When I was struggling with cancer a few years ago, my wife and I formed our own "couple caution circle".  Anytime a doctor came with news of my progress, my wife would give me a big hug. The reports were seldom good during the early stages of my illness, and one day a doctor brought particularly frightening news. Staring at my reports, he said in a low voice, “It doesn't look like you're going to make it.”
Before I could ask him a question, my wife stood up, handed me my clothes, adjusted the tubes fastened to my body and  said, “Let’s get out of here. This man is a risk to your health.” As she helped me struggle to the door, the doctor came near us. “Stay back,” demanded my wife. “Stay away from us.”
As we walked together down the hall, the doctor attempted to catch up with us “Keep going,” said my wife, pushing the intravenous（靜脈注射的）stand. “We’re going to talk to someone who really knows what is going on. Then she held up her hand to the doctor. “Don't come any closer to us.”
The two of us moved as one. We escaped to the safety and hope of a doctor who did not confuse diagnosis with conclusion. I could never have made that walk toward wellness alone.
小題1:.
From the passage we know__________.
A．hearing that her husband was not going to make it, the wife went out of her mind
B．the wife's decision in crisis contributed to the husband’s wellness
C．the husband was diagnosed with cancer by mistake
D．the husband became weaker and weaker as a result of the treatment conducted by the doctor
小題2:.
What's the author's feeling when writing the passage?
A．Angry.B．Thankful.C．Excited.D．Sad.
小題3:.
What can be inferred from the passage?
A．The wife was a woman hard to get along with.
B．The doctor was a dangerous man.
C．The wife loved her husband very much.
D．The husband was a man who believed everything would be OK.
小題4:.
What would be the best title for the passage?
A．A Happy Couple in CrisisB．Struggle with Cancer
C．In Crisis, Become As OneD．Don't Believe the Doctor

小題1:. A           
小題1:.B
小題1:.C
小題1:.C
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I truly feel that my mother led me here, to Morzaine, and to my future as a happy wife and business woman. When Mum   1 in October 2007,I was a cook. In December that year, while I was working for a wedding, a pearl necklace Mum had left me      2     .I was distraught（憂心如焚的）. Some days later, I was     3     that a guy who was working with us that day. “could probably have made a fortune     4   the necklace he found.”  5    .he returned it. Hearing how I’d     6   Mum for six months before her death, he said, “Christmas is going to be  7 —why not go out to the Alps for a couple of weeks?”
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We are having a wonderful life Mum ___18___ naturally part of it, _19___ there’s no way we would be here if it wasn’t for the __20_ she gave me. I know she’s here in spirit, keeping an eye on us .
小題1:
A．diedB．cameC．returnedD．visited
小題2:
A．burnedB．disappearedC．brokeD．dropped
小題3:
A．shownB．comfortedC．persuadedD．told
小題4:
A．hidingB．stealingC．sellingD．wearing
小題5:
A．LuckilyB．NaturallyC．SurelyD．Hopefully
小題6:
A．nursedB．curedC．missedD．guarded
小題7:
A．longB．hardC．merryD．free
小題8:
A．suddenlyB．finallyC．nearlyD．immediately
小題9:
A．saidB．provedC．supposedD．judged
小題10:
A．smarterB．higherC．firmerD．lighter
小題11:
A．honoredB．hiredC．regardedD．trained
小題12:
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小題13:
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A．leftB．pushedC．surprisedD．interrupted
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A．takesB．keepsC．looksD．feels
小題19:
A．unlessB．whileC．becauseD．though
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A．preferringB．offeringC．receivingD．a(chǎn)llowing
小題2:A. so          B. then      C. but           D or
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A．strengthB．lengthC． rangeD．height
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A．jumpB．lookC．walkD．glance
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A． tipB．stageC．topD． level
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A．putB．standC．getD． hold
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A．breakB． shakeC．takeD． strike
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A． upB．forwardC．downD． around
小題12:
A．forB．withC．onD．of
小題13:
A．AfterB．ThroughC．WithoutD．Upon
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A．backB． awayC．upD．down
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A．wishesB． beliefsC．effortsD．goals
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A．ThereforeB．HoweverC．MoreoverD．Otherwise
小題18:
A．skilfulB．cheerfulC．harmfulD． helpful
小題19:
A．somethingB．a(chǎn)nythingC．everythingD．nothing
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A．sorryB．successfulC．firstD．wonderful
小題2:
A．danceB．momentC．showD．party
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A．think ofB．bring backC．go backD．come back
小題5:
A．a(chǎn)geB．friendC．motherD．teacher
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A．musicianB．pop starC．ladyD．girl
小題7:
A．FrenchB．musicC．pianoD．dance
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A．a(chǎn)ctressB．studentC．singerD．dancer
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A．preparedB．learningC．drivenD．waiting
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A．someB．a(chǎn)nyC．noD．enough
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A．eightB．eighteenC．eightyD．eighty-eight
小題12:
A．luckyB．sureC．a(chǎn)fraidD．fond
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A．fillB．liveC．leadD．take
小題14:
A．heardB．knewC．talkedD．thought
小題15:
A．saw offB．learned fromC．heard ofD．met with
小題16:
A．loveB．feelingC．musicD．touch
小題17:
A．a(chǎn)ssistantB．teacherC．wifeD．student
小題18:
A．himB．engineeringC．herselfD．music
小題19:
A．certainlyB．possiblyC．onlyD．mainly
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One summer he managed to get a job in a butcher’s shop during the daytime and  43 in a hospital at night, In the shop, he learned to cut meat up quite nicely and the butcher liked him very much and often  44 him do all the serving.
