I sit at my kitchen table, while my daughter, Anna, sits next to my mother. On t

I sit at my kitchen table, while my daughter, Anna, sits next to my mother. On t

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I sit at my kitchen table, while my daughter, Anna, sits next to my mother. On the wall hangs a photo of my father.
“When is Rick going to be here?” My mother asks, referring to my husband. 
“I don’t know, Mom,” I answer patiently. “He’ll be here for dinner.”
I sigh and get up from the table. This is at least the tenth time she has asked that question. 
While my mother and daughter play, I busy myself making a salad. 
“Don"t put in any onions,” Mom says. “You know how Daddy hates onion.”
“Yes, Mom,” I answer. 
I scrub(洗擦) off a carrot and chop it into bite-size pieces.
“Don"t put any onions in the salad,” she reminds me. “You know how Daddy hates onion.”
This time I can’t answer. 
My mother had been beautiful. She still is. In fact, my mother is still everything she has
been, just a bit forgetful.
I cut off the end of the cucumber and rub it to take away the bitterness. Cut and rub. This
is a trick I have learned from my mother, along with a trillion other things: cooking, sewing, 
dating, laughing, thinking. I learned how to grow up. 
And I learned that when my mother was around, I never had to be afraid. 
So why am I afraid now? 
I study my mother"s hands. Her nails are no longer a bright red, but painted a light pink.
Almost no color at all. And as I stare at them, I realize I am feeling them as they shaped my 
youth. Hands that packed a thousand lunches and wiped a million tears off my cheeks. 
Now my hands have grown into those of my mother"s. Hands that have cooked uneaten 
meals, held my own daughter"s frightened fingers on the first day of school and dried tears 
off her face. 
I grow lighthearted. I can feel my mother kiss me goodnight, check to see if the window is
locked, then blow another kiss from the doorway. Then I am my mother, blowing that same
kiss to Anna. 
Outside everything is still. Shadows fall among the trees, shaped like pieces of a puzzle.
Someday my daughter will be standing in my place, and I will rest where my mother now sits. 
Will I remember then how it felt to be both mother and daughter? Will I ask the same
question too many times? 
I walk over and sit down between my mother and her granddaughter. 
“Where is Rick?” my mother asks, resting her hand on the table next to mine. And in that
instant I know she remembers. She may repeat herself a little too much. But she remembers. 
“He’ll be here,” I answer with a smile. 
小题1:What’s wrong with the writer’s mother?
A.She is very old.B.She suffers forgetfulness.
C.She is absent-minded.D.She is eager to see Rick.
小题2:What can we learn about the writer’s father according to the passage?
A.He might have passed away for years.
B.He goes out for a walk by himself.
C.He is out doing something with Rick.
D.He loves the writer’s mother deeply.
小题3:The underlined sentence “I realize I am feeling them as they shaped my youth” probably means that ______. 
A.Mother’s hands witnessed my growth as a youth
B.Mother’s hands are similar to mine as a youth
C.I like to feel mother’s hands when she was young
D.I realize her hands were exactly like those in her youth
小题4:Which of the following words best describe the writer’s mood towards her mother?
A.Content.B.Disappointed.C.Loving.D.Considerate.
小题5:The best title for the passage would be ______.
A.Mother’s beautyB.My father hates onion
C.Hard-working motherD.Mother’s hands

