My teenage son Karl refused to communicate with others after his father died. As
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My teenage son Karl refused to communicate with others after his father died. As a parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him. But the more I tried, the more he pulled away. When his report card during his junior year, it said that he had been 95 times from classes and had six grades for the year. At this rate he never graduate. I sent him to the school adviser, and I even him. Nothing worked.
One night I felt so that I got down on my knees and prayed for help. “Please God, I can’t do anything for my son. I"m at the end of my rope. I"m giving the whole thing up to you.”
I was at work when I got a phone call. A man himself as the headmaster. “I want to talk to you about Karl’s absences.” he could say another word, I choked up and all my disappointment and sadness over Karl came out into the ears of this stranger. “I love my son but I just don’t know what to do. I’ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has . It’ s out of my hands.” For a moment there was on the other end of the line. The headmaster said, “Thank you for your time, ” and hung up.
Karl’s next report card showed a marked in his grades. Finally, he even made the honor roll. In his fourth year, I a parent-teacher meeting with Karl. I noticed that his teachers were at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home, he said, “Mum, remember that call from the headmaster last year?” I . “That was me. I thought I’d play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really me how much I was hurting you. That"s I knew I had to make you proud.”
| 小题1: | | A．confident | B．wise | C．single | D．busy |
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| 小题2: | | A．arrived | B．finished | C．returned | D．proved |
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| 小题3: | | A．naughty | B．troublesome | C．absent | D．present |
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| 小题4: | | A．failing | B．satisfying | C．disappointing | D．surprising |
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| 小题5: | | A．must | B．need | C．would | D．should |
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| 小题6: | | A．convinced | B．forced | C．persuaded | D．begged |
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| 小题7: | | A．powerless | B．useless | C．homeless | D．meaningless |
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| 小题8: | | A．better | B．worse | C．less | D．more |
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| 小题9: | | A．described | B．regarded | C．introduced | D．explained |
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| 小题10: | | A．Before | B．When | C．After | D．While |
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| 小题11: | | A．speaking | B．pouring | C．running | D．putting |
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| 小题12: | | A．continued | B．operated | C．affected | D．worked |
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| 小题13: | | A．silence | B．anger | C．sadness | D．surprise |
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| 小题14: | | A．painfully | B．happily | C．seriously | D．jokingly |
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| 小题15: | | A．progress | B．advance | C．improvement | D．encouragement |
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| 小题16: | | A．attended | B．joined | C．arranged | D．organized |
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| 小题17: | | A．concerned | B．disturbed | C．embarrassed | D．astonished |
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| 小题18: | | A．shook | B．nodded | C．smiled | D．replied |
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| 小题19: | | A．beat | B．hit | C．frightened | D．confused |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:C
小题6:D
小题7:A
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:A
小题11:B
小题12:D
小题13:A
小题14:C
小题15:C
小题16:A
小题17:D
小题18:B
小题19:B
小题20:A |
解析
试题分析：青少年的人生会因为一些事而改变。我十几岁的儿子卡尔在他的父亲去世后就好像变了一个人，拒绝和我沟通、逃课、考试不及格。我尝试了各种办法都无济于事几乎感到绝望。 但是一次和校长的电话改变了儿子，因为那位校长竟然是儿子装扮的。他了解了自己给妈妈带来的伤害，决心改变自己，让妈妈以他为骄傲。他真得做到了。
