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       .

1.A. lazy    B. shocked         C. ashamed        D. tired

2.A. smiling        B. thinking         C. crying   D. whispering

3.A. proof B. feeling  C. excuse  D. explanation

4.A. little   B. much            C. eagerly D. worriedly

5.A. suddenlyB. slowly       C. proudly          D. quickly

6.A. watch         B. recognize      C. look       D. sense

7.A. putting awayB. stopping from     C. sitting up       D. holding back 

8.A. turned        B. lit          C. increased      D. rose

9.A. through  B. against    C. up          D. to

10.A. carefullyB. politely          C. tightly   D. thoughtfully

11.A. feeling     B. reaching        C. watching        D. sensing

12.A. break       B. content          C. understand   D. fall

13.A. still          B. therefore      C. yet         D. however

14.A. much        B. huge     C. little      D. more

15.A. cut   B. hurt       C. defeat   D. wound

16.A. memory   B. support          C. comfort         D. kindness

17.A. offered    B. paid for          C. contributed  D. supplied

18.A. sadly   B. simply      C. excitedly       D. worriedly

19.A. hard   B. pleasant   C. serious D. different

20.A. work         B. write  C.  type   D. sell

 

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As darkness fell，hundreds of people in the Swiss village left their houses.  They were starting   36   at the mountain top in the distance. It was covered with   37   beautiful and dangerous.

The huge mountain is called Matterhorn. Mountain climbers had  38  the top，using the southern route. But no one had ever dared to try a winter climbing up the 39 side. But now one man was daring to try the   40 route. He was Walter Bonatti，a great mountain climber from Italy.

For two days he had climbed. The village people had watched him   41 ．Now they were waiting to see his   42 ．If he planned to   43  the next day, he would light a green signal. A red light would mean that he was  44   .

A tiny green light   45   high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people   46  .

The next day he continued his way upward. He was so lonely and so  47  !But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the  48  light.

In the morning，Bonatti   49 ．He could not see the top，but he knew he was  50  there. Though the climb was painful，he moved up．

Bonatti had spent months  51   for the climb. Was the training enough? Did he have the strength and  5 2  to climb to the top？

He was finally at the top！News about his  53  was radioed to the world.

The trip  54  the southern route was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the “ 55  ”，and would be well remembered as a climber of all time.

36．A. back         B. forward                C. down          D. up

37．A. flowers          B. ice and snow   C. green trees             D. rocks

38．A. watched    B. passed          C. reached         D. climbed

39．A. western       B. eastern                C. southern      D. northern

40．A. difficult        B. different        C. same             D. easy

41．A. patiently     B. carefully        C. anxiously      D. eagerly

42．A. face        B. figure                   C. flag               D. signal

43．A. return  B. go on                  C. rest             D. stop

44．A. turning back      B. moving up    C. arriving         D. ill

45．A. rose             B. appeared             C. turned on           D. turned off

46．A. cheered      B. laughed                C. jumped            D. shouted

47．A. sleepy       B. excited         C. tired              D. happy

48．A. yellow      B. blue      C. green               D. red

49．A. woke up             B. turned up       C. got up              D. looked up

50．A. already          B. almost        C. no longer           D. surely

51．A. training        B. preparing     C. planning      D. asking

52．A. courage         B. skill            C. money            D. wish

53．A. victory            B. thing                   C. climb             D. courage

54．A. along     B. up         C. down         D. to

55．A. necessary    B. important    C. great          D. impossible

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    A daughter        to her father about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know whether she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was        fighting and struggling. It seemed that if one problem was solved a new one       .

    Her father, a cook, took her to the       . He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to a        In one he placed       , in the second eggs, and in the last ground（磨成粉的）coffee beans. He let them sit and boil, without saying a word.

    The daughter sucked her teeth and impatiently waited,        what he was doing. In about twenty minutes he        the burners. He        the carrots and eggs out and placed them in a bowl! Then he        the coffee into a cup. Turning to her, he asked, "Darling, what do you see?"

    "Carrots, eggs and coffee," she replied.

    He brought her closer and asked her to        the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it After pulling off the       , she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to sip（啜飲）the coffee. She smiled as she        its rich aroma（芳香）.

    "What does it mean, Father?" she asked.

    He        that each of them had        the same adversity（厄運）, boiling water, but each reacted       . The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting, but after being subjected to the boiling water, it        and became weak. The egg had been       , with its thin outer shell protecting its liquid inside, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique. After they were in the boiling water, they had        the water.

    "Which are you?" he asked his daughter.

    When adversity knocks on your door, how do you       ? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?

