My teenage son Karl became withdrawn after his father died. As a single parent,

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My teenage son Karl became withdrawn after his father died. As a single parent,

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My teenage son Karl became withdrawn after his father died. As a single parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him, but the more I tried, the more he pulled away. When his report card （成绩报告单）arrived during his junior year, it said that he had been absent 95 times from classes and had six failing grades for the year. At this rate he would never graduate. I sent him to the school adviser, and I even begged him. Nothing worked.
One night I felt so powerless that I got down on my knees and pleaded for help. “Please God, I can’t do anything more for my son. I’m at the end of my rope. I"m giving the whole thing up to you.” Just then, I got a phone call. A man introduced himself as the headmaster, “I want to talk to you about Karl’s absences.” Before he could say another word, all my disappointment and sadness over Karl came pouring out into the ears of this stranger. “I love my son but I just don’t know what to do. I’ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has worked. It’s out of my hands.” For a moment there was silence on the other end of the line. The headmaster seriously said, “Thank you for your time” and hung up.
Karl’s next report card showed a great improvement in his grades. Finally, he even made the honor roll（光荣榜）. In his fourth year, I attended a parent-­teacher meeting with Karl. I noticed that his teachers were astonished at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home，he said, “Mum，remember that call from the headmaster last year?” I nodded. “That was me. I thought I’d play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really hit me how much I was hurting you. That’s when I knew I had to make you proud.”
小题1:By saying “Karl became withdrawn” the author means that the boy changed entirely and ________.
A．he preferred to stay at school
B．he stayed at home all day
C．he refused to talk to his mother
D．he began to like his life
小题2:There was silence on the other end of the line because ________.
A．the speaker was too moved to say anything to his mother
B．the speaker waited for the mother to finish speaking
C．the speaker didn"t want the mother to recognize his voice
D．the speaker didn’t want to interrupt the mother
小题3:What is the main idea of this passage?
A．Children in single-­parent families often have mental problems.
B．Mother’s love plays an important role in teenagers’ life.
C．Being understood by parents is not necessary to teenagers.
D．School education is a failure.
小题4: Which is not true according to the article?
A．Karl changed a lot after his father died.
B．What Karl did at school showed that he didn’t love his mother.
C．Karl’s mother tried many ways to help him.
D．Karl’s teachers were surprised at his change.

答案

小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:B
解析

试题分析：本文讲述母爱感动了一个顽童，使他成为一个非常优秀的学生的故事。
小题1:句意猜测题。根据第一段第二句“我越想和他说话，他越不说”可得出答案。选C。
小题2:推理判断题。根据短文的最后可知，打电话的是Karl，他听了妈妈的话后很受震动。选A。
小题3:主旨大意题。本文讲述的故事中，正是母爱感动了这个顽童，使他成为一个非常优秀的学生，选B。
小题4:推理题：从文章的最后一句话“That was me. I thought I’d play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really hit me how much I was hurting you. That’s when I knew I had to make you proud.”可知karl在学校的表现说明他是爱妈妈的。选B。
点评：本文考查细节题为主，细节题可以在文章中直接找到与答案有关的信息或是其变体。搜查信息在阅读中非常重要它包括理解作者在叙述某事时使用的具体事实、数据、图表等细节信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都属于这类围绕主体展开的细节。做这类题一般采用寻读法即先读题，然后带着问题快速阅读短文，找出与问题有关的词语或句子，再对相关部分进行分析对比，找出答案。
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Getting paid to talk about the World Cup is a great job. I’m not a football commentator(评论员), though-just an English teacher in Japan.
I come to Japan two years ago, and didn’t think I would stay, but Japan has that effect on you. People often end up living here longer than they planned. I think it’s best to teach in a bigger city where there are other foreigners to mix with, rather than a small town where English teachers often complain of feeling like a goldfish in a bowl. Many people choose to live in Tokyo, of course, which is good for the nightlife factor. But I’d say that for general quality of living, cities of neither too large nor too small, like Sapporo where I live, are better choices.
I teach English privately, which means I’m my own boss. If you want to devote yourself to private teaching, it’s well worth doing a TEFL course first, because your lessons will be much better for it. The problem with private teaching is finding students; it took me a year to build up a full schedule(日程表) of private lessons, so I started out teaching in schools part-time.
Most of my foreign friends here work full-time for big English conversation schools. The salary is fine to live on, but whether you can save money depends on how much going out and traveling you do here.
The schools are unwilling to take time off –even teachers with tickets for the England-Argentina game had trouble getting the day off.
小题1: From the passage we know in Japan the writer likes to live in ________.
A．TokyoB．a small town
C．a city of middle sizeD．a big city
小题2:According to the writer, one had better _______ first to do private teaching better.
A．give a TEFL courseB．decide his or her own lessons
C．find studentsD．build up a full schedule
小题3:The underlined sentence in the second paragraph implies that _______.
A．there are many foreigners in Japan
B．Japan is good for nightlife
C．they can teach English privately in Japan
D．Japan has something more attractive than expected
小题4:After reading the passage, we can see _________.
A．the writer travelled a lot and saved much money in Japan.
B．the writer teaches English in more than one school as a part-time job.
C．the writer enjoys watching football games
D．the writer spent one year in finding students for his private teaching.

