Weeks passed and the ___30_____over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness
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Weeks passed and the ___30_____over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of ___31___before the holiday break. I smiled in ___32____as the last of them hurried out the door. Turning around I saw David ____33___standing by my desk.
“I have something for you,” he said and ___34___ from behind his back a small box. ____35___it to me, he said anxiously. “Open it.” I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lift the lid and to my ___36___saw nothing. I looked at David’s smiling face and back into the box and said, “The box is nice, David, but it’s ___37____”.
“Oh no, it isn’t,” said David. “It’s full of love, my mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn’t see or touch unless you know it’s there.”
Tears filled my eyes ___38___I looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given ____39___to. After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning ____40___the little empty box set on my desk..
| 小题1: | | A．anxious | B．courageous | C．serious | D．cautious |
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| 小题2: | | A．warning | B．ringing | C．calling | D．yelling |
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| 小题3: | | A．scolded | B．wondered | C．realized | D．learned |
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| 小题4: | | A．modestly | B．naturally | C．inaccurately | D．inappropriately |
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| 小题5: | | A．popular | B．upset | C．special | D．funny |
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| 小题6: | | A．expressing | B．delivering | C．wearing | D．sharing |
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| 小题7: | | A．practiced | B．wandered | C．studied | D．stayed |
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| 小题8: | | A．would | B．should | C．might | D．could |
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| 小题9: | | A．aim at | B．turn to | C．put off | D．head for |
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| 小题10: | | A．argument | B．excitement | C．movement | D．program |
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| 小题11: | | A．school | B．year | C．education | D．program |
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| 小题12: | | A．relief | B．return | C．vain | D．control |
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| 小题13: | | A．weakly | B．sadly | C．quietly | D．helplessly |
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| 小题14: | | A．searched | B．found | C．raised | D．pulled |
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| 小题15: | | A．Holding | B．Handing | C．Sending | D．Leaving |
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| 小题16: | | A．delight | B．expectation | C．appreciation | D．surprise |
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| 小题17: | | A．cheap | B．empty | C．useless | D．improper |
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| 小题18: | | A．as | B．until | C．because | D．though |
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| 小题19: | | A．advice | B．support | C．attention | D．command |
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| 小题20: | | A．from | B．behind | C．over | D．towards |
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解析
小题1:A。根据21空后的 “waiting for the final school bell.” 可知，此处描写学生对圣诞节的期盼心情。anxious(wanting very much)“渴望、焦虑”；courageous“勇敢的、无畏的”；serious“严重的、严肃的、当真的”；cautious“谨慎的”。
小题1:B。upon its ringing="when" it(the bell) rang意为：放学铃声一响，学生们就会习惯性地拥去拿上自己的衣服回家。warn“警告”；call“命名、打电话、大声呼叫、访问等”；yell“吼叫、叫喊”。
小题1:B。语境中指作者想弄明白David的家庭背景情况。scold“训斥、责骂”；realize“意识到、实现”；learn“学习、获悉、熟记”。
小题1:D。此空填入的词应与第二段第一句话 “David was a small boy in ragged clothes.”中的“ragged”保持一致，ragged="old" and torn“破旧的”；inappropriately“不合适地”；modestly“谦虚地、（尤指妇女或其衣着）庄重、朴素地”；naturally“自然地、合理地、天然地”；inaccurately“不精确地”。作者一直想知道究竟是一个什么样的母亲竟会让孩子穿着破旧的衣服冒着严寒去上学？意指孩子在寒冷的冬季穿着破旧的衣物去上学是不合适的.
