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    Eleven-year-old Angela had something wrong with her nervous system. She was unable to ______. In fact, she could hardly make any ______. Although she believed that she had a______chance of recovering, the doctors said that ______, if any, could come back to normal after getting this disease. Having heard this, the little girl was not ______. There, lying in her hospital bed, she______that no matter what the doctors said, her going back to school was ______.
    She was moved to a specialized health center, and whatever method could be tried was used. Still she would not ______. It seemed that she was ______. The doctors were all fond of her and taught her about______that she could make it. Every day Angela would lie there, ______doing her mental exercise.
    One day,___ ___she was imagining her legs moving again, it seemed as though a miracle happened: The bed began to _____! “Look, what I’m doing! Look! I can do it! I moved! I moved! "she ______.
    Of course, at this very moment everyone else in the hospital was ____. More importantly, they were running______safety.
    People were crying, and equipment was ____. You see, it was an earthquake. But don’t____that to Angela. She has______that she did it, just as she had never doubted that she would recover. And now only a few years later, she’s back in school. You see, to such a person who can____the earth, such a disease is a small problem, isn’t it?
    小题1:
    A．seeB．hearC．talkD．walk
    小题2:
    A．progressB．differenceC．movementD．achievement
    小题3:
    A．poorB．goodC．littleD．special
    小题4:
    A．fewB．allC．someD．most
    小题5:
    A．satisfiedB．delightedC．surprisedD．discouraged
    小题6:
    A．insistedB．sighedC．fearedD．promised
    小题7:
    A．trueB．doubtfulC．certainD．impossible
    小题8:
    A．get up B．give upC．turn upD．stand up
    小题9:
    A．disappointedB．proudC．troubledD．undefeatable
    小题10:
    A．thinkingB．expectingC．pretendingD．imagining
    小题11:
    A．sadlyB．madlyC．carefullyD．faithfully
    小题12:
    A．asB．sinceC．afterD．before
    小题13:
    A．flyB．moveC．rollD．speak
    小题14:
    A．jumpedB．wonderedC．screamedD．recovered
    小题15:
    A．frightenedB．pleasedC．annoyedD．encouraged
    小题16:
    A．inB．byC．forD．with
    小题17:
    A．risingB．fallingC．missingD．gathering
    小题18:
    A．tellB．doC．giveD．show
    小题19:
    A．noticedB．supposedC．believedD．discovered
    小题20:
    A．pushB．shockC．shakeD．save

