The first day of school we were surprised to know a new classmate. I  1  around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I found a little  2  lady with a warm smile.

She said, “Hi! I’m 87 years old. Can I give you a hug? ” I laughed and heartily   3  , “Of course!”

“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent (天真的)age?” I asked.

She replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married,    4  children, and then travel around.”

“  5  ?”I asked. I   6  why she gave herself so much trouble at this age.

“I always   7  having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me. We became friends quickly..

   8, Rose became an icon(偶像) in the school and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the  9   which was paid to her from the other students.

At the end of the term we invited Rose to speak at our football party. I’ll never forget what she         10  us.

“We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old  11  we stop playing. Here are the secrets to staying 12  . You have to laugh and find   13  every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.   14  we have many people like this walking around!” she said.

“There is a huge   15  between growing older and growing up. Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t   16  any gift or ability(能力),” she added. “But growing up needs    17  the chance in change. Have no regrets. The old usually don’t regret   18  they did, but rather things they did not do.”

One weak after graduation that year,Rose died in peace in her sleep.She taught us   19   that it’s never too 20   to be all you can possibly be.

1.A. stopped              B. showed                            C. asked                                D. looked

2.A. old                            B. exciting                    C. strange                    D. nervous

3.A. added                           B. refused                            C. responded                 D. offered

4.A.to        have              B. have                              C.had                       D. having

5.A. really              B. wisely                      C.actually                    D. secretly

6.A.recognized     B.understood                        C. wondered             D.believed

7.A. wanted to             B. looked forward of  C.got tired of                  D. dreamed of

8.A. Over the year       B. suddenly         C. Once again               D. As usual

9.A. jokes                    B. questions                    C. attention                           D. followers

10.A. commanded     B. taught                         C. requested                        D. asked

11.A. when                          B. because                      C. so                              D. although

12.A. young                         B. healthy              C. growing                    D. developing

13.A. friends                        B. humor                             C. difficulty                           D. questions

14.A. Unfortunately  B. Naturally                     C. Generally                          D. Gradually

15.A. ending                   B. change                    C. importance                      D. difference

16.A. use                     B. take                             C. finish                             D. prefer

17.A. winning             B. improving                   C. meeting              D. finding

18.A.what              B. which                            C.how                                D. why

19.A. at last                          B. by herself                   C. by example             D. in use

20.A. late                       B. good                               C. early                             D. Young

 

【答案】

 

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.A

9.C

10.B

11.B

12.A

13.B

14.A

15.D

16.B

17.D

18.C

19.C

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了作者上大學(xué)時(shí)的一位87歲的同學(xué)，從她身上學(xué)到了很多東西。他教會(huì)作者明白，人要活到老學(xué)到老；不要因?yàn)槟昀狭硕Ｖ够顒?dòng)和學(xué)習(xí)；盡可能做到自己想做的事，否則老了會(huì)后悔；人要有夢(mèng)想，沒有夢(mèng)想，人就死了。

1. 考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A. stopped 停止，B. showed  展示，出示，C. asked      問，D. looked看。look  around 朝四周看。根據(jù)The first day of school 開學(xué)的第一天，可知作者正到處看看。句意：我在校園里四處看看，這時(shí)一只溫柔的手拍了拍我的肩膀。故選D。

2.考查形容詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A. Old 年老的，舊的；         B. exciting          令人興奮的，使人激動(dòng)的；C. strange 奇怪的，陌生的； D. nervous 緊張的。根據(jù)后文的I’m 87 years old. 可知這位女士87歲了，是一位老太太。句意：意為我看到一位老太太面帶微笑。故選A。

3.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 A. added 增加，補(bǔ)充； B. refused 拒絕；C. responded 回答，作出反應(yīng)； D. offered 提供，出價(jià)。根據(jù)前文Can I give you a hug?所以此空應(yīng)是答復(fù)老太太的問話。句意：我痛快的答復(fù)到“當(dāng)然可以！”故選C。

4.考查非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 A.to have 動(dòng)詞不定式，表示將來(lái)要發(fā)生； B. have 一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)； C.had 過去分詞，表示過去，表示被動(dòng)；D. Having現(xiàn)在分詞，表示正在進(jìn)行，做伴隨狀語(yǔ)。