In the hospital, on the other hand, he was,  45 , allowed to do the  46 jobs, like helping to lift  47 and to carry them from one part of the hospital to another.
One evening at the hospital, Dick had to help to carry a woman from her bed to the  48 room. The woman  49 to be one of his  50 who used to buy meat at the butcher’s shop. She was already feeling  51 at the thought of the operation  52 he came to get her. And when she  53 Dick, it seemed to her  54 that nearly finished her.
“ No, no!” she cried. “Not the butcher! I won’t be operated on by the butcher!” And she  55 her eyes painfully.
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A．homeB．houseC．familyD．village
小題2:
A．spareB．restC．a(chǎn)ctiveD．lunch
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A．toysB．educationC．schoolD．clothes
小題4:
A．managedB．triedC．failedD．wasn’t able
小題5:
A．freeB．hardC．easyD．expensive
小題6:.
A．otherB．lastC．differentD．same
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A．enoughB．muchC．a(chǎn) littleD．most
小題8:
A．the othersB．a(chǎn)notherC．othersD．other
小題9:
A．didn’t haveB．helpedC．letD．begged
小題10:
A．in allB．a(chǎn)ctuallyC．of courseD．sometimes
小題11:.
A．lightB．simplestC．difficultD．different
小題12:
A．doctorsB．knivesC． toolsD．people
小題13:
A．livingB．sitting C．operatingD．waiting
小題14:
A．happenedB．hatedC．seemedD．remembered
小題15:.
A．neighboursB．teachersC．friendsD．customers
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A．unhappyB．sadC．surprisedD．frightened
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A．beforeB．a(chǎn)fterC．untilD．for
小題18:
A．spoke toB．toldC．sawD．refused
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…That’s my second piece of advice, very simple: Don’t make excuses. Take responsibility not just for your successes; take responsibility where you fall short as well.
Now, the truth is, no matter how hard you work, you’re not going to ace (取得好成績) every class. You’re not going to succeed the first time you try something. There are going to be times when you screw up (弄糟). There will be times where you hurt people you love. There will be times when you make a mistake and you stray (偏離) from the values that you hold most deeply.
And when that happens, it’s the easiest thing in the world to start looking around for somebody else to blame. Your professor was too hard; the coaches were playing favorites; your friend just didn’t understand.
No, but this is an easy habit to get into. You see it every day in Washington — every day -—folks calling each other names, making all sorts of accusations on television. Everybody is always pointing a finger at somebody else. You notice that?
Now, this community could have easily gone down that road. This community could have made excuses — well, our kids have fewer advantages, our schools have fewer resources — how can we compete? You could have spent years pointing fingers— blaming parents, blaming teachers, blaming the principal , blaming the superintendent.
But that’s — Class of 2010, I want you to pay attention on this because that’s not what happened. Instead, this community was honest with itself about where you were falling short. You decided to do better, push your kids harder, open their minds wider, expose them to all kinds of ideas and people and experiences.
So, graduates, I hope you’ll continue those efforts. Don’t make excuses. And I hope that wherever you go, you won’t narrow the broad intellectual and social exposure you’ve had here at Kalamazoo Central — instead, seek to expand it. Don’t just hang out with people who look like you or share your political views. Broaden your circle to include people with different backgrounds and life experiences, because that’s how you’ll end up learning what it’s like to walk in somebody else’s shoes. That’s how you’ll come to understand the challenges other people face.
