Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away. I
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Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away. I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers ___小题1:___ it was too late to tell them. I am blessed (赐福) with the dear mother who is still alive. I ___小题2:___ her more each day. My mother does not change, but I ___小题3:___ . As I grow older and wiser, I realize ___小题4:___ an extraordinary person she is. How ___小题5:___ that I am unable to speak these words in her ___小题6:___ , but they flow easily from my pen.
How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for life itself? For the love, patience and just ___小题7:___ hard work that go into ___小题8:___ a child? For running after a toddler (学走步的小孩), for understanding a ___小题9:___ teenager, for tolerating (忍受;容忍) a college student who knows ___小题10:___ ? For waiting for the day when a daughter ___小题11:___ how wise her mother really is?
How does a ___小题12:___ woman thank a mother for ___小题13:___ to be a mother? For being ready ___小题14:___ advice (when asked) or remaining ___小题15:____ when it is most appreciated? For not saying, “I told you so,” when she could have uttered these words ___小题16:___ ? For being ___小题17:___ herself-loving, thoughtful, patient, and forgiving?
I don’t know how, dear God, except to ask you to bless her as richly as she ___小题18:___ and to help me live up to the example she has ___小题19:___ . I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother ___小题20:___ in mine.
| 小题22: | | A．approve | B．appreciate | C．need | D．resemble |
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小题25:A.sad B.glad C.comic D tragic
| 小题26: | | A．absence | B．presence | C．appearance | D．existence |
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| 小题27: | | A．common | B．plain | C．normal | D．usual |
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| 小题28: | | A．raising | B．rising | C．developing | D．training |
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| 小题29: | | A．childish | B．energetic | C．fearless | D．moody |
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| 小题30: | | A．anything | B．something | C．everything | D．nothing |
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| 小题31: | | A．detects | B．discovers | C．recognizes | D．realizes |
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| 小题32: | | A．pretty | B．foolish | C．green | D．grown |
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| 小题33: | | A．failing | B．intending | C．continuing | D．keeping |
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| 小题35: | | A．silent | B．quiet | C．cool | D．noiseless |
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| 小题36: | | A．dozen times | B．a dozen of times | C．dozens of times | D．dozen of time |
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| 小题37: | | A．valuably | B．essentially | C．naturally | D．virtually |
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| 小题38: | | A．devotes | B．deserts | C．deserves | D．desires |
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| 小题39: | | A．set | B．settled | C．placed | D．fixed |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:A
小题6:B
小题7:B
小题8:A
小题9:D
小题10:C
小题11:D
小题12:D
小题13:C
小题14:B
小题15:A
小题16:C
小题17:B
小题18:C
小题19:A
小题20:D |
解析
