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过了三十岁人生就没有好时光了吗？人生的好时光是什么时候？请走进下文寻找答案。
It was June 15, and in two days I would be turning thirty. I was__1__ about entering a new decade of my life and feared that my best years were now behind me.
My daily activities included going to the gym for__2__before going to work. Every morning I would see my friend Nicholas at the gym. He was seventy-nine and in very good__3__. As I greeted Nicholas on this particular day, he__4__ I wasn’t full of my__5__energy and asked if there was anything__6__. I told him I was feeling anxious about turning thirty. I__7__ how I would look back on my life once I reached Nicholas’s__8__, so I asked him, “What was the best time of your life?”
Without hesitation, Nicholas replied, “When I was a child in Austria and__9__ was taken care of for me and I was__10__by my parents, that was the best time of my life. When I was going to school and__11__the things I know today, that was the best time of my life. When I got my first job and had responsibilities and got__12__for my efforts, that was the best time of my life. When I__13__my wife and fell in love, that was the best time of my life. The Second World War came, and my wife and I__14__to flee Austria to save our__15__. When we were together and__16__on a ship heading for North America, that was the best time of my life. When I was a young father, watching my children__17__was the best time of my life. And now, Joe, I am seventy-nine years old. I have my__18__; I feel good and I am in 19 with my wife__20__as I was when we first met. This is the best time of my life.”
1. A. eager B. curious C. anxious D. clear
2. A. exercise B. happiness C. experience D. oil
3. A. look B. appearance
C. shape D. turn
4. A. observed B. watched
C. noticed D. stared
5. A. normal B. usual
C. ordinary D. common
6. A. strange B. mistaken
C. wrong D. lost
7. A. imagined B. doubted
C. wondered D. questioned
8. A. age B. position
C. level D. situation
9. A. it B. everything
C. something D. nothing
10. A. educated B. taught
C. protected D. trained
11. A. receiving B. accepting C. learning D. getting
12. A. praised B. trained C. paid D. improved
13. A. married B. had C. met D. recognized
14. A. had B. chose C. meant D. offered
15. A. children B. parents
C. friends D. lives
16. A. alone B. safe C. healthy D. happy
17. A. going away B. sticking out
C. going out D. growing up
18. A. money B. wealth C. health D. fame
19. A. touch B. contact C. love D. peace
20. A. still B. just C. even D. yet
B
犯了错误并不可怕，承认错误值得奖励。请走进下文感受这一点。
Honesty is the best policy
“Who did this?” asked my teacher. Thirty children__1__ to think about what they had done.
“Who did this?” she asked again. She never became__2__, but she was this time. She__3__a piece of broken glass and asked, “Who broke this window?”
“Oh, oh,” I thought. I was the one who broke the window. I did not do it__4__. It was caused by a bad throw of a baseball. __5__
did it have to be me?
If I__6__ it, I would be in a lot of trouble. How would I be__7__ to pay for a big window like that? “My father is going to get mad at me,” I thought. I didn’t__8__ to raise my hand, but some force much stronger than me__9__. “I did it.” Then I was __10__ . It was hard enough to admit my__11__.
My teacher went to one of our library shelves and__12__a book. She then began walking towards my desk. I had never known my teacher to strike a student, __13__I feared she was going to __14__with me.
“I know __15__ you like birds,” she said as she stood looking down at my face. “Here is that field guide about birds that you are __16__ checking out. It is yours. We got a new one for the school. You will not be__17__ . But remember, it’s__18__for your truthfulness.”
I couldn’t__19__it! I wasn’t punished and I got the bird field guide I had been__20__all my money to buy.