小题1:C。下文的实例侧重表明了David的与众不同及特别。popular“受欢迎的、通俗的、流行的”；upset“难过的、沮丧的”；funny“滑稽的、奇怪的、非法的”。
小题1:C。wear表示“面带某种神态”。例：He wore a puzzled look on his face.他脸上露出迷惑不解的神情。express“表达、代表”；deliver“递送、宣布、移交”；share“共用、分配、分享”。
小题1:D。根据第二段最后一句 “…then thank me for letting him stay and slowly…”可判断出正确答案。practise“练习、实习、从事”；wander“闲逛、离散、走神”；study“学习、细看、研究”。
小题1: A。would指过去存在的某种习惯或倾向，译为“总是、老是”。例：When my parents were away, my grandmother would take care of me. 我父母外出时候，总是祖母照顾我。其余选项均无此意。
小题1:D。head for“前往（某地）”，此处指回家；aim at“以…为目的、打算、希望”；turn to“查阅、找（某人寻求帮助）、变成”；put off“推迟”。
小题1:B。这里表示圣诞节临近学生表现出的兴奋，填入的词在语意上应与本句中的 “restlessness”(坐立不安、躁动)保持一致, 故为excitement。argument“争论、辩论、论据”；movement“运动、移动”；judgment“判断力、评价、判决”。
小题1: A。此处指圣诞节引发的学生躁动情绪会持续到学校放假的前一天，故为…until the last day of school before the holiday break. program“计划、方案、节目、程序、课程等”。
小题1: A。句意为：当最后一个学生离开教室时，我露出轻松的微笑。relief: the feeling of happiness that you have when sth. unpleasant stops or does not happen，译为“轻松、宽慰”；in return“作为报答、回过来”；in vain“徒劳、白费”；in control“控制着、处于统治地位”。
小题1:C。quietly表示David的行为与其他急于离校享受圣诞节的学生形成鲜明对比。小题1:D。该句子结构可调整为：He pulled a small box from his back. 他从身后拿出一个小盒子。search“搜寻、搜索、查找”；find“发现、找到、查明”；raise“举起、提升、增加、筹募、养育、饲养等”。
小题1:B。此处指过去发生的一连串动作，即：递盒子给我(handed it to me) ─ 接过盒子(took it) ─ 致谢(thanked him) ─ 打开盒子(unwrapped it)。
小题1:D。根据语境可知，当打开盖子发现是一个空盒子时，作者感到非常惊讶。delight“高兴、愉快、乐事”；expectation“预期、期待、盼望”；appreciation“欣赏、理解、感激”。
小题1:B。根据文章最后一句话中的描述 “…the little empty box set on my desk.”可知答案
小题1:A。as在句中引出时间状语从句，表示“当…时”。
小题1:C。此处表明以前我对David的关注太少，与文章第二段中的描述 “We never talked much.”相吻合。command“命令、控制”。
小题1:B。behind在句中意为“隐藏在….后面”。句意为：我永远忘不了摆放在我办公桌上那个小盒子背后隐藏着的深刻意义。 |
举一反三
I hated dinner parties. But I decided to give them another shot because I"m in London. And my friend Mallery invited me. And because dinner parties in London are very different from those back in New York. There, “I’m having a dinner party” means: "I"m booking a table for 12 at a restaurant you can"t afford and we"ll be sharing the checque evenly, no matter what you eat." Worse, in Manhattan there is always someone who leaves before the bill arrives. They"ll throw down cash, half of what they owe, and then people like me, who don’t drink, end up paying even more. But if I try to use the same trick, the hostess will shout: "Where are you going?" And it"s not like I can say I have somewhere to go: everyone know I have nowhere to go.
But in London, dinner parties are in people"s homes. Not only that, the guests are an interesting mix. The last time I went to one, the guests were from France, India. Denmark and Nigeria; it was like a gathering at the United Nations in New York. The mix is less striking. It"s like a gathering at Bloomingdale"s, a well-known department store.
For New Yorkers, talking about other parts of the world means Brooklyn and Queens in New York. But at Mallery"s, when I said that I had been to Myanmar recently, people knew where it was. In New York people would think it was a usual new club.
小题1:What does the word "shot" in Paragraph 1 probably mean?| A．Choice. | B．Try | C．Style. | D．Goal |
小题2:What does the writer dislike most about dinner parties in New York?
A Th ere is a strange mix of people. B. The restaurants are expensive.
C. The bill is not fairly shared. D. People have to pay cash
小题3:What does the author think of the parties in London?| A．A bit unusual | B．Full of tricks. | | C．Less costly. | D．More interesting. |
小题4: What is the author"s opinion of some New Yorkers from her experience？| A．Easy-going. | B．Self-centred. | C． Generous. | D．Conservative. |
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There is probably no field of human activity in which our values and lifestyles are shown more clearly and strongly than they are in theclothes that we choose to wear．The dress of an individual is a kind of “sign language” that communicates a set of information and is usually the basis on which immediate impressions are formed．Traditionally, a concern for clothes was considered to be an affair of females，while men took pride in the fact that they were completely lacking clothes consciousness．
This type of American culture is gradually changing as man’s dress takes on greater variety and color．Even as early as 1955，a research in Michigan said that men considered that the value of clothing in daily life was very important．White—collar workers in particular viewed dress as a symbol of ability，which could be used to impress or influence others，especially in the work situation．The white-collar worker was described as extremely concerned about the impression his clothing made on his boss．Although blue-collar workers were less aware that they might be judged on the basis of their clothing，they recognized that any difference from the accepted pattern of dress would be made fun of by fellow workers．
Since that time，of course，the patterns have changed，the typical white-collar worker may now be wearing the blue shirt，while the blue- collar may be wearing a white shirt，but the importance of dress has not become less. Other researchers in recent years have helped to prove its importance in the lives of individuals at various age levels and in different social and economic status groups.
