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For my daughter's 19th birthday, we bought her tickets to go and see Linkin Park, as they were playing in our city. We didn't really have the    ____   but we knew how much this band meant to her.
The night before she was like a  ____   at Christmas. Every so often she got up and came to    ____   with us, because she couldn't   ___. On the night of the   ____   it was good to see her so    ____    and excited, as she and her boyfriend set off.
Needless to say when they   ____    after midnight, with T­shirts and lots of pictures of the band,    ____    her telling about how fantastic they had been, we knew the money had been well   ____. This will be a memory she would   ____   forget, and nor would we.
____   full of excitement from the night before, the following day they   ___   to go shopping on the other side of the city. My husband and I   ____, loving the fact that she had not   ____ that quality as she grew up.
Later that day they returned, with faces full of happiness and warmth. They presented my husband and me with a   ____    each. On each present were the words “Because you are the    ____   mum/dad in the world”. When we said our thank­yous and told her she didn't have to, we asked her   ____   she had bought us gifts. Her    ____   was simply “Just because I love you”.
This wasn't something   ____    from our daughter; she had always given us a gift when she wanted to express her  ____, and each gift was always a welcome surprise. It could have been anything, it wouldn't have mattered, and it was  the act itself and the feelings behind it.
小题1:
A.moneyB.timeC.interestD.news
小题2:
A.workerB.babyC.kidD.parent
小题3:
A.danceB.learnC.walkD.sit
小题4:
A.speakB.sleepC.standD.leave
小题5:
A.concertB.holidayC.partyD.travel
小题6:
A.healthyB.happyC.prettyD.surprised
小题7:
A.stayedB.leftC.returnedD.turned
小题8:
A.worrying aboutB.caring forC.looking atD.listening to
小题9:
A.lentB.earnedC.savedD.spent
小题10:
A.everB.neverC.oftenD.neither
小题11:
A.StillB.OnlyC.JustD.Also
小题12:
A.continuedB.triedC.decidedD.struggled
小题13:
A.refusedB.criedC.shoutedD.laughed
小题14:
A.keptB.lostC.realizedD.discovered
小题15:
A.giftB.prizeC.ticketD.picture
小题16:
A.richestB.oldestC.bestD.cleverest
小题17:
A.whereB.howC.whenD.why
小题18:
A.wayB.answerC.suggestionD.idea
小题19:
A.importantB.ordinaryC.newD.valuable
小题20:
A.feelingsB.concernsC.understandingsD.opinions

小题1:A 
小题2:C 
小题3:D  
小题4:B 
小题5:A  
小题6:B  
小题7:C  
小题8:D 
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:C 
小题17:D 
小题18:B 
小题19:C 
小题20:A 

