I used to be ashamed of my grandma. I know that’s a terrible thing to say, but it was true until today, so I have to 16 it.
The 17 started when my friend Katy found Grandma’s false teeth floating in a glass on the bathroom sink. I was so used to seeing them that I 18 took notice of them. But Katy shouted, laughing and 19 to talk to them. I had to get down on my knees and 20 her to shut up so my grandma wouldn’t hear and get hurt.
After that happened, I 21 there were a million things about Grandma that were embarrassing.
Once she took my brother Jill and me out to Burger King. 22 ordering our hamburgers well-done, she told the person behind the counter, “They’ll have two Whoppers (巨无霸) well-to-do. ” Jill burst out laughing, but I almost 23 .
After a while, I started wishing I could 24 Grandma in a closet. I even complained to my parents. Both my parents said I had to be careful not to make Grandma feel 25 in our home.
Then last Wednesday, something happened that 26 everything completely. My teacher told us to help find interesting old people and _ 27 them about their lives for a big Oral History project. I was trying to think of someone when Angie pushed me gently.
“Volunteer（举荐）your grandmother,” she whispered. “She’s 28 and rich in experience.”
That was the last thing I ever thought Angie would say about my grandma.
This is how I ended up on 29 today interviewing my own grandmother before the whole school assembly. All my friends and teachers were listening to her as if she was a great heroine. I was proud of my grandma and hoped she would 30 _ know that I had been ashamed of her.
A．admit B．receive C．refuse D．show
A．quarrel B．accident C．trouble D．adventure
A．already B．always C．simply D．hardly
A．enjoying B．pretending C．imagining D．continuing
A．warn B．demand C．advise D．beg
A．expected B．declared C．realized D．doubted
A．Because of B．Except for C．Such as D．Instead of
A．died B．cheered C．disappeared D．suffered
A．meet B．avoid C．arrange D．hide
A．independent B．inconvenient C．unwelcome D．unfamiliar
A．changed B．finished C．stopped D．prepared
A．interview B．report C．tell D．write
A．free B．popular C．interesting D．embarrassing
A．show B．stage C．duty D．time
A．never B．even C．still D．once
A man who was out of job applied for the position of office boy at a very big firm. A manager him, then a test: Clean the floor. that, he said, “You are tired. Give me your email address, and I’ll send you the application to .” The man replied, I don’t have a or an email address.”
“I’m ,” said the manager. “You don’t have a . And whoever doesn’t exist cann’t have the .”
The man felt and left with no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do with only 10 dollars in his pocket. He then to go to buy a 10-kg tomato crate(箱). And he the tomatoes in a door round. In less than two hours, he succeeded in earning 10 dollars. The man realized that he could in this way, and started to go every day and return late. Thus, his doubled or even tripled. Shortly afterwards, he bought a truck to transport his , and then he had own fleet of delivery vehicles.
Five years later, the man became one of the food retailers(零售商) in the US. He started to plan his family’s , and decided to have a life insurance.
He called an insurance broker(经纪人). When the conversation was , the broker asked him his email address. The man replied, “I don’t have one.” The broker replied , “You don’t have an email aggress, and yet have succeeded in building an empire(大企业). Do you what you could have been if you had an email address?”
The man for a while and replied, “An office boy!”
A．examined B．introduced C．interviewed D．employed
A．Besides B．Before C．During D．After
A．check B．fill C．copy D．repeat
A．computer B．tool C．bag D．radio
A．proud B．sorry C．fine D．comfortable
A．arrive B．appear C．exist D．leave
A．test B．address C．company D．job
A．encouraged B．disappointed C．annoyed D．frightened
A．decided B．failed C．remembered D．pretended
A．sold B．showed C．planted D．tasted
A．win B．grow C．survive D．control
A．quickly B．slowly C．later D．early
A．advantage B．money C．interest D．weight
A．tomatoes B．workers C．customers D．animals
A．cleverest B．cleanest C．biggest D．bravest
A．behavior B．education C．location D．future
A．started B．concluded C．paused D．broken
A．curiously B．patiently C．nervously D．angrily
A．plan B．want C．imagine D．ask
A．insisted B．argued C．whispered D．thought
Several years ago a young teacher took a bus to the school where he worked. When he sat down, he that the driver had given him twenty pence too much change by accident. As he what to do, he thought to himself, “I’d better give the twenty pence back. It would be to keep it. ”
Then he thought, “Oh, it, it’s only twenty pence. Who would care about this little amount? , the bus company already gets too much in fares; they will 41 miss it. it as a gift, and keep quiet. These days I have been very because of bad health and I hope the gift can cheer me up.”
When he arrived at his , the teacher paused (暂停) at the door, then he the twenty pence to the driver and said: “Here, you gave me too much .”
The driver smiled and replied: “Don’t you me? I took your science class last year. I am a part-time driver here. I I had given you twenty pence too much. Later I thought why not a joke on you. I just wanted to what you would do I gave you too much change.”
When the young teacher the bus, his knees became weak. He had to catch the nearest street lamp pole (杆) for , and looked up to the sky and cried:
“Oh, I almost lost my , and didn’t pass the !”
