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.
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【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
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解析【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，作者的父親對生活失去了興趣，變得郁郁寡歡，lose interest in…“對…失去興趣”，只有B選項符合文意。
【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”的父親每天吃點東西成為了一件勞心之事，因為“我”的父親不想吃任何東西，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，但有一樣東西例外，那就是冰淇淋，此空需要表達轉折含義的連詞，因此，however為正確答案，且however前后由逗號隔開。A. though“盡管”引導讓步狀語從句，C. instead“而不是”，一般置于句末，D. therefore“所以”，引導結果。
【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 “因為”，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，當我解釋了這種狀況時，這位女士道歉了。A. question, B. process “進程”，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，恰巧符合此語法結構。B. told“告訴”，C. sold“賣”，D. charge“向…收費”，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”，她接受了這個禮物（the gift），B．stored“儲存”，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”，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”，I….. the gesture a few days later, and this time was…..with a huge hug, 幾天后我重復了這個姿勢，這一次是一個大大的擁抱，A．reported“報道，報告”，B．expressed“表達”，C．noticed“注意”，均不符合，因此，正確答案為D。
【小題19】C. rewarded“獎賞，回報”，reward with sth. 用…作為回報，由后文中with a huge hug可知，她用一個大大的擁抱作為回報，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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As you may ex
pect, life in space is much different from life on earth. So of course people need some time to get used to it. How do they live, work and play up there?
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you could see planet Earth out of your window, with a sunset or sunrise every 45 minutes?
1． Which
of the following can be the title of this passage?
A. Life In Space. B. Space Food. C. Showers In Space. D. A Visit To Space
2．From this passage we know that _______.
A. astronauts eat quite different food in space from what they eat on the earth
B. astronauts ate only fruit in space in the past
C. astronauts can only eat freeze-dried food now
D. astronauts can only eat fruit and vegetables now
3．Astronauts attach themselves to bed so as to ________.
A. keep themselves warm B. preve
nt themselves from floating away
C. have a good sleep D. feel better
4．Astronauts have to do exercise for two hours every day because ________.
A. they have nothing to do in space B. they are told to do so
C. they do so to keep healthy D. they do so to prevent them from sleeping
5．From the last paragraph we can guess that ________.
A. the sun moves fast around the earth
B. the earth circles round the sun very fast
C. the earth is very small
D. the spaceship circles round the earth once every 90 imnutes
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I had decided to return home earlier than planned so that my son and his girlfriend could go out．I called home with this happy news．But instead of hearing his cheerful, grateful voice on the other end of the line, all I heard was the sound of a telephone ringing．
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【小題1】The author went out and left her eldest son in charge of the younger children because ．
| A．she knew that her eldest son was a good baby-sitter |
| B．she thought it no hard work to take care of the younger ones |
| C．she believed he could do well with his girlfriend’s help |
| D．she could not find a baby-sitter on that winter night |
| A．two younger children had already been in bed |
| B．the children were preparing a birthday gift for her |
| C．her son was quarrelling with his girlfriend |
| D．there was no one answering the telephone |
| A．They had a birthday party． | B．They framed some photographs． |
| C．They had their pictures taken． | D．They made some beautiful clothes． |
| A．Modern teenagers are not worth trusting． |
| B．It is no easy job to look after young children． |
| C．It’s no good to have a girlfriend at an early age． |
| D．Her children have a caring and tender heart． |
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Car needs gas to run as your body needs food to work for you. Eating the right kinds of food is very important. A good eating habit can help your body grow strong if you take care of what you eat.
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1.According to the passage, which of the following diets do you think is the best one?
A．Eggs, tomatoes and chicken.
B．Milk, bread, cabbages and beef.
C．Corn, fish, ice cream and pork.
D．Rice, beancurd(豆腐)，fish and chicken.
2.Which of the following is a good eating habit?
A．Going to school without any breakfast.
B．Eating fish and chips for supper all the time.
C．Having at least food from one of the four groups each meal.
D．Having different food from all four food groups.
3. In this passage the writer mainly tells us that____.
A．every person needs food to grow well.
B．taking exercise can keep your body strong.
C．the right kind of food with exercise will keep you healthy.
D．enough energy helps people think more quickly.
4.The underlined word “dairy” in the second paragraph means_____.
A．the food made out of cows such as milk and butter
B．the shop that sells milk and butter
C．a farm where cows are kept
D．a place where milk products are made
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One evening I went out and left my 17-year-old son in charge of his 8-year-old brother and 4-year-old sister. On this occasion, the work was made less troublesome by the presence of his girl friend. I left with complete confidence that the older children would do a wonderful job of babysitting the younger children. Later, I discovered that complete confidence was the last thing I should have left home with.
I had decided to return home earlier than planned so that my son and his girlfriend could go out. I called home with this happy news. But instead of hearing his cheerful, grateful voice on the other end of the line, all I heard was the sound of a telephone ringing.
It was, I should point out, after 10 p.m., when the two younger children should have been in bed. and when the two older children should have been answering the phone. “I’ll give him a lesson,” I said. I decided they must be outside. Why they might be outside at 10∶30 on a winter night I had no idea, but it was the only explanation I could come up with.
Finally, in desperation, I called his girlfriend’s house. After what seemed like countless rings, his girlfriend answered. “Yes,” she said brightly, “He’s right here.”
He came on the phone. I was not my usual calm, rational(理智的)self. After all, one of the rules of survival for modern parents is that you can’t trust modern teenagers. “Where are the children?” I said. He said they were with him. They had done nothing wrong. My son had taken the younger children over to his girlfriend’s house just for ice cream and cake. This was too good to be believed. Well, it turns out that I shouldn’t have believed it. It was only part of the truth.
The following Saturday evening we were at my parents home, celebrating my birthday. My oldest son gave me the children’s gifts. Mounted and framed were a series of lovely color photographs of my children, dressed in their best clothes, and wearing their most wonderful expressions. They are pictures to treasure a lifetime, all taken by the father of my son’s girlfriend.
1. The author went out and left her eldest son in charge of the younger children because________________. .
A. she knew that her eldest son was a good baby-sitter
B. she thought it no hard work to take care of the younger ones
C. she believed he could do well with his girlfriend’s help
D. she could not find a baby-sitter on that winter night
2. When the author called home that evening, she found that _______________.
A. two younger children had already been in bed
B. the children were preparing a birthday gift for her
C. her son was quarrelling with his girlfriend
D. there was no one answering the telephone
3. What can you learn from the underlined sentence in the fifth paragraph?
A. The author didn’t believe what her son had told her.
B. The author had complete confidence in her son.
C. The author believed her son was telling the truth.
D. The author was moved by what her children had done.
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A. They had a birthday party.
B. They framed some photographs.
C. They had their pictures taken.
D. They made some beautiful clothes.
5. What does the author intend to tell us by the story?
A. Modem teenagers are not worth trusting.
B. It is no easy job to look after young children.
C. It’s no good to have a girlfriend at an early age.
D. Her children have a caring and tender heart.
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