试题分析：本文叙述了作者作为女儿应该感谢母亲抚养孩子时所付出的爱、耐心以及无私的辛勤劳动，感谢她始终不变的爱心、体贴周到、耐心与宽容厚道？作者指出要适时地向母亲表达子女的感激之情。
小题1:考查连词及上下文的呼应。as因为； that那个；.until直到……才； when当……时候。根据I have friends whose mothers have passed away，故选C。
小题2:考查动词及上下文的呼应。approve同意； appreciate感谢； need 需要；resemble类似。“我”非常感谢她的母亲，故选B。
小题3:考查动词及上下文的呼应。“我”的母亲没有改变，“我”却改变了。根据上文用的现在时，所以下文可用替代词do来代替上文的动词change.故选A。
小题4:考查连词及上下文的呼应。how怎样； that那个； who谁；.what什么。这是感叹句，被感叹的名词，所以用what，故选D。
小题5:考查形容词及上下文的呼应。sad伤心的； glad 高兴的；comic滑稽的； tragic悲剧的。这是感叹句，被感叹的名词，所以用how，所以它的前面用形容词，我不能当着母亲的面前说出这些话，太遗憾了。故选A。
小题6:考查名词及上下文的呼应。absence不在，缺席；presence在场；appearance出现； existence存在。当她在的时候“我”不能用语言来表达，故选B。
小题7:考查形容词及上下文的呼应。common共同的，普遍的； plain简单的，无私的； normal正常的；usual 通常的。感谢她在抚养孩子时所付出的爱、耐心以及无私的辛勤劳动，故选B。
小题8:考查动名词及上下文的呼应。raising抚养； rising增长； developing 发展；training训练。感谢她在抚养孩子时所付出的爱、耐心以及无私的辛勤劳动，故选A。
小题9:考查形容词及上下文的呼应。childish孩子气的；energetic有精力的；fearless不害怕的；moody喜怒无常的。心情变幻无常的十几岁的孩子。故选D。
小题10:考查动词及上下文的呼应。anything任何事情； something某个事情；everything每件事情；nothing没有事。对一个自以为是的大学生的宽容。故选C。
小题11:考查动词及上下文的呼应。detect发现； discover发现； recognize认出；realize意识到。感谢她等待女儿认识到她真是一位好母亲的这一天，故选D。
小题12:考查动词及上下文的呼应。pretty漂亮的； foolish愚蠢的； green绿的；grown成年的。一个成年女子该怎样感谢母亲依然如故的角色？故选D。
小题13:考查动词及上下文的呼应。failing失败； intending打算； continuing继续；keeping保持。一个成年女子该怎样感谢母亲依然如故的角色？故选C。
小题14:考查介词及上下文的呼应。形容词词组ready with常作表语，意为：动辄……的，就要…的，快要...的。当感激时就要准备好建议还是保持沉默，故选B。
小题15:考查形容词及上下文的呼应。silent沉默的； quiet安静的； cool凉快的；noiseless无噪音的。当感激时是准备好建议还是保持沉默，故选A。
小题16:考查固定短语及上下文的呼应。a dozen of times十二次； dozens of times几十次；a dozen of修饰名词时of可省略,但dozens of中的of不能省去。故选C。
小题17:考查副词及上下文的呼应。valuably有价值的； essentially本质上；naturally自然地；virtually事实上。 being essentially herself意为：母亲本质上就是……。故选B。
小题18:考查动词及上下文的呼应。devote献身； desert放弃 ； deserves值得；desires要求。母亲应该得到的最衷心的祝福。故选C。
小题19:考查动词及上下文的呼应。set制定； settled解决； place放； fix修理。
set an example(树立榜样)是固定搭配。故选A。
小题20:考查动词及上下文的呼应。sees看见； finds发现； is是； looks看起来。
此处I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother looks in mine意为：我要使自己的在孩子心目中的形象，就像我母亲在我心目中那样美好。故选D。
点评：完形填空考查考生综合运用语言的能力。在语篇理解和逻辑推理的基础上考查词语辨析及词语搭配等。要求考生根据上下文线索，对每题的选项做出合理的分析、判断，从中选出最佳答案，使补全后的文章文意畅达、逻辑严密、结构完整。 |
举一反三
When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings. Week by week her list 小题1: : I was very thin; I wasn’t a 小题2: student; I talked too much; I was too 小题3:, always feeling superior to(胜过) others, and so on. I tried to hear all as long as I could. 小题4:, I became very angry. I ran to my father with 小题5: in my eyes.
He listened to me 小题6: , and then he asked,“Are the things she says true or not? Janet, don’t you ever wonder 小题7: you’re really like? Well, you now have that girl’s 小题8: . Go and 小题9:a list of everything she said and mark the points that are 小题10: . Pay no attention to the other things she said.”
I did小题11:he told me. To my great 小题12:, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t 小题13: (like being very thin),but a good number I could--- and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I went to a fairly 小题14: picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy. He 小题15:to take it.“That’s just for you,” he said，“You know 小题16: than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to 小题17:, not just close your ears in anger, feeling 小题18: when something said about you is true, you will find it of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your affairs. Don’t shut your 小题19:. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.”
