"Just sign here, sir," the deliveryman said as he handed Oscar Reyna a package.
The package consisted of a long, narrow box 1 wrapped in brown paper. 2 the box, Oscar saw
an umbrella inside - a very old one with a beautifully carved wooden handle. 3 he had not seen it in
more than 20 years, he recognized it 4 .
Oscar was 16 when he first saw the 5 umbrella. He had gone to a concert with his grandparents.
As they were leaving, h noticed an umbrella on an empty seat, impressed by its 6 , Oscar felt a strong
desire to find its 7 .
Oscar 8 the manager to look in the record of advance ticket sales. Just as he thought, a name
matched the seat 9 Oscar had found the umbrella. The name was Mrs. Katie O"Brien.
Oscar talked his grandparents into going by Mrs. O"Brien"s 10 on their way home. He rang the bell,
the door opened, and an elderly woman appeared. "May I 11 you?" she asked.
"I"d like to return it if it"s yours," Oscar said, 12 the umbrella as if presenting a 13 that had long
been wished for.
"Why, yes! It"s mine," replied Mrs. O"Brien with a 14 smile and shining eyes. "It was given to me
by my father years ago. Thank you so much for returning it. May I offer you a reward for your 15 ?"
"No, ma"am," he said, "My grandmother says that a good deed is its own reward. "
"Well, that"s 16 what my father used to say. What is your name, young man?"
Years later Oscar was staring at the finely carved handle of the umbrella as he remembered Mrs.
O"Brien. It was in perfect condition, considering how 17 it was. Why had it arrived here today?
As if 18 , a note fell from the paper. It reads: Mrs. O"Brien wanted to 19 this umbrella as a
present for a kind, 20 . gesture long ago. |
( )1.A. strictly
( )2.A. Opening
( )3.A. After
( )4.A. clearly
( )5.A. average
( )6.A. beauty
( )7.A. designer
( )8.A. convinced
( )9.A. until
( )10.A. family
( )11.A. invite
( )12.A. putting up
( )13.A. chance
( )14.A. wide
( )15.A. patience
( )16.A. obviously
( )17.A. old
( )18.A. in contrast
( )19. A. possess
( )20. A. attractive | B. carefully
B. Seizing
B. When
B. fully
B. unusual
B. shape
B. seller
B. forced
B. before
B. theater
B. help
B. turning out
B. fact
B. confident
B. kindness
B. naturally
B. rare
B. in return
B. accept
B. significant | C. roughly
C. Observing
C. Since
C. immediately
C. plain
C. origin
C. user
C. encouraged
C. which
C. house
C. bother
C. picking up
C. gift
C. proud
C. courage
C. exactly
C. precious
C. in exchange
C. carry
C. unselfish | D. casually
D. Searching
D. Although
D. suddenly
D. typical
D. history
D. owner
D. advised
D. where
D. neighborhood
D. know
D. holding out
D. result
D. shy
D. determination
D. probably
D. nice
D. in answer
D. value
D. sympathetic |
答案
| 1-5: BADCB 6-10: ADADC 11-15: BDCAB 16-20: CADBC |
举一反三
| 阅读理解 | As a young boy, I sometimes traveled the country roads with my dad. He was a rural mill carrier, and
on Saturdays he would ask me to go with him. Driving through the countryside was always an adventure:
There were animals to see, people to visit, and chocolate cookies if you knew where to stop, and Dad
did.
In the spring, Dad delivered boxes full of baby chickens, and when 1 was a boy it was such a fun to
stick y our finger "through one of the holes of the boxes and let the baby birds peck on your fingers.
On Dad" s final day of work, it took him well into the evening to complete his rounds because at least
one member from each family was waiting at their mailbox to thank him for his friendship and his years
of service. "Two hundred and nineteen mailboxes on my route." he used to say, "and a story at every
one. " One lady had no mailbox, so Dad took the mail in to her every day because she was nearly blind.
Once inside, he read her mail and helped her pay her bills.
Mailboxes were sometimes used for things other than mail. One note left in a mailbox read. "Nat, take
these eggs to Marian; she"s baking a cake and doesn"t have any eggs. " Mailboxes might be buried in the
snow, or broken, or lying on the groom:. bat the mail was always delivered On cold days Dad might find
one of his customers waiting for him with a cup of hot chocolate. A young wrote letters but had no
stamps, so she left a few button on the envelope in the mailbox; Dad paid for the stamps. One
businessman used to leave large amounts of cash in his mailbox for Dad to take to the bank. Once, the
amount came to 8 32,000.
