More Than I Had Dreamed OfFrom the time I was seven, I had a dream of becoming a
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More Than I Had Dreamed Of
From the time I was seven, I had a dream of becoming a member of the Students Union. I always my school leaders for taking responsibility for all of us. So I dreamed of being a leader.
Years flew by, and soon I was able to participate in the elections, I would win. But the reality struck that I hadn’t had a chance. I wasn’t pretty. Girls across the school hardly knew me. I just did not have what it to win a school election. I was .
As I cried in my room that evening, I took a deep breath and decided I wouldn’t stop dreaming. I decided that I would elections again in my final year at school—and I would win.
I recognized that my had a lot of things in their favor. What were the that would work in my favor? I had good grades, and I was friendly and helpful. And my biggest was the faith I had. I would not allow my appearance to hold me back from putting my best foot forward. That evening, I my election plans a whole year in advance.
I realized that girls would have to get to know me and recognize that I had the ability to them. I loved making friends and I liked being helpful, I decided that perhaps I could use these qualities to work to my advantage. In order to learn how to present a great election , I also attended a course on effective public speaking.
The day after the election, when the principal(校长) announced I won the second highest number of votes, the students . That joy on the faces of all my friends showed me that my victory was theirs.
Suddenly, I realized that I had much more than I had dreamed of. I had made many new friends and had helped people the way. I had won the and love of my school-mates and they knew me as somebody who would stand by them. I was able to put a smile on their faces and their day.
| 小题1: | | A．remembered | B．admired | C．praised | D．believed |
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| 小题2: | | A．planning | B．praying | C．calculating | D．judging |
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| 小题3: | | A．took | B．assessed | C．provided | D．meant |
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| 小题4: | | A．concerned | B．surprised | C．depressed | D．confused |
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| 小题5: | | A．gradually | B．immediately | C．impatiently | D．suddenly |
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| 小题6: | | A．participate | B．enter | C．join | D．go |
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| 小题7: | | A．companions | B．enemies | C．schoolmates | D．competitors |
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| 小题8: | | A．points | B．cases | C．methods | D．examples |
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| 小题9: | | A．problem | B．dream | C．strength | D．worry |
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| 小题10: | | A．plain | B．young | C．personal | D．special |
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| 小题11: | | A．announced | B．discussed | C．began | D．cancelled |
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| 小题12: | | A．recommend | B．encourage | C．support | D．represent |
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| 小题14: | | A．speech | B．campaign | C．ceremony | D．promise |
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| 小题15: | | A．nodded | B．cheered | C．gathered | D．cried |
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| 小题16: | | A．only | B．also | C．still | D．almost |
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| 小题17: | | A．devoted | B．accelerated | C．accomplished | D．developed |
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| 小题19: | | A．appointment | B．reputation | C．election | D．acceptance |
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| 小题20: | | A．rich | B．bless | C．expand | D．brighten |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:D
小题6:B
小题7:D
小题8:A
小题9:C
小题10:A
小题11:C
小题12:D
小题13:B
小题14:A
小题15:B
小题16:B
小题17:C
小题18:A
小题19:D
小题20:D |
解析
试题分析：文章讲述了我一直都想成为学生会的主席，第一次参加竞选失败，让我痛下决心来完善自己，终于在第二次竞选中获胜。最后让我感觉到重要的不是结果而是过程，是这一路走来时所看见的风景和人物，以及在这个过程中我的收获。
小题1:考查动词用法。A. remembered记得，B. admired钦佩，C. praised表扬，D. believed相信，我总是很钦佩很羡慕那些承担起领导责任的学生。选B。
小题2:考查动词用法。A. planning计划，B. praying祈祷，C. calculating计算，D. judging判断；我参加竞选，祈祷自己能获胜。选B
小题3:考查动词用法。A. took花费，B. assessed评估，C. provided提供，D. meant意味着，固定句型。It takes sb something to do sth做某事花费某人sth；我不具备赢得竞选的条件。选A
小题4:考查形容词辨析。A. concerned关心的，担心的，B. surprised惊讶的，C. depressed压抑的，D. confused困惑的，根据上题，作者不知道那什么来赢得选举，所以感到沮丧。选 C
小题5:考查副词辨析。A. gradually逐渐，B. immediately立刻，C. impatiently不耐烦地；，D. suddenly突然，我突然深呼吸决定不会停止我的梦想。选D。
