“I"m too old and it"s too late,” these were the words which played over and over
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“I"m too old and it"s too late,” these were the words which played over and over in my mind. I was 41 and exhausted after ending my marriage and my law career at the same time. 42 my ambition to become a writer, I 43 my ability to succeed as one. Had I wasted years going 44 the wrong goals?
I was at a low point 45 the voice on the radio began 46 the story of Grandma Moses. Ann Mary Moses left home at thirteen, bore ten children and worked hard to raise the five who 47 . Struggling to make a living on poor farms, she managed to 48 a bit of beauty for herself by embroidering (绣花) on cloth.
At seventy-eight, her fingers became 49 awkward to hold a needle. 50 give in to aging, she went out to an empty room and began to 51 . For the first two years, these paintings were either given away or sold 52 a little money. But at the age of seventy-nine, she was “discovered” by the 53 world—and the rest is 54 . She went on to produce more than two thousand paintings, 55  her book illustrations (插图) for It was the Night before Christmas were completed in her one-hundredth year!
56 I listened to the radio, my mood(心情) 57 . If Grandma Moses 58 begin a new career and succeed after eighty, there was still 59 for my life after thirty. Before the program ended, I rushed to my computer to work on the novel I"d nearly 60 .
It was published eight months later.
| 小题1: | | A．depressed | B．disappointed | C．encouraged | D．inspired |
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| 小题2: | | A．In spite of | B．In need of | C．In hope of | D．In favor of |
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| 小题3: | | A．believed | B．convinced | C．regretted | D．doubted |
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| 小题4: | | A．by | B．after | C．against | D．over |
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| 小题5: | | A．unless | B．because | C．when | D．while |
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| 小题6: | | A．telling | B．reminding | C．saying | D．translating |
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| 小题7: | | A．succeeded | B．commented | C．survived | D．entertained |
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| 小题8: | | A．notice | B．offer | C．direct | D．provide |
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| 小题10: | | A．Other than | B．More than | C．Rather than | D．Less than |
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| 小题11: | | A．paint | B．write | C．think | D．change |
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| 小题13: | | A．artificial | B．art | C．advanced | D．major |
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| 小题14: | | A．story | B．fortune | C．history | D．fact |
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| 小题15: | | A．but | B．and | C．so | D．therefore |
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| 小题16: | | A．With | B．Until | C．As | D．Unless |
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| 小题17: | | A．changed | B．cheered | C．failed | D．amused |
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| 小题18: | | A．should | B．must | C．might | D．could |
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| 小题19: | | A．association | B．consideration | C．freedom | D．hope |
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| 小题20: | | A．finished | B．abandoned | C．published | D．misunderstood |
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It was a busy morning，about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to thehospital.I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment(约会)at 9:30 .The nurse had him take a41 in the waiting area, 42him it would be at least 40 minutes 43 someone would be able to see him. I saw him44 his watch and decided，since I was 45 busy—my patient didn’t 46 at the appointed hour, I would examinehis wound . While taking care of his wound, I asked him ifhe had another doctor’s appointment.
The gentleman said no and told me that he 47 to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his48 .He told me that she had been 49 for a while and that she had a specialdisease. I askedifshewould be 50 ifhewas a bitlate. He repliedthat she 51 knew who he was，that she had not been able to 52 him for five years now. Iwas 53 , and asked him，“And you 54go every morning，even though she doesn’t know who you are?”
He smiled and said．“She doesn’tknowme butIknowwho sheis”I hadto holdback55 as he left.
Now I 56 that in marriages，true love is 57 of all that is. The happiest peopledon’t 58 havethe best of everything；they just 59thebest ofeverythingthey have.. 60 isn’t about how to live through the storm，but how to dance in the rain.
| 小题1: | | A．breath | B．test | C．seat | D．break |
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| 小题2: | | A．persuading | B．promising | C．understanding | D．telling |
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小题3:A. if B before C. sinceD .after
| 小题4: | | A．taking off | B．fixing | C．looking at | D．winding |
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| 小题5: | | A．very | B．also | C．seldom | D．not |
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| 小题6: | | A．turn up | B．show off | C．come on | D．go away |
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| 小题7: | | A．needed | B．forgot | C．agreed | D．happened |
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| 小题8: | | A．daughter | B．wife | C．mother | D．sister |
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| 小题9: | | A．late | B．well | C．around | D．there |
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| 小题10: | | A．lonely | B．worried | C．doubtful | D．hungry |
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| 小题11: | | A．sofar | B．neither | C．nolonger | D．already |
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| 小题12: | | A．recognize | B．answer | C．believe | D．expect |
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| 小题13: | | A．moved | B．disappointed | C．surprised | D．satisfied |
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| 小题14: | | A．only | B．then | C．thus | D．still |
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| 小题15: | | A．curiosity | B．tears | C．words | D．judgment |
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| 小题16: | | A．realize | B．suggest | C．hope | D．prove |
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| 小题17: | | A．agreement | B．expression | C．acceptance | D．exhibition |
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| 小题18: | | A．necessarily | B．completely | C．naturally | D．frequently |
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| 小题19: | | A．learn | B．make | C．favor | D．try |
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| 小题20: | | A．Adventure | B．Beauty | C．Trust | D．Life |
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Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had ___36____ from just the two of us in a ___37____ into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just ___38___ our finest creation - the Macintosh - a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you ___39___? Well, as Apple grew we ___40___ someone who I thought was very talented to ___41___ the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge (分歧) and ___42___ we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors ___43___with him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. ___44___ had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating（毁灭性的）.
