I am my mother’s third child. When I was born, the doctor gently explained to my
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I am my mother’s third child. When I was born, the doctor gently explained to my mother that my left arm was 36 , below the elbow (肘). Then he gave her some 37 , “Don’t treat her any 38 from the other girls. Demand more.” And she 39 !
My mother had to work to 40 my family. There were five girls in our family and we all had to 41 . Once when I was about seven, I came out of the 42 , “Mom, I can’t peel (削……皮) potatoes. I only have one hand.”
“You get back to peel those potatoes, and don’t ever use that as a(n) 43 for anything again!”
Of course I could peel potatoes — with my good hand, while holding them down with my __44 arm. There was always a 45 , and Mom knew it. “If you try hard 46 ,” she said, “you can do anything.”
Once in the second grade, our teacher had each of us race across the monkey bars (攀爬架). When it was my turn, I 47 my head. Some kids 48 . I went home crying.
After work the next afternoon, Mom 49 me back to the school playground.
“Now, 50 up with your right arm,” she advised. She stood by 51 I practiced, and she 52 me when I made progress.
I’ll never forget the 53 time I was crossing the bars. The kids were standing there with their mouths open.
It was the way with everything. When I 54 I can’t handle (处理) things, I see Mom’s smile again. She had the heart to 55 anything. And she taught me I could, too.
| 小题1: | | A．missing | B．broken | C．cut | D．short |
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| 小题2: | | A．warning | B．medicine | C．help | D．advice |
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| 小题3: | | A．badly | B．differently | C．well | D．normally |
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| 小题4: | | A．did | B．refused | C．cried | D．had |
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| 小题5: | | A．care | B．help | C．support | D．live |
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| 小题6: | | A．find out | B．work out | C．carry out | D．help out |
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| 小题7: | | A．kitchen | B．bedroom | C．house | D．school |
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| 小题8: | | A．idea | B．change | C．excuse | D．tool |
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| 小题9: | | A．lost | B．other | C．next | D．longer |
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| 小题10: | | A．chance | B．way | C．time | D．success |
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| 小题11: | | A．enough | B．too | C．again | D．often |
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| 小题12: | | A．hurt | B．nodded | C．shook | D．turned |
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| 小题13: | | A．cheered | B．whispered | C．joked | D．laughed |
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| 小题14: | | A．drove | B．took | C．sent | D．carried |
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| 小题15: | | A．pull | B．jump | C．stand | D．rise |
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| 小题16: | | A．before | B．as | C．after | D．until |
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| 小题17: | | A．helped | B．raised | C．praised | D．protected |
