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    I am a person who doesn’t like waiting. I don’t like to wait in line, being put on hold when making a phone call, or arriving at an apartment to find that my companion will be         . And of course, I don’t like waiting rooms.
          , I realize that my agony(痛苦) will not be good for me, as an         crowded world can only mean one thing – more waiting.
           this, I have taken an action and decide to turn my frustration to productive ends. In short, I am looking for what I call “waiting-in-line”        .
    These are volumes that contain materials         for being read in shortened words, so there is no extended story line to lose track of. Another          is that they be         enough to slip neatly into my back pocket.
    The other day I went to the supermarket.         that the rain would keep most people away, I was         to see that the place was filled with        . Every checkout was open – and jammed! But I can         my pocket book and go to work.
    The more the world demands that I        , the more I learn from my waiting library. Look at the followings: One Hundred Things Every American Should Know; The Poetry of Robert Frost; Living Thoughts of Leading Thinkers; Still More Toasts. I have learned interesting and enriching things and much         from these books.
    On a recent visit to the general store, I placed my order at the         along with six or seven people. The old female employee seemed to have her hands full as she rushed        . “Young man, just be        ,” she said to me.
    No problem. I quietly opened my dictionary prose(散文) and poetical quotations. Perhaps the other customers         me as a bookish, lonely soul. But         did they realize that I was enjoying the         of Shakespeare, Thoreau, Homer and Ben Johnson.
    小题1:
    A．dismissedB．delayedC．disappearedD．delighted
    小题2:
    A．FurthermoreB．HoweverC．DespiteD．Besides
    小题3:
    A．actuallyB．importantlyC．increasinglyD．accurately
    小题4:
    A．Instead ofB．Apart fromC．Rather thanD．Owing to
    小题5:
    A．roomsB．goodsC．reasonsD．books
    小题6:
    A．searchedB．affordedC．designedD．charged
    小题7:
    A．convenienceB．requirementC．agreementD．distinction
    小题8:
    A．smallB．prettyC．activeD．vivid
    小题9:
    A．BelievedB．DeterminedC．PuzzledD．Convinced
    小题10:
    A．surprisedB．worriedC．excitedD．satisfied
    小题11:
    A．shoppersB．readersC．employeesD．volunteers
    小题12:
    A．put outB．set downC．send forD．take out
    小题13:
    A．sufferB．waitC．watchD．read
    小题14:
    A．advantageB．benefitC．knowledgeD．patient
    小题15:
    A．counterB．pocketC．marketD．service
    小题16:
    A．aboutB．awayC．overD．across
    小题17:
    A．politeB．patientC．carefulD．helpful
    小题18:
    A．thoughtB．lookedC．regardedD．treated
    小题19:
    A．certainlyB．obviouslyC．secretlyD．hardly
    小题20:
    A．relationB．momentC．companyD．novel

    小题1:B
    小题2:B
    小题3:C
    小题4:D
    小题5:D
    小题6:C
    小题7:B
    小题8:A
    小题9:D
    小题10:A
    小题11:A
    小题12:D
    小题13:B
    小题14:C
    小题15:A
    小题16:A
    小题17:B
    小题18:C
    小题19:D
    小题20:C

