A few days ago, I bought some ink for my printer at my favorite $1 Supermarket, which sold everything from fresh produce to birthday cards at one dollar. Then l found a better        at a computer store. So I went back to the supermarket to        it for some other products. With        telling me exactly what to do, I put the ink into a plastic bag, tied it up, placed the bag into a push-cart and started      .
I was midway        when a clerk suddenly stopped me. "You are not allowed to        a bag around in this store. Open it and show me the      !" she yelled coldly.
    , I opened the bag and       the ink to her. "I'm returning it. " I said.
"You should have left the bag with the clerk upon       . Let me see your receipt!" she demanded I did as told, looking around, embarrassed        everyone was laughing at me. "Perhaps in the future you'll learn how to follow the store       . " she added.
By the time I finished shopping, I was angry. How dare she treat me as a       ? I went looking for her and asked for her      . She mumbled (嘀咕) something. I asked her again, and this time I heard "Ursula. "
"Ursula what?" I asked. She yelled at me,  "Ursula! " and stormed away.
"This employee is about to become unemployed, " I         when I got home. 1       their headquarters (總部). I described my unpleasant experience to a representative. She was sympathetic, "Our employees are taught to be      . Give me your phone number and I will ring you back. "
She did two days later. "I'm sorry," she said, "but there's no Ursula at that supermarket. Can you         her so that I can find out who she is? I assure you, we do not tolerate rude behavior, nor do we tolerate      to our customers. "
By this time, I had calmed down. l didn't really want the employee to lose her      . So I told the representative to forget about it.
小題1:
A．reductionB．choiceC．introductionD．price
小題2:
A．changeB．returnC．receiveD．replace
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A．somebodyB．nobodyC．everybodyD．a(chǎn)nybody
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A．bargainingB．storingC．loadingD．shopping
小題5:
A．a(chǎn)crossB．upC．throughD．down
小題6:
A．carryB．showC．moveD．push
小題7:
A．identityB．contentsC．belongingsD．ink
小題8:
A．DepressedB．ShockedC．AmusedD．Stressed
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A．pouredB．mixedC．showedD．fell
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A．exitB．a(chǎn)dmissionC．entryD．departure
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A．even thoughB．a(chǎn)s ifC．so thatD．in case
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A．linesB．bordersC．regulationsD．permissions
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A．criminalB．blue-collarC．beggarD．colleague
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A．numberB．careerC．explanationD．name
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A．calmed down B．thought aloudC．found outD．got through
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A．rangB．visitedC．questionedD．blamed
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A．patientB．cleverC．politeD．hardworking
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A．recognizeB．informC．describeD．forgive
小題19:
A．yellingB．pointingC．talkingD．lying
小題20:
A．jobB．wayC．chanceD．business

