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Eleven years ago, the world I was familiar with ended. My _______ was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Over the course of seven months, Bill went from_______ me at tennis to needing my help to go to the bathroom.
It was the_______ time of my life. Maybe not_______. But it was certainly the time when I felt most alive. I _______ that a flat tire or the small complaints of a child with the sniffles (抽鼻子)_______ in comparison with the beauty of sudden laughter, the night sky, the _______ of a bakery. I found I could _______ myself to see more beauty.
In the days after Bill’s diagnosis and brain surgery, being his caregiver _______ me to find clinical trials and talk to different oncologists, which gave me a sense of________. In the later days, it meant being fully present for almost every moment. During his last weekend, a relative________ him. I noticed that she’d changed her appearance, and not in a good way. It was the kind of thought I’d ________ keep to myself. Just then, Bill ________ exactly what I’d been thinking, in that ruthlessly (鲁莽地) truthful way he had, and I found myself________ out loud.
“I could live with this man forever, even________ as much care as he does,” I thought. However, he would be dead in four________!
Eleven years later, I still try to be the ________ I became during those seven months. I try to be a little more ________ and generous, a little more grateful for the small __________ in life. It was my husband’s last, best __________ to me.
1.A.child B.husband C.father D.brother
2.A.teaching B.encouraging C.beating D.hugging
3.A.best B.worst C.hardest D.longest
4.A.correctly B.exactly C.fortunately D.fluently
5.A.discovered B.figured C.confirmed D.hoped
6.A.changed B.expanded C.appeared D.faded
7.A.tastes B.sales C.smells D.noises
8.A.persuade B.force C.command D.train
9.A.allowed B.required C.requested D.forbade
10.A.security B.dignity C.purpose D.humor
11.A.comforted B.visited C.inspected D.invited
12.A.regularly B.currently C.usually D.occasionally
13.A.announced B.repeated C.yelled D.voiced
14.A.laughing B.smiling C.crying D.breaking
15.A.declining B.accepting C.claiming D.needing
16.A.days B.weeks C.months D.years
17.A.caregiver B.person C.advisor D.nurse
18.A.demanding B.promising C.forgiving D.living
19.A.complaints B.points C.talks D.moments
20.A.gift B.lesson C.memory D.information
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Eleven years ago, the world as I knew it ended. My husband of 19 years was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Over the course of seven months，Bill went from beating me silly at tennis to needing my help to go to the bathroom. It was the best seven months of my life.
Maybe I don’t actually mean that. But it was certainly the time when I felt most alive. I discovered that the minor complaint of an annoying coworker, or a flat tire pales in comparison with the beauty of sincere laughter, or the smells of a bakery. There were moments of joy, laughter, and tenderness. After Bill’s diagnosis and brain surgery, I found clinical trials and talked to doctors in Texas, Pennsylvania, and New York. It gave me a sense of purpose.
In the latter days, being Bill’s caregiver also meant being fully present for as many moments of every day as possible. During his last weekend, we had dinner together. Later, a relative visited. I noticed that she’d changed her appearance, and not in a good way. It was the kind of thought I’d usually keep to myself. Just then, Bill voiced exactly what I’d been thinking, in that truthful way he had, and I found myself laughing out loud.
I thought I could look after this man forever. However, he would be dead in four days.
Eleven years later, I haven’t started a foundation to cure cancer. I haven’t left the news business to get a medical degree. But every day, I try to again be the person I became during those seven months. I try to be a little less judgmental, a little more forgiving and generous. I am a better person for having been Bill’s caregiver. It was his last, best gift to me.
1.What is true about her husband?
A. He was a bad tennis player.
B. He felt weak because of his brain surgery.
C. He had to talk to doctors in different cities.
D. He had to be accompanied mostly during his illness.
2.What does the underlined word “pales” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. Turns whiter than usual. B. Seems less important.
C. Becomes more significant. D. Proves unreasonable.
3.The story of their relative in Paragraph 4 is used to show .
A. being a caregiver requires much time and effort
B. one needs to speak out his own thoughts truthfully
C. change in appearance is a necessary part of one’s life
D. life needs a sense of humor even faced with hardships
4.What is the best title of the passage?
A. The Best Time of My Life B. The Greatest Gift to Me
C. My Loving Husband D. A Caregiver’s Hard Work
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Many years ago， I was a college graduate with a degree but no job. My substitute teaching work ended and I got desperate. I had a family to feed. 1.While I was grateful， my first day there was quite a blow to my ego(自尊). The job at the local wood mill paid less but was hard and back-breaking. It was full of bending， lifting， and carrying heavy wood for eight hours a day. 2.
