It was already half past seven and I was running late again for the dinner appointment with my wife, Eleanor. We had       to meet at the restaurant at seven o'clock. I felt a little uneasy, but to my     ，I had a good excuse: A business meeting had        and I'd wasted no time getting to the dinner.
When I arrived at the      ，1 apologized and told Eleanor I didn't mean to be late. She screamed, "You never mean to." Well, I        tell she was angry. "I'm sorry but it was not      ," I said. Then I told her about the business meeting.        , my explanation seemed to make things worse, which started to drive               mad as well.
Several weeks later, when I        the situation to my friend Ken Hardy, he smiled, "You       a classic mistake. You're stuck        your own way of thinking. You didn't        to be late. But that's not the point. What is        in your communication is how your lateness affected Eleanor." He pointed out that I focused on the intention       Eleanor focused on the result. Thus,         of us felt misunderstood and crazy.
Thinking more about Ken's words, I         recognized the root cause of such disagreement. It's the result of the action that really       .I should have started the conversation by expressing         my actions affected Eleanor and         the discussions about my intention for later, much later and even never.
Later on, after talking to Eleanor and really        her experience of the results
of my lateness, I've managed to be on time a lot more frequently.
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A．StartedB．AgreedC．Continued D．Managed
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A．ReliefB．SurpriseC．RegretD．Sorrow
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A．broken outB．closed downC．faded awayD．run over
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A．HouseB．RoomC．RestaurantD．Supermarket
小題5:
A．CouldB．MustC．Will D．might
小題6:
A．MovableB．Comfortable C．Acceptable D．Avoidable
小題7:
A．HoweverB．ThereforeC．MoreoverD．Otherwise
小題8:
A．HerB．HimC．meD．them
小題9:
A．spread B．wroteC．translatedD．described
小題10:
A．knewB．madeC．foundD．took
小題11:
A．InB．beyondC．ForD．a(chǎn)gainst
小題12:
A．NeedB．ProveC．PretendD．Intend
小題13:
A．FunnyB．ImportantC．PossibleD．Simple
小題14:
A．WhileB．AfterC．UntilD．unless
小題15:
A．AllB．NoneC．BothD．Neither
小題16:
A．UsuallyB．MerelyC．HardlyD．gradually
小題17:
A．InspiresB．MattersC．ImprovesD．challenges
小題18:
A．HowB．WhyC．WhenD．what
小題19:
A．ComparedB．ReportedC．FinishedD．saved
小題20:
A．ShowingB．SatisfyingC．understandingD．destroying

