阅读理解 Rising above the names
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Rising above the names
I was shopping in the supermarket when I heard a young voice.
"Mom, come here! There"s this lady here my size!"
The mother rushed to her son; then she turned to me to apologize.
I smiled and told her, "It"s okay." Then I talked to the boy, "Hi, I"m Darryl Kramer. How are you ?"
He studied me from head to toe, and asked, "Are you a little mommy?"
"Yes, I have a son," I answered.
"Why are you so little?" he asked.
"It"s the way I was born," I said. "Some people are little. Some are tall. I"m just not going to grow any
bigger. " After I answered his other questions, I shook the boy"s hand and left.
My life as a little person is filled with stories like that. I enjoy talking to children and explaining why I
1ook different from their parents.
It takes only one glance to see my uniqueness. I stand three feet nine inches tall. I was born an a
chondroplasia dwarf (侏儒). Despite this, I did all the things other kids did when I was growing up.
I didn"t realize how short I was until I started school. Some kids picked on me, calling me names.
Then I knew. I began to hate the first day of school each year. New students would always stare at me
as I struggled to climb the school bus stairs.
But I learned to smile and accept the fact that I was going to be noticed my whole life.I decided to
make my uniqueness an advantage rather than a disadvantage. What I lacked in height, I made up for in
personality.
I"m 47 now, and the stares have not diminished as I"ve grown older. People are amazed when they
see me driving. I try to keep a good attitude. When people are rude, I remind myself, "Look what else I
have -- a great family, nice friends. "
It"s the children"s questions that make my life special. I enjoy answering their questions. My hope is
that I will encourage them to accept their peers ( a person of the same age, class, position, etc. ),
whatever size and shape they come in, and treat them with respect.
1. Why did the mother apologize to the author?
A. Because the boy ran into the author.
B. Because the boy laughed at the author.
C. Because the boy said the author was fatter than him.
D. Because the mother thought the boy"s words had hurt the author.
2. When did the author realize that she was too short?
A. When she grew up.
B. When she was 47 years old.
C. When she began to go to school.
D. When she met the boy in the supermarket.
3.Which of the following word can best replace the underlined word"diminished" ?
A. dismissed
B. increased
C. decreased
D. discriminated
4. How does the author feel about people"s stares?
A. Angry.
B. Calm.
C. Painful.
D. Discouraged. |
答案
| 1-4:DCCB |
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The crowd cheered as the young man walked across the stage to receive his award as the company"s
top producer. He looked over the audience and trembled, and there was a clear pause that brought a
silence to the room. It took him a moment to control himself.
"The last three months hit me pretty hard," he began. "And I feel the need to share a piece of my story
though I"m not sure why. A friend called me about his new marketing system, an outbound (发往外国
的) fax(传真)service that could reach thousands of potential customers at very little cost. I checked it
out, got excited and accepted it. After thousands of faxes, it seemed that what I did was illegal . I was
punished a dollar for every one sent out.
The crowd was surprised.
"I failed to do proper research, and didn"t pay attention to the details. Now I am heavily in debt. As
some of you know, I recently move up here from down south. I stored my stuff (资料)in my old office,
which I closed down. When I drove back to pick it all up, I found that everything except my computer
and the clothes I brought with me was gone."
He continued, "I drive a sports car. I love that car. One day while driving it, I stepped on the
accelerator (油门), lost control at 85 miles an hour, and hit the guard rail. I damaged my car very
badly."
"In three months, I got charged, lost everything I owned, and damaged my car. We all face
challenges," he smiled. "I guess I wanted to share mine with you. Thanks for listening. " He left to a
standing ovation (鼓掌).
Standing in the back of the room, I realized how much respect that young man earned. He faced his
fear, publicly admitted his mistakes and never gave up, in spite of the difficulties. That day, he won much
more than a trophy (奖杯).
1. According to the first paragraph, which word can describe the young man?
A. Calm.
B. Brave.
C. Shy.
D. Nervous.
2. Why was the young man punished?
A. He made a serious mistake in his research.
B. He illegally sent faxes to customers.
C. He stole a computer from an office.
D. He drove his car at a high speed.
3. The young man told his experiences perhaps to _________.
A. encourage others to face challenges bravely
B. let the audience forgive him
C. show his misunderstanding of the law
D. complain about being treated unfairly |
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Have you ever noticed what happens to an idea once you express it ? Just talking about it or writing it
down causes you to make it clear in your own mind. How can you use this to increase your brain power? Start writing.
