It was the end of the Depression, and things were tough. Mom had a hard time _______ us kids on her own. Looking back, I realized what mom went _______ sending us kids to school. Every morning she would tuck (塞) a new piece of _______ in our shoes, because our soles (鞋底) were _______. We were _______ to move constantly these years. Although the _______ was twentyfive dollars a month, mom couldn’t afford it.
Christmas was _______, and we were given a twentyfivedollar Christmas fund because of social services. Mom said _______ buying some delicious food, she would use the money to pay for the rent, assuring us a _______ over our heads for a little while longer.
Unknown to mom, I had been doing parttime jobs to earn enough money to ________ a pair of new boots, which were with no cardboard in the soles. But on the way to the shopping mall, I ________ many houses with Christmas lights and decorations. It was then that I ________ that in our house, we had no lights, no decorations, nor any money for Christmas food.
As I continued walking, I felt ________. Here I was going to buy a pair of new boots ________ mom was in tears at home. She must be trying to ________ to us why there were no presents. Then I ________ my mind. I should do something for my mom. I went into a grocery store, filled with ________. I bought some food and some other Christmas treats. I spent every cent of my hardearned money. Arriving at home, I knocked on the door. I could ________ wait to see my mother’s face! When mom opened the door, some of the groceries ________ down onto the floor, and she just stood there surprised. Holding ________ the tears, I shouted, “Merry Christmas, mother!”
1.A.keeping B.protecting C.loving D.raising
2.A.in B.on C.through D.over
3.A.cardboard B.paper C.cloth D.handkerchief
4.A.found out B.tired out C.worn out D.given out
5.A.delighted B.forced C.honored D.frightened
6.A.food B.shelter C.expense D.rent
7.A.leaving B.approaching C.celebrating D.advancing
8.A.in spite of B.because of C.regardless of D.instead of
9.A.sky B.house C.roof D.protection
10.A.buy B.sell C.donate D.exchange
11.A.admired B.envied C.watched D.noticed
12.A.guessed B.realized C.imagined D.expected
13.A.guilty B.surprised C.nervous D.relieved
14.A.where B.though C.if D.while
15.A.persuade B.manage C.explain D.tell
16.A.decided B.changed C.lost D.kept
17.A.sadness B.excitement C.depression D.wonder
18.A.quietly B.anxiously C.hardly D.quickly
19.A.fell B.piled C.threw D.packed
20.A.down B.up C.back D.off
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It was the end of the Depression, and things were tough. Mom had a hard time _______ us kids on her own. Looking back, I realized what mom went _______ sending us kids to school. Every morning she would tuck (塞) a new piece of _______ in our shoes, because our soles (鞋底) were _______. We were _______ to move constantly these years. Although the _______ was twentyfive dollars a month, mom couldn’t afford it.
Christmas was _______, and we were given a twentyfivedollar Christmas fund because of social services. Mom said _______ buying some delicious food, she would use the money to pay for the rent, assuring us a _______ over our heads for a little while longer.
Unknown to mom, I had been doing parttime jobs to earn enough money to ________ a pair of new boots, which were with no cardboard in the soles. But on the way to the shopping mall, I ________ many houses with Christmas lights and decorations. It was then that I ________ that in our house, we had no lights, no decorations, nor any money for Christmas food.
As I continued walking, I felt ________. Here I was going to buy a pair of new boots ________ mom was in tears at home. She must be trying to ________ to us why there were no presents. Then I ________ my mind. I should do something for my mom. I went into a grocery store, filled with ________. I bought some food and some other Christmas treats. I spent every cent of my hardearned money. Arriving at home, I knocked on the door. I could ________ wait to see my mother’s face! When mom opened the door, some of the groceries ________ down onto the floor, and she just stood there surprised. Holding ________ the tears, I shouted, “Merry Christmas, mother!”