1. A. tried B. liked
C. managed D. meant
2. A. excited B. angry
C. disappointed D. glad
3. A. threw away B. put down
C. held up D. put aside
4. A. by chance B. by mistake
C. on purpose D. without aim
5. A. Where B. When C. How D. Why
6. A. refused B. accepted
C. admitted D. explained
7. A. sure B. afraid
C. determined D. able
8. A. want B. offer C. fail D. pretend
9. A. threw it away B. pulled it up
C. pulled it down D. took it away
10. A. silent B. still C. glad D. satisfied
11. A. past B. deed
C. mistake D. cruelty
12. A. put out B. took down
C. pulled down D. pushed down
13. A. and B. or C. but D. instead
14. A. do B. deal C. go D. start
15. A. when B. why C. how D. whether
16. A. usually B. sometimes
C. always D. seldom
17. A. fired B. fined
C. punished D. praised
18. A. still B. yet C. even D. only
19. A. accept B. receive
C. believe D. face
20. A. using up B. saving up
C. keeping out D. letting out
答案与解析：
A
1. C。由第6空后面的I was feeling anxious about可以反推该空应填anxious。
2. A。由常识可知，去体育馆的目的当然是锻炼，因此该空应填exercise。
3. C。in good shape状况良好，与语境逻辑吻合。
4. C。5. B。6. C。他无意中留意到我没有往常那么精力充沛，并且问我身体是否有毛病。
7. C。8. A。我不知道一旦达到Nicholas的年龄如何回首以往的生活。
9. B。10. C。由常识可知，小孩的一切都受到父母照料、保护。
11. C。上学的目的就是为了学知识，因此该空应填learning。
12. C。工作的目的是为了获取报酬，因此该空应填paid。
13. C。由常识可以推出爱上妻子前应先遇到妻子，因此该空应填met。
14. A。由常识可知，离乡背井逃避战争是人们不情愿做的事，因此该空应填had。
15. D。由语境逻辑可以推出逃往异国它乡是为了救自己的命，因此该空应填lives。
16. B。逃避战争时最好时光应为安全的时候，因此该空应填safe。
17. D。由常识可以推出看着自己的孩子长大是最幸福的时光，因此该空应填growing up。
18. C。对老人而言拥有健康是一件快乐的事，因此该空应填health。
19. C。be in love with爱着，与语境逻辑吻合。
20. B。由语境逻辑可以推出该空表示“就”，因此应填just。
B
1. A。听到老师的提问同学们当然会努力去想他们做了一些什么，因此该空应填tried。
2. B。由下文重复提问的内容可以推出该空表示“生气的”，因此应填angry。
3. C。由语境逻辑可以推出老师想让学生看到这块碎玻璃，因此该空表示“举起”，应填held up。
4. C。由下文It was caused by a bad throw of a baseball.可以推出该空表示“故意地”，因此应填on purpose。
5. D。为什么便是我打碎了玻璃呢？
6. C。由下文pay for a big window like that?可以推出该空表示“承认”，因此应填admitted。
7. D。be able to能够，与语境逻辑吻合。
8. A。9. B。我不想举手，但一种更大的力量把我的手向上提起。
10. A。承认了自己的错误后人们通常会因为不好意思而保持沉默。
11. C。由语境逻辑可以推出作者承认的是错误，因此该空应填mistake。
12. B。shelves暗示该空表示“拿下”，因此应填took down。
13. C。该空含转折性逻辑关系，因此应填but。
14. D。start with自……开始，与语境逻辑吻合。
15. C。我知道你多么喜欢鸟。
16. C。此处强调作者对鸟的喜欢，因此应填always，表示次数多。
17. C。18.D。你不会受到惩罚，但是记住，这仅仅是因为你的诚实。
19. C。打坏了玻璃竟然受到奖励真是一件令人难以置信的事，因此该空应填believe。
20. B。to buy暗示该空表示“节约”，因此应填saving up。 ★
过了三十岁人生就没有好时光了吗？人生的好时光是什么时候？请走进下文寻找答案。
It was June 15, and in two days I would be turning thirty. I was__1__ about entering a new decade of my life and feared that my best years were now behind me.
My daily activities included going to the gym for__2__before going to work. Every morning I would see my friend Nicholas at the gym. He was seventy-nine and in very good__3__. As I greeted Nicholas on this particular day, he__4__ I wasn’t full of my__5__energy and asked if there was anything__6__. I told him I was feeling anxious about turning thirty. I__7__ how I would look back on my life once I reached Nicholas’s__8__, so I asked him, “What was the best time of your life?”
Without hesitation, Nicholas replied, “When I was a child in Austria and__9__ was taken care of for me and I was__10__by my parents, that was the best time of my life. When I was going to school and__11__the things I know today, that was the best time of my life. When I got my first job and had responsibilities and got__12__for my efforts, that was the best time of my life. When I__13__my wife and fell in love, that was the best time of my life. The Second World War came, and my wife and I__14__to flee Austria to save our__15__. When we were together and__16__on a ship heading for North America, that was the best time of my life. When I was a young father, watching my children__17__was the best time of my life. And now, Joe, I am seventy-nine years old. I have my__18__; I feel good and I am in 19 with my wife__20__as I was when we first met. This is the best time of my life.”
1. A. eager B. curious C. anxious D. clear
2. A. exercise B. happiness C. experience D. oil
3. A. look B. appearance
C. shape D. turn
4. A. observed B. watched
C. noticed D. stared
5. A. normal B. usual
C. ordinary D. common
6. A. strange B. mistaken
C. wrong D. lost
7. A. imagined B. doubted
C. wondered D. questioned
8. A. age B. position
C. level D. situation
9. A. it B. everything
C. something D. nothing
10. A. educated B. taught
C. protected D. trained
11. A. receiving B. accepting C. learning D. getting
12. A. praised B. trained C. paid D. improved
13. A. married B. had C. met D. recognized
14. A. had B. chose C. meant D. offered
15. A. children B. parents
C. friends D. lives
16. A. alone B. safe C. healthy D. happy
17. A. going away B. sticking out
C. going out D. growing up
18. A. money B. wealth C. health D. fame
19. A. touch B. contact C. love D. peace
20. A. still B. just C. even D. yet
B
犯了错误并不可怕，承认错误值得奖励。请走进下文感受这一点。
Honesty is the best policy
“Who did this?” asked my teacher. Thirty children__1__ to think about what they had done.
