I had worked as a librarian and coordinator of a 4 information center for six years and had very strong 5 to my career. Yet, my heart told me that I 6 not be happy leaving my daughter every day. It 7 , it made financial sense for me to stay at home. When I subtracted（减去）the cost of childcare from my take-home salary, In 8 __that what was left wouldn’t really make 9 of a difference.
In time I 10 to my “new” life and enjoyed watching my daughter go from infant to toddler（蹒跚学步的小孩）. 11 （过渡时期）to get through., I felt like something was missing. I felt as if my skills were 12 . I worried that by the time I decided to return to work, there wouldn’t be a 13 for me. I began looking for things to do while at home—not 14 to earn money, but to keep up my 15 and learn new ones. In mid-1997 I became a career plannig guide at 16 was then the Mining Company. I was able to use my knowledge of career planning 17 with my research skills to provide information others needed. I also learned new and valuable things in the process—my knowledge of the Internet deepened and this in turn 18 new opportunities. As my daughter got closer to kindergarten, I 19 to build my skills so that as she needed me 20 during the day, I had a career to turn to and another transition
1. A. happy B. excited
C. worried D. mixed
2. A. hoped B. wanted
C. expected D. needed
3. A. freedom B. money
C. respect D. identity
4. A. house B. job
C. marriage D. sport
5. A. feelings B. contact
C. relations D. ties
6. A. would B. should
C. need D. must
7. A. total B. conclusion
C. balance D. addition
8. A. guessed B. supposed
C. realized D. considered
9. A. many B. much
C. little D. few
10. A. gave B. took
C. dropped D. adjusted
11. A. Eventually B. Furthermore
C. Therefore D. However
12. A. losing B. weakening
C. disappearing D. reducing
13. A. career B. seat
C. room D. place
14. A. specially B. necessarily
C. importantly D. particularly
15. A. lessons B. skills
C. knowledge D. information
16. A. that B. what
C. it D. where
17. A. compared B. united
C. combined D. joined
18. A. opened up B. set up
C. showed up D. took up
19. A. continued B. learned
C. began D. turned
20. A. more B. less
C. better D. fewer
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1-5 DDDBD 6-10 ADCBD
11-15 DBDBB 16-20 BCAAB
A seven-year-old girl who had only just learnt to swim saved a four-year-old boy from drowning in the sea. Because of this she has been 1 as a hero.
Brave Amber Horton sprang into action after 2 her friend Kieran Martin slipping __3 rocks and falling into the water. Little Kieran couldn’t swim and 4 to keep his head above the water. 5 every bit of her strengh, Amber swam over to the sticken child and 6 him to the surface. Then she dragged him back to the shore at Lee-on-the-Solent, Hants.
Amber said, “I had to Kieran to be very __7 but he just slipped. He can’t swim and his feet couldn’t touch the 8 of the sea. I swam over and grabbed him from the water.” Kieran was 9 shaken but suffered only cuts on his legs from the rocks. “I was very scared. I was 10 for a long time and hurt my legs on the rocks. Then Amber saved me,” siad Kieran.
The pair were at the seaside for an outing with their 11 . Amber, Kieran, his cousin Max, five, and his brother Dorminic, seven, had all wandered over to the water’s edge while their 12 family members were in a nearby playpark. Amber’s mum Dee Horton said, “The first I knew about 13 was when Kieran’s brother Dorminic ran over and said Amber had just saved Kieran’s life.”
“It was 14 . Kieran was frightened and distressed. He couldn’t move and was crying his eyes out… I think Amber’s phenomenal（了不起的）. She’s just learned to swim herself and she’s had no 15 . I can’t believe she did it 16 . She’s a very brave little girl and we are all very proud of her.”
Drowning is the third most 17 cause of accidental death among children 18 the age of 16 . According to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, learning to 19 __may help children who find themselves in difficulties in the water, 20 it does not mean they will be safe. Latest figures show more than half of the children who drown can swim.
1. A. realized B. recognized
C. celebrated D. convinced
2. A. watching B. viewing
C. considering D. spotting
3. A. off B. on
C. at D. of
4. A. managed B. pretended
C. struggled D. succeeded
5. A. Using B. Picking
C. Catching D. Giving
6. A. drew B. transported
C. held D. pulled
7. A. devoted B. frightened
C. brave D. careful
8. A. base B. foot
C. bottom D. root
9. A. exactly B. specially
C. extremely D. happily
10. A. under the water B. on the water
C. on the shore D. on the rock
11. A. classmates B. families
C. friends D. fellows
12. A. another B. other
C. different D. extra
13. A. them B. her
C. it D. him
14. A. terrifying B. interesting
C. exciting D. satisfying
15. A. chances B. reasons
C. lessons D. possiblilities
16. A. Anyway B. Otherwise
C. Besides D. Furthermore
17. A. usual B. ordinary
C. general D. common
18. A. at B. beneath
C. under D. over
19. A. calm B. play
C. save D. swim
20. A. but B. and
C. or D. though
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1-5 BDACA 6-10 DDCCA
11-15 BBCAC 16-20 ADCDA
Reason and Fortune
Once Reason met Fortune on a bridge. “Let me 36 ,” said Fortune.