试题分析:尽管我们并不富裕,但为了让女儿快乐成长,我们尽量满足他的要求,而女儿也在用真情回报我们。
小题1:A考查名词辨析A. money钱;B. time 时间;C. interest兴趣;D. news新闻;第三段提到we knew the money had been well   ____. This will be a memory she would   ____   forget, and nor would we尽管我们不富裕,但我们知道女儿喜欢看Linkin乐队的演出。
小题2:C考查名词辨析A. worker工人;B. baby婴儿;C. kid孩子;D. parent父母;句意:女儿非常兴奋,就像一个快要过圣诞节的孩子。根据语境说明孩子看演出十分的兴奋,故选C项。
小题3:D考查动词辨析A. dance跳舞;B. learn学习;C. walk走;D. sit坐;句意:她兴奋地好几次到我们房间坐坐。以此来表达女儿的兴奋,故选D项。
小题4:B考查动词辨析A. speak说;B. sleep睡觉 ;C. stand站;D. leave离开;根据上下文中night提示,她兴奋地睡不着觉。根据上文的描述,女儿十分的兴奋,晚上都睡不着觉,故选B项。
小题5:A考查名词辨析A. concert音乐会;B. holiday假期;C. party聚会;D. travel旅行;Linkin Park是一个乐队,所以在音乐会演出的那晚,跟男友一块出发了。故选A项。
小题6:B考查形容词辨析A. healthy健康的;B. happy快乐的;C. pretty可爱的;D. surprised惊奇的;与本空后exicted构成并列,能够去看演出,她非常高兴。
小题7:C考查动词辨析A. stayed留;B. left离开;C. returned返回;D. turned转向;句意:过了午夜,他们回来了。根据语境,看完演出,返回家,故选C项。
小题8:D考查短语辨析A. worrying about担心;B. caring for关心;C. looking at看;D. listening to听;句意:我们在听她讲乐队有多棒。根据语境,回来后给家人讲这个过程,故选D项。
小题9:D考查动词辨析A. lent借出;B. earned挣;C. saved节约;D. spent花费;根据她兴高采烈的样子及对乐队的高度评价可推出,我们这笔钱没有白花,故选D项。
小题10:B考查副词辨析A. ever曾经;B. never从不;C. often经常;D. neither两者都不。句意:在她的人生中,这将是一个美好的回忆,她永远不会忘记。故选B项。
小题11:A考查副词辨析A. Still仍然;B. Only只有;C. Just仅仅;D. Also也;句意:前一晚他们就很高兴,第二天仍然很兴奋,根据语境,仍然在延续他们的兴奋,故A项。
小题12:C考查动词辨析A. continued继续;B. tried尝试;C. decided 决定;D. struggled努力;句意:他们决定去商场购物。根据下方提到They presented my husband and me with a   ____    each. On each present were the words “Because you are the    ____   mum/dad in the world”可知他们去购物了。
小题13:D考查动词辨析A. refused拒绝;B. cried哭 ;C. shouted叫喊;D. laughed笑;看到女儿仍不失童心,我们两人会心地笑了。根据下方提到loving the fact that she had not   ____ that quality as she grew up.可知选D项。
小题14:B考查动词辨析A. kept保留;B. lost失去;C. realized意识到;D. discovered发现;句意:看到女儿仍不失童心,我俩会心的笑了。根据上文提到____   full of excitement from the night before,可知选B项。
小题15:A考查名词辨析A. gift礼物;B. prize 奖赏;C. ticket票;D. picture照片;他们给我们每个人买了礼物。根据下方提到When we said our thank­yous and told her she didn't have to, we asked her   ____   she had bought us gifts. Her    ____   was simply “Just because I love you”可知买了礼物。
小题16:C考查形容词辨析A. richest富有的;B. oldest旧的;C. best最好的;D. cleverest聪明的;句意:每件礼物上都写着句话,因为你是世界上最好的爸爸、妈妈 。文中提到女儿对于父母对于自己喜欢的支持,所以写到最爱的爹妈。
小题17:D考查宾语从句引导词A. where哪;B. how如何;C. when什么时候;D. why为什么;句意:我们问她问她,为什么买礼物。根据下方提到Just because I love you可知在问为什么,故选D项。
小题18:B考查名词辨析A. way方法;B. answer答案;C. suggestion建议;D. idea想法;句意:她的回答是因为我爱你们。根据上文提到When we said our thank­yous and told her she didn't have to, we asked her   ____   she had bought us gifts.可知我们在问,她在回答,故选B项。
小题19:C考查形容词辨析A. important重要的;B. ordinary普通的;C. new新的;D. valuable有价值的;句意:这没有什么可感到新奇的地方。根据下方提到she had always given us a gift可知并不感到奇怪,故选C项。
小题20:A考查名词辨析A. feelings感觉;B. concerns关心;C. understandings理解;D. opinions想法;句意:她经常给我们礼物,当她想表达她的感觉时,每件礼物都是令人吃惊的礼物。根据下文提到it wouldn't have mattered, and it was  the act itself and the feelings behind it礼物内里包含很多的情感,故选A项。
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Fear is a feeling that eyeryone has—it’s programmed into all of us—and that’s a good thing because fear is there to protect us.We’re born with a sense of fear so we can react to something that could be dangerous.The baby cries,and their mom comes over to comfort him or her,helping the baby feel safe and OK again.Real vs.Pretend
The best way to get over a fear is to get more information about it.As kids get older,they understand more and start seeing the difference between what is real and unreal.So when William’s imagination leads him to think of witches,he can tell himself,“Wait a minute.They’re only pretend things.I don’t need to worry about them.”
The same goes for the dark.A kid’s imagination can start playing tricks when the lights go out.What’s under my bed?Is that a thief I hear?With the help of a parent,kids can get more comfortable in the dark.Using a nightlight or shining a flashlight under the bed to see that there’s nothing there can help kids fight that fear.
小题1:What did the writer find out from the survey?
A.Some people have never experienced fear.
B.Kids don’t like watching scary movies.
C.All people are afraid of something.
D.People often cry loudly when they are scared.
小题2:What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A.The list of fears is not complete.
B.The things people fear are of no big deal.
C.Kids have more fears than people think.
D.People are afraid of different things.
小题3:In the writer’s opinion,________.
A.having a sense of fear is not a bad thing
B.babies have a weak sense of fear
C.fear is not something that we are born with
D.not all people can react to dangerous things

