That summer, my parents shook my entire world and turned it upside down when they told me they were
getting a divorce (离婚). I couldn"t 1 that our family was going to break up. Though I always knew my
parents weren"t very happy and they often 2 with each other, I 3 wanted my family to stay the same.
My life changed 4 after my parents" divorce. My mother and I moved into a small apartment across
town 5 my father and brother, Bill, stayed in our house. I now became a(n) 6 whenever I went to see my
dad and Bill on the weekends. And immediately I had my soon-to-be stepfather, Dan, 7 I showed no interest.
I was clearly 8 , especially after Dan and my mother married and I realized that there was 9 that things
could change back to the way they were.
Even though I 10 all Dan"s attempts to get to know me and wasn"t very nice to him, he never gave up on
me. Gradually, I began to 11 him. I realized that we actually had some things 12 , especially when it 13 films
and TV shows. We spent a lot more time together watching TV. That gave us a chance to communicate with
each other.
14 still, Dan showed much more interest in me than my own father. Dan was always around when I needed
advice 15 school or making friends. I began to warm up to Dan. The three of us 16 go out to eat and take
short trips. 17 , I discovered that I had the happy family again that I had always wanted. I now realize it was
18 of my parents to get the divorce. Their breakup was the 19 thing to us all. My father also found happiness-
he remarried and had 20 child, my half-sister, Michelle.
That year when I was 13, I learned an important truth-change is not always the worst thing that can happen.
Sometimes, it is just what we need the most. |
( )1.A. doubt
( )2.A. concern
( )3.A. still
( )4.A. normally
( )5.A. before
( )6.A. enemy
( )7.A. that
( )8.A. disappointed
( )9.A. no doubt
( )10.A. accepted
( )11.A. reply to
( )12.A. in common
( )13.A. happened to
( )14.A. Well
( )15.A. in
( )16.A. should
( )17.A. Eventually
( )18.A. anxious
( )19.A. normal
( )20.A. another | B. believe
B. deal
B. never
B. usually
B. while
B. gentleman
B. which
B. guilty
B. no problem
B. received
B. complain about
B. in trouble
B. came to
B. Better
B. after
B. might
B. Deliberately
B. wise
B. embarrassing
B. oth
er | C. comment
C. argued
C. hardly
C. cheerfully
C. although
C. visitor
C. whom
C. ridiculous
C. no way
C. determined
C. believe in
C. in public
C. led to
C. Badly
C. before
C. could
C. Endlessly
C. awkward
C. worst
C. the other | D. debate
D. agreed
D. seldom
D. totally
D. since
D. adolescent
D. whose
D. outgoing
D. no wonder
D. resisted
D. approve of
D. in favour
D. turned to
D. Worst
D. on
D. would
D. Definitely
D. desperate
D. best
D. the same | | 完形填空。 | A little boy was spending his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox (儿童玩耍的沙场). He had with him
his box of cars and trucks and a shiny, red plastic shovel (铲子). In the process of creating roads in the soft
sand, he 1 a large rock in the middle of the sandbox. The boy dug_ around the rock, managing to 2 it from
the sand. With a little bit of 3 , he pushed the rock 4 the sandbox by using his feet. When the boy got the
rock to the 5 of the sandbox, 6 , he found that he couldn"t 7 it up and over the little wall. 8 , the little
boy pushed and dragged, but every time he 9 he had made some progress, the 10 tipped and then fell back
11 the sandbox. The little boy had tried his best, but his only 12 was to have the rock roll back, smashing his
finger. Finally he burst into tears of disappointment. All the 13 the boy"s father 14 from his living room window
as the story continued. At the moment the tears fell, a large shadow fell across the boy and the sandbox. It was
the boy"s 15 . Gently but firmly he said, "Son, why didn"t you use all the strength 16 that you had?" Defeated,
the boy sobbed back, "But I did, Daddy, I did! I used all the strength that I had!" "No, son." 17 the father kindly.
"You didn"t use all the strength you had. You didn"t 18 me." With that the father 19 down, picked up the rock
and removed it from the sandbox.
