Mondays are usually pretty busy for me. On one of these      Mondays, I got ready to go to work thinking about all the things I had to       on that day and walked down to get to my car scolding myself for being late to work, but       the car was nowhere to be found. I     right across my apartment the previous night but it wasn’t there that morning.
This was at 8:00 am in the morning. I made      to all the towing（拖）places, police stations all the time thinking that it was towed by     . By around 10:00 am, I couldn’t find it anywhere and the policemen decided that it was      stolen. After filing a report with them, I finally got to work thinking how my day was completely     .
Later in the day I went to pick up a rental car at an enterprise      to realize that my license was missing too along with my car. I told the enterprise guy the whole     and he was so sorry for me that he     to take me to the nearest DMV（車管局）and get a duplicate（副本的）   . I was totally surprised. I didn’t know why this complete stranger would want to     some time off his day to help me . He actually took me to DMV, got a duplicate and then      me a car. I was      the whole day because of the continuous events that happened to me but somehow this simple act of kindness from a     stranger made it all worth it. It cheered me up and made me forget all the misfortunes of the day. I was so     by this kind act that the next day I made sure someone else got a similar      . I took some smiley shaped chocolates and     them on some of my colleague’s desks.
This is still a lot     out there in the world. We just need to take the time to discover it.
小題1:
A．typicalB．lovelyC．strangeD．pleasant
小題2:
A．faceB．explainC．a(chǎn)ccomplishD．a(chǎn)rrange
小題3:
A．excitedlyB．surprisinglyC．interestinglyD．hurriedly
小題4:
A．stayedB．lookedC．walkedD．parked
小題5:
A．waysB．tripsC．surveysD．contributions
小題6:
A．policemenB．doctorsC．thievesD．officials
小題7:
A．normallyB．curiouslyC．a(chǎn)ctuallyD．finally
小題8:
A．made upB．worked outC．figured outD．messed up
小題9:
A．stillB．evenC．neverD．only
小題10:
A．messageB．secretC．storyD．business
小題11:
A．declinedB．offeredC．hesitatedD．a(chǎn)pproved
小題12:
A．licenseB．cardC．bookD．ticket
小題13:
A．spendB．leaveC．takeD．get
小題14:
A．lentB．presentedC．boughtD．rented
小題15:
A．delightedB．a(chǎn)nnoyedC．disappointedD．a(chǎn)mused
小題16:
A．completeB．perfectC．wonderfulD．special
小題17:
A．movedB．puzzledC．shockedD．embarrassed
小題18:
A．honorB．methodC．problemD．surprise
小題19:
A．forgotB．threwC．leftD．exposed
小題20:
A．friendshipB．goodnessC．competitionD．misunderstanding

