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When people ask me how I started writing, I find myself describing an urgent need that I felt to work with language. With some _______ from my colleagues, I had one of my poems published. This bit of _______, however, was the point where my problem began.

Back in 1978, I had to _______ between three different campuses in the morning, _______freshman composition. Afternoons I spent _______ my daughter to her ballet and horse-riding lessons. I _______ my lectures on the way, and that was all the thinking time I had. When I returned home, there was not enough of me left for writing after a _______ working day.

As a way out, I decided to get up two hours before my _______ time. My alarm was set for 5:00 A.M. I had to jump out of the _______and run to silence it before my family was ________. This was when my ________ writing began. I wrote my poems in this manner for nearly ten years before my first book was ________published. When I decided to write a novel, I ________my two hours: the first for poetry, the second for ________. Well or badly, I wrote at least two ________ a day. This is how my novel, The Line of the Sun was ________. If I had waited to have the ________, I would still be waiting to write my novel.

What I got out of getting up in the ________ to work is the feeling that I am in control. For many people, the initial sense of urgency to create easily ________ because it requires making the ________ decision: taking the time to create, stealing it from yourself if it’s the only way.

A．encouragement

B．direction

C．concern

D．arrangement

A．courage

B．order

C．success

D．desire

A．wander

B．explore

C．hesitate

D．travel

A．sending

B．teaching

C．correcting

D．distributing

A．inviting

B．forcing

C．taking

D．advising

A．recalled

B．packaged

C．recorded

D．composed

A．wonderful

B．full

C．relaxing

D．hot

A．good

B．old

C．usual

D．free

A．floor

B．bed

C．window

D．water

10.

A．awoken

B．recognized

C．greeted

D．awarded

11.

A．original

B．classical

C．evening

D．morning

12.

A．practically

B．eventually

C．immediately

D．definitely

13.

A．wasted

B．spent

C．divided

D．spared

14.

A．fiction

B．report

C．experiment

D．test

15.

A．lines

B．sentences

C．notes

D．pages

16.

A．understood

B．acknowledged

C．finished

D．praised

17.

A．time

B．money

C．energy

D．courage

18.

A．nature

B．midnight

C．past

D．dark

19.

A．dies away

B．breaks out

C．comes back

D．turns up

20.

A．temporary

B．tough

C．urgent

D．satisfying

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【推荐1】In the clinic, I asked if Michael could be retested, so the specialist tested him again. To my _______, it was the same score.
Later that evening, I ______ told Frank what I had learned that day. After talking it over, we agree that we knew our ________much better than an IQ test. We ________that Michael’s score must have been a _______ and we should treat him ________as usual.
We moved to Indiana in 1962, and Michael studied at Concordia High School in the same year. He got _______ grades in the school, especially _______ biology and chemistry, which was a great comfort.
Michael _______ Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student, soon afterwards, his teachers permitted him to take more courses than ________. In 1968, he was accepted by the School of Medicine, Yale University.
On graduation day in 1972, Frank and I ________ the ceremony at Yale. After the ceremony, we told Michael about the ________ IQ score he got when he was six. Since that day, Michael sometimes would look at us and say ________, “My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn’t be a doctor, not until after I graduated from medical school!” It is his special way of thanking us for the ________ we had in him.
Interestingly, Michael then _________another IQ test. We went to the same clinic where he had _______ the test eighteen years before. This time Michael scored 126, an increase of 36 points. A result like that was supposed to be ________.
Children often do as ________ as what adults, particularly parents and teachers,_________ of them. That is, tell a child he is “ ________”, and he may play the role of a foolish child.1.

A．joy

B．surprise

C．dislike

D．disappointment

A．tearfully

B．fearfully

C．cheerfully

D．hopefully

A．student

B．son

C．friend

D．doctor

A．argued

B．realized

C．decided

D．understood

A．joke

B．mistake

C．warning D wonder

A．specially

B．strictly

C．naturally

D．carefully

A．poor

B．good

C．average

D．standard

A．in

B．about

C．of

D．for

A．visited

B．chose

C．passed

D．entered

10.

