Since my retirement（退休）from teaching music in 2001, I have spent a good deal of time painting as an artist, I actually began drawing again in the summer of 1995 when my father died, so perhaps I was trying to recover from the loss of my father, or maybe it was just that it brought back memories of him. In any case, I drew pen and ink animals and landscapes（风景画） much influenced（影响）by Krenkel and St. John for five years.
For some strange reason, I had been waiting until my retirement to start doing watercolors again, but as soon as I walked out of the school door for the last time I picked up my brushes and rediscovered Andrew Wyeth, who quickly became my favorite artist. I had looked through all the art books I had on my shelves and found his watercolors to be the closest to how I thought good watercolors should look. So I painted landscapes around Minnesota for three years and tried out many other types of painting. However, watercolors remained my first choice, and I think I did my best work there, showing my paintings at a number of art exhibitions.
Art is now together with my piano playing and reading. There is a time for everything in my world, and it is wonderful to have some time doing what I want to do. As Confucius once said,“At seventy I can follow my heart's desire.”
(1)What is the text mainly about?
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A．Learning to paint in later life.
B．How to paint watercolors.
C．An artist-turned teacher.
D．Life after retirement.
(2)The author started drawing again in 1995 because ______.
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A．he hoped to draw a picture of his father
B．he couldn't stop missing his father
C．he had more time after retirement
D．he liked animals and landscapes
(3)We can infer from the text that the author ______.
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A．had been taught by Krenkel and St. John
B．painted landscapes in Minnesota for 5 years
C．believed Wyeth to be the best in watercolors
D．started his retirement life at the age of seventy
(4)How does the author probably feel about his life as an artist?
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Mr Parker was living in the country , and he wanted to go to an office in the city one day . He 1 the address on a letter, got 2 his car and 3 to the city . He drove straight to the office without any 4 and stopped his car 5 the office. He locked his car and 6 to go into his office, but suddenly he turned around and went back to his car . He remembered that he 7 his keys in it ! He telephoned his wife and said, “ 8 , I ’ve locked my keys in my car . Please 9 me your keys .”
Mrs Parker got into their 10 car and drove twenty miles to 11 her husband. But 12 Mr Parker was waiting for his wife, he walked 13 his car and tried the other 14 . It was not locked ! Mr Parker locked it 15 before his wife arrived.
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Gordon Summer is a very good-looking man admired by millions and so rich that he can afford all he could ever wish for. 1 known as Sting, he’s the lead singer of The Police.
Suddenly Sting has become a 2 .“I can’t walk down a street any more without feeling that people are 3 me,” he says.
“When I’m not working, all I want to do is to be a 4 person. I make a point of walking round the street, just being 5 .”
He and Frances bought the house in 6 when Sting returned from The Police’s highly successful world tour.
“I picked Ireland because, apart from being 7 ,you can stay in touch with England while 8 life at a slower pace!”He also has Irish ancestry(祖先)and an Irish 9 ,Frances, a well accepted actress.
Sting is very much a man 10 the eighties:“Frances 11 to be considered as only my wife, which I’m 12 about. She has her own 13 .She’s ambitious(雄心勃勃的)and clever, but she has never let it affect her. It’s 14 been that way. When we got married and had Joseph,”explains Sting,“we both agreed that being 15 was not going to affect our work.”
A fixed 16 life is clearly important to Sting. It remains the one constant factor in a world that has changed completely for him since he 17 a job in teaching for the music business. Sting loved 18 ,but could not help playing in bands. So he tried to 19 both, teaching by day, playing by night. It left him so 20 that he knew he had to choose one or the other.
1. A.Hardly B. Better
C. More? D. Less
2. A. superstar B. teacher
C. singer D. player
3. A. following B. calling
C. watching D. waving
4. A. famous B. rich
C. normal D. poor
5. A. myself B. himself
C. ourselves D. themselves
6. A. England B. America
C. Scotland D. Ireland
7. A. near B. area
C. pleasant D. mountainous
8. A. suffering B. leading
C. protecting D. enjoying
9. A. wife B. friend
C. partner D. parent
10. A. of B. in
C. for D. at
11. A. agrees B. asks
C. refuses D. likes
12. A. worried B. glad
C. thankful D. angry
13. A. child B. life
C. job D. mind
14. A. seldom B. sometimes?
C. recently D. always
15. A. parents B. singers
C. players D. teachers
16. A. singing B. family
C. teaching D. playing
17. A. took up B. gave up
C. picked up D. put up
18. A. working B. traveling
C. changing D. teaching
19. A. make B. get
C. have D. do
20. A. given out B. picked out
C. died out D. tired out
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Suddenly Sting has become a 2 .“I can’t walk down a street any more without feeling that people are 3 me,” he says.
“When I’m not working, all I want to do is to be a 4 person. I make a point of walking round the street, just being 5 .”
He and Frances bought the house in 6 when Sting returned from The Police’s highly successful world tour.
“I picked Ireland because, apart from being 7 ,you can stay in touch with England while 8 life at a slower pace!”He also has Irish ancestry(祖先)and an Irish 9 ,Frances, a well accepted actress.
Sting is very much a man 10 the eighties:“Frances 11 to be considered as only my wife, which I’m 12 about. She has her own 13 .She’s ambitious(雄心勃勃的)and clever, but she has never let it affect her. It’s 14 been that way. When we got married and had Joseph,”explains Sting,“we both agreed that being 15 was not going to affect our work.”
A fixed 16 life is clearly important to Sting. It remains the one constant factor in a world that has changed completely for him since he 17 a job in teaching for the music business. Sting loved 18 ,but could not help playing in bands. So he tried to 19 both, teaching by day, playing by night. It left him so 20 that he knew he had to choose one or the other.
