阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Nowadays lots of students ask their parents for money to buy things they like. For me, to ask for money is like entering a(n) _36__. I learned this from  37 .
Last year my mother told me that the _ 38  way I would get a driver’s license before I turned eighteen depended on _ 39  I paid for the classes myself. “What?” I asked in _ 40  . But I knew _ 41  that my reasoning would have no_ 42  on the situation,  43__ by the look on my mother’s face.
Three weeks later, I started working _ 44  a hostess at a factory, twice a week. A month later I paid $ 270 for driving lessons, and then over $ 20 to _ 45  my permit test. My pockets were empty _ 46  as soon as they were filled.
My mother thought that I’d be _ 47  to do things without her help. The funny thing was that even though I was totally _ 48  in the beginning, I truly appreciated it, _ 49  if I had just been handed bills from her.
When I realized that my mother wasn’t going to _ 50  something like a driver’s license, at first, it seemed as if she had __51__ an immovable block before me and I would never _ 52  it. But my mother was __53 _. She knew that I wanted a luxury（奢侈品）but _ 54  me to get it. That is as _ 55  as this ---- if I really want it, I’ll find a way to get it myself.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

       A man who knows how to write a personal letter has a very powerful tool．A letter can be enjoyed, read and   1  ．It can set up a warm conversation between two people far apart; it can keep a   2   with very little effort．

       I will give   3   ． A few years ago my older brother and I were not getting along well．We had been close as    4    but had grown apart．Our meetings were not   5  ; our conversation was filled with arguments and quarrels: and every effort to clear the air seemed to only   6   our misunderstanding．Then he   7   a small island in the Caribbean and we   8   touch．One day he wrote me a letter．He described his island and its people, told me what he was doing, said how he felt．Rereading the letter, I was   9   by its humor and clever expressions．These were all qualities for which I had  10   respected my older brother but   11   he no longer had them．I had never known he could write so well．And with that one letter we became friends   12 ．

       It might never have occurred to him to write me if he had not been in a place where there were no   13  ．For him, writing was a necessity．It also turned out to be the best way for us to get back in touch．Because we live in an age of   14   communication, people often forget   that they don’t always have to phone or email．They have a   15 ．And that is to write．

A．received B．rewritten   C．returned        D．reread

A．record    B．promise   C．friendship       D．secret

A．an exampleB．a lesson      C．an experience D．a talk

A．brothers B．children         C．fellows             D．classmates

A．normal   B．necessary        C．pleasant             D．possible

A．deepen   B．start       C．express             D．settle

A．toured   B．stopped over    C．reached             D．moved to

A．lost      B．kept in          C．needed              D．got in

A．driven   B．beaten     C．surprised            D．honored

A．never   B．seldom         C．sometimes           D．once

A．realized  B．judged        C．thought             D．expected．

A．later    B．anyhow  C．too                 D．again．

A．mail services B．transport servicC．phones             D．relative

A．poor    B．easy        C．popular             D．busy

A． habit        B．choice      C．method              D．plan

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

       A man who knows how to write a personal letter has a very powerful tool．A letter can be enjoyed, read and   1  ．It can set up a warm conversation between two people far apart; it can keep a   2   with very little effort．

       I will give   3   ． A few years ago my older brother and I were not getting along well．We had been close as    4    but had grown apart．Our meetings were not   5  ; our conversation was filled with arguments and quarrels: and every effort to clear the air seemed to only   6   our misunderstanding．Then he   7   a small island in the Caribbean and we   8   touch．One day he wrote me a letter．He described his island and its people, told me what he was doing, said how he felt．Rereading the letter, I was   9   by its humor and clever expressions．These were all qualities for which I had  10   respected my older brother but   11   he no longer had them．I had never known he could write so well．And with that one letter we became friends   12 ．

       It might never have occurred to him to write me if he had not been in a place where there were no   13  ．For him, writing was a necessity．It also turned out to be the best way for us to get back in touch．Because we live in an age of   14   communication, people often forget   that they don’t always have to phone or email．They have a   15 ．And that is to write．

1.A．received                  B．rewritten             C．returned            D．reread

2.A．record                     B．promise              C．friendship          D．secret

3.A．an exampleB．a lesson                           C．an experience      D．a talk

4.A．brothers                  B．children             C．fellows          D．classmates

