We have been driving in fog all morning, but the fog is lifting now. The little seaside villages are 36 , one by one. "There is my grandmother's house," I say, 37 across the bay to a shabby old house.
I am in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage (朝圣) with Lise, my granddaughter, seeking roots for her, retracing (追溯) 38 memory for me. Lise was one of the mobile children, 39 from house to house in childhood. She longs for a sense of 40 , and so we have come to Nova Scotia where my husband and I were born and where our ancestors 41 for 200 years.
We soon 42 by the house and I tell her what it was like here, the memories 43 back, swift as the tide (潮水).
Suddenly, I long to walk again in the 44 where I was once so gloriously a child. It still 45 a member of the family, but has not been lived in for a while. We cannot go into the house, but I can still walk 46 the rooms in memory. Here, my mother 47 in her bedroom window and wrote in her diary. I can still see the enthusiastic family 48 into and out of the house. I could never have enough of being 49 them. However, that was long after those childhood days. Lise 50 attentively as I talk and then says, " So this is where I 51 ; where I belong. "
She has 52 her roots. To know where I come from is one of the great longings of the human 53 To be rooted is "to have an origin". We need 54 origin. Looking backward, we discover what is unique in us; learn the 55 of "I". We must all go home again—in reality or memory.
小題1:
A．a(chǎn)ppearingB．movingC．exposingD．expanding
小題2:
A．referringB．travellingC．pointingD．coming
小題3:
A．sharedB．shortC．freshD．treasured
小題4:
A．passedB．raisedC．movedD．sent
小題5:
A．homeB．dutyC．realityD．relief
小題6:
A．builtB．livedC．remainedD．explored
小題7:
A．catch upB．pull upC．step downD．come down
小題8:
A．fallingB．turningC．rushingD．bringing
小題9:
A．yardB．villageC．roomD．house
小題10:
A．a(chǎn)dapts toB．a(chǎn)ppeals toC．belongs toD．occurs to
小題11:
A．a(chǎn)crossB．throughC．a(chǎn)longD．past
小題12:
A．layB．playedC．stoodD．sat
小題13:
A．marchingB．lookingC．breakingD．pouring
小題14:
A．betweenB．withC．nearD．behind
小題15:
A．wondersB．listensC．reactsD．a(chǎn)grees
小題16:
A．beganB．grewC．studiedD．stayed
小題17:
A．deepenedB．recognizedC．a(chǎn)cceptedD．found
小題18:
A．heartB．rightsC．interestD．behaviors
小題19:
A．oneB．itsC．thatD．every
小題20:
A．meaningB．expressionC．connectionD．background

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:C
小題5:A
小題6:B
小題7:B
小題8:C
小題9:D
小題10:C
小題11:B
小題12:D
小題13:D
小題14:B
小題15:B
小題16:A
小題17:D
小題18:A
小題19:C
小題20:A

