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    I learned all about taking responsibility from my mother’s tough love. My mom had a wonderful way of helping you        up and realize that your life is going to be what you make it.
    She had this circular way of      you took responsibility for your decisions and the person you would      . She would say,“ It' s your      .”      “What you want and what you get are sometimes two       different things.” And then, “No one ever said life was fair.” And she would      these comments together in such a way that you could never      an argument, and yet, the      was that you realized your life is going to be what you make it.
    So I might go to my mom and say, “I’d like to      football”. And she would say, “Well, it's your life. If you want to go out there and get      and hurt and break your knees and limp around the rest of your life, that' s fine.” That is      I would say, “Well, you know, that won’t       . I' m really fast.” And she would reply, “Well, we don’t really have the money.” And then I would     , “Yes but that' s not fair.” And she would reply, “ Well, life isn’t      .” Then I would say, “But I’ve been itching to." And she would reply, “Yes, but what you want and what you get are usually two entirely different things.”
    It was the combination of these       that allowed my mother to lead me down the right path under her      but let me feel as if I was making the decisions      my own. The sum total of that    was, in the end, you’re      for the life you lead. That' s the best advice I’ve ever gotten.
    小题1:
    A．light B．openC．growD．keep
    小题2:
    A．promising B．ensuringC．ignoringD．noticing
    小题3:
    A．protectB．envyC．refuseD．become
    小题4:
    A．faultB．lifeC．progressD．turn
    小题5:
    A．ThenB．ButC．NowD．However
    小题6:
    A．increasinglyB．approximatelyC．completelyD．occasionally
    小题7:
    A．combineB．remindC．answerD．publish
    小题8:
    A．loseB．doubtC．winD．raise
    小题9:
    A．beliefB．reasonC．mistakeD．result
    小题10:
    A．quitB．playC．buyD．watch
    小题11:
    A．beaten upB．dressed upC．dividedD．closed up
    小题12:
    A．whatB．howC．whenD．which
    小题13:
    A．failB．workC．lastD．happen
    小题14:
    A．takeB．goC．makeD．catch
    小题15:
    A．fairB．cosyC．hardD．special
    小题16:
    A．commentsB．descriptionsC．techniquesD．messages
    小题17:
    A．temperB．influenceC．activityD．success
    小题18:
    A．forB．onC．over D．beyond
    小题19:
    A．mindB．accountC．dealD．advice
    小题20:
    A．famousB．responsibleC．sorryD．thankful

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

    试题分析：文章介绍了妈妈独特的教育风格，她不会直接让孩子怎么做，而是通过迂回的方法，让孩子自己决定该怎么做，告诉孩子人生是不公平的，每个人要对自己的生活负责。
    小题1:考查动词辨析：A. light点燃，发光，发亮，B. open开，C. grow成长，D. keep保持，从下文的：that your life is going to be what you make it.可知妈妈有很好的办法可以帮助你成长，选C
    小题2:考查动词辨析：A. promising许诺，B. ensuring确保，C. ignoring忽视，D. noticing注意，她用迂回的办法可以确保你对决定和你要变成的人负责，选B
    小题3:考查动词辨析：A. protect保护，B. envy嫉妒，C. refuse拒绝，D. become变成，她用迂回的办法可以确保你对决定和你要变成的人负责，选D
    小题4:考查名词辨析：A. fault过失，B. life生活，C. progress 进展，D. turn顺序，她会说：“这就是你的生活”，选B
    小题5:考查词义辨析：A. Then那时，那儿，其次，这儿B. But但是，C. Now现在，D. However然而，下面是妈妈要说另一个观点，用then“其次”，选A
    小题6:考查副词辨析：A. increasingly日益增加的，B. approximately大约的，C. completely完全地，D. occasionally偶尔地，从下文的：but what you want and what you get are usually two entirely different things.”可知你想要的，和你要得到的是两个完全不同的东西，C
    小题7:考查动词辨析：A. combine结合，B. remind提醒，C. answer回答，D. publish出版，她会将这些话结合在一起，选A
    小题8:考查动词辨析：A. lose失去，B. doubt怀疑，C. win赢得，D. raise饲养，提高，她会用一种方式，你永远不可能赢得一次争论，选C
    小题9:考查名词辨析：A. belief信念，B. reason   原因，C. mistake错误，D. result结果，结果是你会意识到你的生活就是你会做到什么。选D
    小题10:考查动词辨析：A. quit放弃，B. play玩，C. buy买D. watch观看，play football踢足球，选B
    小题11:考查动词辨析：A. beaten up痛殴，毒打B. dressed up打扮，C. divided分配，D. closed up关闭，从下午文的：hurt and break your knees可知去踢足球会被打，选A
    小题12:考查疑问词辨析：A. what什么，B. how 怎样，C. when什么时候，D. which哪个，这时我会说:….，选C
    小题13:考查动词辨析：A. fail失败，B. work工作，C. last持续，D. happen发生，从下文的：I' m really fast.”可知作者认为这不会发生的，选D
    小题14:考查动词辨析：A. take拿，B. go去，C. make制作，D. catch捕捉，抓，然后我会继续说，选B
    小题15:考查形容词辨析：A. fair公平的，B. cosy舒服的，C. hard   困难的，D. special特殊的，从上文的：“Yes but that' s not fair.”可知妈妈会说：“人生就是不公平的”，选A
    小题16:考查名词辨析：A. comments评论，B. descriptions描述，C. techniques技术，D. messages信息，从上文的：And she would  17  these comments together in such a way that you could never  18  an argument,可知这就是她结合起来的评论，选A
    小题17:考查名词辨析：A. temper脾气，B. influence影响，C. activity活动，D. success成功，让我在她的影响下朝着正确的道路走，选B
    小题18:考查介词辨析：A. for为了，B. on在…上面，C. over越过，在…上面，D. beyond超过，让我感觉我是在自己做决定，选B
    小题19:考查名词辨析：A. mind思维，B. account账户，描述，C. deal交易，D. advice建议，从下文的句子：That' s the best advice I’ve ever gotten.可知最后建议总的来说是你要对你过的生活负责，选D
    小题20:考查形容词辨析：A. famous著名，  B. responsible负责，C. sorry对不起，D. thankful感谢，最后建议总的来说是你要对你过的生活负责，选B
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    A．providedB．mixed
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    科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：阅读理解

