In a land far away, once upon a time, there was great poverty （贫困）,and only the

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In a land far away, once upon a time, there was great poverty （贫困）,and only the rich could manage without great _16_. Three of those rich men and their servants were_17_together on a road when they came to a very_18_village.
The first could not stand seeing the poverty, _19 he took all the gold and jewels from his wagons (四轮载重马车) and shared _20 out among the villagers. He wished them all the best of luck, and he left.
The second rich man ,seeing the _21 situation, stopped for a short time and gave _22 all his food and drink, since he _23 see that money would be of little _24 to them. He made sure that they each _25 their fair share and would have enough food to _26 for some time . Then, he left.
The third rich man, on seeing such poverty, _27 and went straight through the _28 without stopping. The two other rich men saw this from a distance and commented with each other_29 the third rich man lacked sympathy. It was _30 that they themselves had been there to offer help.
However, three days later, they 31 the third rich man ,who was coming in the opposite direction . He was 32 travelling quickly, but his wagons, 33 the gold and valuables they had been 34 ,were now full of farming tools and bags of 35 .He was rushing back to help them out of poverty.

小题1:

A．loss

B．expectations

C．success

D．problems

小题2:

A．standing

B．travelling

C．gathering

D．running

小题3:

A．faraway

B．poor

C．different

D．ancient

小题4:

A．unless

B．because

C．so

D．if

小题5:

A．them

B．anything

C．nothing

D．those

小题6:

A．curious

B．worrying

C．dangerous

D．puzzling

小题7:

A．the villagers

B．his servants

C．the others

D．the rest

小题8:

A．could

B．might

C．should

D．must

小题9:

A．interest

B．concern

C．use

D．attraction

小题10:

A．returned

B．gained

C．offered

D．received

小题11:

A．remain

B．last

C．supply

D．share

小题12:

A．turned back

B．set out

C．showed off

D．speeded

小题13:

A．village

B．land

C．field

D．road

小题14:

A．whether

B．how

C．where

D．when

小题15:

A．good

B．certain

C．true

D．strange

小题16:

A．welcomed

B．met

C．accepted

D．persuaded

小题17:

A．still

B．already

C．always

D．indeed

小题18:

A．except

B．instead of

C．apart from

D．along with

小题19:

A．loading

B．treasuring

C．carrying

D．earning

小题20:

A．food

B．jewels

C．money

D．seeds

答案

小题1:D
小题1:B
小题1:B
小题1:C
小题1:A
小题1:B
小题1:A
小题1:A
小题1:C
小题1:D
小题1:B
小题1:D
小题1:A
小题1:B
小题1:A
小题1:B
小题1:A
小题1:B
小题1:C
小题1:D

解析

16. loss：损失；expectation：预测，料想；success：成功；problem：问题。本句
意思是：只有富人们才能毫无问题地解决生活问题。
17.根据本剧中的on a road 可以推断出此处选B。
18. faraway：遥远的； poor：贫穷的；different：困难的；ancient：古代的，古老
的。根据前后文中的poverty 可以推断出此处
19.此处所填词用作并列连词，表结果，根据句意可知其意思是：因此，所以，
20.此处所填代词指代前文中的jewels，是复数，故用them。
21. curious：好奇的；worrying：令人担忧的；dangerous：危险的；puzzling：令
人迷惑的。所填词修饰situation，根据句意可知在此处意思是：令人担忧的
22.所填部分做give 的间接宾语，知人，由上下文意思可知此处表“村民”之意，
23.此处所填情态动词表示能力，意思是：能，会
24. interest：兴趣；利润；使对……感兴趣；concern：关心，在乎；use：使用，
利用；attraction：吸引力。所填词构成of 结构
25.此处所填词表动作，意思是：收到。接到
26. remain：剩下，仍就是；last：持续；supply：供给；供应；share：分享。由
some time 可知选B。
27. turn back：转回，返回；set out：着手，开始；show off：炫耀；speed up：加
速。根据went straight 可知所D。
28.由前文可知此处所填词意思是：村庄，
29.所填词引导宾语从句，且表示感叹，感叹的中心词是动词lack，故用how。
30.本句表达的是前两个富人的思想，即他们自己对自己的行为感到自豪，故选
31.本句意思是：他们遇见了第三位富人。
32. still：任然，还；already：已经；always：经常；indeed：的确。根据本剧的
时态可以推断出所填词意思是：仍然，
33. except for：除……之外；instead of：代替；而不是；apart from：除了，除过；
along with：和。由句意可知选B。
34. load：装载；treasure：珍惜；carry：运，搬运；earn：挣，赚。根据后文的full
of 可以推断出选C。
35. food：食物；jewel：珠宝；money：金钱；seed：种子。此处所填词与farmingtools
并列，且与bags of 修饰，故选D。

