I need to share a strangely wonderful event in my life that involves cancer and death. I am certain you are 1 with the fact that I am using the words wonderful,cancer and death in the same sentence. I think that after you read this story you will 2 that in this case it is an ap?propriate 3 of words.
A dear friend of mine was dying of cancer. 4 before she died she shared with me that she was very 5 that she would never get to the 6 again. She grew up near the ocean and it was a(n) 7 place for her. The cancer had made her too 8 to travel 4-5 hours. The next morning I shared this with several of her friends and we 9 we had to do something about it.
On the afternoon,while her family kept her away from the 10 ,we started to carry out the plan. We dumped (倒) tons of white beach sand in her driveway. After we 11 out the sand in her driveway,we 12 it with two tents,beach balls,shovels (伊子) and beach chairs. 13 ,there was a recorder playing the sound of waves washing the seashore. We even rented an ice cream machine so that we could make her favorite ice cream. When all was in 14 ,her daughter brought her out to her 15 beach where she was 16 by a few dozen friends dressed in flowered shirts. We shed (流) a tear or two that day,17 it was mostly filled with laughs and most of all 18 . The day ended with a fire on her beach.
She died two weeks later but she managed to 19 her beach four or five more times be?fore she left us. I guess the message of this story is that when someone is in 20 ,we should think of ways to help him/her.
( ) 1. A. comparing B. dealing C. struggling D. fighting
( ) 2. A. believe B. agree C. notice D. announce
( ) 3. A. explanation B. connection C. translation D. combination
( ) 4. A. Days B. Weeks C. Months D. Years
( ) 5. A. embarrassed B. worried C. sad D. angry
( ) 6. A. beach B. mountain C. river D. park
( ) 7. A. mysterious B. strange C. ordinary D. special
( ) 8. A. lazy B. weak C. tired D. busy
( ) 9. A. guessed B. wondered C. decided D. expected
( ) 10. A. room B. bed C. door D. window
( ) 11. A. spread B. checked C. dug D. threw
( ) 12. A. filled B. decorated C. equipped D. matched
( ) 13. A. Besides B. However C. Therefore D. Thus
( ) 14. A. use B. peace C. control D. place
( ) 15. A. sunny B. small C. private D. crowded
( ) 16. A. greeted B. cheered C. lifted D. surrounded
( ) 17. A. so B. but C. and D. or
( ) 18. A. songs B. dance C. love D. pity
( ) 19. A. improve B. imagine C. watch D. visit
( ) 20. A. need B. trouble C. danger D. panic
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作者的一位朋友身患癌症。她在海边长大，对海滩有着特殊的感情，因此她希望能够在临终前去一次海滩，可是她虛弱的身体经不起长时间的长途跋涉。于是作者和她的朋友们为她在家门口造了一片人工沙滩，为她实现了最后的心愿。
1. C "... I am using the words wonderful,cancer and death in the same sentence."可知, 作者认为当她把精彩、癌症和死亡三个词放在一个句子中时，读者对此一定很费解。
2. B由”...in this case it is an appropriate..."可知，当读者读完下面的故事后，会同意作者的做法。
3. D由"…using the words wonderful,cancer and death in the same sentence."可知，这三个词是被恰当地结合在一起。
4. B由后文可知，当作者听到她朋友的心愿后，第二天便和朋友们行动起来；再结合最后一段"She died two weeks later…"可知，作者的朋友是在她去世几周前告诉作者心愿的。
5. C 由"…she would never get to the一again."可知，作者的朋友是因为愿望不能实现而悲伤。
6. A由下文"...her daughter brought her out to her ― beach..."可知，作者朋友的愿望是去海滩。
7. D由"She grew up near the ocean…"可知，作者的朋友是在海边长大,所以她对海滩有着特殊的感情。
8. B由于作者的朋友身患癌症，身体很虚弱，因此她经不起四至五个小时的长途跋涉。
9. C第二天作者与她的朋友们说起这件事，他们决定要为即将死去的朋友做点什么。
10. D根据下文可知，作者想为她的朋友设立一片人工海滩，给她一个惊喜，所以她让朋友的家人使她的朋友远离窗户，不让她发现作者的举动。
11. A倾倒完沙子后应该是把沙子铺开。
12. B沙子铺好后，再布置两个帐篷，沙滩球，铲子和沙滩椅。
13. A除此之外，还有一个录音机播放海浪拍打海岸的声音。
14. D当各种设施全部到位后，作者朋友的女儿把她带到这里。in place意为"准备妥当"。
15. C由于这是朋友们为她特意准备的人工海滩,所以是她的"私人"海滩。
16. A当她来到"海滩"，朋友们都穿着花衬衫向她问候。
17. B通过把此处的a tear or two与下文laughs进行对比可知，这里表示转折。
18. C眼泪和笑声都是爱的体现。所以那天更是充满了爱。
19. D作者的朋友两个星期后去世了，但在她去世之前她又去了沙滩四五次。
20. A故事传递了这样一个信息：在别人需要帮助时，我们要想办法帮助他/她。
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I just finished taking an evening class at Stanford. The last lecture was on the mindbody connection―the relationship between stress and disease. The speaker (head of psychiatry (精神病学) at Stanford) said,among other things,one of the best things that a man could do for his health is to be married to a woman,whereas for a woman,one of the best things she could do for her health was to nurture (培育) her relationships with her girlfriends. At first everyone laughed,but he was serious.
