I couldn't stop crying.Months oflate evenings and demanding travel had l my professional exterior.I tried to 2 my quarterly numbers while my colleagues squirmed（局促不安）in their seats,offered me a box oftissues,or just 3.My boss 4 ended the meeting.My collea
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I couldn't stop crying.Months oflate evenings and demanding travel had l my professional exterior.I tried to 2 my quarterly numbers while my colleagues squirmed（局促不安）in their seats,offered me a box oftissues,or just 3.My boss 4 ended the meeting.My colleagues quickly 5 the room.l was left 6 in the conference room,crumpled tissues in hand.For women,crying in a professional 7 is often seen as the kiss of death:"Stop crying!Someone will see you.""Quick,run to the ladies'room!"These are just two 8 0f similar wamings I've heard throughout my career.But it's not just me.Female friends and colleagues have told me they too have been told to 9 the waterworks.It's a familiar 10 for women who cry at work:Escape to bathroom.Grab toilet paper.Wipe eyes.Blow nose.Take deep breath and sashay back into the conference rooms,banquet halls,auditoriums and hallways.Act as ifwe really did just have to use the 11.If,however,we can't make a pre-tears escape,we're likely to 12 0ur tails between our legs:"I'm so sorry.""Don't worry,that will never happen again.""You're right,that was so unprofessional."Most of the women I spoke with about this 13 explain that to cry in front of colleagues,especially male peers or bosses,14 as one ofthe most humiliating professional experiences.But times and corporate culture are both changing.Could crying have a less negative feeling ifleaders 15 it as natural?16 gender,leaders need to be trained on how t0 17 crying as another form of emotional expression.The 18 from the top needs to be that no one will lose credibility or be seen as less competent if they cry.Rather,they will be viewed as being 19 while helping to create an even more 20 workplace culture.14选？
A.ranks
B.remains
C.serves
D.proves
B.remains
C.serves
D.proves
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答案：A
解析：
动词辨析题。根据句意，是最丢人的职场经历之一，“排名最丢人”符合上下文语义，故A项为正确选项。【干扰排除】C项serves“招待，供应；为……服务”、D项proves“证明；检验；显示”语义搭配不当，故排除；B项remains“保持；依然”代入后意为，依然是最丢人的职场经历之一，文中并未提到之前就是最丢人的，故排除。
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第1题：
III．阅读理解． (20分)
A
Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer．One day ,my dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and asked me to sit in a chair to rest for a while． I tried to say something ,but my mouth was full of cotton-wool(药棉)． He knew I collected stamps and asked me whether I got any new recently． He then asked me how my brother was and whether I liked my new job．
As I could not speak ,l either nodded or made strange noises to answer these questions． At the same time ,l tr;ed hard to use my tonguec舌头） to find the hole(洞) in the place of my bad tooth． Suddenly I felt very worried because the bad tooth was still there ,but I could not say any- thing． At last the dentist pulled the cotton-wool out of my mouth ,and I was able to tell lum that he had pulled out the wrong tooth．
( )21． Why did the dentist ask me to rest for a while?
A． I felt tired．
B． I felt painful．
C． I just had a tooth pulled out．
正确答案：C
Ⅲ．21．C【解析】从第一段第二句可知作者刚被拔了牙。 -
第2题：
E)根据下列短文内容，在短文后的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。（10分）
About three years ago，l felt very lonely．I didn’t like my classmates，my parents or an-Yon e else． My classmates didn’t want to talk (26) me and my parents were always saying that other kids were better than me．I thought l was the (27) unlucky person in the world．
One day l had a big fight with one of my classmates．I was so angry (28) I hit him in the face．Just at that moment，a boy stood up and (29) the fight He was the monitor of our class．
After that，he often helped me and we became good (30 ) ．Whenever I got angry or sad，he would help (31) to cool down． My life began to change because of the boy，my best friend． We spent a lot of interesting days together． As (32) goes by，l have become happier with people and things． And it (33) that people around me have changed，too． My parents don't shout at me (34) more and my classmates become friendly to me．
But now l can't often see my best friend because he is seriously (35) and is staying in hospital． How I miss the days when we were together !I hope he will be all right and come back to school soon．
26．________
正确答案：
26． wrth／to【解析】“与某人说话”用talk with/to sb．。 -
第3题：
I've loved my mother's desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat writing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the more wonderful thing in the world. Years later, during her final illness, mother kept different things for my sister and brother."But the desk," she'd said again, "it's for Elizaheth."
I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in acdou. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter. They never happened.And a gulf opened between us. I was "too emotional". But she lived "on the surface".
As years passed I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she ebose that she did forgive me. I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came. My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace-it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn't be sure that the letter had even got to mother. I only knew that I had written it, and l could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.
Now the present of her desk told, as she'd never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside--a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded and refolded many times. Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.