Daddy’s advice has always 小题20: to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.
| 小题21: | | A．collected | B．added | C．grew | D．continued |
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| 小题22: | | A．good | B．bad | C．short | D．greedy |
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| 小题23: | | A．silly | B．friendly | C．dull | D．proud |
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| 小题24: | | A．In other words | B．Above all | C．As a result | D．At last |
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| 小题25: | | A．tears | B．happiness | C．promises | D．wishes |
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| 小题26: | | A．coldly | B．quietly | C．eagerly | D．happily |
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| 小题28: | | A．excuse | B．opinion | C．talk | D．advice |
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| 小题29: | | A．take | B．make | C．create | D．receive |
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| 小题30: | | A．wrong | B．correct | C．big | D．true |
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| 小题32: | | A．joy | B．pleasure | C．surprise | D．anger |
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| 小题34: | | A．wonderful | B．clear | C．interesting | D．beautiful |
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| 小题35: | | A．promised | B．refused | C．expected | D．agreed |
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| 小题36: | | A．wider | B．higher | C．better | D．worse |
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| 小题37: | | A．listen | B．stand | C．speak | D．share |
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| 小题38: | | A．hurt | B．sad | C．shy | D．excited |
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| 小题39: | | A．words | B．mouths | C．eyes | D．ears |
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| 小题40: | | A．returned | B．gone | C．appeared | D．happened |
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It is three in the morning on a Tuesday, and I’m walking toward table eighteen, the one I call home. I pass the waiters, give a brief nod to the 小题1: and take my seat. I 小题2: the “usual,” water and peanut butter pie. Yes, I’m at an all-night diner.
I start to take out my books, 小题3: full well that I will be 小题4: on the same page of Socrates that I’ve been on for the better part of the semester. Of course, it’s 小题5: —for my group that is. I wait for the empty chairs around me to be 小题6: .
Just as the Muzak songs start to repeat themselves, Shana and Jenny walk in. I am 小题7: with the usual big hugs and smiles. 小题8: , the diner stops being a twenty-for-hour restaurant with bad service and becomes my place—my home 小题9: the prisonlike dorm room. For the next couple of hours, we will joke about people we know, talk about books, reflect on the meaning of life, quote movies and 小题10: new private jokes. Table number eighteen is our 小题11: home.
During my senior year of college, I started going to the diner for a temporary escape from a dorm room that felt like it was closing in on me. Not to 小题12: the phones, the stereo and the computer. How could anyone seriously 小题13: to have good study habits? Some friends of mine told me about the place; they went there to study, and they really liked it.
So I tried it. It felt remarkably freeing. I start going there every night (except weekends, of course), and, believe me it was not because the pies were 小题14: great either. Maybe it would force me to open my books and my 小题15: would improve. Right? Well….
But that’s not the 小题16: . I mean, anyone who has gone to college knows that it’s not only about forcing yourself to wake up at 7:45 A.M. (after you had gone to sleep two hours earlier) to listen to a professor spoon-feeding you information 小题17: the significance of the Battle of Hastings. It is 小题18: about finding a little haven where you can create what will be the most important thing in your life—yourself. At a school of thirty-five thousand people, I found a small place that was as 小题19: to me as my Social Security number.
Through laughter, tears, learning, growing and the 小题20: free ice cream, we found a sanctuary. A place where we could be ourselves.
| 小题21: | | A．friends | B．strangers | C．regulars | D．waiters |
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| 小题22: | | A．make | B．take | C．bring | D．order |
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| 小题23: | | A．remembering | B．knowing | C．deciding | D．learning |
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| 小题24: | | A．stuck | B．focused . | C．fixed | D．turned |
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| 小题25: | | A．certain | B．early | C．late | D．clear |
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| 小题26: | | A．washed | B．cleaned | C．filled | D．covered |
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| 小题27: | | A．armed | B．satisfied | C．occupied | D．greeted |
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| 小题28: | | A．Finally | B．Suddenly | C．Actually | D．Particularly |
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| 小题29: | | A．away from | B．similar to | C．apart from | D．close to |
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| 小题30: | | A．create | B．play | C．write | D．hear |
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| 小题31: | | A．inner | B．outer | C．warmer | D．smaller |
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| 小题32: | | A．answer | B．talk | C．mention | D．mend |
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| 小题33: | | A．choose | B．determine | C．pretend | D．expect |
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| 小题34: | | A．pretty | B．that | C．too | D．rather |
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| 小题35: | | A．health | B．friendship | C．conditions | D．grades |
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| 小题36: | | A．place | B．benefit | C．point | D．view |
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| 小题37: | | A．relate | B．requiring | C．reflecting | D．regarding |
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| 小题38: | | A．also | B．still | C． more | D．even |
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| 小题39: | | A．available | B．beneficial | C．familiar | D．encouraging |
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| 小题40: | | A．special | B．occasional | C．unusual | D．natural |
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Are morning people born or made? In my case it was definitely made. In my early 20s, I hardly went to bed before midnight, and I would always get up late the next morning.
