There was a very special teacher who made a far-reaching difference in my life. Fall, 1959, the first day
of class at Hong Xing High School was about to begin. "Who", I asked a boy sitting beside 1 , "is Mrs. Qiao,
my 10th grade English teacher?" He just laughed and said I would be in trouble. Soon, I understood what he
meant. Mrs. Qiao was active that she repeated again and again. We would have a reading task for 2 . The
next day, 3 we came to class, there would be two or three topics on the blackboard about the homework.
We were expected to write an in-class essay (作文) about one of the 4 . The following day, she would
return the corrected and graded (批改过的) essays and each person would be called to stand in front of the
5 and to read out his/her essay. The class were required to criticize (评论) that essay, or the grade (得分)
of everyone in class would be reduced (减少).
The first time that I experienced her read-write-criticize method, I had quickly done the homework and
had written something without 6 what it meant. You can 7 what would happen in class. Standing before
my classmates, I really made a fool (傻子) of myself. What a shame! No one laughed at me; no one would
be 8 enough, or foolish enough, to do that in Mrs. Qiao"s class. It was just from then, I made up my mind
not to let it happen again. Mrs. Qiao 9 all of our written work; it was easy to see the improvement in writing
that had occurred. What Mrs. Qiao forced me to do was to see myself as others see me and, having done that,
I could 10 myself. And I did thank you, Mrs Qiao. |
( )1. A. her
( )2. A. homework
( )3. A. because
( )4. A. people
( )5. A. teacher
( )6. A. knowing
( )7. A. see
( )8. A. afraid
( )9. A. liked
( )10. A. understand | B. me
B. knowledge
B. before
B. stories
B. class
B. feeling
B. hear
B. brave
B. threw
B. learn | C. you
C. topic
C. when
C. accidents
C. school
C. learning
C. guess
C. interested
C. kept
C. enjoy | D. him
D. pleasure
D. since
D. topics
D. building
D. finding
D. know
D. helpful
D. left
D. improve | | 阅读理解。 | Learning experiences happen to us throughout our lives, and not too long ago, I had one that I would like
to share.
This story began with a sailing trip. It"s a story of pizza (比萨), sailing and being afraid of buying
ice-cream with a US $20 bill.
I was going to Marblehead, Massachusetts, with my Optimist (a sailboat) racing team for the New
England Optimist Championship.
The team was racing down the highway at 85mph (miles per hour) when we all realized we were hungry.
Luckily, we saw a rest area ahead. I was very excited, because I had a new US $20 bill. I was so excited
because I had never had that kind of money before. I had money I had saved, but spending it on food seemed
like throwing it away.
We all rushed into the pizza line. Finally I got a cheese pizza and drink, and walked to my table.
About halfway through the meal, I realized I had not actually handed my money to the cashier (收银员). I
had just walked out, and nobody had noticed. I felt terrible.
My conscience (良知) opened its mouth and swallowed me. I couldn"t get over it. I just couldn"t go back
to the cashier and pay for my stolen, half-eaten pizza. I would be more embarrassed than I ever had been.
I was so sorry that I refused to give myself the pleasure of an ice-cream in fear that someone would say,
"Hey, Jeff, why don"t you use the change from the pizza instead of that nice, new US $20 bill?" I was not so
proud of my money now.
For the next two years, whenever I was reminded of (thought of) the "Pizza incident," I closed my eyes
and said to myself, "Don"t think about it. Don"t think about it." I have learned two things from this experience.
Maybe I was an unwise person for giving in to my conscience, and being too stupid to appreciate a free pizza.
But I think the real lesson is that if you let being embarrassed get in the way of doing the right thing, then your
conscience will catch up with you.
I think this reflects the saying, "A coward (懦夫) dies a thousand deaths, a hero dies one." I was a coward
and have felt terrible about that incident at least a thousand times. If I had been a "hero" and gone back up to
pay for the pizza, then I would have felt a little embarrassed about it only once, or maybe twice. | | 1. Why didn"t the boy buy ice-cream? | A. He wanted to save the money.
B. He didn"t want to eat ice-cream then.
C. He didn"t have enough money for it.
D. He was afraid that someone would find out the fact. | | 2._________ pay for the pizza with his money at first. | A. In order to keep the bill, he didn"t
B. He completely forgot to
C. His teammates told him not to
D. The cashier didn"t ask him to | | 3. The underlined word "embarrassed" in the passage means _________. | A. happy and comfortable
B. disturbed and silly
C. uneasy and uncomfortable
D. sad and angry | | 4. Why did the writer think of the saying "A coward dies a thousand deaths, a hero dies one"? | A. He used to be a coward then but is not now.
B. He had a long terrible time for his stolen pizza.
C. He would have been a hero if he had paid for the pizza.
D. He wanted to die once like a hero. | | 完形填空。 | Why did I come today? I wondered. My Christmas list contained (包括) several people. And I knew their
feelings would be hurt if I didn"t buy them anything, so buying 1 is boring.
Hurriedly, I 2 shopping and joined the long checkout lines. In front of me were a boy of about 5 and a
younger girl. She carried a beautiful pair of 3 slippers (拖鞋). When we finally reached the cash register (收
银机), the girl 4 placed the shoes on the counter. She treated them as though they were a treasure.
"That will be $6.09," the cashier said. The boy 5 his pockets. He finally came up with $3.12. "I guess we
will have to put them back," he 6 said. "We will come back some other time, maybe tomorrow." With that
words, a 7 broke from the little girl."But Jesus (耶稣) would have loved these shoes."
