One spring afternoon five years ago, Jimmy Liao was crying in the hall of Taipe
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One spring afternoon five years ago, Jimmy Liao was crying in the hall of Taipei’s Sherwood Hotel, Life seemed 36 . The people who laughed as they walked past were taking their 37 for granted, just as he 38 himself. Now, however, he felt 39 —and he couldn’t even show his disappointment in his 40 . Seeking more personally satisfying 41 , he had just left a successful job as a commercial artist when it seemed that fate(命运)played a cruel 42 on him. It was at this time that he developed cancer and was 43 to work. But that moment in the hotel was a turning point for Jimmy. He began to 44 the fact that there is no such a thing as fate, only 45 . Since then, he has published several imaginative, illustrated(带插图的)books. According to Jimmy, you are 46 you choose to be. You can give up or you can work to be a happier person. Jimmy realized that, while the world 47 seems unfair, your choice can change your life. This idea can be 48 in Jimmy’s books, where his characters show the powerlessness they feel 49 making their choices. The message that goes with Jimmy’s drawings, however, is 50 . Though the world may make us feel small, we must be 51 . Everything will be all right for us—as it is for the“small people”in Jimmy’s books—if we make choices that are 52 for us. In spite of his new 53 and wealth, Jimmy prefers working 54 at home with his wife and daughter. He spends his mornings drawing. To Jimmy, living a life as he chooses means much more than money and fame could 55 . 36.A.unhappy B.unusual C.unfair D.uneasy 37.A.health B.wealth C.happiness D.illnesses 38.A.ought to B.had to C.needed to D.used to 39.A.ashamed B.disappointed C.helpless D.endless 40.A.crying B.painting C.imagination D.consideration 41.A.home B.condition C.situation D.work 42.A.game B.trick C.role D.part 43.A.unable B.impossible C.unfit D.difficult 44.A.understand B.face C.refuse D.recognize 45.A.failures B.efforts C.choices D.interests 46.A.that B.what C.which D.whoever 47.A.always B.seldom C.sometimes D.usually 48.A.found B.drawn C.written D.accepted 49.A.after B.about C.with D.before 50.A.powerful B.hopeful C.useful D.successful 51.A.great B.strong C.brave D.equal 52.A.scientific B.basic C.right D.simple 53.A.product B.fame C.name D.job 54.A.rapidly B.separately C.slowly D.quietly 55.A.offer B.gain C.gather D.earn |
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36 根据上一句话可知,Jimmy Liao这位著名的画家哭泣的原因是他得了癌症,生命似乎对他不公平。 37 此处是拿平常人对待健康的态度与 Jimmy Liao现在的情况形成对比。take …for granted认为……是理所当然的。 38 本句为一个省略句,used to do…过去……。used to后省略了take his health for granted。就像他过去认为健康是理所当然的事情那样。 39 根据后面的一句解释可知答案。 40 下文提到 Jimmy Liao 为一画家,画家只能通过的自己绘画来表达自己的思想。 41 work著作,作品。 42 play a trick on somebody捉弄,戏弄某人。 43 根据句意可知,Jimmy Liao 这时得了癌症,不能继续工作。 44 本句为一个同位语从句,结合前面一句可知,Jimmy得了癌症,但他在宾馆里哭泣的那一刻也明白了人生并没有命运,而是看你如何做出选择。空格上如果填face或refuse,fact引导的同位语从句应改为他得病这个事实。 45 下文提到虽然生命对你不公,但你的选择可以改变你的生活。因此,人生没有命运,只看你如何选择。 46 本句为一表语从句,从从句中所缺成分可排除A项;根据后一句话,你可以放弃,也可以继续工作成为一个快乐的人可知本句意思是你选择什么样的生活,你就能成为什么样的人。 47 人生路上不可能总会遇到风雨。 48 根据Jimmy在书中所表达的观点可知他的这种看法可以在他的书中找到。 49 人遇到困难,在做出选择前都会感到茫然无助。 50 Jimmy对待癌症,选择了继续工作来充实自己。因此,他对生命充满了希望,这一点在他的绘画中也可表现出来。 51 尽管世界让我们感到自己很渺小,但我们也应该勇敢,坚强。Jimmy在面对疾病时所表现出的正是这个特征。great伟大的;strong 强壮的;equal平等的。 52 上文提到在面对疾病时,可以放弃也可以继续工作,关键看你选择什么。本句是回答这个问题:只要你做出正确的选择,生命就会充满希望。 53 Jimmy 原本是一名成功的画家,得病之后又继续工作,又赢得了新的名誉和财富。 54 根据Jimmy所患疾病可排除A项,slowly 只强调动作,不符语意;separately与下文with his wife and daughter矛盾。 55 过自己想过的生活比金钱和荣耀所能提供的东西要有意义的多。 |
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The Florida sun baked my shoulders as I worked along the I-595 freeway near Fort Lauderdale, picking up rubbish. I paused to 36 the sweat off my forehead and look up at the cloudless blue sky.“ 37 can’t it rain?” I thought. That would 38 things down. I thought about my 39 , who were probably sitting in an air-conditioned 40 right now. I’d had some problems in school, 41 my parents decided to let me 42 full-time with my dad, We both worked for my uncle, who had taken 43 of a maintenance(道路养护)company. It was up to us to keep the roads 44 of rubbish. The job was 45 and dirty, especially on hot days 46 this. I wondered why I ever agreed to do it. We continued our 47 route along the I-595, 48 for the overpass bridge. Then I noticed an area where some 49 were broken on the ground. It wasn’t like that before. “Dad! Pull over! I want to 50 something out.” I jumped off the truck and rushed to the bridge. Something was telling me to 51 …there wasn’t much time. 52 I saw a Toyota that 53 upside down in the tree. Maybe it was a stolen car that somebody 54 there, I thought. Then, just at that 55 , I noticed something moving. It was a bloody leg poking out of the driver’s side window! “Heeeelp!”a lady moaned. 36. A.wipe B.cut C.put D.send 37. A.When B.How C.Why D.Where 38. A.turn B.keep C.make D.cool 39. A.parents B.school-times C.friends D.school yards 40. A.office B.classroom C.restaurant D.living room 41. A.but B.or C.for D.so 42. A.work B.study C.stay D.spend 43. A.business B.possession C.position D.place 44. A.away B.from C.far D.clear 45. A.easy B.lonely C.smelly D.noisy 46. A.for B.like C.after D.as 47. A.regular B.common C.unusual D.normal 48. A.reaching B.going C.looking D.heading 49. A.cars B.bottles C.branches D.glasses 50. A.check B.help C.take D.bring 51. A.decide B.hurry C.consider D.stop 52. A.Above B.Behind C.Ahead D.Below 53. A.hung B.trapped C.caught D.fell 54. A.stored B.deserted C.lost D.hid 55. A.bridge B.tree C.moment D.way |
