A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting(誘人的)apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater,  26 a bar of chocolate if given the choice,  27  , as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the 28 he felt and the more he wanted that apple.
He stood on tiptoe(腳尖),29 as high as he could, but even as his tallest 30 he was unable to touch it. He began to  31 up and down, as high as he could, at the  32 of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple. Still it remained out of  33 .
Not giving up, he thought, if only he had something to  34 on. His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to  35 the things inside, like his lunch box, pencil case, and Gameboy. Looking   36 , he hoped he might find an old box, a rock , or,  37 luck, even a ladder, but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use.
He had tried everything he could think to do,   38  seeing any other choices, he gave up and started to walk   39 . At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his  40 , and how he really wanted that apple. The more he 41  like this, the more unhappy he became.
42 , the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t always get what  he wanted. He started to say to himself, “ This isn’t  43 , I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling miserable as well. There’s  44 more I can do to get the apple—hat is unchangeable—but we are supposed to be able to  45 our feelings. If that’s the case, what can I do to feel better?
小題1:
A.preferringB.offering C.receivingD.a(chǎn)llowing
小題2:
A.soB.thenC.butD.or
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A.sadderB.a(chǎn)ngrierC.hungrier D.tastier
小題4:
A.expandingB.stretchingC.swingingD.pulling
小題5:
A.strength B.lengthC.range D.height
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A.jump B.look C.walk D.glance
小題7:
A.tip B.stageC.topD.level
小題8:
A.hope B.hand C.sightD.reach
小題9:
A.put B.stand C.get D.hold
小題10:
A.breakB.shakeC.take D.strike
小題11:
A.upB.forward C.down D.a(chǎn)round
小題12:
A.forB.with C.on D.of
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A.After B.ThroughC.Without D.Upon
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A.backB.a(chǎn)wayC.upD.down
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A.wishesB.beliefsC.effortsD.goals
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A.thoughtB.imagined C.triedD.claimed
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A.ThereforeB.HoweverC.MoreoverD.Otherwise
小題18:
A.skillfulB.cheerfulC.harmful D.helpful
小題19:
A.somethingB.a(chǎn)nythingC.everything D.nothing
小題20:
A.change B.express C.forget D.describe

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小題10:A
小題11:D
小題12:B
小題13:C
小題14:B
小題15:C
小題16:A
小題17:B
小題18:D
小題19:D
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試題分析:本文敘述了一個(gè)小男孩在放學(xué)回家的路上,看見(jiàn)樹(shù)上有蘋(píng)果,他非常想要那個(gè)蘋(píng)果,因?yàn)樽约簜(gè)小,夠不著,他又跳又是蹦,還是沒(méi)有得到。小男孩開(kāi)始理智地看待自己遇到的問(wèn)題,覺(jué)得生氣、失望、難過(guò)等都沒(méi)有幫助,不能從根本上解決問(wèn)題。這個(gè)故事提示我們面對(duì)無(wú)法解決的問(wèn)題,我們可以做到的就是改變自己的情感態(tài)度。
小題1:考查非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。preferring喜歡; offering提供; receiving收到;allowing允許。根據(jù)前面的句子可知,男孩并不是很喜歡吃水果,因此如果要他選擇的話(huà),他更喜歡吃一塊巧克力。故選A。
小題2:考查副詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。so 表示前是因后是果; then 那么,然后; but 表示前后是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系; or表示前后是選擇關(guān)系。根據(jù)下面的句子“禁果誘人”可判斷,上下文之間是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系,所以選擇but。故選C。
小題3:考查形容詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。sadder更加傷心; angrier更加生氣; hungrier更加餓; tastier更加美味的。根據(jù)下文第50個(gè)空所在的句子中出現(xiàn)的hungry一詞可判斷,此處選擇hungrier,表示“他越看那只蘋(píng)果就越覺(jué)得肚子餓”。故選C。
小題4:考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。為了夠到那只蘋(píng)果,小男孩踮起腳尖,盡可能把身體伸展到最高的程度。expand擴(kuò)大,擴(kuò)充,擴(kuò)展;stretch伸展,舒展;swing擺動(dòng),搖動(dòng);pull拉,扯,拔。故選B。
小題5:考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。strength 力氣; length長(zhǎng)度; range范圍; height高度。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知,小男孩是站著伸手去夠蘋(píng)果,因此此處指的是身體的高度,不是力量、長(zhǎng)度或范圍。故選D。