And this is not just an academic exercise. It’s a way to broaden your ambit (范圍) of concern and learn to see yourselves in each other.
—adapted from US President Barack Obama’s graduation ceremony speech at the Kalamazoo Central High School.
小題1: The underlined words “fall short” in Paragraph 1 probably mean         .
A．make a decision B．begin to experience something
C．have someone else to blame D．fail to reach a standard
小題2: The underlined word “this” in Paragraph 4 refers to         .
A．misunderstanding your friendsB．straying from the values you hold
C．making accusations on televisionD．blaming someone else for your mistake
小題3: We can infer from Paragraphs 5 and 6 that the community         .
A．has got used to making excusesB．has lived up to its responsibility
C．is satisfied with itselfD．provides fewer resources than it used to
小題4: In the last two paragraphs, Obama calls on the graduates to         .
A．welcome different ideas, people and experiences
B．participate in as many social activities as they can
C．make friends with people who share their polit­ical views
D．be honest and concerned about the community

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I shall never forget the night，a few years ago，when Marion J．Douglas was a student in one of my adult­education classes. He told us how tragedy had struck at his home，not once，but twice. The first time he had lost his five­year­old daughter. He and his wife thought they couldn’t bear that first loss；but，as he said，“Ten months later，God gave us another little girl and she died in five days.”
This double bereavement was almost too much to bear. “I couldn’t take it，” this father told us，“I couldn’t sleep，eat，rest or relax. My nerves were entirely shaken and my confidence gone. ”At last he went to doctors；one recommended sleeping pills and another recommended a trip，but neither helped. He said，“My body felt as if it was surrounded in a vice (大鉗子)，and the jaws of the vice were being drawn tighter and tighter.” The tension of grief (悲傷)—if you have ever been paralyzed (使癱瘓) by sorrow，you know what he meant.
“But thank God，I had one child left—a four­year­old son. He gave me the solution to my problem. One afternoon as I sat around feeling sorry for myself，he asked，‘Daddy，will you build a boat for me？’ I was in no mood to build a boat；in fact，I was in no mood to do anything. But my son is a persistent little fellow！I had to give in. Building that toy boat took me about three hours. By the time it was finished，I realized that those three hours spent building that boat were first hours of mental relaxation and peace that I had had in months！I realized that it is difficult to worry while you are busy doing something that requires planning and thinking. In my case，building the boat had knocked worry out of the ring. So I determined to keep busy.”
“The following night，I made a list of jobs that ought to be done. Scores of items needed to be repaired. Amazingly，I had made a list of 242 items that needed attention. During the last two years I have completed  most of them. I am busy so that I have no time for worry.”
No time for worry！That is exactly what Winston Church ill said when he was working eighteen hours a day at the height of the war. When he was asked if he worried about his huge responsibilities，he said，“I am too busy. I have no time for worry.”
小題1:The underlined word “bereavement” in the second paragraph refers to________.
A．having lost a loved one
B．having lost a valuable article
C．having lost a profit­making business
D．having lost a well­paid job
小題2:Marion felt his body as if it was caught in a vice because________.
A．he couldn’t earn enough money to support his family
B．he was suffering from sleeplessness disease
C．he couldn’t get out of mental pressure
D．he felt tired of adult­education classes
小題3:Marion made a list of over 200 items that needed to be repaired because________.
A．he hadn’t been able to spare time to mend them
B．he wanted to kill his free time by repairing them
C．the items had actually been broken and needed attention
D．repairing the items helped crowd wor ry out of his mind
小題4:At the end of the passage，the author wrote about Winston Churchill in order to________.
A．prove that he followed Churchill’s example
B．support his student’s solution to his problem
C．show that he was successful in his career
D．clarify how his conclusion was reached

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I made a pledge (發(fā)誓) to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I would try to be a loving husband and father. Totally loving. No ifs, ands or buts.
The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio. The speaker was quoting (引用) a Biblical (圣經(jīng)的) passage about husbands being considerate towards their wives. Then he went on to say, “Love is an act of will. A person can choose to love.” To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband. Well, for two weeks that would change.
And it did. Right from the moment I kissed Evelyn at the door and said, “That new yellow sweater looks great on you.”
“Oh, Tom, you noticed,” she said, surprised and pleased, maybe a little puzzled.
