A mother and daughter living in my community are two of the most unfriendly people I have ever come across in my life. They are totally separated, mixing with   36 . As they drive past   37  they keep their eyes looking away and make no sign of acceptance. The only fame they have is making a nuisance of themselves to the local police station by   38  music played too loud, dogs barking more than once a day and any other pretty   39  gripe (把柄).
On moving into this neighborhood, I was   40  of these two but decided I would make up my own mind. This proved quite a   41  to me as more than once either the mother or the daughter would knock on my door and blast (猛烈抨擊) me with some   42  or other.
I   43  answered politely and made sure I   44  as they went past my place and also made the effort now and then to make a kind remark about their garden or pets.
Time passed and in October, as part of the kindness rock give (送愛(ài)心石活動(dòng)), Maureen and I   45  to place a kindness rock in their garden. Their   46  remained unchanged, however, and I continued to be as friendly as possible. During the Easter give, we decided once again to   47  these two unhappy ladies to our list and left a packet of cookies on their   48 . Imagine my   49  when two days later they   50  at my gate and jokingly said they are considering hanging their Christmas stockings on their gate, and they   51  me a bunch of flowers!
So, my fellow gifters , do not   52  on your random（隨意的） gifts of kindness. You may never know just what this   53  to others, nor how many broken or   54  hearted people you may just change with a simple act of   55 .
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A．nobodyB．someoneC．a(chǎn)nyoneD．nothing
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A．ladiesB．neighborsC．friendsD．relatives
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A．composingB．requestingC．reportingD．explaining
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A．importantB．easyC．interesting D．little
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A．a(chǎn)ccusedB．warnedC．remindedD．convinced
小題6:
A．challengeB．jobC．taskD．matter
小題7:
A．jokesB．a(chǎn)dviceC．explanationD．complaint
小題8:
A．seldomB．neverC．a(chǎn)lwaysD．sometimes
小題9:
A．wavedB．staredC．noticedD．laughed
小題10:
A．startedB．continuedC．mentionedD．decided
小題11:
A．smileB．a(chǎn)ttitudeC．decisionD．a(chǎn)nger
小題12:
A．a(chǎn)ddB．recommendC．reduced D．drove
小題13:
A．placeB．roofC．gateD．fence
小題14:
A．interestB．smileC．surpriseD．face
小題15:
A．whisperedB．stoppedC．shoutedD．wandered
小題16:
A．broughtB．wishedC．threwD．expected
小題17:
A．take inB．take upC．give inD．give up
小題18:
A．refersB．meansC．relatesD．contributes
小題19:
A．kindB．lightC．hardD．warm
小題20:
A．sorrowB．hopeC．imaginationD．kindness