    How do you design a pay plan that motivates people to do their best work? A new study by three Harvard researchers suggests a novel answer: Shortly after you hire new workers, give them a raise.
    "Previous research has shown that paying people more than they expect may elicit reciprocity(相互作用) in the form of greater productivity," notes Deepak Malhotra, a Harvard business-administration professor who worked on the study. What he and his colleagues found, however, was that the connection between more pay and extra effort depends on presenting the increase "as a gift—that is, as something you've chosen to do purely as a nice gesture, with no strings attached."
    Malhotra and his team studied 267 people hired by oDesk, a global online network of freelancers, to do a one-time data-entry project for four hours. All of the new hires were people in developing countries, for whom hourly wages of $3 and $4 were higher than what they had been making in previous jobs.
    The researchers split the group up into three equal parts. One group was told they would earn $3 an hour. A second group was initially hired at $3 an hour but, before they started working, they got a surprise: The budget for the project had expanded unexpectedly, they were told, and they would now be paid $4 an hour. The third group was offered $4 an hour from the start and given no increase.
    Even though the second and third groups were eventually paid the same amount, the second group worked harder and produced more—about 20% more—than either of the other two. People in the second group also showed the most stamina, maintaining their focus all the way through the assigned task and performing especially well toward the end of the four hours. Interestingly, the more experienced employees in the high-performing group were the most productive of all, apparently because their previous work experience led them to appreciate the rarity of an unexpected raise.
    Contrary to conventional wisdom, Malhotra points out that higher pay, in and of itself, didn't promote productivity: People who made $4 an hour from the beginning worked no harder than those who were hired at $3 and were then paid $3.
    To get the most impact from their pay plans, he adds, companies might consider not only what to pay new hires, but when to pay it.
    "The key thing is how you present [the reason for an increase]," he says. Doling out extra money could promote productivity most "if you make it clear that the pay raise is something you're choosing to do just because you can. Our theory is that people will reciprocate. If you do something nice, they'll do something nice back."   
    小题1:Which of the following is true about the research?
    A．None of the participants earned more than $4 an hour in previous jobs.
    B．89 of the participants got a $1 wage raise for their high productivity.
    C．It was so important that the budget for it was increased in the process.
    D．Stamina shown in it was positively related to the amount of money paid.
    小题2:What does the underlined word “stamina” most probably mean?
    A．The quality of being intelligent or clever.
    B．The quality of doing something difficult or dangerous.
    C．The physical or mental energy needed to do a tiring activity for a long time.
    D．A particular method of doing an activity, usually involving practical skills.
    小题3:Why did the second group produce more than the other two groups?
    A．Because they thought they were better paid than the other groups.
    B．Because they were experienced employees from developing countries.
    C．Because an unexpected raise reminded them of their previous work.
    D．Because they felt they were nicely treated and tried best to repay it.
    小题4:What can we infer from this passage?
    A．No pains, no gains.
    B．It matters not what we give but how.
    C．Honesty is the best policy.
    D．Actions speak louder than words.

