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    A daughter thought life was unpromising to her and complained to her father about it. She did not know how she was going to   21  and wanted to give up. She was   22  of fighting and struggling. It seemed as if one problem was just solved before a new one   23 .
    Her father, a cook, took her to the   24 . He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high   25 . Soon the pots came to a   26 . In one he placed carrots, in the second he placed eggs, and the last he placed ground coffee beans. He let them sit and boil, without saying a word.
    The daughter sucked her teeth and   27  waited, asking repeatedly what he was doing. In about twenty minutes he turned off the   28  . He fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then he spooned the coffee out and placed it in another. Turning to her he asked, “Darling, what do you see?”
    “Carrots, eggs, and coffee,” she replied.
    He brought her closer and asked her to   29  the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the   30 , she observed the hard-boiled egg! Finally, he asked her to taste the coffee. She smiled   31  she tasted its rich flavor. She humbly asked, “What does it mean, Father?”
    He explained that each of them had faced the same   32 , boiling water, but each   33   differently. The carrot went in   34  and hard. But after being subjected to the boiling water, it   35  and became weak. The egg had been   36 . Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But after sitting   37  the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique,   38 . After they were in the boiling water, they had   39  the water.
    “Which are you?” he asked his daughter. “When adversity knocks on your door,   40  do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?”
    小题1:
    A．make outB．make itC．make upD．make through
    小题2:
    A．typicalB．consciousC．tiredD．warned
    小题3:
    A．raisedB．aroseC．disappearedD．faded
    小题4:
    A．roomB．marketC．kitchenD．grocery
    小题5:
    A．shelfB．temperatureC．fireD．table
    小题6:
    A．boilB．coolC．hotD．smoke
    小题7:
    A．happilyB．calmlyC．casuallyD．impatiently
    小题8:
    A．lightsB．burnersC．tapD．water
    小题9:
    A．seeB．carryC．feelD．fetch
    小题10:
    A．shellB．packC．bagD．cover
    小题11:
    A．sinceB．asC．beforeD．if
    小题12:
    A．occasionB．pointC．varietyD．adversity
    小题13:
    A．reflectedB．answeredC．abandonedD．reacted
    小题14:
    A．stableB．weakC．strongD．sensitive
    小题15:
    A．softenedB．widenedC．shortenedD．sharpened
    小题16:
    A．half-doneB．easily-broken C．easily-gotD．hard-boiled
    小题17:
    A．overB．forC．throughD．on
    小题18:
    A．howeverB．otherwiseC．besidesD．moreover
    小题19:
    A．meltedB．absorbedC．pollutedD．changed
    小题20:
    A．whatB．howC．whenD．why

    小题1:B
    小题2:C
    小题3:B
    小题4:C
    小题5:C
    小题6:A
    小题7:D
    小题8:B
    小题9:C
    小题10:A
    小题11:B
    小题12:D
    小题13:D
    小题14:C
    小题15:A
    小题16:B
    小题17:C
    小题18:A
    小题19:D
    小题20:B