    试题分析：文章介绍作者不喜欢等待，但是现在的拥挤的社会要等待的时候越来越多，作者想到一个好办法，在等待的时候看书，既不觉得时间漫长，也能够获取很多知识。
    小题1:考查动词辨析：A. dismissed解雇，B. delayed拖延，C. disappeared消失，D. delighted高兴，根据上文的内容：I am a person who doesn’t like waiting. I don’t like to wait in line, being put on hold when making a phone call,可知作者不喜欢等待，不喜欢约会的时候，朋友被耽搁了，选B.
    小题2:考查副词辨析：A. Furthermore  还有，B. However然而，C. Despite虽然，D. Besides此外，根据下文的：I realize that my agony(痛苦) will not be good for me,可知作者的痛苦对他没有好处，所以和上文是转折关系，选B
    小题3:考查副词辨析：A. actually实际上，B. importantly重要地，C. increasingly日益增加的，D. accurately精确地，越来越拥挤的世界只能意味着更多的等待，选C
    小题4:考查词组辨析：A. Instead of相反地，B. Apart from除了，此外，C. Rather than而不是，D. Owing to由于，因为，根据下文的句子：I have taken an action and decide to turn my frustration to productive ends.可知因为上文提到的原因，作者已经采取行动，决定将自己的挫折变成多产的结果，选D
    小题5:考查名词辨析：A. rooms房间，B. goods商品，C. reasons 原因，D. books书，根据下文的内容：These are volumes that contain materials    41    for being read in shortened words,可知作者寻找的是等待时候看的书，选D
    小题6:考查动词辨析： A. searched寻找，B. afforded负担，C. designed设计，D. charged要价，有的书中含有材料是为用缩短的句子而设计的。选C
    小题7:考查名词辨析：A. convenience  方便，B. requirement要求，C. agreement 同意，D. distinction辨别，识别，区分，另外一个要求是他们应该是足够小可以放进我的后面的口袋。选B
    小题8:考查形容词辨析：A. small小的，B. pretty漂亮的，C. active积极的，D. vivid生动的，根据下文要可以放进后面的口袋那就是要小了，选A
    小题9:考查动词辨析：A. Believed相信，B. Determined决定，C. Puzzled困惑的，D. Convinced相信的，几天前，我去超市，相信很多人因为雨会不出来。这里用形容词convinced做状语，believe应该是现在分词，选D
    小题10:考查形容词辨析：A. surprised惊讶的，B. worried担心的，C. excited兴奋的，D. satisfied满意的，上文说作者以为因为下雨，人们会不出来，现在看见超市挤满了人一定是惊讶了，选A
    小题11:考查名词辨析：A. shoppers购物者，B. readers 读者，C. employees雇员，D. volunteers志愿者，超市里面肯定是挤满了购物者，选A
    小题12:考查动词短语辨析：. A. put out扑灭，B. set down记下，C. send for派人请，D. take out拿出，我可以拿出书去看，选D
    小题13:考查动词辨析：. A. suffer遭受，B. wait等待，C. watch观看，D. read读，这个时间要求我等的越多，我就可以从阅读中获得越多的知识。因为作者都是等待的时候看书的，选B
    小题14:考查名词辨析：A. advantage   优势，B. benefit利益，C. knowledge知识，D. patient病人，我从这些书中学到了很多方法的知识。选C
    小题15:考查名词辨析：A. counter柜台，B. pocket 口袋，C. market市场，D. service服务，我和六七个人将订单放在柜台上，选A
    小题16:考查介词辨析：A. about关于，B. away离开，C. over超过，D. across穿过，上年纪的女职员在四处跑的时候好像手里都是拿满了东西。选A
    小题17:考查形容词辨析：A. polite礼貌的，B. patient耐心的，C. careful仔细的，D. helpful有帮助的，因为要等待，女职员让作者要耐心些，选B
    小题18:考查动词辨析：A. thought想，B. looked看，C. regarded 认为，D. treated对待，可能其他顾客认为我是书呆子，选C
    小题19:考查副词辨析： A. certainly当然，B. obviously   显然地，C. secretly秘密地，D. hardly几乎不，但是他们几乎不能意识到我在享受Shakespeare, Thoreau, Homer 和 Ben Johnson的陪伴，选D
    小题20:考查名词辨析：A. relation关系，B. moment时刻，C. company公司，陪伴，D. novel小说，因为作者在看书，所以是与这些作者为伴，选C
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    A．we can bring kings and queens back to life
    B．it is very good for us to stay alone for some hours
    C．what we read can be useful in our daily life
    D．we can make friends with people in the stories
    小题4:The underline word “erudite” in Paragraph 4 probably means “ _______”．
    A．learnedB．enthusiasticC．smartD．creative
    小题5:What is the author’s purpose by writing the passage?
    A．To share his own reading experience．
    B．To distinguish the true readers．
    C．To attract people to literature．
    D．To stress the importance of imagination．

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    科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：阅读理解