5.A．normal                    B．necessary           C．pleasant         D．possible

6.A．deepen                    B．start                  C．express          D．settle

7.A．toured                    B．stopped over       C．reached        D．moved to

8.A．lost                       B．kept in              C．needed          D．got in

9.A．driven                    B．beaten               C．surprised         D．honored

10.A．never   B．seldom                             C．sometimes       D．once

11.A．realized  B．judged                             C．thought        D．expected．

12.A．later                     B．anyhow             C．too             D．again．

13.A．mail services B．transport servicC．phones                       D．relative

14.A．poor                     B．easy                  C．popular          D．busy

15.A． habit                   B．choice                C．method          D．plan

Nowadays lots of students ask their parents for money to buy things they like. For me, to ask for money is like entering a（n）_1_. I learned this from  2  .

       Last year my mother told me that the _ 3  way I would get a driver’s license before I turned eighteen depended on _4   I paid for the classes myself. “What?” I asked in _ 5  . But I knew _ 6   that my reasoning would have no_ 7   on the situation, 8__ by the look on my mother’s face.

      Three weeks later, I started working _ 9 a hostess at a factory, twice a week. A month later I paid $ 270 for driving lessons, and then over $ 20 to _ 10   my permit test. My pockets were empty _ 11   as soon as they were filled.

       My mother thought that I’d be _ 12   to do things without her help. The funny thing was that even though I was totally _ 13   in the beginning, I truly appreciated it, _ 14   if I had just been handed bills from her.

       When I realized that my mother wasn’t going to _ 15   something like a driver’s license, at first, it seemed as if she had __16__ an immovable block before me and I would never _ 17   it. But my mother was __18 _. She knew that I wanted a luxury（奢侈品）but _ 19  me to get it. That is as _ 20   as this ---- if I really want it, I’ll find a way to get it myself.

1．A．office                    B．prison                     C．battlefield               D．bank

2．A．facts                    B．experience               C．lessons                   D．quarrels

3．A．best                         B．proper                    C．same                      D．only

4．A．whether                     B．that                        C．how                       D．when

5．A．trouble                     B．disbelief                  C．comfort                  D．horror

6．A．hurriedly                   B．jokingly                   C．instantly                  D．surprisingly

7．A．effect                       B．sense                      C．effort                            D．result

8．A．judged                 B．judging              C．to judge             D．being judged

9．A．with                         B．for                         C．like                         D．as

10．A．pass                             B．take                        C．hold                       D．gain

11．A．almost                    B．even                       C．still                        D．yet

12．A．ready                      B．likely                      C．unhappy                 D．unable

13．A．terrified                  B．annoyed                  C．tired                       D．disturbed

14．A．more than              B．rather than                     C．no more                  D．no longer

15．A．pay                        B．raise                       C．buy                        D．support

16．A．laid                         B．lay                          C．lied                         D．lain

17．A．get about                B．get by                    C．get through             D．get over

18．A．wise                       B．mistaken                 C．strict                      D．kind

19．A．dared                      B．hoped                    C．encouraged             D．expected

20．A．well                       B．far                          C．soon                       D．simple

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

A certain student passed all his school examinations and then went to a college to continue his studies. There he put his name 1 for a course in geography, but after the first lecture, he did not go to it 2 .The geography lecturer noticed that this student was always absent and thought that he had 3 to another course, so he was very 4 when he was the boy's name on the 5 of students who wanted to 6 the geography examination at the end of the year.

The lecturer had prepared a difficult examination paper, 7 followed his lecture very closely, and he was 8 to see 9 the boy's answers 10 the questions would be. He 11 that they would he very bad, but when he examined the paper 12 , he was able to find only one small mistake 13 it. As this surprised him very much, he went 14 the paper once again, but was 15 not able to find more 16 that one small mistake, so he 17 for the student to question him about his work.

When the student had come into the room and had sat down, the lecturer said to him, “I know that you came only to my first lecture and that you have been absent 18 all the others; but now I have examined your answer paper throughly and I have been able to find only one small mistake, I am 19 to know your explanation for that.”

“Oh, I am very sorry about that mistake, sir ”answered the student.“After the examination, I realized what I ought to have written. I 20 that mistake if I had not been confused(混淆)by your first lecture.”

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