Around twenty years ago I was living in York. 36 I had a lot of experience and
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Around twenty years ago I was living in York. 36 I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree, I could not find 37 work.
I was 38 a school bus to make ends meet and 39 with a friend of mine, for I had lost my flat. I had 40 five interviews (面试) with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not 41 the job. “Why has my life become so 42 ?” I thought painfully.
As I pulled the bus over to 43 a little girl, she handed me an earring 44 I should keep it 45 somebody claimed (认领) it. The earring was painted black and said “BE HAPPY”.
At first I got angry. Then it 46 me – I had been giving all of my 47 to what was going wrong with my 48 rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a 49 of fifty things I was happy with. Later, I decided to 50 more things to the list. That night there was a phone call for 51 from a lady who was a director at a larger 52 . She asked me if I would 53 a one-day lecture on stress (压力) management to 200 medical workers. I said yes.
My 54 there went very well, and before long I got a well-paid job. To this day I know that it was because I changed my way of 55 that I completely changed my life.
| 小题2: | | A．successful | B．extra | C．satisfying | D．convenient |
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| 小题3: | | A．driving | B．repairing | C．taking | D．designing |
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| 小题4: | | A．working | B．travelling | C．discussing | D．living |
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| 小题5: | | A．prepared for | B．attended | C．asked for | D．held |
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| 小题7: | | A．hard | B．busy | C．serious | D．short |
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| 小题8: | | A．wave at | B．drop off | C．call on | D．look for |
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| 小题9: | | A．ordering | B．promising | C．saying | D．showing |
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| 小题10: | | A．in case | B．or else | C．as if | D．now that |
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| 小题11: | | A．hurt | B．hit | C．caught | D．moved |
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| 小题12: | | A．feelings | B．attention | C．strength | D．interests |
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| 小题13: | | A．opinions | B．education | C．experiences | D．life |
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| 小题14: | | A．list | B．book | C．check | D．copy |
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| 小题15: | | A．connect | B．turn | C．keep | D．add |
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| 小题16: | | A．her | B．a passenger | C．me | D．my friend |
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| 小题17: | | A．hospital | B．factory | C．restaurant | D．hotel |
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| 小题18: | | A．listen to | B．review | C．give | D．talk about |
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| 小题19: | | A．plan | B．choice | C．day | D．tour |
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| 小题20: | | A．operation | B．speaking | C．employment | D．thinking |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:B
小题6:D
小题7:A
小题8:B
小题9:C
小题10:A
小题11:B
小题12:B
小题13:D
小题14:A
小题15:D
小题16:C
小题17:A
小题18:C
小题19:C
小题20:D |
解析
本文讲述了我二十年前在纽约经历的一段艰难生活。起初，虽然有工作经验和硕士学位我却找不到满意的工作。一个小女孩给我的耳环改变了我的生活。从此以后，我列了一个感到满意的50件事情清单，并不断添加。后来我终于找到了一份高薪的工作。我知道正是因为我改变了我的思维方式，我的生活才得以改变。
小题1:考查连词辨析。尽管我有硕士学位和工作经验，但还是不能找到满意的工作。
小题2:考查形容词辨析。解析同36题。successful成功的 extra额外的 satisfying 令人满意的 convenient便利的。
小题3:考查上下文联系。我开校车来维持生活，并和我的一个朋友和住(living)在一起。
小题4:考查动词辨析。解析同38题。
小题5:考查动词短语辨析。attend the interview参加面试，我参加了一个公司的面试5次，但他们说我不能得到这份工作。
小题6:考查动词辨析。解析同40题。get the job得到工作。
小题7:考查形容词辨析。作者发出感慨，为什么我的生活那么艰难(hard)呢？
小题8:考查短语辨析。当我把车开到路边让那个小女孩下来的时候，小女孩递给了我一个耳环。wave at向某人挥手；drop …off让某人下车；call on号召 look for寻找
小题9:考查动词辨析。saying 做伴随状语。她在地给我耳环的时候说，保管好耳环，说不定有人来认领。
小题10:考查连词辨析。解析同44题。in case万一or else 否则 as if好像now that既然
小题11:考查动词辨析。It hit me意为：我突然想到。
小题12:考查名词辨析。我把一切注意力(attention)都集中在了生活的不顺上，而没有关注好的一面。
小题13:考查名词辨析。opinions意见 education教育 experiences 经历 life生活解析同47题。
小题14:考查名词辨析。list清单 check 支票 copy拷贝 我决定列一份我感到满意的50件事情的清单(list)。
小题15:考查名词辨析。此处connect联系；turn转向；变为；keep保持； add添加。后来我决定向清单中添加更多的事情。
小题16:考查上下文联系 a phone call fro me 意为：我的一个电话。那天晚上意为女士给我打了一个电话。
小题17:考查名词辨析。根据后文，给200个医疗工作者作报告，可见地点在医院。
小题18:考查动词辨析。give a one-day lecture意为，做了一天的报告。她问我是否可以做一天报告。
小题19:考查名词辨析。plan 计划 choice选择 day 天 tour旅游。我那天进展的很顺利，后来得到了一份高薪的工作。
小题20:考查名词辨析。直到今天我才知道，正是因为我改变了我的思维方式，我的生活才得以改变。 |
举一反三
Barditch High School decided to hold an All-School Reunion. Over 450 people came to the event. There were tours of the old school building and a picnic at Confederate Park. Several former teachers were on hands to tell stories about the old days. Ms. Mabel Yates, the English teacher for fifty years, was wheeled to the Park.
