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Two years ago, Shirley, wife, mother and doctor, found herself worn out. She got up earlier, and went to bed later, just to meet everyday ____， but lacked ____ for the things that mattered most.
She and her husband, a lawyer, began searching for ways to ___ their lives. “We had to decide what was really ____，” says Shirley. They knew they wanted more time to ____ with their threeyearold son, to exercise and eat right, and to develop friendship.
So the couple chose to live more simply, shopping with care for necessities and enjoying inexpensive ____ such as reading, cooking and going to the park.
Then Shirley ____ her job and began working part time. She printed business cards that ____ “At your service, buy ____ a little time” and helped clients (客户) with personal tasks like shopping, paying bills and ____ parties. “I still work hard, but being able to control my hours makes a ____，” she says, “I can spare time to take my son to the ____ or play basketball with him. My stress and headaches are ____.”
Shirley and her husband are ____ alone in wanting to ____ and live a satisfying life. A survey found that 54 percent of parents say they have little time with their children, and 47 percent of married couples ____ that they lack time together. ____ does the time go?
For most people, ____ and commuting (通勤) take up most of the day. Simplifying means becoming ____ of the ways we use money, time and energy, and finding ways to make things easier. Then we have to gain ____ over life and have time for the pleasures.
| 小题1: | | A．activities | B．services | | C．demands | D．exercises |
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| 小题2: | | A．time | B．strength | | C．money | D．ability |
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| 小题3: | | A．lead | B．simplify | | C．adapt | D．consider |
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| 小题4: | | A．comfortable | B．interesting | | C．important | D．hard |
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| 小题5: | | A．study | B．help | | C．meet | D．play |
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| 小题6: | | A．pleasures | B．places | | C．tasks | D．goods |
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| 小题7: | | A．found | B．received | | C．took | D．quit |
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| 小题8: | | A．read | B．wrote | | C．showed | D．told |
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| 小题9: | | A．us | B．yourself | | C．children | D．herself |
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| 小题10: | | A．attending | B．organizing | | C．having | D．going |
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| 小题11: | | A．life | B．result | | C．balance | D．difference |
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| 小题12: | | A．office | B．hospital | | C．park | D．school |
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| 小题13: | | A．gone | B．better | | C．strong | D．obvious |
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| 小题14: | | A．a bit | B．far from | | C．much too | D．more than |
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小题15:．| A．keep pace | B．settle down | | C．take off | D．slow down |
| 小题16: | | A．expect | B．doubt | | C．complain | D．imagine |
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| 小题18: | | A．traveling | B．reading | | C．shopping | D．working |
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| 小题19: | | A．aware | B．afraid | | C．proud | D．sure |
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| 小题20: | | A．value | B．control | | C．success | D．experience |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:A
