Tracy Wong is a well?known Chinese?American writer.But her writing ____ was something she picked up by herself.After her first ____， teaching disabled children, she became a part?time writer for IBM.____， writing stories was simply a ____ interest.Tracy sent three of her stories to a publisher.____， they immediately suggested that she put them together to make a single one long ____ and paid Tracy a $50,000 advance.“A pretty money，” said the publisher, “for ____ writer.”
___ Tracy's characters are interesting, her stories sometimes ____ readers uneasy: those about the supernatural.“My mother believed I could ____ the afterlife world，”she told a close friend.“She used to have me speak with my grandmother, who died many years ago.”
“Can I? I don't think I can，” Tracy said with a laugh.“But I do have ____ when things come to me ____.” Once, she was wondering how to complete a ____ set in ancient China, ____ the doorbell rang.It was a FedEx delivery man, with a copy of a book on Chinese ____.It came without her having ____ it.
Though she has published 10 books, Tracy has remained ____ by her fame.She lives in the same ___ she lived 27 years ago—although in a more comfortable home.There's more room for ____ in her life—and it wasn't just ____.
小題1:
A．skillB．experienceC．practiceD．method
小題2:
A．dutyB．effortC．jobD．task
小題3:
A．InsteadB．NormallyC．CertainlyD．Then
小題4:
A．generalB．deepC．personalD．lively
小題5:
A．InterestedB．AnxiouslyC．SeriouslyD．Encouraged
小題6:
A．filmB．storyC．programD．a(chǎn)rticle
小題7:
A．a(chǎn) foreignB．a(chǎn) popularC．a(chǎn)n unusualD．a(chǎn)n unknown
小題8:
A．Now thatB．Even thoughC．Just becauseD．Except that
小題9:
A．findB．turnC．leaveD．hold
小題10:
A．make upB．connect withC．controlD．explain
小題11:
A．eventsB．chancesC．feelingsD．moments
小題12:
A．for no reasonB．from a distanceC．by accidentD．a(chǎn)s gifts
小題13:
A．descriptionB．pointingC．sceneD．talk
小題14:
A．surprisinglyB．suddenlyC．expectedlyD．fortunately
小題15:
A．cookingB．historyC．playD．medicine
小題16:
A．knownB．sentC．realizedD．ordered
小題17:
A．unchangedB．excitedC．determinedD．unmoved
小題18:
A．lifeB．cityC．houseD．way
小題19:
A．successB．workC．joyD．variety
小題20:
A．writingB．reportingC．luckD．fun

