Many years ago, I owned a service station and roadhouse on the main road between
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Many years ago, I owned a service station and roadhouse on the main road between Melbourne and Adelaide. One very cold, wet night at about 3:30 a.m., there was a 36 on the front door of our house. A young man, wet from 37 to toe, explained that he had 38 out of petrol about 30 km up the road. He had left his pregnant wife and his two children 39 at the car and said that he would hitchhike(搭便车) back. Once I had 40 a can with petrol, I took him back to his car where his two-year-old and four-year-old children were both 41 , saying that they were cold. Once the car had started, I suggested that he 42 me back. Before leaving, I had turned the heater 43 in the roadhouse, so that when we went in, it was nice and 44 .While the little ones played and ran 45 ,I prepared bread and butter for the children, and hot chocolate for the 46 . It was about 5 a.m. before they 47 .The young fellow asked me how much he 48 me and I told him that the petrol pump had 49 $15.He offered to pay “call-out fee”, but I wouldn’t accept it. About a month later, I received a 50 from Interstate, a large bus company that we had been trying to 51 to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time. It 52 out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager, the most 53 person in the company. In his letter, he thanked me again and 54 me that, from then on, all their buses would stop at my service station. In this 55 ,a little bit of kindness was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.
小题2: | A.finger | B.shoulder | C.head | D.hand |
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小题3: | A.driven | B.used | C.come | D.run |
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小题4: | A.away | B.behind | C.over | D.out |
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小题5: | A.supplied | B.poured | C.equipped | D.filled |
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小题6: | A.sleeping | B.crying | C.quarrelling | D.fighting |
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小题7: | A.allow | B.ring | C.lead | D.follow |
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小题9: | A.neat | B.hot | C.warm | D.attractive |
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小题10: | A.around | B.inside | C.nearby | D.along |
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小题11: | A.drivers | B.guests | C.customers | D.adults |
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小题12: | A.left | B.arrived | C.ate | D.disappeared |
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小题13: | A.gave | B.paid | C.owed | D.offered |
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小题14: | A.appeared | B.exhibited | C.calculated | D.shown |
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小题15: | A.call | B.letter | C.check | D.notice |
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小题16: | A.get | B.force | C.require | D.hope |
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小题17: | A.pointed | B.turned | C.worked | D.found |
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小题18: | A.generous | B.successful | C.serious | D.powerful |
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小题19: | A.praised | B.persuaded | C.informed | D.convinced |
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小题20: | A.lesson | B.business | C.aspect | D.case |
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答案
小题1:D 小题1:C 小题1:D 小题1:B 小题1:D 小题1:B 小题1:D 小题1:A 小题1:C 小题1:A 小题1:D 小题1:A 小题1:C 小题1:D 小题1:B 小题1:A 小题1:B 小题1:D 小题1:C 小题1:D |
解析
小题1:D 根据下面的on the front door of our house得知这里是有人敲门,考察词组a knock on the door,选D 小题1:C 考察词组from head to toe从头到脚,故选择C head 小题1:D 考察固定搭配run out of……用光了……,故选择D ran 小题1:B 考察副词.这里用leave sb behind表示年轻人将家人留在车上自己来求助。故选B behind 小题1:D 考察词组fill……with……用……装满……,故选择D filled 小题1:B 由下文的saying that they were cold可得知孩子们是在哭喊着他们很冷,故选择B crying 小题1:D 此处表达的意思是作者建议年轻人跟自己一起回去,考察词组follow……back,故选择D follow 小题1:A 考察词组turn……on,把……(电器)打开,故选择A on 小题1:C 联系前文提到作者打开了暖气,所以房间内应是温暖的(warm)故选择C warm 小题1:A 考察词组run around意思是四处跑,故选择A around 小题1:D 上文提到给孩子准备面包,那么剩下的就是大人,故选择D adults 小题1:A 结合文意,这里的意思是一家人即将离开(leave),故选择A left 小题1:C 联系前文作者给年轻人提供油和食物,他是在询问自己欠(owe)作者多少钱,故选择C owed 小题1:D 这里的意思是油箱显示价格是15美金,故选择D shown 小题1:B 根据下文的In his letter可以得知此处作者收到的是一封信,故选择B letter 小题1:A 考察词组get……to do sth意思是让某人做某事,而B表示强迫,故选择A get 小题1:B 考察词组it turn out that意为结果是,故选择B turned 小题1:D 根据句子的意思,这里填一个形容general manager的词,只有powerful(有权力)符合,故选择D powerful 小题1:C 下文所说的是一个客观事实,所以这里应该填“告知”,故选C informed 小题1:D 考察词组,in this case表示这样一来或在此情形下,故选D case |