I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye : Queen City Casket Company . “What is it ?” I wondered . I 36 it over . There , in faded ink , was a hand-scrawled(手写的) 37 . Immediately my mind traveled 38 many years . I was nine years old , walking down the cold , wet streets of Springfield , with a bag of magazines on my shoulder . On my 39 that day , I came to that Company finally , whose owner , Mr Rader , had always taken me there to ask his workers 40 they wanted any magazines . Shaking off the 41 like a wet dog , I entered Mr Rader’s office . After a quick glance he 42 me over to the fire-place . Noticing the 43 in the top of my 44 , he said , “ Come with me !” pulling me into his pickup 45 . We pulled to a stop before a shoe store . Inside , a salesman 46 me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had 47 seen . I 48 about 10 feet tall when I got up 49 them . “ We’d like a pair of new socks too,” Mr Rader said . Back in his office , Mr Rader took out a 50 , wrote something on it , and handed it to me . With 51 eyes , I read , “ Do to others as you would have them do to you .” He said affectionately (深情地), “Jimmy , I want you to 52 I love you”. I said good-bye , and for the first time I 53 a flicker of hope that somehow things would be 54 . With people like Mr Rader in the world , there was hope , kindness and love , and that would always make a 55 . 36.A.read B.thought C.turned D.passed 37.A.address B.list C.message D.information 38.A.forward B.so C.ahead D.back 39.A.return B.rounds C.trip D.arrival 40.A.if only B.how C.whether D.why 41.A.dust B.sweat C.tail D.rain 42.A.led B.followed C.watched D.carried 43.A.hole B.mud C.water D.cover 44.A.magazine B.shoe C.sock D.bag 45.A.truck B.factory C.home D.store 46.A.dressed B.fitted C.showed D.comforted 47.A.ever B.already C.never D.hardly 48.A.appeared B.seemed C.looked D.felt 49.A.for B.with C.on D.in 50.A.pen B.paper C.card D.notebook 51.A.tearful B.unbelievable C.curious D.puzzled 52.A.admit B.know C.consider D.express 53.A.sensed B.received C.lost D.gained 54.A.mistaken B.right C.all right D.possible 55.A.deal B.fortune C.choice D.difference |
Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important 36 : giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you 37 money. This is how I 38 with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store 39 to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the 40 . If an accident takes place, the 41 of which I think the local police could use, I 42 him up and tell him about it, though I am not in 43 here. One discovery I made about this world is to give 44 getting something back, though the 45 often comes in an unexpected form. One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important 46 letter to my home, though it was 47 to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of 48 . More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was 49 . I was told at the window that there were 50 boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long 51 list. As I was about to 52 , the postmaster appeared in the 53 .“Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home?” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office 54 we make one for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get 55 but complaints(投诉).” 36.A.decision B.research C.speech D.discovery 37.A.earn B.lack C.spend D.steal 38.A.experienced B.connected C.combined D.agreed 39.A.happens B.flashes C.sticks D.leads 40.A.postmaster B.headmaster C.storekeeper D.policeman 41.A.story B.damage C.challenge D.material 42.A.call B.hold C.break D.pick 43.A.need B.trouble C.common D.charge 44.A.within B.without C.for D.before 45.A.process B.goal C.return D.concern 46.A.curious B.immediate C.special D.heavy 47.A.realized B.addressed C.forgotten D.brought 48.A.invitation B.apology C.instruction D.appreciation 49.A.dealing B.providing C.operating D.starting 50.A.enough B.some C.no D.more 51.A.admitting B.relating C.examining D.waiting 52.A.leave B.shout C.guess D.conduct 53.A.window B.doorway C.library D.yard 54.A.in case B.now that C.even if D.as if 55.A.anything B.everything C.nothing D.something |