"Well, we"ll go home and work some more. Don"t cry. We"ll surely 8 ," he said. Quickly I handed $3.00
to the cashier. These children had waited in line for a long time. And, 9 , it was Christmas. Suddenly a pair
of arms came around me and a small voice gratefully said, "Thank you." "What did you 10 when you said
Jesus would like the shoes?" I asked. The boy answered. "Our mommy is sick and going to 11 . Daddy said
she might go before Christmas to be with Jesus." The girl spoke, "My teacher said the streets in heaven are
shiny gold, just like these shoes. Won"t mommy be beautiful walking on those streets in these shoes?"
My eyes flooded. "Yes," I answered, "I am 12 she will." Silently I thanked God for using these children to
remind (提醒) me of the true spirit of giving. | ( )1. A. gift
( )2. A. began
( )3. A. plastic
( )4. A. immediately
( )5. A. opened
( )6. A. bravely
( )7. A. smile
( )8. A. leave
( )9. A. above all
( )10. A. think
( )11. A. hospital
( )12. A. sure
| B. goods
B. finished
B. cotton
B. hurriedly
B. touched
B. uncertainly
B. cry
B. come
B. at least
B. expect
B. heaven
B. afraid
| C. clothes
C. went
C. gold
C. shyly
C. passed
C. slowly
C. talk
C. return
C. at last
C. mean
C. sky
C. glad
| D. shoes
D. did
D. silver
D. carefully
D. searched
D. doubtfully
D. shout
D. arrive
D. after all
D. express
D. church
D. confident
| | 完形填空。 | It was Christmas. I was teaching in a small town where my twenty-seven third graders excitedly
expected the great day of gift-giving in a couple of days.
Each day the children produced some new 1 -Christmas cards, handmade gifts, German bells and so on.
Through it all she remained alone, 2 from far away. I wondered what would happen to this quiet child, once
so happy, now suddenly so quiet. I hoped the festivities would please her. But nothing did. The students made
the fried marbles (small balls, made of glass or stone) and competed with one another to bring the 3 ones.
The day of gift-giving finally came. We cheered over our handiwork as the presents were 4 . All along,
she sat quietly, watching. To see her smile, I had made a special bag for her. She opened it so slowly and
carefully. I waited but she 5 . After school I sat down in a chair, hardly knew what was happening, when
she came to me with out-stretched hands, holding a small white box that looked a little old, as if it had been
6 many times by unknown, childish hands. She said nothing."For me?" I asked. She said not a word, but
7 her head. I took the box and carefully opened it. There inside, shining green, a fried marble hung from
a golden chain. Then I looked into that eight-year-old 8 and saw the question in her dark brown eyes. 9
I knew-she had made it for her mother, who had died just three weeks before and would never hold her
or brush her hair or 10 her childish joys or sorrows.
I meant 11 when I said in a low voice, "Oh, Maria, it is so beautiful. Your mother would love it." Neither
of us could stop the tears. She threw herself into my arms and we cried together. And for that moment I
became her mother, for she had given me the greatest 12 of all: her trust and love. | ( )1. A. candles
( )2. A. preparing
( )3. A. prettiest
( )4. A. mentioned
( )5. A. gave away
( )6. A. afforded
( )7. A. nodded
( )8. A. face
( )9. A. Certainly
( )10. A. appear
( )11. A. her
( )12. A. joy | B. cakes
B. playing
B. wisest
B. advised
B. threw away
B. touched
B. raised
B. hands
B. Suddenly
B. enjoy
B. myself
B. promise | C. wonders
C. searching
C. heaviest
C. exchanged
C. carried away
C. disturbed
C. lowered
C. hair
C. Generally
C. share
C. us
C. gift | D. cheese
D. watching
D. cleverest
D. achieved
D. turned away
D. realized
D. dropped
D. head
D. Hopefully
D. reply
D. it
D. wish | | 阅读理解。 | Mr. and Mrs. Smith had always spent their summer holidays in New Jersey in the past, staying in a
small inn (旅店) at the foot of a hill.
One year, however, Mr. Smith made a lot of money in his business, so they decided to go to London
and stay at a really good hotel while they went touring around that famous city.
They flew to London and arrived at their hotel late one evening. They had expected that they would
have to go to bed hungrily, because in that small inn in New Jersey, no meals were served after seven.
They were surprised when the waiter asked whether they would take dinner there that night. "Are you
still serving dinner?" asked Mr. Smith. "Yes, certainly, sir," answered the waiter. "We serve it until half
past nine."
"What are the times of meals then?" asked Mr. Smith. "Well, sir," answered the waiter. "We serve
breakfast from seven to half past eleven in the morning, lunch from twelve to three in the afternoon, tea
from four to five, and dinner from six to half past nine."
"But that hardly leaves any time for us to see the sights of London." said Mr. Smith. | | 1. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had always spent their holidays in ________. | A. New York
B. London
C. New Jersey
D. Washington | | 2. When Mr. and Mrs. Smith had a lot of money, they decided to go to ________. | A. their hometown
B. the capital of England
C. New Jersey
D. a small city in England | | 3. They went to London by ________. | A. sea
B. plane
C. train
D. bus | | 4. rom the story we know that this was the ________ time for the Smiths to go to London. | A. first
B. second
C. third
D. fourth | | 5. What does the sentence "But that hardly leaves any time for us to see the sights of London" mean? | A. We can go to see the sights of London at any time.
B. We have enough time to see the sights of London.
C. We can see more sights of London.
D. We have little time to see the sights of London. | 最新试题
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