On New Year’s Eve, I came across an old coupl...

On New Year’s Eve, I came across an old couple at a secondhand store. They moved slowly around me _______something.

“Can I help you?” I asked.

They stopped, looked at me and said, “We’re looking for _______ things that look new.”

Then they _______ . I didn’t. It must have been a private joke between them.

Noticing I looked _______, the man explained, “Look, every new year in the past we _______ to begin the year with new things. It was a goal to surround ourselves with things _______ and new so that we had new direction, new hopes and dreams for the _______ ahead.”

“How did that _______?” I asked.

“Well, after so many years, we discovered it really got us _______,” the woman said.

“Then why do you ________at a secondhand store? Are things bad financially?”

“No, not at all. We just discovered that things don’t have to be ________but to be of great value. ________ it’s old, it’s new to someone who ________ saw it before,” the man said.

“So, each year now we search for things that are ________ to others but mean the world to us,” the woman added.

This couple had spent most of their lives ________ that there was power in “things” and on New Year’s Eve, they should ________ old things and be surrounded with new things. They spent most of their lives believing that by doing so, their life was going to change magically.

________, the truth is, there really isn’t anything different from one day to the next, one year to the next, except for your ________ to it. Everything is there waiting to be ________, so everything is old until you see it for the first time.

I have learned a ________ that day and it has been the best New Year gift I have ever received.

1.A.in search of B.in charge of C.in memory of D.in support of

2.A.strange B.cheap C.old D.pretty

3.A.laughed B.nodded C.shouted D.apologized

4.A.shocked B.worried C.puzzled D.annoyed

5.A.promised B.tried C.struggled D.failed

6.A.fresh B.familiar C.interesting D.useful

7.A.way B.year C.goal D.chance

8.A.carry out B.pick out C.work out D.come out

9.A.somewhere B.anywhere C.nowhere D.everywhere

10.A.work B.volunteer C.stay D.shop

11.A.outstanding B.attractive C.depressive D.expensive

12.A.Even though B.Now that C.If only D.Ever since

13.A.seldom B.never C.sometimes D.often

14.A.common B.funny C.valueless D.harmless

15.A.believing B.proving C.explaining D.arguing

16.A.take hold of B.get rid of C.pay attention to D.put up with

17.A.Therefore B.Moreover C.Otherwise D.However

18.A.approach B.attitude C.contribution D.introduction

19.A.bought B.remembered C.improved D.discovered

20.A.word B.skill C.fact D.lesson

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I ______ an old letter while I was searching my drawer.

A．came up          B．came across        C．came on          D．came about

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---Guess what! I came across an old friend at the party last night.

---      I’m sure you had a wonderful time.

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—Guess what!I came across an old friend at the party last night.

—______ I' m sure you had a wonderful time.

A．Good idea !                            B．Very well.

C．How nice!                             D．All right.

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--- Guess what! I came across an old friend at the party last night.

　--- ______ I’m sure you had a wonderful time.

A. Sounds good!     B. Very well.           C. How nice!        D. All right.

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—Guess what! I came across an old friend at the party last night.

—______. I’m sure you had a wonderful time.

A. Sounds good!     B. All right    C. Very well.  D. How nice!

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A couple of days ago, as the test results came out, my son and a group of his 13-year-old friends piled into the back seat of my car, ready for the last-day-of-school party at McDonald's. “Jack got a laptop for getting straight A's, and Laurie got a cell-phone,” one boy said. “Oh, yeah, and Sarah got an iPad, and she's only in third grade,” said another. “And how about Brian? He got $10 for each A.”

I suddenly became concerned. These payoffs might get parents through grammar school, but what about high school and beyond? What would be left after the electric guitar, the cell-phone, and the DVD player?

I saw the road ahead: As the homework load increased, my income would decrease. I saw my comfortable lifestyle disappear before my eyes — no more of those $5 bags of already-peeled organic carrots. No more organic anything!

I started to feel surprised and nervous. Would every goal achieved by my two children fetch a reward? A high grade point average? A good class ranking? Would sports achievements be included in this reward system: soccer goals, touchdowns? What about the orchestra? Would first chair pay more than second? I'd be penniless by eighth-grade graduation.

“We never paid anything for good grades,” said my neighbor across the street, whose son was recently accepted at MIT. “He just did it on his own. Maybe once in a while we went out for pizza, but that's about it.”

Don't you just hate that? We're all running around looking for the MP3 player with the most updates, and she’s spending a few dollars on pizza. She gets motivation; we get negotiation. And what about the primary grades? What do these students get? “When the teacher asked if anyone got rewards for good grades, everyone in my class raised their hands and said they got ice cream cones ,” said one third-grader.

1.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Tips on Paying Kids for Good Grades

B. New changes in Paying Kids for Good Grades

C. Good Grades Mean Good Rewards

D. Don't Pay Kids for Good Grades

2.What does the underlined sentence in the third paragraph probably mean?

