It was Saturday morning,when there was no school .But Tom had to which was painting the fence,a fence around the garden of Aunt Polly's house."I want to go swimming.I want to go fishing.I want to play with my friends,”said Tom to .“I want to do anything but paint the fence·When my friends see
me,they'll me., But Tom had no An hour later when Tom felt and looked sadly at the big bucket of and the brush with the long handle,he came up with a good idea and .
He started to paint the fence again.
Soon he saw one of his friends,Ben Rogers,who was holding a big red and who was walking towards him.“Ping-a-ling!”he said,making the noise of the on the steamboat.“Sssh!Sssh!”he said,making the noise of the steam in the engine of the steamboat.
“I’m going swimming,”Ben said.“What a thing you have to work!”
"Do you think it,s work?” asked Tom.
"Do you like painting the fence?”asked Ben,
“Can’t you see howes it is?”
Tom started to paint again.Sometimes he would stop and look at the fence and then with a ,he painted again·
Ben watched at him.“Let me paint the fence,”he said·
"No,”said Tom.“It's not as as you think·”
Ben was not happy,whereas Tom really seemed to painting the fence·
“If you let me paint it,”he said.“I’11 give you some of my apple·”
After thinking f or a minute,Tom and with a smile,he started to paint again·
“I'll give you of my apple,”said Ben·
Tom thought for another minute and agreed .
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Long, long ago, in a dense forest there were thousands of tall and beautiful trees. They were happy, but____ of themselves. Among them there also a(an) ____ tree whose branches were badly twisted. All the trees made ______ of that ugly tree.
“How are you, hunchback?” the other ____ always shouted and their laughter made the ugly tree ____. The ugly tree thought, “I wish I were as ____ as the other trees. Why did God do this to me? Neither can I provide shade to the travelers. Nor can the ____ make their nests on me. Nobody needs me.”
One day, a woodcutter came to the____. He took a look at the trees and said, “These trees are lovely. I must ____ them.” As soon as he picked up his axe, the trees became ____. “Chop, Chop, Chop” went the woodcutter’s axe and one by one the trees started to fall.
“None of us is going to ____,” screamed one of the beautiful trees.
But when the woodcutter came near to the ugly tree. He had just raised his axe when suddenly he noticed how ____ the ugly tree was. “Hmm! This crooked tree seems to no ____ to me.”, he thought. Then he moved towards another beautiful tree. The ugly tree breathed a huge sigh of ____. He realized that by making him ugly, God had actually given him a boon. From that day on, the ugly tree never ____. He was happy with his crooked branches. He never forgot how he had escaped from the woodcutter’s axe, only because he was crooked and ugly.
A.proud B.short C.tired D.full
A.strong B.ugly C.thin D.straight
A.light B.fun C.sense D.use
A.directions B.persons C.trees D.animals
A.surprised B.angry C.sad D.moved
A.short B.long C.hard D.beautiful
A.fish B.pets C.hens D.birds
A.forest B.shop C.office D.hospital
A.cut B.put C.bring D.take
A.puzzled B.frightened C.amused D.satisfied
A.appear B.escape C.remove D.lie
A.soft B.flexible C.bent D.tall
A.doubt B.harm C.use D.way
A.desperation B.anger C.sorrow D.relief
A.complained B.grew C.spoke D.waited
完形填空,阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Two years ago, a restaurant had fallen upon hard times. Only five ________were left: the manager and four others, all over 60 years old.
In the town near the restaurant there ________ a successful businessman who was good at managing business, so the manager ________ to ask the businessman if he could offer any advice that might ________ the restaurant. The manager and the businessman talked for a long period of time, ________ when he was asked for advice, the businessman ________ for a while and then said, “I have no________to give. The ________ thing I can tell you is that the saver is one of you.”
The manager, returning to the restaurant ________ , told the other people what the businessman had said. In the months that followed, the old restaurant workers thought________ of the words of the businessman, “The saver is one of us?” They asked themselves. As they ________ about this possibility, they all began to treat each other with ________ respect. And thinking that each of themselves ________ be the saver, they also began to treat themselves with more care.
________ time went by, people coming to the restaurant ________that some respect and warm kindness were around the five old members of the small restaurant. Hardly knowing ________ , more people began to come back to the restaurant. They began to ________ their friends, and theirs brought more friends. Two years later, the small restaurant had once again ________a big food company, thanks to the businessman’s ________. They understood that it was they themselves that were the ________ .
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The famous composer(作曲家), Albert Roussel, didn’t have a good start in this career.However, he achieved a great deal of success as a result of a .