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

試題分析：文章講述作者和妻子約定一起吃飯，但是作者因?yàn)殚_(kāi)會(huì)晚了，作者向妻子解釋為什么遲到，妻子反而更生氣，作者也感到要發(fā)瘋了，后來(lái)作者和朋友談到這件事，朋友的一番話讓作者意識(shí)到重要的是作者應(yīng)該體會(huì)遲到對(duì)妻子的影響，而不應(yīng)該強(qiáng)調(diào)自己的意圖，通過(guò)和妻子的溝通，作者更好的理解了妻子，以后盡量能夠做到準(zhǔn)時(shí)。
小題1:B考查動(dòng)詞辨析。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的含義分別是：A.開(kāi)始，B.同意，C.繼續(xù)，D.設(shè)法，管理，根據(jù)上文It was already half past seven and I was running late again for the dinner appointment with my wife, Eleanor.可知作者和妻子約定一起吃飯，所以他們是達(dá)成一致意見(jiàn)7點(diǎn)在飯店見(jiàn)面，agree to do一致同意做…，所以選B。
小題2:A考查名詞辨析。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的含義分別是：A.緩解，寬慰，B.驚訝，C.后悔，遺憾，D.悲傷，根據(jù)下文的：I had a good excuse，可知作者感到有點(diǎn)寬慰的是他有個(gè)很好的借口，所以選A。
小題3:D考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)辨析。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的含義分別是：A.爆發(fā)，B.關(guān)閉，C.逐漸消退，D.遇上，超過(guò)，根據(jù)上文but to my       ，I had a good excuse:可知作者有個(gè)好借口，因?yàn)橐粋�(gè)商業(yè)會(huì)議超時(shí)了，而作者沒(méi)有浪費(fèi)時(shí)間，所以選D。
小題4:C考查名詞辨析。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的含義分別是：A.房子，B.房間，C.飯店，D.超市，根據(jù)上文的內(nèi)容，We had        to meet at the restaurant at seven o'clock.可知作者和妻子約定在飯店一起吃飯，所以作者是到達(dá)飯店，選C。
小題5:A考查情態(tài)動(dòng)詞辨析。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的含義分別是：A.能夠，B.必須，C.將會(huì)，愿意，D.可能，根據(jù)下文"I'm sorry but it was not        ,"作者對(duì)妻子抱歉，所以他能夠感覺(jué)出妻子是生氣了，所以選A。
小題6:D考查形容詞辨析。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的含義分別是：A.可移動(dòng)的，B.舒服的，C.可接受的，D.可以避免的，根據(jù)下文Then I told her about the business meeting.作者告訴妻子關(guān)于這個(gè)商業(yè)會(huì)議的事情，認(rèn)為遲到是不可避免的，所以選D。
小題7:A考查副詞辨析。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的含義分別是：A.然而，B.因此，C.還有，D.否則，根據(jù)下文的內(nèi)容，my explanation seemed to make things worse,作者的解釋讓事情更糟，所以和前面的句子是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，所以選A。
小題8:C考查代詞辨析。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的含義分別是：A.她（賓格），她的（形容詞性物主代詞），B.他（賓格）C.我（賓格），D.他們（賓格），根據(jù)上文，可知作者的遲到讓妻子很生氣，而且他的解釋讓事情更糟，這也使作者快要發(fā)瘋了，因?yàn)橛昧薬s well，所以不是作者的妻子，而是需要代詞指代作者本人，用me，所以選C。
小題9:D考查動(dòng)詞辨析。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的含義分別是：A.傳播，蔓延，B.寫(xiě)，C.翻譯，D.描述，根據(jù)句意：幾個(gè)星期后，我將這件事描述給朋友Ken Hardy，所以選D。
小題10:B考查動(dòng)詞辨析。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的含義分別是：A.知道，B.制作，使得，C.發(fā)現(xiàn)，D.拿走，帶，這里使用了動(dòng)詞搭配，make a mistake，根據(jù)下文，You're stuck         your own way of thinking.可知作者犯了一個(gè)經(jīng)典的錯(cuò)誤，所以選B。
小題11:A考查介詞辨析。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的含義分別是：A.在…里面，B.超過(guò)，C.為了，D.反對(duì)，這里使用了固定搭配：be stuck in卡住，陷入，這里表示作者被自己的思維方式困住了，所以選A。
小題12:D考查動(dòng)詞辨析。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的含義分別是：A.需要，B.證明，C.假裝，D.打算，根據(jù)第二段的句子，"You never mean to."可知作者認(rèn)為自己不是故意這么做的，所以用intend和mean意思相近，所以選D。
小題13:B考查形容詞辨析。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的含義分別是：A.滑稽的，有趣的，B.重要的，C.可能的，D.簡(jiǎn)單的，根據(jù)上句：But that's not the point.那并不是重點(diǎn)，你們的談話中重要的是你的遲到是怎么影響Eleanor的，所以選B。
小題14:A考查連詞辨析。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的含義分別是：A.當(dāng)…時(shí)候，然而，雖然，B.在…之后，C.直到，D.除非，他指出作者的重點(diǎn)是意圖，而Eleanor的重點(diǎn)是結(jié)果，這兩句話是表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，所以選A。
小題15:C考查代詞辨析。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的含義分別是：A.（三者以上）都，B. （三者以上）都不，C. （兩者）都，D. （兩者）都不，根據(jù)上文He pointed out that I focused on the intention         Eleanor focused on the result.可知作者和妻子兩個(gè)人理解的重點(diǎn)不一樣，所以兩個(gè)人都感覺(jué)被誤解要抓狂，所以選C。
小題16:D考查副詞辨析。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的含義分別是：A.通常，B.僅僅，C.幾乎不，D.逐漸地，句意：多思考Ken的話，我逐漸意識(shí)到這樣分歧的根源，所以選D。
小題17:B考查動(dòng)詞辨析。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的含義分別是：A.激勵(lì)，B.重要，C.提高，改善，D.挑戰(zhàn)，根據(jù)上文可知文章一再?gòu)?qiáng)調(diào)的兩個(gè)人的重點(diǎn)，所以這里說(shuō)的是行動(dòng)的結(jié)果是真正重要的，matter和be important意思相同，所以選B。
小題18:A考查疑問(wèn)詞辨析。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的含義分別是：A.怎樣，B.為什么，C.何時(shí)，D.什么，根據(jù)上文可知是行動(dòng)的結(jié)果更重要，所以作者本應(yīng)該開(kāi)始對(duì)話，表達(dá)自己的行為對(duì)妻子有怎樣的影響，選A。
小題19:D考查動(dòng)詞辨析。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的含義分別是：A.比較，B.報(bào)告，C.完成，D.拯救，省去，根據(jù)上文I should have started the conversation by expressing        my actions affected Eleanor可知作者本應(yīng)該表達(dá)自己的行為對(duì)妻子有怎樣的影響，所以應(yīng)該省去解釋自己遲到的目的或以后再說(shuō)，或者永遠(yuǎn)不要說(shuō)，所以選D。
小題20:C考查動(dòng)詞辨析。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的含義分別是：A.展示，B.使…滿意，C.理解，D.破壞，根據(jù)上文提到了misunderstood，可知作者通過(guò)和妻子的交談?wù)娴睦斫饬怂龑?duì)于我遲到的結(jié)果的體驗(yàn)，所以選C。
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“But where are the drops of oil I had given to you？” asked the wise man. Looking down at the spoon he   ____， the boy saw that the oil was   ____.
“Well, there is only one piece of    ____    I can give you”， said the wise man. “The secret of happiness is to    ____   all the marvels of the world and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.”
小題1:
A．suddenlyB．happily
C．finallyD．a(chǎn)ccidentally
小題2:
A．castleB．palace
C．cottageD．kitchen
小題3:
A．eagerlyB．a(chǎn)ttentively
C．seriouslyD．quietly
小題4:
A．conversationB．report
C．chanceD．turn
小題5:
A．look aroundB．look back
C．set downD．set out
小題6:
A．milkB．water
C．oilD．coffee
小題7:
A．sweepingB．climbing
C．runningD．jumping
小題8:
A．manB．castle
C．wayD．spoon
小題9:
A．hangingB．knitting
C．storingD．flying
小題10:
A．houseB．farm
C．gardenD．lake
小題11:
A．disappointedB．embarrassed
C．surprisedD．confused
小題12:
A．worryB．plan
C．energyD．concern
小題13:
A．trustB．suggest
C．a(chǎn)cceptD．thank
小題14:
A．soughtB．continued
C．beganD．stopped
小題15:
A．treasuresB．works
C．designsD．exhibits
小題16:
A．in detailB．in common
C．in generalD．in particular
小題17:
A．containedB．needed
C．boughtD．held
小題18:
A．stolenB．gone
C．dryD．ready
小題19:
A．discoverB．keep
C．ownD．see
小題20:
A．informationB．clothing
C．a(chǎn)dviceD．equipment