1.A.keeping B.protecting C.loving D.raising
2.A.in B.on C.through D.over
3.A.cardboard B.paper C.cloth D.handkerchief
4.A.found out B.tired out C.worn out D.given out
5.A.delighted B.forced C.honored D.frightened
6.A.food B.shelter C.expense D.rent
7.A.leaving B.approaching C.celebrating D.advancing
8.A.in spite of B.because of C.regardless of D.instead of
9.A.sky B.house C.roof D.protection
10.A.buy B.sell C.donate D.exchange
11.A.admired B.envied C.watched D.noticed
12.A.guessed B.realized C.imagined D.expected
13.A.guilty B.surprised C.nervous D.relieved
14.A.where B.though C.if D.while
15.A.persuade B.manage C.explain D.tell
16.A.decided B.changed C.lost D.kept
17.A.sadness B.excitement C.depression D.wonder
18.A.quietly B.anxiously C.hardly D.quickly
19.A.fell B.piled C.threw D.packed
20.A.down B.up C.back D.off
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Tough __________ the task was, we _______ finish it ahead of time and therefore we were highly praised for it.
A．though; would B．although; had to C．as; were able to D．though; must
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We were depressed and things were tough．Mom had a_____time raising us on her own because Dad died five years ago．We relied on social assistance for_____．
Looking back，I_____remember what Mom went through to send us to school．I studied hard then．Every morning，she would put a new piece of cardboard in our shoes because our shoes were_____．Constant moving was typical for my family in these times．Rent was 25 dollars a month but Mom couldn't_____it．Though it was hard，we never_____．
Christmas was approaching．We were given 25 dollars for social services．Instead of buying food，Mom would use the money to pay the_____，ensuring us all of a_____over our head．_____we had nothing for Christmas．
Unknown to Mom，I had been selling Christmas trees to earn enough money for a new pair of_____．On the afternoon of Christmas Eve，I was_____to go to catch the bus．
As I reached the stop，I began to feel_____．I was going to buy a new pair of boots_____Mom was at home in tears．My mind was_____and I realized what I had to do．I didn't get on the_____．
I went in a grocery store and bought the Christmas treats．I_____home and put them quietly against the door．I knocked on the door．When Mom opened the door，_____rolled into the house．She just stood there_____．I managed to hold back the_____，saying，"Merry Christmas，Mom!There really is a Santa Claus!"
That day I got many_____and kisses from Mom．It was a Merry Christmas for us after all!
1.A. good B. short C. hard D. funny
2.A. life B. travel C. nursery D. movement
3.A. hardly B. still C. yet D. then
4.A. handed over B. picked up C. turned over D. worn out
5.A. store B. afford C. make D. get
6.A. complained B. glanced C. envied D. calculated
7.A. decoration B. gifts C. rent D. clothes
8.A. cloud B. light C. roof D. window
9.A. And B. But C. Or D. So
10.A. glasses B. jeans C. boots D. socks
11.A. lucky B. concerned C. fearful D. excited
12.A. frightened B. guilty C. proud D. content
13.A. while B. because C. whether D. unless
14.A. woken up B. made up C. given away D. turned down
15.A. platform B. train C. bus D. plane
16.A. drove B. rang C. left D. rushed
17.A. balls B. shoes C. dollars D. things
18.A. surprised B. nervous C. disappointed D. painful
19.A. words B. trouble C. tears D. sweat
20.A. candies B. hugs C. awards D. creams
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——How many of you made it to the top of the mountain in the end?
——______. It was really tough.
A. No one B. Neither C. None D. Nobody
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It was 1961 and I was in the fifth grade. My marks in school were miserable and, the thing was, I didn’t know enough to really care. My older bother and I lived with Mom in an ugly multi-family house in Detroit. We watched TV every night. The background noise of our lives was gunfire and horses’ hoofs(马蹄) from “Wagon Train” or “Cheyenne”, and laughter from “I Love Lucy”, or “Mister Ed”. After supper, we’d lie on Mom’s bed and stare for hours at the TV screen.
But one day Mom changed our world forever. She turned off the TV. Our mother had only been able to get through third grade. But, she was much brighter and smarter than we boys know at the time. She had noticed something in the suburban houses where she cleaned books. So she came home one day, switched off the TV, sat us down and explained that her sons were going to make something of themselves. “You boys are going to read two books every week,” she said. “And you’re going to write a report on what you read.”
We moaned（不满,发牢骚） and complained about how unfair it was. Besides, we didn’t have any books in the house other than Mom’s Bible. But she explained that we would go where the books were: “I’ll drive you to the library.”
So pretty soon there were these two peevish（坏脾气的）boys sitting in her white 1959 Oldsmobile on their way to Detroit Public Library. I wandered reluctantly（不情愿） among the children’s books. I loved animals, so when I saw some books that seemed to be about animals, I started leafing through them.
