When Dave was eighteen, he bought a secondhand car for 200 so that he could travel to and from work more__ than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but then it got so old, and it was costing him____much in repairs that he decided that he had better ____it.
He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly____to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so___of them had any desire to buy it. Dave's friend Sam saw that he was ____ when they met one evening, and said, “What's____, Dave?”
Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising it in the paper? You may ___more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam's____was sensible(合理的),he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read “For sale: small car,____ very little petrol, only two owners. Bargain at 50.”
For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no ____.But then on Saturday evening he had an enquiry(詢問).A man rang up and said he would like to___ him about the car. “All right,” Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be____or not. “Fine,” the man said, “and I'll____ my wife. We intend to go for a ride in it to ____ it.”
The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, ____ to wait there for the people who had____ his advertisement. Even Dave had to ____that the car really looked like a wreck(殘骸).Then, soon after he had got the car as clean____ it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Dave's car and then said, “Have you reported this ____ to us yet, sir?”
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解析【小題1】答案 D [easily表達更容易,他買車的主要目的是為了上下班方便。]
【小題2】答案 A [so much...that...,如此多……以致于……,這是一個固定結構。too much不能和that連用,我們經(jīng)常使用too...to。]
【小題3】答案 C [根據(jù)上文修理花費太多,所以就決定賣掉,而且下文也就是圍繞賣車而展開的。]
【小題4】答案 A [be anxious to do sth急著干……,Dave想了解是否有人急著買車,他想賣掉車。]
【小題5】答案 C [前面已經(jīng)提到“it was falling to pieces”車很快要成碎片,所以沒有人愿意買。neither主要于兩個人中沒有一個,所以在這不合適。]
【小題6】答案 B [upset表示“傷心的,難過的”。因為沒人愿意買車,所以他很傷心。]
【小題7】答案 B [“what's up”表示“怎么回事,發(fā)生了什么”。]
【小題8】答案 C [“get”表示“得到”,在這兒是表示“你將得到的要比廣告花費的多”。]
【小題9】答案 B [advice表示“建議”,因為前面有一句“what about advertising it in the newspaper?”這本就是一種建議“在報紙上登廣告怎么樣?”]
【小題10】答案 A [uses表示“使用”,在這里表示車很省油。loses表示“丟失”;has表示“有”;spends表示“花費時間、金錢、精力”。]
【小題11】答案 D [no answer表示“回應”,表示廣告登出去以后無人問津。doubt表示“懷疑”;help表示“幫助”;trouble表示“麻煩”。]
【小題12】答案 B [這里表示來看車。]
【小題13】答案 B [suitable表示“合適的”,在這里是問第二天早上十點鐘是否合適。]
【小題14】答案 C [bring my wife表示把妻子帶來。recognize表示“認出”;gain表示“獲得,得到”;admire表示“羨慕”。]
【小題15】答案 D [“test”表示“測試”,買車的人將和妻子一道來測試一下車子。]
【小題16】答案 B [“mean to”表示“打算做……”在這兒是打算等買車的人。]
【小題17】答案 C [“answer”在這里表示“回應”,就是指那個看了廣告以后準備來看車的人。]
【小題18】答案 D [“admit”表示“承認”在這里表示他自己也不得不承認自己的車看起來太舊了。]
【小題19】答案 A [這里是一個固定結構“as...as”。]
【小題20】答案 C [“accident”表示“事故”。]
科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:完型填空
Father’s secret
My father grew up in a fatherless home. At that time, the family struggled hard to _ _. The childhood experiences caused my father to be extremely mean.
When we children became knew that other children got spending money from their parents, we made the ______of ask our father from some.His face turned cold, “If you’re old enough to ask you’re old enough to_____” he shouted. And we went about the neighborhood seeking odd jobs.
There was a period of time when _ _of us had a car, so we had to ride the bus home. _ _the bus stopped more than two miles from home, Dad never met us. If someone _ _, he ‘d say in his loudest voice, “That’s what your _ _are for!” When I went to senior high school, I had to _ _a long way each time I came home. The walk didn’t _____me as much as the fear of walking alone. I also felt that my father didn’t care about my _ _. That feeling was _ _one spring evening.
It had been a quite difficult week at school. Tests and long hours in labs had left me _ _. As other students were __at their stops, I looked out of the window __. Finally ,the bus pulled into my stop, and I _ _off, beginning the long journey home.
On that evening, I saw something gray moving along the hedge(樹籬) towards my house. Upon a closer watch, I __ it was the top of my father’s head. Then I knew, each time I ‘d come home, he had _ _behind the hedge, watching, until I arrived safely. He did __ after all.