But after a while I couldn’t ignore the high relationship between success and rising early. On those rare occasions where I did get up early, I noticed that my productivity (效率) was always higher. So I set out to become a habitual early riser. But whenever my alarm went off, my first thought was always to stop that noise and go back to sleep. Eventually some sleep research showed that my strategy was wrong.
The most common wrong strategy is this: supposing you’re going to get up earlier, you’d better go to bed earlier. It sounds very reasonable, but will usually fail.
There are two main schools (流派) of thought on sleep patterns. One is that you should go to bed and get up at the same time every day. The second school says you should go to bed when you’re tired and get up when you naturally wake up. However, I have found both are wrong if you care about productivity. If you sleep at fixed hours, you’ll sometimes go to bed when you aren’t sleepy enough. You’re wasting time lying in bed awake.
My solution is to combine both methods. I go to bed when I’m sleepy and get up with an alarm clock at a fixed time. So I always get up at the same time (in my case 5 a.m.), but I go to bed at different times every night.
However, going to bed only when I’m sleepy, and getting up at a fixed time every morning are my ways. If you want to become an early riser, you can try your own.
小题1:According to the passage, the underlined phrase refers to ________.| A．people who stay up until the next morning | | B．people who get up early in the morning | | C．people who feel sleepy in the morning | | D．people whose productivity is the lowest in the morning |
小题2:Why did the author want to become a habitual early riser?| A．Because he / she wanted to have more sleep time. | | B．Because he / she wanted to do morning exercise. | | C．Because he / she wanted to test which school is better. | | D．Because he / she found that the productivity was higher. |
小题3:The author experienced all the following EXCEPT ________.| A．going to bed after midnight | | B．asking scholars for advice on sleeping habits | | C．getting up early occasionally | | D．pressing off the alarm to go on sleeping |
小题4:What’s the author’s sleep pattern?| A．Going to bed early and getting up early. | | B．Going to bed late and getting up late. | | C．Going to bed when sleepy and getting up at a fixed early time. | | D．Going to bed early and getting up late. |
小题5:The passage is mainly about ________.| A．main schools of thought on sleep patterns | B．how to have a good sleep | | C．wrong strategies for getting up early | D．how to become an early riser |
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When I was learning calligraphy (书法), my teacher told me a story.
A calligrapher taught handwriting. One of his students who often practiced handwriting with old sheets of newspaper complained that he made very little progress though he had learned it with the calligrapher for a long time. His teacher said to him, “Try to use the best paper. Maybe you"ll write better.”
The student did as he was told. It really worked. He made headway not long afterwards and felt curious. He asked his teacher about the reason. The calligrapher answered，“When you used old newspaper to practice handwriting, you would think you were writing a draft. It didn"t matter if you wrote badly as old newspaper was plenty in supply. In that case you wouldn"t pay much attention to it. Now you use the best paper and you"ll treasure it. Each time you write you feel strongly about the rarity of chances and you"ll devote to it with all your heart and soul; you"ll do the handwriting much more attentively than practicing. Of course you"ve made rapid progress.”
Indeed, we spend our ordinary days just as they are worthless “old newspaper”．We don"t care if we scrawl and waste it, thinking that it will come endlessly—the “old newspaper” is inexhaustible. In such a mood we may each day pass by opportunities but fail to catch any of them.
Life is not a military exercise but an actual war in which real weapons are used. In everyday life there"s no chance for us to draft. That"s because what we call “draft” actually is the answer sheet we write that cannot be changed.
Every day of our life is something new. Let us take every day as a sheet of the best paper.