Do you have "rocks" in your life that need to be removed? Are you discovering that you don"t have 20 it
takes to lift them? There is one who is always available to us and willing to give us the strength we need. | ( )1.A.discovered
( )2.A.seize
( )3.A.support
( )4.A.across
( )5.A.bottom
( )6.A.still
( )7.A.fix
( )8.A.Excited
( )9.A.thought
( )10.A.sand
( )11.A.beyond
( )12.A.effect
( )13.A.information
( )14.A.watched
( )15.A.car
( )16.A.affordable
( )17.A.corrected
( )18.A.trust
( )19.A.got
( )20.A.when | B. put
B. save
B. strike
B. away
B. edge
B. however
B. pull
B. Disappointed
B. suggested
B. sandbox
B. off
B. reward
B. time
B. worked
B. truck
B. imaginable
B. confirmed
B. ask
B. lay
B. where | C. gathered
C. remove
C. suffering
C. against
C. border
C. though
C. roll
C. Thrilled
C. proved
C. wall
C. into
C. effort
C. way
C. guarded
C. father
C. manageable
C. comforted
C. show
C. bent
C. that | D. prepared
D. return
D. struggle
D. around
D. side
D. therefore
D. send
D. Determined
D. learned
D. rock
D. over
D. demand
D. arrangement
D. tended
D. shovel
D. available
D. complained
D. follow
D. sat
D. what | | 完形填空。 | Learning experiences happen to us throughout our lives. Not long ago, I had one that I would like to 1 .
I was going to Marblehead with my sailboat team. The team was racing down the highway at 85 mph 2
we realized we were 3 . Luckily, we saw a rest area ahead. I had a brand new $20 bill. I was so 4 because
I had never had that kind of cash before. But spending it on 5 seemed like throwing it away. We all rushed into
the pizza line. 6 I got a pizza and a drink, and walked to my table. About half way through the meal, I 7 I
had not actually handed any money to the cashier. I had just 8 out, and nobody had noticed, I felt terrible.
My conscience (良心) opened its mouth and swallowed me in one big bite. I couldn"t 9 over it. I just could
n"t go back to the cashier and 10 for my stolen pizza. I was so upset that I 11 to give myself the pleasure of
an ice-cream for 12 that someone would say, "Hey, Jeff, why don"t you use the change 13 the pizza instead
of that nice, new $20 bill?" I was not so 14 of my cash now.
For the next two years, whenever I was 15 of the "pizza incident", I would say to myself, "Don"t think
about it..."
I have learned two things from this 16 . Maybe I was a fool for 17 in to my conscience, and being too
stupid to appreciate a 18 pizza. But the real lesson is that even if you get away from what you have done,
your conscience 19 up with you.
This reflect the saying, "A coward (懦夫) dies a thousand deaths; a hero dies one." I was a coward and
have felt terrible about that incident at least a thousand times. If I had been a " 20 " and gone back to pay for
the pizza, I would have felt a little uncomfortable about it only once, or maybe twice. | ( )1. A.say
( )2. A.as
( )3. A.lost
( )4. A.excited
( )5. A.rest
( )6. A.Luckily
( )7. A.thought
( )8. A.walked
( )9. A.look
( )10. A.ask
( )11. A.refused
( )12. A.hope
( )13. A.into
( )14. A.sure
( )15. A.warned
( )16. A.experience
( )17. A.turning
( )18. A.free
( )19. A.make
( )20. A.coward | B.talk
B.while
B.tried
B.eager
B.food
B.Finally
B.recognized
B.left
B.get
B.pay
B.wanted
B.surprise
B.with
B.upset
B.reminded
B.experiment
B.taking
B.cheap
B.wake
B.fool | B.talk
B.while
B.tried
B.eager
B.food
B.Finally
B.recognized
B.left
B.get
B.pay
B.wanted
B.surprise
B.with
B.upset
B.reminded
B.experiment
B.taking
B.cheap
B.wake
B.fool | D.explain
D.when
D.anxious
D.encouraged
D.drink
D.Actually
D.realized
D.found
D.think
C.send
D.meant
D.fear
D.from
D.pleased
D.told
D.mistake
D.giving
D.delicious
D.put
D.hero | | 完形填空。 | The Quiet Hero
It was Mother"s Day, the day we celebrate everything mothers are and everything we do. But I"ll 1 that
Sunday in 2007 was bittersweet for me. As a single mother I 2 to think of my shortcomings-how many
evenings I couldn"t spend with my children, and how many things I couldn"t 3 my waitress" salary to buy.
But what 4 kids I had! My daughter Maria was a senior in college, and Denny was home visiting from his
freshman year a Harvard University. They were 5 impolite enough to complain, but here was os much more I 6 I had done for them. I just hoped they 7 .
