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。I am a mother of three and have
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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。
I am a mother of three and have recently completed my college degree. My teacher’s last 36 of the term was called “ Smile”. I am a very friendly person and always 37 at everyone. So I thought this would be very 38 .
Soon after we were given the project, my 39 went out to McDonald’s. We were waiting to be 40 , when all of a sudden everyone around us began to 41 , and even my husband did. There standing behind me were two homeless men 42 .
As I looked down at the short gentleman with 43 eyes, he said, “ Good day.” The second man stood behind his friend. I 44 the second man was mentally challenged（智障）and the blue-eyed gentleman was his helper.
The young 45 at the counter asked him what they wanted.
He said, “ Coffee is all ,Miss.” Because that was all they could 46 .
I smiled and asked the young lady to give me two more breakfast meals on a 47tray（托盘）. I then said to the men, “ I did not do this for you. God is here 48 through me to give you hope.”
When I joined my husband, he smiled at me, saying, “That is 49 God gave you to me, Honey, to give me hope.”
I returned to 50 with this story in hand. I 51 “my project” and the teacher read it. Then she looked up at me and said, “ Can I 52 this with the class?”
I slowly 53 and she began to read and that was when I knew that we, as human beings, share this to help people and to be 54.
In my own way I had 55 the people at McDonald’s, my husband, sons, teacher, and every person that shared the classroom on the last night I spent as a college student.
| 小题1: | | A．question | | B．project | | C．class | | D．expression |
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| | 小题2: | | A．smile | | B．laugh | | C．look | | D．stare |
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| | 小题3: | | A．difficult | | B．funny | | C．important | | D．easy |
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| | 小题4: | | A．teacher | | B．classmates | | C．family | | D．children |
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| | 小题5: | | A．ordered | | B．served | | C．paid | | D．called |
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| | 小题6: | | A．run away | | B．crowd in | | C．shout out | | D．move away |
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| | 小题7: | | A．in surprise | | B．in silence | | C．in rags | | D．in fear |
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| | 小题8: | | A．tearful | | B．blue | | C．closed | | D．black |
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| | 小题9: | | A．realized | | B．accepted | | C．permitted | | D．admitted |
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| | 小题10: | | A．helper | | B．gentleman | | C．lady | | D．friend |
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| | 小题11: | | A．drink | | B．want | | C．take | | D．afford |
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| | 小题12: | | A．big | | B．separate | | C．flat | | D．round |
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| | 小题13: | | A．working | | B．going | | C．getting | | D．carrying |
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| | | 小题15: | | A．college | | B．home | | C．church | | D．McDonald’s |
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| | 小题16: | | A．put up | | B．handed out | | C．handed in | | D．put away |
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| | 小题17: | | A．publish | | B．share | | C．copy | | D．keep |
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| | 小题18: | | A．turned | | B．left | | C．shook | | D．nodded |
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| | 小题19: | | A．forgiven | | B．thanked | | C．helped | | D．remembered |
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| | 小题20: | | A．touched | | B．knew | | C．forgot | | D．recognized |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:B
小题6:D
小题7:C
小题8:B
小题9:A
小题10:C
小题11:D
小题12:B
小题13:A
小题14:D
小题15:A
小题16:C
小题17:B
小题18:D
小题19:C
小题20:A |
解析
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举一反三
Each year, prizes are presented to adults who make great achievements in art, writing, science, and economics. So why not give awards to kids?
Harry Leibowitz asked himself that question in 1996. As an answer, he and his wife, Kay, created the World of Children organization and began handing out awards to kids and adults whose work has helped kids all over the world. The awards the World of Children presents are nicknamed（给……起绰号）the “ Children’s Nobel Prize”.
“You know, children are so important,” Leibowitz, a retired business manager, told me. “ We should have prizes for children if we’re going to have prizes for everything else.”
Talia Leman, from Iowa, was awarded a Founder’s Youth Award for Leadership this year. She is only 13 years old, but she has completed a lot. In 2005, she founded “ RandomKid”. Since then, it has raised more than$10 million to help kids in 48 states in the U.S. and in 19 other countries.