When winter arrived my gloves tore and my fingers split and bled in the cold air. I found myself using more band aids than I ever thought I would just to keep my hands working.3. At the end of two years only four other people had worked there longer than I had. Every morning I pulled myself out of bed and went to work knowing it was going to be another difficult day.
I tried my best to keep my spirits up but many times during those years I asked， "Why me? Why am I having to go through this? Why has my life not turned out the way I dreamed it would?" 4. I think maybe in a way I needed those tough times. I needed them to shrink my ego. I needed them to become more caring， sympathetic， and loving.
5. It is these times that make us mature. If you are going through some "Why Me?" times， don’t give up. Use them to become stronger， kinder and more loving.
A.Fortunately， my brother got me a job.
B.Now many years later I got the answer.
C.Every day I went home aching and tired.
D.The resigning rate at the mill became very high.
E.Maybe no one knew when the tough times would end.
F.Day after day， I wondered when I could realize my dream.
G.I think it is the "Why Me?" times of our lives that make us grow the most.
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Ten years ago, with only about 1, 000 pandas left in the world, China was desperately trying to clone(克隆)the animal and save the endangered species(物种). That was a move similar to what Texas A & M University researchers had been undertaking for the past five years in a project called “Noah’s Ark”(诺亚方舟).
Noah’s Ark was aimed at collecting eggs, embryos(胚胎), semen and DNA of endangered animals and storing them in liquid nitrogen. If certain species should become extinct, Dr. Duane Kraemer, a professor in Texas A & M’s College of Veterinary Medicine, said there would be enough of the basic building blocks to reintroduce the species in the future.
It was estimated that as many as 2, 000 species of mammals, birds reptiles would become extinct in over 100 years. The panda, native only to China, was in danger of becoming extinct in the next 25 years.
This week, Chinese scientists said they grew an embryo by introducing cells from a dead female panda into the egg cells of a Japanese white rabbit. They were then trying to implant the embryo into a host animal.
The entire procedure could take from three to five years to complete.
“The nucleus transfer(核子移植)of one species to another is not easy, and the lack of available(capable of being used)panda eggs could be a major problem,”Kraemer believed. “They will probably have to do several hundred transfers to result in one pregnancy(having a baby). It takes a long time and it’s difficult, but this could be groundbreaking science if it works. They are certainly not putting any live pandas at risk, so it is worth the effort, ”added Kraemer, who was one of the leaders of the project at Texas A& M, the first-ever attempt at cloning a dog.
“They are trying to do something that’s never been done, and this is very similar to our work in Noah’s Ark. We’re both trying to save animals that face extinction. I certainly appreciate their effort and there’s a lot we can learn from what they are attempting to do. It’s a research that is very much needed. ”
At present, the project has worked. The number of the pandas has increased to more than 1, 500.
1.The aim of “Noah’s Ark” project was to .
A. make efforts to clone the endangered pandas
B. save endangered animals from dying out
C. collect DNA of endangered animals to study
D. transfer the nucleus of one animal to another
2. According to Professor Kraemer, the major problem in cloning pandas would be the lack of .
A. available panda eggs B. host animals
C. qualified researchers D. enough money
3. The best title for the passage may be .
A. China’s Success in Pandas Cloning
B. The First Cloned Panda in the World
C. Exploring the Possibility to Clone Pandas
D. China—the Native Place of Pandas Forever
4.From the passage we know that .
A. Kraemer and his team had succeeded in cloning a dog
B. scientists tried to implant a panda’s egg into a rabbit
C. Kraemer would work with Chinese scientists in clone researches
D. about two thousand species would probably die out in a century
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It was the end of my junior year, the weekend before prom (毕业舞会). I was riding with some friends, and a bottle was passed around the car. Everyone was taking swigs(一大口). When the bottle got to me, I thought:“What should I do?”I took a swig. It was the biggest mistake of my life. I had to drive home later that night.
I went back to my car, got in and drove off. At a stop sign I saw a policeman sitting in the parking lot across the street. His headlights were turned on, and I knew he was going to follow me. Then he flashed his lights at me. All I could think was: “Oh no, that swig!”
I pulled over and waited for him to come to my door. It felt like forever. “Can I see your license and registration, please, Miss?” I gave them to him. He took them and went back to his car for a while. When he returned, he asked if I had been drinking.
“No,” I said. He asked me to step out of my car.