Reason said, “Why? You are not better than me.”
“Can you see that boy who is 37 in the field? Get inside him and if he is better with you than with me, I will let you pass any time and anywhere we will met.” said Fortune.
Reason 38 .
When the boy named Vanek felt reason in his head, he began to 39 : Why should I plough field all my life? I could be 40 __somewhere else too.
He went away and began to 41 from a royal gardener. He learnt very quickly and the 42 was nicer. The king was very 43 __and walked in the garden very often with the queen and their only daughter. The daughter was very 44 but she stopped speaking when she was twelve. The king announced that who would teach her to speak would become her 45 .
Vanek 46 told a story to the princess and made she 47 . But one of the king’s counselors（顾问）said, “You cannot 48 her, you are not of a noble origin.”Vanek said, “The king’s 49 is law and if the king wants people to 50 according to the law, he must behave in that way, too.”
“He said that the king must do something. His 51 should be cut,” shouted the counselor.
Fortune said to Reason, “You see, he is not 52 with you and his head will be cut. Let me 53 you.”
When Fortune got inside Vanek, the headsman’s sword broke. Before he brought another sword, the royal bugler came and after him the royal coach. The king’s daughter said to her father that Vanek was 54 and the king’s word should not be cancelled（取消） and that the king could make duke of Vanek.
When there was the wedding reception, Reason came there but seeing he would meet Fortune, he 55 away.
Since that time, Fortune can pass when Reason meets Fortune.
36. A. pass B. leave
C. see D. go
37. A. hunting B. working
C. playing D. sowing
38. A. accepted B. promised
C. agreed D. refused
39. A. regret B. realize
C. calculate D. think
40. A. happy B. adventurous
C. famous D. rich
41. A. hear B. learn
C. come D. origin
42. A. countryside B. palace
C. garden D. field
43. A. disappoined B. puzzled
C. surprised D. pleased
44. A. beatiful B. shy
C. cruel D. weak
45. A. friend B. husband
C. servant D. guard
46. A. somewhat B. anyway
C. somehow D. anyhow
47. A. laugh B. walk
C. sing D. speak
48. A. marry B. see
C. serve D. visit
49. A. order B. word
C. permission D. opinion
50. A. obey B. perform
C. behave D. compete
51. A. hair B. ear
C. nose D. head
52. A. well B. glad
C. close D. strict
53. A. punish B. replace
C. help D. support
54. A. foolish B. wise
C. right D. handsome
55. A. sent B. took
C. gave D. ran
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36-40ABCDA 41-45 BCDAB
46-50 CDABC 55-60 DABCD
Reason and Fortune
Once Reason met Fortune on a bridge. “Let me 36 ,” said Fortune.
Reason said, “Why? You are not better than me.”
“Can you see that boy who is 37 in the field? Get inside him and if he is better with you than with me, I will let you pass any time and anywhere we will met.” said Fortune.
Reason 38 .
When the boy named Vanek felt reason in his head, he began to 39 : Why should I plough field all my life? I could be 40 __somewhere else too.
He went away and began to 41 from a royal gardener. He learnt very quickly and the 42 was nicer. The king was very 43 __and walked in the garden very often with the queen and their only daughter. The daughter was very 44 but she stopped speaking when she was twelve. The king announced that who would teach her to speak would become her 45 .
Vanek 46 told a story to the princess and made she 47 . But one of the king’s counselors（顾问）said, “You cannot 48 her, you are not of a noble origin.”Vanek said, “The king’s 49 is law and if the king wants people to 50 according to the law, he must behave in that way, too.”
“He said that the king must do something. His 51 should be cut,” shouted the counselor.
Fortune said to Reason, “You see, he is not 52 with you and his head will be cut. Let me 53 you.”
When Fortune got inside Vanek, the headsman’s sword broke. Before he brought another sword, the royal bugler came and after him the royal coach. The king’s daughter said to her father that Vanek was 54 and the king’s word should not be cancelled（取消） and that the king could make duke of Vanek.
When there was the wedding reception, Reason came there but seeing he would meet Fortune, he 55 away.
Since that time, Fortune can pass when Reason meets Fortune.
36. A. pass B. leave
C. see D. go
37. A. hunting B. working
C. playing D. sowing
38. A. accepted B. promised
C. agreed D. refused
39. A. regret B. realize
C. calculate D. think
40. A. happy B. adventurous
C. famous D. rich
41. A. hear B. learn
C. come D. origin
42. A. countryside B. palace
C. garden D. field
43. A. disappoined B. puzzled
C. surprised D. pleased
44. A. beatiful B. shy
C. cruel D. weak
45. A. friend B. husband
C. servant D. guard
46. A. somewhat B. anyway
C. somehow D. anyhow
47. A. laugh B. walk
C. sing D. speak
48. A. marry B. see
C. serve D. visit
49. A. order B. word
C. permission D. opinion
50. A. obey B. perform
C. behave D. compete
51. A. hair B. ear
C. nose D. head
52. A. well B. glad
C. close D. strict
53. A. punish B. replace
C. help D. support
54. A. foolish B. wise
C. right D. handsome
55. A. sent B. took
C. gave D. ran
参
36-40ABCDA 41-45 BCDAB
46-50 CDABC 55-60 DABCD
A while back I was reading about an expert on the subject of time management. One day this expert was 36 to a group of business students with an illustration（实例）that students would never 37 .