答案

小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:D
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My job was to make classroom observations and encourage a training program that would enable students to feel good about themselves and take charge of their lives. Donna was one of the volunteer teachers who participated in this  36 .
One day, I entered Donna’s classroom, took a seat in the back of the room and   37 .All the students were working on a task. The student next to me was filling her page with “I Can’ts.” “I can’t kick the soccer ball.” “I can’t get Debbie to like me.” Her page was half full and she showed no    38   of stopping. I walked down the row and found   39  was writing sentences, describing things they couldn’t do.
By this time the activity aroused my    40   , so I decided to check with the teacher to see what was going on,    41    I noticed she too was busy writing “I can’t get John’s mother to come for a parents’ meeting.” …I felt it best not to interrupt.
After another ten minutes, the students were instructed to fold the papers in half and bring them to the front. They placed their “I Can’t” statements into an empty shoe box. Then Donna   42    hers. She put the lid on the box, tucked it under her arm and headed out the door.
Students followed the teacher. I followed the students. Halfway down the hallway Donna got a shovel(铲子) from the tool house, and then marched the students to the farthest corner of the playground. There they began to    43  . The box of “I Can’ts” was placed at the    44   of the hole and then quickly covered with dirt. At this point Donna announced, “Boys and girls, please join hands and     45    your heads.” They quickly formed a circle around the grave.
Donna delivered the eulogy(悼词).“Friends, we gathered here today to honor the memory of ‘I Can’t.’ He is   46  by his brothers and sisters ‘I Can’ and ‘I Will’. May ‘I Can’t’ rest in    47  . Amen!”
She turned the students    48    and marched them back into the classroom. They celebrated the    49    of “I Can’t”. Donna cut a large tombstone from paper. She wrote the words “I Can’t ”at the top and the date at the bottom, then hung it in the classroom. On those rare occasions when a student forgot and said, “I Can’t,” Donna    50    pointed to the paper tombstone. The student then remembered that “I Can’t” was dead and chose other statement.
小题1:
A.jobB.projectC.observationD.course
小题2:
A.checkedB.noticedC.watchedD.waited
小题3:
A.scenesB.sensesC.marksD.signs
小题4:
A.nobodyB.somebodyC.everyoneD.anyone
小题5:
A.curiosityB.suspectC.sympathyD.worry
小题6:
A.andB.orC.butD.so
小题7:
A.addedB.wroteC.madeD.folded
小题8:
A.cryB.prayC.digD.play
小题9:
A.backB.bottomC.topD.edge
小题10:
A.dropB.raiseC.fallD.lift
小题11:
A.rememberedB.punishedC.removedD.replaced
小题12:
A.silenceB.heartC.peaceD.memory
小题13:
A.downB.upC.offD.around
小题14:
A.birthB.passingC.lossD.starting
小题15:
A.simplyB.hardlyC.seriouslyD.angrily

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   Probably many of you know the idiom “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth”. But do you believe a tooth for an eye? That’s something a little bit different.
This strange exchange is neither a form of retribution(报应) nor an unexpected gift from the Tooth Fairy --- it’s actually a very generous gift from a young Irishman, Robert McNichol, 23, to his formerly blind father, 57-year-old Bob McNichol.
In 2005, Bob McNichol’s sight was destroyed in an accident when his eyes were doused(溅在……上面)with liquid aluminum(铝). Doctors predicted that he would never be able to see again.
But McNichol never liked to take no for an answer: when he heard about a unique operation called Osteo-Odonto-Keratoprosthesis, he knew he had to give it a shot, even though the success rate was a mere 65 percent.
In the technique, the eye socket(眼窝) is rebuilt and implanted(植入) with a human tooth and part of the jawbone, to provide support for an artificial cornea(角膜). Luckily for McNichol, Robert was willing to sacrifice one of his teeth to help his father regain his sight.
The technique isn’t simple: McNichol’s first stint on the operating table lasted ten hours, with a five hour follow-up session at a later date. But thanks to his son’s gift, he’s already seeing astonishing results.
“Now I have enough sight for me to get around and I can watch television. I have come out from complete darkness.” he told his friends.
小题1:Bob McNichol lost his sight ____ .
A.after he had an operation on his eyes
B.because of an accident
C.because he met with a serious traffic accident
D.when he was 57 years old
小题2:The underlined phrase “give it a shot” (in Paragraph 4) probably means “____”.
A.give it a tryB.make a remark C.fire a gunD.kick the ball
小题3:The tooth Bobert donated to his father is used to ____ .
A.make the eye socket look prettierB.cause his jawbone to function well
C.help his father take in more foodD.support the implanted artificial cornea
小题4:What would be the best title for the passage?
A.Father and sonB.A unique eye operation
C.A man defeating darknessD.Blind man sees with aid of son’s tooth

