When I was fourteen I was hit by a car and I felt almost senseless from the wais
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When I was fourteen I was hit by a car and I felt almost senseless from the waist down．I spent the next four years 36 a back support．I began running seven days a week to 37 my muscles （肌肉）．It was exhausting but I 38 before I graduated from high school．
When I was thirty-one, I was in 39 car accident in which my legs were seriously injured．The 40 told me that their goal was to get me to walk "__41 " but that I would never run again．Stubborn and _42_ , however, I set out to rebuild my leg muscles to support my knees through my own personalized 43 program． The fact was that it took me two years to learn how to walk and nine and a half years to run again．
While on one of my runs, a 44 thought entered my mind: what 45 I could run the LA Marathon? I wanted to know what it felt like to _46 the prized finish line, even if it 47 I had to crawl（爬） across it．I had only four months to get ready．I spent almost all my time training as if my very 48 depended on it——actually, it did．I 49 that if I didn’t train to my fullest, my body would 50 and the doctors’ diagnosis （诊断） would win．I wasn’t about to let that happen．I had a dream: I would run the LA Marathon to achieve one of my life’s greatest 51 ．I trained eight times a week, seven days a week —twice on Wednesdays．
Finally, my hard efforts 52 ．I crossed the finish line of the LA Marathon, strong and solid．
I’m often asked why I run, to which I always 53 ,"I run because I can．" I 54 myself that the aches and pains I experience while training and racing are 55 , compared to the suffering those whom I admire must bear．This is why I run．
小题1:A, dressing B．wearing C．designing D．decorating
| 小题2: | | A．relax | B．comfort | C．protect | D．strengthen |
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| 小题3: | | A．recovered | B．cured | C．quitted | D．shook |
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| 小题4: | | A．other | B．one | C．another | D．some |
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| 小题5: | | A．doctors | B．patients | C．coaches | D．pioneers |
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| 小题6: | | A．frequently | B．normally | C．attractively | D．carefully |
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| 小题7: | | A．determined | B．excited | C．unsatisfied | D．disappointed |
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| 小题8: | | A．working | B．sharing | C．training | D．walking |
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小题9:A．suitable B．reasonable C silly D．crazy
| 小题10: | | A．if | B．whether | C．unless | D．once |
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| 小题11: | | A．skip | B．slip | C．complete | D．cross |
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| 小题12: | | A．meant | B．proved | C．agreed | D．explained |
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| 小题13: | | A．patience | B．existence | C．appearance | D．absence |
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| 小题14: | | A．suggested | B．knew | C．noticed | D．declared |
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| 小题15: | | A．look out | B．come out | C．break down | D．fall down |
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| 小题16: | | A．promises | B．reputations | C．goals | D．levels |
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| 小题17: | | A．worked out | B．turned out | C．paid back | D．paid off |
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| 小题18: | | A．react | B．reply | C．relate | D．refer |
