My parents ran a small restaurant in Seattle. It was open twenty-four hours a da

My parents ran a small restaurant in Seattle. It was open twenty-four hours a da

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My parents ran a small restaurant in Seattle. It was open twenty-four hours a day, six days a week. And my first real job, when I was six years old, was   31  the diners’ shoes. My father had done it when he was young, so he taught me  32  to do it well, telling me to  33  to shine the shoes again if the customer wasn’t  34 .
I was proud of working in the restaurant   35  I was also working for the good of the family. But my father   36  said that I had to meet certain standards(标准) to be part of the team. I   37  to be on time, hard-working, and polite to the  38 . I was    39  paid for the work I did at the restaurant. One day I made the mistake of suggesting to Dad that he  40   give me $10 a week. He said, “OK. How about you paying me for three meals a day you have here? And for the times you bring in your friends  41  free soft drinks?” He   42  the amount of money I owed him, about $40 a week.
I remember returning to Seattle after being  43  in the US Army for about two years. I had just been promoted(升职) to Captain at that time. And full of pride, I walked into my parents’ restaurant, but the   44  thing Dad said was, “How about your   45  up tonight?” I couldn’t  46  my ears! I am an officer in the Army! But   47  didn’t matter. As far as Dad was concerned, I was just  48  member of the team. I reached for the mop(拖把).Working for Dad has taught me that the devotion(奉献) to a  49  is above all. It has nothing to do with  50  that team is for a family restaurant or the US Army.
小题1:
A.washingB.shiningC.changingD.repairing
小题2:
A.whyB.whatC.whenD.how
小题3:
A.offerB.refuseC.continueD.forget
小题4:
A.interestedB.annoyedC.relaxedD.satisfied
小题5:
A.ifB.becauseC.whenD.though
小题6:
A.anxiouslyB.strangelyC.clearlyD.secretly
小题7:
A.hadB.tendedC.hatedD.pretended
小题8:
A.familyB.workersC.customersD.friends
小题9:
A.neverB.alwaysC.seldomD.already
小题10:
A.mustB.shouldC.mightD.could
小题11:
A.byB.toC.onD.for
小题12:
A.worked outB.decided onC.set asideD.cut down
小题13:
A.absentB.overC.away D.alone
小题14:
A.usualB.lastC.nextD.first
小题15:
A.washing B.goingC.cleaningD.turning
小题16:
A.cover B.followC.believeD.understand
小题17:
A.theyB.IC.heD.it
小题18:
A.noB.eitherC.anyD.another
小题19:
A.teamB.familyC.leaderD.restaurant
小题20:
A.whenB.whetherC.howD.why

