When I was a small child，during the war，we were very poor and we lived in a fara
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When I was a small child，during the war，we were very poor and we lived in a faraway village.One day，on the road，I found the ____ pieces of a mirror.There was a motorcycle accident.
I ____ to find all the pieces and put them ____，but it was not possible，so I used only the ___ piece and I made it round.I could ____ with it as a toy and became greatly attracted by the ____ that I could reflect light to dark places where the sun would never shine—in ____ holes and some other dark places.It became a game for me to ____ light into the darkest places I could find.
I ____ the little mirror，and，as I grew up，I would take it out ____ I had nothing to do and ____ the game.As I became a man，I grew to realize that this was not ____ a child’s game but a metaphor(暗喻) for what I might ____ my life.I came to ____ that I am not the light or the source of light.But light—truth，understanding，knowledge—is there，and it will shine in many dark places ____ I reflect it.
I am just a single piece of a mirror whose ____ design and shape I do not know.___，with what I have I can reflect light into the dark places of this ____—into the black places in the ____ of men—and change some things in some people.Perhaps others may see and do the same.This is what I am about.This is the ____ of my life.
| 小题1: | | A．broken | B．wasted | | C．painted | D．sharpened |
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| 小题2: | | A．pretended | B．tried | | C．demanded | D．hated |
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| 小题3: | | A．back | B．down | | C．together | D．aside |
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| 小题4: | | A．lightest | B．longest | | C．hardest | D．largest |
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| 小题5: | | A．talk | B．play | | C．deal | D．share |
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| 小题6: | | A．suggestion | B．fact | | C．decision | D．reason |
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| 小题7: | | A．deep | B．big | | C．bright | D．empty |
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| 小题8: | | A．attract | B．show | | C．get | D．bring |
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| 小题9: | | A．kept | B．cut | | C．used | D．mended |
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| 小题10: | | A．until | B．before | | C．when | D．after |
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| 小题11: | | A．watch | B．continue | | C．remember | D．change |
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| 小题12: | | A．just | B．wholly | | C．really | D．even |
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| 小题13: | | A．get from | B．owe to | | C．tell about | D．do with |
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| 小题14: | | A．announce | B．doubt | | C．understand | D．expect |
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| 小题15: | | A．so that | B．now that | | C．even if | D．only if |
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| 小题16: | | A．whole | B．unique | | C．special | D．other |
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| 小题17: | | A．Otherwise | B．However | | C．Besides | D．Therefore |
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| 小题18: | | A．country | B．village | | C．world | D．city |
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| 小题19: | | A．hands | B．brains | | C．eyes | D．hearts |
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| 小题20: | | A．way | B．standard | | C．quality | D．meaning |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:D
小题5:B
小题6:B
小题7:A
小题8:C
小题9:A
小题10:C
小题11:B
小题12:A
小题13:D
小题14:C
小题15:D
小题16:A
小题17:B
小题18:C
小题19:D
小题20:D |
解析
小题1: A
解析 根据下文“There was a motorcycle accident.”可知，这是一次交通事故中摩托车镜子的碎片。
小题2: B
解析 由下文作者想把碎片找全，可知tried符合语境。
小题3: C
解析 根据语境可知，作者想把所有的碎片都找齐并且把它们复原。
小题4: D
解析 根据上下文可知，作者想把碎片找齐复原但是不可能，这面镜子碎得很厉害，既然要使用当然选最大的一块碎片。
小题5:B
解析 根据as a toy可知，作者把它当玩具玩。
小题6: B
解析 镜子反射光，是作者发现的一个事实，故用fact。
小题7: A
解析 根据“...where the sun would never shine...”可知，阳光照不到深洞里。
小题8: C
解析 根据上文可知，作者利用镜子反光的作用，把光反射到黑暗的地方，get符合语境。
小题9: A
解析 根据下文“...as I grew up，I would take it out...”可知作者长大之后还一直保存着这个镜子，故选A项。
小题10: C
解析 根据语境，当作者没事做时，会把那个小镜子拿出来，故选when。
小题11: B
解析 根据上文，作者小时候玩镜子反光的游戏，可知当他无事可做时，仍然继续这个游戏，continue符合语境。
小题12: A
解析 当作者长大成人后，作者认识到用镜子把光反射到黑暗的地方不仅仅是孩子的游戏。just符合语境。
小题13: D
解析 根据下文可知，此处表示这不仅仅是孩子的游戏，而且也是作者如何对待生活的比喻。do with对待，符合语境。get from从……获得；owe to把……归于；tell about谈论关于……。
小题14: C
解析 根据下文作者所得出的结论，可知此处表示作者逐渐明白……。
小题15: D
解析 只要我们用光源反射光，就能给黑暗的地方带来光亮，两个分句之间是条件关系，故选only if。
小题16: A
解析 与第一段照应。作者把自己比作当初找到的那个镜子碎片，尽管完整镜子的形状作者并不知道。
小题17: B
解析 尽管作者不知道完整镜子的形状，但是作者能用他拥有的碎片把光反射到黑暗的地方，这句与前句是转折关系，however符合语境。
小题18: C
解析 由下句中的men可知作者并不特指哪里的人而是指世界上所有的人，故选world。
小题19: D
解析 此处是比喻，指把真理、理解和知识传播到别人心里的黑暗处。
小题20: D
解析 从上文可知，作者认为我们每个人都应该像镜子一样去传播真理、理解和知识，从而可知这是作者生活的意义所在。 |
举一反三
I’ve always had strong opinions of how love should be expressed，but others had their own ways of showing care.
