One morning more than thirty years ago, I entered the Track Kitchen, a restauran
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One morning more than thirty years ago, I entered the Track Kitchen, a restaurant where everyone from the humblest(卑微的)to the most powerful came for breakfast. I noticed an empty chair next to an elderly, unshaven man, who looked somewhat untidy. He was wearing a worn-out hat and was alone. I asked if I might join him. He agreed quietly and I sat down to have my breakfast.
We cautiously began a conversation and spoke about a wide rang of things. We never introduced ourselves. I was concerned that he might have no money and not be able to afford something to eat. So as I rose to go back to the counter and buy a second cup of coffee, I asked,
“May I get you something ?”
“A coffee would be nice.”
Then I bought him a cup of coffee. We talked more, and he accepted another cup of coffee. Finally, I rose to leave, wished him well, and headed for the exit. At the door I met one of my friends. He asked,
“How did you get to know Mr. Gal breath?”
“Who?”
“The man you were sitting with. He is chairman of the Board of Churchill Downs.”
I could hardly believe it. I was buying, offering a free breakfast, and feeling pity for one of the world’s richest and most powerful men!
My few minutes with Mr. Gal breath changed my life. Now I try to treat everyone with respect, no matter who I think they are, and to meet another human being with kindness and sincerity.
小题1:The author bought coffee for the old man because | A．he thought the old man was poor | B．he wanted to start a conversation | | C．he intended to show his politeness | D．he would like to thank the old man |
小题2:How did the author probably feel after he talked with his friend?| A．Proud. | B．Pitiful. | C．Surprised. | D．Regretful |
小题3:What is the message mainly expressed in the story?| A．We should learn to be generous. | | B．It is honorable to help those in need. | | C．People in high positions are not like what we expect. | | D．We should avoid judging people by their appearances. |
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答案
小题1:A
小题1:C
小题1:D |
解析
小题1:.细节题：从第二段的句子： I was concerned that he might have no money and not be able to afford something to eat. So as I rose to go back to the counter and buy a second cup of coffee, 可知作者认为老人太穷了，给他买了咖啡。选A
小题1:推理题：从文章的句子：I could hardly believe it. I was buying, offering a free breakfast, and feeling pity for one of the world’s richest and most powerful men!可知作者很惊讶。选C。
小题1:主旨题：从最后一句话Now I try to treat everyone with respect, no matter who I think they are, and to meet another human being with kindness and sincerity.可知作者知道不能再以貌取人，选D。
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举一反三
One day a very wealthy father took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people can be.
They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of which would be considered a very poor family. On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, “ How was the trip?”
“It was great , Dad .”
“Did you see how poor people can be?” the father asked.
“Oh yeah?” said the son.
“So what did you learn from the trip?” asked the father.
The son answered, “I saw that we have one dog and they have four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek (小溪) that has no end. We have lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night. We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve themselves . We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around our property（财产） to protect us but they have friends to protect them.”
With this the boy’s father was speechless .
Then his son added , “Dad, thank you for showing me how poor we are.”
Too many times we forget what we have and concentrate on what we don’t have. What is one person’s priceless object is another’s prize possession. It’s all decided on one’s perspective (视角). Think about what would happen if we all gave thanks for what we have, instead of worrying about what we don’t have.
Be thankful for every single thing in your life, exactly as it is now–and especially your friends. Be sure to take the time to express your appreciation and gratitude for the people whom you are close to.
| 小题1: | | A．which | B．that | C．what | D．how |
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| 小题2: | | A．arrival | B．return | C．coming | D．reach |
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| 小题3: | | A．shameful | B．disappointing | C．surprising | D．great |
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| 小题4: | | A．suffer | B．regret | C．hear | D．learn |
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| 小题5: | | A．reaches | B．gets | C．arrives | D．flows |
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| 小题6: | | A．much | B．some | C．no | D．another |
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| 小题7: | | A．stars | B．lights | C．darkness | D．torches |
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| 小题8: | | A．smooth | B．full | C．large | D．small |
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| 小题9: | | A．through | B．within | C．beyond | D．across |
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| 小题10: | | A．themselves | B．visitors | C．friends | D．us |
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| 小题11: | | A．dogs | B．walls | C．soldiers | D．policemen |
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| 小题12: | | A．discouraged | B．satisfied | C．delighted | D．speechless |
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| 小题13: | | A．explained | B．announced | C．informed | D．added |
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| 小题14: | | A．poor | B．wealthy | C．lucky | D．proud |
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| 小题15: | | A．miss | B．forget | C．remember | D．consider |
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| 小题16: | | A．valuable | B．useful | C．priceless | D．worthless |
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| 小题17: | | A．based | B．concentrated | C．decided | D．laid |
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| 小题18: | | A．love | B．concern | C．thanks | D．interests |
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| 小题19: | | A．more than | B．along with | C．instead of | D．except for |
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| 小题20: | | A．especially | B．besides | C．specially | D．only |
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It was not yet eleven o’clock when a boat crossed the river with a single passenger who had obtained his transportation at that unusual hour by promising an extra fare.
