I never knew how well Mother could keep a trust until I was going through her th
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I never knew how well Mother could keep a trust until I was going through her things after she died．I discovered something I had forgotten, something that happened to me as a child．
One day, as I went to sleep after my sisters and I had said our prayers, I recalled the events of the day and how I had behaved toward Mother．“I must make things right now,”I thought．
Quietly I out of bed and picked up the pencil and paper from the dresser, and then tiptoed into the hall．The from the living room shone dimly． I knew Mother was downstairs still doing some sewing．
I quickly a note asking Mother to excuse me for being so ．I didn’t want my sisters to know my so I added a postscript, “Please don’t let anyone else see this．”
Then I moved into my parents’bedroom and put the letter under Mother’s pillow．
The next morning when I my bed after breakfast, I found a return note under my pillow．Mother wrote that she loved me and me．This became my way of whenever I talked back or disobeyed．Mother always left a return note, but she never our under-the-pillow messages in front of the family．Even when we were , she never mentioned them when we sisters our childhood．
When Mother passed away, I had to go through her personal belongings．In her desk was a bundle of notes tied with a faded ribbon．On top was a message in handwriting which read,“In the event of my death, please these．”
I the package and glanced at the handwriting on the bottom．To my , I recognized my childish writing, “P．S．Please don’t let anyone else see this．Love, Edie．”I gently placed the unopened bundle in the along with other things for the rubbish burner．“Lord,”I prayed,“Make me like ．”
| 小题1: | | A．never | B．hardly | C．long | D．often |
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| 小题2: | | A．well | B．badly | C．happily | D．politely |
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| 小题3: | | A．went | B．rushed | C．slipped | D．moved |
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| 小题4: | | A．moon | B．lamp | C．gas | D．light |
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| 小题5: | | A．wrote | B．sent | C．found | D．took |
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| 小题6: | | A．lazy | B．late | C．careless | D．naughty |
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| 小题7: | | A．mistakes | B．business | C．relation | D．message |
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| 小题8: | | A．quietly | B．quickly | C．calmly | D．hurriedly |
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| 小题9: | | A．searched | B．left | C．made | D．folded |
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| 小题10: | | A．secretly | B．unexpectedly | C．happily | D．fortunately |
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| 小题11: | | A．favored | B．understood | C．supported | D．forgave |
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| 小题12: | | A．touching | B．connecting | C．apologizing | D．contenting |
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| 小题13: | | A．spoke about | B．put on | C．gave out | D．got round |
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| 小题14: | | A．alone | B．curious | C．grown | D．interested |
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| 小题15: | | A．reminded | B．forgot | C．missed | D．recalled |
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| 小题16: | | A．keep | B．destroy | C．hide | D．announce |
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| 小题17: | | A．turned over | B．tore open | C．looked through | D．picked up |
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| 小题18: | | A．sadness | B．embarrassment | C．surprise | D．excitement |
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| 小题19: | | A．drawer | B．wastebasket | C．bedroom | D．dresser |
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| 小题20: | | A．God | B．an angel | C．a bird | D．Mother |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:D
小题5:A
小题6:D
小题7:B
小题8:A
小题9:C
小题10:B
小题11:D
小题12:B
小题13:A
小题14:C
小题15:D
小题16:B
小题17:A
小题18:C
小题19:B
小题20:D |
解析
试题分析：文章讲述作者在妈妈去世后，查看妈妈的遗物的时候，意外的发现小时候和妈妈相互写的字条，里面包含了妈妈对她的爱，也有妈妈信守诺言的品质。
小题1:考查副词辨析：A．never从不，B．hardly 几乎不，C．long长，久，D．often 经常，从下文：something that happened to me as a child．可知作者发现他忘了很久的事情，选C
