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Elizabeth and I are 18 years old now, and we are both about to graduate, I think about our elementary-school 1 , but some memories have blurred(模糊不清). What on earth _2_on that day in the fifth grade when _3_stopped speaking to me? Does she know that Ive been _4_ her for seven years? If only we could go back, _5_what ended our friendship. I have to talk with Beth, I cant call her up. Should I write? What if she doesnt _6_me? How will I know _8_shes thinking of?Yes, Ill write her a _9_. These things are _10_to express in writing. “Dear Elizabeth,” I_11_. The words flow freely, as seven-year- old _12_are reborn (复活). I ask her all the questions that have been left unanswered in my mind, and _13_she will answer. I put my thoughts in the perfect white envelope, and _14_Beth peering into her mailbox. Will she know why Im writing? Maybe she _15_thought of writing the same letter.As the mailman takes my envelope from me forever, I _16_if Ive made the right decision. Do I have the right to force _17_into Beths life again? Am I simply part of the past? I have taken the first _18_. Beth is in control of the situation now.One day has passed. Are my _19_lying on the bottom of the post office floor?Two days have gone. Im _20_in thought and dont even hear the phone ring.“Hello? Its Elizabeth.”1. A. teachers B. classmates C. friendship D. decision2. a. happened b. formed c. changed d. made3. a. hardly b. gladly c. sadly d. suddenly4. a. talking about b. thingking about c. looking for d. finding out5. a. discover b. realize c. ask d. admit6. a. so b. and c. still d. but7. a. praise b. answer c. help d. calm8. a. how b. what c. when d. whether9. a. diary b. notice c. letter d. text10. a. wiser b. easier c. faster d. cheaper11. a. report b. begin c. tells d. Speak12. memories b. words c. troubles d. efforts13. a. ask b. pray c. undrestand d. know14. a. believe b. feel c. see d. imagine15. a. stilll b. once c. yet d. right16. a. wonder b. guess c. think d. believe17. a. herself b. myself c. ourselves d. himselfOne day a plice officer managed to get some fresh mushrooms. He was so _1_what he had bought that he offered to _2_the mushrooms with his brother officers. When their breakfast arrived the next day, each officer found some mushrooms on his plate.“Let the dog _3_a piece first,” suggested one _4_officer who was afraid that the mushrooms might be poisonous.The dog seemed to _5_his mushroom, and the officers then began to eat their meal, saying that the mushrooms had a very strange _6_quite pleasant taste.An hour later, however, they were all astonished _7_the garderner rushed in and said _8_that the dog was dead. _9_, The officers jumpled into their cars and rushed to the _10_hospital. Pumps(洗胃器) were used and the officers had a very _11_time getting rid of the mushrooms that _12_in their stomachs.When they _13_to the police station, they sat down and started to _14_the mushroom poisoning. Each man explained the pains that _15_had felt and they agreed that these had grownn worse on their _16_to the hospital. The garderner was _17_to tell the way in which the poor dog had died. “Did it _18_much before death?”, asked one of the officers, feeling very pleased that he had escaped a _19_death himself. “No,” the garderner looked rather _20_. “It was killed the moment a car hit it.”1. a. sure of b. careless about c. pleased with d. disappointed at2. a. share b. grow c. wash d. cook3. a. check b. smell c. try d. examine4. a. frightened b. shy c. cheerful d. careful5. a. refuse b. hate c. want d. enjoy6. a. besides b. but c. and d. or7. a. until b. while c. before d. when8. a. cruelly b. curiously c. seriously d. finally9. a. immediately b. carefully c. suddenly d. slowly10. a. animal b. biggest c. plant d. nearest11. a. hard b. busy c. exciting d. unforgettable12. a stopped b. dropped c. settled d. remained13. a. hurried b. drove c. went d. returned14. a. study b. discuss c. record d. remember15. a. they b. anybody c. he d. everybody16. a. road b. street c. way d. direction17. a. punished b. called c. promised d. helped18. a. suffer b. eat c. harm d. spit19. a. strange b. apinful c. peace ful d. natural20. a. happy erested c. surprised d. excitedBEIJING - _1_ the smoggiest day here _2_the past week, International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge _3_Chinese authorities Thursday, _4_they had “done everything feasible and humanly possible” _5_the _6_for the Olympics.“The fog you see _7_on the basis of humidity and heat,” Rogge said _8_a news conference. “It does not mean to say _9_this fog is the same as _10_. It can be pollution, but the fog doesnt mean _11_that it is pollution.