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10．A．man-made B．plastic C．alive D．live 11．A．changed B．mixed C．divided D．made 12．A．got B．helped C．encouraged D．required 13．A．lives B．habits C．customs D．methods 14．A．compared B．covered C．dealt D．equipped 15．A．more B．less C．worse D．fewer 16．A．sent B．led C．devoted D．used 17．A．begun B．developed C．prevented D．invented 18．A．long B．much C．far D．soon 19．A．homeness B．homelessness C．plants D．pets
20．A．relation B．education C．match D．care
KEY: 1—5ADDCA 6—10ACBBD 11—15BCAAD 16—20CACAD
（十一）
I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Company. Among the 1 we discuss in our classes is the 2 of quality employees.
―What has caused you to stay 3 enough to become a manager?‖I asked. After a while a new manager took the 4 and said slowly,―it was a baseball glove.‖
Cynthia said she used to 5 a Circle K clerk job as an interim(临时的)one while she looked for something 6 .On her second day behind the counter, she received a（an) 7 from her nine-year-old son, Jessie. He 8 a baseball glove for the little League. She 9 that as a single mother, money was 10 ,and her first check would have to go for paying 11 . When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Partircia, the store manager, asked her to come to her small office and handed her a box.―I overheard you 12 to your son yesterday,‖ she said,―and I know that it is 13 to explain things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie. I know you have to pay bills 14 you can buy gloves. You know we can‘t 15 good people like you as 16 as we would like to; but we do 17 and I want you to know how 18 you are to us.‖
The thoughtfulness, empathy（同情) and love of the store manager show vividly that people ? 19 more how much a（an） 20 cares than how much he pays. 1.A.topics B.problems C.difficulties D.lessons
【解析】 在我们的管理培训课上所讨论的 ―话题、论题‖，意为 ―the subject of a discussion‖。 【答案】 A
2.A.employing B.praising C.keeping D.improving
【解析】 从全文可以得知，商店经理的所作所为目的是―留下‖高素质的雇员,答案是keeping，这种提示称为文章的―暗示‖。
【答案】 C 3.A.soon B.long C.strong D.calm
【解析】 本题考查形容词的辨析，根据上下文得知要表达 ―become a manager‖的时间长短，不是快慢，排除了A、C、D。
【答案】 B
4.A.position B.decision C.question D.advice
【解析】 上一句是在问问题，答话 ―it was a baseball glove紧跟其后，所以是一个新经理明白这个 ―问题‖并回答说……。 A.职位；Ｂ.决定；Ｄ.建议。
【答案】 C
5.A.take B.change C.lose D.consider 【解析】 take a job是过去做一项工作。全文过去没有―换工作和失业‖的意思。
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【答案】 A
6.A.lighter B.easier C.better D.higher
【解析】 Partircia在做临时店员同时要找一项更好的工作，而不是容易或轻松的工作，修饰高职位用higher。
【答案】 C 7.A.letter B.call C.answer D.e-mail
【解析】 receive a call―收到一个电话‖，文章中 ―behind the counter‖说明她在上班，儿子没有在场。
【答案】 B
8.A.bought B.kept C.needed D.offered
【解析】 从下文得知儿子在同母亲商量，告诉母亲他―需要‖而不是―买了‖一个棒球手套。 【答案】 C
9.A.complained B.explained C.understood D.admitted
【解析】 母亲在解释为什么不能买棒球手套的原因。A.抱怨;C.明白;D.承认。A、C、D意思不符。下文的explain things to kids也做了提示。
【答案】 B
10.A.short B.enough C.spare D.tight
【解析】 作为单亲母亲，钱是―紧张的‖。不能说Money is short.应该说sb.is short of money. 【答案】 D
11.A.food B.education C.clothes D.bills
【解析】 钱很紧张，首要支付的是账单。下文的I know you have to pay bills before you can buy gloves.中的bills也做了提示。
【答案】 D 12.A.talking B.crying C.arguing D.scolding
【解析】 第7题指出打电话，经理无意中听到母子之间的―谈话talking‖，没有―争吵arguing和责骂、责备scolding‖的意思。
【答案】 A
13.A.easy B.hard C.simple D.nice 【解析】 母亲爱自己的孩子又不能满足孩子，解释原因是很困难的―hard‖。 【答案】 B