What's the best title of the passage?A.My Letter to Mother
B.Mother and Children
C.Mv Mother's Desk
D.Talks hetween Mother and Me答案：C解析：文章的开头“I’velovedmymother’s desk…”以及后面的“Nowthe present ofher desk told．as she’dtie,verbeen ableto…”可知作者是托物思人．以表达自己对母亲的怀念之情，所以最佳标题应是C。 -
第4题：
I couldn't stop crying.Months oflate evenings and demanding travel had l my professional exterior.I tried to 2 my quarterly numbers while my colleagues squirmed（局促不安）in their seats,offered me a box oftissues,or just 3.My boss 4 ended the meeting.My colleagues quickly 5 the room.l was left 6 in the conference room,crumpled tissues in hand.For women,crying in a professional 7 is often seen as the kiss of death:"Stop crying!Someone will see you.""Quick,run to the ladies'room!"These are just two 8 0f similar wamings I've heard throughout my career.But it's not just me.Female friends and colleagues have told me they too have been told to 9 the waterworks.It's a familiar 10 for women who cry at work:Escape to bathroom.Grab toilet paper.Wipe eyes.Blow nose.Take deep breath and sashay back into the conference rooms,banquet halls,auditoriums and hallways.Act as ifwe really did just have to use the 11.If,however,we can't make a pre-tears escape,we're likely to 12 0ur tails between our legs:"I'm so sorry.""Don't worry,that will never happen again.""You're right,that was so unprofessional."Most of the women I spoke with about this 13 explain that to cry in front of colleagues,especially male peers or bosses,14 as one ofthe most humiliating professional experiences.But times and corporate culture are both changing.Could crying have a less negative feeling ifleaders 15 it as natural?16 gender,leaders need to be trained on how t0 17 crying as another form of emotional expression.The 18 from the top needs to be that no one will lose credibility or be seen as less competent if they cry.Rather,they will be viewed as being 19 while helping to create an even more 20 workplace culture.9选？A.give up
B.put aside
C.set back
D.shut down答案：D解析：固定搭配题。根据句意，但不只是我一个人这样。我的女性朋友和同事告诉我，她们也被告知要哭泣，根据上文可知，在职场中哭泣是要命的，所以要停止哭泣，shut down the waterworks指“停止哭泣”，故D项为正确选项。【干扰排除】根据以上分析可知，A项give up“放弃；交出”、B项put aside“搁置；把……放在一边”、C项set back“推迟；使……受挫折”均不符合上下文语义，故均排除。 -
第5题：
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第三篇
Sleepless at Night
It was a normal summer night.Humidity（湿气）hung in the thick air.
I couldn't go to sleep,partly because of my cold and partly because of my expectations
for the next day.My mum had said that tomorrow was going to be a surprise.
Sweat stuck to my aching body.Finally,I gathered enough strength to sit up.I looked
out of my small window into the night.There was a big bright moon hanging in the sky,
giving off a magic light.
I couldn't stand the pressure anymore,so I did what I always do to make myself feel
better.I went to the bathroom and picked up my toothbrush and toothpaste.I cleaned my
teeth as if there was no tomorrow.Back and forth,up and down.
Then I walked downstairs to look for some signs of movement,some life.Gladiator,
my cat , frightened me as he meowed（喵喵地唱出）his sad song.He was on the old
orange couch（长沙发）,sifting up on his front legs,waiting for something to happen.He
looked at me as if to say, "I'm lonely, pet me.I need a good hug（紧抱）."Even the
couch begged me to sit on it.
In one movement I settled down onto the soft couch.This couch represented my
parents' marriage,my birth,and hundreds of other little events.
As I held Gladiator,my heart started beating heavily.My mind was flooded with
questions:What's life?Am I really alive?Are you listening to me?Every time I moved my
hand down Gladiator's body,I had a new thought;each touch sang a different song.
I forgot all about the heat and the next day's surprise.The atmosphere was so full of
warmth and silence that I sank into its arms.Falling asleep with the big cat in my arms,I
felt all my worries slowly move away.The author brushed his teeth over and over
A:to relieve himself of the pressure.
B:to ease his toothache.
C:to shake off the cold.
D:to remove the dirt.答案：A解析： -
第6题：
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Time is very important in our lives.It organizes our everyday moments.However,time never had any importance in my life until I received a watch from my father that organized my life and made me more responsible.
It came from Denmark to the U.A.E.jewelry shop in a gray box.It weighs 0.24 kilograms. It's round in the center with two silver bands that go around my wrist.And all of it is made of silver. This object tells me the importance of time in my life.
I received this gift on a gray-sky day.I had to go to the airport at 9:00 AM to pick up my uncle Aui and take him to my father's house.However,I was late because I was hanging out with my friends.Later on that day,around 11:00 AM,I remembered my uncle,but I was very late for him. He had left the airport and taken a taxi to my father's house.
I got to my father's house at 2:00 PM on the same day and looked at my angry father's face.I felt ashamed of myself at that moment.After I said hi to my angry father and tired uncle,my father asked me to sit next to him where he handed me this watch which was a gift from him.Then he said,"Essa,did you have fun with your friends today?"I answered, "Yes,father,and I'm sorry about not picking up my uncle Ali."He said,"What you did was not very nice and you should be sorry for your actions."I was ashamed and said,"Father,I'll never do it again.I promise."He said,"I hope today you learned something important,and this watch will be a reminder for you." He told me to take this watch and use it as an organizer of my life.
