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。
I’m Glad I got Sick
Twenty-seven years ago I got sick. The reason I can remember the date so well is that being sick is what ________ me to choose my future wife. She was just a good friend, but because she ________ to my apartment, brought me medicine, and made me breakfast, I thought for the first time “what a super wife she will ________ for someone.”
I took her out to eat for helping me ________ the flu. After that we became even better friends, but still ________ thought of marriage. A few months later I was going to ________ a new job in the Atlanta area, so Cathy helped me ________ boxes to get ready to leave. We ________ a great time that day and had lunch together. Near the end of that day I ________ a few tears in Cathy’s eyes, so I asked what was ________ .
She said, “I don’t know if I can live ________ you, you are my best friend.” I said, “I know, I’ve been thinking the ________ thing.” That day we decided to get married and we have been married ever since. We have had our ________ times, as many others have had, but we are still best friends!
________I get to the family unit in my Health class and we talk about________ …I always tell this story. My students seem to love it because they learn that ________ , sharing and caring about others is all that really ________ in life, and that looks, money and other things are not important.
38 the way, my wife is 12 years younger than me, and she is beautiful. We have 2 beautiful children, but we still have dates on ________ weekend.
Cathy is the greatest thing that has ever ________ me! She is a fantastic mother, and the best wife a coach could ever have. Thank God I got sick 27 years ago!
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～20各题所给出的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
My fiance (未婚夫) and I were excited about shopping for our first home. But our funds were1, and none of the houses in our price range seemed satisfactory.
One agent2a house in particular. Although her description sounded wonderful, the price was3our range, so we declined. But she kept urging us to have a look4.
We finally did and it was5at first sight. It was Our Home, small and charming, overlooking a quiet lake. Walking through the rooms and talking with the owners, a nice elderly couple, we felt the warmth and6of the marriage within that home. As perfect as it was, the price remained too high for us. But every day, we would sit by the lake, looking at the house and dreaming of7it would be like to live there.
Days later, we made a(n)8-far below the asking price. Surprisingly, they didn't9us. They renewed their offer10. It was also much more than we could afford, but far11than the original asking price.
The next day, we got a12message that another buyer had offered a much higher price. Even so, we decided to talk with the13directly. We made our final offer, which14was thousands of dollars less than the other buyer's bid. We knew it,15we had to try.
"Sold!" said the owner. Then he16: He'd seen us sitting by the lake all those times; he knew how much we loved the place and that we'd17the years of work they had put into their home; he realized he would take a18by selling it to us, but it was worthwhile; we were the people they wanted to live there. He told us to consider the19in the price "an early wedding present."
That's how we found our home and how I learned that when people are20they are not strangers, only friends we haven't yet met.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、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。（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
My previous home had a stand of woods behind it and many animals in the backyard. That first year, I_ __ feeding peanuts to the blue jays, then the squirrels. The squirrels had no____ coming up right to me for them. As the months went by, the rabbits saw that I was no and didn’t escape. When I threw carrot slices(薄片)，they even came for a nibble(啃).Slowly they came to____ me, and by the end of the year they were eating out of my hand.
That second year, the rabbits_____ me, and one would even sit up for slices! While I was feeding them, I ____ that a groundhog who used to run away was now taking an______interest in this food situation. I carefully extended a long______, with a keen eye on those teeth, and _ __,there were times I would have the groundhog sitting next to a rabbit, both munching(津津有味的咀嚼) on carrots. A few months later, while ______,she would even turn her back to me.____when she was facing away, I reached out and _____scratched（搔）her back with my finger, She didn’t move.
By year three, the rabbits and the groundhog were back. The groundhog _____didn’t have a problem with me scratching her back, and I got an idea, I’d always_____,while slicing up carrots, that the end looked like a cap.______one day, just to see what she would do ,I gently _____ one on top of the groundhog’s head. Again, not a _____,The next time, I had my camera ready to record what you see here, one of several dozen such pictures,_______she had a slice to eat, she never ______ the one of her head. It was a fair ____ —I got a pleasure, and she had yet another tasty treat.
A．avoided B．started C．canceled D．suggested
A．business B．fun C．problem D．privilege
A．help B．cheat C．threat D．exception
A．trust B．miss C．admire D．appreciate
A．feared B．ignored C．discovered D．remembered
A．proved B．decided C．noticed D．understood
A．extreme B．increasing C．additional D．inspiring
A．squirrel B．rabbit C．peanut D．carrot
A．before long B．long ago C．over and over D．all over again
A．eating B．playing C．sitting D．sleeping
A．Next B．Once C．Soon D．Lately
A．carefully B．suddenly C．violently D．patiently
A．also B．thus C．just D．still
A．thought B．doubted C．admitted D．recognized
A．While B．Or C．So D．For
A．fixed B．placed C．hung D．kept
A．tremble B．move C．delay D．hesitation
A．Even if B．Ever since C．As far as D．So long as
A．welcomed B．required C．bothered D．expected
A．trade B．competition C．task D．affair
If you studied pictures that ancient people left on rock walls and you tried to determine their meaning, you would not detect interest in romance among the artists. , you would see plenty of animals with people running after them. Life for ancient people’s earned to center on hunting and gathering wild foods for meals.
In modern times, when food is available in grocery stores, finding love is more in people’s lives. The is all around us. It is easy to prepare a list of modern stories having to do with love. An endless number of books and movies qualify as love stories in popular culture.
Researchers are studying whether love, a highly valued emotional state, can be . They ask, what is love? Toothpaste companies want us to think attraction is all about clean teeth, but clean teeth go only so far. Scientists wonder how much the brain gets involved. You have probably heard that opposites attract but that attract, too. One thing is certain: The truth about love is not yet set in stone.
