阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1￣25各题所给的四个选项中, 选出一个　　 最佳答案。

　　     A minister went to the home of one of the rich members of his　　 community (社团). It was 1 outside, so he was dressed in warm clothes.　　 The minister was 2 to go into the 3 room and remove his coat. They 4　　 for a short while and then the minister prepared to go 5. He put on　　 his 6 overcoat and asked his host (主人) to go with him to the outer　　 7, as he wanted to say something to him in great privacy (=secret).　　 The host, 8 that he would be coming back in a minute or so, did not　　 bother to 9 on his own overcoat, although he was going out into the 10　　 hall. The minister kept 11 busy with small talk, 12 to the discomfort　　 of the host. He became so cold that his teeth began to chatter. But　　 the minister continued 13 his small talk. Several times the host asked　　 the minister to 14 to the living room, but 15 time the minister　　 replied that in another minute he would 16.

　　 　　   　　 　　17, the rich man said: "If you do not tell me what we have come　　 out here for, I'll freeze to 18."

　　     "I'll tell you what I have come for," replied the minister. "I 19　　 fifty dollars to buy some 20 which will go to some 21 people."

　　     "22 is the money, but did we have to come outside for you to tell　　 me this?"　　 "Inside, 23 you would not have realized what it means to 24 cold.　　 Now you too have come to know what it 25 like," replied the minister.　　

 (1) A. cloudy    B. fine    C. sunny    D. cold

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 (2) A. allowed    B. wanted    C. ordered    D. invited

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 (3) A. bed    B. dining    C. living    D. meeting

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 (4) A. talked    B. spoke    C. stood    D. sat

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 (5) A. back    B. away    C. in    D. downstairs

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 (6) A. new    B. old    C. warm    D. expensive

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 (7) A. hall    B. house    C. room    D. building

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 (8) A. insisting    B. thinking    C. wondering    D. knowing

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 (9) A. take    B. be    C. put    D. pull

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(10) A. heated    B. fired    C. hot    D. unheated

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(11) A. himself    B. him    C. it    D. themselves

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(12) A. many    B. much    C. lot    D. little

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(13) A. for    B. on    C. with    D. at

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(14) A. walk    B. run    C. return    D. go

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(15) A. every    B. each    C. any    D. some

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(16) A. finish    B. stop    C. end    D. complete

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(17) A. First    B. Secondly    C. Thus    D. Finally

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(18) A. ice    B. fog    C. death    D. steam

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(19) A. beg    B. ask    C. need    D. require

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(20) A. food    B. coal    C. meat    D. heater

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(21) A. rich    B. middle-aged    C. weak    D. poor

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(22) A. Here    B. There    C. It    D. That

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(23) A. perhaps    B. surely    C. certainly    D. immediately

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(24) A. catch    B. feel    C. be    D. become

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(25) A. looks    B. is    C. appears    D. sounds

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阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1￣20各题所给的四个选项中, 选出一个　　 最佳答案。

　　    In my neighborhood, there were two stores — the New York House　　 and the American House. They were right next door 1 each other, and　　 the owners were 2 enemies. They were having 3 wars constantly.

　　     In one window would appear the handwritten 4, "For sale. Irish　　 sheets of first-class 5. The low price of ￥6.50." Everyone would then　　 waited for the 6 from the other house, and in about two hours it would　　 appear in the window, "My sheets are 7 to first class and only ￥5.96."

　　    　　 8 the sign war, the two owners would often appear outside their　　 stores, screaming and cursing (谩骂) at each other and often 9 close　　 to actual blows. Finally one of the owners would 10 cursing saying the　　 other one was mad and 11 was anyone who bought from him. Everyone　　 in the neighborhood would 12 the winning store and buy out the sheets.　　 Their quarrel was 13 and everyone benefited from it by getting all　　 kinds of wonderful goods.

　　     One day one of the owners died. A few days later the other owner　　 had a going-out-of-business 14. He moved out of the neighborhood, 15　　 to be seen again.

　　     The new owners of the stores discovered 16 passage as well as a　　 connecting door between the two houses 17 they 18 out their houses　　 more closely. Further research 19 that these two enemies were　　 brothers. For more than thirty years these two brothers had 20 the　　 whole neighborhood. The screaming and cursing were play-acting. All　　 the price wars were tricks.

(1) A. at     B. near    C. to     D. about 

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(3) A. price    B. pen    C. world    D. independence

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(4) A. post     B. sign    C. note     D. letter

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(5) A. quantity     B. quality    C. service    D. goods 

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(6) A. turn     B. problem    C. news     D. reply 

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(7) A. far    B. clean    C. favorite    D. close 

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(8) A. Instead of　　 B. In spite of    C. No wonder    D. Besides

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(9) A. taking     B. having    C. coming     D. feeling

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(10)A. stop     B. begin    C. forget     D. enjoy 

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(11)A. so     B. quite    C. rather     D. very  

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(12)A. send for     B. put up    C. get back to    D. rush into  

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(13)A. going over　　 B. breaking out    C. lasting    D. keeping

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(14)A. meeting    B. sale    C. part     D. match 

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(15)A. often    B. never    C. frequently　　 D. seldom