1. A.Hardly B. Better
C. More? D. Less
2. A. superstar B. teacher
C. singer D. player
3. A. following B. calling
C. watching D. waving
4. A. famous B. rich
C. normal D. poor
5. A. myself B. himself
C. ourselves D. themselves
6. A. England B. America
C. Scotland D. Ireland
7. A. near B. area
C. pleasant D. mountainous
8. A. suffering B. leading
C. protecting D. enjoying
9. A. wife B. friend
C. partner D. parent
10. A. of B. in
C. for D. at
11. A. agrees B. asks
C. refuses D. likes
12. A. worried B. glad
C. thankful D. angry
13. A. child B. life
C. job D. mind
14. A. seldom B. sometimes?
C. recently D. always
15. A. parents B. singers
C. players D. teachers
16. A. singing B. family
C. teaching D. playing
17. A. took up B. gave up
C. picked up D. put up
18. A. working B. traveling
C. changing D. teaching
19. A. make &n b sp; B. get
C. have D. do
20. A. given out B. picked out
C. died out D. tired out
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科目：高中英语 来源：英语教研室 题型：054
the family business had failed and left them heavy debts. So the bank had 2 the family to have an auction sale to repay their debts.
3 the past several weeks, she had managed to save $100 in order to bid(出价)on the
4 . Surely this would be enough, she had thought. Now the 5 moment had arrived. Looking around, Sally was surprised to see so many people had 6 , some from far away.
As the auction began, Sally waited. Finally, the time came to bid on the quilt(被子). She held her 7 tightly and listened. The first bid was $50. She was 8 . It was so high! Quickly other people bid and soon the bidding 9 $85. Sally carried out “$100”!For a moment there was silence. Hope 10 her. She glanced again at the quilt, thinking how 11 her grandmother would have been with her 12 .
Just then, from the back, another person shouted “$125”! She had lost her 13 .
Suddenly she couldn’t help wondering why so many people 14 be interested in that old, torn, dirty quilt. The quilt was sold for $500 to a complete 15 .
After the sale, she went to the count to pay for the few items that were now hers. The woman at the cash desk handed her the quilt. “There must be some 16 . Someone else got it. ”She said. A hand-written 17 was pinned to the quilt, which read:
Dear Madam,
I noticed you 18 the quilt. Clearly, it was 19 to you. Please accept this quilt as my gift. I don’t expect repayment from you, but do a similar favor in the future for a stranger who 20 to cross your path.
1. A. Naturally B. Unfortunately
C. Luckily D. Strangely
2. A. forbidden B. waited
C. expected D. forced
3. A. With B. At
C. By D. Over
4. A. house B. pillow
C. furniture D. quilt
5. A. strange B. necessary
C. big D. curio ?us
6. A. turned out B. turned up
C. turned back D. turned on
7. A. purse B. picture
C. book D. quilt
8. A. excited B. calm
C. worried D. shocked
9. A. rose B. climbed
C. reached D. won
10. A. told B. helped
C. filled D. gave
11. A. pleased B. anxious
C. angry D. familiar
12. A. at this moment B. ever since
C. long before D. soon after
13. A. thought B. chance
C. method D. fortune
14. A. could B. might
C. must D. would
15. A. relative B. customer
C. friend D. stranger
16. A. reason B. secret
C. mistake D. fun
17. A. check &nb晄 p; B. wallet
C. address D. note
18. A. admiring B. touching
C. watching D. holding
19. A. wonderful B. various
C. pretty D. precious
20. A. used B. stops
C. happens D. comes
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：054
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）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项．
Dear Jose,
You have asked me for suggestions on how to get along in the United States. It is difficult to give advice, but I have found the following“dos”and“don'ts”helpful.
As a __1__, it isn't easy to find anyone to ___2___ in a big city. However, here are some suggestions. First get or borrow ___3___ ！ Walk him several times a day ！Americans love dogs and usually stop ___4____ to anyone with a dog. Then, try to eat in a cafeteria（食堂）. People generally ___5___ the same tables and will sometimes talk to you ___6___ they see that you are a (an)___7____. Next, take your dirty clothes to a laundry（洗衣店）！It takes about an hour to wash and dry, and many people ____8___ there. They often pass the ___9____ talking to the other customers.____10____ ask for information from a woman, if you are a ____11___ ; and from a man, if you are a woman ！It seems to get ___12____ results for a reason I can't understand. Learn the____13____“Please”,“Thank you”, and “You're welcome” before you come and use them all the time! They usually work like magic（魔术）.
There are some things you shouldn't. Don't tell the truth when people ___14____“How are you?” They only ____15___ the answer to be “Fine”. Never ask people their ___16_____ -- especially women! Everyone wants to be young. Don't tell heavy people they are ____17___. Tell them they are losing ____18___. Everyone here wants to be ___19____. Don't be late for appointment! When someone says six o'clock, ____20___ be there by six. Americans respect time and expect everyone to be “on time”.
Above all, don't worry ! Just follow my advice and bring a 1ot of money and you will get along. I hope I have been of some help to you.
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(8) A．wait |
B．stand |
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C．clothes |
D．discussion |
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B．Seldom |
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C．Always |
D．Sometimes |
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(11) A．policeman |
B．girl |
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C．man |
D．stranger |
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(12) A．worse |
B．better |
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C．fewer |
D．no |
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(13) A．words |
B．pronunciation |
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C．spelling |
D．expressions |
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(14) A．speak |
B．talk |
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C．tell |
D．ask |
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(15) A．expect |
B．wish |
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C．hear |
D．hope |
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(16) A．pay |
B．age |
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C．family |
D．life |
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(17) A．strong |
B．young |
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C．fat |
D．healthy |
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B．something |
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C．a lot |
D．weight |
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B．thin |
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D．heavy |
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B．be sure to |
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