Travis laughed as he tore at the wrapping paper on his birthday present. He was

Travis laughed as he tore at the wrapping paper on his birthday present. He was

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Travis laughed as he tore at the wrapping paper on his birthday present. He was so       ! Finally, he would have the coolest pair of name-brand basketball shoes.
All the guys on his team were wearing the name-brand shoes of a popular basketball       , Chuck Hart.         Hart was criticized for his poor sportsmanship and infamous      , he was a great player. In fact, Travis wasn"t thinking about Hart" s behavior; he had only expected to see Hart’s       on the side of the box. The first indication that something was       came as he tore away the last piece of paper. Not Hart’s. The new shoes were the name-brand of another player, Robert Ryann, who was       for his amazing work in the community.
Travis’s hands       ; his heart stopped. It wasn"t that the Ryann shoes weren’t nice, but what would his friends think ?
They were the wrong shoes and Travis would be       by the other players. When he looked up into his dad" s eyes, however, Travis decided he      not tell him. ""Thanks, Dad. I was really hoping for shoes," Travis said as he pulled the shoes out of the box.
Next morning his dad drove him to school. When they       in front of his destination, Travis slowly opened the car door. Just then, his dad stopped him.
“Hey, Travis, wait a minute, look…” his dad said       ,“Travis, I know those aren’t the shoes you had hoped for, but I saw the names of the two guys and made a(n)      . The guy whose name is on those shoes,” he said, pointing down at Travis’s feet, “is someone I       . Do you know how often Ryann has found himself in      ?”
“No,” Travis said.
“Never. He’s never talked back to his coach or started a fight, and he’s a team player. You could have acted like a (n)       when you didn’t get the shoes you wanted, Travis,       you were polite and made the best of it. You have such a good       , like the guy whose name is on these shoes. I’m hoping that someday, your name will be on the coolest pair of shoes I’ll ever see.”
When Travis looked down at his feet, he saw the shoes       . His dad had used his mind and heart to give the son a thoughtful       .
小题1:
A.surprisedB.ashamedC.excitedD.worried
小题2:
A.teamB.playerC.coachD.game
小题3:
A.UnlessB.IfC.BecauseD.Although
小题4:
A.skillB.performanceC.behaviorD.action
小题5:
A.nameB.photoC.signD.model
小题6:
A.strangeB.wrongC.trueD.funny
小题7:
A.knownB.encouragedC.adoptedD.influenced
小题8:
A.fellB.frozeC.shookD.folded
小题9:
A.questionedB.noticedC.teasedD.attacked
小题10:
A.canB.needC.wouldD.may
小题11:
A.pulled upB.put upC.took upD.turned up
小题12:
A.peacefullyB.hesitantlyC.delightedlyD.naturally
小题13:
A.choiceB.effortC.commentD.mistake
小题14:
A.believeB.missC.admireD.remember
小题15:
A.dangerB.surpriseC.sorrowD.trouble
小题16:
A.teammateB.adultC.kidD.student
小题17:
A.soB.andC.butD.or
小题18:
A.qualityB.courageC.dreamD.belief
小题19:
A.clearlyB.carefullyC.patientlyD.differently
小题20:
A.giftB.lookC.hopeD.lesson

