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I hadn’t even got a chance to enter the store before an African American woman approached me and asked if I would help her return an item. The item she had 36 was intended for her daughter, but she had already received a 37 one. The lady 38 to exchange the item for something else in the store but she was told she needed an ID 39 the deal could not take place.
I went to the 40 with the woman so we could use my ID. The sales associate immediately started 41 her of asking the first 42 person she saw to help her. Although that was 43 , I didn’t understand why it 44 . After all, not everyone is given the opportunity to 45 an ID in this country.
Then, we asked to speak with a manager, who explained that there was no 46 to return the item without a receipt and then went on to say the woman could not 47 she purchased the item.
“ 48 I, a young white female, were to enter the store and request you to make an exchange without a receipt, I would not be 49 the privilege — as I have proof from the past.” I said. He must have realized at that moment what he had done, because he 50 to exchange the item.
There are many valuable lessons in the story. The first is to help a stranger in need. I 51 when the woman asked for my help, but 52 in my head I asked myself, “Why not? What valid 53 do I actually have?” I had none, so I helped her.
The second lesson is not to judge a book by its 54 . The woman looked poor, but she 55 _ the same treatment as anyone else does.
| 小题1: | | A．purchased | B．shown | C．lost | D．mended |
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| 小题2: | | A．same | B．popular | C．similar | D．different |
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| 小题3: | | A．managed | B．wanted | C．refused | D．promised |
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| 小题5: | | A．counter | B．department | C．market | D．window |
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| 小题6: | | A．warning | B．informing | C．reminding | D．accusing |
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| 小题7: | | A．fair | B．familiar | C．impossible | D．random |
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| 小题8: | | A．wrong | B．true | C．reasonable | D．meaningful |
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| 小题9: | | A．mattered | B．happened | C．passed | D．worked |
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| 小题10: | | A．leave | B．pay | C．find | D．obtain |
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| 小题11: | | A．request | B．place | C．way | D．need |
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| 小题12: | | A．answer | B．prove | C．support | D．admit |
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| 小题13: | | A．Unless | B．And | C．Instead | D．If |
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| 小题14: | | A．ordered | B．asked | C．denied | D．given |
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| 小题15: | | A．agreed | B．prepared | C．failed | D．remembered |
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| 小题16: | | A．struggled | B．wondered | C．hesitated | D．nodded |
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| 小题17: | | A．totally | B．gradually | C．hardly | D．quickly |
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| 小题18: | | A．feelings | B．goals | C．reasons | D．ideas |
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| 小题19: | | A．design | B．cover | C．content | D．price |
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| 小题20: | | A．deserved | B．required | C．received | D．appreciated |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:B
小题5:A
小题6:D
小题7:D
小题8:B
小题9:A
小题10:D
小题11:C
小题12:B
小题13:D
小题14:C
小题15:A
小题16:C
小题17:D
小题18:C
小题19:B
小题20:A |
解析
试题分析：作者通过讲述在商店里帮助一位穷顾客的故事，说明了两个道理：第一，做人应该有一副热心肠；第二，人无论贫富，都是平等的，都应享受同等的权利和地位。
小题1:A 根据第三段中she purchased the item可知，她买的这件商品本来是为女儿买的。
小题2:C 根据下文“exchange the item for something else”，应该是他的女儿已经有了类似的东西。
小题3:B 因为女儿已经有了类似的东西，所以这位妇女想换一件另外的商品。 manage to do是“成功做了某事”的意思。
小题4:B 根据下一段的内容可知，调换商品需要有ID卡（商家发放的一种顾客身份标识卡）才可以，否则无法调换。
小题5:A 作者决定帮助这位妇女，于是和她一起走到商店的柜台处。
小题6:D 根据全文语境可以看出，这位黑人妇女在商店受到了不公正的待遇，被拒绝调换商品。售货员看到她找到作者帮助，十分不礼貌地指责她不应该随便找个人来帮忙。
小题7:D 考察上下文语境。这位妇女并不认识作者，找到她属于随机行为。因此售货员的话符合事实。
小题8:B 这位妇女并不认识作者，找到她属于随机行为。因此售货员的话符合事实。
小题9:A 售货员所指责的情况属实，但作者不明白随便找个人来帮忙就有那么值得关注吗（有什么值得如此大惊小怪的呢）。matter意为“关系重大”。
小题10:D 毕竟不是所有的人都有机会获得ID卡的。
小题11:C 根据下文“then went on to say the woman could not 47 she purchased the item.”说明经理要设置退换商品的门槛。经理解释说即使有了ID卡，如果没有收据的话，也是没有办法退换商品的。