A．allowed

B．described

C．required

D．offered

11.

A．missed

B．held

C．delayed

D．attended

12.

A．high

B．same

C．low

D．different

13.

A．curiously

B．eagerly

C．calmly

D．jokingly

14.

A．faith

B．interest

C．pride

D．delight

15.

A．looked for

B．asked for

C．waited for

D．prepared for

16.

A．received

B．accepted

C．organized

D．discussed

17.

A．imperfect

B．impossible

C．uncertain

D．unsatisfactory

18.

A．honestly

B．much

C．well

D．bravely

19.

A．hear

B．learn

C．expect

D．speak

20.

A．wise

B．rude

C．shy

D．stupid

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文章大意：本文是记叙文。描述了作者学医的经历、在医院工作的体验以及面对生死时的情感压力。他最终通过写作找到了自我释放和自我保护的方式，并决定放弃医生工作成为一名作家。

【推荐2】People always tell me I was brave to apply to medical school in my 30s. But for me, the bravest thing was to ________ from being a doctor 10 years later.

I’d always wanted to study medicine to help release the world from sufferings but, believing I was not bright enough, I left school at 15 and didn’t return to education until my 30s. ________ the fact that the commute (通勤) was tough and the money was ________, I kept going this time. I dreamed of becoming a doctor who made a(n) ________.

I spent five years at medical school learning how to fix things, but after graduation, when I worked in a hospital, I soon discovered there were many things in life I was unable to ________. It wasn’t the workload I struggled with, though. What I found really ________ was the emotional load. As a doctor, I knew I would ________ upsetting things. I knew I would watch people die and I knew I would see the most awful things. However, being always present at all these moments became a ________ for me.

I knew I needed a solution to it, and I finally ________ writing. Writing allowed me an escape, a door into another world, and it also helped to ________ my anxieties. Writing, something I had started as a form of treatment, now gave me success, an exit card, and a chance of self-protection. ________ I was wondering whether I was a doctor or a writer. Having thought thick and thin, I ________ my job and took the writing. It was not a decision I made ________. I knew if I didn’t put myself first, I would eventually disappear.

I still work on the wards (病房) now, but as a(n) ________. There are times when you need to focus on yourself. If you have walked so far down a rough road, you may find it ________ to head back because walking away is often the safest route of all.

A．leave

B．suffer

C．hide

D．lean

A．For

B．With

C．Given

D．Despite

A．sufficient

B．tight

C．worthless

D．missing

A．wish

B．decision

C．difference

D．application

A．handle

B．recognize

C．choose

D．decide

A．amazing

B．essential

C．impossible

D．significant

A．cause

B．abandon

C．witness

D．fix

A．gift

B．practice

C．burden

D．luck

A．turned to

B．gave up

C．run for

D．figured out

10.

A．wipe out

B．find out

C．hand out

D．pick out

11.

A．Recently

B．Originally

C．Gradually

D．Apparently

12.

A．quitted

B．regained

C．continued

D．led

13.

A．seriously

B．lightly

C．aimlessly

D．sadly

14.

A．expert

B．leader

C．doctor

D．volunteer

15.

A．easy

B．fortunate

C．hard

D．wise

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【推荐3】Advait taught me a beautiful lesson today. He is 3.5 years old and it is amazing watching him grow up.

He called out to me today saying, “Papa, sit.” That usually_________leaving everything and sitting down to play with him.___________I did that as he can be relentless (无休止的) and will not stop calling out till I_________. He was playing with beads (珠子), threading them.

After he_________playing with the beads, it was time to put them in their box. Very_________he started to put the beads back into the box in which they are_________. He was picking up each bead, looking at it_________it were made of chocolate and then putting it_________.