答案

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

试题分析:Travis 一直希望能有一双和队友们一样的印有球星Chuck Hart名字的运动鞋,生日那天他却失望地发现父亲买给他的是另一位球星代言的运动鞋,但是Travis仍然尽力表现得很高兴。后来他父亲的一番话让他的思想有了改变,对鞋有了新的认识。
小题1:C形容词辨析。A 惊讶的;B 羞愧的;C 激动的;D 担心的。从情理推断当Travis一直盼望着能有一双和队友们同样品牌的运动鞋时,他看到生日礼物是双鞋的时候心情会非常激动,C选项正确。
小题2:B名词辨析。A 团队;B 运动员;C 教练;D 比赛。从下文Hart was criticized …he was a great player.判断B选项正确。
小题3:D连词辨析。A 除非;B 如果;C 因为;D 尽管。从语境可知前句他因为体育道德差和声名狼藉的行为受到人们指责和后面他是个伟大的运动员是转折关系,所以D选项正确。
小题4:C名词辨析。A 技能,技巧;B 表演,表现;C 行为;D 行动。从下文In fact, Travis wasn’t thinking about Hart’s behavior;可知他不在乎Hart的行为,只想要他的名字出现在自己的鞋上。正确答案是C 。
小题5:A名词辨析。A 名字;B 照片;C 标识;D 模型。从下文Travis, I know…, but I saw the names of the two guys 可知鞋上印有球星的名字。A选项正确。
小题6:B形容词辨析。A奇怪的;B 错误的;C 真实的;D 滑稽的。从上文可知他开始非常兴奋,但是这时意识到不是他想要的球星的鞋子,所以是感到事情不对头。故B选项正确。
小题7:A形容词辨析。A 出名的;B 受到鼓舞的;C 收养的;D 受到影响的。从下文父亲的解释可知这个球星也是非常有名的。所以A选项正确。
小题8:B动词辨析。A掉下,摔倒;B 僵住;C摇晃;D 折叠。从下文his heart stopped可知Travis此时心情复杂,思索着如何去面对队友们,所以手也停止了动作,故B选项正确。
小题9:C动词辨析。A 质问,审问;B 发现,注意到;C 耻笑,戏弄;D 攻击。从上下文可知队友们都穿这个品牌的运动鞋,出于青少年攀比的心理,如果他没有这样的鞋队友们应该是笑话他,所以C选项正确。
小题10:D情态动词辨析。A 禁止;B 没必要;C 不会;D 不能够。从文章的叙述可知Travis是个懂事的孩子,怕父亲伤心,所以他觉得不能让父亲知道他的失望。所以D选项正确。
小题11:A动词短语辨析。A 车减速停下;B 举起,搭建;C 占据,从事;D 出现,调大。从Travis slowly opened the car door.可以判断他是到了学校,车子停下来。所以A选项正确。
小题12:B 副词辨析。A 和平地;B 犹豫地;C 高兴地;D 自然地。从父亲说的话“Hey, Travis, wait a minute…”中的省略号判断父亲此时在想如何给孩子解释这件事,故B选项正确。
小题13:A名词辨析。A 选择;B 努力;C 评论;D 错误。从下文可知父亲是从Travis喜欢的鞋子和他自己喜欢的鞋子中选了一双,所以此处应该是make a choice 做出了选择。A选项正确。
小题14:C动词辨析。A 相信;B 想念;C 钦佩,赞赏;D 记住。从下文He’s never talked back to his coach or started a fight可知Ryann是个品质高尚有团队精神的运动员,父亲希望Travis也成为这样的人,所以父亲应该是欣赏Robert Ryann,故C选项正确。
小题15:D名词辨析。A危险;B生气,愤怒;C难过;D麻烦。从下文可知Robert Ryann从不和教练顶嘴,从不打架而且合作意识强,所以是从不惹麻烦。所以D 选项正确。
小题16:C名词辨析。A队友;B成年人;C 小孩;D 学生。按情理推测孩子生日时收到不喜欢的礼物,一般会表现出来,但是Travis却表现的非常克制,丝毫没有表现出失望的样子,句意:当你收到你不喜欢的鞋子时,本来可能会表现的像个小孩子一样。。。,所以C选项正确。
小题17:C连词辨析。A 所以,于是;B 并且;C 但是;D或者,否则。从语境可知此处you were polite and made the best of it.和上文是转折关系。所以C选项正确。
小题18:C名词辨析。A荣誉; B 勇气;C 名字;D 信仰,信念。从上下文可知运动鞋上是球星的名字,所以父亲希望Travis有一天也会因为优秀而使自己的名字出现在运动鞋上。
小题19:D副词辨析。A 清楚地;B 仔细地;C 耐心地;D不同地。从上文可知父亲的话使Travis改变了认识,所以看鞋时的心态不一样了,D选项正确。
小题20:A名词辨析。A礼物;B微笑;C 愿望;D 课,教训。从第一段可知鞋子是作为生日礼物送给他的,此处的礼物既指鞋子也指父亲对孩子推心置腹的一席话。A为正确选项。
举一反三
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从文后所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
  My friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other      , including her“sixth sense”, that she rarely gives the impression that she"s       anything.
  Michelle looks after her children pretty much like the rest of us,     that she doesn"t push too hard on them,        really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house, and she moves around so fast that        often don"t realize she"s blind.
  I    this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very      about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was      excited about her finger-painting project.
  “Mom, guess what?” said Kayla, all smiles. “I learned how to       colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle      with us”. 
  To my great      , my child had learned about color from a blind friend! Then Kayla continued, “Michelle told me my      showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really       what I was doing!” Kayla said she had never known how good finger paints felt       Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.
  I realized Kayla didn"t know that Michelle was blind. It had just never       in conversation. When I told my daughter that Michelle was blind, she was       for a moment. At first, she didn"t believe me. “But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!” Kayla      . And I knew my child was      because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her art work. Michelle had also heard Kayla"s      in her work.
  We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Michelle really did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my       .”
  Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.
小题1:
A.sensesB.meansC.methodsD.ways
小题2:
A.enjoyedB.foundC.missed D.lost
小题3:
A.insteadB.exceptC.sinceD.but
小题4:
A.whoB.itC.sheD.which
小题5:
A.guestsB.familyC.childrenD.friends
小题6:
A.realized B.heardC.recognizedD.witnessed
小题7:
A.sad B.satisfiedC.excitedD.enjoyed
小题8:
A.especially B.not soC.a littleD.not at all
小题9:
A.paintB.drawC.createD.mix
小题10:
A.stayedB.painted C.talkedD.played
小题11:
A.excitementB.surpriseC.delightD.encouragement
小题12:
A.attitudeB.colorC.picture D.paper
小题13:
A.touchedB.distinguishedC.saw D.understood
小题14:
A.afterB.beforeC.until D.when
小题15:
A.turned out B.come upC.referred to D.talked about
小题16:
A.curiousB.quiet C.puzzledD.worried
小题17:
A.criedB.insisted C.complainedD.informed
小题18:
A.right B.wrongC.worriedD.uncertain
小题19:
A.shortcomingsB.difficultiesC.pride D.description
小题20:
A.paperB.eyesC.handsD.pens

