I can honestly say it was the best of times and the worst of times. I was joyfully expecting my first child at the same time that my mother was   1  her battle with a brain tumor(瘤). For ten years, my fiercely independent and   2  mother had fought, but none of the treatments had been successful.   3 , she never lost her ability to smile. But now, finally, she became totally   4 —unable to speak, walk, eat or dress on her own.
As she grew closer and closer to death, my  5  grew closer and closer to life inside me. My biggest   6  was that their lives would never connect. I was sad not only at the   7  loss of my mother, but that she and my baby would never know each other. Her doctor did not   8  any hope; they told us her time was up.
We brought Mother   9  to her own bed in her own house. As   10  as I could, I sat beside her and talked to her about the baby moving inside me.
On February 3, 1989, at about the same time my labor(分娩)   11 , Mother opened her eyes. When they told me this at the   12 , I called her home, “Mom, listen. The baby is coming! You’re going to have a new grandchild!”
“Yes! Yes! I know!”
Four beautiful words! The first  13  words she’d spoken in months!
When I   14  again an hour later, the nurse at her house told the  15 message: Mom sat up, smiling, with her oxygen tubes removed. When I brought Jacob home. Mom was sitting in her chair and 15  to welcome him. Tears of joy blocked my vision(視野) as I  17 my son in her arms and she clucked (發(fā)出咯咯聲) at him. They   18  .
Then she quietly clipped back into a coma (昏迷) and   19  peacefully. Memories of my son’s birth will always be bittersweet(甜中帶苦的) for me, but it was then that I learned love has the   20   to overcome any worries and any sorrow. And love can last forever.
小題1:
A．a(chǎn)ttendingB．losingC．quittingD．defeating
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A．braveB．interestingC．funnyD．lucky
小題3:
A．SoB．AgainC．InsteadD．Still
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A．outstandingB．blindC．disabledD．troublesome
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A．sorrowB．loveC．babyD．body
小題6:
A．problemB．dreamC．surpriseD．fear
小題7:
A．comingB．disappearingC．fallingD．greeting
小題8:
A．a(chǎn)dmitB．holdC．dropD．permit
小題9:
A．upB．a(chǎn)wayC．a(chǎn)boutD．home
小題10:
A．soonB．fastC．earlyD．often
小題11:
A．startedB．failedC．endedD．continued
小題12:
A．officeB．hospitalC．houseD．station
小題13:
A．commonB．caringC．clearD．correct
小題14:
A．got upB．woke upC．called upD．looked up
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A．impossibleB．possibleC．necessaryD．terrible
小題16:
A．likelyB．readyC．freeD．nervous
小題17:
A．huggedB．threwC．tookD．laid
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A．joinedB．knewC．noddedD．cried
小題19:
A．passed awayB．turned overC．settled downD．gave out
小題20:
A．depthB．description C．powerD．mask