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| 小题18: | | A．first | B．last | C．wonderful | D．next |
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| 小题19: | | A．admit | B．fear | C．find | D．realize |
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| 小题20: | | A．face | B．teach | C．learn | D．solve |
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答案
小题1:A
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小题1:C
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解析
小题1:．A. 解析：联系下文我们可以得知，出生时，“我”左胳臂肘以下的部分缺少。从下文可知，作者的胳膊不是断了(bro—
ken)，也不是生病(diseased)，而是没有。
小题1:. D 解析：从空后的句子我们得知，这是医生给“我”母亲的建议，要母亲像对待一个正常的孩子那样对待“我”。此处医生给我母亲的不是“警告”，也不是“帮助”，更不是“药”。
小题1:．B 解析：从下句demand more可以得知，医生要“我”母亲不要因为“我”的残疾就把“我”与其他孩子区别对待。从后面的介词from可排除其他选项，不合搭配。
小题1:．A 解析：did在此相当于demanded more，此处强调母亲确实照医生的话做了。B、C不合题意。D用于替代句中的系表结构，而此处demand more是实意动词。
小题1:．C 解析：support在这里是“支撑，养活”的意思，说明母亲要工作来养家糊口。从母亲的艰辛这一点可排除其他动词； care"关心”’feed"喂养”。
小题1:．D 解析：从下文“我”剥土豆皮的经历可得知“我们”姐妹几个都帮母亲的忙。help out当“帮助”讲’pay attention"注意”；workout"解决问题；出现……结果”；carry out"执行(任务等)”，都不合题意。
小题1:．A 解析：从空后的"Mom，I can’t peel potatoes．”看，“我”从厨房走出来。从作者削土豆这——具体的语境可排除其他选项。
小题1:. C 解析：空前的that指代“我”所说的I can’t peel potatoes，I only have one hand．母亲认为那是借口，故用eXCUS~“主
意”“变化”“解释”在此都不合逻辑。
小题1:．B 解析：用右手剥皮，用左胳膊把土豆握住，my other arm 指失去肘部以下的那只胳膊。lost"失踪的、丢失的”，往往指整个东西，而此处作者的胳膊仅仅缺少了半截；next"下一个”指次序；longer不合逻辑。
小题1:．B 解析：从下文"if you try hard 11(enough)，you can do anything．”我们得知，“我”认为办法总是有的。此处指的是有“办法”，其他选项不合题意。
小题1:．A 解析：enough在这里做程度副词，修饰前面的副词hard．题意为：假如你足够努力，你什么事情都可以做。100表示两种两样的情况；again表示动作的重复，都不合题意。
小题1:．C 解析：从下句我们知道，这次“我”没有做，因此当老师要“我”做的时候，“我”摇头拒绝，因此用shock．从下文以及作者是残疾人这一点可排除其他选项。
小题1:．D 解析：在这里作者是说有几个孩子嘲笑“我”，用laugh at sb A、C有较大干扰性，cheered多表达因为成功、喜悦而欢呼庆祝，而joke指开玩笑。
小题1:．B 解析：take sb．t。a place意思是“领着某人去某地”。Drive sb．t。意为“开车拉送某人到什么地方”；send sb．To a place意为“派某人去某地”；carry sb．t。意为“携带某人去某地”。
小题1:．A 解析：pull up在这里指把身体拉上去。在这里母亲要“我”用右手把身体拉上高低杠。pull表示“拉，牵引”。因为后面有“用你的右手”的信息限制，因此排除其他选项。
小题1:．B 解析：as在此相当于when或while，在我练习的时候，母亲站在一边。此处表示两个动作同时发生，因此排除其他选项。
小题1:．C 解析：在“我”有进步时，母亲表场“我”。由前面“进步”信息提示，可排除“帮助”“抬”“保护”。
小题1:．D 解析：the next time指自那次以后的下一次；the first time“第一次”；the last time"上一次，最后一次”；the wonderful time"最美好的时光”都不合语境。
小题1:．B解析：不能够处理事情是“我”的担心，故用fear，相当于be afraid．其他答案均有一定干扰性，联系上下文我们知道，母亲一直鼓励“我”不要把自己看作残疾人，她要求“我”做正常人所做的一切事情。admit“承认”，realize"意识到”，此处都不合语境。
小题1:. A 解析：“她用心去面对一切事情”。D项有一定干扰性，从空前的heart我们得知，母亲从心理上能勇敢面对一切困难。 |
举一反三
When Tom finished his studies at the university (大学), he began to look around for a job. He did not know what he would like to do, but one of his uncles had worked for the government for thirty years, and he advised Tom to try to get a job of the same kind, so he went for an exam one day. He was successful, and his first job was in a large government office in London.
When Tom had been working there for a few weeks, his uncle came to visit the family one Saturday evening. He was pleased that his nephew (侄子) had got a job working for the government, and he asked him a lot of questions about it.
One of the questions he asked was, “How many people work in your department (部门), Tom?”
The young man thought for a few moments and then answered, “About half of them, Uncle Jim.”