小题1:The calligrapher in the story told the student to write on the best paper because he thought ________.| A．the student would practice more carefully on the best paper | | B．it was comfortable to write on the best paper | | C．the student had enough money to buy the best paper | | D．the student could write more on the best paper |
小题2:The student didn"t make much progress at first because ________.| A．he didn"t follow his teacher"s advice | | B．he was too poor to buy better paper to write on | | C．he regarded his writing on old newspaper just as a draft | | D．he was not used to the calligrapher"s teaching manner |
小题3:We learn from the passage that ________.| A．the student finally gave up | | B．the student made rapid progress by practicing more carefully | | C．the calligrapher was strict with his students | | D．old newspaper is not useful |
小题4:Which of the following is true according to the passage?| A．What teachers say is always true. | | B．Success calls for attentiveness. | | C．Handwriting is easy to practice. | | D．New things are always better than old ones. |
小题5:The writer wants to tell us that ________.| A．there are some good ways to practice handwriting | | B．life is like old newspaper | | C．we should learn from the student in the story | | D．life will not give us a chance to draw a draft |
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Growing up, I remember my father as a silent, strict man—not the kind of person around whom one could laugh. As a teenager knowing little about life, I wanted a father who could 小题1: the mysteries of the human journey. In college, when friends called home for 小题2:, I would become 小题3: for what I didn’t have.
Then one night after my move back home, I overheard my father on the telephone. There was some trouble. Later, he 小题4: the problem with me. Obviously my knowledge of law helped him a lot. I talked through the problem with him, 小题5: the motives of the people involved and offering several negotiation strategies.
He 小题6: patiently before finally admitting, “I can’t think like that. I’m a 小题7: man.”
My father is a 小题8: scientist who has a good knowledge of the building blocks of nature. 小题9:, human nature is a mystery to him. That night I realized he was simply not skilled at 小题10: people. It’s not in his 小题11: to understand human desires.
It was no one’s 小题12: that my father showed no interest in human emotions while I placed great importance on them. We are sometimes born more sensitive, and dreamy than our 小题13: and become more curious, and idealistic than them. 小题14: I, who knew my father as an intelligent man, had never understood his intelligence didn’t cover all of my 小题15: feelings.
I believe that coming home has 小题16: me years of questions and confusion. I nowadays consider my parents as people who have other relationships than just being my parents, relationships that 小题17: and define them.
Best of all, I nowadays regard my parents as 小题18:: people who ask me for advice; people who need my 小题19: and understanding. And I’ve come to see my past in a 小题20: view. Knowing them makes me feel safe in where I come from and where I’m going.
| 小题21: | | A．think | B．produce | C．explain | D．explore |
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| 小题22: | | A．money | B．advice | C．love | D．agreement |
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| 小题23: | | A．unhappy | B．unhelpful | C．unknown | D．unpopular |
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| 小题24: | | A．exchanged | B．solved | C．found | D．shared |
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| 小题25: | | A．proving | B．recording | C．analyzing | D．guessing |
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| 小题26: | | A．replied | B．learned | C．chatted | D．listened |
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| 小题27: | | A．simple | B．weak | C．lazy | D．blind |
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| 小题28: | | A．special | B．lively | C．brilliant | D．humorous |
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| 小题29: | | A．Therefore | B．However | C．Indeed | D．Anyhow |
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| 小题30: | | A．meeting with | B．dealing with | C．talking with | D．fighting with |
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| 小题31: | | A．nature | B．plan | C．wish | D．major |
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| 小题32: | | A．relief | B．secret | C．pity | D．fault |
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| 小题33: | | A．relatives | B．classmates | C．parents | D．families |
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| 小题34: | | A．Besides | B．And | C．However | D．For |
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| 小题35: | | A．strong | B．strange | C．different | D．unique |
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| 小题36: | | A．told | B．gave | C．added | D．saved |
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| 小题37: | | A．raise | B．protect | C．shape | D．enjoy |
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| 小题38: | | A．friends | B．teachers | C．travelers | D．leaders |
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| 小题39: | | A．visit | B．support | C．wisdom | D．knowledge |
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| 小题40: | | A．richer | B．harder | C．rougher | D．clearer |
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