Terry was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failure in career made him

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Terry was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man, often __   that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so __   with the city that he had to leave.
So his family moved to another city. It was the evening of a weekend. When Terry and his wife were busily _23_ up their new home, the light suddenly __   . Terry was regretful to have forgotten to bring along __    and had to wait __   in a low mood. Just then he heard light, hesitant __   on his door that were clearly audible (听到) in the __   night.
“Who’s it?” he wondered, since Terry was a __    to this city. And this was the moment he especially hated to be __   , so he went to the door and opened it __   . At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have candles? I’m your neighbor. ” “No,” answered Terry in anger and shut the door __   . “What a nuisance(麻烦事)!” He complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down than the neighbor came to __    things.”
After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside. __   this time she was __    two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She __   me here to give you these.” Terry was very __    by what he saw.
At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his __   in life. It was his __   and harshness (刻薄) with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was __    nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been blurred (蒙蔽) by his unsympathetic mind.

小题1:

A．complaining

B．telling

C．hoping

D．pretending

小题2:A. pleased B disappointed C. exhausted D. encouraged

小题3:

A．looking

B．turning

C．coming

D．tidying

小题4:

A．went on

B．went down

C．went out

D．went through

小题5:

A．candles

B．matches

C．lights

D．flashlights

小题6:

A．happily

B．patiently

C．hopefully

D．helplessly

小题7:

A．steps

B．words

C．knocks

D．screams

小题8:

A．dark

B．quiet

C．noisy

D．crowded

小题9:

A．newcomer

B．stranger

C．guest

D．settler

小题10:

A．called

B．disturbed

C．watched

D．offered

小题11:

A．surprisingly

B．delightedly

C．impatiently

D．willingly

小题12:

A．gently

B．kindly

C．politely

D．violently

小题13:

A．lend

B．sell

C．harness

D．borrow

小题14:

A．And

B．But

C．So

D．For

小题15:

A．holding

B．hiding

C．fetching

D．lifting

小题16:

A．suggested

B．commanded

C．sent

D．forced

小题17:

A．frightened

B．pleased

C．puzzled

D．surprised

小题18:

A．failure

B．success

C．complaint

D．determination

小题19:

A．warmth

B．coldness

C．kindness

D．nearly

小题20:

A．doubtfully

B．hardly

C．actually

D．sympathy (同情)

答案

小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:A
小题6:D
小题7:C
小题8:B
小题9:A
小题10:B
小题11:C
小题12:D
小题13:D
小题14:B
小题15:A
小题16:C
小题17:D
小题18:A
小题19:B
小题20:C

