One fine afternoon I was walking along the Fifth Avenue, when I remembered that it was necessary to buy a pair of socks．I   36  the first sock shop that caught my eye, and   37 , not more than 17, came forward. "What can I do for you, sir?" "I wish to   38  a pair of socks."   39  glowed. "Did you know that you had come into   40  in the world to buy socks?" I had not been   41  that, as my entrance had been accidental．"Come with me,”"said the boy happily．He began to   42  down from the shelves box after box．
"  43 , boy, I'm going to buy only one pair!" "I know that, but I want you to see how beautiful these are．Aren't they wonderful?" There was   44  an expression of joy,   45  he were revealing(透露） to me the   46  of his religion．I became far more interested in him than in the socks．"My friend,"said I, "if this is   47  the enthusiasm from freshness, and you can keep it up   48 , in ten years you’ll own every sock in the United States．"
My amazement at his pride in   49  will be understood by all who read this article．In many shops the customer has to wait for someone to   50  him．When   51  some clerk does notice you, you are made to feel as if you were interrupting him．  52  possibly that very clerk who is now so   53  began his career with enthusiasm．The freshness   54 ; He became a mechanical salesman．
I’ve observed such change in the lives of so many men in so many occupations that I've come to the   55  that the fastest road to failure is to do things mechanically．
小題1:
A．turned intoB．broke intoC．came acrossD．met with
小題2:
A．a(chǎn) female clerkB．a(chǎn) boy clerkC．a(chǎn) girl clerkD．a(chǎn)n old man
小題3:
A．buyB．find C．seeD．have
小題4:
A．His faceB．The room C．His eyes D．The fire
小題5:
A．the worstB．the right placeC．the wrongD．the best place
小題6:
A．curious aboutB．a(chǎn)ware of C．sensitive to D．a(chǎn)ttached to
小題7:
A．pushB．forceC．look D．drag
小題8:
A．Hold up B．Just you wait C．Hold onD．Hang up
小題9:
A．on his faceB．to my surpriseC．for some reasonD．to some degree
小題10:
A．whenB．a(chǎn)s ifC．even ifD．while
小題11:
A．beliefsB．storiesC．valuesD．mysteries
小題12:
A．hardly B．only C．no more than D．not merely
小題13:
A．day after dayB．day by dayC．the other day D．to this day
小題14:
A．passionB．salesmanship C．enthusiasmD．job
小題15:
A．serve onB．care for C．wait uponD．deal with
小題16:
A．a(chǎn)ccidentallyB．occasionally C．finallyD．disrespectfully
小題17:
A．YetB．SoC．Then D．For
小題18:
A．enthusiasticB．unconcernedC．differentD．responsible
小題19:
A．wore of B．wore onC．wore overD．wore off
小題20:
A．responseB．realizationC．conclusionD．circumstance

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:D
小題6:B
小題7:D
小題8:C
小題9:A
小題10:B
小題11:D
小題12:D
小題13:A
小題14:B
小題15:C
小題16:C
小題17:A
小題18:B
小題19:D
小題20:C