And with over a hundred beads to go, I was getting_________. “Why could he not pick up 10 at a time and put them back into the box?” I nearly got mad.____________, I noticed that he did this with as much____________just as we were playing. Essentially, in child's eyes there was no____________between his play and his packing them up. Bad luck! I found myself in a____________this morning, facing such a situation.

Bam! And then it____________me like a brick. This boy was____________the whole process. The journey was his goal. For him the fun was in the game itself, in the process of playing the game and properly____________and cleaning up. Every bit was as fun as the other. “What a great perspective to have!” I thought to myself. To live each moment as if it were the____________moment. To do each task as if it were the most important task to do. Nothing else____________.

Looking at how peacefully my____________was putting beads into the box after he had finished his game taught me that the process is the goal. The____________of pilgrimage (朝圣) is not in getting there but in every step of the journey.

Advait was showing me that it was about thoroughly enjoying every moment with complete love and peace.

A．allows

B．means

C．imagines

D．denies

A．But

B．Or

C．Nor

D．So

A．give in

B．give up

C．give away

D．give back

A．forgot

B．suggested

C．finished

D．missed

A．hurriedly

B．informally

C．quickly

D．slowly

A．covered

B．stuck

C．stored

D．broken

A．as if

B．even if

C．even though

D．so that

A．in the place

B．in a way

C．in place

D．in the way

A．energetic

B．impatient

C．frightened

D．excited

10.

A．Besides

B．Thus

C．However

D．Moreover

11.

A．friendship

B．ambition

C．confidence

D．attention

12.

A．difference

B．connection

C．contribution

D．achievement

13.

A．performance

B．dilemma

C．dream

D．cooperation

14.

A．changed

B．followed

C．hit

D．received

15.

A．imitating

B．watching

C．enjoying

D．creating

16.

A．packing up

B．breaking up

C．making up

D．taking up

17.

A．complex

B．sensitive

C．perfect

D．hard

18.

A．means

B．matters

C．makes

D．costs

19.

A．daughter

B．teacher

C．student

D．son

20.

A．decision

B．sorrow

C．joy

D．belief

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【推荐1】Poltu ran straight to his study table. There, in an empty bottle, was the treasure, a colouful butterfly, once keeping flying away from his _________. But now it was going to be part of his biology project in school.

Poltu loved the different _________ on the wings. He had made a few holes on the cap of the bottle to let air pass _________. He dressed hurriedly, _________ school and _________ the bottle on the windowsill. That day’s biology class was the most interesting! Poltu’s teacher was happy with his _________ and asked everyone to thank him.

On the way back home, the butterfly still fluttered its wings _________. Whatever small creature Poltu came across, he felt like putting into the bottle. But he _________ himself as he wanted to give breathing space to his butterfly.

Waking up around midnight suddenly, he lightly _________ the bottle. The butterfly did not move. He shook the bottle some more, but still no ____________. He poured a little water. The water seemed to help as the butterfly ____________ a little. Polu heaved a sigh of ____________. After a while Polu quickly opened the bottle and gave it a ____________ shake.

To Poltu, the tiny noise of the fluttering wings was ____________. He sat staring at the empty bottle, but he was happy that he had sent the butterfly back to where it ____________- nature.

A．sense

B．ability

C．grasp

D．view

A．colours

B．spots

C．shapes

D．lines

A．past

B．across

C．over

D．through

A．called on

B．left off

C．left for

D．dropped in

A．abandoned

B．placed

C．threw

D．pulled

A．creation

B．condition

C．intention

D．expectation

A．changeably

B．reasonably

C．weakly

D．energetically

A．controlled

B．seized

C．managed

D．hid

A．kicked

B．embraced

C．patted

D．beat

10.

A．response

B．appearance

C．symptom

D．signal

11.

A．climbed

B．jumped

C．turned

D．trembled

12.

A．regret

B．shock

C．relief

D．depression

13.

A．violent

B．gentle

C．sudden

D．natural

14.

A．terrible

B．unbelievable

C．confusing

D．musical

15.

