Everybody was touched ___________ words after...

Everybody was touched ___________ words after they heard her moving story.

A. beyond           B. without             C. of              D. in

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She was ______ good terms with her twin sister, because they were two of a kind. In other words, they were identical ______ each other.

A. in; to　　     B.in; with　　　　　　 C. on; with　　　　　　 D.on; to

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His voice ____ with anger when he heard her rude words.

A．trembled          B．feared            C．shook            D．moved

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(2014·徐州高三模拟)When she heard her son had been admitted to a key university，words couldn't ________ her excitement.

A. convey　　 B. explain

C. conduct　　 D. distinguish

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Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart. They will, in a lifetime, push the chrome-plated contraptions many miles. But few will know—or even think to ask—who it was that invented them.

Sylvan N. Goldman invented the shopping cart in 1937. At that time he was in the supermarket business.Every day he would see shoppers lugging groceries around in baskets they had to carry.

One day Goldman suddenly had the idea of putting baskets on wheels. The wheeled baskets would make shopping much easier for his customers, and would help to attract more business.

On June 4, 1937, Goldman’s first carts were ready for use in his market. He was terribly excited on the morning of that day as customers began arriving. He couldn’t wait to see them using his invention.

But Goldman was disappointed. Most shoppers gave the carts a long look, but hardly anybody would give them a try.

After a while, Goldman decided to ask customers why they weren’t using his carts. “Don’t you think this arm is strong enough to carry a shopping basket?” one shopper replied.

But Goldman wasn’t beaten yet. He knew his carts would be a great success if only he could persuade people to give them a try. To this end, Goldman hired a group of people to push carts around his market and pretend they were shopping! Seeing this, the real customers gradually began copying the phony customers.

As Goldman had hoped, the carts were soon attracting larger and larger numbers of customers to his market. But not only did more people come—those who came bought more. With larger, easier-to-handle baskets, customers unconsciously bought a greater number of items than before.

Today’s shopping carts are five times larger than Goldman’s original model. Perhaps that’s one reason Americans today spend more than five times as much money on food each year as they did before 1937—before the coming of the shopping cart.

1.What do the underlined words “ chrome-plated contraptions” in the first paragraph refer to?

A. Baskets.　　 B. Private cars.

C. Suitcases.　　 D. Shopping carts.

2.What was the purpose of Goldman’s invention?

A. It was to prove him to be a good inventor.

B. It was to reduce the burden of his employees' work.

C. It was to make shopping easier and attract more business.

D. It was to help the disabled make shopping easily in his market.

3.Goldman hired a group of people to push carts around his market in order to

A. attract people to buy things in his market

B. encourage people to use his shopping carts

C. make his market different from the others

D. keep the groceries from being stolen

4.What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. Goldman will become very famous because of his invention.

B. Goldman's invention will be regarded as the greatest one in the world.

C. Supermarket business has benefited a lot from Goldman's invention.

D. There will be nothing that can replace Goldman's invention.

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Her daughter was so lovely _____ little girl that everybody in the street would smile at her at ____ first sight.

A. the; a                             B. a; /                          C. the; the                    D. /; the

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Her frozen fingers touched the flame trying to feel alive. She could feel the warmth but it was a cold heat, as if the candle was rejecting her.

Her arms turned red because of the cold, her short sleeved shirt not giving her enough warmth. The winter air grabbed(抓住) at her arms, causing her pain, but she didn’t mind. She knew she should put her jacket on, it was winter in Connecticut, but that would be giving up. Up here, in this tree she felt safe.

She looked at the candle, surrounded by hardening wax(蜡). She placed her fingers gently on the warm green wax. This candle was a reminder of her life inside that house, a life she would have to return to eventually.

As a child, she had gotten this candle. She spent all she had on it. The beautiful crystal box （水晶盒）had caught her eye. Five whole nickels（五分币）had brought her that candle.

She gave it to her mother for Mother’s Day. Her mother had managed a smile and put it on a shelf. “It’s very pretty, honey! I will put it right here.” Since then that candle had never been moved, never been lighted, sitting dusty on a cluttered shelf that no one could see. Later on, her parents got divorced.

By now the candle was colder than the air and the darkness was complete. The snow on the ground made the night lighter and less satisfying than it had been before the first snowfall. She liked the darkness because she felt safe in it. From the glances of her friends who liked the girl she used to be. From the boys who could never figure out who she was. From her guidance counselor(顾问) whose endless worried looks never made her feel any better.