小题2:考查副词辨析：A．well好，B．badly坏，非常。C．happily快乐，D．politely 礼貌地，从下午的：“I must make things right now,”I thought．可知在想起对妈妈很坏，选B
小题3:考查动词辨析：A．went 去，B．rushed冲，C．slipped溜，D．moved 移动，从下文的：and then tiptoed into the hall．可知作者悄悄的从床上溜下来，我从梳妆台上拿起纸和笔。选C
小题4:考查名词辨析：A．moon月亮，B．lamp等，C．gas汽油，D．light 光线，起居室的灯光很昏暗。选D
小题5:考查动词辨析：A．wrote 写，B．sent 送，C．found发现，D．took 拿，从上文作者拿纸和笔可知是写了一张字条给妈妈，选A
小题6:考查形容词辨析：A．lazy懒惰，B．late迟到，C．careless粗心，D．naughty调皮，从上文的：I recalled the events of the day and how 42 I had behaved toward Mother．可知作者请求妈妈原谅他的调皮，选 D
小题7:考查名词辨析：A．mistakes错误，B．business生意，事情，C．relation关系，D．message信息，从下文的so I added a postscript, “Please don’t let anyone else see this．” 可知作者不想姐妹们知道他的事情，选 B
小题8:考查副词辨析：A．quietly 悄悄地，B．quickly快地，C．calmly冷静地，D．hurriedly匆忙地，从上文：Quietly I 43 out of bed and picked up the pencil可知作者这一切都是悄悄的做的，选A
小题9:考查动词辨析：A．searched寻找，B．left 离开，C．made使得，制作，D．folded折叠，第二天早上，当我吃完早饭后铺床的时候，make the bed“铺床”，选 C
小题10:考查副词辨析：A．secretly秘密地，B．unexpectedly意想不到的，C．happily快乐地， D．fortunately 幸运地，我意料之外的发现枕头下面有一张回复的便条，选B
小题11:考查动词辨析：A．favored支持，B．understood理解，C．supported支持，D．forgave原谅，从上文：I quickly 45 a note asking Mother to excuse me for being so 46可知妈妈原谅了作者，选 D
小题12:考查动词辨析：A．touching触摸，B．connecting联系，C．apologizing道歉，D．contenting 使…满意，每次我回嘴或不听话的时候，这成为我的联系方式。选B
小题13:考查动词短语辨析：A．spoke about 谈论，B．put on穿上，C．gave out分发，D．got round 四处走动，但是她从不在大家面前说出我们枕头下的信息，选A
小题14:考查形容词辨析：A．alone 单独的，B．curious好奇的，C．grown长大的，D．interested感兴趣的，甚至当我们长大了，她也从没有提到过这些便条，选 C
小题15:考查动词辨析：A．reminded提醒，B．forgot忘记，C．missed想念，错过，D．recalled 回想，这句话的意思是：当我们长大了，回忆我们的童年的时候，妈妈也没有提到过，选D
小题16:考查动词辨析：A．keep保持，B．destroy破坏，C．hide躲藏，D．announce 宣布，纸条上面写着：在我去世的时候，毁了这些东西，选B
小题17:考查动词短语辨析：A．turned over翻过来，B．tore open撕开，C．looked through 浏览，D．picked up 捡起，习得，恢复，接送，从下文的：glanced at the handwriting on the bottom．可知作者将包裹翻过来，看见底部的字，选A
小题18:考查名词辨析：A．sadness 悲伤，B．embarrassment 尴尬，C．surprise惊讶，D．excitement兴奋，使我惊讶的是，我认出我小时候的字体，选 C
小题19:考查名词辨析：A．drawer 抽屉，B．wastebasket 垃圾篓，C．bedroom 卧室，D．dresser 梳妆台，从下文的：for the rubbish burner．可知作者将没有打开的包裹轻轻的丢进垃圾篓，选B
小题20:考查名词辨析：A．God上帝，B．an angel 天使，C．a bird 鸟， D．Mother母亲，文章一直写作者和妈妈的事情，这里表示她也想象妈妈一样，选 D |
举一反三
One Friday, a businessman decided to ask his boss for a salary raise. Before going to , he told his wife about it. All day long he felt and uneasy. Finally, in the late afternoon, he gathered the courage to approach his employer. To his , the boss agreed to give him a raise.
That evening, the husband arrived home and was surprised to see a beautiful table set with their best china and candles. Smelling the aroma (香味) of the wonderful meal, he that someone from the office had called his wife and tipped her off (透露消息).
Finding her in the kitchen, he eagerly the details of his good news. When they sat down to the meal, next to his plate he found a note that read: ""Congratulations, darling. I knew you"d get the . This dinner is to show you how much I love you. ""
After dinner, on his way to the to help his wife serve dessert, he noticed a second card had slipped out of his wife"s pocket. Picking it up, he read: ""Don"t worry about not getting the raise. You it anyway. This dinner is to show how much I love you."
| 小题1: | | A．school | B．work | C．home | D．dinner |
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| 小题2: | | A．nervous | B．relaxed | C．curious | D．dangerous |
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| 小题3: | | A．anger | B．disappointment | C．sorrow | D．delight |
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| 小题4: | | A．careful | B．cheerful | C．helpful | D．wonderful |
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| 小题5: | | A．deserted | B．burned | C．lighted | D．used |
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| 小题6: | | A．heard | B．found | C．guessed | D．forgot |
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| 小题7: | | A．shared | B．told | C．knew | D．talked |
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| 小题8: | | A．position | B．note | C．raise | D．news |
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| 小题9: | | A．office | B．living-room | C．kitchen | D．study |
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| 小题10: | | A．donate | B．devote | C．demand | D．deserve |
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For years I wanted a flower garden. I would spend hours thinking of the different things I could that would look nice together.