小题1:考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。根据第一句话：我十几岁的儿子卡尔在他的父亲去世后就拒绝和别人沟通。可知这句话的意思是：作为一个单亲的母亲,我想尽力跟他说话。A. confident信心的；B. wise明智的；C. single单一的；D. busy.忙的。 故选C。
小题2:考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. arrived抵达；B. finished完成；C. returned返回；D. proved.证明。这里是说明父亲去世对孩子学业的影响：当他的初中成绩报告送来时，……。故选A。
小题3:考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. naughty淘气的；B. troublesome麻烦的；C. absent缺席的；D. present在场的。结合语境可知：上面写道他逃课95次。故选C。
小题4:考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. failing失败的；B. satisfying令人满意的；C. disappointing令人失望的；D. surprising令人惊讶的。结合语境可知：经常逃课，还有6门功课不及格。故选A。
小题5:考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. must必须；B. need需要；C. would会；D. should 应该。结合语境可知句意：这样下去，他永远不会毕业了。故选C。
小题6:考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. convinced.深信；B. forced强迫；C. persuaded说服；D. begged乞求。结合语境可知句意：我甚至乞求他。但是毫无效果。 故选D。
小题7:考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. powerless无能为力的；B. useless无用的；C. homeless无家可归的；D. meaningless毫无意义的。结合语境可知句意：一天夜里,我感到如此无助,所以才会跪下来祈求上帝帮助。故选A。
小题8:考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. better更好；B. worse更糟糕；C. less更少；D. more更多。根据后面的话（妈妈快没希望了。）可知句意：我再也不能为我的儿子做些什么了。故选D。
小题9:考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. described描述；B. regarded认为；C. introduced介绍；D. explained解释。这里电话那头是校长的自我介绍。故选C。
小题10:考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。 A. Before在……之前；B. When当……的时候；C. After 在……之后；D. While当……的时候，虽然。结合下文可知，还不知道对方要说什么，妈妈就开始按原来的情况推断孩子的状况了。故选A。
小题11:考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。 A. speaking说话；B. pouring倾倒；C. running运行、跑；D. putting放。根据语境可知句意：所有关于卡尔的失望和悲伤都倾倒进这个陌生人的耳朵。用pour更能表达一个母亲的痛苦和无助的表述，故选B。
小题12: 考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. continued继续；B. operated经营；C. affected影响； D. worked工作，起作用。结合上文可知句意：我什么方法都试过了，但是都没有。故选D。
小题13:考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. silence沉默；B. anger愤怒；C. sadness悲伤；D. surprise惊喜。结合下文可以理解句意：电话那一头有片刻的沉默。故选A。
小题14:考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。 A. painfully痛苦地；B. happily快乐地；C. seriously严肃地；D. jokingly开玩笑地。结合上文可以理解句意：校长说谢谢你时的心情很严肃。故选C。
小题15:考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. progress进展；B. advance 发展；C. improvement改进；D. encouragement鼓励。根据下文可知句意：卡尔的下一个报告单显示他的成绩有了显著的进步。故选C。
小题16:考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. attended出席，到处场；B. joined参加一个组织成为其中的一员；C. arranged安排；D. organized组织。甚至在第四年时我还和他一起出席了家长会。故选A。
小题17:考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. concerned关心；B. disturbed打扰；C. embarrassed使……尴尬；D. astonished使…..吃惊。根据语境可知句意：我注意到他的老师们都惊奇于他的转变。故选D。
小题18:考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. shook震惊；B. nodded点头；C. smiled微笑；D. replied 回答。前一句话话是儿子问妈妈是否记得去年和校长的一次通话。我当然记得，故选B。
小题19:考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。A. beat打败；B. hit 打，打击；C. frightened吓走、害怕；D. confused困惑。根据语境可知句意是：儿子扮成校长想给妈妈一个惊喜，但是妈妈的话令儿子感到很受打击。他认识到他给妈妈带来的伤害有多大。故选B。
小题20:考查动词的辨析和对语境的理解。 A. when当……的时候；B. how如何；C. why为什么； D. where哪里。代入四个选项可知句意是：从那时起儿子懂得了要让妈妈以他为骄傲。这里when引导的从句做表语。故选A。 |
举一反三
He was the baby with no name. Found and taken from the north Atlantic 6 days after the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, his tiny body so moved the rescue workers that they called him “our baby.” In their home port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, people collected money for a headstone in front of the baby"s grave, carved with the words: “To the memory of an unknown child.” He has rested there ever since.
But history has a way of uncovering its secrets. On Nov. 5, this year, three members of a family from Finland arrived at Halifax and laid fresh flowers at the grave. “This is our baby,” says Magda Schleifer, 68, a banker. She grew up hearing stories about a great aunt named Maria Panula, 42, who had sailed on the Titanic for America to be reunited with her husband. According to the information Mrs. Schleifer had gathered, Maria gave up her seat on a lifeboat to search for her five children -- including a 13-month-old boy named Eino, from whom she had become separated during the final minutes of the crossing. "We thought they were all lost in the sea," says Schleifer.