举一反三

Finally, I got a part – time job working at the local coffee shop. I had figured that the job would be easy. However, the actual situation was not what I had expected. The customers were hard to please. There was always too much sugar, too little ice, or not enough skimmed milk. However, I kept at it.
One rainy day, Hank, one of my regular customers, came in looking sad and defeated. I asked what the problem was sand if we could help, but Hank wouldn’t tell me any details. He just said he felt like going to bed, pulling the sheets up over his head, and staying there for a few years. I knew exactly how he felt.
Before he left, I handed him a bag of his favorite type of doughnuts along with his iced coffee. He looked at me skeptically because he hadn’t ordered anything else except iced coffee.
“It’s on me,” I told him. “Have a nice day.”
He smiled and thanked me before turning around and heading back out into the rain.
The next day was a horrible one. The rain kept pouring down and I spent my afternoon hanging out the window, handing people their orders. What’s worse, no one felt like tipping that day.
However, around 7:00 pm, Hank drove up to the window. Instead of ordering anything, he handed me a single pink rose and a little note. He said that few people take the time to care about others nowadays and he was glad there we still people like me in the world. I was speechless and very touched; I hadn’t thought that I had done anything incredible.
The note read:
Christine,
Thanks for being so sweet, kind and thoughtful yesterday. I was sincerely touched by you. It is so nice to meet someone that’s nice, warm, sensitive and unselfish. Please don’t change your ways because I truly believe that you will excel. Have a great day!
Hank
Later, I did come across more complaining customers. But anytime I felt sad or just sick of coffee, I thought of Hank and his kindness. Then I would smile, hold my head up high, clear my throat and ask politely, “How can I help you?”
小题1:How did the author feel after he began to work at the coffee shop?

A．Excited.

B．Confused.

C．Disappointed.

D．Satisfied.

小题2:What happened to the regular customer of the author?

A．He was very sick and had to stay in bed for some days.

B．He was not satisfied with the coffee served to him.

C．He was anxious to stay at home for a long time.

D．He was not feeling himself for some reasons.

小题3:．What does the underlined word “skeptically” probably mean in the passage?

A．questioningly

B．hopefully

C．anxiously

D．excitedly

小题4:．It was Hank who helped the author realize the importance of .

A．patience in one’s work	B．being kind to regular customers
C．taking time to care about others	D．sticking to one’s own career

小题5:What is the best title of the passage?

A．A Warm – hearted Man	B．Coffee Shop Kindness
C．My Part – time Job	D．A Horrible Raining Day

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The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. ---Thomas Macaulay
Some thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York. One day, Mrs Nanette O’Neill gave an arithmetic   36  to our class. When the papers were   37  she discovered that twelve boys had made exactly the same mistakes throughout the test.
There is nothing really new about   38 in exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs O’Neill didn’t even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to   39  after class. I was one of the twelve.
Mrs O’Neill asked   40  questions, and she didn’t   41  us either. Instead, she wrote on the blackboard the   42  words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to   43  these words into our exercise-books one hundred times.
I don’t know about the other eleven boys. Speaking for   44  I can say:it was the most important single   45  of my life. Thirty years after being introduced to Macaulay’s words, they   46  seem to me the best yardstick(准绳), because they give us a way to _47____ourselves rather than others.
48  of us are asked to make   49   decisions about nations going to war of armies going to battle. But all of us are called   50  daily to make a great many personal decisions.   51  the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket or turned over to the policeman? Should the   52 change received at the store be forgotten or   53 ? Nobody will know except   54 . But you have to live with yourself, and it is always   55  to live with someone you respect.

