Four years ago, my father drove all the way from Denver to Topeka, with an eight-foot Colorado blue spruce (蓝叶云杉) in his trunk, so that my husband and I could have a part of Colorado growing on our land. I was preparing for a trip that weekend and couldn’t spend much time with him. Then, one day, my father telephoned me as usual, this time from my sister’s home in Florida. We talked about the tree he had brought me, “Fat Albert”, but that morning he called it “Fat Oscar”, and he seemed to have forgotten some things. I had to get to church, so I cut the conversation short. The call came at 4:40 pm that day: my father was in hospital in Florida with an aneurysm (动脉瘤). I got on a plane immediately, and on the way I thought of all the times I had not taken the time to talk to my father. I realized that I had no idea who he was or what his deepest thoughts were. I promised that when I arrived, I would make
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up for lost time.
I arrived in Florida at 1 am. My father had passed away at 9:12 pm. This time it was he who did not have time to talk to me. 8. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．The writer arrived in Florida before her father passed away.
B．The writer didn’t find enough time to talk to her father all these years. C．The writer noticed nothing unusual about her father’s health before he was put in the hospital.
D．The writer’s father brought them the Colorado blue spruce because it is an expensive kind of tree.
9. How did the writer feel when she was rushing to the hospital where her father was sta-ying?
A．Hopeless. B．Sorry. C．Frightened. D．Disappointed. 10. What’s the best title of this passage?
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A．What a good father! B．How busy I am.
C．Time keeps going. D．My father and our family.
非选题45’
五、词汇15’
A．根据括号中的中文提示，英文释义或句意，写出句中所缺的单词，使句子通顺。
1.The reporter has a few _______(采访) with those famous pop stars.
2.The woman’s ______(the man she is married to) drives her to work every day.
3.Amy will study in an ________(two and more countries taking part) language school for several weeks.
4.Now I have _____(意识到) the importance of study.
5.-----Who is the ______ of the small country? -----The king,
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B．根据句意选词，并用其适当的形式填空，使句子通顺。
south possible feel
6.It’s _________ to see the lovely cartoon characters in the theme park.
7.I have a good _______ today. Maybe I’ll have a lucky day.
8.Our best friend Jane has been very busy _________.
9.It is ________ to finish the job in such a short time. We need two more days. 10.Guangzhou is in the ________ part of China.
C．用所给动词的适当形式填空
come, go, swim, have, plant 11 It’s four in the afternoon. Jack with his friends_______in the lake,
12 It’s time to have lunch. The students each_______a spoon now.
13 The Greens ________ to Beijing and they
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