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　　A

　　Dad was always full of advice.

　　One of the biggest lessons he taught me one summer was about having a strong__1__ethic(道德規范). When my brother and I were growing up, we mowed__2__during the summer to earn pocket__3__.

　　Every time we went to mow lawns, Dad was there to watch. I used to__4__why he came with us.He stood watching our work in the__5__weather when he could have been inside relaxing with air conditioning.

　　One day we were__6__our neighbor's yard. She always __7__until the grass was knee-high to call us over. To make matters worse, we had an old lawn mower. That afternoon, I was finishing up and was__8__. I was just about to__9__the mower when I saw Dad pointing to some __10__. I thought about how little I was paid for cutting grass so__11__and it almost broke the mower.

　　I__12__him and kept walking.

　　Dad called me out, “You missed a piece.”

　　I frowned，__13__he would go home. He kept__14__.So worn out and discouraged, I went back to cut that piece of grass. I mumbled(咕噥) to myself，“That one piece isn't __15__anyone. Why won't he just let it go？”

　　Other neighbors took__16__of the good work we did and we soon got__17__business.We started out with one client, but by the end of the summer we had five.

　　The lesson my dad taught

　　me stayed with me: be__18__. If you say you are going to perform a job at a certain time, keep your__19__.Give your customers the kind of service

　　you would like to__20__. It shows how sincere you are and

　　how much pride you take in your work.

　　1. A. work

　　B. family

　　C. neighbor

　　D. study

　　2. A. banks

　　B. fields

　　C. yards

　　D. squares

　　3. A. change

　　B. trouble

　　C. method

　　D. stage

　　4. A. scold

　　B. impress

　　C. beg

　　D. wonder

　　5. A. rainy

　　B. snowy

　　C. hot

　　D. cold

　　6. A. watering

　　B. cutting

　　C. making

　　D. digging

　　7. A. instructed

　　B. followed

　　C. stopped

　　D. waited

　　8. A. excited

　　B. confused

　　C. frightened

　　D. tired

　　9. A. pay for

　　B. cut down

　　C. turn off

　　D. cut off

　　10. A. people

　　B. stones

　　C. grass

　　D. bushes

　　11. A. strong

　　B. thin

　　C. different

　　D. high

　　12. A.

　　ignored

　　B.

　　waved

　　C. comforted

　　D. appreciated

　　13. A. pretending

　　B. admitting

　　C. hoping

　　D. believing

　　14. A. going

　　B. pointing

　　C. shaking

　　D. raising

　　15. A. hurting

　　B. cheating

　　C. criticizing

　　D. concerning

　　16. A. care

　　B. advantage

　　C. notice

　　D. proud

　　17. A. longer

　　B. harder

　　C. more

　　D. better

　　18. A. ordinary

　　B. professional

　　C. brave

　　D. outstanding

　　19. A. space

　　B. peace

　　C. word

　　D. need

　　20. A. offer

　　B. receive

　　C. provide

　　D. exchange

　　[文章大意] 　本文是一篇夾敘夾議的文章。一個夏天，作者在給鄰居割草坪以賺取零花錢的時候，作者的父親一直在旁邊看著作者并指出他的缺點。通過割草，作者從父親那里學到了一些工作中的道理。

　　1.A。從文章的最后一句“It shows how sincere you are and how

　　much pride you take in your work.”可知，作者通過給人割草坪學到了“工作”上的道德，所以此處要用work。

　　2.C。根據第三段第一句中的“our neighbor's yard”可以得知，作者是在“院子”里割草坪，所以選yards。

　　3.A。從文章第三段中的“I was paid for cutting grass”可知，作者給鄰居割草坪能夠得到報酬，因此推斷作者是想賺點零花錢，所以此處要用pocket change。

　　4.D。從空后面“why he came with us”和下句中的“he could have

　　been inside”可知，作者想知道(wonder)父親為什么要跟著他們。

　　5．C。從第一段最后一句的“during the summer”和下面的“with air

　　conditioning”可知，此時的天氣很熱，因此要用hot。

　　6.B。從第二段第一句的“Every time we went to mow lawns”可知，此處表示作者是替鄰居“割”草坪，所以此處要用cutting。

　　7.D。從后面的“until the grass was knee-high to call us over”可知，那位女士一直“等”(waited)草齊膝高了才叫作者過去割。

