My dad was never the kind to offer many words of love or encouragement. But we k

My dad was never the kind to offer many words of love or encouragement. But we k

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My dad was never the kind to offer many words of love or encouragement. But we knew he loved us. He just had his own way of showing it.

When I was a teen, we were seasonal campers(野营者)at a family campground almost an hour outside the city where we lived. Each family had their own campsite with water and electric, and you basically parked your camper there from May to October. Most “seasonals” visited them every weekend during those months, with the occasional week-long stay. There were plenty of other kids who camped seasonally each weekend, and they came to be some of my closest friends. Of course, many of them were boys.
We kids paired up(结对)with our little boyfriends or girlfriends, and we’d hold hands as we walked around the campground. We’d play ping-pong, have some snacks, and sing songs. Most weekends were pretty similar, but the couples would change. You’d see so-and-so with a different so-and-so than they were with the weekend before. You know how it is when you’re a teen—a three-week relationship is a really long time.
So, needless to say, my teen years were spent with quite a few different boys. But every single one of them had something in common. They’d all received the Evil Eye.
The Evil Eye was a magical sort of thing. One simple look from my dad, and the boy immediately knew not to mess with me. It was as if he could send his warnings through invisible laser(激光)beams that shot directly from his eyes to the boys’ brains.
“You will not put your hands on my daughter. You will not kiss my daughter. You will not even whisper sweet things into my daughter’s ear. ”
I remember one night in particular walking with a boy around the campground after dark. We came from one direction, and my dad from the other. The boy and my dad locked eyes for a brief second, then the boy dropped my hand like a hot potato and turned away, giving me a quick “See you later. ”
Yes, that’s the Evil Eye: best way ever to keep wandering teen boys’ hands away from your daughter.
小题1:The Evil Eye in the passage implies that   .
A.Dad gets angry easily
B.Dad’s eyes are evil
C.Dad’s eyes are ugly-looking
D.Dad’s eyes are protective to his daughter
小题2: The underlined words “mess with” in Paragraph 5 most probably mean“   ”.
A.cause trouble for   B.make untidy
C.get married toD.talk to
小题3: Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.As teenagers, we went camping every weekend.
B.We made lots of friends during the seasonal camping.
C.We had regular boyfriends or girlfriends and enjoyed ourselves.
D.The boy dropped my hand and turned away because he loved the Evil Eye.
小题4: It can be inferred from the passage that the author   .
A.is a teenage girl who loves her father
B.is a teenage boy who hates his father
C.is now an adult who has come to understand her father’s love
D.used to be a naughty boy who changed girlfriends now and then

答案

小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:C
解析
深沉的父爱不必用言语表达, 那令人望而生畏的眼神诠释着父亲对女儿的挚爱。
小题1:选D。推理判断题。结合文章最后三段的内容可推知, 父亲的眼神对女儿有保护作用。
小题2:选A。词义猜测题。下一句提到作者父亲的目光是在警告男孩, 由此可推测其含义是“给……招惹麻烦”。
小题3:选B。细节理解题。根据第二段最后两句的内容可知他们当时结交了很多朋友, 故B项正确。由第二段第三句可知他们并不是每周末都去野营, 故A项错误; 由第三段第三、四句话可知他们经常更换朋友, 故C项错误; 由倒数第二段中的“dropped my hand like a hot potato”可知那个男孩儿害怕the Evil Eye, 故D项错误。
小题4:选C。推理判断题。根据第二段开头部分的时间状语When I was a teen可知本文是作者对过去的回忆, 再结合最后一段推知作者现在已经是成年人, 已经开始理解父亲的爱。再由第六段的内容可知作者当时是一个小女孩, 故选C项。
举一反三
“Just ate chicken feet for lunch. ”These were the words I wrote on my blog yesterday. By the next day there were hundreds of comments from my friends. They included “OH MY GOD! That is so disgusting(令人厌恶的)! ”, “What were they like? ” and “Why can’t you eat sandwiches like everyone else? ”

To Chinese people, chicken feet are a normal snack. To my friends in Britain, the thought of eating a chicken’s feet is weird(不可思议的). As weird, in fact, as eating a bullfrog(牛蛙), scorpion(蝎子), snake, or turtle.
But if there are two things I love more than anything else in life, they are trying new things and food.
I arrived in Beijing five months ago. Since then, I’ve searched for the “weirdest” foods so I can try them, then treat my friends to some “virtual eating”on my blog.
One weekend, I went to Wangfujing, Beijing’s “snack street”. The trip gave me tons of blog materials.
“I chose a stick with three live, wriggling scorpions on it, ”I wrote. “And it was pretty good. The scorpion was warm and crispy. The legs did have a tendency to get stuck between one’s teeth, however. What’s more, I am sure scorpion stung(蜇伤)me twice with its tail in revenge. ”
Next came snake: “A bit like a cross between fish and chicken, with a slightly rubbery texture(弹性口感)and meaty taste. ”
Some people were actually angry when I ate turtle soup—especially when I posted pictures showing the poor little guy’s head staring sadly up at us from the bowl. “I am never speaking to you again, ”wrote one former friend.
Still, I will continue my culinary quest(美食征程).
Next on my list is starfish, though I feel I should have some vegetables too—algae, maybe.
So what am I eating, tonight, you may ask. Pizza. Well, a girl’s gotta have a break sometimes.
小题1:According to the passage, which of the following “weirdest” foods is the one the author hasn’t tried?
A.Chicken feet.    B.Bullfrog.
C.Scorpion. D.Chicken head.
小题2: What does the author like most in life?
A.Trying new things and food.
B.Traveling.
C.Walking.
D.Shopping.
小题3:Where did the author get her blog material?
A.From her friends.
B.From Wangfujing, Beijing’s “snack street”.
C.From shopping.
D.From the Internet.
小题4: What is the author’s friends’ attitude towards her trying “weird” foods?
A.They are satisfied.
B.They are happy.
C.They are surprised and even angry.
D.They are sorry.
小题5: What can we learn from the passage about the author?
A.The author likes eating.
B.The author enjoys traveling.
C.The author is fond of shopping.
D.The author is interested in Chinese food.