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:C
小題5:C
小題6:D
小題7:A
小題8:B
小題9:D
小題10:D
小題11:A
小題12:B
小題13:C
小題14:C
小題15:A
小題16:B
小題17:D
小題18:B
小題19:A
小題20:C
本文通過(guò)一個(gè)感人至深的故事告訴大家愛(ài)的力量。
小題1:動(dòng)詞辨析。根據(jù)下文母親情況糟糕，即將去世，可知母親輸了這場(chǎng)與腫瘤的戰(zhàn)斗。
小題2:形容詞辨析。根據(jù)上文fiercely independent，選項(xiàng)中只有A與之相配都表示母親積極的性格。
小題3:考查副詞辨析。根據(jù)上下文可知雖然沒(méi)有什么治療方法奏效，但是她仍然繼續(xù)努力。
小題4:考試下文聯(lián)系。根據(jù)后面的內(nèi)容unable to speak, walk, eat or dress on her own. 可知這里應(yīng)該選C。
小題5:考查上下文聯(lián)系。根據(jù)第一段第一句話(huà)可知，我要生孩子了。
小題6:考查上下文聯(lián)系。我擔(dān)心我的孩子見(jiàn)不到我的母親。
小題7:考查形容詞辨析。母親病了很久，那么母親的去世應(yīng)該是coming,即將來(lái)臨。
小題8:考查動(dòng)詞辨析。hold...持有…觀點(diǎn).
小題9:考查上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)下文可知我們把母親接回家。
小題10:考查副詞辨析。根據(jù)常識(shí)，母親生重病，我盡可能多的陪在她身邊。
小題11:考查動(dòng)詞辨析。根據(jù)上下文可知我的分娩開(kāi)始了。
小題12:考查常識(shí)。生孩子肯定是在醫(yī)院。
小題13:考查形容詞辨析。這是幾個(gè)月來(lái)母親說(shuō)的最清晰的話(huà)。
小題14:考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)辨析。get up起床；wake up蘇醒；call up打電話(huà)；look up 查找根據(jù)上下文我應(yīng)該是打電話(huà)給媽媽。
小題15:考查形容詞辨析。根據(jù)上下文可知，母親站起來(lái)，微笑等在以前看來(lái)都是不可能的事情。
小題16:考查形容詞辨析。母親應(yīng)該是準(zhǔn)備好了歡迎我們回家。
小題17:考查動(dòng)詞辨析。我是把孩子放在她的懷里。Lay放置；擱；下蛋，產(chǎn)卵；
小題18:考查上下文串聯(lián)。第二段中he and my baby would never know each other.這里是原詞再現(xiàn)。
小題19:考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)。Pass away去世；turn over移交；翻轉(zhuǎn)；settle down定居；解決；give out發(fā)出；耗盡
小題20:考查名詞辨析。Depth深度；description描述；power力量；mask面具。這里肯定是表示愛(ài)的力量。
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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：完形填空

完形填空 (共15小題；每小題2分，滿(mǎn)分30分)
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從41—55各題所給的A、B、C和D項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
Never Save Something Beautiful for That Special Day
　　Years ago I was talking with a classmate in Sydney. At the time his wife had just passed away not too long ago. He told me while going through her things, he found a silk scarf _1  in a designer store when they had traveled to New York City. The scarf was beautiful, with elegant _2 , and a high price tag still hanging. His wife begrudged wearing it; she was _3  it for a special day.
　　He _4  at that moment; I didn’t say anything either. After a long pause he said: “Never save something beautiful for that special day. Each _5  day is a special day.”
　　Whenever I _6  what he had said, I would put down the things I was doing to grab a novel, turn on the music and lie down on the couch to _7  some time for myself. I would appreciate the glorious scenery of the Tanshui River through a French window, _8  the dust gathered on the glass. I would take my wife out to _9 , not thinking what to do with the meal already cooked. Life should be the experience we truly cherish, not days we just have to endure.
　　One time I shared the above conversation with a lady. When I saw her again, she told me that she no longer _10  the beautiful china in a cabinet. She had thought to save them for a special day, only to discover that it never _11  came. “Future”, “someday” are not contained in her _12  any more. If there are things that are pleasant or make her complacent, she wants to hear or see them now.
　　We often hope to gather with old friends, but always say, “l(fā)et’s find a(n) _13 .” We often want to hug our grown children, but always wait for the appropriate moment. We often want to write to our spouses to express our strong affection or to show our deep admiration, but always tell ourselves that there is no need to _14 . In fact, each morning when we open our eyes, we should tell ourselves that this is a special day. Each day, each minute is so incredibly _15 .
小題1:
A．boughtB．leftC．producedD．sought
小題2:
A．qualityB．designC．materialD．trend
小題3:
A．protectingB．savingC．a(chǎn)dmiringD．paying
小題4:
A．stoppedB．continuedC．respondedD．repeated
小題5:
A．livingB．working C．fortunateD．busy
小題6:
A．mentionedB．noticedC．remembered D．recognized
小題7:
A．seizeB．spendC．loseD．enjoy
小題8:
A．noticingB．rememberingC．ignoringD．watching
小題9:
A．natureB．dinnerC．society D．entertainment
小題10:
A．keptB．soldC．neededD．cleaned
小題11:
A．a(chǎn)ctuallyB．fairlyC．immediatelyD．slowly
小題12:
A．memoryB．storyC．mindD．vocabulary
小題13:
A．challengeB．opportunityC．a(chǎn)dvantageD．benefit
小題14:
A．waitB．hurryC．giveD．expect
小題15:
A．valuableB．worthlessC．hardD．easy