小题4:B
小题5:C
小题6:D
小题7:A
小题8:D
小题9:A
小题10:B
小题11:B
小题12:D
小题13:C
小题14:A
小题15:B
小题16:D
小题17:C
小题18:C
小题19:D
小题20:A |
解析
文章大意：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章主要介绍了Shirley夫妇为了追求更简单的生活方式，辞掉工作做起了兼职，为私人购物、付款、组织聚会等。他们在自己享受生活的同时也给他人提供了便利。生活简单化就意味着我们要知道所花钱、时间和精力的方式，然后找到使事情变简单的方式。
小题1:C 考察名词辨析。A活动；B服务；C要求，需求；D运动；由语境可知，她早期晚睡是为了满足工作中的需要。Meet demands是固定搭配，语意为满足要求。与第四段第一句相呼应。故C正确。
小题2:A 考察名词辨析。根据第二段They knew they wanted more time to...可知辞掉工作之前她没有太多的时间去做最重要的事情。故A正确。
小题3:答案：A 考查名词辨析。根据第二段“They knew they wanted more time to...”可知，辞掉工作前她没有太多时间去做最重要的事情。故A项正确。
小题4:B 考察动词辨析。A导致，领导；B简化；C使…适应；D考虑；根据文章第三段中so the couple chose to live more simply可知，他们夫妇两人项部分使生活更简单一些。故B正确。
小题5:C 考察形容词辨析。A舒服的；B有趣的；C重要的；D艰难的；根据第一段中the things that mattered most以及下午with their three-year-old son可知Shirly认为他们应该判断什么才是重要的事情。故C正确。
小题6:答案：D 考查动词辨析。由语境可知，他们希望有更多的时间和三岁的儿子一起玩。play with sb.意为“和某人玩”，符合语境。故D项正确。
小题7:A 考察名词辨析。Reading, cooking and going to the park可知，他们享受这廉价的快乐（pleasure）。故A正确。
小题8:答案：D 考查动词辨析。find发现；receive接受；take拿；quit辞职。根据下文“... began working part time”可知，此处指她辞职了。故D项正确。
小题9:A 考察动词辨析。A阅读，读取；B写；C表明；D告诉；由语境可知此处指她在名片上写着为您服务。一般纸上所写内容使用动词read。故A正确。
小题10:B 考察代词辨析。根据下文中的helped clients wiyj personal tasks可知她再名片下面写着：为您服务，给你自己省点时间。故B正确。
小题11:B 考察动词辨析。由语境可知，她的工作是私人购物，付款，组织聚会等.B组织，C有；D去；A参加。根据句义说明B正确。
小题12:D 考察名词辨析。由语境可知辞掉工作以后Shirly有更多的时间做自己认为重要的事情，虽然仍旧需要努力工作，但现在能够控制自己的时间对Shirly来说意义重大。更多搭配make a difference有作用，有影响符合语境。
小题13:C 考察名词辨析。由语境可知，此处指能抽出时间来带儿子去公园和儿子一起打篮球。此处与play basketball为并列关系。故C正确。
小题14:A 考察形容词辨析。由语境可知，生活方式的改变让她的压力和头疼都消失了。Be gone消失了，不见了。符合语境。故A正确。
小题15:答案：B 考查短语辨析。a bit一点儿；far from远非；much too太，非常；more than多于。联系下文调查中“54 percent”和“47 percent”可知，并非只有Shirley夫妇想放慢生活的节奏，过一种更舒服的生活。故B项正确。
小题16:D 考察动词短语辨析。A并驾齐驱；B定居；C起飞；D减速；根据下文____does the time go?可知此处指放慢生活节奏。故D正确。
小题17:C 考察动词辨析。A期待；B怀疑；C抱怨；D想象；由语境可知百分之47的已婚夫妇抱怨他们在一起的时间太少。故C正确。
小题18:C 考察副词用法。联系语境可知，此处是问时间都去哪里了？故C正确。
小题19:D 考察动词辨析。由语境及大多数的人来说，工作和乘坐公交车上下班占用了一天中的大部分时间。故D正确。
小题20:A 考察形容词辨析。Arare知道的，意识到；B担心的；C自豪的；D确信的；句义：生活简单化就意味着我们要知道所花钱，时间和精力的方式。与下文中的and finding ways to为并列关系。故A正确。
小题1:B 考察名词辨析。A价值；B控制；C成功；D经历，经验；由语境可知，我们应该寻找一些方法来使事情更容易一些。然后我们就必须控制自己的生活以获取娱乐的时间，与上文第四段but being able to control相呼应。故B正确。 |
举一反三
Angelina Jolie says she has a really wonderful time with her partner Brad Pitt，who is an American actor and film producer—and that’s why they’re still together!
Jolie ____ six children with the actor.She was ____ by America’s Parade magazine if their children are the ____ she and Brad stay together.
“The children certainly tie us together，but a relationship won’t ___ if it’s only about the kids，” Jolie replied.“You also must be really interested in each other and have a really，really wonderful，____ time together.We do.Brad and I ____ being together.We enjoy it.We need it，and we____ find that special time.We keep connected.We talk about it.It’s very ____ to our family.If Brad and I are strong and happy，then our kids have happy ____ and that’s the best thing we can give them.Brad knows me completely，____ as I am，every part of me.He loves me.The kids love me.Hopefully I’m giving my children the ____ that they are deeply loved and deeply safe.At the same time we are hopefully ____ their individuality (个性) as they get to know who they are，and not getting in the way of that.That’s why they are six very strong individuals.”
The Oscarwinning star showed ____ of helping her children develop their individuality is ____ them to develop their own identities (自我认同感)，____ she admitted that she can’t ____ the recent controversy(争论) with Brad when she agreed that her daughter Shiloh could cut her hair short and ____ like a boy.For example，she usually wears a jacket instead of a skirt.