Roussel’s parents died when he was eight and he went to live with his .As a little boy, he fell in love with music and himself about it by reading through the family collection that his mother kept, which there were a lot of related books.
Three years later, Roussel’s grandfather died, and his mother’s sister decided to him.Her husband was a kind man and for young Roussel’s music lessons.One summer vacation at a Belgian seaside added a second to his life—the sea.Then he studied to be a naval cadet(海军学员),but still made time to study .
In the French Navy, he and two friends found the time to a band, playing the works of Beethoven and other .Roussel also began composing.On Christmas day 1892, he had his first chance to as a composer, which turned out to be a success.
That success Roussel to write a wedding march(婚礼进行曲),and one of his navy friends to show it to a famous conductor, Edouard Colonne.When Roussel’s friend with the manuscript(手稿), he reported that Colonne had advised Roussel to his naval career and devote his life to music.
Not long , at the age of 25, Roussel decided to Edouard Colonne’s advice.He gave his heart and soul to his composing and a major force in twentieth century French music.Because of Eduoard Colonne’s inspiring , Roussel devoted his life to music—but Rousssel’s friend later admitted that he had made it up.He said he had never even shown Roussel’s manuscript to the famous conductor.
A.joke B.lie C.guess D.hope
A.neighbor B.aunt C.teacher D.grandfather
A.taught B.chose C.improved D.asked
A.among B.between C.within D.before
A.miss B.catch C.raise D.leave
A.paid B.applied C.looked D.waited
A.page B.love C.wish D.job
A.art B.English C.dance D.music
A.deal with B.make for C.set up D.take away
A.teachers B.professors C.composers D.singers
A.perform B.produce C.study D.publish
A.found B.encouraged C.forbade D.wanted
A.came B.brought C.refused D.offered
A.went B.returned C.left D.ran
A.give up B.keep to C.begin with D.focus on
A.however B.therefore C.afterwards D.then
A.repeat B.change C.correct D.follow
A.became B.replaced C.improved D.grasped
A.will B.request C.order D.advice
A.school B.navy C.music D.work
完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her three-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new baby. They found out that it was going to be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael to his sister in Mommy’s tummy(肚子). He was building a bond of love with his little sister before he even met her.
The pregnancy progressed for Karen until the labor pains came. Soon it was every five minutes ... every minute. But something serious during delivery. Finally, Michael’s little sister was born. But she was in serious . With siren(警报) howling in the night, the ambulance the infant(婴儿) to the Intensive Care unit at St. Mary’s Hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee.
The days passed by. The little girl got . The doctors told the parents, "There is very little hope."Karen and her husband contacted a local cemetery (墓地) about a burial plot. They had a special room in their home for the new baby — now they planned a funeral(葬礼).
After two weeks in Intensive Care, it looked as if a funeral would come the week was over. Michael, kept begging his parents to let him see his sister, “I want to sing to her,” he said. Kids were never in Intensive Care. But Karen made up her mind to take Michael they liked it or not. If he didn’t see his sister now, he may never see her alive.
She him in an oversized suit and him into ICU. He looked like a walking laundry basket, but the head nurse him as a child, “Get that kid out of here now!” The mother rose up strong in Karen, and the usually lady glared steel-eyed right into the head nurse’s face, saying in a tone of voice, “He is not leaving until he sings to his sister!” Karen towed Michael to his sister’s bedside. He gazed at the tiny baby the battle to live. And he began to sing. the pure hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sang:
“You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray…”
the baby girl responded. The pulse rate began to down and became steady.
“Keep on singing, Michael.” encouraged Karen. “You never know, dear, how much I love you. Please don’t take my sunshine away…”As Michael sang to his sister, the baby's breath became as smooth as a kitten’s purr.
“Keep on singing, Michael.” “The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping…” Michael’s little sister relaxed as rest, healing rest, seemed to sweep over her.
Funeral plans were . The next day — the very next day — the little girl was well enough to go home!
The medical staff just called it a miracle. Karen called it a miracle of God’s love!
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Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503. He was working __ a special painting for a church at that time, ____ the church painting was not ____ well. An Italian businessman asked da Vinci to paint a picture of his second ____. This is the woman who ___ be seen in the Mona Lisa.