14.A.after B.until C.when D.before
【解析】 第11题是本题的呼应句。母亲的钱很紧张，首要支付的是账单，付账后才能买棒球手套。
【答案】 D
15.A.value B.remain 【解析】 文章最后一词提示得到答案C。 【答案】 C
C.pay
D.fire
16.A.much B.many C.pleasant D.possible 【解析】 as much as很多，这里指支付报酬，用于不可数的情况。 【答案】 A
17.A.regret B.agree C.worry D.care 【解析】 从文章最后一句的 ―how much a manager cares‖得出此选择。 【答案】 D
18.A.excellent B.important C.thankful D.thoughtful 【解析】 经理送给店员的儿子礼物，表示对店员的价值的肯定。important符合本意。 【答案】 B 19.A.remember
B.refuse
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【解析】 对店员的体贴、爱、同情会让人―铭记‖经理的关心胜似钱财。 【答案】 A
20.A.mother B.clerk C.official D.manager
【解析】 全文谈论如何做好一个经理，Partircia所做的一切说明商店的经理应该做什么。 【答案】 D
（十二）
Dear Abby,
In a recent column, a woman wrote to say that one of her guests at a dinner party had 1 ?a fork, and she didn‘t know how to recover it. I wasn‘t that guest, 2 over the last 10 years I have taken three things from homes where I have been a 3 . Abby, I cannot understand 4 I took these things! I have thought over as to how 5 can get these things back! I can‘t do it 6 and admit that I took them. This is a small town, and I‘m well 7 here. If just one of these people talked about it, I would be 8 . Abby, what‘s wrong with me? They are really 9 things. I thought about seeing an expert, but should I be 10 going to an expert, it would be all over town in no time. I‘m sure thousands of people 11 me wish to have the courage to return 12 .Should I just wait until it‘s 13 ,then put the things in the mailboxes of their 14 owners? Guilty Conscience(罪恶感)
Dear Guilty Conscience
15 .It will make you feel better, but it will not 16 your problem. You need to seek help to 17 out why you took those things so you won‘t 18 that behavior. See an expert in another town or city nearby to 19 your privacy.
Please take my 20 ,and let me hear from you again. I care.
Abby
1.A.found B.stolen 【解析】 从上下文的意思判断。 【答案】 B
2.A.since B.though C.but D.so 【解析】 虽然这次不是我偷的，但在过去十年间我从主人家里拿过三样东西。 【答案】 C
3.A.guest B.host C.relative 【解析】 从上下文可知，只有guest符合句意。 【答案】 A
4.A.when B.how 【解析】 我不知道当时为什么拿那些东西。 【答案】 D
C.where
D.friend
C.laid
D.dropped
D.why
5.A.you B.they C.she 【解析】 我一直在考虑我怎么把这些东西还回去。 【答案】 D
D.I
6.A.openly B.secretly C.strangely 【解析】 从and后的句意理解，在还的时候不想让人知道。 【答案】 A
7.A.dressed B.known 【解析】 地方小，我又是个名人。 【答案】 B
C.organized
D.nervously
D.kept
8.A.disappointed B.satisfied C.finished 【解析】 如果大家知道了这件事的话，我就完了。 【答案】 C 9.A.valuable
B.unimportant
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C.necessary D.terrible
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【解析】 表示前边说的事情实际上并不重要。 【答案】 B
10.A.heard B.sent C.kept 【解析】 别人看到我去，马上就会满城风雨。 【答案】 D
D.seen
11.A.like B.except C.with 【解析】 从上下文看，like―像……一样‖，符合句意。 【答案】 A
D.for
12.A.everything B.anything C.something 【解析】 return something―还东西‖符合句意。 【答案】 C
13.A.late B.early 【解析】 等到天黑偷偷地放回去。 【答案】 C
C.dark
D.nothing
D.familiar
14.A.rightful B.careful C.reasonable D.unknown
【解析】 rightful正当的；careful小心的；reasonable 有道理的；unknown 不知道的。故选A。 【答案】 A
15.A.Never B.Always 【解析】 根据下文判断。 【答案】 D
16.A.satisfy B.solve 【解析】 不能从根本上解决问题。 【答案】 B
17.A.turn B.pick 【解析】 根据动词短语判断。 【答案】 C
18.A.realize B.continue 【解析】 不然的话以后还会那样做。 【答案】 B
C.stop
D.mention
C.No
D.Yes
C.explain D.direct
C.find D.carry
19.A.protect B.describe C.prevent 【解析】 从保护隐私考虑，可去另外的地方找一下心理医生。 【答案】 A
20.A.present B.letter C.example 【解析】 从全文理解，只有D项符合文意。 【答案】 D
（十三）
