When I was 8, a gentleman came to my orphanage(孤兒院) every week to lead us in woodworking projects. I remember the night that I finished my first project. It was a small table and I looked upon it as though I had created a life. I could        wait to give it to Mother Winters, our orphanage’s leader, as a       .
Since the tables’ coating was still       , the man asked us to wait a while before taking our tables to our dormitories. But I couldn’t wait. I dashed out the door in a       , carrying my table, smiling from ear to ear.
“It is very pretty,” Mother Winter smiled at me. When she touched the coating she noticed that it was still wet. Then she asked me why I had brought. I stood with       down. “Were you supposed to bring this home?” she asked. “No, ma’am, ” I said.
Mother Winters kicked the table over and all of the legs were        off. She made me throw the table outside. After Mother Winters left, I went out to get my little table. There was dirt all over it.        silently, I hid the ruined table in my closet. A year later I gave it to Mother Henderson, my houseparent, to       .
Thirty years later I learned Mother Henderson was living in Asheville, North Carolina, so I drove up to see her. She gently asked me to come down to her basement and help her get something       . “Do you remember that?” she asked,        into a dark corner. I did. I could not speak for fear of crying. “Roger, I want you to        it.” Mother Henderson gave me back the little        that I had given up for lost so long ago. She had kept it, never       if she would see me again.
Today, I look at the table with bittersweet memories. I think of when Mother Winters forced me to throw it away. But I am also      and joyful at the kindness of Mother Henderson, who kept it as a remembrance of a young orphan who tried very hard to       .
小題1:
A．onlyB．hardlyC．a(chǎn)lmostD．simply
小題2:
A．giftB．rewardC．workD．praise
小題3:
A．unfinishedB．dryingC．coveringD．a(chǎn)pplied
小題4:
A．wayB．whileC．circleD．hurry
小題5:
A．headB．tearsC．voiceD．hands
小題6:
A．takenB．brokenC．cutD．let
小題7:
A．ScreamingB．FreezingC．StandingD．Crying
小題8:
A．put awayB．throw awayC．take awayD．wash away
小題9:
A．properB．popularC．importantD．expensive
小題10:
A．strugglingB．divingC．slidingD．pointing
小題11:
A．layB．haveC．sellD．clear
小題12:
A．tableB．giftC．memoryD．joy
小題13:
A．promisingB．hopingC．knowingD．complaining
小題14:
A．excitedB．comfortedC．a(chǎn)mused D．entertained
小題15:
A．a(chǎn)cceptB．struggleC．tolerateD．please

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:A
小題6: B
小題7:D
小題8:B
小題9:C
小題10:D
小題11:B
小題12:A
小題13:C
小題14:B
小題15:D

