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阅读下面短文，从短文后每题所给的 A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 The story happened years ago, when my daughter was still little.

I was driving across the country with my daughter to ___1___ my husband. Since I ___2___ to get to the destination before supper time, I drove ___3___ for a long time without a stop. Then after driving for many miles, I became ___4___ and needed to stop for a break to get ___5___. I found a rest area. It was almost deserted, in a ___6___ area of the high way where almost nobody was in sight. I parked my car and carried my ___7___ into the restroom. When I came out I saw a middle-aged ___8___ wandering around. Feeling ___9___ about that, I asked the lady. What ___10___ me was: they were waiting for us!

The lady told me that she and her husband wanted to see us safely back into our ___11___. She explained that sometimes rest areas could be a ___12___ place for a young lady like me. She ___13___ me that she had a daughter almost my age, so they wanted to ensure that I got safely back on my way.

I was very touched by their ___14___. Being young, and probably naive to realize the possible dangers of rest areas, it had ___15___ occurred to me that there was any possibility of something going wrong. I ___16___ them for their kindness. My daughter and I continued our journey and ___17___ our destination safely.

I never ___18___ their name but years have passed and their kindness is still not ___19___. Sometimes angels come in make-up and just because you can’t see their ___20___ it doesn’t mean they aren’t angels.

1. A. stop B. save 2. A. happened 3. A. quickly 4. A. busy 5. A. refreshed 6. A. familiar 7. A. car

C. join

D. ignore

B. began B. safely B. patient B. bored B. quiet B. daughter B. lady

C. refused D. intended

D. slowly D. energetic

C. quietly C. tired

C. excited D. interested C. crowded C. luggage

D. noisy D. license

8. A. man 9. A. curious 10. A. worried 11. A. room

C. angel D. couple

B. angry B. upset

C. careful D. serious

C. annoyed

D. surprised

B. car C. area D. park B. exciting

C. dangerous D. safe

12. A. amazing

13. A. told B. asked

C. advised C. devotion

D. taught D. consideration

14. A. education B. attention

15. A. never B. ever 16. A. asked 17. A. passed 18. A. searched

B. blamed

C. even D. still C. thanked

C. left

D. forgave

D. missed D. got

B. reached

B. introduced C. accepted

19. A. seen B. recognized C. forgotten D. lost 20. A. safety 助读词汇

destination n. 目的地

deserted adj. 荒凉的；被丢弃的 ensure vt. 确保 na?ve adj. 天真的 make-up n. 化妆 in sight 在视野内

wander around 闲逛；游荡

It never occurred to sb. that… 某人从来没想过…… go wrong 出了问题；出了差错

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阅读下面短文，从短文后每题所给的 A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 She is a cute, quiet girl. As a daughter, she shares everything with her mother and has no 1 towards her mother. But recently she 2 strangely and is not so open-minded as before. She has a _3 that she keeps under lock and key. Mother cannot help 4 about her: what if she falls in love, which is too 5 for a girl of her age. After all she is reaching the “dangerous stage”. These 6 have caused trouble in the mother’s mind.

One weekend the girl came to tell that she was going to the 7 with her schoolmate and would return

B. wings C. eyes D. kindness

8 . As this was the first time, her mother 9 , but still couldn’t resist worrying because she had 10 been away at night before. The mother waited till nine and was getting more and more 11 . Just at the moment the sound of a car drew her to the window and — there was her daughter, who had just seen a movie, waving goodbye to a 12 . When the girl came in, the mother was watching TV, pretending nothing had 13 . “Mum, I’m back.” “Yeah.” “Sorry to be late. Still 14 up?” “Yes. Oh, that…who’s that boy?” “Ah. It’s my monitor. He gave me a 15 on his way home. Mum, I’m going to 16 .” “ Alright. Good night!”

The next morning when the mother went to the daughter’s room to do some tidying, much to her 17 , she found her diary left at her pillow. After a few minutes’ hesitation she 18 opened it to the entry of the night before. It 19 : Mum, it’s love that made you ask, but you should have confidence in me.”

The mother was lost in thought, with the diary tightly 20 in her hands. 1. A. actions 2. A．appears 3. A. book 4. A．worrying 5. A. simple 6. A．suggestions 7. A．cinema 8. A．slowly 9. A．expected 10. A．sometimes 11. A．worried 12. A. girl 13. A．begun 14. A．staying 15. A．help 16. A．bed 17. A．regret 18. A．willingly 19. A. saw B. secrets B. behaves B. radio B. talking B. hard B. topics B. shop B. late B. disagreed B. often B. excited B. boy B. passed B．getting B．car B．work B．surprise B. crazily B. appeared C. opinions C．feels C．diary C. thinking C. eager C．lessons C．bar C．early C．argued C．never C．lonely C. man C．happened C．showing C．lift C．school C．sadness C. anxiously C. read D. effects D．walks D．box D. complaining D. early D. thoughts D. party D. alone D. agreed D. always D. disappointed D. woman D. appeared D. putting D. ring D. church D. worry D. finally D. showed

20. A. lifted B. stayed C. hidden D. held 助读词汇

open-minded adj. 思想开明的 resist vt. 抵抗

draw-drew-drawn v. 吸引；绘画 pillow n. 枕头

hesitation n. 犹豫不决 without hesitation 毫不犹豫 can’t help doing sth. 情不自禁做某事 wave goodbye to sb. 挥手与某人告别 give sb. a lift 给某人提供顺风车 have confidence in 对……有信心 be lost in thought 陷入沉思

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阅读下面短文，从短文后每题所给的 A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 The other day, I happened to meet someone I hadn’t seen for ages. I couldn’t believe the 1 in him. In fact, he didn’t 2 seem like the same person.

When I first knew Bill, back in 3 , he was one of the most carefree (无忧无虑) people I had ever met. He was always 4 to have a party. He 5 much of going out for beer at three o’clock in the morning or driving 50 miles to see an old __6 he really liked. Bill and I were in the same class in college, and life was never __7 when he was around. With him there was one interesting __8 after another, which amused us a lot.

Last week I was in Houston on business and I __9 into Bill in the bar at the hotel. At first, I wasn’t even __10 it was him. Was this short-haired businessman really the 11 person? I wasn’t really certain until I got __12 to him but it indeed was Bill. He had changed so much that I could hardly __13__ him. Actually, he was beyond recognition. My image of him 14 the one I had formed since the time when we were college students together. We tried talking to each other. However, what upset us was that it turned out we had little in common. We __15__ complete strangers!

I think it’s 16 to expect people to remain the same, especially when I have __17 so much myself. But