小题1:The passage tells us that .| A．our values and lifestyles are in no field of human activity | | B．the clothes that we choose to wear have something to do with our values and lifestyles | | C．our values and lifestyles are from the sign language | | D．the clothes we choose to wear depend on a set of information and immediate impression |
小题2:Traditionally，people usually thought that .| A．men cared very much for clothes | | B．neither men nor women showed interest in clothes | | C．both men and women paid great attention to their clothes | | D．women concerned greatly about what they wore while men didn’t |
小题3:White-collar workers pay great attention to their clothes because ．| A．they extremely concern about the impression their clothes make on their bosses | | B．they know that people might judge them on the basisof their clothes | | C．they want to impress and influence others | | D．they don’t want to be laughed at |
小题4:What does the underlined word“status”in the last paragraph mean？ |
It was her giggling that drew my attention．Note taking really wasn’t all that funny．
Walking over to the offender, I asked for the 21 ．Frozen, she refused to give it to me．I waited, all attention in the classroom on the quiet 22 between teacher and student．When she finally 23 it over she whispered, “Okay, but I didn’t draw it”.
It was a hand-drawn 24 of me, teeth blackened and the words “I’m stupid” coming out of my mouth．I managed to fold it up calmly．My mind, 25 , was working angrily as I struggled not to 26 .
I figured I knew the two most likely candidates for drawing the picture．It would do them some 27 to teach them a lesson, and maybe it was high time that I did it!
Thankfully, I was able to keep myself 28 .
When there were about six minutes remaining, I showed the class the picture．They were all silent as I told them how 29 this was for me．I told them there must be a reason 30 and now was their chance to write down anything they needed to tell me．Then I let them write silently while I sniffed in the back of the classroom．
As I 31 the notes later, many of them said something like, “I’ve got nothing against you,” or “I’m sorry you were hurt．” Some kids said, “We’re 32 of you．” But two notes, from the girls who I 33 were behind the picture, had a list of issues．I was too 34 , too strict…
Reading those notes, I realized that over the course of this year, instead of 35 my students, I had begun commanding them to 36 ．Where I thought I was driving them to success I was 37 driving them away．
I had some apologizing to do．But the next day in the classroom, one boy and one girl each handed me a card．The one 38 by all the boys expressed sincere regret for the ugly joke．The one from the girls asked for 39 .
This was a lesson for both the kids and me．Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the 40 .
| 小题1: | | A．note | B．advice | C．reason | D．help |
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| 小题2: | | A．battle | B．competition | C．argument | D．conversation |
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| 小题3: | | A．took | B．thought | C．turned | D．handed |
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| 小题4: | | A．statue | B．graph | C．picture | D．poster |
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| 小题5: | | A．otherwise | B．however | C．therefore | D．besides |
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| 小题6: | | A．leave | B．cry | C．explain | D．argue |
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| 小题7: | | A．good | B．harm | C．favor | D．punishment |
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| 小题8: | | A．amused | B．controlled | C．uninterested | D．relaxed |
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| 小题9: | | A．meaningful | B．forgetful | C．regretful | D．hurtful |
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| 小题10: | | A．aside | B．above | C．beneath | D．behind |
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| 小题11: | | A．wrote | B．finished | C．read | D．collected |
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| 小题12: | | A．proud | B．fond | C．afraid | D．ashamed |
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| 小题13: | | A．figured | B．promised | C．concluded | D．confirmed |
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| 小题14: | | A．talkative | B．mean | C．clumsy | D．considerate |
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| 小题15: | | A．forcing | B．encouraging | C．comforting | D．teaching |
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| 小题16: | | A．appreciate | B．apologize | C．compromise | D．achieve |
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| 小题17: | | A．actually | B．normally | C．immediately | D．generally |
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| 小题18: | | A．decorated | B．offered | C．signed | D．bought |
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| 小题19: | | A．thankfulness | B．forgiveness | C．compensation | D．communication |
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| 小题20: | | A．friendship | B．education | C．knowledge | D．future |
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June is always a sad time for Senior Three students. After taking the big test, they leave to 31 their dreams in different ways. It’s hard time when students 32 to say goodbye to carefree high school days and close friends.
People always say that teenage friendships are the most precious. Kids are too young to understand real friendship while adults 33 to relate it to fame and wealth.
Things are 34 with high school best friends. We share each other’s secret. We discuss news from all walks of life and begin to 35 our values. We support each other on the journey to the biggest 36 in our lives. We also share success and failure. The seeds of friendship become deeply rooted.