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小題1:選A。根據(jù)mixing with nobody 可知她們不與任何人來(lái)往，完全與別人隔離了。
小題1:選B。acknowledgement 意為“致意；打招呼”。
小題1:選C。根據(jù)music played too loud, dogs barking. . . 等信息可知她們向當(dāng)?shù)鼐址从城闆r，故用reporting。
小題1:選D�！皃etty little affairs”意為“瑣事”。event 大事，體育賽事；incident 事件，（尤其指不尋常的 事）如暴力事件，issue 問(wèn)題，都不合語(yǔ)境。
小題1:選B。鄰居們非常不喜歡這對(duì)母女，作者一搬到這里就有人告知他這些情況。warn sb. of sth. (警告某人某事)符合語(yǔ)境。
小題1:選A。根據(jù)more than once either the mother or the daughter would knock on my door and blast me可知，作者要和她們好好相處是個(gè)挑戰(zhàn)。
小題1:選D。上文講到這對(duì)母女喜歡投訴，可知她們找作者來(lái)抱怨。
小題1:選C。根據(jù)下文，作者想用自己的行動(dòng)感動(dòng)這對(duì)母女，故總是很有禮貌地同她們講話。
小題1:選A。當(dāng)她們經(jīng)過(guò)時(shí)，作者向她們打招呼。
小題1:選D。make a kind remark 意為“說(shuō)好話；贊揚(yáng)”。這也是作者友善的示意。
小題1:選B。盡管作者一再表示友好，她們的態(tài)度仍然沒(méi)有改變。
小題1:選A。add. . . to. . . “把……加到……中”。作者決定把她們也列入要送禮物的名單中。
小題1:選C。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境，作者把餅干放在她們家門口。
小題1:選C。根據(jù). . . at my gate and jokingly said. . . 可知她們出現(xiàn)在作者家門口，說(shuō)話態(tài)度很好，讓 作者感到驚訝。
小題1:選B。根據(jù)上下文，她們?cè)谧髡呒议T口停留。
小題1:選C。她們從作者的善意中受到了感悟，開(kāi)玩笑說(shuō)正在“考慮”在即將到來(lái)的圣誕節(jié)在門口掛上 圣誕襪來(lái)接收更多的禮物。
小題1:選D。根據(jù)You may never know just what this. . . to others 可知，不要放棄對(duì)別人的善意，不經(jīng) 意的善意會(huì)對(duì)人產(chǎn)生很大影響。
小題1:選B。一個(gè)人的善意對(duì)別人意味著很多。
小題1:選C。文章告訴我們，這對(duì)母女開(kāi)始很固執(zhí)，鐵石心腸，后來(lái)在作者的感化下態(tài)度發(fā)生了改變。
小題1:選D。用善意之舉改變別人，故用介詞with。
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A Battery’s Worst Nightmare(噩夢(mèng))
Portable electronics that can be carried about easily are only as good as their batteries and, let’s face it, batteries aren’t very good, especially when compared with, say, petrol, which packs 100 times a battery’s energy into an equal space. That’s why a large group of mechanical engineers (centered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but with partners at other universities and companies) are hard at work in an effort to replace batteries with a tiny engine that runs on fuel. Imagine a battery-free life!When the fuel runs out in your laptop or mobile phone, you just fill up and go.
The engine, about the size of a ten-cent coin, starts with a combustion chamber (燃燒室) that burns hydrogen (氫). Its tiny parts are etched onto silicon wafers (硅片) in the same manner that computer parts are imprinted onto integrated circuits (集成電路). The first engine is made up of five wafers. And since these wafers could be produced in much the same way as computer chips, they could probably be produced quite cheaply.
But the devil in all this nice detail is efficiency(效率). Tiny engine parts don’t always behave like their scaled-up parts of the first engine. Something between the parts can slow down the work, according to Columbia University professor Luc Frechette, one of the engine’s designers. Extreme heat from the combustion chamber is also a problem, often leaking to other parts of the engine.
The scientists’ goal is to create an engine that will operate 10 times better than batteries do. Frechette says that a complete system, with all parts in place and working, will be set up in the next couple of years, but commercial models aren’t available until at least the end of the next ten years. 
小題1:.
. According to the passage, the title suggests that ________.
A．batteries should be greatly improvedB．petrol will be used instead of batteries
C．the time of batteries will be gone foreverD．pollution caused by batteries must be prevented
小題2:.
What’s the meaning of the underlined word “devil” (In Paragraph 3)?
A．Problem.　B．Advantage.　C．Invention.　D．Technique.
小題3:.
What can we infer from the passage?
A．The new invention doesn’t need any fuel.
B．The new engine has been produced in quantity.
C．The new invention is much cheaper than the battery.
D．The new engine needs to be improved before it’s on sale.
小題4:.
. What is the main purpose of this passage?
A．To introduce a new invention to readers.B．To persuade readers not to use batteries.
C．To show us how the new invention works.D．To declare when the engine will be on sale.

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Once upon a time there was a wise man that used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work.
One day he was walking along the shore. As he looked down the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the thought that someone would dance on the beach. So he began to walk faster to catch up.
As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn’t dancing, but instead he was reaching down to the shore, picking up something and very gently throwing it into the ocean.
As he got closer he called out, “Good morning! What are you doing?”
The young man paused, looked up and replied, “Throwing starfish in the ocean.” “I guess I should have asked, why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?” “The sun is up and the tide is going out, and if I don’t throw them in they’ll die.”
“But, young man, don’t you realize that there are miles and miles of beach and starfish all along it. You can’t possibly make a difference!”
The young man listened politely, then he bent down, picked another starfish and threw it into the sea, past the breaking waves and said, “It made a difference for that one.”
There is something very special in each and every one of us. We have all been gifted with the ability to make a difference. And if we can know that gift, we will gain through the strength of our visions the power to shape the future.
We must each find our starfish. And if we throw our starfish wisely and well, the world will be better.
小題1:
One day, the wise man saw the young man          .
A．dancing along the beachB．walking with a dancer
C．picking up starfish for saleD．trying to save as many starfish as possible
小題2:
Near the end of the passage, “something very special” refers to          .
A．the gifts from friendsB．the strength of making decision
C．our own starfishD．the ability of shaping one’s own future
小題3:
From the last two paragraphs, we can learn that          .
A．the wise man realized something new and important
B．the wise man thought it was foolish of the young man to throw starfish into the ocean
C．the young man had the ability to make a difference
D．it is necessary for us to save starfish on the beach
小題4:
The writer told this story in order to show us          .
A．how and where we can write a good article
B．everyone can do something for the future
C．wise men are sometimes stupid
D．young people are actually wiser than old people

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