As I walked into the 8 quietly to start breakfast, I was greeted by a vase 9 a dozen red roses! When had
Denny possibly slipped down to leave them? But even their delicate beauty was overshadowed by the note sitting
beside them, in the quick, manly 10 of an eighteen-year-old. It was about a story that happened between Denny
and me long ago. It 11 :
She took a day off from her busy 12 to take the boy to see his hero in the flesh at the stadium. It took 3.5
hours just to get there, and they had to be there early 13 he could see his hero take batting (击球) practice. 14
their arrival, she took her hard-earned money to buy an overpriced T-shirt on which was 15 his hero making
a diving catch. After the game, of course he had to 16 his hero"s signature, so she stayed with the little boy
17 one in the morning…
It took me long enough to 18 it, but I finally know who the 19 hero is. Mom, I love you!
And suddenly, it was a 20 Mother"s Day, after all. | ( )1. A. admit
( )2. A. intended
( )3. A. stress
( )4. A. poor
( )5. A. merely
( )6. A. wished
( )7. A. supported
( )8. A. living-room
( )9. A. including
( )10. A. handwriting
( )11. A. wrote
( )12. A. event
( )13. A. or
( )14. A. At
( )15. A. impressed
( )16. A. buy
( )17. A. before
( )18. A. see
( )19. A. actual
( )20. A. sad | B. adopt
B. liked
B. spare
B. great
B. usually
B. hoped
B. understood
B. kitchen
B. containing
B. description
B. recorded
B. content
B. for
B. In
B. printed
B. abandon
B. until
B. hear
B. true
B. bitter | C. deny
C. tended
C. strengthen
C. faithless
C. never
C. expected
C. approved
C. bedroom
C. possessing
C. tone
C. memorized
C. schedule
C. but
C. On
C. presented
C. get
C. after
C. realize
C. imaginary
C. happy | D. refuse
D. hesitated
D. spend
D. pretty
D. often
D. desired
D. disgusted
D. study
D. pinning
D. scratch
D. read
D. circumstance
D. so
D. By
D. pressed
D. catch
D. when
D. tell
D. visual
D. exciting | | 阅读理解。 | "I swear, I didn"t steal anything!" I shouted over the alarm. Obviously the security guard didn"t believe me
because he seized the shopping bag right out of my hand.
"Do you have a receipt for this?" he asked doubtfully, putting any new back-to-school outfit (全套设备)
onto the dusty floor near the mall entrance.
"Of course I do," I replied, fishing my wallet out of my coat pocket. Elsie and Monica, my two best friends,
stood beside me. They were laughing their heads off!
I almost tore my wallet apart for the receipt, but it had disappeared. "Let me look again," I said nervously.
Then I looked again, and again, and again! My face was getting butter by the minute, and my heart was beating
like a racehorse.
Finally, I looked back at the guard and whispered, "It"s not here." The guard picked up my clothes and said,
"You"ll have to come with me, Miss."
When he opened the office door, I saw a man sitting behind a big metal desk. It was the manager. Then I
had an idea.
"May I say something?" I asked. "I can prove I didn"t steal this thing." "Then I explained all about the
cashier (出纳员). She said that she had bought the exact same outfit as a birthday present for her little sister."
"We"ll just see about that," the manager said and went off to find her. Ten minutes later, I was free!
It was terrible to be unfairly accused of something! Then I remembered shouting at my sister that very
morning for taking my new hair clips.
Had she really taken them? I made a promise that day never to accuse someone of something without
proof, and I haven"t. At last something good came out of my terrible experience. | | 1. Why didn"t the security guard believe the author? | | [ ] | A. Because she looked nervous at that time.
B. Because she had no money in her wallet.
C. Because she didn"t have a receipt for the outfit.
D. Because her face turned red after being caught. | | 2. That the author"s two friends laughed their heads off showed _____. | | [ ] | A. they didn"t believe the author
B. they laughed at the author who stole things.
C. they expected the author to be caught.
D. they played a trick on the author. | | 3. We can infer the author was very _____ from the underlined part in Paragraph 4. | | [ ] | A. careful
B. nervous
C. frightened
D. excited | | 4. Who proved that the author hadn"t stolen anything? | | [ ] | A. The manager.
B. The cashier.
C. The author"s friends
D. The security guard. | | 5. From her experience, the author learned that _____. | | [ ] | A. you should believe in yourself in face of difficulty
B. it is a terrible thing to be suspected by friends
C. you should ask for a receipt for whatever you buy
D. you should not doubt others if you can"t prove it | 最新试题
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