I learned a very important lesson from my father:to respect time and never be late to get someone.This watch is important to me,not because of its price,but because of the lesson that I learned from it.I felt ashamed of myself and my action when I saw my angry father and tired uncle.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：A解析：根据是文中第一段第三句话：但是，以前时间在我的生命中并不重要，直到我从父亲那里收到一块手表，这块手表帮助我安排我的生活而且使我变得更加有责任感。
根据是第二段第一句：这块丹麦制造的手表装在一只灰色盒子里，是在阿拉伯联合酋长国的一家珠宝首饰店买的。
第三段第三句：可是因为和朋友们出去玩，我迟到了。可见作者不是因为做作业而迟到。
根据是第四段第二句：那一刻我感到很惭愧。
文中对此没有提到。
依据是第四段最后一句：他让我拿走这块手表，用它来安排自己的生活。
依据是最后一段最后一句：这块手表对我来说很重要，不是因为它价格昂贵，而是因为我从中学习到的这个道理。 -
第7题：
共用题干
Time is very important in our lives.It organizes our everyday moments.However,time never had any importance in my life until I received a watch from my father that organized my life and made me more responsible.
It came from Denmark to the U.A.E.jewelry shop in a gray box.It weighs 0.24 kilograms. It's round in the center with two silver bands that go around my wrist.And all of it is made of silver. This object tells me the importance of time in my life.
I received this gift on a gray-sky day.I had to go to the airport at 9:00 AM to pick up my uncle Aui and take him to my father's house.However,I was late because I was hanging out with my friends.Later on that day,around 11:00 AM,I remembered my uncle,but I was very late for him. He had left the airport and taken a taxi to my father's house.
I got to my father's house at 2:00 PM on the same day and looked at my angry father's face.I felt ashamed of myself at that moment.After I said hi to my angry father and tired uncle,my father asked me to sit next to him where he handed me this watch which was a gift from him.Then he said,"Essa,did you have fun with your friends today?"I answered, "Yes,father,and I'm sorry about not picking up my uncle Ali."He said,"What you did was not very nice and you should be sorry for your actions."I was ashamed and said,"Father,I'll never do it again.I promise."He said,"I hope today you learned something important,and this watch will be a reminder for you." He told me to take this watch and use it as an organizer of my life.
I learned a very important lesson from my father:to respect time and never be late to get someone.This watch is important to me,not because of its price,but because of the lesson that I learned from it.This watch from father is made in Denmark.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：A解析：根据是文中第一段第三句话：但是，以前时间在我的生命中并不重要，直到我从父亲那里收到一块手表，这块手表帮助我安排我的生活而且使我变得更加有责任感。
根据是第二段第一句：这块丹麦制造的手表装在一只灰色盒子里，是在阿拉伯联合酋长国的一家珠宝首饰店买的。
第三段第三句：可是因为和朋友们出去玩，我迟到了。可见作者不是因为做作业而迟到。
根据是第四段第二句：那一刻我感到很惭愧。
文中对此没有提到。
依据是第四段最后一句：他让我拿走这块手表，用它来安排自己的生活。
依据是最后一段最后一句：这块手表对我来说很重要，不是因为它价格昂贵，而是因为我从中学习到的这个道理。 -
第8题：
共用题干
Time is very important in our lives.It organizes our everyday moments.However,time never had any importance in my life until I received a watch from my father that organized my life and made me more responsible.
It came from Denmark to the U.A.E.jewelry shop in a gray box.It weighs 0.24 kilograms. It's round in the center with two silver bands that go around my wrist.And all of it is made of silver. This object tells me the importance of time in my life.
I received this gift on a gray-sky day.I had to go to the airport at 9:00 AM to pick up my uncle Aui and take him to my father's house.However,I was late because I was hanging out with my friends.Later on that day,around 11:00 AM,I remembered my uncle,but I was very late for him. He had left the airport and taken a taxi to my father's house.
I got to my father's house at 2:00 PM on the same day and looked at my angry father's face.I felt ashamed of myself at that moment.After I said hi to my angry father and tired uncle,my father asked me to sit next to him where he handed me this watch which was a gift from him.Then he said,"Essa,did you have fun with your friends today?"I answered, "Yes,father,and I'm sorry about not picking up my uncle Ali."He said,"What you did was not very nice and you should be sorry for your actions."I was ashamed and said,"Father,I'll never do it again.I promise."He said,"I hope today you learned something important,and this watch will be a reminder for you." He told me to take this watch and use it as an organizer of my life.
I learned a very important lesson from my father:to respect time and never be late to get someone.This watch is important to me,not because of its price,but because of the lesson that I learned from it.I was too late to pick up my uncle at the airport because I had to finish some schoolwork.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：B解析：根据是文中第一段第三句话：但是，以前时间在我的生命中并不重要，直到我从父亲那里收到一块手表，这块手表帮助我安排我的生活而且使我变得更加有责任感。
根据是第二段第一句：这块丹麦制造的手表装在一只灰色盒子里，是在阿拉伯联合酋长国的一家珠宝首饰店买的。
第三段第三句：可是因为和朋友们出去玩，我迟到了。可见作者不是因为做作业而迟到。
根据是第四段第二句：那一刻我感到很惭愧。
文中对此没有提到。
依据是第四段最后一句：他让我拿走这块手表，用它来安排自己的生活。
依据是最后一段最后一句：这块手表对我来说很重要，不是因为它价格昂贵，而是因为我从中学习到的这个道理。 -
第9题：
共用题干
第一篇
Too Late to Regret It
When I was a junior,I met a second-year student in my department. He wasn't tall or good-looking,but he was very nice,attractive and athletic.He had something that I admired very much. He was natural,warm,and sincere.