The first book I read clear through was Chip the Dam Builder. It was about beavers（河狸）. For the first time in my life I was lost in another world. No television program had ever taken me so far away from my surroundings as did this virtue visit to a cold stream in a forest and these animals building a home.
It didn’t dawn on me at the time, but the experience was quite different from watching TV. There were images forming in my mind instead of before my eyes. And I could return to them again and again with the flip（快速翻动）of a page.
Soon I began to look forward to visiting this quiet sanctuary form my other world. I moved from animals to plants, and then to rocks. Between the covers of all those books were whole worlds, and I was free to go anywhere in them. Along the way a funny thing happened: I started to know things. Teachers started to notice it too. I got to the point where I couldn’t wait to get home to my books.
Now my older brother is an engineer and I am chief of pediatric neurosurgery(儿童神经外科)at John Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore. Sometimes I still can’t believe my life’s journey, from a failing and indifferent student in a Detroit public school to this position, which takes me all over the world to teach and perform critical surgery.
But I know when the journey began the day Mom switched off the TV set and put us in her Oldsmobile for that drive to the library.
1.We can learn from the beginning of the passage that ___________.
| A．the author and his brother had done well in school |
| B．the author had been very concerned about his school work |
| C．the author had spent much time watching TV after school |
| D．the author had realized how important schooling was |
2.Which of the following is not true about the author’s family?
| A．He came from a middle-class family. |
| B．He came from a single-parent family. |
| C．His mother worked as a cleaner. |
| D．His mother had received little education. |
3.How did the two boys feel about going to the library at first?
| A．They were afraid | B．They were reluctant. |
| C．They were impatient. | D．They were eager to go. |
4.The author began to love books for the following reasons EXCEPT that ___________.
| A．he began to see something in his mind |
| B．he could visualize what he read in his mind |
| C．he could go back to read the books again |
| D．he realized that books offered him new experience |
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The depression(经济大萧条) was coming to an end and Mum had a（n）_________ time raising us kids on her own. Christmas was _________,and we received some money for Christmas.Mum said that _________ buying food,she would use the money to pay back rent. Unknown to Mum,I had been doing tough and odd jobs（零工）to earn enough money to buy myself new_________.
The big day came on the afternoon of Christmas Eve.I was very _________, as I hurried up the road to catch the bus. But on the way, I _________ a house with Christmas lights and decorations. It was then that I realized that at our house, we had _________ for Christmas. I felt sad and I was feeling a strange_________ of guilt. Here I was going to buy a new pair of boots _________ Mum would be trying to explain to us why there were no presents.
I went into a grocery store and bought a turkey, ham, oranges and all the Christmas _________. I _________ every penny of my_________ money. I asked two boys to _________ them to our house. I _________ for the delivery boys to quietly _________ the groceries on the porch and pile them _________ the door. Once they had done this,I knocked on the door. I could hardly _________ to see my mother's face! When Mum opened the door, some of the groceries _________ inside onto the floor, and she just stood there dumbfounded. _________ the tears, I yelled,"Merry Christmas Mother!! There really is a Santa Claus!"
I had a lot of _________ as we unpacked all the food. That day I got enough hugs and kisses from Mum. It was a Merry Christmas for us after all!
1.A. good B. hard C. pleasant D. easy
2.A. passing B. approaching C. going D. appearing
3.A. regardless of B. instead of C. in case of D. in need of
4.A. boots B. decorations C. turkeys D. books
5.A. disappointed B. excited C. moved D. touched
6.A. watched B. recognized C. observed D. noticed
7.A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing
8.A. mood B. emotion C. state D. sense
9.A. though B. when C. as D. but
10.A. goods B. things C. lights D. treats
11.A. spent B. cost C. paid D. took
12.A. easily-earned B. home-made C. hard-earned D. carefully-planned
13.A. put B. lay C. bring D. run
14.A. begged B. demanded C. prayed D. whispered
15.A. upload B. load C. unload D. download
16.A. on B. in C. against D. beyond
17.A. wait B. bear C. help D. stand
18.A. climbed B. went C. fell D. spread
19.A. Holding on B. Holding up C. Holding back D. Holding down
20.A. quarrelling B. understanding C. explaining D. reasoning
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Times were tough in our household. My husband was out of work and there was no sign of anything for him. In addition to going to nursing school full-time, I was working three part-time jobs to put food on the table for our family of five.
