阅读理解 The day was Thankful Thursday. It"s a weekly tradition that my two litt
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The day was Thankful Thursday. It"s a weekly tradition that my two little girls and I began years ago.
Thursday has become our day to go out and make a positive contribution. On this particular Thursday, we had no idea exactly what we were going to do. At noon, I drove to a McDonald"s with my daughters
because they kept complaining that they hadn"t had enough to eat at breakfast. There we saw some
homeless people in the street and we bought lunch for them.
We were about to complete when we found a small woman standing at the corner, asking for change. We handed her some food, and then started to head home. Suddenly from the mirror of the car, I saw the woman waving at us, so I had to turn around and stopped where the small woman stood. She walked to
our car, and said, "Thank you, lady! No one has ever done anything like this for me before." I replied, "Well, I"m glad that we were the first." Feeling uneasy, and wanting to move the conversation along, I asked,
"So, when do you think you"ll eat your lunch?"
She just looked at me with her huge, tired brown eyes and said, "Oh honey, I"m not going to eat this
lunch." I was confused, but before I could say anything, she continued. "You see, I have a little girl of my
own at home and she just loves McDonald"s, but I can never buy it for her because I just don"t have the
money. But you know what... tonight she is going to have McDonald"s!"
I don"t know if the kids noticed the tears in my eyes. So many times I had questioned whether our Acts of Kindness were too small to have effect on those poor people. Yet at that moment, I realized the truth of Mother Teresa"s words: "We cannot do great things - only small things with great love." |
1. The author drove to a McDonald"s to ______.
A. help the homeless people
B. meet the small woman
C. buy food for the woman"s daughter
D. have lunch with her daughters
2. According to this passage, the small woman was ______.
A. too happy to stand at the corner
B. too eager to ask for more food
C. too poor to buy McDonald"s
D. too busy to care for her daughter
3. What can we know from the passage?
A. The author finally realized what she did was of use to the poor.
B. The author would stop doing her acts of kindness to the poor.
C. The author"s daughters found their mother cried at the end of the day.
D. The author"s daughters would make friends with the woman"s daughter.
4. What would be the best title of the passage?
A. No Pains No Gains
B. No Pleasure Without Pain
C. No Small Act of Kindness
D. No Sweet Without Sweat |
答案
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I still cannot believe that I am taking up this prize that I won last year. I have to __1__
myself constantly that I am really in AC 3008. Worried about the journey, I was __2__(settle) for the first few days. As a result, I __3__ from "time lag". This is __4__to the "jet lag" you get from flying,__5__it
seems you keep getting flashbacks from your previous time period. So I was very __6__ and uncertain at
first. However, my friend and __7__ , Wang Ping, was very __8__(understand) and gave me some green
tablets which __9__a lot. Well-known for their expertise, his parents" company, __10__(call) "Future
Tours", transported me safely into the future in a time capsule. |
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A long time ago, in Egypt, there lived a famous person named Zun-Nun. A young man came to 1__
him and asked, "I don"t 2 why people like you always dress simply." Zun-Nun smiled and 3 his ring
from one of his fingers and said, "I"ll answer your _4 _, but first take this ring and go to the 5 _ across the
street. Can you sell this for one chip of gold?" Looking at the dirty ring, the young man became 6 _, "One
chip of gold? I"m not sure if it could be 7 at that price."
The young man went to the market quickly. He __8 the ring to the vegetable, meat and fish traders,
and the others. But nobody was willing to __9 a chip of gold. He went back and reported. "Nobody
was 10 enough to offer more than one chip of silver." With a smile Zun-Nun said, " Now go to the old
shop in this street and show this to the 11_ trader. Don"t give your 12 ; just see how much he will pay
for it."
