The young engineer sat down on a rock and rested his head in his hands. He would never get home; it was   36  . For weeks he had been   37 in the Northwest Canadian forest. Now there was a terrible   38  behind his eyes, and   39  of all, he had gone blind.
Suddenly a man  40 out of the woods, an Indian who had been hunting in the area. Seeing the engineer's  41  , he caught a fish in a nearby   42  and fed the sick man the  43  of the fish and some flesh from its head.  44  within a few hours the engineer's pain was   45  . A day later he could  46 again, and the next day he had  47 recovered.
When he returned home, the engineer told the  48  to Dr Price.   49  years later did it become a(n)   50  fact that this was just an everyday lifeguard doing its work. For what the engineer did, by eating fish eyes, was to   51  vitamin (維生素).
Vitamin A's biggest job is to keep the eyes   52 . Without Vitamin A, people and animals get night blindness and other eye problems. Without Vitamin A, people can even be totally blind. Vitamin A helps to keep the skin in good   53 . A also helps  54 bones and teeth and has something to do with proper   55  of blood cells.
小題1:
A．hopelessB．uselessC．carelessD．timeless
小題2:
A．lostB．losingC．huntingD．working
小題3:
A．disasterB．illnessC．painD．heat
小題4:
A．goodB．badC．bestD．worst
小題5:
A．reachedB．a(chǎn)ppearedC．hidD．watched
小題6:
A．starvationB．troubleC．realityD．situation
小題7:
A．pondB．streamC．placeD．sea
小題8:
A．tailB．skinC．eyesD．bone
小題9:
A．PossiblyB．ImmediatelyC．FortunatelyD．Surprisingly
小題10:
A．goneB．shownC．settledD．disappeared
小題11:
A．speakB．seeC．walkD．work
小題12:
A．completelyB．naturallyC．partlyD．physically
小題13:
A．newsB．resultC．secretD．story
小題14:
A．UnlessB．AfterC．Not untilD．When
小題15:
A．recognized B．a(chǎn)cceptedC．solvedD．explained
小題16:
A．keepB．bringC．takeD．try
小題17:
A．workingB．rollingC．movingD．going
小題18:
A．placeB．orderC．shapeD．sense
小題19:
A．fromB．byC．a(chǎn)boutD．with
小題20:
A．typeB．growthC．choiceD．size