After a rather meal one night, I answered the ringing phone. With no , a voice asked,“Do you need food? Come to my place and I can help you.” Directions followed and he hung up the phone. No in-depth conversation or queries as to our situation. It was up to us to decide whether we a voice on the telephone.
I was desperate. With food in the cabinet and no prospect of a job for my husband, I had to take a , swallow my pride, and accept the strange offer. Was there a ? When I uneasily got to a ranch home as ,I found there was no car in the garage. , lined up in orderly rows were tables filled with varieties of food. A craggy（轮廓分明有皱纹的）gentleman me, not much different than our phone conversation! “Look around. If you see what you want, yourself.”He handed me paper bags and turned to another new arrival, passing along the same .This couldn’t be real!
I guiltily filled the paper sacks with what needed and gratefully thanked the elderly man. “Be here next week. You’ll of the food by then” was his reply.
Then I learned the thing. Widowed and retired, he wanted to do something in his golden years to fill his time. Daily, he drove his pickup truck and begged for items and canned goods from local grocery stores and folks like us who had fallen on hard times.
I never knew what our weekly menus would be I had “shopped” in the garage, but I knew, with our bellies full, we could focus on paying necessary bills.
1.A. worrying B. boring C. confusing D. promising
2. A. just B. even C. ever D. also
3.A. delicious B. necessary C. simple D. ordinary
4.A. information B. communication C. introduction D. instruction
5.A. physical B. financial C. educational D. social
6.A. trusted B. accepted C. recognized D. satisfied
7.A. certainly B. originally C. actually D. barely
8.A. chance B. step C. decision D. measure
9. A. future B. possibility C. trap D. kindness
10.A. appointed B. directed C. guided D. requested
11.A. Therefore B. Besides C. Instead D. However
12. A. discovered B. greeted C. reminded D. examined
13.A. help B. enjoy C. behave D. seat
14.A. welcome B. supply C. assistance D. message
15.A. mostly B. eventually C. absolutely D. accidentally
16.A. leave out B. drop out C. run out D. get out
17.A. interesting B. worthwhile C. mysterious D. astonishing
18.A. usable B. additional C. acceptable D. valuable
19.A. recalled B. sought C. identified D. inspected
20.A. although B. since C. before D. Until
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Times were tough in our household. My husband was out of work and there was no sign of anything for him. In addition to going to nursing school full-time, I was working three part-time jobs to put food on the table for our family of five.
After a rather meal one night, I answered the ringing phone. With no , a voice asked, “Do you need food? Come to my place and I can help you.” Directions followed and he hung up the phone. No in-depth conversation or queries as to our situation. It was up to us to decide whether we a voice on the telephone.
I was desperate. With food in the cabinet and no prospect of a job for my husband, I had to take a , swallow my pride, and accept the strange offer. Was there a ? When I uneasily got to a ranch home as ,I found there was no car in the garage. , lined up in orderly rows were tables filled with varieties of food. A craggy（轮廓分明有皱纹的）gentleman me, not much different than our phone conversation! “Look around. If you see what you want, yourself.” He handed me paper bags and turned to another new arrival, passing along the same .This couldn’t be real!
I guiltily filled the paper sacks with what needed and gratefully thanked the elderly man. “Be here next week. You’ll of the food by then” was his reply.
Then I learned the thing. Widowed and retired, he wanted to do something in his golden years to fill his time. Daily, he drove his pickup truck and begged for items and canned goods from local grocery stores and folks like us who had fallen on hard times.
I never knew what our weekly menus would be I had “shopped” in the garage, but I knew, with our bellies full, we could focus on paying necessary bills.