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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Last night, when I was driving back home, I noticed a hitchhiker(搭便车的人) who was having no luck getting a ride. I rolled down my  36  and signed to the man to my car. I asked him where he was  37  and he told me he needed a  38  to his doctor’s office which would close in 15 minutes. I told him to  39  and he gratefully did so.
40  he got in he told me that he was a  41  and went out to sea for weeks at a time. He took medicine for his nerves and  42  to get another prescription(处方) before he left on the boat. He said that he had prayed (祈祷) 43  would stop for him so he could be there before the  44     office closed. With some  45  driving we managed to make it there in about 10  46. I then asked him how he  47  on getting back home and he said he could walk. “I’ll patiently  48     for you and bring you back,” I told him. He  49  me and said he should only be about 15 minutes.
Afterwards he got back in my 50 and tried his hardest to pay me back: offering me dinner, gas money, even offering to ship me 40 lbs of scallops (海扇贝)! I  51  refused, gave him a smile card and asked him to help someone else the next time he had a  52. I drove him back to where I had picked him up and  53  one more “thank you” he was on his way.
I feel that the universe  54   provides us with what we need. In the man’s  55  it was a ride, in mine the opportunity to help someone else.
小题1:
A.wheelB.windowC.engineD.door
小题2:
A.headingB.workingC.livingD.studying
小题3:
A.walkB.talkC.tripD.ride
小题4:
A.go outB.run awayC.get inD.lie down
小题5:
A.As far asB.As soon asC.Even ifD.Just before
小题6:
A.farmerB.pianistC.doctorD.fisherman
小题7:
A.neededB.stoppedC.agreedD.preferred
小题8:
A.someoneB.nobodyC.anyoneD.everybody
小题9:
A.teacher’sB.doctor’sC.manager’sD.captain’s
小题10:
A.good B.normalC.wrongD.fast
小题11:
A.daysB.hoursC.minutesD.weeks
小题12:
A.focusedB.dependedC.turnedD.planned
小题13:
A.lookB.callC.waitD.drive
小题14:
A.doubtedB.thankedC.greetedD.accepted
小题15:
A.carB.homeC.officeD.shop
小题16:
A.politelyB.angrilyC.immediatelyD.surprisingly
小题17:
A.dreamB.problemC.chanceD.choice
小题18:
A.beforeB.untilC.besidesD.after
小题19:
A.neverB.alwaysC.sometimesD.seldom
小题20:
A.opinionB.wayC.caseD.condition

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My grandparents were married for over half a century, and played their own special game from the time they met each other. The goal of their game was to write the word “shmily” in a surprise place for the other to find.
“Shmily” was written in the steam left on the mirror after a hot shower, where it would reappear bath after bath. At one point, my grandmother even opened an entire roll of toilet paper to leave “shmily” on the very last sheet. Little notes with “shmily” scribbled (潦草地写) hurriedly were found on dashboards (仪表板) and car seats, or taped to steering wheels.
It took me a long time before I was able to fully appreciate my grandparents’ game. Skepticism (怀疑态度) had kept me from believing in true love — one that is pure and lasting. However, I never doubted my grandparents’ relationship. They had love down pat. It was more than their flirtatious (爱调戏的) little games; it was a way of life. Their relationship was based on devotion and passionate love.
Grandma and Grandpa held hands every chance they could. They stole kisses as they bumped into each other in their tiny kitchen. They finished each other’s sentences and shared the daily crossword puzzle and word jumble. My grandma whispered to me about how cute my grandpa was, how handsome and old he had grown to be. She claimed that she really knew “how to pick ‘em.”
But there came a dark cloud into my grandparents’ life: when my grandmother got breast cancer. Gradually it took over the whole of her body. One day, what we all dreaded finally happened. Grandma was gone.
“Shmily.” It was scrawled in yellow on the pink ribbons of my grandmother’s funeral bouquet (花束). The family came forward and gathered around Grandma one last time. Grandpa stepped up to my grandmother’s casket (棺) and, taking a shaky breath, he began to sing to her. Through his tears and sadness, the song came, a deep and throaty lullaby (催眠曲,). Shaking with my own sorrow, I would never forget that moment.
S-h-m-i-l-y: See How Much I Love You.
小题1:The point of the article is to ________.
A.give advice on how to keep love fresh
B.explain to readers the meaning of “shmily”
C.show the true love between the writer’s grandparents
D.express how much the writer loved her grandparents
小题2:What is the function of the second paragraph?
A.To support the first paragraph.B.To introduce the next paragraph.
C.To give the main idea of the article.D.To make the article more interesting.
小题3:The author’s grandmother ________.
A.used to kiss her grandfather in secret
B.died from breast cancer, which spread all over
C.played crossword puzzle daily with her grandfather
D.considered her grandfather old and careless
小题4:What is the author’s attitude toward her grandparents’ love?
A.She doubts whether it was true love.
B.She finds their way of expressing love strange.
C.She admires their romantic and passionate love.
D.She thinks she will never be able to love like that.

