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    A few days ago, I bought some ink for my printer at my favorite $1 Supermarket, which sold everything from fresh produce to birthday cards at one dollar. Then l found a better        at a computer store. So I went back to the supermarket to        it for some other products. With        telling me exactly what to do, I put the ink into a plastic bag, tied it up, placed the bag into a push-cart and started      .
    I was midway        when a clerk suddenly stopped me. "You are not allowed to        a bag around in this store. Open it and show me the      !" she yelled coldly.
        , I opened the bag and       the ink to her. "I'm returning it. " I said.
    "You should have left the bag with the clerk upon       . Let me see your receipt!" she demanded I did as told, looking around, embarrassed        everyone was laughing at me. "Perhaps in the future you'll learn how to follow the store       . " she added.
    By the time I finished shopping, I was angry. How dare she treat me as a       ? I went looking for her and asked for her      . She mumbled (嘀咕) something. I asked her again, and this time I heard "Ursula. "
    "Ursula what?" I asked. She yelled at me,  "Ursula! " and stormed away.
    "This employee is about to become unemployed, " I         when I got home. 1       their headquarters (总部). I described my unpleasant experience to a representative. She was sympathetic, "Our employees are taught to be      . Give me your phone number and I will ring you back. "
    She did two days later. "I'm sorry," she said, "but there's no Ursula at that supermarket. Can you         her so that I can find out who she is? I assure you, we do not tolerate rude behavior, nor do we tolerate      to our customers. "
    By this time, I had calmed down. l didn't really want the employee to lose her      . So I told the representative to forget about it.
    小题1:
    A．reductionB．choiceC．introductionD．price
    小题2:
    A．changeB．returnC．receiveD．replace
    小题3:
    A．somebodyB．nobodyC．everybodyD．anybody
    小题4:
    A．bargainingB．storingC．loadingD．shopping
    小题5:
    A．acrossB．upC．throughD．down
    小题6:
    A．carryB．showC．moveD．push
    小题7:
    A．identityB．contentsC．belongingsD．ink
    小题8:
    A．DepressedB．ShockedC．AmusedD．Stressed
    小题9:
    A．pouredB．mixedC．showedD．fell
    小题10:
    A．exitB．admissionC．entryD．departure
    小题11:
    A．even thoughB．as ifC．so thatD．in case
    小题12:
    A．linesB．bordersC．regulationsD．permissions
    小题13:
    A．criminalB．blue-collarC．beggarD．colleague
    小题14:
    A．numberB．careerC．explanationD．name
    小题15:
    A．calmed down B．thought aloudC．found outD．got through
    小题16:
    A．rangB．visitedC．questionedD．blamed
    小题17:
    A．patientB．cleverC．politeD．hardworking
    小题18:
    A．recognizeB．informC．describeD．forgive
    小题19:
    A．yellingB．pointingC．talkingD．lying
    小题20:
    A．jobB．wayC．chanceD．business