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

試題分析：一個星期一，一個素不相識的人的善意幫忙，使得作者郁悶的一天變得開心快樂，同時也讓作者意識到幫助他人的意義。
小題1:考查形容詞：A. typical典型的，B. lovely 可愛deep，C. strange奇怪的，D. pleasant愉快的，由首句”Mondays are usually pretty busy for me．”可知，此處用typical表示這一天和往常的星期一一樣。選A。
小題2:考查動詞：A. face面對，B. explain解釋，C. accomplish完成，D. arrange安排，作者準(zhǔn)備去上班，心里想著這一天需要完成的工作。C項(xiàng)符合語境。
小題3:考查副詞：A. excitedly興奮地，B. surprisingly令人驚訝地，C. interestingly有趣地，D. hurriedly沉默地，作者沒有找到車應(yīng)該是驚訝的，選B。
小題4:考查動詞：A. stayed停留，B. looked看，C. walked走，D. parked停車，此處是作者回憶自己停車的情景，所以用parked。選D。
小題5:考查名詞：A. ways道路，B. trips旅程，C. surveys調(diào)查，D. contributions貢獻(xiàn)，作者丟了車，去拖車的地方和公安局找。表示到某個地方時可以用make a trip to。B
小題6:考查名詞：A. policemen警察，B. doctors醫(yī)生，C. thieves小偷，D. officials官員，從前面的all the towing（拖）places, police stations可知作者認(rèn)為汽車被警察拖走了，選A
小題7:考查副詞：A. normally正常地，B. curiously好奇地，C. actually實(shí)際上地，D. finally最后，到上午10點(diǎn)鐘左右，作者還是找不到車，因此警察認(rèn)為車實(shí)際上被偷了。選C
小題8:考查動詞：A. made up組成，編造，合好，B. worked out制定出，鍛煉，C. figured out弄清楚，計(jì)算，D. messed up”弄糟，搞亂”，大早上發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的車被人偷走了，作者認(rèn)為這一天都被搞亂了。選D
小題9:考查副詞：A. still仍然，B. even甚至，C. never從不，D. only只有，由”to realize that my license was missing too along withmy car”可知，用only加不定式作結(jié)果狀語，意為”不料，竟然”。選D
小題10:考查名詞：A. message 信息，B. secret秘密，C. story故事，D. business生意，我把我的整個故事都告訴了這個單位的人，選C
小題11:考查動詞：A. declined婉言拒絕，B. offered主動提供，C. hesitated猶豫，D. approved同意，他對作者的遭遇感到非常遺憾，主動提出帶作者去最近的車管局辦理副本駕照。offer to do sth.”主動提出做某事”，符合語境。選B
小題12:考查名詞：A. license駕照，B. card卡片，C. book書，D. ticket票，從前面的realize that my license was missing too along with my car.可知這個人主動帶他到車管局拿一個駕駛證副本，選A
小題13:考查動詞：A. spend 花費(fèi)，B. leave離開，C. take 拿，帶走，D. get得到，我不明白為什么這個完全的陌生人會花費(fèi)一天幫助我，take sb sometime to do“花費(fèi)某人多長時間做…”。選C
小題14:考查動詞：A. lent 借出，B. presented呈現(xiàn)，遞交，C. bought買，D. rented租，根據(jù)第三段首句”Later in the day l went to pick up arental car at an enterprise”可推知，作者是去租車，因此此處表示那個人租給了作者一輛車。選D
小題15:考查形容詞：A. delighted高興的，B. annoyed生氣的，C. disappointed失望的，D. amused好笑的，從后面的because of the continuous events that happened to me可知作者一整天都很生氣，選B
小題16:考查形容詞：A. complete完全的，B. perfect完美的，C. wonderful   精彩的，D. special特殊的，由上文中的”this complete stranger”可知答案。complete stranger”素不相識的人”。選A
小題17:考查動詞：A. moved感動的，B. puzzled困惑的，C. shocked震驚的，D. embarrassed尷尬的，我被這個人的善良的行為感動了，選A
小題18:考查名詞：A. honor榮幸，B. method方法，C. problem問題，D. surprise驚訝，此處指的是作者受陌生人做法的啟發(fā)，想給其他人一個驚喜( surprise)，故答案選D
小題19:考查動詞：A. forgot忘記，B. threw扔，C. left離開，留下，D. exposed暴露，我把一些心形的巧克力放在同事的桌上，選C
小題20:考查名詞：A. friendship友誼，B. goodness善良，C. competition競爭，D. misunderstanding誤解，根據(jù)文章主旨可知，世界上還有很多美德需要我們慢慢去發(fā)現(xiàn)，故goodness”善良，美德”符合語境。選B
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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

I grew up in a small town and the main entertainment was Friday night high school football. It was just a sleepy little town where parents wanted to raise their children away from crime and              of a big city, and where teenagers like me        leaving to find something bigger and better.
All that changed one summer night. My friend Lisa, Martin and Tyler held a party for my eighteenth birthday at Lisa’s house.       they kept handing alcohol to me I was pretty        . I asked Tyler to take me home. With some       , we made it out to his car and drove home. News came next morning. My friend Martin was       in a car accident. That night after Tyler and I left, Martin, who was       more drunk than me, got into his car and        towards the highway to go home. Driving on the wrong side of the road, he never saw the truck coming. The driver didn’t see him       to avoid the car. They hit head on. Martin died immediately, and the driver was thrown       the truck windshield（擋風(fēng)玻璃）and died a week later.
Whenever I       back on that day, I can’t help thinking that it was my       to drink so much that night.       things would be different. I know Martin       the choice to drink and drive that night, but a part of me will always feel       for what happened.
I may not change the world with my story, but I do hope that by       my story I can make you       that you not only have a responsibility for yourself but also for others. Don’t ever think that your choices are yours       . Every choice is like a stone dropped into         water—each ripple (漣漪) represents someone who your choice       . That’s quite an influence, isn’t it?
小題1:
A．death B．fashion C．danger D．challenge
小題2:
A．succeeded in B．dreamed of C．a(chǎn)pplied for D．a(chǎn)greed to
小題3:
A．As B．WhileC．WhenD．Although
小題4:
A．lostB．drunk C．frozen D．sleepy
小題5:
A．fun B．difficulty C．hope D．method
小題6:
A．died B．injured C．killed D．hurt
小題7:
A．constantly B．frequently C．clearly D．equally
小題8:
A．headed B．walked C．pushed D．fled
小題9:
A．in trouble B．in time C．in danger D．in place
小題10:
A．a(chǎn)bove B．below C．into D．through
小題11:
A．turn B．hold C．look D．get
小題12:
A．desire B．fault C．right D．chance
小題13:
A．ThusB．NeverthelessC．OtherwiseD．Therefore
小題14:
A．faced B．a(chǎn)voided C．regretted D．made
小題15:
A．responsible B．disappointed C．sensitive D．embarrassed
小題16:
A．remembering B．sharing C．declaring D．stopping
小題17:
A．explain B．escape C．limit D．realize
小題18:
A．a(chǎn)lone B．finally C．merely D．perhaps
小題19:
A．clean B．deep C．still D．fresh
小題20:
A．a(chǎn)ffects B．inspires C．a(chǎn)ttracts D．benefits

