【一】
Sometimes a certain day has a special meaning. Fridays meant a trip to a senior nursing home
downtown for me. It seemed as if this nursing home needed help, but 16 did I know it would help me, too.
During my first visit I was asked to 17 some of the female residents' nails. I carefully 18 the old color on their nails. As I applied new color, one woman 19 to tell me about her hidden pains, from her husband’s death to the one 20 she wanted most: a camera. I listened carefully. She smiled 21 , with some of her past pains taken off her mind. I left the nursing home that day, 22 by the fact that I had actually helped somebody.
I realized that my 23 actions, just listening, for example, could make a(n) 24 to others' lives. One woman, who happily commented that we 25 the same first name, confided (吐露) her opinions to me. Another 26 showed me a birthday card her children had sent her. Of course, not all of the conversations were 27 .When one elderly woman talked to me about 28 her13-year-old daughter would be graduating from middle school this year, I didn’t know what to do but nod and listen, 29 that her daughter must have graduated decades ago.
Although I could not 30 more years to the lives of these elderly residents, I could give them something simple that's often 31 in our society. Through our conversations, I gave them the 32 that in this fast-paced world, they were not forgotten—that members of younger generations still cared about them.
Every moment I spend 33 is an opportunity to reduce their pain. 34 , that moment also shapes me. I not only learn about life and experiences outside of school but also receive the gift of being part of this 35 —the connection between humans. Those moments of sharing and listening are magical for both the giver and the receiver. 16. A. still B. little C. already D. indeed 17. A. polish B. wash C. cut D. check 18. A. took away B. rubbed off C. showed off D. gave up 19. A. continued B expected C. agreed D. started 20. A. collection B. product C. award D. item 21. A. at least B. more or less C. in relief D. in vain 22. A. inspired B. reminded C. moved D. puzzled 23. A . unique B. polite C. casual D. simple 24. A. chance 25. A. remembered 26. A .cautiously 27. A. pleasant 28. A. when 29. A. convincing 30. A. add 31. A. valued 32. A. memory 33. A. chatting
B. impression B. shared B. accidentally B. serious B. why B. knowing B. connect B. loved B. possibility B. waiting
C. difference C. contained C. proudly C. formal C. what C. indicating C. supply C. blamed C. assurance C. acting
D. decision
D. carried D. finally D. interesting D. that D. persuading D. compare D. overlooked D. assumption D. watching
34. A. Above all 35. A. tradition 【二】
B. In other words B. process C. In turn
C. habit D. In a word D. trip
Like most young couples, my husband and I didn’t have money for luxurious gifts on our first wedding anniversary. We were 41 to have a meal and watch a romantic movie at home. Simply being able to enjoy each other’s 42 was enough. No gift on earth could come close to 43 our love for one another.
So when the mailman knocked on the door, I was very 44 to see a medium-sized package from my mother. Both eager and curious to see what was awaiting us in the package, I 45 tore open the box and immediately my eyes were filled with tears. Inside the box was a 46 folded quilt my mother had made by hand. It was white with rose 47 and gold thread. The backing 48 beautiful tiny purple flowers.
Accompanying the quilt was a 49 from my mother:
“Happy Anniversary ! 50 is a quilt. The purple was your wedding colour and the gold thread 51 the golden rings you two exchanged on your wedding day. May this quilt keep you warm when times are cold and 52 you of the day you said your vows--Love, Mom.”
I was touched 53 words. I knew my mom surely had sacrificed to be able to afford this. The time alone to sew such a detailed quilt was 54 to me. I just 55 my mother coming home from a long day at work and staying up 56 the early hours of the next morning delicately 57 the quilt together. We both knew a part of my mom’s 58 was sewn right into the quilt. How could any gift ever compare to such a genuine gift?