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This was my grandmother’s first Christmas without grandfather. When we reached her house, it did seem a little 36 without grandfather.
Grandfather had always said the Christmas  37 was the most important. So we set to work assembling（组装）the beautiful  38 tree that was stored in grandfather’s closet（储藏室）. After we finished, we stepped back to  39 our work. It looked wonderful. But something was  40 .
“Where’s the star?” I asked. It was my grandmother’s  41 . As we emptied box after box and found no star, my grandmother’s eyes  42 with tears. Grandfather had given it to Grandmother fifty years ago. Now, on her first Christmas without  43 , the star was gone, too.
“Let’s  44 in the closet where the tree was,” my sister Donna said. We  45 under beds and over shelves, inside and outside  46 we had exhausted every possibility. We could see Grandmother was  47 , although she tried not to show it. By now, it was  48 outside, and time for bed, as Santa would soon be here.
The next morning, my sisters and I  49 early to see what Santa had left under the tree. After breakfast, the family sat together to  50 presents. “The last gift is to Grandmother from Grandfather.” Father said, in a puzzled voice.
“From who?” There was  51  in my grandmother’s voice.
“I found that  52 in the closet when we got the tree down,” Mother explained.
My grandmother opened it. Her face lit up when she pulled out a(n)  53  golden star. There was a note attached. Her voice trembled（颤抖）as she read it:
Don’t be  54  with me, dear. I broke your star while putting away the tree. Thought it was time for a new one, I hope it brings you as much  55  as the first one. Merry Christmas.
小题1:
A．emptyB．coldC．slowD．absent
小题2:
A．wishB．treeC．spiritD．work
小题3:
A．uniqueB．artificialC．widespreadD．alive
小题4:
A．followB．showC．judgeD．admire
小题5:
A．losingB．happeningC．missingD．falling
小题6:
A．doubtB．rewardC．honourD．treasure
小题7:
A．filledB．coveredC．putD．removed
小题8:
A．themB．itC．herD．him
小题9:
A．stopB．moveC．startD．stay
小题10:
A．hidB．searchedC．layD．found
小题11:
A．asB．untilC．becauseD．though
小题12:
A．disappointedB．amazedC．excitedD．shocked
小题13:
A．snowingB．rainingC．blowingD．darkening
小题14:
A．cheered upB．picked upC．woke upD．took up
小题15:
A．packB．openC．pickD．exchange
小题16:
A．happinessB．frightC．surpriseD．hope
小题17:
A．giftB．bookC．noteD．letter
小题18:
A．bigB．oldC．shiningD．broken
小题19:
A．generousB．angryC．strictD．important
小题20:
A．sadnessB．concernC．peaceD．joy

