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    The other day I was talking to a stranger on the bus; he told me that he had a good     in Chicago and he wondered if, by any chance, I    to know him. For a moment, I thought he might be   , but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was not. He was     . I felt that it was ridiculous (可笑的) to      that I could possibly have ever met with his friend out of millions of people in Chicago. But,     , I just smiled and reminded（提醒） him that Chicago was a very      city. He nodded, and I thought he was going to be glad to drop the topic and talk about something else. But I was wrong. He was silent for a few minutes, and then he       to tell me all about his friend.
    His friend’s main       in life seemed to be tennis. He was an excellent tennis player, and he      had his own tennis court（网球场）. There were a lot of people with swimming     , yet there were only two people with private (私人的）tennis court; his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I knew several   like that, including my brother, who was doctor in California. He       that maybe there were more private courts in the country than he     but he did not know of any others. Then he asked me    my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence (巧合)    _ his Chicago friend also spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a      who had a tennis court in his backyard. I said I felt that really was a coincidence because my next-door neighbour had gone to Sacramento last summer and had     __ the house next to my brother’s house. For a moment, we stared at each other, but we did not say anything.
    “Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He      and said, “Yes. Would your brother’s name happen to be Dr Rey Hunter?” It was my       to laugh. “Yes,” I replied.
    小题1:
    A．friend B．teacher C．neighbourD．brother
    小题2:
    A．managedB．tried C．happened D．wanted
    小题3:
    A．expecting B．joking C．lyingD．talking
    小题4:
    A．funny B．carefulC．serious(认真）D．disappointed
    小题5:
    A．seeB．find C．realize D．think
    小题6:
    A．indeed B．insteadC．actuallyD．exactly
    小题7:
    A．bigB．interesting C．noisy D．famous
    小题8:
    A．failedB．stopped C．refused D．began
    小题9:
    A．problemB．choice C．interest D．work
    小题10:
    A．just B．evenC．everD．surely
    小题11:
    A．suit B．poolsC．habitD．river
    小题12:
    A．friendsB．players C．strangers D．people
    小题13:
    A．advised B．admitted 承认)C．argued(争论)D．announced（宣布）
    小题14:
    A．recognized B．visited C．knew D．found
    小题15:
    A．where B．whether C．when D．how
    小题16:
    A．thoughB．if C．then D．because
    小题17:
    A．player B．friend C．neighbourD．doctor
    小题18:
    A． sold B．visited C．designed D．rent
    小题19:
    A．smiled B．criedC．laughed D．nodded
    小题20:
    A．turnB．pleasure C．time D．chance