By putting thoughts into words, you are telling yourself the logic behind what you think, feel,or only
partly understand. Often,explaining a thought is the process of understanding. In other words, you
increase your brain power by exercising your"explain power".
Another benefit of writing is that it helps you remember. Many,if not most,highly productive people
are always taking notes. You can try keeping it all in your head,but if you keep a journal (日志)of your
ideas the next time you"re working on a big project, you"11 probably have more success.
Want to understand a topic? Write a book about it. That"s an extreme example, but if you are
learning
something new,write a letter to a friend about it,and you will understand it better. Want to invent
something? Write an explanation of the problem---why you want to solve it,and why it is worth solving,
and you"re half-way there.
Writers don"t always write because they clearly understand something beforehand. Often,they write
about something because they want to understand it. You can do the same. Writing will help bring you
to all understanding. Give it a try.
1.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. A Way on How to Write
B. Increase Your Brain Power Through Writing
C. Brain Power Helps Improve Your Writing
D. How to Start Your Writing
2. According to the passage,writing can help you a lot EXCEPT_________.
A. to increase your brain power
B. to improve the ability to remember
C. to develop your interest in study
D. to strengthen the understanding of a topic
3. If a writer writes something, it means that he or she_________.
A. has understood it very well
B. needs to understand it better
C. wants to remember it in his or her mind
D. is testing his or her new ideas
4.The underlined sentence "You"re half-way there" in the fourth paragraph means that_________.
A. you are already successful
B. there is a long way for you to go to reach your goal
C. you are left wondering what to do
D. you have been on the way to success |
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A little boy invited his mother to attend his school"s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy"s 1 , she said she would go. This 2 be the first time that his classmates and teacher 3 his mother and he
felt 4 of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar(伤疤) that 5
nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to 6 why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were 7 by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother 8 the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed(尴尬) and 9 himself from everyone. He did, however, get within
10 of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.
The teacher asked 11_ , "How did you get the scar on your face?"
The mother replied, " 12 my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was 13
afraid to go in because the fire was 14 , so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked 15 but
fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us." She 16 the burned side of her face. "This scar will
be 17 , but to this day, I have never 18 what I did."
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt a great 19 of the sacrifice(牺牲) that his mother had made for him. He held her hand 20
for the rest of the day. |
( )1. A. enjoyment
( )2. A. would
( )3. A. noticed
( )4. A. sick
( )5. A. included
( )6. A. talk about
( )7. A. impressed
( )8. A. in sight of
( )9. A. hid
( )10. A. understanding
( )11. A. carefully
( )12. A. As
( )13. A. so
( )14. A. out of control
( )15. A. helpless
( )16. A. pointed
( )17. A. ugly
( )18. A. forgot
( )19. A. honor
( )20. A. quietly | B. disappointment
B. could
B. greeted
B. ashamed
B. passed
B. think about
B. surprised
B. by means of
B. protected
B. reminding
B. seriously
B. When
B. much
B. under control
B. hopeless
B. showed
B. lasting
B. recognized
B. sense
B. slightly | C. surprise
C. should
C. accepted
C. afraid
C. covered
C. care about
C. excited
C. by way of
C. separated
C. hearing
C. nervously
C. Since
C. quite
C. in control
C. senseless
C. wiped
C. serious
C. considered
C. happiness
C. tightly | D. excitement
D. must
D. met
D. tired
D. shaded
D. hear about
D. comforted
D. in spite of
D. escaped
D. learning
D. anxiously
D. While
D. too
D. over control
D. useless
D. touched
D. frightening
D. regretted
D. pride
D. suddenly |
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I can still remember the first day when I met my best friend. I hid behind my mother and she hid behind
her grandmother, 1 to look at each other. But we soon lost the 2 and started playing with each other.
In the 7th grade, I first lost touch with her. She was 3 family problems and I deserted her to be with the
"cooler people." 4 of my new friends liked her as much as I did 5 they knew she had "problems".