Many years have passed since our first anniversary, but neither of us has 59 the beautiful quilt. My husband always jokes that the best anniversary 60 I have ever received wasn’t from him but from my mother, and I agree. 41.A. eager B. discouraged C. content D. upset 42.A. concentration B. company C. comfort D. reliance 43.A.expressing B. explaining C. declaring D. describing 44.A.depressed B. disappointed C. scared D. surprised 45.A. carelessly B. slowly C. quickly D. casually 46.A. roughly B. neatly C. messily D. totally 47.A. patterns 48.A. consisted of 49.A. bill 50.A .Donated 51.A.represents 52.A. inform 53.A.in 54.A.unimaginable 55.A.saw 56.A.before
B. smells B. made up B. check B. Attached B. combines B. warn B. beyond B. improper B. found B. after
C. shapes C. turned into C. poster C. Purchased C. fastens C. remind C. between C. dissatisfying C. pictured C. since
D. colors D. took up D. note D. Sewn D. bears D. convince D. without D. unfair D. heard D. until
57.A.wrapping 58.A.attention 59.A.remembered 60.A.ring
B. piecing B. interest B. abandoned B. rose
C. gathering C. hobby C. forgotten C. ceremony
D. piling D. love D. missed D. present
【三】
My family were on a vacation in Dubai and having a good time. One day, we were visiting Abu-Dhabi, 41 with a few passengers in a bus. At our first 42 , we got out to take some pictures. At our second stop, we noticed that we had 43 our shoulder bag at the first stop. The 44 part was that our passports, visas, hotel booking papers---everything was inside that bag and we 45 at the thought of having to return to India in two days.
During this process of 46 our bag, we came into contact with so many strangers whom we found to be really concerned and helpful with our 47 : A tour guide and a bus driver helped us to 48 the position of a taxi and then called it for us, so that we could travel back to the first 49 to find our bag. Finally, we got there and we saw a tourist who was standing there 50 his friend's car. Obviously, he had to go somewhere, but instead, he decided to 51 us and showed us a way to call a free police station number for a(n) 52 .
An officer on the phone said a local woman actually found our bag. He 53 the bag and found a number to a travel agency. He 54 the travel agency and asked his driver to send the bag there. The driver placed it at a 55 place to us, from where we could get our bag back easily.
On that day, at first there was real 56 inside me and I was 57 thinking of what would happen next. In such a state of mind, I was not able to say 58 to all those persons who helped us in such a (n) 59 situation, And I don't even know their names, But I'll never be able to forget their 60 and their kindness.
41. A. connecting B. quarreling C. traveling D. working 42. A. trip B. stop C. hotel D. sight 43. A. left B. broken C. filled D. emptied 44. A. strangest B. funniest C. easiest D. worst 45. A. hesitated B. panicked C. went ahead D. cheered up 46. A. seeking B. delivering C. considering D. packing 47. A. adventure B. reservation C. danger D. dilemma 48. A. occupy B. determine C. adjust D. abandon
49. A. destination 50. A. watching over 51. A. instruct 52. A. enquiry 53. A. purchased 54. A. praised 55. A. strange 56. A. luck 57. A. constantly 58. A. concerns
B. bus B. adapting to B. protect B. survey B. tore B. informed B. uncommon B. amazement B. amusingly B. hello
C. passenger C. waiting for C. aid C. visa C. checked C. blamed C. vacant C. pride C. regularly C. thanks
D. terminal
D. dealing with D. follow D. agency D. afforded D. warned D. familiar D. anxiety D. hardly D. goodbye
59. A. relaxing 60. A. suggestions 【四】
B. challenging B. addresses C. inspiring C. numbers D. confusing D. faces
As everyone grows, they realize there will always be someone who is better. I learned this 41 in the second year in high school. The shock this experience brought was so great that I felt my 42 was left on the side of the road for dead. That was all it took; one year and one person 43 everything．
Her name is Jenny. She was the girl who 44 raised her hand and had useful comments about everything. When teachers needed challenging problems answered, they 45 her. And if students needed 46 , they went looking for her．I didn’t 47 her，but I admit her presence annoyed me．In the first year, as a model student，I was the person everyone 48 and all the teachers trusted．Then she came out of 49 ! We also had two classes 50 ．There I got to see what everybody thought of her．When an exam finished, it became a 51 that she got the top grade and it didn’t 52 to my classmates whether I was right there, 53 I also got excellent grades．They would cross a desert and 54 her! I was left being denied my presence． 55 , I felt like not trying anymore.