I disregarded（不顾）my parents' disapproval. We were very happy together. He picked me up from my dorm every morning,and after class we would sit alongside the stream that ran through campus, or sunbathe（晒太阳）on the lawn. At night he would walk me back to my dorm. He came from a poor family,but in order to make me happy,he borrowed money from his friend to buy presents and meals for me.Our fellow students looked up to him as a role model,and the girls envied （妒忌）me. He wasn't a local, but wanted to stay here after graduation. I thought we had a future together.
However,I got a part-time job that paid pretty well during the summer vacation.
With my good performance at school,I also got admission to graduate school at one of China's best universities.He,on the other hand,did not do so well at school or at work.I had to worry about his living expenses,job and scores.
Almost all my colleagues and friends advised me to break up with him. Then we had a quarrel last June.He was in great pain,and my cold words and bad moods started turning him away.
Graduation time was drawing near,and he said he wanted to go back to his hometown.He said that he couldn't put up with me anymore.I was shocked and looked at him in despair.
True love happens only once,but I found it out too late.Who advised her to break up with him?
A:His parents.
B:Her teachers.
C:Her colleagues and friends.
D:Their fellow students.答案：C解析：句子意思是“什么时候女孩爱上了男孩”。这个在文章开篇就提及：When I was a junior,I met a second一year student in my department…I disregarded my parents' disapproval.We were very happy together.junior的意思是“大学三年级学生”。freshman：大一学生；sophomore：大二学生；senior：大四学生。
句子意思是“男孩做了什么让女孩很高兴”。文章第二段提及：in order to make me happy,he borrowed money from his friend to buy presents and meals for me.
句子意思是“谁建议女孩和男孩分手呢”。文章中提及：Almost all my colleagues and friends advised me to break up with him.
句子意思是“为什么男孩离开了她呢”。文中提及：He said that he couldn't put up with me anymore．注意put up with与bear的意思相同，都是指“忍受”。
句子意思是“当得知他要离开她，她十分伤心”。这个在文章倒数第二段中提及：I was shocked and looked at him in despair. -
第10题：
I had a bad habit of skipping to the last pages of a book. I just wanted to see how it ended 11 I was still in the middle of it. This habit 12 first my morn, then my friends, and 13 even my own daughter. Often my 14 wouldn′t be limited just to the books I read but also to what others were 15 as well. Then one day my daughter told me in anger, "Dad, please just read a book one 16 at a time like everyone else!"
At times I didn′ t 17 this bad habit to just books either. I also tried to skip ahead in my own life and 18 out what to do months and even years from now 19 enjoying each day at present. Although I knew that the 20 of my life wasn′t done yet and that I had many pages 21 to go, I still couldn′t control my burning desire to write the 22 of it halfway through. Time and again, I would 23 jump ahead and try to solve every potential (潜在的) problem before it happened. Life, 24 , doesn′t work like that. It loves to 25 us, and you never know what new problems,changes, or opportunities each new day will 26 .
Recently when I found myself living in the 27 again, I felt a voice that gently told me I needed to "live one dayat a time". When I heard those words, I 28 , turned the book of my life back to the 29 . page, and thanked God for today.
Each of us has to 30 the book of life line by line, moment bymoment and trust that our story will be brought to its perfect end.
____22____A.feelings
B.beginning
C.ending
D.comments答案：C解析：考查名词。根据下文“Time and again，I would…jump ahead and try to solve every potential problem before it happened．"可推知．作者又开始想象未来，在事情还没有发生的时候，就开始想象它的“结局”。故选C。 -
第11题：
I had a bad habit of skipping to the last pages of a book. I just wanted to see how it ended 11 I was still in the middle of it. This habit 12 first my morn, then my friends, and 13 even my own daughter. Often my 14 wouldn′t be limited just to the books I read but also to what others were 15 as well. Then one day my daughter told me in anger, "Dad, please just read a book one 16 at a time like everyone else!"
At times I didn′ t 17 this bad habit to just books either. I also tried to skip ahead in my own life and 18 out what to do months and even years from now 19 enjoying each day at present. Although I knew that the 20 of my life wasn′t done yet and that I had many pages 21 to go, I still couldn′t control my burning desire to write the 22 of it halfway through. Time and again, I would 23 jump ahead and try to solve every potential (潜在的) problem before it happened. Life, 24 , doesn′t work like that. It loves to 25 us, and you never know what new problems,changes, or opportunities each new day will 26 .
Recently when I found myself living in the 27 again, I felt a voice that gently told me I needed to "live one dayat a time". When I heard those words, I 28 , turned the book of my life back to the 29 . page, and thanked God for today.
Each of us has to 30 the book of life line by line, moment bymoment and trust that our story will be brought to its perfect end.
