It was my birthday last Thursday. I decided to celebrate it by inviting a few friends out to supper. I chose a restaurant in a        part of town. It is one of my favorite restaurants because the food is good and the waiters are friendly. It is        ever crowded, because not many people know about it, so it is not usually      to book a table. In any case, Thursday is not a busy evening      .
When we entered the restaurant, we were surprised to find it completely    . I looked around but not       table was free. One of the waiters      me. He came across and explained the situation. “A party of tourists came in about half an hour ago.” he said. “It was like an invasion(侵略). Suddenly the place was full! We can hardly      .
The waiter then pointed to a table in the corner. “The people there are about to      , ” he said, “Just hold on and you’ll      a place there.” He was right. Fifteen minutes later, the people       the corner table paid their       , got up and left. I led my friends across and we all sat down.
      our table was almost out of sight. We tried to call the attention of the waiter       sent us there, but he, like all the other waiters,       the party of tourists. They ordered lots of food. At last, an hour later, the tourists were finishing their meal and looking very      with life. The waiter, now very tired, appeared at our table. I advised my friends about the best dishes and finally the waiter went off with our      
A few moments later he returned to our table. We could tell from his face that he had     for us.       a little sorry, he told us that there was      left. “All we can offer you” he said, “is an omelet(煎蛋卷) !”

【小題1】
A.quiet B.calm C.busy D.silent
【小題2】
A.hard B.often C.hardly D.a(chǎn)lways
【小題3】
A.necessary B.possible C.important D.certain
【小題4】
A.a(chǎn)s before B.a(chǎn)s a matter of fact C.a(chǎn)s usual D.a(chǎn)s is known to all
【小題5】
A.empty B.full C.free D.quiet
【小題6】
A.a(chǎn)ll B.every C.a(chǎn) single D.a(chǎn) double
【小題7】
A.realized B.recognized C.comforted D.settled
【小題8】
A.watch B.care C.try D.manage
【小題9】
A.start B.leave C.end D.pay
【小題10】
A.find B.find out C.wait D.see
【小題11】
A.by B.beside C.a(chǎn)t D.near
【小題12】
A.money B.bill C.food D.drinks
【小題13】
A.Luckily B.Fortunately C.Generally D.Unluckily
【小題14】
A.whom B.which C.he D.who
【小題15】
A.were kept busy B.was busy with C.kept busy with D.were busy with
【小題16】
A.exciting B.tired C.pleased D.disappointed
【小題17】
A.dishes B.food C.order D.menu
【小題18】
A.good presents B.good news C.bad news D.bad presents
【小題19】
A.Looking B.Seeing C.Looked D.Found
【小題20】
A.no meat or fish B.no meat and fish C.meat and fish D.not meat or fish