小题1:

A．test

B．problem

C．paper

D．lesson

小题2:

A．examined

B．completed

C．marked

D．answered

小题3:

A．lying

B．cheating

C．guessing

D．discussing

小题4:

A．come

B．leave

C．remain

D．apologize

小题5:

A．no

B．certain

C．many

D．more

小题6:

A．excuse

B．shout

C．help

D．scold

小题7:

A．above

B．common

C．following

D．unusual

小题8:

A．repeat

B．get

C．put

D．copy

小题9:

A．myself

B．ourselves

C．themselves

D．herself

小题10:

A．chance

B．incident

C．lesson

D．memory

小题11:

A．even

B．still

C．always

D．almost

小题12:

A．measure

B．respect

C．love

D．believe

小题13:

A．All

B．Few

C．Some

D．None

小题14:

A．quick

B．wise

C．great

D．personal

小题15:

A．out

B．for

C．up

D．upon

小题16:

A．Should

B．Must

C．Would

D．Need

小题17:

A．extra

B．small

C．some

D．necessary

小题18:

A．paid

B．remembered

C．shared

D．returned

小题19:

A．me

B．you

C．us

D．them

小题20:

A．easier

B．more natural

C．better

D．more peaceful

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“Can I see my baby？” the happy new mother asked. When the bundle was in her arms and she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped. The doctor turned quickly and looked out of the tall hospital window. The baby had been born without ears.
Time proved that the baby’ s hearing was perfect. It was only his appearance that was imperfect. When he rushed home from school one day and threw himself into his mother’s arms, she sighed(叹息), knowing that his life was to be misfortunate. He cried to his mum “A boy, a big boy... called me a freak (怪人)．”
He grew up, handsome. A favorite with his fellow students, he might have been class president, but for that. He developed a gift, a talent for literature and music. “But you might communicate with other young people，” his mother blamed him, but felt a kindness in her heart.
Two years went by. One day, his father said to the son, “You’ re going to the hospital, son. Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need. But it’ s a secret.” The operation was a great success, and a new person appeared.
Later he married and became a lawyer. One day, he asked his father, “Who gave me the ears? Who gave me so much? I could never do enough for him or her.” “I do not believe you could，” said the father, “but the agreement was that you are not to know... not yet.”
The years kept their secret, but the day did come. He stood with his father over his mother’ s casket棺材. Slowly, tenderly, the father stretched forth a hand and raised the thick, reddish brown hair to show the mother had no outer ears.
“Mother said she was glad she never let her hair be cut，” his father whispered gently, “and nobody ever thought Mother less beautiful, did they？”
小题1:Why did Mother gasp when she saw her newborn baby?

A．Because her son had a tiny face.	B．Because she saw her son crying.
C．Because her son was born imperfect.	D．Because her son was in her arms.

小题2:Which word can describe Mother’ s feeling when the son threw himself into her arms?

A．Nervous.　　　　　　

B．Sympathetic.

C．Proud.

D．Angry.

小题3:We can infer that the person who donate the ears is_____.

A．A doctor.

B．His father.

C．His mother.

D．A stranger.

小题4:From the passage we know the followings are True except________
A, the mother felt sorry for the son without ears B. the doctor didn’t like the baby
C. the boy meant everything to the mother D. the father kept the secret until mother died
小题5:The best title for the passage would be ________.

A．Mother’s hair	B．An unforgettable memory
C．Who gave me the ears?	D．Who is my best respectable person?