A. Taking care of my children would influence my work.

B. I would spend less money on my children's good grades.

C. More rewards would be needed as my children grow up.

D. Reducing my children's homework load would cost me a lot.

3.It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. if you buy children pizza as a reward, they will work harder

B. if you pay kids for good grades, they will take it for granted

C. children will not ask for rewards when they enter high school

D. good grades won't help kids make great progress in the future

4.The author takes her neighbor as an example to show _______.

A. pizza is the best way to motivate children

B. it is necessary to reward children for their good grades

C. getting rewards for good grades is common nowadays

D. rewards are not the only way to encourage children

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I am a 17-year-old college student. Something I came across today touched me, so I decided to _____ it.

After a long and boring morning at college, I was _____ at the bus station for my bus. While standing there, I was thinking about how _____ the week had been when this gentleman came and stood next to me. After a while he _____ talking to me, mainly about the buses and bus drivers. He had ____ noticed that I was feeling down, as he told me to cheer up and told a ______. This then turned into a casual ______ as we waited for the bus, which was late _____

He introduced himself to me and told me it was _____ to meet me.　 Then the bus finally _____ We both got on the bus, and he sat in front of me, and we ______ talking. At this point all my ______ thoughts about the week were starting to _____. He asked me what I was doing at college, and what I was planning to do ____ I graduated. He wished me luck and told me he had his fingers crossed for me.

He then _____ me a piece of paper, with “Ten ideas for kindness” on it and a link to a website. When I got off the bus, he told me that it was a _____ to meet me and he wished me good luck.

I don’t _______ if this very caring man will ever read this article, ___ I want to say that he is the only person who had talked with me _____ for a while, and noticed that I needed cheering up. He made me _____ that life really is worth living.

1.A. report　　 B. share　　 C. describe　　 D. keep

2.A. gathering　　 B. searching.　　 C. waiting　　 D. sitting

3.A. pleasant　　 B. fast　　 C. busy　　 D. terrible

4.A. stopped　　 B. enjoyed　　 C. started　　 D. continued

5.A. nearly　　 B. hardly　　 C. instantly　　 D. obviously

6.A. remark　　 B. suggestion　　 C. joke　　 D. choice

7.A. discussion　　 B. greeting　　 C. conversation　　 D. meeting

8.A. as well　　 B. as usual　　 C. for once　　 D. so far

9.A. punctual　　 B. surprising　　 C. unlucky　　 D. lovely

10.A. started　　 B. left　　 C. arrived　　 D. stopped

11.A. insisted on　　 B. decided on　　 C. carried on　　 D. took on

12.A. serious　　 B. strange　　 C. negative　　 D. careful

13.A. form　　 B. melt　　 C. burst　　 D. disappear

14.A. after　　 B. when　　 C. before　　 D. until

15.A. sent　　 B. tore　　 C. handed　　 D. spread

16.A. pleasure　　 B. pity　　 C. duty　　 D. chance

17.A. expect　　 B. imagine　　 C. doubt　　 D. know

18.A. for　　 B. and　　 C. but　　 D. so

19.A. generally　　 B. quietly　　 C. sincerely　　 D. briefly

20.A. conclude　　 B. realize　　 C. convince　　 D. remind

高二英语完形填空简单题查看答案及解析

She ________some old photographs in a drawer.

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(Reuters) --- A stampede（蜂拥） killed at least 36 people during New Year's Eve celebrations in Shanghai, authorities said, but the police denied reports that it was caused by people rushing to pick up fake money thrown from a building overlooking the city's famous waterfront.

It was the worst disaster in the modern city since 58 died in an apartment building fire in 2010.

The cause of the crush has still to be confirmed, though state media and some witnesses have said it was at least partly aroused when people rushed to pick up coupons that looked like bank notes.

A man named Wu said the fake money had been thrown down from a bar above the street as part of the celebrations.

"This incident happened after the stampede," police said in a brief statement, without saying what the real cause was.

Another witness said there had been a problem away from the area where the fake bills were thrown, with people trying to get on to a raised platform overlooking the river.

Xinhua news agency said that people had been trampled on after falling down on the steps up to the platform.

Authorities had shown some concern about crowd control in the days leading up to New Year's Eve. They recently canceled an annual 3D laser（激光器） show on the Bund, which last year attracted as many as 300,000 people.

On New Year's Eve, Beijing also canceled a countdown event in the central business district, Chinese media said, due to police fears about overcrowding.

The Shanghai government said on its official microblog that an inquiry had begun, and that all other New Year events had been canceled.

In 2004, 37 people died in a stampede in northern Beijing, on a bridge at a scenic spot, during the Lunar New Year holiday.

1.According to the passage, why did people go to the Bund?

A. To meet their old friends and relatives.

B. To watch an annual 3D laser show.

C. To celebrate the New Year’s Eve.

D. To pick up bank notes.

2.What can be inferred according to the passage?

A. People like 3D laser show better than any other events.

B. Some possible measures had been taken by authorities.

C. The local government had shown their worry about overcrowding.

D. The celebrations in Beijing were influenced by this stampede.

3.What’s the passage about?

A. A stampede on New Year’s Eve in Shanghai.

B. A laser show on the Bund.

C. An apartment fire in Shanghai.

D.A countdown event in Beijing.

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