    Former Irish President Mary Robinson was just making a polite conversation with an Ethiopian (埃塞俄比亚的) teenager about her wedding day. The 16­year­old had already been married for a year. “She looked at me with the saddest eyes and said, ‘I had to drop out of school’，” Robinson said in a telephone interview. “That conveyed to me the reality，” said Robinson, the first woman to serve as Ireland's president and former U．N. high commissioner for human fights. “Her life, as far as she is concerned, had more or less ended.”
    Robinson said keeping girls in school was one of the most important things policymakers could do to address the coming challenges of an ever-increasing population, predicted by the United Nations to reach 7 billion soon. “European countries are concerned about aging populations as is Japan, but this is much less of an issue than the huge number of people which we are going to see over the next 40 years when the population goes from 7 billion to 9 billion，” she said. “Almost all of that increase will be in poor developing countries, so that we have a very big challenge.”
    Family planning experts worry in particular about the future population explosion in sub­Saharan Africa. In May, the United Nations projected the world population would reach 9.3billion in 2050 and 10.1 billion by 2100. Much of that growth will come from Africa, where the population is growing at 2.3 percent a year—more than double Asia's 1 percent growth rate. If that rate stays consistent, which is not certain, Africa's population will reach 3.6 billion by 2100 from the present 1 billion.
    Joel Cohen, a professor of population studies at Rockefeller University and Columbia University in New York, said universal secondary education offered a way to reduce population in high birth­rate regions. In addition to providing information about birth control, a secondary education teaches women to reduce their own fertility (生育力), improve the health of their children and allows them to move from a mind­set of having many children, in the hopes that some will survive to improving the quality of each child's life, Cohen wrote in the journal Nature.
    小题1:In the first paragraph, the author introduces his topic by ________.
    A．explaining the author's opinions
    B．giving an example
    C．describing the poor education system
    D．coming straight to the topic
    小题2:What can we learn from the passage?
    A．Robinson is happy after talking to the Ethiopian girl.
    B．Robinson is a successful expert in population studies.
    C．Robinson is worried about population growth.
    D．Robinson encourages female education.
    小题3:What is Joel Cohen's view about secondary education?
    A．It provides basic knowledge of health.
    B．It improves the health of children.
    C．It makes people pay more attention to education.
    D．It can change people's parenting ideas.
    小题4:According to Robinson, what is one of the most important things policymakers can do to prevent the population from increasing rapidly?
    A．Keeping girls in school.
    B．Letting girls go away from Africa.
    C．Letting young girls remain single.
    D．Keeping girls in families.

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    科目：高中英语 来源：不详 题型：完形填空

    My oldest child, Emma, just returned to campus after a long holiday break to finish up her last period of ______. These days, friends and family have begun _____ me with one question: What is she going to do after _____?
    The job market is, after all, awfully ______. Just this month the Federal Reserve Bank _____ a study showing that “recent graduates are ______ working in low-paid jobs or working part-time.” The ______ spot, according to the study, is for students who majored(主修) in STEM— science, technology, engineering and ______— areas in which recent graduates “have______ to do relatively well”.
    But Emma is a student of the humanities(人文) at a small college. She’s an American Studies major with a（an） ______ on the politics and culture of food. For quite a while, I think her field of study is so fashionable right now that I’m not the least bit ______ she will find a good job. Yet the more I’ve thought about it, the more I’ve decided to be honest. “I’m not sure what Emma is going to do,” I now say. “But she’s gotten a great education and has really found her ______. — and I know those things will serve her well over the _____ of her life.”
    Nowadays, more and more universities and colleges are being ______ by the salaries of their recent graduates. In this climate, ______ your kid to study the humanities, seems, at best, unwise or, at worst, unconcerned with ______ a living. But a college is not a vocational(职业) school. And promoting STEM subjects should not be society’s only answer to helping the next generation grow in a competitive world.
    From the beginning, we never urged Emma to ______ a college or a major with an eye on its expected return on money, ______ more and more families are doing. To Emma, what really ______ will be something that we may not be able to measure for quite a long time: Emma’s ______ to the world and how happy she is in it.
    小题1:
    A．work B．collegeC．trainingD．project
    小题2:
    A．fillingB．coveringC．floodingD．meeting
    小题3:
    A．classB．schoolC．lunchD．graduation
    小题4:
    A．toughB．fairC．excitingD．mild
    小题5:
    A．wroteB．publishedC．came outD．printed
    小题6:
    A．surprisinglyB．doubtfullyC．jokinglyD．increasingly
    小题7:
    A．darkB．usefulC．brightD．weak
    小题8:
    A．mathematicsB．literatureC．philosophy D．humanities
    小题9:
    A．intendedB．tendedC．decidedD．pretended
    小题10:
    A．interestB．attitudeC．focusD．point
    小题11:
    A．worriedB．astonishedC．pleasedD．touched
    小题12:
    A．skillB．potentialC．wishD．interest
    小题13:
    A．programB．chanceC．courseD．way
    小题14:
    A．decidedB．measuredC．dependedD．attracted
    小题15:
    A．discouragingB．forcingC．remindedD．encouraging
    小题16:
    A．earningB．raisingC．providing D．achieving
    小题17:
    A．searchB．considerC．getD．pick
    小题18:
    A．whileB．thoughC．asD．when
    小题19:
    A．worksB．mattersC．attachesD．fixes
    小题20:
    A．contributionB．enthusiasm C．desperationD．creativity

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