All in all, the Mona Lisa is a very good example of da Vinci’s ____ and it satisfied the husband. Da Vinci used ____ and light in a clever____ in the painting. Da Vinci loved science and ___. Right away a person can see that there is a lot of geometry(几何形状) in the Mona Lisa. The face of the Mona Lisa is made of many circles and ____ shapes like____. Even her _ _ can be seen as a small part of a large circle. The woman in the ____ is sitting on a balcony, and ____ can be seen behind her because Da Vinci loved to study rocks, and these can also be seen___ in his other paintings. The woman is sitting with her knees ____ the side. Her head is turned to look out of the painting. Her hands are ____ together in front of her. This way of ____ is now used by many ____ when they are ____. The Mona Lisa is a remarkable master.
A.up B.in C.on D.about
A.but B.thus C.however D.so
A.doing B.going C.making D.working
A.servant B.daughter C.nurse D.wife
A.must B.should C.might D.can
A.works B.jobs C.novels D.photos
A.heaviness B.black C.darkness D.oils
A.way B.picture C.hand D.eye
A.chemistry B.maths C.geography D.biology
A.square B.round C.long D.egg
A.balls B.sticks C.vases D.boxes
A.smile B.shout C.cry D.anger
A.church B.painting C.sofa D.house
A.trees B.buildings C.mountains D.flowers
A.by and by B.here and there C.over and over D.up and down
A.on B.by C.to D.beyond
A.caught B.held C.supported D.hung
A.painting B.living C.smiling D.sitting
A.women B.actresses C.girls D.models
A.being painted B.painting C.being played D.played
完形填空,阅读下面短文,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。
Competitive swimming was a big part of my life as a teenager. So I was very excited when my sons decided to take up the sport. Daily, I’d arrive a few minutes early before their ________ ended so I could watch their progress, assess their ________ for later discussions and give them a few tips on how to swim faster ________, one afternoon at the pool, someone else caught my ________ .
The teen girl was not a typical swimmer. Her ________ , out-of-date swimsuit was two sizes too big. She struggled to reach the end of the pool. Always ________ and always being passed by the better-trained girls. The other girls would ________ their friends to climb out of the pool, giggle(咯咯笑)and run back to the starting areas. ________nobody waited for her. She always walked back to the starting areas ________. However, day after day, she’d show up ________ practice and do it all over again in her old, worn swimsuit.
The first swim meeting ________ arrived, and I smiled as I watched my sons________ straight with their team members around the swimming pool. I was a(n) 53 mother, but then, I saw the girl who had________ day after day to swim to the end of the pool. She wasn’t wearing the old, worn swimsuit She was wearing a (n) ________ , new swimsuit with a matching swimming cap and goggles(护目镜). I ________ again and believed someone bought these new things for her so she could feel and look like a _________ regardless of how fast she could swim. She never did find out who bought the ________for her because the person remained anonymous(匿名)。
I admire the unknown person who ________ the pool girl. Do you ever wonder how you can help a teen? Take time to notice your surroundings. There is a teen in your life that________encouragement or help. Be the one who makes a difference in her life.
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Tom was crossing the road the other day when he saw a red car coming in the distance.He thought the car would _____, as the lights had turned red. _____, the car was going too ____ and Tom soon _____ that it couldn’t stop in time.He _____ to move out of its _____ but it was too late.Tom was ____ down by the red car and lay _____ dead on the road. Passers-by ______ went to him and an ambulance(救护车)was _____for.The driver of the red car didn’t stop, ____one of the men had written down the _____ of the car, which he _____ to the police who arrived at the site(现场).
At the same time, Tom was taken to the ____ and his parents were called for.They were very _____ to hear of the accident and quickly rushed to his ___.For three days Tom was not able to feel or think and his parents were worried that he _____ die.But on the fourth day Tom ____ and spoke softly.His parents were _____.The police by then had _____ the owner of the car and caught hold of him at last.
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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的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。
Insight Without Sight
At the age of eighteen I couldn’t wait to get my first job, which meant I made the first step toward adulthood.
But it was difficult to get a work permit.One day I was dropped off by my parents at the
, where applicants took their physical tests for work permits.Although I had night blindness, my vision was clearer during the day, which helped me walk by myself.Then the doctor began the .He looked into my eyes with a bright light.“I your parents take you to an eye specialist,”he said,“I suspect you have a retinal(视网膜) disease.If you do, you’ll never a day in your life…”
My parents did take me to specialists.After much time and money spent seeking an result, it was determined that I had an eye disease that slowly a person of sight.But still, during daylight, I could walk without .I could read, but not for hours.My eyes began to
and words slipped off the page when I read more than a few pages.However, no matter how tired my eyes became, I never gave up reading.I knew the of great writers as well as I knew the most popular music stars.Their words were powerful, which me to try writing.Soon writing brought me a lot of each time I completed a paper.