After that, that spot of gray became my focus. I could hardly wait to watch for its ______movement on my way home. Upon reaching home I would find my father sitting in his chair. “So, it’s you !” he’d say, pretending to be _____.
I replied, “Yes, Dad, it’s me. I’m home.”
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What a busy day! The three boys were fed, bathed and changed into their nightclothes.Mary had ____ them a story and finally they were asleep.“Babysitting(照看)the three boys aged eight, six and four is extremely ____,” she thought.
“Sleep,” she considered, “if only I could!” But she had difficult homework to complete.Leaning back, she ____ her feet onto the sofa to get comfortable.Whoever said babysitting was a(an) ____ way to make money obviously hadn't met the three boys, she thought.The television was on, the room was warm, and the lights were dim.Mary's ____ felt heavier and heavier.I mustn't sleep, she thought — which was ____ what she did, of course.
Strangely enough, she soon ___ that she was a world?famous chef(主廚).She made a ____ and wore diamonds and designer clothes.Most days she relaxed by the pool, meeting the rich and famous or ____ — her favorite hobby.She ____ took the leading role in her own TV show.
That is, until she became too ____.“I am definitely the best in the world,” she thought, as she prepared a tasty chicken dish.But ___ seemed to go right.She spilt the flour, she dropped an egg and she cut her finger.Despite all the troubles, she ____ to get the chicken into the dove.Soon, smoke blanketed the room.The chicken was on fire.____ set in, but Mary could not run — she was ____ to the spot.She tried hard to move, but could not, ____ a sharp sound awoke her.
She got shocked and confused — ____ was pouring from the kitchen.Rushing to investigate, she was met by three ____ little faces and some very burnt bread.“Sorry, we were hungry and you were ____, so we tried to make some bread,” explained a boy.Relieved, Mary made them a snack and sent them back to bed.She____ them never to fall asleep on the job again!
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I was never a starter for my high school football team.No matter how____I practiced I was always on the second string.A few of us backups(替補隊員)even____called ourselves the____boys and gave each other nicknames.Mine was “Splinter(瘦猴).”
During one of the last games of the year, ____there came a point when I finally ____it onto the field with the starters.It was my ____chance and I was determined to ____myself.It wasn't long either before the ball unexpectedly___its way into my hands.I saw the end zone and turned to____down the field for a touchdown(攻方持球觸地得分).It was my shining moment and it ____so good.It lasted for about one second.That was when an ____player crashed into my back.It was Splinter's first and last shining moment before____back to the bench.
Since that time I have had a lot of shining moments in my life,____most of them probably didn't look that ___in the eyes of the world.But I have come to see life from a ___viewpoint.When I open a ____for someone,share a smile with a____,and laugh with my children then I know that I am glowing bright.When I stop to help another,pass on a ____word,and do a loving act then I know that I am____.I have come to learn too that it is these shining moments that___our lives here.
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:完型填空
I had worried myself sick over Simon’s mother coming to see me. I was a new , and I gave an honest account of the students’ work. In Simon’s case, the grades were awfully low. He couldn’t read his own handwriting. he was a bright student. He discussed adult subjects with nearly adult comprehension. His work in no way reflected his .
So when Simon’s mother entered the room, my palms(手掌心) were sweating. I was completely for her lisses on both my cheeks. “I came to thank you,” she said, surprising me beyond speech. me, Simon had become a different person. He talked of how he me, he had began to make friends, and for the first time in his twelve years, he had spent an afternoon at a friend’s house. She wanted to tell me how grateful she was for the I had nurtured(培養(yǎng)) in her son. She kissed me again and left.
I sat, stunned (驚呆), for about half an hour, what had just happened. How did I make such a life-changing difference to that boy without knowing it? What I finally came to was one day, several months before, when some students were reports in the front of the class, Jeanne spoke , and to encourage her to raise her voice, L had sai, “Speak up. Simon’s the expert on this. He is the one you have to convince, and he can’t hear you in the of the room.” That was it. From that day on, Simon had sat up straighter, paid more attention, more, and became happy. And it was all because he to be the last kid in the last row. The boy who most needed was the one who took the last seat that day.
It taught me the most lesson over the years of my teaching career, and I’m thankful that it came and positively. A small kindness can indeed make a difference.
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On a trip to California,my family stopped for lunch.As we walked toward the entrance to the restaurant,a man,with a____beard and dirty hair,jumped up from a bench outside the restaurant and opened the door for us.Regardless of his____,he greeted us in a friendly way.
