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After attending a conference, I returned to my hotel room late one evening．The overhead light out- side my door was burned out and I had 36 finding the keyhole．When I 37 to open the door, I 38 around the wall for a light switch．I found a plate where a switch was 39 installed… but no switch!
Not discouraged easily, I remembered 40 a lamp by the bed when I deposited my luggage 41 in the day．I found the bed in the 42 and then the lamp, but when I switched it on ,nothing 43 ! I thought that perhaps if I opened the curtains I might be able to use whatever light comes in from the 44 to find another lamp．So I 45 my way slowly across the room to the curtains and …no drawstring! I finally stumbled （跌跌撞撞地） around 46 I found a desk lamp which actually 47 !
That evening I discovered in a whole new way just how dark the world 48 be and how-necessary light is! But even more necessary than 49 light is the light that shines from people—the light of 50 and faith．Because, for many people, the world is a dark and 51 place．For someone today just may be stumbling in discouragement or sadness or fear and in 52 of some light．So let your light shine．Whatever light you 53 may be a beacon of hope and encouragement．And if you feel that your light is 54 a candle in a forest remember there isn’t enough darkness in all the world to 55 the light of one small candle．
| 小题1: | | A．respect | B．admiration | C．difficulty | D．confidence |
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| 小题2: | | A．failed | B．managed | C．wished | D．meant |
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| 小题3: | | A．touched | B．sensed | C． felt | D．looked |
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| 小题4: | | A．once | B．never | C．still | D．already |
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| 小题5: | | A．equipping | B．producing | C．removing | D．spotting |
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| 小题6: | | A．earlier | B．later | C．lower | D．upper |
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| 小题7: | | A．light | B．room | C．dark | D．corner |
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| 小题8: | | A．developed | B．operated | C．fired | D．happened |
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| 小题9: | | A．street | B．machine | C．room | D．car |
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| 小题10: | | A．wound | B．forced | C．lost | D．made |
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| 小题11: | | A．after | B．while | C．until | D．since |
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| 小题12: | | A．worked | B．affected | C．helped | D．inspired |
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| 小题14: | | A．mental | B．physical | C．electrical | D．psychological |
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| 小题15: | | A．love | B．existence | C．truth | D．wisdom |
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| 小题16: | | A．colourful | B．lonely | C．friendly | D．complex |
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| 小题17: | | A．short | B．favor | C．need | D．face |
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| 小题18: | | A．offer | B．make | C．take | D．contribute |
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| 小题19: | | A．not more than | B．other than | C．no more than | D．rather than |
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| 小题20: | | A．get over | B．give out | C．put out | D．set up |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:D
小题6:A
小题7:C
小题8:D
小题9:A
小题10:D
小题11:C
小题12:A
小题13:D
小题14:B
小题15:A
小题16:B
小题17:C
小题18:A
小题19:C
小题20:C |
解析
文章讲述的是作者通过在黑暗中摸索灯的经历，想到了人生中光的重要性。
小题1:上下文，根据前一句的The overhead light out- side my door was burned out可知，我门边的上面的灯坏掉了，所以我找不到钥匙孔。Have difficulty in doing sth意为干某事有困难
小题2:上下文，根据后文可知，作者打开门后，在墙上摸索着找开光，manage to do 意为成功干某事
小题3:同上，feel意为摸索 touch意为触摸 sense感觉 look是看起来
小题4:句意理解，我找到了一个金属板，开关曾经就安装在这里面，但是现在没有开关。
小题5:句意理解，我没有轻易就气馁，我记得曾经在床边放了一个台灯，spot意为放置
小题6:句意理解，在今天的早些时候，意为之前的时候，早上的时候
小题7:上下文，作者此时还没有找到开关，正在找台灯，也还没有找到，因此是在黑暗中
小题8:句意理解，但是当我找到台灯，打开的时候，什么都没有发生，意为等没有亮
小题9:上下文，根据上文的if I opened the curtains I might be able to use whatever light comes in 可知，作者想拉开窗帘，用街道上的路灯来照亮，A即来自马路上的灯光
小题10:词组make one"s way 意为前往，往哪里走，此处句意为，我缓慢地穿过房间，朝窗帘那走去
小题11:句意理解，我一直跌跌撞撞地，直到找到台灯，这个台灯终于有用了，打开了
小题12:同上
小题13:情态动词，句意为，那个晚上我以一种全新的方式发现了这个世界可能会变的多么黑暗（如果没有灯的话）证明了灯光是多么必需的啊
小题14:上下文，根据第二空的light that shines from people可知此处指的是现实世界中的灯光，
