You will find as you read this book that you just can’t keep some of these stories to . You will want to share them with a friend. A.itself B.yourself C.himself D.themselves 答案 B 解析 句意为:当你读这本书时.你会发现你简直不能把一些故事保守为秘密.你将会与朋友共同欣赏它们.keep to oneself意为“保守秘密.不交际 .keep sth.to oneself不把某事告诉别人,主语是You.所以to后面也不能是themselves或himself. 查看更多

 

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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

Nancy had just got a secretary's job in a big company to work in the sales department. Monday was the first day that she went to work, so she was very  31 .She got up very early and arrived at the  32  at twenty to eight. She  33  the door open and found nobody there. “I am the  34  to arrive.” She thought and came to her desk. She was surprised to  35  a large bunch of flowers on it. They were fresh. She  36  the flowers from the desk and smelled them. “Oh, how lovely!” Nancy  37  joyfully. She then looked round for a  38  to put them in. “Somebody has sent me flowers the  39  first day!” She thought happily. “But who could it be?” She began to wonder.

    The day passed very  40  and Nancy did everything with great interest and  41  .For the following days of the week, the first thing Nancy did was to change water for the flowers. And then she  42  herself in her work.

    Then came another Monday. When she came near her desk she was overjoyed to see a(an)  43  bunch of flowers there. She quickly put them in the vase, replacing the old ones.

    The same thing happened again the next Monday, Nancy felt it  44  and this time she began to think of ways to find out the  45  .

    On Tuesday afternoon, she was sent to  46  a plan to the general manager's office. She had to stay for a while at his secretary's desk  47   his directives .She happened to see on the desk a big note book  48  “Records of managers' meetings”, and glanced at the  49  pages. Suddenly her eyes fell on these words: “In order to keep the secretaries  50  ,the company has decided that every Monday morning a bunch of fresh flowers should be sent to each secretary's desk.”

    Later, she was told that their general manager was a business management psychologist.

1.A. depressed                 B. encouraged                  C. excited                   D. surprised

2.A. office                          B. workshop                      C. Classroom           D. bookshop

3.A. forced                         B. pushed                           C. Turned                  D. knocked

4.A. last                    B. second                           C. Third                     D. first

5. A. uncover                     B. smell                              C. Find                       D. pick

6.A. picked up                   B. threw away                  C. stared at              D. took up

7.A. cried                           B. Laughed                        C. wept                     D. replied

8. A. jar                     B. Box                                 C. bottle                             D. vase

9. A. happy                        B. very                                C. funny           D. quite

10.A. slowly                       B. normally                        C. quickly                  D. hardly

11.A. wisdom                    B. bravery                          C. passion                 D. enthusiasm

12. A. buried                     B. dressed                         C. Devoted               D. seated

13.A. old                             B. Red                                 C. blue                       D. new

14. A. special                    B. angry                              C. strange               D. difficult

15.A. sender                     B. receiver                         C. manager              D. waiter

16. A. send for                  B. hand out                        C. try out                  D. hand in

17.A. asking for            B. waiting for           C. looking for         D. searching for

18.A. marked                    B. written                          C. printed                 D. signed

19.A. closed                      B. damaged                       C. pinned                  D. half-opened

20.A. at home                   B. on time                          C. in high spirits      D. in low spirits

 