    试题分析：文章介绍一个女孩告诉爸爸她不知道生活如何成功，厌倦于努力，奋斗，想放弃，爸爸将她带到厨房，用胡萝卜，鸡蛋和咖啡分别在锅里面煮，让孩子看这三种东西的反应，从而启发孩子在逆境的时候应该怎么做。
    小题1:考查词组：A. make out辨认出，B. make it成功，C. make up编造，弥补，D. make through完成，从前面的句子：A daughter thought life was unpromising to her and complained to her father about it.可知女孩不知道生活如何成功，想放弃，选B
    小题2:考查形容词：A. typical典型的，B. conscious有意识的，C. tired疲劳的，厌烦的，D. warned警告的，从前面的wanted to give up.可知她厌倦于努力，奋斗，选C
    小题3:考查动词：A. raised举起，提高，饲养，B. arose产生，C. disappeared消失，D. faded褪色，句意：一个问题还没解决另外一个问题就出现了，选B
    小题4:考查名词：A. room房间，B. market市场，C. kitchen厨房，D. grocery杂货店，从后面的内容：He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high   25  .可知爸爸把女儿带到厨房，选C
    小题5:考查名词：A. shelf架子，B. temperature温度，C. fire火，D. table桌子，爸爸把三个锅里面放上水，每个放在火上，选C
    小题6:考查动词：A. boil沸腾，B. cool冷却，C. hot热，D. smoke烟，从后面的句子：He let them sit and boil, without saying a word.可知锅里面的水沸腾了，选A
    小题7:考查副词：A. happily快乐地，B. calmly冷静地，C. casually随意地，D. impatiently不耐烦地，从后面的句子：asking repeatedly what he was doing，可知女孩不耐烦的等待，选D
    小题8:考查名词：A. lights光，B. burners炉子C. tap水龙头，D. water水，这些锅是放在炉子上烧的，这里是关掉炉子，选B
    小题9:考查动词：A. see看见，B. carry携带，C. feel感觉，摸，D. fetch去拿，从后面的句子：She did and noted that they were soft.可知爸爸是让女儿摸胡萝卜，选C
    小题10:考查名词：A. shell贝壳，B. pack背包，C. bag包，D. cover覆盖，从后面的句子：she observed the hard-boiled egg!可知女儿拨开鸡蛋壳，看见煮熟的鸡蛋，选A
    小题11:考查连词：A. since自从，B. as正如，当…时候，C. before在…前面，D. if如果，当女儿喝着味道很棒的咖啡的时候，她笑了，选B
    小题12:考查名词：A. occasion场合，机会，B. point观点，C. variety种类，D. adversity不幸；灾难；逆境，前面说这三种东西被放在锅里面煮，爸爸把它们说成是逆境，从最后一段的句子：When adversity knocks on your door,可知答案选D
    小题13:考查动词：A. reflected反应，反思，B. answered回答，C. abandoned放弃，D. reacted表现，选句意：它们都有相同的逆境，但是反应不一样，选D
    小题14:考查形容词：A. stable稳定的，B. weak虚弱的，C. strong强壮的，D. sensitive敏感的，和hard并列的是strong，选C
    小题15:考查动词：A. softened变软，B. widened加宽，C. shortened缩短，D. sharpened削尖，从后面的became weak.可知胡萝卜被煮过后变软了，选A
    小题16:考查形容词：A. half-done做了一半的，B. easily-broken容易破碎的，C. easily-got容易得到的，D. hard-boiled很煮熟的，从后面的句子：Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior.可知鸡蛋本来是易碎的，选B
    小题17:考查介词：A. over越过，B. for为了，C. through通过，D. on在…上面，sit through：一直挺到结束，说明鸡蛋在水里面一直到最后，选C
    小题18:考查副词：A. however然而，B. otherwise否则，C. besides在…旁边，D. moreover还有，前面说咖啡豆的味道很独特，后面说改变了水，是转折关系，选A
    小题19:考查动词：A. melted融化，B. absorbed吸收，C. polluted污染，D. changed改变，从前面的内容可知咖啡把水的味道改变了，选D
    小题20:考查疑问词：A. what什么B. how怎么C. when何时，D. why为什么？爸爸问孩子如果逆境敲你的门，你怎么回应？选B
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    小题1:How did Michal’s feel when he knew that he was going to have a sister?
    A．indifferent.B．worried.C．expectant.D．disappointed.
    小题2:The doctor recommended the family ___________.
    A．get ready for the worst result.
    B．wait for the hope in the near future.
    C．prepare much more money for the infant.
    D．prepare for another chance in other hospitals.
    小题3:Which word can best replace the underlined word in Paragraph 4?
    A．pointed.B．yelled.C．whispered.D．ignored.
    小题4:What happened when Michael sang to his little sister?
    A．The little baby responded to his song and woke up immediately.
    B．The baby heard the song and burst into tears.
    C．The baby’s physical signs disappeared eventually.
    D．The baby recovered from the dangerous state of coma gradually.
    小题5:What could be the best title of the article?
    A．An unexpected gift.B．A miracle of love.
    C．A iron-mother.D．A medical success.