解析

试题分析：有时我们总是觉得这个世界上有很多坏人，把失败的原因归结于他人。事实上，我们自己更应该打开自己的心胸，只有自己敞开心扉去接纳、理解、包容的帮助，这个世界才会对我们微笑。
小题1:考查动词辨析及对语境的理解。A. complaining抱怨；B. telling告诉；C. hoping希望；D. pretending假装。Terry是一个中年的皮革商，他的事业反复失败使他很沮丧，这里是Terry的一种消极的心情的反映：他经常抱怨被人骗了。故选A。
小题2:考查形容词辨析及对语境的理解。A. pleased 高兴；B disappointed失望；C. exhausted筋疲力尽的；D. encouraged鼓励；一天他告诉他的妻子他对这个城市很失望以至于要离开它。事业失败的心情应该是失望，感到受挫。所以用disappointed选B。
小题3:考查动词辨析及对语境的理解。A. look up 向上看，查阅；B. turn up 开大音量，出现；C. come up上来；D. tidy up 收拾，整理。结合语境可知，Terry和他的妻子搬到另一个城市，在周末的傍晚，他们正忙着收拾新家。故选D。
小题4:考查动词辨析及对语境的理解。A. went on发生，持续；B. went down下去；C. went out熄灭；D. went through经历。根据do you have candles?可知，灯突然灭了。故选C。
小题5:考查名词辨析及对语境的理解。A. candles蜡烛；B. matches火柴；C. lights灯；D. flashlights手电。灯突然灭了。根据常识理解，Terry后悔自己忘了带蜡烛，故选A最佳。
小题6:考查副词辨析及对语境的理解。 A. happily高兴地；B. patiently耐心地；C. hopefully满怀希望地；D. helplessly无助地。Terry情绪很差，不知道什么时候会有电，所以应该是无助地等待，故选D。
小题7:考查名词辨析及对语境的理解。A. steps台阶，步伐；B. words话；C. knocks敲；D. screams尖叫声。就在那时，他听到听到轻轻的犹豫的敲门声。宾语是door，所以应该是knock，敲。后面有the door was knocked again.故选C。
小题8:考查形容词辨析及对语境的理解。A. dark黑暗的；B. quiet安静的；C. noisy喧闹的；D. crowded拥挤的。前面说敲门声很轻，所以只有在安静的环境下才能听到，故选B。
小题9:考查名词辨析及对语境的理解。A. newcomer新来的人；B. stranger陌生人；C. guest 客人；D. settler定居者。会是谁？他很纳闷。因为Terry是新来到这个城市的人。根据前面他们搬家收拾东西可知，Terry是新来的，故选A。
小题10:考查动词辨析及对语境的理解。A. called被叫；B. disturbed被打扰；C. watched被监视；D. offered被提供。没有电不能收拾东西，他心情不好的时候Terry尤其不喜欢被打扰，故选B。
小题11:考查副词辨析及对语境的理解。A. surprisingly吃惊地；B. delightedly高兴地；C. impatiently不耐烦地；D. willingly自愿地。根据前面的介绍可知，Terry情绪很糟糕，不喜欢被打扰，这时有人敲门，所以“他很不耐烦地去开门”才符合语境，故选C。
小题12:考查副词辨析及对语境的理解。A. gently轻轻地；B. kindly友好地；C. politely礼貌地；D. violently猛烈地。门口站着一个小女孩，说自己是邻居，问Terry有蜡烛没有？Terry很生气地回答说没有。由此可知，他是猛地把门一关，表达他的愤怒。故选D。
小题13:考查动词辨析及对语境的理解。A. lend借入；B. sell卖；C. harness治理；D. borrow借出。他抱怨说：“我们刚安顿下来邻居就来借东西了。”根据后面可知选borrow，他生气的原因是，他认为邻居是来借东西的。故选D。
小题14:考查连词辨析及对语境的理解。A. And和，而且；B. But但是；C. So因此；D. For为了。和前一次比较，所以用but表转折，意思是：但是，这一次小女孩手里拿着两根蜡烛。故选B。
小题15:考查动词辨析及对语境的理解。A. holding握住；B. hiding藏；C. fetching取回；D. lifting抬高。结合女孩说的话“我奶奶告诉我楼下的新邻居可能需要蜡烛。”可知，这一次小女孩手里拿着两根蜡烛。选A。
小题16:考查动词辨析及对语境的理解。A. suggested建议；B. commanded命令；C. sent派遣；D. forced强迫。她让我来这里给你这些. 分析四个选项在语境的意思可知是sent，故选C。
小题17:考查形容词辨析及对语境的理解。A. frightened害怕；B. pleased高兴；C. puzzled困惑；D. surprised惊讶。Terry惊讶于他所看到的这一切。听到小女孩说的话，Terry知道事实和自己想的正好相反，所以用surprised更符合语境，故选D。
小题18:考查名词辨析及对语境的理解。A. failure失败；B. success成功；C. complaint抱怨；D. determination决心。在那一刻他突然意识到是什么导致他在生活中的失败。文章最后和文章开头遥相呼应。故选A。
小题19:考查名词辨析及对语境的理解。 A. warmth温暖；B. coldness寒冷、冷淡；C. kindness善良；D. nearly几乎。失败是因为他对其他人冷淡和刻薄。从他第一次对带小女孩的态度可以看出，他对人态度冷淡，总认为别人是想从他那里得到什么。故选B。
小题20:考查副词辨析及对语境的理解。A. doubtfully怀疑地；B. hardly几乎不；C. actually事实上、实际上；D. sympathy 同情。生活中欺骗他的人实际上是他自己而不是其他人，他的眼睛被他无情的心灵蒙蔽了。文章开头提到，Terry总是认为自己被人欺骗，所以事业总是失败。而这个小女孩却让他有了不同的认识。Terry的人生观改变了。所以选actually更合适，故选C。