小题1:When he graduated (毕业) from university, Tom was not ________.| A．interested in getting any information from the government | | B．looking for a good-paying job with excellent hours | | C．good at making decisions | | D．very good at science |
小题2:What did Tom think of his uncle’s advice?| A．He did not like it. | B．He thought it was good | | C．He refused to take it. | D．He was unable to follow it. |
小题3:The uncle wanted to find out ________.| A．what his nephew was doing | | B．how his nephew was getting on with his job | | C．whether his nephew could understand him or not | | D．what his nephew had expected |
小题4:In fact Tom’s answer means that __________.| A．the people working in the government office were in many groups and they worked in turn | | B．most of the government workers were not working hard | | C．only half of the government workers went to work on time | | D．the government office had more people than needed |
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I don’t often lose things and I’m always careful with money, so I was quite surprised when I reached for my wallet and it wasn’t there. At first, I thought it was possible that I could have left it at home. Then I remembered taking it out to pay the taxi, so I knew I had it with me just before I walked into the restaurant. I wondered if it was possible that it could have dropped out of my pocket while I was eating dinner. I turned and walked back to the table where I had been sitting. Unluckily, there were several people sitting at the table at that time, so I had the waiter go over to the table to see if my wallet was on the floor. While the waiter was looking for it, the head of the restaurant came up to me and asked me if anything was wrong. I told him what had happened. He asked me to report the missing wallet to the police. I told him I didn’t want to do so; I was in a hurry because I had to reach my waiting room before two o’clock, where some people were waiting to see me. I also told him that my biggest worry at the moment was how I was going to pay for the meal. He told me not to worry about that. He asked me to write down my name and address, and he said he would send me a bill (帐单).
小题1:When the writer couldn’t find his wallet, his first thought was that________| A．it had been given to the taxi-driver | | B．he had dropped it in the taxi | | C．he had lost his wallet again | | D．it might be left at home |
小题2:The writer thought he must have the wallet with him because___________.| A．he had paid the taxi-driver | | B．he had paid the bill of the meal | | C．the waiter had seen it on the table | | D．the waiter was looking for it on the floor |
小题3:Why do you think the writer turned and walked back to the table?| A．He would phone the police about the missing of his wallet. | | B．He wondered if he had dropped his wallet while eating. | | C．The head of the restaurant wanted to know what was wrong. | | D．Several people were sitting at the table at that time. |
小题4: The writer of the story is probably a _________.| A．doctor | B．cook | C．school teacher | D．newspaper reporter |
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One day, I happened to talk to a stranger (陌生人) on the bus. When he found out that I was from Chicago, he told me that one of his good friends lived there and he wondered if I happened to know him. At first I wanted to say that it was foolish (愚蠢的) to think like that, for from all the millions of people in Chicago, I could not possibly know his friend. But, instead, I just smiled and said that Chicago was a very big city. He was quiet for a few minutes, and then he began to tell me all about his friend.
He told me that his friend was an excellent tennis player and that he even had his own tennis court (网球场). He added that he knew a lot of people with swimming pools, but that he only knew two people in the country who had their own tennis courts. And his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I knew several people like that, for example, my brother and my next-door neighbor. I told him that my brother was a doctor and he lived in California. Then he asked where my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that last year his friend spent the summer in Sacramento and lived next door to a doctor. The doctor had a tennis court. I said that my next-door went to Sacramento last summer and lived in the house next to my brother’s. For a moment, we looked at each other, but we did not say anything.
“Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He laughed and said, “Would your brother’s name happen to be Dr. Ray Hunter?” It was my turn to laugh.
小题1: Which of the following is true?| A．The story happened in Chicago. | | B．The writer’s brother lived in Sacramento. | | C．Both the writer and the stranger lived in Chicago. | | D．Both the writer and his brother lived in California. |
小题2: The writer said that Chicago was a very big city. That means _____________.| A．it was possible for him to happen to know the stranger’s friend | | B．he didn’t want to look for the stranger’s friend | | C．he didn’t know the stranger’s friend | | D．it was impossible to find the stranger’s friend |
小题3: How many persons does the story involve (涉及)?| A．Four. | B．Five. | C．Six. | D．Seven. |
小题4:Which is the best title of the story?| A．On a bus | B．Two tennis players | | C．One in a million | D．Chicago is a large city |
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THE BRONTE FAMILY
Yorkshire, England was the setting for two great novels (小说) of the 19th century. These were Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. The youngest sister, Anne, was also a gifted novelist, and her books have the same extraordinary quality as her sisters’.
Their father was Patrick Bronte, born in Ireland. He moved with his wife, Maria Bronte, and their six small children to Haworth in Yorkshire in 1820. Soon after, Mrs. Bronte and the two eldest children died, leaving the father to care of the remaining three girls and a boy.