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A woman renewing her driver’s license at the County Clerk’s office was asked to state her occupation. She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself. “What I mean is,” explained the recorder, “do you have a job, or are you just a …” “Of course I have a job,” said Emily. “I’m a mother.” “We don’t list ‘mother’ as an occupation…‘housewife’ covers it,” said the recorder. One day I found myself in the same situation. The clerk was obviously a career woman, confident and possessed of a high sounding title. “What is your occupation?” she asked. The words simply popped out. “I’m a Research Associate in the field of Child Development and Human Relations.” The clerk paused, ballpoint pen frozen in midair. I repeated the title slowly, then I stared with wonder as my statement was written in bold, black ink on the official questionnaire. “Might I ask,” said the clerk with new interest, “Just what you do in this field?” Coolly, without any trace of panic in my voice, I heard myself reply, “I have a continuing program of research (what mother doesn’t), in the lab and in the field (normally I would have said indoors and out). Of course, the job is one of the most demanding in the humanities (any mother care to disagree?), and I often work 14 hours a day (24 is more like it). But the job is more challenging than most careers and rewards are more of a satisfaction rather than just money.”There was an increasing note of respect in the clerk’s voice as she completed the form, stood up, and showed me out. As I drove into our driveway, buoyed up (鼓舞) by my glamorous new career, I was greeted by my lab assistants---ages 13, 7, and 3. Upstairs I could hear our new experimental model (a 6 month old baby), in the child-development program, testing out a new vocal(嗓音的) pattern. I felt proud! I had gone on the official records as someone more distinguished and indispensable (不可缺少的) to mankind than “just another mother.” Motherhood…What a glorious career! Especially when there’s a title on the door. 小题1:What can we infer from the conversation between the woman and the recorder at the beginning of the passage?A.Motherhood was not recognized and respected as a job by society. | B.The recorder was impatient and rude. | C.The author was upset about the situation that mothers faced. | D.The woman felt ashamed to admit what her job was. | 小题2:How did the female clerk feel at first when the author told her occupation?A.curious | B.indifferent | C.interested | D.puzzled | 小题3:Why did the woman clerk show more respect for the author?A.Because the author cared little about rewards. | B.Because she admired the author’s research work in the lab. | C.Because the writer did something she had little knowledge of. | D.Because she thought the author did admirable work. | 小题4:What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage?A.To show how you describe your job affects your feelings toward it. | B.To show that the author had a grander job than Emily. | C.To argue that motherhood is a worthy career and deserves respect. | D.To show that being a mother is hard and boring work. |
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Born in a fishing village in Japan, Fujiyama, 25, recalls a childhood dominated by health concerns. Doctors told his parents that he had a hole in his heart and “they didn’t think I had a lot longer to live”. But during a later visit to the doctor, his family learned the hole had closed. “Somehow I was cured and I became a normal kid,” Fujiyama says. “And I had a second chance.” During his second year at the University of Mary Washington, he volunteered in Honduras with a campus group and was struck by the extreme poverty he saw—barefoot children collecting cans and sleeping in the streets. Fujiyama realized he could help give other children their own second chance. Today, his organization, Students Helping Honduras, brings education and community projects to children and families in need. He started by telling his friends about his experience and collecting spare change at his two campus jobs. “When I had my very first meeting, only two people showed up,” he says. “I knew I had to keep fighting.” He persuaded his younger sister, Cosmo, to join the cause. “She’s dynamite,.” He says. “When she talks in front of a crowd, she can move mountains. Knowing that she was behind it, I knew I could do anything.” Since 2006, the siblings’ organization has grown