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

    试题分析：
    作者在商店购物，遭遇无礼店员而心生不快。于是向店方总部投诉，希图该店员被解雇。但是随着时间推移，作者平息了心中的怨愤，在店方总部让她描述店员体貌特征以便查处的时候，她放弃了继续追究。
    小题1:考查名词词义辨识。A. reduction：减少、简化；B. choice：选择、选项；C. introduction：介绍；D. price：价格。作者在一元超市购买了油墨，后来在一家电脑商店发现了更好的油墨。电脑商店的油墨是一个更好的选项。故选择choice，B项正确。
    小题2:考查语境理解和动词搭配。A change：改变、更换；B. return：归还；C. receive：接收；接待；D. replace：替换。据后面for some other products可知，作者是要将油墨换成其他商品，而非退货，排除B项；C项不合语境；D项与with搭配使用，即replace X with Y，用Y替代X；故选择change，change X for Y：将X换成Y。A项正确。
    小题3:考查代词在语境中的运用。A somebody：有人、某人；B. nobody：没人； C. everybody：所有人；D. anybody：任何人。因为没有人告诉过她商店里的规定，作者将油墨放进塑料袋且将袋口扎起。这是与商店规定不相符的，因此后来才遭遇店员的无礼。选择B项。
    小题4:考查语境理解。A bargaining：讨价还价； B. storing：储存；C. loading：装载；D. shopping：购物。作者将装有油墨的塑料袋放进购物车，开始购物。购物有一个选择过程，不可能推起购物车直接往里面装货，排除C项。故D项正确。
    小题5:考查副词在语境中的运用。A. across：（从表面）穿过；B. up：往上；C. through：（从中间）穿过；结束（一个过程）；D. down：往下。作者购物过程中，一个店员走过来拦住她。 be midway through (shopping)：（购物）中途。选择C项。
    小题6:考查动词在语境中的运用。A. carry：携带；B. show：展示；C. move：移动；D. push：推。商店里购物时不准带包。“移动”、“推”的是购物车，不是包。故选择A项。
    小题7:考查名词在语境中的运用。A. identity：身份；B. contents：内容、容器里的东西；C. belongings：个人物品；D. ink：油墨、墨水。店员要求作者将塑料袋打开，让她查看里面的东西。店员不可能知道包里是油墨，排除D项。故B项正确。
    小题8:考查语境理解。A. Depressed：情绪低落的；B. Shocked：震惊的；C. Amused：高兴的；D. Stressed：压力大的。作者没有想到店员像对待小偷一样，要她打开塑料袋让她查看，感到震惊。B项正确。
    小题9:考查语境理解。A. poured：倒、倾倒；B. mixed：混合；C. showed：展示；D. fell：倒下、掉下。
    作者按照要求，将油墨拿给店员看。show sth. to sb.：将某物展示给某人看。C项正确。
    小题10:考查语境和固定搭配。A. exit：出口、退出；B. admission： 接纳、录取；C. entry：入口、进入；D. departure：离开。按照商店规定，进入商店时应该将塑料袋交给店员。upon entry/entering：进入时。故C项正确。
    小题11:考查语境理解。 A. even though：即使；B. as if：似乎、好像；C. so that：以便；D. in case：以防。作者向四周张望、非常尴尬，好像每个人都在嘲笑她。B项正确。
    小题12:考查名词在语境中的运用。 A. lines：队列；行；B. borders：边界；C. regulations：规章、制度；D. permissions：许可、允许。店员要作者今后遵守商店规定。C项正确。
    小题13:考查语境理解。A criminal：罪犯；B. blue-collar：蓝领、体力劳动者；C. beggar：乞丐； D. colleague：同事。作者很是气愤，因为店员将她当成罪犯一样对待。A项正确。               
    小题14:考查语境理解。A. number：工号；B. career：职业；C. explanation：解释；D. name：姓名。从店员咕哝的Ursula以及后来商店总部找不到该店员来判断，作者打算投诉该店员，于是问她姓名，而非工号。D项正确。
    小题15:考查短语动词在语境中的运用。A. calmed down：冷静下来； B. thought aloud：自言自语；C. found out：发现；D. got through：顺利度过。从This employee is about to become unemployed一句判断，作者到家后依然愤怒，排除A项。因为过于愤怒，就把心里的想法脱口说了出来。B项正确。
    小题16:考查语境理解。 A rang：打电话；B. visited：拜访；C. questioned：提问；D. blamed：指责。从下文described my unpleasant experience判断，作者并没有指责总部，排除D项；下文还提到，总部代表承诺ring back，由此可见，作者是在给总部打电话。A项正确。
    小题17:考查语境理解。A. patient：耐心的；B. clever：聪明的；C. polite：礼貌的；D. hardworking：勤奋的。因为作者投诉店员的粗鲁无礼，总部代表回应说他们要求店员应该“礼貌”。选择C项。
    小题18:考查语境理解。A. recognize：认出；B. inform：通知；C. describe：描述；D. forgive：原谅。因为店员报了假名，总部没能查出该店员是谁，所以让作者描述其体貌特征。C项正确。[：原谅
    小题19:考查语境理解。A. yelling：叫喊、吼叫；B. pointing：指着；C. talking：谈话；D. lying：说谎。 总部代表说他们不能容仍店员的粗鲁行为（排除A项），同样不能容忍对顾客撒谎（他们未能查到叫做Ursula的人，说明店员报了假名）。D项正确。
    小题20:考查语境理解。A. job：工作；B. way：道路；C. chance：机会；D. business：生意。作者开头非常气愤，投诉就是想要店方总部解雇该店员。经过这番周折，作者已经平静下来，意识到她并非真要让店员丢掉工作。选择A项。
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    As we came back to the store she said, “This ride is the best Christmas present I could ever receive. I have been in a wheelchair my whole life and didn’t know I could do this.”Then she turned to him and said, “Oh Daddy, I’m going to be OK. Mr. Bryant does all kinds of things —and I will, too.” Her father hugged me and said, “I was sitting here praying for a gift for Amy that would encourage her. She often felt that her life was dull compared to other children. God answered my prayer(祷告) just now. Now I pray that God will bless you for your gift to Amy today.” Being kind and thoughtful to others, we can be an answer to prayer.
    小题1:How did the father feel at first when the author invited his daughter for a ride?
    A．Anxious.B．Embarrassed. C．Surprised. D．Moved.
    小题2:What can we know about the author?
    A．He was a disabled man.B．He usually drove too fast.
    C．He worked in a store.D．He often helped people in trouble.
    小题3:According to the passage, the girl _____.
    A．was not allowed to do some sports
    B．used to be a completely healthy person
    C．was unwillingly to communicate with a stranger
    D．usually felt sad about life because of her disability
    小题4:What did the author’s gift refer to according to the girl’s father?
    A．The motorbike.B．The wheelchair.C．The ride.D．The prayer.