Some eyes rolled and there were a few low groans(嘟囔声)when Ms.Yates was about to speak. Many started looking at their watches and coming up with excuses to be anywhere instead of preparing to listen to a lecture from an old woman who had few kind words for her students and made them work harder than all the other teachers combined.
Then Ms. Yates started to speak:
“I can’t tell you how pleased I am to be here. I haven’t seen many of you since your graduation, but I have followed your careers and enjoyed your victories as well as crying for your tragedies. I have a large collection of newspaper photographs of my students. Although I haven’t appeared in person, I have attended your college graduations, weddings and even the birth your children, in my imagination.”
Ms. Yates paused and started crying a bit. Then she continued:
“It was my belief that if I pushed you as hard as I could, some of you would succeed to please me and others would succeed to annoy me. Regardless of our motives, I can see that you have all been successful in you chosen path.”
“There is no greater comfort for an educator than to see the end result of his or her years of work. You have all been a great source of pleasure and pride for me and I want you to know I love you all from the bottom of my heart.”
There was a silence over the crowd for a few seconds and then someone started clapping. The clapping turned into cheering, then into a deafening roar(呼喊). Lawyers, truck drivers, bankers and models were rubbing their eyes or crying openly with no shame all because of the words from a long forgotten English teacher from their hometown.
小题1:What activity was organized for the school reunion?| A．Sightseeing in the park. | | B．A picnic on the school playground. | | C．Telling stories about past events. | | D．Graduates’ reports in the old building. |
小题2:What can be inferred from Paragraph 2? | A．Some graduates were too busy to listen to Ms. Yates’ speech. | | B．Many graduates disliked Ms. Yates’ ways of teaching. | | C．Some people got tired from the reunion activities. | | D．Most people had little interest in the reunion. |
小题3:We can learn from Ms. Yates’ speech that she _____________.| A．kept track of her students’ progress | | B．gave her students advice on their careers | | C．attended her students’ college graduations | | D．went to her students’ wedding ceremonies |
小题4:What was Ms.Yates’ belief in teaching teenagers?| A．Teachers’ knowledge is the key to students’ achievements. | | B．Pressure on students from teachers should be reduced. | | C．Hard-pushed students are more likely to succeed. | | D．Students’ respect is the best reward for teachers. |
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“Mama, when I grow up, I’m going to be one of those!” I said this after seeing the Capital Dancing Company perform when I was three. It was the first time that my dream took on a vivid form and acted as something important to start my training. As I grew older and was exposed to more, my interests in the world of dance certainly varied but that little girl’s dream of someday becoming a dancer in the company never left me. In the summer of 2005 when I was 18, I received the phone call which made that dream a reality: I became a member of the company dating back to 1925.
As I look back on that day now, it surely lacks any sense of reality. I believe I stayed in a state of pleasant disbelief until I was halfway through rehearsals (排练) on my first day. I never actually expect to get the job. After being offered the position, I was completely astonished. I remember shaking with excitement.
Though I was absolutely thrilled with the chance, it did not come without its fair share of challenge. Through the strict rehearsal period of dancing six days a week, I found it vital to pick up the material fast with every last bit of concentration. It is that extreme attention to detail (细节) and stress on practice that set us apart. To then follow those high-energy rehearsals with a busy show schedule of up to five performances a day, I discovered a new meaning of the words “hard work.” What I thought were my physical boundaries were pushed much further than I thought possible. I learned to make each performance better than the last.
Today, when I look at the unbelievable company that I have the great honor of being a part of, not only as a member, but as a dance captain, I see a tradition that has inspired not only generations of little girls but a splendid company that continues to develop and grow-and inspires people every day to follow their dreams.
