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    I’m sitting in a quiet room at the Millcroft Hotel, a peaceful place hidden back among pine trees about an hour out of Toronto. It’s just past noon, late July, and I’m       the desperate (绝望的) sounds of a life-and-death       going on a few feet away.
    There’s a small       burning out the last of its short life’s energies in a (an)     to fly through the glasses of the window.        , it’s not working. The great effort offers no hope for survival. Ironically (讽刺地), the struggle is part of the trap. It is      for the fly to try hard enough to succeed in       through the glass. This fly is doomed (注定失败). It will         there on the windowsill.
    Across the room, ten steps    , the door is open. Ten seconds of flying time and this small creature could reach the outside world it      . With only a small effort now being     , it could be free of this self-set     . The breakthrough possibility is there. It would be so      .
    Why doesn’t the fly try another approach,         dramatically different? How did it get so locked in on the idea      this particular route and determined effort offer the most promise for success?
    No doubt this way makes     to the fly. Regrettably, it is an idea that will kill it.
    Trying hard isn’t necessarily the solution     achieving your goal. It may not offer any real      for getting what you want out of life. Sometimes, in fact, it is a big part of the problem.
    If you       your hopes like the fly for a break-through, you may       your chances for success.
    小题1:
    A．seeingB．crying outC．watchingD．listening to
    小题2:
    A．struggleB．cryC．yellD．test
    小题3:
    A．birdB．flyC．insectD．worm
    小题4:
    A．experienceB．directionC．forceD．attempt
    小题5:
    A．ThusB．SoC．AlthoughD．However
    小题6:
    A．usualB．likelyC．impossibleD．uncommon
    小题7:
    A．diggingB．breakingC．pushingD．jumping
    小题8:
    A．killB．dieC．lieD．stick
    小题9:
    A．awayB．farC．nearD．distant
    小题10:
    A．dreams toB．thinks ofC．looks afterD．longs for
    小题11:
    A．doneB．ownedC．wastedD．planned
    小题12:
    A．tunnelB．trapC．caveD．goal
    小题13:
    A．easyB．necessaryC．hardD．obvious
    小题14:
    A．attemptB．anythingC．struggleD．something
    小题15:
    A．thatB．whatC．whichD．where
    小题16:
    A．senseB．troubleC．roomD．effort
    小题17:
    A．ofB．fromC．offD．to
    小题18:
    A．adviceB．supportC．hopeD．power
    小题19:
    A．riskB．getC．makeD．take
    小题20:
    A．failB．killC．overlookD．fulfill