答案

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

试题分析:本文叙述了作者在小的时候在自家的餐馆做事,父亲就告诉他做事一定要有敬业的精神,要对顾客有礼貌,可是当作者在部队服役回来,因为他当时已经升职,他认为父亲不会再让他做一些家务了,可是他的父亲给他说的第一件事就是让作者打扫卫生,作者慢慢地认识到无论做什么事情,都应该对自己的团队有无私的奉献精神。
小题1:考查动名词及语境的理解。 A. washing希望; B. shining擦亮,闪烁; C. changing变化; D. repairing修理。根据下文shine the shoes again 可知我六岁的时候,我的第一份工作时擦亮(shining)用餐者的鞋,故选B。
小题2:考查连词及语境的理解。 A. why为什么;B. what什么;C. when什么时间;D. how怎样。根据上文My father had done it ,当父亲小的时候做过这种工作所以他教我如何去做好。因为后面有it作宾语,所以用how而不用what,故选D。
小题3:考查动词及语境的理解。 A. offer提供;B. refuse拒绝; C. continue  继续;D. forget忘记。这里offer to do 表示主动做某事。如果顾客不满意他告诉我如何主动再给顾客擦鞋,故选A。
小题4:考查形容词及语境的理解。 A. interested感兴趣的;B. annoyed恼怒的;C. relaxed 放松的;D. satisfied满意的。根据shine the shoes again可知顾客应该不满意。如果顾客不满意(satisfied)他告诉我如何主动再给顾客擦鞋,故选D。
小题5:考查连词及语境的理解。A. if 如果; B. because 因为;C. when当……时候;D. though尽管。根据I was also working for the good of the family.我在餐馆工作我感觉很自豪,因为同时我也因为我的家庭做些好事,故选B。     
小题6:考查副词及语境的理解。 A. anxiously焦急;B. strangely      奇怪地; C. clearly清楚地;D. secretly秘密地。我的父亲很清楚地(clearly)说我必须达到作为一个成员的标准,故选C。
小题7:考查动词及语境的理解。 A. had to不得不;B. tended照料;C. hated恨;D. pretended假装。根据I had to meet certain standards(标准) to be part of the team.可知我不得不(had to)按时到岗,努力工作,对客人有礼貌,故选A。
小题8:考查名词及语境的理解。 A. family家庭;B. workers工人;C. customers顾客;D. friends朋友。根据上文可知这是餐馆当然来者是客。可知我不得不(had to)按时到岗,努力工作,对客人(customers)有礼貌,故选C
小题9:考查副词及语境的理解。 A. never从不;B. always总是;C. seldom很少; D. already已经。One day I made the mistake of suggesting to Dad that he  40   give me $10 a week. 可知建议父亲给作者付钱是错误的做法,这说明以前的时候作者在自家的餐馆里打工是不给钱的,故选A。
小题10:考查情态动词及语境的理解。 A. must必须;B. should 应该;C. might也许; D. could能够。因为前有suggesting后面的从句的谓语动词应该用should+动词原形。有一天我给了父亲一个错误的建议让他一周付给我10美元的工钱,故选B。
小题11:考查固定短语及语境的理解。这里for free免费。是固定短语。有几次作者带着朋友来喝饮料没有付钱,故选D。
小题12:考查动词短语及语境的理解。A. worked out      计算出;B. decided on决定; C. set aside留出;D. cut down削减。根据the amount of money I owed him, about $40 a week.可知是统计计算一下账目。他算了一下(worked out)所有的账目我一周欠父亲40美元,故选A。
小题13:考查副词及语境的理解。 A. absent缺席的;B. over完了;C. away离开;D. alone独自。根据returning to Seattle可知两年后我离开了美国部队回到了西雅图,故选C。
小题14:考查序数词及语境的理解。 A. usual通常的;B. last上一个;C. next下一个;D. first第一个。根据上文可知这是作者离开家后第一次回到餐馆,父亲给他说的第一件事。“我”感觉很自豪“我”走进了父亲的餐馆,父亲给“我”说的第一件事是:今晚打扫一下卫生怎么样,故选D。
小题15:考查名词及语境的理解。 A. washing洗; B. going去;C. cleaning擦干净;D. turning转动。根据I reached for the mop(拖把).可知父亲给“我”说的第一件事是:今晚打扫一下卫生怎么样,故选C。
小题16:考查动词及语境的理解。 A. cover包括;B. follow 跟随; C. believe相信;D. understand理解。根据上文及下文I am an officer in the Army!可知作者已经升职了,自己感到很自豪,他认为父亲可能再不能像以前那样了。所以“我”不能相信(believe)“我”的耳朵,故选C。
小题17:考查代词及语境的理解。根据but表示转折。但是没有关系,故选D。
小题18:考查代词及语境的理解。 A. no不; B. either也; C. any一些; D. another另一个。根据上文可知父子俩想的不是同一件事。父亲所关心的是另一件事情“我”是餐馆的一员,故选D。
小题19:考查名词及语境的理解。 A. team      队;B. family家庭;  C. leader领导者; D. restaurant餐馆。根据I was just  48  member of the team.父亲已经教“我”要对自己的团队有奉献精神,故选A。
小题20:考查连词及语境的理解。 A. when什么时候;B. whether是否;C. how怎样;D. why为什么。这里主要根据句意可知无论这个团队是一个家庭还是美国部队都是没有关系的,故选B。
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when Frida Kahlo"s painting were on show in London, a poet described her paintings as " a ribbon(丝带) around a bomb". Such comments seem to suggest Kahlo had a big influence on the art world of her time. Sadly, she is actually a much bigger name today than she was during her time.
Born in 1907 in a village near Mexico City, Kahlo suffered from polio(小儿麻癖) at the age of seven. Her spine(脊柱) became bent as she grew older . Then, in 1925, her back was broken in several places in a school-bus accident. Throughout the rest of her life, the artist had many operations, but nothing was able to cure the terrible pain in her back. However, the accident had an unexpected side effect. While lying in her bed recovering, Kahlo taught herself to paint.
In 1929, she got married to Diego Rivera, another famous Mexico artist. Rivera"s strong influence on Kahlo"s style can be seen in her early works, but her later works from the 1940s, known today as her best works, show less influence from her husband.
Unfortunately, her works did not attract much attention in the 1930s and 1940s, even in her home country. Her first one-woman show in Mexico was not held until 1953. For more than a decade after her death in 1954, Kahlo"s works remained largely unnoticed by the world, but in the 1970s her works began to gain international fame at last.
小题1:What does the phrase “ a much bigger name” in Paragraph 1 most nearly mean?
A.a far better artistB.a far more gifted artist
C.a much stronger personD.a much more famous person
小题2:The terrible pain Kahlo suffered was caused by        .
A.polioB.her bent spine
C.back injuriesD.the operations she had
小题3:Kahlo’s style had become increasingly independent since the          .
A.1930sB.1940sC.1950sD.1970s
小题4:What is the author’s attitude toward Kahlo?
A.devotion.B.sympathyC.worry.D.encouragement.

