4. A. . curtained B. open C. old D. broken
5. A. . attends B. belongs C. goes D. turns 6. A. . meets B. quarrels C. sings
D. searches
7. A. . where B. why C. when D. how 8. A. . politics B. wealth C. health
D. safety
9. A. . keep B. hold C. let D. protect 10. A. . its
B. his
C. their D. your 11. A. . round B. on
C. about D. to 12. A. . right B. chance C. courage D. mind 13. A. . unlucky B. unsafe C. disappointed
D. discouraged
14. A. . set
B. let
C. hold D. look 15. A. . care B. enter C. watch D. manage 16. A. . group B. set C. number D. crowd 17. A. . judges
B. police
C. firemen D. doctors 18. A. . work B. burden C. service
D. trouble
19A. . produce B. find
C. get D. help 20. A. . anything B. everything
C. harm
D. wrong
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A. s a child，I was truly afraid of the dark and of getting lost；these fears were very real and caused me some uncomfortable moments.
Maybe it was the strange1 things looked and sounded in my familiar room at night that 2 me so much. There was never total 3 ，but a streetlight or passing car lights4 clothes hung over a chair take on the 5 of a wild animal. Out of the corner of my 6 ，I saw the curtains seem to move when there was no 7 . A. tiny sound in the floor would seem a hundred times louder than in the daylight. My 8 would run wild，and my heart would beat fast. I would 9 very still so that the“enemy”would not discover me. A. nother of my childhood fears was that I would get lost， 10 on the way home from school. Every morning I got on the school bus right near my home—that was no 11. A. fter school， 12 ，when all the buses were 13 up along the street，I was afraid that I'd get on the wrong one and be taken to some 14neighborhood. On school or family trips to a park or a museum，I wouldn't 15 the leaders out of my sight. Perhaps one of the worst fears 16 all I had as a child was that of not being liked or 17 by others. Being popular was so important to me 18 ，and the fear of not being liked was a 19 one. One of the processes（过程）of growing up is being able to 20 and overcome our fears. Understanding the things that frightened us as children helps us achieve greater success later in life. 1. A. . way B. time 2. A. . wounded B. destroyed C. place D. reason C. surprised D. frightened C. emptiness D. loneliness C. made D. caused C. body D. shape 3. A. . quietness B. darkness 4. A. . got 5. A. . spirit 6. A. . eye B. forced B. height B. window C. mouth D. door C. air D. sound
7. A. . breath B. wind
8. A. . belief 9. A. . lay
B. feeling C. imagination B. hide
D. doubt
C. rest D. lie C. probably D. directly
10. A. . especially B. simply
11. A. . discussion B. problem C. joke D. matter 12. A. . though B. yet
C. although D. still
13. A. . called B. backed C. lined D. packed 14. A. . old B. crowded 15. A. . leave
B. let
C. poor D. unfamiliar C. order D. send 16. A. . above B. in C. of D. at 17. A. . protected B. guided C. believed D. accepted 18. A. . then B. there
C. once D. anyway
19. A. . strict B. powerful C. heavy D. right 20. A. . realize B. remember
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What is intelligence (智力) anyway? When I was in the army I 1 an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against 2 of 100, scored 160.
I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not 3 have scored more than 80. 4 , when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him-and he always 5 it.
C. recognize D. recover
Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man 6 questions for some intelligence tests. By every one of them I’d prove myself a 7 . In a world where I have to work with my 8 , I’d do poorly.
Consider my auto-repair man 9 . He had a habit of telling10 . One time he said, “Doc, a deaf-and-dumb (聋哑) man 11 some nails. Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made 12 movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He 13 his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk 14 him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc, the 15 man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors (剪刀). 16 do you suppose he asked for them?” I lifted my right hand and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers. He burst out laughing and said,“Why, you fool, he used his 17 and asked for them. I’ve been 18 that on all my customers today, but I knew 19 I’d catch you. ”“ Why is that?” I asked. “Because you are so goddamned educated, Doc. I knew you couldn’t be very 20 . ” A. nd I have an uneasy feeling he had something there. 1. A. . failed B. wrote C. received D. chose 2. A. . an average B. a total C. an exam D. a number 3. A. . always B. possibly 4. A. . Then B. Thus C. certainly D. frequently C. Therefore D. Yet 5. A. . fixed B. checked C. drove D. changed 6. A. . answered B. practised C. designed 7. A. . teacher 8. A. . brains 9. A. . again
D. tried B. doctor C. winner D. fool B. effort C. hands D. attention B. as usual C. too D. as well
10. A. . lies B. jokes C. news D. tales
11. A. . bought B. tested C. found 12. A. . cutting B. hammering C. waving 13. A. . nodded B. raised C. shook D. needed D. circling D. turned 14. A. . brought B. packed C. sent D. sold 15. A. . clever B. other C. right 16. A. . What B. How D. next D. Which C. Who 17. A. . imagination B. hand C. voice D. information 18. A. . trying B. proving C. practising D. examining 19. A. . for sure B. at once C. in fact D. right now 20. A. . clear B. silly C. slow D. smart 12 I was six when I joined my father and two elder brothers at sunrise in the fields of Eufaula,Okla. 1 the time I was eight I was helping Dad fix up old furniture.He gave me a cent for every nail I 2 out of old boards. I got my first 3 job,at JM’s Restaurant in town,when I was 12.My main responsibilities（职责）were 4 tablesand washing dishes, 5 sometimes I helped cook. Every day after school I would 6 to JM’s and work until ten.Even on Saturdays I 7 from two until eleven.A. t that age it was difficult going to work and8 my friends run off to swim or play.I didn’t necessarily like work,but I loved what working 9 me to have.Because of my 10 I was always the one buying when my friends and I went to the local Tastee Freez.This made me 11 .