I really didn’t know what to do for a few months. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to ___45___ for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But something slowly began to ___46___ on me - I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been ___47___, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over.
I didn’t see it then, but it ___48___ that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the ___49___ of being a ___50____ again, less sure about everything. It freed me to ___51___ one of the most creative periods of my life.
I’m pretty sure __52___ of this would have happened if I hadn’t been fired from Apple. It was ___53___ tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Don’t lose ___54___. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t ___55___. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it.
－By Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer
| 小题1: | | A．grown | B．begun | C．removed | D．kept |
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| 小题2: | | A．bedroom | B．farm | C．garage | D．kitchen |
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| 小题3: | | A．announced | B．declared | C．released | D．coped |
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| 小题4: | | A．managed | B．started | C．installed | D．entitled |
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| 小题5: | | A．provided | B．sorted | C．promoted | D．hired |
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| 小题6: | | A．run | B．involve | C．open | D．engage |
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| 小题7: | | A．instantly | B．constantly | C．eventually | D．frequently |
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| 小题8: | | A．risked | B．supported | C．pleased | D．sided |
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| 小题9: | | A．Which | B．What | C．Whichever | D．Whatever |
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| 小题10: | | A．apologize | B．reveal | C．head | D．stand |
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| 小题11: | | A．imply | B．put | C．impress | D．dawn |
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| 小题12: | | A．resisted | B．rejected | C．solved | D．interrupted |
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| 小题13: | | A．made out | B．come out | C．turned out | D．tried out |
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| 小题14: | | A．darkness | B．lightness | C．carelessness | D．business |
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| 小题15: | | A．waiter | B．pioneer | C．beginner | D．visitor |
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| 小题16: | | A．enter | B．relieve | C．preview | D．expect |
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| 小题17: | | A．something | B．none | C．everything | D．anything |
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| 小题18: | | A．careful | B．acceptable | C．hopeful | D．awful |
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| 小题19: | | A．courage | B．patience | C．imagination | D．faith |
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| 小题20: | | A．settle | B．recall | C．claim | D．deny |
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I believe honesty is one of the greatest gifts. I know they call it a lot of fancy names these days, like (36) and straightforward. And it’s still what （37）a man a good citizen. This is my secret, and I try to live by.
I’ve been in the taxi business for thirty-five years, (38) there is a lot about it that is not so good. Taxi drivers have to be rough and tumble(乱作一团) fellows to be able to take it in New York. You’ve got to be (39) to fight the New York traffic eight hours a day.
Because taxi drivers are tough, people get the (40) impression that they are bad. Taxi drivers are just like other people. Most of them will act as (41) fellows. You read in the papers almost every week (42) a taxi driver turns in money or jewels or like that people leave in their (43). If they weren’t honest, you wouldn’t be reading those stories in the papers. One time, I found an emerald（翡翠的） ring in my car. I remembered helping a lady with a lot of suitcases that day, so I went back to where I had (44). It took me almost two days to wait for her in order to return her (45) to her. I didn’t get as much as “thank you.”(46), I felt good because I had done what was right. I think I felt better than she (47).
I was born and raised in Ireland until I was nineteen years old. I came to this country in 1913 where I (48) several jobs to earn a few dollars before joining the army in World War I. After being discharged(退伍), I bought my own car and have owned one ever since. It hasn’t been too easy (49), but my wife takes care of our money and we have a good bit (50) for a rainy day(一时之需). In all my years of driving a taxi, I have never had (51) with the public, not even with drunks. Even if they get a little headstrong(顽固的) once in a while, I just agree with them and then they behave themselves.
