My stutter（口吃）had always been much of a problem. I"d had so many specialists for

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My stutter（口吃）had always been much of a problem. I"d had so many specialists for my______35________ over the years. As l walked down the hallway to meet a new one, memories popped in my head of how painful（痛苦的）being a kid who stutters had been. It______36________ hurt.
“Hello! I"m Mrs. Claussen. I hear you"re from Texas!"
“Ye-Ye-Ye-Yes m-m-m-m-m-m-m-aam I am…”My heart felt like it was pounding through my chest and my hands were dripping wet. I really blew that
______37________ .
“Well," she said with a ______38________Smile. 161"ve always liked Texas."
She turned out to be the best speech specialist I"ve ever had, not like those who
told me to clap my hands while speaking. She was______39________.She spent the first several weeks just talking to me - asking me all kinds of questions about myself, especially my feelings. And she______40________ . She then began to teach me about the speech. Not just about my speech, but about everybody"s.
I______41________ in my old school and was a pretty good tenor（男高音）, but I learned that the new school"s singing group was all filled up. It was such bad news, for I thought that was the one thing I could really do well - and I could do it
______42________ stuttering. Somehow Mrs. Claussen finally got me in the group. I felt like she really cared about me as a person, not just a speech student.
During the next two years, my speech didn"t get much better - except with her. When I was in college, things got worse. I once even wondered if I would ever be able to______43________ ! It was a very depressing time, and I often felt alone. When I was feeling really sorry for myself, I remembered Mrs. Claussen had told me whether I could______44________ my speech was all up to me. She had told me not to fight for perfect speech, just better speech. She was right about that. I finally improved my speech greatly.
Many years have passed, but I think of her from time to time, wondering if she had as much______45________ 0n her other students as she had on me. I like to think that she did. Her name was Mrs. Claussen... and she______46_______ . I"II never forget her.

小题1:

A．speech

B．study

C．dream

D．fear

小题2:

A．maybe

B．even

C．still

D．never

小题3:

A．instruction

B．description

C．introduction

D．presentation

小题4:

A．shy

B．cold

C．weak

D．kind

小题5:

A．silent

B．simple

C．direct

D．different

小题6:

A．cried

B．listened

C．waited

D．stopped

小题7:

A．sang

B．spoke

C．played

D．clapped

小题8:

A．against

B．besides

C．beyond

D．without

小题9:

A．practise

B．communicate

C．report

D．reply

小题10:

A．train

B．share

C．change

D．follow

小题11:

A．advice

B．influence

C．dependence

D．action

小题12:

A．continued

B．taught

C．agreed

D．cared

答案

小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:D
小题5:D
小题6:B
小题7:A
小题8:D
小题9:B
小题10:C
小题11:B
小题12:D

解析

短文大意：本文出自美国德克萨斯周杂志 The Staff，题目标题为"Her Name Was Mrs. Claussen - And She Cared by Dr. Lee Reeves"
小题1:根据文章开头告知作者存在的问题"口吃"和第五段第一句话中的speech specialist可知此处指的是我的语言问题，故选A。
小题2:根据第二段可知，目前问题还没有解决，所以这种痛苦仍然困扰我,F故选C，仍旧。
小题3:根据本段开头引号中的话可知，那是一段自我介绍。故选C，介绍。
小题4:根据第五段对这个老师的描述"best"可知，作者认可了这个老师，所以语意一定是积极向上且赞扬的。故选D。好心的，和蔼的。
小题5:根据上一句"not like those。。。"可知这个老师状况和其他老师不一样。故选D，不同的。
小题6:根据前文and可知表顺承关系，根据上一句她一直问我不同的问题，然后听我回答。故选B，听。
小题7:根据本段第一句后的"tenor（男高音）"和"singing group"可知答案为唱歌，故选A，唱。
小题8:根据前文"I could do it well"可知作者在唱歌这件事情上可以不口吃。故选D。没有。
小题9:根据本段前两句话可知，作者一开始说话还是不利索，甚至一度怀疑自己无法交流。故选B，交流。
小题10:根据本段最后一句话可知，最后作者的语言能力有了一个较大的提升，对比之前语法能力不好，可知我的语言老师告诉我是否我能改变语言能力完全取决于我。故选C，改变。
小题11:根据本空前后"as……as"短语和前文中这个老师对我所起的积极影响可知选B，影响。
小题12:根据全文可知，作者一直强调他的老师十分在意她教授的学生，可知填cared，关心。选D。