After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach. I started to refuse, but then I thought, “Evelyn’s been alone here with the kids all the week and now she wants to stay with me.” We walked on the beach when the children flew their kites.
So it went. Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street firm where I am a director; a visit to the shell museum though I usually hate museums. Relaxed and happy, that’s how the whole vacation passed, I made a new pledge to keep on remembering to choose love. There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment, however. Evelyn and I still laugh about it today. Last night at our cottage, preparing for bed, Evelyn stared at me with the saddest expression.
“What’s the matter?” I asked her.
“Tom,” she said in a voice filled with sorrow, “do you know anything I don’t?”
“What do you mean?”
“Well…that checkup (體檢) I had several weeks ago…our doctor…Did he tell you anything about me? Tom, you’ve been so good to me... Am I dying?”
It took a moment for it all to sink in. Then I burst out laughing.
“No, honey,” I said, wrapping her in my arms. “You’re not dying; I’m just starting to live.”
小題1:
From the story we may infer that Tom went to the beach cottage ________.
A．with his familyB．with EvelynC．a(chǎn)loneD．with his children
小題2:
During the two weeks on the beach, Tom showed more love to his wife because ________.
A．she looked lovely in her new clothes
B．he had made a lot of money in Wall Street
C．he was determined to be a good husband
D．she was seriously ill
小題3:
The underlined words “one thing” in the passage refer to the fact that ________.
A．he praised her sweater, which puzzled her
B．she insisted on visiting a museum, which he hated
C．he knew something about her illness but didn’t tell her
D．he was so good to her that she thought she must be dying
小題4:
By saying “I’m just starting to live”, Tom means that ________.
A．he is just beginning to understand the real meaning of work
B．he is just beginning to enjoy his life as a loving husband
C．he lived an unhappy life before and is now starting to change
D．he is beginning to feel sorry for what he did to his wife

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When people hear that I’m the youngest person to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean, they all have the same question: How did a 22-year old woman row a 19-foot boat for 70 days through high winds and crashing waves? Well, the biggest  difficulty for me wasn’t physical. By the time I decided to do the ocean row, I had already biked 3,300 miles cross-country, run across the Mojave Desert, and swum the 325-mile length of the Allegheny River. No, the tough part would be mental: How would I handle the loneliness, the boredom of the vast sea?
I set off on January 3, 2010. I set my sights on getting past the quarter-way mark, which would take about 20 days.
Day 20, January 22, was gray and cloudy. I could have done something to celebrate, such as treating myself to a chocolate bar. But I didn’t.
I was suffering from terrible loneliness. I hadn’t seen landing over two weeks. Every day was beginning to feel the same. Eating, rowing, sleeping, watch the sky, watch the ocean.
Then, around sunset, I saw something move on the horizon. They were dolphins! They circled my boat. Suddenly I felt so grateful. They had come to help me celebrate, just when I needed them. I rowed at full strength for the next 20 minutes with the dolphins around. By the time we went our separate ways, I was no longer lonely. Better yet, I knew I would be okay.
I did make it, all 2,817 miles. I hit the coast of Guyana, South America, on March 14, after 70 days and five hours at sea. My ocean row raised $70,000 for the Blue Planet Run Foundation, which funds drinking water programs around the world. I know some athletes spend the entire journey imagining the end, and that helps them get through. But for me, the secret is to focus on the moment, where you experience the personal growth—those moments of awareness of being connected to the sun, the weather, and the waves. And, on the best day of my life, those dolphins, which freed myself from terrible loneliness.
小題1:
Which is the step taken as part of preparation for the tough row?
A．swimming the 325-mile length of the river
B．a(chǎn)nswering the same question raised by people
C．running 3,300 miles cross-country
D．biking across the Mojave Desert
小題2:
What does the underlined part mean?
A．I didn’t have any chocolate bar for energy.
B．I wasn’t in the mood to celebrate my first goal.
C．It’s a pity not to celebrate my passing the quarter of the way
D．It’s a pity not to treat myself to a chocolate bar on Day 20.
小題3:
What can be implied from the last two paragraphs?
A．Imagination was an effective way to help me get through.
B．The Blue Planet Run Foundation helped me a lot.
C．The dolphins accompanied me to reach my destination
D．The unexpected dolphins swept away my loneliness
小題4:
Which can be the best title of the passage?
A．The day I stopped being lonely
B．The only challenge for a 22-year old
C．How to overcome loneliness at sea.
D．How to row alone across the Atlantic

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