Like many new graduates, I left university full of hope for the future but with

Like many new graduates, I left university full of hope for the future but with

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Like many new graduates, I left university full of hope for the future but with no real idea of what I wanted to do. My degree, with honors, in English literature had not really prepared me for anything practical. I knew I wanted to make a difference in the world somehow, but I had no idea how to do that. That’s when I learned about the Lighthouse Project.
I started my journey as a Lighthouse Project volunteer by reading as much as I could about the experiences of previous volunteers. I knew it would be a lot of hard work, and that I would be away from my family and friends for a very long time. In short, I did not take my decision to apply for the Lighthouse Project lightly. Neither did my family.
Eventually, however, I won the support of my family, and I sent in all the paperwork needed for the application. After countless interviews and presentations, I managed to stand out among the candidates and survive the test alone. Several months later, I finally received a call asking me to report for the duty. I would be going to a small village near Abuja, Nigeria. Where? What? Nigeria? I had no idea. But I was about to find out.
After completing my training, I was sent to the village that was small and desperately in need of proper accommodation. Though the local villagers were poor, they offered their homes, hearts, and food as if I were their own family. I was asked to lead a small team of local people in building a new schoolhouse. For the next year or so, I taught in that same schoolhouse. But I sometimes think I learned more from my students than they did from me.
Sometime during that period, I realized that all those things that had seemed so strange or unusual to me no longer did, though I did not get anywhere with the local language, and returned to the United States a different man. The Lighthouse Project had changed my life forever.
小题1:What do we know about the author?
A.His university education focused on the theoretical knowledge.
B.His dream at university was to become a volunteer.
C.He took pride in having contributed to the world.
D.He felt honored to study English literature.
小题2:According to the Paragraph 2, it is most likely that the author               
A.discussed his decision with his family.
B.asked previous volunteers about voluntary work
C.attended special training to perform difficult tasks
D.felt sad about having to leave his family and friends
小题3:In his application for the volunteer job, the author         
A.participated in many discussions
B.went through challenging survival tests
C.wrote quite a few paper on voluntary work
D.faced strong competition from other candidates
小题4:On arrival at the village, the author was        
A.asked to lead a farming team
B.sent to teach in a schoolhouse
C.received warmly by local villagers
D.arranged to live in a separate house.
小题5:What can we infer from the author’s experiences in Nigeria?
A.He found some difficulty adapting to the local culture
B.He had learned to communicate in the local language.
C.He had overcome all his weaknesses before he left for home.
D.He was chosen as the most respectable teacher by his students.