Then an important phone call from an editor changed my life.An article I .appeared in a local newspaper.The newspaper, to my , continued to print my work.Next, a book series published several of my essays.I got interested in writing and up with each acceptance.On the pages, readers never knew of my blindness I chose to present it.For me, finding my voice through writing gave me the pride and satisfaction I so many years ago.Now, I have numerous essays and articles in .
Should I be thanking that misguided doctor? By falsely predicting that I could never work a day, he fueled my into success.He set the bar too .and focused on what I wouldn’t be able to do.Yet I proved what I could do.
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完形填空。
There are many brands of chocolate.If you love it,you can’t forget DOVE --the most famous chocolate brand.But do you know what the meaning of DOVE is?
Dove chocolate is born because of.One day in 1919 Princess Bazaar of Luxembourg's royal family first met the royal kitchen helper Leon.Many nights Leon slipped into the kitchen and various ice creams for Bazaar.They soon fell in love.Unfortunately owing to their quite different social ,both of them had to the deep feelings in heart.
Afterwards Bazaar was made to an arranged royal marriage against her wishes.For many days Leon could not see Bazaar,and he was burning with .Finally Bazaar turned up at the table a month later.While serving desserts,Leon the letters "DOVE" which is an abbreviation of DO YOU LOVE ME with hot chocolate on Bazaar's ice cream.Leon that Bazaar could understand his feeling.
A few days later,Bazaar got.Leon,broken-hearted,could not the mental suffering and left for America,where he and his own family a candy store years later but lived unhappily.
Many years later,they met again before Bazaar’s death.Bazaar that she did eat the ice cream that afternoon but didn't see the letters and also didn't receive any promise from Leon and she had to to her fate and missed him all her lifetime.
Hearing this,Leon broke down in tears.If that chocolate had been,those letters would never have melted and he would not have lost his last.Leon decided to create a solid chocolate which can a long time.
After lots of research,he succeeded and each piece of chocolate was engraved(刻) with the letters –DOVE.It is a of the love between Leon and Bazaar.
Now more and more people fall in love with this chocolate.Giving someone DOVE means sending the of love DO YOU LOVE ME?
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完形填空
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1—15各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中,选出最佳选项。
I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large ________ across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-aged children. At the end of the day, he would________his taxi on the road. I________ why he did not park it in the garage.
Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home ________ work, leave his taxi and go out for his ________ affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was ________ .
I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I ________ to be outside one evening two weeks later, when the garage door was ________ and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce(劳斯莱斯)! It shook me completely ________ I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But deep inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a(n) ________ . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. For him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a (n) ________ .
We go to bed every night and ________ every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a party as close friends or go for a vacation as a ________ . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we ________ the social ladder(梯子)And we never use our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on ________ we are than what we do!
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完形填空
阅读下面短文,从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day I was in a parking lot when a sincere man came to me asking for help with directions. He had a printout of Google maps from the airport to a ________ on the main street, but couldn’t ________ it. He clearly didn’t have a phone, so after confirming his written directions, I mapped it on my ________ and showed him exactly where he needed to go.
He mentioned that he had ________ going there, but there was no such street number and he couldn’t locate his hotel. I ________ it again for him, he thanked me with a big ________, shook my hand, and took off. I got into my car and he got into his, and we ________ ways. As I drove to the next store and went in, I found something wasn’t right about the ________ so I Googled again and ________ that he was looking for the right ________ but in a city a half hour away!
Unfortunately it had been several minutes, and in the peak rush hour time, the ________ o f finding him was slim to none. But I decided to give it a ________ and took off in that direction. I had barely ________ what his car looked like, and was just about to________ . I parked my car and wa________what else I could do when the man drove right by and ________ over into a nearby parking spot, still ________ about where he was.
When I pulled in next to him, he couldn’t believe it. “________ did you find me? ” he asked. “ I’m not sure, but I ________that you are in the wrong city! ” I showed him the right directions, and after more smiles, laughs and a handshake, we parted ways again. Probably we’ll never ________ again, but that makes it all the more sweet.
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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。
From the very beginning, the girl's family objected strongly to her dating this guy. Though the girl loved the guy ____, she always asked him: "How deep is your love for me?" As the guy was not good at words, this often caused the girl to be very ____.