Now, using the teeth and bone pieces taken from the baby"s grave, scientists have compared the DNA from the unknown child with those collected from members of five families who lost relatives on the Titanic and never recovered the bodies. The result of the test points only to one possible person: young Eino. Now, the family sees no need for a new grave. "He belongs to the people of Halifax," says Schleifer. "They"ve taken care of him for 100 years."
小题1:The baby travelled on the Titanic with his_______.| A．mother | B．parents | C．aunt | D．relatives |
小题2:What is probably the boy"s last name?| A．Schleiferi | B．Eino. | C．Magda. | D．Panula. |
小题3:Some members of the family went to Halifax and put flowers at the child"s grave on Nov. 5 _______.| A．1912 | B．1954 | C．2012 | D．2004 |
小题4:Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word recover?| A．uncover | B．find | C．bury | D．gather |
小题5:This text is mainly about how______________.| A．the unknown baby"s body was taken from the north Atlantic | | B．the unknown baby was buried in Halifax, Nova Scotia | | C．people found out who the unknown baby was | | D．people took care of the unknown baby for 100 years |
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In the kitchen of my mother"s houses there has always been a wooden stand with a small notepad and a hole for a pencil.
I’m looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book I am recommending to my mother. Over forty years since my earliest memories of the kitchen pad and pencil, five houses later, the current paper and pencil look the same as they always did. Surely it can"t be the same pencil. The pad is more modern, but the wooden stand is definitely the original one.
“I"m just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these years.” I say to her, walking back into the living-room with a sheet of paper and the pencil. “You still use a pencil. Can’t you afford a pen?”
My mother replies a little sharply. “It works perfectly well. I"ve always kept the stand in the kitchen. I never knew when I might want to note down an idea, and I was always in the kitchen these days. ”
Immediately I can picture her, hair wild, blue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently. My mother smiles and says, “One day I was cooking and watching baby Pauline, and I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty. One of the children must have taken the paper. So I just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back. It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on.”
This story—which happened before I was born—reminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is also a gifted mathematician. I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child-free time to work. Later, when my mother is in the bathroom, I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards. Sure enough, on the back of the smallest one, are some penciled marks I recognize as mathematics. Those symbols have traveled unaffected through fifty years, rooted in the soil of a cheap wooden breadboard, invisible exhibits at every meal.
小题1:Why has the author"s mother always kept the notepad and pencil in the kitchen?| A．To leave messages. | | B．To list her everyday tasks. | | C．To note down maths problems. | | D．To write down a flash of inspiration（灵感）. |
小题2:What is the author"s original opinion about the wooden stand?| A．It has great value for the family. | | B．It needs to be replaced by a better one. | | C．It brings her back to her lonely childhood. | | D．It should be passed on to the next generation. |
小题3:The author feels embarrassed for ______.| A．blaming her mother wrongly | | B．giving her mother a lot of trouble | | C．not making good use of time as her mother did | | D．not making any breakthrough in her field |
小题4:What can be inferred from the last paragraph?| A．The mother is successful in her career. | | B．The family members like traveling. | | C．The author had little time to play when young. | | D．The marks on the breadboard have disappeared. |
小题5:In the author"s mind, her mother is ______.| A．strange in behavior | | B．enthusiastic about her research | | C．fond of collecting old things | | D．careless about her appearance |
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I remember my mother as a strong woman. She came to America when she was 12—old enough to remember her language, she achieved scores and grades high enough to be admitted to Duke University. With a degree in computer science, she finally became the manager of a company in New York. My mother could give fluent speeches, say “wolves” correctly.
It was my mother who always stressed the importance of language. From the time I was born, I was read to. I would fall asleep to the sounds of my parents’ voices, whether it was my dad’s softly accented, or my mother’s clear English. The flow of language was unbroken, and whether in Chinese or English, the stream of communication flowed through our house.
One October morning in sixth grade, after my mother had left to catch the train to the city, I left the house for the bus stop. I was surprised when I saw our car, the door hanging open. As I drew closer, I saw my mother lying on the ground.