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

小題1:答案　A　[Tracy Wong是一位著名的美籍華人作家。其寫作技能(skill)是自學的。后文大部分談到了她的技能與技巧。skill技能，技巧；experience經(jīng)驗， 體驗， 經(jīng)歷， 閱歷；practice實踐，實習；method方法。]
小題2:答案　C　[從后文作同位語的teaching disabled children和對立項a part?time writer for IBM，這里指的不是義務(wù)(duty)，努力(effort)，任務(wù)(task)，而是工作、職業(yè)(job)。]
小題3:答案　D　[ 指Tracy Wong所處的時期(then)。instead代替，表示對立意義；normally正常地， 通常地；certainly的確，表示對情況或事情的肯定。]
小題4:答案　C　[當時，寫作是個人的興趣愛好。后句sent three of her stories to a publisher 有所暗示。general普通的，一般的；deep深奧的， 難懂的；personal私人的， 個人的；lively活潑的， 活躍的。]
小題5:答案　A　[出版商對她的作品感興趣(interested)，隨即向她提出建議。interested(＝As they were interested)；encouraged的邏輯主語應(yīng)是Tracy，而不是出版商；anxiously(憂慮地， 不安地)和seriously(認真地， 真誠地)通常不作句子性副詞用，故不能出現(xiàn)在這個位置上。]
小題6:答案　B　[出版商建議她把三個故事合起來成為一篇長故事(story)。film，program和article沒有存在的前提。]
小題7:答案　D　[對于Tracy這樣一個尚不受大眾歡迎的(popular)，普通的(unusual)，外國的(foreign)，沒有名氣的(unknown)小作家，這是不小的一筆錢。]
小題8:答案　B　[雖然她的故事人物令人感興趣，但……注意前后句之間的轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。now that既然，表示原因關(guān)系；even though即使，即便，表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系；just because就是因為，表示因果關(guān)系；except that 除了……之外，只可惜，表示排除意義。]
小題9:答案　C　[她的那些關(guān)于超自然故事有時讓/使(leave)讀者感到不自在，心神不安。find發(fā)現(xiàn)，找到；turn轉(zhuǎn)動，變成；leave使某人處于某種狀態(tài)，置某人于某種狀態(tài)；hold把握，保持。]
小題10:答案　B　[作者的母親認為作者能夠溝通來世陰間。后句“She used to have me speak with my grandmother, who died many years ago.”有所暗示。make up彌補， 虛構(gòu)， 縫制， 整理；connect with連接， 聯(lián) 絡(luò)；control控制；explain 解釋，說明。]
小題11:答案　D　[但是作者也確實有這樣的感覺(feelings)，機會(chances)，事件(events)，或時刻(moments)。因為緊接在后面的when引導的表示時間的定語從句，修飾前面的moments，故選D。]
小題12:答案　A　[有時某些事情無緣無故(for no reason)地，而非碰巧(by accident)，從遠處(from a distance)，作為禮物式(as gifts)地發(fā)生在作者身上。后文中的“Once, she was wondering how to...”有所暗示。]
小題13:答案　C　[作者一直在納悶如何完成一個以古代中國為背景的布景場景(scene)的故事，而非描寫(description)，指示(pointing)或談話(talk)。]
小題14:答案　B　[突然(suddenly)，門鈴響了。surprisingly令人驚訝地；suddenly突然地，表示突發(fā)性行為；expectedly不出預(yù)料地；fortunately幸運地。]
小題15:答案　B　[郵遞員手里拿著有關(guān)中國歷史(history)方面的書。前面ancient China有所提示。]
小題16:答案　D　[書來得很是蹊蹺，作者先前知道(know)、意識到會(realize)有這樣的書，但沒有送(send)出去過，更沒有預(yù)定過(order)。按常識道理，沒有預(yù)定，郵遞員不會送東西到家來，更何況是自己想弄的東西。]
小題17:答案　A　[雖然作者已經(jīng)出版了45本書，可仍然沒有由于名譽而有絲毫改變(unchanged)。由后文although in a more comfortable home 說明unmoved不妥。excited和determined與文意不符。]
小題18:答案　D　[作者也許在原先的城市(city)，原先的房子(house)居住，但不能是原先的生活(life)，而是以與27年前同樣的生活方式(way)生活著。]
小題19:答案　D　[作者不僅僅只是單一的寫作，作者的生活中有了更多的機會或空間來享受生活的多樣化(variety)。]
小題20:答案　A　[注意與文章前面her writing skill，a part?time writer for IBM，writing stories was simply a personal interest的相一致。reporting，luck和fun與文意不符。]
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小題7:
A．comfortableB．quiteC．seriousD．nervous
小題8:
A．silenceB．noiseC．darknessD．smoke
小題9:
A．fell uponB．got throughC．broke intoD．stepped onto
小題10:
A．forgetB．hearC．repeatD．bear
小題11:
A．loudB．heardC．sweetD．fast
小題12:
A．feelB．touchC．enjoyD．digest
小題13:
A．realizeB．understandC．believeD．remember
小題14:
A．continueB．delayC．finishD．change
小題15:
A．partyB．theatreC．operaD．stage
小題16:
A．escapedB．traveledC．benefitedD．woken
小題17:
A．a(chǎn)chingB．burningC．ringingD．rolling
小題18:
A．competitionB．performanceC．interviewD．celebration
小題19:
A．thoughB．otherwiseC．insteadD．besides
小題20:
A．decideB．regretC．concludeD．imagine