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(16)A. a secret     B. a narrow    C. a great    D. an open

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(17)A. although     B. which    C. when     D. where 

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(18)A. searched     B. checked    C. looked     D. found 

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(19)A. disclosed    B. examined    C. remembered　　 D. discovered 

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(20)A. benefited　　 B. cheated    C. offered    D. limited

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　　It was the night before the composition was due．As I looked at the list of topics, “The Art of Eating Spaghetti (意大利面条)” caught my eye．The word “spaghetti” brought back the 　1　 of an evening at Uncle Alien's in Belleville 　2　 all of us were seated around the table and Aunt Pat 　3　 spaghetti for supper．Spaghetti was an exotic (外来的) treat in 　4　 days．Never had I eaten spaghetti, and 　5　 of the grown-ups had enough experience to be 　6　 it．What laughing 　7　 we had about the 　8　 respectable method for moving spaghetti from plate to mouth．　9　 , I wanted to write about that, but I wanted to 　10　 it down simply for my own 　11　 , not for Mr．Fleagle, my composition teacher．　12　 , I would write something else．

　　When I finished it the night was half gone and there was no 　13　 left to write a proper composition for Mr．Fleagle．There was no choice next morning but to 　14　 my work．Two days passed before Mr．Fleagle returned the 　15　 papers．He said, “Now, class, I want to read you a composition, The Art of Eating Spaghetti．”

　　My words! He was reading my words out 　16　 to the whole class．　17　 laughed, then the whole class was laughing with open-hearted enjoyment．I did my best not to show 　18　 , but what I was feeling was pure happiness, 　19　 my words had the power to make people 　20　．

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[　　I played a racquetball game against my cousin Ed last week．It was one of the most 　1　 and tiring games I've ever had．When Ed first phoned and 　2　 we play, I laughed quietly, figuring on an 　3　 victory．After all, Ed's idea of 　4　 has always been nothing more 　5　 than lifting a fork to his mouth．　6　 I can remember, Ed's been the least physically fit member in the family, and 　7　 proud of himself．His big stomach has always ballooned out between his T-shirt and trousers．Although the family often 　8　 about that．I'd refused to buy a 　9　 T-shirt or to lose weight．So when Ed 　10　 for our game not only with the bottom of his shirt gathered inside his trousers but also with a stomach you could hardly 　11　 ．I was so surprised that I was 　12　 ．My cousin must have made an effort to get himself into shape．　13　 , at the point in our game when I'd have predicted(预计) the score to be about 9 to 1 in my favor, it was 　14　 7 to 9 ?and Ed was 　15　 ．The sudden realization was painful．We 　16　 to play like two mad men．When the score was 16 up．I was having serious 　17　 about staying alive until 21 years old．Let alone 　18　 that many points．When the game finally ended, both of us were lying flat on our backs, too tired to 　19　 ．In a way, I think we both won: I the game, but cousin Ed my 　20　．

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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．

　　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 telling 　10　．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　．”

　　And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there．

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　　He has been called the missing link half-man, half-breast．He is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world Mount Everest．

　　He is known as the Abominable Snowman．The 　1　 of the Snowman has been around for 　2　 Climbers in the 1920s reported finding marks like those of human high up on the side of Mount Everest．The native people said they 　3　 this creature and called it the “Yeti” and they said that they had 　4　 caught Yetis on two occasions 　5　 none has ever been produced as evidence (证据)．

　　Over the years, the story of the Yetis has 　6　 In 1951, Eric Shipton took photographs of a set of tracks in the snow of Everest．Shipton believed that they were not 　7　 the tracks of a monkey or bear and 　8　 that the Abominable Snowman might really 　9　．

　　Further efforts have been made to find out about Yetis．But the only things people have ever found were 　10　 footprints．Most believe the footprints are nothing more than 　11　 animals tracks, which had been made 　12　 as they melted (融化) and refroze in the snow．　13　 , in 1964, a Russian scientist said that the Abominable Snowman was 　14　 and was a remaining link with the prehistory humans．But, 　15　 , no evidence has ever 　16　 been produced．

　　These days, only a few people continue to take the story of the Abominable snowman 　17　 ．But if they ever 　18　 catching one, they may face a real 　19　: would they put it in a 　20　 or give it a room in a hotel?

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　　The world is now in danger of the lack of water．More and more people have found it difficult to have enough water, especially clean water．How to make full use of water resources is a big problem．

　　The amount of usable water has always been of great interest in the world．　1　 springs and streams sometimes means control, particularly in the 　2　 areas like the desert．The control is possible even without possession of large areas of 　3　 land．In the early days of the American West, gun fights were not 　4　 for the water resources．And laws had to be 　5　 to protect the water rights of the 　6　 and the use of the water resources accordingly．

　　　7　 is known to us all, there is not 　8　 water in all places for everyone to use as much as he likes．Deciding on the 　9　 of water that will be used in any particular period 　10　 careful planning, so that people can manage and use water more 　11　 ．Farmers have to change their use of or demand for water 　12　 the water supply forecast．

