When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My  ( 1 )  took me

When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My  ( 1 )  took me

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When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My  ( 1 )  took me by train or by car to a hotel by the (  2 ) . All day, I seem to remember, I  ( 3)   on the sands with strange   (4 )  children. We made houses and gardens, and  ( 5)   the tide destroy them. When the tide went out, we  (6)   over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.
In those days the  ( 7 )  seemed to shine always brightly ( 8 )  the water was always warm. Sometimes we left beach and walked in the country,( 9 )  ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were ( 10 )  in one’s pockets or good places where one could ( 11 )  ice creams. Each day seemed a lifetime.
Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good (  12 ) is much the same as it was. I ( 13 )  like the sun and warm sand and the sound of ( 14 )  beating the rocks. I no longer wish to ( 15 )  any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets. ( 16 ) , I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.
Sometimes I (  17 ) what my ideal (理想的) holiday will be like when I am ( 18 ) . All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about ( 19 )  who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves ( 20 )  on too many ices…
小题1:
A.teacher B.parentsC.nurseD.younger sister
小题2:
A.sea B.lakeC.mountainD.river
小题3:
A.playedB.sleptC.satD.stood
小题4:
A.movingB.excitingC.anxiousD.nervous
小题5:
A.madeB.broughtC.watchedD.heard
小题6:
A.rolledB.jumpedC.turnedD.climbed
小题7:
A.lightB.sunC.moonD.lamp
小题8:
A.andB.yetC.butD.or
小题9:
A.exploringB.examiningC.repairingD.measuring
小题10:
A.sweetsB.sandC.ice-creamsD.money
小题11:
A.makeB.sellC.buyD.offer
小题12:
A.houseB.holidayC.gardenD.tide
小题13:
A.hardlyB.almostC.stillD.perhaps
小题14:
A.wavesB.tidesC.handsD.feet
小题15:
A.destroyB.fixC.useD.build
小题16:
A.ButB.HoweverC.OtherwiseD.Besides
小题17:
A.wonderB.feelC.understandD.believe
小题18:
A.strongB.weakC.youngD.old
小题19:
A.childrenB.boysC.girlsD.grown-ups
小题20:
A.happyB.tiredC.sadD.sick

答案

小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:A
小题4:B
小题5:C
小题6:D
小题7:B
小题8:A
小题9:A
小题10:A
小题11:C
小题12:B
小题13:C
小题14:A
小题15:D
小题16:B
小题17:A
小题18:D
小题19:A
小题20:D
解析
本文是对儿时在海边度假时快乐时光的描述,引起什么是真正的holiday的思考。
小题1:考查常识。小时候带孩子去度假的通常是父母。
小题2:考查上下文串联。根据后面一系列的描述可知去了海边。
小题3:考查动词辨析。在海边那一定是与别的孩子玩耍。
小题4:考查形容词辨析。在海边玩耍,孩子们一定很兴奋开心。
小题5:考查动词辨析。孩子们再海边搭建好房子以后,等潮汐来临的时候,看着潮汐把这些冲垮。文章倒数第二行再现了这个词!下文55空前有再现。
小题6:考查常识。潮汐来临时候孩子们爬上岩石。
小题7:考查上下文串联。在第三段第二行再现了sun;
小题8:考查连词。根据上下文可知这里是并列关系,阳光明媚,海水温暖。
小题9:考查动词辨析。explore探测;探勘;examine检查;检测;repair维修;measure测量,衡量;
根据上下文可知他们来到乡村探测那些被毁坏的房子。
小题10:考查上下文串联。下文51空前面再现了这个词。
小题11:考查常识。孩子们买冰激凌吃。
小题12:考查上下文串联。从上下文得知这里谈论的应该是假期。
小题13:考查副词。Still仍然;hardly几乎不;almost 几乎;perhaps也许;我仍然喜欢…
小题14:考查常识。拍打岩石的是海浪。
小题15:考查上下文串联。上文39空后的We made houses and gardens,由made可知这里应该是build.
小题16:考查上下文关系。根据上下文可知这里表示的是转折的关系。
小题17:考查动词辨析。这里表示的应该是想知道年老时理想的假期是什么样子。
小题18:考查形容词。同上。
小题19:考查上下文串联。右后面的一系列描述可知这里是关于孩子的书。
小题20:考查上下文。
举一反三