小题6:考查动词用法。A. participate参加，B. enter进入，C. join参加，D. go 去，enter for elections 为固定搭配，意为：参选。语境为：我决定在我上学的最后一年重新参选并将要在选举中胜出。选B
小题7:考查名词辨析。A. companions同伴，B. enemies敌人，C. schoolmates同学 D. competitors 对手；本句指我的竞争对手有他们自己的优势。选D
小题8:考查名词辨析。A. points重点，优势，B. cases情况，C. methods方法，D. examples例子，这里指有利于我的优势是什么？选A。
小题9:考查名词辨析。A. problem问题，B. dream梦想，C. strength力气，优势，D. worry担心，我最大的优点就是别人对我的信任。选C。
小题10:考查形容词辨析。A. plain普通的，B. young年轻的，C. personal个人的，D. special特殊的，作者不想让自己普通的的外表阻碍自己将最好的一面展现出来。plain 。“普通的” 作者在列举长处时，没有提到自己的相貌。由此可以推知，她的相貌应该不占优势，由此可知答案。选A
小题11:考查动词用法。A. announced宣布，B. discussed讨论，C. began开始，D. cancelled 取消，分析完优势后，作者开始着手预先制定自己的选举计划。began“开始； 。着手于”选C。
小题12:考查动词用法。A. recommend推荐，B. encourage鼓励，C. support支持，D. represent代表，句意：我意识到女孩们开始了解我，并且认可我有能力代表他们。represent代表） ，符合句意。选D。
小题13:考查连词：A. but但是，B. so所以，C. then然后，D. or 或者，上下文可知是因果关系，所以用这些品质强化优势。选B。
小题14:考查名词辨析。A. speech演讲，B. campaign运动，C. ceremony仪式，D. promise诺言；为学会发表很棒的竞选演讲，我参加这样的课程。选A
小题15:考查动词用法。A. nodded点头，B. cheered[欢呼， C. gathered聚集，D. cried哭泣；当宣布我获得第二高票的时候，学生欢呼起来。选B。
小题16:考查副词辨析。A. only只要，B. also也，C. still仍然，D. almost 几乎，根据文意，这里表达的意思是：选举的胜利不仅是作者的也是他的支持者们的。also 也符合语境。选B
小题17:考查动词用法。A. devoted致力，B. accelerated加紧，C. accomplished完成，获得，D. developed发展；作者的本意只是在竞选中获胜，但获胜后作者突然意识到，除了实现了自己的梦想外，他还得到了友情、享受了一路走来朋友慢的支持和帮助，所以作者认为自己收获了比目标还要多的东西，选C
小题18:考查介词辨析：A. along沿着，B. by通过，C. to到…，D. in在…里面， Along the way一路上；指一路上我交了很多新朋友，也帮助了很多的人。选A
小题19:考查名词辨析。A. appointment约定，B. reputation名气，C. election竞选，D. acceptance接受，承认，我希望自己能赢得校友的承认和他们的爱。选D
小题20:考查动词辨析。A. rich富有，B. bless保佑，C. expand扩大，D. brighten点亮，这里指作者通过这次经历，有了更多的自信，可以“能够让自己的朋友 ”brighten，意思是：使快乐高兴，复合快乐起来，让他们的脸上带着微笑，照亮他们的生活。选D |
举一反三
While I was on my way into Wal-Mart, I was greeted by a woman working at the door. Before I wanted to buy what I wanted, I had a(n) to make, and I was stopped by the woman, who wanted to my bag. Usually I would have got angry, because I knew I didn’t steal. I had just noticed someone ahead of me being not so nice. That person treated this lady as if she was . The person had just snatched(攫取) a bag back from her and stormed off even saying “thank you”. I could say that this lady looked , but she was still trying to make ends meet. I could tell this woman was by what had just happened, and no one knew how many people had been her that way all day long.
What if she was a grandmother who had to her grandchildren, because the parents had just lost their life in an accident? What if her husband was seriously and they couldn’t afford the medical expenses?
All she wanted was to do her well. All she wanted was to customers as she was trained. All she needed was to be . I wondered whether I could be someone that she needed.
I looked her in her eyes as she scanned my bag, and then I smiled and said, “Your hair is beautiful!” Her face and she told me how easy it was to manage her hair. She handed my bag back, and told me the customer service desk was straight down on my left. I said “Thank you!”
| 小题1: | | A．purchase | B．difficulty | C．survey | D．return |
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| 小题2: | | A．observe | B．steal | C．check | D．take |
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| 小题3: | | A．nobody | B．something | C．anything | D．anybody |
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| 小题4: | | A．without | B．beyond | C．after | D．before |
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| 小题5: | | A．strong | B．old | C．wise | D．awful |
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| 小题6: | | A．hurt | B．impressed | C．moved | D．ignored |
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| 小题7: | | A．accepting | B．treating | C．judging | D．approaching |
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| 小题8: | | A．care for | B．care about | C．look into | D．look for |
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| 小题9: | | A．poor | B．disturbed | C．disappointed | D．sick |
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| 小题10: | | A．favor | B．greeting | C．job | D．training |
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| 小题11: | | A．support | B．serve | C．help | D．instruct |
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| 小题12: | | A．protected | B．appreciated | C．hired | D．liked |
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| 小题13: | | A．set up | B．lifted up | C．lit up | D．cheered up |
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Barack Obama was born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father came to America from Kenya, which is a country in Africa. His parents, Ann and Barack, met when they were students at the University of Hawaii. Since Barack had the same name as his father, young Barack went by the nickname “Barry”.