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:C
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小題7:B
小題8:B
小題9:C
小題10:C
小題11:B
小題12:C
小題13:A
小題14:D
小題15:B
小題16:A
小題17:C
小題18:C
小題19:D
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試題分析：
作者在商店購物，遭遇無禮店員而心生不快。于是向店方總部投訴，希圖該店員被解雇。但是隨著時間推移，作者平息了心中的怨憤，在店方總部讓她描述店員體貌特征以便查處的時候，她放棄了繼續(xù)追究。
小題1:考查名詞詞義辨識。A. reduction：減少、簡化；B. choice：選擇、選項；C. introduction：介紹；D. price：價格。作者在一元超市購買了油墨，后來在一家電腦商店發(fā)現(xiàn)了更好的油墨。電腦商店的油墨是一個更好的選項。故選擇choice，B項正確。
小題2:考查語境理解和動詞搭配。A change：改變、更換；B. return：歸還；C. receive：接收；接待；D. replace：替換。據(jù)后面for some other products可知，作者是要將油墨換成其他商品，而非退貨，排除B項；C項不合語境；D項與with搭配使用，即replace X with Y，用Y替代X；故選擇change，change X for Y：將X換成Y。A項正確。
小題3:考查代詞在語境中的運用。A somebody：有人、某人；B. nobody：沒人； C. everybody：所有人；D. anybody：任何人。因為沒有人告訴過她商店里的規(guī)定，作者將油墨放進塑料袋且將袋口扎起。這是與商店規(guī)定不相符的，因此后來才遭遇店員的無禮。選擇B項。
小題4:考查語境理解。A bargaining：討價還價； B. storing：儲存；C. loading：裝載；D. shopping：購物。作者將裝有油墨的塑料袋放進購物車，開始購物。購物有一個選擇過程，不可能推起購物車直接往里面裝貨，排除C項。故D項正確。
小題5:考查副詞在語境中的運用。A. across：（從表面）穿過；B. up：往上；C. through：（從中間）穿過；結(jié)束（一個過程）；D. down：往下。作者購物過程中，一個店員走過來攔住她。 be midway through (shopping)：（購物）中途。選擇C項。
小題6:考查動詞在語境中的運用。A. carry：攜帶；B. show：展示；C. move：移動；D. push：推。商店里購物時不準(zhǔn)帶包�！耙苿印�、“推”的是購物車，不是包。故選擇A項。
小題7:考查名詞在語境中的運用。A. identity：身份；B. contents：內(nèi)容、容器里的東西；C. belongings：個人物品；D. ink：油墨、墨水。店員要求作者將塑料袋打開，讓她查看里面的東西。店員不可能知道包里是油墨，排除D項。故B項正確。
小題8:考查語境理解。A. Depressed：情緒低落的；B. Shocked：震驚的；C. Amused：高興的；D. Stressed：壓力大的。作者沒有想到店員像對待小偷一樣，要她打開塑料袋讓她查看，感到震驚。B項正確。
小題9:考查語境理解。A. poured：倒、傾倒；B. mixed：混合；C. showed：展示；D. fell：倒下、掉下。
作者按照要求，將油墨拿給店員看。show sth. to sb.：將某物展示給某人看。C項正確。
小題10:考查語境和固定搭配。A. exit：出口、退出；B. admission： 接納、錄��；C. entry：入口、進入；D. departure：離開。按照商店規(guī)定，進入商店時應(yīng)該將塑料袋交給店員。upon entry/entering：進入時。故C項正確。
小題11:考查語境理解。 A. even though：即使；B. as if：似乎、好像；C. so that：以便；D. in case：以防。作者向四周張望、非常尷尬，好像每個人都在嘲笑她。B項正確。
小題12:考查名詞在語境中的運用。 A. lines：隊列；行；B. borders：邊界；C. regulations：規(guī)章、制度；D. permissions：許可、允許。店員要作者今后遵守商店規(guī)定。C項正確。
小題13:考查語境理解。A criminal：罪犯；B. blue-collar：藍領(lǐng)、體力勞動者；C. beggar：乞丐； D. colleague：同事。作者很是氣憤，因為店員將她當(dāng)成罪犯一樣對待。A項正確。               
小題14:考查語境理解。A. number：工號；B. career：職業(yè)；C. explanation：解釋；D. name：姓名。從店員咕噥的Ursula以及后來商店總部找不到該店員來判斷，作者打算投訴該店員，于是問她姓名，而非工號。D項正確。
小題15:考查短語動詞在語境中的運用。A. calmed down：冷靜下來； B. thought aloud：自言自語；C. found out：發(fā)現(xiàn)；D. got through：順利度過。從This employee is about to become unemployed一句判斷，作者到家后依然憤怒，排除A項。因為過于憤怒，就把心里的想法脫口說了出來。B項正確。
小題16:考查語境理解。 A rang：打電話；B. visited：拜訪；C. questioned：提問；D. blamed：指責(zé)。從下文described my unpleasant experience判斷，作者并沒有指責(zé)總部，排除D項；下文還提到，總部代表承諾ring back，由此可見，作者是在給總部打電話。A項正確。
小題17:考查語境理解。A. patient：耐心的；B. clever：聰明的；C. polite：禮貌的；D. hardworking：勤奮的。因為作者投訴店員的粗魯無禮，總部代表回應(yīng)說他們要求店員應(yīng)該“禮貌”。選擇C項。
小題18:考查語境理解。A. recognize：認(rèn)出；B. inform：通知；C. describe：描述；D. forgive：原諒。因為店員報了假名，總部沒能查出該店員是誰，所以讓作者描述其體貌特征。C項正確。[：原諒
小題19:考查語境理解。A. yelling：叫喊、吼叫；B. pointing：指著；C. talking：談話；D. lying：說謊。 總部代表說他們不能容仍店員的粗魯行為（排除A項），同樣不能容忍對顧客撒謊（他們未能查到叫做Ursula的人，說明店員報了假名）。D項正確。
小題20:考查語境理解。A. job：工作；B. way：道路；C. chance：機會；D. business：生意。作者開頭非常氣憤，投訴就是想要店方總部解雇該店員。經(jīng)過這番周折，作者已經(jīng)平靜下來，意識到她并非真要讓店員丟掉工作。選擇A項。
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I was riding my special motorbike this past weekend and stopped at a store. As I was getting my wheelchair off the back, a man watched me from his car and I noticed a wheelchair in his back seat. We spoke for a moment and I asked him about the wheelchair. He answered that it was for his daughter. “Well, do you think she would like to go for a ride on my motorbike with me?” I asked. He seemed shocked that a total stranger would ask him this. He thought about it for a second and said, “OK, as long as I can follow you.”
He introduced me to Amy and he sat her on my back seat. Her father followed me for a few miles and she talked non-stop about what she wanted for Christmas.
As we came back to the store she said, “This ride is the best Christmas present I could ever receive. I have been in a wheelchair my whole life and didn’t know I could do this.”Then she turned to him and said, “Oh Daddy, I’m going to be OK. Mr. Bryant does all kinds of things —and I will, too.” Her father hugged me and said, “I was sitting here praying for a gift for Amy that would encourage her. She often felt that her life was dull compared to other children. God answered my prayer(禱告) just now. Now I pray that God will bless you for your gift to Amy today.” Being kind and thoughtful to others, we can be an answer to prayer.
小題1:How did the father feel at first when the author invited his daughter for a ride?
A．Anxious.B．Embarrassed. C．Surprised. D．Moved.
小題2:What can we know about the author?
A．He was a disabled man.B．He usually drove too fast.
C．He worked in a store.D．He often helped people in trouble.
小題3:According to the passage, the girl _____.
A．was not allowed to do some sports
B．used to be a completely healthy person
C．was unwillingly to communicate with a stranger
D．usually felt sad about life because of her disability
小題4:What did the author’s gift refer to according to the girl’s father?
A．The motorbike.B．The wheelchair.C．The ride.D．The prayer.