I can honestly say it was the best of times and the worst of times. I was joyfully expecting my first child at the same time that my mother was   1  her battle with a brain tumor(瘤). For ten years, my fiercely independent and   2  mother had fought, but none of the treatments had been successful.   3 , she never lost her ability to smile. But now, finally, she became totally   4 —unable to speak, walk, eat or dress on her own.
As she grew closer and closer to death, my  5  grew closer and closer to life inside me. My biggest   6  was that their lives would never connect. I was sad not only at the   7  loss of my mother, but that she and my baby would never know each other. Her doctor did not   8  any hope; they told us her time was up.
We brought Mother   9  to her own bed in her own house. As   10  as I could, I sat beside her and talked to her about the baby moving inside me.
On February 3, 1989, at about the same time my labor(分娩)   11 , Mother opened her eyes. When they told me this at the   12 , I called her home, “Mom, listen. The baby is coming! You’re going to have a new grandchild!”
“Yes! Yes! I know!”
Four beautiful words! The first  13  words she’d spoken in months!
When I   14  again an hour later, the nurse at her house told the  15 message: Mom sat up, smiling, with her oxygen tubes removed. When I brought Jacob home. Mom was sitting in her chair and 15  to welcome him. Tears of joy blocked my vision(视野) as I  17 my son in her arms and she clucked (发出咯咯声) at him. They   18  .
Then she quietly clipped back into a coma (昏迷) and   19  peacefully. Memories of my son’s birth will always be bittersweet(甜中带苦的) for me, but it was then that I learned love has the   20   to overcome any worries and any sorrow. And love can last forever.
小题1:
A.attendingB.losingC.quittingD.defeating
小题2:
A.braveB.interestingC.funnyD.lucky
小题3:
A.SoB.AgainC.InsteadD.Still
小题4:
A.outstandingB.blindC.disabledD.troublesome
小题5:
A.sorrowB.loveC.babyD.body
小题6:
A.problemB.dreamC.surpriseD.fear
小题7:
A.comingB.disappearingC.fallingD.greeting
小题8:
A.admitB.holdC.dropD.permit
小题9:
A.upB.awayC.aboutD.home
小题10:
A.soonB.fastC.earlyD.often
小题11:
A.startedB.failedC.endedD.continued
小题12:
A.officeB.hospitalC.houseD.station
小题13:
A.commonB.caringC.clearD.correct
小题14:
A.got upB.woke upC.called upD.looked up
小题15:
A.impossibleB.possibleC.necessaryD.terrible
小题16:
A.likelyB.readyC.freeD.nervous
小题17:
A.huggedB.threwC.tookD.laid
小题18:
A.joinedB.knewC.noddedD.cried
小题19:
A.passed awayB.turned overC.settled downD.gave out
小题20:
A.depthB.description C.powerD.mask