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

    试题分析：11岁的安吉拉患有神经系统方面的疾病，着导致她不能行走，连移动几乎都是不可能的。所有的医生都告诉她不可能恢复，但她始终相信自己能够重新返校。后来，地震发生了，安吉拉误以为自己能活动了。正如安吉拉相信的那样，她最后回到了学校。
    小题1:考查动词辨析。A看到；B听到；C谈论；D行走，散步。根据第二段“she was imagining her legs moving again,”可知，Angela因神经系统出现问题而不能行走，故选D。
    小题2:考查名词辨析。A进步；B不同；C运动，移动；D成就。In fact, she could hardly make any ______.实际上，她几乎不能移动一下，故选C。
    小题3:考查形容词辨析。A可怜的，贫穷的；B好的；C少的，小的；D特殊的。she had a______chance of recovering,她相信自己很有可能会康复，chance在此意为“可能性”，故选B。
    小题4:考查不定代词。A很少；B所有；C一些；D大多数。 ______, if any, could come back to normal很少人，如果有的话，能恢复正常，根据any可知，前面不是否定，且指人，故选A。
    小题5:考查形容词辨析。A满意的；B高兴的；C惊讶的；D泄气的。根据下句“no matter what the doctors said, her going back to school was ____.”可知，她并没有因医生的话而泄气，故选D。
    小题6:考查动词辨析。A坚持；B叹气；C害怕；D承诺。she______that ... her going back to school was ______.她坚持认为自己能重返校园，故选A。
    小题7:考查形容词辨析。A真正的，真实的；B怀疑的；C肯定的；D不可能的。her going back to school was ____.她坚信自己重返校园的信念会成真，故选C。
    小题8:考查动词短语辨析。A起床；B放弃；C调高，出现；D站起。whatever method could be tried was used. Still she would not ______.能用的方法都尝试了，然而，她还是不愿放弃，故选B。
    小题9:考查形容词辨析。A失望的；B自豪的；C麻烦的；D不可战胜的。It seemed that she was ____.Angela意志坚定，她似乎是不可战胜的，故选D。
    小题10:考查动词辨析。A认为；B期望；C假装；D想象。根据下句“doing her mental exercise”可知，医生教她想象自己站起来的情景，故选D。
    小题11:考查副词辨析。A悲伤地；B疯狂地；C小心地；D忠实地。Every day Angela would lie there, ______doing her mental exercise.Angela每天躺在病床上，虔诚地想象着自己能站起来的场景，故选D。
    小题12:考查连接词辨析。A当，正如；B因为；C在......之后；D在......之前。One day,___ ___she was imagining her legs moving again一天，正当她在想象自己重新站起来的时候，故选A。
    小题13:考查动词辨析。A飞；B移动；C滚动，转动；D说，演讲。The bed began to ______!病床开始移动起来，她以为自己能动了，故选B。
    小题14:考查动词辨析。A跳；B想知道；C尖叫；D恢复。Look! I can do it! I moved! I moved! "she ____.她激动地尖叫着，故选C。
    小题15:考查形容词辨析。A恐惧的；B满意的；C生气的；D鼓励性的。根据下段“You see, it was an earthquake.”可知，地震发生了，医院里的人都十分恐惧，故选A。
    小题16:考查介词辨析。A在......里；B通过；C为了，给；D和，带有。More importantly, they were running______safety.所有的人都在往安全的地方跑，故选C。
    小题17:考查动词辨析。A上升；B下降，落下；C失踪；D聚集。and equipment was ___仪器设备开始掉落下来，故选B。
    小题18:考查动词辨析。A告诉；B做；C给；D展示。But don’t____that to Angela.但是不要告诉Angela发生地震了，tell sth to sb告诉某人某事，故选A。
    小题19:考查动词辨析。A注意到；B假设；C相信；D发现。She has______that she did it, just as she had never doubted that she would recover.她相信自己做到了，就像她从未怀疑过她能康复一样，故选C。
    小题20:考查动词辨析。A推；B震惊；C摇晃；D拯救。to such a person who can____the earth,Angela的意志撼动了整个地球，故选C。
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    People standing nearby didn’t seem to know_   ___ to do. I ran over and called for an auto. A_   ____, who seemed to be the girl’s grandpa, ran towards us with _  ____steaming down his cheeks. I took them both to ______ in the auto. They admitted the girl and _   ___ to start her treatment. Happily, she was well__   ___ and soon came back to consciousness. She smiled at me and hugged her grandpa. I _   ____ the bill, gave them a little money, then I __   ___ for my interview.
    It was 1:30p.m. Before I got home. I was __   __hours late! The one interview who was still there asked what had__   __ me. I told him, and then gave him one of our Smile cards and _   ____ about the project. He was very impressed!
    It would be __   ___ to say I got the job.      ___, because I was so late he could not pass me on to the next level.
    Getting the job might have made me happy, but helping that young girl and her grandpa made me even __   ____! I really thank God for giving me that__   ___ to help.
    小题1:
    A．dropB．sendC．takeD．deliver
    小题2:
    A．ActuallyB．LuckilyC．SurprisinglyD．Gradually
    小题3:
    A．busB．seatC．eyes D．feet
    小题4:
    A．noticingB．speedingC．knockingD．stopping
    小题5:
    A．cryingB．bleedingC．sleepingD．trembling
    小题6:
    A．howB．whereC．whoD．what
    小题7:
    A．beggarB．driver C．policemanD．gentleman
    小题8:
    A．wordsB．sweatC．tearsD．blood
    小题9:
    A．homeB．interviewC．busD．hospital
    小题10:
    A．preparedB．intendedC．rushedD．promised
    小题11:
    A．cared aboutB．looked afterC．dealt withD．carried out
    小题12:
    A．boughtB．acceptedC．paid D．donated
    小题13:
    A．set aboutB．set off C．set outD．set up
    小题14:
    A．twoB．threeC．fourD．five
    小题15:
    A．delayedB．happenedC．hitD．terrified
    小题16:
    A．complainedB．explainedC．debated D．introduced
    小题17:
    A．niceB．shamefulC．hopelessD．unbelievable
    小题18:
    A．andB．soC．butD．or
    小题19:
    A．prouderB．greaterC．happierD．harder
    小题20:
    A．courageB．opportunityC．positionD．situation

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    科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：阅读理解

