My mother lived in an old farm house in north Oregon,which was located far from any other neighbors.She lived with her elder brother and sisters.Since there were not enough rooms for them,her two sisters   __1__   the bigger bedroom downstairs,her brother in a room down the hall and she slept in the top room of the building.
The first   __2__   event that happened in that house was when my mother was about 10 years old.She was staying home sick with her brother.He had gone   __3__   to the kitchen when my mother heard a voice calling her name from the bottom of the stairs.The voice was  __4__   but that was impossible since the only other person in the house was her brother.That was followed by footsteps   __5__   the stairs to the top room.A few hours  __6__   her brother came up to see what she was doing.She asked him who the girl on the stairs was.He said there was no one in the house.
A few weeks later the  __7__   event happened.My grandmother was cooking supper in the kitchen.She turned around and two of the chairs were   __8__.She pushed them in and went back   __9__.About ten minutes later she turned around and three of the chairs were pulled out.My grandmother was quite   __10__ by this because only my mother's little sister was home at the time.
The last event at the house was the   __11__   and the one that made them move away.Her elder sister Josie was babysitting her younger one,Sarah,when there was a knock on the door.Josie went to   __12__   it and no one was there.She went to the   __13__   for some water and when she returned to the living room,Sarah was   __14__!She ran all over the house and   __15__  found Sarah sleeping in her bed.This was   __16__ because Sarah couldn't   __17__   the stairs without help because they were very steep.This frightened her so she woke up Sarah and   __18__   her downstairs.Then the phone rang.It was my grandma   __19__ to say that my grandfather had died and she wouldn't be coming home that night.She was about to turn on the TV   __20__   she heard a woman's footsteps coming towards her.She turned around but nobody was there.
小題1:
A.sharedB.supported
C.offeredD.a(chǎn)fforded
小題2:
A.interestingB.particular
C.strangeD.a(chǎn)nxious
小題3:
A.upstairsB.outsides
C.downstairsD.indoors
小題4:
A.maleB.other
C.femaleD.a(chǎn)nother
小題5:
A.turning upB.coming up
C.picking upD.sending up
小題6:
A.a(chǎn)goB.later
C.a(chǎn)fterD.former
小題7:
A.lastB.second
C.thirdD.final
小題8:
A.pulled outB.pointed out
C.thrown outD.given out
小題9:
A.turningB.pushing
C.cookingD.pulling
小題10:
A.delightedB.disappointed
C.frightenedD.satisfied
小題11:
A.bestB.worse
C.betterD.worst
小題12:
A.receiveB.a(chǎn)nswer
C.replyD.react
小題13:
A.kitchenB.living room
C.sitting roomD.bedroom
小題14:
A.a(chǎn)sleepB.lost
C.goneD.sleeping
小題15:
A.in the endB.a(chǎn)t first
C.firstlyD.a(chǎn)t the end
小題16:
A.unnecessaryB.desperate
C.separateD.impossible
小題17:
A.runB.walk
C.climbD.wander
小題18:
A.tookB.held
C.carriedD.brought
小題19:
A.cryingB.shouting
C.callingD.laughing
小題20:
A.whenB.before
C.whileD.until

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:C
小題4:C
小題5:B
小題6:B
小題7:B
小題8:A
小題9:C
小題10:C
小題11:D
小題12:B
小題13:A
小題14:C
小題15:A
小題16:D
小題17:C
小題18:A
小題19:C
小題20:A
本文作者用第三人稱的口吻敘述了發(fā)生在母親小時候居住的老房子里的三件令人感到恐怖的事情。
小題1:A 根據(jù)前面的語境Since there were not enough rooms for them可以推測,他們家沒有足夠的房間,因此母親的兩個姐妹只能共用較大的臥室。share表示“分享,共享”。
小題2:C 接下來的三段分別講述了發(fā)生在母親小時候居住的老房子里的三件恐怖的事情。第一,母親10歲那年,莫名其妙地聽見樓下有人喊叫自己的名字;第二,外婆在廚房做飯的時候,幾把椅子自動來回移動,當時除了外婆外只有母親的小妹妹在家;最后,明明聽見有人敲門,但是將門打開時,門外卻空無一人……這三件事都是非常奇怪的事情,故選C。
小題3:C 由第一段最后一句及本段第三句內(nèi)容可知,她的哥哥應該是去了“樓下的”廚房。
小題4:C 根據(jù)下文的She asked him who the girl on the stairs was可以分析出,這里指女性的聲音。
小題5:B 根據(jù)第一段her brother in a room down the hall and she slept in the top room of the building和本題之后的the stairs to the top room可以判斷出,這里指上樓的腳步聲。come up在此表示“上來”。
小題6:B 根據(jù)前后語境分析,這里指幾小時后,母親的哥哥過來看母親在做什么。
小題7:B 根據(jù)第二段的信息詞the first和第四段的信息詞the last可以判斷出,此處應該講的是第二個令人膽戰(zhàn)心驚的故事。
小題8:A 由下文About ten minutes later she turned around and three of the chairs were pulled out一句可推知此題答案。pull out 拉出。
小題9:C 根據(jù)前文My grandmother was cooking supper in the kitchen可以推測出,這里指外婆將兩把椅子塞進去后又回去做飯。因此cooking符合語境和邏輯。
小題10:C 根據(jù)后面的語境because only my mother's little sister was home at the time可知,除了母親的小妹妹只有外婆一個人在家,但幾把椅子出出進進,自然讓外婆感到害怕。故選擇C。
小題11:D 根據(jù)故事發(fā)展的情節(jié)來分析,這里強調(diào)之最。因為前面兩次并沒有嚇得他們搬家,而從the one that made them move away推測,這次嚇得他們搬家了,因此這是最糟的一次“恐怖事件”。
小題12:B 根據(jù)語境when there was a knock on the door判斷,這里指Josie 去開門,answer在此表示“應門聲開門”。
小題13:A 根據(jù)后面的信息詞some water和信息句when she returned to the living room可以推測,Josie是去廚房找水。
小題14:C gone在此表示“不見了”。
小題15:A 語境found Sarah sleeping in her bed強調(diào)的是結(jié)果,因此in the end(最終)符合語境。
小題16:D 根據(jù)后面的語境because Sarah couldn't...the stairs without help because they were very steep可以推測,這是不可能發(fā)生的事情。
小題17:C 根據(jù)原因狀語從句because they were very steep中的信息詞steep(陡峭的)可以知道,這里指Sarah是不可能自己爬到樓上去的。
小題18:A 由上文可知,Sarah睡到了樓上她的床上,因此這里強調(diào)Josie將Sarah帶下了樓。
小題19:C 語境Then the phone rang表明了這里是指我的外婆打電話說我外公去世了。
小題20:A be about to do sth.when...表示“剛要做某事突然……”。
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However, if used wisely, a credit card can cost nothing, or at least help to tide you over a period of financial difficulty.
小題1:The hotheaded are people who ________.
A.spend more money than they have
B.spend less money than other people
C.save money
D.make money
小題2:The disadvantage of credit cards is ________.
A.to enable you to buy things without carrying large amount of cash
B.to encourage people to spend more money
C.to be always useful in emergencies
D.to help people tide over a period of financial difficulty
小題3:Deciding on a particular credit, you do not have to consider ________.
A.the amount of credit granted  
B.the number and range of outlets
C.the possibility of loss of money
D.the department stores where you are going to use your credit cards
小題4:The underlined words in the last paragraph probably means ________.
A.floating with the tide ofB.going through a difficult period of
C.rising and falling with the tide ofD.a(chǎn)ttempting to go against the tide of

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