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Two traveling angels(天使) stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the guest room. Instead the angels were given a space in the cold basement. As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied: “Things aren’t always what they seem.”
The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor but very hospitable(好客的) farmer and his wife. After sharing what little food they had, the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have a good night’s rest. When the sun came up the next morning, the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears. Their only cow, whose milk had been their only income, lay dead in the field.
The younger angel was very angry and asked the older angel, “How could this happen?” Why did you not watch out for the cow? The first man had everything, yet you watched over his house,” she accused. “The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you did not help.”
“Things aren’t always what they seem,” the older angel replied. “When we stayed in the basement, I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so greedy and unwilling to share his good fortune, I asked God if I could seal(封口) the wall so he couldn’t find it. Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed, the angel of death came for his wife. I asked God if the angel could take the cow instead. Things aren’t always what they seem.”
小题1:Why did the older angel repair the hole for the rich family?
A.Because she didn’t like the greedy owner.
B.Because she wanted to save the gold for the poor.
C.Because the basement was too cold to stay in.
D.Because she believed that one should always be ready to offer help.
小题2:In paragraph two, “the pair” refers to_____________.
A.The poor coupleB.the rich couple
C.the guestsD.the angels
小题3:The story tries to tell the reader that_________________.
A.angels are always ready to help the poor
B.sometimes things are not what they seem
C.angels are always ready to help the rich
D.the young should always learn from the old.

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Once upon a time, there was a scholar who wanted to gain more knowledge each day even though he had already gained enough knowledge. One day, he came to visit a saint and wanted to be his student. The saint provided some tea. He slowly filled the scholar’s cup: the cup was full, yet he kept pouring and pouring. The scholar burst out, “Stop! You can’t add anything to something that’s already full!” The saint set down the teapot and replied, “Exactly.”
Whether it’s the silence between notes in music, or some open time in your schedule, you need space to act effectively. Yet most of us, myself included, tend to stuff as much as possible into whatever room is available-closets, schedules, budgets, relationships, and even the mind itself.
However, some people know how to avoid overstuffing their life. For example, in Australia, it seemed that most people there operated at about 85% of their capacity(能力),unlike Americans pushing as close to 100% as possible. So when you run into Australians you know in the street, they have time to hang out and talk with you.
Remember the cup: its value is in the space, the emptiness it holds. How to empty your “cup”?
Be mindful of the element of space, openness , and emptiness  in your life. This includes room in a drawer, the volume of air in a kitchen, and open-mindedness in a friend. Sometimes you’re just stuck with a big bucket of tasks yet to do. But at least empty the bucket faster than you fill it with new tasks. Put some space between finishing one thing and staring another. For example, after sending one email, take a breath before replying to another one. Drop the stuff you can no longer afford to lug around. At sea level, you can run with a brick in your backpack, but if you’re hiking on a mountain, that brick has got to go.
小题1:By pouring water into the cup, the saint most probably wanted the scholar to know that     .
A.he should pay attention to details
B.he should keep learning every day
C.he had already gained enough knowledge
D.he should be very careful in order to succeed
小题2:We learn that compared to Americans, Australians      .
A.work much harder
B.know less about their capacity
C.spare more time for themselves
D.spend less time with their friends
小题3:The underlined word“lug”in the last paragraph probably means“     ”.
A.reachB.carryC.seeD.show
小题4:What’s  the structure of the passage?
A.Example →advice→ conclusion →story.
B.Topic→ example →advice→ story.
C.Story→topic →example→advice.
D.Reason →topic →advice →example.
小题5:What would be the best title for the passage?
A.The art of life.B.Value every minute
C.The art of drinking teaD.Empty your“cup”at times