“Who did this?” she asked again. She never became__2__, but she was this time. She__3__a piece of broken glass and asked, “Who broke this window?”
“Oh, oh,” I thought. I was the one who broke the window. I did not do it__4__. It was caused by a bad throw of a baseball. __5__
did it have to be me?
If I__6__ it, I would be in a lot of trouble. How would I be__7__ to pay for a big window like that? “My father is going to get mad at me,” I thought. I didn’t__8__ to raise my hand, but some force much stronger than me__9__. “I did it.” Then I was __10__ . It was hard enough to admit my__11__.
My teacher went to one of our library shelves and__12__a book. She then began walking towards my desk. I had never known my teacher to strike a student, __13__I feared she was going to __14__with me.
“I know __15__ you like birds,” she said as she stood looking down at my face. “Here is that field guide about birds that you are __16__ checking out. It is yours. We got a new one for the school. You will not be__17__ . But remember, it’s__18__for your truthfulness.”
I couldn’t__19__it! I wasn’t punished and I got the bird field guide I had been__20__all my money to buy.
1. A. tried B. liked
C. managed D. meant
2. A. excited B. angry
C. disappointed D. glad
3. A. threw away B. put down
C. held up D. put aside
4. A. by chance B. by mistake
C. on purpose D. without aim
5. A. Where B. When C. How D. Why
6. A. refused B. accepted
C. admitted D. explained
7. A. sure B. afraid
C. determined D. able
8. A. want B. offer C. fail D. pretend
9. A. threw it away B. pulled it up
C. pulled it down D. took it away
10. A. silent B. still C. glad D. satisfied
11. A. past B. deed
C. mistake D. cruelty
12. A. put out B. took down
C. pulled down D. pushed down
13. A. and B. or C. but D. instead
14. A. do B. deal C. go D. start
15. A. when B. why C. how D. whether
16. A. usually B. sometimes
C. always D. seldom
17. A. fired B. fined
C. punished D. praised
18. A. still B. yet C. even D. only
19. A. accept B. receive
C. believe D. face
20. A. using up B. saving up
C. keeping out D. letting out
答案与解析：
A
1. C。由第6空后面的I was feeling anxious about可以反推该空应填anxious。
2. A。由常识可知，去体育馆的目的当然是锻炼，因此该空应填exercise。
3. C。in good shape状况良好，与语境逻辑吻合。
4. C。5. B。6. C。他无意中留意到我没有往常那么精力充沛，并且问我身体是否有毛病。
7. C。8. A。我不知道一旦达到Nicholas的年龄如何回首以往的生活。
9. B。10. C。由常识可知，小孩的一切都受到父母照料、保护。
11. C。上学的目的就是为了学知识，因此该空应填learning。
12. C。工作的目的是为了获取报酬，因此该空应填paid。
13. C。由常识可以推出爱上妻子前应先遇到妻子，因此该空应填met。
14. A。由常识可知，离乡背井逃避战争是人们不情愿做的事，因此该空应填had。
15. D。由语境逻辑可以推出逃往异国它乡是为了救自己的命，因此该空应填lives。
16. B。逃避战争时最好时光应为安全的时候，因此该空应填safe。
17. D。由常识可以推出看着自己的孩子长大是最幸福的时光，因此该空应填growing up。
18. C。对老人而言拥有健康是一件快乐的事，因此该空应填health。
19. C。be in love with爱着，与语境逻辑吻合。
20. B。由语境逻辑可以推出该空表示“就”，因此应填just。
B
1. A。听到老师的提问同学们当然会努力去想他们做了一些什么，因此该空应填tried。
2. B。由下文重复提问的内容可以推出该空表示“生气的”，因此应填angry。
3. C。由语境逻辑可以推出老师想让学生看到这块碎玻璃，因此该空表示“举起”，应填held up。
4. C。由下文It was caused by a bad throw of a baseball.可以推出该空表示“故意地”，因此应填on purpose。
5. D。为什么便是我打碎了玻璃呢？
6. C。由下文pay for a big window like that?可以推出该空表示“承认”，因此应填admitted。
7. D。be able to能够，与语境逻辑吻合。
8. A。9. B。我不想举手，但一种更大的力量把我的手向上提起。
10. A。承认了自己的错误后人们通常会因为不好意思而保持沉默。
11. C。由语境逻辑可以推出作者承认的是错误，因此该空应填mistake。
12. B。shelves暗示该空表示“拿下”，因此应填took down。
13. C。该空含转折性逻辑关系，因此应填but。
14. D。start with自……开始，与语境逻辑吻合。
15. C。我知道你多么喜欢鸟。
16. C。此处强调作者对鸟的喜欢，因此应填always，表示次数多。
17. C。18.D。你不会受到惩罚，但是记住，这仅仅是因为你的诚实。
19. C。打坏了玻璃竟然受到奖励真是一件令人难以置信的事，因此该空应填believe。
20. B。to buy暗示该空表示“节约”，因此应填saving up。 ★