It was Thanksgiving morning. In the crowded kitchen of my small home I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together inside the storm door on the top step.
"Any old papers, lady?" asked one of them.
I was busy. I wanted to say “no” __ __looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin scandals (凉鞋),wet with heavy snow.
“Come in and I'11 you a cup of hot cocoa.”
They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet shoes left on the floor．I __ them cocoa and toast with jam the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started again on my household budget. The silence in the front door __ __me. I looked in. The girl__ the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat ," Lady ．．． are you rich?"
"Am I rich? Mercy, !" I looked at my shabby slipcover(家具套)．The girl put her cup back in its saucer（茶碟） .
“Your cups match your saucers．”
Her voice was ___ __with a need that no amount of food could supply．They left after that, holding their against the wind．They hadn't said thank you．
They didn’t to. They had done more than that. Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they __ __.
I tasted the potatoes and stirred(搅动)the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a __ over our heads, my man with a good steady job—these things matched, too．
I moved the chairs back from the fire and the living room．The muddy prints of small scandals were still on my floor. “ them be for a while,” I thought. Just I should begin to forget how I am.
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【小题3】C
【小题4】B
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【小题18】B
【小题19】A
【小题20】D
解析试题分析：本文讲述了作者在感恩节时帮助两位收废品的小孩，从他们对生活的朴实的理解受到启迪，明白了知足者常乐、生活充实就意味着富有的道理。
【小题1】考查连词。When当...时候；after在...之后；while与此同时；until直到..时。when引导的句子的谓语部分可以是短暂性的也可以是持续性的动词或结构。while 引导的句子的谓语部分必须是可以延续的动词或结构。until肯定形式表示的意思是“做某事直至某时”，动词必须是延续性的，否定形式表达的意思是“直至某时才做某事”，动词为延续性或非延续性都可以。根据句意：我本想说没有，但直到看到他们的脚我改变主意。故选D。
【小题2】考查动词。Make制作；provide提供；do做；cook做饭。根据句意：进屋来吧，我来给你们煮一杯热可可茶。make强调动作的结果，相当于produce，其宾语往往是产品或成果。do强调的是动作过程本身，类似于work，其宾语往往是一件工作或一项任务。故选A。
【小题3】考查名词。Signs标志；signals信号；marks痕迹；symbols符号。根据句意：他们浸湿的便鞋在炉边留下了一连串的脚印。故选C。
【小题4】考查动词。Showed展示；served提供食品；carried带来；supplied提供。根据句意：我给他们端上可可茶和果酱面包。故选B。
【小题5】考查介词。Against反对；from从...；on在...之上；in在..里面。根据句意：以便帮助他们抵御外面的风寒。故选A。
【小题6】考查动词。Beat（连续）打击；struck给…(某种)印象；got得到；noticed注意。根据句意：前屋里一片沉默，这是我感到很奇怪。故选B。
【小题7】考查动词。Watched看；lifted举起；held握着；put放。根据句意：小女孩手里端着空茶杯，认真地凝视着它。故选C。
【小题8】考查名词。Word单词；method方法；state情形；voice声音。根据常识可知说话用的是嗓音。故选D。
【小题9】考查助动词。根据下文“破旧的沙发套”，可知作者家也并不富裕。故选C。
【小题10】考查副词。Suddenly突然地；carefully小心翼翼地；quickly快速地；anxiously不安地。根据句意：这时，那个小女孩非常小心地把杯子放回茶碟里。故选B。
【小题11】考查形容词。Hungry饥饿的；satisfied感到满意的；pleased高兴的；curious好奇的。根据下文“对食物的需求”可知是饥饿感迫使。故选A。
【小题12】考查名词。Books书；papers纸；dishes（盘中）食物；drinks饮料。根据上文可知两个小孩是来收旧报纸的。故选B。
【小题13】考查动词。Dare敢于；plan计划；want想要；need需要。根据句意：其实，他们根本没有必要说。他们的表现已经胜过了道谢。故选D。
【小题14】考查动词。Shone发光；matched相配；broke破坏；equaled平等。跟据上文中小女孩夸奖说杯子和盘子很相配，用到match。故选B。
【小题15】考查名词。House房子；ceiling天花板；roof屋顶；curtain窗帘。根据拘役可以排除A、D两项。这里只可以遮风挡雨的房子，应该是屋顶。故选C。
【小题16】考查动词。Washed洗；rubbed摩擦；wiped用..擦；tidied整理。根据句意：然后将起居室整理干净。故选D。
【小题17】考查形容词。Dry干的；gone消失；wet湿的；new新的。根据上文提到两个孩子在作者地板上留下了湿脚印，此时的脚印还在，应该还是湿的。故选C。
【小题18】考查动词。Made制作；Let让；Got得到；Kept保留。根据句意：其实，我想让它们留在那里。故选B。
【小题19】考查连词。in case以防；as if好似；if only要是...多好；only if只要...就。根据句意：以防我忘记我是多么的富有。故选A。
【小题20】考查形容词。Nice好的；free自由地；busy繁忙的；rich富有的。根据全文可知作者对“富有”有了新认识。故选D。
考点：考查故事类短文
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I used to be ashamed of my grandma.I know that’s a ____ thing to say，but it was true until today，so I have to ___ it.
The ____ started when my friend Katy found Grandma’s false teeth floating in a glass on the bathroom sink.I was so used to seeing them that I ____ took notice of them.But Katy shouted，laughing and ___to talk to them.I had to get down on my knees and ___ her to shut up so my grandma wouldn’t ___ and get hurt.
After that happened，I ____ there were a million things about Grandma that were embarrassing.
Once she took Jill and me out to Burger King.____ ordering our hamburgers welldone，she told the person behind the counter，“They’ll have two Whoppers(巨无霸) welltodo.” Jill burst out laughing，but I almost ____.