I stopped trying to put on a show because no one was 56 anymore. Later, I volunteered at the graduation ceremony. She was called to make a(n) 57 and discussed their difficulties. I realized all her hard work got her there, not her desire to 58 . It finally hit me that Jenny 59 the attention she got．She showed me how big the world is and how 60 a world I used to 1ive in．I’11 do my best because I know it will pay off． 41．A．1esson
B．course B．trust
C．plan
D．excuse D．pride D．checked D．always D．cared about D．money D．follow D．served D．anywhere D．together D．chance D．Occur D．since D．control
42．A．sympathy 43．A．proved 44．A．only
C．respect C．changed C．never
B．remembered B．still
45．A．called on 46．A．friends 47．A．hate
B．interrupted B．answers B．hurt
C．supported C．news C．stop
48．A．protected 49．A．somewhere 50．A．first
B．noticed C．missed C．nowhere C．alone C．fact
B．everywhere B．again
51．A．standard 52．A．return 53．A．even if 54．A．ask
B．challenge B．matter B．as if B．help
C．happen C．once
C．remind
55．A．Frightened 56．A．1aughing 57．A．decision 58．A．break up 59．A．1oved 60．A．1onely
B．Confused B．chatting B．attempt B．give up B．deserved B．small
C．Bored C．watching C．speech C．take off C．needed C．peaceful
D．Heartbroken D．hosting D．appointment D．show off D．escaped D．dar
【五】 I don’t know why I came to the decision to become a loser, but I know I made the choice at a young age. Sometime in the middle of the fourth grade, I stopped 41 . By the time I was in the seventh grade, I was 42 , rebellious and disrespectful. It wasn’t long after that I 43 school. Hard physical labor was the consequence for the choices I made as a(n) 44 , At the age of 21, I was hopelessly 45 and using drugs as a way to deal with the fact that I had no 46 and stuck in a dead-end job carrying heavy construction materials up a ladder all day. But now I believe in do-overs, in the chance to do it all over 47 . And I believe that do-overs can be made at any 48 in your life, if you have the right motivation. Actually, my motivation as a man came from a surprising 49 . It was September 21, 2002, when my son Blake was born. It was funny that after a life of avoiding 50 , now I was in charge of something so fragile. Over the years, as I grew into the title of 51 , I began to learn something about myself. 52 , Blake and I were both learning to walk, talk, work, and play for the first time. I began my do-over. It took me almost three years to learn how to 53 . I started with my son’s books. Over and over, I 54 reading books to him until I remembered all the 55 in every one of them. I began wonder if it was possible for me to go back to 56 . I knew I wanted to be a good role 57 , so after a year-and-a-half and a lot of hard work, I 58 my GED test on my son’s fourth birthday. This may not sound like much, but all things 59 , it was one of the best days in ray life. Today, I’m a full-time college student, studying to become a sociologist. It’s funny that growing up I always heard these great turn-around stories of triumph over shortcomings. 60 , I never thought they applied to me. Now I believe it’s a choice anyone can make: to do it all over again. 41. A. trying 42. A. crazy 43. A. jumped out of 44. A. adult 45. A. dedicated 46. A. concern 47. A. violently 48. A. entrance 49. A. source B. weeping B. lazy B. ran out of B. worker B. confused B. education B. independently B. case B. encouragement C. suffering C. secure C. dropped out of C. adolescent C. committed C. choice C. gradually C. point C. assistance D. playing D. generous D. took out of D. carrier D. lost D. strength D. again D. altitude D. award 50. A. guilt 51. A. Labor 52. A. In a way B. laziness C. comfort B. Father C. Mother B. On the contrary C. On schedule
D. responsibility D. Graduate D. As usual
D. apologize D. considered D. words D. workplace D. candidate D. abandoned D. taken into account D. Additionally
53. A. bargain B. exist
54. A. practiced B. imagined 55. A. impressions B. meanings 56. A. college B. institute 57. A. model B. volunteer 58. A. attended B. passed 59. A. thought highly of B. brought up 60. A. Consequently B. However
C. read C. suggested C. explanations C. school C. competitor C. failed C. put forward C. Therefore
【六】
We made a quick stop at a grocery store to pick up cupcakes for my daughter Norah’s fourth birthday. As an older gentleman walked by, Norah 36 and waved, “Hi, old person! It’s my birthday today!” I apologized to him embarrassedly for her 37 .
