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Terry was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man, often __   that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so __   with the city that he had to leave.
So his family moved to another city. It was the evening of a weekend. When Terry and his wife were busily _23_ up their new home, the light suddenly __   . Terry was regretful to have forgotten to bring along __    and had to wait __   in a low mood. Just then he heard light, hesitant __   on his door that were clearly audible (听到) in the __   night.
“Who’s it?” he wondered, since Terry was a __    to this city. And this was the moment he especially hated to be __   , so he went to the door and opened it __   . At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have candles? I’m your neighbor. ” “No,” answered Terry in anger and shut the door __   . “What a nuisance(麻烦事)!” He complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down than the neighbor came to __    things.”
After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside. __   this time she was __    two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She __   me here to give you these.” Terry was very __    by what he saw.
At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his __   in life. It was his __   and harshness (刻薄) with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was __    nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been blurred (蒙蔽) by his unsympathetic mind.

小题1:

A．complaining

B．telling

C．hoping

D．pretending

小题2:A. pleased B disappointed C. exhausted D. encouraged

小题3:

A．looking

B．turning

C．coming

D．tidying

小题4:

A．went on

B．went down

C．went out

D．went through

小题5:

A．candles

B．matches

C．lights

D．flashlights

小题6:

A．happily

B．patiently

C．hopefully

D．helplessly

小题7:

A．steps

B．words

C．knocks

D．screams

小题8:

A．dark

B．quiet

C．noisy

D．crowded

小题9:

A．newcomer

B．stranger

C．guest

D．settler

小题10:

A．called

B．disturbed

C．watched

D．offered

小题11:

A．surprisingly

B．delightedly

C．impatiently

D．willingly

小题12:

A．gently

B．kindly

C．politely

D．violently

小题13:

A．lend

B．sell

C．harness

D．borrow

小题14:

A．And

B．But

C．So

D．For

小题15:

A．holding

B．hiding

C．fetching

D．lifting

小题16:

A．suggested

B．commanded

C．sent

D．forced

小题17:

A．frightened

B．pleased

C．puzzled

D．surprised

小题18:

A．failure

B．success

C．complaint

D．determination

小题19:

A．warmth

B．coldness

C．kindness

D．nearly

小题20:

A．doubtfully

B．hardly

C．actually

D．sympathy (同情)