【主旨大意】本文介紹了作者和孫女的尋根之旅，通過這次旅行，作者認識到每個人都渴望知道自己來自何方，找到自我，這樣可以更加明白“我”的含義。
小題1:考查動詞。A出現(xiàn)，B移動；C暴露；D擴大。根據(jù)前面的霧在上升the fog is lifting now，說明海邊的村子一個一個的出現(xiàn)了appearing。選A。
小題2:考查動詞。A參考，所指，B旅游C指向，D，來。句意：我邊說邊指著海灣對面的破舊的房子。選C
小題3:考查詞義辨析。A分享的；B短暫的；C新鮮的；D珍惜的。我去Nova Scotia為孫女尋根，為自己尋找珍藏的記憶。選D。
小題4:考查動詞。A通過B撫養(yǎng)C搬家D送，從前面的mobile children說明Lisa經(jīng)常搬家。選C。
小題5:考查名詞。A家B責任C事實D寬慰。因為上句話說Lisa經(jīng)常搬家。她希望有家的感覺。選A。
小題6:考查動詞。A建造B生活C仍然D探險，句意：我和丈夫出生的地方和祖先生活了200年的地方。選B。
小題7:考查詞組。A趕上B�？吭谝贿匔走下來D下來，句意：我們很快停在房子旁邊。選B。
小題8:考查動詞。A落下，B轉(zhuǎn)彎C沖，D帶來，句意：記憶像洪水一樣涌來。選C。
小題9:考查上下文串聯(lián)。A院子B村子C房間D房子，從前面一段提到pulled up by the house，可知是house，選D。
小題10:考查詞組。A適應B吸引C屬于D發(fā)生，句意：房子還屬于家里的一個成員。選C。
小題11:考查介詞。A穿過（表面）B穿過（內(nèi)部）C沿著D經(jīng)過，句意：我不能進入房子，但我可以走過記憶中的房間。選B。
小題12:考查動詞。A躺B玩C站D坐，句意：媽媽坐在臥室的窗戶邊寫日記。選D
小題13:考查動詞。A行軍B打破C打破D涌入，我還能看見熱情的家人涌入。選D
小題14:考查介詞。A在..之間，B和…一起，C在…附近D在…后面，句意：我和他們在一起永遠不覺得夠。選B。
小題15:考查動詞。A想知道，B聽C反應D同意，句意：我在談話的時候，Lisa認真的聽。選B。
小題16:考查動詞。A開始B成長C學習，D逗留，句意：Lisa說：那么這就是我開始的地方了。和后面的belong對應。選A。
小題17:考查動詞。A加深B認識C接受D發(fā)現(xiàn)，從前面的seeking roots for her可知Lisa找到了她的根。選D。
小題18:考查名詞。A心B權(quán)利C興趣D行為，句意：人類的內(nèi)心最渴望的東西是知道自己來自何處。選A。
小題19:考查代詞：句意：我們每個人都需要那個根。特指前面的an origin。選C。
小題20:考查名詞。A含義B表達C聯(lián)系D背景，句意：回顧過往，我們可以看見獨特的自我，明白“I”的真正含義。選A。
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I live in north Celebes which is near Philippines. Since early December 2010 most tropical regions have been frequently hit by rain. Just like my hometown, tropical regions only have two seasons, including the dry season that usually starts from April to September and the wet or rainy season which usually happens from October to March. But, it could be indeterminate. Sometimes the rainy season can come a month earlier or later. It can be prolonged even more than 4 months and so can the dry season. Even during the dry season, rain can occur several times in certain areas.
The prolonged dry season in tropical areas usually causes a lot of losses. It will be very harmful to local farmers, because most of the tropical areas sre regions of the developing countries. Sometimes agricultural and plantation crops will be damaged because of so much dry land and the fact that the river used to flow the water for rice fields are also dry. Rain is very important for plants because rain contains many nutrients that plants are in great need of.
What’s more, if the prolonged rainy season arrives and then floods usually occur in certain areas of low lands. Even for the capital city of Jakarta floods have struck several times during the prolonged rainy season. In addition to floods, the rainy season can cause many diseases. During the dry season, diseases are usually caused by mosquitoes such as dengue fever. While in the rainy season, people who have the weak immune will be more easily attacked by some diseases such as flu, fever, diarrhea, and much more.
If you live in the other places and want to travel to the tropical regions, make sure that you have known much about the season and the effect for these months in which you want to travel as tourists. Only in that way, can you at least prepare to deal with tropical weather.
小題1:The underlined word “indeterminate” in paragraph 1 can be replaced by “ _____”
A．uncertainB．unknownC．untrueD．unbelievable
小題2:The second paragraph mainly tells us something about _____.
A．the effects of the dry season.B．the benefits of the rainy season.
C．the growth of dry landD．the diseases in the dry season
小題3:We can learn from the passage that in the wet season, _____
A．the capital of Jakarta is flooded every year
B．more crops will die after being flooded for so long.
C．mosquitoes will spread more diseases among the crowd.
D．people with weak immune might be attacked by some diseases
小題4:The main purpose of this passage is to introduce _____.
A．some interesting facts of tropical regions
B．some knowledge about tropical regions to travelers
C．some knowledge about how to live well in different regions.
D．some differences between dry and wet seasons in tropical regions.

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