First Impression
To help determine the of attraction, researchers paired 164 college classmates and had them talk for 3, 6 or 10 minutes so they could get a sense of each other’s individuality. Then students were asked to what kind of relationship they were likely to build with their partners. After nine weeks, they reported what happened.
As it turned out, their judgments often held true. Students seemed to at an early stage who would best fit into their lives.
The Knows
Scientists have also turned to nonhumans to increase understanding of attraction. Many animals give off pheromones — natural chemicals that can be detected by, and then can produce a response in, other animals of the same species. Pheromones can signal that an animal is either ready to fight or is feeling to partnerships. In contrast, humans do not seem to be as as other animals at detecting such chemicals. Smell, however, does seem to play a part in human attraction. Although we may not be aware of chemicals like pheromones consciously, we give and receive loads of information through smell in every interaction with other people.
Face Value
Being fond of someone seems to have a number of factors, including seeing something we find attractive. Researchers had people judge faces for . The participants had 0.013 seconds to view each face, yet somehow they generally considered the images the same as people who had more time to study the same faces. The way we attractiveness seem to be somewhat automatic.
When shown an attractive face and then words with good or bad associations, people responded to words faster after viewing an attractive face. Seeing something attractive seems to cause happy thinking.
A．Instead B．Therefore C．Moreover D．Otherwise
A．romantic B．stressful C．central D．artificial
A．priority B．proof C．possibility D．principle
A．tested B．impressed C．changed D．created
A．appearances B．virtues C．similarities D．passions
A．illustrations B．implications C．ingredients D．intentions
A．predict B．investigate C．diagnose D．recall
A．critical B．initial C．random D．mature
A．memorize B．distinguish C．negotiate D．question
A．Nose B．Eye C．Heart D．Hand
A．open B．alert C．resistant D．superior
A．disappointed B．amazed C．confused D．gifted
A．emotion B．attractiveness C．individuality D．signals
A．enhance B．possess C．maintain D．assess
A．familiar B．plain C．positive D．irritating
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
| A. access B. alternatives C. designed D. confirmed E. conflicting F. elements G. function H. innovative I. prospective J. separate K. supporting |
Considering how much time people spend in effects, it is important that with A be well designed. Well-designed office spaces help create a corporation's image. They motivate workers and they make an impression on people who visit and might be potential, or1, customers. They make business work better, and they are a part of the corporate culture to live in.
As we move away from an industrial-based economy to a knowledge-based one, office designers come up with2to the traditional work environments of the past. The design industry has moved away from a fixed office setup and created more flexible "strategic management environments." These3solutions are meant to support better organizational performance.
As employee hierarchies （等级制度）have flattened or decreased, office designers' response to this change has been to move open-plan areas to more desirable locations within the office and create fewer formal private offices. The need for increased flexibility has also been4by changes in workstation design. Office and work spaces often are not5to a given person on a permanent basis. Because of changes to methods of working, new design allow for expansion or movement of desks, storage, and equipment within the workplace. Another important design goal is communication, which designers have improved by breaking the walls that6workstations. Designers have also created informal gathering places and upgraded employees'7to heavily trafficked areas such as copy and coffee rooms.
Corporate and institutional office designers often struggle to resolve a number of competing and often8demands, including budgetary limits, employees hierarchies and technological innovation (especially in relation to computerization). These demands must also be balanced with the need to create interiors (内饰) that in some way enhance, establish or possess a company's image and will enable employees to9and their best.
All these10
阅读下面短文， 从短文后1～20题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Dad had a green comb. He bought it when he married Mum. Every night, he would hand me his1and say, "Good girl, help Daddy clean it, OK?"
I was2to do it. At age five , this dull task brought me such3. I would excitedly turn the tap4and brush the comb carefully. Satisfied that I'd done a good job, I would happily return the comb to Dad. He would5affectionately at me and place the comb on his wallet.
Two years later, Dad started his own6, which wasn't doing so well. That was when things started to7. Dad didn't come home as early and as much as he used to. Mum and I became8with him for placing our family in trouble. With9, an uncomfortable silence grew between us.
After my graduation, Dad's business was getting back on track. On my 28th birthday, Dad came home10. As usually I helped him carry his bags into his study. When I turned to leave, he said ,"Hey, would you help me11my comb?" I looked at him a while, then12the comb and headed to the sink.
It hit me then: why, as a child,13Dad clean his comb was such a pleasure. That routine(习惯) meant Dad was home early to14the evening with Mum and me. It15a happy and loving family.
I passed the clean comb back to Dad. He smiled at me and16placed his comb on his wallet. But this time , I noticed something17. Dad had aged. He had wrinkles next to his eyes when he smiled,18 his smile was still as19as before, the smile of a father who just wanted a good20for his family.
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A．bag B．wallet C．comb D．brush |
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A．annoyed B．relieved C．ashamed D．pleased |
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A．joy B．sadness C．courage D．pain |
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A．out B．over C．in D．on |
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A．stare B．smile C．shout D．laugh |
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A．family B．business C．task D．journey |
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A．progress B．change C．improve D．form |
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A．satisfied B．delighted C．mad D．strict |
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A．time B．patience C．speed D．ease |
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A．occasionally B．early C．frequently D．rarely |
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A．sharply B． repair C．clean D．keep |
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A．dropped B．took C．handed D．threw |
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A．watching B．letting C．helping D．hearing |
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A．find B． lose C．waste D．spend |
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A．affected B．broke C．meant D．supported |
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A．firmly B．hurriedly C．casually D．carefully |
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A．different B．exciting C．interesting D．urgent |
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A．for B．or C．so D．yet |
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A．convincing B．heartwarming C．cautious D．innocent |
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A．origin B．life C．reputation D．education |
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