A dozen years ago, when I traveled back to my hometown on the sad occasion of Dad"s death, the
mailboxes along the way reminded me of some of his stories. I thought I knew them all, but that wasn"t
the case.
As I drove home, I noticed two lamp poles, one on each side of the street. When my dad was
around, those poles supported wooden boxes about four feet off the ground. One box was painted green
and the other was red, and each had a long narrow hole at the top with white lettering: SANTA CLAUS, NORTH POLE. For years children had dropped letters to Santa through those holes.
I made a turn at the comer and drove past the post office and across the railroad tracks to our house. Mom and I were sitting at the kitchen table when I heard footsteps. There, at the door, stood Frank
Townsend, Dad"s postmaster and great friend for many years. So we all sat down at the table and began
to tell stories.
At one point Frank looked at me with tears in his eyes. " What are we going to do about the letters
this Christmas?" he asked.
"The letters?"
"I guess you never knew. "
"Knew what?"
" Remember, when you were a kid and you used to put your letters to Santa in those green and red
boxes on Main Street? It was your dad who answered all those letters every year. "
I just sat there with tears in my eyes. It wasn"t hard for me to imagine Dad sitting at the old table in
our basement reading those letters and answering each one. I have since spoken with several of the
people who received Christmas letters during their childhood, and they told me how amazed they were
that Santa had known so much about their homes and families.
For me, just knowing that story about my father was the gift of a lifetime. | | 1. It can be inferred from the passage that the writer regarded his travels with Dad us_____. | A.great chances to help other people
B.happy occasions to play with baby chickens
C.exciting experience* with a lot of fun
D. good opportunities to enjoy chocolate cookies | | 2. The writer provides the detail about the businessman to show that_____. | A. Dad had a strong sense of duty
B. Dad was an honest and reliable man
C. Dad had a strong sense of honor
D. Dad was a kind and generous man | | 3. According to the passage, which of the following impressed the writer most? | A. Dad read letters for a blind lady for years.
B. Dad paid for the stamps for a young girl.
C. Dad delivered some eggs to Marian.
D. Dad answered children"s Christmas letters every year. | | 4.The method the writer uses to develop Paragraph 4 is______. | A. offering analyses
B. providing explanations
C. giving examples
D. making comparisons | | 5.What surprised the children most when they received letters in reply from Santa Claus every year? | A. Santa Claus lived alone in the cold North Pole.
B. Santa Claus answered all their letters every year.
C. Santa Claus had unique mailboxes for the children.
D. Santa Claus had so much information about their families. | | 6. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? | A. The Mail
B. Christmas Letters
C Special Mailboxes
D. Memorable Travels | | 完形填空 | In the United States, I have a close friend named Jim Forest. When I first 1 him eight years ago,
and we have a good time together. Last winter, Jim came to 2 . I usually wash the dishes after we"ve
finished our 3 , before sitting down and drinking tea with everyone else. One night, Jim asked if he
might do the dishes. I said, " 4 , but if you wash the dishes you must know the 5 to wash them."
Jim replied, "Come on, you think I don"t know how to wash the dishes?" I 6 , "There are two ways
to wash the dishes. The first is to wash the dishes in order to have clean dishes 7 the second is to
wash the dishes to wash the dishes." Jim was delighted and said, "I 8 the second way - to wash the
dishes to wash the dishes." From then on, Jim knew how to wash the dishes. I 9 the "responsibility"
to him for an entire week.
While washing dishes, 10 we think only of the cup of tea that awaits us, thus 11 to get the
dishes out of the way as if they were a(n) 12 , then we are not "washing the dishes to wash the dishes."
What"s more, we are not 13 during the time we are washing the dishes. 14 , we are completely
incapable of 15 the miracle of life while standing at the sink. If we can"t wash the dishes, the chances
are we won"t be 16 to drink our tea either. While drinking the cup of tea, we will only be thinking of
other things, barely 17 of the cup in our hands. Thus we are sucked away into the 18 and we are
incapable of actually 19 one minute of life.