____11____A.since
B.for
C.while
D.because答案：C解析：考查连词。根据上文“I had a badhabit of skipping to the last pages of a book．”可推知．作者习惯在读书读到一半时，就跳到最后几页先看结局是怎样的。while“当……的时候”．符合题意。 -
第12题：
单选题—I lost my ticket, but ______ the travel agent gave me another one.Aactually
Bfirstly
Cluckily
Dexactly
正确答案： C解析：
句意：我丢了我的票，但是幸运的是，旅行社另外给了我一张。考查副词的辨析。luckily意为“幸运地”。actually意为“实际上，事实上”。firstly意为“首先，第一”。exactly意为“正确地，精确的”。C项符合句意。 -
第13题：
Years ago，l lived in a building in a large city． The building next door was only a few feet away from mine． There was a woman who lived there，whom I had never met，yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon，sewing or reading．
After several months had gone by，l began to notice that her window was dirty． Everything was unclear through the dirty window．I would say to myself，"l wonder why that woman doesn't wash her window． It really looks terrible．”
One bright morning I decided to clean my flat，including washing the window on the inside．Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning，l sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest． What a surprise! Across the way， the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible． Her window was clean!
Then it dawned on me．l had been criticizing(批评) her dirty window，but all the time I ．was watching hers through my own dirty window．
That was quite an important lesson for me． How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart，through my own shortcomings? Since then，whenever I wanted to judge(评判) someone，l asked myself first，"Am 1 100-king at him through my own dirty window?"Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly．
( )11． The writer couldn’t see everything clearly through the window because ________ ．
A． the woman's window was dirty
B． the writer's window was dirty
C． the woman lived nearby
D． the writer was near-sighted
正确答案：B
11．B【解析】第五段告诉我们，实际上是作者自己的窗户脏，故选B． -
第14题：
根据下面资料，回答
I grew up seeing handwritten notes as the best expression of love. My room often 16 small, square papers on the bed for me to find. Sometimes it was just a smiley 17 , other times she simply wrote the words "love you" 18 ordinary ballpoint pen, but it was more than enough.
Starting in elementary school, my mom 19 me to write notes to my grandma who lived a few hours away. Grandma 20 wrote back. The excitement I felt when I looked in the 21 and saw a letter in my grandma′s shaky letters never 22 . By studying her handwriting, I could almost 23 how she′ d been feeling that day. Those notes are now treasures.
The words, "You make me 24 ," from my dad when I got my first prize and birthday notes from friends are all lifelines I can′ t bear to 25 .
However, my greatest lifelines came from my daughter, Avery. One day I put a yellow note on her 26 not realizing there was a blank one 27 to it. When I cleaned out her lunch box that night, the number of my notes had 28 . I cried when I saw she′d written the same thing as me.
"I love you. Avery."
I reached up and stuck my daughter′ s 29 on the cabinet where the sandwich bread was stored as a source of daily 30 . Then later another in my clothes closet where I got 31 , and another on the bathroom mirror where I brushed my 32 .
"I love you. I will .love you for my whole life."
Until today my daughter still 33 posts lifelines to me. Now they are not so much for encouragement 34 they are reminders--reminders that time is flying.
Because the untraditional spelling has become 35 , letters are no longer gigantic, but rather small and dainty (优美的). But the love, the love is still there.
第（26）题选A.coat
B.sandwich
C.schoolbag
D.pencil-box答案：B解析：考查上下文理解。结合下文的lunch box以及29题后面的the sandwich bread可知选B。 -
第15题：
discovered that my baggage had been lost. I didn’t have any choice but to wait at the airport for five
hours while your employees tried to trace the whereabouts of my baggage. I left the airport without my
belongings as I had an important meeting to attend.
It has been one week, and I have not been contacted regarding my baggage. For this reason, I strongly
feel that I should be compensated for the items that were lost. I hope to hear from your office ( )the week.
Sincerely yours,
NATHAN HALLA.within
B.from
C.since
D.near答案：A解析： -
第16题：
I couldn't stop crying.Months oflate evenings and demanding travel had l my professional exterior.I tried to 2 my quarterly numbers while my colleagues squirmed（局促不安）in their seats,offered me a box oftissues,or just 3.My boss 4 ended the meeting.My colleagues quickly 5 the room.l was left 6 in the conference room,crumpled tissues in hand.For women,crying in a professional 7 is often seen as the kiss of death:"Stop crying!Someone will see you.""Quick,run to the ladies'room!"These are just two 8 0f similar wamings I've heard throughout my career.But it's not just me.Female friends and colleagues have told me they too have been told to 9 the waterworks.It's a familiar 10 for women who cry at work:Escape to bathroom.Grab toilet paper.Wipe eyes.Blow nose.Take deep breath and sashay back into the conference rooms,banquet halls,auditoriums and hallways.Act as ifwe really did just have to use the 11.If,however,we can't make a pre-tears escape,we're likely to 12 0ur tails between our legs:"I'm so sorry.""Don't worry,that will never happen again.""You're right,that was so unprofessional."Most of the women I spoke with about this 13 explain that to cry in front of colleagues,especially male peers or bosses,14 as one ofthe most humiliating professional experiences.But times and corporate culture are both changing.Could crying have a less negative feeling ifleaders 15 it as natural?16 gender,leaders need to be trained on how t0 17 crying as another form of emotional expression.The 18 from the top needs to be that no one will lose credibility or be seen as less competent if they cry.Rather,they will be viewed as being 19 while helping to create an even more 20 workplace culture.2选？A.present
B.fiaunt
C.submit
D.presume答案：A解析：动词辨析题。根据句意，我试图我的季度报告，而我的同事则局促不安地坐在位子上，在会议上展示季度报告符合常理及上下文语义，故A项为正确选项。【干扰排除】B项flaunt“炫耀；飘扬”缺乏语境；在会议上，季度报告是被展示出来的，故C项submit“提交；服从”错误；D项presume“假定；推测”搭配不当。故均排除。 -
第17题：
共用题干
第三篇
Sleepless at Night
It was a normal summer night.Humidity（湿气）hung in the thick air.
