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1、2014高考英语阅读理解练习（4）及答案（解析）C2[2013·浙江卷]DIn1974,afterfillingoutfiftyapplications,goingthroughfourinterviews,andwinningoneoffer,ItookwhatIcouldget—ateachingjobatwhatIconsideredadistantwildarea:westernNewJersey.MycharacteristicoptimismwasaliveonlywhenIremindedmyselftha
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3、fathersmakehayonthefarms.IwasayoungwomanfromNewYorkCity,whothoughtthat“Makehaywhilethesunshines”justmeanttohaveagoodtime.But,still,IwasteachingEnglish.Iworkedhard,takingtimeoffonlytoeatandsleep.Andthentherewasmysixth－gradeclass—seventeenboysandfivegirlswhowereonl
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9、left,silently.Visionsofunemploymentmarchedbeforemyeyes.IfeltmildlyvictoriousthatIgotthroughtherestofclasswithoutcrying,butatmynextfreeperiodIhadtofacehim.Iwond