Women connect with each other differently and provide support systems that help each other to deal with stress and difficult life experiences. Physically this quality "girlfriend time" helps us to create more serotonin一a neurotransmitter (神经传递素) that helps combat depression and can create a general feeling of well being. Women share feelings whereas men often form relationships around activities. They rarely sit down with a buddy (伙伴) and talk about how they feel about certain things or how their personal lives are going. Jobs? Yes. Sports? Yes. Cars? Yes. Fishing,hunting,golf? Yes. But their feelings? Rarely. Women do it all of the time. We share from our souls with our sisters,and evidently that is very good for our health. He said that spending time with a friend is just as important to our general health as jogging or working out at a gym.
There's a tendency to think that when we are "exercising" we are doing something good for our bodies,but when we are hanging out with friends,we are wasting our time and should be more productively engaged―not true. In fact,he said that failure to create and maintain quality personal relationships with other humans is as dangerous to our physical health as smoking!So every time you hang out to schmooze (闲谈) with a gal pal,just pat yourself on the back and congratulate yourself for doing something good for your health!We are indeed very very lucky. So let's toast to our friendship with our girlfriends. Evidently it's very good for our health.
( ) 5. It can be concluded that women tend to share feelings to deal with stress whereas men
A. often sit down with a friend to talk about their feelings
B. seldom share their feelings of depression with friends
C. sometimes exchange their feelings about personal lives with friends
D. always do different activities to combat depression with friends
( ) 6. The underlined phrase "working out" in the second paragraph most probably means
A. figuring out the algebra problems
B. puzzling out the answer to the problem
C. doing physical exercise
D. solving the difficult problem
( ) 7. The purpose of the first paragraph is to show that .
A. marriage is good for men while relationships with girlfriends essential for women to be healthy
B. it is a best thing for men and women to get married in order to keep healthy
C. the speaker was serious to talk about the relationship between stress and disease
D. one of the best things women could do for health was to nurture the relationships with boyfriends
( ) 8. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. "Exercising" good for our bodies, "hanging out" wasting our time.
B. A disagreeable relationship with other persons is similarly dangerous to our health.
C. We have reasons to toast to the friendship with our girlfriends.
D. Hanging out with friends should be more productively engaged.
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10. about his physical condition as soon as possible. (suggest)
我们主张应尽快告诉史密斯他的身体状况。
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By Five-year-old Pepper has learned to open windows and let himself out every night by hopping onto a kitchen worktop and using his paws to turn the latch.
So when a fire broke out while his owners were Christmas shopping,the quickthinking puss leapt into action and opened the window to allow the acrid smoke to escape.
The billowing cloud of ash alerted neighbours,and firefighters rushed to the scene and ex?tinguished the blaze before it spread to the rest of the house.
Owner Sharon White said, "He first did it (opened the window) at a dinner party,and everyone was applauding him. I think it spurred him on. He can climb back in through the win?dow by jumping diagonally onto the ledge as well,so he really does come and go as he pleases."
Sharon and her husband Phil were handed Pepper over four years ago after a neighbour could no longer look after it. Pepper developed a "fierce independent streak" and would often leave the house for days on end.
The dramatic fire started at 4p. m. on Saturday after the couple nipped to the shops and left their microwave on a ten minute timer,which then caught fire.
Sharon said , " We put something in the microwave for ten minutes and then popped out to do our Christmas shopping in the local town. I discovered on the way that I had left my purse at home but decided not to turn around. It was my sister-in-law who lives next door that rang us about two hours into our trip and said , ' You had better get home as there is quite a lot of smoke coming out of your house and the fire brigade are here. ' We are thankful our neighbours did not just dismiss the smoke as a bonfire."
Firefighters rushed to their £ 350,000 house and extinguished the flames before they could spread,and the kitchen suffered only smoke damage. There was some damage to the kitchen,but it was isolated,so nothing serious happened compared to what it could have been.
"He's got a real mind of his own and is usually a bit of a pain. But on this occasion we're grateful,as without him and our neighbours,the fire could have been so much worse."
( ) 5. This passage mainly tells us .
A. that a hero cat saved a house from a big fire
B. how a cat became a hero in a big fire
C. why people love and admire the hero cat
D. how the cat get on with his masters
( ) 6. The underlined word "spur" in Paragraph 4 can be replaced by .
A. force B. allow C. encourage D. drive
( ) 7. According to this passage,who could have called the police first?
A. The cat. B. A passerby. C. Their babysitter. D. Their sister-in-law.
( ) 8. According to the story,it is true that .
A. the cat Pepper was handed to the couple because it was too naughty
B. the cat Pepper enjoyed opening the window to let the smoke out
C. the couple could have discovered the fire but they didn't turn around
D. the couple always thought the cat as a lovely and brave pet
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3. If you have any difficulty,just let us know and (help)
如果你有什么困难，请让我们知道,大家一起帮助你解决。
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