In 1979, after he finished high school, Barry went to Occidental College in Los Angeles, California. There, he started to learn about his African roots and decided to use his African name, Barack. After two years in L.A., he went to Columbia University in New York City to study politics.
After college, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he worked to help poor people in his city. He traveled to Africa to meet his grandmother and cousins for the first time. He went back many times over the years to visit with his family and learn about where he came from. At work, he met a lawyer named Michelle Robinson. They worked together in a big law firm. Then he left Chicago to go to Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He did very well in law school.
After he was done with school, Barack moved back to Chicago and in 1992 he married Michelle. He worked as a lawyer, devoted to helping poor people for free who had been treated unfairly. He worked hard to get the people he helped to vote(投票).
He made many people believe that their votes were important, and helped them feel like they could make a difference.
小题1:Barack Obama’s father was probably born in _________.| A．Hawaii | B．California | C．Illinois | D．Kenya |
小题2:Which of the following is the right order according to the text?
①Getting married to Michelle.
②Travelling to Africa to meet his grandmother
③Going to Harvard Law School
④Going to Columbia University
⑤Working in a big law firm.| A．④②⑤③① | B．④③②⑤① | C．③④①⑤② | D．②①⑤④③ |
小题3:How did Obama get people to vote?| A．By cheating them to do so. | | B．By making a difference to people. | | C．By showing them the importance of their votes. | | D．By helping poor people who treat others unfairly. |
小题4:According to the text, which of the following words can best describe Barack Obama?| A．Humorous | B．Polite | C．Brave | D．Kind-hearted |
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I moved to Chicago ten years ago. As I was new to the area, I had friends and seldom went out to parties. But a month later, I was invited to a party and there I an elderly couple.
The wife and I for a long time. She told me how she was about her husband who was a heart operation. At that time I was working as a researcher in the same where the husband would be going for his operation, I told her to take down my phone number and me to let me know when he was there.
She phoned a few weeks later as and told me that her husband was admitted to the hospital and waiting. I told her that I would go and check on him every day while I was at . I thought that if it was my dad, I would do the same, so I decided to give them some .
Weeks turned into months and it just became my to see them and keep track of how things were going before, during and after the heart operation. Sometimes I"d bring a for him to read, or some food that we would share . As time went by, it seemed like I became part of the . Even after the husband returned from the hospital, we still often each other on holidays.
Now, ten years later, I my own family. Since our parents don’t close by, this couple has become my son’s “local” grandparents. My wife and I often feel truly to have this couple as our “local” parents! Sometimes family comes out of the most unexpected place.
| 小题1: | | A．few | B．some | C．several | D．many |
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| 小题2: | | A．served | B．loved | C．met | D．supported |
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| 小题3: | | A．searched | B．fought | C．worked | D．talked |
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| 小题4: | | A．regretful | B．calm | C．worried | D．lucky |
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| 小题5: | | A．giving up | B．waiting for | C．paying for | D．turning down |
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| 小题6: | | A．hotel | B．hospital | C．restaurant | D．office |
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| 小题8: | | A．ask | B．call | C．help | D．invite |
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| 小题9: | | A．required | B．predicted | C．expected | D．promised |
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| 小题10: | | A．even | B．seldom | C．still | D．sometimes |
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| 小题11: | | A．work | B．school | C．home | D．table |
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| 小题12: | | A．experience | B．company | C．luck | D．trust |
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| 小题13: | | A．risk | B．stress | C．test | D．habit |
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| 小题14: | | A．book | B．picture | C．computer | D．tape |
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| 小题15: | | A．early | B．together | C．alone | D．everywhere |
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| 小题16: | | A．public | B．family | C．team | D．group |
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| 小题17: | | A．missed | B．followed | C．knew | D．visited |
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| 小题18: | | A．leave | B．find | C．have | D．need |
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| 小题19: | | A．live | B．come | C．move | D．drive |
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| 小题20: | | A．nervous | B．curious | C．thankful | D．suitable |
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The pen is more powerful than the sword. There have been many writers who use their pens to write things that were wrong. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe was one of them.