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

解析試題分析:講述作者為了慶祝生日找了一個比較清凈的地方,本以為那里人很少,沒有提前預(yù)定桌位,但是那一晚上人很多,等了好長時間才等到位子,但是菜只剩下煎蛋卷了。
【小題1】考查形容詞的用法和對語境的理解。根據(jù)because not many people know about it,可知本句的意思是:在鎮(zhèn)里一個清靜的地方選了飯店。calm平靜的;quiet 安靜的;busy忙的;silent沉默的,故選A。
【小題2】考查副詞的用法和對語境的理解。由后面的句子because not many people know about it(因為沒有多少人知道這個地方)可知通常幾乎不會擁擠,選C。
【小題3】考查形容詞和對語境的理解。因為沒有多少人知道這個地方,所以通常沒有必要預(yù)訂桌子。A. necessary必要的;B. possible可能的;C. important重要的;D. certain某一的,故選A。
【小題4】考查固定詞組的用法和對語境的理解。A. as before和以前一樣;B. as a matter of fact事實上;C. as usual和往常一樣;D. as is known to all眾所周知。無論如何,和以前一樣,星期四都不是很忙的晚上。故選A。
【小題5】考查形容詞的用法和對語境的理解。由后面的句子he said. "It was like an invasion (侵略). Suddenly the place was full可知飯店的人很多,已經(jīng)沒有位子了,故選A。
【小題6】考查名詞的用法和對語境的理解。句意是“我看了看四周,沒有一個桌子是空的”。not all并非所有和not every 并非每一個,都是部分否定;a single一個;a double一對。 選C。
【小題7】考查動詞的用法和對語境的理解。句意是:一個服務(wù)員認出我來。A. realized意識到;B. recognized 認出;     C. comforted安慰;D. settled定居。故選B。
【小題8】考查名詞辨析和對語境的理解。句意是:我們幾乎管不過來了。A. watch觀看;B. care介意;C. try努力、試著;D. manage管理。選D。
【小題9】考查動詞的用法和對語境的理解。A. start開始;B. leave離開;C. end結(jié)束;D. pay付出。由后面的句子got up and left.可以知道他們將要離開,句意是“那的人將要離開”,選B。
【小題10】考查動詞的用法和對語境的理解。A. find找到;B. find out查明真相;C. wait等待;D. see看見。由后面的句子got up and left.(他們將要離開)可知,句意是“等一會你們就會找到地方!边xA。
【小題11】考查介詞的用法和對語境的理解。A. by由;B. beside在……的旁邊;C. at在;D. near在……附近。句子意思是“坐在角落桌子旁的人付錢,起來就走了。” 坐在桌子旁用介詞at,選C。
【小題12】考查名詞的用法和對語境的理解。A money錢;B. bill賬單;C. food食物;D. drinks飲料。由后面的句子got up and left. I led my friends across and we all sat down可以知道吃完了付錢走人。pay the bill付賬單,pay后可以跟錢數(shù),但是不跟money這個名詞。選B。
【小題13】考查副詞的用法和對語境的理解。由后面的句子our table was almost out of sight可以知道是很不幸運。句意是:很不幸運的是,我們的桌子的地方很容易被忽略! A. Luckily幸運的是;B. Fortunately幸運的是;C. Generally一般說來;D. Unluckily不幸的是。選D。
【小題14】考查連詞的用法和對語境的理解。句意:我們想引起帶我們到這來來的服務(wù)員的注意力,A. whom,代先行詞是人的情況,做定語從句的賓語;B. which,代先行詞是物的情況,做定語從句的主語或賓語;C. he他,不是定語從句的關(guān)系詞;D. who,代先行詞是人的情況,做定語從句的主語。選D。
【小題15】考查固定句型的用法和對語境的理解。。句意“所有的服務(wù)員都忙于游客的吃飯”,A. were kept busy使忙于;B. was busy with忙于;C. kept busy with沒有這種說法;D. were busy with忙于。選B。固定句型be busy with sth意思“忙于…”,這里主語是he,所以謂語應(yīng)該用單數(shù)第三人稱形式。故選B。
【小題16】考查形容詞的用法和對語境的理解。A. exciting令人激動的;B. tired疲勞的;C. pleased高興的;D. disappointed失望的。句意是:旅客們吃完飯看上去對生活很滿意,look pleased with sth意思“看上去對…滿意”, 選C。
【小題17】考查名詞的用法和對語境的理解。由前面的句子I advised my friends about the best dishes and finally the waiter went off with… 可知,我給朋友們建議這個飯店最好的飯菜,最后服務(wù)員拿著訂單離開了。A. dishes菜;B. food食物;C. order訂單;D. menu菜單。選C。
【小題18】考查形容詞的用法和對語境的理解。A. good presents好的禮物;B. good news好消息;C. bad news壞消息;D. bad presents壞禮物。由前面的句子We could tell from his face that…可以知道句意是“我們可以從他的表情可以知道他有壞消息告訴我們” 。選C。
【小題19】考查分詞做狀語的用法和對語境的理解。句意“看上去有點抱歉的表情告訴我們!盇. Looking顯得;B. Seeing看到;C. Looked被看;D. Found被發(fā)現(xiàn),F(xiàn)在分詞作伴隨狀語,Look的邏輯主語是he,在這里作狀語,用v-ing形式,故選A。
【小題20】考查動詞的用法和對語境的理解。根據(jù)最后一句 All we can offer you" he said, "is an omelet !"(我們可以供應(yīng)的就是煎蛋卷了。)可知,沒有肉和魚了。no 修飾名詞meat、fish ;not修飾動詞。否定句中用or表示和的意思。故選A。
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Coming home from school, I was filled with excitement. But I was       into stillness by what I saw. Mother, seated at the end of the sofa,        , with the second-hand green typewriter on the table. She told me she couldn’t type fast and she was out of work. My shock at finding mother in tears was a perfect       of how     I understood the pressures on her. Sitting beside her on the sofa, I began very     to understand. I could      her pain and the tension (壓力) of     the strong feeling that were interrupted by my arrival. Suddenly,  something inside me     . I reached out and put my arms around her. She broke then. She put her face       my shoulder and sobbed. I held her       and didn’t try to talk. I knew I was doing what I should, and that was enough. At that moment,       mother’s back with feelings, I understood for the first time her being so easy to     .  She was still my mother,     she was  something     : a person like me, capable of fear and       and failure. I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions when I sought     in her arms.
A week later mother took a job at half the salary the radio station       . “It’s a job I can do, though.” She said      . But the evening practice on the old green typewriter continued. I had a very       feeling now when I heard her tapping away across the paper at night. I knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to       .