1.A. complained                  B. told                C. reported                 D. discussed

2.A. boring with          B. fed up             C. tired of                      D.uncertain about

3.A. rose               B. arose               C. raised            D. was happened

4.A. kitchen            B. restaurant          C. dinning room            D. market

5.A. conclusion                   B. stop                C. life               D. boil

6.A. eggs                        B. carrots             C. beans                    D. coffee

7.A. knowing                 B. understanding         C. puzzling           D. wondering

8.A. turned on                   B. turned off          C. turned in                  D. turned up

9.A. came              B. gave                 C. fished                   D. figured

10.A. poured                    B. painted            C. packed                  D. picked

11.A. watch                     B. smell                 C. feel                      D. search

12.A. space                     B. shell                C. surface                   D. skin

13.A. digested                  B. suffered            C. measured                D. tasted

14.A. explained                 B. demanded         C. declared                 D. claimed

15.A. sat                         B. boiled              C. faced                    D. fallen

16.A. immediately                B. constantly          C. differently               D. similarly

17.A. hardened                 B. softened           C. lightened                D. tightened

18.A. fragile                     B. round              C. thin                     D. small

19.A. adjusted                   B. adapted             C. accustomed               D. changed

20.A. change                     B. face                C. represent              D. respond

 

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　　Summer is the best time on the Island of the Blue Dolphins (海豚). The sun is warm then and the winds blow out of the west,   16   out of the south.

    It was   17   these days that the ship might return and now I   18  most of my time on the rock,   19   out from the headland（水中凸起的陸地） into the east, towards the country   20   my people had gone, across the   21   that was never-ending.

    Once   22   I watched, I saw a small object which I took to be the ship, but a stream of water   23   from it and I knew that it was whale (鯨魚)spouting (噴水). During those summer days I saw nothing   24  .

    The first storm of winter   25   my hopes. If the white men's ship were   26      for me it would have come during the time of good   27  . Now I would have to wait   28   winter was gone, maybe longer.

The thought of being   29   on the island while so many suns rose   30   the sea and went   31  back into the sea   32   my heart with loneliness. I had not felt so   33  before because I was sure   34   the ship would return as Matasaip had said   35   would. Now my hopes were dead.

A. totally           B. already          C. entirely      D. sometimes

A. during           B. for              C. after         D. between

A. spent            B. shared           C. paid          D. devoted

A. look             B. to look           C. looking       D. looked

A. when            B. where            C. which         D. until

A. island            B. sea              C. lake          D. ocean

A. since             B. though           C. while         D. till

A. rose              B. raised           C. grew          D. set

A. different          B. ordinary          C. else           D. valuable

A. encouraged        B. ended            C. spared        D. limited

A. leading           B. moving           C. coming        D. following

A. weather           B. pattern           C. rain           D. fog

A. after              B. as               C. until          D. while

A. quiet              B. alone             C. calm          D. alive

A. of                B. in               C. to            D. from

A. rapidly            B. quickly           C. slowly         D. fully

A. pumped          B. set               C. filled          D. full

A. lonely            B. strict             C. boring         D. empty

A. whether           B. and              C. that           D. when

A. it                B. he               C. that            D. this

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One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods from door to door found that he only had one dime left. He was hungry so he decided to  31  for a meal at the next house.

However, he lost his nerve  32  a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked  33  so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it _34 , and then asked, “How much do I owe you?”

“You don’t owe me anything,” she  35  . “Mother has taught me never to accept pay for a  36  .” He said, “Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.” As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger  37  , but it also increased his faith in God and human race. He was about to give up and quit before this point.

Years later the young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where specialists can be called  38   to study her rare disease. Dr. Howard Kelly, now  39 , was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light  40  his eyes. Immediately, he _ 41  and went down through the hospital hall into her room.

_42  in his doctor’s gown he went in to see her. He 43  her at once. He went back to the consultation room and _44  to do his best to save her life. From that day on, he gave  45  attention to her case.

After a long  46  the battle was won. Dr. Kelly  47  the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it and then wrote something on the side. The bill was sent to her room. She was afraid to open it because she was  48  that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off. Finally she looked, and the note on the side of the bill caught her  49 . She read these words…

“Paid in full with a glass of milk.”  (Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly

Tears of joy flooded her eyes as she  50  silently. “Thank you, God. Your love has spread through human hearts and hands.”

A. call                      B. make              C. beg                 D. prepare

A while                     B. when              C. though              D. unless

A. thirsty               B. lazy                C. tired                D. hungry

A. slowly                   B. unexpectedly        C. steadily             D. hurriedly

A. announced          B. shook             C. replied            D. doubted

A. reward             B. kindness           C. hand              D. value

A. physically                 B. mentally          C. normally            D. properly

A. up                       B. for                      C. on                  D. in

A. rich                      B. famous           C. careful             D. active

A. fixed                   B. attracted            C. filled               D. stared

A. rose                    B. raised               C. got                 D. left

A. Worn                       B. Having             C. Putting         D. Dressed

A. recognized             B. knew              C. spared            D. regained

A. desired                B. declared            C. determined          D. discussed

A. special                  B. ordinary          C. normal             D. no

A. decision                B. preparation        C. struggle             D. debate

A. ordered                      B. requested           C. frustrated           D. made

A. doubt                    B. uncertain                 C. sure                 D. obvious

A. presentation     B. preference                C. attention            D. arrangement

A. praised                B. pretended            C. pressed            D. prayed