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

试题分析：有时我们总是觉得这个世界上有很多坏人，把失败的原因归结于他人。事实上，我们自己更应该打开自己的心胸，只有自己敞开心扉去接纳、理解、包容的帮助，这个世界才会对我们微笑。
小题1:考查动词辨析及对语境的理解。A. complaining抱怨；B. telling告诉；C. hoping希望；D. pretending假装。Terry是一个中年的皮革商，他的事业反复失败使他很沮丧，这里是Terry的一种消极的心情的反映：他经常抱怨被人骗了。故选A。
小题2:考查形容词辨析及对语境的理解。A. pleased 高兴；B disappointed失望；C. exhausted筋疲力尽的；D. encouraged鼓励；一天他告诉他的妻子他对这个城市很失望以至于要离开它。事业失败的心情应该是失望，感到受挫。所以用disappointed选B。
小题3:考查动词辨析及对语境的理解。A. look up 向上看，查阅；B. turn up 开大音量，出现；C. come up上来；D. tidy up 收拾，整理。结合语境可知，Terry和他的妻子搬到另一个城市，在周末的傍晚，他们正忙着收拾新家。故选D。
小题4:考查动词辨析及对语境的理解。A. went on发生，持续；B. went down下去；C. went out熄灭；D. went through经历。根据do you have candles?可知，灯突然灭了。故选C。
小题5:考查名词辨析及对语境的理解。A. candles蜡烛；B. matches火柴；C. lights灯；D. flashlights手电。灯突然灭了。根据常识理解，Terry后悔自己忘了带蜡烛，故选A最佳。
小题6:考查副词辨析及对语境的理解。 A. happily高兴地；B. patiently耐心地；C. hopefully满怀希望地；D. helplessly无助地。Terry情绪很差，不知道什么时候会有电，所以应该是无助地等待，故选D。
小题7:考查名词辨析及对语境的理解。A. steps台阶，步伐；B. words话；C. knocks敲；D. screams尖叫声。就在那时，他听到听到轻轻的犹豫的敲门声。宾语是door，所以应该是knock，敲。后面有the door was knocked again.故选C。
小题8:考查形容词辨析及对语境的理解。A. dark黑暗的；B. quiet安静的；C. noisy喧闹的；D. crowded拥挤的。前面说敲门声很轻，所以只有在安静的环境下才能听到，故选B。
小题9:考查名词辨析及对语境的理解。A. newcomer新来的人；B. stranger陌生人；C. guest 客人；D. settler定居者。会是谁？他很纳闷。因为Terry是新来到这个城市的人。根据前面他们搬家收拾东西可知，Terry是新来的，故选A。
小题10:考查动词辨析及对语境的理解。A. called被叫；B. disturbed被打扰；C. watched被监视；D. offered被提供。没有电不能收拾东西，他心情不好的时候Terry尤其不喜欢被打扰，故选B。
小题11:考查副词辨析及对语境的理解。A. surprisingly吃惊地；B. delightedly高兴地；C. impatiently不耐烦地；D. willingly自愿地。根据前面的介绍可知，Terry情绪很糟糕，不喜欢被打扰，这时有人敲门，所以“他很不耐烦地去开门”才符合语境，故选C。
小题12:考查副词辨析及对语境的理解。A. gently轻轻地；B. kindly友好地；C. politely礼貌地；D. violently猛烈地。门口站着一个小女孩，说自己是邻居，问Terry有蜡烛没有？Terry很生气地回答说没有。由此可知，他是猛地把门一关，表达他的愤怒。故选D。
小题13:考查动词辨析及对语境的理解。A. lend借入；B. sell卖；C. harness治理；D. borrow借出。他抱怨说：“我们刚安顿下来邻居就来借东西了。”根据后面可知选borrow，他生气的原因是，他认为邻居是来借东西的。故选D。
小题14:考查连词辨析及对语境的理解。A. And和，而且；B. But但是；C. So因此；D. For为了。和前一次比较，所以用but表转折，意思是：但是，这一次小女孩手里拿着两根蜡烛。故选B。
小题15:考查动词辨析及对语境的理解。A. holding握住；B. hiding藏；C. fetching取回；D. lifting抬高。结合女孩说的话“我奶奶告诉我楼下的新邻居可能需要蜡烛。”可知，这一次小女孩手里拿着两根蜡烛。选A。
小题16:考查动词辨析及对语境的理解。A. suggested建议；B. commanded命令；C. sent派遣；D. forced强迫。她让我来这里给你这些. 分析四个选项在语境的意思可知是sent，故选C。
小题17:考查形容词辨析及对语境的理解。A. frightened害怕；B. pleased高兴；C. puzzled困惑；D. surprised惊讶。Terry惊讶于他所看到的这一切。听到小女孩说的话，Terry知道事实和自己想的正好相反，所以用surprised更符合语境，故选D。
小题18:考查名词辨析及对语境的理解。A. failure失败；B. success成功；C. complaint抱怨；D. determination决心。在那一刻他突然意识到是什么导致他在生活中的失败。文章最后和文章开头遥相呼应。故选A。
小题19:考查名词辨析及对语境的理解。 A. warmth温暖；B. coldness寒冷、冷淡；C. kindness善良；D. nearly几乎。失败是因为他对其他人冷淡和刻薄。从他第一次对带小女孩的态度可以看出，他对人态度冷淡，总认为别人是想从他那里得到什么。故选B。
小题20:考查副词辨析及对语境的理解。A. doubtfully怀疑地；B. hardly几乎不；C. actually事实上、实际上；D. sympathy 同情。生活中欺骗他的人实际上是他自己而不是其他人，他的眼睛被他无情的心灵蒙蔽了。文章开头提到，Terry总是认为自己被人欺骗，所以事业总是失败。而这个小女孩却让他有了不同的认识。Terry的人生观改变了。所以选actually更合适，故选C。