小题1: How many years has the Capital Dancing Company existed when the author received the phone call from it?小题2:How did the author feel when she look back on that day now?| A．strange | B．unrealistic | C．indifferent | D．lucky |
小题3: Which of the following statement can best interpret the underlined sentence in paragraph 3?| A．Though I was excited, I should share the chance with others. | | B．Though I was excited, it’s fair to share the chance when there is challenge. | | C．Though I was excited, it’s a challenge for me to share the chance with others. | | D．Though I was excited, I know clearly where there is chance there is challenge. |
小题4:What conclusion could be drawn from the passage?| A．The company values practice most. | | B．The company extremely focus on intelligence. | | C．The company has an inherited tradition of inspiring its members break their limits. | | D．The company sets the members apart in order to extremely stress detail and practice. |
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Spring is coming, and it is time for those about to graduate to look for jobs. Competition is tough, so job seekers must carefully consider their personal choices. Whatever we are wearing, our family and friends may accept us, but the workplace may not.
A high school newspaper editor said it is unfair for companies to discourage visible tattoos nose rings, or certain dress styles. It is true you can’t judge a book by its cover, yet people do “cover” themselves in order to convey certain messages. What we wear, including tattoos and nose rings, is an expression of who we are. Just as people convey messages about themselves with their appearances, so do companies. Dress standards exist in the business world for a number of reasons, but the main concern is often about what customers accept.
Others may say how to dress is a matter of personal freedom, but for businesses it is more about whether to make or lose money. Most employers do care about the personal appearances of their employees, because those people represent the companies to their customers.
As a hiring manager I am paid to choose the people who would make the best impression on our customers. There are plenty of well-qualified candidates, so it is not wrong to reject someone who might disappoint my customers. Even though I am open-minded, I can’t expect all our customers are.
There is nobody to blame but yourself if your set of choices does not match that of your preferred employer. No company should have to change to satisfy a candidate simply because he or she is unwilling to respect its standards, as long as its standards are legal.
小题1:What can be inferred from the text?| A．Hiring managers make the best impression on their candidate. | | B．Candidates have to wear what companies prefer for an interview. | | C．What to wear is a matter of customers’ acceptance to a great extent. | | D．Companies sometimes have to change to respect their candidates. |
小题2:Which of the following is the newspaper editor’s opinion according to Paragraph2?| A．Customers’ choices influence dress standards in companies. | | B．Candidates with tattoos or nose rings should be fairly treated. | | C．Strange dress styles should not be encouraged in the workplace. | | D．People’s appearances carry messages about themselves. |
小题3:Which of the following would be the best title for the text? | A．Appearances Do Matter | | B．Hiring Managers Matter | | C．Personal Choices Matter | | D．Employees Matter |
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The Golden Compass is the first movie based on the Philip Pullman’s bestselling novel, His Dark Materials. It is a work of imagination that tells us about a young girl who travels to the far north to save her best friend. Along the way she meets strange creatures, like witches and so on. Finally , she saves not only her world, but also ours as well.
Lyra is a young girl among scholars in Oxford’s Jordan College. She spends most of her time with her friend Roger, a kitchen boy. Together, they share a life with no worries. However, when Lyra hears a conversation about a very tiny particle(颗粒), she is thrown into a dangerous adventure. This particle is said to unite different worlds, and is feared by many people who want to destroy it. At the same time , children began to disappear without a trace, including Lyra’s good friend, Roger. As Lyra starts this horrible struggle, and begins to search for Roger, she meets strange creatures both big and small, and bad people who are not what they seem to be. Gobblers(饕餮者) that kidnap(绑架)children appear in the most unexpected places. And a magical compass made of gold will answer any question if one is skilled enough to read it. In unbelievable danger, Lyra doesn’t know that she is doomed to win, or to lose, this battle…
With the movie The Lord of the Rings making New Line cinema over a billion dollars, it’s easy to see why they got the rights to Pullman’s His Dark Materials quickly. The books, sold more than nine million copies in the world, have a different idea from the Harry Potter series. Pullman’s imagination may look suitable for children, but it works far better for adults.
小题1:In the film The Golden Compass, Lyra______.| A．is a student in Oxford’s Jordan College | | B．is a kitchen boy | | C．hears a conversation of Roger’s | | D．meets many strange creatures |
小题2:The film is named The Golden Compass probably because______.| A．the compass is useful enough to help Lyra | | B．only skilled people can read the compass | | C．the compass which is made of gold can answer any question | | D．the compass throughout the whole story is a clue |
小题3:From the passage we can conclude that______.| A．New Line Cinema won Pullman’s trust through its achievement | | B．The Lord of the Rings is also based on one of Pullman’s novels | | C．His Dark Materials is similar to the Harry Potter series | | D．New Line Cinema made over a billion dollars through the Harry Potter series |
小题4:Which group of people will like the film The Golden Compass the best according to the passage?| A．Children | B．Junior students | C．Adults | D．Only old people |
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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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