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important     : giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You needn’t worry if you       money.
This is how I     with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store     in my mind, I step in and make the     to the storekeeper. If an accident takes place, the     of which I think the local police could use, I     him up and tell him about it, though I am not in    here. I found a rule about this world is to give     getting something back, though the    often comes in an unexpected form.
One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special letter to my home, though it was     to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of     . More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was     . I was told at the window that there were     boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long     list. As I was about to be      , the postmaster appeared in the    . “Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering an      delivery to your home?” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office     we make one specifically for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get     but complaints.”
小題1:
A．differenceB．researchC．speechD．discovery
小題2:
A．earnB．lack C．spendD．steal
小題3:
A．experiencedB．connectedC．cooperatedD．experimented
小題4:
A．strikes B．flashesC．happensD．a(chǎn)ttempts
小題5:
A．a(chǎn)ppealB．requestC．suggestionD．demand
小題6:
A．storyB．damageC．challengeD．material
小題7:
A．callB．hold C．cheerD．pick
小題8:
A．possessionB．troubleC．placeD．charge
小題9:
A．plusB．withoutC．forD．before
小題10:
A．processB．goal C．return D．concern
小題11:
A．repliedB．a(chǎn)ddressedC．drivenD．brought
小題12:
A．invitation B．a(chǎn)pologyC．complaintD．a(chǎn)ppreciation
小題13:
A．discussingB．providingC．a(chǎn)pplying D．starting
小題14:
A．enough B．extraC．noD．other
小題15:
A．a(chǎn)dmittingB．relating C．buyingD．waiting
小題16:
A．positiveB．shockedC．discouragedD．optimistic
小題17:
A．doorwayB．windowC．home D．yard
小題18:
A．unfamiliarB．unexpectedC．unknownD．uncertain
小題19:
A．in caseB．now that C．even ifD．rather
小題20:
A．nothingB．somethingC．a(chǎn)nything D．everything

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

On a stormy day last August, Tim heard some shouting. Looking out to the sea carefully, he saw a couple of kids in a rowboat w ere being pulled out to sea.
Two 12-year-old boys, Christian and Jack, rowed out a boat to search a football. Once they’d rowed beyond the calm waters, a beach umbrella tied to the boat caught the wind and pulled the boat into open water. The pair panicked and tried to row back to shore. But they were no match for it and the boat was out of control.
Tim knew it would soon be swallowed by the waves.
“Everything went quiet in my head,” Tim recalls（回憶）. “I’m trying to fi gure out how to swim to the boys in a straight line.”
Tim took off his clothes and jumped into the water. Every 500 yards or so, he raised his head to judge his progress. “At one point, I considered turning back,” he says. “I wondered if I was putting my life at risk.” After 30 minutes of struggling, he was close enough to yell to the boys, “Take down the umbrella!”
Christian made much effort to take down the umbrella. Then Tim was able to catch up and climb aboard the boat. He took over rowing, but the waves were almost too strong for him.
“Let’s aim for the pier（碼頭）,” Jack said. Tim turned the boat toward it.  Soon afterward, waves crashed over the boat, and it began to sink. “Can you guys swim?” he cried. “A little bit,” the boys said.Once they were in the water, Tim decided it would be safer and faster for him to pull the boys toward the pier. Christian and Jack were wearing life jackets and floated on their backs. Tim swam toward land as water washed over the boys’ faces.
“Are we almost there?” they asked again and again. “Yes,” Tim told them each time.
After 30 minutes, they reached the pier.
小題1:Why did the two boys go to the sea?
A．To go boat rowing.
B．To get back their football.
C．To swim in the open water.
D．To test the umbrella as a sail.
小題2:Why did Tim raise his head regularly?
A．To take in enough fresh air.
B．To consider turning back or not.
C．To check his distance from the boys.
D．To ask the boys to take down the umbrella.
小題3:How can the two boys finally reach the pier?
A．They were dragged to the pier by Tim.
B．They swam to the pier all by themselves.
C．They were washed to the pier by the waves.
D．They were carried to the pier by Tim on his back.

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