　　8．D。根據第四段第三句中的“So worn out”可知，作者感覺很累(tired)。

　　9.C。從前一句中的“I was finishing up”可知，作者完成了割草，因此要“關上”割草機，所以此處要用turn off。

　　10．C。從空處所在段最后一句中的“You missed a piece”和下一段第三句的“back to cut that piece of grass”可知，作者的父親指的是“草”，所以此處要用grass。

　　11.D。從第7空后面的“was knee-high to call us over”可知，草長得很高，所以此處要用high。

　　12．A。從下面的“and kept walking”可知，作者“不理睬”父親，所以此處要用ignored。

　　13．C。 結合后面的“So worn out and discouraged”和“I mumbled(咕噥)”可知，作者不愿再去管那片草，所以“希望”(hoping)父親回家。

　　14．B。從后面的“I went back to cut that piece of grass”可知，作者回去了，據此可以推斷父親一直“指”(pointing)向那塊草坪。

　　15．A。從后面的“Why won't

　　he just let it go？”可知，作者感覺那些草也不傷人，沒有必要再去割，所以此處要用hurting。

　　16.C。從下面的“We started out with one...had five.”可知，作者的工作被其他鄰居“注意”到了，所以此處要用take notice of。

　　17.C。從下面的“but by the end of the summer we had five”可知，作者得到了“更多的”工作，所以此處要用more。

　　18．B。從后面作者得到的啟發來看，父親要求作者在做工作的時候要“職業”些，不要馬馬虎虎，所以此處要用professional。

　　19．C。從后面的“It shows how sincere you are”可知，此處表示一定要遵守諾言，所以要用keep your word。

　　20.B。給顧客你自己想要的那種服務，所以此處要用receive。

　　B

　　My husband has always had great love for older people and has helped out several elderly friends in the past，but this story is different!

　　Mr. Daves

　　__1__

　　in the same lake as my husband John for over 15 years. A

　　__2__

　　developed but when Mrs. Daves died five years ago，it left Mr. Daves alone.They had no children and after sixty years of

　　__3__

　　he was lost.So John took Mr. Daves fishing with him every time he went. Mr. Daves was

　　energetic and never

　　__4__

　　being with John.

　　A few years later Mr. Daves had a stroke that paralyzed(使癱瘓) his right side. He lost his

　　__5__

　　and was put into a nursing home. Confined(限制) to his

　　__6__

　　and unable to communicate, Mr. Daves began to

　　__7__from depression. This almost

　　__8__

　　John's heart.

　　He finally got

　　__9__

　　from the nursing home to take Mr. Daves out for a ride. They were both

　　__10__

　　to be together again but it was very

　　__11__

　　for Mr. Daves to be lifted into John's truck. The

　　__12__

　　of his paralyzed side pulled heavily on his good side. John worried about this

　　__13__

　　still took him out about every ten days.

　　One day he announced he was selling his

　　__14__

　　truck to buy a van that was equipped for a

　　__15__. We researched these vehicles, sold the truck and got a van. It isn't sporty

　　or

　　fast but it sure

　　__16__

　　Mr. Dave's pain on their outings and they both enjoy them more. Now they can go fishing together more

　　__17__.

　　Mr. Daves is now

　　86

　　but is still

　　__18__

　　life. I don't know anyone who would

　　__19__

　　their prized possession to help a friend. I hope he can be a(n)

　　__20__

　　for others to take similar steps to help those who are in need.

　　1. A.

　　drove B. fished

　　C. played

　　D. swam

　　2.

　　A.

　　friendship

　　B. habit

　　C. problem

　　D. story

　　3. A. fishing

　　B. living

　　C. marriage

　　D. work

　　4. A. afraid of

　　B. aware of

　　C. fond of

　　D. tired of

　　5. A. sight

　　B. smell

　　C. speech

　　D. touch

　　6. A. bed

　　B. house

　　C. office

　　D. truck

　　7. A. escape

　　B. hear

　　C. learn

　　D. suffer

　　8. A. broke

　　B. moved

　　C. stole

　　D. ruined

　　9.

　　A. benefit

　　B. information

　　C. permission

　　D. promise

　　10. A. excited

　　B. frightened

　　C. surprised

　　D．worried

　　11. A. easy

　　B. happy

　　C. long

　　D. painful

　　12. A. height

　　B. slimness

　　C. weight

　　D. wound

　　13. A. and

　　B. but

　　C. so

　　D. thus

　　14. A. broken

　　B. favourite

　　C. new

　　D. old

　　15. A. bedroom

　　B. kitchen

　　C. toilet

　　D. wheelchair

　　16. A. cures

　　B. eases

　　C. promotes

　　D. worsens

　　17.