Angelina added to ____，“She wants her hair cut like a boy and she wants to be ____ John for a while.Some kids wear caps and want to be Superman and she wants to be like her ___.”
| 小题1: | | A．finds | B．teaches | | C．raises | D．hires |
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| 小题2: | | A．written | B．reported | | C．stopped | D．asked |
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| 小题3: | | A．reason | B．intention | | C．purpose | D．result |
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| 小题4: | | A．break | B．hold | | C．lose | D．happen |
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| 小题5: | | A．boring | B．disappointing | | C．exciting | D．surprising |
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| 小题6: | | A．love | B．avoid | | C．hate | D．consider |
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| 小题7: | | A．never | B．seldom | | C．always | D．sometimes |
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| 小题8: | | A．easy | B．different | | C．far | D．important |
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| 小题9: | | A．parents | B．classmates | | C．relatives | D．neighbors |
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| 小题10: | | A．mostly | B．only | | C．exactly | D．simply |
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| 小题11: | | A．knowledge | B．sense | | C．sight | D．view |
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| 小题12: | | A．changing | B．forming | | C．encouraging | D．destroying |
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小题13:．| A．little | B．none | | C．all | D．part |
| 小题14: | | A．forcing | B．allowing | | C．warning | D．refusing |
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| 小题15: | | A．and | B．though | | C．because | D．but |
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小题16:．| A．remember | B．explain | | C．realize | D．understand |
| 小题17: | | A．walk | B．dress | | C．eat | D．think |
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| 小题18: | | A．doctors | B．players | | C．readers | D．reporters |
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| 小题19: | | A．mistaken | B．called | | C．recognized | D．made |
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| 小题20: | | A．brothers | B．sisters | | C．uncles | D．aunts |
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If you"re going to do something, my dad used to say, do it right.
Mostly he said that after my halfhearted (不尽力的) ____ to weed the vegetable garden. For some reason, he knew that there were white roots still ____ deep in the ground without looking around the garden. So I would be in the ____ again the next day with a spade dig deep and ____ the roots of our garden. As I tried to focus my attention to ____， Dad"s words kept echoing in my mind: “Do it right.”
I saw a perfect example of what Dad was talking about last week when one of the teams in the company was ____. All of us were sad to see them go. They were good friends and ____， and we worried about them. And ____， at such times you always wonder: am I next?
But as we watched them during the week they were given to ____， many of us noticed that they weren"t handling this in quite the way we expected them to. ____ none of them found another job, there was also no bitterness or ____ in their departure. I didn"t hear a negative word. I didn"t see any ____ or unhappy faces—at least, not from them. Instead, I saw grace.
“It"s ____，” one of my colleagues whispered. “I went over there to offer comfort and support to them, and they ____ comforting me.”
Ancient Greeks believed that swans save their sweetest song for the moments to their ____. I don"t know if my departing friends ____ their ending as a “swan song” or not, but the calm, quiet dignity with which they embraced their cruel reality touched and ____ us.
Lee, a man who has seen and ____ lots of layoffs during almost 40 upanddown, onagainoffagain years with the company, ____ nicely for all of us.
“Now, that"s doing it right，” he said.
Somewhere, I just know Dad was smiling his ____.
| 小题1: | | A．attempts | B．judgements | | C．expectations | D．requests |
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| 小题2: | | A．planted | B．buried | | C．grown | D．stuck |
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| 小题3: | | A．house | B．school | | C．garden | D．company |
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| 小题4: | | A．look forward to | B．come up with | | C．fit in with | D．get down to |
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| 小题5: | | A．watching | B．thinking | | C．digging | D．working |
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| 小题6: | | A．turned down | B．laid off | | C．cut down | D．given up |
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| 小题7: | | A．competitors | B．colleagues | | C．directors | D．consultants |
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| 小题8: | | A．frankly | B．naturally | | C．equally | D．generally |
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| 小题9: | | A．hurry up | B．turn up | | C．pack up | D．come up |
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| 小题10: | | A．Since | B．When | | C．Unless | D．While |
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| 小题11: | | A．sadness | B．puzzle | | C．anger | D．delight |
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| 小题12: | | A．tears | B．smiles | | C．dangers | D．fears |
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| 小题13: | | A．upsetting | B．exciting | | C．disappointing | D．amazing |
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| 小题14: | | A．objected to | B．insisted on | | C．ended up | D．kept on |
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| 小题15: | | A．birth | B．death | | C．arrival | D．party |
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| 小题16: | | A．view | B．recognize | | C．choose | D．describe |
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| 小题17: | | A．discouraged | B．warned | | C．inspired | D．amused |
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| 小题18: | | A．celebrated | B．witnessed | | C．resisted | D．survived |
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| 小题19: | | A．made up | B．summed up | | C．picked up | D．speeded up |
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| 小题20: | | A．disagreement | B．indifference | | C．admiration | D．approval |
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It had been a long，hard，wonderful day.The two of us had walked from the sea’s edge through the length of a beautiful valley，climbed a superb mountain，travelled its narrow，rocky ridge(山脊)，and now stood on its final peak，tired，happy and looking for the perfect campsite.