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

    试题分析：文章讲述了一只苍蝇挣扎着想穿过玻璃的故事。一只苍蝇在拼死挣扎，它试图撞破玻璃到外面的世界去。然而，就在不远处，有一扇开着的门，它其实可以很轻易地飞出去。不过，它却选择了那条没有好结果的方法。辛苦的付出如果没有正确的方法做前提，也只能是徒劳的。有时候，打破常规，进行换位思考，也能获得成功。
    小题1:考查动词辨析。A看到；B执行；C观察；D听。根据sounds可知，作者是在听着某种声音，故选D。
    小题2:考查名词辨析。A挣扎；B大哭，喊叫；C叫喊，吼叫；D测验。根据第二段“the struggle is part of the trap”可知，这里应该填struggle一词，故选A。
    小题3:考查名词辨析。A鸟；B苍蝇；C昆虫；D幼虫。根据第二段“It is     for the fly to try hard enough”可知，有一只苍蝇在试图飞出窗户，故选B。
    小题4:考查名词辨析。A经历，经验；B方向；C力量；D试图。in an attempt to do sth试图做某事，故选D。
    小题5:考查副词辨析。A因此；B所以；C虽然；D然而。     , it’s not working然而，苍蝇的企图以失败告终，这里是转折含义，故选D。
    小题6:考查形容词辨析。A通常的；B可能的；C不可能的；D不寻常的。It is     for the fly to try hard enough to succeed in     through the glass.苍蝇凭借努力想飞出窗户是不可能的，故选C。
    小题7:考查动词辨析。A挖掘；B打破；C推；D跳。succeed in      through the glass成功穿过玻璃，break through冲破，突破，故选B。
    小题8:考查动词辨析。A杀死；B死亡；C躺，位于；D敲击。This fly is doomed (注定失败). It will        there on the windowsill.这只苍蝇命中注定要死在窗台上，故选B。
    小题9:考查副词辨析。A远离；B远地；C在附近；D遥远的。Across the room, ten steps    ,ten steps away十步远的地方，故选A。
    小题10:考查动词短语辨析。A；B考虑，认为；C照顾；D渴望。this small creature could reach the outside world it    这个小生物就能到达它渴望的那个外面世界，故选D。
    小题11:考查过去分词辨析。A做完；B拥有的；C浪费的；D计划好的。With only a small effort now being    ,用现在正在被浪费的努力中的一点，根据前文可知，苍蝇撞玻璃是在做无用功，故选C。
    小题12:考查名词辨析。A隧道；B陷阱，圈套；C洞穴；D目标，球门。根据第二段“the struggle is part of the trap”可知，苍蝇没有从门飞出去而是选择了撞玻璃，它自己给自己设置了一个陷阱，故选B。
    小题13:考查形容词辨析。A容易的；B必要的；C困难的；D明显的。The breakthrough possibility is there. It would be so     .突出重围的可能性就在那里(从门缝飞出去)，而且会很容易突出重围，故选A。
    小题14:考查名词辨析。A试图；B任何事情；C努力，正在；D某事，某物。Why doesn’t the fly try another approach,        dramatically different?苍蝇为什么没有选择另一条路，有什么截然不同的事情（导致的吗？），故选D。
    小题15:考查连接词辨析。that引导同位语从句，对idea进行补充说明，A定语从句中作主语或宾语，名词性从句中无意义；B名词性从句中作主语或宾语；C定语从句中作主语或宾语，名词性从句中作定语；D作地点状语。故选A。
    小题16:考查名词辨析。A感觉，意义；B麻烦；C房间，空间；D努力。No doubt this way makes   to the fly.毫无疑问的是，这种方法对苍蝇有意义，make sense有意义，说得通，故选A。
    小题17:考查介词辨析。A......的；B来自.....；C离开；D到/向/朝......。the solution to achieving your goal达到目的的方案，solution常与介词to连用，故选D。
    小题18:考查名词辨析。A建议；B支持；C希望；D权力。It may not offer any real    for getting what you want out of life.辛苦的付出可能不会带来任何你想得到想要的东西的希望，故选C。
    小题19:考查动词辨析。A冒险；B得到；C使得，制造；D带走，花费。If you     your hopes like the fly for a break-through如果你想这只苍蝇那样，拿希望来冒险，故选A。
    小题20:考查动词辨析。A失败，未能；B杀死；C忽视，俯视；D履行，完成。you may     your chances for success你可能会把获得成功的机会给扼杀掉，根据倒数第三段“Regrettably, it is an idea that will kill it.”可知，使用kill最合适，故选B。
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    This time, the people said without ____， “We believe you！”
    In this way, his eyes were ____ with a black cloth. He moved slowly to the tightrope and walked along it inch by inch. This time, he went past once again. The audience burst into ____.
    Then, he ____ a child and asked all the people, “If I put him on my shoulders ___ I'm blindfolded with my hands tied as well, do you still believe I can make it？”
    All the people replied before ____， “We believe you！”
    “I ask you again. Do you really believe me？”
    “Yes, we believe you completely！”
    Then, he said, “Well then, since you believe me, ____ my child with yours. Who will？”
    All of a sudden, the audience fell ____. The silence lasted for nearly ten minutes.
    After ten minutes, the acrobatic master said nothing, just put the child on his shoulders and walked past along the tightrope. Sure enough, this time he ____ once more.
    Faced with things far from their own ____， people can often make judgments easily and quickly, but once involved in(牵涉) it, most of people “cannot ____ it clearly”. Only those who are really confident, like the master in the tightrope walk, can stay ____ at any time.
    小题1:
    A．talentB．play
    C．programD．show
    小题2:
    A．steppingB．staring
    C．wanderingD．pointing
    小题3:
    A．broke intoB．came into
    C．gave offD．sent off
    小题4:
    A．get throughB．walk down
    C．go acrossD．pass around
    小题5:
    A．FinallyB．ActuallyC．HopefullyD．Especially
    小题6:
    A．resultB．experienceC．challengeD．trick
    小题7:
    A．slightlyB．luckilyC．smoothlyD．nervously
    小题8:
    A．evenB．justC．alwaysD．still
    小题9:
    A．difficultyB．hesitationC．concernD．mercy
    小题10:
    A．blockedB．hiddenC．coveredD．equipped
    小题11:
    A．cheersB．joyC．tearsD．laughter
    小题12:
    A．choseB．supportedC．pushedD．held
    小题13:
    A．tillB．beforeC．whileD．since
    小题14:
    A．arguingB．thinkingC．refusingD．wondering
    小题15:
    A．exchangeB．compareC．takeD．treat
    小题16:
    A．silentB．noisyC．doubtfulD．anxious
    小题17:
    A．wonB．walkedC．actedD．succeeded
    小题18:
    A．childrenB．fears
    C．interestsD．performances
    小题19:
    A．senseB．see
    C．understandD．realize
    小题20:
    A．awakeB．encouraged
    C．patientD．focused

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    科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：完形填空