People ask me about tips. As far as I know, (52) everyone will give you something, because most Americans are (53) generous. I always try to be nice to everyone, whether they (54) or not. I believe in God and try to be a good member of my parish（教区）. I try to act toward others like I think God wants me to act. I have been trying this for a long time, and the (55) I try, the easier it gets.
| 小题1: | | A．dishonor | B．dishonesty | C．upright | D．faithful |
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| 小题2: | | A．takes | B．becomes | C．makes | D．has |
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| 小题3: | | A．know | B．known | C．knew | D．knowing |
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| 小题4: | | A．generous | B．tough | C．mild | D．warm-hearted |
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| 小题5: | | A．right | B．proper | C．bad | D．wrong |
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| 小题6: | | A．rude | B．honest | C．good | D．tough |
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| 小题7: | | A．when | B．what | C．which | D．where |
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| 小题8: | | A．houses | B．cars | C．pockets | D．rooms |
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| 小题9: | | A．picked her up | B．dropped her off | C．dropped her down | D．pull her down |
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| 小题10: | | A．ring | B．suitcase | C．car | D．emerald |
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| 小题14: | | A．at one time | B．some time | C．in no time | D．at times |
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| 小题15: | | A．put off | B．put up | C．put on | D．put away |
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| 小题16: | | A．trouble | B．difficult | C．word | D．anything |
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| 小题17: | | A．especially | B．specially | C．particularly | D．practically |
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| 小题18: | | A．never | B．seldom | C．rather | D．fairly |
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| 小题19: | | A．tip | B．advised | C．suggested | D．ask |
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| 小题20: | | A．longer | B．harder | C．better | D．shorter |
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I’ve always had strong opinions of how love should be expressed, but others had their own ways of showing care.
What I 36 most about visiting my boyfriend’s parents is the loud tick of the clock in the dining room as we 37 ate our meal. With so little conversation I was quick to 38 his family as cold. When we got into the 39 to go home, his father suddenly appeared. 40 , he began to wash his son’s windscreen. I could feel he was a caring man through the glass.
I learned another lesson about love a few years later. My father often 41 me early in the morning. “Buy Xerox. It’s a good sharp price,” he might say when I answered the phone. No pleasant 42 or inquiry about my life, just financial instructions. This manner of his 43 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 44 morning calls. The next time he called and told me to buy a stock, I 45 him.
When my social style has conflicted with that of my friends, I’ve often felt 46 . For example, I always return phone calls 47 and regularly contact with my friends. I expect the same from them. I had one friend who rarely called, answering my messages with short e-mails. I rushed to the 48 : She wasn’t a good friend! My anger 49 as the holidays approached. But then she came to a gathering I 50 and handed me a beautiful dress I had fallen in love with when we did some window-shopping the previous month. I was 51 at her thoughtfulness, and regretful for how I’d considered her to be 52 . Clearly I needed to change my expectations of friends.
Far too often, I ignored their 53 expressions, eagerly expecting them to do things in my 54 . Over the years, however, I’ve learned to 55 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．take | 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 |
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| 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．uncooperative |
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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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My friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other 36 , including her "sixth sense", that she rarely gives the impression she’s 37 anything.
Michelle looks after her children pretty much like the rest of us, 38 that she doesn’t push too hard on them, 39 really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house, she moves around so fast that often 40 don’t realize she’s blind.
I 41 this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very 42 about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was 43 excited about her finger-painting project."Mom, guess what?" said Kayla, all smiles. "I learned how to 44 colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle 45 with us.
To my great 46 , my child had learnt about color from a blind friend! Then Kayla continued, "Michelle told me my 47 showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really 48 what I was doing!" Kayla said she had never felt how good finger paints felt 49 Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.
I realized Kayla didn’t know that Michelle was blind. It had just never 50 in conversation. When I told her, she was 51 for a moment. At first, she didn’t believe me. "But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!" Kayla 52 . And I knew my child was 53 because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her artwork. Michelle had also heard Kayla’s 54 in her work.
We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, "You know, Mommy, Michelle really did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my 55 ." Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.
| 小题1: | | A．ways | B．means | C．methods | D．senses |
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| 小题2: | | A．enjoyed | B．found | C．missed | D．lost |
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| 小题3: | | A．and | B．except | C．even | D．but |
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| 小题5: | | A．children | B．family | C．guests | D．friends |
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| 小题6: | | A．realized | B．heard | C．recognized | D．witnessed |
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| 小题7: | | A．sad | B．satisfied | C．excited | D．enjoyed |
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| 小题8: | | A．especially | B．not so | C．a little | D．not at all |
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| 小题9: | | A．paint | B．draw | C．create | D．mix |
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| 小题10: | | A．stayed | B．painted | C．talked | D．played |
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| 小题11: | | A．excitement | B．encouragement | C．delight | D．surprise |
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| 小题12: | | A．attitude | B．color | C．picture | D．paper |
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| 小题13: | | A．touched | B．distinguished | C．saw | D．understood |
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| 小题14: | | A．after | B．before | C．until | D．when |
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| 小题15: | | A．come up | B．turned out | C．referred to | D．talked about |
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| 小题16: | | A．curious | B．quiet | C．puzzled | D．worried |
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| 小题17: | | A．cried | B．insisted | C．complained | D．informed |
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| 小题18: | | A．right | B．wrong | C．worried | D．uncertain |
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| 小题19: | | A．shortcomings | B．difficulties | C．pride | D．description |
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| 小题20: | | A．paper | B．pens | C．hands | D．eyes |
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