“Hello, little lady! And how old are you today?” He asked. They 38 for a couple of minutes, with Norah 39 him on the details of her birthday, and we went our 40 ways. But a few minutes later, Norah 41 she really wanted a 42 with him. Uh. My cutest baby!
We back found him at the 43 . “Excuse me, sir? She’d like to know if you’d take a photo with her,” I asked, 44 the man to be annoyed at my daughter’s strange request. 45 . I got the completely opposite response!
He looked 46 . “A photo? With me?” So they posed together and then they 47 each other like they were long lost friends. The precious scene 48 other shoppers, but no one cared.
We 49 Mr. Dan（I knew his name later on）for his 50 . His eyes filled with tears and he said, “No, thank YOU. It is YOU who made me 51 .’’
Now, Norah and Mr. Dan are more than just friends. We make 52 visits to see him because she worries about his being 53 . Mr. Dan says that his friendship with Norah helped to 54 his broken heart for his wife’s sudden death.
Sometimes talking to 55 turns into the most beautiful thing in the world. 36. A. communicated B. asked C. smiled D. escaped 37. A. noise B. rudeness C. interruption D. impoliteness 38. A. chatted 39. A. dropping 40. A. separate 41. A. reminded 42. A. talk 43. A. street 44. A. expecting 45. A. Lastly 46. A. annoyed 47. A. greeted
B. stood B. filling B. narrow B. predicted B. reunion B. store B. thinking B. However B. delighted B. hugged
C. waited D. discussed C. calling D. putting C. long D. crowded C. decided D. remembered C. moment D. photo C. shopping mall D. supermarket C. reminding D. causing C. Instead D. Suddenly C. disappointed C. supported
D. astonished
D. encouraged
48. A. educated 49. A. memorized 50. A. time B. attracted
B. paid B. permission C. appealed C. thanked C. friendship D. blocked D. excited D. experience
51. A. cheer up B. get along C. take off D. hold on
52. A. special B. rare C. quick D. often 53. A. tired B. busy C. lonely D. ill 54. A. attend B. sew C. open D. touch 55. A. shoppers B. friends C. passengers D. strangers
【七】
Just like everyone, I have experienced ups and downs in my life. I am an aerospace engineer from India. I was told by my relatives, close friends and others that it was 16 for a non--IT student to pursue a master’s degree in IT and graduate from a US university
I had never taken courses _ 17 to computers or programming. I was never interested in being a _18 , but things changed. Computers became my companion and I 19 how dependent on them I was. I 20 imagining the back end processes happening inside the CPU and they amazed me. That’s why I _ 21 to pursue a master’s degree in IT.
At first it was way too 22 . Coming from a middle-class family, the huge cost per credit was a big 23 . My English accent was terrible. Most 24 , the course seemed impossible at first. But I never 25 . I got a few offers, but I decided to choose my university 26_ it promised its students to help them learn practically. During my first month, it was difficult to understand the Americans’ 27 and finish my assignments. But I never gave up. I walked two miles to the 28 every day so that I could use my travel money to buy a meal. I started looking for 29 and I got an offer to work as a student assistant, which meant lifting benches and chairs every day.