A．hoped B．discovered C．regretted D．pretended
A．explained B．discussed C．considered D．knew
A．wrong B．true C．easy D．clever
A．believe B．avoid C．throw D．forget
A．Instead B．Therefore C．Anyhow D．However
A．never B．ever C．forever D．always
A．Bring B．Accept C．Show D．Offer
A．unhappy B．free C．strange D．angry
A．home B．school C．stop D．office
A．introduced B．posted C．lent D．returned
A．change B．help C．time D．confidence
A．find B．doubt C．remember D．refuse
A．realized B．expected C．decided D．admitted
A．hear B．share C．tell D．play
A．ask B．see C．prove D．understand
A．unless B．because C．if D．though
A．ran for B．waited for C．got on D．got off
A．pleasure B．support C．fun D．break
A．face B．sense C．money D．way
A．lesson B．chance C．risk D．test
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
TWIST OF FATE
On March 23, 1994, the medical examiner viewed the body of Ronald Opus and concluded that he died of a gunshot wound to the head. Mr. Opus had jumped from the top of a ten-storey building, to commit suicide.
As he past the ninth floor, his life was interrupted by a shotgun blast passing through a window, which killed him . Neither the shooter nor the dead was aware that a safety net had been installed just the eighth floor level to the building workers and that Ronald Opus failed to complete his the way he had planned.
The room on the ninth floor was by an elderly man and his wife. They were , and the husband was threatening his wife with a shotgun. The old man was so that when he pulled the trigger (扳机), he completely missed his wife, and the went through the window, Mr. Opus. One intends to kill subject “A” but kills subject “B” in the attempt.
When faced with the murder charge, the said that they thought the shotgun was not loaded. The old man said it was a long-standing to threaten his wife with the unloaded shotgun and that he had no intention to murder her. , the killing of Mr. Opus appeared to be an accident; that is to say, it was assumed that the gun had been accidentally loaded. The continuing investigation turned up a who saw the old couple’s son loading the shotgun about six weeks prior to the fatal accident.
The case now becomes the murder of Ronald Opus the old couple’s son’s part. Further investigation revealed that the son was, , Ronald Opus. It transpired that the old lady had cut off her son’s financial and the son, knowing the inclination of his father to use the shotgun threateningly, loaded the gun with the expectation that his father would shoot his mother. Later, he became increasingly despondent (意志消沉的) over the failure of his attempt to the murder of his mother and then he jumped off the building, only to be killed by the shot.
The truth about the matter had come to light, the medical examiner closed the case as a suicide.
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阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A good friend of mine passed away in June. John had cancer. Before you offer , you should know that he didn’t want to be mourned(哀悼). It’s been a hard request to follow, but he felt he had lived a life. As the cancer progressed, we fell into a(n) of exchanging semi-regular emails. We generally talking about his illness until the very end, we talked about everything else: from baseball to snowstorms, to my garden and his art. We talked as if nothing would . I’d mention a beach trip and John would tell me about surfing there when he was younger. I’d talk about some press(新闻) that I would be attending and he’d tell me about the time he went to a party by JPMorgan’s descendants(后代). In this way, John gave me a(n) view of my world; it became layered with his stories.
One of our favorite things to do was email the other if we happened to find an interesting movie on television. The other night, I a very good movie, and without thinking about it I for my laptop to send him an email, and then I he wasn’t there to receive it. I put my laptop down with a small of uneasiness --- and found something else to watch.
It’s hard not to have a digital presence today. While John wasn’t an active social media ,he did have at least two email addresses, a LinkedIn account, and a website where he shared his art. Now that he’s , these thing still exist, though unattended. I’m sure his work email has been closed, but I have no idea if anyone is his other email address, or has the intention of contacting LinkedIn, or has to his website. I’m sure at some the registration will come to an end and his site will be closed, but until then, John has a(n) online.
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阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Times were tough in our household.My husband was out of work and there was no sign of anything for him.In addition to going to nursing school full-time,1 was working three part-time jobs to put food on the table for our family of five.
After a rather__ meal one night,I answered the ringing phone. With no ,a voice asked,’’Do you need food? Come to my place and I can help you.”Directions followed and he hung up the phone. No in-depth conversation or queries as to our situation. It was up to us to decide whether we a voice on the telephone.
1 was desperate. With food in the cabinet and no prospect of a job for my husband, I had to take a , swallow my pride, and accept the strange offer. Was there a ?When I uneasily got to a ranch home as ,I found there was no car in the garage. ,lined up in orderly rows were tables filled with varieties of food. A craggy （轮廓分明有皱纹的）gentleman me, not much different than our phone conversation!’’Look around. If you see what you want,_ yourself.”'He handed me paper bags and turned to another new arrival, passing along the same .This couldn't be real!
I guiltily filled the paper sacks with what we needed and gratefully thanked the elderly man.。’Be here next week. You’ll of the food by then “was his reply,
Then I learned the thing. Widowed and retired, he wanted to do something in his golden years to fill his time. Daily, he drove his pickup truck and begged for items and canned goods from local grocery stores and folks like us who had fallen on hard times.
I never knew what our weekly menus would be I had “shopped" in the garage, but I knew, with our bellies full, we could focus on paying necessary bills.
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