阅读理解 My friend Robert started a new job this week and he"s been in the train
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employer has a very strict dress code-dark blue shirts and pants.
On the first day, an older gentleman in his class did not have the proper clothes and he was strictly
told that he would be fired if he didn"t have the right clothes the next day. He explained, "Sir, I had been
told about this, but because of my larger size, it"s sometimes difficult to find the right clothing for a price
I can afford."
Last night, Robert and I decided that this old man shouldn"t lose the chance of work simply because
he couldn"t afford the clothes. I had some cash on hand and Robert took it with him this morning just in
case it was needed.
When training started this morning, the trainer was ready to fire the older gentleman. "You have 10
minutes to be in proper clothes," he was told. At this point, Robert spoke up and asked if he could have
10 minutes to get him the clothes. He then ran out to the store and bought the proper-sized pants and a
shirt; he returned with both and gave them to the older man.
The older gentleman began to cry and told him that he couldn"t accept such a gift from a stranger.
Robert told him he had to because he had lost the receipt(收据) and couldn"t return them-a little white
lie. The pants were a perfect fit, the shirt was a bit tight but he was able to keep his job.
"My wife and I tried to gather together some money last night, but we didn"t have enough to buy the
clothes," he told Robert. "It"s unbelievable to me that a person would do such a thing for only knowing
me a day!"
More unbelievable is how good it has made Robert and me feel to do this.
1. If the older man did not have the proper clothes, he would _____.
A. be punished
B. be offered another job
C. put off the training class
D. lose his job
2. The money which was paid for the clothes was _____.
A. the trainer"s
B. the older man"s
C. the writer"s
D. Robert"s
3. How did Robert persuade the older man to accept the clothes?
A. He told the older man that he would lose his job if he did not take them.
B. He told a lie that the clothes didn"
t fit himself.C. He told the older man that he could save money and return it later.
D. He told the older man that he had no way to send them back.
4. What might be the best title for the passage?
A. Proper clothes for a stranger
B. Fight against strict rules
C. A strange employer
D. An unbelievable thing
答案
举一反三
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On Monica & Hitesh"s wedding day, Monica"s mother gave her a newly opened bank saving passbook
(银行存折) with $1000 deposit amount. Mother: "Monica, take this passbook. 1 When something
happy and memorable happens in your new life, put some money in. Write down what it"s about next to
the line. When you look back after years, you can know how much happiness you"ve had. " 2 This
was what they did after a certain time:
-7 Feb: $100, first birthday celebration for Hitesh after marriage
-1 Mar: $300, salary raise for Monica
-20 Mar: $200, vacation trip to Bali
-15 Apr: $2000, Monica got pregnant
-1 Jun: $1000, Hitesh got promoted… and so on…
3 They didn"t talk much. They regretted that they had married the nastiest person in the world....
One day Monica talked to her Mother: "Mom, we can"t stand it anymore. We agree to divorce. I can"t
imagine how I decided to marry this guy!!! " Mother: "Sure, girl, that"s no big deal. Just do whatever you
want if you really can"t stand it. But before that, do one thing first. Remember the saving passbook I gave
you on your wedding day? Take out all money and spend it first. 4 "
Monica thought it was true. So she went to the bank, waiting at the queue and planning to cancel the
account. While she was waiting, she took a look at the passbook record. She looked, and looked, and
looked. 5 Her eyes were then filled with tears. She left and went home, putting the passbook back to
the safe.
A. However, after years, they started fighting and arguing for unimportant things.
B. Keep it as a record of your marriage life.
C. They had saved much money when they retired.
D. Then the memory of all the previous joy and happiness just came up her mind.
E. Monica and her husband both thought it was a great idea.
F. Remember the saving passbook her mother gave her on the wedding day.
G. You shouldn"t keep any record of such a poor marriage.
things on the couch and
grabbed something from the 2 to eat. I passed by the living room and wished I could watch TV, but I knew my 3 would take me the whole night. I took my schoolbag and went 4 to
my room. I tried to understand chemistry and 5 sleepiness at the same time. I was stressed out and 6 .