【小題1】
A.lazy B.shocked C.a(chǎn)shamed D.tired
【小題2】
A.smiling B.thinking C.crying D.whispering
【小題3】
A.proof B.feeling C.excuse D.explanation
【小題4】
A.little B.much C.eagerly D.worriedly
【小題5】
A.suddenly B.slowly C.proudly D.quickly
【小題6】
A.watch B.recognize C.look D.sense
【小題7】
A.putting away B.stopping from C.sitting up D.holding back
【小題8】
A.turned B.lit C.increased D.rose
【小題9】
A.through B.a(chǎn)gainst C.up D.to
【小題10】
A.carefully B.politely C.tightly D.thoughtfully
【小題11】
A.feeling B.reaching C.watching D.sensing
【小題12】
A.break B.content C.understand D.fall
【小題13】
A.still B.therefore C.yet D.however
【小題14】
A.much B.huge C.little D.more
【小題15】
A.cut B.hurt C.defeat D.wound
【小題16】
A.memory B.support C.comfort D.kindness
【小題17】
A.offered B.paid for C.contributed D.supplied
【小題18】
A.sadly B.simply C.excitedly D.worriedly
【小題19】
A.hard B.pleasant C.serious D.different
【小題20】
A.work B.write C. type D.sell

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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:完型填空

In our whole life,we will come across different kinds of people and things.____,our views of the world,life and value have been changing all the time.To be honest,one of my English teachers has made a great ____on me.
Although she was short,old and ugly,she was talented,____and passionate(熱誠的).Thus,we called her “a crazy stone”.She didn't mind it____;instead,she seemed to love her____very much.In addition,she was so____with students that she knew how to raise our____and get along well with us.Therefore,we studied English well and___her.
To be honest,I am fond of listening to____told by others in my daily life.Maybe I have heard so many that it is____for me to laugh.But she was a(n)____.Her jokes were always so funny,for she always led you to the scenes of them and____an interesting atmosphere.Although I____the university ten years ago,I still remember several jokes,one of which I would like to____with you.
Before having an English lesson,there was a handsome boy who made a self­introduction.He said that he was able to do____and finally made a conclusion that he was rather untalented.After hearing that,Stone____the teacher's desk and said an old saying: “Innocence is the virtue(美德) for____”.Hearing this we all burst into laughter.
Although I met several good teachers when I was in the high school and during my college,“a crazy stone” is the best teacher in my____.It was she that made me get____in English.It was she that educated me how to fight for success and____difficulties.

【小題1】
A.But      B.AlthoughC.BecauseD.Therefore
【小題2】
A.expressionB.promiseC.influenceD.reputation
【小題3】
A.humorousB.seriousC.a(chǎn)ctiveD.bright
【小題4】
A.a(chǎn)fter allB.a(chǎn)t allC.a(chǎn)bove allD.in all
【小題5】
A.descriptionB.occupationC.nicknameD.students
【小題6】
A.strictB.friendlyC.popularD.familiar
【小題7】
A.forceB.enthusiasmC.inspirationD.power
【小題8】
A.respectedB.a(chǎn)greedC.pushedD.thanked
【小題9】
A.lessonsB.experiencesC.talesD.jokes
【小題10】
A.impossibleB.easyC.difficultD.likely
【小題11】
A.modelB.teacherC.laugherD.exception
【小題12】
A.enjoyedB.cameC.createdD.reduce
【小題13】.
A.lived inB.came intoC.left forD.graduated from
【小題14】
A.spendB.communicateC.shareD.talked
【小題15】
A.a(chǎn)nythingB.nothingC.everythingD.something
【小題16】
A.stood onB.walked toC.broke downD.pushed away
【小題17】
A.menB.studentsC.womenD.teachers
【小題18】
A.heartB.lifeC.schoolD.world
【小題19】
A.hurtB.downC.interestedD.rewarded
【小題20】
A.ignoreB.overcomeC.escapeD.face

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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解

Dear Friend,
The recent success of children's books has made the general public aware that there's a huge market out there.
And there's a growing need for new writers trained to create the $3 billion worth of children's books bought each year ... plus stories and articles needed by over 650 publishers of magazines for children and teenagers.
Who are these needed writers? They're ordinary folks like you and me.
But am I good enough?
I was once where you might be now. My thoughts of writing had been pushed down by self-doubt, and I didn't know where to turn for help.
Then, I accepted a free offer from the Institute to test my writing aptitude(潛能), and it turned out to be the inspiration I needed.
The promise that paid off
The Institute made the same promise to me that they will make to you, if you show basic writing ability:
You will complete at least one manuscript(手稿) suitable to hand in to a publisher by the time you finish our course.
I really didn't expect any publication before I finished the course, but that happened. I sold three stories. And I soon discovered that was not unusual at the Institute.
Since graduation, I have authored 34 nationally published children's books and over 300 stories and articles.
Free test and brochure
We offer a free aptitude test and will send you a copy of our brochure describing our recognized home-study courses on the basis of one-on-one training.
Realize your writing dream today. There's nothing sadder than a dream delayed until it fades forever.
Sincerely,

Kristi Holly, Instructor
Institute of Children's Literature
【小題1】From the first three paragraphs, we learn that_____.

A.children’s books are usually bestsellers
B.publishers are making $3 billion each year
C.magazines for teenagers have drawn public attention
D.there is a growing need for writers of children's books
【小題2】 When finishing the course, you are promised to_____.
A.be a successful publisher
B.become a confident editor
C.finish one work for publication
D.get one story or article published
【小題3】Kristi Holly mentions her experience mainly to_____.
A.prove she is a good instructor
B.promote the writing program
C.give her advice on course preparation
D.show she sold more stories than article

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