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| 小题19: | | A．show | B．ask | C．remind | D．teach |
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| 小题20: | | A．something | B．anything | C．everything | D．nothing |
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小题1:B
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小题1:A
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解析
本文是记叙文。“我”两次车祸，医生说他们可以让“我”像正常人一样行走，但是“我”不能跑了。在这样 的情况下，“我”仍然顽强、意志坚定地锻炼自己。“我”有了参加马拉松长跑的想法，结果“我”的努力得到了回报，“我”终于实现了自己的梦想。
小题1:B 联系前文的senseless from the waist down以及空格后的a back support，我们知道，在“我”腰部以下失去知觉 后，“我”四年的时间里都戴着背部支撑器。A有较大干扰性，dress作“穿衣”讲时，宾语是人，而不是物。
小题1:D 联系空格前的running seven days以及空格后的muscles我们知道，一周“我”跑了七天，目的是增强“我”的肌肉。
小题1:A 选择此空答案时我们要注意空格前的but，尽管锻炼让“我”筋疲力尽，但是在高中毕业前“我”康复了。
小题1:C 联系文章第一句When I was fourteen I was hit by a car我们知道，14岁时，“我”经历了一场车祸，现在又一次经历车祸，因此用another。
小题1:A 联系空格后的their goal was to get me to walk我们知道，这是在“我”治疗时，医生答应要实现的目标。
小题1:B 本空格的引号对我们选择答案起了很重要的提示作用，显然医生认为“我”正常行走的希望也是渺茫的。其他选 项中，frequently频繁地，attractively吸引人地，carefully小心谨慎地，显然不能体现医生们的推测。
小题1:A and表明了此空格与前面的stubborn为顺接关系， 再联系后面的I set out to rebuild my leg muscles to support my knees我们知道，没有听医生的诊断，而是倔强地、顽强地坚 持自己的锻炼。C、D都不能与空前的stubborn形成顺接关系，也不能说明自己的不服输。
小题1:C 从空格前的I set out to rebuild my leg muscles to support my knees我们知道，“我”开始了自己的训练计划。
小题1:D 联系后文I could run the LA Marathon我们知道，“我”花了九年半的时间学会了跑，现在想去参加马拉松比赛， 因此说是一个疯狂的想法。
小题1:A 联系后文我们知道，“我”想参加马拉松比赛，因此说“如果我能参加马拉松比赛将会怎样？”what if为固定 句型，意思是“如果……将会怎样？”
小题1:D 联系空格后的the prized finish line我们知道，“我”想体会一下穿过终点线时的感觉。
小题1:A 空格前的even if对本题起了很好的指导作用，不能跑着穿越终点，即使那意味着爬过终点，“我”也想参加。
小题1:B 联系空格前的I spent almost all my time training以及表达比喻的as if我们知道，“我”全身心投入到准备中，就 像“我”的存在就是依赖着这次比赛。
小题1:B 联系空格后的内容我们知道，这是“我”的认识，因此用knew。
小题1:C 联系空格前的if I didn’t train to my fullest以及后文的the doctors’ diagnosis (诊断) would win我们知道，如果“我”不全力以赴，“我”的身体就会垮掉，医生的诊断就会 灵验。其他选项中，look out当心；come out出现，出版；fall down跌倒。
小题1:C 联系空格前的achieve我们知道，“我”要跑马拉松，实现人生的最大目标之一。
小题1:D 联系空格后的I crossed the finish line of the LA Marathon我们知道，最终“我”的付出得到了回报。pay off在这里是“得到回报”的意思。其他选项中，work out 弄清 楚，计算出；turn out结果是；pay back返还。
小题1:B 联系空格前的I’m often asked why I run我们知道，当别人问起“我”为什么要跑马拉松时，“我”就这样回答。
小题1:C 联系空格后的内容我们知道，“我”时常提醒自己。
小题1:D 联系空后的compared to the suffering those whom I admire must bear我们知道，与那些“我”尊敬的人所承受的痛苦相比，“我”的痛苦算不了什么。 |
举一反三
My friend John always has something to tell me. He knows so much that 21 men have to have older and more worldly wise men to tell them, 22 , who to trust, how to care for others and how to live life 23 the fullest.
Recently, John lost his 24 Janet. For eight years she fought against cancer, but in the end her sickness had the last 25 . One day John took out a folded piece of 26 from his wallet. He had found it, so he told me, when he 27 up some drawers at home.
It was a 28 love letter Janet had written. The note could look like a school girl’s scrawls(潦草地写，乱涂) about her dream guy. 29 the letter was written by a woman who had had seven children, a woman who fought for her life and who 30 only had a few months left to live.
It was 31 a beautiful recipe (处方，食谱) for how to keep a marriage together. Janet’s 32 of her husband begins like this, “Loved me. Took care of me. Worried about me.”
“Helped me when I was ill.” The next 33 reads. After that she turned 34 the paper and added “Warmth. Humor. Kindness. Thoughtfulness.” And then she writes about the husband she has 35 with and loved most in her life. “ 36 there when I needed you.” The last words she wrote 37 all the others. I can see her for me when she added thoughtfully “Good friend.”