小題6:考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。jump跳; look看; walk 步行;glance瞥見(jiàn)。根據(jù)生活常識(shí)可判斷,既然小男孩站著夠不到蘋(píng)果,他只能開(kāi)始上下跳躍。故選A。
小題7:考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。tip 小費(fèi); stage舞臺(tái); top頂部; level水平。每次跳到最高的時(shí)候,小男孩就伸長(zhǎng)了胳膊去夠蘋(píng)果。at the top of在……頂部或頂端。故選C。
小題8:考查固定短語(yǔ)及上下文的呼應(yīng)。hope 希望; hand 手; sight視力; reach延伸。根據(jù)下文可知,小男孩最終沒(méi)有摘到蘋(píng)果。out of reach是固定短語(yǔ),意為“手夠不著, 達(dá)不到”。故選D。
小題9:考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。put放; stand 站; get到達(dá); hold持有。根據(jù)下文內(nèi)容可知,小男孩沒(méi)有放棄,他想如果自己踩在某些東西上面就能夠到蘋(píng)果了。故選B。
小題10:考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。break弄壞,折斷; shake搖動(dòng); take 拿走; strike打擊。小男孩身上背著書(shū)包,可他不想弄壞里面裝的東西。故選A。
小題11:考查短語(yǔ)及上下文的呼應(yīng)。look up向上看;lookforward期望;lookdown 向下看;look around四處環(huán)顧。根據(jù)上下文內(nèi)容可知,為了找到能踩在腳下的東西,小男孩四處環(huán)顧。故選D。
小題12:考查短語(yǔ)及上下文的呼應(yīng)。小男孩希望自己能夠找到一個(gè)舊箱子,一塊大石頭,或者,如果順利的話(huà),能找到一架梯子。for luck為了吉利,為了祈求好運(yùn);with luck如果一切順利的話(huà);其他兩個(gè)介詞不能與luck搭配。故選B。
小題13:考查介詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。after在……之后; through 通過(guò); without 沒(méi)有;     upon根據(jù)。小男孩嘗試了所有的方法,在眼看沒(méi)有任何其他選擇的情況下,小男孩只好放棄了。故選C。
小題14:考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)及上下文的呼應(yīng)。walk back 向后走; walk away 走開(kāi); walk up 沿著……走; walk down沿著……走。沒(méi)有辦法摘到蘋(píng)果,小男孩只好失望地走開(kāi)。故選B。
小題15:考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。wish希望; beliefs 信念; efforts 努力; goals目標(biāo)。根據(jù)上文可知,小男孩做了很多努力,因此耗盡了力氣,覺(jué)得又累又餓。故選C。
小題16:考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。think認(rèn)為,想; imagine想像; try嘗試; claime聲稱(chēng)。此處表示他越是這樣想,就越覺(jué)得不開(kāi)心。故選A。
小題17:考查副詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。therefore因此; however可是; moreover而且;     otherwise否則。根據(jù)上下文內(nèi)容可知,此處存在的是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系,所以選擇however“然而,可是”。故選B。
小題18:考查形容詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。Skilful靈巧的; cheerful愉快的; harmful 有害的; helpful有幫助的。根據(jù)下文內(nèi)容可知,小男孩開(kāi)始理智地看待自己遇到的問(wèn)題,覺(jué)得生氣、失望、難過(guò)等都沒(méi)有幫助,不能從根本上解決問(wèn)題。故選D。
小題19:考查代詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。結(jié)合上文內(nèi)容可知,小男孩清醒地認(rèn)識(shí)到自己已經(jīng)沒(méi)有其他法子可用了,蘋(píng)果也不會(huì)得到了。故選D。
小題20:考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。Change改變; express 表達(dá); forget 忘記; describe描述。小男孩的反省也是文章主題的升華:面對(duì)無(wú)法解決的問(wèn)題,我們可以做到的就是改變自己的情感態(tài)度。故選A。
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Jack avoided me the rest of the week, and never questioned my work again. I brought cookies to the office one day and left some on his desk. Another day I left a note: ”Hope your day is going great. ” Over the next few weeks, there were no more Jack episodes. One year later
I discovered I had breast cancer, and was scared. The statistics were not great for my long-term survival.
One day, however, Jack visited me in the hospital and silently handed me a bundle with several bulbs inside. “Tulips(郁金香),” he said. I smiled, not understanding. “If you plant them when you get home, they’ll come up next spring. I think you will be there to see them when they come up. Next spring you will see the colours I picked out for you.” Tears clouded my eyes and he left. I have seen those red and white striped(有條紋的) tulips push through the soil every spring for over ten years now. This past September the doctor declared me cured. At a moment when I was praying for just the right word, a man with very few words said all the right things. After all, that’s what friends do.
小題1:Jack became angry that day because__________.
A.he was feeling unwell
B.Susan had failed to keep his office clean
C.he felt Susan changed too much about the papers
D.Susan had changed something without his permission
小題2:Susan stormed into jack’s office to tell Jack that__________.
A.he wasn’t worthy of respect
B.he should apologize to her right away
C.she would treat him the way he treated her
D.one should show others respect and kindness
小題3:Which of the following describes Susan?
A.Moody but firm.
