Dear Dad,Today I was at the shopping mall and I spent a lot of time reading the
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Dear Dad,
Today I was at the shopping mall and I spent a lot of time reading the Father"s Day cards. They all had a special message that in some way or another reflected how I feel about you. Yet as I selected and read, it occurred to me that not a single card said what I really want to say to you.
You"ll soon be 84 years old, Dad, and you and I will have had 55 Father"s Days together. I haven"t always been with you on Father"s Day but I"ve always been with you in my heart.
You know, Dad, there was a time when we were separated by the generation gap. You stood on one side of the Great Divide and I on the other.
The Father-Daughter Duel shifted into high gear ( 档位) when you taught me to drive the old Dodge and I decided I would drive the "54 Chevy whether you liked it or not. The police officer who sent me home, after you reported the Chevy stolen, didn"t have much tolerance for a stubborn 16 year old, while you were so tolerant about it, Dad, and I think that was probably what made it the worst night of my life.
Our relationship greatly improved when I married a man you liked, and things really turned around when we began making babies right and left. Somewhere along the line, the generation gap disappeared. I suppose I saw us and our relationship as aging together, rather like a fine wine.
But the strangest thing happened last week. I was at a stop sign and I watched as you turned the corner in your car. It didn"t immediately occur to me that it was you because the man driving looked so elderly and fragile behind the wheel of that huge car. It was rather like a slap in the face delivered from out of nowhere. Perhaps I saw your age for the first time that day.
I guess what I"m trying to say, Dad, is what every son and daughter wants to say to their Dad today. Honoring a father on Father"s Day is about respect and sharing and acceptance and tolerance and giving and taking. It"s about loving someone more than words can say, and it"s wishing that never had to end.
I love you, Dad.
Love,
Jenny
小题1:How did Jenny probably feel on the night she was sent home by the police? | A．Disappointed. | B．Nervous. | C．Guilty. | D．Frightened. |
小题2:We can learn from the passage that Jenny and her father_________.| A．kept in touch by writing each other | | B．are separated due to the generation gap | | C．have been getting along very well | | D．had a hard time understanding each other |
小题3:Why did Jenny feel strange when she saw her father last week?.| A．She seldom saw him driving that huge car. | | B．She had never realized his being old and weak. | | C．She didn"t expect to meet with him there. | | D．She had never seen him driving so slowly before. |
小题4:Jenny wrote his father this letter to _________| A．tell him about their conflicts | | B．say sorry for her being stubborn | | C．express her gratitude to him | | D．remind him of the early incident |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:C |
解析
试题分析：本文是一封女儿在父亲节之际写给八十四岁老父亲的一封感人至深的信，在信中作者回忆了父亲对自己叛逆时期所表现出的宽容，讲述了父女关系的逐步改善，也表达了女儿对父亲的感激之情，让读者也感受到了“父爱如山”这句话的含义。
小题1:C推理判断题。A失望的；B紧张的；C内疚的；D害怕的。从文章第四段while you were so tolerant about it, Dad, and I think that was probably what made it the worst night of my life.可知作者因为父亲对她的宽容而内心愧疚，答案选C。
小题2:D细节理解题。根据文章第三段there was a time when we were separated by the generation gap. You stood on one side of the Great Divide and I on the other.可知Jenny和父亲曾经有段时期因为代沟而不能很好的了解彼此,故答案选D.
小题3:B细节理解题.从文章第六段It didn"t immediately occur to me that it was you because the man driving looked so elderly and fragile behind the wheel of that huge car.可知作者一时没有认出父亲来是因为她没有意识到父亲竟然如此衰老，所以内心涌出一种与往日不同的情感，答案选B。
小题4:C推理判断题。文章开头介绍了这封信的写作时间是在父亲节，当作者挑选父亲节贺卡时内心的感受：it occurred to me that not a single card said what I really want to say to you.而且在文章末段作者又表达了对父爱的感激之情，由此判断C选项正确。 |
举一反三
One afternoon in January in 1998, Susan Sharp, 43, and her 8-year-old son David, were walking across an icy square, Susan"s cane(手杖) slipped on the ice. Her face first into the mud. David her mother"s side, “Are you all right, Mom” , Susan pulled herself up, “I"m okay, Honey,” she said.