    I take the train to work every morning from a train station near my house. I can get to the station quite     because there is a short cut(捷径)to the station. But in the summer, it can get quite smelly because of all the       . So I always try to       through it. Today I was trying to do so as usual       something made me stop for a moment. I saw the most beautiful       by an old woman walking in front of me with the help of a white     .
    She was short and       and had white hair. She was walking       as each step took some effort. I hadn’t specially noticed her       ,until she stopped near a rubbish bin.
    She slowly placed her walking stick     the rubbish bin. Then she leaned(斜倚着)on it with her right hand. She bent down and       the rubbish. She clearly found it       and it took her a while. She       some rubbish with her left hand and slowly straightened(伸直) herself up again. All the while she used the rubbish bin to       herself. She threw the rubbish inside the bin and then       walking. It all took her great effort（努力）.
    There’s so much rubbish and no one ever does       about it. I was moved to       this old woman make such a great effort to keep even a small part of it     ! I haven’t been able to       thinking about that all day.
    I want to follow her example. I’ve decided to pick up rubbish off the       if I meet from now on. I hope people will do the same as I do.
    小题1:
    A．hardB．earlyC．easilyD．late
    小题2:
    A．rubbishB．boxesC．bottlesD．paper
    小题3:
    A．walkB．passC．goD．rush
    小题4:
    A．soB．untilC．whenD．because
    小题5:
    A．backB．actC．markD．color
    小题6:
    A．bikeB．stickC．dogD．umbrella
    小题7:
    A．weakB．richC．cleverD．sad
    小题8:
    A．quicklyB．happilyC．angrilyD．slowly
    小题9:
    A．at midnightB．at noonC．at lastD．at first
    小题10:
    A．inB．aroundC．againstD．under
    小题11:
    A．searched for B．threw awayC．reached forD．looked at
    小题12:
    A．unableB．difficultC．differentD．impossible
    小题13:
    A．picked upB．dropped downC．put inD．lifted up
    小题14:
    A．warmB．helpC．supportD．hide
    小题15:
    A．continuedB．startedC．enjoyedD．remembered
    小题16:
    A．somethingB．anythingC．everythingD．nothing
    小题17:
    A．feelB．seeC．haveD．let
    小题18:
    A．busyB．beautifulC．dirtyD．clean
    小题19:
    A．keepB．stopC．mindD．regret
    小题20:
    A．wallB．deskC．groundD．Classroom

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    That summer an army of crickets(蟋蟀) started a war with my father. Dad cared for insects no more than Mamma, but he could tolerate a few living in the basement. Mamma was a city girl and she said a cricket was just too noisy. Then to support her point she wouldn’t go to bed. She drank coffee and smoked my father’s cigarettes and paced between the sofa and the TV. Next morning she threatened to pack up and leave, so Dad drove to the store and hurried back. He sprayed poison from a jug. When he was finished he told us that was the end of it.
    For a couple of weeks we went back to find dead crickets in the laundry. He suggested that we’d all be better off to hide as many as we could from Mamma. I fed a few dozen to the cat who I didn’t like because he scratched for no reason.
    However,soon live crickets started showing up in the kitchen and bathroom. Mamma was upest because she thought they were the dead crickets coming back,but Dad said these were certainly new ones. He fetched his jug of posion and sprayed all over until the whole house smelled of posion, and then he sprayed the basement again.
    A couple of weeks later, when both live and dead crickets kept turning up, Dad emptied the basement of junk. Then he burned a lot of old newspapers and magazines which he said the crickets had turned into nests.
    While we ate supper that evening, the wind lifted some flames onto the wood pile. The only gasoline was in the lawn mower’s(割草机) fuel tank but that was enough to create an explosion big enough to reach the house. Once the roof caught, there wasn’t much anyone could do.
    After the fire trucks left, Mamma took the others to Aunt Gail’s. I helped Dad and Uncle Burt carry things out of the house and pile them by the road. We worked into the night and we didn’t talk much, while all around the noise of crickets broke our silence.
    小题1:What do we know about the author’s mother?
    A．She didn’t like insects at all.
    B．She liked insects more than his father.
    C．She cared for insects very much.
    D．She could only tolerate a few insects.
    小题2:The author’s father drove to the store to buy _______.
    A．cigarettes for himselfB．some poison
    C．more coffee for his wifeD．some gasoline
    小题3:The author’s father burned the old newspapers and magazines because he thought ______.
    A．they were no longer useful
    B．the crickets were afraid of fires
    C．they became the home of crickets
    D．the dead crickets came back to life
    小题4:We learn from the last paragraph that ________.
    A．the author’s family lost their battle against the crickets
    B．the author’s parents learned to put up with insects
    C．the author’s family didn’t suffer much in the fire
    D．the author’s parents got divorced

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