The summer before I went off to college, Mom stood me in her usual spot behind the ironing board (燙衣板)and said, “Pay attention: I’m going to teach you to iron.”
Mom clearly explained her      for this lesson. I was going to be     and needed to learn this vital skill. Also, I would be meeting new people, and properly ironed clothes would help me make a good    .
“Learn to iron a shirt,” Mom said, “and you can iron anything.”
But ironing shirts was not      work. It didn’t make use of long muscles we used to throw a baseball，and it wasn’t a     operation like ice-skating. Ironing was like driving a car on a street that has a stop sign every 10 feet, Moreover, an iron produced steam and it carried an element of     .If you touched the wrong part of it, you’d get burnt. If you forgot to turn it off when you      ,you might bum down the house.
As for technique, Mom     me to begin with the flat spaces outward, always pushing the iron forward into wrinkled (有褶皺的）parts. Collars had to be done right. Mom said they were close to your face, where everyone would     them.
Over the years, I’ve learned to iron shirts skillfully, which gives me a sense of     Whatever failures I suffer in my life, an ironed shirt tells me I am good at something.       ,through ironing I’ve learned the method for solving even the most troublesome problems. “     wrinkles one at a time,” as Mom might have said, “and before long everything will get ironed out.”
小題1:
A．reasonsB．rulesC．emotions D．methods
小題2:
A．helpfulB．confidentC．powerful D．independent
小題3:
A．conclusionB．suggestionC．impressionD．observation
小題4:
A．usefulB．easy C．specialD．suitable
小題5:
A．directB．singleC．smoothD．strange
小題6:
A．doubtB．pressure C．surprise D．danger
小題7:
A．went awayB．fell downC．jumped offD．looked up
小題8:
A．taughtB．choseC．forcedD．sent
小題9:
A．touchB．designC．seeD．a(chǎn)dmire
小題10:
A．honestyB．freedomC．justiceD．pride
小題11:
A．InsteadB．BesidesC．OtherwiseD．However
小題12:
A．Make upB．Deal withC．Ask forD．Rely on

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:C 
小題4:B
小題5:C
小題6:D
小題7:A
小題8:A
小題9:C
小題10:B
小題11:B
小題12:A
試題分析：文章大意：本文是一篇記敘文。作者回憶了自己在上大學前的暑假，母親教會作者自己熨衣服的技巧。作者母親認為作者將要獨立并且需要學會這個至關(guān)重要的技能。通過熨衣服，作者也學會了解決生活中最棘手問題的方法。
小題1:考查名詞詞義及語境理解。A. reasons原因；B. rules規(guī)則；C. emotions情感；D. methods方法。reason for ……的原因。媽媽清楚地解釋了這一課（指學會燙衣服）的原因。故選A
小題2:考查形容詞詞義辨析及語境理解。A. helpful有幫助的；B. confident自信的；C. powerful強有力的；D. independent獨立的。這里指作者母親認為作者將要獨立并且需要學會這個至關(guān)重要的技能。故選D
小題3:考查名詞詞義辨析及語境理解。A. conclusion結(jié)論；B. suggestion 建議；C. impression印象；D. observation觀察。這里考查短語make a good impression留下好印象。這里指正確的燙好的衣服將會幫助作者留下好的印象。故選C
小題4:考查形容詞詞義及上下文連串。A. useful有用的；B. easy容易的；C. special特別的；D. suitable合適的。根據(jù)后文的種種描述可以得知：燙襯衫不是一件很容易的工作。故選B
小題5:考查形容詞詞義辨析。A. direct直接的；B. single單身的；C. smooth光滑的，流暢的；D. strange奇怪的。就像溜冰那樣，它（指燙襯衫）并非順暢的操作。故選C
小題6:考查動詞詞義辨析及語境理解。A. doubt懷疑；B. pressure壓力；C. surprise驚訝；D. danger危險。而且，熨斗產(chǎn)生蒸汽并帶來危險。故選D
小題7:考查動詞短語辨析。A. went away離開；B. fell down跌倒；C. jumped off跳下來；D. looked up查詢。如果當你離開的時候你忘記把它關(guān)掉，你也許會把房子燒光。故選A
小題8:考查動詞詞義辨析及語境理解。A. taught教會；B. chose選擇；C. forced強迫；D. sent送。關(guān)于技術(shù)，媽媽教我開始平面空間向外，一直將熨斗向前推到有褶皺的部分。故選A
小題9:考查動詞詞義辨析及語境理解。A. touch接觸；B. design設(shè)計；C. see看到；D. admire羨慕。從語境可知，媽媽說它們靠近你的臉，那里每個人都能看到它們。故選C
小題10:考查名詞詞義辨析。A. honesty誠實；B. freedom自由；C. justice公正；D. pride自豪。a sense of pride自豪感。多年來，我已經(jīng)熟練的學會了熨襯衫，這給我一種自豪感。故選D
小題11:考查副詞詞義辨析及語境理解。A. Instead反而；B. Besides除……之外；C. Otherwise否則；D. However然而。除此之外，通過熨衣服，我已經(jīng)學會了解決最棘手問題的方法。故選B
小題12:考查動詞短語辨析及語境理解。A. Make up組成、編造；B. Deal with處理。對付；C Ask for詢問；D. Rely on依靠。 “一次處理皺的部分”，正如媽媽曾經(jīng)說過，“不久之后一切都會解決”。故選B
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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

Long long ago, a circle missed one piece of its own. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its       piece. But because it was       and therefore could roll only very slowly, it       the flowers along the way. It       with the worms. It enjoyed the sunshine. It found lots of different pieces, but       of them fitted. So it left them all by the side of the road and       searching. Then one day the circle found a piece that fitted      . It incorporated the missing piece into itself and began to roll.       it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast,       fast to notice the flowers or talk to the worms. After it realized how different the world seemed when it rolled so quickly, it      , left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled slowly away.
The       of the story, I suggest, is that in some strange       we are more whole when we are missing something. The man who has       is in some ways a poor man. He will never know what it       like to nourish his soul with the dream of something      . When we accept that       is part of being human and when we can continue rolling       life and appreciate it, we will have       a wholeness that others can only desire, which , I believe, is _    God asks of us — not “Be perfect”, not “Don’t even make a mistake”,       “Be whole”.
小題1:
A．otherB．missingC．restD．remaining
小題2:
A．incomplete B．uglyC．ordinaryD．unusual
小題3:
A．pickedB．wateredC．a(chǎn)dmiredD．planted
小題4:
A．playedB．chattedC．sangD．danced
小題5:
A．neitherB．eachC．a(chǎn)llD．none
小題6:
A．carried out B．put onC．worked outD．kept on
小題7:
A．especially B．permanentlyC．perfectlyD．constantly
小題8:
A．AlthoughB．Now thatC．UnlessD．As long as
小題9:
A．veryB．tooC．soD．how
小題10:
A．stoppedB．continuedC．hesitatedD．cried
小題11:
A．lessonB．rootC．reasonD．cause
小題12:
A．degreeB．levelC．senseD．manner
小題13:
A．nothingB．somethingC．littleD．everything
小題14:
A．smellsB．feelsC．looksD．sounds
小題15:
A．betterB．commonC．impracticalD．worse
小題16:
A．strengthB．kindnessC．imperfectionD．benefit
小題17:
A．behindB．a(chǎn)tC．ofD．through
小題18:
A．recognizedB．searchedC．a(chǎn)chievedD．founded
小題19:
A．whichB．howC．thatD．what
小題20:
A．butB．whileC．a(chǎn)ndD．otherwise

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