Ice cream can’t cure cancer or bring back a lost love, but it can make one feel better for a while.
A bout 18 months ago, my father was in hospital recovering from a major lung operation. My mother had recently  36 , and my father had taken the loss of his partner of 55 years very hard and had lost interest in   37 . Trying to get him to  38 each day was quite a chore as he didn’t want anything. The one thing,  39 , that he would ask us to bring him was ice-cream.
One evening, to our   40 , he refused to eat the ice-cream,  41  I placed it in a staffroom freezer. A little while later, my son decided he wanted it, so I   42  it for him.  
As I passed another ward（病房）, a   43 asked, “Are there more where that came from?” When I explained the   44 , she apologized. She then said that she had cancer and could eat very little,  45   the occasional ­ice-cream.
The next evening, I decided to buy two ice-creams. On the way to Dad’s room, I stopped in at the   46  woman’s room, and   47  her the ice-cream I’d bought for her. She was   48 stunned that I had thought of her, and   49  the gift with tears in her eyes. I spoke with her for a few minutes,  50  what was happening in my family and listened to her   51  story of pain and suffering. It was apparent that she did not   52  many visitors, and the ice-cream and our short chat meant a great deal to her.
I   53  the gesture a few days later, and this time was  54 with a huge hug.
I never even thought to ask her name, and never saw her again, but it made me realize that an act of   55  can be more rewarding when you give it, rather than receive it.
小題1:
A．passed awayB．gone outC．come back D．calmed down
小題2:
A．workB．lifeC．studiesD．games
小題3:
A．speakB．laugh C．drinkD．eat
小題4:
A．thoughB．howeverC．insteadD．therefore
小題5:
A．joyB．satisfactionC．surpriseD．relief
小題6:
A．ifB．unlessC．soD．because
小題7:
A．borrowedB．boughtC．madeD．fetched
小題8:
A．womanB．grannyC．girlD．child
小題9:
A．questionB．situationC．processD．decision
小題10:
A．better than．B．more thanC．rather than D．other than
小題11:
A．pretty ’B．honestC．sickD．shy
小題12:
A．offeredB．told ．C．soldD．charged
小題13:
A．hardlyB．finallyC．graduallyD．totally
小題14:
A．a(chǎn)cceptedB．storedC．exchangedD．gave
小題15:
A．remembering B．denyingC．explaining D．forgetting
小題16:
A．ordinary ’B．similarC．interesting D．i’great
小題17:
A．haveB．likeC．expectD．J attract
小題18:
A．reportedB．expressedC．noticedD．^repeated
小題19:
A．coveredB．connectedC．rewardedD．filled
小題20:
A．politenessB．kindnessC．selflessnessD．willingness