I took it as a(n) 30 , and I believed that hard work was my strength. Right now I am graduating with a GPA of 3.96/4 and a job offer from a multinational company that has asked me to start right after 31 . If you think you can never achieve something, you need to 32 yourself and start working on your _33. Hard work always pays off. To be 34 , you need to start from somewhere and always, question yourself about the limits of how far you would go to 35 your goals. 16. A. interesting B. hard C. important D. practical 17. A. adjusted B. limited C. related D. tied 18. A. teacher 19. A. wondered 20. A. started 21. A. learned 22. A. difficult 23. A. mistake 24. A probably 25. A kept up 26. A. because 27. A. fashions
B programmer B. believed B stopped B. refused B. exciting B. issue B. surprisingly B. gave up B. but B. opinions
C. designer C judged C. consider C. decided C. different
D. master D. realized D. avoided D agreed D. boring D. question D. regretfully D. picked up D. though D. manners
C. event C. importantly C. turned u C. so C. accents
28. A. shop 29. A. jobs 30. A. decision B. university B. places B. task C. hotel
C. goals C. advantage D. restaurant D. friend D. challenge
31. A. celebration B. operation C. discussion D. graduation 32. A. speak to B. know about C. believe in D. stand for 33. A. degrees B. dreams C. adventures D. problems 34. A. successful B. grateful C. cheerful D. thoughtful 35. A. set B. change C. achieve D. rebuild 【八】
Brandon and Derek’s mother, Beth Lash, shared a Facebook video on Dec. 25, 2017. It captured the moment when Bandon 41 his card out loud. On Brandon Lash’s 24th birthday, his little brother, Derek, 42 him with a rather large card filled with an even bigger 43 . “I have always 44 you,” Brandon reads from the front of the card, 45 by this brother. “I love spending time with you. I’m so 46 I have you for my brother. You have always been there for me, even though I get on your nerves sometimes. You will always have a piece of my heart,” Brandon continues, opening up the 47 . “And now you will have my 48 , too. We are a 49 match.” Brandon reads, 50 the card to the floor and breaking down into 51 . Brandon has kidney receives 52 three times a week, and was told that he had been recommended for the transplant list. Unfortunately, his parents are not a match, but 53 , his brother is.
“I can’t believe Derek would 54 so much all this for me,” Brandon tells the publication. “He’s giving me a __55 to have a healthy life again. I 56 can’t believe it’s happening.”
“I 57 seeing him sick and knew something needed to be done to make him healthy again.” Derek adds. “Not only was I the 58 thing to do, but the only thing to do. He’s my brother. We didn’t know 59 he could be on the transplant list, and I knew I just wanted my 60 brother back.” 41. A. read B. sang C. called D. shouted 42. A. provided B. issued C. presented D. supplied 43. A. claim B. award C. smile D. surprise 44. A. taken charge of B. looked up to C. got hold of D. lived up to 45. A. signed B. drawn C. written D. described 46. A. thankful B. satisfied C. awkward D. confused 47. A. paper B. card C. book D. cover 48. A. nerves 49. A. perfect 50. A. losing 51. A. screams 52. A. treatments 53. A. finally 54. A. advise 55. A. chance 56. A. always 57. A. regretted
B. eves B. possible B. dropping B. worries B. experiments B. possibly B. experience B. fortune B. already B. minded
C. kidney C. equal C. throwing C. laughs C. directions C. luckily C. allow C. accident C. forever C. hated
D. heart D. friendly D. blowing D. tears
D. observations D. exactly D. sacrifice D. occasion D. still
D. opposed
58. A. fair 59. A. when 60. A. lovely
B. right B. how long B. brave C. normal D. real C. how much D. while C. honest D. healthy
【九】
Just thinking on the events from the past week, there’s a lot I could have written about. But instead of focusing on all the craziness that happened and letting it keep me up at night, I picked up a(n) 41 . Not an e-book. Not a download to iBooks. A good, old-fashioned book 42 in 2014.