試題分析：文章講述作者在一家襪店的經(jīng)歷，對于男職員的工作熱情作者感到很驚訝，也感慨很多現(xiàn)在冷漠的售貨員,當初也是充滿熱情的?就是機械地應(yīng)付差事才導(dǎo)致后來的結(jié)果。
小題1:考查詞組：A．turned into變成，拐進B．broke into闖入C．came across遇上D．met with遇到，我拐進看到的第一家襪店,選A.
小題2:考查上下文串聯(lián)：從后面的said the boy happily．可知選B．a(chǎn) boy clerk男職員。
小題3:考查名詞：A．buy買    B．find 發(fā)現(xiàn)C．see看見D．have有，我想買雙短襪?選A。
小題4:考查名詞：A．His face他的臉B．The room房間C．His eyes他的眼睛D．The fire火，句意：他雙眸滿是熱情,選C。
小題5:考查名詞短語：A．the worst最糟糕B．the right place恰當?shù)牡胤紺．the wrong錯的D．the best place最好的地方，您知道您來到了世界上最好的襪店嗎?選D
小題6:考查形容詞短語：A．curious about對…好奇B．a(chǎn)ware of意識到C．sensitive to 敏感    D．a(chǎn)ttached to附上，我倒并未意識到這點,我不過是隨便進來的，選B。
小題7:考查動詞：A．push推B．force強迫C．look  看D．drag拖，拉，他開始從貨架上拽下一個又一個盒子,選D。
小題8:考查詞組：A．Hold up舉起，耽擱B．Just you wait等待C．Hold on別掛斷，等一等D．Hang up掛斷，停一停,孩子,我只買一雙!”選C。
小題9:考查介詞短語：A．on his face在臉上    B．to my surprise使我驚訝的是C．for some reason因為某些原因  D．to some degree到某個程度，他的臉色很高興，,選A。
小題10:考查連詞：A．when當…時候B．a(chǎn)s if好像，C．even if即使D．while當…時候，就像是在向我透露他的信仰中的奧秘似的?選B。
小題11:考查名詞：A．beliefs相信B．stories  故事C．values價值D．mysteries神秘,就像是在向我透露他的信仰中的奧秘似的?選B。
小題12:考查副詞：A．hardly幾乎不B．only只有C．no more than僅僅D．not merely不僅僅，我對他遠遠超過了對襪子的興趣?選B。
小題13:考查名詞：A．day after day日復(fù)一日B．day by day逐日C．the other day幾天前D．to this day直到今天，如果你能日復(fù)一日地保持這種熱心和激情,選A。
小題14:考查名詞：A．passion熱情B．salesmanship銷售C．enthusiasm熱情D．job工作，我對他推銷時的自豪與欣喜所感到的詫異,讀者諸君當不難理解?選B。
小題15:考查詞組：A．serve on在…任職B．care for喜歡，照顧C．wait upon侍候 D．deal with處置，顧客不得不等待有人來招呼?選C。
小題16:考查副詞：A．a(chǎn)ccidentally偶然的B．occasionally偶然地C．finally最后的D．disrespectfully不值得尊敬的，當終于有個售貨員肯屈尊理你,選C。
小題17:考查副詞：A．Yet然而B．So因此C．Then然后D．For因此，然而,就是這樣一個如此冷漠的售貨員,選A。
小題18:考查形容詞：A．enthusiastic熱情的，B．unconcerned不關(guān)心的C．different不同的，   D．responsible負責的，句意：然而,就是這樣一個如此冷漠的售貨員, 或許當初也是滿懷希望和熱情開始工作的?選B。
小題19:考查詞組：wore off逐漸減弱，逐漸消失，天天枯燥乏味的苦差事令他不堪忍受,新鮮感磨去了,選D。
小題20:考查名詞：A．response答復(fù)    B．realization意識C．conclusion結(jié)論D．circumstance環(huán)境，由此我得出結(jié)論:機械地應(yīng)付差事是離失敗最近的路?選C。
點評：文章故事線條清晰通過對話展現(xiàn)故事情節(jié)，還有作者的感想，側(cè)重通過上下文信息考查考生的綜合運用英語的能力，注重語篇的理解，學生平時要培養(yǎng)自己駕馭語篇的能力，培養(yǎng)自己根據(jù)語篇綜合運用英語的能力，也注重對詞義的辨析和語法的正確使用。
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小題4:It can be inferred from the passage that Lufthansa is ________.
A．a(chǎn) city in IndiaB．a(chǎn) city in EuropeC．a(chǎn)n airline companyD．a(chǎn) travel agency
小題5:The underlined word “sombre” in the 4th paragraph probably means “________”．
A．happyB．sadC．a(chǎn)ngry D．enjoyable