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It had been three months since Ms Miller had started teaching. She was gradually being able to understand all her students, except one, Bob. Bob was the only boy who came to school dressed untidily and sat in the class completely lost in his own world. His performance had been deteriorating gradually with every single day.
Ms Miller searched through the progress reports of Bob and was shocked to see Bob used to be the topper in his class. Bob"s performance began to slowly decline when his mother fell ill. He was doing badly in each and every subject when his mother died leaving him alone with his father, who was a businessman and had to travel always. Apart from his performance worsening gradually, Bob"s nature too began to change. He had forgotten to laugh and showed no interest in any activity. All his friends had abandoned him.
One day, Bob was asked to stay back.Ms Miller asked him if he had any problem understanding his lessons. Gradually she began to give him a comfort zone so that he could talk and share. After three weeks, she found Bob gradually improving. He was being able to answer the questions he previously failed. Every day after all the students went away, Ms Miller gave personal attention to Bob and began to spend time with him. Bob improved a lot over the next semester, showing definite signs of progress in his performance.
On a Friday, Bob came up to Ms Miller, handed her a box and requested her to open the box on Sunday. On Sunday morning, curious, she opened it and saw a bottle of perfume, half filled. Together with it was a small letter, saying that this bottle of perfume used to be his mother"s and he wished Ms Miller to wear it so that every time she was around, he could feel his Mom near him. He thanked her for everything. Ms Miller took the bottle of perfume in her hand and saw a new tag attached to it; it said "Happy Mother"s Day”!
Ms Miller suddenly realized that it was not she who had made a difference to Bob"s life but it was Bob who made her realize what true humanity is!
小题1:According to the text, Bob________.
A.wore clean clothes all the time
B.was taller than any other one in his class
C.lost all of his friends after his mother"s death
D.could always have his father for company at home
小题2:The underlined word "deteriorating" in Paragraph l probably means________.
A.worseningB.changingC.thrillingD.Improving
小题3: Paragraph 3 is mainly about________.
A.why Ms Miller would like to help Bob.
B.what Ms Miller did to help Bob.
C.how Bob attracted Ms Miller’s attention.
D.where Bob could sit comfortably
小题4:The bottle of perfume given to Ms Miller______.
A.showed Bob was thankful for Ms Miller’s help
B.was given on Mother’s Day
C.made Bob a different student
D.was new and never used before
小题5:What does the author wanted to tell us ______.
A.a teacher can totally change a student’s life
B.family is the most important place for kids
C.children don’t have to solve problems by themselves
D.one should have sympathy for another’s suffering and offer help

