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閱讀下面短文,從短文后各題所給四個選項(A、B、C、D)中選出最佳選項,并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
One day last month after I received my salary, I went shopping with my little son.   36   in the crowded store, I had my pocket   37  and my whole salary was gone with it. I was so angry that I almost lost   38  of myself. What could I do? We were not very   39 . The money was really not a small sum for my family. It would   40  our life greatly. How could I tell my wife?
I felt very sad and even   41  for losing the money when I got home. To make up for my   42  mistake, I gathered all my strength to give our house a thorough cleaning and then   43  a wonderful meal and cooked a special dish my wife loved to   44  her.
When she came home, I   45  a smile to greet her. She was   46  to see the neat house and   47  meal. We sat at the table and began to eat. I told my story   48 . She did not respond. It was as if she had not heard my words.
“I’ve   49  my salary,” I murmured to her again.
“I see,” she did not shout at me as I had   50 . She didn’t lose her   51 . So I was afraid she was trying hard to   52  her anger.
A moment later, my wife was still   53  and seemed to be enjoying her favorite dish. At last I could not help asking, “I’ve lost the money. Why not shout at me?”  She   54  her eyes, looking at me and said, “Oh, on the contrary, I’m thinking about how to comfort you. It’s the   55  who is to blame.
小題1:
A.FortunatelyB.UnfortunatelyC.SecretlyD.Surprisingly
小題2:
A.robbedB.stolenC.pickedD.gone
小題3:
A.controlB.heartC.interestD.habit
小題4:
A.happyB.poorC.healthyD.wealthy
小題5:
A.enrichB.improveC.a(chǎn)ffectD.please
小題6:
A.guiltyB.a(chǎn)shamedC.frightenedD.worried
小題7:
A.carelessB.unforgivable C.unforgettable D.unbelievable
小題8:
A.preparedB.servedC.providedD.chose
小題9:
A.comfortB.meetC.surpriseD.please
小題10:
A.gaveB.pretendedC.forcedD.made
小題11:
A.satisfiedB.surprisedC.pleasedD.interested
小題12:
A.expensiveB.excellentC.coolD.a(chǎn)ttractive
小題13:
A.gladlyB.calmlyC.excitedlyD.nervously
小題14:
A.spentB.wastedC.donatedD.lost
小題15:
A.hopedB.desiredC.expectedD.wished
小題16:
A.wayB.temperC.interestD.control
小題17:
A.hideB.expressC.maintainD.show
小題18:
A.unhappyB.silentC.worriedD.surprised
小題19:
A.movedB.shutC.raisedD.opened
小題20:
A.storeB.policemanC.societyD.thief

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:D
小題5:C    
小題6:A
小題7:B
小題8:A
小題9:D
小題10:C   
小題11:B
小題12:D
小題13:D
小題14:D
小題15:C
小題16:B
小題17:A
小題18:B
小題19:C
小題20:D