The experienced backpacker has a natural feeling for such things，and our eyes were drawn to a small blue circle on the map，like an eye winking at us.We could not see it from where we were，but we followed our judgement and went down steeply until it came into view.
We were right.It was a calm pool，with flat grass beside it.Gently taking our packs off，we made the first of many cups of tea before pulling up our tent.Later that evening，over another cup of tea and after a good meal，we sat outside the tent watching the sunset over a sea dotted with islands，towards one of which a ferry was slowly moving.It is not always so perfect，of course.On another trip，with a different companion，a thoroughly wet day had ended at a lonely farm.Depressed at the thought of camping，we had knocked and asked if we could use a barn(谷仓) as a shelter.
Backpacking could be defined as the art of comfortable，selfsufficient(自给自足的) travel on foot.Everything you need is in the pack on your back，and you become emotionally_as_well_as_physically_attached_to_it.I once left my pack hidden in some rocks while I made a long trip to a peak I particularly wanted to climb.I was away for nearly three hours and ended up running the last stretch in fear that my precious pack would not be there.It was，of course.
The speed at which the backpacker travels makes this the perfect way to see any country.You experience the landscape as a slow unfolding scene，almost in the way it was made；and you find time to stop and talk to people you meet.I’ve learned much local history from simply chatting to people I met while walking through an area.At the end of a trip，whether three days or three weeks，there’s a feeling of achievement，of having got somewhere under your own power.
After years of going out walking just for the day，many people start backpacking simply through wanting to stay out rather than cut short a trip.
小题1:The writer and his companion knew there was a pool because ________.| A．they had been told about it | | B．they could see it on the map | | C．they had seen it earlier in the day | | D．they could see it from the top of the mountain |
小题2:What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?| A．The map. | B．The pool. | | C．The mountain. | D．The campsite. |
小题3:How did the writer and his companion feel at the end of the day?| A．They were too tired to put up their tent. | | B．They wished they could have found a farm. | | C．They were anxious about the coming weather. | | D．They were delighted with the spot they’d found. |
小题4:What does the writer mean by being “emotionally as well as physically attached to it ” in Paragraph 4?| A．It is more than just a practical aid. | | B．He walks better when he is wearing it. | | C．It is not a good idea to leave it anywhere. | | D．He might die on the mountains without it. |
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A job is more than just a job，especially to the older generation.“It’s not the money that matters，but the sense of selfworth，” 56yearold Cheng Wonlan said.So，every day Ms Cheng carries a bag of parcels，letters and documents of all shapes and sizes and does her rounds in North Point.She’s a courier(快递人员)．
Five years ago，Ms Cheng was a nurse at a private clinic.She had worked there for almost 30 years but was made jobless when the doctor migrated(移居)．It was extremely difficult for her to find another job.“People do not trust my ability when they learn how old I am，” she said.After two years of searching，the mother of two eventually found another nursing job.But then after two years，she quit.Why?
“My colleagues were young and they didn’t understand me because of my age.They often asked me，‘You are so old；what are you working for？’ I was very unhappy.” she said.So while the rest of her family left for work，she was left to lonely boredom at home.The urge to work drove her to suffering.Then，one of Ms Cheng’s neighbours told her about Employee’s Retraining Board (ERB) offering retraining courses for older people on specific occupations，such as convenience store assistants，junior clerks and so on.
“I was interested in courier work.I didn’t think my age was a barrier because I was fit and healthy.So I thought why not give it a try.” she said.Upon graduation from the ERB，Ms Cheng was offered a job by the Speeding Shuttle Courier Service Company Limited.But then Ms Cheng was faced with a conflict：she was caught between honour and employment.It took Ms Cheng 24 hours to make up her mind and eventually came to the conclusion that there was nothing wrong or embarrassing about doing the job.So she took heart and went off to work as a courier.