However, every summer we would 6 sit at each other"s home and watch soap operas and talk about
everything we liked.
It was last year when I 7 the problem. I guess I was just too busy in high school to realize she
needed someone there for her. Well, she made a new "best friend" and 8 did I. Then I didn"t know
why, but she started cutting herself.
She was diagnosed with clinical depression(抑郁症). I was very 9 at first, but with the late night
calls, we still stayed in 10 . I wanted to be there for her since her new best friend 11 deserted her,
when people were calling her 12 , but I knew I still 13 her like a sister.
Yesterday she came 14 me and said this," I never knew what a best friend was 15 I found you
were the only person that would stop me from cutting, the only person that ever made me feel better about myself and my 16 . You don"t know this but I was trying to kill myself one night when you 17 me. I
18 you so much, and you didn"t even know you were 19 me." We both cried. And I guess a kind of
lesson from my life so far is to never 20 your friends. |
( )1. A. pleased
( )2. A. happiness
( )3. A. working out
( )4. A. All
( )5. A. because
( )6. A. hardly
( )7. A. solved
( )8. A. neither
( )9. A. mad
( )10. A. touch
( )11. A. luckily
( )12. A. selfish
( )13. A. believed in
( )14. A. with
( )15. A. until
( )16. A. mistakes
( )17. A. visited
( )18. A. tell
( )19. A. helping
( )20. A. give up | B. excited
B. kindness
B. answering for
B. None
B. though
B. seldom
B. noticed
B. so
B. careless
B. bed
B. successfully
B. crazy
B. waited for
B. after
B. when
B. parents
B. encouraged
B. owe
B. reminding
B. look back at | C. scared
C. shyness
C. helping with
C. No
C. while
C. just
C. faced
C. too
C. hopeful
C. hospital
C. actually
C. brave
C. cared about
C. upon
C. since
C. friends
C. called
C. give
C. cheating
C. drop in at | D. disappointed
D. sadness
D. going through
D. Every
D. yet
D. always
D. ignored
D. also
D. upset
D. love
D. calmly
D. lonely
D. replied to
D. to
D. if
D. problems
D. prevented
D. show
D. praising
D. look down on | On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the New York railway station, playing his
violin. The music was so great that many people stopped to put some money into the hat of the young
man.
The next day, the young artist came to the same place, and put his hat on the ground gracefully.
Different from the day before, he took out a large piece of paper and laid it under his hat. Then he began
to play the violin. It sounded more pleasant than ever.
Soon he was surrounded with people who were attracted by the words on that paper. It said, "Last
night, a gentleman named George Sang put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Please come to
claim (认领) it soon."
After about half an hour, a middle-aged man rushed through the crowd to the violinist and said, "Yes,
it"s you. I knew that you were an honest man and would certainly come here." The young violinist asked
calmly, "Are you Mr George Sang?" The man nodded. The violinist asked, "Did you lose something?"
"It"s a lottery ticket," said the man. The violinist took out a lottery ticket on which George Sang"s name
was seen. "Is it?" he asked. George nodded and took the lottery ticket and kissed it, then danced with
the violinist.
The violinist was a student at an arts college and had planned to attend advanced studies in Vienna.
Later his classmate asked the violinist,"At that time you needed money to pay the tuition and you had to
play the violin in the railway station every day to make money. Why didn"t you keep the lottery ticket for
yourself?"
The violinist said, "Although I don"t have much money, I live happily. But if I lose honesty I won"t be
happy forever." Through our lives, we can gain a lot and lose so much. But being honest should always
be with us. | | 1. According to the words on the paper, which sentence below is TRUE? | A. It asked a gentleman named George Sang to claim his hat.
B. It asked a gentleman named George Sang to claim his important thing.
C. It was a lottery ticket and he needed to find the owner.
D. It was a lottery ticket and the owner is unknown. | | 2. The artist didn"t take the lottery ticket for himself because he ____. | A. chose to be honest
B. didn"t need the money
C. thought the lottery was worth nothing
D. was afraid of blame if he kept it for himself | | 3. From this article, we can learn that ____. | A. we should share with others if we find something valuable
B. we should know the importance of honesty and lead a happy life
C. keep the lottery if you find one
D. playing the violin could make you feel happy | 最新试题
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