It was the afternoon of December 24, the day before Christmas; and as the newest
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It was the afternoon of December 24, the day before Christmas; and as the newest doctor in our office, I had to work. The only thing that brightened my day was the beautifully decorated Christmas tree in our waiting room and a gift sent to me by a fellow I was dating — a dozen long-stemmed red roses. As I was cleaning my office, I was told a lady urgently needed to speak with me. As I stepped out, I noticed a young, tired-looking woman with a baby in her arms. Nervously, she explained that her husband — a prisoner in a nearby prison — was my next patient. She told me she wasn’t allowed to visit her husband in prison and that he had never seen his son. Her request was for me to let the boy’s father sit in the waiting room with her as long as possible before I called him for his appointment. Since my schedule wasn’t full, I agreed. After all, it was Christmas Eve. A short time later, her husband arrived — with chains on his feet and hands, and two armed guards as bodyguards. The woman’s tired face lit up like our little Christmas tree when her husband took a seat beside her. I kept glancing out to watch them laugh, cry and share their child. After almost an hour, I called the prisoner back to my office. The patient seemed like a gentle and modest man. I wondered what he possibly could have done to be held under such conditions. I tried to make him as comfortable as possible. At the end of the appointment, I wished him a Merry Christmas-a difficult thing to say to a man headed back to prison. He smiled and thanked me. He also said he felt saddened by the fact he hadn’t been able to get his wife anything for Christmas. On hearing this, I was inspired with a wonderful idea. I’ll never forget the look on both their faces as the prisoner gave his wife the beautiful, long-stemmed roses. I’m not sure who experienced the most joy — the husband in giving, the wife in receiving, or myself in having the opportunity to share in this special moment. 小题1:What can be inferred from the first paragraph?A.The writer was a newcomer to her office. | B.A fellow sent her a dozen red roses as Christmas present. | C.She was in low spirits because she had to work before Christmas. | D.She was at work with a light heart. | 小题2:The young woman came to the writer’s office for the purpose of .A.having her baby examined | B.giving her husband a chance to make his escape | C.having her husband examined | D.getting a chance for her family to get together | 小题3:The underlined part in paragraph 3 most probably means “ ”A.to be sent to hospital | B.to be separated from his family | C.to be comfortable | D.to become a prisoner | 小题4:What does the writer learn from the story?A.The wife experienced the most joy in receiving | B.An act of kindness can mean a lot | C.The prisoner was treated with mercy | D.Whoever breaks the law should be punished |
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小题1:C 小题2:D 小题3:D 小题4:B |
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试题分析:本文讲述了作者目睹了一位妻子带着孩子看望服刑丈夫的感人场面。作者把别人送给自己的礼物送给了那位服刑的丈夫,让他在圣诞前夕能够为妻子送一份礼物。同时作者自己也感到了一份幸福。 小题1:细节题:从第一段的句子:I had to work. The only thing that brightened my day was the beautifully decorated Christmas tree in our waiting room and a gift sent to me by a fellow I was dating 可知作者情绪不高,因为她在圣诞节前夕还要工作。选C 小题2:推理题:从第二段的句子:Nervously, she explained that her husband — a prisoner in a nearby prison — was my next patient. She told me she wasn’t allowed to visit her husband in prison and that he had never seen his son.可知这个妇女想让作者给她一个全家团圆的机会,选 D 小题3:猜词题:作者看到这个男的是很绅士的很谦虚的,想知道是什么让他成为囚犯的,选D 小题4:推理题:从文章的最后一句话I’m not sure who experienced the most joy — the husband in giving, the wife in receiving, or myself in having the opportunity to share in this special moment.可知这次的善举让囚犯和他妻子,也让作者能分享这个特殊的时候,所以作者认为是很有意义的,选B |