I wanted something to cheer me up.
Later, I 7 the sound of the front door opening. And I waited for it-the sound of my mom singing. 8
she sings off-key(跑调), it made me excited that she was here. I ran down to greet my mom. We 9
each other and I ran back ups
tairs. I like it when my mom was happy. Her 10 flowed down to me and I got the strength to 11 the stress again.
Sometimes. I wonder how my mom can still be 12 after coming back from work. Every weekday,
she wak
es up 13 in the morning to go to work and spends all hour on the bus before getting downtown.At a 14 factory, she works standing for the whole day and draws patterns for clothes over and over.
After work, she gets stuck in 15 for two hours on her way back home. When I 16 my school life with
her work life. I should not be the one to 17 . At least I have some interesting things to do at school, but
one mistake at work can cost my mom her iob. I 18 that my mom has a positive attitude and lives her
life with a joyous heart, though there may be 19 . Seeing her happy makes me feel 20 , too.
| ( )1. A. heavy ( )2. A. classroom ( )3. A. dream ( )4. A. downstairs ( )5. A. break off ( )6. A. bored ( )7. A. felt ( )8. A. But ( )9. A. shook ( )10. A. need ( )11. A. face ( )12. A. creative ( )13. A. early ( )14. A. furniture ( )15. A. chat ( )16. A. replace ( )17. A. complain ( )18. A. achieve ( )19. A. accidents ( )20. A. successful | B. busy B. kitchen B. supper B. upstairs B. put off B. shocked B. recorded B. Though B. helped B. idea B. change B. sensitive B. soon B. to bacco B. traffic B. exchange B. decide B. notice B. difficuhies B. skillful | C. hungry C. bedroom C. homework C. outside C. get off C. worried C. raised C. If C. hugged C. faith C. accept C. positive C. fast C. car C. duty C. connect C. study C. appreciate C. 1ies C. good | D. unlucky D. apartment D. experience D. inside D. fight off D. frightened D. heard D. As D. touched D. energy D. 1eave D. competitive D. 1ate D. clothing D. task D. compare D. play D. improve D. differences D. important |
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Mr. Br own worked in a factory of a small town. He had been there for twenty years before one dayhe was sent to the capital for important business. He  was quite excited because he had never been therebefore. Before he set off, he asked his wife and three daughters if they wanted him to buy something for them in London. Mrs. Brown began to think it over and then she said she wished her husband would be able to buy a nice umbrella for her, and so did their three daughters. As he was afraid he would forget it, he drew an umbrella on a piece of paper. To his regret, he lost it at the station. On the train Mr. Brown sat opposite to an old woman. The woman"s umbrella was so nice that he carefully looked at it and said to himself not to forget to buy a few umbrellas like it. When the train arrived at the station in London, he said good-bye to the old woman, took his bag and her umbrella and was going to get off. "Wait a minute, sir, "shouted the old woman. "That"s my umbrella!" Now Mr. Brown noticed that he had taken her umbrella. His face turned red at once and said in a hurry, "Oh, I"m very sorry, Madam! I didn"t mean it!" Seven days later Mr. Brown left the capital. To his surprise, he met the old woman and sat opposite to her again. Looking at the four umbrellas, the old woman was satisfied with herself. It seems that I had a better result than the other four women. "She thought. 1. We can learn from the passage that Mr. Brown was ___ . A. a conductor B. a worker C. a thief D. an umbrella maker 2. The underlined word"it"in the first paragraph refers to___ . A. his ticket B. his bag C. his drawing D. his umbrella 3. Why did Mr. Brown take the woman"s umbrella? A. Because he was lost in thought. B. Because it was much like his own umbrella. C. Because he thought the woman would not notice it. D. Because the woman misplaced it beside Mr. Br  own. 4. When looking at Mr. Brown with four umbrellas, the woman felt ___ . A. happy B. sad C. surprised D. angry 5. How did Mr. Brown get the four umbrellas? A. He picked them on the train. B. He brought them from his small town. C. He stole them from four women. D. He bought them in London. | |||