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

試題分析：本文敘述了一位年輕的工程師因?yàn)槿狈S生素A自己的眼睛看不見(jiàn)了，所以在森林里迷路了，不能回家，多虧了一位打獵的印度人幫忙，給他在小溪里抓了一條魚(yú)，然后他吃了魚(yú)的眼睛及眼睛周圍的肉，幾天后眼睛不疼了，也能看見(jiàn)了，他就回家了。后來(lái)也得到了證實(shí)工程師因?yàn)槿狈S生素A使眼睛看不見(jiàn)，在他補(bǔ)充了維生素A后就能看見(jiàn)了。維生素A是人們身體不可缺少的東西。
小題1:考查形容詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。 A. hopeless無(wú)望的； B. useless無(wú)用的；C. careless粗心地；D. timeless永恒的。根據(jù)下文he had gone blind 可知他的感覺(jué)無(wú)望（hopeless）了，故選A 。
小題2:考查動(dòng)詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。A. lost失去，be lost迷路； B. losing 失去；C. hunting狩獵；D. working工作。根據(jù)下文因?yàn)樗床灰?jiàn)，所以他在加拿大的西北補(bǔ)森林迷路了（lost）好幾周了，故選 A。
小題3:考查名詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。 A. disaster 災(zāi)難； B. illness疾病；C. pain疼，痛苦；D. heat加熱。根據(jù)下文within a few hours the engineer's pain was   45 可知現(xiàn)在他的眼很疼（pain），故選C 。
小題4:考查形容詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。 A. good好的； B. bad壞的；C. best最好的；D. worst最壞的。根據(jù)he had gone blind ，Worst of all最糟糕的是；最糟糕的是（worst）他完全看不見(jiàn)了，故選D。
小題5:考查動(dòng)詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。 A. reached到達(dá)； B. appeared出現(xiàn)；C. hid躲藏；D. watched觀看。根據(jù)下文可知突然有一個(gè)人從森林里走了出來(lái)（appeared），故選B。
小題6:考查名詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。 A. starvation餓死； B. trouble麻煩；C. reality現(xiàn)實(shí)；D. situation形勢(shì)。根據(jù)上文he had gone blind，他看見(jiàn)工程師的麻煩（trouble），故選B。
小題7:考查名詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。 A. pond池塘； B. stream小溪；C. place地方；D. sea大海。根據(jù)常識(shí)森林附近應(yīng)該是小溪。他抓了一條魚(yú)從附近的小溪里，故選 B。
小題8:考查名詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。 A. tail尾巴； B. skin 皮膚；C. eyes眼睛；D. bone骨頭。根據(jù)下文by eating fish eyes，他喂了工程師魚(yú)的眼睛及魚(yú)頭周圍的魚(yú)肉，故選C。
小題9:考查副詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。 A. Possibly可能地； B. Immediately立刻；C. Fortunately幸運(yùn)地；D. Surprisingly驚人地。根據(jù)上文可知這位工程師的眼睛已經(jīng)瞎了，并且很疼。吃了魚(yú)肉和魚(yú)眼睛竟然不疼了真是令人吃驚的。令人吃驚（Surprisingly）的是幾周過(guò)后他的眼睛不疼了，故選D。
小題10:考查動(dòng)詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。 A. gone消失，離去；B. shown表明；C. settled解決；D. disappeared消失。根據(jù)上文工程師的眼睛當(dāng)時(shí)很疼的。令人吃驚（Surprisingly）的是幾周過(guò)后他的眼睛疼痛消失了（gone），故選A。
小題11:考查動(dòng)詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。 A. speak講話；B. see 看見(jiàn)；C. walk步行；D. work。根據(jù)上文he had gone blind，一天之后就能看見(jiàn)了，故選B 。
小題12:考查副詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。A. completely完全地；B. naturally自然地；C. partly部分地；D. physically身體上地。又過(guò)了一天就完全康復(fù)了，故選A。
小題13:考查名詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。A. news消息；B. result結(jié)果；C. secret秘密；D. story故事。根據(jù)When he returned home，當(dāng)他回家之后他把這個(gè)故事告訴了Dr Price，故選D。
小題14:考查連詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。 A. Unless除非；B. After在……之后；C. Not until直到……才；D. When當(dāng)……時(shí)候。這里用的是not until放在句首句子用倒裝。不多年以后，這已經(jīng)成為一種可接受的事實(shí)，就是好像是日常必需品一樣，工程師們所作的一切就是通過(guò)吃魚(yú)眼睛來(lái)汲取維生素。故選C。
小題15:考查動(dòng)詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。 A. recognized認(rèn)出；B. accepted接受；C. solved解決；  D. explained解釋。不多年以后，這已經(jīng)成為一種可接受（accepted）的事實(shí)，就是好像是日常必需品一樣，工程師們所作的一切就是通過(guò)吃魚(yú)眼睛來(lái)汲取維生素。故選B。
小題16:考查動(dòng)詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。 A. keep保持；B. bring帶來(lái)；C. take吸取，帶走；D. try試圖。工程師們所作的一切就是通過(guò)吃魚(yú)眼睛來(lái)汲�。╰ake）維生素。故選C。
小題17:考查動(dòng)詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。 A. working工作； B. rolling旋轉(zhuǎn)；C. moving移動(dòng)；D. going走，進(jìn)行。這里是keep sth doing；維生素最大的功效就是保持眼睛能夠正常工作，故選A。
小題18:考查名詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。 A. place地方；B. order命令；C. shape形狀；D. sense感覺(jué)。因?yàn)檫@里談到的皮膚，特別指出的是維生素的功效。維生素能夠使皮膚保持滑潤(rùn)，故選C。
小題19:考查介詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。這里是短語(yǔ)help sth with sth對(duì)……有幫助。with 維生素A也能有助于我們?nèi)说墓趋篮脱例X的生長(zhǎng)，故選D。
小題20:考查名詞及語(yǔ)境的理解。 A. type種類；B. growth增長(zhǎng)；C. choice選擇；D. size大小。根據(jù)常識(shí)可知維生素與適量的造血的增長(zhǎng)有關(guān)，故選B。
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A．whyB．whichC．howD．when
小題4:
A．togetherB．a(chǎn)roundC．a(chǎn)loneD．a(chǎn)part
小題5:
A．dropB．throwC．moveD．roll
小題6:
A．refusedB．madeC．soughtD．a(chǎn)ccepted
小題7:
A．paidB．meantC．preservedD．treated
小題8:
A．exploreB．searchC．discoverD．desert
小題9:
A．get throughB．deal withC．come acrossD．take away
小題10:
A．a(chǎn)rrivalB．choiceC．effortD．company
小題11:
A．lostB．gainedC．developedD．missed
小題12:
A．statedB．orderedC．decidedD．chose
小題13:
A．a(chǎn)ttemptsB．instructionsC．opinionsD．a(chǎn)rrangements
小題14:
A．a(chǎn)nxiouslyB．carelesslyC．disappointedlyD．fixedly
小題15:
A．familiarlyB．strangelyC．fullyD．coldly
小題16:
A．departuresB．monthsC．yearsD．decades
小題17:
A．possibleB．funnyC．hardD．clear
小題18:
A．themB．themselvesC．usD．ourselves
小題19:
A．fromB．byC．withD．a(chǎn)gainst
小題20:
A．stillB．otherwiseC．thenD．instead