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

    试题分析：作者在公共汽车上碰到了一位善谈的陌生人，陌生人提到自己的朋友，想知道作者是否碰巧认识，本来作者对此感到可笑，但是真的很巧，作者竟然认识陌生人的朋友。
    小题1:考查名词：A. friend朋友， B. teacher 老师，C. neighbour邻居D brother兄弟，.，从下文的Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend.可知陌生人向作者谈起他的好朋友，想知道作者是不是碰巧认识他的好朋友。选A
    小题2:考查动词：A. managed设法， B. tried尝试， C.happened发生，碰巧， D. wanted想要，陌生人向作者谈起他的好朋友，想知道作者是不是碰巧认识他的好朋友。Happen to do sth，碰巧做…，选C
    小题3:考查动词：A. expecting期待，B. joking开玩笑， C.  lying躺， D. talking谈论，从后面的句子：but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was not.可知作者开始觉得他这样说可能是在开玩笑。 选B
    小题4:考查形容词：A. funny好笑的，B. careful仔细的， C. serious 严肃的，认真的， D. disappointed失望的，从前面的句子：but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was not.可知作者从陌 生人脸上的表情看出他不是在开玩笑，他是认真的，选C
    小题5:考查动词：A. see看见， B.     find发现， C. realize意识到，D. think思考，作者认为想想在成百万的芝加哥人中能碰见过他朋友都是可笑的。选D
    小题6:考查副词：A. indeed确实，B. instead相反的， C. actually实际上，  D. exactly确切地，由前句可知作者想说陌生人可笑，but表转折，且由空后的“I just smiled and reminded   him...”推断，作者并没有说出自己的想法，相反，作者微笑着提醒陌生人芝加哥是个很大的城市。选B
    小题7:考查形容词：A. big大的， B. interesting有趣的，C. noisy嘈杂的， D. famous著名的，芝加哥是个很大的城市，选A
    小题8:考查动词：A. failed失败， B. stopped停止，C. refused拒绝，D began开始，.从前面的句子：He was silent for a few minutes,可知他开始谈论他的朋友，选D
    小题9:考查名词：A. problem问题，B. choice选择，C. interest兴趣，D. work工作，由下文“He was an excellent tennis player , and he even had his own tennis court.”可知， 陌生人的朋友是个网球手，甚至有自己的网球场，所以说他朋友的主要兴趣在网球。选C
    小题10:考查副词：A. just仅仅，B. even甚至，C. ever曾经，D. surely确定，从后面的句子：yet there were only two people with private tennis court;可知拥有网球场的人并不多，所以是甚至有网球场，选B
    小题11:考查名词：A. suit套装，B. pools水池， C. habit习惯， D. river河流，有很多人拥有游泳池，但是只有两个人拥有网球场，选B
    小题12:考查名词：A. friends朋友， B. players球员，C strangers陌生人，D. people人们，从后面的句子：including my brother, who was a doctor in California.可知作者认识这样的人，选D
    小题13:考查动词：A. advised建议，B. admitted   承认，C.    argued争论，D. announced宣布，陌生人承认在这个国家可能有更多的私人网球场。admit“承认“。选B
    小题14:考查动词：A. recognized认出，B.. visited 参观， C. knew知道， D. found 发现，有比他知道的更多的私人网球场。know“知道，了解”。选C
    小题15:考查疑问词：A. where哪里， B. whether 是否，C. when什么时候， D. how怎样？从后面的句子：When I said Sacramento,可知陌生人是问他弟弟住在什么地方，选A
    小题16:考查连词：A. though虽然，    B. if是否， C. then那么，D because因为，.前面说这是巧合，因为陌生人的朋友也住在Sacramento,选D
    小题17:考查名词：A. player队友， B. friend 朋友，C. neighbour邻居， D. doctor医生，从前面的句子：including my brother, who was a doctor in California. 可知作者的哥哥是医生，选D
    小题18:考查动词：A. sold卖，B. visited参观，C. designed设计，D. hired雇佣，租用，由空前后信息可知，作者的邻居去年夏天去了Sacramento并且租用了作者哥哥隔壁的 房子。hire“租用”。选D
    小题19:考查动词：A. smiled 微笑，B. cried哭，C. laughed大笑，D.nodded点头，从后面的句子：It was my   55   to laugh.可知听到作者的问话，陌生人大笑起来。选C
    小题20:考查名词：A. turn次序， B. pleasure愉快，C.  time时间，D. chance机会，轮到作者大笑。It’s one’s turn to do sth.“轮到某人做某事。”选A
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    阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从36~55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
    You Did More Than Carry My Books
    　　Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed a boy ahead of him had dropped all of the books he was    , along with a baseball bat and several other things. Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up these articles. They _____ be going the same way, so Mark helped to carry some of them for him. As they walked, Mark    the boy's name was Bill, that he    computer games, baseball and history, that he was having a lot of    with his other subjects and that he had just broken    with his girl friend.
    　　They arrived at Bill's home first and Mark was    in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed   with a few laughs and some shared small talk, and then Mark went home. They   to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, and then both ended up from the same high school. Just three weeks before   , Bill asked Mark if they      talk. Bill    him of the day years ago when they had first met. “Do you ever __ why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see, I cleaned out my locker(储物柜)    I didn't want to leave a mess (脏乱 )for anyone else. I    planned to leave this school and I was going home to    my things. But after we spent some time together    and laughing, I realized that    I had done that, I would have    a new friend and missed all the fun we would have together. So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day, you did a lot more. You     my life.”
    小题1:
    A．catchingB．gettingC．makingD．carrying
    小题2:
    A．happened to B．led to C．managed toD．refused to
    小题3:
    A．discoveredB．realizedC．saidD．decided
    小题4:
    A．playedB．lovedC．triedD．made
    小题5:
    A．questionsB．ideasC．difficulty D．doubt
    小题6:
    A．upB．outC．offD．away
    小题7:
    A．calledB．helpedC．invitedD．allowed
    小题8:
    A．peacefullyB．willinglyC．freelyD．pleasantly
    小题9:
    A．continuedB．agreedC．forcedD．offered
    小题10:
    A．graduationB．movementC．separationD．vacation
    小题11:
    A．wouldB．shouldC．couldD．must
    小题12:
    A．demandedB．remindedC．removedD．asked
    小题13:
    A．wonderB．wantC．wanderD．wish
    小题14:
    A．even ifB．because of C．becauseD．as if
    小题15:
    A．wasB．haveC．amD．had
    小题16:
    A．findB．pickC．packD．hold
    小题17:
    A．talkingB．playingC．readingD．watching
    小题18:
    A．beforeB．ifC．whileD．as
    小题19:
    A．forgottenB．passedC．leftD．lost
    小题20:
    A．helpedB．recoveredC．improvedD．changed

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    科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：阅读理解