小题12:B 接着上面的话，经理顺水推舟说这位妇女不能证明该商品是在他这里买的。
小题13:D 经理的这种无赖的行为激怒了作者，于是作者以自己的经历为例来进行反驳：如果我，一位白人女性，到这里要求换货，没有收据，照样我是不会被（你们）拒绝的。因为我有过去的经历为证。
小题14:C经理的这种无赖的行为激怒了作者，于是作者以自己的经历为例来进行反驳：如果我，一位白人女性，到这里要求换货，没有收据，照样我是不会被（你们）拒绝的。因为我有过去的经历为证。
小题15:A 从语境可知，经理意识到自己的言行失当，因此同意换商品。
小题16:C 根据句中but后面的内容可知，作者在妇女请求帮助时，一开始也犹豫过。
小题17:D 但她很快地调整心态，扪心自问：“为什么不帮她，我有不帮她的正当理由吗？”
小题18:C但她很快地调整心态，扪心自问：“为什么不帮她，我有不帮她的正当理由吗？”
小题19:B 从下文可知，这位妇女看起来非常穷。售货员和经理的无礼行为可能与此有关。作者想要表达的是，我们不应该以貌取人（不能通过书的封皮确定一本书的质量）。
小题20:A 人虽然穷，但有资格和别人享受同等的待遇。
点评：作者通过讲述在商店里帮助一位穷顾客的故事，说明了两个道理：第一，做人应该有一副热心肠；第二，人无论贫富，都是平等的，都应享受同等的权利和地位。本文主要是测试学生综合运用语言的能力，即从语篇的角度综合测试阅读理解能力、词汇的掌握和对英语习惯用语的熟悉程度、以及语法规则的灵活运用。考生做题时必须时刻从上下文考虑，不应该只看到所添的词在短语或句子内是否可行。因此，在做题时最好将全文通读一下，了解了全文的意思以后再作答。 |
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A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s ___35___, she said she would go. This ___36___ be the first time that his classmates and teacher met his mother and he felt ___37___of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar(疤痕)that ___38___nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to ___39___why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were ___40___by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother in spite of the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed(尴尬)and ___41___ himself from everyone. He did, however, get within ___42___of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.
The teacher asked___43___, “How did you get the scar on your face?”
The mother replied, “When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was___44___afraid to go in because the fire was___45___, so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked___46___ but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She touched the burned side of her face. This scar will be___47___, but to this day, I have never ___48___what I did.
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt a great___49___of the sacrifice(牺牲)that his mother had made for him. He held her hand tightly for the rest of the day.
| 小题1: | | A．enjoyment | B．disappointment | C．surprise | D．excitement |
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| 小题2: | | A．would | B．could | C．should | D．must |
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| 小题3: | | A．sick | B．ashamed | C．afraid | D．tired |
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| 小题4: | | A．included | B．passed | C．covered | D．shaded |
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| 小题5: | | A．talk about | B．think about | C．care about | D．hear about |
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| 小题6: | | A．impressed | B．surprised | C．excited | D．comforted |
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| 小题7: | | A．hid | B．protected | C．separated | D．escaped |
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| 小题8: | | A．understanding | B．reminding | C．hearing | D．learning |
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| 小题9: | | A．carefully | B．seriously | C．nervously | D．anxiously |
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| 小题11: | | A．out of control | B．under control | C．in control | D．over control |
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| 小题12: | | A．helpless | B．hopeless | C．senseless | D．useless |
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| 小题13: | | A．ugly | B．lasting | C．serious | D．frightening |
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| 小题14: | | A．forgot | B．recognized | C．considered | D．regretted |
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| 小题15: | | A．honor | B．sense | C．happiness | D．pride |
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One Saturday afternoon, my daughter Alice asked me, “Are all people the same even if they are different in color?”
I thought for a minute, and then I said, “I’ll explain, 36 you can just wait until we make a quick 37 at the grocery store（杂货店）. I have something 38 to show you. ”
At the grocery store, we 39 some apples --- red, green and yellow ones. Back home, I told Alice, “It’s time to 40 your question.” I put one apple of each 41 on the table. Then I looked at Alice, who had a 42 look on her face.
“People are like apples. They come in all 43 colors, shapes and sizes. On the 44 , some of the apples may not 45 look as the others. ” As I was talking, Alice was 46 each one carefully.
Then, I took each of the apples and peeled（削皮）them, 47 them back on the table, but 48 a different place.
“Okay, Alice, tell me which is which.”