I couldn't go to sleep,partly because of my cold and partly because of my expectations
for the next day.My mum had said that tomorrow was going to be a surprise.
Sweat stuck to my aching body.Finally,I gathered enough strength to sit up.I looked
out of my small window into the night.There was a big bright moon hanging in the sky,
giving off a magic light.
I couldn't stand the pressure anymore,so I did what I always do to make myself feel
better.I went to the bathroom and picked up my toothbrush and toothpaste.I cleaned my
teeth as if there was no tomorrow.Back and forth,up and down.
Then I walked downstairs to look for some signs of movement,some life.Gladiator,
my cat , frightened me as he meowed（喵喵地唱出）his sad song.He was on the old
orange couch（长沙发）,sifting up on his front legs,waiting for something to happen.He
looked at me as if to say, "I'm lonely, pet me.I need a good hug（紧抱）."Even the
couch begged me to sit on it.
In one movement I settled down onto the soft couch.This couch represented my
parents' marriage,my birth,and hundreds of other little events.
As I held Gladiator,my heart started beating heavily.My mind was flooded with
questions:What's life?Am I really alive?Are you listening to me?Every time I moved my
hand down Gladiator's body,I had a new thought;each touch sang a different song.
I forgot all about the heat and the next day's surprise.The atmosphere was so full of
warmth and silence that I sank into its arms.Falling asleep with the big cat in my arms,I
felt all my worries slowly move away.The author of the passage could not go to sleep partly because
A:it was too cold.
B:it was too dry.
C:he had a cold.
D:he had a fever.答案：C解析： -
第18题：
共用题干
Time is very important in our lives.It organizes our everyday moments.However,time never had any importance in my life until I received a watch from my father that organized my life and made me more responsible.
It came from Denmark to the U.A.E.jewelry shop in a gray box.It weighs 0.24 kilograms. It's round in the center with two silver bands that go around my wrist.And all of it is made of silver. This object tells me the importance of time in my life.
I received this gift on a gray-sky day.I had to go to the airport at 9:00 AM to pick up my uncle Aui and take him to my father's house.However,I was late because I was hanging out with my friends.Later on that day,around 11:00 AM,I remembered my uncle,but I was very late for him. He had left the airport and taken a taxi to my father's house.
I got to my father's house at 2:00 PM on the same day and looked at my angry father's face.I felt ashamed of myself at that moment.After I said hi to my angry father and tired uncle,my father asked me to sit next to him where he handed me this watch which was a gift from him.Then he said,"Essa,did you have fun with your friends today?"I answered, "Yes,father,and I'm sorry about not picking up my uncle Ali."He said,"What you did was not very nice and you should be sorry for your actions."I was ashamed and said,"Father,I'll never do it again.I promise."He said,"I hope today you learned something important,and this watch will be a reminder for you." He told me to take this watch and use it as an organizer of my life.
I learned a very important lesson from my father:to respect time and never be late to get someone.This watch is important to me,not because of its price,but because of the lesson that I learned from it.My father told me to have the watch and use it to organize my life.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：A解析：根据是文中第一段第三句话：但是，以前时间在我的生命中并不重要，直到我从父亲那里收到一块手表，这块手表帮助我安排我的生活而且使我变得更加有责任感。
根据是第二段第一句：这块丹麦制造的手表装在一只灰色盒子里，是在阿拉伯联合酋长国的一家珠宝首饰店买的。
第三段第三句：可是因为和朋友们出去玩，我迟到了。可见作者不是因为做作业而迟到。
根据是第四段第二句：那一刻我感到很惭愧。
文中对此没有提到。
依据是第四段最后一句：他让我拿走这块手表，用它来安排自己的生活。
依据是最后一段最后一句：这块手表对我来说很重要，不是因为它价格昂贵，而是因为我从中学习到的这个道理。 -
第19题：
共用题干
Time is very important in our lives.It organizes our everyday moments.However,time never had any importance in my life until I received a watch from my father that organized my life and made me more responsible.
It came from Denmark to the U.A.E.jewelry shop in a gray box.It weighs 0.24 kilograms. It's round in the center with two silver bands that go around my wrist.And all of it is made of silver. This object tells me the importance of time in my life.