In all fairness, digital content has made the world 43 to anyone with a 44 or a smartphone. But 45 a lot of digital content can be unhealthy. Reports have shown that smartphone use can help 46 depression, and bedtime use of electronics can be disruptive to your body’s sleep 47 .
Thinking back to the past few years, I can see a significant 48 in just my sleep quality when I read a physical book 49 when I read a digital book at bedtime. When I read from my phone, I 50 to feel more exhausted the next day, be a little more irritable and 51 , and I frequently woke up during the night. Moreover, I cannot use a digital textbook. I find it difficult to 52 the information stored in the simplest way possible. 53 , when I read a book, I was able to 54 concentrate on my work, I was more alert in general, and I was positive.
You may not face these 55 : Everybody is different. You may even be trying to 56 paper. But that doesn’t mean you should 57 your screen the whole time. For millennia, books were the go-to source of knowledge. They’ve stood the test of time, and they haven’t 58 us yet.
59 compares to the excitement and journey of reading a book, not for a class or a job, but for the 60 .
41. A. phone 42. A. published 43. A. reliable 44. A. computer 45. A. refusing 46. A. case 47. A. walker 48. A. progress 49. A. opposed to 50. A. tended
B. iPad B. sold B. accessible B. library B. creating B. face B. cycle B. question B. exposed to B. failed
C. pen C. written C. acceptable C. bookstore C. consuming C. manage C. illness C. role C. compared to C. agreed
D. book D. shared D. respectable D. printer D. purchasing D. fuel D. disorder D. difference D. related to D. pretended D. anxious D. trust
D. Consequently D. better D. dangers D. throw
D. take no notice of D. forgot D. Nobody D. respect
51. A. relaxed 52. A. record 53. A. However 54. A. less 55. A. challenges 56. A. cut 57. A. experiment with 58. A. believed 59. A. Everything 60. A. enjoyment
B. valuable B. give B. Thus B. fewer B. risks B. save B. look away from B. betrayed B. Nothing B. hardship
C. frightened C. process C. Additionally C. farther C. responsibilities C. provide C. stick to C. failed C. Somebody C. argument
【十】
My kids sat on Gee's living room floor and respectfully lifted Christmas decorations out of a cardboard box. They shouted with 41 when they discovered a tiny toy cat. Finally, my son was 42 about a tiny modern helicopter, just on the contrary, my daughter with a 43 Mickey Mouse.
Gee stood beside them, 44 each treasure. She turned to me and continued to say she and Tom built their 45 over time by buying one or two nice ones each year in the after-Christmas sales. Eventually, we 46 _, with boxes in my arms and she was smiling. Her 47 belongings, gathered over a lifetime, found a new home.
We first 48 Tom and Gee in the early days of our marriage. Jim and I worked full-time, and in the morning we laid our garbage cans on the roadside, 49 to wait the long, lonely 10 hours there until we returned to 50 them, because we were very busy. Instead, we’d come home every day to find them neatly 51 in their spot next to our garage. 52 we finally saw an elderly man who 53 with his 10-year-old grandson across from us pick it up.
Tom and Gee 54 picked up garbage cans and taught us what it 55 to be a neighbor. They taught us that home doesn't end at a property line. It 56 to all these people. These people, the 57 among them and the love that flows through them all explain what a home is.