举一反三

I bought a jasmine plant for my office. When I bought it, I was told it would bloom（开花） and the sweet smell would fill my office. I had the plant for two months, and every day I looked at it, but there weren"t any flowers or pleasant smell. I was not happy, so I gave the plant to my friend Linda.
One day, another friend Mary called and invited me to her office. When I walked in, her jasmine flowers surprised me. I reached out to touch the flowers. Mary cut some and gave them to me. I couldn"t help smelling them. Surrounded by the sweet smell of only a handful of these flowers, I suddenly understood something.
Mary bought her plant the same time I did. It took a year for her jasmine to bloom. I was so impatient for mine to bloom; regretfully, I gave it away.
In a way my life is like the jasmine plant. I need to be patient and let things happen.
Last Sunday Linda told me that she was going abroad the next week. Before she left, she returned the plant to me. This time I am going to wait. I have learned that when we want something in our life, we have to be patient. I am slowly learning to have that patience to wait for my jasmine to bloom.
小题1:Before she gave the jasmine away, the writer had it for .
A. one day B. one year C . two weeks D. two months
小题2:When the writer saw Mary"s jasmine, she felt____________ .

A．unhappy

B．peaceful

C．hopeful

D．surprised

小题3:What has the writer learned from her experience?

A．Patience is needed in life.

B．Flowers can make life better.

C．Friendship is necessary for us.

D．Jasmine can be a wonderful plant.

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In a cold winter, a couple had to move out of their big house because of bankruptcy（***）. The husband worked day and night but with no care of his wife. So she thought, “He doesn’t love me any more; he just thinks about his work.”
One day, she wanted to take a shower, but her husband stopped her at the door. “Let me take it first, OK?” “Why not let me take it first?” she asked. “I’m tired, dear. You take it later, OK?” She was very sad.
On a rainy day, she found nothing to do and turned on his computer. After a few minutes, her eyes were full of tears...it was his diary:
Today, I was quite sad. She asked me why I was always taking the shower first, and I said I was tired. She was unhappy. I wasn’t as rich as before! We moved to the small house and it was very cold. I found that if one person took the shower first, the bathroom could get a little warmer. So I always rushed to the bathroom first. When she took the shower, the bathroom could get warmer, at least 1°C. I can’t give her more, but at least I can give her 1°C love.
小题1:The couple moved out of their house ________.

A．on a rainy day

B．in a cold winter

C．when the husband lost his work

D．when the wife saw her husband’s diary

小题2:The woman thought her husband didn’t love her because ________.

A．he didn’t buy her beautiful clothes

B．he didn’t have enough money

C．he always worked with no care of her

D．he had another woman

小题3:The woman’s eyes were full of tears because ________.

A．she felt sad by her husband’s words

B．the rainy day made her sad

C．her eyes were hurt by the computer

D．she was moved by her husband’s diary

小题4:The man wanted to take the shower first because ________.

A．he was tired and wanted to sleep earlier

B．he wanted to make the bathroom warmer

C．he wasn’t as strong as before

D．he couldn’t stand the cold winter

小题5:From the reading, we know that ________.