Once inside,my daughters whispered,“Mom,he ____.”After we ordered our lunch,I explained,telling the kids to look___the dirt.We then watched other customers approach the restaurant but many____him.Seeing this rudeness truly upset me.The day I became a mother,I had determined to set a good____to my children.Yet sometimes when things didn’t go right,being a good example was ____.When our meal arrived,I realized I had left the carsick pills in the truck.With the windiest trip ahead,the kids needed them,so I____myself from the meal and went to get them.
Just then,the “doorman” was opening the door for a couple.They rushed past him without even acknowledging his____.Letting them in first,I said a loud “thank you” to him as I____.
When I returned,we talked a bit.He said he was not allowed inside____he purchased food.I went back and told my family his____.Then I asked our waitress to add one soup and sandwich.The kids looked____as we had already eaten,but when I said the order was for the “doorman”,they smiled.When it was time to____ our trip,I found the “doorman” enjoying his meal.Upon seeing me,he stood up and thanked me heartily.He then____ out his hand for a handshake and I gratefully accepted.I suddenly____the tears in his eyes—tears of gratitude (感激).What happened next drew great astonishment:I gave the “doorman” a____.He pulled away,with tears____down his face.
Back in truck,I fell into deep thought.While we can’t choose many things in life,we can choose when to show gratitude.I said thanks to a man who had____held open a door for me,and also said thanks for that ___ to teach my children by example.
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:完型填空
When I entered Berkeley College, I hoped to earn a scholarship. Having been a straight A student, I believed I could ____ tough subjects and really learn something. One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne. I was extremely interested in the ideas he ____ in class.
When I took the first exam, I was ____ to find a 77, Cplus, on my test paper, ____ English was my best subject. I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained ____.
I decided to try harder, although I didn't know what that ____ because study had always been easy for me. I read the books more carefully, but got another 77. Again, I ____ with Professor Jayne. Again, he listened patiently but wouldn't change his ____.
One more test before the final exam. One more ____ to improve my grades. So I redoubled my efforts and, for the first time, ____ the meaning of the word “thorough”. But my ____ did no good and everything ____ as before.
The last hurdle(障礙) was the final. No matter what ____ I got, it wouldn't cancel Cpluses. I might as well kiss the ____ goodbye.
I stopped working hard. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the final, I even ____ myself to a movie. The next day I decided for once not to ____ much about the result of the test.
A week later, I was surprised to find I got an A. I hurried into Professor Jayne's office. He ____ to be expecting me. “If I had given you the Apluses you ____, you wouldn't have continued to work as hard.”
I stared at him, ____ that his analysis and strategy(策略) were correct. I had worked my head ____, as I had never done before.
I was speechless when my course grade arrived:Aplus. It was the only Aplus given. The next year I received my scholarship. I've always remembered Professor Jayne's lesson:you alone must set your own standard of excellence.
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My good friend and neighbor is dying. She has more health problems through the years than anyone should have to tolerate. Now as she approaches her 57th birthday she knows that it will be her last. She has started a lot of her things. She has given all of us around her much more than just her things though. She has also given us her friendship, her kindness, and her joyful smile. She has given us her shining spirit that has made all of our lives so much . When a local dog was killed by a bear, my friend welcomed it into her home and nursed it back to . When any of us needed anything she was there doing all that she could with a full of love and a soul full of goodness.
She did all of this too while her health to grow worse and worse. My friend, , is not afraid of death. She has told me several times that she believes it will only be like a brief and then she will awaken in Paradise. I am as well that she will fit right in there because she already has a lot of paradise within herself. It is the paradise within her that she has so freely and beautifully given to us all.
We all have a bit of paradise within ourselves. She has shown me that the best way to enjoy that paradise is to it with everyone you meet. I wish my friend only joy in her days here and endless love and life in her coming days in Paradise.
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通讀下面短文,掌握其大意,然后在各題所給的A、 B、C、D四個選項中,選出一個最佳答案。
One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive. Suddenly I that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction, he knew me. The man had a newspaper in front of him, which he was to read, but I could that he was keeping an eye on me. When the waiter brought my the man was clearly confused by the way in which the waiter and I each other. He seemed even more puzzled as went on and it became that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. Finally he got up and went into the . When he came out, he paid his bill and without another glance in my direction.
I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had . “Well,” he said, “that man was a detective (偵探). He you here because he thought you were the man be . ” “What?” I said, showing my . The owner continued, “He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man. I say he looked very much like you! Of course, since we know you, we told him that he had made a ”. “Well, it’s really I came to a restaurant where I’m known,” I said. “ , I might have been in trouble. ”
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