　　A. cheaply

　　B. fortunately

　　C. frequently

　　D. greedily

　　18.

　　A. enjoying

　　B. improving

　　C. living

　　D. planting

　　19.

　　A. put away

　　B. pick up

　　C. hand in

　　D. give up

　　20. A. example

　　B. guide

　　C. hero

　　D. superman

　　[文章大意]　本文為記敘文。文章作者講述了其丈夫熱心幫助一個無子女的孤寡老人的故事，激勵人們關愛老人。

　　1．B。根據下文中“So John took Mr.Daves fishing with him every time he went.”可知，他們是堅持到同一個湖去釣魚。故選B項。

　　2．A。根據文章第一段“...has helped out several elderly

　　friends in the past...”中的friends可知。故選A項。

　　3．C。根據上句“...Mrs.Daves died”以及最后一段首句“Mr.

　　Daves is now 86...”可知，其夫人的去世，結束了他們60年的婚姻。 故選C項。

　　4．D。根據本段首句可知，他們在一起釣魚長達15年之久。根據下文可知，戴夫斯先生在得了偏癱之后，還樂于與約翰外出釣魚。顯然他對與約翰待在一起“從不厭煩”。故選D項。

　　5．C。根據下一句中的“unable to communicate”可知，戴夫斯先生偏癱后，喪失了說話的能力。故選C項。

　　6．A。戴夫斯先生偏癱后，住進了療養院，只能待在床上，顯然B、C、D三項不合適。故選A項。

　　7．D。戴夫斯先生住進療養院后，由于偏癱整天待在床上，而且喪失了語言能力，不能與人交流，這樣自然“患上”了抑郁癥。故選D項。

　　8．A。戴夫斯先生的不幸和痛苦讓約翰心碎。break one's heart令人心碎。故選A項。

　　9．C。戴夫斯先生住進養老院之后，約翰要帶其外出，顯然需要經過療養院的“同意、許可”。故選C項。

　　10．A。戴夫斯先生和約翰是長達15年的釣友，很長時間沒有一起外出釣魚，再次一起外出釣魚，兩人都很“興奮”。故選A項。

　　11．D。由于戴夫斯先生身患偏癱，上車的時候肯定不舒服，很“痛苦”。故選D項。

　　12．C。根據本句中的heavily可知，說的是癱瘓的那一側身體的“重量”重重地拖累著另一側。故選C項。

　　13．B。前后為轉折關系。雖然約翰擔心這點，但還是大約每隔10天帶老人出去一次。故選B項。

　　14．B。根據下文中“their prized possession”可知，賣掉的卡車是約翰“心愛的”車。故選B項。

　　15．D。戴夫斯先生身體偏癱，坐在卡車上不舒服，約翰賣掉卡車，買了一輛大篷車，自然是在車上裝配了“輪椅”，以方便帶戴夫斯先生外出釣魚。故選D項。

　　16．B。大篷車上裝配了輪椅，這樣，就可以“減輕”戴夫斯先生的痛苦了。故選B項。

　　17．C。大篷車上的輪椅可以減輕戴夫斯先生外出釣魚時的痛苦，這樣外出釣魚就更“頻繁”了。故選C項。

　　18．A。在約翰的熱心關愛下，戴夫斯先生——一個孤寡老人感受到了關愛，現在86歲了，但依舊“享受”著生活的樂趣。故選A項。

　　19．D。根據上文，約翰為了減輕戴夫斯先生外出釣魚時的痛苦，將自己心愛的卡車賣掉，買了一輛大篷車。其賣掉心愛的卡車，屬于“放棄”。故選D項。

　　20．A。約翰的行為，為人們幫助那些需要幫助的人樹立了“榜樣”。故選A項。

　　C

　　I was born is Schuyler County, Illinois. I __1__ the first twelve years there. My parents __2__on a farm about three miles southwest of the county. Living in the county, it was quite a __3__ to go to town. __4__ a circus would come to

　　Rushville, and my father and mother would take my sister, Edith, and me to __5__ the sights.

　　But the one situation that still remains so __6__ in my mind was being privileged to see the play, Uncle Tom's Cabin. I was about five years old at the time, and I had not __7__ to school yet. The play was given in a tent on a vacant lot.