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We come by business naturally in our family. Each of the seven children in our family worked in our father’s store. 11 we worked and watched, we learned that work was about more than 12 and making a sale.
One lesson stands out in my 13 . It was shortly before Christmas. I was in eighth grade and was working evenings, straightening the toy section. A little boy, five or six years old, came in. He was 14 a brown torn coat with dirty sleeves. His shoes were scuffed （磨破）and his one shoelace was torn. The little boy looked poor to me — too poor to 15 to buy anything. He looked 16 the toy section, picked up this item and 17 , and carefully put them 18 in their place.
Dad came down the stairs and walked over to the boy. His steel blue eyes 19 and the dimple（酒窝）in his cheek stood out as he asked the boy what he could do for him. The boy said he was looking for a Christmas _20____ to buy his brother. I was impressed that Dad treated him with the same respect as any adult. Dad told him to take his 21 and look around. He did.
After about 20 minutes, the little boy carefully picked up a toy 22 , walked up to my dad and said, “How much for this, Mister?”
“How much you got?” Dad asked.
The little boy held out his hand and 23 it. His hand was creased(起皱) with 24 lines of dirt from holding his 25 too tightly. In his hand 26 two dimes, a nickel and two pennies—27 cents. The price on the toy plane he’d picked out was $3.98.
“That’ll just 27 it,” Dad said as he 28 the sale. Dad’s reply still 29 in my ears. When the little boy walked out of the store, I didn’t notice the dirty, worn coat or the single torn shoelace. What I saw was a happy child with a 30 .
| 小题1: | | A．Because | B．Since | C．As | D．After |
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| 小题2: | | A．survival | B．labor | C．hardship | D．entertainment |
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| 小题4: | | A．putting on | B．dressing | C．having | D．wearing |
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| 小题5: | | A．try | B．attempt | C．afford | D．manage |
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| 小题9: | | A．opened | B．smiled | C．shone | D．looked |
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| 小题10: | | A．tree | B．card | C．present | D．cake |
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| 小题11: | | A．effort | B．word | C．time | D．courage |
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| 小题12: | | A．car | B．gift | C．plane | D．section |
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| 小题13: | | A．showed | B．opened | C．gave | D．turned |
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| 小题14: | | A．long | B．straight | C．wet | D．main |
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| 小题15: | | A．toy | B．pocket | C．hand | D．money |
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| 小题17: | | A．work | B．cover | C．need | D．take |
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| 小题18: | | A．took | B．returned | C．made | D．offered |
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| 小题19: | | A．rings | B．stays | C．remains | D．gets |
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| 小题20: | | A．bag | B．treasure | C．package | D．thing |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:C
小题6:B
小题7:A
小题8:C
小题9:B
小题10:C
小题11:C
小题12:C
小题13:B
小题14:C
小题15:D
小题16:A
小题17:B
小题18:C
小题19:A
小题20:B |
解析
本文讲述了小时候帮助父亲做生意的过程中，目睹父亲对一个身穿破烂衣服的小男孩做生意的过程，父亲的爱心和对人一视同仁的品质给我上了很好的一堂课。
小题1:C考查连词辨析。我们一边工作一边用心观察，这让我们明白了，在工作中除了生存和交易还有很多更有意义的东西。As一边…一边….；在这里引导时间状语从句。because和since引导原因状语从句，after不符合句意。
小题2:A考查名词辨析。解析同11题。survival生存labor 劳动 hardship困苦entertainment娱乐
小题3:B考查名词辨析。有一个教训在我的脑海(mind)里留下了深刻的印象。
小题4:D考查动词辨析。他穿着(wearing)一件棕色大衣袖口又破又脏。
小题5:C考查动词辨析。这个小男孩看上去真是太穷了，我觉得他应该什么都买不起的。afford买得起
小题6:B考查介词辨析。在玩具柜台看来看去(look around)，…around是副词。
小题7:A考查代词辨析。拿起这个，又拿起那个(that)。
小题8:C考查副词辨析。放回(put back)原来的地方。put up提供，建造 put away放好；储存 put off推迟
小题9:B考查动词辨析。父亲炯炯有神的蓝色眼睛带着笑意(smiled)，脸上的笑容也荡漾开了，生成了两小酒窝。
小题10:C考查名词辨析。因为是圣诞节，所以应该是给弟弟买礼物(present)。
小题11:C考查固定短语。take one’s time别着急，慢慢来。父亲又让男小孩随便看看，不要着急，小男孩照做了。
小题12:C考查上下文串联。根据下文The price on the toy plane he’d picked out was $3.98.可知答案为C。
小题13:B考查动词辨析。小男孩伸出并打开(opened)了他的手
小题14:C考查形容词辨析。因为长时间紧握着钱(money)，他的手心满是汗渍(wet)、脏兮兮的。
小题15:D考查名词辨析。解析同24题。小男孩手里握着钱。
小题16:A考查动词辨析。他的手里躺着(lay)两块银元，一个五分硬币，两个一分的便士，一共是27美分。
小题17:B考查动词辨析。cover够只付…；work工作need需要take花费。根据意思，应选B。
小题18:C考查动词辨析。make the sale成功销售，也就是说父亲完成了这个生意，把玩具飞机给了小男孩。
小题19:A考查动词辨析。父亲的回答在我耳边回响(rang).