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So tired as I was, I bothered myself to open up my cafe shop on the cold morning. With many consumers streaming in, I knew another long business day began. And I had to serve far into the night.
As I rushed among the tables, suddenly, a       asked if I could mind a child. I was quite        but I could tell the man was quite desperate(绝望的). So I had to make a       with him that if he wanted his son to stay and wait for him, he had to        something in the shop.
This was quite       for the man to do; I could       he was quite poor by the       he was dressed. It looked as if he had tried to come in his       clothes. But they still looked a bit old and worn out      he had often worn them, just to make himself look best. Looking down I could see his       were also a bit shabby(破旧的)and the heels(鞋后跟)were in a terrible state. I thought he was going for a job interview. In the end he bought a small box of       for his little son and seated him down in the corner. I could tell the boy was feeling down and only could       with a bit of cheering up.
Seeing that the kid sat there for quite a while, I was a bit       as the poor little kid was sitting      his own. People watched him and some kids even came over to pick on him. I was       to see one of them even knocked his cookies off the table. He quickly went and got them back without saying a word. I was hoping his father would       up and come back for his son"s      .
At closing time, the only person left was the little boy. After a while, the father finally came in with a tiresome look. I       he didn"t get any job. As they were leaving, I offered the kid a little cake, but the man rejected(拒绝)it. I       he felt as if I had just abused(虐待)him. Of course I didn"t mean to. But I could understand why he felt like that. I only wished them good       whatever happened.  
The man opened the door to leave — father and son hand in hand.
小题1:
A.voice B.sound C.noiseD.tune
小题2:
A.pleased B.frightened C.annoyedD.interested
小题3:
A.dealB.decisionC.promiseD.date
小题4:
A.leaveB.buyC.doD.eat
小题5:
A.easyB.naturalC.hardD.possible
小题6:
A.explainB.proveC.thinkD.tell
小题7:
A.manner B.meansC.methodD.way
小题8:
A.poorestB.bestC.prettiestD.oldest
小题9:
A.even thoughB.so thatC.as ifD.now that
小题10:
A.socksB.glovesC.pantsD.shoes
小题11:
A.sweetsB.cigarettesC.cookiesD.cakes
小题12:
A.laughB.speakC.doD.help
小题13:
A.relaxedB.nervousC.satisfiedD.worried
小题14:
A.onB.ofC.byD.for
小题15:
A.touchedB.disappointedC.astonishedD.excited
小题16:
A.hurryB.giveC.turnD.run
小题17:
A.chanceB.benefitC.futureD.job
小题18:
A.hopedB.imaginedC.doubtedD.guessed
小题19:
A.clarified(分类)B.assumedC.confusedD.ignored
小题20:
A.luckB.progressC.supperD.night

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I arrived in the classroom,ready to share my knowledge and experience with 75 students who would be my English literature class.Having taught in the US for 17 years,I had no      about my ability to hold their attention and to  on them my admiration for the literature of my mother tongue.
I was shocked when the monitor shouted,“    !” The entire class rose as I entered the room,and I was somewhat      about how to get them to sit down again,but once that awkwardness (尴尬) was over,I quickly      calmness and began what I thought was a fact—packed lecture,sure to gain their respect—perhaps    their admiration.I went back to my office with the rosy glow which came from a(n)      of achievement.
My students    diaries.However,as I read them,the happy mood was gradually    by a strong sense of sadness.The first diary said, “Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today.    her next lecture will be better.”Greatly surprised,I read diary after diary,each expressing a     theme.“Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical framework (哲学体系) of Western thought and laid the historical    for all the works we’ll study in class,” I complained.“How    they say I didn’t teach them anything?”
It was a long term,and it      became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as    of my students.I thought a teacher’s job was to raise    questions and provide enough background so that students could _  their own conclusions.My students thought a teacher’s job was to provide      information as directly and clearly as possible.What a difference!
  ,I also learnt a lot,and my experience with my Chinese students has made me a_  American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.
小题1:
A.certainty B.idea C.doubt D.experience
小题2:
A.impress B.put C.leave D.fix
小题3:
A.Attention B.Look out C.At ease D.Stand up
小题4:
A.puzzled B.sure C.curious D.worried
小题5:
A.found B.returned C.regained D.followed
小题6:
A.more B.even C.yet D.still
小题7:
A.thought B.sense C.emotion D.idea
小题8:
A.shared B.borrowed C.kept D.read
小题9:
A.replacedB. takenC.caughtD.moved
小题10:
A.Naturally B.Perhaps C.FortunatelyD.Reasonably
小题11:
A.different B.same C.similar D.usual
小题12:
A.happenings B.characters C.developmentD.background
小题13:
A.should B.need C.will D.must
小题14:
A.immediately B.certainly C.simply D.gradually
小题15:
A.that B.what C.those D.ones
小题16:
A.difficult B.interestingC.ordinary D.unusual
小题17:
A.draw B.get C.decide D.give
小题18:
A.strange B.standard C.exact D.serious
小题19:
A.ThereforeB.However C.Besides D.Though
小题20:
A.stricter B.happier C.worse D.better