Try to wash the dishes the next time you wash the dishes, when your mind is 20 but on the dishes. | ( )1.A. met
( )2.A. play
( )3.A. meeting
( )4.A. Go ahead
( )5.A. limit
( )6.A. complained
( )7.A. so
( )8.A. hate
( )9.A. transferred
( )10. A. because
( )11. A. planning
( )12. A. annoyance
( )13. A. pleased
( )14. A. Otherwise
( )15. A. wondering
( )16. A. able
( )17. A. proud
( )18. A. future
( )19. A. sparing
( )20. A. somewhere | B. called
B. visit
B. travel
B. As usual
B. method
B. shouted
B. but
B. understand
B. showed
B. if
B. stopping
B. job
B. proud
B. In fact
B. receiving
B. likely
B. aware
B. time
B. achieving
B. something | C. admired
C. study
C. meal
C. No way
C. effect
C. whispered
C. and
C. remember
C. explained
C. although
C. forgetting
C. test
C. alive
C. However
C. admitting
C. sure
C. afraid
C. past
C. living
C. everythin | D. joined
D. settle
D. talk
D. By chance
D. importance
D. answered
D. as
D. choose
D. contacted
D. before
D. hurrying
D. help
D. ready
D. Even worse
D. realizing
D. willing
D. ashamed
D. distance
D. changing
D. everywhere | | 阅读理解 | What separates me from everyone else? The difference is not what clothes I wear or the music I listen
too, but what I feel inside.
Ever since I was young, I have loved professional wrestling. I woke up every Saturday to watch my
favorite "Superstars." As I grew older, I got a lot of flak for watching this "fake" sport. My peers would
laugh at me for following what was called a "man"s soap opera." So, I put my love for wrestling on the
shelf. Like everyone else, I wanted to be associated with the cool clique. I yearned to be invited to the
parties of the in-crowd and hang out with the popular kids. I became pretty successful. Although my
Friday evenings were busy with parties, I would still wake up early Saturdays to watch wrestling. It
wasn"t until freshman year that I realized I wasn"t being myself.
That year, I tried many new things and activities and made new friends. In my town, football was the
sport, so I decided to play football, thinking it might give me a head start in popularity. The team started
with 48 athletes. At the end, there were 14 of us left. I stuck it out not because I liked it, but because I
am not a quitter. That long season taught me a lesson: I wasn"t a football player. More importantly, it
taught me to be myself.
After that season, I went back to being a wrestling fan. I watched it religiously, no matter what insults
were thrown my way. I came across a quote: "Don"t Dream It, Be It." When I read this, my friend Dan
had the same idea I had.
"What if we build a wrestling ring?" we asked. We acquired the necessary wood and equipment for
its construction. The following weekend, we met at his house. We saw our dream in a pile in his
backyard. We worked from dawn to dusk to build our great establishment. By Sunday night, our
mission was complete. Our hard work (combined with a little creativity) had paid off. We had a real
ring. We decided to hold an "event." We practiced for hours, trying to improve every aspect of our
wrestling ability. The date was May 24th. Our show had a start time of 9: 00 p.m. To our surprise, about
one hundred family, friends and fans showed up to support us. It was the most important night of my life
and a complete success. Since that time, we have held five shows with as many as two hundred and fifty
people turning out. We continue to live this dream. We accomplished what we set out to do. We are
now well known throughout school. When I walk down the halls, I am respected by my peers. Some are
the same peers who ridiculed me for watching wrestling when I was younger. When they approach me,
they often say, "Good match, Chris." I humbly say, "Thank you," knowing I did something I believed in.
As my senior year winds down, I"ll remember all of my high school memories. But what will stick out
most is the memory that I did something I loved, despite what everyone said or thought. I accomplished
my goal ... I lived my dream. | | 1. What makes the writer different from the others is __________. | A. the different sports he loves
B. the different clothes he wears and the different music he listens to
C. that he is younger than the others.
D. the different ideas he has | | 2. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph mean? | A. I practiced wrestling secretly in my spare time.
B. I put the clothes for wrestling on the shelf.
C. I decided to quit practicing wrestling.
D. I began not to watch wrestling on TV. | | 3. When the writer was a freshman, he ___________. | A. knew he couldn"t be a football player.
B. realized he was being himself.
C. became very sociable.
D. built a wrestling ring. | | 4. The writer built the wrestling ring in order to ________. | A. play football there
B. make his dream realized
C. be a professional player
D. have parties there. | | 5. What is the writer"s attitude towards his experience in high school? | A. Optimistic
B. Pessimistic
C. Doubtful
D. Surprised | | 完形填空 | One day when my little boy was less than two years old, I had to see the doctor, so I left him to the
babysitter. On my way to the hospital, I 1 that the babysitter was driving around the town. 2 who was
taking care of my son, I went to her house to find a stranger there. 3 with the situation, I grabbed my
child and left without a word.
When I went to put my son in his car seat, I was 4 to find him taped(用胶带粘住)around his whole
body at the elbows and around his ankles. I couldn"t 5 the nightmare. Was it really true?
Later I also found my baby wearing three or four diapers(尿布), so there would be no 6 to change
him through the day. We soon 7 the police and with the help of several people, the 8 showed she had
done this every day over the course of five months. The babysitter was found guilty in the 9 and was
sentenced to seven years in prison.