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科目:高中英语 来源:不详 题型:完形填空

阅读短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55题中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案,使短文句意通顺,符合逻辑,并把答案填在在答题卡内。
Once there were two men, who lived in the same hospital room. One man’s bed was next to the room's only window. _____ , the other man, since his illness was more _____, had to spend all his time in bed. When the man in the bed by the window could _____ up, he would tell his roommate all the things he could see _____ the window. He said the window ______ a park with a lovely _____. Ducks played on the _____ while children sailed their model boats. Old trees grew and beautiful flowers were in bloom. What a fine _____! The man in the other bed would be _____ by the beautiful colors of the world outside.
Days and weeks passed.
One morning, the nurse found the man by the window had _____ peacefully in his sleep. She called the hospital attendants to take the body _____. As everything was done, the other man asked if he could be _____ next to the window.  The nurse said OK and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him _____ .
Slowly and painfully, he tried to take his __ ___ look at the world outside. He thought he would be _____ to see it by himself. But to his surprise, he saw nothing but a white _____. The man asked the nurse ____his roommate _____  to him and said there were wonderful things outside this window. The nurse told him his roommate was blind and could not even _____  the wall.
She said, "Perhaps he just wanted to _____ you. He only hoped you could live in a colorful world and got better quickly. "
小题1:
A.Angrily B.HappilyC.SurprisinglyD.Unluckily
小题2:
A.common B.seriousC.occasionalD.light
小题3:
A.stand B.sitC.jumpD.wake
小题4:
A.across B.outsideC.behindD.above
小题5:
A.builtB.stoodC.facedD.placed
小题6:
A.lakeB.hillC.houseD.tower
小题7:
A.sandB.grassC.waterD.tree
小题8:
A.lookB.sightC.formD.view
小题9:
A.impressed B.moved C.remindedD.disappointed
小题10:
A.missed B.comeC.diedD.passed
小题11:
A.upB.awayC.offD.on
小题12:
A.lifted B.forcedC.broughtD.moved
小题13:
A.alikeB.aloneC.aloudD.alive
小题14:
A.singleB.lastC.firstD.only
小题15:
A.pleased B.sadC.crazyD.excited
小题16:
A.picture B.wallC.riverD.window
小题17:
A.whenB.whyC.howD.where
小题18:
A.ledB.gotC.liedD.left
小题19:
A.hear B.touchC.seeD.describe
小题20:
A.surpriseB.controlC.encourageD.advice

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科目:高中英语 来源:不详 题型:阅读理解

Among rich countries, people in the United States work the longest hours. They work much longer than in Europe. This difference is quite surprising because productivity(生产力) per hour worked is the same in the United States as it is in France, Spain and Germany, and it is growing at a similar speed.
In most countries and at most times in history, as people have become richer they have chosen to work less. In other words they have decided to “spend” a part of their extra income on a fuller personal life. Over the last fifty years Europeans have continued this pattern, and hours of work have fallen sharply. But not in the United States. We do not fully know why this is. One reason may be greatly lower taxes in America, which increase the rewards to work. Another may be more satisfying work, or less satisfying personal lives.
Longer hours do of course increase the GDP(国内生产总值). So the United States has produced more per worker than, say, France. The United States also has more of its people at work, while in France many more mothers and older workers have decided to stay at home. The overall result is that American GDP per head is 40% higher than in France, even though productivity per hour worked is the same.
It is not clear which of the two situations is better. As we have seen, work has to be compared with other values like family life, which often get lost in its interest. It is too early to explain the different trends(趋势)in happiness over time in different countries. But it is a disappointing idea that in the United States happiness has made no progress since 1975, while it has risen in Europe. Could this have anything to do with trends in the work-life balance?
小题1:Which of the following countries has more of its people at work?
A.Spain.B.France.C.Germany.D.America.
小题2:What message can we get from the text?
A.The GDP of Europe is higher than that of America.
B.Two possible reasons are given for working longer hours in the US.
C.People all over the world choose to work less when they are richer.
D.Americans are happier than Europeans.
小题3:Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A.Americans and Europeans
B.Staying at Home
C.Work and Productivity
D.Work and Happiness

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