Tim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New
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Tim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New York—he in computers, she in special education.“Teaching means everything to us，” Tim would say. In April 1998, he learned he would need a heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about life"s purpose.
Not long after the surgery, Tim saw a brochure describing Imagination Library, a program started by Dolly Parton"s foundation (基金会) that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singer"s home town of Sevier, Tennessee. “I thought, maybe Linda and I could do something like this when we retire，”Tim recalls. He placed the brochure on his desk，“as a reminder.”
Five years later, now retired and with that brochure still on the desk, Tim clicked on imagination library .com. The program had been opened up to partners who could take advantage of book and postage discounts.
The quality of the books was of great concern to the Richters. Rather than sign up online, they went to Dollywood for a looksee. “We didn"t want to give the children rubbish，” says Linda. The books reviewed each year by teachers, literacy specialists and Dollywood board members included classics such as Ezra Jack Keats"s The Snowy Day and newer books like Anna Dewdney"s Llama Llama series.
Satisfied, the couple set up the Richter Family Foundation and got to work. Since 2004, they have shipped more than 12,200 books to preschoolers in their area. Megan Williams, a mother of four, is more than appreciative: “This program introduces us to books I"ve never heard of .”
The Richters spend about $400 a month sending books to 200 children. “Some people sit there and wait to die，” says Tim. “Others get as busy as they can in the time they have left.”
小题1:What let Tim think seriously about the meaning of life?| A．His health problem. | B．His love for teaching. | | C．The influence of his wife. | D．The news from the Web. |
小题2:What did Tim want to do after learning about Imagination Library?| A．Give out brochures. | B．Do something similar. | | C．Write books for children. | D．Retire from being a teacher. |
小题3:According to the text，Dolly Parton is________.| A．a wellknown surgeon | B．a mother of a fouryearold | | C．a singer born in Tennessee | D．a computer programmer |
小题4:Why did the Richters go to Dollywood?| A．To avoid signing up online. | | B．To meet Dollywood board members. | | C．To make sure the books were the newest. | | D．To see if the books were of good quality. |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:D |
解析
小题1:答案 A [细节理解题。由第一段最后两句话In April 1998, he learned he would need a heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about life"s purpose.可知是Tim 得病导致他思考生命的意义。]
小题2:答案 B [细节理解题。从第二段Tim说的话中“I could do something like this when we retire”，知道他打算在退休后做类似的事。选B。]
小题3:答案 C [细节理解题。从第二段的第一句话．..a program started by Dolly Parton"s foundation (基金会) that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singer"s hometown of Sevier, Tennessee.得出Dollly Parton 是singer。]
小题4:答案 D [细节理解题。从第四段The quality of the books was of great concern to the Richters.以及“We didn"t want to give the children rubbish”可知D正确。] |
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The young woman entered the pool where an injured dolphin(海豚) was swimming.Despite her fear, she felt strong wearing her new leg.
In her second grade.Maja ____ her cousin，Jasmina.After Jasmina"s death，Maja swore she would honor the little girl by ___ with a dolphin, an animal that both girls ____. “ Jasmina never got the chance to do it.” says Maja, now 32, “so I ____ that someday I"d do it for her.”
In high school, Maja was ____ about sports.She even planned to become an athlete.____， in 1993, during the civil war in her home country, a bomb ____ her left leg.
After two years" ____ in the U．S., Maja received her first artificial (人造的)leg, but ____ it didn"t fit well, walking for Maja was very painful. ____， she managed to graduate from a local high school.Then after receiving a ____ from Saint Francis University, she got a job at an insurance firm and ____ started her own company.
To relax, Maja ____ often watch the dolphins play at an aquarium(水族馆)near her home.A young dolphin, Winter, who had lost its tail, caught her ____. One day, Maja happened to see trainers ____ Winter with a hightech tail.When they were done, Winter swam freely in the water.Maja was ____.She managed to find the inventors of Winter"s tail.Within ten days, she had a new leg which freed her of the ____ that had troubled her for almost 16 years.