1.A. worrying B. promising C. confusing D. boring
2.A. ever B. even C. just D. also
3.A. simple B. necessary C. delicious D. ordinary
4.A. information B. communication C. instruction D. introduction
5.A. physical B. social C. educational D. financial
6.A. satisfied B. trusted C. recognized D. accepted
7.A. actually B. barely C. certainly D. originally
8.A. step B. chance C. measure D. decision
9.A. trap B. future C. possibility D. kindness
10.A. ordered B. requested C. commanded D. directed
11.A. Instead B. Therefore C. Besides D. However
12.A. discovered B. reminded C. greeted D. examined
13.A. behave B. enjoy C. help D. seat
14.A. welcome B. message C. supply D. assistance
15.A. mostly B. eventually C. accidentally D. absolutely
16.A. run out B. drop out C. leave out D. get out
17.A. interesting B. mysterious C. worthwhile D. astonishing
18.A. acceptable B. additional C. usable D. valuable
19.A. recalled B. inspected C. identified D. sought
20.A. until B. since C. before D. although
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When I was 12, all I wanted was a signet (图章) ring. They were the "in" thing and it seemed every girl except me had one. On my 13th birthday, my Mum gave me a signet ring with my initials(姓名首字母) carved into it. I was in heaven.
What made it even more special was that it was about the only thing that wasn't being "replaced". We'd been burnt out in fires that swept through our area earlier that year and had lost everything—so most of the " new" stuff (东西) we got was really just to replace what we'd lost. But not my ring. My ring was new.
Then, only one month later, I lost it. I took it off before bed and it was missing in the morning. I was sad and searched everywhere for it. But it seemed to have disappeared. Eventually, I gave up and stopped looking for it. And two years later, we sold the house and moved away.
Years passed, and a couple of moves later, I was visiting my parents' when Mum told me that she had something for me. It wasn't my birthday, nor was it Easter or Christmas or any other gift-giving occasion. Mum noticed my questioning look. " You'll recognize this one," she said, smiling.
Then she handed me a small ring box. I took it from her and opened it to find my beautiful signet ring inside. The family who had bought our house 13 years earlier had recently decided to do some redecorations, which included replacing the carpets. When they pulled the carpet up in my old bedroom, they found the ring. As it had my initials carved into it, they realized who owned the ring. They'd had it professionally cleaned up by a jeweler before sending it to my mother. And it still fits me.
1.The underlined word "in" in the first paragraph probably means "_____".
A．fashionable B．available C．practical D．renewable
2.When she got the ring back, the writer was about _____.
A．13 years old B．15 years old C．26 years old D．28 years old
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A． The writer's family moved several times.
B． The writer never stopped looking for her ring.
C． The writer's ring was cleaned up by the new house owner.
D． The writer lost her ring in the morning when she took it off.
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A．My New Ring B．Lost and Found
C．Lost and Replaced D．An Expensive Ring
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When I was 12，all I wanted was a signet(图章) ring.They were the “in” thing and it seemed every girl except me had one.On my 13th birthday，my Mum gave me a signet ring with my initials(姓名首字母) carved into it.I was in heaven.
What made it even more special was that it was about the only thing that wasn’t being “replaced”．We’d been burnt out in fires that swept through our area earlier that year and had lost everything—so most of the “new” stuff(东西) we got was really just to replace what we’d lost.But not my ring.My ring was new.
Then，only one month later，I lost it.I took it off before bed and it was missing in the morning.I was sad and searched everywhere for it.But it seemed to have disappeared.Eventually，I gave up and stopped looking for it.And two years later，we sold the house and moved away.
Years passed，and a couple of moves later，I was visiting my parents’ when Mum told me that she had something for me.It wasn’t my birthday，nor was it Easter or Christmas or any other giftgiving occasion.Mum noticed my questioning look.“You’ll recognize this one，” she said，smiling.
Then she handed me a small ring box.I took it from her and opened it to find my beautiful signet ring inside.
The family who had bought our house 13 years earlier had recently decided to do some redecorations，which included replacing the carpets.When they pulled the carpet up in my old bedroom，they found the ring.As it had my initials carved into it，they realized who owned the ring.They’d had it professionally cleaned up by a jeweler before sending it to my mother.
And it still fits me. (2013·福建，A)
1.The underlined word “in” in the first paragraph probably means “________”．
A．fashionable B．available
C．practical D．renewable
2. When she got the ring back，the writer was about ________.
A．13 years old B．15 years old
C．26 years old D．28 years old
3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．The writer’s family moved several times.
B．The writer never stopped looking for her ring.
C．The writer’s ring was cleaned up by the new house owner.
D．The writer lost her ring in the morning when she took it off.
4. What would be the best title for the passage?
A．My New Ring B．Lost and Found
C．Lost and Replaced D．An Expensive Ring
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