根據(jù)I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married,       children,可知to meet和get， have是并列表語(yǔ)。兩個(gè)或多個(gè)動(dòng)詞不定式短語(yǔ)并列關(guān)系時(shí)，第二個(gè)及后面的動(dòng)詞不定式短語(yǔ)省略不定式符號(hào)to.句意：我將到這兒遇到一位富有的丈夫，結(jié)婚，生子。故選B。

5.考查副詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A.really真正地，十分；  B. wisely  明智地，聰明地；C.actually    實(shí)際上，事實(shí)上；D. secretly秘密地。really？真的嗎?根據(jù)后文的why she gave herself so much trouble at this age可知作者對(duì)她為什么這么大歲數(shù)還來(lái)費(fèi)力氣上大學(xué)感到疑惑。句意：我問道“真的嗎?”故選A。

6.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A.recognized     認(rèn)出； B.understood       理解；C. wondered 想知道； D.believed 相信。根據(jù)后文的why she gave herself so much trouble at this age可知作者想知道答案。句意：我想知道她為什么這么大歲數(shù)還來(lái)費(fèi)力氣上大學(xué)。故選C.

7.考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A. wanted to  想去   B. looked forward of        期盼，C.got tired of厭煩，D. dreamed of 夢(mèng)見，夢(mèng)想。根據(jù)I always      having a college education and now I’m getting one! 中的always可知老太太一直想要受大學(xué)教育。 wanted to+動(dòng)詞原形，故排除A. dreamed of+doing夢(mèng)想做某事。句意：我一直夢(mèng)想接受大學(xué)教育，現(xiàn)在我正要獲得一次機(jī)會(huì)。故選D。

8.考查時(shí)間副詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A. Over the year         一年，過去的一年；B. suddenly 突然； C. Once again 再一次； D. As usual 像平常一樣。根據(jù)前文的The first day of school we were surprised to know a new classmate.老太太是新生，所以她要經(jīng)過一段時(shí)間才會(huì)成為學(xué)校里的偶像。句意：一年過去了她成為學(xué)校里的一個(gè)偶像,她去哪兒都很容易地就交上了朋友。故選A.

9.考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A. jokes 玩笑，笑話；     B. questions      問題，詢問；C. attention 注意力，關(guān)心。 D. followers追隨者，屬下。pay attention to 關(guān)注，注意。根據(jù)空格后的定語(yǔ)從句which was paid to her from the other students可知此處是短語(yǔ)pay attention to 關(guān)注，注意。句意：她喜歡打扮，喜歡來(lái)自別人對(duì)她的關(guān)注。故選C.

10.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A. commanded 命令；B. taught 教授；C. requested 要求；D. asked 問。根據(jù)后文的She taught us她教了我們很多。此空老太太做的演講同樣教給作者東西。句意：我永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)忘記她教給我們的東西。故選B。

11.考查連詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A. when何時(shí)，B. because 因?yàn)�，C. so  所以；D. although雖然，盡管。根據(jù)前文的We do not stop playing because we are old;我們不要因?yàn)槟昀狭司屯Ｖ雇嫠�，也就是建議我們活動(dòng)的必要性，如果停止活動(dòng)就會(huì)衰老。句意：因?yàn)椴煌媪�，人就�?huì)變老。故選B。

12.考查形容詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A. young      年輕的；B. healthy  健康的； C. growing         成長(zhǎng)的，D. developing發(fā)展的。根據(jù)前文的we grow old       we stop playing可知她在講保持年輕的方法。句意：這就是保持青春的秘密。故選A。

13.考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 A. friends 朋友；B. humor 幽默；       C. difficulty 困難；D. questions問題。根據(jù)前文的laughed, 連詞and前后的成分意思相近，能讓人笑的應(yīng)是幽默。句意：你每天必須笑一笑，尋找幽默的事情。故選B.