Now Maja was ready to keep her ____.She went to the aquarium, lowered herself into the pool and held out a hand to Winter, who approached ____， then swam away.After a few minutes, the dolphin let Maja ____ its back. Finally, the two began to swim around the pool together.
| 小题1: | | A．lost | B．visited | C．rescued | D．left |
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| 小题2: | | A．talking | B．living | C．swimming | D．surfing |
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| 小题3: | | A．adored | B．adopted | C．possessed | D．purchased |
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| 小题4: | | A．pretended | B．decided | C．preferred | D．agreed |
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| 小题5: | | A．positive | B．enthusiastic | C．particular | D．curious |
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| 小题6: | | A．Undoubtedly | B．Surprisingly | C．Strangely | D．Unfortunately |
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| 小题7: | | A．took away | B．took over | C．cut down | D．cut out |
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| 小题8: | | A．study | B．operation | C．treatment | D．experiment |
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| 小题9: | | A．until | B．because | C．although | D．if |
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| 小题10: | | A．Otherwise | B．Therefore | C．Besides | D．However |
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| 小题11: | | A．scholarship | B．degree | C．prize | D．notice |
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| 小题12: | | A．gradually | B．actually | C．eventually | D．naturally |
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| 小题13: | | A．might | B．should | C．could | D．would |
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| 小题15: | | A．decorating | B．guiding | C．marking | D．fitting |
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| 小题16: | | A．inspired | B．puzzled | C．shocked | D．amused |
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| 小题17: | | A．worry | B．sadness | C．pain | D．fear |
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| 小题18: | | A．appointment | B．promise | C．record | D．habit |
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| 小题19: | | A．blindly | B．angrily | C．gratefully | D．cautiously |
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| 小题20: | | A．strike | B．cover | C．touch | D．wipe |
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When Dave was eighteen, he bought a secondhand car for 200 so that he could travel to and from work more__ than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but then it got so old, and it was costing him____much in repairs that he decided that he had better ____it.
He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly____to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so___of them had any desire to buy it. Dave"s friend Sam saw that he was ____ when they met one evening, and said, “What"s____， Dave？”
Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising it in the paper? You may ___more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement！” Thinking that Sam"s____was sensible(合理的)，he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read “For sale: small car，____ very little petrol, only two owners. Bargain at 50.”
For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no ____.But then on Saturday evening he had an enquiry(询问)．A man rang up and said he would like to___ him about the car. “All right，” Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten o"clock the next morning would be____or not. “Fine，” the man said, “and I"ll____ my wife. We intend to go for a ride in it to ____ it.”
The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, ____ to wait there for the people who had____ his advertisement. Even Dave had to ____that the car really looked like a wreck(残骸)．Then, soon after he had got the car as clean____ it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Dave"s car and then said, “Have you reported this ____ to us yet, sir？”
| 小题1: | | A．directly | B．safely | C．properly | D．easily |
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| 小题3: | | A．keep | B．repair | C．sell | D．throw |
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| 小题4: | | A．anxious | B．lucky | C．ashamed | D．generous |
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| 小题5: | | A．some | B．neither | C．none | D．most |
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| 小题6: | | A．delighted | B．upset | C．calm | D．astonished |
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| 小题9: | | A．message | B．advice | C．request | D．description |
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| 小题10: | | A．uses | B．loses | C．has | D．spends |
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| 小题11: | | A．doubt | B．help | C．trouble | D．answer |
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| 小题13: | | A．exact | B．suitable | C．early | D．late |
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| 小题14: | | A．follow | B．meet | C．bring | D．introduce |
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| 小题15: | | A．recognize | B．gain | C．admire | D．test |
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| 小题16: | | A．happening | B．meaning | C．turning | D．failing |
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| 小题17: | | A．read | B．inserted | C．answered | D．placed |
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| 小题18: | | A．forget | B．show | C．disagree | D．admit |
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| 小题20: | | A．bargain | B．sale | C．accident | D．result |
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I truly feel that my mother led me here, to Morzaine, and to my future as happy wife and business woman. When Mum ____ in October 2007, I was a cook. In December that year while I was working for a wedding, a pearl necklace Mum had left me ____. I was distraught(忧心如焚的). Some days later, I was ____ that a guy who was working with us that day “could probably have made a fortune ___ the necklace he found.” ____， he returned it. Hearing how I"d ____Mum for six months before her death, he said，” Christmas is going to be ___ —why not go out to the Alps for a couple of weeks？”
I come to Morzaine，a small，friendly village in the Alps and ____ fell in love with it. What was ____ to be a stopgap (权宜之计) trip turned into a new life. I kept travelling between London and here and felt ____ than I had in months.In December 2008, I was ____ as a hotel manager and moved here full time.