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A boy and a girl were a couple of lovers. The girl liked feeling rain, so the boy was always holding the umbrella when it rained and most part of the umbrella was over the girl. Rain showered the boy every time but he said nothing except looked at the gift"s face, which was full of silent satisfaction. He felt very happy, so did the girl. One day they went out for a walk. They were walking hand in hand passing a building which was under construction. The girl jumped with excitement and said something. The boy seldom talked only feeling excited as she felt looking at her silently. When the girl was talking, a not big or small stone fell down from the building toward the girl"s head! At that moment the boy took the girl in his arms so suddenly and so strongly that the girl let out a scream. He meant to protect the gift with his body. But the boy turned over to make his own body downward before they dropped on the ground. As a result, only the girl"s hand was smashed by the stone and fractured. The girl came back to earth and cried with pain, tears weeping up. She thought the saying that “The husband and the wife are birds in the same forest essentially, but when serious tragedy comes, they will fly separately” was really not wrong! With this, she straggled and stood up from. the boy"s body keeping from the pains and slowly ran away without glancing at the boy. At the time, the boy was calling the girl"s name in a weak voice, his lips were already white. He took out his mobile phone and dialed the girl"s number, but the girl didn"t answer. He dialed again she didn"t answer again. For several times, he gave up. But his fingers pressed something on the mobile. At that time, beside the boy, the blood spread slowly, his hand hung and the mobile phone lay in the blood, he had no strength to press the “SENT” key yet. The next day, when the girl heard of the news that the boy was being rescued, she ran to the hospital without considering her anger. When she hurried to the hospital, the doctor had already declared his death; the cause of his death was that his lung had lost too much blood. It was because, when the boy meant to protect the girl with his body he found that there was a steel stick under them, so he turned over to make it inset(="put" into) his own body. The boy"s mother passed the boy"s mobile phone on to the gift. The girl read the message that hadn"t been sent: “Honey, I"m sorry, I still couldn"t protect you and made you wound... “Upon this, the girl couldn"t help crying... Please treasure the one you love and believe his or her LOVE! 小题1:The underlined word fractured here probably means ___________.A.shaken | B.broken | C.abandoned | D.touched | 小题2:The girl didn"t want to answer the boy"s" call because ____________.A.she didn"t hear it | B.she was seriously hurt | C.she was angry with him | D.she had her phone broken | 小题3:Which of the following words may best describe the boy’s behavior?A.gentle and devoted | B.brave and handsome | C.rough and selfish | D.intelligent but silly | 小题4:From this passage we can conclude that .A.love is happy and love is pain | B.trust is important between lovers | C.one should express his love in time | D.one should love a person who is brave |
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The other day I was talking to a stranger on the bus; he told me that he had a good 36 in Chicago and he wondered if, by any chance, I 37 to know him . For a moment, I thought he might be 38 ,but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was not. He was 39 . I felt like saying that it was ridiculous (可笑的) to 40 that out of all the millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend. But, 41 , I just smiled and reminded him that Chicago was a very 42 city. He nodded, and I thought he was going to be content to drop the subject and talk about something else. But I was wrong. He was silent for a few minutes, and then he 43 to tell me all about his friend. His friend’s main 44 in life seemed to be tennis. He was an excellent tennis player , and he 45 had his own tennis court. There were a lot of people with swimming 46 , yet there were only two people with private tennis court; his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I knew several 47 like that, including my brother, who was a doctor in California. He 48 that maybe there were more private courts in the country than he 49 but he did not know of any others. Then he asked me 50 my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence 51 his Chicago friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a 52 who had a tennis court in his backyard. I said I felt that really was a coincidence (巧合) because my next-door neighbour had gone to Sacramento last summer and had 53 the house next to my brother’s house. For a moment, we stared at each other, but we did not say anything. “Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He 54 and said, “Yes. Would your brother’s name happen to be Dr Rey Hunter?” It was my 55 to laugh. “Yes,” I replied.