What I ___ most about visiting my boyfriend’s parents is the loud tick of the clock in the dining room as we ____ ate our meal.With so little conversation I was quick to ____ his family as cold.When we got into the ____ to go home，his father suddenly appeared.___，he began to wash his son’s windscreen.I could feel he is a caring man through the glass.
I learned another lesson about love a few years later.My father often ____ me early in the morning.“Buy Xerox.It’s a good sharp price，” he might say when I answered the phone.No pleasant ___ or inquiry about my life，just financial instructions.This manner of his ___ me and we often quarreled.But one day，I thought about my father’s success in business and realized that his concern for my financial security lay behind his ____ morning calls.The next time he called and told me to buy a stock，I ____ him.
When my social style has conflicted with that of my friends，I’ve often felt ___.For example，I always return phone calls ____ and regularly contact my friends.I expect the same from them.I had one friend who rarely called，answering my messages with short emails.I rushed to the ____：She wasn’t a good friend！My anger ____ as the holidays approached.But then she came to a gathering I ____ and handed me a beautiful dress I had fallen in love with when we did some windowshopping the previous month.I was ____ at her thoughtfulness，and regretful for how I’d considered her to be ____.Clearly I needed to change my expectations of friends.
Far too often，I ignored their ____ expressions，eagerly expecting them to do things in my ____.Over the years，however，I’ve learned to ____ other persons’ love signs.
| 小题1: | | A．remember | B．enjoy | | C．value | D．admire |
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| 小题2: | | A．excitedly | B．nervously | | C．silently | D．instantly |
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| 小题3: | | A．regard | B．treat | | C．find | D．think |
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| 小题5: | | A．Punctually | B．Carefully | | C．Proudly | D．Coldly |
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| 小题6: | | A．visited | B．interrupted | | C．warned | D．telephoned |
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| 小题7: | | A．greeting | B．meeting | | C．apology | D．explanation |
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| 小题8: | | A．interested | B．angered | | C．encouraged | D．surprised |
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| 小题9: | | A．long | B．short | | C．warm | D．polite |
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| 小题10: | | A．praised | B．remembered | | C．blamed | D．thanked |
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小题11:．| A．content | B．guilty | | C．curious | D．disappointed |
| 小题12: | | A．in order | B．in turn | | C．without delay | D．without difficulty |
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| 小题13: | | A．feeling | B．suggestion | | C．judgment | D．belief |
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| 小题14: | | A．disappeared | B．grew | | C．helped | D．declined |
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| 小题15: | | A．opened | B．refused | | C．hosted | D．invited |
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| 小题16: | | A．depressed | B．upset | | C．fascinated | D．shocked |
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| 小题17: | | A．uncaring | B．dishonest | | C．unhappy | D．discouraged |
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| 小题18: | | A．unique | B．common | | C．pleasant | D．familiar |
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| 小题19: | | A．opinion | B．way | | C．mind | D．life |
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| 小题20: | | A．send | B．read | | C．give | D．express |
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In a Chinese modern dance competition on TV one very unique couple won one of the top prizes.The lady，in her thirties，was a dancer who had ____ since she was a little girl.Later in life，she lost her entire left arm in an accident and fell into a state of ____ for a few years.
Someone then asked her to coach a children’s dancing group.From that point on，she realized that she could not ____ dancing.So，she started to do some of her old routines，but，having lost her arm，she had also lost her ___.It took a while before she could even make simple turns and spins without ____.