“Walk heel to toe down the white line, please.” I passed the test. Next he had me stand on my left foot, lift my right foot and hold it for 30 seconds. I’m not the most coordinated (动作协调的) person and I can’t even walk and chew gum at the same time, so, needless to say, I didn’t pass. Then he asked me to take a breathalyzer test.
That was where I messed up. I told him I didn’t want to and didn’t understand why I had to. The officer asked me three more times, and I continued to refuse. He told me to turn around and place my hands behind my back. He arrested me right then and there.
The policeman drove me to a police station 20 minutes from my home. He called my parents and told them where I was.
I went to court two months after that, charged with refusing to obey an officer. I got a $700 (4,340 yuan) fine and 40 hours of community service. I’ll be on probation (缓刑) for a year, and I’ll have to take the driving test again. I lost my license for a whole year.
This was a huge learning experience for me. It opened my eyes to how easy it is to make a stupid decision. I want everyone reading this to know that it’s not right to drink and drive. It definitely isn’t worth losing your license over.
1.From the first paragraph, we can conclude that the author __________.
A. didn’t remember she had to drive home later when riding with her friends
B. wished she had refused to drink that night
C. felt just one mouthful would not affect her driving
D. lost her driving license on the way
2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?
A. The author was in jail for 40 hours and had to do community service.
B. The author thought her punishment shouldn’t be so serious.
C. The author was really sorry that she had made a serious mistake.
D. The author believed she would have avoided punishment if she had obeyed the policeman.
3.What is the main purpose of the article?
A. To warn people against driving after drinking.
B. To explain how policemen test drivers.
C. To show that severe punishment works.
D. To blame the author’s thoughtless friends.
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It was the end of my junior year, the weekend before prom (毕业舞会). I was riding with some friends, and a bottle was passed around the car. Everyone was taking swigs(一大口). When the bottle got to me, I thought:“What should I do?”I took a swig. It was the biggest mistake of my life. I had to drive home later that night.
I went back to my car, got in and drove off. At a stop sign I saw a policeman sitting in the parking lot across the street. His headlights were turned on, and I knew he was going to follow me. Then he flashed his lights at me. All I could think was: “Oh no, that swig!”
I pulled over and waited for him to come to my door. It felt like forever. “Can I see your license and registration, please, Miss?” I gave them to him. He took them and went back to his car for a while. When he returned, he asked if I had been drinking.
“No,” I said. He asked me to step out of my car.
“Walk heel to toe down the white line, please.” I passed the test. Next he had me stand on my left foot, lift my right foot and hold it for 30 seconds. I’m not the most coordinated (动作协调的) person and I can’t even walk and chew gum at the same time, so, needless to say, I didn’t pass. Then he asked me to take a breathalyzer test.
That was where I messed up. I told him I didn’t want to and didn’t understand why I had to. The officer asked me three more times, and I continued to refuse. He told me to turn around and place my hands behind my back. He arrested me right then and there.
The policeman drove me to a police station 20 minutes from my home. He called my parents and told them where I was.
I went to court two months after that, charged with refusing to obey an officer. I got a $700 (4,340 yuan) fine and 40 hours of community service. I’ll be on probation (缓刑) for a year, and I’ll have to take the driving test again. I lost my license for a whole year.
This was a huge learning experience for me. It opened my eyes to how easy it is to make a stupid decision. I want everyone reading this to know that it’s not right to drink and drive. It definitely isn’t worth losing your license over.
1.From the first paragraph, we can conclude that the author __________.
A. didn’t remember she had to drive home later when riding with her friends
B. wished she had refused to drink that night
C. felt just one mouthful would not affect her driving
D. lost her driving license on the way
2.What did the policeman ask the author to do at the stop sign?
a. Show her driving license.
b. Walk in a straight line.
c. Stand on her head.
d. Stand on one foot for 30 seconds.
e. Take her temperature.
A. a, b, d B. a, c, d
C. b, c, e D. b, d, e
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?
A. The author was in jail for 40 hours and had to do community service.
B. The author thought her punishment shouldn’t be so serious.
C. The author was really sorry that she had made a serious mistake.
D. The author believed she would have avoided punishment if she had obeyed the policeman.
4.What is the main purpose of the article?
A. To warn people against driving after drinking.
B. To explain how policemen test drivers.
C. To show that severe punishment works.
D. To blame the author’s thoughtless friends.
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At 3:42 a.m. everything began to shake. It seemed 1. the world was 2. an end! Eleven kilometers 3. (direct) below the city the greatest earthquakes of the 20th century began. It was heard in Beijing, 4. is one hundred kilometers away. One - third of the nation felt it. A huge crack that was eight kilometers long and thirty meters wide cut 5. houses, roads and canals. Steam burst from 6. (hole) in the ground. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins. Two-thirds of the people died or 7. (injure) during the earthquake. Thousands of families 8. ( kill) and many children were left 9. parents. The number of people 10. were killed or injured reached more than 400,000.
