阅读短文并根据其内容回答问题。 An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about he

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阅读短文并根据其内容回答问题。       An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was
very sick and they had no money. Only an operation (手术) could save him now and there was no one to
lend them the money.
       One day she heard her Daddy say to her tearful mother, "Only a miracle (奇迹) can save him now."
The little girl went to her bedroom and pulled her piggy bank (存钱罐) from its hiding place. She poured
all the coins out on the floor and counted them carefully.
       Holding her piggy bank, she ran to the nearby drugs store. she placed her coins on the glass counter.
       "I want to buy a miracle for my little brother. He is really sick." said the little girl to the shop assistant.
       "I beg your pardon?" the shop assistant could hardly believe what he heard.
       "His name is Andrew and he has something bad growing inside his head and my Daddy says only a
miracle can save him."
       "We don"t sell miracle here, child. I"m sorry," the shop assistant said.
       "Listen, I have the money to pay for it. If it isn"t enough, I can try and get some more. Just tell me how
much it costs."
       In the shop was a well-dressed customer (顾客). His name was Carlton Armstrong. He asked the little
girl, "What kind of miracle does your brother need?"
       "I don"t know," she replied. "He is really sick and Mommy says he needs an operation. But my Daddy
can"t pay for it."
        "How much do you have?" asked the man. "One dollar and eleven cents," she answered. "Well," smiled
the man. "A dollar and eleven cents? That is the exact price of a miracle for your little brother. I have the kind
of miracle you need."
        He took her money in one hand and held her hand with the other. He said, "Take me to where you live.
I want to see your brother and meet your parents."
        Carlton Armstrong saved Andrew"s life by giving him a successful operation.
        "That operation," her mother said in a low voice, "was a real miracle. I wonder how much it would have
cost." The little girl smiled. She knew exactly how much the miracle cost-one dollar and eleven cents.
1. Could the girl"s family pay for the boy"s operation?
     ________________________________________________________.
2. Where did Carlton Armstrong work?
     ________________________________________________________.
3. What did the little girl think of miracle at first?
     ________________________________________________________.
4. How did Carlton Armstrong do the miracle?
     ________________________________________________________.
5. Why did Carlton Armstrong receive the girl"s one dollar and eleven cents?
     ________________________________________________________.

答案

1. No, it couldn"t.
2. He worked in a hospital.
3. A kind of medicine.
4. By giving the boy a successful operation.
5. Because he wanted to help the girl and let her think she could help (save) her brother / she could
be helpful / she was helpful.
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阅读下面材料，根据材料内容从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。       The first person who"d sent emails was an American friend who was in a big company. Some years ago,
when this method of communication first came into business life, his company in New York and its satellites
across the earth were among the first to get it.
        One evening in New York, the American friend was late for a drink we"d arranged (安排). "Sorry," he
said, "I"ve been away and had to deal with 998 emails." "Wow," I said, "I"m really surprised you made it before
midnight." "It doesn"t really take that long," he explained, "if you simply delete (删除) them all."
        The friend had developed his own way on dealing with emails before most of us heard of emails. If any
information he got was very important, his no reply would make the sender ring him up. If the sender wasn"t
important enough to have his phone number, the communication couldn"t be important enough.
        Almost every week now, we have to spend lots of time in dealing with emails. But if this happens, it"s only
because we haven"t developed the same thing in dealing with emails as we do with post. Have you ever regarded
an important letter as a piece of advertisement and thrown it out? Of course you haven"t. Junk (垃圾) email
looks unnecessary to read. But I cannot understand why so many people would like to open emails which come
from this kind of address such as SPECIALOFFER@junk.com.
         Dealing with emails is an art. Firstly, you delete anything from any address you don"t know. Secondly, not
all the emails have to be answered. Thirdly, a reply email doesn"t have to be the same length as the original (原始
的). 1. Why was the friend late for the drink that evening?[     ]
A. Because he had a lot of work to do.
B. Because he had to deal with quite a lot of emails.
C. Because he had to finish his work before midnight.
D. Because he had to delete quite a lot of emails. 2. What is the American friend"s opinion on e-mails?[     ]