One place helped by RandomKid was a school built in Cambodia to enable 300 kids to go to school. The organization has also helped fix a school for 200 kids in Louisiana, and provided interactive play centers that serve more than 500 kids in hospitals in Iowa. In faraway places like Africa, RandomKid has provided money to buy water pumps（水泵）.
Talia never thought that the organization she founded would be as successful as it has become. She said, “ My first goal was to raise $1million. That seemed really high, but when you reach a goal, you always wind up reaching higher, and we actually raised $10 million.”
I asked her what advice she would offer to other young people who want to help kids in need. “ Well, I’d say the first thing would be to find an adult and tell them your idea,” Talia said. “ They’re really the people who can help, and from there I think it can just really take off.”
小题1: The purpose of the first two paragraphs is to tell us .| A．the origin of the Nobe1 Prize | | B．the achievements Harry and his wife made | | C．how the “ Children’s Nobe1 Prize” was started | | D．how Harry and his wife helped kids |
小题2:The World of Children presents awards to those who .| A．help the kids in the U.S | B．realize the importance of education | | C．raise a lot of money for the poor | D．do a lot to help kids in need |
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE about Talia?| A．She founded a hospital for 500 kids in Iowa. | | B．She offered money to buy water pumps for Africans. | | C．She helped teach 300 kids in a school in Cambodia. | | D．She built a school for 200 kids in Louisiana. |
小题4: What advice is given by Talia to those who want to help kids in need?| A．To ask for an idea from adults. | B．To set a higher goal at first. | | C．To win help from adults. | D．To make an idea become popular. |
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After years of study, I have known there are only two types of people in this world: those who get to the airport early and those who arrive when the plane is about to take off.
If there were any justice（公正）in this world, early-airport people would be rewarded for doing the right thing. And late-airport people would be punished. But early-airport people get ulcers（溃疡）, heart attacks and bite their fingernails to the bone. Late-airport people almost don’t realize they are flying.
A guy of that kind once said, “Don’t hurry. If you miss your flight, it’s because God doesn’t want you to go.” This is clearly a guy who is never going to get an ulcer.
Early-airport people suffer another “name”. They are called exactly what they are -wimps（窝囊废）. I know. I was an early-airport person for years. “My baggage will get on the plane first,” I told myself. Indeed it would, which made it the last baggage they took off the plane after landing.
Another strange thing: No matter how early I showed up, I was always told that someone had called two or three years ahead of me and asked for the best seat. I thought it was a trick. I thought there was someone in America who called every airline every day and said: “Is that wimp Simon flying somewhere today? If he is , give me his seat.”
After a lifetime arguing with my wife over whether I really have to pack 24 hours in advance and set the alarm clock four hours ahead, I have learned another fact about early-airport people and late –airport people:
They always marry each other.
小题1:We can learn from the passage that .| A．late-airport persons are often nervous | | B．early-airport persons are always at ease during the flight | | C．early-airport persons get their baggage first after the landing | | D．late-airport persons always take things easy |
小题2: Paragraph 5 mainly wants to tell us that .| A．someone always plays tricks on the writer | | B．the airlines usually fool passengers | | C．early-airport persons always can’t get good seats | | D．the service of airlines is very bad |
小题3:This passage is written in order to .| A．give readers tips about taking a plane | | B．offer suggestions about having a good plane trip | | C．express the writer’s anxiety about taking a plane | | D．show people’s different attitudes toward catching planes |
小题4: It could be inferred that the writer’s wife is .| A．an early-airport woman | B．a late-airport woman | | C．a hot-tempered woman | D．a sensitive woman |
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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
I worked for a short time as a cashier（出纳员）at a restaurant a few months ago. 71 One night, just before Christmas, I found a large black wallet on the floor near one of the tables. I guess I should have checked it to find out who was the owner, but I was busy at the time. Also, I imagined that if the wallet contained anything valuable, the owner would be back.
An hour later a man came up to the counter（柜台）. 72 I asked him to describe the lost wallet, and after he described it exactly, I gave him the wallet. He expressed his sincere thanks when I handed it to him. He asked me if I had opened it, and when I told him “ No”, he opened it right away and showed that it contained nearly $800 in cash (现金). 73
“A reward for your honesty,” he said and then turned and walked away.