举一反三

Many artists late in the last century were in search of a means to express their individuality. Modern dance was one of the ways some of these people sought to free their creative spirit. The beginnings of modem dance were happening before Isadora Duncan, but she was the first person to bring the new dance to general audiences and see it accepted and acclaimed.
Her search for a natural movement form sent her to nature. She believed movement should be as natural as the swaying of the trees and the rolling waves of the sea. Her great contributions are in three areas.
First, she began the expansion of the kinds of movements that could be used in dance. Before Duncan danced, ballet was the only type of dance performed in concerts. In the ballet the feet and legs were emphasized, with virtuosity (技巧高超) shown by complicated, codified positions and movements. Duncan performed dance by using all her body in the freest possible way. Her dance stemmed from (源自) her soul and spirit. She was one of the pioneers who broke tradition so others might be able to develop the art.
Her second contribution lies in dance costumes (服装). She discarded corset, ballet shoes, and stiff costumes. These were replaced with flowing clothes, bare feet, and unlimited hair. She believed in the natural body being allowed to move freely, and her dress displayed this ideal.
Her third contribution was in the use of music. In her performances she used the symphonies (交响乐) of great masters, including Beethoven and Wagner, which was not the usual custom.
She was as exciting and eccentric in her personal life as in her dance.
小题1:. The best title for the passage would be“_________”.

A．Dance in the Twentieth Century

B．Artists of the Last Century

C．Natural Movement in Dance

D．A Pioneer in Modern Dance

小题2: According to the passage, nature meant_________ to Duncan.

A．something to conquer	B．a model for movement
C．a place to find peace	D．a symbol of disorder

小题3: The paragraph following the passage most probably discusses_________.

A．Duncan’s further contribution to modern dance

B．The music customarily used in ballet

C．other aspects of Duncan’s life

D．audience acceptance of the new form of dance

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I began working in journalism (新闻业) when I was eight. It was my mother’s idea. She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition (竞争).
With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself easily seen, making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. When it was supper time, I walked back home.
“How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked.
“None.”
“Where did you go?”
“The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.”
“What did you do?”
“Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.”
“You just stood there?”
“Didn’t sell a single one.”
“My God, Russell!”
Uncle Allen put in, “Well, I’ve decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickel(五分镍币). It was the first nickel I earned.
Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence, and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.
One day, I told my mother I’d changed my mind. I didn’t want to make a success in the magazine business.
“If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replied, “you’ll become a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that, as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines. Whenever I said no, she would scold me.
My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied with my father’s plain workman’s life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful reporter as me would go back to her husband’s people for true life and love.
小题1:Why did the boy start his job young?

A．He wanted to be famous in the future.

B．The job was quite easy for him.

C．His mother had high hopes for him.

D．The competition for the job was serious.

小题2:From the dialogue between the boy and his mother, we learn that the mother was _______.

A．excited	B．interested
C．ashamed	D．disappointed

小题3:The phrase “this battle” in the last paragraph refers to .

A．the war between the boy’s parents

B．the arguing between the boy and his mother

C．the arguing between the boy and his customers(顾客)

D．the fight between the boy and his father

小题4:What is the text mainly about ?

A．The early life of a reporter.

B．The early success of a reporter.

C．The happy childhood of the writer.

D．The important role of the writer in his family.

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