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a goods yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head. Now I can dimly remember the brightness of sunshine and what color red is. It would be wonderful to see again, but a calamity(大災(zāi)難) can do strange things to people. It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadn't been blind. I believe in life now. I am not so sure that I would have believed in it so deeply, otherwise. I don't mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate the more what I had left.
Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of adjustments to reality. In spite of the fact the adjustment is never easy, I had my parents and teachers to help. The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. If I hadn't been able to do that, I would have collapsed and become a chair rocker on the front porch for the rest of my life. When I say belief in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone. That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that: an assurance that I am, despite imperfections, a real, positive person; that there is a special place where I can make myself fit.
It took me years to discover and strengthen this assurance. It had to start with the most elementary things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was laughing at me and I was hurt. “I can't use this.” I said. “Take it with you，” he urged me, “and roll it around.” The words stuck in my head. “Roll it around！” By rolling the ball I could hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought impossible: playing baseball.
All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to learn my limitations. It was no good to try for something that I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited the bitterness of failure. I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress.
小題1:We can learn from the beginning of the passage that ________.
A．the author lost his sight because of a car crash
B．the author wouldn't love life if the calamity didn't happen
C．the calamity made the author appreciate what he had
D．the calamity strengthened the author's desire to see
小題2:What's the most difficult thing for the author?
A．How to adjust himself to reality
B．Building up assurance that he can find his place in life
C．Learning to manage his life alone
D．To find a special work that suits the author
小題3:For the author, the baseball and encouragement offered by the man ________.
A．hurt the author's feeling
B．made the author puzzled
C．directly led to the change of the author's career
D．inspired the author
小題4:According to the passage, the author ________.
A．set goals for himself but only invited failure most of the time
B．thought that nothing was impossible for him
C．was discouraged from trying something out of reach for fear of failure
D．suggested not trying something beyond one's ability at the beginning

