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2016
瀛﹀勾绗簩瀛︽湡楂樹笁妯℃嫙璐ㄩ噺璋冪爺
鑻辫瀛︾璇曞嵎
2017.4
II .Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
I was standing in the checkout line behind a woman who looked to be in __21__ 60s. When it was her turn to
pay, the cashier greeted her by name and asked her how she was doing.
The woman looked down, ___22___
锛?/p>
shake
锛?/p>
her head and said:
鈥?/p>
Not so good.
鈥?/p>
My husband just lost his job
and my son is up to his old tricks again.
The truth is, I don鈥檛 know how I鈥檓 going to get through the holidays.鈥?/p>
Then she gave the cashier food stamps.
My heart ached. I wanted to help but didn鈥檛 know how.
锛?/p>
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锛?/p>
______I offer to pay for her groceries or ask for
her husband鈥檚 resume?
As
I
walked
into
the
parking
lot,
I
saw
the
women
___
锛?/p>
24
锛?/p>
锛?/p>
return
锛?/p>
her
shopping
cart.
I
remembered
something in my purse
锛?/p>
25
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________
I thought could help her. It wasn鈥檛 a handful of cash or an offer of a job for
her husband, but maybe it would make her life better.
My heart pounded as I approached the woman.
鈥?/p>
Excuse me,
鈥?/p>
I said, my voice trembling a bit.
鈥?/p>
I couldn
鈥檛 help overhearing what you said to the cashier. It
sounds like you鈥檙e going through a really hard time right now. I鈥檓 so sorry. I鈥檇 like to give you something.
鈥?/p>
I handed her the small card from my purse.
When the woman read
the card鈥檚 only two words, she began to cry. And through her tears, she said
锛?/p>
鈥?/p>
You have
no idea
锛?/p>
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锛?/p>
_______ this means to me.
鈥?/p>
I was a little startled by her reply.
锛?/p>
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________
锛?/p>
not do
锛?/p>
anything like this before, I didn
鈥檛 know what kind
of reaction I might receive. All left for me (28)_______
锛?/p>
say
锛?/p>
was
锛?/p>
鈥?/p>
Oh. Would it be OK to give you a hug?
鈥?/p>
锛?/p>
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锛?/p>
________we embraced, I walked back to my car --and began to cry, too.
The words on the card?
鈥?/p>
You Matter.
鈥?/p>
A few weeks earlier, a colleague gave me a similar card
锛?/p>
30
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____ encouragement for a project I was working
on. When I read the card, I felt a warm glow spread inside of me. Deeply touched, I came home and ordered my
own box of You Matter card and started sharing them.
Section B
A.
technology
B. contemporary
C. stretched
D. hidden
E. recognized
F.
discovery
G
. updated
H. extensive
I. countless
J. estimated
K. definition
Most
of
us
learn
at
primary
school
that
there
are
seven
continents,
but
the
next
generation
of
kids
may
be
adding one more to that list.
According
to
a
recent
paper
published
in
the
Geological
Society
of
American
Journal
by
a
group
of
researchers,
鈥?/p>
Zealandia
鈥?/p>
is a new continent that鈥檚 ___31___ beneath the ocean.
Zealandia is ___32___ to be five million sq km. Most of this massive area is covered by water, but its highest
mountains already have their own name
锛?/p>
New Zealand.
The small country is the only part of Zealandia that isn鈥檛 underwater, but the paper鈥檚 authors want the huge
landmass to be ___33___ worldwide as its own continent.
鈥?/p>
The scientific value of classifying Zealandia as a continent is much more than just an extra name on a list,
鈥?/p>
the researchers wrote in their paper.
Scientists discovered Zealandia all the way back in 1995, then started ___34___ research on the area using
underwater and satellite mapping ___35___. After completing their work, they were finally able to write a report