    For a lang time,a boy wonder why his next-desk-pal was always the first in the class ,  whereas he could only rank the 21st.
    At home,he asked his mom：“Am I more stupid than other kids? How can I alwasys fall behind? I just can’t come with an answer.”Mom was aware that her son’s selfrespect had been damaged by the ranking system,but she didn’t know what to say to help.
    She tended to say that intelligence differs and that yes,her son’s friend really was the smarter boy.But that would so upset her son .Thank goodness she resisted the temption (诱惑)to say it .
    Her son and his friend went on to   high school that year,but despite trying as hard as he could,her son’s friend still outdid him.But she was proud of her boy for his hard work, sincerely proud,It was aroud this time that she decided to take him on a trip to the seaside,On the trip,she at last found an answer for him.
    Today her son no longer care about rankings.He doesn’t have to,for he himself is now the top of the class at the national unversity he attands,After university his Teachers and peers fully expect him to have promising career.
    Invited to speak to his old high school, he mentioned a valuable childhood experience. It concerned that holiday his mother had prepared for them: “Once, on a trip to the sea, my mother and I were lying on the beach. She pointed to the sea and said to me: Do you see the seabirds fighting for food out there? When a wave comes near, the little birds rise quickly. The clumsy(笨拙的)seagulls are far slower and have to struggle to get away from the wave. But these clumsy birds prove to have the biggest, strongest wings, which allow the bird to travel the furthest. When the season changes, they leave for foreign shores, leaving the little birds behind. Son, I have a feeling that you are one of those seagulls.”
    小题1:The story convey the message that.________.
    A．competion between students is good for society
    B．only rankings show intelligence of a child
    C．chilren take competion among them to heart
    D．parents should build up chilren’s self-respect
    小题2:Form the 2nd paragraph,we can see that the mother  
    A．decided to help with her son’s homework
    B．saw the negative effects of the ranking system
    C．knew her son was weak in his study
    D．felt sorry for her son’s bad behavior
    小题3:We can infer from the passage that      
    A．the mother was cafeful to protect her son’s self-respect
    B．the mother was not strong enough to face the truth
    C．the son knew intelligence didn’t mean anything
    D．the son would forget his rankings soon after leaving high school
    小题4: Which of the following has the similar meaning with the underlined word “outdid”?
    A.was equal to   B..laughed at     C did better than    D.worked harder than

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    科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：阅读理解

    As a solo artist，Brightman has sold 26 million albums and two million DVDs in 34 countries. Her musical styles put opera, pop and jazz together. She is popular in the States but not here（Britain）—the image of her and her second husband, Andrew Lloyd Webber（he much older, she his muse) seems for ever frozen.
    The 47-year-old singer talks about the new album Symphony that came out of a “very dark time”, including her decision to give up trying to have children. “People have suggested I could adopt,” Brightman says. “But work is central to my life now. And so I am going to put it to one side. After a while not having children becomes the normal and perhaps that might sound alarming, to parents especially, but I have never known anything different. I’m not hurt by not having children. My life and career are incredibly rich.”
    Talking about growing up in a large family in Berkhamsted （father a property developer who later committed suicide）, she says: “I was gifted as a child, and very musical. I seemed to be good at anything to do with the arts. At 5 I understood the music I was dancing to and had an eye for costume.” She first appeared in a West End musical at 11 and hated boarding school.
    Brightman led the saucy dance troupe（辣妹三人舞）Hot Gossip and had her first hit with I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper in 1978. At 18 she married a music manager called Andrew Graham Stewart. “I was probably in love but I can’t remember. Girls change such a lot between 18 and 22. It didn’t really work out.” In 1981 she was spotted by Lloyd Webber. She became his leading lady in Song and Dance, Requiem and Phantom of the Opera. They married in 1984.
    Brightman says she felt hostility（敌意） “from the beginning. I haven’t tried to understand it. I’ve done very well everywhere else, especially the UK, where I now live. I just accept it for what it is. The more you are away from Britain, the more you appreciate it. But I don’t miss it, although I miss my family. Our profession can be uncomfortable but I enjoy what I do. I get on with it.”
    小题1:The first paragraph tells us that ______.
    A．Brightman is very popular around the world except in America
    B．Brightman’s musical style is a mixture of opera, pop and jazz
    C．the British people don’t like her for her style of music
    D．Brightman is much older than Andrew Lloyd Webber
    小题2:Brightman decided to give up having children because ______.
    A．she could adopt one
    B．her life and career were unbelievably rich without children
    C．she felt it normal not to have children
    D．she was too busy
    小题3:The following statements are true except ______.
    A．Brightman first appeared in a West End musical at 5
    B．Brightman disliked life on campus
    C．Brightman was very gifted when she was young
    D．the saucy dance troupe made Brightman famous
    小题4: The underlined word in the fourth paragraph probably means ______.
    A．located B．admiredC．followedD．found
    小题5:What does the author try to say in the last paragraph by quoting Brightman’s words?
    A．Brightman has to accept the fact that she isn’t liked in Britain
    B．Brightman lives in America but she loves her own country
    C．The British coldness towards Brightman led to her hatred to her homeland
    D．Brightman was at a loss why she was not welcome in Britain

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