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

Long long ago, there was a small village. This village had a  36  tradition. At the beginning of every year, any boy who had reached the age of 18 was given land and money to build a home. The boy had to   37 his home before winter. If his home failed to endure the cold weather in winter, the villagers could not  38  him in any way.
One   39 , Paul and Marc reached their 18. They   40  their land and money and decided to search nearby villages for ideas on building their homes. In each village, they found the nicest   41  and talked to the owners. Each owner gladly offered   42 .
After Marc saw several homes, he   43 the best ideas and went back to his own land. Paul, 44  , continued collecting more ideas. Soon he had so many great ideas that he began to 45  some of them. But he always believed he could find even better ideas in the next village.
Marc began building his home. He had several false starts,  46  his home gradually rose from his land. By fall, Marc had finished his home. It wasn't perfect, but it was strong and he could  47 it later. Paul enjoyed all the beautiful homes and   48  with home owners. The first snow came and Paul, realizing he was running out of time,  49  back to his land. He built the best home he could in the time he had, but it was   50  . The first winter storm destroyed his home and he froze to   51 . The villagers mourned for him.
Marc  52 the winter. Each year, Marc searched for other good ideas he could use to make his own home look better. He became a leader in the village,  53 a family, and lived a happy, content life.
We all build and improve our own mental homes. It’s   54  and fun for us to search for ideas from other mental home owners, but we only improve our own mental home if we actually  55   the best ideas.
小題1:
A．hopefulB．strangeC．literaryD．cultural
小題2:
A．findB．makeC．buy D．complete
小題3:
A．encourage B．helpC．scoldD．persuade
小題4:
A．winterB．summerC．spring `D．a(chǎn)utumn
小題5:
A．receivedB．exchangedC．recognizedD．a(chǎn)dvised
小題6:
A．girlsB．jobsC．presentsD．houses
小題7:
A．roomsB．drinksC．a(chǎn)dviceD．a(chǎn)ttention
小題8:
A．gatheredB．expectedC．createdD．understood
小題9:
A．similarlyB．finallyC．furthermoreD．however
小題10:
A．believeB．forgetC．replaceD．doubt
小題11:
A．becauseB．a(chǎn)lthoughC．soD．but
小題12:
A．repairB．rebuildC．improveD．sell
小題13:
A．a(chǎn)chievementsB．conversationsC．strugglesD．a(chǎn)rguments
小題14:
A．rushedB．droveC．flewD．moved
小題15:
A．funnyB．weakC．smallD．a(chǎn)mazing
小題16:
A．deathB．blindnessC．sadnessD．illness
小題17:
A．experiencedB．lovedC．spentD．survived
小題18:
A．broughtB．earnedC．raisedD．contacted
小題19:
A．easyB．slowC．dangerousD．special
小題20:
A．realizeB．bringC．a(chǎn)pplyD．collect