答案

小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:A
解析

试题分析:本文是一篇记叙文。叙述了作者在尼日利亚当志愿者的故事。作者大学毕业后,报名参加了灯塔项目活动,经过激烈的竞争,他被选中了。然后,他被拍到尼日利亚的一个村庄。他一到达那儿就开始带领当地人建校舍,然后第二年在那所学校教书。他在尼日利亚学到很多东西,他所以说灯塔项目永远改变了他的生活。
小题1:A.考查细节理解。关于作者我们知道什么?根据 My degree, with honors, in English literature had not really prepared me for anything practical. 可知我所学的英语文学专业没有让我为实际生活做好准备,故推断在大学里他主要学习的是理论知识。故选A。
小题2:D.考查细节理解。根据第二段,作者很有可能怎么样?根据I knew it would be a lot of hard work, and that I would be away from my family and friends for a very long time. 可知作者认为离开家人和朋友很长时间是很困难的,故推断是令他难过的事情。故选D。
小题3:D.考查推理判断。在申请志愿者工作中,作者做了些什么?根据After countless interviews and presentations, I managed to stand out among the candidates and survive the test alone. 可知作者在申请成为志愿者的过程中,成功地许多应聘者中脱颖而出,故推断竞争对手多,他面对来自对手的强大竞争。故选D。
小题4:C.考查细节理解。作者一到达那个村庄,就做什么事?根据Though the local villagers were poor, they offered their homes, hearts, and food as if I were their own family. 可知作者到达那个村庄后,村民们把他当做家庭成员提供给他很多东西,故推断他受到了热烈的欢迎。故选C。选项A,被要求领导一个耕作组。根据I was asked to lead a small team of local people in building a new schoolhouse.可知他被要求领着当地人见校舍,故与原文不符。选项B,他被派到学校教书。根据For the next year or so, I taught in that same schoolhouse.可知第二年,他在那所学校教书,不是一到达那儿,故排除B项。选项D,他被安排住在一个单独的房子里。根据they offered their homes, hearts, and food as if I were their own family.可知他住在村民家,故排除D项。
小题5:A.考查推理判断。我们能从作者在尼日利亚的经历中推断出什么?根据though I did not get anywhere with the local language, 可知作者在尼日利亚期间,由于语言的障碍没去任何地方。故推断他很难适应当地的文化。故选A。
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Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were the first people to climb the West Face of the Siula Grande in the Andes mountains. They reached the top _______, but on their way back conditions were very _______. Joe fell and broke his leg. They both knew that if Simon _______ alone, he would probably get back _______. But Simon decided to risk his _______ and try to lower Joe down the mountain on a rope(绳).
As they _______ down, the weather got worse. Then another _______ occurred. They couldn’t see or hear each other and, _______, Simon lowered his friend over the edge of a precipice(峭壁). It was _______ for Joe to climb back or for Simon to pull him up. Joe’s _______ was pulling Simon slowly towards the precipice. _______, after more than an hour in the dark and the icy cold, Simon had to _______. In tears, he cut the rope. Joe _______ into a large crevasse(裂缝)in the ice below. He had no food or water and he was in terrible pain. He couldn’t walk, but he _______ to get out of the crevasse and started to _______ towards their camp, nearly ten kilometers _______.
Simon had _______ the camp at the foot of the mountain. He thought that Joe must be _______, but he didn’t want to leave _______. Three days later, in the middle of the night, he heard Joe’s voice. He couldn’t _______ it. Joe was there, a few meters from their tent, still alive.
小题1:
A.hurriedlyB.carefullyC.successfullyD.early
小题2:
A.difficultB.similarC.specialD.normal
小题3:
A.climbedB.workedC.restedD.continued
小题4:
A.unwillinglyB.safely C.slowly D.regretfully
小题5:
A.fortuneB.time C.health D.life
小题6:
A.layB.settledC.went D.looked
小题7:
A.damageB.storm C.changeD.trouble
小题8:
A.by mistakeB.by chanceC.D.
小题9:
A.unnecessaryB.practical C.importantD.impossible
小题10:
A.heightB.weightC.strengthD.equipment
小题11:
A.FinallyB.PatientlyC.Surely D.Quickly
小题12:
A.stand backB.take a restC.make a decisionD.hold on
小题13:
A.jumpedB.fell C.escaped D.backed
小题14:
A.managedB.planned C.waited D.hoped
小题15:
A.runB.skate C.moveD.march
小题16:
A.around B.away C.aboveD.along
小题17:
A.headed forB.traveled to C.left for D.returned to
小题18:
A.deadB.hurtC.weakD.late
小题19:
A.secretly B.tiredly C. immediately D.anxiously
小题20:
A.findB.believe C.makeD.accept