As this man stood in 38 of the group he said, “Okay, time for a quiz.”
Then he pulled out a jar and 39 it on a table in front of him. Then he 40 about a dozen fist-sized（拳头大小的）rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, 41 the jar.
When the jar was 42 to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, “Is this jar full?”
Everyone in the class said, “Yes.”
Then he pulled out a bucket of gravel（沙砾）, dumped（倾倒）some in and 43 the jar causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the 44 between the big rocks.
He smiled and asked the group once more. “Is the jar full?” 45 this time the class was 46 him. “Probably not,” one of them answered.
“Good!” he replied. He started dumping the sand in and it went into all the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the 47 question.
“No!” the class shouted. Now he grabbed a pitcher（大水罐）of water and began to 48 it in until jar was filled to the brim（边缘）. He __49 the class and asked, “What is the 50 __of this illustration?’
One eager student 51 his hand and said, “The point is, 52 how full your schedule is, if you try really hard, you can always fit some 53 things into it!”
“No,” the speaker replied, “that’s not the point. The 54 is: If you don’t put the big rocks in 55 , you’ll never get the other things in at all.”
What are the “big rocks” in your life or business?
36. A. telling B. speaking
C. explaining D. showing
37. A. forget B. understand
C. catch D. imagine
38. A. back B. front
C. face D. name
39. A. set B. made
C. took D. moved
40. A. created B. drew
C. threw D. produced
41. A. onto B. upon
C. into D. at
42. A. finished B. covered
C. broken D. filled
43. A. removed B. shook
C. uplifted D. carried
44. A. spaces B. rooms
C. middle D. places
45. A. Until B. From
C. By D. After
46. A. outside B. inside
C. onto D. except
47. A. different B. same
C. difficult D. correct
48. A. cover B. dump
C. pour D. put
49. A. showed up B. turned out
C. signed off D. looked up
50. A. point B. experiment
C. importance D. advice
51. A. waved B. raised
C. held D. reached
52. A. even if B. now that
C. no matter D. so long as
53. A. more B. many
C. enough D. right
54. A. matter B. way
C. method D. truth
55. A. order B. first
C. rightly D. along
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36-40 BABAD 41-45 CDBAC
46-50 CBCDA 51-55 BCADB
On a cold winter morning in the late 1930s, Bobby awoke early.
It wasn’t a day that would be remembered by many, 36 would it go down in history 37 especially important. But it was a day that Bobby would never __38 .
Bobby, a(n) 39 boy, was to look for work. He was a strong child and had worked many times before. “My 40 ,” he said to himself, “is to 41 enough money to purchase food for the day along with a few cans of vegetables for a Christmas dinner.”
Bobby put on the warmest clothes he had, and placed cardboard in his 42 shoes, which had holes in the soles. He 43 the cardboard would help keep his feet dry, 44 __for a little while.
Bobby hit the road. Suddenly, rain and sleet（雨夹雪） 45 down. He then ran to the nearest store. His socks were 46 , and his feet were numb（麻木的）.
A man in uniform, a representative from the Salvation Amy（教的慈善组织）, witnessed Bobby’s poor__47 . He took Bobby into the store and bought him a brand new pair of shoes. Bobby danced and skipping all the way back to his shabby（破旧的）house.
I wasn’t there on 48 cold December day. But I’ve heard the story many times and could always 49 my father, as a child, dancing and skipping home, wearing a 50 __pair of shoes.
Several years 51 , Daddy joined the Navy. He always 52 enough money for the Salvation Army, hoping that another little child 53 might receive a new pair of shoes for Christmas.
The 54 lasted until my father passed away six years ago.
Each time I drop money in a Salvation Army bucket, I pray that little children everywhere will have the 55 to dance and skip.
36. A. or B. and
C. nor D. yet
37. A. as B. so
C. that D. for
38. A. remember B. note
C. forget D. forgive
39. A. abandoned B. wasted
C. thrown D. given
40. A. goal B. want
C. need D. achievement
41. A. accept B. earn
C. win D. require
42. A. worn-out B. torn-up
C. broken-up D. gone-off
43. A. wanted B. longed
C. desired D. hoped
44. A. at most B. at least
C. at best D. at latest
45. A. flowed B. dropped
C. poured D. moved
46. A. damp B. moist
C. wet D. liquid
47. A. situation B. health
C. spirit D. case
48. A. this B. its
C. one D. that
49. A. draw B. picture
C. form D. make
50. A. burning B. bright
C. light D. clear
51. A. after B. later
C. behind D. back
52. A. stored B. saved
C. preserved D. used
53. A. where B. nowhere
C. everywhere D. somewhere
54. A. tradition B. quality
C. usage D. manner
55. A. money B. shoe
C. time D. opportunity
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36-40 CACAA 41-45 BADBC
46-50CADBB 51-55 BBDAD
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