小题20:B考查名词辨析。我所看到的是一个光芒四射的孩子，他有着宝石(treasure)一样美丽的心灵。bag袋子；package包裹 ting东西。 |
举一反三
It was 1961 and I was in the fifth grade. My marks in school were miserable and, the thing was, I didn’t know enough to really care. My older bother and I lived with Mom in an ugly multi-family house in Detroit. We watched TV every night. The background noise of our lives was gunfire and horses’ hoofs(马蹄) from “Wagon Train” or “Cheyenne”, and laughter from “I Love Lucy”, or “Mister Ed”. After supper, we’d lie on Mom’s bed and stare for hours at the TV screen.
But one day Mom changed our world forever. She turned off the TV. Our mother had only been able to get through third grade. But, she was much brighter and smarter than we boys know at the time. She had noticed something in the suburban houses where she cleaned books. So she came home one day, switched off the TV, sat us down and explained that her sons were going to make something of themselves. “You boys are going to read two books every week,” she said. “And you’re going to write a report on what you read.”
We moaned（不满,发牢***） and complained about how unfair it was. Besides, we didn’t have any books in the house other than Mom’s Bible. But she explained that we would go where the books were: “I’ll drive you to the library.”
So pretty soon there were these two peevish（坏脾气的）boys sitting in her white 1959 Oldsmobile on their way to Detroit Public Library. I wandered reluctantly（不情愿） among the children’s books. I loved animals, so when I saw some books that seemed to be about animals, I started leafing through them.
The first book I read clear through was Chip the Dam Builder. It was about beavers（河狸）. For the first time in my life I was lost in another world. No television program had ever taken me so far away from my surroundings as did this virtue visit to a cold stream in a forest and these animals building a home.
It didn’t dawn on me at the time, but the experience was quite different from watching TV. There were images forming in my mind instead of before my eyes. And I could return to them again and again with the flip（快速翻动）of a page.
Soon I began to look forward to visiting this quiet sanctuary form my other world. I moved from animals to plants, and then to rocks. Between the covers of all those books were whole worlds, and I was free to go anywhere in them. Along the way a funny thing happened: I started to know things. Teachers started to notice it too. I got to the point where I couldn’t wait to get home to my books.
Now my older brother is an engineer and I am chief of pediatric neurosurgery(儿童神经外科)at John Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore. Sometimes I still can’t believe my life’s journey, from a failing and indifferent student in a Detroit public school to this position, which takes me all over the world to teach and perform critical surgery.
But I know when the journey began the day Mom switched off the TV set and put us in her Oldsmobile for that drive to the library.
小题1:We can learn from the beginning of the passage that ___________.| A．the author and his brother had done well in school | | B．the author had been very concerned about his school work | | C．the author had spent much time watching TV after school | | D．the author had realized how important schooling was |
小题2:Which of the following is not true about the author’s family?| A．He came from a middle-class family. | | B．He came from a single-parent family. | | C．His mother worked as a cleaner. | | D．His mother had received little education. |
小题3:How did the two boys feel about going to the library at first?| A．They were afraid | B．They were reluctant. | | C．They were impatient. | D．They were eager to go. |
小题4:The author began to love books for the following reasons EXCEPT that ___________.| A．he began to see something in his mind | | B．he could visualize what he read in his mind | | C．he could go back to read the books again | | D．he realized that books offered him new experience |
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Charlie Chaplin was the first international star of the modern era(年代). He was especially beloved for his Little Tramp 32. He was the first screen artist to write, 33 and perform in his own films; in fact, 34 Charlie Chaplin even wrote the music for his movies. He was also the first artist to use his work to pass a 35of equality and justice for all —36for the "little guy". Charlie Chaplin"s career and life made 37 the first global icon (偶像); his too-small hat, his too large shoes and his trademark moustache were instantly 38 by audiences from Chicago to China, from Iowa City to India. And they 39 are today. All of these make Charlie Chaplin the first citizen of our global village.