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Arriving in Sydney on his own from India, my husband ,Rashid, stayed in a hotel for a short time while looking for a house for me and our children.
During the first week of his stay, he went out one day to do some shopping. He came back in the late afternoon to discover that his suitcase was gone. He was extremely worried as the suitcase had all his important papers, including his passport.
He reported the case to the police and then sat there,lost and lonely in strange city, thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organized again from a distant country while trying to settle down in a new one.
Late in the evening, the phone rang. It was a stranger. He was trying to pronounce my husband’s name and was asking him a lot of questions. Then he said they had found a pile of papers in their trash can(垃圾桶)that had been left out on the footpath.
My husband rushed to their home to find a kind family holding all his papers and documents. Their young daughter had gone to the trash can and found a pile of unfamiliar papers. Her parents had carefully sorted them out, although they had found mainly foreign addresses on most of the documents. At last they had seen a half-written letter in the pile in which my husband had given his new telephone number to a friend.
That family not only restored the important documents to us that day but also restoredour faith and trust in people.We still remember their kindness and often send a warm wish their way.
小题1:What did Rashid plan to do after his arrival in Sydney?
A.Go shopping
B.Find a house
C.Join his family
D.Take his family
小题2:The girl’s parents got Rashid’s phone number from_______.
A.a friend of his family
B.a Sydney policeman
C.a letter in his papes
D.a stranger in Sydney
小题3:What does the underlined word“restored”in the last paragraph mean?
A.Showed
B.Sent out
C.Delivered
D.Gave back
小题4:Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A.From India to Australia.
B.Living in a a New Country.
C.Turning Trash to Treasure.
D.In Search of New Friends.

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Which boy hasn’t dreamed of being a cool secret agent (特工)? The wonderful fighting abilities and the world-saving adventures are much more colourful than most people’s everyday lives. Well, Cody Banks is just like any other boy,except that he is not just dreaming. He has a big secret his friends never know about. He was trained to be a spy (间谍)by a special CIA programme,which was made to look like a summer camp. He learned high-speed driving,hand-to-hand fighting and the use of high-tech tools.
After proving he could become a young hero by saving a baby from a runaway car,Banks gets his first real task. He must make friends with a popular girl at school,Natalie Connors. Then,he must spy on her father,a scientist who has developed a dangerous technology (技术).Banks must stop a group of bad people from forcing Natalie’s father into using the technology to endanger the world.
The CIA may have taught him first-class self-defence moves,but they didn’t show him how to talk to girls. Banks has zero ability when it comes to dealing with girls. How can he get around his problem and get an invitation to the girl’s upcoming birthday party? Will he finally become Natalie’s boyfriend and find out whatever he can about her father’s work?
Agent Cody Banks has everything that young people are interested in: big explosions, breath-taking performances and funny girl-dating experiences. It was listed No.2 in the American box office last week.
“This story is interesting and fun for the whole family to enjoy,and especially cool for young boys,” said Paul Perkins, a film reviewer in theUS.
小题1:What is Banks’ first real task?
A.To test a high-tech tool.B.To save a baby from a car.
C.To study a new technology. D.To watch a scientist secretly.
小题2:Banks wanted to go to Natalie’s birthday party to______ .
A.meet her fatherB.know more people
C.make friends with herD.steal some information
小题3:What is considered as a great danger in the text?
A.The technology developed by Natalie’s father.
B. An explosion set off by some bad people.
C.The CIA’s training of boys for its tasks.
D.Secret agents’ spying on scientists.
小题4:What is the purpose of the text?
A. Making known the work of the CIA.    B.Telling the story about a cool boy.
C. Showing the dark side of science.      D.Introducing a new film.
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In the mid-1950s, I was a somewhat bored early-adolescent male student who believed that doing any more than necessary was wasted effort. One day, this approach threw me into embarrassment
In Mrs. Totten’s eighth-grade math class at Central Avenue School in Anderson, Indiana, we were learning to add and subtract decimals (小数).
Our teacher typically assigned daily homework, which would be recited in class the following day. On most days, our grades were based on our oral answer to homework questions.
Mrs. Totten usually walked up and down the rows of desks requesting answers from student after student in the order the questions had appeared on our homework sheets. She would start either at the front or the back of the classroom and work toward the other end.
Since I was seated near the middle of about 35 students, it was easy to figure out which questions I might have to answer. This particular time, I had completed my usual two or three problems according to my calculations.
What I failed to expect was that several students were absent, which threw off my estimate. As Mrs. Totten made her way from the beginning of the class,I desperately tried to determine which math problem I would get. I tried to work it out before she got to me, but I had brain freeze and couldn’t function.
When Mrs. Totten reached my desk,she asked what answer I’d got for problem No. 14. “I…I didn’t get anything,”  I answered,and my face felt warm.
“Correct,” she said.
It turned out that the correct answer was zero.
What did I learn that day? First, always do all your homework. Second, in real life it isn’t always what you say but how you say it that matters. Third,I would never make it as a mathematician.
If I could choose one school day that taught me the most, it would be that one.
小题1:What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 indicate?
A. It is wise to value one’s time.
B. It is important to make an effort
C. It is right to stick to one’s belief.
D. It is enough to do the necessary.
小题2:Usually, Mrs. Totten asked her students to _______.
A. recite their homework together
B. grade their homework themselves
C. answer their homework questions orally
D. check the answers to their homework questions
小题3:The author could work out which questions to answer since the teacher always _______.
A. asked questions in a regular way
B. walked up and down when asking questions
C. chose two or three questions for the students
D. requested her students to finish their usual questions
小题4:The author failed to get the questions he had expected because _______.
A. the class didn’t begin as usual
B. several students didn’t come to school
C. he didn’t try hard to make his estimate
D. Mrs. Totten didn’t start from the back of the class
小题5:Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A. An Unforgettable Teacher
B. A Future Mathematician
C. An Effective Approach
D. A Valuable Lesson