I received this gift on a gray-sky day.I had to go to the airport at 9:00 AM to pick up my uncle Aui and take him to my father's house.However,I was late because I was hanging out with my friends.Later on that day,around 11:00 AM,I remembered my uncle,but I was very late for him. He had left the airport and taken a taxi to my father's house.
I got to my father's house at 2:00 PM on the same day and looked at my angry father's face.I felt ashamed of myself at that moment.After I said hi to my angry father and tired uncle,my father asked me to sit next to him where he handed me this watch which was a gift from him.Then he said,"Essa,did you have fun with your friends today?"I answered, "Yes,father,and I'm sorry about not picking up my uncle Ali."He said,"What you did was not very nice and you should be sorry for your actions."I was ashamed and said,"Father,I'll never do it again.I promise."He said,"I hope today you learned something important,and this watch will be a reminder for you." He told me to take this watch and use it as an organizer of my life.
I learned a very important lesson from my father:to respect time and never be late to get someone.This watch is important to me,not because of its price,but because of the lesson that I learned from it.Uncle Ali was a boxer coming to the city where I lived for a tournament.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：C解析：根据是文中第一段第三句话：但是，以前时间在我的生命中并不重要，直到我从父亲那里收到一块手表，这块手表帮助我安排我的生活而且使我变得更加有责任感。
根据是第二段第一句：这块丹麦制造的手表装在一只灰色盒子里，是在阿拉伯联合酋长国的一家珠宝首饰店买的。
第三段第三句：可是因为和朋友们出去玩，我迟到了。可见作者不是因为做作业而迟到。
根据是第四段第二句：那一刻我感到很惭愧。
文中对此没有提到。
依据是第四段最后一句：他让我拿走这块手表，用它来安排自己的生活。
依据是最后一段最后一句：这块手表对我来说很重要，不是因为它价格昂贵，而是因为我从中学习到的这个道理。 -
第20题：
共用题干
Time is very important in our lives.It organizes our everyday moments.However,time never had any importance in my life until I received a watch from my father that organized my life and made me more responsible.
It came from Denmark to the U.A.E.jewelry shop in a gray box.It weighs 0.24 kilograms. It's round in the center with two silver bands that go around my wrist.And all of it is made of silver. This object tells me the importance of time in my life.
I received this gift on a gray-sky day.I had to go to the airport at 9:00 AM to pick up my uncle Aui and take him to my father's house.However,I was late because I was hanging out with my friends.Later on that day,around 11:00 AM,I remembered my uncle,but I was very late for him. He had left the airport and taken a taxi to my father's house.
I got to my father's house at 2:00 PM on the same day and looked at my angry father's face.I felt ashamed of myself at that moment.After I said hi to my angry father and tired uncle,my father asked me to sit next to him where he handed me this watch which was a gift from him.Then he said,"Essa,did you have fun with your friends today?"I answered, "Yes,father,and I'm sorry about not picking up my uncle Ali."He said,"What you did was not very nice and you should be sorry for your actions."I was ashamed and said,"Father,I'll never do it again.I promise."He said,"I hope today you learned something important,and this watch will be a reminder for you." He told me to take this watch and use it as an organizer of my life.
I learned a very important lesson from my father:to respect time and never be late to get someone.This watch is important to me,not because of its price,but because of the lesson that I learned from it.This watch is important to me because of the lesson that I learned from it.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：A解析：根据是文中第一段第三句话：但是，以前时间在我的生命中并不重要，直到我从父亲那里收到一块手表，这块手表帮助我安排我的生活而且使我变得更加有责任感。
根据是第二段第一句：这块丹麦制造的手表装在一只灰色盒子里，是在阿拉伯联合酋长国的一家珠宝首饰店买的。
第三段第三句：可是因为和朋友们出去玩，我迟到了。可见作者不是因为做作业而迟到。
根据是第四段第二句：那一刻我感到很惭愧。
文中对此没有提到。
依据是第四段最后一句：他让我拿走这块手表，用它来安排自己的生活。
依据是最后一段最后一句：这块手表对我来说很重要，不是因为它价格昂贵，而是因为我从中学习到的这个道理。 -
第21题：
共用题干
第三篇
Up in Smoke
I began to smoke when I was in high school. In fact,I remember the evening I was at a girlfriend's house,and we were watching a movie一a terribly romantic movie.He(the hero of the movie)was in love,she(his lady)was beautiful,and they were both smoking. My friend had only two cigarettes from a pack in her mother's purse,and she gave one to me.It was my first time.
My parents didn't care much. They both smoked,and my older brother did too. My mother told me that smokers don't grow tall,but I was already 5 '6"(taller than most of the boys in my class), so I was happy to hear that"fact".In school,the teachers talked against smoking,but the cigarette advertisements were so exciting. The men in the ads were so good-looking and so successful,and the women were well, they were beautiful and sophisticated（老于世故的）.
I read a book called How to Stop Smoking. The writer said that smoking wastes time,and that cigarettes cost a lot of money."So what?"I thought. The book didn't say that smoking can take away years of your life.But ten years later,everyone began to hear about the negative effects of cigarette smoke:lung disease,cancer,and heart problems.After that,there was a health warning on every pack of cigarettes.I didn't pay much attention to the reports and warnings.I felt healthy,and thought I was taking good care of myself.
