阅读理解 My friend, Emma Daniels, spent the summer of 1974 traveling in Israel.
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Jerusalem she often went to a caf? called Chocolate Soup. It was run by two men, one of whom - Alex -
used to live in Montreal. One morning when Emma went in for coffee, while chatting with her new friend
Alex, she mentioned that she had just finished the book she was reading and had nothing else to read. Alex said he had a wonderful book she might like, and that he"d be happy to lend it to her. As he lived just
above the caf?, he quickly ran up to get it. The book he handed to Emma just minutes later was Markings, a book by a former Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN).
Emma had never read it, nor had she ever bought a copy. But, when she opened it up, she was floored to see her own name and address inside the cover in her own handwriting. It turned out that the summer
before, at a concert back in Montreal, Emma had met a Californian who was in town visiting friends. They decided to exchange (交换) addresses, but neither of them had any paper. The man opened up a book he was carrying in his backpack and asked Emma to write her name and address inside. When he returned to California, he left the book behind in Montreal, and his friend Alex kept it. When Alex later moved to
Jerusalem, he took the book along.
B. to show his friendliness to her
C. to tell her about the importance of the UN
D. to let her write her name and address inside
B. Satisfied
C. Worried
D. Surprised
B. invited Emma to a concert
C. introduced Emma to his friend
D. left Emma his backpack
B. Alex"s friend from California
C. A friend of the author"s
D. A coffee shop owner
答案
举一反三
One night the old man heard some noise of horses and got up to take a look. To his surprise, he saw 4 handsome horse besides his own. It was clear that his horse had brought a companion home. Hearing the news, the neighbors all came to say congratulations 5 his good luck. However, the old man was very calm. He added, “It is true that I got a new horse for nothing, but it is hard to say 6 it is good or bad. It may be 7 unlucky thing.”
What he said turned 8 to be right. The son of the old man was very fond of the horse 9 (bring) home, and one day, when he was riding the horse, he fell off the horseback and terribly hurt in his left leg. “Nothing serious,” the old man said, “perhaps it is going to be good.”
A year later, many of the youth were recruited (应征) to fight in a war and most of them died. The son of the old man was absolved(免除) from the army service for his 10 (disable), so he escaped death.
As he got out of his car, he noticed that a young girl was sitting on the curb sobbing (啜泣). He asked her what was wrong with her and s
he replied, “I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother. But I only have seventy-five cents, and a rose costs two dollars.”The man smiled and said, “Come on in with me. I’ll buy you a rose.”
After they went in, he bought a rose for the little girl and ordered flowers for his own mother.
As they
were leaving, he offered to ride the girl home. She said, “Yes, please! But can you take me to my mother?” “To your mother?” the man was a little puzzled but didn’t say anything. She directed him to a cemetery, where she placed the rose on a freshly dug grave (坟墓).The man was shocked and returned to the flower shop, canceled the wire order, picked up a bunch of flowers and drove the two hundred miles to his mother’s house.
There were tours of the old school building and a picnic at Confederate Park. Several former teachers
were on hand to tell stories about the old days. Ms. Mabel Yates, the English teacher for over fifty years, was wheeled to the Park.
Some eyes rolled and there were a few low groans (嘟囔声) when Ms. Yates was about to speak.
Many started looking at their watches and coming up with excuses to be anywhere instead of preparing to
listen to a lecture from an old woman who had few kind words for her students and made them work
harder than all the other teachers combined.
Then Ms. Yates started to speak:
"I can"t tell you how pleased I"m to be here. I haven"t seen many of you since your graduation, but I
have followed your careers and enjoyed your victories as well as crying for your tragedies. I have a large
collection of newspaper photographs of my students. Although I haven"t appeared in person, I have
attended your college graduations, weddings and even the births of your children, in my imagination. "
Ms. Yates paused and started crying a bit. Then she continued:
"It was my belief that if I pushed you as hard as I could, some of you would succeed to please me and others would succeed to annoy me. Regardless of our motives, I can see that you have all been successful
in your chosen path."
"There is no greater comfort for an educator than to see the end result of his or her years of work. You have all been a great source of pleasure and pride for me and I want you to know I love you all from the
bottom of my heart."
There was a silence over the crowd for a few seconds and then someone started clapping. The
clapping turned into cheering, then into a deafening roar (呼喊). Lawyers, truck drivers, bankers and
models were rubbing their eyes or crying openly with no shame all because of the words from a long
forgotten English teacher from their hometown.
B. Politeness
C. Joy
D. Thankfulness
B. be used to hide true feelings
C. be used in the wrong places
D. show personal habits
B. Understand their cultural backgrounds
C. Find out about their past experience
D. Figure out what they will do next
B. Smiles and Relationships
C. Facial Expressiveness
D. Habits and Emotions
sailing. Dad was quite skilled in sailing, but not good at 1 . As for me, I learned both before twelve
because of living close to Lake Ontario.
The last time Dad and I set sail together was really unforgettable. It was a perfect weekend after I
graduated from university. I came home and invited Dad to go sailing. Out we set soon on the calm lake.
Dad hadn"t 2 for years, but everything 3 well with the tiller(舵柄)in his hands.
When we were in the middle of the lake, a 4 wind came all of a sudden. The boat was hit violently. Dad was always at his best in any danger, 5 at this moment he froze.
"John! 6 !" he shouted in a trembling voice, with the tiller still in his hands.
In my memory he could fix any 7 . He was the one I always 8 to for strength and security.
Before I could respond, a wave of water got into the boat. I rushed to the tiller but it was too late. Another huge wall of water turned 9 the boat in a minute. We were thrown into the water, and Dad was
struggling aimlessly. At that moment, I felt fiercely protective of him.
I swam to Dad quickly and assisted him in climbing onto the hull(船壳)of the boat. Upon sitting on the hull, Dad was a little awkward about his flash of. 10 "It"s all right, Dad. We are safe now," I comforted him.
That was the first time Dad had counted on me in a moment of emergency. More importantly, I found it was my turn to start looking out for my father.
I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. However,
he did not teach me acceptance(接受) when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was 1 and ill.
My father was once a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness 2 all that away. Now
he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is 3 One night, I went to
visit him with my sisters. We started talking about life, and I told them about one of my 4 . I said that
we must very often give things up as we grow-our youth, our beauty, our friends-but it always 5 that
after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father 6 up. He said, "But, Peter. I gave up
7 ! What did I gain?" I thought and thought, but I could not think of anything to say. 8 , he answere
d his own question. "I 9 the love of my family." I looked at my sisters, and sawtears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness. I was also 10 by his words. After that, when I
began to feel irritated(激动的) at someone, I would remember his words and become 11 . He could
replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be 12 to give up my small
irritations. In this 13 , I learned
the power of acceptance from my father.Sometimes I 14 what other things I cold learn from him if I had listened more carefully when I was
a boy. For now, though, I am grateful(感谢的)for this 15 .