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Dale Carnegie rose from the unknown of a Missouri farm to international fame because he found a way to fill a universal human need.
It was a need that he first         back in 1906 when young Dale was a junior at State Teachers College in Warrensburg. To get an       , he was struggling against many difficulties. His family was poor. His Dad couldn’t afford the       at college, so Dale had to ride horseback 12 miles to attend classes. Study had to be done      his farm-work routines. He withdrew from many school activities       he didn’t have the time or the      . He had only one good suit. He tried       the football team, but the coach turned him down for being too       . During this period Dale was slowly       an inferiority complex (自卑感), which his mother knew could        him from achieving his real potential. She       that Dale join the debating team, believing that      in speaking could give him the confidence and recognition that he needed.
Dale took his mother’s advice, tried desperately and after several attempts       made it. This proved to be a       point in his life. Speaking before groups did help him gain the       he needed. By the time Dale was a senior, he had won every top honor in       . Now other students were coming to him for coaching and they,       , were winning contests.
Out of this early struggle to       his feelings of inferiority, Dale came to understand that the ability to      an idea to an audience builds a person’s confidence. And,       it, Dale knew he could do anything he wanted to do—and so could others.
小题1:
A.admitted B.filled C.supplied D.recognized
小题2:
A.assignmentB.education C.advantage D.instruction
小题3:
A.training B.board C.teaching D.equipment
小题4:
A.between B.during C.over D.through
小题5:
A.while B.when C.because D.though
小题6:
A.permits B.interestC.talent D.clothes
小题7:
A.on B.for C.in D.with
小题8:
A.light B.flexibleC.optimistic D.outgoing
小题9:
A.gaining B.achieving C.developing D.obtaining
小题10:
A.prevent B.protect C.save D.free
小题11:
A.suggestedB.demandedC.required D.insisted
小题12:
A.presence B.practice C.patience D.potential
小题13:
A.hopefullyB.certainly C.finally D.naturally
小题14:
A.key B.breaking C.basic D.turning
小题15:
A.progress B.experience C.competence D.confidence
小题16:
A.horse-ridingB.football C.speechD.farming
小题17:
A.in returnB.in brief C.in turn D.in fact
小题18:
A.convey B.overcomeC.understand D.build
小题19:
A.express B.stress C.contribute D.repeat
小题20:
A.besides B.beyond C.like D.with

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