A．the man loved his wife very much

B．the woman didn’t love her husband any more

C．the man was very poor before

D．the woman had no job

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Lillian Hanson, a college student, expects to graduate in about two years. What makes Mrs. Hanson different from her classmates is her    46   --73 years old. She has been studying at college, a few courses at a time, for 27 years.
When Lillian Hanson graduated from high school, she went to the   47   to borrow money for further education. The banker gave her   48   encouragement. He didn"t think that a country girl should borrow money to go to college. He thought she should be    49   doing housework or should work on the farm.     50   Lillian Hanson went home and raised a family of nine children instead of going to college.
Mrs. Hanson    51   forgot the dream of getting higher education. When the children
grown up, she   52   again and succeeded. In the class on her first day, when she introduced herself and   53   why she was there and what her aims were, all the other students   54  give her a warm welcome.
Mrs. Hanson finds that the   55   part of going back to school at her age is sitting in class long periods of time. However, she often says she will stick to her dream no matter how difficult it is.
小题1:A. age                           B. interest                      C. accent
小题2:A. club                          B. school                      C. bank
小题3:A. much                                B. no                         C. a little
小题4:A. at college               B. at home                     C. in the office
小题5:A. After                           B. But                         C. So
小题6:A. never                         B. already                      C. often
小题7:A. stopped                         B. tried                        C. refused
小题8:A. regretted                       B. guessed                     C. explained
小题9:A. stood up                       B. ran away                    C. broke out
小题10:A. best                        B. hardest                     C. easiest

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根据短文肉容．判断下列句子的正误。正确的用“T”．错误的用“F”。(每小题1分．共5分)

A long time ago. there was an emperor. He had a beautiful garden. In the garden, there was a little nightingale(夜莺) singing very beautifully.
One day the emperor heard about this little bird"s beautiful voice. He asked his guards to bring her to him. As soon as the emperor heard the nightingale"s voice, he said, "Put her in a golden cage, so she can stay and sing for me whenever I want to hear her. "
The little bird was so unhappy about being kept in the cage that she stopped singing one day. The emperor was very angry. He ordered the scientists in his palace to make a robot bird for him. The bird could sing very beautifully, too. The emperor was pleased.
Soon the robot bird became old. It no longer sang beautiful songs. Just at that time, the emperor became very weak. One morning, while lying in bed, the emperor wanted it to sing once again. But the robot bird couldn"t sing any more. Suddenly the nightingale landed on the window. She began to sing her most beautiful song. The emperor was very happy! He became better and better each day.
After the emperor was well，he changed a lot and became kind to his people. From then on, all his people cherished(爱戴) him for his love and kindness.
小题1:Both the nightingale and the robot bird had a beautiful voice.
小题2:The emperor kept the nightingale in a golden cage in order to hear her sing at any time.
小题3:The nightingale was very happy after she was kept in the golden cage.
小题4:The emperor was not satisfied with the robot bird at first.
小题5:The emperor learnt from the nightingale what love and kindness was.

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One day when Jack was walking inthe park, he saw a woman he knew sitting on a bench(长椅)with a dog beside her. The dog was looking up at the woman.
Jack walked up to the woman and said, “Hello. Sue, how are you? May I sit and talk with you for a while?”
“Of course, please sit down,”Sue said.
Jack sat down next to Sue on the bench, and they talked quietly together.
The dog continued to look up at Sue, as if waiting to be fed.
“That"s a nice dog”Jack said, pointing(指向)at the animal.
“Yes, he"s handsome. He"s a bit of a mixture(混合) but that"s not a bad thing.
He"s strong and healthy”
“And hungry,” Jack said. “He hasn"t taken his eyes off you. He thinks you"ve got
some food for him.”
“That"s true,”Sue said, But I haven’t.”
The two friends laughed and then Jack said, “Does your dog bite?”
“No,” Sue said. “He"s never bitten anyone. He"s always gentle and good-tempered
(好脾气).”
Hearing this, Jack decided to pet the dog. He put out his hand and touched the
animal"s head. Immediately it jumped up and bit him.
“Hey!” Jack shouted. “You said he didn"t bite.”
“No, I didn"t,”Sue replied. “You asked，if my dog bit, and I said no.
小题1:What did Jack do when he saw the woman?

A．He walked past her.

B．He asked to sit next to her.

C．He spoke angrily to her.

D．He spoke to her dog.

小题2:The dog looked_________.

A．angrily at Jack	B．sick
C．as if he would bite Sue	D．hungry

小题3:Jack thought that the dog

A．was ill	B．belonged to Sue
C．was terrible	D．belonged in a zoo

小题4:The underlined word “pet” should be ______________in Chinese.

A．宠物	B．喜欢
C．敲打	D．抚摸

小题5:From the story, we can know______________.

A．Jack and Sue talked about the same dog

B．Jack asked Sue a right question

C．Jack was bitten by Sue"s dog

D．Jack asked Sue a wrong question

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