I stand beside John now, and cannot pretend to know how it feels to lose someone who is as close to 38 as Janet was to him. I need to 39 what he has to say much more than he needs to talk.
“John,” I ask. “How do you stick together with someone through 38 years—not to mention the sickness? How do I know 40 I can bear to stand by my wife’s side if she becomes sick one day?”
“You can.” he says quietly, “ If you love her enough, you can.”
| 小题1: | | A．old | B．wise | C．young | D．foolish |
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| 小题2: | | A．for instance | B．at no time | C．in that case | D．as a matter of fact |
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| 小题4: | | A．friend | B．colleague | C．wife | D．sister |
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| 小题5: | | A．possibility | B．chance | C．hope | D．word |
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| 小题6: | | A．handkerchief | B．cloth | C．leather | D．paper |
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| 小题7: | | A．fixed | B．looked | C．tidied | D．put |
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| 小题8: | | A．small | B．long | C．descriptive | D．talkative |
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| 小题10: | | A．probably | B．surely | C．certainly | D．definitely |
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| 小题11: | | A．only | B．firstly | C．lastly | D．also |
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| 小题12: | | A．imagination | B．description | C．dream | D．expectation |
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| 小题13: | | A．letter | B．note | C．line | D．paragraph |
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| 小题15: | | A．lived | B．dealt | C．quarreled | D．argued |
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| 小题16: | | A．Constantly | B．Always | C．Never | D．Seldom |
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| 小题17: | | A．take the place of | B．get rid of | C．take away | D．sum up |
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| 小题19: | | A．speak up | B．repeat | C．discuss | D．hear |
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A person named Bernard Jackson today is a free man, but he has many bitter memories. He spent five years in prison after a jury (陪审团)wrongly convicted (判处…有罪) him of raping two women. At Jackson’s trial, although two witnesses testified that Jackson was with them in another location at the time of the crime, he was convicted anyway. Why? The jury believed the testimony(证词)of the two victims, who positively identified Jackson as the man who had attacked them. The court eventually freed Jackson after the police found the real criminal.
Many factors influence the accuracy of eyewitness testimony. For instance, witnesses sometimes see photographs of several suspects before they try to identify the person they saw in a group of people. They can become confused by seeing many photographs of similar faces. The number of people in the group, and whether it is a person or a photograph, may also affect a witness’s decision. People sometimes have difficulty identifying people of other races. The questions the police ask witnesses also have an effect on them.
Many people believe that police officers are more reliable than ordinary people. Psychologists decided to test this idea, and they discovered that it is not true. Two psychologists showed a film of crimes to both police officers and civilians. The psychologists found no difference between the police and the civilians in correctly remembering the details of the crimes.
Despite all the possibilities for inaccuracy, courts cannot omit eyewitness testimony from a trial. American courts depend almost completely on eyewitness testimony to resolve(决定)court cases. Sometimes it is the only evidence to a crime, such as rape. Furthermore, eyewitness testimony is often correct. Although people do sometimes make mistakes, and convict innocent people, more importantly, eyewitness testimony has rightly convicted a larger number of guilty people.
American courts depend on the ability of the twelve jurors, and not the judges, to determine the accuracy of the witness’s testimony. It is their responsibility to decide if a certain witness could actually see, hear and remember what happened.