B.Shy and demanding
C.Confident and friendly.
D.Tough and troublesome.
小題4:From the passage, we can conclude that__________.
A.Jack cares about his employees
B.Jack gets along well with his employees
C.Jack is always particular about his work
D.Jack doesn’t care about the feelings of others
小題5:We can infer from the passage that__________.
A.a(chǎn) friend in need is a friend in deed
B.a(chǎn) few words can be as meaningful as many
C.a(chǎn) friend who says little must be a good friend
D.we must treat disrespectful people with disrespect

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Pete Richards was the loneliest man in town on the day that little Jean Grace opened the door of his shop.
Pete's grandfather had owned the shop until his death. Then the shop became Pete's. The front window was full of beautiful old things: jewelry of a hundred years ago, gold and silver boxes, carved figures from China and Japan and other nations.
On this winter afternoon, a child stood there, her face close to the window. With large and serious eyes, she studied each piece in the window. Then, looking pleased, she stepped back from the window and went into the shop. Pete himself stood behind the counter. His eyes were cold as he looked at the small girl. “Please,” she began, “would you let me look at the pretty string of blue beads in the window?” Pete took the string of blue beads from the window. The beads were beautiful against his hand as he held the necklace up for her to see.
“They are just right,” said the child as though she were alone with the beads. “Will you wrap them up in pretty paper for me, please? I've been looking for a really wonderful Christmas present for my sister.”
“How much money do you have?” asked Pete.
She put a handful of pennies on the counter. “This is all I have,” she explained simply. “I've been saving the money for my sister's present.”
Pete looked at her, his eyes thoughtful. Then he carefully closed his hand over the price mark on the necklace so that she could not see it. How could he tell her the price? The happy look in her big blue eyes struck him like the pain of an old wound.
“Just a minute,” he said and went to the back of the shop. “What's your name?” he called out. He was very busy about something.
“Jean Grace,” answered the child.
When Pete returned to the front of the shop, he held a package in his hand. It was wrapped in pretty Christmas paper.
“There you are,” he said. “Don't lose it on the way home.”
She smiled happily at him as she ran out of the door. Through the window he watched her go. He felt more alone than ever.
Something about Jean Grace and her string of beads had made him feel once more the pain of his old grief. The child's hair was as yellow as the sunlight; her eyes were as blue as the sea. Once upon a time, Pete had loved a girl with hair of that same yellow and with eyes just as blue. And the necklace of blue stones had been meant for her.
But one rainy night, a car had gone off the road and struck the girl. After she died, Pete felt that he had nothing left in the world except his grief. The blue eyes of Jean Grace brought him out of that world of self-pity and made him remember again all that he had lost. The pain of remembering was so great that Pete wanted to run away from the happy Christmas shoppers who came to look at his beautiful old things during the next ten days.
When the last shopper had gone, late on Christmas Eve, the door opened and a young woman came in. Pete could not understand it, but he felt that he had seen her before. Her hair was sunlight yellow and her eyes were sea-blue. Without speaking, she put on the counter a package wrapped in pretty Christmas paper. When Pete opened the package, the string of blue beads lay again before him.
“Did this come from your shop?” she asked.
Pete looked at her with eyes no longer cold. “Yes, it did,” he said.
“Are the stones real?”
“Yes. They aren't the best turquoise(綠松石), but they are real.”
“Can you remember to whom you sold them?”
“She was a small girl. Her name was Jean. She wanted them for her sister's Christmas present.”
“How much were they?”
“I can't tell you that,” he said. “The seller never tells anyone else what a buyer pays.”
“But Jean has never had more than a few pennies. How could she pay for them?”
She paid the biggest price one can ever pay,” he said.
For a moment there was no sound in the little shop. Then somewhere in the city, church bells began to ring. It was midnight and the beginning of another Christmas Day.
“But why did you do it?” the girl asked.
Pete put the package into her hands.
“There is no one else to whom I can give a Christmas present,” he said. “It is already Christmas morning. Will you let me take you to your home? I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas at your door.”
And so, to the sound of many bells, Pete Richards and a girl whose name he had not yet learned walked out into the hope and happiness of a new Christmas Day.
小題1:When Pete saw Jean Grace, he was ______.
A.very enthusiastic, hoping for some business to be done
B.cold but he still served the young customer
C.cold, unwilling to serve the young customer
D.very warm to the young customer though he did not want to sell anything to her
小題2:Pete did not say the price of the necklace because ______.
A.the seller never tells anyone else what a buyer pays
B.he priced the necklace too high
C.he knew it would disappoint the girl
D.he didn't want to sell the necklace
小題3:The eyes of Jean Grace brought Pete out of his world of self-pity and he ______.
A.tried to forget the memory of his sweetheart
B.began to look at the world optimistically
C.remembered his lost love
D.no longer felt the pain in him
小題4:A young woman came into the shop because ______.