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My son Joey was born with badly twisted 11____ .The doctors assured us that with treatment he would be able to walk 12 ____but would never run very well. The first three years of his life were spent in 13____ .casts and braces. By the time he was eight, you wouldn"t know he had a problem when you saw him 14____ .
The children in our neighborhood ran around as most children do during 15____ ,and Joey would jump right in and run and play, too. We 16____told him that he probably wouldn"t be able to 17____ as well as the other children. So he didn"t know.
In seventh grade he decided to 18____ for the cross-country team. Every day he 19 ____ with the team. He worked harder and ran more than any of the others-four to five miles a day ~~perhaps he sensed that the 20____ that seemed to come naturally to so many others did not come naturally to him. Although the entire team runs, only the 21 ____seven runners have the potential to score points for the 22____ .We didn"t tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn"t know.
He 23____to run four to five miles a day. Every  day24____ the day he had a 103-degree fever. I was 25____ .So I went to look for him after school. I found him running all alone. The sweat ran down his face and his eyes were glassy (呆滞)from his 26____ .Yet he looked straight ahead and 27____ running. We never told him he couldn"t run four miles with a 103-degree fever.So he didn"t know.
Two weeks later, the names of the team runners were 28____ .Joey was number six on the 29____.Joey had made the team. He was in seventh grade-the other six team members were all eighth-graders. We never told him he shouldn"t 30____ to make the team. We never told him he couldn"t do it We never told him he couldn"t do it...so he didn"t know. Hejust did it
小题1:
A.handsB.mouthC.bodyD.feet
小题2:
A.freelyB.fluentlyC.normallyD.strangely
小题3:
A.treatmentB.schoolC.darkD.silence
小题4:
A.studyB.walkC.readD.stand
小题5:
A.holidayB.restC.winterD.play
小题6:
A.neverB.oftenC.alwaysD.still
小题7:
A.talkB.studyC.readD.run
小题8:
A.break outB.go outC.give outD.runout
小题9:
A.trainedB.struggledC.fightD.study
小题10:
A.scoresB.abilitiesC.standardsD.dreams
小题11:
A.lastB.strongestC.topD.number
小题12:
A.familyB.countryC.schoolD.grade
小题13:
A.startedB.refusedC.likedD.continued
小题14:
A.thoughB.stillC.thenD.even
小题15:
A.surprisedB.worriedC.sadD.nervous
小题16:
A.runningB.sweatC.feverD.feet
小题17:
A.keptB.stoppedC.beganD.forgot
小题18:
A.calledB.madeC.speltD.read
小题19:
A.groundB.teamC.listD.wall
小题20:
A.decideB.expectC.promiseD.refuse