小题1:Bernard Jackson was found guilty and sentenced 5 years’ prison because________.| A．the victims insisted that he was the attacker | | B．he admitted the crime of raping two women | | C．the police discovered evidence leading to his guilt | | D．the eyewitness proved the victims’ testimony |
小题2: The following statements may be the reasons for why sometimes the eyewitness’ testimony is not accurate EXCEPT ________.| A．the eyewitness is confused by the police’s questions | | B．the eyewitness is shown photos of many similar faces | | C．the eyewitness lacks the professional help from police | | D．the eyewitness can’t identify people of other races clearly. |
小题3:An inaccurate eyewitness testimony may lead to________.| A．the misunderstanding of the case | | B．the disbelief in the court | | C．the disrespect for the eyewitness | | D．the conviction of an innocent person |
小题4:Eyewitness testimony is important because ___________.| A．it can be relied on to detect criminals in all cases. | | B．it is sometimes the only way to resolve court cases. | | C．it is sometimes the only clue for police investigation. | | D．it is more reliable than physical evidences to a crime. |
小题5: According to the text, we can infer that ________.| A．eyewitness testimony is valuable, though sometimes incorrect. | | B．police identification is more reliable than that of the ordinary people | | C．crime victims often fail to give positive identification of the suspects | | D．the jury relies on the judge than the eyewitness for a decision |
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When Mike told me he was leaving I felt like a vase which had just broken. There were pieces of me all over the tidy floor. He kept talking, telling me why he was leaving, 31 it was for the best, I could do better, it was his 32 and not mine. I had heard it before many times and yet somehow was still hurt; perhaps one cannot 33 such pain.
He left and I tried to 34 my life. I filled the kettle (水壶), put it on to boil, took out my old red cup and 35 the coffee powder falling into the bone china. Somehow when the kettle piped its finishing warning, I 36 not to hear it. That’s what Mike’s leaving had been like, sudden and with a(n) 37 end. I would rather just 38 in uncertainty than have things finished. I laughed at myself. Just about a cup of coffee, I must be getting 39 .
And yet it was a young woman who 40 back at me from the mirror, a young woman full of 41 and hope, a young woman with bright eyes just waiting to see the world. 42 , there are more important things. More important than 43 , I insist to myself firmly. The lid goes back on the coffee just like closing on the whole Mike experience.
He didn’t 44 my dreams as I feared that night. 45 , I am flying far across fields and woods, 46 on those below me. I fly free until I meet another bird who flies with me in perfect harmony. I realize with some 47 that there is a bird out there for me, there is another person, not necessarily a lover perhaps just a 48 , but there is someone out there who is my soul mate. I think about being a broken 49 again and realize that I have gathered myself back together, what Mike has is 50 a little part of my time in earth, a little understanding of my physical being. He has merely, a little piece of me.
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| A. complaining
| B. suggesting
| C. explaining
| D. whispering
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| A. business
| B. fault
| C. luck
| D. reason
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| A. pass
| B. defend
| C. feel
| D. ease
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| A. get close to
| B. get on with
| C. get away with
| D. get down to
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| A. watched
| B. made
| C. let
| D. wanted
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| A. announced
| B. decided
| C. pretended
| D. concluded
| 7
| A. optimistic
| B. sceptical
| C. splendid
| D. unpleasant
| 8
| A. wander
| B. move
| C. keep
| D. take
| 9
| A. mad
| B. old
| C. nervous
| D. uncertain
| 10
| A. flashed
| B. swung
| C. stared
| D. pointed
| 11
| A. promise
| B. delight
| C. dilemmas
| D. conflicts
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| A. Therefore
| B. Besides
| C. Finally
| D. Constantly
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| A. friendship
| B. life
| C. love
| D. health
| 14
| A. visit
| B. have
| C. reject
| D. spin
| 15
| A. Deliberately
| B. Meanwhile
| C. Thus
| D. Instead
| 16
| A. taking off
| B. looking down
| C. breaking away
| D. getting over
| 17
| A. sorrow
| B. worry
| C. relief
| D. doubt
| 18
| A. friend
| B. bird
| C. dream
| D. job
| 19
| A. heart
| B. vase
| C. mirror
| D. cup
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| A. mostly
| B. hardly
| C. usually
| D. only
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阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
第一节：（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
 When she flew into Athens on an unseasonably cold day in September, she quickly realized that she hadn’t brought enough warm clothes. Walking through the streets of the Greek capital, she happened to see a nice coat in a shop window and went in to ask about the price. The coat was too expensive, but as Christine was about to leave the shop, the woman asked her where she was from. When Christine answered Australia, the woman agreed to reduce the price because she knew a nice girl from Australia called Elena. Christine then noticed a photo of a young man standing next to a motorbike. Her eyes opened wide with astonishment. It was Nicos! Indeed the young man was Nicos, and the woman in the shop was Maria. She had come to Athens from Santorini to look after the shop for a friend.