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

In my profession as an educator and health care provider, I have worked with numerous children infected with the virus that    1   AIDS. The relationships that I have had with these special kids have been       in my life. They have taught me so many things, but I have        learned that great courage can be found in the smallest of packages. Let me tell you about Tyler.
Tyler was born      with HIV. From the        beginning of his life, he was       on medications to enable him to survive. When he was five, he had a     surgically inserted in a vein in his chest. This tube was connected to a pump, which he        in a small backpack on his back. Medications were hooked up to this pump and were        supplied through this tube to his bloodstream. At times, he also needed supplemented oxygen to support his      .
Tyler wasn't willing to give up one single moment of his childhood to this        disease. It was not       to find him playing and racing around his backyard. Tyler's mom often teased him by telling him that he moved so fast she needed to dress him in       . That way, when she looked out of the window to check on him playing in the yard, she could quickly        him.
This dreaded disease        wore down Tyler. He grew quite ill and, unfortunately,      did his HIV-infected mother. When it became apparent that he wasn't going to survive, Tyler's mom talked to him about death. She       him by telling Tyler that she was dying too, and that she would be with him soon     .
A few days before his death, Tyler asked me to his hospital bed and      , "I might die soon. I'm not scared. When I die, please       me in red. Mom promised she's coming to heaven, too. I'll be playing when she gets there, and I want to make sure she can find me."
小題1:
A．causesB．causingC．leadsD．leading
小題2:
A．experienceB．lessonsC．giftsD．business
小題3:
A．speciallyB．a(chǎn)pproximatelyC．permanentlyD．especially
小題4:
A．infectedB．a(chǎn)ffectedC．rejectedD．reflected
小題5:
A．soonB．veryC．muchD．most
小題6:
A．keenB．hardC．impressedD．dependent
小題7:
A．pumpB．backpackC．ballD．tube
小題8:
A．carriedB．liftedC．fetchedD．hooked
小題9:
A．fluentlyB．temporarilyC．continuouslyD．optionally
小題10:
A．bathingB．breathingC．playingD．racing
小題11:
A．deadlyB．bloodyC．badlyD．dreadful
小題12:
A．oftenB．occasionalC．unusualD．frequent
小題13:
A．orangeB．blueC．redD．green
小題14:
A．lookB．spotC．glareD．glance
小題15:
A．suddenlyB．eventuallyC．immediatelyD．constantly
小題16:
A．suchB．a(chǎn)sC．so D．nor
小題17:
A．satisfiedB．convincedC．encouragedD．comforted
小題18:
A．in heavenB．in the bedC．in hospitalD．in the yard
小題19:
A．yelledB．whisperedC．criedD．shouted
小題20:
A．wearB．putC．dressD．wrap

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

“Dad,” I say one day …..take a trip. Why don’t you fly and meet me?”
My father had just reired……….. His job filled his day, his thought, his life. While he woke up and took a warm shower, I screamed under a freezing waterfall Peru. While he tied a tie and put on the same Swiss watch, I rowed a boat across Lake of the Ozarks.
My father sees me drfting aimlessly, nothing to show for my 33 years but a passport full of funny stamps. He wants me to settle down, but now I want him to find an adventure.
He agrees to travel with me through the national parks. We meet four weeks later in Rapid City.
“ What is our first stop?” asks my father.
“What time is it?”
“Still don’t have a watch?”
Less than an hour away is Mount Rushmore. As he stares up at the four Presidents carved in granite(), his mouth and eyes open slowly, like those of little boy.
“Unbelievable,” he says, “How was this done?”
A film in the information center shows sculptor Gutzon Borglum devoted 14 years to the sculpture and then left the final touches to his son.
We stare up and I ask myself, Would I ever devote my life to anything?
No directions, …… I always used to hear those words in my father’s voice. Now I hear them in my own.
The next day we’re at Yellowstone National Park, where we have a picnic.
“Did you ever travel with your dad? I ask.
“Only once,” he says. “ I never spoke much with my father. We loved each other---but never said it. Whatever he could give me, he gave.”>
The kast sebtebce----it’s probably the same thing I’s say about my father. And what I’d want my child to say about me.
In Glacier National Park, my father says, “I’ve never seen water so blue.” I have, in several places of the world, I can keep traveling, I realize--- and maybe a regular job won’t be as dull as I feared.
Weeks after our trip, I call my father.
“The photos from the trip are wonderful,” he says.” We have got to take another trip like that sometime.
I tell him I’ve learn decided to settle down, and I’m wearing a watch.
小題1:We can learn from Paragraphs 2 and 3 that the father _________.
A．followed the fashion
B．got bored with his job
C．was unhappy with……
D．liked the author’s collection of stamps
小題2: What does the author realize at Mount Rushmore?
A．His father is interested in sculpture
B．His father is as innocent as a little boy
C．He should learn sculpture in the future
D．He should pursue a specific aim in life.
小題3:From the underlined paragraph, we can see that the author________.
A．wants his children to learn from their grandfather
B．comes to understand what parental love means
C．learns how to communicate with his father
D．hopes to give whatever he can to his father
小題4:What could be inferred about the author and his father from the end of the story?
A．The call solves their disagreements
B．The Swiss watch has drawn them closer
C．They decide to learn photography together.
D．They begin to change their attitudes to life
小題5:What could be the best title for the passage?
A．Love Nature, Love Life
B．A Son Lost in Adventure
C．A Journey with Dad
D．The Art of Travel

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