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A daughter thought life was unpromising to her and complained to her father about it. She did not know how she was going to   21  and wanted to give up. She was   22  of fighting and struggling. It seemed as if one problem was just solved before a new one   23 .
Her father, a cook, took her to the   24 . He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high   25 . Soon the pots came to a   26 . In one he placed carrots, in the second he placed eggs, and the last he placed ground coffee beans. He let them sit and boil, without saying a word.
The daughter sucked her teeth and   27  waited, asking repeatedly what he was doing. In about twenty minutes he turned off the   28  . He fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then he spooned the coffee out and placed it in another. Turning to her he asked, “Darling, what do you see?”
“Carrots, eggs, and coffee,” she replied.
He brought her closer and asked her to   29  the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the   30 , she observed the hard-boiled egg! Finally, he asked her to taste the coffee. She smiled   31  she tasted its rich flavor. She humbly asked, “What does it mean, Father?”
He explained that each of them had faced the same   32 , boiling water, but each   33   differently. The carrot went in   34  and hard. But after being subjected to the boiling water, it   35  and became weak. The egg had been   36 . Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But after sitting   37  the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique,   38 . After they were in the boiling water, they had   39  the water.
“Which are you?” he asked his daughter. “When adversity knocks on your door,   40  do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?”
小题1:
A.make outB.make itC.make upD.make through
小题2:
A.typicalB.consciousC.tiredD.warned
小题3:
A.raisedB.aroseC.disappearedD.faded
小题4:
A.roomB.marketC.kitchenD.grocery
小题5:
A.shelfB.temperatureC.fireD.table
小题6:
A.boilB.coolC.hotD.smoke
小题7:
A.happilyB.calmlyC.casuallyD.impatiently
小题8:
A.lightsB.burnersC.tapD.water
小题9:
A.seeB.carryC.feelD.fetch
小题10:
A.shellB.packC.bagD.cover
小题11:
A.sinceB.asC.beforeD.if
小题12:
A.occasionB.pointC.varietyD.adversity
小题13:
A.reflectedB.answeredC.abandonedD.reacted
小题14:
A.stableB.weakC.strongD.sensitive
小题15:
A.softenedB.widenedC.shortenedD.sharpened
小题16:
A.half-doneB.easily-broken C.easily-gotD.hard-boiled
小题17:
A.overB.forC.throughD.on
小题18:
A.howeverB.otherwiseC.besidesD.moreover
小题19:
A.meltedB.absorbedC.pollutedD.changed
小题20:
A.whatB.howC.whenD.why

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Pete Richards was the loneliest man in town on the day that little Jean Grace opened the door of his shop.
Pete"s grandfather had owned the shop until his death. Then the shop became Pete"s. The front window was full of beautiful old things: jewelry of a hundred years ago, gold and silver boxes, carved figures from China and Japan and other nations.
On this winter afternoon, a child stood there, her face close to the window. With large and serious eyes, she studied each piece in the window. Then, looking pleased, she stepped back from the window and went into the shop. Pete himself stood behind the counter. His eyes were cold as he looked at the small girl. “Please,” she began, “would you let me look at the pretty string of blue beads in the window?” Pete took the string of blue beads from the window. The beads were beautiful against his hand as he held the necklace up for her to see.
“They are just right,” said the child as though she were alone with the beads. “Will you wrap them up in pretty paper for me, please? I"ve been looking for a really wonderful Christmas present for my sister.”
“How much money do you have?” asked Pete.
She put a handful of pennies on the counter. “This is all I have,” she explained simply. “I"ve been saving the money for my sister"s present.”
Pete looked at her, his eyes thoughtful. Then he carefully closed his hand over the price mark on the necklace so that she could not see it. How could he tell her the price? The happy look in her big blue eyes struck him like the pain of an old wound.
“Just a minute,” he said and went to the back of the shop. “What"s your name?” he called out. He was very busy about something.
“Jean Grace,” answered the child.
When Pete returned to the front of the shop, he held a package in his hand. It was wrapped in pretty Christmas paper.
“There you are,” he said. “Don"t lose it on the way home.”
She smiled happily at him as she ran out of the door. Through the window he watched her go. He felt more alone than ever.
Something about Jean Grace and her string of beads had made him feel once more the pain of his old grief. The child"s hair was as yellow as the sunlight; her eyes were as blue as the sea. Once upon a time, Pete had loved a girl with hair of that same yellow and with eyes just as blue. And the necklace of blue stones had been meant for her.
But one rainy night, a car had gone off the road and struck the girl. After she died, Pete felt that he had nothing left in the world except his grief. The blue eyes of Jean Grace brought him out of that world of self-pity and made him remember again all that he had lost. The pain of remembering was so great that Pete wanted to run away from the happy Christmas shoppers who came to look at his beautiful old things during the next ten days.
When the last shopper had gone, late on Christmas Eve, the door opened and a young woman came in. Pete could not understand it, but he felt that he had seen her before. Her hair was sunlight yellow and her eyes were sea-blue. Without speaking, she put on the counter a package wrapped in pretty Christmas paper. When Pete opened the package, the string of blue beads lay again before him.
“Did this come from your shop?” she asked.
Pete looked at her with eyes no longer cold. “Yes, it did,” he said.
“Are the stones real?”
“Yes. They aren"t the best turquoise(绿松石), but they are real.”
“Can you remember to whom you sold them?”
“She was a small girl. Her name was Jean. She wanted them for her sister"s Christmas present.”
“How much were they?”
“I can"t tell you that,” he said. “The seller never tells anyone else what a buyer pays.”
“But Jean has never had more than a few pennies. How could she pay for them?”
She paid the biggest price one can ever pay,” he said.
For a moment there was no sound in the little shop. Then somewhere in the city, church bells began to ring. It was midnight and the beginning of another Christmas Day.
“But why did you do it?” the girl asked.
Pete put the package into her hands.
“There is no one else to whom I can give a Christmas present,” he said. “It is already Christmas morning. Will you let me take you to your home? I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas at your door.”
And so, to the sound of many bells, Pete Richards and a girl whose name he had not yet learned walked out into the hope and happiness of a new Christmas Day.
小题1:When Pete saw Jean Grace, he was ______.
A.very enthusiastic, hoping for some business to be done
B.cold but he still served the young customer
C.cold, unwilling to serve the young customer
D.very warm to the young customer though he did not want to sell anything to her
小题2:Pete did not say the price of the necklace because ______.
A.the seller never tells anyone else what a buyer pays
B.he priced the necklace too high
C.he knew it would disappoint the girl
D.he didn"t want to sell the necklace
小题3:The eyes of Jean Grace brought Pete out of his world of self-pity and he ______.
A.tried to forget the memory of his sweetheart
B.began to look at the world optimistically
C.remembered his lost love
D.no longer felt the pain in him
小题4:A young woman came into the shop because ______.
A.she was afraid that there might be some mistake
B.she thought that the stones she had bought were not real
C.she was not sure if she could get more stones like those
D.she did not like what she had once bought
小题5:By saying “She paid the biggest price one can ever pay,” Pete meant that Jean Grace    .
A.gave the most money for the necklace
B.gave all she had with her for the necklace
C.appreciated the value of the necklace
D.wanted to have the best thing in the shop
小题6: At the end of the story we see that Pete _____.
A.found another girl that he could trust
B.met someone who truly loved him
C.found a place to go at last
D.regained his ability to love