A month later, I met Paul, who was traveling here. We fell in love. In the beginning, I didn"t want to discuss ____， because the sadness of losing Mum ____ felt great. Paul understood that and never __49__ me but, by summer, we got married. A year later, we used his saving, and the money from the sale of Mom"s house, to build our own ____.
We want to give our guests a ____ feeling, so each room is themed(以……为主题) around memories from our lives. There are also style to remind me of Mom —a tiny chair which ___ be in her bedroom is set in one room.
We are having a wonderful life Mum ____ naturally part of it, ____ there"s no way we would be here if it wasn"t for the ____ she gave me. I know she"s here in spirit, keeping an eye on us.
| 小题1: | | A．died | B．came | C．returned | D．visited |
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| 小题2: | | A．burned | B．disappeared | C．broke | D．dropped |
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| 小题3: | | A．shown | B．comforted | C．persuaded | D．told |
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| 小题4: | | A．hiding | B．stealing | C．selling | D．wearing |
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| 小题5: | | A．Luckily | B．Naturally | C．Surely | D．Hopefully |
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| 小题6: | | A．nursed | B．cured | C．missed | D．guarded |
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| 小题7: | | A．long | B．hard | C．merry | D．free |
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| 小题8: | | A．suddenly | B．finally | | C．nearly | D．immediately |
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| 小题9: | | A．said | B．proved | C．supposed | D．judged |
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| 小题10: | | A．smarter | B．higher | C．firmer | D．lighter |
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| 小题11: | | A．honoured | B．hired | C．regarded | D．trained |
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| 小题12: | | A．travel | B．business | C．children | D．marriage |
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| 小题13: | | A．recently | B．once | C．still | D．firstly |
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| 小题14: | | A．left | B．pushed | C．surprised | D．interrupted |
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| 小题15: | | A．hotel | B．restaurant | C．home | D．shop |
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| 小题16: | | A．homely | B．lively | C．motherly | D．friendly |
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| 小题17: | | A．ought to | B．used to | C．might | D．could |
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| 小题18: | | A．takes | B．keeps | C．looks | D．feels |
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| 小题19: | | A．unless | B．while | C．because | D．though |
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| 小题20: | | A．money | B．chair | C．house | D．necklace |
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Diana Jacobs thought her family had a workable plan to pay for college for her 21yearold twin sons: a combination of savings, income, scholarships, and a modest amount of borrowing. Then her husband lost his job, and the plan fell apart.
“I have two kids in college, and I want to say ‘come home"，but at the same time I want to provide them with a good education，” says Jacobs.
The Jacobs family did work out a solution: They asked and received more aid from the schools, and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (贷款) program. They will each graduate with $20,000 of debt, but at least they will be able to finish school.
With unemployment rising, financial aid administrators expect to hear more families like the Jacobs. More students are applying for aid, and more families expect to need student loans. College administrators are concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go around.