But then I had five lovely children: Matthew and Marvin, the twins Alisa and Alan, and then Helen. I was too raising them to grow a garden.
Money was tight (紧的) ，as well as time. When my children were little, if they wanted something that too much I’d have to say, “Do you see a money outside? Money doesn’t grow on trees, you know.”
Finally, all five got through high school and college, and started living on their own. And I started thinking again about having a .
One spring morning, on Mother’s Day, I the window and was surprised to see a new tree in my yard. I put my glasses on and I couldn’t believe what I was looking at. There was a money tree in my yard!
I went outside to look. It was true! There was as much as one hundred on that tree. All I could think of was all the garden flowers I could with that money! There was also a(an) attached(附上): “ Love, Marvin.”
My other had bought me tools, ornaments(装饰物) and gardening books.
That was three years ago. My garden is now very , just the way I wanted.
I’m still not sure whether money on trees. But I know love does!
| 小题1: | | A．sell | B．catch | C．plant | D．feed |
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| 小题2: | | A．stressed | B．excited | C．bored | D．busy |
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| 小题3: | | A．cost | B．took | C．spent | D．paid |
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| 小题4: | | A．pocket | B．tree | C．box | D．market |
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| 小题5: | | A．garden | B．dream | C．present | D．yard |
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| 小题6: | | A．looked after | B．looked for | C．looked out of | D．looked over |
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| 小题7: | | A．dollars | B．flowers | C．butterflies | D．lights |
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| 小题8: | | A．see | B．solve | C．design | D．buy |
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| 小题9: | | A．Document | B．Suggest | C．Note | D．excuse |
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| 小题10: | | A．friends | B．children | C．volunteers | D．members |
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| 小题11: | | A．pretty | B．old | C．usual | D．small |
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| 小题12: | | A．decorates | B．hangs | C．grows | D．puts |
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How often do you let other people’s nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, impolite waiter，rude boss，or an insensitive employee your day?
One day I was in a taxi and we headed __ the airport. We were driving in the lane when suddenly a black car drove out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes，slide sideways，and at the very last moment our car stopped and narrowly the other car by just inches！The driver of the other car looked around and started at us.
My taxi driver just and waved at the guy. And I mean he was really . So I asked, “Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital！” This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call “The Law of the Garbage Truck”．
He that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of ，full of frustration，full of anger，and full of disappointment. As their garbage up，they need a place to dump (倒) it and sometimesthey’ll dump it on . Don’t take it personally. Just smile，wave，wish them well，and move on.
Believe me. You’ll be more . Don’t take their garbage and it to other people at work，at home，or on the streets, Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with . The mark of your success is how quickly you can refocus on what’s in your life. Roy Baumeister，a psychology researcher from Florida State University，found in his extensive research that you bad things more often than good things in your life. You store the bad memories rather easily, and you them more frequently.
So...Love the people who treat you right. Ignore the ones who don’t. Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you it!
When you follow “The Law of the Garbage Truck”，you take back control of your life. You make room for the good by go of the bad. Have a Garbage Free Day！Have a marvelous，garbage-free day！The seeds you plant today the harvest you reap tomorrow.
| 小题1: | | A．injure | B．ruin | C．hurt | D．harm |
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| 小题3: | | A．latter | B．right | C．opposite | D．free |
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| 小题4: | | A．knocked | B．overtook | C．missed | D．left |
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| 小题5: | | A．laughing | B．throwing | C．glancing | D．yelling |
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| 小题6: | | A．wondered | B．smiled | C．ignored | D．guessed |
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| 小题7: | | A．friendly | B．angry | C．frightened | D．disappointed |
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| 小题8: | | A．showed | B．suggested | C．explained | D．hated |
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| 小题9: | | A．expectation | B．passengers | C．garbage | D．goods |
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| 小题10: | | A．turns | B．pushes | C．holds | D．piles |
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| 小题11: | | A．roads | B．children | C．you | D．dustbins |
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| 小题12: | | A．healthy | B．happy | C．pitiful | D．wealthy |
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| 小题13: | | A．spread | B．share | C．explain | D．contribute |
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| 小题14: | | A．surprise | B．pleasure | C．doubt | D．regrets |
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| 小题15: | | A．funny | B．important | C．strange | D．embarrassing |
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| 小题16: | | A．remember | B．forget | C．value | D．appreciate |
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| 小题17: | | A．enjoy | B．exchange | C．recall | D．imagine |
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| 小题18: | | A．inspire | B．take | C．mend | D．notice |
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| 小题19: | | A．letting | B．consisting | C．making | D．dreaming |
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| 小题20: | | A．distinguish | B．deserve | C．deliver | D．determine |
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It was only a few weeks after my surgery, and I went to Dr. Belt"s office for a checkup. It was just after my first chemotherapy（化学疗法） treatment.