    Johnny the Explorer
    Johnny was three when he ran away from home for the first time. Somebody left the garden gate open. Johnny wandered out, crossed some fields and, two hours later, arrived in the next village. He was just able to give his name and address.
    By the time he was seven, Johnny used to disappear from home two to three times a year. Sometimes he covered quite long distances on foot. Sometimes he got on a bus or even a train, and simply sat there until someone asked for his ticket. Generally the police brought him home. “Why do you do it?” they used to ask. “I just like seeing places,” Johnny told them.
    Johnny continued to “see places” although everyone tried to stop him. His parents used to watch him closely, and so did his teachers; but sooner or later Johnny managed to slip away. As he grew older, his favorite trick was to hide on a long distance truck. Sometimes he travelled hundreds of miles before anyone discovered him.
    It is hardly surprising that eventually Johnny managed to board a plane. He was twelve at the time. It was a cargo plane and, a few hours later, Johnny found himself in Cairo. How did he get on board? No one knows! According to Johnny himself, it was easy: he just went into the airport, walked along some passages and got on board the nearest plane.
    In spite of all this, Johnny did well at school. He enjoyed mathematics and languages and, perhaps not surprisingly, he was especially good at geography. “What do you want to be when you grow up?” his teachers asked him. “An explorer!” he answered. “But it’s difficult to become an explorer in this modern age,” they tried to tell him. But it was no use: Johnny knew what he wanted!
    Just before he left school, Johnny saw a notice in a daily paper. A long journey was about to go to Brazil to travel up the Amazon River. There were jobs for three young people “willing to work hard and with a sense of adventure”. Johnny applied, and two months later, he was on his way to Brazil.
    小题1:At what age did Johnny board a plane for the first time?
    A．ThreeB．SevenC．TwelveD．Not mentioned
    小题2:Johnny frequently left home because ______.
    A．he preferred to stay alone
    B．he enjoyed seeing new places
    C．he couldn’t do well at school
    D．he didn’t get along well with his parents
    小题3:People around Johnny ______.
    A．tried to stop him from slipping away
    B．kept following him to get him back
    C．booked tickets for him if necessary
    D．were clear about how he travelled abroad
    小题4:From the passage, we can learn that ______.
    A．Johnny worked for a daily paper
    B．Johnny lacked a sense of adventure
    C．Johnny went exploring along the Amazon River
    D．Johnny went to Brazil two months after he finished school

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    科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：阅读理解

    Once I invited a group of friends round to my house, telling them that I was going to record their speech. I said I was interested in their regional accents, and that it would take only a few minutes. Thus, on one evening, three people turned up at my house and were shown into my front room. When they saw the room they were a bit alarmed, for it was laid out as a studio. In front of each easy chair there was a microphone at head height, with wires leading to a tape-recorder in the middle of the floor. I explained that all I wanted was for them to count from one to twenty. Then we could relax and have a drink.
    I turned on the tape-recorder and each in turn seriously counted from one to twenty in their best accent. When it was over, I turned the tape-recorder off and brought round the drinks, and for the rest of the evening there was general cheerful conversation—interrupted only by the fact that I had to take a telephone call in another room, which unfortunately lasted some time.
    Or at least that was how it would appear. For, of course, the microphones were not connected to the tape-recorder in the middle of the room at all but to another one, which was turning happily away in the kitchen. The participants, having seen the visible tape-recorder turned off, paid no more attention to the microphones which stayed in front of their chairs, only a few inches from their mouths, thus giving excellent sound quality. And my lengthy absence meant that I was able to obtain as natural a piece of conversation as it would be possible to find.
    I should add, perhaps, that I did tell my friends what had happened to them, after the event was over, and gave them the choice of destroying the tape. None of them wanted to—though for some years afterwards it always seemed to be my round when it came to the buying of drinks. Linguistic research can be a very expensive business.
    小题1:The writer asked his friends to count from one to twenty because _______. 
    A．he wanted to record the numbers for his research
    B．he wanted to find out whether the tape recorder was working
    C．he wanted to make his friends relax before real recording started
    D．he wanted his friends to think that was all he wanted to record
    小题2:The writer went into another room to ________.
    A．get a natural recording of his friends’ conversation
    B．stay away from too much drinking with his friends
    C．bring a telephone into the front room
    D．answer a long distance phone call
    小题3:The writer turned off the tape-recorder because _______.
    A．he had to answer a phone call
    B．he wanted his friends to enjoy some drinks
    C．he thought the tape-recorder might bother his friends
    D．he wanted to make his friends believe he had finished the recording
    小题4:Which one is true according to the passage?
    A．The writer destroyed the tape.
    B．The writer’s friends destroyed the tape.
    C．The writer did tell his friends what had happened.
    D．The writer’s friends like to drink.

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