小题15:上下文，根据后面的 Whatever light you 53 may be a beacon of hope and encouragement可知，此处的灯光指的是对别人的帮助，对别人的关爱。
小题16:根据and可知，该处指的是跟dark一样的消极方面的词汇，即世界是一个黑暗和孤独的地方
小题17:上下文，根据后面的So let your light shine可知，他们需要光，因此要So let your light shine
小题18:动词offer意为提供 此处意为向别人提供帮助，其他选项不符合题意
小题19:句意理解，如果你认为你的光仅仅是森林里的一根蜡烛，记住没有足够多的黑暗可以让一根蜡烛的光熄灭
小题20:put out意为扑灭，此处指的是扑灭蜡烛的光，get over克服 give out发出 set up建立 |
举一反三
A student went to college(大学) after 36__ all his school examinations. There he put his name down for world geography, 37_ after the first day, he did not go to 38_ any more. The teacher noticed that this student was 39_ absent (缺课) and thought that he had changed to 40 class. He was very 41_ when he saw the boy"s name on the list(名单) of students 42_ wanted to take the geography examination 43_ the end of the year.
The teacher had prepared a difficult examination paper, which covered 44 he had taught, and he was eager(急切) to see 45 this student answered the questions. He expected that his answer would be very 46_; but when he examined his paper carefully, he found only one small mistake in them.47_ this surprised him very much, he went through the paper 48_, but was still not able to find 49 one mistake, so he sent 50 the student to question him about his work..
When the student had 51 the room, the teacher said to him, “I know that you came to my class only once on the first day and that you have been absent from all the others. Yet I have found only one small mistake in your paper. 52_ is that?”
“Oh, I"m sorry about that mistake, sir,”answered the student. “After the examination, I realized 53 I ought to have written. I would not have made that mistake 54 I had not been confused(弄糊涂) by your 55_ lecture.”
| 小题1: | | A．having | B．taking | C．passing | D．failing |
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| 小题3: | | A．it | B．lesson | C．college | D．class |
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| 小题4: | | A．always | B．once | C．never | D．sometimes |
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| 小题5: | | A．another | B．the other | C．other | D．others |
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| 小题6: | | A．angry | B．happy | C．sorry | D．surprised |
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| 小题9: | | A．everything | B．something | C．anything | D．nothing |
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| 小题13: | | A．two rimes | B．twice | C．once | D．again once |
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| 小题14: | | A．more than | B．another | C．the other | D．second |
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| 小题16: | | A．reached to | B．arrived to | C．arrived into | D．come into |
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| 小题19: | | A．unless | B．if | C．because | D．as |
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| 小题20: | | A．first | B．last | C．latest | D．certain |
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My wife and I used to feel that it was impossible to be a true friend to someone whose name we didn’t know. How wrong we were! Years of Sunday-morning bus trips through the city with the same group of “nameless” people have changed our thinking. Before the bus takes off, we all join in a conversation: where’s the silent woman who sits up front and never responds to our cheery greetings? Here she comes. Her worn clothing suggests she doesn’t have much money to spare, but she always takes an extra cup of coffee for the driver.
We get smiles from a Mexican couple as they get on the bus hand in hand. When they get off, they’re still holding hands. The woman was pregnant late last year, and one day her change of shape confirmed that she’d delivered the child. We even felt a little pride at the thought of our extended family.
For many months, our only sadness lay in our inability to establish the same friendship with the silent woman at the front of the bus. Then, one evening, we went to a fish restaurant. We were shown to a table alongside someone sitting alone. It was the woman from the bus.
We greeted her with friendly familiarity we’d shown all year, but this time her face softened, then a shy smile. When she spoke, the words escaped awkwardly from her lips. All at once we realized why she hadn’t spoken to us before. Talking was hard for her.
Over dinner; we learned the stay of a single mother with a disabled son who was receiving special care away from home. She missed him desperately, she explained.