A．disappeared

B．belonged

C．survived

D．died

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文章大意：本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了小时候作者在父亲的商店里帮忙招待顾客时，从父亲身上懂得了，生活不仅是为了生存和销售的道理。

【推荐2】You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give. —Winston Churchill

We come by (获得) business naturally in our family. Each of the seven children in our family worked in our father’s hardware (五金制品) _______ in Mott, North Dakota, a small town in the countryside. We started working by doing small jobs like cleaning and _______ shelves, and later tried to _______ customers. As we worked and watched, we learned that work was more than about survival and making a _______.

One lesson stands out in my mind. It was shortly before Christmas. I was in the eighth grade and was working in the evenings, arranging the toys in the area. A little boy, five or six years old, came in. He was wearing a dirty, old brown coat. His hair was _______. His shoes were worn out. The little boy looked too poor to _______ to buy anything. He _______ looked around the toy area, picked up several toys, and put them _______.

Dad came down the stairs, walked over to the boy and asked what he could do for him. The boy said he was looking for a Christmas present for his brother. I was _______ that Dad treated him with the same respect that he would give to any ________. Dad told him to take his time and look around. He did so.

After about twenty minutes, the little boy chose a toy ________, walked up to my dad and said, “How much is this, Mister?” “How much have you got?” Dad asked.

The little boy held out his hand and opened ________. His hand was covered with wet lines of dirt from holding his money. In his hand lay five coins: two dimes, a nickel and two Pennies—twenty-seven cents altogether. The price on the toy plane he’d ________ was $3.98.

“That’ll be OK,” Dad said when he closed the sale. Dad’s answer still ________ in my ears. I thought about what I’d seen as I wrapped (包，裹) the present. When the little boy walked out of the store, I didn’t ________ the dirty, worn coat, the messy hair or the old shoes. What I saw was a glowing child with a treasure.

A．office

B．library

C．station

D．store

A．painting

B．tidying

C．breaking

D．lifting

A．visit

B．question

C．relax

D．serve

A．sale

B．decision

C．face

D．mistake

A．short

B．messy

C．clean

D．black

A．afford

B．learn

C．refuse

D．fail

A．blindly

B．rudely

C．carefully

D．dangerously

A．on

B．out

C．back

D．off

A．afraid

B．sorry

C．lucky

D．proud

10.

A．adult

B．workmate

C．nurse

D．doctor

11.

A．train

B．truck

C．plane

D．ship

12.

A．them

B．it

C．another

D．itself

13.

A．broken up

B．given away

C．hung up

D．picked out

14.

A．rings

B．drops

C．bends

D．pulls

15.

A．supply

B．treasure

C．notice

D．show

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【推荐3】It was 5 a,m. when I heard somebody screaming, "Help! It's a bear!" I opened my front door, and there was a 275-pound polar bear ________ on its haunches（臀部）with a woman in its ________ , waving her around like a rag doll. Then I saw my shovel sitting there and found ________ going to get it. Once I picked it up, I thought, well, am I going to do ________ or is that woman going to die? So down the steps I went.

When I got over there, I stepped up and ________ the bear in the eye. I'd heard this is the best way to fight a bear. The bear let ________ of the woman, and she ran into my ________ . The bear reached out and grabbed a hold of me, and ________ my right ear, and I was waiting for him to bite me again. A neighbor fired a shotgun, but it didn't do any good, so he jumped into his ________ and gunned it toward us. I was on my chest on the ground, watching this vehicle speeding our way, and it ________ about two feet away from the bear before it let me go.

I spent seven days in the ________ . They worked on me for four hours one day to mend my ________ and then for four hours the next day, putting my ear back on. So I came out of it pretty good.

I never saw myself as a hero and still don't. You meet with a situation, and you either ________ or you don't do anything. People say, "Would you have done anything ________ ?" I haven't the faintest idea. The only thing I could think was that if I didn't do anything, she's not going to ________ .