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：完形填空

One day a few years ago we had an uninvited guest—a sparrow.        the little bird had flown into our open garage. Then I        the bird before I saw it.
“What’s that?”I asked when I first heard the sound.
“It’s coming from the        .”my wife, Anita, said. “Maybe it’s one of the little        .”
I looked into the garage. No children at all. But there was that sound again, coming from right up there. And that’s         I saw the sparrow. It was flying        just inches below the ceiling. It was clearly        to get out, but couldn’t see the way out was not up, but        and and out through the garage door. So the bird continued flapping its wings and bumping its little head        the ceiling.
I tried to terrify it out, but only succeeded in driving it into the        open space between the door and the ceiling. Then I tried to show the bird how to fly down a few feet         it could get outside, but that only seemed to        it more.
“Why don’t we just leave for a few minutes,” Anita        .“I’m sure he’ll figure it out eventually.”
We went back into the house, where we        to hear the ongoing struggle between the sparrow and the ceiling. Then suddenly, it was        and our uninvited guest was gone.
I’ve        that little sparrow through the years, and I’ve decided that birds are not different much from people. We think we were        to fly ever upward, and we don’t even consider the        that something good might happen if we just fly down a little bit. Once we figure out that we can make        without banging（碰）our heads against ceilings, we can usually save ourselves much        .
小題1:
A．StillB．SomehowC．InsteadD．Perhaps
小題2:
A．heardB．caughtC．searchedD．observed
小題3:
A．houseB．backyardC．garageD．basement
小題4:
A．birdsB．guestsC．catsD．kids
小題5:
A．whenB．howC．whyD．whether
小題6:
A．quicklyB．a(chǎn)nxiouslyC．cautiouslyD．slowly
小題7:
A．decidingB．hesitatingC．tryingD．choosing
小題8:
A．upB．backwardC．forwardD．down
小題9:
A．a(chǎn)gainstB．offC．a(chǎn)longD．into
小題10:
A．freeB．smallC．wideD．dark
小題11:
A．in caseB．even ifC．a(chǎn)s thoughD．so that
小題12:
A．puzzleB．confuseC．frightenD．disturb
小題13:
A．suggestedB．explainedC．insistedD．demanded
小題14:
A．a(chǎn)ttemptedB．continuedC．refusedD．failed
小題15:
A．fierceB．emptyC．safeD．silent
小題16:
A．looked afterB．worried aboutC．thought aboutD．brought up
小題17:
A．forcedB．determinedC．bornD．urged
小題18:
A．ideaB．possibilityC．challengeD．problem
小題19:
A．progressB．peaceC．decisionsD．efforts
小題20:
A．panicB．pressureC．lossD．trouble

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

In a cab, a woman seemed in such a hurry．She constantly rushed the cab driver to drive quickly．She was so absorbed in her own thoughts of getting to the airport as soon as possible that she was not aware they were going by a different route.
All of a sudden, a young man got inside the cab．He took her handbag in which she had put her visa, passport, and all the money for the trip.
The cab driver, who was in collusion with the robber, left her in the exactly middle of a dark street．She thought that she was rather unfortunate in the very situation.
During the very night, she was told a piece of shocking news．Tears came down her cheek．Flight 360, the plane that she should have got on board, had crashed．Had she not lost her important belongings, she could surely have lost the thing far more precious——her life.
Sometimes bad things really happen．There are times when nothing seems to go our way．So what should we do about it? We must get rid of all these frustrations and start all over again in the faith that we will get what we deserve．
Don’t waste your time and energy on things that can’t be changed．Continuous worrying will only affect your health and you’ll be doing much more damage than what was previously done.
What if it was the other way round? What if we never ran out of good luck?
There was a man who won the lottery．He became greedy and wasted all his money on everything he could get his hands on.
But when he one day made it to the front page of the newspaper again, it was a different story．He had been killed because of his riches．If you attain good luck, you can never be too secure about it．Life is so unpredictable．You never know what will happen next.
Live one day at a time．We sometimes subject ourselves to unnecessary emotional trouble．But please don’t forget: sometimes misfortune can be the source of happiness．Live for the moment．Do what must be done for the present and the future will turn out just fine．Believe me．And believe in yourself．As Captain Planet always says, “The power is yours！”
小題1:The underlined phrase “in collusion with” in Paragraph 3 probably means “________.”
A．was forced byB．was fighting bravely against
C．was doing one’s best to begD．had cooperated with
小題2:From the passage, we learn that ________.
A．robbers are sure to get what they want
B．somebody never runs out of good luck
C．the woman was lucky to miss her flight
D．if one feels oneself lucky, he or she will continue to be so
小題3:The writer presents the second example in order to ________.
A．warn people of the danger of winning the lottery
B．tell people life is unpredictable
C．encourage people to buy lottery
D．persuade people not to be greedy
小題4:According to the author, which of the following choices is the correct attitude to adopt to life?
A．Never waste any time or energy because time is so limited.
B．One needn’t be worried or feel frustrated．Believe in yourself.
C．Even while everything appears to be going smoothly, we should keep fully alert.
D．Worrying about what you don’t have
小題5:The passage above is intended to tell us ________.
A．misfortune sometimes is a blessing
B．we should save up for a rainy day
C．fortune just goes with those prepared minds
D．both losses and gains go hand in hand

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