While the youth stood on the landing-place searching in his pockets for money, the ferryman lifted a lantern, by the aid of which, together with the newly risen moon, he took a very accurate survey of the stranger’s figure. He was a young man of barely eighteen years, evidently country bred（长大的）, and now, as it seemed, on his first visit to town. He was wearing a rough gray coat, which was in good shape, but which had seen many winters before this one. The garments under his coat were well constructed of leather, and fitted tightly to a pair of muscular legs; his stockings of blue yarn must have been the work of a mother or sister, and on his head was a three-cornered hat, which in its better days had sheltered the grayer head of the lad’s father. In his left hand was a walking stick, and his equipment was completed by a leather bag not so abundantly stocked as to inconvenience the strong shoulders on which it hung. Brown, curly hair, well-shaped-features, bright, cheerful eyes were nature’s gifts, and worth all that art could have done for his adornment(装饰).
The youth, whose name was Robin, paid the boatman, and then walked forward into the town with a light step, as if he had not already traveled more than thirty miles that day. As he walked, he surveyed his surroundings as eagerly as if he were entering London or Madrid, instead of the little metropolis（都市）of a New England colony.
小题1:What time of the year was it in this story?| A．Winter. | B．Fall. | C．Summer. | D．Spring. |
小题2:The boatman was willing to take Robin across the river because ________.| A．he was going to row across the river anyway | | B．he saw that Robin was young and rich | | C．he would give extra money | | D．he felt sorry for him because Robin looked poor |
小题3:The stockings that Robin wore were obviously _________.| A．well worn | B．very expensive | C．handmade | D．much too big |
小题4:From the text we can learn that Robin had traveled __________.| A．from London | B．from Madrid | | C．from a nearby city | D．over thirty miles |
小题5:At what time of day did Robin cross the river?| A．Night. | B．Late afternoon | C．Midday. | D．Morning. |
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I spent my last Christmas Day working the whole day!
Due to the nature of my job, I had to go back to my __41___ and spent my whole Christmas Day there. Of course, It __42___ no good! Surely you will get ___43__ when almost all of your friends are either resting at home, watching TV, listening to music, __44___ watching movies in the cinema, and you are the only one that is not __45___. The feeling is really bad. And I really did not feel like __46___ and going to work in the morning. But I __47___ went to work. I am a responsible guy. Since the arrangement was like that, I __48___.
Of course, there is something __49___ about working on Christmas Day and most public __50___. First of all, since I had no plan to go out, or do any __51___ activities on that day, I most likely would __52___ the day at home playing computer games, so why not go to work and ___53__ some extra money? It makes sense to me. Besides, it is a holiday for __54___ the whole world. It __55___ most of my company’s offices in other __56___ would probably not be working, __57___ those in China, Japan and Thailand as Christmas is not a holiday for people there. Less users, less problems, meaning? Less __58___ for us to do. And the best part is, the office is ours! I can __59___ my laptop to the office, watch movies, play games, and at the same time, get my extra __60___! Well, what do you think of working on holidays?
小题1:
| | A．home | | B．study | | C．office | | D．town |
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| | A．sad | | B．strange | | C．stupid | | D．interesting |
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| | A．watched | | B．employed | | C．missed | | D．included |
| 小题6:
| | A．keeping off | | B．falling behind | | C．getting up | | D．running away |
| 小题7:
| | A．also | | B．always | | C．even | | D．still |
| 小题8:
| | A．experienced | | B．accepted | | C．disliked | | D．changed |
| 小题9:
| | A．important | | B．good | | C．different | | D．funny |
| 小题10:
| | A．places | | B．tours | | C．jobs | | D．holidays |
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| | A．other | | B．dangerous | | C．useless | | D．simple |
| 小题12:
| | A．start | | B．value | | C．spend | | D．afford |
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| | A．almost | | B．hardly | | C．only | | D．exactly |
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| | A．explains | | B．means | | C．reads | | D．tells |
| 小题16:
| | A．villages | | B．countries | | C．cities | | D．buildings |
| 小题17:
| | A．after | | B．with | | C．except | | D．as |
| 小题18:
| | A．work | | B．talk | | C．homework | | D．cleaning |
| 小题19:
| | A．throw | | B．post | | C．bring | | D．pull |
| 小题20:
| | A．fun | | B．room | | C．service | | D．pay |
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A young woman was driving through the lonely countryside. It was dark and raining. Suddenly she saw an old woman by the side of the road, holding her hand out as if she wanted a lift.