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I got your letter and was glad to find that you had not forgotten Jourdon, and that you wanted me to come back and live with you again in Tennessee, promising to do better for me than anybody else can.
Although you shot at me twice before I left you, I did not want to hear of your being hurt. It would do me good to go back to the dear old home again and see Allen, Esther, Green, and Lee. Give my love to them all, and tell them I hope we will meet in the better world, if not in this.
I want to know particularly what the good chance is you propose to give me. I am doing tolerably well here in Ohio. I get twenty-five dollars a month, with food and clothing; have a comfortable home for Mandy, the folks call her Mrs. Anderson; and the children—Milly, Jane, and Grundy—go to school and are learning well. The teacher says Grundy has a head for a preacher. We are kindly treated.
Now, if you will write and say what wages you will give me, I will be better able to decide whether it would be to my advantage to move back again. We have concluded to test your sincerity by asking you to send us our wages for the time we served you. This will make us forget and forgive old scores and rely on your justice and friendship in the future. I served you faithfully for thirty-two years, and Mandy twenty years. At twenty-five dollars a month for me, and two dollars a week for Mandy, our earnings would amount to eleven thousand six hundred and eighty dollars. Add to this the interest for the time our wages have been kept back, and deduct（扣除）what you paid for our clothing, and three doctor’s visits to me, and pulling a tooth for Mandy. If you fail to pay us for faithful labors in the past, we can have little faith in your promises in the future.
In answering this letter, please state if there would be any safety for my Milly and Jane, who are now grown up, and both good-looking girls. I would rather stay here and starve—and die, if it should come to that—than have my girls brought to shame by the violence and wickedness of their young Masters. You will also please state if there has been any schools opened for the colored children in your neighborhood. The great desire of my life now is to give my children an education and have them form virtuous habits.
Say howdy to George Carter, and thank him for taking the pistol from you when you were shooting at me.
小题1:According to the passage, the letter was written by Jourdon to his former _______.
A．friendB．masterC．neighbor D．relative
小题2:Which of the following is RIGHT according to the passage?
A．The family name of this letter writer is Anderson.
B．The writer is paid the same as he was in Tennessee.
C．The writer will certainly get at least 11,680 dollars.
D．Safety rather than education weighs a lot to the writer.
小题3:The writer’s description of his present situation implies that _______.
A．he shows his intention of going back in Tennessee
B．he is somewhat richer and does not need to go back
C．his life is relatively good but still needs improvement
D．he is not a little satisfied with his present life in Ohio
小题4:The purpose of the writer’s asking for his pay back is _______.
A．to show he needs that amount of money urgently
B．to show he is determined to get what he deserved
C．to test whether the letter receiver is worthy of trust
D．to tell the letter receiver he still has faith in him
小题5:From the passage, we can see the writer is very _______.
A．wiseB．stupidC．greedyD．generous

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When I entered the classroom, our teacher announced we were going to have a math test. I took a look at the   41  full of what looked like hieroglyphs(象形文字) to me and began to   42  . I did the best that I could, and then left my   43  to put my paper in a pile(摞) on the front desk with a(n)   44  .
I returned to my seat and then an idea came to my mind. I   45  where the teacher was before I made my   46 . She was walking in the   47  of the room with her back turned. I left my seat and went back to the pile of test papers already handed   48  and when I picked up my paper I also   49  the paper right below it before returning to my seat. When I looked at the   50  paper I had taken, I discovered it was the work of the   51  girl in our class,   I copied her answers to my paper.
The next day the teacher handed back our papers turning them facedown on everyone’s desks. When I   52  my paper over, I was   53  to see an “F” on it. After class I went to the girl whose answers I had   54  and said to her, “That math test was difficult. I   55  it. I guess we need to study more.” Her   56  was, “Not me, I got every question   57  and got an A.”
The teacher knew. She never blamed me in front of the class and   58  me to keep my dignity(尊严). I made a   59  to myself never ever to cheat again. I would remember to always be   60  in the things I do. I never forgot that teacher who failed me when, really, I had failed myself.
小题1:
A．blackboardB．paperC．bookD．picture
小题2:
A．thinkB．cryC．worryD．sleep
小题3:
A．seatB．classroomC．partnerD．teacher
小题4:
A．joyB．sighC．ideaD．problem
小题5:
A．believedB．foundC．ignoredD．checked
小题6:
A．researchB．mindC．moveD．comment
小题7:
A．frontB．middleC．backD．outside
小题8:
A．outB．inC．overD．on
小题9:
A．sawB．leftC．rememberedD．included
小题10:
A．extraB．newC．cleanD．difficult
小题11:
A．tallestB．oldestC．prettiestD．smartest
小题12:
A．gotB．turnedC．putD．took
小题13:
A．shockedB．angryC．happyD．excited
小题14:
A．copiedB．readC．markedD．examined
小题15:
A．knewB．madeC．failedD．lost
小题16:
A．replyB．attitudeC．opinionD．purpose
小题17:
A．readyB．rightC．doneD．good
小题18:
A．toldB．remindedC．allowedD．advised
小题19:
A．speechB．jokeC．wishD．promise
小题20:
A．honestB．friendlyC．carefulD．hopeful