　　The 　13　 water supply forecast is based more on the water from the 　14　 than from the below．Interest is 　15　 in the ways to increase rainfall by man-made methods, and to get water from the winter snow on mountain 　16　 With special equipment, some scientists are studying the ways in which the mountain snow can be 　17　 , and with the help of a repeater station, they send the 　18　 data (^数据) to the base station．The operator at the base station can get the data at any time by 　19　 a button．In the near future, the forecast and use of water 　20　 probably depend on the advanced knowledge of snow on mountains, not of water underground．

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　　Some poor people who had been shipwrecked held on to any bit of wood they could find．Nobody could imagine that a clever bird flying over the sea was able to save their lives．

　　The night was dark, though sometimes the moving clouds allowed a star or two to be seen in the sky．The poor men held on to any bit of wood they could find．They called to Marie for 　1　 , but she was far beyond the 　2　 of the human voice．At one o'clock in the morning, the water was getting 　3　 , and a strong wind had begun to blow．Suddenly 　4　 were seen in the distance: another ship! The 　5　 of the swimmers were heard on board, and willing hands pulled them out of the water．The 　6　 of the ship that had arrived on the scene so 　7　 to save their lives was Ellen．What had brought her to the exact spot through the 　8　 and the pathless sea? Her captain had known 　9　 about this wreck (沉船) and had indeed attempted to sail away from it．But, let him speak for himself．

　　I was forced by the wind, he said long afterwards, to 　10　 my course(航道)．Just as I did it, a small 　11　 flew across the ship once or twice and then flew at my face．I took no 　12　 of this until exactly the same thing happened at a 　13　 time, which caused me to think it rather 　14　 , while I was thus 　15　 it, the same bird for the third time, made its appearance and 　16　 about in the same way as before．I was then persuaded to change my course 　17　 to the original one．I had not gone far 　18　 I heard strange noises; and when I tried to 　19　 where they came from．I found I was in the middle of the people who had been shipwrecked．I immediately did my best to 　20　 them．

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　　Before you want to read the following passage , look through its title first and you will imagine who the writer is and what the writer would like to say．

　　If you asked high school girls to name their favorite sports, most would probably say basketball or volleyball．I happen to be one of the few girls who would 　1　 surfing．But isn't that a boy thing? Some people 　2　 ．Most certainly not．

　　I started surfing about five years ago and 　3　 in love with the sport on the very first day．Riding that first 　4　 was the best feeling I had ever experienced．

　　When I try to 　5　 surfing with other things, I find it very difficult because, in my 　6　 , there's nothing like it．It involves (牵涉到) body, 　7　 , and soul．There's sand between my toes and cool, salt water all 　8　 us．The feeling I get when I'm surfing across that 　9　 , becoming one with the 　10　 , is like I'm weightless．

　　The one thing I can 　11　 from surfing and not any other sport is endless challenge (挑战)．You can never be the “best surfer” because the ocean 　12　 an uncountable variety of waves that nobody can ever master．The variations of surfing styles are wonderful．Some surfers are free and flowing; others are very aggressive (活跃有力的) and 　13　 ．All of these things attract me to surfing and make it 　14　 from any other sport．

　　I've 　15　 to tell every girl I know to do something that people don't think girls can do．It's part of being human to advance to new 　16　 , so shouldn't it be expected that girls should step up and start 　17　 the limits of things boys and men used to dominate (主宰)?

　　There're women 　18　 side by side with the President of our country, so why not side by side with the boys 　19　 the football team or out in the water surfing? Give girls a chance to 　20　 , and they will．

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　　In modern society, especially in some cities, more and more people are beginning to work too much and have less time to relax themselves ? which results in some physical and psychological problems．How to work happily is a great issue．

　　In some cities, workaholism (废寝忘食工作) is so common that people don't consider it unusual．They accept the lifestyle as 　1　 Government workers in Washington, D．C．, 　2　 , frequently work sixty to seventy hours a week．They don't do this because they have to; they do it because they 　3　 to．Workaholism can be a 　4　 problem．Because true workaholics would rather work than do anything else, they 　5　 have no idea of how to relax; that is, they might not 　6　 movies, sports, or other types of entertainment．Most of all, they 　7　 to sit and do nothing．The lives of workaholics are usually stressful, and this tension (紧张) and worry can cause 　8　 problems such as heart attacks and stomach diseases．　9　 , typical workaholics don't pay much attention to their families．Their marriages may end in 　10　 as they spend little time with their families．

　　Is workaholism 　11　 dangerous? Perhaps not．There are, certainly, people who work 　12　 under stress．Some studies show that many workaholics have great energy and interest in work．They feel 　13　 is so pleasurable that they are actually very happy．For most workaholics, work and entertainment are the same thing．Their jobs 　14　 them with a challenge; this keeps them busy and creative．

　　　15　 do workaholics enjoy their jobs so much? There are several 　16　 to work．Of course, it provides people with paychecks, and this is important．But it offers 　17　 financial security．It provides people with self-confidence (自信心); they have a feeling of satisfaction 　18　 they have produced a challenging piece of work and are able to say I 　19　 it．Psychologists claim that their work gives people an identity (自身价值)．After they take part in work, they 　20　 a sense of self and individualism．

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