小题1: | A.brother | B.teacher | C. friend | D.neighbour |
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小题2: | A.happened | B.managed | C.tried | D.wanted |
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小题3: | A.expecting | B.lying | C. talking | D.joking |
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小题4: | A.funny | B.serious | C.careful | D.disappointed |
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小题5: | A.find | B.think | C.realize | D.see |
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小题6: | A.indeed | B.actually | C. exactly | D.instead |
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小题7: | A.famous | B.interesting | C.big | D.noisy |
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小题8: | A.began | B.stopped | C.refused | D.failed |
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小题9: | A.problem | B.choice | C.interest | D.work |
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小题10: | A.just | B.ever | C.even | D.surely |
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小题11: | A.suit | B.habit | C. river | D.pools |
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小题13: | A.advised | B.admitted | C. argued | D.announced |
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小题14: | A.recognized | B.realized | C.visited | D.found |
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小题15: | A.how | B.whether | C.where | D.when |
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小题16: | A.if | B.because | C.then | D.though |
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小题17: | A.doctor | B.friend | C.neighbour | D.player |
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小题18: | A.visited | B.hired | C.designed | D.sold |
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小题19: | A.smiled | B.laughed | C.cried | D.nodded |
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小题20: | A.chance | B.pleasure | C. turn | D.time |
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Every night, my mother would come to my room, lean down and push my long hair out of the way, then kiss my forehead. I don"t remember when it first started 26 me --her hands pushing my hair that way. But it did make me annoyed, for they felt work - worn and 27 against my young skin.Finally, one night, I shouted at her: “Don" t do that any more --your 28 are too rough!" She didn’t say anything in 29 .But never again did my mother close out my day with that _30 expression of her love. Time after time, with the 31 years, my thoughts returned to that night. I"m not a little girl any more.Mom is in her mid - seventies, and those hands I 32 thought to be so rough are still doing things for me and my 33 . Now, my own children are 34 Mom no longer has Dad.It was late on that Thanksgiving Eve, as I went to sleep in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand 35 before stealing across my face to brush the 36 from my forehead.Then a kiss, ever so _37 touched my brow.In my 38 , thousands of times, I 39 the night my young voice complained.40 Mom"s hand in my hand, I said how 41 I was for that night.I thought she"d remember, as I did,_42 Mom didn"t know what I was talking about.She had forgotten—and 43 —long ago. That night, I fell asleep with a new 44 for my gentle mother and her caring hands. And the 45 I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.
小题1: | A.surprising | B.hurting | C.annoying | D.amazing |
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小题2: | A.rough | B.gentle | C.smooth | D.strong |
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小题3: | A.noises | B.words | C.feelings | D.hands |
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小题4: | A.anger | B.silence | C.reply | D.fear |
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小题5: | A.healthy | B.familiar | C.popular | D.perfect |
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小题6: | A.coming | B.remaining | C.following | D.passing |
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小题7: | A.often | B.even | C.never | D.once |
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小题8: | A.family | B.neighbor | C.husband | D.home |
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小题9: | A.developed | B.grown | C.moved | D.forgotten |
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小题10: | A.imagined | B.hesitated | C.regretted | D.trembled |
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小题11: | A.hair | B.tears | C.dirt | D.kisses |
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小题12: | A.quickly | B.roughly | C.gently | D.slowly |
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小题13: | A.memory | B.opinion | C.history | D.diary |
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小题14: | A.chanced | B.missed | C.hated | D.recalled |
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小题15: | A.Beating | B.Picking | C.Catching | D.Stopping |
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小题16: | A.happy | B.sorry | C.annoyed | D.amused |
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小题17: | A.and | B.faded | C.because | D.but |
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小题18: | A.remembered | B.while | C.forgiven | D.apologized |
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小题19: | A.hope | B.appreciation | C.thought | D.approval |
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小题20: | A.guilt | B.pride | C.sorrow | D.failure |