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A group of graduates have highly been established in their careers. One day they got together to      their old university professor. Shortly      they arrived, their conversation turned into complaints about      in work and life. In order to      his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned      a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups made of porcelain(陶瓷的), plastic, glass or crystal. Some of
   are plain looking, some expensive, and some are exquisite(做工精致的). The      told them to help themselves to the coffee.
When      the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said:
If you noticed, all the nice looking      cups were taken up,      behind the plain and cheap ones.      it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the      of your problems and stress.
    all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup,      you consciously went for the best cups and were seeing each other’s     .
Now consider this:      is the coffee and the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are      tools to hold and contain life, and do not change the      of life. Sometimes, by concen- trating only on the cup, we      to enjoy the coffee God has provided. So, don’t let the cups drive you. . .      the coffee instead.
小题1:
A.call atB.call onC.call forD.call up
小题2:
A.afterB.beforeC.whenD.as
小题3:
A.happinessB.joy
C.satisfactionD.stress
小题4:
A.offerB.provideC.makeD.supply
小题5:
A.forB.toC.withD.along
小题6:
A.whomB.whichC.themD.it
小题7:
A.studentsB.professor
C.sonD.wife
小题8:
A.allB.so me of
C.none ofD.both
小题9:
A.cheapB.ordinary
C.glassD.expensive
小题10:
A.leavingB.remaining
C.keepingD.staying
小题11:
A.BecauseB.Since
C.WhileD.If
小题12:
A.sourceB.resource
C.endD.solution
小题13:
A.ThatB.What
C.AnythingD.Something
小题14:
A.andB.soC.thusD.but
小题15:
A.cupsB.coffeeC.eyesD.faces
小题16:
A.WorkB.LifeC.CareerD.Study
小题17:
A.more thanB.rather than
C.justD.not only
小题18:
A.quantityB.quality
C.paceD.style
小题19:
A.manageB.try
C.attemptD.fail
小题20:
A.enjoyB.drinkC.haveD.share

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Oprah Winfrey,born in 1954,is all American talk show host,best known for her multi­award­winning talk show. She is also,according to some assessments,the most influential woman in theworld. It"s no surprise that her endorsement(认可)can bringovernight sales fortune that defeats most,if not all,marketingcampaigns .The star features about 20 products each year On her“Favorite Things” show.There"s even a term for it: the Oprah Effect.
Her television career began unexpectedly. When she was 16 year old,she had the idea of being a journalist to tell other people"s stories in a way that made a difference in their lives and the world.She was on television by the time she was 19 years old. And in 1986 she started her own television show with a continuous determination to succeed at first TIME magazine wrote,“People would have doubted Oprah Winfrey"s swift rise to host of The most popular talk show on TV .In a field ruled by white males,she is a black female of big size. As interviewers go,she is no match for,say,what she lacks in journalistic toughness.She makes up for in plainspoken curiosity,rich humor and,above all understanding Guests with sad stories to tell tend to bring out a tear in Oprah"s eye .They,in turn,often find themselves exposing things they would not imagine telling anyone,much less a national TV audience.”
“I was nervous about the competition and then I became my own competition raising the bar every year,pushing,pushing,pushing myself as hard as I knew. It doesn"t matter how far you might rise. At some point you are bound to fall if you"re constantly doing what we do, raising the bar. If you"re constantly pushing yourself higher,higher the law of averages,you will at some point fall. And when you do I want you to know this,remember this:there is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction”as Oprah addressed graduates at Harvard on May 30,2013.
小题1:The Oprah Effect refers to ________.
A.the effect On a business
B.the power of Oprah"s opinions
C.the impact On talk shows
D.the assessment of Oprah"s talk show
小题2:What can be inferred about Oprah"s television career?
A.She once gave up on her choice.
B.Her swift success has been expected.
C.It lives up to her parents" expectation.
D.She must have been challenged by white males.
小题3:.The message from Oprah to graduates at Harvard is that ________.
A.success comes after failure
B.failure is nothing to fear
C.there is no need to set goals too high
D.pushing physical limits makes no sense
小题4:Which of the following best describes Oprah Winfrey?
A.Dull and pushy.
B.Honest but tough.
C.Caring and determined.
D.Curious but weak.

