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【专题考案】 （1） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—20各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 “Down-to-earth” means someone or something that is honest, practical and easy to deal with. It is 1 to find someone who is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk to and 2 other people as equals. A down-to-earth person is just the 3 of someone who acts important and proud. Down-to-earth persons 4 be important members of society, of course. 5 they do not let their importance “go to their heads”. They do not 6 themselves to be better persons than others of less importance. Someone who is filled with his own importance and pride, often without cause, is 7 to have “his nose in the air”. There is 8 way a person with his nose in the air can be down-to-earth. Americans 9 another expression that means almost the same as “down-to-earth”. The expression is “both-feet-on-the-ground”. Someone with both-feet-on-the-ground is a person with a good 10 of reality. He 11 what is called “common sense”. He may have 12 , but he does not allow them to 13 his knowledge of what is real. The opposite kind of 14 is one who has his “head-in-the-clouds”. A man with his-head-in-the-clouds is a dreamer whose 15 is not in the real world. 16 , such a dreamer can be brought back to earth. 17 words from a teacher can usually bring a day-dreaming student down-to-earth.
Usually, the person who is down-to-earth is very 18 to have both feet on-the –ground. 19 we have both our feet on-the –ground, when we are down-to-earth, we act honestly and openly 20 others. Our lives are like the ground below us, solid and strong. 1．A．pleasant B．sad C．common D．surprising 2．A．meets B．welcomes C．receives D．accepts 3．A．case B．kind C．opposite D．example 4．A．must B．may C．should D．will 5．A．But B．So C．For D．And 6．A．wish B．expect C．desire D．consider 7．A．said B．told C．asked D．made 8．A．some B．a C．no D．every 9．A．discover B．find C．make D．use 10．A．understanding B．wish C．reason D．expectation 11．A．demands B．lacks C．has D．likes 12．A．fortunes B．dreams C．achievements D．disadvantages 13．A．block B．protect C．own D．gain 14．A．idea B．people C．attitude D．person 15．A．mind B．life C．body D．head 16．A．Always B．Therefore C．However D．Sometimes 17．A．Sharp B．All C．No D．Bad 18．A．possible B．probable C．likely D．able 19．A．Though B．Since C．When D．Unless 20．A．toward B．for C．over D．onto （2） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—20各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 Dear Dio, Thank you for your note. I like your 1 between death and failure. I had not thought of these two in the 2 way that you describe. I thank you for bringing this to my 3 . Your insights are very deep. 4 you say, “death is only a(n) 5 but failure can change someone’s whole life.” Yes, death is final. Failure is temporary. Death leaves us with 6 .But failure can leave us with lessons which will 7 our lives. I hope that your failure to pass that 8 English test will help you 9 it will hurt you. Please remember that it is not being 10 down that is important. It is the inability to get up that is 11 . You will have to learn to get up ,and to get going. Failure is the “staying down.” It is not the “falling down.” From reading your letter, I 12 your English to be very good. You write better than 13 of my American friends. I do not know the reason for 14 your English test. Maybe you were distracted that day. It is 15 that persons are judged on the basis of a single test. You write well, you 16 your feelings with excellence, and you think 17 . These characteristics should 18 you move toward a bright a bright career. Just don’t let yourself “stay down.” Get up and 19 them all know that you are talented and you are 20 to succeed. I think you will. With best wishes for a fine career. Bob 1．A．idea B．comparison C．thought D．reason 2．A．same B．wrong C．correct D．right 3．A．attention B．heart C．head D．home 4．A．Which B．When C．What D．As 5．A．end B．result C．fact D．thing 6．A．something B．nothing C．anything D．thinking 7．A．increase B．improve C．honor D．treasure 8．A．easy B．simple C．terrible D．ordinary 9．A．as good as B．as well as C．more than D．much than 10．A．fallen B．stayed C．knocked D．felt 11．A．impossible B．possible C．necessary D．important 12．A．judge B．accept C．prefer D．expect 13．A．all B．any C．one D．some 14．A．succeeding B．passing C．finishing D．failing 15．A．likely B．reasonable C．a shame D．fair 16．A．find B．express C．speak D．tell 17．A．deeply B．thoroughly C．carefully D．widely 18．A．leave B．drive C．help D．start 19．A．get B．ask C．show D．let 20．A．devoted B．determined C．engaged D．supposed （3） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—20各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 It was a half-mile walk from our small house to the beach road , where the 1 would be waiting for us .But that morning Janet was much worse . She couldn’t make 2 walk . And I couldn’t carry her . The path to the beach was steep and narrow and 3 at the water ‘s edge . I was a stranger far from home . I didn’t know 4 to turn for help . But I needed it badly . I hurried down to the beach and I found help .Four fishermen were about to go out for their morning 5 . I told them about my sick little sister . Could they help me get her down the 6 ?I hardly got the words out of my mouth 7 they dragged their boat back onto the sand . They climbed the hill with me . One looked at Janet and they 8 their heads . They talked softly to one another . “ 9 sick to sit in a chair,” one said . “Better carry her