Susan was falling more since she had trouble walking. Every inch of ice was a danger for her. “I wish I could do something,” the boy thought. David, too, was having of his own. The boy had a speech problem, so at school he talked .
One day, David"s teacher announced a homework. "Each of you is going to come up with an ," she said. This was for "INVENT AMERICA", a national competition to encourage creativity in children.
An idea David one evening. If only his mother"s cane didn"t slip on the ice. “What if I your cane to a nail coming out of the bottom” he asked his mother.
“ the sharp end would scratch(划破) floors,” Susan said.
“No, Mom, I make it like a ball-point pen. You take your hand off the button and the returns back up.” Hours later the cane was finished. David and his father as Susan used it to walk 50 feet about the . Happily Susan cried out, “It !”
In July 1999, David was national winner for the "INVENT AMERICA". David began to make public appearance. Thus he was forced to communicate .Today, David is nearly free of his speech problem, and his cane is becoming well accepted.
| 小题1: | | A．Where | B．while | C．when | D．then |
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| 小题2: | | A．fell | B．touched | C．lay | D．dropped |
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| 小题3: | | A．stood by | B．rushed to | C．looked at | D．ran around |
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| 小题4: | | A．Firmly | B．Easily | C．Quickly | D．Shakily |
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| 小题5: | | A．slowly | B．frequently | C．freely | D．heavily |
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| 小题6: | | A．hiding | B．certainly | C．possible | D．waiting |
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| 小题7: | | A．method | B．disease | C．trouble | D．hope |
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| 小题8: | | A．few | B．little | C．much | D．more |
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| 小题9: | | A．useful | B．strange | C．common | D．special |
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| 小题10: | | A．appearance | B．invention | C．experience | D．experiment |
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| 小题11: | | A．reminded | B．encouraged | C．occurred | D．hit |
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| 小题12: | | A．fastened | B．stuck | C．fixed | D．tied |
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| 小题14: | | A．might | B．would | C．did | D．need |
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| 小题15: | | A．pen | B．hand | C．cane | D．nail |
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| 小题16: | | A．watched | B．supported | C．noticed | D．helped |
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| 小题17: | | A．street | B．ice | C．yard | D．square |
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| 小题18: | | A．works | B．operates | C．succeeds | D．helps |
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| 小题19: | | A．declared | B．received | C．won | D．praised |
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| 小题20: | | A．more slowly | B．more carefully | C．more clearly | D．faster |
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Joshua, my son, is fifteen years old. He was born with Down Syndrome (唐氏综合症). In the last fifteen years. I have experienced many difficult and stories. However, right now I want to just stick to the topic of . When Joshua was born, the doctor us not to “waste our time, energy or money". They claimed that our son would never accomplish anything. They told us he would never walk, talk or learn to use the toilet. , we were not about to accept the words. However, we weren’t really sure what to expect.
Therefore, we expected him to develop at his own pace, with a lot of help and encouragement, but only to develop little. We decided that we saw progress we could never give up. Very early on, we knew in our hearts that we had to have high expectations, but how high? We could not set goals for him that he could not ever possibly reach. , if we did not have high hopes, the chances would be very slim for him to work to his potential.
When Joshua was four and a half years old, his younger sister, CJ, was three and attended the same preschool in a younger class. The school an art contest and all the children in it presented pictures. The pictures were hung on the wall and the president of the local church, who was not personally with the children, was appointed to be the .
On the day of the contest, I made my through the crowded parents to see Cf’s picture, it was likely to be hung there, but Joshua"s class pictures were not yet up and I didn’t think twice about seeing his picture leaving the building. You see, I had no expectation that Joshua would win; it was for me to know that he was able to draw a picture and have it with those of the other children.
