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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～20各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

　　We may look at the world around us, but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever we have become used to suddenly disappears. 1 , for example, the neatly－dressed woman I 2 to see－or look at－on my way to work each morning.

　　For three years, no matter 3 the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8:00 am. On 4 days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves. Summer time 5 out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses. 6 , she was an ordinary working woman. Of course, I 7 all this only after she was seen on more. It was them I realized how 8 I expected to see her each morning. You might say I 9 her.

　　“Did she have an accident? Something 10 ?” I thought to myself about her 11 . Now that she was gone, I felt I had 12 her. I began to realize that part of out 13 life probably includes such chance meetings with familiar 14 ：the milkman you see at dawn, the woman who 15 walks her dog along the street every morning, the twin brothers you see at the library. Such people are 16 markers in our lives. They add weigh to our 17 of place and belonging.

　　Think about it. 18 , while walking to work. We mark where we are by 19 a certain building, why should we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though 20 , person?

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I remember my dad teaching me the power of language at a very young age.

One fairly interesting event happened when I was eight. As a kid, I was always climbing trees, poles, and __31__ around upside down from the rafters (房梁) of our house. So, it __32__ to no surprise for my dad to __33__ me at the top of a 30-foot tree swinging back and forth. Without realizing the tree could break or I could get __34__, I just thought it was__35__ to be up so high.

    My cousin, Tammy, was in the same tree. She was hanging on the first big __36__ about ten feet below me. Tammy’s mother also __37__ us at the exact time my dad did. About that time a huge gust of wind came over the tree and I could feel the tree begin to sway. I remembered my dad’s __38__ over the wind yelling, “Bart, __39__ on tightly.” So I did.

    The next thing I know, I heard Tammy __40__ at the top of her lungs, __41__ flat on the ground. She had fallen out of the tree.

    I came down the tree to __42__. My dad later told me why Tammy fell and I didn’t. __43__, when Tammy’s mother felt the wind, she yelled out, “Tammy, don’t __44__!” And Tammy did do that.

    My dad then __45__ to me that the mind has a very __46__ time dealing with a negative image. In order to deal with the __47__ of not falling, Tammy’s brain had to first imagine falling, and then tell the brain not to do what it just imagined. However, my eight-year-old brain __48__ had an internal image of hanging on tightly.

    This “Self-Talk” is especially useful when you are __49__ to break a habit or set a goal. You can’t imagine not doing something in your mind. The only way to accomplish it is to find a word for what you want to do.

    I’m now a pretty good football player, because all my internal dialogue is __50__ and encourages me to win. All this I owe to my dad.

A. walking        B. hanging          C. fooling      D. playing

A. got             B. turned               C. came         D. led

A. meet            B. admire               C. forbid           D. find

A. trapped            B. hurt             C. teased           D. scolded

A. fun                B. tense                C. scaring      D. dizzy

A. root           B. trunk                C. branch           D. tree

A. warned          B. joined               C. watched      D. noticed

A. sound          B. voice                C. wave         D. laughter

A. hold           B. come             C. go           D. insist

A. whispering      B. laughing         C. screaming        D. singing

A. lying          B. sitting              C. standing     D. looking

A. anxiety            B. safety               C. thrill           D. sympathy

A. Apparently     B. Unbearably       C. Vividly      D. Unbelievably 

A. move           B. jump             C. fall         D. sway

A. apologized     B. admitted         C. referred     D. explained

A. difficult          B. awesome          C. precise          D. special

A. fear            B. command          C. reward           D. possibility

A. deliberately       B. constantly           C. gradually        D. instantly

A. failing         B. attempting           C. managing     D. hoping

A. negative        B. subjective           C. positive     D. vague

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

September 4 was my first day at Phillips Academy, my new school. It was also my 18^th birthday.

I received a warm   26     from my host family--- the Steins. Gena was my host mum, and her daughter Lily would also be a new   27   at Phillips. They took me to the school and       28   me around the campus.

On our way to my dorm (学生宿舍), we saw a truck delivering a student’s  29   to her room. Many students at the school were very rich, and they would fill their dorms with decorations（装饰物）. But I was   30   not to because I thought it was a   31   of time and money.

I had a single room, which was about the   32   of a Chinese college dorm --- the ones which usually hold six people.   33   she helped carry my bags, Lily asked me, “What’s your favorite  34  ，Teresa?” I thought for a moment before answering, “Orange.” I didn’t know why she had asked the question.

We   35  an introduction meeting after dinner.  36   of the students were native English speakers, so I felt a little   37  .  I returned to my room after the   38  , tired and wanted to go to bed after a (n)   39   day.

When I opened my door, I found a big    40  .The bed was perfectly made with blankets and an orange sunflower pillow. On the    41    was a sunflower-pattern mat（地垫，垫子）while a colorful lamp    42  beside the bed.

I opened my mouth,   43   .  How beautiful!

There was also a   44   card. I touched the little pillow on the bed as I read the card. A warm current (暖流) rushed through my   45   .

A. heart                  B. card                  C. service                     D. welcome

A. student          B. teacher             C. citizen               D. visitor

A. walked           B. introduced         C. showed             D. invited

A. bag             B. newspaper         C. letters               D. money

A. warned          B. forced                    C. determined        D. supposed

A. matter            B. waste                C. show                 D. use

A. design            B. size                   C. pattern                     D. example

A. As                 B. Though             C. Because             D. While

A. fruit            B. weather             C. food                 D. color

A. organized      B. planned             C. attended            D. opened

A. All            B. Most                 C. Some                D. Few

A. pleased         B. nervous           C. angry                D. afraid

A. dinner           B. class               C. meeting             D. party

A. exciting        B. surprising        C. tired               D. interested

A. secret           B. joke                  C. warmth           D. surprise

A. wall             B. desk                  C. floor               D. ground

A. stood            B. lay                 C. appeared         D. hanged

A. frightened     B. moved                     C. satisfied           D. understood

A. post              B. birthday            C. name              D. festival

A. mind            B. head               C. face                 D. body

When we are unfamiliar with something, we may feel nervous and fearful. The help of others is a good    36    to help us pull through.