“I love him… and he loves me, even though he doesn’t express it very well,” she murmured. “Lots of us have that problem, don’t we? We don’t say what we want to say, what we should be saying. And that’s not good enough.”The candles flared on our tables. Our fish had never tasted better. But the atmosphere grew pleasant, and when we parted as friends—we shared names.
小题1:Which of the following might be the best title of this passage?| A．Friends of the Road | | B．The Silent Woman on the Bus | | C．Going to Work by Bus | | D．Different Kinds of Friendship |
小题2:All the following statements can describe the woman except ______.| A．poor | B．warm -hearted | C．silent | D．cold |
小题3:The underlined word “establish” in the third paragraph probably has the same meaning as | A．keep | B．discover | C．set up | D．accept |
小题4:Why did the woman usually keep silence while taking the bus?| A．She was worried about her disabled son. | | B．She was sad to see the happy Mexican couple us a single mother. | | C．She had difficulty in expressing herself. | | D．She was only interested in the bus driver. |
小题5:The woman had the same problem with her son in the way that ______.| A．they both disabled people | | B．they both had some difficulty in expressing | | C．they both liked bus travel | | D．they both brought interest to the passengers |
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When Julie was a child, she was a very big fan of animals. As a result, 36 she ever heard growing up was “Julie, you should be a vet. You’re going to be a great vet. That’s what you should do.” 37 when she got to the Ohio State University, she started studying to be a vet.
A scholarship allowed her to spend her 38 year studying abroad in Manchester, England. Away from the family 39 back home, she found herself one day sitting at her desk, surrounded by biology books and staring out the window, when it suddenly hit her: “I’m in total 40 . I don’t want to be a vet!”
41 she thought back over all the things she’d done in her life and what had made her happy. And then it hit her—it was all of the youth leadership conferences that she had volunteered 42 , and the communications and leadership courses she had taken as elective courses back at Ohio State. “How could I have been so 43 ? Here I am in my fourth year at school and just finally realizing I’m on the 44 path. I just never took the time to 45 it until now, ” she thought.
Inspired by her new 46 , Julie spent the rest of her year in England taking courses in communications and media studies. When 47 to Ohio State, she was eventually able to 48 the administration to let her create her own program in “leadership studies”, 49 it took her 2 years longer to finally graduate. She 50 to become a senior management consultant in leadership training and development for the Pentagon. She 51 founded a drug-prevention organization that 52 the message “Lead your own life with the skill and the 53 to say no.”
So, never live someone else’s 54 . If you limit your 55 only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want.
| 小题1: | | A．which | B．all | C．that | D．where |
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| 小题3: | | A．final | B．usual | C．next | D．past |
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| 小题4: | | A．routines | B．warnings | C．complaints | D．pressures |
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| 小题5: | | A．confidence | B．silence | C．misery | D．surprise |
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| 小题6: | | A．Perhaps | B．Instead | C．Then | D．Often |
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| 小题8: | | A．internal | B．innocent | C．intellectual | D．intelligent |
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| 小题9: | | A．clear | B．wrong | C．short | D．wide |
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| 小题10: | | A．acknowledge | B．accomplish | C．include | D．criticize |
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| 小题11: | | A．discovery | B．information | C．understanding | D．research |
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| 小题12: | | A．returning | B．referring | C．relating | D．responding |
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| 小题13: | | A．prepare | B．convince | C．forbid | D．force |
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| 小题15: | | A．hesitated | B．failed | C．retired | D．continued |
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| 小题16: | | A．still | B．again | C．also | D．only |
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| 小题17: | | A．leaves | B．promotes | C．confirms | D．acquires |
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| 小题18: | | A．will | B．chance | C．fact | D．pride |
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| 小题19: | | A．promises | B．decisions | C．successes | D．dreams |
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| 小题20: | | A．choices | B．reasons | C．smiles | D．mistakes |
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Some years ago I was offered a writing assignment that would require three months of travel through Europe. I had been abroad a couple of times，but I could hardly claim to know my way around the continent. Moreover, my knowledge of foreign languages was limited to a little college French.