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：完形填空

I work as a postal letter carrier in Charlotte. One day several years ago, I drove up to a   1 . Christy, the young divorcee (離了婚的人) who lived there, was waiting by the roadside. She said that she had a   2  to tell me.
About six months  3  it seemed that I had   4  a letter to her which had her street   5  on it but was addressed to another house with the   6  number on a different street in the neighborhood. She decided to   7  the letter at the correct house.
It turned out that the letter had been   8  for Johnson, who happened to be   9 . They talked for a little while, and later on he   10 . Then they started dating and had been going   11  together ever since.
I felt sorry for delivering the letter wrong, but I was   12  that I had brought these nice people together.
A few months later a(n)   13  sign went up in Christy’s yard, and then wedding   14  were sent out. Soon the house was sold, the wedding happened,   15  Christy, with her kids, moved into Johnson’s house.
A few months later, I saw a For Sale sign in   16  yard. I feared the   17  might be in trouble, so I made up a(n)   18  to go to their door and   19  on them.
Christy opened the door, smiled broadly, and pointed to her huge stomach “We’re having twins!” she said, “This house won’t be big enough, so we have to   20 .”
小題1:
A．telephoneB．mailboxC．schoolD．shop
小題2:
A．storyB．noticeC．factD．message
小題3:
A．a(chǎn)fterB．earlierC．laterD．a(chǎn)go
小題4:
A．sentB．writtenC．deliveredD．given
小題5:
A．markB．signC．boardD．number
小題6:
A．correctB．wrongC．sameD．different
小題7:
A．put down B．drop offC．hand outD．give away
小題8:
A．providedB．preparedC．inferredD．intended
小題9:
A．freeB．singleC．lonelyD．simple
小題10:
A．leftB．invitedC．calledD．introduced
小題11:
A．outB．inC．a(chǎn)wayD．off
小題12:
A．a(chǎn)mazedB．pleasedC．surprisedD．interested
小題13:
A．SaleB．SalesC．On SaleD．For Sale
小題14:
A．a(chǎn)rrangementsB．preparationsC．invitationsD．a(chǎn)nnouncements
小題15:
A．butB．a(chǎn)ndC．whileD．until
小題16:
A．herB．hisC．myD．their
小題17:
A．friendshipB．connectionC．marriageD．wedding
小題18:
A．a(chǎn)pologyB．troubleC．excuseD．regret
小題19:
A．checkB．examineC．testD．try
小題20:
A．changeB．settleC．separateD．move