After a while，I started wishing I could ___ Grandma in a closet.I even complained to my parents.Both my parents said I had to be careful not to make Grandma feel ____ in our home.
Then last Wednesday，something happened that ____ everything completely.My teacher told us to help find interesting old people and ____ them about their ____ for a big Oral History project.I was trying to think of someone when Angie pushed me gently.
“Volunteer your grandmother，” she whispered.“She’s ___ and rich in experience.”
That was the last thing I ever thought Angie would say about my grandma.
This is how I ended up on ____ today interviewing my own grandmother before the whole school assembly(集合)．All my friends and teachers were listening to her ____ she was a great heroine.I was ____ of my grandma and hoped she would ____ know that I had been ashamed of her.
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Several years ago, while attending a communication course, I experienced a most unusual process. The instructor asked us to list in our past that we felt of, regretted, or incomplete about and read our lists aloud.
This seemed like a very 38 process, but there’ s always some soul in the crowd who will volunteer. The instructor then that we find ways to people, or take some action to right any wrong doings. I was seriously wondering how this could ever my communication.
Then the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story: “Making my , I remembered an incident from high school. I grew up in a small town. There was a Sheriff of us kids liked. One night, my two buddies and I decided to play a on him.
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“Nearly 20 years later, Sheriff Brown’s name on my list. I didn’t even know if he was still . Last weekend, I dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a Roger Brown still listed. I tried his number. After a few , I heard, “Hello?” I said, “Sheriff Brown?” Paused. “Yes.” “Well, this is Jimmy Calkins.”
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Jimmy inspired me to all 101 items on my list within two years, and I always remember what I learned from the course: It’s never too late to the past wrongdoings.
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阅读下面短文．从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
When my brother and l were growing up, we mowed(割)yards during the summer to earn pocket change．Dad traded our service to neighbors and a price they could not refuse. We got $ 10 per yard．I later found out our friends $20 or more for the same amount of work.
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I was just about to cut off the lawn mower I saw Dad pointing to one lone piece. I thought about the change l was getting paid for cutting grass so high that it broke the mower. I ignored him and kept walking. Dad called me out,“You a piece.” I frowned, hoping he would let me go home. He kept pointing .So , 1 went back to cut that piece of grass. I said to myseIf, “That one piece doesn’t anyone .Why won’t he just let it ?”
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I grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area. My parents the necessities of life they couldn’t give much more. If I asked my father a pair of jeans, he would say, “If you want them, make the money and buy them .” He wasn’t being mean; he just couldn’t them. From age 12 on, I did part-time jobs after school.
When I from high school, I joined the navy. Soon I was in a boot camp(新兵训练营) at Parris Island, S. C., where I learned that life in the navy centered around completing daily . These could be anything from cleaning the camp to conducting mock(模拟的) battles. Completing these tasks successfully discipline, team-work and responsibility. It didn’t whether you were black, white or Asian; everyone worked together for the of the company.
I went to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy and later became an officer in the navy. The part of my job I most was the consulting(咨询) meetings I with the family members of the men and women in my , trying to help them deal with the long periods of . These proved popular and word of them spread. I was being asked to give encouraging to business groups, educators and kids across the country.
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(2013·高考江西卷)Diane Ray was completely selfcentred and very spoilt.Her parents gave her____she wanted，knowing that she would throw a temper tantrum(耍小孩脾气)if they did not.She would scream and kick and____on the floor drumming her heels.Her parents always____.
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“What are you doing ？”a voice asked.Diane jumped.She did not know that the man was there____he spoke.
“I’m going diving，”she answered.
“You shouldn’t swim today，” the man____.“There is a storm coming up.”
“You should mind your own____！”Diane replied and walked into the gentle waves.
“If you go out there you’ll be____，”the man called after her.She did not bother to reply.
Diane slipped into the water and dived____until white caps began rolling in and it became harder to___against the current (水流)．Saltwater hit against her face，making it____to breathe.Oh，why had she not listened to advice?
Panicking，she began to____.Then，just as it seemed as if she would slip beneath the surface，she heard a____voice.“Hold on! I’m coming.”With____，she saw the old man rowing an ancientlooking boat towards her.“I hope you’ve learned a lesson.You put us both in____，”he shouted angrily，as he dragged her over the side of the____.Gratefully，Diane thanked him and ran towards the beachhouse.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：完型填空
“Where is the bus? Why is it always late?” I asked myself. I was going to be late the manager wasn’t going to be pleased. “Thank God, here it is!” The bus came round the corner and I got on. Ten minutes later I was walking into the where I work. “Twenty-five past nine. I the manager doesn’t notice.” But I was not .
“Smith!” shouted the manager. “Late again. What’s your this time?” “I am afraid the bus was late, Mr. Brown.” “ up earlier tomorrow! Anyway, go to your place at the counter(柜台). We’ll be opening in a few minutes.”
My first customer was a pretty girl wearing a red dress. her was a young man of about 25. He seemed very , and every few seconds he looked towards the main entrance. The girl drew some money and about opening an account. I gave her necessary and she went out. , I noticed a tall man by the door, carrying something with brown paper. Turning to my next customer, I was frightened to see a gun sticking out of his coat. The next moment a loud noise my ears. Everything went black. I was falling… It seemed to be a long time I opened my eyes and I found myself in bed! shaking from the memory of this terrible dream, I got dressed and ran out of the house. , the bus wasn’t on time, and I got to the bank at 9:25.
“Smith!” the manager cried out in a voice like thunder. “ of your excuses! Start work at once!” To my , the first customer was a girl a red dress and behind her stood a man carrying something wrapped in brown paper. The ! Sometimes life is full of coincidences (巧合)!
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