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I try to be a good father. But compared with Dick Hoyt, I suck.
Eighty-five times he’s pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in marathons. Eight times he’s not only pushed him 26.2 miles in a wheelchair but also towed (拉着) him 2.4 miles in a dinghy (小游艇) while swimming and pedaled (蹬车) him 112 miles — all in the same day. And what has Rick done for his father? Not much — except save his life.
This love story began in Winchester, Mass., 43 years ago, when Rick was strangled (使窒息) by the umbilical cord (脐带) during birth, leaving him brain-damaged and unable to control his limbs.
When Rick was 11 the Hoyts took him to hospital and asked if there was anything to help the boy communicate. “No way,’’ Dick was told. “There’s nothing going on in his brain.’’
“Tell him a joke,’’ Dick countered (反驳). They did. Rick laughed. It turns out that a lot was going on in his brain. Equipped with a computer that allowed him to control the cursor (光标) by touching a switch with the side of his head, Rick was finally able to communicate.
And after a high school classmate was paralyzed (瘫痪) in an accident and the school organized a charity run for him, Rick pecked out (啄出), “Dad, I want to do that.’’
How was Dick, who had never run more than a mile at a time, going to push his son five miles? Still, he tried.
That day changed Rick’s life. “Dad,’’ he typed, “when we were running, it felt like I wasn’t disabled any more!’’
And that sentence changed Dick’s life. He became obsessed(迷恋) with giving Rick that feeling as often as he could. He got into such hard-belly shape that he and Rick were ready to try the 1979 Boston Marathon. In 1983 they ran another marathon so fast they made the qualifying time for Boston the following year.
Then somebody said, “Hey, Dick, why not a triathlon (三项全能运动)?’’
Now they’ve done 212 triathlons, including four 15-hour Ironmans in Hawaii.
This year, at ages 65 and 43, Dick and Rick finished their 24th Boston Marathon, in 5,083rd place out of more than 20,000 starters. Their best time? Two hours, 40 minutes in 1992 — only 35 minutes off the world record.
“No question about it,’’ Rick types. “My dad is the Father of the Century.’’
And Dick got something else out of all this too. Two years ago he had a heart attack during a race. Doctors found that one of his arteries (动脉) was 95% blocked. “If you hadn’t been in such great shape,’’ one doctor told him, “you probably would have died 15 years ago.’’ So, in a way, Dick and Rick saved each other’s life.
小题1:What is the meaning of the underlined word ‘limbs’ in Paragraph 3?
A.fingers and toesB.hands and feetC.arms and legsD.wrists and knees
小题2:At the 24th Boston Marathon, Dick and Rick ________.
A.reached the finish line within 160 minutesB.nearly broke the world record
C.did better than 5082 athletesD.completed the journey 35 minutes ahead of time
小题3:What changed Rick’s life?
A.Rick’s love for his father.B.Rick’s joining in the charity run with his father.
C.A computer enabling Rick to communicate.D.Rick’s strong will and perseverance.
小题4: What do we learn from the last two paragraphs?
A.Dick was considered as the Father of the Century by the public.
B.Rick made his father so well-known that the doctors treated him well.
C.Dick got into great shape by assisting his son in marathons and triathlons.
D.Rick saved his father when he had a heart attack in a race two years ago.

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