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    科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：完形填空

    Henry's job was to examine people who crossed the frontier (边境) to make sure that they were not smuggling (走私) anything into the country. Every evening except at weekends, he would see a(n) ___ coming up the hill towards the frontier, __ a bicycle with a big load of old straw on it. When the bicycle__ the frontier, Henry used to __ the man and order him to take the straw off and ___ it. Then he would examine the straw very ___ to see whether he could find anything, after which he would look in all the man's pockets before letting him tie the straw __. The man would then put it on his bicycle and go off down the hill with it. Although Henry was always __ to find gold or jewelry or other valuable things hidden in the straw, he ___ found anything, even though he examined it very carefully. He was___that the man was smuggling __, but he was not able to imagine __ it could be.
    Then one evening, after he had__ the straw and emptied the factory worker's__ as usual, he said to him, “___ I know that you are smuggling things __ this frontier. Won't you tell me what you're bringing into the country so successfully? I'm sixty years old now, and today is my last day on the __ . Tomorrow I'm going to retire. I promise that I shall not tell anyone __ you tell me what you've been smuggling." The factory worker did not say anything ___ . Then he smiled, turned to Henry and said quietly, “ __ .”
    小题1:
    A．officer B．driverC．workerD．soldier
    小题2:
    A．pullingB．pushingC．fillingD．carrying
    小题3:
    A．reachedB．leftC．facedD．formed
    小题4:
    A．stopB．greetC．praiseD．beat
    小题5:
    A．showB．loadC．lightD．untie
    小题6:
    A．carefullyB．carelesslyC．angrilyD．quickly
    小题7:
    A．onceB．againC．yetD．instead
    小题8:
    A．pretendingB．believingC．expectingD．asking
    小题9:
    A．everB．oftenC．alwaysD．never
    小题10:
    A．curious B．sureC．cleverD．known
    小题11:
    A．anythingB．nothingC．everythingD．something
    小题12:
    A．howB．whichC．whatD．why
    小题13:
    A．looked afterB．looked throughC．looked forD．looked out
    小题14:
    A．pocketsB．clothesC．socksD．shoes
    小题15:
    A．WaitB．GoC．ListenD．Come
    小题16:
    A．pastB．fromC．throughD．across
    小题17:
    A．jobB．mountain C．edgeD．road
    小题18:
    A．asB．ifC．beforeD．whether
    小题19:
    A．at the momentB．after allC．for a momentD．at all
    小题20:
    A．StrawB．MoneyC．CarsD．Bicycles

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    科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：阅读理解