本文講述的是拿到薪水后作者去購物錢被偷,但他不敢告訴他的妻子,于是他決定以打掃房間和做頓好飯來對他的妻子再講出事實。結(jié)果講出后,他妻子沒發(fā)脾氣,她沉默是不知道怎么安慰作者。
小題1:B 不幸的。上文寫到他領到薪水,下文說my whole salary was gone可知是不幸被偷。A. Fortunately幸運地,與文題意不合。
小題2:C I had my pocket picked意為:我的錢包被人偷了,屬于固定說法。
小題3:Alost control of sth意為失去控制。B. heart心C. interest 興趣 D. habit習慣,都不符合題意,故選A。
小題4:D從下文The money was really not a small sum for my family.可知當時作者不富有。
小題5:Caffect意為影響,此處指錢被偷這事將會極大影響他們的生活。
小題6:Aguilty內(nèi)疚,該句意思為:回家后我感到傷心并有內(nèi)疚感。B. ashamed 遺憾C. frightened害怕 D. worried擔心,故選C。
小題7:Bunforgivable不可原諒的。to make up for 彌補,本句意思:為了彌補這個不可原諒的錯誤。A. careless粗心的C. unforgettable不可忘記的D. unbelievable難以置信的。
小題8:Aprepare準備,作者為了彌補錯誤而徹底打掃房間和準備做飯。
小題9:Dplease讓..高興。徹底打掃房間和準備做飯和最喜歡吃的菜都是為了讓她高興,選D。A. comfort安慰B. meet遇見C. surprise 吃驚,不符合意思。
小題10:Cforce to smile意為強裝笑臉,作者錢被偷覺得不好意思的結(jié)果。
小題11:Bsurprise 吃驚,作者的行為讓他妻子覺得吃驚。A. satisfied滿意C. pleased高興 D. interested對…感興趣,故選B。
小題12:Dattractive富有吸引力的,指作者做的飯菜吸引他妻子。
小題13:Dnervous緊張不安的,指作者吃飯時講這天的事件心里感到不安,錢被偷了不好交待肯定是不安的,不可能A. gladly高興的B. calmly鎮(zhèn)定的 C. excitedly興奮的。
小題14:Dlost丟失,屬于固定搭配,lost money丟錢,從I’ve lost the money也知選D。
小題15:Cexpect期望,指作者妻子的反應超出作者的意外。A. hoped 希望B. desired愿望D. wished希望,選C。
小題16:Blost one’s temper發(fā)脾氣,是固定搭配,從下面的her temper也可知道答案。
小題17:Ahide隱藏,指作者怕他妻子試圖隱藏她的脾氣。
小題18:Bsilent沉默,此處指作者妻子同樣保持沉默。
小題19:Craise抬高。不可能A. moved轉(zhuǎn)動B. shut合上D. opened打開眼鏡,故選C。
小題20:Dchief小偷,指該責備的是小偷而不是商店,警察或是社會。
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She was born to wealth and power in an era when money and politics were left to the men. Later, as The Washington Post’s publisher, Katharine Graham became one of America’s most powerful women.
Despite a privileged background, Katharine had to deal, while growing up, with the high demands her mother placed on her children. Katharine’s love of journalism, which she shared with her father, led to her career after college at The Washington Post, the newspaper her father bought in 1933. At the Post, Katharine met Phil Graham, a young, charming lawyer who became her husband. When, in 1945, Katharine’s father chose Phil over her to take over his struggling paper, Katharine didn’t object and stayed at home as a wife and mother of four.
While Phil’s successful efforts to restore the Post to prominence (顯著) made the Grahams popular members of the Washington social scene, Katharine privately suffered tremendous pain from her husband’s increasingly abusive behavior and wild mood swings caused by severe depression. When Phil committed suicide (自殺), the 46-year-old Katharine found herself thrown into a new job, that of newspaper publisher. But determined to save the family paper for her children, Katharine rose to the challenge of running the Post, attending meetings in every department, working endlessly to prove herself to her critics, and becoming the toast of Washington.
In 1971, Katharine ordered the Post to print a copy of the Pentagon Papers, the top-secret documents disclosing the truth about the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War. What’s more, her courageous decision and support for her journalists prepared the Post to break the most important political story in modern history: Watergate, one of the greatest scandals (丑聞) in American political history. Katharine managed to keep control over the most chaotic (disorder) of situations when it was reported, all the time insisting the news stories be accurate and fair. Watergate made the Washington Post an internationally known Paper and Katharine was considered as the most powerful woman in America.
小題1:
Katharine Graham was born in a time when women were not ________.
A.given the chance to receive educationB.considered as intelligent as men
C.permitted to achieve their goalsD.a(chǎn)llowed to enter every field
小題2:
When her husband was chosen to take charge of the newspaper, Katharine Graham ________.
A.was strongly against the idea
B.was not happy to be rejected
C.was willing to take her share of responsibility
D.didn’t believe her husband would do a good job
小題3:
Which of the following statements is true?
A.It was Katharine Graham’s husband who made the greatest contributions to the Post.
B.When Katharine Graham first took over the Post, her critics doubted her ability.
C.Katharine Graham was successful in her career but suffered severe depression.
D.Katharine Graham was free to do whatever she liked in her early life.
小題4:
Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A.Ups and downs of The Washington Post.
B.Katharine Graham’s family life and career.
C.Katharine Graham: from housewife to successful publisher.
D.Katharine Graham: a woman who shaped American journalism.