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    科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：阅读理解

    A few days ago we – that’s me and the husband – took a cab to the station. Chat with the driver fell to the wrong of cyclists, and the misunderstanding of the road rules. So far as the rules of the road go, there seems to be one basic principle: when you are driving a car you hate bikes, when you are riding a bike you hate cars (and I guess walkers hate everyone). 
    There is an obvious difference of viewpoint built in here. It wasn’t until I started to drive a car (almost 20years after I had first rode a bike) that I actually realized that you could not see a cyclist at night without lights. In fact I now want to shout at late night cyclists without lights(like motortists once did at me): “You’ll get killed, sunshine, I can’t see you.”
    The problem is that cyclists do ride headlong into danger. It's not just not having lights. It’s biking on pavements (and so threatening to injure a load of innocent walkers in the process) and biking down one-way streets the wrong way.
    I admit that I do bike the wrong way down a one-way street sometimes. My feeble(软弱无力) defense is that I try always to do it as if I know I was doing wrong. That is slowly, with an apologetic look on the face, and ready to get off at any minute. I can’t bear the guys(一伙人) (usually, but not always it is guys) who do it as if they owned the place, and at high speed.
    So cyclists are not entirely innocent. But they are among the disadvantaged groups, because the bottom line is that a car or a lorry can kill a cyclist and not the other way around.
    小题1:When did the writer realize the danger for late night cyclists without lights?
    A．Not until she became a driver herself.
    B．Not until she had driven a car for 20 years.
    C．After she was shouted at by a motorist.
    D．After she was once knocked down by a group of guys.
    小题2:When the writer biked the wrong way down a one way street, she felt_________.
    A．angryB．guiltyC．innocentD．proud
    小题3:Which group is most likely to face danger according to the writer?
    A．walkers B．passers-byC．cyclists D．motorists
    小题4:What can we learn about the writer?
    A．She often took a cab with her husband.
    B．She has been a motorist for over 20 years.
    C．She used to ride a bike without lights at night.
    D．She often biked the wrong way down a one way street.

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    科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：阅读理解

    Once on a dark winter's day，when the yellow fog hung so thick and heavy in the streets of London that the lamps were lighted and the shop windows blazed with gas as they did at night，an odd-looking little girl sat in a cab with her father and was driven rather slowly through the main street.
    Sara Crewe leaned against her father，who held her in his arms，as she stared out of the window at the passing people with an old-fashioned thoughtfulness in her big eyes. At this moment she was remembering the voyage she had just made from Bombay with her father，Captain Crewe. She was thinking of what a strange thing it was that at one time one was in India in the hot sun，and then in the middle of the ocean，and then driving in a strange vehicle through strange streets.
    “Papa，” she said in a low，mysterious little voice which was almost a whisper.
    “What is it，darling?”Captain Crewe answered，holding her closer and looking down into her face．
    "Is this the place？＂Sara whispered.
    "Yes，little Sara，it is. We have reached it at last.”
    It seemed to her many years since he had begun to prepare her mind for "the place”，as she always called it. Her mother had died when she was born，so she had never known or missed her.Her young，handsome，rich father seemed to be the only relation she had in the world．
    During her short life only one thing had troubled her，and that thing was "the place” she was to be taken to some day. The climate of India was very bad for children，and as soon as possible they were sent away from it-generally to England and to school.
    "Couldn't you go to that place with me，Papa？＂she had asked when she was five years old．
    "Couldn't you go to school，too？ I would help you with your lessons.”
    "But you will not have to stay for a very long time，little Sara，”he had always said. "You will grow so fast that it will seem scarcely a year before you are big enough and clever enough to come back and take care of Papa.”
    She had liked to think of that．She liked to talk to him and read his books-that would be what she would like most in the world，and if one must go away to "the place” in England to attain it，she must make up her mind to go．She liked books more than anything else，and was，in fact，always inventing stories of beautiful things and telling them to herself.
    Captain Crewe held her very closely in his arms as the cab rolled into the big，dull square in which stood the house which was their destination．
    小题1:The story happened_______．
    A．on a moonless night B．on a foggy day
    C．on a hot day D．on a starry night
    小题2:Sara Crewe came to England to_______
    A．visit her relatives B．see her mother's house
    C．receive education D．buy books for her father
    小题3:We can learn from the story that Sara Crewe was_______．
    A．scepticalB．curiousC．cheerfulD．imaginative

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