| ( )1. A. dislike ( )2. A. expect ( )3. A. Even ( )4. A. comfortable ( )5. A. continue ( )6. A. interested ( )7. A. take on ( )8. A. honored ( )9. A. scary ( )10. A. adventurous ( )11. A. elect ( )12. A. Labor | B. feel B. criticize B. But B. interested B. desire B. unique B. put on B. chosen B. amazing B. tough B. vote B. Independence | C. learn C. deny C. So C. assured C. stop C. valuable C. take up C. earned C. fascinating C. good C. volunteer C. Christmas | D. love D. know D. Since D. contented D. refuse D. new D. put up D. won D. difficult D. annoying D. involve D. Election |
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| When I was a boy every holiday that I had seemed perfect. My parents took me by train or by car to a hotel by the sea. All day, I seem to remember. I played on the sands with strange exciting children. We make sandcastles with huge yellow walls, and watched the incoming tide destroy them; we splashed each other in the water and shrieked with excitement. When the tide went out, we climbed over the slippery rocks and stared down at the fish and the seaweed in the rock-pools. In those far-off days the sun seemed to shine constantly and the water was always warm. Sometimes we left the beach and walked in the country, exploring ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees that overhung streams. There were always sweets in one"s pockets or convenient places where one could buy ice- creams. Each day seemed a life-time. Although I am now an adult, my idea of a good holiday is much the same as it was. I still like the sun and the warm sand and the sound of waves breaking on the beach. I no longer wish to build sandcastles and I dislike sweets instantly, but I look forward to sitting down to a good meal and a bottle of wine in the evening. I think, too, that I prefer spending my holiday abroad. I want to smell different smells; I want to see different kinds of trees, flowers and birds; and I also want to see people with different colored skins, wearing different kinds of clothes. Above all, I want to hear a different language spoken and listen to different musical rhythms from those I am used to. But I still need my companions-not, of course, to play on the sands and eat ices with, but to drink with and talk to on warm moonlit nights. Sometimes I wonder what my perfect holiday will be when I am old. All I shall want to do then, I expect, will be to lie in bed, reading books about children who make sandcastles with huge yellow walls, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves sick on too many ices… | |||
| 1. Where did the author mostly spend his holidays when he was young? | |||
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| A. In the countryside. B. On the beach. C. In the mountains. D. On the sea. | |||
| 2. What does the underlined word "shrieked" in Paragraph 1 mean? | |||
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| A. shouted B. swam C. struggled D. surfed | |||
| 3. What now interests the author as an adult is _____. | |||
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| A. to enjoy a nice dinner B. to spend his holiday sunbathing C. to chat with someone D. to experience a foreign culture | |||
| 4. When the author grows old, he expects that _____. | |||
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| A. he will read more books about children B. he will lie in bed without worrying about anything C. he will bring back wonderful childhood memories from a book D. he will make sandcastles with his children | |||
| 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用 括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在标号为1-10的相应位置上。 | |||
| Dr Wayne W. Dyer (called the "father of motivation" by his fans) wrote, "There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way." There is no use 1.______ (say) "Some day 2.______ I achieve these goals, get this car, build this house, and have this business, I will be really happy." Life doesn"t work that way. If you wait for certain things 3.______ (happen) and depend on life to make you happy, you will always feel unfulfilled. 4.______ will always be something missing. Long-term happiness is based 5.______ honesty, self-esteem, productive work, and making other people happy. Long-term happiness is 6.______ process of moving towards worthwhile goals and adding to the welfare and happiness of others. It means reaching your goals and then challenging yourself to higher and 7.______ (good) things. It 8.______ means always trying to learn and grow. Work 9.______ (honest) and productively, and contribute real values to others. In the long run, that"s 10.______ happiness is about. | |||
| 任务型阅读。阅读下材料，完成1-3题。 | |||
| In choosing a friend, one should be very careful. A good friend can help you study. You can have fun together and make each other happy. Sometimes you will meet fair weather friends. They will be with you as long as you have money or luck, but when you are down, they will run away. How do I know when I have found a good friend? I look for certain qualities of character, especially understanding, honesty and reliability (可靠). Above all else, I look for understanding in a friend. A good friend tries to understand how another person is feeling. He is not quick to judge. Instead, he tries to learn from others. He puts himself in the other person"s place, and he tries to think of ways to be helpful. He is also a good listener. At the same time, however, a good friend is honest. He does not look for faults (过错) in others. He notices their good points. In short, a friend will try to understand me and accept me. Another quality of a friend is reliability. I can always depend on a good friend. If he tells me he will meet me somewhere at a certain time, I can be sure that he will be there. If I need a favor, he will do his best to help me. If I am in trouble, he will not run away from me. There is a fourth quality that makes a friend special. A special friend is someone with whom we can have fun. We should enjoy our lives, and we would enjoy our friendship. That is why I especially like friends who are fun to be with. A good friend likes the same things I like. We share experience and learn from each other. A good friend has a good sense of humor, too. He likes to laugh with me. That is how we share in the joy of being friends. And I know that he is looking for the same quality in me. When I meet someone who is reliable, honest, understanding and humorous, I know I"ve found a friend! | |||
| 请根据阅读信息填写下面句子： 1. The writer thinks a good friend should be _________, ____________, ___________, and ___________. 2. What is the meaning for fair weather friends? (用浅显易懂的英语来解释) ________________________________________________________________________. 3. Write down a title for this short passage. ________________________________________________________________________. | |||
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| How often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups and, old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets. Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. What"s more, life is always giving new things to the child-things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well known. But a child has his pains: he is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is repeatedly being told not to do something, or being punished for what he has wrongly done. When a young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in society. | |||
| 1. According to Paragraph 2, the writer thinks that _____. | |||
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| A. life for a child is fairly easy B. a child is always loved whatever he does C. if much is given to a child, he must do something in return D. only children are interested in life | |||
| 2. The main idea of the passage is that _____. | |||
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| A. life is not enjoyable since each age has some pains B. young men can have the greatest happiness if they work hard C. childhood is the most enjoyable time in one"s life D. one is the happiest if he can make good use of each age in his life | |||
| 3. The paragraph following this passage will most probably discuss _____. | |||
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| A. examples of successful young men B. how to build up one"s position in society C. joys and pains of old people D. what to do when one has problems in life |