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Two weeks before Christmas，Mother told me we were going to my grandmother's house for the holiday.Grandma and Uncle Henry lived on a farm some 15 miles out of town.They had no electricity or running water and__1__what I considered the “good things” in life.They__2__made no plans for Christmas.When Christmas Eve arrived，Mom told me in her “I-mean-it” voice to__3__all the decorations(装饰物)from our tree.She packed those up，__4__all the trimmings(配料)for a __5__turkey dinner.

Christmas morning__6__perfectly，with the sun shining brightly across a fresh blanket of snow.__7__I sulked(生气)silently in the backseat of the car as we made our__8__to grandma's.This was going to be the __9__Christmas ever!

Grandma was__10__to see us as we walked up to her door.“What on earth are you doing here？”she stammered.“We weren't expecting__11__.It's Christmas，and I don't even have a turkey to cook for you.”“I knew__12__.”Mom said as we set boxes of goodies on the kitchen table.“That's__13__we brought one with us.”“We__14__have a tree，”Mom insisted.“__15__，what will we do with all these decorations？”

Uncle Henry quickly caught Mom's spirit.He called me to join him，and we found a perfect Christmas tree in the woods.Soon the house __16__fresh and piney as we decorated the tree，and the day__17__a festive air.The turkey dinner was very good，too.I was actually beginning to enjoy this unusual Christmas day!

Dessert was forgotten__18__Mom came out with the final surprise—a flaming(燃烧的)pudding! “Merry Christmas，Mother，”Mom said.“Dear me！” Grandma gasped.“I haven't seen a flaming pudding since I left England before I was married.”Tears of__19__filled her eyes.

I could not keep the tears__20__my eyes，either.I knew then that Mom had also given me the best Christmas present ever—she had taught me what a beautiful thing it is to give.

1．A.prepared 　 B．lacked C．refused D．desired

2．A.also 　 B．still C．never 　 D．hardly

3．A.replace 　　 B．collect C．remove D．show

4．A.instead of B．by the side of C．along with 　 D．in spite of

5．A.normal 　　 B．complete C．fresh 　　 D．separate

6．A.dawned 　　 B．passed C．broke 　 D．happened

7．A.But 　 B．So C．And 　　 D．Then

8．A.decision 　　 B．way C．wish 　　 D．plan

9．A.last 　 B．busiest C．best 　　 D．worst

10．A.expected B．eager C．surprised 　　 D．ready

11．A.anyone 　　 B．others C．someone 　　 D．no one

12．A.you B．it C．that 　　　 D．this

13．A.how B．why C．where 　 D．when

14．A.may B．will C．can 　　　 D．must

15．A.Meanwhile 　　 B．ThereforeC．However 　　 D．Otherwise

16．A.improved B．smelled C．became D．changed

17．A.showed up 　　 B．carried on

18．A.until B．after C．because D．unless

19．A.sadness 　 B．joy C．regret 　 D．worry

20．A.inside 　　 B．back C．into 　　　 D．from

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金属钾在氧气中燃烧能生成超氧化钾(KO₂)，KO₂与CO₂或水作用均生成O₂。现将一定量钠钾合金在足量氧气中燃烧，将反应产物置于水中并通入足量的CO₂，充分反应后，最多放出O₂的体积是最多吸收CO₂的体积的，则原钠钾合金中钠与钾的质量之比为(　　)

A．23?36 　　 B．46?39 　　　 C．115?39 D．23?78

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　　Photos that you might have found down the back of your sofa are now big business!

　　In 2005, the American artist Richard Prince's photograph of a photograph, Untitled(Cowboy), was sold for ＄1, 248, 000．

　　Prince is certainly not the only contemporary artist to have worked with so-called“found photographs”－a loose term given to everything from discarded(丢弃的)prints discovered in a junk shop to old advertisements or amateur photographs from a stranger's family album．The German artist Joachim Schmid, who believes“basically everything is worth looking at”, has gathered discarded photographs, postcards and newspaper images since 1982．In his on-going project, Archiv, he groups photographs of family life according to themes：people with dogs; teams; new cars; dinner with the family; and so on．