The young man went to the shop __13_ and returned with a(n) 14 expression on his face. He
reported, "The trader offered one thousand chips of gold for this ring, and the 15 _ of it was one thousand
times higher than what the traders in this market offered." Zun-Nun just smiled and 16 softly, "That was
the answer to your question , my friend. A person cannot be valued only by his 17 . The gold and
diamond inside someone could 18 be seen and valued if you could look at the _19__ soul. It requires he
art to see, and it involves a 20 . We can"t see it from the words or attitude. Many a time what we think is
brass is gold." |
( ) 1. A. beg
( ) 2. A. agree
( ) 3. A. held
( ) 4. A. question
( ) 5. A. playground
( ) 6. A. careful
( ) 7. A. sorted
( ) 8. A. offered
( ) 9. A. cost
( )10. A. greedy
( )11. A. coal
( )12. A. price
( )13. A. repaired
( )14. A. angry
( )15. A. color
( )16. A. spoke
( )17. A. language
( )18. A. also
( )19. A. outer
( )20. A. process | B. visit
B. suppose
B. put
B. telephone
B. company
B. doubtful
B. checked
B. added
B. search
B. brave
B. steel
B. attitude
B. mentioned
B. pitiful
B. weight
B. felt
B. accent
B. only
B. extra
B. location | C. help
C. understand
C. took
C. alarm
C. stage
C. hopeful
C. imported
C. donated
C. pay
C. just
C. cotton
C. advice
C. damaged
C. cold
C. value
C. touched
C. kindness
C. still
C. inner
C. luck | D. question
D. think
D. tore
D. description
D. market
D. helpful
D. sold
D. led
D. buy
D. cruel
D. gold
D. explanation
D. painted
D. different
D. size
D. played
D. dress
D. always
D. lost
D. support |
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It`s fourteen years since I left the Philippines to live with my family in the USA. A month ago, while
on summer vacation back in my motherland, I learned a lesson from mosquito bites. Right before __1__
Kennedy Airport in New York, my grandmother __2__ me of the behaviour of the native mosquitoes
around the __3__ like me. She said. “There`s an old saying---the __4__ you stay away from the
motherland, the sweeter you blood __5__ to the mosquitoes.” Not __6__ it, I replied, “ Grandma, that`s
just an old wives` tale!”
Well, less than a week after my arrival in Manila, I was already carpeted with a ___7__ of mosquito
bites. I took many measures to keep myself from being __8__, but they all proved useless.
Late one night in my cousin`s home, I couldn`t bear the __9__ of the bites. Hoping to find some
comfort, I __10__ my cousin, who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine. Unhappy for being
__11__, she said, “ There is nothing you can do. Go back to sleep.” With a few turns, she slept again.
Enviously(嫉妒地) watching her sleep, I hoped a big mosquito would __12__ on her face. However, the
mosquitoes would just lightly danced around her forehead and fly away quickly, never biting her. Amazed,
I ran to others` rooms, only to find they were all sleeping __13__ as the same thing occurred again and
again.
From those bites, I came to __14__ my grandma`s silly tale. From then on, I`ve always tried to keep
a(an) __15__ mind about those strange old wives` tales because they do have truth to them. |
（ ）1. A. leaving
（ ）2. A. persuaded
（ ）3. A. students
（ ）4. A. earlier
（ ）5. A. grows
（ ）6. A. expecting
（ ）7. A. shade
（ ）8. A. touched
（ ）9. A. noise
（ ）10. A. woke up
（ ）11. A. blamed
（ ）12. A. land
（ ）13. A. joyfully
（ ）14. A. tell
（ ）15. A. open | B. passing
B. reminded
B. friends
B. longer
B. goes
B. understanding
B. pile
B. bitten
B. hit
B. shouted at
B. interrupted
B. fly
B. anxiously
B. know
B. active | C. visiting
C. warned
C. passengers
C. sooner
C. flows
C. recognizing
C. cloud
C. defeated
C. pain
C. looked at
C.moved
C. fall
C. soundlessly
C. remember
C. clear | D. finding
D. informed
D. visitors
D. later
D. remains
D. believing
D. blanket
D. discovered
D. effect
D. dropped on
D. frightened
D. wait
D. worriedly
D. accept
D. honest |
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He was just 12 years old when he died. But he brought courage and hope to people around the
world.
Nkosi Johnson, who died last June, is remembered today as an AIDS fighter. This young boy
challenged his government’s AIDS policies and millions of South Africans in the fight against the disease.
Johnson was the longest survivor born HIV positive（艾滋病病毒携带者）.He survived with this
deadly disease for 12 years before it claimed his life.