In the hospital, it was hard to believe that the lady who lay before me was my mom. My mother could not remember my name. As the leaves changed colors, it became clear that the stroke had created a wall between my mother’s mind and mouth: her mind was not any less clear, but the words she spoke were not what she meant.
The battle my mother faced taught me the importance of language. Without it, identity does not exist; relationships cannot be formed; stories cannot be told; directions cannot be given, and knowing anything about anyone is impossible. Without language, communication cannot take place. Without language, one cannot express the beauty of a sunset or the kindness of a stranger. The world would pass us by in silence.
小题1: From where might the author’s mom come to America?| A．China | B．England | C．Russia | D．Canada |
小题2:From the second paragraph, we can know ________.| A．the author was taught to read since she was born | | B．the author’s father spoke English poorly | | C．the author couldn’t fall asleep without being read to | | D．the author’s parents taught her language by talking a lot |
小题3:According to the last two paragraphs, the author’s mom was unable to _______.| A．think clearly | B．express herself well | | C．speak | D．open her mouth |
小题4:The underlined word “stroke” in the 4th paragraph most probably refers to ______.| A．an accident | B．a hit | C．an illness | D．a robbery |
小题5:This passage is mainly about _________.| A．a strong mother | | B．the importance of language | | C．a family disaster | | D．the significance of teaching language |
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Oprah Winfrey, born in 1954, is all American talk show host, best known for her multi-award-winning talk show. She is also, according to some assessments, the most influential woman in the world. It"s no surprise that her endorsement(认可)can bring overnight sales fortune that defeats most, if not all, marketing campaigns. 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 dominated by white males, she is a black female of big size. As interviewers go, she is no match for Phil Donahue. 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 talkshows | 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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Once I invited a group of friends round to my house, telling them that I was going to record their speech. I said I was interested in their regional accents, and that it would take only a few minutes. Thus, on one evening, three people turned up at my house and were shown into my front room. When they saw the room they were a bit alarmed, for it was laid out as a studio. In front of each easy chair there was a microphone at head height, with wires leading to a tape-recorder in the middle of the floor. I explained that all I wanted was for them to count from one to twenty. Then we could relax and have a drink.
I turned on the tape-recorder and each in turn seriously counted from one to twenty in their best accent. When it was over, I turned the tape-recorder off and brought round the drinks, and for the rest of the evening there was general cheerful conversation—interrupted only by the fact that I had to take a telephone call in another room, which unfortunately lasted some time.
Or at least that was how it would appear. For, of course, the microphones were not connected to the tape-recorder in the middle of the room at all but to another one, which was turning happily away in the kitchen. The participants, having seen the visible tape-recorder turned off, paid no more attention to the microphones which stayed in front of their chairs, only a few inches from their mouths, thus giving excellent sound quality. And my lengthy absence meant that I was able to obtain as natural a piece of conversation as it would be possible to find.
I should add, perhaps, that I did tell my friends what had happened to them, after the event was over, and gave them the choice of destroying the tape. None of them wanted to—though for some years afterwards it always seemed to be my round when it came to the buying of drinks. Linguistic research can be a very expensive business.
小题1:The writer asked his friends to count from one to twenty because _______. | A．he wanted to record the numbers for his research | | B．he wanted to find out whether the tape recorder was working | | C．he wanted to make his friends relax before real recording started | | D．he wanted his friends to think that was all he wanted to record |
小题2:The writer went into another room to ________.| A．get a natural recording of his friends’ conversation | | B．stay away from too much drinking with his friends | | C．bring a telephone into the front room | | D．answer a long distance phone call |
小题3:The writer turned off the tape-recorder because _______.| A．he had to answer a phone call | | B．he wanted his friends to enjoy some drinks | | C．he thought the tape-recorder might bother his friends | | D．he wanted to make his friends believe he had finished the recording |
小题4:Which one is true according to the passage?| A．The writer destroyed the tape. | | B．The writer’s friends destroyed the tape. | | C．The writer did tell his friends what had happened. | | D．The writer’s friends like to drink. |
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