to 25 campuses and raised more than $750,000 to fund projects, including the construction of two schools and the establishment of scholarships to help young women attend college. Fujiyama says students are deeply committed to the organization. They raise money and then travel to Honduras to help building houses. While Fujiyama spends his summers in Honduras working alongside volunteers, he spends a large portion of the year on the road visiting colleges to raise funds. Cosmo Fujiyama, 23, lives in Honduras full time to coordinate(协调)the group’s building efforts on the ground. Students Helping Honduras is working with community members of Siete de Abril to build a new village. Many of the families lost their belongings in Hurricane Mitch in 1998. A lot of them didn’t have access to clean water or health care, and they didn’t have a school. Fujiyama’s group helped build 44 homes in the village named “Sunshine Village”. The organization is also raising funds to build a water tower, an eco-friendly sanitation system and a library. 小题1: At the beginning of his organization, ________.A.Fujiyama was supported by many friends | B.things didn’t go on smoothly | C.Fujiyama had little idea of Honduras | D.many famous people joined in | 小题2: We can infer that Fujiyama is a _______ man.A.diligent | B.mean | C.sympathetic | D.cheerful | 小题3: The underlined word “siblings’ ” can be replaced by __________.A.brothers’ | B.brother and sister’s | C.friends’ | D.couple’s | 小题4:Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A.Help the people in need | B.Students lend a hand in America | C.Fujiyama helps build “Sunshine Village” | D.Fujiyama gives poor people in Honduras a second chance |
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“As sure as you’re alive now, Peter Rabbit, some day I will catch you,” shouted Reddy Fox, as he put his black nose in the hole between the roots of the Big Hickory-tree which grows close to the Smiling Pool. “It is lucky for you that you were not one jump farther away from this hole.” Peter, safe inside that hole, didn’t have a word to say, or, if he did, he didn’t have breath enough to say it. It was quite true that if he had been one jump farther from that hole, Reddy Fox would have caught him. As it was, the hairs on Peter’s funny white tail actually had tickled Reddy’s back as Peter ran wildly through the root-bound entrance to that hole. It had been the narrowest escape Peter had had for a long, long time. You see, Reddy Fox had surprised Peter eating sweet clover(苜蓿)on the bank of the Smiling Pond, and it had been a lucky thing for Peter that hole, dug long ago by Johnny Chuck’s grandfather, had been right where it was. Also, it was a lucky thing that old Mr. Chuck had been wise enough to make the entrance between the roots of that tree in such a way that it could not be dug any larger. Reddy Fox was too shrewd(机灵的)to waste any time trying to dig it larger. He knew there wasn’t room enough for him to get between those roots. So, after trying to make Peter as uncomfortable as possible by telling him what he, Reddy, would do to him when he did catch him, Reddy walked across the Green Meadows. Peter remained where he was for a long time. When he was quite sure that it was safe to do so, he crawled out and hurried to the Old Orchard. He felt that that would be the safest place for him, because there were ever so many hiding places in the old stone wall along the edge of it. 小题1: Where is Peter Rabbit hiding?A.On the bank of a pond | B.In a hole | C.In a tall tree | D.Behind a room | 小题2:Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the story?A.Reddy Fox might find rabbit hairs on him. | B.Old Mr. Chuck took advantage of the roots to dig the hole. | C.The hole could be made larger. | D.Reddy almost caught Peter this time. | 小题3: Why did Peter Rabbit wait so long before leaving?A.Because Reddy was trying to get him. | B.Because it was cold outside. | C.Because his grandfather would help him dig a large hole. | D.Because the Old Orchard was not so safe as this hole. |