Well, when I returned to the kids, you can image my when I discovered that Joshua was the winner from his class! Proud and excited, he told everyone, “I won the contest! I it! ”
CJ kept insisting that she had won too and it was certainly a feeling to know that Joshua had achieved something that his sister had not. After that I decided to keep my expectations . It seems that most people work to whatever expectations are set for them. Why should Joshua be any ?
| 小题1: | | A．inspiring | B．frustrating | C．encouraging | D．exciting |
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| 小题2: | | A．expectation | B．love | C．education | D．instruction |
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| 小题3: | | A．suggested | B．hoped | C．persuaded | D．advised |
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小题4:A, Luckily B. Unfortunately C. Naturally D. Generally
| 小题5: | | A．due to | B．as long as | C．so far as | D．in case |
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| 小题6: | | A．However | B．Besides | C．Thus | D．Therefore |
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| 小题7: | | A．charged | B．prepared | C．engaged | D．ran |
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| 小题8: | | A．familiar | B．similar | C．friendly | D．close |
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| 小题9: | | A．host | B．teacher | C．headmaster | D．judge |
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| 小题10: | | A．effect | B．way | C．force | D．Struggle |
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| 小题12: | | A．after | B．during | C．before | D．once |
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| 小题13: | | A．excited | B．enough | C．amazing | D．pleased |
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| 小题14: | | A．displayed | B．hanged | C．taken | D．replaced |
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| 小题15: | | A．take up | B．keep up | C．get up | D．pick up |
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| 小题16: | | A．surprise | B．expectation | C．joy | D．amusement |
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| 小题17: | | A．got | B．drew | C．made | D．defeated |
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| 小题18: | | A．special | B．extraordinary | C．curious | D．mixing |
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| 小题20: | | A．difficult | B．upset | C．disappointed | D．different |
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Some people succeed in unbelievable ways.
Roussel was orphaned at the age of eight and went to live with his grandfather. He built on the music he had learned from his mother, entertaining himself by reading through the family music collection and playing his favorite songs on the piano.
Three years later, Roussel’s grandfather died, and his aunt adopted him. Her husband arranged for young Albert to take regular piano lessons. Summer vacations at a Belgian seaside resort added a second love to his life -- the sea. He studied to be a naval cadet (海军学员), but still made time to study music.
In the French Navy, while he served on a warship based at Cherbourg, he and two friends found the time to play the music of Beethoven and other composes (作曲家). Roussel also began composing. At the Church of the Trinity in Cherbourg on Christmas Day 1892, he had his first performance as a composer.
That success encouraged Roussel to write a wedding march, and one of his fellow offices offered to show it to a well-known conductor (指挥家), Edouard Colonne. When Roussel’s friend returned with the manuscript (手稿), he reported that Colonne had advised Roussel to give up his naval career and devote his life to music.
Not long afterwards, at the age of 25, Roussel did just that. He applied characters that he had developed in the navy to his composing and became a major force in twentieth century French music. As for Eduoard Colonne’s inspiring advice that Roussel devote his life to music, Roussel"s navy friend later admitted that he had made it up and that he had never even shown Roussel"s manuscript to the conductor.
小题1:Which of the following shows the right order of the story?
a. Roussel gave up his naval career.
b. Roussel was adopted by his aunt.
c. Roussel read through the family music collection.
d. Roussel had his first performance as a composer in Cherbourg.| A．c, b, d, a | B．b. c, d, a | C．b, c, a. d | D．c, b, a, d |
小题2:What ______ did played the most important part in Roussel"s final success.| A．his mother | B．the husband of his aunt | | C．his navy friend | D．Edouard Colonne |
小题3:We can infer from the article that______.| A．Roussel"s aunt adopted him after his grandfather died. | | B．Roussel read through the family music collection in his grandfather"s. | | C．Colonne advised Roussel to give up his naval career and devote his life to music. | | D．If Roussel hadn"t joined the navy, he might not have achieved so much. |
小题4:Which of the following is the best title of the passage?| A．A clever musician | B．A white lie | | C．A helpful conductor | D．A great manuscript |
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Anthony is 80 years old. He lives by himself in his own home. He spends most of his time in front of the TV his favorite programs like, football, baseball, and car racing. I’ve him for about six years and his breaks my heart. Anthony reminds me of my own grandfather.
Anthonhy is from the isalnd of Malta, a small island in the Mediterranean Sea. He came to the United States, like of us, to look for a better future for his family. He eight kids and they live in the United states but of them live near him in Florida and nor do they visit him. I him once a day to check on him and spend some time with him.