　　Like Schmid, the editors of several self-published art magazines also champion(捍卫)found photographs．One of them, called simply Found, was born one snowy night in Chicago, when Davy Rothbard returned to his car to find under his wiper(雨刷)an angry note intended for some else：“Why's your car HERE at HER place?”The note became the starting point for Rothbard's addictive publication, which features found photographs sent in by readers, such a poster discovered in our drawer．

　　The whole found-photograph phenomenon has raised some questions．Perhaps one of the most difficult is：can these images really be considered as art?And if so, whose art?Yet found photographs produced by artists, such Richard Prince, may riding his horse hurriedly to meet someone?Or how did Prince create this photograph?It's anyone's guess．In addition, as we imagine the back-story to the people in the found photographs artists, like Schmid, have collated(整理), we also turn toward our own photographic albums．Why is memory so important to us?Why do we all seek to freeze in time the faces of our children, our parents, our lovers, and ourselves?Will they mean anything to anyone after we've gone?

(1)

The first paragraph of the passage is used to ________．
[　　]
A．	remind readers of found photographs
B．	advise reader to start a new kind of business
C．	ask readers to find photographs behind sofa
D．	show readers the value of found photographs

(2)

According to the passage, Joachim Schmid ________．
[　　]
A．	is fond of collecting family life photographs
B．	found a complaining not under his car wiper
C．	is working for several self-published magazines
D．	wondered at the artistic nature of found photographs

(3)

The underlined word“them”in Para 4 refers to ________．
[　　]
A．	the readers
B．	the editors
C．	the found photographs
D．	the self-published magazines

(4)

By asking a series of questions in Para 5, the author mainly intends to indicate that ________．
[　　]
A．	memory of the past is very important to people
B．	found photographs allow people to think freely
C．	the back-story of found photographs is puzzling
D．	the real value of found photographs is questionable

(5)

The author's attitude towards found photographs can be described as ________．
[　　]
A．	critical
B．	doubtful
C．	optimistic
D．	satisfied

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　　Another common type of reasoning is the search for causes and results．We want to know whether cigarettes really do cause lung cancer, what causes malnutrition, the decay of cities, or the decay of teeth．We are equally interested in effects：what is the effect of sulphur or lead in the atmosphere, of oil spills and raw sewage in rivers and the sea, of staying up late on the night before an examination?

　　Causal reasoning may go from cause to effect or from effect to cause．Either way, we reason from what we know to what we want to find out．Sometimes we reason from an effect to a cause and then on to another effect．Thus, if we reason that because the lights have gone out, the refrigerator won't work, we first relate the effect(lights out)to the cause(power off)and then relate that cause to another effect(refrigerator not working)．This kind of reasoning is called, for short, effect to effect．It is quite common to reason through an extensive chain of causal relations．When the lights go out we might reason in the following causal chain：lights out－power off－refrigerator not working－temperature will rise－milk will sour．In other words, we diagnose a succession of effects from the power failure, each becoming the cause of the next．

　　Causes are classified as necessary, sufficient, or contributory．A necessary cause is one which must be present for the effect to occur, as combustion(燃烧)is necessary to drive a gasoline engine．A sufficient cause is one which can produce an effect unaided, though there may be more than one sufficient cause; a dead battery is enough to keep a car from starting, but faulty spark plugs or an empty gas tank will have the same effect．A contributory cause is one which helps to produce an effect but cannot do so by itself, as running through a red light may help cause an accident, though other factors－pedestrians or other cars at the crossroads－must also be present．

　　In establishing or refuting a causal relation it is usually necessary to show the process by which the alleged(声称的)cause produces the effect．Such an explanation is called a causal process．

(1)

What the author discussed in the previous section is most probably about ________．
[　　]
A．	relationships between causes and results
B．	classification of reasoning
C．	some other common types of reasoning
D．	some special type of reasoning

(2)

According to the passage, to do the“effect to effect”reasoning is to reason ________．
[　　]
A．	from cause to effect
B．	from effect to cause
C．	from effect to effect and on to cause
D．	from effect to cause and on to another effect

(3)

A necessary cause is ________．
[　　]
A．	one without which it is impossible for the effect to occur
B．	one of the causes that can produce the effect
C．	one that is enough to make the effect occur
D．	none of them

(4)

Your refrigerator is not working and you have found that the electric power has been cut off．The power failure is a ________．
[　　]
A．	necessary cause
B．	sufficient cause
C．	contributory cause
D．	none of them

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