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There was a man who had a little boy that he loved very much.Every day after work the man would come home and 36  with the little boy.He would always  37 all of his extra time with the little boy.
One night, while the man was at work, he  38 that he had extra work to do for the evening, and that he wouldn"t be able to play with his little boy.39 he wanted to be able to give the boy something to keep him  40.So, looking around his office, he saw a magazine with a large  41 of the world on the cover.He got a(n) 42 .He removed the map, and then patiently tore it up into small pieces.Then he put all the 43 in his coat pocket.
When he got home, the little boy came 44 to him and was ready to play. The man 45 that he had extra work to do and couldn"t play just now.He 46 the little boy into the dining room, and 47 all the pieces of the map.He spread them on the table.He explained that it was a map of the world, and that by the time he could 48 together, his extra work would be 49_, and they could both play.Surely this would keep the child busy for hours, he thought.
About half an hour later the boy came to the man and said, "Okay, it"s finished. Can we play now?" The man was50, saying, "That"s impossible.Let"s have a look" And 51 enough, there was the picture of the world, all put together every piece in its 52 .The man said, “That’s amazing! How did you do that?” The boy said, “It"s 53.On the 54 of the page is a(n)55 of a man.When I put the man together the whole world fell into place.”
小题1:
A.enjoyB.watchC.shareD.play
小题2:
A.takeB.spendC.spareD.have
小题3:
A.recognizedB.toldC.realizedD.expected
小题4:
A.HoweverB.OrC.ForD.But
小题5:
A.happyB.busyC.excitedD.silent
小题6:
A.mapB.pictureC.figureD.image
小题7:
A.informationB.chanceC.ideaD.advice
小题8:
A.worldB.piecesC.paperD.magazine
小题9:
A.runningB.expectingC.shoutingD.meeting
小题10:
A.explainedB.persuadedC.shoutedD.discussed
小题11:
A.askedB.orderedC.ledD.showed
小题12:
A.did upB.dealt withC.put outD.took out
小题13:
A.look it upB.get it aroundC.put it backD.turn it over
小题14:
A.finishedB.wastedC.deliveredD.filled
小题15:
A.shockedB.surprisedC.satisfiedD.tired
小题16:
A.beautifulB.sureC.rightD.quite
小题17:
A.wayB.positionC.sideD.place
小题18:
A.funnyB.difficultC.simpleD.interesting
小题19:
A.backB.coverC.topD.front
小题20:
A.pictureB.impressionC.sculptureD.shade

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One night, as Diaz stepped off the train and onto a nearly empty platform, a teenage boy approached and pulled out a knife.
“He wanted my money, so I just gave him my wallet and told him, ‘Here you go ’” Diaz says.
As the teen began to walk away, Diaz told him, “Hey, wait a minute. You forgot something. If you’re going to be robbing people for the rest of the night, you might as well take my coat to keep you warm.”
The robber looked at him puzzled, saying, “Why are you doing this?”
Diaz replied, “If you’re willing to risk your freedom for a few dollars, then you must really need the money. I mean, all I wanted to do was get dinner and if you really want to join me…..”
Diaz says he and the teen went into a diner and sat in a booth.
“The manager comes by, the dishwashers come by, the waiters come by to say hi,” Diaz says.
The kid said, “You know everybody here. Do you own this place?”
“No, I just eat here a lot,” Dias said. “But you’re even nice to the dishwasher,” he said.
Diaz replied, “Well, haven’t you been taught you should be nice to everybody?”
“Yea, but I didn’t think people actually behaved that way,” the teen said.
When the bill arrived, Diaz said, “You’re going to have to pay for this bill because you have my money and I can’t pay for this. So if you give me my wallet back, I’ll gladly treat you.”
The teen returned it immediately. “I gave him $20…. I figure maybe it’ll help him.” Diaz says he asked for something in return--- the teen’s knife--- “and he gave it to me.”
Afterwards, when Diaz told his mother what happened, she said, “You’re the type of kid that if someone asked you for the time, you gave them your watch.”
“I figure, you know, if you treat people right, you can only hope that they treat you right. It’s as simple as it gets in this complicated world.”
小题1:What did Diaz do to the teen?
A.He gave the teen a new walletB.He treated the teen to dinner
C.He gave his coat to the teenD.He taught the teen a lesson
小题2:From the passage we can infer that the boy _______.
A.expressed his gratitude for Diaz’s kindness
B.gave up the idea of robbing in the end
C.wasn’t taught how to be nice to everybody
D.gave the knife to Diaz in return for his forgiveness
小题3:For what Diaz did, his mother showed an attitude of _______.
A.complaintB.concernC.criticismD.praise
小题4:By telling the story of Diaz, the author intends to tell us ______.
A.to keep calm in dangerB.not to go out alone at night
C.to treat others kindlyD.not to harm others on purpose

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