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第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从16-35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
The Price of a Dream
  I grew up poor—living with my wonderful mother. We had little money, but plenty of love and attention. I was  16  and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still  17  a dream.
My dream was  18 . By the time I was sixteen, I started playing baseball. I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and  19  anything that moved on the football field.
I was also  20 . My high school coach was John, who not only believed in me, but also taught me  21 to believe in myself. He  22  me the difference between having a dream and remaining true to that dream. One particular  23  with Coach John changed my life forever.
  A friend recommended me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket—money for a new bike, new clothes and the  24  of savings for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to  25  up summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell John I wouldn’t be playing.
  When I told John, he was  26  as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” He shouted. “Your  27  days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.” I stood before him with my head  28 , trying to think of the right 29  that would explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his  30  in me.
  “How much are you going to make at this job, son?” He asked. “3.5 dollars an hour,” I replied.
  “Well,” he asked, “is $ 3.5 an hour the price of a dream?”
  That simple question made  31    for me the difference between  32  something at once and having a  33 . I decided myself to play sports that summer and the ___34    year after I finished high school, I was hired by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and was  35  a $ 20,000 contract. Finally, I bought my mother the house of my dream!
16. A. happy                 B. polite              C. shy                         D. honest
17. A. live                    B. have          C. make              D. need
18. A. athletics                 B. music        C. business                D. money
19. A. kick                   B. play                   C. pass                 D. hit
20. A. right                   B. popular         C. lucky                D. honest
21. A. how                   B. why           C. when              D. whether
22. A. gave                   B. taught        C. brought             D. asked
23. A. accident                 B. matter        C. problem              D. experience
24. A. aim        B. idea          C. start               D. purpose
25. A. keep         B. end          C. give               D. pick
26. A. mad         B. mournful              C. frightened            D. shameful
27. A. living        B. playing          C. working              D. dreaming
28. A. moving        B. nodding         C. shaking             D. hanging
29. A. answers        B. excuses          C. words               D. ways
30. A. sadness      B. regret             C. hopelessness           D. disappointment
31. A. direct      B. clear             C. straight         D. bare
32. A. wanting       B. changing         C. dreaming             D. enjoying
33. A. wish      B. goal                    C. score          D. desire
34. A. following    B. same             C. previous              D. very
35. A. charged    B. got             C. offered         D. presented

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The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California, USA. “Police station? A train for Santa FE collide(碰撞)with a(n) 31 at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please go there at once, with an ambulance too. A man is badly injured,” said a(n) 32 voice of a young woman.

“Just a minute, we’ll come 33 . Please stay there and wait,” answered the policeman.

Within a minute, a police car and an ambulance 34 . Soon they got to the 35 , but only to 36 everything was fine. No collision, no 37 man.

“What a dirty trick!” said the policeman 38 . “We must find out that mischievous(恶作剧的) 39 and.

They had not been able to say anything about a punishment 40 they heard the whistle of a train: the train was nearing them quickly. All 41 a sudden, a truck appeared. It came fast towards them, too.  42 it was passing the crossing, it suddenly refused to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the people present, the train collided with the truck heavily and struck it 43 meters away.

When Randolph Bruce, the driver was 44 out of the damaged truck, he was 45 hurt just 46 the young woman had foretold on the phone. As he was taken to the 47 in time, he was saved at last.

Later the policemen did 48 they could to find the woman who had telephoned them, but 49 .

It is 50 that a prophecy(预言)should coincide(巧合)with the fact so exactly.

 

31. A. ambulance

B. truck

C. car

D. bus

32. A. anxious

B. sweet

C. gentle

D. low

33. A. fast

B. ahead

C. soon

D. later

34. A. went by

B. set off

C. got there

D. came on

35. A. telephone

B. street

C. station

D. crossing

36. A. feel

B. find

C. have

D. tell

37. A. injured

B. trapped

C. frightened

D. killed

38. A. happily

B. excitedly

C. angrily

D. disappointedly

39. A. man

B. policeman

C. woman

D. boy

40. A. until

B. since

C. while

D. when

41. A. at

B. of

C. by

D. for

42. A. When

B. Where

C. That

D. Which

43. A. dozen

B. dozens

C. dozen of

D. dozens of

44. A. raised

B. helped

C. pushed

D. forced

45. A. slightly

B. clearly

C. hardly

D. badly

46. A. as

B. so

C. before

D. for

47. A. police station

B. market

C. hospital

D. sidewalk

48. A. that

B. which

C. however

D. whatever

49. A. delayed

B. worked

C. stopped

D. failed

50. A. surprised

B. surprising

C. satisfied

D. satisfying

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She had been shopping with her Mom in Wal­Mart. She must have been 6 years old. It was 31 outside. We all stood just 32 the door of the Wal­Mart.

Her voice was so sweet for the 33 waiting.“Mom, let’s run through the rain,” she said.

“What?” Mom asked.

“Let’s run through the rain!” She 34 .

“No, honey. We’ll wait until it 35 down a bit,” Mom replied.

This young child waited about 36 minute and repeated,“Mom, let’s run through the rain.”

“We’ll get soaked if we do,” Mom said.

“No,we won’t, Mom. That’s not what you said this morning,” the young girl said as she 

 37 her Mom’s arm.

“This morning?When did I say we could run through the rain and not get 38 ?”

“Don’t you remember?When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said,‘If God can get us 39 this, he can get us through anything!’”