“I can’t leave her out in this weather,” the woman said to herself, so she stopped the car and opened the door.
“Do you want a lift?” she asked. The old woman nodded and climbed into the car. After a while, she said to the old woman, “Have you been waiting for a long time?” The old woman shook her head. “Strange,” thought the young woman. She tried again. “Bad weather for the time of year,” she said. The old woman nodded. No matter what the young woman said, the hitchhiker(搭车者) gave no answer except for a nod of the head or a shrug(耸肩).
Then the young woman noticed the hitchhiker’s hands, which were large and hairy. Suddenly she realized that the hitchhiker was actually a man! She stopped the car. “ I can’t see out of the rear screen,” she said, “Would you mind clearing it for me?”
The hitchhiker nodded and opened the door. As soon as the hitchhiker was out of the car, the terrified young woman raced off.
When she got to the next village she pulled up. She noticed that the hitchhiker had left his handbag behind. She picked it up and opened it. She gave a gasp. Inside the bag was a gun.
小题1:The woman stopped the car because _______.| A．the old woman asked her to | B．she recognized the old woman | | C．she knew what the woman wanted | D．she wanted to helped the old woman |
小题2:What made the woman feel strange about the old woman?| A．That she kept nodding her head | B．That she was unable to speak | | C．That she gave no answer to her questions | D．That she had large and hairy hands |
小题3:The young woman asked the hitchhiker to clear the rear screen because _______.| A．this is the way she thought of to get rid of him | B．the hitchhiker frightened her | | C．the hitchhiker was very helpful | D．she couldn’t see out of the rear screen |
小题4:The hitchhiker left the bag with a gun in it behind because_______.| A．he wanted to give her a warning | | B．he had not expected the woman would leave him behind in the rain | | C．it was his present for her | | D．he wanted to kill her with the gun |
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Brazil is the greatest football nation in the world. There are 170 million Brazilians. How many of them are football fans? 100 million! All of them think they know all about football. This makes life very difficult for the Brazilian team managers. When things go bad for the Brazilian team, the newspapers would demand that the team manager should leave his job. “If we win, they me in heaven,” a manager once said. “If we lose, they put me in hell(地狱).”
You can’t escape football in Brazil. There are football matches on every street and beach. On television, the results of football matches come before the main news programs. There are six television channels(频道) in Rio de Janeiro. On Sundays each channel shows a different football match.
Brazil is not the richest country in the world, but the government spends lots of money on football. It cost more than one billion pounds to prepare for the 1978 World Cup. That’s 10 pounds for every Brazilian man, woman, and child. And many Brazilians don’t earn as much as 10 pounds a week. Is it worth it?
“Brazil must have a great football team,” says one journalist. “If it costs one billion pounds, that’s all right. If the government doesn’t give us a good team, then it will become unpopular. Football is more than a game in Brazil.”
Football is more than a game in Brazil. This is certainly true in its largest city, Sao Paulo. The most popular team is Corinthians. Corinthians’ fans are the most loyal and emotional in Brazil. When Corinthians win, production(产量) in the Sao Paulo car factories increases by fifteen per cent. When they loses, it drops. At one time Corinthians won the national championship for the first time, for four days fans danced and sang in the streets,
Why are people so loyal to one football team? What makes a football fan? One man says, “Without Corinthians my life would be sad. Corinthians bring some joy and excitement into my life. We all need that, don’t we?”
小题1:In Paragraph 1, what the manager said means_______.
A, he is respected by newspapers B,. he will probably be killed by fans
C. he is judged on his team’s results D. it’s difficult for him to get good scores
小题2:All the following statements about the Brazilians and football are true EXCEPT _______.| A．all the Brazilians know all about football | | B．football has an influence on politics in Brazil | | C．the Brazilians spend a lot of money on football | | D．Corinthians’ fans are always supporting their team |
小题3:Some people danced and sang in the streets for four days in Sap Paulo because_______.| A．production in the Sao Paulo car factories increased | | B．Corinthians won a national football championship | | C．Corinthians won the World Cup | D．the newspapers put a team manager in heaven |
小题4: People are loyal to their football team mainly because _______.| A．it brings joy and excitement to their life | B．they could always count on it | | C．it can increase the car production | D．they could see hope in it |
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