A．lying

B．sitting

C．standing

D．sleeping

A．hand

B．eyes

C．arms

D．mouth

A．myself

B．it

C．nothing

D．someone

A．nothing

B．a lot

C．anything

D．a little

A．buffeted

B．saw

C．took

D．defeated

A．loose

B．race

C．bow

D．go

A．yard

B．house

C．window

D．heart

A．took away

B．cut off

C．tore off

D．kicked off

A．room

B．hybrid

C．pol

D．cottage

10.

A．broke

B．yielded

C．led

D．ceased

11.

A．hospital

B．home

C．bed

D．institute

12.

A．clothes

B．car

C．wounds

D．gap

13.

A．advance

B．survive

C．respond

D．evacuate

14.

A．differently

B．specially

C．actually

D．absolutely

15.

A．fade away

B．goof

C．give up

D．make it

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文章大意：本文为一篇记叙文，讲述了作者遭遇洪水，由于反应及时，最后得以幸存，作者认为这段经历让自己心存感激，并下定决心要充实地过好每一天。

【推荐1】It was 1:20 a. m. I had just gone to bed, a bit _________ after celebrating my 31st birthday. Before dinner, I’d placed _________ outside my garden door and prepared the cell phone just _________. After all, it had been _________ that week, resulting in flood warnings.

I was awakened by the _________ of rushing water. When I swung my legs off the bed, I was shocked to feel cold water already up to my knees and _________ fast.

Shaking in darkness, I _________ my phone and turned on its flashlight. Then by the light I could _________ water was from the garden door. It must have breached (在……上) the sandbags. The river, usually such a quiet, slow moving river in my region, had _________ burst its banks. And now I had to __________!

I took __________ action. Any effects of the alcohol before sleep were gone;__________ sobers (使清醒) one up. After I went outside, I learned the river had flooded the neighbourhood. Therefore, if I had woken up just a few minutes later, I would have drowned.

In the end, I think the experience made me __________ and determined to live each day to its fullest. I came very close to drowning that day. But rather than dwell on (沉湎于)what happened, I prefer to __________ what my mother told me afterwards, “Don’t remember the day when you lost everything. Remember the day you __________. That day marked the beginning of a new chapter in your life.”

A．relieved

B．drunk

C．excited

D．satisfied

A．stones

B．sandbags

C．wood

D．boxes

A．in doubt

B．in return

C．in turn

D．in case

A．thundering

B．snowing

C．pouring

D．blowing

A．roar

B．taste

C．rhythm

D．smell

A．appearing

B．spreading

C．freezing

D．rising

A．grabbed

B．adjusted

C．dropped

D．studied

A．realize

B．guess

C．see

D．check

A．extremely

B．violently

C．narrowly

D．certainly

10.

A．get out

B．check out

C．calm down

D．help out

11.

A．brave

B．immediate

C．determined

D．calculated

12.

A．fear

B．annoyance

C．stress

D．responsibility

13.

A．active

B．proud

C．grateful

D．amazed

14.

A．ask

B．ensure

C．hear

D．follow

15.

A．loved

B．forgave

C．survived

D．graduated

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文章大意：本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲的是作者在一次登山中失足滑倒，但是这并没有使作者停止爬山。

【推荐2】I love challenging something bigger than myself. Two years ago, I drove to Oregon to _______11, 240-foot Mount Hood.

It’s safer to _______ winter climbs at night when there’s less _______of the sun melting the snowpack. That day, I set out at 3 a. m. After five hours, the _______wind didn’t scare me. _______, I went ahead. At around 9 a. m., I reached an ice step where I _______a sense of the ice when I stuck my ax and crampons (钉鞋) into it. _______that I was safe, I put my full weight on it. Suddenly, I heard a(n) _______, and a whole slab of ice broke off the step, right under my foot.

_______I fell backward and bounced off the rock face as if I were a character in a video game. I remember ________: “This is it. You’re done.” I stuck out my arms and legs, ________anything. That stopped my somersaulting (筋斗) down the mountain, but I was still ________. After a few seconds, I ________on a shallow slope.