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

小題1:A. pass away “過世”，由后文可知and my father had taken the loss of his partner of 55 years very hard，“我”的父親失去了他的伴侶，由此可見，“我”的母親過世了。B. gone out “出去”，C. come back “回來”, D. calm down “冷靜下來”，因此，正確答案為A。
小題2:B. life. 本文中and had lost interest in…, 由于作者的母親剛剛過世，因此，作者的父親對(duì)生活失去了興趣，變得郁郁寡歡，lose interest in…“對(duì)…失去興趣”，只有B選項(xiàng)符合文意。
小題3:D. eat. 本文Trying to get him to….each day was quite a chore as he didn’t want anything, 盡力讓“我”的父親每天吃點(diǎn)東西成為了一件勞心之事，因?yàn)椤拔摇钡母赣H不想吃任何東西，從后文中he would ask us to bring him was ice-cream可知，父親唯一想吃的東西是冰淇淋，因此，正確答案為D。
小題4:B. however. 前文中提到“我”的父親不想吃任何東西，The one thing,….., that he would ask us to bring him was ice-cream，但有一樣?xùn)|西例外，那就是冰淇淋，此空需要表達(dá)轉(zhuǎn)折含義的連詞，因此，however為正確答案，且however前后由逗號(hào)隔開。A. though“盡管”引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句，C. instead“而不是”，一般置于句末，D. therefore“所以”，引導(dǎo)結(jié)果。
小題5:C. surprise. to one’s surprise“令某人吃驚的是”，由本文中One evening, to our ….., he refused to eat the ice-cream此句可知，“我”的父親唯一吃的食物就是冰淇淋，一天晚上，他竟然拒絕吃冰淇淋，這令我們吃驚。A. joy “喜悅，高興”，B. satisfaction“滿足，滿意”，D. relief“解脫，釋然”，因此正確答案為C。
小題6:C. so. 前文中提到“我”的父親拒絕吃冰淇淋，所以，“我”將它放在冰箱里（I placed it in a staffroom freezer）,A. if“如果”，B. unless “除非”，D. because “因?yàn)椤�，均與文意不符，因此正確答案為C。
小題7:D. fetched“拿取，拿來”，前文中，父親拒絕吃冰淇淋，所以“我”把它放在冰箱里，而過后，“我”的兒子想吃，所以我為他去拿冰淇淋，（my son decided he wanted it, so I ….. it for him）。
小題8:A. woman. 由后文中she apologized可推知，和我說話的是一位女士。因此，答案為A。
小題9:B. situation“情況，狀況”， When I explained the ….., she apologized，當(dāng)我解釋了這種狀況時(shí)，這位女士道歉了。A. question, B. process “進(jìn)程”，D. decision “決定”，均不符合，因此選B。
小題10:D. other than“除了”. 由文中she had cancer and could eat very little,….. the occasional ­ice-cream可知，她患有癌癥，只能吃一點(diǎn)東西，除了偶爾能吃冰淇淋，A. better than“比…好”，B. more than “多于…”，C. rather than “與其…倒不如”，因此，只有D符合文意。
小題11:C. sick“生病的”，“我”停在生病的女士的病房前。A. pretty“美麗的，可愛的”, B. honest“誠實(shí)的”，D. shy“害羞的”，在本文中均未提及，因此選C。
小題12:A. offer“提供”，offer sb. Sth, offer可接雙賓語，由文中可知her the ice-cream I’d bought for her，我將買到的冰淇淋給了她，恰巧符合此語法結(jié)構(gòu)。B. told“告訴”，C. sold“賣”，D. charge“向…收費(fèi)”，均不符合文意，因此選A。
小題13:D. totally“完全地”,she was…stunned that I had thought of her她對(duì)于我為她買冰淇淋感到十分吃驚，因此，正確答案為D。A．hardly “幾乎不”，B．finally“最后”，C．gradually“漸漸地”，均不符合。
小題14:A. accepted“接受”，她接受了這個(gè)禮物（the gift），B．stored“儲(chǔ)存”，C．exchanged“交換”，D．gave“給”，均不符合，因此，正確答案為A。
小題15:C. explaining“解釋，敘述”, I spoke with her for a few minutes,….. what was happening in my family我同她談了幾分鐘，向她敘述了我家里發(fā)生的事情。A．remembering “記得”，B．denying“否認(rèn)”，D．forgetting“忘記”，因此，選C。
小題16:B. similar“相似的”,我敘述了我家里父親的事情，聆聽她相似的痛苦遭遇（ listened to her ….. story of pain and suffering），因此，B正確。A．ordinary“普通的，平凡的”， C．interesting “有趣的”，D．great“極好的”，均不符合，因此選B。
小題17:A. have“擁有”，由文中可知，顯然這位女士沒有很多的拜訪者，因此選A。B．like“喜歡”，C．expect“期盼”，D. attract“吸引”，均不符合文意。
小題18:D. repeated“重復(fù)”，I….. the gesture a few days later, and this time was…..with a huge hug, 幾天后我重復(fù)了這個(gè)姿勢(shì)，這一次是一個(gè)大大的擁抱，A．reported“報(bào)道，報(bào)告”，B．expressed“表達(dá)”，C．noticed“注意”，均不符合，因此，正確答案為D。
小題19:C. rewarded“獎(jiǎng)賞，回報(bào)”，reward with sth. 用…作為回報(bào)，由后文中with a huge hug可知，她用一個(gè)大大的擁抱作為回報(bào)，因此正確答案為C。A．covered“覆蓋”， cover sth. With sth. 用某物覆蓋某物，B．connected“連接”, connect sth. To sth.將某物與某物連接起來，D．filled“填充”, be filled with填滿，根據(jù)文意只有C符合。
小題20:B. kindness“善良”， it made me realize that an act of …..can be more rewarding when you give it, rather than receive it通過幫助陌生的女士買冰淇淋這件事我意識(shí)到，施比受更加令人感到滿足，因此，幫助他人是一種an act of kindness善良的行為，因此選B。A．politeness“禮貌”，C．selflessness“無私”，D．willingness“自愿”，均不符合文意。正確答案為B。
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B．to show the public how bitter animals’ life could be
C．to make more money by publishing the recorded video tapes
D．to improve housing conditions of working people like Eric
小題4:Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?
A．Easy Way to Earn $ 2 500．B．Do Not Feed the Humans．
C．Living Like a Chicken．D．Getting Along Well Anyway．

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The children often play soccer in the garden and sometimes break Mr Black’s windows. One afternoon Mr Black is at home and reads a book. In a minute he closes his eyes and goes to sleep. At that time a little boy knocks at the door. Mr Black opens his door and asks, “Do you break my window again?”
“Oh, no,” says the boy, “Your window is open this time and our soccer ball is in your room. May I get it, please?”
根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，判斷下列句子T（正確）還是F（錯(cuò)誤）
小題1:The children often play soccer in the park.
小題2:Sometimes the children break Mr Black’s windows.
小題3:Mr Black watches TV one afternoon.
小題4:The children’s soccer ball is in Mr Black’s room.
小題5:The children break Mr Black’s window again.