The entire crowd became dead silent. I  40  you couldn’t hear anything but the rain. We all stood silently. Mom  41  and thought for a moment about what she would say.

“Honey, you are absolutely right. Let’s run through the rain. If we get wet, maybe we just need  42  ,” Mom said. Then off they ran.

We all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they  43  past the cars. They held their shopping  44  over their heads just in case. They got soaked. But they were  45  by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the  46  to their cars. And yes, I did. I ran. I got wet. I needed washing. Circumstances or people can take away your  47  possessions, they can take away your money, and they can take away your   48  .But no one can ever take away your precious  49  . So, don’t forget to  50  time and take the opportunities to make memories every day!

1.A.quarrelling                   B.pouring                 C.snowing                         D.trembling

2.A.beside                            B.behind                          C.inside                            D.outside

3.A.annoying             B.interesting                  C.appreciating                  D.expecting

4.A.answered             B.declared               C.repeated                       D.announced

5.A.brings B.comes                          C.cuts                                 D.slows

6.A.a more        B.other                              C.an another                    D.another

7.A.pulled B.hit                                  C.pushed                           D.dragged

8.A.hurt           B.wet                                C.wounded                       D.slipped

9.A.off                                  B.over                               C.through                          D.in

10.A.recalled                       B.swore                            C.promised                       D.observed

11.A.suffered                     B.walked                          C.wept                              D.paused

12.A.washing                      B.bathing                      C.showering                     D.watering

13.A.rushed      B.flew                             C.walked                          D.drove

14.A.goods       B.supplies                         C.bags                               D.packages

15.A.suspected B.challenged                 C.ordered                        D.followed

16.A.route        B.way                      C.path                               D.direction

17.A.physical                     B.mental                            C.spiritual                          D.material

18.A.health      B.relative                          C.friendship                     D.happiness

19.A.presents                   B.prizes                    C.memories                      D.chances

20.A.take                                   B.gain                             C.kill                         D. keep

 

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第二节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
  阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
  One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathered.and they all admired his heart for it was  31 . There was not a scar in it. Suddenly, an old man appeared and said, “Why, your heart is not nearly as beautiful as  32 .”
  The crowd and the young man looked at the old man’s  33 . It was full of scars, it had places  34  pieces had been removed and other pieces  35  in, but they didn’t fit quite right, and there were several  36  edges. In fact, in some places there were deep gaps where whole pieces were missing.
  The young man laughed. “  37  your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars.”
  “Yes,” said the old man, “Yours  38  perfect but I would never trade with you. You see, every  39  represents a person  40  I have given my love. I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they  41  me a piece of their heart that fits into the  42  place in my heart. But because the pieces aren’t exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of the love we  43 .
  “Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart  44 , and the other person hasn’t returned a  45  of his or her heart to me. These are the empty gaps—giving love is  46  a chance. Although these gaps are painful, they  47  open, reminding me of the love I have for those people too, and I hope someday they may return and fill the space I have been waiting. So now do you see what true beauty is?’’
  The young man walked up to the old man,  48  his perfect heart, and tipped a piece out. He  49  it to the old man.
  The old man placed it in his heart, then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young man’s heart. It  50 , but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges.
  The young man looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever, since love from the old man’s heart flowed into his.
  They embraced and walked away side by side.
31.A.ugly          B.perfect      C.beautiful     D.hurt
32.A.mine         B.his          C.theirs          D.ours
33.A.coat         B.appearance    C.face           D.heart
34.A.that        B.which       C.where       D.whose
35.A.cut           B.set            C.put          D.brought
36.A.smooth       B.rough          C.broken             D.pretty
37.A.Comparing    B.Compared    C.Compare     D.Compares
38.A.looks        B.seems          C.is           D.fits
39.A.one        B.heart       C.piece         D.scar
40.A.on whom           B.in whom      C.with whom    D.to whom
41.A.take          B.give        C.lend        D.pass
42.A.empty         B.full            C.original       D.first
43.A.had           B.gave        C.shared       D.owned
44.A.in           B.away         C.off         D.up
45.A.lot            B.sheet          C.piece       D.pile
46.A.making       B.taking       C.keeping      D.bringing
47.A.keep          B.cut         C.come         D.stay
48.A.carried away  B.reached into    C.took out      D.brought up
49.A.offered      B.took        C.passed      D.served
50.A.fit             B.hit           C.beat           D.set

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