She was born in the U. S. A. in 1811. One of her books not only made her famous but has been described as one that excited the world, and was helpful in causing a civil war and freeing the enslaved race. The civil war was the American Civil War of 1861, in which the Northern States fought the Southern States and finally won.
This book that shook the world was called Uncle Tom"s Cabin. There was a time when every English-speaking man, woman, and child had read this novel that did so much to stop slavery. Not many people read it today, but it is still very interesting, if only to show how a warm-hearted writer can arouse people"s sympathies. The author herself had neither been to the Southern States nor seen a slave. The Southern Americans were very angry at the book, which they said did not at all represent the true state of affairs, but the Northern Americans were widely excited over it, and were so inspired by it that they were ready to go to war to set the slaves free.
小题1:Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe became famous for .| A．one of her books | | B．she was a very heartedly person | | C．she was a kind wife | | D．she worked for the war |
小题2: How old was Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe when her world famous book was published?| A．About sixty years old. | | B．Over fifty years old. | | C．In her forties. | | D．Around twenty years old. |
小题3:What do we learn about Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe from the passage?| A．Before the civil war she had been a slave. | | B．Before the civil war she had lived in the north of America. | | C．She had a good school education. | | D．She was better at writing than swinging a sword. |
小题4:Why could Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe"s book cause a civil war in America? Because .| A．she disclosed the terrible wrongs done to the slaves in the Southern States | | B．she wrote so well that the Americans loved her very much | | C．the Americans were too excited when they reads the book | | D．the Southern Americans hated the book, while the Northern Americans liked it |
小题5:What can we learn from the passage?| A．No wor can be won without such a book as Uncle Tom"s Cabin. | | B．We must understand the importance of literature and art. | | C．We needn"t use weapons to fight things that are wrong. | | D．A writer is more helpful in war than a soldier. |
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“Get yourself up and make something of yourself，buddy！”Though my mother has passed away，her words are as clear in my head today as when I was a boy．
“Christ！”I said，“I have made something of myself. I want to sleep late as I like．”
“If there’s one thing I can’t stand，it’s a quitter．”Her voice in my head is more powerful than my will to refuse，so I pull myself from bed．
Before I was out of primary school，mother could see I lacked the gifts for either making millions or winning the love of crowds．So she began pushing me toward working with words．Words ran in her family．There seemed to be a word gene that passed down from her mother’s grandfather·
The greatest proof was my mother’s first cousin Edwin．He was the managing editor of the New York Times and had gained a name in his career．
In 1947 1 graduated from Johns Hopkins and applied for a job with the Baltimore Sun as a police reporter．It paid＄30 a week ．When I complained the wage was shameful for a learned man，mother refused to sympathize．“If you work hard at this job，”she said，“maybe you can make something of it．”
After a while，I was asked to cover diplomats（外交官）at various African embassies. Then，
seven years later I was arranged by the Sun to cover the White House，a task that was as close to heaven as a journalist could get．However，whatever achievement of mine only seemed insignificant in her eyes．Uncle Edwin’s success was really annoying during my early years as a reporter．What a thrill，I thought．
Then，out of my wildest childhood fantasy，the Times came knocking．It was sad that Uncle Edwin had passed away by this time．In 1979 I won the Pulitzer Prize．Unfortunately，my mother’s brain and health broke down the year before，leaving her in a nursing home，out of touch with life forevermore ．She never knew of my Pulitzer．
I can probably guess how she’d have responded．“ That’s nice，buddy．It shows if you work hand，you’11 be able to make something of yourself one day，”
小题1:The first three paragraphs are intended to＿＿＿＿＿＿| A．draw readers’attention to the author’s success | | B．remind readers that the road to success is rough | | C．serve as an introduction to the author’s mother | | D．explain why the author’s mother kept blaming him |
小题2:The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 probably means that tier families＿＿＿＿| A．were gifted at language | B．never broke their promise | | C．were fond of reading | D．stuck to their family belief |
小题3:What can we learn about the author| A．He got a good salary working as a police reporter． | | B．He lived a rich life with his mother in his childhood． | | C．It was proud of her mother to see his winning the Pulitzer Prize． | | D．It was beyond his wildest dream that he could work for the Times． |
小题4:The author regards Uncle Edwin’s success as a thrill because＿＿＿＿＿＿．| A．he himself was less smart than Uncle Edwin | | B．his mother’s family thought Uncle Edwin to be a good reporter | | C．few reporters can become the managing editor of the New York Times | | D．Uncle Edwin spared no effort to get the Pulitzer Prize at the cost of his life |
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