Many of us don’t realize this 37 we enter society. One of my friends, Yang Ping, 38 how strong the bond with high school friends could be. “ It was my high school friend who helped me get 39 the darkest days in my life,” said the 27-year-old girl.
In 2001 Yang lost her job in Beijing. Yang’s best friend was staying in a college dormitory and took her in. Each night the two girls squeezed into a narrow single bed, chatting and crying. “I’ll never forget her care and encouragement, which supported me out of the darkness,” said Yang.
I 40 remember my last days in Senior 3. At the time, I 41 a 20-page message with my best friend, both of us hoping to keep the friendship 42 forever.
But we didn’t realize we were already deep in each other’s 43 . During the past ten years, whenever I’ve needed help or wanted to pour out my 44 , she has always been there at the other end of a telephone line.
It is true that friends come and go. But never forget the ones who have been there for you. Take a closer look at those now around you, they could be the most precious 45 you discover in your entire life.
| 小题1: | | A．realize | B．create | C．depend | D．finish |
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| 小题2: | | A．decide | B．volunteer | C．have | D．begin |
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| 小题3: | | A．attempt | B．tend | C．plan | D．manage |
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| 小题4: | | A．similar | B．same | C．like | D．different |
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| 小题5: | | A．weigh | B．make | C．measure | D．shape |
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| 小题6: | | A．challenge | B．trouble | C．question | D．problem |
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| 小题7: | | A．unless | B．after | C．until | D．but |
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| 小题8: | | A．experienced | B．appreciated | C．considered | D．thought |
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| 小题9: | | A．into | B．out | C．through | D．across |
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| 小题10: | | A．yet | B．even | C．already | D．still |
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| 小题11: | | A．changed | B．exchanged | C．turned | D．discussed |
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| 小题12: | | A．running | B．going | C．advancing | D．marching |
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| 小题13: | | A．head | B．brain | C．spirit | D．heart |
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| 小题14: | | A．unhappiness | B．happiness | C．disaster | D．joy |
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| 小题15: | | A．period | B．treasure | C．wonder | D．image |
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I moved into a new house in July. Since then I have met a few of my neighbors who are very nice people. For Christmas, I thought I would do something nice for each of the neighbors I know. There were nine neighbors whom I knew by name or spoke with often when I was out in my yard. I knew which houses they lived in.
I decided to add one more to my list. This lady I decided to add lives down the street from me. I meet her every morning walking to work as I drive down the street. She always smiles to me. But I had no idea who she was and which house she lived in.
I planned to make small fruit baskets and leave them on my neighbor"s front porches (门廊) on Christmas Eve. I signed the cards: “Happy Holidays from 5104 Northumberland Road.”
I saved the last for the friendly lady. I finally decided on a house where I met her each morning and guessed that it was hers.
My neighbors really appreciated the baskets and would tell me as they saw me in the yard or  they would call, and a couple even came by to thank me.
This morning I found a small note in the mailbox. It was addressed simply: Resident, 5104 Northumberland Road.
The Thank You card really caught me by surprise. I opened it and read the message, “Thank you for the lovely fruit basket you left on our porch. It was very thoughtful. Richard Kelly passed away last week. He talked a lot about how nice it was that someone remembered him in his time of illness. He really appreciated it.”
I had no idea who Richard Kelly was and that he had been seriously ill. I had left that nice lady’s basket on his porch by mistake. I wanted to say sorry, but that would be wrong. I believe that Mr. Kelly was meant to have that basket because he was dying. I hate that the nice lady did not get to receive a fruit basket on Christmas, but I believe if she knew what had happened, she would be happy. I feel pleased to have helped Richard Kelly"s last days be more cheerful.
小题1:How many Christmas gifts did the author intend to send?小题2:Where did the friendly lady live?| A．She lived at the end of Northumberland Road. | | B．Her address was 5104 Northumberland Road. | | C．She was thought to share a house with Mr. Kelly. | | D．The author was not sure about her address at all. |
小题3:How did the author’s neighbors respond to his gifts?| A．They liked the gifts very much and were thankful. | | B．They were thankful that they wanted to be friends. | | C．They all made phone calls to say “Thank You”. | | D．They all visited him by person to show gratitude. |
小题4:What does the author mean in the last paragraph?| A．He was regretful that the nice lady didn’t receive his gift. | | B．He was glad to have made Mr. Kelly"s life more pleasant. | | C．He thought Richard Kelly deserved to receive that basket. | | D．The old lady was happy to sacrifice to make Kelly happy. |
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