This Christmas, we'll decorate our tree with Gee's 58 . We'll bring beautifully packaged Christmas presents to some 59 like the old man. To others, we'll just 60 a wave and a \"Merry Christmas.\"
41. A. pain B. delight C. embarrassment D. caution 42. A. crazy B. anxious C. calm D. doubtful 43. A. worn B slight C. traditional D. silly 44. A. designing B. getting C. hiding D. explaining
45. A. collections 46. A. refused 47. A. strange 48. A. accepted 49. A. bound 50. A. store up 51. A. buried 52. A. Then 53. A worked 54. A. carelessly 55. A. resisted 56. A. turns 57. A. control 58. A. decorations 59. A. partners
B. interest B. arrived B. precious B. invited B. conscious B. deal with B. transformed B. Actually B. quarreled B. quietly B. reflected B. adds B. words B. fund B. neighbors
C. possessions C. selected C. modern C. met C. afraid C. make out C. developed C. Previously C. lived C. casually C. meant C. agrees C. connections C. methods C. colleagues
D. pleasure D. left D. spare D. thanked D. willing D. care about D. placed D. Therefore D. wandered D. angrily D. expected D. extends D. comfort D. help D. relatives
60. A. stop B. create C. keep D. exchange
【十一】
On June 23, 1970. I had just left the Army after completing my one-year duty in Vietnam. I was on 41 returning home in Texas. I had been warned about the _42_ of our fellow countrymen. There was no 43
welcome for us when we came home from that unpopular war.
I sat, in uniform, in a window seat, 44 eye contact with my fellow passengers. NO one was sitting next to me, which added to my _45__. A little girl suddenly appeared in the passage. She _46_ and, without saying a word, 47 handed me a magazine. I accepted her 48 , her quiet “welcome home.” All I could say was, “Thank you.” Her small gesture of 49 was the first I had experienced in a long time.
I always believe in the connection between 50 when they reach out to one another.
That girl 51 has no memory of what happened years ago. She might have been told to do that by her mother. It doesn’t matter 52 she gave me the magazine. The _53 thing is that she did.
Since then, I have followed her example and tried. in different ways for different people, to 54 for them. Like me on that plane ride long ago, they will _55_ know why a stranger gave a hand. But I absolutely know that my _56_ since then are all because of that little girl. Her kindness of offering a magazine to a _57_, scared and lonely soldier has been 58 throughout my life. I have to believe that my small _59_ have the same effect on others. And to that little girl, now a _60_, I would like to say again: thank you. 41. A. bus 42 A. stories 43. A. hometown 44. A. seeking 45. A. pride 46. A. smiled 47. A. naturally 48. A. offer 49. A. invitation 50. A. soldiers 51. A. similarly 52. A. when 53. A. memorable 54. A. do the same 55. A. always 56. A. feelings 57. A. busy 58. A. accepted 59. A. actions 60. A. stranger
B. train B. difficulties B. school B. noticing B. loneliness B. listened B. proudly B. donation B. sympathy B. strangers B. finally B. how B. satisfactory B. find a seat B. never B. ideas B. young B. spread B. benefits B. wife
C. plane D. boat C. unfriendliness D. enthusiasm C. cold D. immediate C. keeping C. anger C. turned around C. shyly C. accompany C. agreement C. families C. immediately C. why C. important C. get things ready C. happily C. models C. excited C. honored C. donations C. mother
D. avoiding D. excitement D. bent down D. worriedly D. contact D. inspiration D. girls D. undoubtedly D. where D. valuable
D. pass a magazine D. obviously D. attempts D. tired
D. neglected D. sacrifices D. woman
【十二】
Jason graduated from a key university and he was very good at his major. He wished to find a good job. One day, he went to a company to 41 for a job. He got the news in a newspaper. He did some research on this company. When he was 42 , everything went well. The manager asked him some questions and he answered them 43 . Jason was very satisfied with his performances and was very 44 that he could get the job. But at that moment, the manager’s phone 45 . He picked up the phone, listened and nodded. And then he turned around and said to Jason, “Sorry, I want to get some important 46 now. Please give me the book with the red 47 on that desk.” Jason looked around and found 3
books on the desk, so Jason went to the desk, took one book and handed it to him 48 . Holding the book, the manager 49 the phone and said, “Sorry, we cannot give the job to you.” Jason was 50 and wondered why. The manager said, \"There are three 51 . First, when you came into the office room, I found that the third button on your shirt had been missing. Second, there are three books with red covers on that desk, but you didn’t ask me which one I needed and you took one 52 . Third, I was answering the call. You should 53 to the desk to save time. These 54 showed you are not a careful person.’ Therefore, Jason didn’t get the job.