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When I was fourteen, I earned money in the summer by cutting lawns (草坪), and within a few weeks I had built up a body of customers. I got to know people by the flowers they planted that I had to remember not to cut down, by the things they lost in the grass or stuck in the ground on purpose. I reached the point with most of them when I knew in advance what complaint was about to be spoken, which particular request was most important. And I learned something about the measure of my neighbors by their preferred method of payment: by the job, by the month—or not at all.
Mr. Ballou fell into the last category, and he always had a reason why. On one day, he had no change for a fifty, on another he was flat out of checks, and on another, he was simply out when I knocked on his door. Still, except for the money, he was a nice enough guy, always waving or tipping his hat when he’d seen me from a distance. I figured it was a thin retirement check, or maybe a work-related injury that kept him from doing his own yard work. Surely, I kept record of the total, but I didn’t worry about the amount too much. Grass was grass, and Mr. Ballou’s property didn’t take long to trim (修剪).
Then, one late afternoon in mid-July, the hottest time of the year, I was walking by his house and he opened the door, mentioned me to come inside. The hall was cool, shaded, and it took my eyes a minute to adjust to the dim light. 
“I owe you,” Mr. Ballou, “but…”
I thought I’d save him the trouble of thinking of a new excuse. “No problem. Don’t worry about it.”
“The bank made a mistake in my account,” he continued, ignoring my words. “It will be cleared up in a day or two. But in the meantime I thought perhaps you could choose one or two volumes for a down payment (首期付款).
He gestured toward the walls and I saw that books were stacked (堆放) everywhere. It was like a library, except with no order to the arrangement.
“Take your time,” Mr. Ballou encouraged. “Read, borrow, keep. Find something you like. What do you read?”
“I don’t know.” And I didn’t. I generally read what was in front of me, what I could get from the paperback stacked at the drugstore, what I found at the library, magazines, the back of cereal boxes, comics. The idea of consciously seeking out a special title was new to me, but, I realized, not without appeal-- so I started to look through the piles of books.
“You actually read all of these?”
“This isn’t much,” Mr. Ballou said. “This is nothing, just what I’ve kept, the ones worth looking at a second time.”
“Pick for me, then.”
He raised his eyebrows, cocked his head, and regarded me as though measuring me for a suit. After a moment, he nodded, searched through a stack, and handed me a dark red hardbound (精装本) book, fairly thick.
“The Last of the Just,” I read. “By Andre Schwarz-Bart. What’s it about?”
“You tell me,” he said. “Next week.”
I started after supper, sitting outdoors on an uncomfortable kitchen chair. Within a few pages, the yard, the summer, disappeared, and I was thrown into the aching tragedy of the Holocaust, the extraordinary clash of good, represented by one decent man, and evil. Translated from French, the language was elegant, simple, impossible to resist. When the evening light finally failed I moved inside, reading all through the night.
To this day, thirty years later, I vividly remember the experience. It was my first voluntary encounter (接触、遇到) with world literature, and I was stunned (震惊) by the concentrated power a novel could contain. I lacked the vocabulary, however, to translate my feelings into words. So the next week when Mr. Ballou asked, “Well?” I only replied, “It was good.”
“Keep it, then,” he said. “Shall I suggest another?”
I nodded, and was presented with the paperback (平装本) edition of Margaret Mead’s Coming of Age in Samoa ( a very important book on the study of the social and cultural development of peoples-- anthropology (人类学)).
To make two long stories short, Mr. Ballou never paid me a cent for cutting his grass that year or the next, but for fifteen years I taught anthropology at Dartmouth College. Summer reading was not the innocent entertainment I had assumed it to be, not a light-hearted, instantly forgettable escape in a hammock (吊床) (though I have since enjoyed many of those, too). A book, if it arrives before you at the right moment, in the proper season, at an internal in the daily business of things, will change the course of all that follows.
小题1:The author found the first book Mr. Ballou gave him _________.
A.light-hearted and enjoyable
B.dull but well written
C.impossible to put down
D.difficult to understand
小题2:From what he said to the author, we can infer that Mr. Ballou _________.
A.read all books twice
B.did not do much reading
C.read more books than he kept
D.preferred to read hardbound books
小题3:The following year the author _________.
A.started studying anthropology at college
B.continued to cut Mr. Ballou’s lawn
C.spent most of his time lazing away in a hammock
D.had forgotten what he had read the summer before
小题4:The author’s main point is that _________.
A.summer jobs are really good for young people
B.you should insist on being paid before you do a job
C.a good book can change the direction of your life
D.a book is like a garden carried in the pocket

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