I’m feeling sick. I____ so much chocolate.
A、oughtn’t have eaten
B、couldn’t have eaten
C、needn’t have eaten
D、shouldn’t have eaten
A、oughtn’t have eaten
B、couldn’t have eaten
C、needn’t have eaten
D、shouldn’t have eaten
A.have a passion
B.give a feeling
C.take a like
D.contain a heart
Ironically,it is often success that leads people to flirt with failure.Praise won for _ 28_a skillsuddenly puts one in the position of having everything to lose.Rather than putting their reputation on theline again,many successful people develop a handicap—drinking,_ 29_,depression—that allowsthem to keep their status no matter what the future brings. An advertising executive 30_ fordepression shortly after winning an award put it this way:“Without my depression,I'd be a failure now;with it,I'm a success 'on hold.’”
In fact,the people most likely to become chronic excuse makers are those 31 _ with success.Such people are so afraid of being 32a failure at anything that they constantly develop onehandicap or another in order to explain away failure.
Though self-handicapping can be an effective way of coping with performance anxiety now and then,in the end,researchers say,it will lead to_ 33_. In the long run,excuse makers fail to live up to theirtrue_ 34_and lose the status they care so much about. And despite their protests to the _35they have only themsclves to blame.
A) contrary F) labeled K) potential
B) fatigue G) legacies L) rcalms
C) heavily H) mastering M) reciprocal
D) heaving l) momentum N) ruin
E) hospitalized J) obsessed o) viciously
Client: Im feeling better than yesterday.Besides, I have ()(排气)wind this moming.
A.broken
B.sighing
C.framework
D.disable person
I have learned something about myself since I moved from Long Island to Florida three years ago. Even though I own a home in Port St. Lucie just minutes from the ocean, an uncontrollable urge wells up to return to Long Island even as others make their way south. I guess I am a snowbird stuck in reverse. Instead of enjoying Florida’s mild winters, I willingly endure the severe weather on Long Island, the place I called home for 65 years.
I’m like a migratory bird that has lost its sense of timing and direction, my wings flapping against season.
So what makes me fly against the tide of snowbirds? The answer has a lot to do with my reluctance to give up the things that define who I am. Once I hear that the temperature on Long Island has dipped into the range of 40 to 50 degrees, I begin to long for the sight and crackling sound of a wood fire. I also long for the bright display o£ colors — first in the fall trees, and then in the limits around homes and at Rockefeller Center. Floridians decorate too, but can’t create the special feel of a New England winter.
I suppose the biggest reason why I return is to celebrate the holidays with people I haven’t seen in months. What could be better than sitting with family and friends for a Thanksgiving turkey dinner, or watching neighbors’ children excitedly open gifts on Christmas? Even the first snowfall seems special. I especially enjoy seeing a bright red bird settling on a snow-covered branch (My wife and I spend winters at a retirement community in Ridge, and I’m grateful that I don’t have to shovel.)
While these simple pleasures are not unique to Long Island, they are some of the reasons why I come back. Who says you can’t go home?
(1) What does the underlined word "snowbird" in Paragraph 1 refer to?()
A、A person spending winter in a warmer climate
B、A bird seen chiefly in winter
C、A person permanently living in a foreign country
D、A bird flying to the south in winter
(2)What’s the difference between Florida and Long Island?()
A、Winters in Long Island are milder
B、The snowbirds in Long Island are rarer
C、Weather in Long Island is severer
D、Long Island is nearer to the ocean
(3)What did the author miss most when he was in Florida?()
A、The colorful light display
B、The family gathering
C、The cold temperature
D、The winter landscape
(4) Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?()
A、The author enjoyed living in Florida
B、The author had a good time in Florida
C、The author owned a home in Florida
D、The author did not like mild weather
(5)What’s the author’s purpose in writing the text?()
A、To praise the beauty and warmth of his hometown
B、To describe his dream to be a free bird
C、To explain the reasons for moving from his hometown
D、To express his feeling of missing his hometown
I remembered our happy growingup years in a small town in West Virginia. With good family education, Jerry had been a kind kid. He was only 15 when Dad died. Unlike him, I got over the sorrow soon, but he started drinking. Soon he began hanging out with bad guys.
Jerry and I didn’t see each other often, but we talked on the phone. Usually, though, we ended up fighting. When Mom came to live with us, Jerry dropped in regularly at first, but after a while his visits became sporadic. He explained he couldn’t handle seeing Mom in such a bad condition. Another excuse, I thought.
One day I went to see the doctor about my back.It had been aching for months.“I can’t find anything wrong with you physically,”the doctor said.“But I can tell you’re very tense. Is something bothering you?” I poured out my story about Jerry.“Do you think he’s likely to change?” he asked. I shrugged.“Probably not.”“But,you can, ”he said gently.
Me? Why did I have to change? He was the one who constantly let us down.But what had I done? Maybe the doctor was right. I couldn’t love his behavior, but I could love him—the way I did when we were little. As I walked into the house I sensed a relief.
Jerry died young due to drinking .I miss him. But I’m grateful I was given the opportunity to show him I loved him—as he was, not as I wanted him to be.