We can learn a(n) 55 from Jason’s experience. Some people don’t 56 the details in our life. But it is the details that 57 . Not only should we value what we learn but also we should pay more attention to the details. Sometimes they can even 58 our success or failure. We should form the habit of being careful and learn to keep the 59 of quantity and quality. We should keep it in mind that 60 comes first, without which quantity is of no significance. 41. A.vote B.apply C.prepare D.wait 42. A.interviewed 43. A.immediately 44. A.grateful 45. A.lost 46. A.arrangement 47. A.picture 48. A.politely 49. A.searched for 50. A.helpless 51. A.methods 52. A.eventually 53. A.run 54. A.parts 55. A.subject 56. A.mention 57. A.matter 58. A.describe 59. A.selection 60. A.quantity
B.contacted B.slowly B.excited B.called B.response B.cover B.eagerly B.picked up B.surprised
C.asked C.fluently C.lucky
D.questioned D.generally D.confident D.rang
D.information D.mark D.quickly D.held on D.worried D.collections D.certainly D.move D.details D.skill D.provide D.impress D.value D.balance D.promise
C.answered C.insight C.character C.purposely C.hung up C.disappointed C.reasons C.regularly C.walk C.stories C.lesson C.ignore C.interest C.determine C.competition C.safety
B.results
B.randomly B.push B.facts B.idea B.mind B.trouble B.replace B.importance B.quality
【十三】
It’s no overstatement that digital mediums have taken over every aspect of our lives. We 41 books on e-readers, and communicate with customers 42 email. Yet for all the 43 digital mediums have provided us, there has been a growing body of 44 over the past several years that the brain prefers printing mediums.
45 have shown that taking notes by hand will help you 46 important meeting points better than tapping 47 out on your mobile phone. The reason for that could be that 48 stimulates(刺激) an area of the brain. If that’s the 49 , and the physical pen is really more powerful than the phone, it’s no 50 some of my colleagues have thrown away mobile phones for paper planners.
But it’s not just 51 out thoughts on a printing medium that appears to be better for us. 52
information from printing mediums now seems to be better for 53 and thus, productivity. In a study, the 54 gave participants the same 28-page story to read either on screen or on paper. 55 reading the stony, they were asked some questions about the 56 .
It was found that the participants who had read the print pocketbook gave more 57 responses than those who had done it on screen. Also, when participants were asked to 58 fourteen events in the right order, the ones who had read on paper were 59 at this than those who had read on screen So the information 60 from print is always going to be just as good, if not better, for memory and comprehension than digital. 41. A. show B. read C. sell 42. A. through B. with C. on 43. A. supports B. benefits C. education 44. A. work B. knowledge C. information 45. A. Studies B. Books C. Efforts 46. A. search B. find C. remember 47. A. keys B. screens C. notes 48. A. looking B. speaking C. listening 49. A. case B. way C. reply 50. A. use
B. wonder C. point
51. A. recording B. turning C. expressing 52. A. Providing B. Storing C. Absorbing 53. A. theme B. victory C. security 54. A. candidate B. researcher C. monitor 55. A. When B. During C. Before 56. A. text B. technology C. experience 57. A. abrupt B. obvious C. vital 58. A. attend B. sort C. host 59. A. clumsier B. smarter C. better 60. A. exchanged B. sent
C. requested
参考答案
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D. write D. from D. thought D. evidence D. Changes D. update D. mediums D. writing D. problem D. trouble D. sharing D. Presenting D. memory D. interpreter D. After D. version D. correct D. sponsor D. worse D. collected
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