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The school _____ my father teaches is a world-famous one, _____ was set up 100 years ago．
A．where; which
B．which; which
C．/; where
D．where; that
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The story happened years ago，when my daughter was still little.
I was driving across the country with my daughter to1 my husband. Since I intended to get to my destination before supper time, I drove 2 for a long time without a stop. Then after driving for many miles, I became tired and needed to stop for a break to get 3 .
I found a rest area. It was mostly deserted, in a quiet area of the highway. I parked the car and carried my 4 into the restroom. When I came out I saw a middle-aged 5 wandering around. Feeling 6 about that, I asked the lady. What 7 me was: they were waiting for us!
The lady told me that she and her husband wanted to see us safely back into our 8 . She explained that sometimes rest areas could be a 9 place for a young lady like me. She told me that she had a daughter almost my age, so they wanted to make sure that I got safely back on my way.
I was very touched by their 10 . Being young, and probably naive to the potential 11 of rest areas, it had never occurred to me that there was any possibility of something going wrong. I 12 them for their kindness. My daughter and I continued our journey and 13 our destination safely.
I never got their names but years have passed and their kindness is still not 14 . Sometimes angels come in make-up and just because you can’t see their 15 it doesn’t mean they aren’t angels.
1.A. desert B. stop C. join D. save
2.A. slowly B. quickly C. safely D. quietly
3.A. excited B. bored C. interested D. refreshed
4.A. daughter B. luggage C. license D. car
5.A. lady B. man C. couple D. angel
6.A. angry B. curious C. jealous D. terrible
7.A. surprised B. worried C. annoyed D. upset
8.A. room B. car C. area D. park
9.A. quiet B. noisy C. dangerous D. safe
10.A. devotion B. honesty C. potential D. consideration
11.A. stops B. dangers C. mistakes D. changes
12.A. forgave B. asked C. thanked D. blamed
13.A. reached B. left C. missed D. passed
14.A. seen B. forgotten C. deserted D. recognized
15.A. kindness B. safety C. faces D. wings
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A few years ago, an elderly woman entered my video store, along with her daughter. The daughter was displaying a serious case of ______ , ____ her watch every few seconds. If she had possessed a leash(绳子), her mother would have been ____ to it as a means of pulling her along to _____ the rush of other shoppers.
I ____ and asked if I could help her find something. The woman smiled up at me and showed me a _____ on a piece of paper. _____ rushing off to find the DVD for the woman, I asked her to walk with me ____ I could show her where she could find it and I want to enjoy her ____ for a moment. As we walked along the back of the store, I ___ its floor plan: old television shows, action movies, cartoons, science fiction. The woman seemed glad of the unrushed “trip” and _____ conversation.
I said to her daughter, “ ____ some advice?” “Of course not,” said the daughter. “_____ her ,” I said. “When she's gone, it's the little _____ that will come back to you. Times like this. I know.” It was ____ . I still missed my mom and remembered the times when I'd used my impatience to make her ____ .
Together they made their way toward the store's resting area. They sat there for a moment, side by side, _____ the holiday crowds. Then the daughter _____ and immediately regarded her mother lovingly. And slowly she placed her arm with ____ unaccustomed affection around her mother's shoulders and _____ guided her back into the crowd.
1.A. warmth B. strictness C. impatience D. depression
2.A. fixing B. checking C. adjusting D. winding
3.A. accustomed B. fastened C. applied D. stuck
4.A. keep step with B. get away from C. keep off D. escape from
5.A. jumped over B. walked over C. sat still D. lined up
6.A. receipt B. title C. theme D. subject
7.A. Rather than B. Apart from C. Afraid of D. Worrying about
8.A. because B. though C. so D. unless
9.A. time B. stay C. company D. conversation
10.A. changed B. described C. updated D. ignored
11.A. serious B. meaningless C. rough D. casual
12.A. Offer B. Mind C. Take D. Have
13.A. Forgive B. Seize C. Follow D. Cherish
14.A. chances B. feelings C. moments D. presents
15.A. true B. impossible C. unusual D. rare
16.A. different B. puzzled C. upset D. critical
17.A. expecting B. observing C. approaching D. blaming
18.A. glanced over B. looked down C. watched out D. set out
19.A. suddenly B. gradually C. apparently D. basically
20.A. smoothly B. gently C. wisely D. hurriedly
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