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It was January lst, the first day of the year and a holiday for me.I went to the bank to get the bank work out of the way. The bank clerk nodded and I sat in front of him. He was busy filling up entries in his register. I put my form and booklet in front of him.After waiting for a few more minutes, in which I showed all signs of being impatient, I asked him if my work was done. He shouted, "Nothing is done, and it will take time ! " Just then I saw his morning cup of tea, which had been lying there for the last ten minutes, untoucheD.The tea had turned almost cold while he was doing his work.Suddenly I felt what this man must be feeling when customers like me come always in a hurry to get their work done. We do not even feel the need to thank them for being there. So I told him, "Sir, please have your teA.I am not in a hurry. " This man suddenly looked up at me and for the first time we had eye contact.I saw a different person there, who was as hard-pressed for time as I always am. I saw both of us sailing in the same boat. I felt that he was also missing the small things in life like a hot cup of tea or lying in a warm bed for a few more minutes like me.He gave me a rare smile and said, "It is an everyday affair with me; you are not in a hurry but somebody else will be. He really touched my heart with his wise words. I felt that all this time I thought of him as someone who was there for my convenience, but today I suddenly felt a strange communion with him. I vowed(郑重宣布) to be friendly with people who help me with my work and be thankful that they are there for me. 小题1:Which of the following is NOT true of the writer?A.He works in the bank as a clerk, too. | B.He went to the bank to do some business. | C.He was touched by the untouched cup of tea. | D.He got annoyed after waiting a few minutes. | 小题2:What can we learn about the bank clerk?A.He hated to work on a holiday . | B.He didn"t like his work in the bank. | C.He was under great work pressure. | D.He communicated well with his customers. | 小题3:What can you learn from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5?A.He was sometimes in the similar situation. | B.They once sailed in the same boat. | C.They expected to sail in the same boat. | D.He"s too busy to sail in a boat, too. | 小题4:The writer"s attitude towards the bank clerk might be that of .A.tolerance | B.gratitude | C.sympathy | D.satisfaction | 小题5:What does the text try to tell us?A.To be patient with your customers | B.Helping others is helping yourself | C.To be thankful to those who help you. | D.It is our duty to do things for others |
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There is a small shop about 200 meters from where I live that sells groceries, meat and other basic necessities. About 10 years ago, there was a beggar who would go into the shop every day and ask the owner for a 36 . The owner, 37 he would love to help, simply didn’t have any jobs available, so he kept 38 the man’s request. This situation continued 39 for a few months, until the owner 40 to give the homeless man a job which 41 sweeping outside the shop. Every single day from 5 am, the homeless man was there doing the very 42 he could for the 43 , even though it did earn him some pennies. 44 , the owner saw how good a job the man was doing and gave him a job working 45 a cashier. He was watched closely to make sure that he didn’t 46 any of the money received from the sales. He was still homeless, after all. The homeless man did a/an 47 job as a cashier for over 2 years, and did such a good job that he was promoted to 48 the finances for the whole shop. To my 49 , this was the arrangement up until 2 years ago, when the owner 50 . In his will, he only had one 51 , to give the whole shop to the now stable, “homeless” man. Now, I could walk into that shop and see him working as hard as 52 , with his own business that is still 53 and active 10 years after getting his job as a sweeper. From this story, we can probably get the inspiration: work hard and give everything your best effort, even if it isn’t your 54 situation, it very well may turn out to 55 some day in the future.
小题2: | A.although | B.unless | C.because | D.if |
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小题3: | A.expecting | B.considering | C.accepting | D.refusing |
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小题4: | A.again | B.often | C.weekly | D.daily |
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小题5: | A.allowed | B.agreed | C.planned | D.failed |
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小题6: | A.meant | B.involved | C.included | D.trained |
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小题7: | A.best | B.least | C.better | D.less |
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小题8: | A.family | B.owner | C.interest | D.moment |
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小题9: | A.Suddenly | B.Accurately | C.Quietly | D.Eventually |
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小题11: | A.lose | B.pocket | C.spend | D.save |
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小题12: | A.honest | B.loyal | C.fantastic | D.kind |
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小题13: | A.guard | B.raise | C.provide | D.manage |
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小题14: | A.knowledge | B.mind | C.scare | D.joy |
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小题15: | A.got tired | B.became old | C.passed away | D.gave up |
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小题16: | A.thought | B.purpose | C.request | D.suggestion |
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小题17: | A.ever | B.necessary | C.expected | D.required |
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小题18: | A.big | B.new | C.shabby | D.popular |
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小题19: | A.ideal | B.current | C.own | D.financial |
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