After a couple of years, the guy finally graduated and decided to ____ his studies overseas. Before leaving, he proposed marriage to the girl and promised to ____ her for the whole life. The girl agreed, and with the guy's determination, the family finally ____. Before he went abroad, they got engaged.They often sent their ____ through emails and phone calls. Though it was hard, both never thought of giving up.
One day, while the girl was on her way to work, she was _____ by a car. The collision (碰撞) on her brain has caused her to lose her voice. The girl did not want to be a _____ to him. She ____ him saying that she did not wish to wait any longer. With the letter, she sent the ring back to him.
The girl decided to move away, hoping that she could completely forget ____. In the new environment, the girl learnt the ____ and started a new life. She told herself every day that she must ____ the guy. One day, her friend came and told her that he was ____. She asked her friend not to let him know what had happened to her. Since then, there wasn't any more ____ of him.
A year later, her friend came with an envelope, ____ an invitation card for the guy's wedding. The girl was shattered (打击). When she opened the letter, she saw her own ____ in it. She was about to ask her friend what was the matter ____ she saw the guy standing in front of her. He used the sign language telling her, "I've spent a year ____ the sign language. I want you to know I haven’t forgotten my ____. Let me have the chance to be your voice. I love you." With these, he slipped the ____ back into her finger. The girl finally smiled.
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When we are unfamiliar with something, we may feel nervous and fearful. The help of others is a good to help us pull through write for a big newspaper, and I wanted to a story about parachute jumping(跳伞). To make it a realistic as well as exciting , I decided that I had to make a jump myself .Unluckily, I’m not good at any , let alone(更不用说)parachute jumping.
My friend Mr. Smith was willing to give me a . He took me to a ground school. The first day’s included several hours of instruction but not my first drop from a(n) For this, I had to wait until the following .
The next morning, I was taken to the airfield. , a heavy parachute was put on my back. Then I was to make my way to a small plane which had just stopped slowly on the runway. Once on board, the plane was soon . I began to feel nervous. As we reached one thousand meters, Harry, my teacher, hooked(钩)a 13 from my parachute to a steel ring inside the plane. The line was to pull my parachute after I jumped.
“Get , Henry,” Harry said. I moved carefully to the door.I wanted to , “NO, no, no!” But no word came.
“Jump!” Harry called . “Jump!”
Away from the plane, and down, down I fell, arms stretched. It worked All at once I was very happy. Then I felt a quick . My big parachute had opened! It was the best I ever had. I looked down. There were rivers, trees, fields and houses. I heard the soft sound of the air. This was .
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You've been away from us for one year; you told us a lie which I came to know not long ago.
On this special day for teachers across the country, I can ________keep myself from telling your white lie(善意的谎言) to those who would lend me an ear.
Do you still remember the happy _____about six years ago? We fixed our eyes upon you at your _____.You, a beautiful young lady, ____ __ us that you would live in our village.
Soon after, we began to find you were part of your students and their simple honest parents. The villagers found their children ______more time on their books ___ ___ after doing their homework and housework. Yet they still ____ __ that one day you might leave. You _ __a smile all the time, which reduced to some degree their___ __ of your leaving. You went all out in the ____ __ of your students, helping them not only in their studies but also in their tuition(学费).You often emphasized to us the ____ __ of one's life, so that must have been what you were ____ in those five years!
One cold morning when class began, you entered the room ____ __ you had been crying ____ __. In your class, we ____ __ but looked away from your eyes. You ____ __for some time as if you were ____to find the right word…you said you would go away and would never be back to teach because your boyfriend wanted you more…
On the following morning, we ___ __ you the very best and the villagers gave you their ____ __The train took you away and your broken ____ __.The other day I happened to hear my parents chatting that you had lung cancer and left the world soon after you waved goodbye.
A.forever B.seldom C.soon D.hardly
A.scene B.condition C.sign D.sight
A.report B.explanation C.arrival D.speech
A.promised B.answered C.permitted D.agreed
A.shared B.spent C.paid D.devoted
A.even B.ever C.soon D.still
A.considered B.feared C.supposed D.doubted
A.gained B.presented C.wore D.pretended
A.difficulty B.question C.trouble D.fear
A.teaching B.middle C.field D.course
A.way B.wealth C.value D.cost
A.after B.with C.for D.against
A.as long as B.now that C.as if D.even though
A.happily B.bitterly C.angrily D.anxiously
A.listened B.talked C.discussed[ D.studied
A.explained B.stopped C.talked D.spoke
A.worrying B.thinking C.crying D.trying
A.hoped B.expected C.brought D.wished
A.thanks B.satisfactions C.expressions D.rewards
A.class B.heart C.class D.memory