“Of course, we prefer clean skies, but the most important thing is the _12_of the athletes heing protected.” Rogge said that the I.O.C. could _13_events because of poor air quality _14_hours before the events, _15_ ones like road cycling, triathlon and the marathon in which _16_ would be most affected by noxious air because of their prolonged exposure to it.For now, _17_, Rogge said: “it is safe for the athletes.”On the eve of the first Olympics _18_in China, the air was soupy and gray, with the air quality rating reaching 95, well _19_air standards in the United States. Anything below 101 qualifies as a blue sky day here, _20_the standards set to monitor air quality for the Olympics.1. a. in b. on c. at d. with2. a. in b. on c. at d. with3. a. criticized b. praised c. criticize d. praise4. a. said b. talk c. saying d. talking5. a. clean b. cleaning c. cleaned d. to clean6. a. air b. road c. city d. food7. a. base b. based c. is based d. basis8. a. in b. at c. on d. /9. a. that b. what c. all d. one10. a. rain b. pollution c. smoke d. wind11. a. only b. probably c. necessarity d. possibly12. a. marks b. scores c. height d. health13. a. cancel b. call off c. postpone d. stop14. a. up to b. as much as c. up d. down15. a. frankly b. usually c. definitely d. particularly16. a. officers b. audiences c. foreigners d. athletes17. a. if b. and c. though d. even though18. a. hold b. held c. holding d. holds19. a. above b. almost c. below d. next to20. a. follow b. same as c. stay d. according toIve just arrived in Zaragoza, Spain for an important meeting, its in the moring spain time and im a Why it all wneh I realized my housekeeper had woahed my passport just a few days I was to leave I a large part of the week getting another on Friday after little sleep I rushed to a long meetingthat at pm my flight to lonon was at pm and I hadnt yet so I rushed home packed and ot to the airport just in time for the People here in spain dont speak or its not at least the spaish that I leaned in high schoool my mexican spainish teacher idont what they re saying and thye dont understand me ever getting a taxi to the train station from the madrid aireport waw and the is in zaragoza far form madrid I know I had to buy a tikcet I was saying azragoza buthtye count undertand me and when they did they told me that the trin ticket ws I went to the inforamtiondesk to find out what hotel I should stay in and try to a train ticket for tomorrow they din;t speak english and yu poort american spainish got meThen I realized I could rent a and problably beat the train herer I got a car and finally arrived in zaragoza at about I am after a very long drive I had thehotel address wiritten down ,but the streets here arent I drove around the city for an hour street by street, until I found the hotel.1. a. trouble b. mess c. success d. pleasure2. a. started b. finished c. appeared d. stopped3. a. after b. when c. before d. until4. a. took b. used c. spared d. spent5. a. began b. ended c. lasted d. lost6. a. planned b. announced c. left d. packed7. a. house b. station c. meeting d. fight8. a. Spanish b. English c. Japanese d. Chinese9. a. to b. from c. about d. among10. a. understand b. enjoy c. imagine d. repeat11. a. usually b. quickly c. certainly d. regularly12. a. helpful b. important c. useful d. impossible13. a. firm b. shop c. station d. meeting14. a. train b. bread c. bus d. luggage15. a. ever b. even c. finally d. once16. a. put out b. sold out c. given out d. sent out17.a book b. borrow c. discover d. cheat18. a. nobody b. nothing c. anything d. nowhere19. a. bike b. car c. boat d. plane20. a. named b. built c. repaired d. marked A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he has _1_ a beautiful sports car in a showroom, and knowing his father culd well _2_it, he told hime that was all he wanted.As Graduation Day came near, the young man awaited _3_that his father had bought the car._4_, on the moring of his graduation, his father called him how into his _5_study room. His father told him how _6_he was to have such a fine son, and told him how _7_he loved him. He handed his son a beautifully _8_gift box.Curious, and somewhat disapointed, the young man opened the box and _9_a lovely, leather-bound (皮纸封面) Bible, _10_the young mans name pressed in gold. _11_, he raised his voice to his father, and said “With your money, you give me a Bible?” and stormed out of the house.Many years passed and the young man was very successful in _13_. He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but realized his father was very _14_, and thought perhaps he should go to him. He had not seen him _15_that graduation day.Before he counld make arrangements, he received a telegram _16_him his father had passed away, and willed all his prossessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and _17_things. Wneh he arrived at his fathers house, sudden _18_and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his father important papers and saw the stil