74 I began wondering whether I would have been so honest if I had known what was in the wallet! I thought that if there had been no way to find the owner and no one had returned to claim（认领）it, I might have kept it. But it also came into my mind that I had in fact saved someone’s Christmas plans by finding and returning the wallet. 75 The good feeling it gave me was worth more than anything money could buy.| A．He looked quite worried and asked if anyone had found a wallet. | | B．Later I thought about it again. | | C．To my surprise, he took out a twenty–dollar bill and handed it to me. | | D．So I didn’t return the wallet until the owner returned. |
E. I wanted to be honest, so I didn’t care much about money.
F. I also helped clear off the tables when it was especially busy.
G. For quite a long time I kept happy whenever I thought about it. |
I still remember the day when my mom said, “Let’s get you some new clothes.” You can imagine that to any little girl that would mean the world, but to me it meant the universe, because we were not very rich. After she said that, all I could think about was what kinds of clothes I would choose. To my surprise, my mom allowed me to pick out three dresses: a pink one, a blue one and a yellow one. The yellow one was my favorite.
I had a best friend named Seema, whose family was even poorer than ours. We played and studied together, and spent the best days of our childhood laughing at the silly stories we made up. I was excited to show her my three beautiful new dresses. She loved them all and was happy for me, but tearfully explained to me that her father could only afford to buy her clothes for her birthday. I felt sorry, and then did something that surprised even myself: I asked her to pick out one of my dresses for herself. To my disappointment, she picked up my favorite—the yellow one. Please remember, I was only seven years. My heart almost popped out (跳出) of my chest. But as she held it against her body, and I saw how brightly she smiled, I stopped feeling any hurt. I told her it looked lovely on her.
I’ll always remember Seema’s smile, and how at that moment nothing mattered more. When you value your friendships, nothing else matters! We’re still best friends today.
小题1:Why did the new clothes mean the universe to the author?| A．She loved dressing up more than anything else. | | B．She thought they would make her more beautiful. | | C．Her family was poor, and new clothes were very rare. | | D．Her mother only bought her new clothes for her birthday. |
小题2:The author let Seema pick out one of her dresses because she wanted to _______.| A．show her pity for Seema’s family | B．show off her family’s wealth | | C．make Seema become her best friend | D．exchange it with Seema’s dress |
小题3:When Seema chose the yellow dress, the author was disappointed because ________.| A．she was not generous | B．she didn’t expert to lose her favorite dress | | C．Seema chose her favorite dress on purpose | D．Seema was careless about her feelings |
小题4:What can we conclude from the passage? | A．Getting a best friend means losing other things. | B．Being generous is not easy. | | C．Children like sharing their favorite things. | D．Friendship is precious (珍贵的). |
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Have you ever noticed advertisements which say “Learn a foreign language in 6 weeks, or your money back! From the first day your pronunciation will be excellent. Just send…” and so on? Of course, it never happens quite like that. The only language that is easy to learn is one’s mother tongue. And think how much practice that gets! Before the Second World War people usually learnt a foreign language in order to read the literature of the country.
Now speaking a foreign language is what most people want. Every year millions of people start learning one. How do they do it? Some people try at home, with books and records of tapes; some use radio or television programs; some use computers and network; others go to evening classes. If they use the language only 2 or 3 times a week, learning it will take a long time, like learning a foreign language at school. A few people try to learn a language fast by studying for 6 or more hours a day. It is clearly easier to learn the language in the country where it is spoken.
However, most people cannot afford this, and for many it is not necessary. They need the language in order to do their work better. For example, scientists and doctors chiefly need to be able to read books and reports in the foreign language. Whether the language is learnt quickly or slowly, it is hard work. Machines and good books will help, but they cannot do the student’s work for him.
小题1:According to some advertisements, you ______ .| A．have to pay your money if you cannot master a foreign language in 6 weeks. | | B．needn’t pay you money if you cannot learn a foreign language in 6 weeks | | C．must pay your money if you cannot master a foreign language in 6 weeks | | D．will be paid much money if you cannot learn a foreign language in 6 weeks |
小题2:Now most people try to learn a foreign language in order to ______. | A．read the literature of the country | B．read books and reports | | C．do their work better | D．go to foreign countries |
小题3:Learning a foreign language is a hard job ______. | A．only for scientists and doctors | B．only for the students at school | | C．for those people at home | D．for most people |
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