Chaplin, a native of London, was born in40 on April 16, 1889 to music hall performers. Chaplin only saw his 41twice until the age of seven. The man 42 him and his mother about a year after Chaplin was 43. During Chaplin"s earliest years, his mother was a(n) 44and performer. Then her voice gave out, her stage career 45, and she began actively 46Church of England services. At the age of 47, Chaplin"s mother was considered as the insane and sent to Cane Hill lunatic asylum (疯人院), and the 48 sent Charlie and his brother to live with his father, 49 had by then stopped all payments of child support.
Charlie Chaplin lived with his father only a short time 50 his mother was released from the lunatic asylum and then 51Charlie and his brother, to live with her once again.
| 小题1: | | A．character | B．behaviour | C．personality | D．gentleman |
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| 小题2: | | A．act | B．shoot | C．direct | D．edit |
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| 小题3: | | A．in case of | B．in this case | C．in case | D．in some cases |
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| 小题4: | | A．possibility | B．message | C．culture | D．promise |
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| 小题5: | | A．generally | B．widely | C．especially | D．totally |
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| 小题7: | | A．believed | B．recognized | C．realized | D．known |
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| 小题8: | | A．really | B．always | C．still | D．ever |
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| 小题9: | | A．happiness | B．luck | C．poverty | D．peace |
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| 小题10: | | A．brother | B．teacher | C．mother | D．father |
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| 小题11: | | A．taught | B．left | C．loved | D．expected |
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| 小题13: | | A．actor | B．artist | C．dancer | D．singer |
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| 小题14: | | A．ended | B．began | C．broke | D．continued |
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| 小题15: | | A．attending | B．working | C．joining | D．asking |
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| 小题16: | | A．eight | B．seven | C．nine | D．ten |
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| 小题17: | | A．mother | B．police | C．family | D．court |
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| 小题19: | | A．then | B．when | C．before | D．until |
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| 小题20: | | A．took away | B．picked up | C．took apart | D．brought up |
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The party began shortly after Mr. Wood ,who lived in the flat below ,signed (叹息)to himself as he heard excited voices and the noisy music. Luckily he had ___36___ some work home from the office, ___37___ he kept himself busy for a couple of hours ,thus managing to pay no attention to the noise___38___ . But by eleven o’clock he felt ___39___ and was ready to go to bed ,though from his earlier experience he knew it was ___40___ trying to get to sleep. He undressed and lay for a while on the bed ,trying to read ,but he___41___ himself reading the same page over and over again. He then turned off the light and ___42___ his head in the pillow(枕头). But ___43___ he could not shut ___44___ the noise ，finally after __45____ seemed hours his___46___ was gone.
He jumped out of bed ,__47__ some clothing, marched ___48___ up the stairs and walked into his neighbor’s flat. The owner of the flat, who ___49___ him in his dressing gown came ___50___ the room and__51___ Mr. Wood could say anything, cried “My dear fellow ,come and ___52___. I know our parties ___53___ you. I meant to send you ___54___.” Mr. Wood’s anger disappeared then and there. He said “I’d better go and get __55_.” Minutes later, he returned properly dressed, only to find that the party was nearly over.