A.she was afraid that there might be some mistake
B.she thought that the stones she had bought were not real
C.she was not sure if she could get more stones like those
D.she did not like what she had once bought
小題5:By saying “She paid the biggest price one can ever pay,” Pete meant that Jean Grace    .
A.gave the most money for the necklace
B.gave all she had with her for the necklace
C.a(chǎn)ppreciated the value of the necklace
D.wanted to have the best thing in the shop
小題6: At the end of the story we see that Pete _____.
A.found another girl that he could trust
B.met someone who truly loved him
C.found a place to go at last
D.regained his ability to love

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Brief  Introduction
(Adeline) Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English novelist and essayist, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century.During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Her most famous works include the novels Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927) and Orlando (1928), and the book-length essay A Room of One's Own (1929), with its famous dictum, "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction."
Main  body
My dear,
'Dearest, I feel certain I am going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voices, and I can't concentrate. So I am doing what seems the best thing to do. You have given me the greatest possible happiness. You have been in every way all that anyone could be. I don't think two people could have been happier till this terrible disease came. I can't fight any longer. I know that I am spoiling your life, that without me you could work. And you will I know. You see I can't even write this properly. I can't read. What I want to say is I owe all the happiness of my life to you. You have been entirely patient with me and incredibly good. I want to say that - everybody knows it. If anybody could have saved me it would have been you. Everything has gone from me but the certainty of your goodness. I can't go on spoiling your life any longer.
I don't think two people could have been happier than we have been...........................from the last letter of virginia woolf
小題1:According to the first paragraph we can infer that            
A.During the interwar period,virginia woolf was important for London people.
B.She has been living for 55 years
C.Her first the novels Mrs Dalloway in 1925
D.She regarded as one of the foremost romanticism literary figures of the twentieth century
小題2:what is form of The main body?
A.letter of resignationB.Letter of condolence
C.Letter of suicideD.Letters of Apologies ;
小題3:Where can I see this article?
A.newspaperB.biography
C.German LiteratureD.television
小題4:According to the main body, which of the following is not the reason of her Dutch act(自殺)?
A.She can't go on spoiling your life any longer
B.I feel certain I am going mad again
C.She cannot bear her husband's interference
D.The approach of war makes her psychological problems aggravated

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Growing up, I remember my father as a silent, serious man not the sort of person around whom one could laugh. As a teenager arriving in America, knowing nothing, I wanted a father who could explain the human journey. In college, when friends called home for advice, 1 would sink into deep depression for what I did not have.
Today. at twenty-seven, I have come to rediscover them in ways that my teenage mind would not allow — as adults and as friends with their own faults and weaknesses.
One night after my move back home, I overheard my father on the telephone. There was some trouble. Later, Dad shared the problem with me. Apparently my legal training had earned me some privileges in his eyes. I talked through the problem with Dad. analyzing the purposes of the people involved and offering several negotiation strategies. He listened patiently before finally admitting, “I can’t think like that. I am a simple man.”
Dad is a brilliant scientist who can deconstruct (解構(gòu)) the building blocks of nature. Yet human nature is a mystery to him. That night I realized that he was simply not skilled at dealing with people, much less the trouble of a conflicted teenager. It’s not in his nature to understand human desires.
And so, there it was — it was no one’s fault that my father held no interest in human lives while 1 placed great importance in them. We are at times born more sensitive, wide-eyed, and dreamy than our parents and become more curious and idealistic than them. Dad perhaps never expected me for a child. And I, who knew Dad as an intelligent man, had never understood that his intelligence did not cover all of my feelings.
It has saved me years of questioning and confusion. I now see my parents as people who have other relationships than just Father and Mother. I now overlook their many faults and weaknesses, which once annoyed me.
I now know my parents as friends: people who ask me for advice; people who need my support and understanding. And I’ve come to see my past clearly.
小題1:What was the author’s impression of her father when she was a teenager?
A.Friendly but irresponsible.
B.Intelligent but severe.
C.Cold and aggressive.
D.Caring and communicative.
小題2:Why did the author feel depressed when her friends called home?
A.She did not have a phone to a1l home.
B.Her father did not care about her human journey.
C.Her father was too busy to answer her phone.
D.Her father couldn’t give her appropriate advice.
小題3:After the author overheard her father on the telephone.
A.he blamed her for impoliteness
B.he rediscovered human nature
C.he consulted with her about his problem
D.he changed his attitude towards the author
小題4:The author realized that ______.
A.her father had too many faults and weaknesses
B.her father was not as intelligent as she had thought
C.her father was not good at interpersonal relationships
D.her father placed too much importance in social activities
小題5:Which of the following is the best title of this passage?
A.My Parents as Friends
B.My Parents as Advisors
C.My Father — a Serious Man
D.My Father — an Intelligent Scientist

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