At first, Johnson was expected to live for nine months when his foster mother, Gail Johnson took him
in at the age of two. She now runs Nkosi’s Haven across town from her house in Melville. The Haven is
home to 20 children living with HIV or AIDS, and 11 of their mothers.Johnson attracted the world’s
attention and stole the hearts of thousands of people across the world at the 13th International AIDS
Conference in Durban in July 2000. He stood in front of a large audience including South African President
Thabo Mbeki. He told them that he wanted AZT, a drug used to treat AIDS patients, to be given to
HIV-positive pregnant（***的） women to prevent the disease being passed on to their unborn
babies. He received a loud cheer at the end of his speech.
Johnson’s speech was broadcast live across the world. With views beyond his age and even a sense
of humor, Johnson soon became an international sign of the fight against AIDS and HIV. |
| 1. The underlined words “claimed his life” (Paragraph 3) means _______. |
A. did harm to Johnson’s life
B. helped Johnson to survive
C. caused the death of Johnson
D. made Johnson weak |
| 2. The main idea in paragraphs 4 and 5 is ________. |
A. Johnson attracted the world’s attention
B. Johnson stood in front of South African President Thabo Mbeki
C. Johnson wanted AZT to treat AIDS pregnant women
D. Johnson helped prevent the disease being passed on to an unborn baby |
| 3. The AIDS child gave the speech in order to _________. |
A. steal the hearts of thousands of people
B. be an AIDS fighter
C. get more help from the world
D. fight against the government |
| 4. From the passage we can infer that _______. |
A. the government’s AIDS policies have to be improved
B. the government did nothing to help those with HIV positive
C. the boy’s speech changed the government’s policies
D. no one lived longer than the boy |
| 5. The best title for this passage is________. |
A. The Sad Story of an AIDS Child.
B. The Courage of an AIDS Child
C. AIDS, a Deadly Disease
D. A Hero in South Africa |
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It was Mother"s Day. I was so busy with my work that I couldn"t 1 back home. When I passed by a 2 shop, a(n) 3 came to my mind, "I"ll send Mum some roses."
While I was 4 my flowers, a young man went inside. "How many roses can I get 5 only five dollars, Madam?" he asked. The assistant was trying to tell him roses were as 6 as forty dollars a dozen - maybe he would be happy with carnations(康乃馨). "No, I 7 have red roses." he said, "my mum was 8 ill last year and I didn"t spend much time with her. Now I want to get something special, roses, as rose is her ."
After hearing it, I said I would pay 10 of the money for the young man. 11 by both of us, the assistant said, "Well, lovely young man, thirty dollars a dozen, only for you." Taking the roses, the young man
almost jumped into the 12 and ran out of the shop. It was 13 worth twenty-five dollars I paid to see
the exciting 15 . Then I paid for my dozen of roses and told the assistant to 14 them to my mother.
As I walked out, I felt 16 . Suddenly I saw the young man crossing the street and going into a park.
But soon I 17 it was not a park 18 a cemetery(公墓). Crying, the young man carefully 19 the roses, "Mum, why didn"t I tell you how much I loved you? God, please help me find my mum and tell her I love
her."
Seeing this, I turned and quickly walked to the 20 . I would take the flowers home myself. |
( )1.A. go
( )2.A. vegetable
( )3.A. fact
( )4.A. picking
( )5.A. with
( )6.A. much
( )7.A. might
( )8.A. a bit
( )9.A. flower
( )10.A. all
( )11.A. Surprised
( )12.A. roses
( )13.A. very
( )14.A. moment
( )15.A. give
( )16.A. relaxed
( )17.A. understood
( )18.A. and
( )19.A. laid
( )20.A. man | B. come
B. clothing
B. word
B. watering
B. for
B. cheap
B. have to
B. hardly
B. favorite
B. some
B. Pleased
B. assistant
B. well
B. time
B. offer
B. amazed
B. realized
B. or
B. lay
B. street | C. return
C. rose
C. idea
C. selling
C. at
C. expensive
C. should
C. badly
C. dream
C. the rest
C. Excited
C. air
C. not
C. scenery
C. present
C. shameful
C. learned
C. nor
C. buried
C. shop | D. turn
D. flower
D. picture
D. showing
D. on
D. high
D. can
D. nearly
D. gift
D. much
D. Moved
D. street
D. only
D. incident
D. send
D. nice
D. told
D. but
D. grew
D. cemetery |
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