Ms Cheng’s employer is delighted with her，“Ms Cheng has been working with us for two months and has shown a good responsible attitude to work.”Anthony Chong，who runs the company，said.Currently，Mr Chong has 60 couriers working for his company：five of them are over fifty，four of whom have been through the ERB plan.Mr Chong said he hired older people because they were able and reliable.“Age is not an important factor but attitude is.Many old people are more capable than the youngsters.They will not run from difficulties but the young ones will，” he said.“It is not easy to recruit (招募) young people since they shy away from hardship and challenges.”
小题1:Why was it difficult for Ms Cheng to find another nursing job?| A．Nursing clinics were hard to find. | | B．People thought that old people couldn’t be trusted. | | C．People thought she was too old to take on a new job. | | D．People didn’t think she had enough working experience. |
小题2:Ms Cheng left her second nursing job because ________.| A．she was bored | | B．it was too difficult | | C．she was too old to do the job | | D．the other staff made her feel uncomfortable |
小题3:Employee’s Retraining Board is a plan for ________.| A．finding jobs for older people | | B．teaching new skills to older people | | C．training older people to be couriers | | D．giving older people something to do in their spare time |
小题4:When Ms Cheng was offered the courier job she ________.| A．took it straight away | | B．thought it over and then accepted it | | C．thought about it and then refused it | | D．refused it straight away but then changed her mind |
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I grew up one of ten children on a farm in Wyoming.After my dad’s service in World War Ⅱ，he was ____ again to fight during the Korean War，and when he returned home，he couldn’t drink ____ to numb(麻痹) his terrible memories.He struggled to ____ for his growing family.
On our occasional trips to town，I ____ out boxfuls of books from the library.When I opened a book，I could ____ myself in unknown places—where children weren’t hungry and were in ____ of little.
When I wasn’t daydreaming，my ____ was the life I shared with my brothers and sisters.At night I hid under the covers ____ to silence the sounds of life in an alcoholic home.Classmates asked ____ we didn’t have electricity or a telephone.I suppose my explanations were ____ more than lies，but the stories I told improved ____ every book I read.
Starting at a very young age，my siblings(兄弟姐妹) and I sometimes got jobs to earn money—to put more food on the family table.We ____ newspapers，babysat，and cleaned other people’s houses.
Mom grew vegetables，raised chickens，and baked bread，so we seldom went hungry，even when supper was only a pot of beans.____ my real hunger wasn’t for food—it was a hunger for a better life.It was a hunger for knowledge about the world ___ our simple existence.It was a hunger to prove Dad ____ when he told us we would never amount to anything.
Hunger motivated my brothers and sisters to achieve much ____ than our parents expected ___ us.We devoured(如饥似渴地吸取) the offerings of the public schools because we realized that ____ would be our steppingstone into a brighter future.
Now I’m ____ of the accomplishments of my siblings：an art professor；a wellknown doctor；plus business owners.And me，I’m the keeper of the family stores.I’ll never know if we would have so many accumulated successes if we had not known ____ as children.But this I do know：I believe it can be a good thing.
| 小题1: | | A．drafted | B．dismissed | | C．invited | D．involved |
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| 小题2: | | A．well | B．plenty | | C．enough | D．heavily |
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| 小题3: | | A．search | B．provide | | C．hope | D．leave |
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| 小题4: | | A．brought | B．checked | | C．gave | D．carried |
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| 小题5: | | A．remind | B．help | | C．devote | D．find |
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| 小题6: | | A．memory | B．favor | | C．possession | D．need |
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| 小题7: | | A．reality | B．fantasy | | C．satisfaction | D．affection |
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| 小题8: | | A．refusing | B．pretending | | C．attempting | D．preparing |
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| 小题9: | | A．whether | B．how | | C．when | D．why |
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| 小题10: | | A．something | B．anything | | C．nothing | D．everything |
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| 小题12: | | A．sent | B．delivered | | C．published | D．released |
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| 小题13: | | A．But | B．And | | C．Then | D．Otherwise |
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| 小题14: | | A．above | B．around | | C．within | D．beyond |
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| 小题15: | | A．right | B．mean | | C．wrong | D．nice |
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| 小题16: | | A．more | B．further | | C．greater | D．better |
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| 小题18: | | A．ambition | B．dream | | C．enthusiasm | D．education |
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| 小题19: | | A．hunger | B．suffering | | C．desperation | D．poverty |
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| 小题20: | | A．fond | B．proud | | C．aware | D．confident |
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