Then a few months later she ____ a man in his twenties who had lost a leg in an accident.She was determined to find him and ____ him to dance with her.He had never danced.And to dance with one leg...He said，“Are you ____ with me？No way！”
But，she didn’t ____，and he agreed to think about it.“I have nothing else to do anyway，” he thought.Then she started to ____ him dancing.The two ____ a few times because he had no concept of using muscle，how to ___ his body，and knew none of the ____ things about dancing.When she became ____ and lost patience with him，he would walk out.____，they came back together and started training ____.
They hired a choreographer(舞蹈指导) to ___ routines for them.She would fly high (held by him) with both arms (a sleeve for an arm) flying in the air.He could bend ____ by one leg with her leaning(倚靠) on him，etc.
When I watched this I didn’t ____ realize that she was missing an arm ___ I was focusing on the guy with only one leg.Really quite amazing!
| 小题1: | | A．operated | B．played | | C．trained | D．competed |
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| 小题2: | | A．relief | B．depression | | C．confusion | D．recovery |
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| 小题3: | | A．learn | B．understand | | C．forget | D．face |
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| 小题4: | | A．chance | B．balance | | C．advantage | D．promise |
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| 小题5: | | A．following | B．checking | | C．noticing | D．falling |
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| 小题6: | | A．heard of | B．searched for | | C．came across | D．waited for |
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| 小题7: | | A．require | B．allow | | C．lead | D．persuade |
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| 小题8: | | A．arguing | B．joking | | C．discussing | D．agreeing |
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| 小题9: | | A．carry on | B．give up | | C．settle down | D．set off |
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| 小题10: | | A．teach | B．show | | C．leave | D．watch |
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| 小题11: | | A．broke up | B．gave in | | C．put off | D．returned back |
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| 小题12: | | A．change | B．present | | C．improve | D．control |
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| 小题13: | | A．important | B．interesting | | C．basic | D．special |
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| 小题14: | | A．excited | B．annoyed | | C．moved | D．shocked |
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| 小题15: | | A．Unfortunately | B．Eventually | | C．Generally | D．Jokingly |
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| 小题16: | | A．seriously | B．differently | | C．publicly | D．gradually |
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| 小题17: | | A．discover | B．arrange | | C．perform | D．design |
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| 小题18: | | A．raised | B．kept | | C．supported | D．carried |
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| 小题19: | | A．still | B．hardly | | C．nearly | D．even |
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| 小题20: | | A．because | B．if | | C．before | D．though |
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It was Thanksgiving morning. I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together on the top step.
“Any old papers, lady?” asked one of them.
I was busy. I wanted to say “no” until I looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin little sandals （凉鞋）, wet with heavy snow.
“Come in and I’ll make you a cup of hot cocoa.”
They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet sandals left marks upon the floor. I saved them cocoa and bread to fight against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started cooking.
The silence in the front room struck me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice, “Lady, are you rich?”
“Am I rich? Pity, no!”
I looked at my worn-out slipcovers （椅套）. The girl put her cup back in its saucer （茶碟）carefully and said, “Your cups match your saucers.” They left after that, holding their papers against the wind. They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful.
Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they matched.
I tasted the potatoes and stirred the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads, my man with a regular job, these matched, too.
I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The muddy marks of little sandals were still wet upon my floor. Let them be for a while, I thought, just in case I should begin to forget how rich I am.
小题1:The writer let the two children come in and served them well because ______. | A．she wanted to sell old papers to them | | B．she wanted to give them some presents | | C．she showed great pity and care on them | | D．she wanted to show her thanks to them |
小题2:The writer left the muddy marks of little sandals on the floor for a while to _______. | A．show that she was a kind-hearted lady | | B．remind her she shouldn’t forget how rich she was | | C．leave room for readers to think about what being rich is | | D．call up her memories of the good old days |
小题3:It can be inferred from the text that whether you are rich depends on _______. | A．how much money you have made | | B．what attitude you have had toward life | | C．the way you help others | | D．your social relationship |
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A jobless man applied for the position of “office boy”at Microsoft.The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.
“You are employed.”he said.”Give me our e-mail address and I’ll send you the application to fill in ,as well as date when you may start.”
The man replied,”But Idon’t have a computer,neither an e-mail.”
“I’m sorry,”said the HR manager,”If you don’t have an e-mail,that means you do not exist.And who doesn’t exist cannot have the job.”