A-31.When Jerry failed to carry out his promise that night,his mother_____.
A、felt very angry
B、tried to defend him
C、was indifferent about it
D、phoned him to ask him to come back
32阅读A-31题干中Passage One材料,完成本题。
A-32.Jerry got into the habit of drinking mainly because_____.
A、he was influenced by bad guys
B、his mom left to live with his sister
C、nobody cared for him after his father died
D、he couldn’t get over the sadness of losing his father
33阅读A-31题干中Passage One材料,完成本题。
A-33.The underlined word “sporadic” in Paragraph 3 probably means “_____”.
A、occasional
B、frequent
C、formal
D、Unpleasant
34阅读A-31题干中Passage One材料,完成本题。
A-34.What did the author think of the doctor’s suggestion at first?
A、It was acceptable.
B、It gave her much hope.
C、It was unreasonable.
D、It made her confused.
35阅读A-31题干中Passage One材料,完成本题。
A-35.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A、Love can help a person give up bad habits.
B、Too much tension will destroy a person’s health.
C、We shouldn’t expect too much of a person.
D、We should try to love a person as he is.
I don't remember my reply, but I do remember a sudden heavy feeling inside me.I had always been delighted at how much my daughter noticed in her world, whether it was birds in flight or children playing.But now she was noticing suffering and poverty.She wasn't even four.
A few days later, I saw an article in the newspaper about volunteers who delivered meals to elderly people.The volunteers went to a nearby school on a Sunday morning, picked up a food package, and delivered it to an elderly person.I signed us up.Nora was excited about it.She could understand the importance of food, so she could easily see how valuable our job was.When Sunday came, we picked up the package and phoned the elderly person we'd been assigned.She invited us right over.
The building was depressing.When the door opened, facing us was a silver-haired woman in an old dress.She took the package and asked if we would like to come in.Nora ran inside.I reluctantly followed.Our hostess showed us some photos of her family.Nora played and laughed.I accepted a second cup of tea.When it came time to say good-bye, we three stood in the doorway and hugged.I walked home in tears.
Where else but as volunteers do you have the opportunity to do something enjoyable that's good for yourself as well as for others? Indeed, the poverty my daughter and I helped lessen that Sunday afternoon was not the woman's alone — it was in our lives, too.Now Nora and I regularly serve meals to needy people and collect clothes for the homeless.Yet, as I've watched her grow over these past four years, I still wonder — which of us has benefited more?
26.The man Nora noticed on that evening was probably ______.
A.asking for food
B.one of those homeless
C.taken home by the author
D.buying a newspaper
27.The author had a sudden heavy feeling (Para.2), because ______.
A.his daughter had noticed the dark side of life
B.he did not want to take the guy home
C.he felt a deep sympathy for the guy
D.his daughter was afraid of what she saw
28.Their volunteer job was to ______.
A.visit poor homes
B.serve meals at a nearby school
C.pick up packages for poor, elderly people
D.deliver food to needy, elderly people
29.The word “us” in the last paragraph refers to ______ .
A.the author and the old woman
B.the giver and receiver of the help
C.the author and his daughter
D.the author and the guy in the box
30.The best title for this passage might be “______.”
A.A Loving Kid
B.A Lesson in Caring
C.Volunteers at Work
D.How to Help the Needy
Living in a foreign country and going to school with people from various parts of the world has given me the opportunity to encounter and interact with people from different cultures.I would like to share some of my experiences and thoughts with you.When I first arrived.I knew no one and I needed all fingers to communicate what i said in English.All of the foreign students were in the same situation.When we could not find the right word we used strange movements and gestures to communicate our meaning.
Knowing some common phrases.such as How are you? Fine.thank you.and what country are you from?was enough in the beginning for us to make friends with each other.The TV room in the dormitory became our meeting place every evening after dinner.but for the most part their words were just a strange mumble to us.
After a while, bored and a little sad, we slowly began to disappear to our rooms.I thought that all of us were experiencing some homesickness.However, despite my loneliness.I had a good feeling within myself because I was doing what I wanted to do for many years to live and study in a foreign country.
1.When I first arrived in the U.S().
A.I can speak English well
B.I have already had some friends there
C.I needed all my fingers to communicate in English
D.I could find the right word in speaking English
2.Why did we slowly begin to disappear to our room?()
A.Because we wanted to watched to watch television
B.Because we were bored and a little sad
C.Because we were experiencing homesickness
D.Because the TV room has become our meeting place
3.What is the thing I wanted to do for many years? ()
A.To live and study in a foreign country
B.I had a good feeling within myself
C.To understand what the people appearing on the screen said
D.Not to be lovely
4.Which of the following sentence is wrong according to the passage?()
A.Studying in US is one of the best experiences I have ever had in my lifetime
B.I have learned more about foreign cultures than l expected
C.Some common phrases were enough in the beginning for us to make friends
D.Not all the foreign students were in the same situation
5.What is the author's attitude towards studying in a foreign country?()
A.He considered it a good experience
B.He dislike this experience
C.He didn't think it hard living in a foreign country
D.He felt sad when thinking of it