Charlotte was born in 1816. Emily was born in 1818 and Anne in 1820. Their brother Branwell was born in 1817. Left to themselves, the children wrote and told stories and walked over the hills. They grew up largely self-educated. Branwell showed a great interest in drawing. The girls were determined to earn money for his art education. They took positions as teachers or taught children in their homes.
As children they had all written many stories. Charlotte, as a young girl, alone wrote 22 books, each with 60 to 100 pages of small handwriting. Therefore, they turned to writing for income. By 1847, Charlotte had written The Professor; Emily, Wuthering Heights; and Anne, Agnes Grey. After much difficulty Anne and Emily found a publisher(出版商), but there was no interest shown in Charlotte’s book. (It was not published until 1859.) However, one publisher expressed an interest in seeing more of her works. Jane Eyre was already started, and she hurriedly finished it. It was accepted at once; thus each of the sisters had a book published in 1847.
Jane Eyre was immediately successful; the other two, however, did not do so well. People did not like Wuthering Heights. They said it was too wild, too animal-like. But gradually it came to be considered one of the finest novels in the English language. Emily lived only a short while after the publication of the book, and Anne died in 1849.
Charlotte published Shirley in 1849, and Villette in 1853. In 1854 she married Arthur Bell Nicholls. But only a year later, she died of tuberculosis(肺结核) as her sisters had.
小题1:We know from the text that .| A．Jane Eyre was published in 1847 | | B．Charlotte Bronte wrote 22 books in all | | C．the Bronte sisters received good education | | D．Patrick Bronte helped his daughters with their writing |
小题2:The underlined words “the other two” in the 5 th paragraph refer to .| A．Shirley and Villette | B．The Professor and Agnes Grey | | C．Agnes Grey and Wutheriing Heights | D．The Professor and wuthering Heights |
小题3: What do we know about the Bronte sisters from the text?| A．Their novels interested few publishers. | | B．None of them had more than two books published. | | C．None of them lived longer than 40 years old. | | D．Emily was the least successful of the three. |
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It is not often realized that women held a high place in southern European societies in the 10 th and 11 th centuries. As wife, the woman was protected by the setting up of a dowry (嫁妆) or decimum. Admittedly, the purpose of this was to protect her against the risk of desertion (遗弃)，but in reality its function in the social and family life of the time was much more important. The decimum was the wife’s right to receive a tenth of all her husband’s property. The wife had the right to withhold consent, in all transactions the husband would make, And more than just a right: the documents showed that she enjoyed a real power of decision, equal to that of her husband. In no case did the documents indicate any degree of difference in the legal status of husband and wife.
The wife shared in the management of her husband’s personal property, but the opposite was not always true. Women seemed perfectly prepared to defend their own inheritance(遗产，继承物)against husbands who tried to exceed their rights, and on occasion they showed a fine fighting spirit. A case in point is that of Maria, Vivas, a Catalan woman of Barcelona. Having agreed with her husband Miro to sell a field she had inherited, for the needs of the household, she insisted on compensation. None being offered, she succeeded in dragging her husband to the scribe to have a contract duly drawn up assigning her a piece of land from Miro’s personal inheritance. The unfortunate husband was obliged to agree, as the contract says, “for the sake of peace.” Either through the dowry or through being hot-tempered, the Catalan wife knew how to win herself, within the context of the family, a powerful economic position.
小题1: A decimum was .| A．the wife’s inheritance from her father | | B．a gift of money to the new husband | | C．a written contract | | D．the wife’s right to receive one-tenth of her husband’s property |
小题2: In the society described in the passage, the legal standing of the wife in marriage was .| A．higher than that of her husband | B．lower than that of her husband | | C．the same as that of her husband | D．higher than that of a single woman |
小题3: What compensation did Maria Vivas get for the field?| A．Some of the land Miro had inherited. | B．A tenth of Miro’s land. | | C．Money for household expenses. | D．Money from Miro’s inheritance. |
小题4: Which of the following is Not mentioned as an effect of the dowry system?| A．The husband had to share the power of decision in marriage. | | B．The wife was protested from desertion. | | C．The wife gained a powerful economic position. | | D．The husband was given control over his wife’s property. |
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