I took a trip after lunch and on my way home I stopped at a park in this beautiful little town. I really wanted to enjoy the _ wind of one of the last days of summer. I know I still have a lot of time left according to the ___. But I’ve seen too many summers suddenly____ When I had a rest at a __ , a man came, who was about my __ . Maybe we could have common topics. “Good _ _ , my friend!” he said as he _ _ down on the opposite side of the table. “You don’t live __ , do you?” “No, I’m just _ _ . I live about an hour and a half from here.” “What do you do for a living?” he asked. “I’m a _ _ .” “Well, I should have known,” he said. Now he had my _ _ . How could he possibly know what I did for a living just by __ at me? “You were dreaming and wondering just like an author. I could see in your eyes. Most people see how _ _ the town is, but you see many other things most people don’t take the time to see.” I just wondered about his _ _ . “What do you do for a living?” “_ _ I’m a journalist (记者) for our local paper. But I call myself a reflection because I _ _ what I see in my job. My words can _ _ the world around me. I can write about what I know faithfully and I know these people for I have been _ _ here so long. So you can imagine how _ _ the news is here. They are in turn a reflection of me.” If you had to _ _ what a good person would be like, could you fit the description? I hope you’re a good reflection.
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小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:B
小题5:D
小题6:B
小题7:A
小题8:B
小题9:A
小题10:D
小题11:A
小题12:D
小题13:B
小题14:A
小题15:B
小题16:A
小题17:D
小题18:C
小题19:C
小题20:B
题目分析：文章讲了身为作家的作者在回家途中遇到一个自称reflector的记者，他对作者说的话让作者感到深受启发，认为人的思想应该反映出周边的真实情况。
小题1:考查形容词。A. cool 凉爽的 B. hot 热的 C. strong 强的 D. cold 冷的；由last days of summer可知风是凉爽的，所以选A
小题2:考查名词。A. schedule 时间表，计划 B. weather 天气 C. calendar日历 D. experience经历；由have a lot of time left可知作者知道日历上表示夏天还很长，所以选C
小题3:考查动词。A. start 开始 B. change 改变 C. worsen 变坏 D. disappear 消失；由第二题答案可知这里说的是夏天突然就结束了，即消失，所以选D
小题4:考查名词。A. chair 椅子 B. table 桌子 C. restaurant 餐馆 D. station 车站；由后文the opposite side of the table可知选 B
小题5:考查名词。A. height 高度 B. weight 重量 C. accent 口音 D. age 年龄；根据about my…可知这里填age，意思是和我同龄，选D
小题6:考查名词。A. night 夜晚 B. afternoon 下午 C. evening 晚上，傍晚 D. morning 早晨；由第一段的after lunch可知时间是下午，所以选B
小题7:考查动词。A. sat 坐下 B. settled 安顿 C. calmed 平静下来 D. lay 躺下；根据at the opposite side of the table可知他是坐在桌子另一端，所以选A
小题8:考查副词。A. distantly 远远地 B. nearby 附近地 C. comfortably 舒适地 D. alone 独自；根据I live about an hour and a half from here和No的回答可知男人问她是否住在附近，所以选B
小题9:考查动词。A. passing by 经过 B. giving up 放弃 C. thinking over 仔细思考 D. walking off 走开；根据文章开头的on my way home可知作者只是经过这里，所以选A
小题10:考查名词。A. designer 设计者 B. thinker 思考者 C. painter 画家 D. writer 作家；根据文章下文You were dreaming and wondering just like an author，author的意思是作者，所以选D
小题11:考查名词。A. interest 兴趣 B. secrete 分泌 C. trust 相信 D. patience 耐心；这句话的意思是他引起了我的兴趣，所以选A
小题12:考查动词。A. shouting 大吼 B. working 工作 C. smiling 微笑 D. looking 看；根据上下文，男人只是观察作者就知道了他的职业，所以选D
小题13:考查形容词。A. busy 忙碌的 B. scenic 风景优美的 C. wide 宽广的 D. peaceful 平静的；根据文章第一段的beautiful little town可知这个小镇是以风景优美著称，所以选B
小题14:考查名词。A. career 职业 B. situation 情况 C. history 历史 D. advantage 长处；根据后文的问题what do you do for a living可知作者对对方的职业感兴趣，所以选A
小题15:考察副词。A. Originally 原来 B. Actually 实际上 C. Really 真正地 D. Recently 近来；这里对方想说的是实际上他是个记者，所以选B
小题16:考查动词。A. report 报告 B. consider 考虑 C. remember 记得 D. study 学习；前面说男人是记者，所以他的工作就是做报道，因此选A
小题17:考查动词。A. record 记录 B. decorate 装饰 C. monitor 监视 D. reflect 反映；根据前文的reflector，可知这里填动词形式reflect，选D
小题18:考查动词。A. watching 观看 B. waiting 等待 C. living 居住 D. traveling 旅行；根据上下文，男人是住在当地的，所以填living，选择C
小题19:考查形容词。A. funny 有趣的 B. important 重要的 C. truthful 可信的 D. numerous 无数的；根据男人的描述可知他想表达自己写的新闻报道十分真实可信，所以选C
小题20:考查动词。A. copy 抄写 B. describe 描述 C. draw 绘画 D. guess 猜测；根据这里的语境，这句话的意思应该是：如果你要描述一个人，所以选B