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

Henry's job was to examine people who crossed the frontier (邊境) to make sure that they were not smuggling (走私) anything into the country. Every evening except at weekends, he would see a(n) ___ coming up the hill towards the frontier, __ a bicycle with a big load of old straw on it. When the bicycle__ the frontier, Henry used to __ the man and order him to take the straw off and ___ it. Then he would examine the straw very ___ to see whether he could find anything, after which he would look in all the man's pockets before letting him tie the straw __. The man would then put it on his bicycle and go off down the hill with it. Although Henry was always __ to find gold or jewelry or other valuable things hidden in the straw, he ___ found anything, even though he examined it very carefully. He was___that the man was smuggling __, but he was not able to imagine __ it could be.
Then one evening, after he had__ the straw and emptied the factory worker's__ as usual, he said to him, “___ I know that you are smuggling things __ this frontier. Won't you tell me what you're bringing into the country so successfully? I'm sixty years old now, and today is my last day on the __ . Tomorrow I'm going to retire. I promise that I shall not tell anyone __ you tell me what you've been smuggling." The factory worker did not say anything ___ . Then he smiled, turned to Henry and said quietly, “ __ .”
小題1:
A．officer B．driverC．workerD．soldier
小題2:
A．pullingB．pushingC．fillingD．carrying
小題3:
A．reachedB．leftC．facedD．formed
小題4:
A．stopB．greetC．praiseD．beat
小題5:
A．showB．loadC．lightD．untie
小題6:
A．carefullyB．carelesslyC．a(chǎn)ngrilyD．quickly
小題7:
A．onceB．a(chǎn)gainC．yetD．instead
小題8:
A．pretendingB．believingC．expectingD．a(chǎn)sking
小題9:
A．everB．oftenC．a(chǎn)lwaysD．never
小題10:
A．curious B．sureC．cleverD．known
小題11:
A．a(chǎn)nythingB．nothingC．everythingD．something
小題12:
A．howB．whichC．whatD．why
小題13:
A．looked afterB．looked throughC．looked forD．looked out
小題14:
A．pocketsB．clothesC．socksD．shoes
小題15:
A．WaitB．GoC．ListenD．Come
小題16:
A．pastB．fromC．throughD．a(chǎn)cross
小題17:
A．jobB．mountain C．edgeD．road
小題18:
A．a(chǎn)sB．ifC．beforeD．whether
小題19:
A．a(chǎn)t the momentB．a(chǎn)fter allC．for a momentD．a(chǎn)t all
小題20:
A．StrawB．MoneyC．CarsD．Bicycles