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Introductory Chemistry was taught at Duke University for many years by professor Bonk. One year, two guys took the class and did pretty well on all the quizzes and mid-terms. They each had a solid A. These two friends were so confident in going into the final that the weekend before finals week, despite the Chemistry final being on Monday, they decided to go to the University of Virginia to party with some friends. They had a great time there. However, with their hangovers(宿醉)and tiredness, they overslept all day Sunday and didn’t make it back to Duke until early Monday morning. Rather than taking the final then, they found professor Bonk after the final and explained to him how they missed the final. They told him they went up to the University of Virginia for the weekend and had planned to come back in time to study, but they had a flat tire on the way back and didn’t have a spare. So they were late getting back to campus. Bonk thought this over and agreed that they could take the final the following day. The two guys, happy and relieved, studied that night and went in the next day at the time that Bonk had told them. He placed them in separate rooms and handed each of them a test booklet. He told them to begin. They looked at the first problem which was something simple about solution(溶解). It was worth 5 points. “Cool,” they thought, “this is going to be an easy final”. They then turned the page. They were unprepared, however, for what they saw on it. The question contained only two words: (95 points) Which tire? 小题1: The two guys decided to go to the University of Virginia because ________.A.they were afraid of the final | B.there was a party there | C.the final would be held there | D.they thought they can pass the final easily | 小题2:From the passage we know ________.A.the two guys came back to campus late on purpose | B.Bonk wasn’t strict with the two guys | C.repairing the flat tire took the two guys a lot of time | D.Bonk didn’t believe the two guys’ explanation | 小题3: After the final, they ________.A.may apology to professor Bonk | B.must have the same scores | C.wouldn’t be confident in their Chemistry | D.would feel happy and relieved | 小题4:From the passage we can get a lesson that ________.A.he who makes no mistakes makes nothing | B.he is wise that is honest | C.one never loses anything by politeness | D.think twice before you do |
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One afternoon in January in 1998, Susan Sharp, 43, and her 8-year-old son David, were walking across an icy square, when Susan’s cane(手杖) slipped on the ice. Her face 36 first into the mud. David 37 her mother’s side, “Are you all right, Mom” 38 , Susan pulled herself up, “I’m okay, Honey,” she said. Susan was falling more 39 since she had trouble walking. Every inch of ice was a 40 danger for her. “I wish I could do something,” the boy thought. David, too, was having 41 of his own. The boy had a speech problem, so at school he talked 42 . One day, David’s teacher announced a 43 homework. "Each of you is going to come up with an 44 ," she said. This was for "INVENT AMERICA", a national competition to encourage creativity in children. An idea 45 David one evening. If only his mother’s cane didn’t slip on the ice. “What if I 46 your cane to a nail coming out of the bottom” he asked his mother. “ 47 the sharp end would scratch(划破) floors,” Susan said. “No, Mom, I 48 make it like a ball-point pen. You take your hand off the button and the 49 returns back up.” Hours later the cane was finished. David and his father 50 as Susan used it to walk 50 feet about the 51 . Happily Susan cried out, “It 52 !” In July 1999, David was 53 national winner for the "INVENT AMERICA". David began to make public appearance. Thus he was forced to communicate 54 .Today, David is nearly free of his speech problem, and his 55 is becoming well accepted.
1. A. fell
| B. touched
| C. lay
| D. dropped
| 2. A. stood by
| B. rushed to
| C. looked at
| D. ran around
| 3. A. Firmly
| B. Easily
| C. Quickly
| D. Shakily
| 4. A. slowly
| B. frequently
| C. freely
| D. heavily
| 5. A. hiding
| B. certainly
| C. possible
| D. waiting
| 6. A. method
| B. disease
| C. trouble
| D. hope
| 7. A. few
| B. little
| C. much
| D. more
| 8. A. useful
| B. strange
| C. common
| D. special
| 9. A. appearance
| B. invention
| C. experience
| D. experiment
| 10. A. reminded
| B. encouraged
| C. occurred
| D. hit
| 11. A. fastened
| B. stuck
| C. fixed
| D. tied
| 12. A. So
| B. And
| C. For
| D. But
| 13. A. might
| B. would
| C. did
| D. need
| 14. A. pen
| B. hand
| C. cane
| D. nail
| 15. A. watched
| B. supported
| C. noticed
| D. helped
| 16. A. street
| B. ice
| C. yard
| D. square
| 17. A. works
| B. operates
| C. succeeds
| D. helps
| 18. A. declared
| B. received
| C. won
| D. praised
| 19. A. more slowly
| B. more carefully
| C. more clearly
| D. faster
| 20. A. cane
| B. mother
| C. speech
| D. story
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