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

One sunny afternoon, a seven-year-old girl went for a walk. She crossed a large area of grassland into the woods    21  she realized that she was lost.
Sitting on a rock and   22  what to do, she began crying.  After a while. She  23  to walk along a wide path lined with tall trees and thick bushes.   24  it was getting dark, she saw a small, dark wooden house. She opened the door and   25 stepped in. Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, and she ran out the door and back to the   26 . Cold and tired, she fell asleep near a   27 .
The girl’s parents were out and her dog, Laddy, was at home. Laddy   28  that his mistrees（女主人）was in danger. He jumped   29  a window, breaking the glass. He looked in the fields. But he couldn’t find his mistress anywhere. However, from the ground came a   30 scent (氣味) as he lowered his head. He  31  the scent and walked across the grassland. Barking   32  into the air, the dog   33  through the woods until he found the  34  . But the girl was not there, so he headed back to the woods. Much to his
  35 , he saw his mistress’ blue shirt in the distance. He   36 over some bushes and saw the little stream, where the girl was   37 .
When she opened her eyes and   38  her dog standing beside her, the girl said, “you
 39  me, Laddy,” and she kissed him several times. Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears of   40 That night Laddy had a heror’s supper: a huge meal of steak
小題1:
A．sinceB．beforeC．whileD．a(chǎn)s
小題2:
A．rememberingB．forgettingC．wonderingD．regretting
小題3:
A．preferredB．expectedC．decidedD．failed
小題4:
A．IfB．UntilC．WhenD．Because
小題5:
A．cautiouslyB．carelesslyC．hopelesslyD．unwillingly
小題6:
A．treesB．bushesC．grassesD． woods
小題7:
A．rockB．streamC．treeD．house
小題8:
A．sensedB．foundC．heardD．smelt
小題9:
A．a(chǎn)tB．inC．throughD．onto
小題10:
A．terribleB．familiarC．pleasantD．strange
小題11:
A．followedB．discoveredC．missedD．ignored
小題12:
A．calmlyB．gentlyC．merrilyD．loudly
小題13:
A．lookedB．wanderedC．searchedD．travelled
小題14:
A．windowB．girlC．heroD．house
小題15:
A．delightB．disappointmentC．embarrassmentD．satisfaction
小題16:
A．climbedB．jumpedC．walkedD．flew
小題17:
A．a(chǎn)wakeB．a(chǎn)bandonedC．a(chǎn)sleepD．a(chǎn)vailable
小題18:
A．spottedB．sawC．observedD．watched
小題19:
A．rescuedB．comfortedC．disturbedD．scared
小題20:
A．reliefB．shockC．sorrowD．pain

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Robert Spring, a 19th century forger (偽造簽字者), was as good at his profession that he was able to make his living for 15 years by selling false signatures of famous Americans. Spring was born in England in 1813 and arrived in Philadelphia in 1858 to open a bookstore. At first he make some money by selling his small but genuine of early U.S. autographs (親筆簽字). Discovering his ability at copying handwriting, he began imitating signatures of George Washington and Ban Franklin and writing them on the title pages of old books. To make less the chance of detection (發(fā)覺), he sent his forgeries (偽造物) to England and Canada for sale and circulation (銷售).
Forgers have a hard time selling their products. A forger can't approach a respectable buyer but must deal with people who don't have much knowledge in the field. Forgers have many ways to make their work look real. For example, they buy old books to use the aged paper of the title page, and they can treat paper and ink with chemicals.
In Spring's time, right after the Civil War, Britain was still fond of the Southern states, so Spring invented a respectable maiden lady known as Miss Fanny Jackson, the only daughter of General "Stonewall" Jackson. For several years Miss Fanny's economic problems forced her to sell a great number of letters and manuscripts belonging to her famous father. Spring had to work very hard to satisfy the demand. All this activity did not prevent Spring from dying in poverty, leaving sharp-eye experts the difficult task of separating this forgeries from the originals.
小題1:Why did Spring sell his autographs in England and Canada?
A．There was a greater demand there than in America.
B．There was less chance of being detected there.
C．Britain was Spring's birthplace.
D．The price were higher in England and Canada.
小題2:After the Civil War, there was a great demand in Britain for _______.
A．Southern money
B．signatures of George Washington and Ben Franklin
C．Southern manuscripts and letters
D．Civil War battle plans
小題3:Robert Spring spent 15 years _______.
A．running a bookstore in Philadelphia
B．corresponding with Miss Fanny Jackson
C．a(chǎn)s a forger
D．a(chǎn)s a respectable dealer
小題4:According to the passage, forgeries are usually sold to _______.
A．sharp-eyed expertsB．persons who aren't experts
C．book dealersD．owner of the old books
小題5:Who was Miss Fanny Jackson?
A．The only daughter of General "Stonewall" Jackson.
B．A little-known girl who sold her father's papers to Robert Spring.
C．Robert Spring's daughter.
D．An imaginary person created by Spring.

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