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My granddaughter, Shari, owns The Berry (莓果) Factory in Sacramento, California, and her mother, Joan, and I were helping with the Valentine’s Day rush. We’d dipped (浸泡) hundreds of berries, arranged gift baskets and packaged orders to be shipped around the country.
By the end of the day, the two middle-aged women, Joan and I, were exhausted. Shari didn’t seem tired. That was typical Shari. Though she was very busy, I’d seen her give away berries to everybody — parking attendants, mail carriers and hairdressers. “For me?” they would say, bursting into a smile.
As a “thank you”, Shari took us out for dinner. But there was a 45-minute wait at her favorite restaurant. “No big deal. There’s another place just up the road,” she said, driving us there. This time we walked right in.
When the waitress came to take our drink orders, Shari reached into her handbag, pulling something out. “I want you to have these,” she said, handing the waitress a box of chocolate-dipped strawberries. “She will love those berries!” I thought. But the waitress seemed startled. She only let out a “thank you” before grabbing the box and rushing into the kitchen.
A few minutes later, the waitress returned with our iced tea. “I apologize,” she said. “My best friend and I had promised to send each other something every Valentine’s Day. But she passed away last year. I didn’t know how I’d get through this day without her. Then you handed me that box.”“I’m so sorry to hear that,” said Shari. “It’s not much, but I hope you can enjoy them.”“Oh, I will,” the waitress said. “See, every year we always sent each other the same thing; a box of chocolate-dipped strawberries bought from our favourite store, The Berry Factory.”
小题1:What can be inferred in the first paragraph?

A．The Berry Factory is a gift store

B．The Berry Factory has few shop clerks.

C．The Berry Factory has many branches around the country

D．The Berry Factory has customers from different parts of the country.

小题2: Which of the following words can best describe Shari?

A．Talkative

B．Creative

C．Kind-hearted

D．Well-known

小题3: The underlined word “startled” in Paragraph 4 probably means _________.

A．shocked

B．excited

C．tired

D．frightened

小题4:We can learn from the last paragraph that _________.

A．the waitress’ best friend didn’t like chocolate

B．the waitress’ best friend broke up with her

C．the waitress’ best friend worked for Shari

D．the waitress’ best friend was Shari’s customer

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Edward Estlin Cummings was a poet well-known for how he wrote his poems He wrote his poems with capital (大写的) letters in the words . For example, the title of one of his poems is “The little horse is newlY” The “Y” is a capital letter. He also used “i” instead of “I” to refer to himself in the poems.
Edward was born on October14, 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Edward’s father was also named Edward. Young Edward’s mother was named Rebecca. She loved to spend time with her children. She also taught Edward Jr how to write poems. Edward’s sister was born 1896 and her name was Elizabeth. Edward’s father was the first professor of Sociology at Harvard University. He later became the minister of one of Boston’s respected churches. He was the one who taught his son to use his hands as well as his mind. Edward Jr used his hands to paint abstract art.
E.E.Cummings was a very smart boy. Edward was 12 when he became a freshman in high school. He loved circuses, ballets, music and amusement parks.
Edward graduated from Harvard in 1916. During World War I , he joined the army and was sent to France where he drove an ambulance. He and his friend from Harvard were arrested because people thought they were German spies. They were kept in one room where they slept , ate , talked and tried to deal with their fears and boredom. Edward wrote his first book, published in 1922, called The Enormous Room, based on his wartime experiences.
E.E.Cummings was a poet that made his own rules in poetry. He was one of the most popular poets of the 20th century.
小题1:Which is a special feature of E.E.Cummings’ poems?

A．Their titles are all written with capital letters.

B．A special capital letter is used in them to refer to the writer.

C．He used “Y” to refer to “you”.

D．He used letters in a special way in them

小题2:What’s the second paragraph mainly about?

A．Edward’s schooling	B．Edward’s parents
C．Edward’s family	D．Edward’s childhood.

小题3:E.E.Cummings was arrested in the war because ___________.

A．he went to France without permission	B．he looked like a Frenchman
C．he was thought to be German agent	D．he drove away a car that belonged to the army

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