The man left with no hope at all.He didn’t know what to do, with only ten dollars in his pocket.He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy 10kg tomatoes.He then sold the tomatoes from door to door.In less than two hours,he succeded to double his capital,He repeated the operation three times,and returned home happily with 60 dollars.
The man realized that he can survive in this way,and started to go every day earlier,and return late,Thus,his money doubled or tripled every day.Shortly,he bought a cart,then a truck,and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles.Five years later,the man is one of the biggest food retailers in the US.
He started to plan his family’s future and decided to have a life insurance He called an insurance broker and chose a protection plan.
When the conversation was concluded the broker asked him his e-mail,The man replied,”I don’t have an e-mail.”
The broker answered curiously,”You don’t have an e-mail,and yet have succeeded to build an empire.Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?”The man thought for a while and replied,”Yes,I’d be an office boy at Microsoft!”
小题1:Why can’t the man have the job at Microsoft?| A．Because he didn’t have an e-mail | | B．B Because he was lazy. | | C．Because he didn’t pass the test | | D．Because he didn’t have a computer |
小题2:The underlined word “triple”can be replaced by_______.| A．become 3 times | B．become large | C．increase quickly | D．decrease quickly |
小题3:According to the passage,which of the following is TRUE?| A．The man is one of the biggest food retailers in the world. | | B．The man didn’t give up though he failed the interview. | | C．He started his career by selling tomatoes in the supermarket. | | D．Those who have e-mails can work at Microsoft. |
小题4:The man can be described as ______.| A．helpful and considerate | B．smart and hardworking | | C．positive and generous | D．stubborn and unselfish |
小题5:Which proverb can best describe the story?| A．Where there is a will,there is a way. | B．Accidents will happen. | | C．Misfortune may be an actual blessing. | D．No pains,no gains. |
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The person I admire most is not famous at all, yet in my mind his achievements are as important as those of any historical figure. Gary is a fellow classmate of mine at college, and for him this is a major .
We know that Gary suffers from a , which makes it almost impossible for him to his movements. As a result, he will his life in a wheelchair. He cannot write with a pen or a pencil, and speaks so slowly and strangely that it takes to understand what he is saying.
However, behind his appearance, Gary is a warm, fun-loving, intelligent person. His disability affects his muscles, not his mind or . He enjoys the same things as any student does—listening to music, making and so on—and he is not only the best student in our class, but also has a sense of humor and genuine interest in other people.
The main why I admire him so much is that he is determined to lead a life, in spite of his physical difficulties he has to overcome. Although his prevents him from going to school, he gives himself an education by studying at home. Being unable to himself, he uses a special typewriter to write letters to his friends and beautiful poems which the true depth of his thoughts and character. Another reason why I admire Gary is that he never feels sorry for himself. He says, for instance, that being unable to move around gives him more time to think. In fact, he always to see the bright side of any situation, so instead of needing his friends to him, he actually cheers us up when we are or depressed.
I would admire Gary he didn’t have any disability; in fact he does, and to let it spoil his life, which makes him the most remarkable person I have known.
| 小题1: | | A．problem | B．impression | C．achievement | D．joke |
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| 小题2: | | A．headache | B．defeat | C．disability | D．pain |
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| 小题3: | | A．control | B．affect | C．remove | D．replace |
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| 小题4: | | A．spend | B．save | C．waste | D．ruin |
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| 小题5: | | A．courage | B．chance | C．ability | D．patience |
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| 小题6: | | A．chemical | B．medical | C．physical | D．mental |
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| 小题7: | | A．personality | B．behavior | C．health | D．method |
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| 小题8: | | A．neighbors | B．friends | C．drivers | D．writers |
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| 小题9: | | A．terrible | B．similar | C．wonderful | D．practical |
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| 小题10: | | A．problem | B．need | C．matter | D．reason |
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| 小题11: | | A．dangerous | B．disappointing | C．normal | D．careful |
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| 小题12: | | A．movement | B．condition | C．choice | D．decision |
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| 小题13: | | A．explain | B．express | C．introduce | D．enjoy |
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| 小题14: | | A．leave | B．give | C．bring | D．show |
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| 小题15: | | A．just | B．mostly | C．hardly | D．ever |
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| 小题16: | | A．continues | B．arranges | C．manages | D．begins |
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| 小题17: | | A．comfort | B．help | C．forgive | D．tease |
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| 小题18: | | A．ashamed | B．regretful | C．worried | D．doubtful |
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| 小题19: | | A．even so | B．ever since | C．as if | D．even if |
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| 小题20: | | A．wants | B．refuses | C．stops | D．Loves |
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