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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 3.A.soon 4.A.position 5.A.take 6.A.lighter 7.A.letter 8.A.bought 10.A.short 11.A.food 12.A.talking 13.A.easy 14.A.after 15.A.value 16.A.much 17.A.regret
B.problems B.praising B.long
C.difficulties
C.strong
D.lessons D.calm
D.advice D.higher
2.A.employing
C.keeping
D.improving
B.decision B.easier
B.kept
C.question C.better C.needed
B.change B.call
C.lose D.consider D.e-mail
D.offered
C.answer
9.A.complained B.explained C.understood B.enough B.education B.hard B.until
C.spare
C.clothes C.simple C.when C.pay
D.admitted D.tight
D.bills
D.scolding D.before D.fire D.possible
D.care D.thoughtful D.realize D.nice
B.crying C.arguing
B.remain B.many B.agree
C.pleasant C.worry
18.A.excellent 19.A.remember 20.A.mother Dear Abby,
B.important B.refuse B.clerk
C.thankful C.thank C.official （十二）
D.manager
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
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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 2.A.since 3.A.guest 4.A.when 5.A.you 6.A.openly 7.A.dressed 9.A.valuable 10.A.heard 11.A.like 13.A.late 15.A.Never 16.A.satisfy 17.A.turn 18.A.realize 19.A.protect 20.A.present
B.stolen B.though B.host B.how
C.laid
D.dropped
C.but
D.so D.friend
D.why
D.I D.nervously D.kept
C.relative C.where
C.she C.strangely C.organized C.finished
C.kept
B.they
B.secretly B.known
8.A.disappointed B.satisfied
B.sent
D.praised D.terrible
D.seen D.nothing
D.for
D.familiar D.Yes D.direct D.carry
D.mention D.introduce
B.unimportant B.except B.early
C.necessary C.with
12.A.everything 14.A.rightful
B.anything C.something
C.dark C.No C.find
B.careful C.reasonable D.unknown
B.Always B.solve
B.continue B.describe
C.explain C.stop
B.pick
C.prevent
B.letter C.example （十三）
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. %used to have me speak with my grandmother, who died many years ago.\
\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__.
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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
（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 continued to move my fingers automatically （自动的）. My eyes burned holes into the page in front of me. There was no 48 that I was going to lose my concentration. To keep this promise to myself, I leaned 49 and focused carefully on the music. 50 I came to the end of the page, a warning 51 inside my head: DON' T MAKE A MISTAKE WHEN YOU TURN THE PAGE! Needless to say, I 52 myself with all my heart and mind．And, proud of my \（技艺） I finished the 53 of the piece without making a single mistake. After the final note died away, a celebration went into action 54 my head.1 had finished.I had mastered （征服）the 55 . 36. A.unknown B. still C. calm D. quiet
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37. A. shaking B. moving C. waving D. wandering 38. A. true B. real C. young D. old 39. A. will B. can C. could D. would 40. A. turned out B. turned up C. turned back D．turned down 41. A. looking B. searching C. expecting D. waiting 42. A. comer B. cross C. center D. passage 43. A. Slowly B. Happily C. Quickly D. Suddenly 44. A. sure B. unsure C. certain D. confident
45. A. so much time B. so hardly C. such a lot of time D. so many times 46. A. requested B. told C. demanded D．ordered 47. A. in spite of B. instead of C. in the way of D. in the shape of 48. A. way B. need C. use D. sense 49. A. backward B. forward C. upward D. downward 50. A. Then B. Next C. When D. While 51. A. appeared B. had C. raised D. went 52. A. told B. asked C．obeyed D．refused 53. A. other B. part C. left D. rest 54. A. inside B. outside C. out of D. on 55. A. musical B. piece C. impossible D. possible
（十五）
If God closed a door in front of you, there must be a window opened for you. People always say that, but__1__ is the window for me?
I am not disappointed, just a little worried__2__ as my roommate said, ― Why are you angry with yourself once you__3__ to do anything?‖ I have no idea. I just can‘t __4__ me if I can‘t understand some easy things. Currently, I just feel__5__ with myself because I couldn‘t finish the assignment on the lab, and what was__6__ worse was that actually I did not understand what the __7__ was! Fiona asked me why I didn‘t __8__ for help. The problem is that if I have to ask some silly questions, I will feel__9__.
Before I came here I was confident. But I have totally lost it. Sometimes I can‘t__10__find the right words; sometimes I am too shy to __11__ others. I have to admit that I am__12__.
The wisest people are always __13__ who can take advantage of others‘ wisdom. But I was so stupid as to close myself and __14__ a lot of time soaking inside the workbook,__15__ made me more confused. Why can‘t I follow the sentence? I am __16__ to get help the next time I have any questions. I can__17__ I am not smart, but I shouldn‘t hide it. I must __18__ it as soon as possible. __19__I will have to waste much more time on it—just like tonight.
Difficulties always go with me. Go__20__!I can make it. 1. A. which B. what C. where D. why 2. A. or B. and C. but D. while 3. A. want B. decide C. fail D. like 4. A. believe B. like C. delight D. forgive 5. A. unsatisfied B. satisfied C. happy D. worried 6. A. very B. even C. quite D. fairly
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7. A. lab B. assignment C. problem D. question 8. A. look B. call C. search D. ask 9. A. shamed B. upset C. comfortable D. sorry 10. A. still B. even C. yet D. only 11. A. disturb B. help C. greet D. worry 12. A. smart B. clever C. wrong D. stupid 13. A. these B. those C. ones D. the ones 14. A. spend B. cost C. kill D. waste 15. A. that B. what C. which D. as 16. A. determined B. willing C. content D. ready 17. A. say B. announce C. explain D. admit 18. A. answer B. solve C. work out D. finish 19. A. However B. Thus C. Otherwise D. Hopefully 20. A. ahead B. on C. down D. up
（十六）
Creativity is the key to a brighter future,say education and business experts.Here is _1 ?schools and parents can encourage this important skill in children.
If Dick Drew had listened to his 2 in 1925,we might not have a product that we now think of as of great importance:a new type of 3 .Drew worked for the Minnesota Minting Company. 4 he developed a kind of material strong enough to hold things together. 5 his boss told him not to think more about the 6 .Finally,using his own time,Drew improved the tape, 7 now is used everywhere by many people.And his former company learned from its 8 .Now it encouraged people to 9 15 percent of their work time just thinking and developing new ideas.
Creativity is not 10 one is just born with,nor is it necessarily a character of high 11 .Just because a person is highly intelligent does not mean that he uses it creatively. 12 is the matter of using the resources one has to produce new ideas that are good for something. 13 ,schools have not tried to encourage creativity.With strong attention to test results and the development of reading,writing and mathematical skills,many educators 14 creativity for correct answers.The result is that children can 15 information but can‘t recognize ways to use it in new situations.They may know the rules correctly,but they are unable to use them to 16 practical problems. It is important to give children choices.From the earliest age,children should be allowed to 17 and understand their results.Even if it‘s choosing between two food items for lunch,decision-making helps 18 skills.As children grow older, 19 should let their children decide how to use their time or spend their money,but not help them too much if they make the wrong decision.The child may 20 ,but that is all right.This is because the most important character of creative people is a very strong desire to find a way out of trouble.
1.A.way 2.A.teacher 3.A.tape
B.how
C.what C.boss
D.where D.headmaster D.At home
B.director B.At work
B.product C.company D.material D.But
4.A.On business 5.A.Meanwhile
C.At table
B.However C.While
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