I wanted to ________I had all my faculties (机能), so I asked myself, Where are you? Mount Hood. What’s the date? December 30. Good. Then I took a ________of my body. For the most part, I was fine, except that I was ________a sharp pain in my left leg.

I’d been lying on the ice ________in pain for four hours before the rescuers rushed me to a hospital. The doctors ________ me not to climb again for at least a year, but I was back on the trails within six months.

This ________has made me more cautious, but I’m not going to let it ________me doing my favorite thing in the world.

A．visit

B．conquer

C．research

D．overlook

A．slow

B．plan

C．end

D．start

A．risk

B．evidence

C．difference

D．space

A．warm

B．light

C．biting

D．favorable

A．Besides

B．Therefore

C．However

D．Instead

A．gained

B．missed

C．lost

D．remembered

A．Curious

B．Astonished

C．Delighted

D．Confident

A．voice

B．crack

C．alarm

D．echo

A．Once and again

B．In the end

C．In an instant

D．Regardless of that

10.

A．thinking

B．praying

C．regretting

D．explaining

11.

A．looking for

B．picking up

C．grabbing at

D．knocking on

12.

A．climbing

B．sliding

C．leaving

D．floating

13.

A．turned up

B．called up

C．ended up

D．hung up

14.

A．believe

B．pretend

C．announce

D．ensure

15.

A．survey

B．glance

C．photo

D．record

16.

A．resisting

B．enduring

C．controlling

D．suffering

17.

A．weeping

B．trembling

C．bleeding

D．floating

18.

A．begged

B．advised

C．persuaded

D．allowed

19.

A．slip

B．illness

C．conflict

D．outcome

20.

A．keep

B．catch

C．prevent

D．observe

2022-04-22更新 | 31次组卷

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文章大意：本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者作为一名记者在拉丁美洲经历了一场火山爆发，最后幸存下来的故事。

【推荐3】I once was a young newspaper reporter. My first ______ was in Latin America. It was almost my last job.

I had not ______ to stay in the village of Zacate, ______ it had been raining hard for a whole day. So I had to stay there.

I found people there full of ______. This village was at the foot of a volcano. It was becoming more ______. Men, women and children came to the square. A few helped each other and went out of town to get as far away from the volcano as possible. Suddenly, I felt a strong ______. The villagers in the square ______ as soon as they felt the earthquake.

Suddenly, I saw black smoke rolling down the side of the mountain towards the village. The volcano was coming so ______ that in less than a minute the roads to the village were_______. All I could do was watch and wait. Suddenly, my landlord cried out, “Look!” He ______ to a small hill. The lava was not coming over it but flowing ______ each side of the village, leaving the village center ______. For a time, at least, we were ______, unless the lava grew much and bigger.

My landlord gave me a wet blanket to cover myself to avoid the ______ and we poured water over our heads to cool ourselves. We could hardly breathe because of the heat and the ______ of the burning houses. Thanks to my landlord, I survived the volcano.

A．friend

B．job

C．voyage

D．shopping

A．planned

B．disagreed

C．hated

D．refused

A．so

B．if

C．or

D．but

A．happiness

B．fear

C．determination

D．power

A．comfortable

B．weak

C．active

D．calm

A．flood

B．earthquake

C．cold

D．fire

A．ran away

B．laughed

C．stopped

D．sat down

A．gradually

B．frequently

C．fast

D．late

A．put off

B．cut off

C．built up

D．fixed up

10.

A．returned

B．added

C．got

D．pointed

11.

A．beneath

B．across

C．through

D．on

12.

A．unimportant

B．unusual

C．uncrowded

D．undamaged

13.

A．dangerous

B．warm

C．safe

D．kind

14.

A．lightning

B．heat

C．partner

D．enemy

15.

A．smoke

B．color

C．size

D．noise

2022-08-13更新 | 94次组卷

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