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Brazil is the greatest football nation in the world. There are 170 million Brazilians. How many of them are football fans? 100 million! All of them think they know all about football. This makes life very difficult for the Brazilian team managers. When things go bad for the Brazilian team, the newspapers would demand that the team manager should leave his job. “If we win, they me in heaven,” a manager once said. “If we lose, they put me in hell(地獄).”
You can’t escape football in Brazil. There are football matches on every street and beach. On television, the results of football matches come before the main news programs. There are six television channels(頻道) in Rio de Janeiro. On Sundays each channel shows a different football match.
Brazil is not the richest country in the world, but the government spends lots of money on football. It cost more than one billion pounds to prepare for the 1978 World Cup. That’s 10 pounds for every Brazilian man, woman, and child. And many Brazilians don’t earn as much as 10 pounds a week. Is it worth it?
“Brazil must have a great football team,” says one journalist. “If it costs one billion pounds, that’s all right. If the government doesn’t give us a good team, then it will become unpopular. Football is more than a game in Brazil.”
Football is more than a game in Brazil. This is certainly true in its largest city, Sao Paulo. The most popular team is Corinthians. Corinthians’ fans are the most loyal and emotional in Brazil. When Corinthians win, production(產(chǎn)量) in the Sao Paulo car factories increases by fifteen per cent. When they loses, it drops. At one time Corinthians won the national championship for the first time, for four days fans danced and sang in the streets,
Why are people so loyal to one football team? What makes a football fan? One man says, “Without Corinthians my life would be sad. Corinthians bring some joy and excitement into my life. We all need that, don’t we?”
小題1:In Paragraph 1, what the manager said means_______.
A, he is respected by newspapers        B,. he will probably be killed by fans
C. he is judged on his team’s results     D. it’s difficult for him to get good scores
小題2:All the following statements about the Brazilians and football are true EXCEPT _______.
A．a(chǎn)ll the Brazilians know all about football
B．football has an influence on politics in Brazil
C．the Brazilians spend a lot of money on football
D．Corinthians’ fans are always supporting their team
小題3:Some people danced and sang in the streets for four days in Sap Paulo because_______.
A．production in the Sao Paulo car factories increased
B．Corinthians won a national football championship
C．Corinthians won the World CupD．the newspapers put a team manager in heaven
小題4: People are loyal to their football team mainly because _______.
A．it brings joy and excitement to their lifeB．they could always count on it
C．it can increase the car productionD．they could see hope in it

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

I received pictures of my daughter floating (漂浮) on a lake in California. Right there under the sun during the hottest time of the day, she has only her swimsuit to cover her.
When I showed it to my students, it was as if I had shown them scenes from a horror (恐怖) movie.
“But she will get dark,” they said.
“That’s what she wants,” I told them. “We think darker skin (膚色) is beautiful.”
They looked at me in disbelief. It was as if I came from the moon.
For years, American girls spend their summer trying to get as tanned (曬黑) as possible. In China, on the other hand, girls use umbrellas all year round.
What in the world is going on?
The pale skin we think looks unattractive (不漂亮) is what Asian women want. Both groups want to meet their culture’s standard (標(biāo)準(zhǔn)) of beauty.
In the US, if you can afford to go on vacation in the summer, you head for a river, a lake or a beach, where you try to get as much sun as possible. If you are rich you take a winter vacation in some sunny spot. Your winter tan shows your wealth.
In China, once upon a time, the few wealthy were the ones who didn’t have to work out in the hot sun. So the whiter the skin, the richer the woman. The folk opera performers who play these ladies wore lots of white makeup (妝容). The tradition survives to this day.
So it comes naturally that none of my students wishes to follow the Western ways in this regard.
But now I am noticing that a new business – the tanning booth (美黑店) – started up in China. I admire those brave enough to define（給…下定義）their own idea of beauty, but I do wonder what their grandmothers would have to say to them about it!
小題1:The students were shocked at the picture the writer showed them because ______.
A．they thought it shameful for a girl only to wear a swimsuit
B．the writer’s daughter was wearing very little while out in the sun
C．it is dangerous for a girl to be out on a lake alone
D．with the powerful sunlight the writer’s daughter would have got a suntan
小題2: According to the article, which kind of woman meets the American standard of beauty?
A．Women with blond hair.B．Women with a slim figure.
C．Women with tanned skin.D．Women with pale skin.
小題3: In the US a winter tan usually means the person _____.
A．is hard-workingB．doesn’t have to work
C．has a lot of money and spare timeD．is from a very poor family
小題4:The writer ______ the tanning booth started up in China.
A．is not interested in B．doesn’t understand
C．doesn’t like D．has mixed feelings about

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