My scar was still very tender. My arm was numb underneath. As usual, I was taken to an examination room to have my blood drawn, again —a terrifying process for me, since I"m so frightened of needles.
I lay down on the examining table. Ramona entered the room. Her warm smile was familiar, and stood out in contrast to my fears. She knew about my fear of needles, and she kindly hid the equipment under a magazine. As we opened the blouse, the fresh scar on my chest could be seen.
She said, “How is your scar healing?”
I said, “I think pretty well. I wash around it gently each day.” The memory of the shower water hitting my numb chest flashed across my face.
She gently reached over and ran her hand across the scar, examining the smoothness of the healing skin and looking for any irregularities. I began to cry gently and quietly. She brought her warm eyes to mine and said, “You haven"t touched it yet, have you?” And I said, “No.”
So this wonderful, warm woman laid the hand on my chest and she gently held it there. For a long time, I continued to cry quietly. In soft tones she said, “This is part of your body. This is you. It"s okay to touch it.” But I couldn"t. So she touched it for me. The scar. The healing wound. And beneath it, she touched my heart. Then Ramona said, “I"ll hold your hand while you touch it.” So she placed her hand next to mine, and we both were quiet. That was the gift that Ramona gave me.
小题1:After I got my first chemotherapy treatment, _________.| A．I began to feel better | B．my scar was still painful | | C．I could hardly stretch my arm | D．I got tired of operation |
小题2:Ramona hid the equipment under a magazine to _________.| A．cheer me up | B．rid my fear | | C．make me amused | D．tease me |
小题3: When Ramona examined my healing skin, __________.| A．she was careless | B．she hurt me | | C．I started to cry | D．she was in tears |
小题4:I began to have the courage to touch the scar _________.| A．because of Ramona’s encouragement | | B．because I could face the fact | | C．because of Ramona’s gentleness | | D．because Ramona and I became friends |
小题5:What is the author’s attitude towards Ramona?| A．Objective | B．Grateful | C．Doubtful | D．Helpless |
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Matt Haimovitz is 42 and a renowned cellist (大提琴手) in the world. He rushed into the classical music scene at the age of 12 after Itzhak Perlman, the famed violinist, heard him play.
But nothing in his family history explains where Haimovitz got his extraordinary talent. And that’s typical, Ellen Winner, a professor says.
“People are fascinated by these children because they don’t understand where their talent came from. You will see parents who say, ‘I wasn’t like this, and my husband wasn’t like this.’ It seems to sometimes just come out of the blue,” Winner says.
It’s not clear whether a prodigy’s （天才）brain is any different from the brains of other children, in part because there have been no study comparing the brains of prodigies to those of average people.
“But I believe that anything that shows up so early, without training, has got to be either a genetic or some other biological basis,” Winner says. “If a child suddenly at the age of 3 goes to the piano and picks out a tune and does it beautifully, that has to be because that child has a different brain.”
Children who are extremely gifted tend to be socially different, too, Winner says. “They feel like they can’t find other kids like themselves, so they feel strange, maybe even like a freak, and feel like they don’t have anybody to connect with. On the other hand, they also long to connect with other kids, and they can’t find other kids like themselves.”
As Haimovitz got older, he became frustrated. He wanted to play other kinds of music but felt constricted by the image and the expectations of the boy prodigy who played classical music and filled concert halls.
“When you start that early, you suddenly start to grow up in public, and I wanted to experiment,” Haimovitz says.
So he took his cello into punk rock clubs and coffee houses. He played Bach, Haydn and Hendrix. “My teacher was Leonard Rose, and we never played any 20th-century music. He didn’t like it. But once I was exposed to James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix, Miles Dewey Davis El and others, I couldn’t really turn back. I wanted to know more,” he says.
小题1:According to some parents, prodigies’ extraordinary talent . | A．comes unexpectedly | B．is inherited from parents | | C．results from hard work | D．is trained in early times |
小题2:Winner seems to agree to the fact that ____. | A．average people have their particular brains | | B．biology is the base of a different brain | | C．a prodigy’s brain is superior to those of others | | D．genes play an important role in a prodigy |
小题3:According to the text, gifted children are .| A．lonely | B．easy-going | C．innocent | D．social |
小题4:The last paragraph is mainly about how Haimovitz was trying to .| A．build up his friendship | B．play different kinds of music | | C．set up the image of a prodigy | D．perform classical music creatively |
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