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B．protect

C．beat

D．ruin

小题19:

A．pain

B．memory

C．importance

D．celebration

小题20:

A．obstacles

B．families

C．parents

D．divorce

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科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：完形填空

In 2002, when my father was transferred(调动)to the US to work there for seven months,
I had to attend school there, so I was upset. How would I, an eight-year-old girl from India, make
Friends in America?
On my first day at Anna Silver Public School, I      Miss Alice McNally, my class teacher, who couldn’t get my name      --- although she tried hard, she usually called me Diya or Diva instead of Divya. But she      to speak to me in a way that was easy for me---slowly,       words clearly---to get me used to the American   . When discovering that I enjoyed     , she took me to meet the art teacher. Miss McNally made sure that I was in perfect harmony with her class, and I had as much      as any schoolgirl could have from school.
When my father was transferred back to India, I had to    Anna Silver Public School. I was going to leave before a scheduled fishing trip, and I’d      the class photo session(集会) too. Therefore, with a heavy heart, I left my school and the US. Back in Kerala, I received a
Surprise one day---a package in which Miss McNally and my twenty-four former classmates had written me a letter each,      me about the fishing trip and interesting things that happened while taking the class photo. Miss McNally added, “Keep up with your drawing, since you love it so much.” Miss McNally not only made a     little girl feel at home in a faraway country, but also taught me and the others, at an early age, the importance of being kind to others.

小题1:

A．recognized

B．puzzled

C．met

D．hurt

小题2:

A．right

B．smart

C．brief

D．similar

小题3:

A．took over

B．took care

C．took back

D．took control

小题4:

A．spelling

B．shouting

C．saying

D．writing

小题5:

A．ceremony

B．custom

C．education

D．accent

小题6:

A．drawing

B．music

C．advertising

D．sports

小题7:

A．fun

B．luck

C．patience

D．pride

小题8:

A．disturb

B．leave

C．choose

D．begin

小题9:

A．support

B．enjoy

C．plan

D．miss

小题10:

A．lasting

B．mild

C．hopeful

D．pleasant

小题11:

A．advising

B．teaching

C．telling

D．asking

小题12:

A．sweet

B．shy

C．brave

D．beautiful

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科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：完形填空

Night after night, my mother came to my bed, even long after my childhood years.She would ____ down and push my long hair out of the way, and then kiss my forehead.
I don't remember when it first started ___ me — her hands pushing my hair that way, for they felt work?worn and rough ____ my young skin.Finally，one night, I shouted out at her, “Don't do that any more—your hands are too rough！” she made no ____ and left quietly.But never again did my mother do it with that familiar expression of her ____.
With the passing years, my ____returned to that night time after time.By then I ____ my mother's hands and her goodnight kiss.Sometimes the incident seemed very ____， sometimes far away, but always it was ____ in the back of my mind.
The years have passed, and I'm not a little girl any more.Mom is in her seventies, and those hands I once ___ to be so rough are still doing things for me and my family.
Now, Mom no longer has Dad and lives ____.One night on Thanksgiving Eve, I found myself ___to her house to spend the night with her.As I slept in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand hesitantly ran across my face to ___the hair from my forehead.Then a ____， ever so gently , touched my forehead.I burst into tears.
In my memory, thousands of times, I ____ the night my young voice complained.Catching Mom's hand in hand, I told her how ____I was for that night.I thought she'd remember ____ I did.But Mom didn't know what I was talking about.She had already forgotten and ____ long ago.
That night, I fell asleep with a new ____for my gentle mother and her caring hands.And the guilt that I had carried around for so long was ____ to be found.