Over the first several months, my husband and I had a hard time 10 our anger. We eventually started
taking it out on one another. 11 , at last we managed to let go of our anger.
About a year later, we 12 a parole(假释)hearing, but not for the reasons everyone there 13 . Of
course, others thought we wanted her to stay 14 . Imagine everyone"s surprise when we rose to say
that we forgave her and wanted her to be 15 . She had a 12-year-old daughter at home in need of
her mother.
When we 16 our forgiveness, you could see the weight of the world lift from her. She broke down
in tears and looked us in the eye with 17 .
Many people today are still shocked by our 18 . But I have to say it was the most 19 experience
of my life. I quickly realized that forgiveness is not so much for the receiver, 20 the giver is so richly
enriched in the process. | ( )1.A. felt
( )2.A. Wondering
( )3.A. Pleased
( )4.A. amused
( )5.A. imagine
( )6.A. need
( )7.A. urged
( )8.A. book
( )9.A. court
( )10. A. figuring out
( )11. A. Thankfully
( )12. A. canceled
( )13. A. admitted
( )14. A. clearer
( )15. A. fined
( )16. A. ended
( )17. A. appreciation
( )18. A. concept
( )19. A. demanding
( )20. A. though | B. noticed
B. Assuring
B. Impressed
B. shocked
B. realize
B. condition
B. reminded
B. investigation
B. school
B. dealing with
B. Surprisingly
B. missed
B. expected
B. calmer
B. released
B. recognized
B. relief
B. ideas
B. amusing
B. but | C. wished
C. Asking
C. Careful
C. puzzled
C. mind
C. time
C. contacted
C. meeting
C. market
C. putting off
C. Unfortunately
C. attended
C. explained
C. farther
C. guarded
C. expressed
C. suspicion
C. measures
C. rewarding
C. and | D. suggested
D. Forgetting
D. Uncomfortable
D. ashamed
D. believe
D. possibility
D. ordered
D. explanation
D. office
D. hearing from
D. Sadly
D. delayed
D. heard
D. longer
D. punished
D. observed
D. concern
D. actions
D. popular
D. instead | | 阅读理解 | "What are you doing asleep on a park bench in the middle of the day naked?"
"Well, you see, officer, it all started this morning. I woke up to the sound of the big master"s alarm
clock and jumped off my doggy bed. I wandered down into the kitchen and sat down to wait for
breakfast."
" Hang on! What do you mean by doggy bed?"
"Well, I am actually a dog. Let me finish my explanation. Anyway, when the big master came
downstairs I could tell that it would be a busy day, because he was rushing around. He fed me quickly
and ran out of the door, not even bothering to get some breakfast for himself. This was fairly normal-he
hardly ate in the morning. "
I finished my breakfast soon, and then I went upstairs to wake up the little master. After that, I had to
wake up the big mistress. Because I knew how much she hates it , I cautiously walked into the big room
and tried to wake her up gently. Unfortunately, as soon as my nose touched her side, she jumped straight
up and yelled at me to get out of her room. I did that straight away. I headed downstairs again. The little
master was already downstairs. After eating breakfast, he ran out. I followed him as usual and made sure
he got to school safely.
On my way home, a van stopped beside me. Then I was stuck in a net and thrown into the van. I
started struggling and barking. Immediately I was given a needle and calmed down. When I woke up, I
was lying on a bed. Looking around, I realized I was in a science lab. Strangely, I found I wasn"t a dog
anymore! I was human! I started yelling for help and an old man walked in. On seeing me, he shouted
excitedly, "It worked! It worked!" Then I was given another needle. The next thing I remember is that
you woke me up. So that"s why I ended up asleep here naked."
"Very funny son, now come with me. By the way, what"s your name?" | | 1. From what the man said we know that ________. | A. his big mistress seldom had breakfast
B. there were at least two bedrooms upstairs
C. he waited till his little master returned home
D. he woke up all his masters with his nose | | 2. What does the underlined word "it" in the fifth paragraph refer to? | A. Being woken up.
B. The dog entering the room.
C. Preparing breakfast.
D. The sound of the alarm clock. | | 3. What does the officer think of the man"s explanation? | A. Funny and believable.
B. Reasonable and acceptable.
C. Unbelievable but interesting.
D. Imaginary but out of date. | | 4. What most probably will the officer do next? | A. Help the man find his big master.
B. Pursue the old man immediately.
C. Take the man to the police station.
D. Warn dog owners to look after their dogs. | 最新试题
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