I hesitated. How would I, unable to speak the language, totally unfamiliar with local geography or transportation systems, set up interviews and do research? It seemed impossible, and with considerable regret. I sat down to write a letter begging off. Halfway through, a thought ran through my mind： you can"t learn if you don"t try. So I accepted the assignment.
There were some bad moments. But by the time I had finished the trip I was an experienced traveler. And ever since，I have never hesitated to head for even the most remote of places，without guides or even advanced bookings, confident that somehow I will manage.
The point is that the new, the different, is almost scary by definition. But each time you try something, you learn, and as the learning piles up, the world opens to you.
I"ve learned to ski at 40, and flown up the Rhine River in a balloon. And I know I"ll go on doing such things. It"s not because I"m braver or more daring than others. I"m not. But I"ll accept anxiety as another name for challenge and I believe I can accomplish wonders.
小题1:The author accepted the assignment because _____| A． he had never travelled abroad before | | B． he hardly knew any foreign languages | | C． he was familiar with any other country in Europe | | D． he would learn something new and different by trying |
小题2:Which of the following statements is TRUE?| A． The author had been abroad only twice. | | B． The author thought the trip was hard but worthwhile. | | C． The author admitted that anything different was terrible. | | D． The author must be good at doing research and making interviews. |
小题3:We can infer from the text that the author is _____.| A．awkward | B．generous | C．stubborn | D．brave |
小题4:What"s the best title of the text?| A．An Interesting Trip Abroad | B．My First Writing Assignment | | C．Ready to Try and Challenge | D．How to Be Daring and Brave |
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It was the last day of the final examination in a large eastern university. On the steps of one building, a group of engineering students were talking about the exam that was going to begin in a few 36 . On their faces was confidence . This was their last exam — then on to 37 and jobs.
Some talked of jobs they already had; others talked of jobs they 38 get. With the certainty of four years of college, they felt ready and able to take 39 of the world.
The coming exam, they knew, would be a(n) 40 task. The professor had said they could bring 41 books or notes they wanted, requesting only that they did not 42 each other, during the test.
43 they entered the classroom. The professor passed out the papers. And smiles 44 on the students’ faces as they noted(注意到) there were only five essay-type questions.
Three hours had passed 45 the professor began to collect the papers. The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was a frightened expression. Papers in hand, no one spoke as the professor faced the class.
He looked at the 46 faces before him, and then asked, “How many completed all five questions?” 47 a hand was raised.
“How many answered four?” Still no hands.
“Three? Two?” The students moved restlessly （不安地,慌张地）in their seats.
“One, then? Certainly somebody finished 48 .”But the class remained silent.
The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I 49 ,” he said. “I just want to impress upon you that, 50 you have completed four years of engineering, there are still many things about the 51 you don’t know. These questions you couldn’t answer are relatively(相对地,相当地) 52 in everyday practice. ” Then smiling, he added, “You will all 53 this course, but remember — even though you are now college graduates, your education has just 54 .”
The years have 55 the name of this professor, but not the lesson he taught.
| 小题1: | | A．seconds | B．minutes | C．hours | D．days |
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| 小题2: | | A．interview | B．discussion | C．education | D．graduation |
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| 小题3: | | A．would | B．must | C．have to | D．used to |
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| 小题4: | | A．hold | B．control | C．order | D．place |
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| 小题5: | | A．interesting | B．necessary | C．easy | D．unusual |
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| 小题7: | | A．listen to | B．look at | C．refer to | D．talk to |
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| 小题8: | | A．Nervously | B．Joyfully | C．Quickly | D．Curiously |
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| 小题9: | | A．appeared | B．changed | C．froze | D．stopped |
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| 小题10: | | A．then | B．as | C．before | D．after |
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| 小题11: | | A．pleased | B．worried | C．surprised | D．moved |
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| 小题14: | | A．wondered | B．enjoyed | C．hated | D．expected |
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| 小题15: | | A．as | B．because | C．now that | D．although |
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| 小题16: | | A．exam | B．subject | C．question | D．college |
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| 小题17: | | A．valuable | B．difficult | C．common | D．strange |
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| 小题18: | | A．pass | B．fail | C．take | D．start |
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| 小题19: | | A．begun | B．completed | C．failed | D．succeeded |
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| 小题20: | | A．forgotten | B．remembered | C．strengthened | D．weakened |
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