泰州市姜堰区2016届期初考试英语试题及答案(2)
A. takes wing B.makes sense C.hangs in there D.pushes me around
27. -I'm starving. Do we still have any pies left from the dinner yesterday?
-Oh, Julia____ her friends over in the afternoon and they ate them all.
A. invited B. has invited C. had invited D. would invite
28. The best things you can give children,____ good habits, are good memories.
A. far from B. next to C. but for D. except for
2 9- 一，I believe, and you will find Tom is very outgoing.
A. Having a talk with the student B. One talk with the student
C. Given a talk with the student D. If you have a talk with the student
30. Anyone be a victim of road accidents if he doesn't observe traffic regulations.
A. should B. must C. can D. need
31. We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us we could know how
seldom they do.
A. unless B. until C. if D. as
32. The employees consider their boss unfair and unreasonable because he is not ____is
dealing with company affairs.
A. consistent B. controversial C. confident D. conventional
33. Researchers found that children who drank mainly soda were more than twice as likely as
those who drank no soda ____signs of aggression.
A .showing B. shown C. to show D. show
34. It was about half past midnight ____he arrived, after visiting other places, but dozens of
journalists were still waiting in the cold.
A . that B. before C. until D. when
35. –If I don't get some money from my parents by Friday, could I borrow some from you?
___ _，But can I know why?
A. Never mind B. Not at all C. By no means D. By all means
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I believe in the ingredients of love and their combined power.
We 36 Luke four years ago. The people from the orphanage dropped him off at our
hotel room without even saying____37 .He was nearly six years old, only 28 pounds and his
face was crisscrossed with scars. 38 ，he was terrified. "What are his favorite things?" I
yelled. "Noodles," they replied as the elevator door shut.
Luke kicked and screamed. His cries were anguished, animal-like. He had 39 seen
a mirror and tried to escape by running 40 one. I wound my arms around him so he could
not hit or kick. After an hour and a half he _41 fell asleep, exhausted. I called room service.
They delivered every 42 dish on the menu. Luke woke up, looked at me and started
43 again. I handed him chopsticks, and pointed at the food. He stopped crying and started to
eat. He ate untill was sure he would be 44 .
That night we went for a walk. Delighted at the moon, he pantomimed ( 打手势), "What is
it ? " I said, "The moon, it's the moon." He reached up and tried to 45 it. He cried again
when I tried to give him a _ 46_ until I started to play with the water. By the end of his bath
the room was soaked and he was giggling. We read the book One Yellow Lion. He 47 looking at
the colorful pictures and turning the_ 48_. By the end of the night he was saying, "one yellow
lion."
The next day we met orphanage officials to do paperwork. Luke was on my lap as they filed
into the room. He looked at them and 49 my arms tightly around his waist.
He was a sad, shy boy for a long time 50 those first days. He cried easily. He hid food
in his pillowcase and foraged (翻寻) in garbage cans. I wondered then if he would ever 51
the wounds of neglect that the orphanage had beaten into him.
It has been four years. Luke is a smart, funny, happy fourth-grader. He is 52 with
charm and is a natural athlete. His teachers say he is well behaved and works very hard. Our
neighbor says she has never seen a 53 kid.
When I think back, I am amazed at what 54 this abused, terrified little creature. It was
not therapy, counselors or medications. It was love: just simple, plain, easy to give. It is comprised
of compassion, care, 55 , and a leap of faith. I believe in the power of love to transform.
36.A. found B. adopted C. met D. saw