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    科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：阅读理解

    During the last fifteen years of my mother's life she suffered with Alzheimer's disease (老年痴呆). Until then she had been a bright, cheerful woman deeply interested and involved in the world around her. I would go home to visit her in Virginia and she would look at me in a puzzled way and ask, “Who are you?”  I would answer, “I'm your son.”  “Where do you live?”  She would ask. “In California”, I would tell her. “Isn't that interesting,” she would say, “I have a son in California.”
    She seemed simply forgetful and confused at the beginning of the disease, but later on she would go through periods of intense anxiety. She would pace through the house she had lived in most of her life crying uneasily that she wanted to go home. Or she would leave home and wander away if she were unattended for a short time.   
    Hoping to please her and put her mind at ease I would take her for a drive, visiting sites where she had lived as a child. In the yard of the hillside house in Shipman I sat in the car and admired the view of the old oaks and long green lawn. I pictured my mother there was a little girl playing with the pet lamb she had been so fond of. I looked to her for some response. She shook her head and said, “I want to go home.”
    Over the years I have decided that what my mother was calling home was not a place, but a time. I suspect it was a time when she was much younger, when her children were still underfoot, when her husband was still vigorous and attentive.
    Watching my mother's suffering set me wondering where I would have gone in mind if someday I couldn’t find home and wanted to go there. In this family we tend to be long-lived and we grow fuzzy (糊涂的) minded as the years go by. At eighty I have already noticed some alarming symptoms. My doctor says the forgetfulness is only natural and that it comes with age. Still the fear of Alzheimer's is haunting there. Someday if and when I become even more cloudy minded than I am now, unable to drive and unable to tell you where "home" is, my dear son, I expect I will ask you to take me home, I know you will do your best to find the place I need to be. I leave these notes for your guidance.               
    小题1:What's the main idea of the first two paragraphs?
    A．The author’s mother suffered with serious Alzheimer's disease.
    B．The author’s mother forgot who’s his son.
    C．The author didn’t know how to cure his mother.
    D．The author’s mother couldn’t find her home.
    小题2:What is not the symptom of the author’s mother ? 
    A．cheerfulB．confusedC．forgetfulD．uneasy
    小题3: What’s the meaning of the underlined word “pictured”?
    A．photographedB．appearedC．describedD．painted
    小题4:What can you infer from the third paragraph?
    A．The author care much about his mother.
    B．The author’s mother was fond of pet lambs.
    C．The author saw a little girl playing with a pet lamb.
    D．The author’s mother didn’t like her usual home.
    小题5:What’s the best title of the passage?
    A．Take Mother Home.
    B．Everyone will suffer with Alzheimer's disease.
    C．A story about a son and a mother.
    D．Where Is Home?

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    科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：阅读理解

    Almost everyone is afraid of something --- snakes, heights, public speaking and so on.
    It is normal and can even be helpful to experience fear sometimes. In dangerous situations, fear can keep our bodies alert (警醒的) so that we can act quickly to protect ourselves.
    But for some people, fear develops into a “phobia”, which is a strong and unreasonable fear of something. For example, the majority of us feel a little scared when looking down from a tall building. But people with height phobia may have trouble breathing, feel dizzy or turn down a great job just because the company is on the 20th floor.
    Phobias can prevent you from living a normal life. “People with spider phobia would stay out of their home or dormitory room for days if they thought a spider was present,” Katherina Hauner, a researcher at Northwestern University, US, told ABC news. This is why scientists have been trying to find a cure for this disease.
    Since fear comes from experience --- from what we are told, what we see others experience and what happens to us --- some scientists think if they can “rewrite” these unpleasant memories, they might be able to help people overcome their phobias.
    In a study by Hauner and other scientists, participants with spider phobia were asked to first touch a spider with a paintbrush. Seeing that it was not actually dangerous, they then tried touching it while wearing a glove. Finally, they could hold it with their hands.
    Certain medicine has also been found to be helpful. Back in 2010, researchers at the University of Hiroshima, Japan, injected (注射) a special medicine into a fish --- who was afraid of light --- to turn off the fear center in its brain. From then on, the fish no longer feared light.
    While the search for solutions to phobias is making great progress, it’s an open question whether getting rid of fear is good. Some people want to use these methods to make soldiers fight harder in wars by taking away their sense of fear. Dave Smithson of the charity Anxiety UK thinks that’s a bad idea. “It’s fear that prevents us from doing crazy things,” he says. “There’s a name for people who don’t have fear of consequences: psychopaths (精神变态者).
    小题1:The main point of the article is to ___________.
    A．show us what kind of role fear plays in our lives
    B．discuss if it is good to try to get rid of fear
    C．inform us of fear and phobia
    D．discuss scientific studies related to fear
    小题2:How does the writer make the meaning of “phobia” clear?
    A．By making comparisons.B．By giving examples.
    C．By giving data in numbers.D．By giving descriptions.
    小题3:Which of the following shows the progress scientists have made in finding solutions to phobia?
    A．New medicine can shut off fear centers in animal brains whenever needed.
    B．They can use phobias to keep our bodies alert so that we can protect ourselves.
    C．They can now reduce the pain which is connected with phobia.
    D．They have succeeded in helping some people ignore memories related to phobia.
    小题4:Which of the following would Dave Smithson probably agree with?
    A．There is nothing to fear except fear itself.
    B．We should not let fear affect our decisions.
    C．Fear is not a completely bad thing.
    D．Without fear, everyone would be brave.

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