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阅读下面的短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
On June 25, two days after our kidney transplant (移植) surgeries, my daughter-in-law, supported by her nurse and my son, walked into my hospital room in Seattle. There she was, the   36  of my kidney, smiling at the foot of my beD.That"s when I realized the full    37   of "to give is to receive."
This February,   38  her kidney function continued to decline, my daughter-in-law needed a kidney transplant to   39 .I told her that it would be a(n)   40  to me to be able to donate a kidney to her. Immediately I was found compatible (相匹配的), my   41  as a kidney provider began. After  42  some tests and exams with my personal physician, I flew to Seattle for   43  testing. Whenever I "passed" one   44 , I became more relieved.Then I received the phone call telling me I was   45 . which made me very happy.   46 , the day arriveD.Before the surgery, I truly wasn"t afraid; I just wanted the transplant to be 47
I woke that evening, my son telling me that my left kidney was   48  in my daughter-in-law. A strong sense of   49  washed over me. It was one of the most _50  moments of my life.
A   51  later, I got an e-mail from my daughter-in-law, saying: "Happy One-Month Anniversary!" We did have something to   52    I wasn"t affected much by the surgery, and more importantly, she felt like she had her   53  back.
Up to now, being able to see my daughter-in-law   54  one of my kidneys has been one of the greatest gifts I have   55  received.
小题1:
A.providerB.receiverC.operatorD.doctor
小题2:
A.planB.conceptC.meaningD.advantage
小题3:
A.asB.ifC.thoughD.Unless
小题4:
A.leaveB.surviveC.riseD.pass
小题5:
A.attemptB.comfortC.experienceD.gift
小题6:
A.challengeB.surgeryC.journeyD.action
小题7:
A.completingB.markingC.failing D.writing
小题8:
A.still lessB.even moreC.much worse D.far better
小题9:
A.difficultyB.problemC.stageD.test
小题10:
A.refusedB.curedC.approvedD.charged
小题11:
A.GraduallyB.FinallyC.ImmediatelyD.Suddenly
小题12:
A.safeB.specialC.comfortableD.secret
小题13:
A.behaving badlyB.staying safeC.going wrongD.working well
小题14:
A.guiltyB.sacrificeC.reliefD.appreciation
小题15:
A.satisfyingB.worryingC.frighteningD.surprising
小题16:
A.yearB.weekC.momentD.month
小题17:
A.rememberB.shareC.celebrateD.treasure
小题18:
A.beautyB.smileC.confidenceD.life
小题19:
A.benefit fromB.contribute toC.care forD.focus on
小题20:
A.neverB.everC.alreadyD.almost

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