| 小题1: | | A．taken | B．carried | C．brought | D．fetched |
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| 小题2: | | A．with which | B．from which | C．where | D．when |
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| 小题3: | | A．outside | B．overhead | C．downstairs | D．nearby |
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| 小题4: | | A．bad | B．tired | C．sick | D．hopeless |
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| 小题5: | | A．useless | B．necessary | C．possible | D．helpful |
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| 小题6: | | A．had | B．found | C．caught | D．felt |
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| 小题7: | | A．buried | B．rested | C．shook | D．turned |
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| 小题8: | | A．till then | B．worse still | C．strange enough | D．even so |
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| 小题11: | | A．sleep | B．strength | C．patience | D．anger |
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| 小题12: | | A．pulled on | B．dressed up | C．selected | D．wore |
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| 小题13: | | A．sadly | B．proudly | C．quietly | D．firmly |
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| 小题14: | | A．made fun of | B．stared at | | C．was angry with | D．caught sight of |
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| 小题15: | | A．across | B．around | C．towards | D．by |
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| 小题16: | | A．as | B．before | C．though | D．until |
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| 小题17: | | A．meet as | B．sit here | C．join us | D．scold me |
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| 小题18: | | A．may trouble | B．would trouble | C．may bother | D．must bother |
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| 小题19: | | A．a notice | B．a message | C．an invitation | D．an apology |
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| 小题20: | | A．washed | B．changed | C．dressed | D．prepared |
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As a music teacher for twenty-seven years I have always known that music touches the soul. It can break through all kinds of barriers to reach students in a very special way. It can be the means for each child to find their light.
A few years ago I was blessed with the opportunity to teach pre-school students one afternoon a week. One of my most memorable students was Vanessa. She was five years old ，had difficulty walking and could not speak. We mostly sat on the floor for our music lessons and Vanessa liked to sit on my lap. One of her favorite songs was John the Rabbit. It was a call and response song where I sang the call and the students clapped two times while singing the repeating phrase “Oh yes！” Vanessa liked to put her hands together with mine and clap with me. We performed that song during every class Vanessa and I clapping together. She never said or sang a word.
One day late in the school year when the song was finished Vanessa turned around， looked at me in the eye， clapped her tiny hands two times and said the words “Oh yes!” I opened my mouth and could not speak. Through music we had made a connection.
Several years later I came across Vanessa on the street in town. I stopped my car and waved to say hello. She waved back with a big smile on her face and then clapped her hands two times mimicking the song we had performed in our music class. This precious little girl through her connection with music left an impression on me that will last forever.
Every child has the ability to learn and grow. It is up to us educators to discover the way to reach each and every one of our students. We all must find each child’s light.
小题1:The author thinks music__________.| A．can make children calm down | | B．can connect heart to heart | | C．is difficult for pre-school students | | D．is a good means to find a job |
小题2:According to the second paragraph Vanessa_________.| A．got used to singing songs | | B．was too shy to speak | | C．was the youngest in the class | | D．enjoyed the author’s class |
小题3:When Vanessa spoke the words “Oh yes!” the author felt________.| A．surprised | B．happy | C．frightened | D．satisfied |
小题4:What can we infer from the last two paragraphs?| A．The author has been in touch with Vanessa for several years. | | B．Vanessa became as healthy as other children. | | C．The song made a deep impression on Vanessa. | | D．Being a good educator became Vanessa’s dream. |
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Many jokes are made up about famous people. Here is one about Bill Clinton, the former(先前的) president of the United States.
Hillary died and went to heaven. When she was met by the Angel Gabriel she noticed behind her a wall of unimaginable proportions(部分) that was completely covered with clocks.
“What are they?” she asked the heavenly angel in complete surprise.
“They are lie clocks. Each time you lie, the hand moves a little bit to the right. See that one?” the angel pointed to one that hadn’t moved at all, “That’s Mother Theresa’s, who has never told a lie. And that one, ” he points to another, “That was Abraham Lincoln’s. He only ever told two lies. ”
Hillary looked around with some interest, then wandered back over to the angel again. “Excuse me, ” she asked, “but where is Bill Clinton’s clock?”“The Lord Jesus is using it in his office for a ceiling fan. ”
小题1:The clock of Bill Clinton is used as a ceiling fan because_____. | A．the Lord Jesus likes him | | B．the wall was already covered by other clocks | | C．his clock moves the fastest | | D．his clock moves too slowly |
小题2:It was suggested in the joke that_______. | A．Hillary couldn’t find her own clock | | B．Mother Theresa told the fewest lies | | C．Clinton is a big liar | | D．The Lord Jesus likes clocks very much |
小题3:Who is the most honest person mentioned?| A．Bill Clinton | B．Mother Theresa | | C．Abraham Lincoln | D．Hillary |
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