    The artist Grandma Moses became famous for her simple, bright, cheerful paintings of American farm life．Her full name was Anna Mary Robertson Moses．But she was known to everyone as Grandma Moses because she did not begin to paint seriously until in her seventies．
    Born on a farm in New York, Anna had little schooling．Her days were filled with farm chores．But she often found time to make pictures．Soon, however, she became too busy to draw or paint．At the age of 12, she went to work as a servant for a family nearby．She worked for other people for many years．Then, when she was 27, she married Thomas Moses, a farmer．And they began raising a family of their own．
    Anna Moses could no longer do heavy farm work with age．Then, in her seventies, she began to paint in oils．Her pictures showed things she recalled from childhood-farm scenes, ice-skating, bringing home the Christmas tree．Later, she began to display her art at county fairs．Her pictures recorded a way of life that was quickly passing away．People everywhere loved these happy scenes, and soon her paintings were shown in art galleries．Grandma Moses became famous partially on account of her age, but mainly because her approach to art was modest and simple compared to many other painters of her time．Without formal training or even knowledge of Modernism, she relied on her own simple techniques to create her landscapes and scenes．She continued to paint almost until her death, on December 13, 1961 , at the age of 101．
    The themes in her paintings provided the comfort of a rural life that many busy Americans treasured from their past．The threat of nuclear arms that appeared on television screens and in magazines had Americans starving for something more．Grandma Moses' art appealed to those who had lost hope for the future．Her classic paintings still appear on TV commercials, greeting cards, and magazine and book covers．
    小题1:What can be inferred from the fact that Grandma Moses picked up a paintbrush?
    A．She had no other ways to kill time．
    B．Her friend and family suggested it．
    C．She had had a love for painting since her childhood．
    D．She needed to make a living by selling her paintings．
    小题2:The key reason for her success is ___  .
    A．her old ageB．her plain style
    C．her lack of trainingD．her modern knowledge
    小题3:We can know from the passage that ______．
    A．her paintings raised people's hope for the future
    B．her paintings expressed the reality of her old age
    C．many Americans were interested in purchasing art works
    D．people wanted to get comfort by remembering grandmas

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    科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：阅读理解

    Family traditions were important in our house, and none was more appreciated than the perfect Christmas tree.
    "Dad, can we watch when you trim(修剪) the tree?" My eldest son, Dan, nine, and his seven-year-old brother John, asked.
    "I won't be cutting this year," my husband Bob said. "Dan, you and John are old enough to measure things. Do it all by yourselves. Think you boys can handle it?"
    Dan and John seemed to grow six inches in their chairs at the thought of such an amazing responsibility. "We can handle it," Dan promised. "We won't let you down."
    A few days before Christmas, Dan and John rushed in after school. They gathered the tools they'd need and brought them out to the yard, where the tree waited. I was cooking when I heard the happy sounds as the boys carried the tree into the living room. Then I heard the sound that every mother knows is trouble: dead silence. I hurried out to them. The tree was cut too short. John crossed his arms tight across his chest. His eyes filled with angry tears.
    I felt worried. The tree was central to our holiday. I didn't want the boys to feel ashamed every time they looked at it. I couldn't lower the ceiling, and I couldn't raise the floor either. There was no way to undo the damage done. Suddenly, a thought came to my mind, which turned the problem into the solution.
    "We can't make the tree taller," I said. "But we can put it on a higher position."
    Dan nodded his head sideways. "We could put it on the coffee table. It just might work! Let's try it!"
    When Bob got home and looked at the big tree on top of the coffee table, Dan and John held their breath.
    "What a good idea!" he declared. "Why didn't I ever think of such a thing?"
    John broke into a grin. Dan's chest swelled with pride.
    小题1: The underlined part "grow six inches" (Para. 4) implies the brothers felt        .
    A．proudB．nervousC．embarrassedD．scared
    小题2:What happened after the brothers moved the Christmas tree into the living room?
    A．They rushed to school.
    B．They began to decorate the tree.
    C．They got angry with each other.
    D．They found the tree was cut short.
    小题3:How could the short tree be turned into a perfect one?
    A．By making the tree taller.
    B．By lowering the ceiling.
    C．By placing it on a coffee table.
    D．By raising the floor.
    小题4:What Bob said in the last but one paragraph (the underlined part)showed        .
    A．he was a little disappointed
    B．he was too stupid to think of the idea
    C．he appreciated what the brothers had done
    D．he should not have given them the task

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