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完形填空。       Last summer, I was a volunteer (志愿者) at a shelter for the homeless, a place for homeless people
to sleep at night. I wasn"t working that summer and was taking only two classes in summer school, so I
had some     1     time. Three nights a week, I helped in the kitchen of the shelter along with four other
volunteers. We     2    for 45 people hot meals    3    vegetables, chicken, fish and fruit. The homeless
people needed this good food because many of them usually didn"t eat well.
       I     4    this volunteer work, making    5    with four volunteers in the kitchen. One was a very nice
elderly housewife, one a movie actor, another a young teacher and the other a college student, like me.
       I talked with a lot of the homeless people at the shelter. Their life stories filled me with sympathy
(同情). Some of them had     6    with alcohol (烈酒) or drugs (毒品) while others only had     7    luck.
One woman worked for almost 30 years for a small company, and then she lost (失去) her job, she looked
for a    8    job, but couldn"t find one, for she was too     9   . She could do nothing but sell her furniture-sofas,
chairs, and tables   10    she could pay for her food. The woman    11   on looking for a job, but she still
couldn"t find one. She had no money for her flat and had to sleep in her car. Then she had to sell her car.
Alone,    12    and homeless she finally came to the shelter.

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完形填空。       John Brown, an office worker, lives in Washington. He inherited (继承) $ 1,000,000 when he was 23. He
didn"t feel     1   at all. His college friends were looking for their first jobs, but he didn"t have to. John decided
to    2    living a simple life like everyone else. He didn"t tell any of his friends and gave his $100,000 of his
money to a     3   that helped poor children to live better lives. Today he is 36, he    4    wears cheap shoes and
owns a small car only, but he is much happier.
        Once, John went to meet a little girl in Africa. He said the meeting was very     5   . "When I met her, I
felt very, very happy, "he said. "I saw that the money    6   for a very good plan. It brought me    7   to the
child in a way that giving money    8   cannot. ""I want to do everything I can," he added.

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通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的四个选项中选择能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。       Most teachers agree that the first lesson of a teacher is often unforgettable. I remember getting into the
class with the     1    of a beginner teacher: nervous, careful, excited... The school I     2    my first lesson in
was well-known to hold the most troublesome (顽皮的) students in the city. With this in    3    , I was more
nervous than I should be. But I tried my best not to     4    it out and went into the class. The first thing I did
was taking a look at the whole class. My eyes     5    on a big black student. He was sitting in the back     6
of the class with no one in front of him. His body was much    7    than mine. I thought it would be better to
leave that boy untouchable. As soon as I started my lesson writing on the blackboard, I heard some noise from
the back. I     8   the students to find out who did it, but the class looked very    9     . I went on writing and
the noise went on. Then I stopped my lesson to solve this problem because I believed that if I lost control
(控制) of the class from the    10     I wouldn"t be able to get it back. I thought the big boy made the noise.
To my   11    , a small boy was the source (根源) of trouble. Days went     12     and I discovered that the big
boy was good and quiet and the great source of trouble came from a group of small-sized students who became
under control after some weeks. From then on, I realized that judging (判断) by appearance can often be wrong,
not only with students!

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阅读下面短文。根据短文内容从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。        Mr. Brown lived in a house less than two miles from his office, so he was able to drive home every day for
lunch. Every time he drove home at noon, he found many cars were parked outside his house and there was no
room for his own car. He had to drive somewhere else to park his car. Then he had to walk back home. This
made him very angry.
        He had put up a board, which said, "No parking in the garden facing the road,"but nobody noticed it. People seemed to obey (遵守) only a police notice with white letters on a blue board:

Mrs. Brown suggested (建议)that he should steal a police notice. He was afraid to do so. She then
suggested that he should make one just like a police notice. He said he was not the police and couldn"t use the
word "police". Several days later, Mr. Brown made a blue board with white letters:

       "Oh,"Mrs. Brown said, "You told me you weren"t going to use the word "police", but why do you use it
now?" "Really?"he asked, looked at it again.
        She started to laugh, "You are really clever." 1. Mr. Brown"s office was ___________ his house.[     ]
A. next to
B. not so far from
C. 2 hours" drive from
D. 5 miles from 2. Mr. Brown made _____________ notice board (s) altogether.[     ]

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