At the same time, tuition(学费)continues to rise. A report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education found that college tuition and fees increased 439% from 1982 to 2007, while average family income rose just 147%. Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade.
“If we go on this way for another 25 years, we won"t have an affordable system of higher education，” says Patrick M. Callan, president of the center. “The middle class families have been financing it through debt. They will send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge amount of debt.”
Financial aid administrators have been having a hard time as many companies decide that student loans are not profitable enough and have stopped making them. The good news, however, is that federal loans account for about three quarters of student borrowing, and the government says that money will flow uninterrupted.
小题1:According to Paragraph 1，why did the plan of Jacobs family fail?| A．The twins wasted too much money. | | B．The father was out of work. | | C．Their saving ran out | | D．The family fell apart. |
小题2:How did the Jacobses manage to solve their problem?| A．They asked their kids to come home. | | B．They borrowed $20,000 from the school. | | C．They encouraged their twin sons to do parttime jobs. | | D．They got help from the school and the federal government. |
小题3:Financial aid administrators believe that ________.| A．more families will face the same problem as the Jacobses | | B．the government will receive more letters of complaint | | C．college tuition fees will double soon | | D．America"s unemployment will fall |
小题4:．What can we learn about the middle class families from the text? | A．They blamed the government for the tuition increase. | | B．Their income remained steady in the last decade. | | C．They will try their best to send kids to college. | | D．Their debts will be paid off within 25 years |
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A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work. He may have the belief that he is not capable (有能力的) of it. A child may think he is ___ because he doesn"t understand how to make the ____ of his mental faculties (才能). Older people may be mistaken that they are incapable of learning new things because of their ____.
A person who believes that he is incapable will not make a real ____ because he feels that it would be useless. He won"t go at a job with the confidence necessary for ___， and he won"t work his hardest way, even though he may think he is doing so. He is ____ likely to fail, and the failure will ____ his belief in his incompetence (无能)．
Alfred Alder, a famous doctor, had ____ like this. When he was a small boy, he had a poor ___ in maths. His teacher told his parents he had no ability in maths in order that they would not ____ too much of him. In his way, they two ____ the idea. He accepted ____ mistaken thinking of his ability, felt that it was useless ____ and was very poor at maths, ____ as they expected.
One day he worked at a problem which ____ of the other students had been able to solve.
Alder ___ in solving the problem. This gave him confidence. He now ___ with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at maths. He not only ____ that he could learn maths well, but luckily he learnt ____ in his life from his own experience that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may ____himself as well as others by his ability.
| 小题1: | | A．clever | B．shy | C．useless | D．stupid |
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| 小题2: | | A．biggest | B．most | C．highest | D．deepest |
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| 小题3: | | A．ability | B．age | C．brain | D．knowledge |
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| 小题4: | | A．decision | B．success | C．effort | D．trouble |
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| 小题5: | | A．work | B．study | C．improvement | D．success |
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| 小题6: | | A．truly | B．really | C．however | D．therefore |
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| 小题7: | | A．lead to | B．strengthen | C．increase | D．add to |
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| 小题8: | | A．an experience | B．an example | C．a thought | D．a story |
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| 小题9: | | A．state | B．mind | C．start | D．ending |
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| 小题10: | | A．blame | B．expect | C．get | D．win |
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| 小题11: | | A．developed | B．organized | C．discovered | D．found |
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| 小题13: | | A．managing | B．succeeding | C．trying | D．acting |
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| 小题14: | | A．only | B．almost | C．just | D．then |
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| 小题15: | | A．none | B．no | C．no one | D．nobody |
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| 小题16: | | A．gave | B．succeeded | C．failed | D．believed |
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| 小题17: | | A．lived | B．worked | C．played | D．graduated |
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| 小题18: | | A．made | B．took | C．expected | D．proved |
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| 小题19: | | A．early | B．deeply | C．late | D．simple |
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| 小题20: | | A．encourage | B．love | C．astonish | D．disappoint |
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