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Last November, Nick heard a disorder at a party. A group of people had ____ outside, pointing at something floating in the Bay. As he ran to ____, he soon saw what was wrong: Two kids in a boat were caught in the ____ and being pulled out to sea.
Tim and Jack had climbed into a boat anchored nearby and had rowed out to ____ a football. Reaching beyond the calm waters,  the ____ fitted to the boat caught the wind and pulled it into open water. They tried to row back. But they were no ____ for the wind and turned around in circles. Nick dashed to the farthest of land. The boat was already just a ____ on the sea. He knew that the ____ boat would soon be overtaken by the huge waves, and that it was 2 degrees. Nick jumped into the ____ cold water. Every 90 yards, he raised his head to assess his ____. At one point, he considered turning back before managing to yell to them, “Take down the umbrella!”
Tim battled with the ropes holding the umbrella. Finally he loosened the ropes and ____ the umbrella. Then Nick caught up, but soon waves crashed over the boat, which began to sink. Nick ____ it would be faster to pull them toward the nearest bank. They ____ wore life jackets , which Nick held in one hand, swimming ____.“Are we there?” they asked repeatedly. “Yes,” Nick ____ them each time. It was 30 minutes before they got to the bank and stayed as close as possible for ____. Worn out, Nick had hardly arrived when he ____.It was an hour later when he found himself in a hospital that he came to. Asked what it took him to make the ____ move, he replied:
It is ____ to step out of the comfort zone. Being an onlooker is a cautious existence, but ____ we should never be stuck in. Stand by or stand up.
小题1:
A.playedB.gathered
C.laughedD.cried
小题2:
A.investigateB.find
C.askD.join
小题3:
A.sandsB.rain
C.wavesD.sun
小题4:
A.kickB.borrow
C.buyD.recover
小题5:
A.life jacketB.umbrella
C.ropeD.anchor
小题6:
A.matchB.strength
C.powerD.force
小题7:
A.ballB.dot
C.lineD.light
小题8:
A.lostB.delicate
C.oldD.damaged
小题9:
A.bitterlyB.absolutely
C.fairlyD.helplessly
小题10:
A.progressB.weather
C.strengthD.energy
小题11:
A.threwB.opened
C.closedD.freed
小题12:
A.decidedB.said
C.declaredD.recognized
小题13:
A.awkwardlyB.carefully
C.slowlyD.easily
小题14:
A.hopefullyB.cautiously
C.continuouslyD.desperately
小题15:
A.toldB.comforted
C.discouragedD.supported
小题16:
A.foodB.pleasure
C.warmthD.help
小题17:
A.passed outB.passed away
C.passed offD.passed by
小题18:
A.warmB.generous
C.proudD.brave
小题19:
A.easyB.tough
C.interestingD.dull
小题20:
A.whichB.that
C.oneD.it

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The Great Barn Adventure
One morning when I was 11, I explored the town"s abandoned round grain barn(谷仓). I found a chained sliding door that was wide enough for me to pass through.
Inside, there was a heavy smell of dead mice in the dark. After my eyes adjusted, I noticed a shaft (升降机井) that rose all the way to the top of the barn. On one side was a one­man elevator with a long rope and roller.
I stepped onto the platform and gave the rope a drag and the elevator began sliding up the shaft, but stopped halfway. After a brief panic attack, I noticed holes in the wall at regular intervals, forming a ladder. For reasons known only to an 11­year­old, I decided it would be better to go up than down. So, with shaking hands, I began climbing the wall.
After what seemed like forever, I reached the top of the shaft. I stood up, dusted myself off and found…absolutely nothing of interest. It was just an empty room with a ladder leading up to the roof. I climbed all the way up here for this? Then I noticed a fire extinguisher(灭火器),which I"d always wanted to shoot off. So this was the chance of a lifetime. I tried it, and, much to my surprise, the thing worked! It shot out a thick cloud of powder that instantly filled the room. I couldn"t breathe. I was going to choke to death, and they"d probably never even find my body.
Luckily, I remembered the ladder to the roof. I climbed up, popped the straw roof and saw a bright blue sky.
I suddenly realized the dust and powder pouring out of the top could draw attention. So when the dust had settled, I climbed down and slipped out of the chained door. I"m not sure if I was more excited about being alive or about not being caught, but I ran all the way back home.
小题1:When the author got inside the barn, he ________.
A.noticed a man on the elevator
B.opened the chained sliding door
C.saw many dead mice in the dark
D.found a shaft leading to the top
小题2:Which of the following is the right order of the author"s adventure?
a. The elevator stopped halfway.
b. He entered the round grain barn.
c. He climbed to the top of the shaft.
d. He found a fire extinguisher and shot it off.
A.b-a-c-d      B.a-c-b-d
C.c-a-d-bD.b-c-a-d
小题3:After getting out of the chained door, the author might feel ________.
A.inspiredB.relieved
C.surprisedD.disappointed

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