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

The artist Grandma Moses became famous for her simple, bright, cheerful paintings of American farm life．Her full name was Anna Mary Robertson Moses．But she was known to everyone as Grandma Moses because she did not begin to paint seriously until in her seventies．
Born on a farm in New York, Anna had little schooling．Her days were filled with farm chores．But she often found time to make pictures．Soon, however, she became too busy to draw or paint．At the age of 12, she went to work as a servant for a family nearby．She worked for other people for many years．Then, when she was 27, she married Thomas Moses, a farmer．And they began raising a family of their own．
Anna Moses could no longer do heavy farm work with age．Then, in her seventies, she began to paint in oils．Her pictures showed things she recalled from childhood-farm scenes, ice-skating, bringing home the Christmas tree．Later, she began to display her art at county fairs．Her pictures recorded a way of life that was quickly passing away．People everywhere loved these happy scenes, and soon her paintings were shown in art galleries．Grandma Moses became famous partially on account of her age, but mainly because her approach to art was modest and simple compared to many other painters of her time．Without formal training or even knowledge of Modernism, she relied on her own simple techniques to create her landscapes and scenes．She continued to paint almost until her death, on December 13, 1961 , at the age of 101．
The themes in her paintings provided the comfort of a rural life that many busy Americans treasured from their past．The threat of nuclear arms that appeared on television screens and in magazines had Americans starving for something more．Grandma Moses' art appealed to those who had lost hope for the future．Her classic paintings still appear on TV commercials, greeting cards, and magazine and book covers．
小題1:What can be inferred from the fact that Grandma Moses picked up a paintbrush?
A．She had no other ways to kill time．
B．Her friend and family suggested it．
C．She had had a love for painting since her childhood．
D．She needed to make a living by selling her paintings．
小題2:The key reason for her success is ___  .
A．her old ageB．her plain style
C．her lack of trainingD．her modern knowledge
小題3:We can know from the passage that ______．
A．her paintings raised people's hope for the future
B．her paintings expressed the reality of her old age
C．many Americans were interested in purchasing art works
D．people wanted to get comfort by remembering grandmas

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Family traditions were important in our house, and none was more appreciated than the perfect Christmas tree.
"Dad, can we watch when you trim(修剪) the tree?" My eldest son, Dan, nine, and his seven-year-old brother John, asked.
"I won't be cutting this year," my husband Bob said. "Dan, you and John are old enough to measure things. Do it all by yourselves. Think you boys can handle it?"
Dan and John seemed to grow six inches in their chairs at the thought of such an amazing responsibility. "We can handle it," Dan promised. "We won't let you down."
A few days before Christmas, Dan and John rushed in after school. They gathered the tools they'd need and brought them out to the yard, where the tree waited. I was cooking when I heard the happy sounds as the boys carried the tree into the living room. Then I heard the sound that every mother knows is trouble: dead silence. I hurried out to them. The tree was cut too short. John crossed his arms tight across his chest. His eyes filled with angry tears.
I felt worried. The tree was central to our holiday. I didn't want the boys to feel ashamed every time they looked at it. I couldn't lower the ceiling, and I couldn't raise the floor either. There was no way to undo the damage done. Suddenly, a thought came to my mind, which turned the problem into the solution.
"We can't make the tree taller," I said. "But we can put it on a higher position."
Dan nodded his head sideways. "We could put it on the coffee table. It just might work! Let's try it!"
When Bob got home and looked at the big tree on top of the coffee table, Dan and John held their breath.
"What a good idea!" he declared. "Why didn't I ever think of such a thing?"
John broke into a grin. Dan's chest swelled with pride.
小題1: The underlined part "grow six inches" (Para. 4) implies the brothers felt        .
A．proudB．nervousC．embarrassedD．scared
小題2:What happened after the brothers moved the Christmas tree into the living room?
A．They rushed to school.
B．They began to decorate the tree.
C．They got angry with each other.
D．They found the tree was cut short.
小題3:How could the short tree be turned into a perfect one?
A．By making the tree taller.
B．By lowering the ceiling.
C．By placing it on a coffee table.
D．By raising the floor.
小題4:What Bob said in the last but one paragraph (the underlined part)showed        .
A．he was a little disappointed
B．he was too stupid to think of the idea
C．he appreciated what the brothers had done
D．he should not have given them the task

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