No one was outside at this time of night. She was alone in the world, just how she liked it. Just as she was about to lean back against the branch, she heard a sound.

She heard footsteps breaking the ice in the snow, heading toward her. He was making his way toward the white fence at the edge of the building, right against the road. Normally she would have ignored this person and stayed on her branch faraway from human contact, but this figure had something with him. He trudged(吃力地走) toward the white fence carrying a case. The figure reached the fence, opened the case and took out a shiny object.源

She took her eyes off this figure only long enough to climb down the tree to get a better view of him. She reached the bottom and saw that the person had turned to face the street, sitting on the white fence that she and her friends once sat on. She stepped carefully on the ice, making her way toward him.

And then a beautiful sound of music came from the shiny object. She stopped and listened to it. She started walking towards the guy again. Just as she was about to step onto the snow banks, she slipped on the ice crashing to the ground. The figure turned around in surprise and a sudden recognition fell upon them both.

1.The girl was hiding in the tree at deep night to ______.

A. keep herself from the cold            　

B. wait for the boy to come

C. want to be left alone            　　　　

D. seek safety from any hurt

2.From the story, we can learn that ______.

A. the girl suffered a lot in her life

B. the girl’s parents divorced because of her

C. teachers and friends treated the girl badly

D. the girl used to stay in the tree when feeling sad

3.The underlined word “it” in the story refers to ______.

A. leaning back against the branch    　　　　

B. being alone in the world

C. not being disturbed at night        　

D. it being dark with snow around

4.From the end of the story, it can be known that the girl _______.

A. knew the person            　　　　

B. knew what the object was

C. realized her wishes            　　

D. would never feel alone any more

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I was about 5 when I first heard the word “Greenland”, and my interest grew from there. Finally, after decades, I decided to go.

When I finally arrived, the place, at first glance, was clearly misnamed: The east coast of Greenland was an expanse (宽阔的区域) of ice and snow, with no sign of human habitation.

One of my purposes of going to Greenland was to make contact with some native Greenlanders. I didn’t know I would achieve this, but success came in an unexpected way.

When I arrived at the Illunnguujuk Hostel, where I had reserved a bed, a young couple and their baby were out front, enjoying the sun and unusual warmth. Greenlanders speak their own Inuit language and learn Danish in school, and many also speak English well. The young woman, however, was not one of these. Her English turned out to be anticlimactic.

When I identified myself, her eyes widened. Another traveler had arrived earlier and, mistaking him for me, they had given him my bed. There was no more space in the hostel. “But don’t worry,” she said, as she threw herself into cleaning a tiny house the family owned. “This is for you,” she said. And as if that weren’t enough, she invited me to eat supper with her family. That evening I sat down to a dinner of fresh fish with a loving, happy native family.

When I first set foot in Greenland I found myself all but shocked by the emptiness, the vastness, and the silence. I had decided that I would probably never return. And then I was taken into this Greenlandic home. I can now say that even cold, empty, and silent scenery is worth visiting, so long as one has a warm and welcoming place to go to.

1.What did the author intend to do in Greenland?

A.Get a part-time job.

B.Live with a native family.

C.Make some native contact.

D.Do business with the natives.

2.What does the underlined word “anticlimactic” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A.Simple. B.Modem.

C.Outstanding. D.Disappointing.

3.The author lost his bed in the hostel because of 　　　　 .

A.the language barrier B.a misunderstanding

C.a wrong address D.the high price

4.What made the author’s visiting Greenland worthwhile?

A.Tasting the local food. B.Helping a local family.

C.Meeting friendly people. D.Enjoying the great scenery.

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After being criticized by her mother, she spoke out the words ______ in her heart for many years, tears ________ her eyes.

A. having hidden; filling                   B. hidden; filled

C. hiding; being filled                                         D. hidden; filling

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短文改错

This afternoon, I was going home after school while I heard someone nearby crying. I looked around and found a boy sit on the ground. I was wondering that had happened to him. So I went up to a boy and asked him what was wrong. He was pointed to a ball in a deep hole. I wanted to help him, and the ball was out of my reach. Quite by chances, an idea sudden came to my mind. I quickly fetched some water and poured into the hole. With the water rising, the ball came up at the same time. The boy got back his ball happily and was grateful at me for my help.

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