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“Linda, if beating yourself up were an Olympic sport, you’d win a gold medal!”
Annabel, my close friend, stunned me with that frank observation after I told her how I had mishandled a situation with a student in a third-grade class where I was substituting. “I should never have let him go to the boy’s room without a pass! It was my fault he got into trouble with the hall monitor! I’m so stupid!”
My friend burst out laughing, and then made her “Olympic” comment. After a brief period of reflection I had to admit that she was right. I did put myself down an awful lot. Why, just during the previous day I had called myself “a slob” for having some papers spread out on my desk, “ugly” when I left the house without makeup and “an idiot” when I left the house for an emergency substitute job without my emergency lesson plan.
In a more reflective tone, Annabel said, “I once took a workshop at church where the woman in charge had us list all the mean things we say about ourselves.”
“How many did you have on your list?” I asked.
“Fifteen,” she confessed. “But then the teacher said, ‘Now turn to the person next to you and say all the items on your list as if you were speaking to that person!’ ”
My jaw dropped. “What did you do?”
“Nothing. Nobody did. We all just sat there, until I said, ‘I could never say these things to anyone else!’ ”
“And our teacher replied, ‘Well, if you can’t say them to anyone else, then don’t ever say them to yourself!’ ”
My friend had a point. I would never insult a child of God---and I’m God’s child, too!
God, today let me be as kind to myself as I would be to another of Your children.
小題1: What does Annabel mean by the first sentence of the passage?
A.The writer is a good athlete.B.The writer scolds herself too much.
C.She is encouraging the writer. D.A gold medal is not a big deal.
小題2: What does the writer intends to tell us through the second and third paragraphs?
A.She has low self-esteem over some small things.
B.She often makes serious mistakes in daily life.
C.She is a third-grade teacher.
D.She cares too much about her appearance.
小題3: We can infer that the underlined word “slob” might be _____.
A.something untidyB.someone dangerous
C.something dirtyD.someone lazy
小題4: What does the writer mean by the last sentence of the passage?
A.She is ready to turn to God for help.
B.She will be kind to all children.
C.She won’t insult herself as well as others.
D.She is willing to be a child of God.

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“Mom, can I bake some bread?” We were 15; my best friend, Hanna, and I, determined to try our hands at creating some beautiful bread.
“It’s not worth the trouble,” my mother said. “It takes lots of time and makes a big mess. Our bakery bread is delicious without all that effort.”
Begging was useless. Mom’s “no” meant “No!”
But several weeks later, opportunity knocked. My parents were going out for the evening. I immediately invited Hanna to be my partner in bread-baking crime.
We studied the recipe. That was easy. “Mix oil into flour then beat in four eggs, one at a time, with remaining sugar and salt.”
We were not good at breaking eggs. I tried to learn from my mother.
“Gradually add eight cups of flour. When dough (面團) holds together, squeeze it.”
We took turns working like that. “Is the dough ‘holding together’?” we asked each other.
I remembered my neighbor’s instructions: “If it’s too sticky, add some flour; if too dry, add water.”
We added water. Then more flour. Then more water. By then, the mass of our dough had grown very much.
“Place dough on floured surface and squeeze till smooth,” the recipe instructed.
We took turns burying our hands in the damp dough, pinching, squeezing, and feeling it leak between fingers. “Clean and oil bowl, and then return dough to bowl. Cover and let dough rise in a warm place for one hour.”
This was good news—we’d have a break. On the dirty kitchen chairs, we dreamed about our beautiful bread. “See?” we would tell my mom. “Isn’t it worth the work?”
Hanna and I couldn’t help glancing at the rising process every few minutes. But nothing happened.
“Maybe something will happen in the hot oven,” I said.
Unfortunately, when we removed the loaves from the oven, they were like hard stones.
Mom was right; it takes time and effort. It sometimes makes a mess. But still it feels good, somehow, to be part of that long, ongoing chain of bread bakers. Since that night, both Hanna and I have learned to do it right.

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