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阅读下列短文， 从每篇短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

No one likes the “old people” smell. No one, not even the ________ people. Trust me, I know.

I volunteer at a hospice of Alzheimer’s Care(老年痴呆患者临终安养院). My health book ________ a pretty picture of hospices, describing them as homes where family members and the sick can work together in ________ incurable illness. It shows pictures of ________ patients speaking to doctors, with, of course, loving ones around them.

That’s ________ what a hospice is. There aren’t family members, only cards sent periodically during the year. The ________ I help seldom smile because they’re struggling to________ where they are, what year it is, ________ their own names.

And they don’t like the “old people” smell—the smell of disease, of medicine and sweat, or of the lost self-respect. They don’t like it. But they ________ in it.

Next week is my ________ . I’m moving soon and I won’t have to________ that hospice. I won’t have to ________ a woman who can’t even close her mouth, or ________ a man who’s crying because he can’t stop shaking ________ enough to tie his shoes. I won’t have to run for a nurse when Evelyn falls out of her wheel-chair.

But I feel far from ________ . After four years of volunteering, the place is the same as the day I started. All the ________ remains fresh, never to be cut through by youthful spirits.

Some visit. Some bring cake and puppy dogs and flowers. But only ________ . When you were born, loving arms held you. Shouldn’t you ________ that way too? Shouldn’t the elderly, who’ve lived their lives, raised their ________ and contributed to society be cared about? Shouldn’t they end feeling loved? Why don’t ________ ?

1.A. oldB. youngC. poorD. sick

2.A. paintsB. writesC. publishesD. reads

3.A. curingB. examiningC. testingD. accepting

4.A. cryingB. sufferingC. fightingD. smiling

5.A. certainlyB. maybeC. notD. hardly

6.A. hospitalsB. patientsC. doctorsD. nurses

7.A. sayB. recognizeC. rememberD. forget

8.A. everB. evenC. onlyD. however

9.A. playB. liveC. talkD. work

10.A. dutyB. turnC. firstD. last

11.A. feelB. seeC. smellD. taste

12.A. feedB. openC. stopD. keep

13.A. blameB. cureC. calmD. find

14.A. fastB. frequentlyC. shortlyD. long

15.A. light-heartedB. absent-mindedC. badD. sad

16.A. hopefulnessB. hopelessnessC. carelessnessD. desire

17.A. someB. fewC. meD. them

18.A. actB. liveC. dieD. speak

19.A. plantsB. childrenC. foodD. money

20.A. IB. weC. theyD. you

Even after his death, Mitchell Whisenhunt has found a way to surprise and bring comfort to his wife and young daughter, with some letters he designated to be opened on certain dates.

Mitchell lost his battle with Marfan syndrome at 26. The rare genetic disorder affects the body’s connective tissue, which is used to hold together organs, cells and tissue.

Ashley Whisenhunt, 22, cared for her husband until his death but said she was astonished when she discovered the 30 letters he left for her, their 18-month-old daughter Brynleigh and the community.

The little girl will grow up with a letter every year from her second to 18th birthday from a man she didn’t get to spend much time with but who left no doubt that he loved her unconditionally. “Through his testimony, there is so much she is going to learn,” Ashley told ABC News.

One letter was also addressed to their Longview, Texas, community, thanking them for their support.

“It just blows my mind,” Ashley said of her husband’s secret gesture. “He thought about everybody else instead of himself.”

Ashley said she would respect her husband’s wishes and open each letter as he planned, however there was one special surprise left for her that she said hit her the hardest.

In a spiral notebook that Ashley used before she dropped out of college to care for her husband, he wrote a letter to her asking that she publish a book of poetry he had written.

Mitchell Whisenhunt even planned his own funeral, and the funeral director said he couldn’t tell Ashley because it was Mitchell’s plan and secret. Ashley said she couldn’t help but wonder what other surprises her husband had in store. “There are ones we still don’t know about it,” she said.

1.How many letters will Ashley Whisenhunt receive from her husband?

A. 30. B. 22. C. 12. D. 13.

2.The underlined word “ones” in the last paragraph refers to .

A. books B. poems C. notebooks D. surprises

3.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Love from Heaven B. Fight against Diseases

C. Respect for Father D. Secrets in Store

With courses on David Beckham and Harry Potter on offer at famous universities, it comes as no surprise that students are now able to learn the art of the perfect selfie(自拍）.

The concept of taking selfies gained great popularity. It soon exploded on the Internet, and people started crazily to take images that had them as the primary item of focus. The trend became so popular that it even inspired a song,“SELHE” by the Chainsmokers, which racked up 267 million views on YouTube. In fact, Twitter declared 2014 as “the year of the selfie”.

Just like the art of photography can be studied and improved, City Literary Institute, a well-known college in London, felt it needed to educate people on the fine art of taking the perfect selfie and officially started to offer a first-ever course on that.