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in (旁聽(tīng)生）   for another l8 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?
It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unmarried college graduate student, and she decided to, put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: "We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?" They said: "Of course. " My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers, She only gave in a few months later when my parents promised that would someday go to college.
And 17 years later I did go to college. But I artlessly chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and ail of my working class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.
It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the $ 5 deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on.
小題1:From the passage we know that the author          .
A．was adopted by a lawyer and his wife
B．dropped out when he was 17 years old
C．The author was admitted to Stanford
D．valued his dropping out
小題2:The author dropped out mainly because           .
A．His academic performance was very poor.
B．He did not want to waste his parents' money.
C．His parents were too poor to afford the college tuition.
D．He didn't think university could help him to get a well-paid job
小題3:Why did the author think dropping out was a good decision?
A．He could transfer to Stanford.
B．He could follow his passion.
C．He didn't have to attend classes any more.
D．He could spend more time in Hare Krishna temple.
小題4:What can be inferred from this passage ?
A．The author was taking a risk when he made the decision of dropping out.
B．The author enjoyed the comfort and pleasure of life after he dropped out.
C．The author's parents were very angry at his decision.
D．The author was a very curious person.

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

A girl became a volunteer in the activities of Deathbed Care, which meant visiting and taking care of a patient suffering from an incurable disease with days numbered.
The girl was assigned to look after an old man suffering from cancer whose children lived abroad. Their living conditions were not satisfactory while the old man had a lot of savings. She was expected to comfort him and keep up his spirits.
Every Saturday the girl came on time to keep him company, telling him stories. When he was having an intravenous drip (靜脈滴注), she would help massage his arms. The doctor found the patient much improved mentally. The old man began to involve himself actively in the medical treatment and he seldom shouted at others.
But something that happened made the doctor uneasy and puzzled. Each time the girl left, the old man would give her some money. The doctor did nothing to interfere (干涉), unwilling to offend the old man. A month later the old man showed evident signs of decline after suffering coma (昏迷) a few times.
When rescued from the latest coma, the old man told the doctor his last wish, “I have deep sympathy for the girl. Will you be kind enough to help her finish her studies？”
But the doctor knew that her family was well­off and she had no difficulty pursuing her studies. Sometimes she even came to the hospital in her father’s car.
When the girl came at the weekend after the death of the old man, the doctor told her the bad news. She was very sad and burst into tears. Then she handed $ 500 to the doctor, saying, “The old man had all along thought I came to do the job because of poverty. He gave me money so that I could continue my schooling.” Now he got the answer to the puzzle. In the last period of his life, the old man found it a real pleasure to be able to help a girl badly in need.
小題1:If you’re a volunteer in the activities of Deathbed Care, what kind of people do you have to attend to?
A．Patients with a lot of money.
B．Patients suffering from cancer.
C．Patients without many days left.
D．Patients living alone.
小題2:What can we learn from the passage?
A．The doctor told the old man the truth.
B．The old man’s children were wealthy.
C．The girl’s father encouraged her to accept the money.
D．The girl didn’t accompany the old man when he died.
小題3:What is the real reason resulting in the old man’s mental improvement?
A．The girl’s love and great care.
B．The pleasure of helping people in need.
C．The doctor’s medical treatment.
D．His children’s progress in life.

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