| ( )1. A. drinking ( )2. A. ran into ( )3. A. ahead ( )4. A. immediate ( )5. A. once ( )6. A. quarreling ( )7. A. Slowly ( )8. A. understand ( )9. A. fishing ( )10. A. quietest ( )11. A. connects ( )12. A. where ( )13. A. impression ( )14. A. asked ( )15. A. solution ( )16. A. concerns ( )17. A. participated in ( )18. A. misuse ( )19. A. unemployment ( )20. A. team | B. drug B. got over B. away B. damaging B. while B. complaining B. Suddenly B. hear B. sailing B. longest B. introduces B. unless B. burden B. intended B. change B. interests B. worked out B. avoid B. challenge B. school | C. security C. left behind C. off C. limited C. since C. talking C. Finally C. see C. boating C. best C. reduces C. as C. decision C. pretended C. bite C. conversations C. approved of C. tolerate C. competition C. family | D. smoking D. looked into D. out D. lasting D. until D. cheering D. Secretly D. remember D. swimming D. busiest D. commits D. whether D. impact D. agreed D. surprise D. emotions D. made up D. test D. retirement D. community | |||||||||||||||
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| In the kitchen of my mother"s houses there has always been a wooden stand (木架) with a small notepad (记事本) and a hole for a pencil. I"m looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book I am recommending to my mother. Over forty years since my earliest memories of the kitchen pad and pencil, five houses later, the current paper and pencil look the same as they always did. Surely it can"t be the same pencil? The pad is more modern, but the wooden stand is definitely the original one. "I"m just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these year." I say to her, walking bank into the living-room with a sheet of paper and the pencil. "You still use a pencil. Can"t you afford a pen?" My mother replies a little sharply. "It works perfectly well. I"ve always kept the stand in the kitchen. I never knew when I might want to note down an idea, and I was always in the kitchen in these days." Immediately I can picture her, hair wild, blue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently. My mother smiles and says, "One day I was cooking and watching baby Pauline, and I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty. One of the children must have taken the paper. So I just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back. It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on." This story-which happened before I was born-reminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is, as a gifted mathematician. I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child-free time to work. Later, when my mother is in the bathroom, I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards. Sure enough, on the back of the smallest one, are some penciled marks I recognize as mathematics. Those symbols have traveled unaffected through fifty years, rooted in the soil of a cheap wooden breadboard, invisible (看不到的) exhibits at every meal. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Why has the author"s mother always kept the notepad and pencil in the kitchen? | ||||||||||||||||||
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| A. To leave messages. B. To list her everyday tasks. C. To note down maths problems. D. To write down a flash of inspiration. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2. What is the author"s original opinion about the wooden stand? | ||||||||||||||||||
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| A. It has great value for the family. B. It needs to be replaced by a better one. C. It brings her back to her lonely childhood. D. It should be passed on to the next generation. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3. The author feels embarrassed for _____. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| A. blaming her mother wrongly B. giving her mother a lot of trouble C. not making good use of time as her mother did D. not making any breakthrough in her field | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4. What can be inferred from the last paragraph? | ||||||||||||||||||
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| A.The mother is successful in her career. B. The family members like traveling. C. The author had little time to play when young. D. The marks on the breadboard have disappeared. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5. In the author"s mind,her mother is _____. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| A. strange in behavior B. keen on her research C. fond of collecting old things D. careless about her appearance | ||||||||||||||||||
| 阅读下面短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。 | ||||||||||||||||||
| When Dan Shaw gets up from the sofa in his home, Cuddles is never far away. When he wants to go outside, he doesn"t take Cuddles out for walk-Cuddles takes him for a walk. Cuddles is clearly no ordinary family pet. It is a two-foot-high miniature horse and serves as the guiding eyes of Shaw, who is blind. When Shaw lost his sight, his wife suggested he apply for a guide dog. Shaw, an animal lover, said he couldn"t bear to part with a dog (which usually lives about eight to ten years) and get used to a new one, perhaps several times in his life. Then Shaw heard of a program about the tiny guide horses. He learned that the horse possess many qualities that that make them an excellent choice for guiding people. They are clean friendly, smart and have great memories. They can be trained to remain calm in noisy and crowded places. Best of all, they live for 25-25years, which would enable Shaw to have the same guide companion for most or all of his life. Shaw immediately applied to be and was accepted as the first person to receive a guide horse. The instant he met Cuddles, he knew he was making the right choice. Then he began his training. Through training,Shaw and Cuddles learned to find way on busy streets, step over curbs (便道沿儿) and find elevator buttons. Cuddles even demonstrated (显示) its ability to step in front of Shaw and block him, to prevent him from walking into a dangerous situation. The little horse also expertly led Shaw through busy shopping malls. They got along without any difficulties. Now Shaw is confident that Cuddles will change his life for the better. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1. What"s the meaning of the underlined word "miniature" in Paragraph 1? (No more than 2 words) _______________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why didn"t Shaw want to choose a dog as his guide? (No more than 15 words) _______________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What does Paragraph 3 mainly tell us? (No more than 10 words) _______________________________________________________________________________________ 4. How does Shaw feel about his future life with the help of Cuddles? (No more than 10 words) _______________________________________________________________________________________ 5. In your opinion, what is the ideal relationship between man and animals? (No more than 20 words) _______________________________________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||
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| The passengers on the bus watched with sympathy as Susan made her way carefully up the steps. She paid the driver and then, using her hands to 1 the seats, settled in one of them. It had been a year since Susan became blind. As the result of an accident she was suddenly thrown into a world of 2 . Susan"s husband Mark watched her 3 into hopelessness and he was 4 to use every possible means to help his wife. Finally, Susan felt ready to 5 to her job, but how would she get there? She used to take the bus, but she was now too. 6 to get around the city by herself. Mark 7 to ride the bus with Susan each morning and evening 8 she could manage it by herself. For two weeks, Mark 9 Susan to and from work each day. He taught her how to rely on her other 10 , specifically her hearing, to determine where she was and how to adapt to her new 11 . At last, Susan decided that she was ready to try the trip 12 . Monday morning arrived. Before she left, she hugged her husband 13 , her eyes filled with tears of gratitude (感激). She said good-bye and, for the first time, they went their 14 ways. Each day went perfectly, and a wild excitement 15 Susan. She was doing it! On Friday morning, Susan took the bus to work 16 . As she was getting off the bus, the driver said, "Miss, I sure 17 you." Curious, Susan asked the driver 18 . "You know, every morning for the 19 week, a fine-looking gentleman a military uniform has been standing across the corner watching you until you enter your office building safely," the bus driver said. Tears of happiness poured down Susan"s cheeks. She was so lucky for he had given her a gift more powerful than 20 . That is the gift of love that can bring light where there is darkness. | ||||||||||||||||||
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