I write for a big newspaper, and I wanted to    37    a story about parachute jumping（跳伞）. To make it a realistic as well as exciting    38   , I decided that I had to make a jump myself    39   . Unluckily, I’m not good at any    40   , let alone（更不用说）parachute jumping.

My friend Mr. Smith was willing to give me a    41   . He took me to a ground school. The first day’s    42    included several hours of instruction but not my first drop from a(n)   43 . For this, I had to wait until the following    44   .

The next morning, I was taken to the airfield.    45   , a heavy parachute was put on my back. Then I was    46    to make my way to a small plane which had just stopped slowly on the runway. Once on board, the plane was soon    47   . I began to feel nervous. As we reached one thousand meters, Harry, my teacher, hooked（钩）a    48    from my parachute to a steel ring inside the plane. The line was to pull my parachute    49   after I jumped.

“Get    50   , Henry,” Harry said. I moved carefully to the door. I wanted to    51   , “NO, no, no!” But no word came.

“Jump!” Harry called    52   . “Jump!”

Away from the plane, and down, down I fell, arms stretched. It worked All at once I was very happy. Then I felt a quick    53   . My big parachute had opened! It was the best    54    I ever had. I looked down. There were rivers, trees, fields and houses. I heard the soft sound of the air. This was    55   .

A. way              B. chance                            C. idea                         D. value

A. tell               B. write                        C. read                         D. copy

A. film             B. poem                       C. story                        D. program

A. secretly         B. instead                            C. finally                      D. first

A. sport            B. driving                     C. lesson                      D. drawing

A. try               B. hand                        C. gift                          D. suggestion

A. jumping        B. journey                    C. training                    D. entertainment

A. tree                     B. tower                       C. building                   D. airplane

A. week            B. month                      C. evening                    D. morning

A. Besides         B. Once                        C. There                       D. However

A. asked            B. invited                            C. forced                      D. taught

A. slowing        B. climbing                  C. landing                    D. filling

A. belt                     B. steel                         C. line                          D. seat

A. light             B. broken                            C. fixed                        D. open

A. ready            B. up                           C. on                           D. away

A. cry               B. rest                          C. laugh                       D. lie

A. softly           B. loudly                      C. nervously                 D. excitedly

A. comfort        B. wind                        C. pull                         D. push

A. failure          B. experience                C. competition                     D. danger

A. tiring            B. shocking                  C. true                         D. fun

阅读下面短文,  从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,  选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,  并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When I was about 13, my father would take me on short outings on Saturdays. On the way home, Dad _36_ stopped at the Dairy Queen for 10-cent ice creams. I couldn’t _37_ it, but I could pray from the _38_ we started heading home to that corner where we would either go straight for the ice cream or _39_ and go home empty-handed. That corner _40_ either mouth-watering excitement or _41_.

On one special day, we were heading home, and again I was praying for the _42_ sound of his offer. It _43_. “Would you like an ice cream today?” “That sounds great, Dad!” But then he said, “How would you like to _44_ today?”

Twenty cents! My mind reeled(震惊). I could afford it. I got a weekly allowance of 25 cents, plus some _45_ for odd jobs(零活). But _46_ it was my money, ice cream wasn’t a good use of it. In a fit of _47_, I said, “Well, in that case, I guess I’ll _48_.” My father just said, “Okay, Son.”

But as we headed home, I realized how wrong I was and begged him to _49_. But he just said, “That’s okay, we don’t really need one.” I felt _50_ for my selfishness and ungratefulness. He didn’t mind, or _51_ act disappointed.

I _52_ that generosity（慷慨）goes two ways and gratefulness sometimes costs more than “thank you”. On that day gratefulness would have cost 20 cents and it would have been the _53_ ice cream I’d ever had.

I’ll tell you one more thing. We _54_ another trip the next week. As we _55_ the corner, I said, “Dad, would you like an ice cream today? My treat.”

A. never                 B. hardly             C. frequently     D. strangely

A. expect               B. mention           C. wait                       D. get         

A. month                   B. day                 C. weekend          D. moment        

A. finish                B. drive                C. turn                 D. return       

A. indicated              B. meant               C. suggested          D. instructed    

A. anger                    B. shame              C. happiness         D. disappointment

A. funny                    B. surprising         C. interesting        D. beautiful    

A. came                   B. spoke              C. went                D. flew       

A. serve                     B. treat                       C. buy                 D. provide    

A. extra                  B. limited            C. little                D. easy      

A. after                    B. while               C. when             D. although 

A. sadness                B. regret                      C. curiosity          D. selfishness 

A. accept                  B. pay                 C. pass              D. eat      

A. turn back            B. keep up           C. stop by           D. give in    

A. unsatisfied           B. awful                      C. frightened     D. crazy     

A. even                  B. never                      C. only               D. somehow  

A. knew              B. learned            C. acknowledged         D. found    

A. dearest                 B. worst              C. cheapest           D. best       

A. made out             B. prepared for     C. went on           D. took up  

A. crossed               B. left                C. saw            D. approached