試題分析：本文講述了作者作為一名孤兒在孤兒院想討好老師而受傷害而在多年之后被另外一位宿舍管理員而溫暖和安慰的故事。
小題1:考查副詞。句意：我迫不及待地把它作為一個(gè)禮物送給我們孤兒院的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)溫特斯媽媽。. A. only僅僅B. hardly幾乎不  C. almost幾乎D. simply僅僅，簡(jiǎn)單地，根據(jù)固定短語(yǔ)：can’t wait to do sth,迫不及待地做某事，所以B正確
小題2:考查語(yǔ)境理解。句意：我迫不及待地把它作為一個(gè)禮物送給我們孤兒院的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)溫特斯媽媽。A. gift禮物B. reward酬勞    C. work工作，作品   D. praise贊揚(yáng)，根據(jù)語(yǔ)境當(dāng)然是作為一個(gè)禮物，所以Ａ正確。
小題3:考查動(dòng)詞。句意：由于桌子的涂料還沒有干，這個(gè)人讓我們等一會(huì)再把桌子搬進(jìn)我們的宿舍。A. unfinished沒有完成  B. drying烘干   C. covering覆蓋D. applied運(yùn)用。根據(jù)前線索I could   36  wait to give it to Mother Winters, our orphanage’s leader, as a   37 . 我迫不及待地把它作為一個(gè)禮物送給我們孤兒院的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)溫特斯媽媽，說(shuō)明桌子剛做好，當(dāng)然是涂料還沒有干，所以Ｂ正確
小題4:考查名詞和語(yǔ)境理解。句意：但我等不及了，我匆匆沖出門，搬著我的桌子，咧著嘴笑著。. A. way方式，方法    B. while一會(huì)C. circle圈    D. hurry著急，根據(jù)固定短語(yǔ)：in a hurry 匆忙地，和前句I couldn’t wait.我等不及了，所以是匆忙地，所以D正確。
小題5:考查名詞和語(yǔ)境理解。句意：我站在那，低著頭。根據(jù)前句：When she touched the coating she noticed that it was still wet. Then she asked me why I had brought.當(dāng)老師摸涂料的時(shí)候，她注意到涂料是濕的，然后她就問(wèn)為什么搬來(lái)，我當(dāng)然是低頭站在那兒,不好意思了，所以Ａ正確。
小題6:考查動(dòng)詞。句意：溫特斯媽媽使勁踢了桌子，桌子腿都散架了。根據(jù)短語(yǔ)：take off脫掉; 起飛; （使）離開; 突然成功; break off 停止cut off 切斷，隔絕let off 讓 下車，引爆，所以B正確。
小題7:考查動(dòng)詞。句意：我默默地哭了，把它藏在我的壁櫥里。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境作者是一肚子委屈，本打算作為禮物送出去，溫特斯媽媽卻不領(lǐng)情，所以是哭了，所以D正確。
小題8:考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)。句意：一年后我把它送給了我的宿舍管理員，是為了把它扔掉。A. put away收起來(lái)B. throw away扔掉    C. take away拿走帶走    D. wash away沖走，根據(jù)語(yǔ)境所以B正確。
小題9:考查形容詞。句意：她溫和地讓我來(lái)到她的地下室?guī)退夷臣匾臇|西。A. proper   適當(dāng)Bpopular受歡迎的  C. important重要的  D. expensive昂貴的，根據(jù)語(yǔ)境來(lái)到地下室當(dāng)然是找重要的東西，所以C正確。
小題10:考查動(dòng)詞。句意：他指了指那個(gè)黑暗的角落，問(wèn)到：你還記得嗎？A. struggling掙扎  B. diving潛水C. sliding溜，滑  D. pointing指，根據(jù)語(yǔ)境所以D正確。
小題11:考查動(dòng)詞。句意：我記得，我差點(diǎn)掉下淚來(lái)，羅杰，我想讓你擁有它。A. lay放置 B. have
C. sell賣D. clear掃除，使干凈，根據(jù)語(yǔ)境應(yīng)該是擁有，所以B正確。
小題12:考查語(yǔ)境。句意：亨德森的母親給了我那張很久以前遺棄的小桌子。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境當(dāng)然是多年以前扔掉的小桌子，所以A正確
小題13:考查動(dòng)詞。句意：她保存了它而且從不知道她會(huì)再次看到我。. A. promising 允諾B. hoping希
C. knowing知道  D. complaining抱怨，根據(jù)語(yǔ)境這是我多年遺憾去看望她，所以是她不知道是否
再次看到我，所以C正確。
小題14:考查形容詞。句意：我也因?yàn)楹嗟美麐寢尩纳屏级械搅税参亢透吲d。A. excited 興奮B. comforted安慰C. amused 吃驚D. entertained娛樂。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境：看到桌子想起了多年前的傷心本想扔掉的桌子而被亨得利媽媽保存了這么多年，當(dāng)然是感到安慰了，所以Ｂ正確。
小題15:考查動(dòng)詞。句意；保留它作為一個(gè)孤兒小時(shí)候努力討人喜歡的一個(gè)記憶。A. accept接受    B. struggle掙扎C. tolerate忍受D. please討人喜歡，根據(jù)語(yǔ)境所以Ｄ正確
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B．Inside knowledge and good timing help you to steal tickets from airlines.
C．Vacation will be out of reach without inside knowledge and good timing.
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Yawning sends out certain messages -either “Oh，this movie is so boring” or “I probably need to get some sleep”. But did you know that a yawn can also help your brain to cool down when it is overheated?
A new study, led by a research team at Princeton University, has indicated that yawning could be the brain’s natural way of regulating temperature. People yawn more often when the temperature outdoors is lower than their body temperature but are less likely to yawn when it is hotter outdoors, according to Sciencedaily. com.
The research team did an experiment on 160 people, 80 in summer and 80 in winter, to examine how often they yawned at different air temperatures. The study found that people yawned more often in winter than in summer. Scientists say that when the air temperature is lower outside the body, there is heat exchange between the overheated brain and the cool air. But when the air temperature is higher than or equal to the body, people are less likely to yawn because the hot air they breathe in will make the brain even hotter.
When people yawn, their jaw is also stretched，which increases blood flow and may also help cool the brain
The study showed that the amount someone yawned could be related to the amount of time they spent outside. The longer they spent outside in summer, the less they yawned. Nearly 40 percent of participants yawned within their first five minutes outside, but after that the percentage was reduced to less than 10 percent.
However, the result was the opposite in winter. The number of people who yawned increased when they spent more than five minutes outdoors. But the change was only slight compared to summertime.
According to Gallup, this is the first report to show that yawning frequencies change depending on season. This could help us to understand better the way our brains work. It may also help us understand the reason why frequent yawning can sometimes be a sign of brain disease.
小題1:The purpose of the experiment is ______.
A．to find the frequency of people’s yawning
B．to indicate brain can regulate temperature naturally
C．to prove people yawn in winter and in summer equally
D．to show the real reason why people yawn
小題2:The information we get from Paragraphs 5 and 6 is that ______.
A．longer outdoor summertime results in more yawns
B．yawning frequency increases with outdoor time
C．yawning frequency changes with outdoor time
D．longer outdoor wintertime leads to fewer yawns
小題3:Acorrding to the text，people yawn more often ______.
A．when the air temperature is equal to the body
B．when the hot air breathed in makes the brain hotter
C．when the air temperature is higher than the body
D．when the air temperature is lower outside the body
小題4:What could be the best title for the text?
A．Yawning Is A Sign of Brain Disease
B．Yawning Cools Your Brain
C．Yawning Benefits Your Body
D．Yawning Carries Some Information

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