Then two events changed my mind.First,I started to cough,I thought it was just a cold,but it.didn't get better. Second,my brother got lung cancer. He got sicker and sicker. My brother and I used to smoke cigarettes together over twenty years ago,and we smoked our last cigarettes together the day before he died,I sat with him in his hospital room,and I decided to quit."NO more cigarettes,ever,"I said to myself.
However,it was very hard to stop.Nicotine（尼古丁）is a drug;as a result,cigarettes cause a powerful addiction.I tried several times to quit on my own一wlthout success.I made excuses,I told myself:Smoking helps me keep my figure一I don,t gain weight when I smoke.Smoking not only relaxes me but it also helps me think clearly.I,m a free,liberated woman,I can smoke when I want to.
Finally,I ran out of excuses一I might say my excuses went up in smoke.I joined the"Stop Smoking"program at the local hospital,which also ended up in failure.The writer found it hard to quit smoking because______.
A:she had been addicted to nicotine
B:she had been putting on weight
C:she could not think clearly
D: she was an independent woman答案：A解析：题干意思为：作者如何开始吸烟显示了……的强大影响。通过对第一段的分析发现，作者吸烟主要是模仿电影人物，所以选项C正确。
题干意思为：第二段中fact一词指代……根据第二段第三句中的taller than most of the boys in my class可知，作者很自豪，所以选择B。
题干意思为：《如何戒烟》这本书……文中第三段：The book didn't say that smoking can take away years of your life．这本书并没有说吸烟能够使人寿命缩短。可以推断出作者对这本书并没有多大兴趣，所以选择B。
题干意思为：作者决定戒烟的部分原因是……文中第四段：First, I started to cough, I thought it was just a cold, but it didn't get better．可以得出，这是部分原因，经过比较，只有D选项正确。
题干意思为：作者发现戒烟很难是因为……第五段第一、二句：However, it was very hard to stop.Nicotine（尼古丁）is a drug; as a result, cigarettes cause a powerful addiction．然而，戒烟真的太难了。尼古丁就是毒品，吸烟能够上很大的瘾。可以得出A选项正确。 -
第22题：
I had a bad habit of skipping to the last pages of a book. I just wanted to see how it ended 11 I was still in the middle of it. This habit 12 first my morn, then my friends, and 13 even my own daughter. Often my 14 wouldn′t be limited just to the books I read but also to what others were 15 as well. Then one day my daughter told me in anger, "Dad, please just read a book one 16 at a time like everyone else!"
At times I didn′ t 17 this bad habit to just books either. I also tried to skip ahead in my own life and 18 out what to do months and even years from now 19 enjoying each day at present. Although I knew that the 20 of my life wasn′t done yet and that I had many pages 21 to go, I still couldn′t control my burning desire to write the 22 of it halfway through. Time and again, I would 23 jump ahead and try to solve every potential (潜在的) problem before it happened. Life, 24 , doesn′t work like that. It loves to 25 us, and you never know what new problems,changes, or opportunities each new day will 26 .
Recently when I found myself living in the 27 again, I felt a voice that gently told me I needed to "live one dayat a time". When I heard those words, I 28 , turned the book of my life back to the 29 . page, and thanked God for today.
Each of us has to 30 the book of life line by line, moment bymoment and trust that our story will be brought to its perfect end.
I had a bad habit of skipping to the last pages of a book. I just wanted to see how it ended 11 I was still in the middle of it. This habit 12 first my morn, then my friends, and 13 even my own daughter. Often my 14 wouldn′t be limited just to the books I read but also to what others were 15 as well. Then one day my daughter told me in anger, "Dad, please just read a book one 16 at a time like everyone else!"
At times I didn′ t 17 this bad habit to just books either. I also tried to skip ahead in my own life and 18 out what to do months and even years from now 19 enjoying each day at present. Although I knew that the 20 of my life wasn′t done yet and that I had many pages 21 to go, I still couldn′t control my burning desire to write the 22 of it halfway through. Time and again, I would 23 jump ahead and try to solve every potential (潜在的) problem before it happened. Life, 24 , doesn′t work like that. It loves to 25 us, and you never know what new problems,changes, or opportunities each new day will 26 .
Recently when I found myself living in the 27 again, I felt a voice that gently told me I needed to "live one dayat a time". When I heard those words, I 28 , turned the book of my life back to the 29 . page, and thanked God for today.
Each of us has to 30 the book of life line by line, moment bymoment and trust that our story will be brought to its perfect end.
____23____A.consciously
B.strangely
C.foolishly
D.critically答案：C解析：考查副词辨析。consciously“自觉地”，strangely“奇怪地”，foolishly“愚蠢地”，critically“批判地”。作者总是在每一个潜在的问题还没发生时就尝试解决它，根据下文“Life…doesn’t work like that．”可知，这种行为是愚蠢的。故选C。 -
第23题：
Why didn’t you come to my birthday party yesterday? --（）
- A、Excuse me，my friend sent me a flower
- B、Fine，I never go to birthday parties
- C、Well，I don’t like birthday parties
- D、Sorry，but my wife had a car accident
正确答案:D