, we moved slowly
into the disorder.
When we 10 the corner of the crossing, I looked down at her again, and couldn"t help saying, "You
have the most beautiful smile in the world."
She 11 knew little English, but must have 12 the tone, for she threw both arms around me in a big
hug while the 13 streamed by us on both sides. Then we 14 moved on toward the sidewalk, where she
pulled my face down to hers, kissed me on both cheeks, and then walked away, 15 smiling and waving
back to me.
I had not given her a single 16 . But we had 17 something much more important-a warming of hearts
in friendship. This 18 reminded me of something Mother Teresa once said, "If you cannot do great things,
you can do small things with great 19 ." I will always remember this 20 . | ( )1.A. receive
( )2.A. alone
( )3.A. purposefully
( )4.A. miss
( )5.A. And
( )6.A. see
( )7.A. moved
( )8.A. up
( )9.A. explaining
( )10.A. covered
( )11.A. actually
( )12.A. recognized
( )13.A. customers
( )14.A. suddenly
( )15.A. yet
( )16.A. gift
( )17.A. owed
( )18.A. exploration
( )19.A. love
( )20.A. aspect | B. acce pt
B. away
B. straight
B. avoid
B. So
B. meet
B. wandered
B. back
B. marking
B. reached
B. obviously
B. required
B. strangers
B. continuously
B. even
B. present
B. owned
B. experience
B. feeling
B. idiom | C. return
C. off
C. actively
C. separate
C. But
C. face
C. hesitated
C. down
C. meaning
C. touched
C. generally
C. misunderstood
C. traffic
C. luckily
C. already
C. cake
C. shared
C. adventure
C. courage
C. sentence | D. answer
D. aside
D. carefully
D. dismiss
D. Therefore
D. witness
D. wondered
D. forward
D. expressing
D. hit
D. personally
D. achieved
D. passengers
D. unwillingly
D. still
D. coin
D. seized
D. interview
D. pity
D. lesson | | 完形填空。 | In the United States there was an unusual story telling of the daughter of a mechanic (技工). One day while
walking along the bank of a lake, the girl 1 to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl 2
the mother would not return to her eggs and she 3 to take them home. There she carefully 4 the eggs in
the heat of a lamp. Several days 5 the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the 6 .
Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother. 7 , to these young geese, the girl
was their mother.
As they 8 , the girl was able to 9 her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to
10 .The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when 11 and in her dreams. Later, she had an
12 : She would pilot a plane to guide them in 13 . She asked her father for a plane and he assembled (组装)
a small aircraft for her.
Caring about 14 safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not 15 or
follow him, and 16 slept in the grass.
One day, the girl 17 into the plane, started it and soon left the 18 . Seeing their mother take to the air, the
birds 19 flapped(拍打) their wings and 20 . She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following. | ( )1. A. managed
( )2. A. realized
( )3. A. helped
( )4. A. placed
( )5. A. ago
( )6. A. family
( )7. A. But
( )8. A. increased
( )9. A. ask
( )10. A. fly
( )11. A. asleep
( )12. A. idea
( )13. A. sky
( )14. A. his
( )15. A. respect
( )16. A. so
( )17. A. climbed
( )18. A. house
( )19. A. secretly
( )20. A. looked away | B. attempted
B. expected
B. decided
B. protected
B. out
B. lake
B. Also
B. improved
B. lead
B. race
B. away
B. opinion
B. space
B. her
B. remember
B. instead
B. looked
B. floor
B. disappointedly
B. set out | C. happened
C. imagined
C. afforded
C. treated
C. later
C. home
C. Thus
C. rose
C. want
C. swim
C. around
C. explanation
C. flight
C. their
C. recognize
C. hardly
C. reached
C. water
C. patiently
C. went by | D. supposed
D. admitted
D. meant
D. examined
D. long
D. world
D. Still
D. grew
D. allow
D. sing
D. awake
D. excuse
D. plane
D. its
D. receive
D. too
D. fell
D. ground
D. eagerly
D. turned back |
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