D.introduce
D.advice
Tracy Wong is a well-known Chinese-American writer. But her writing ___36___ was something she picked up by herself. After her first____37____, teaching disabled children, she became a part-time writer for IBM. ___38___, writing stories was simply a ___39___. interest. Tracy sent three of her stories to a publisher(出版商).___40____, they immediately suggested that she put them together to make a single one long___41___and paid Tracy a $ 50,000 advance. \\
___43___Traey's characters(人物) are interesting, her stories sometimes___44___readem uneasy: those about the supernatural. \\
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\Can I? I don't think I can,\me___47___. \古代的) China. ___49___the doorbell rang. It was a FedEx delivery man, with a copy of a book on Chinese ___50___. It came without her having ___51___it.
Though she has published 10 books, Tracy has remained ___52___by her fame. She lives in the same ___53___she lived 27 years ago - although in a mom comfortable home. There' s more room for___54___in her life - and it wasn‘t just ___ 55___.
36. A. skill B. experience C. practice D. method 37. A. duty B. effort C. job D. task 38. A. Instead B. Normally C. Certainly D. Then 39. A. general B. deep C. personal D. lively 40. A. Interested B. Anxiously C. Seriously D. Encouraged 41. A. film B. story C. program D. article
42. A. a foreign B. a popular C. an unusual D. an unknown 43. A. Now that B. Even though C. Just because D. Except that 44. A. find B. turn C. leave D. hold
45. A. make up B. 'connect with C. control D. explain 46. A. events B. chances C. feelings D. moments 47. A. for no reason B. from a distance C. by accident D. as gifts 48. A. description B. pointing C. scene D. talk
49. A. Surprisingly B. Suddenly C. Expectedly D. Fortunately 50. A. cooking B. history C. play D. medicine 51. A. known B. sent C. realized D. ordered 52. A. unchanged B. excited C. determined D. unmoved 53. A. life B. city C. house D. way 54. A. success B. work C. joy D. variety 55. A. writing B. reporting C. luck D. fun 36—45 ACDCA BDBCB 46—55 DACBB DADCA
（十四）
My first performance in front of an audience was coming up soon. I tried as hard as I could to remain 36 , but I had an empty feeling in my stomach. I stared down at my sweat
covered, 37 hands. I looked up again at the audience, realizing that these were __38 people. They were not just my mum and dad, who 39 say, \had the wrong music? What if I played the wrong notes? As it 40 , I was never able to answer these questions because the spotlight was 41 for me. I grasped my hands tightly together, drying off the sweat. Slowly I walked to the mulberry piano in the 42 of the room. It contained 88 demanding keys, which were waiting impatiently to be played．I swallowed the golf ball-sized lump（隆起的） in my throat and sat down. 43 , I opened the music. Next, I rested my still shaking hands on the ivory keys. As my fingers played across the keys, I was becoming more 44__ of my preparation for this moment. But the memory of my year of training came flooding back. I knew that I had practiced this piece 45 that I could play it backwards if ___46 . Although at one point I accidentally played two keys_ 47 the intended one, I
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