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Immediately I got up and dressed, I stuck my violin under my jacket and went out into the streets to try my  36 . I wandered about for an hour, looking for a likely  37 , feeling as though I were about to commit a crime. Then I  38  at last under a bridge near the station and decided to have a try.
I felt tense and  39 . It was the first time, after all. I drew the violin from under the jacket like a gun. It was here, in Southampton, with trains rattling overhead, that I was about to   40  myself. One moment I was part of the hurrying crowds, the next I stood apart, my back to the wall, my hat on the  41  before me, the violin under my chin.
The first notes I played were loud and raw, like a declaration of protest, then they settled down and began to run more _42  and to stay more or less in tune. To my  43 ,I was neither arrested nor told to shut up. Indeed, nobody took any  44 at all. Then an old man, without stopping at all, dropped a penny into my  45   as though getting rid of some guilty evidence.
I worked the streets of Southampton for several days, gradually obtaining the truth of the    46 by trial and error. It was not a good thing, for instance, to let the hat fill up with money---the sight could  47  a kind-hearted man; nor was it wise to  48  it completely, which could also confuse him, giving him no hint as to where to  49  his money. Placing a couple of pennies in the hat to start the thing going soon became a  50  practice and I made sure, between tunes, to take off most of the earnings, but always leaving two  51  behind.
Old  52  were most generous, and so were women with children, shop girls and barmaids.  As for men, heavy drinkers were always willing listeners and so were big guys with muscles. But  53  a man with an expensive hat, briefcase or dog: respectable types were the least  54  of all.  Except for retired army officers, who would shout "Why aren"t you  55 , young man?" and then would over-tip to cover up their confusion.
小题1:
A．violinB．artC．skillD．luck
小题2:
A．stationB．spot C．streetD．bridge
小题3:
A．playedB．wandered C．stoppedD．sat
小题4:
A．nervous B．excitedC．lost D．strange
小题5:
A．shameB．show C．damageD．declare
小题6:
A．wallB．bridgeC．pavement D．road
小题7:
A．smoothlyB．slowlyC．angrilyD．roughly
小题8:
A．excitement B．sorrowC．astonishmentD．surprise
小题9:
A．moneyB．pityC．noticeD．rest
小题10:
A．hatB．pocket C．hand D．bag
小题11:
A．peopleB．tradeC．performanceD．music
小题12:
A．encourageB．help C．supportD．discourage
小题13:
A．fillB．emptyC．tear D．hide
小题14:
A．makeB．getC．drop D．earn
小题15:
A．modernB．regularC．timelyD．economic
小题16:
A．penniesB．dollarsC．poundsD．euros
小题17:
A．workersB．teachersC．doctorsD．ladies
小题18:
A．neverB．oftenC．alwaysD．sometimes
小题19:
A．generousB．comfortableC．handsomeD．selfish
小题20:
A．playingB．workingC．cheatingD．shopping

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