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Some time ago I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended, as there are a lot of antique(古董) shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception (接待). I was quite wrong. The man wouldn’t even look at my chair.
The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth－so I decided that my approach must be wrong.
I entered the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper, "Would you like to buy a chair?" He looked it over carefully and said, "Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?" "Twenty pounds," I said. "OK," he said, "I’ll give you twenty pounds." "It’s got a slightly broken leg," I said. "Yes, I saw that, it’s nothing."
Everything was going according to plan and I was getting excited. "What will you do with it?" I asked. "Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done." "I’ll buy it," I said. "What do you mean? You’ve just sold it to me," he said. "Yes, I know but I’ve changed my mind. I am sorry. I’ll give you twenty-seven pounds for it." "You must be crazy," he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped. "I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair." "You’re right," I said. "And what would you have done if I had walked in and said, ’ Would you mend this chair for me?’  "I wouldn’t have agreed to do it," he said. "We don’t do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I’ll mend this for you, shall we say for five pounds?" He was a very nice man and was greatly amused (感到有趣) by the whole thing.
小題1:We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer ________.
A．was rather impoliteB．was warmly received
C．a(chǎn)sked the shopkeeper to buy his chairD．a(chǎn)sked the shopkeeper to repair his chair
小題2:The underlined word "approach" in the second paragraph means ________.
A．plan for dealing with thingsB．decision to sell things
C．idea of repairing thingsD．way of doing things
小題3:The expression "the penny dropped" in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper ________.
A．changed his mindB．a(chǎn)ccepted the offer
C．saw the writer’s purposeD．decided to help the writer
小題4: How much did the writer pay?
A．￡5.B．￡7.C．￡20.D．￡27.
小題5:From the text, we can learn that the writer was _________.
A．honestB．carefulC．smartD．funny

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

American author Mark Twain once noted that “l(fā)ife would be surely happier if we could only be born at the age of 80 and gradually approach 18.” Twain’s words were only one of many complaints about aging. The ancient Greek poet Homer called old age “hateful”, and William Shakespeare termed it “terrible winter”.
Alexander the Great, who conquered most of the known world before he died around 323 B.C., may have been looking for a river that healed the ravages of age. During the 12th century A.D., a king called Prester John ruled a land that had a river of gold and a fountain of youth.
But the name linked most closely to the search for a fountain of youth is 16th-century Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon. He thought it would be found in Florida. In St. Augustine, the oldest city in the U.S., there’s a tourist attraction. It is said to be the fountain of youth that Ponce de Leon discovered soon after he arrived in what is now Florida in 1513. However, elderly visitors who drink the spring’s water don’t turn into teenagers.
But the tale of the search for a fountain of youth is so appealing(有吸引力的) that it survives anyway, says Ryan K. Smith, a professor of history. “People are more attracted by the story of looking and not finding than they are by the idea that the fountain might be out there somewhere.”
Still, a few grains of truth have helped to support the story. Kathleen Deagan, a professor of archaeology, says a graveyard and the remains of a Spanish mission dating back to St. Augustine’s founding in 1565 have been discovered near the so-called fountain of youth. Michelle Reyna, a spokesperson for the Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park in St. Augustine, says the fountain has been a tourist attraction since at least 1901 and may have been attracting visitors since 1860.
小題1:According to the passage, who searched for a fountain of youth?
A．Ponce de LeonB．William Shakespeare.C．Kathleen DeaganD．Michelle Reyna
小題2:What does the underlined word “ravages” in the second paragraph probably mean?
A．Growth.B．Limits. C．Damages. D．Benefits.
小題3:What is the attitude of people towards the fountain of youth?
A．People find much pleasure in looking for it.
B．People believe the existence of it somewhere.
C．People have no interest in searching for it.
D．People consider the idea of the fountain of youth absurd(荒謬的).
小題4:The passage mainly tells us _____.
A．how the fountain of youth came into being
B．why some famous people hate becoming old
C．how to remain young forever
D．whether the fountain of youth exists
小題5:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．The underlined words “the story” refers to Alexander the Great ruling a land that had a river of gold and a fountain of youth.
B．Augustine, which is the oldest city in the U.S, lies in Florida.
C．Some elderly visitors find themselves younger after drinking the water from the fountain of youth.
D．Kathleen Deagan is the spokesperson for the Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park.

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