Sadly, the story has a tragic ending. Nicos had been killed in a motorcycle accident.
“I wanted to tell Elena,” said Maria. “But I didn’t know how. Now that I have met you, I know that it’s time to tell her.”
小题1:Elena went to Greece in order to visit .| A．her parents | B．Christine | C．Nicos. | D．her grandparents |
小题2:Why did Nicos stop writing to Elena?| A．He had moved away. | | B．His mother forbade him to do so. | | C．He h ad died in an accident. | | D．They had lost touch with each other. |
小题3:What can be inferred from the fact that Christine and Maria had a talk in the shop?| A．They two had planned the talk before. | B．They met each other accidentally. | | C．They were business partners. | D．They recognized each other. |
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完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was the afternoon before Christmas. As the newest doctor in our office, I had to work. The only thing that___16___ my day was the Christmas tree in our waiting room and beautiful___17___ sent to me by my lover.
When I was cleaning my office, our nurse came, saying___18___was anxious to speak with me. As I stepped out of the room,I___19__a tired-looking woman with a___20___ in her arms. ___21___, she explained that her husband--a prisoner was my next___22__. She told me she wasn’t ___23__to visit him in prison and that he had never seen his son． Her___24___ for me was to let them sit in the waiting room longer.___25__my schedule wasn’t full, I agreed. Hardly had her husband ___26___ when the woman’s tired face lit up. I kept watching them laugh, cry, and share their child outside. After almost an hour, I called__27____in. He seemed like a gentle and modest man. While working, I ___28___what he possibly could have done to be put into prison. I tried to make him as ___29___ as possible.
At the end of the appointment, I ___30___ him a Merry Christmas—a difficult thing to say to a man headed back to ___31___. He smiled and thanked me. He also said he felt ___32___ that he hadn’t been able to give his wife anything for Christmas. On hearing this, I was inspired with a wonderful ___33___.
I’ll never forget the look on both their faces as the prisoner gave his wife the beautiful roses. I’m not sure who experienced the most ___34___—the husband in giving, the wife in receiving, or myself in having the ___35___to share in this special moment.
| 小题1: | | A．displeased | B．passed | C．brightened | D．celebrated |
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| 小题2: | | A．cards | B．gifts | C．roses | D．clothes |
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| 小题3: | | A．man | B．waiter | C．patient | D．lady |
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| 小题4: | | A．recognized | B．noticed | C．realized | D．knew |
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| 小题5: | | A．Happily | B．Excitedly | C．Angrily | D．Nervously |
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| 小题6: | | A．prisoner | B．patient | C．customer | D．fellow |
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| 小题8: | | A．informed | B．reminded | C．allowed | D．invited |
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小题9:A. request B. suggestion B. demand D. order
| 小题10: | | A．Since | B．Though | C．Unless | D．While |
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| 小题11: | | A．looked up | B．brought up | C．turned up | D．took up |
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| 小题12: | | A．guard | B．lady | C．prisoner | D．visitor |
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| 小题13: | | A．wondered | B．believed | C．understood | D．found |
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| 小题14: | | A．painful | B．kind | C．careful | D．comfortable |
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| 小题15: | | A．chatted | B．gave | C．wished | D．hoped |
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| 小题16: | | A．prison | B．home | C．hospital | D．work |
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| 小题17: | | A．worried | B．astonished | C．sad | D．pleased |
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| 小题18: | | A．opinion | B．message | C．promise | D．idea |
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| 小题19: | | A．joy | B．sadness | C．astonishment | D．worry |
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| 小题20: | | A．right | B．opportunity | C．feeling | D．time |
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