A few years ago, I was with a close woman friend in a grocery store in California.As we walked along the aisle (过道), we saw a mother with a small boy moving in the opposite direction and met us head-on (正面的) in each aisle.The woman barely noticed us because she was so angry with her little boy, who wanted to pull items off the lower shelves.As the mother became more and more annoyed, she started to yell at the child and several aisles later had progressed to shaking him by the arm. At this point my friend spoke up.A wonderful mother of three and founder of a progressive school, she had probably never once in her life treated any child so harshly(严厉地).I expected my friend would give this woman a solid mother-to-mother talk about controlling herself and about the effect this behavior has on a child.Instead, my friend said, “What a beautiful little boy.How old is he?” The woman answered cautiously, “He’s three.” My friend went on to comment on how curious he seemed and how her own three children were just like him in the grocery store, pulling things off shelves, so interested in all the wonderful colors and packages.“He seems so bright and intelligent,” my friend said. The woman had the boy in her arms by now and a shy smile came upon her face.Gently brushing his hair out of his eyes, she said, “Yes, he’s very smart and curious, but sometimes he wears me out.” My friend responded sympathetically(表示同情地), “Yes, they can do that; they are so full of energy.” As we walked away, I heard the mother speaking kindly to the boy about getting home and cooking his dinner.“We’ll have your favorite — macaroni(通心面) and cheese,” she told him. 小题1:The mother was angry with her baby because .A.the mother was very tired | B.the baby asked for more things | C.the baby ran madly in the store | D.the baby was pulling the goods off the shelves | 小题2:We can learn from the passage that the author’s friend .A.treated her children well only | B.was probably good to any child | C.liked the boy very much | D.always wanted to help others | 小题3:The author’s friend talked with the mother in that way to .A.show her sympathy for the woman | B.know something about the boy first | C.show her anger with the woman | D.make the woman realize children’s natural quality | 小题4:With the story, the author most probably intends to tell us that .A.we should respect a child’s nature | B.we should never blame a child | C.mothers usually share the same interest | D.mothers should try to be gentle and polite |
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On a hot day, I decide to mow our extremely hilly lawn. It was likely to 21 a jungle(丛林)with weeds growing wildly. I need to mow it at once. After several false 22 , I had to examine it and finally got our old lawn mower 23 . I was mowing and trying hard to push the machine uphill, which was really a hard job, for the machine was too old to work well. I was so 24 that I complained under my breath, so I decided to take a short break. At the top of a rise, I 25 to see my 12-year-old John Thomas standing there, with a smile on his face and a glass of 26 in his hand. "Here, Mom, "he said, "have a drink, Want me to help you? Dad 27 me work on hte flat places." I 28 the ice water and went to sit in the 29 of a tall tree. As I took my drink, I 30 my son. To my surprise, he didn"t seem to be 31 the normal mowing pattern. And he kept smiling at me 32 he worked. I wondered 33 made him so happy? I thought to myself. After a while, he 34 mowing and looked in my direction. "Hey, Mom. Could you 35 here? " "He"s always naughty like this, lazy again?" I said to myself 36 . Then I stood up and walked across the lawn, noticing that he had missed a sizable spot. "John, you didn"t..." My angry words gradually became 37 , for the spot I thought he"d missed had been 38 mowed into the shape of a(an) 39 , suddenly I felt something warm and gentle rising from inside. "Like it, Mom? It"s mine and it"s for you." he asked with a big 40 . "Now I"ll finish the job." 21. A. turn on B. turn into C. turn down D. turn up 22. A. starts B. words C. ends D. behavior 23. A. work B. move C. going D. flying 24. A. cheerful B. tired C. cared D. boring 25. A. looked through B. looked over C. looked after D. looked up 26. A. hot tea B. chocolate C. milk D. ice water 27. A. asks B. allows C. lets D. agrees 28. A. drank B. heated C. accepted D. received 29. A. shade B. leaves C. root D. top 30. A. saw B. watched C. observed D. noticed 31. A. feeling B. finding C. following D. feeding 32. A. if B. since C. whether D. as 33. A. what B. that C. all D. it 34. A. continued B. went on C. stopped D. finished 35. A. go over B. turn over C. driver over D. come over 36. A. happily B. angrily C. eagerly D. anxiously 37. A. heavier B. thicker C. louder D. quieter 38. A. carefully B. carelessly C. casually D. comfortably 39. A. heart B. apple C. hand D. foot 40. A. sign B. smile C. surprise D. sigh |
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