14.考查副詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 A. Unfortunately不幸地；B. Naturally自然地；C. Generally一般地；D. Gradually逐步地，漸漸地。根據(jù)前文When you lose your dreams, you die你失去了夢(mèng)想，你就死了，可知這是不幸的事。句意：不幸地是，我們周圍還有很多這樣的人。故選A。

15.考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A. ending         結(jié)局，結(jié)尾。 B. change          變化，改變；C. importance重要性； D. difference差異,差別。根據(jù)后文的between growing older and growing up. Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t      any gift or ability(能力),” she added. “But growing up needs             the chance in change.可知這是growing older（變老）和 growing up（成長(zhǎng)）之間的差別對(duì)比。句意：變老和成長(zhǎng)之間有很大的差別。故選D。

16.考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 A. use    使用；      B. take       拿，��； C. finish    完成；D. prefer 更喜歡，寧愿。根據(jù)Anybody can grow older. 可知人老了，根據(jù)常識(shí)體力和能力就會(huì)下降。句意：那并沒有奪走你的才干和能力。故選B。

17. 考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A. winning贏，獲勝；B. improving       提高，改進(jìn)； C.meeting遇見，滿足；D. finding發(fā)現(xiàn)，認(rèn)為。根據(jù)the chance in change變化中的機(jī)會(huì)，可知機(jī)會(huì)不是等來(lái)的，要自己去尋找和發(fā)現(xiàn)。句意：成長(zhǎng)需要自己發(fā)現(xiàn)變化中的機(jī)會(huì)。故選D。

18.考查疑問代詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 A.what   什么，      B. which哪一個(gè)      C.how      如何， D. why為什么。動(dòng)詞 regret后面的從句是賓語(yǔ)從句，從句中謂語(yǔ)did后缺少賓語(yǔ)，故用what.句意：老人們經(jīng)常不后悔他們做過什么事，而是后悔他們沒做什么事。故選A。

19.考查介詞短語(yǔ)及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A. at last   最后；      B. by herself      靠她自己，她獨(dú)立地；C. by example通過實(shí)例；D. in use在使用中。根據(jù)全文老太太用自己的經(jīng)歷來(lái)教育大家，所以是通過實(shí)例來(lái)教大家的。句意：她用實(shí)例教我們。故選C。

20.考查形容詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A. late 遲的，晚的，最近的； B. good       好的； C. early早期的，早熟的； D. young年輕的，初期的，沒有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的。根據(jù)前文的We do not stop playing because we are old;可知活到老，學(xué)到老，想做自己可能做的事永遠(yuǎn)不晚。句意：她教我們明白了想做自己可能做到的事永遠(yuǎn)不晚。

考點(diǎn)：故事類短文。

 

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A. $ 75                        B. $ 15                  C. $ 115                       D. $ 235

The typical difference of “Typing” from the other two is that ______.

A. people with different skill levels may learn at different speeds

B. you will take a test after the course

C. you will pay the fee before practicing

D. you will pay less money

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As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation. Once you are in the habit of rushing through life, being on the go from morning till night, it is hard to slow down. But relaxation is essential for a healthy mind and body.

Stress is a natural part of everyday life and there is no way to avoid it. In fact, it is not the bad thing it is often supposed to be. A certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and give purpose to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control that it can lead to poor performance and ill health.

The amount of stress a person can withstand depends very much on the individual. Some people are not afraid of stress, and such characters are obviously prime material for managerial responsibilities, others lose heart at the first sign of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress, in whatever form, we react both chemically and physically. In fact we make choice between "flight or fight" and in more primitive days the choices made the difference between life or death. The crises we meet today are unlikely to be so extreme, but however little the stress, it involves the same response. It is when such a reaction lasts long, through continued exposure to stress, that health becomes endangered. Since we can't remove stress from our lives (it would be unwise to do so even if we could), we need to find ways to deal with it.

People are finding less and less time for relaxing themselves because _____.

A. they regard working as their greatest enjoyment

B. they believe that work is superior to relaxation

C. they are traveling fast all the time

D. they are becoming busier with their work than ever before

According to the author, the most important character for a good manager is his _____.

A. strong will to hold out stress

B. knowing the art of relaxation

C. high sense of responsibility

D. having control over performance

Which of the following statements is TRUE, according to the passage?

A. We can find quite a few ways to avoid stress.

B. Stress is always harmful to people's health

C. It's easy to change the habit of keeping oneself busy with work.

D. Different people can bear different amount of stress.

In the last sentence of the passage, “do so” refers to _____.

A. "expose ourselves to stress"

B. "find ways to deal with stress"

C. "remove stress from our lives"

D. "establish links between diseases and stress"

According to the author, the right attitude toward stress is _____.

A. to avoid it                      

B. to try to cope with it

C. to regard it as a vital motivation     

D. to find some relaxation

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