Cure for Sorrow
There is an old story telling about a woman whose only son died in an accident. In her   31 , she went to the wise man that is always   32  for his wisdom in her town and said, “What advice or what   33  ways do you have to bring my son back to life? I will   34  you with all I have if you can.”
Instead of sending her away or   35  with her, he said to her, “Fetch me a mustard(芥末) seed from a home that has never   36  sorrow. We will use it to drive the sorrow out of your life.” The woman went off at once in  37  of that magical mustard seed.
She came first to a splendid apartment,  38  at the door, and said in a  39  voice, “I am looking for a home that has never known sorrow. Is this such a(n)   40  that I want? It is very important to me.”
  41 , she didn’t get what she wanted, even without a single word of   42 . They told her that she had come to the wrong place. And they began to   43  all the tragic things that recently had happened to them.
The woman said to herself, “Who is better able to help these poor,    44  people than I, though I also have had misfortune of my own?” She   45  to comfort them till they   46 . Then she went on searching for a home that had never known sorrow. But   47  she turned up, in small cottages or in other places, she found one  48  after another of sadness and misfortune. She became so  49  in helping other people out of their sorrow that finally she forgot about her quest for the special mustard seed, in fact, never   50  that it had driven the sorrow out of her life.
小題1:
A．joyB．dangerC．beliefD．sorrow
小題2:
A．envied B．consideredC．respectedD．treated
小題3:
A．strange B．magical C．valuableD．important
小題4:
A．reward B．supply C．provide D．a(chǎn)ward
小題5:
A．quarreling B．discussing C．reasoning D．a(chǎn)rguing
小題6:
A．suffered B．known C．obtainedD．forgotten
小題7:
A．honor B．favor C．need D．search
小題8:
A．knockedB．brokeC．stoodD．pointed
小題9:
A．excitedB．confidentC．sadD．urgent
小題10:
A．place B．a(chǎn)nswer C．a(chǎn)partment D．person
小題11:
A．Luckily B．ImmediatelyC．Gradually D．Unfortunately
小題12:
A．praiseB．RespectC．comfortD．encouragement
小題13:
A．exchange B．describe C．simplify D．decorate
小題14:
A．unfortunate B．unfriendly C．unimportantD．unfamiliar
小題15:
A．planned B．managedC．continuedD．stayed
小題16:
A．settle down B．break down C．calm down D．get down
小題17:
A．whereverB．whatever C．however D．whenever
小題18:
A．excuse B．tale C．lie D．reason
小題19:
A．curious B．puzzled C．worried D．involved
小題20:
A．recognizing B．realizing C．remembering D．wondering

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:A
小題5:C    
小題6:B
小題7:D
小題8:C
小題9:A
小題10:A   
小題11:D
小題12:C
小題13:B
小題14:A
小題15:D  
小題16:C
小題17:A
小題18:B
小題19:D
小題20:B
文章以一個故事告訴我們幫助別人能讓我們真正的快樂起來，無論我們遇見多大的痛苦。
小題1:D 名詞辨析。A快樂；B危險；C信念；D悲哀；根據(jù)上文可知兒子死了，她很難過。
小題2:C 動詞辨析。根據(jù)上文可知這是一位智者，智者總是受到人們的尊重。
小題3:B 形容詞辨析。這里是指由魔力的能把她的兒子找回來的方法。
小題4:A 動詞辨析。A以…付報酬；BC提供；D獎勵。這里是指她以她所有來回報那位智者。
小題5:C 動詞辨析。Reason with sb與…理論，談論。這里指智者沒有和她多討論。
小題6:B 動詞辨析。智者讓她2從一個從來都不知道悲哀的家庭里找芥末的種子。
小題7:D 名詞辨析。In search of尋找。根據(jù)上下文可知是去尋找這樣的人家。
小題8:C 動詞辨析。這里是指站在一家人的門前。本題容易錯選A。
小題9:A 形容詞辨析。這里是指她用興奮的聲音說好話。
小題10:A 上下文串聯(lián)。很清楚她是在問這是不是她要找的地方。
小題11:D 副詞辨析。根據(jù)下文可知她找不到那樣的地方，所以是很不幸的事情。
小題12:C 動詞辨析。這里是指甚至都沒有人來安慰她。
小題13:B 動詞辨析。A交換；B描述；C使…簡化；D裝飾。指那些人向她描述他們痛苦的事情。
小題14:A 形容詞辨析。這里是指那些比她還要不幸的人。
小題15:D 動詞辨析。這里是指她留在那些地方來幫助那些人直到他們平靜下來。
小題16:C 詞義辨析。A定居；B機器壞；C平靜；D寫下。解析同上。
小題17:A 語法分析。無論她到什么地方，都會發(fā)現(xiàn)一個接一個不幸的故事。
小題18:B 名詞辨析。A借口；B故事；C謊言；D原因。解析同上。
小題19:D 固定詞組。Be involved in參與….
小題20:B 動詞辨析。這里是指她沒有意識到到幫助別人已經(jīng)驅趕了她心中的悲哀。
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A．lessonsB．paperC．notebookD．exercises
小題18:
A．wisdom B．experienceC．methodD．explanation
小題19:
A．gladB．proudC．content D．sorry
小題20:
A．realizedB．understoodC．rememberedD．suffered

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

George, when your big brother and your little dog and I walked you up to school today, you had no idea how I was feeling.
You were so excited. You had packed and unpacked your pencils and safety scissors in your backpack a dozen times. I am really going to miss those lazy mornings when we waved your brother and sister off to school.
Because you are my youngest, I had learned a few things by the time you came along. I found out that the seemingly endless days of babyhood are gone like lightning. I blinked（眨眼）, and your siblings（兄弟姐妹） were setting off for school as eagerly as you did this morning, I was one of the lucky ones; I could choose whether to work or not. By the time it was your turn, the shining prizes of career advancement and a double income had lost their brightness. A splash（濺水）in the pool with you in your bright red boots or "just one more" rereading of your favorite book, Frog and Toad Are Friends, meant more. You didn't go to preschool and I hope that doesn't hold you back. You learned numbers by helping me count the soda cans we returned to the store.
I have to admit that in my mind’s eye, an image of myself while you're in school has developed, I see myself updating all the photo albums and starting that novel I always wanted to write. As the summer wound down and more frequent quarrels erupted（爆發(fā)） between you and your siblings, I was looking forward to today. And then this morning, I walked you up the steep hill to your classroom and you gave me one of your characteristically fierce, too-tight hugs. This time you were ready to let go before I was.
Maybe someday you will deliver a kindergartner to the first day of school. When you turn at the door to wave good-bye, he or she will be too deep in conversation with a new friend to notice. Even as you smile, you'll feel something warm on your cheek.
小題1:What does the author mean by the underlined sentence in the 3rd paragraph?
A．She gave up the job with a big salary and prizes.
B．She could only recall her good job at home now.
C．Many good jobs with better pay attracted her but she didn’t take them.
D．Compared with bringing up the baby, work seemed to fade to her.
小題2:Which statement is NOT TRUE about George's family according to the letter?
A．George's parents gave birth to three children.
B．The Georges is a double income family.
C．They recycled soda cans.
D．The children had more arguments during the summer.
小題3:The passage tries to show us ________.
A．how excited a child will be on his first day to school
B．how deeply a mother loves her child
C．how many efforts a mother has made to raise a child
D．how a mother plans her future life after her children go to school

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