She said, “I 49 tell. They all look the same now. ” “Take a bite of 50 . See if that helps you 51 which one is which. ”
She took 52 , and then a huge smile came across her face. “People are 53 like apples! They are all different, but once you 54 the outside, they’re pretty much the same on the inside. ”
She totally 55 it. I didn’t need to say or do anything else.
| 小题1: | | A．although | B．so | C．because | D．if |
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| 小题2: | | A．stop | B．start | C．turn | D．stay |
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| 小题3: | | A．expressive | B．encouraging | C．informative | D．interesting |
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| 小题4: | | A．bought | B．counted | C．saw | D．collected |
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| 小题5: | | A．check | B．mention | C．answer | D．improve |
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| 小题6: | | A．size | B．type | C．shape | D．class |
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| 小题7: | | A．worried | B．satisfied | C．proud | D．curious |
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| 小题8: | | A．ordinary | B．normal | C．different | D．regular |
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| 小题9: | | A．outside | B．whole | C．table | D．inside |
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| 小题10: | | A．still | B．even | C．only | D．ever |
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| 小题11: | | A．examining | B．measuring | C．drawing | D．packing |
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| 小题12: | | A．keeping | B．placing | C．pulling | D．giving |
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| 小题14: | | A．mustn’t | B．can’t | C．shouldn’t | D．needn’t |
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| 小题15: | | A．each one | B．each other | C．the other | D．one another |
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| 小题16: | | A．admit | B．consider | C．decide | D．believe |
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| 小题17: | | A．big bites | B．deep breaths | C．a firm hold | D．close look |
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| 小题18: | | A．just | B．always | C．merely | D．seldom |
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| 小题19: | | A．put away | B．get down | C．hand out | D．take off |
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“The first and best of victories for a man is to conquer himself; to be conquered by himself is, of all things, the most shameful,” says Plato. Self-control is at the root of all the advantages. Let a man give in to his impulses (冲动) and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral freedom.
A single angry word has lost many friends. When Socrates found in himself any temper or anger, he would check it by speaking low in order to control himself. If you are conscious of being angry, keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease. “Whoever the gods would destroy, they first make them mad.” “Keep cool,” says Webster, “anger is not argument.” “Be calm in arguing,” says George Herbert, “for fierceness makes error a fault.”
To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong yourself. “Anger,” says Pythagoras, “begins with foolishness and ends with regret.” You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the power of those which conquer him.
Self-control is man’s last and greatest victory.
If a man lacks self-control he seems to lack everything. Without it he can have no patience, no power to govern himself; he can have no self-confidence, for he will always be controlled by his strongest feeling. If he lacks self-control, the very backbone and nerve of character are lacking too.
小题1:What’s the main idea of the passage?| A．Self- control is important for a man | | B．We should learn to be strong. | | C．A man who keeps cool won’t lose any game. | | D．The great heroes in history knew how to control themselves. |
小题2:What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?| A．If you are mad, the gods will fail you. | | B．If you lose your temper first, gods will fail you first. | | C．If you can’t control yourself, you will be crazy. | | D．If the gods want to fail you, they will make you mad first. |
小题3:Which of the following is NOT true, according to passage?| A．The first and best of victories for a man is to conquer himself. | | B．You will make a small mistake serious if you don’t keep cool. | | C．You must measure a man’s strength by the power of the feelings which conquer him. | | D．Anger begins with foolishness and ends with regret. |
小题4:Which of the following can’t help you avoid anger, according to the passage?| A．Being calm in arguing | | B．Checking your temper or anger by speaking low. | | C．Keeping your mouth shut | | D．Trying to make the other angry first. |
小题5:If a man lacks self-control,______________________________| A．He will always be controlled by all the people all the time. | | B．He will began with foolish everything every day and lack the strength. | | C．Moral strength and nerve of character will lack as well. | | D．He will have power of gover himself. |
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A well-known speaker started his speech by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, “What is this piece of 1 and is it worth anything?”
Hands started going up. “It is a $20 bill, encashable(可兑现的) in international and national 2 .”replied one of the 3 who raised their hands.
The speaker continued, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you, but first, let me do this.” He continued to crumple the 20 dollar bill using both his hands. He then 4 it and asked, “Who still wants it?” Still the hands were up in the air.
“Well,” he said, “what if I do this?” He dropped it on the 5 and started to step on it. He picked up the crumpled and 6 bill and said, “Now, who still wants it?”
7 went back into the air. “I think this bill is still 8 its value”, said a young man in an unsure 9 . “We can still use the bill to 10 goods worth 20 dollars,” said the other people.
“My friends, you have all learned a very 11 lesson in this exercise that we are just through with. You’ve 12 that I can crumple the $20 bill during the process as the effects can be seen clearly. 13 , no matter what I did to the piece of paper, you were 14 in your mind that my actions did not actually decrease its 15 . It was still worth $20.”