小题1:

A．lie

B．bend

C．look

D．fall

小题2:

A．annoying

B．astonishing

C．delighting

D．disappointing

小题3:

A．along

B．above

C．against

D．aside

小题4:

A．reply

B．promise

C．request

D．agreement

小题5:

A．pity

B．sadness

C．apology

D．love

小题6:

A．feelings

B．opinions

C．spirits

D．thoughts

小题7:

A．missed

B．forgot

C．held

D．shook

小题8:

A．strange

B．close

C．serious

D．common

小题9:

A．stressed

B．existed

C．hidden

D．exposed

小题10:

A．expected

B．changed

C．reminded

D．complained

小题11:

A．yet

B．away

C．alone

D．long

小题12:

A．drawn

B．carried

C．moved

D．stayed

小题13:

A．cut

B．wash

C．brush

D．take

小题14:

A．tear

B．kiss

C．press

D．hand

小题15:

A．returned

B．remembered

C．realized

D．recalled

小题16:

A．sorry

B．happy

C．angry

D．nervous

小题17:

A．when

B．how

C．why

D．as

小题18:

A．disappeared

B．forgiven

C．apologized

D．abandoned

小题19:

A．imagination

B．inspiration

C．decoration

D．appreciation

小题20:

A．still

B．soon

C．nowhere

D．anyhow

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科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：阅读理解

Like many new graduates, I left university full of hope for the future but with no real idea of what I wanted to do. My degree, with honors, in English literature had not really prepared me for anything practical. I knew I wanted to make a difference in the world somehow, but I had no idea how to do that. That’s when I learned about the Lighthouse Project.
I started my journey as a Lighthouse Project volunteer by reading as much as I could about the experiences of previous volunteers. I knew it would be a lot of hard work, and that I would be away from my family and friends for a very long time. In short, I did not take my decision to apply for the Lighthouse Project lightly. Neither did my family.
Eventually, however, I won the support of my family, and I sent in all the paperwork needed for the application. After countless interviews and presentations, I managed to stand out among the candidates and survive the test alone. Several months later, I finally received a call asking me to report for the duty. I would be going to a small village near Abuja, Nigeria. Where? What? Nigeria? I had no idea. But I was about to find out.
After completing my training, I was sent to the village that was small and desperately in need of proper accommodation. Though the local villagers were poor, they offered their homes, hearts, and food as if I were their own family. I was asked to lead a small team of local people in building a new schoolhouse. For the next year or so, I taught in that same schoolhouse. But I sometimes think I learned more from my students than they did from me.
Sometime during that period, I realized that all those things that had seemed so strange or unusual to me no longer did, though I did not get anywhere with the local language, and returned to the United States a different man. The Lighthouse Project had changed my life forever.
小题1:What do we know about the author?

A．His university education focused on the theoretical knowledge.

B．His dream at university was to become a volunteer.

C．He took pride in having contributed to the world.

D．He felt honored to study English literature.

小题2:According to the Paragraph 2, it is most likely that the author

A．discussed his decision with his family.

B．asked previous volunteers about voluntary work

C．attended special training to perform difficult tasks

D．felt sad about having to leave his family and friends

小题3:In his application for the volunteer job, the author

A．participated in many discussions

B．went through challenging survival tests

C．wrote quite a few paper on voluntary work

D．faced strong competition from other candidates

小题4:On arrival at the village, the author was

A．asked to lead a farming team

B．sent to teach in a schoolhouse

C．received warmly by local villagers

D．arranged to live in a separate house.

小题5:What can we infer from the author’s experiences in Nigeria?

A．He found some difficulty adapting to the local culture

B．He had learned to communicate in the local language.

C．He had overcome all his weaknesses before he left for home.

D．He was chosen as the most respectable teacher by his students.

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