I even watch TV with him that I don’t even , but the is that he feels someone is there him company. When he gets sick, or does not feel enough to cook, I will cross my fence and start for him. I will run some errands (跑腿) for him. When he has an appointment with his _ , I will drive him too. I’ll fix his remote control when it is not , etc…If something breaks or stops working, he calls me because he knows he can me anytime.
It is important to care about someone, it isn’t your own family. You would be of yourself when you do help someone. I am pretty sure there are many Anthonys out there facing the same loneliness. Please a difference in someone’s life.
| 小题1: | | A．forming | B．playing | C．watching | D．attending |
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| 小题2: | | A．known | B．noticed | C．realized | D．admitted |
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| 小题3: | | A．matter | B．pain | C．fact | D．situation |
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| 小题4: | | A．few | B．much | C．most | D．number |
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| 小题5: | | A．taught | B．helped | C．raised | D．brought |
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| 小题7: | | A．find | B．visit | C．call | D．miss |
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| 小题8: | | A．work | B．waste | C．quality | D．sleep |
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| 小题9: | | A．agree | B．share | C．hate | D．like |
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| 小题10: | | A．point | B．theme | C．problem | D．answer |
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| 小题11: | | A．keeping | B．talking | C．making | D．using |
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| 小题12: | | A．good | B．happy | C．busy | D．well |
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| 小题13: | | A．cleaning | B．cooking | C．reading | D．playing |
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| 小题14: | | A．All the while | B．Once in a while | C．After a while | D．In a while |
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| 小题15: | | A．teacher | B．doctor | C．repairman | D．child |
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| 小题16: | | A．operating | B．sounding | C．using | D．working |
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| 小题17: | | A．agree with | B．deal with | C．count on | D．learn about |
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| 小题18: | | A．as if | B．since | C．when | D．even if |
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| 小题19: | | A．proud | B．fond | C．ahead | D．short |
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| 小题20: | | A．make | B．feel | C．force | D．explain |
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I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought，“What would I say when the other kids asked what I"d ？” Just when I started to that there would not be a Christmas that year，three women at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn"t .Somebody had thought of me to bring me a gift. Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my . Christmas there special and memorable, I _ remembered the woman’s visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of for as many children as I could possibly.
So I a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿)at the Christmas party. For every child，we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys，clothes，and school supplies， with a child"s name. We wanted all of them to know they were .Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts，I them that they couldn"t open their presents every child had come forward. Finally the they had been waiting for came as I called out，“One，two，three. Open your presents！” As the children opened their packages，their faces beamed and their bright smiles up the room. The in the room was obvious，and wasn"t just about toys. It was a feeling —the feeling I knew that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn"t forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter.
| 小题1: | | A．sending | B．receiving | C．making | D．exchanging |
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| 小题2: | | A．Found | B．prepared | C．got | D．expected |
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| 小题3: | | A．doubt | B．hope | C．suggest | D．accept |
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| 小题4: | | A．broke in | B．settled down | C．turned up | D．showed off |
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| 小题5: | | A．relief | B．loss | C．achievement | D．justice |
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| 小题6: | | A．blamed | B．loved | C．forgotten | D．affected |
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| 小题7: | | A．highly | B．little | C．poorly | D．enough |
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| 小题8: | | A．present | B．first | C．recent | D．previous |
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| 小题9: | | A．hardly | B．instantly | C．regularly | D．occasionally |
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| 小题10: | | A．strength | B．independence | C．importance | D．safety |
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| 小题11: | | A．kept up with | B．caught up with | C．came up with | D．put up with |
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| 小题13: | | A．fine | B．special | C．helpful | D．normal |
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| 小题14: | | A．reminded | B．guaranteed | C．convinced | D．promised |
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| 小题15: | | A．after | B．until | C．when | D．since |
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| 小题16: | | A．chance | B．gift | C．moment | D．reward |
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| 小题17: | | A．lit | B．took | C．burned | D．cheered |
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| 小题18: | | A．atmosphere | B．sympathy | C．calmness | D．joy |
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| 小题19: | | A．it | B．such | C．something | D．everybody |
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