The four-session course will cost £132 (£106 for seniors), but the fee won’t even include a free selfie-stick, a tool that is rapidly gaining acceptance for serious selfie-takers. It is open to all enthusiastic and self-obsessed photographers.

As part of the new course, self-absorbed photographers will be taught “valuable life skills^ to prepare themselves to face a world which could present a photo opportunity at any point. Apart from offering the much-needed but seldom-sought guidance on the best angles and lighting, the course promises to improve your critical understanding of the “selfie”. There will also be a brief exploration into the concepts of “identity, self-hood and memory” as well as the opportunity to “develop new ideas to you’re your photography more relevant to your aims,'

But the selfie enthusiasts must be prepared to share their photos, as organizers said a critique(评论）of students’ work would form an important role in the learning process.

1.Learning to take selfies at universities isn't a surprise because .

A. taking selfies is popular nowadays

B. many people take photos crazily

C. the perfect selfie has exploded on the Intenet

D. courses on some famous persons have been offered

2.City Literary Institute offers courses on taking selfies to .

A. attract people to study there

B. teach people to master the art

C. follow the latest fashion

D. be the first to offer such courses

3.What can be inferred about the course in the passage?

A. It makes students get to know the concept of beauty.

B. It offers the steps on how to take photos.

C. Students taking the course are likely to take better selfies.

D. Students’ critical understanding of selfie is promised to improve.

4.Who can have access to the course on taking selfies?

A. Anyone who shows passion for taking selfies.

B. Anyone who is a full-time student of the college.

C. Only young photographers who are interested in it.

D. Only those who are good at taking photos.

When I was in high school, most of my friends had bicycle. I hoped I could also have it. One day I saw a second-hand bicycle, that was only one hundred yuan. I asked my father the money.

And he said he could only give me half of the money. I should find the other half myself. So l went to sell newspapers after the school. My father was please when I showed him the money a month after. He gives me the other fifty. You can imagine how happily I was when I rode to school on my own bicycle.

The reporter said that the UFO ________ from the east to the west when he saw it.

A. was travelling B. travelled

C. had been travelling D. was to travel

Shirley a book about China last year and it sells well now.

A. has written B. was written C. had written D. wrote

You shouldn’t accept a lift from a person ________ you don’t know him.

A. until B. unless C. if D. whether

I went shopping for a dress to wear to my daughter’s high school graduation half a year ago. To my horror, I could only fit into a size 20.

Being overweight most of my adult life, I always had very little self-confidence. Wearing a dress I didn’t like to such an important event was enough to make me look for help. Thankfully, a friend of mine was attending Weight Watchers meetings, and I noticed her great progress. Her success inspired me to give it a try. I joined Weight Watchers, attended their meetings and started following their Weight-Loss System.

I focused on the plan with determination and never missed a weekly meeting! I discovered that I enjoyed the benefits of having the help and support of others. I also read the weekly online e-newsletter and was inspired by the stories, recipes and information offered there, I also read magazines produced by Weight Watchers, which have great tips and new ideas in each issue.

It’s hard for me to even remember the person I was before my amazing change. I didn’t walk anywhere and couldn’t wash my car or walk my dog. Today I do these simple tasks without even thinking about them. But the change didn’t happen overnight. I had to exercise with patience and perseverance(坚持). I decided to take it one day at a time and stick with if for good.

The “new me” is more self-confident and healthier. I love how I feel now. I have more energy and feel like I’m 25 again. So why not give Weight Watchers a try if you have the same overweight problem?

1.The underlined word “inspired” in the second paragraph can be replaced by ______.

A. excited B. moved C. encouraged D. forced

2.We can learn from the passage that the writer ______.

A. often went shopping before she lost weight

B. was overweight when she was a child

C. ever wanted to give up losing weight

D. now is more confident than before

3.This passage is written to ________.

A. tell us how to gain self-confidence

B. show off the great progress that the author has made

C. give us some tips on how to lose weight quickly

D. advise overweight people to give Weight Watchers a try

4.Which of the following word will you use to describe the writer?

A. Weak. B. Calm. C. Patient. D. Silent.

根据提示用单词的正确形式填空。

1.This kind of drug can p_________ children from mosquitoes.

2.They achieved their g_________ of increasing sales by five percent.

3.I found it hard to keep my b_________ on the icy path.

4.He likes pop music but I like (古典的) music.

5.His idea to organize a big party has won ___________(支持) from his friends.

6.Students have to be back before it is dark, for girl students are afraid of d .

7.You look so b_______in red. This dress really suits you.

8.Nowadays, Indonesian women usually wear (传统的)clothes.

9.---I’m sorry for having you wait so long. --- It doesn’t m_______.

10.Worrying over his job and his wife’s health put him under a s .

Tom looks very happy. He _____ have passed the interview.

A. can B. must C. may D. might