“Many times in our lives, we feel like as if we are 16 , crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are 17 ; but no matter what happened or what will happen, please 18 , you will never lose your value.” Values that you keep in your heart will always 19 you from a difficult situation.
Dirty or clean, crumpled or not, you are still priceless to those who love you. The worth of our lives comes, not in what we do or who we know, but by ...WHO WE ARE.” “You are 20 — don’t ever forget it.”
| 小题1: | | A．paper | B．advice | C．information | D．luck |
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| 小题2: | | A．organizations | B．flights | C．markets | D．conferences |
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| 小题3: | | A．family | B．teachers | C．speakers | D．audience |
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| 小题4: | | A．hid | B．bought | C．carried | D．unfolded |
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| 小题5: | | A．square | B．beach | C．ground | D．playground |
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| 小题6: | | A．thin | B．dirty | C．new | D．clear |
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| 小题7: | | A．Hands | B．Books | C．Heads | D．Smoke |
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| 小题8: | | A．losing | B．reducing | C．increasing | D．holding |
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| 小题9: | | A．sound | B．voice | C．noise | D．shout |
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| 小题10: | | A．deliver | B．buy | C．sell | D．produce |
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| 小题11: | | A．boring | B．difficult | C．valuable | D．painful |
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| 小题12: | | A．heard | B．seen | C．forgotten | D．doubted |
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| 小题13: | | A．However | B．Therefore | C．Besides | D．Otherwise |
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| 小题14: | | A．sure | B．curious | C．proud | D．sad |
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| 小题15: | | A．price | B．growth | C．value | D．size |
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| 小题16: | | A．dropped | B．turned | C．looked | D．talked |
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| 小题17: | | A．important | B．confident | C．selfish | D．useless |
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| 小题18: | | A．accept | B．argue | C．remember | D．decide |
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| 小题19: | | A．leave | B．search | C．save | D．beat |
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| 小题20: | | A．especial | B．normal | C．ordinary | D．special |
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An 80-year-old man was sitting in his house beside his 45-year-old son. Suddenly a crow(乌鸦) landed in front of the window. The father___21___ son, "What is that?" The son replied, "It is a crow." ___22___ few minutes, the father asked his son a second time, "What is that?" The son said "I just ___23___ you that it’s a crow." After a little __24____ , the father again asked his son, "What is that?" That time a(n) __25____ tone could be heard in the son’s __26____ . "It’s a crow, a crow!"
A little later, the father went to his room and __27____ with an old diary which he had __28____ for many years. After opening the right page, he asked his son to ___29___ it. When the son read it, tears came to his eyes." Today my __30____ was sitting with me on the sofa.When a crow was__31____ by the window, my son asked me 23 times what it was, and I __32____ to him all 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him __33____each time he asked me the same question. I did not feel__34____ answering the same question."
If your __35____ become old, don’t treat them or look __36____ them as a burden(累赘). Instead be warm and__37____ to them. From today on say this to yourself, "I want to ___38___ my parents happy forever, for they have __39____ for me ever since I was born, and they have always showed their ___40___love to me."
| 小题1: | | A．demanded | B．asked | C．commanded | D．tested |
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| 小题2: | | A．Before | B．During | C．After | D．Within |
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| 小题3: | | A．told | B．reminded | C．called | D．consulted |
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| 小题4: | | A．sigh | B．doubt | C．breath | D．while |
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| 小题5: | | A．sad | B．angry | C．pitiful | D．gentle |
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| 小题6: | | A．face | B．mind | C．voice | D．pace |
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| 小题7: | | A．came up | B．came out | C．came back | D．came on |
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| 小题8: | | A．kept | B．gathered | C．collected | D．searched |
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| 小题9: | | A．tear | B．read | C．write | D．recite |
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| 小题10: | | A．son | B．daughter | C．brother | D．father |
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| 小题11: | | A．lying | B．wiping | C．sitting | D．spying |
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| 小题12: | | A．required | B．repeated | C．recalled | D．replied |
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| 小题13: | | A．lovingly | B．carefully | C．deeply | D．lightly |
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| 小题14: | | A．puzzled | B．worried | C．Amazed | D．annoyed |
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| 小题15: | | A．parents | B．relatives | C．families | D．teachers |
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| 小题17: | | A．wise | B．kind | C．strict | D．generous |
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| 小题19: | | A．frightened | B．hunted | C．cared | D．waited |
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| 小题20: | | A．pleasant | B．limited | C．useful | D．selfless |
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