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| When my father was dying, I traveled a thousand miles from home to be with him in his last days. It was far more heartbreaking than I"d expected, one of the most difficult and painful times in my life. After he passed away I stayed alone in his apartment. There were so many things to deal with. It all seemed endless. I was lonely. I hated the silence of the apartment. But one evening the silence was broken:I heard crying outside. I opened the door to find a little cat on the steps. He was thin and poor. He looked the way I felt. I brought him inside and gave him a can of fish. He ate it and then almost immediately fell sound asleep. The next morning I checked with neighbors and learned that the cat had been given up by his owner who"d moved out. So the little cat was there all alone, just like I was. As I walked back to the apartment, I tried to figure out what to do with him. Having something else to take care of seemed like the very last thing I needed. But as soon as I opened the apartment door he came running and jumped into my arrns. It was clear from that moment he had no intention of going anywhere. I started calling him willis, in honor of my father"s best friend. From then on, things grew easier. With willis in my lap, time seemed to pass much more quickly. When the time finally came for me to return home I had to decide what to do about Willis. There was absolutely no way l would leave without him. It"s now been five years since my father died. Over the years, several people have commented on how nice it was of me to rescue the cat. But I know that we rescued each other. I may have given him a home but he gave me something greater. 1. When the allthor first saw the cat, she ___ . A. was very happy B. felt pity for him C. didn"t know what to do D. was angry at his crying 2. The underlined sentence in the third paragraph suggests that the author __ . A. needed something to fill the empty apartment B. loved to stay alone in the apartment C. was too busy an  d tired to keep a catD. needed something to take care of to kill time 3. The cat rescued the author by ___ . A. making her feel better in her hard times B. giving her courage to go on with he  r lifeC. helping her tidy the apartment D. telling her what life is 4. We can learn from the passage that __ . A. Willis was named after his foiTner owner B. Willis didn"t like staying in the apartment C. the author and Willis were both homeless D. time passed quickly after the author kept Willis 5. What"s the main idea of the passage? A. A little lonely cat. B. A painful experience. C. How to take care of animals. D. What I got from a little cat. | |||
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| The first night in Yosemite had been awfid. I hadn"t been able to sleep and I was stuck in a too small tent with my wife and two kids. "Things haven"t worked out. "I said to myself. But, like so many other things I complain before my morning coffee, this one was extremely off-key. Things weren"t bad; they were good. A hundred yards away was Summit Lake. It was beautiful. We fired up the camp stove and boiled up a cup of coffee. Half an hour later, my 6-year-old daughter and I were in the parking lot of the Lassen Peak Trail, getting ready to hike. We wouldn"t make it all the way-young legs get pretty tired on a steep mountain path-but it didn"t matter. We would see great views spread out below us, the volcanic(火山的) ash t  hat layered on the earth turnin g the melting snow a mysterious pink as the sun struck it. Later, duringthe hike, I felt stupid about my morning complaints. Everything had been worthwhile. It gave me great satisfaction to see my daughter so excited about the view from the mountain. Yes, camping is uncomfortable. But there"s also something wonderful about being so close to nature. Just as importantly, there"s something about getting young children out of their increasingly technology-filled comfort zones and forcing them to experience the non-cyber(没有网络的)world around them. It"s a good thing to reconnect every so often with the Great Outd  oors. 1. How did the author first feel about camping in Yosemite? A. Uncomlbrtable. B. Shocked. C. Excited. D. Wonderful. 2. By saying"this one was extremely off-key"in the first paragraph. the author means that____. A. he had lost his key B. this was meaningless C. this was quite unusual D. this was far from the truth 3. Which of the following is true according to the article? A. The author seldom complains in  the early morning. B. The author walked all the way to the Lassen Peak Trail. C. The view from the mountain impressed  the author"s daugh ter. D. The author hiked to the top of the mountain to get a better view. 4. With the article, the writer tries to send the message that ___ . A. it"s great to walk outdoors and get close to nature B. it"s advisable to be well prepared before going camping C. technology causes much harm to human society D. we should not break the balance of nature 5. What is the proper title of the passage? A. The Beautiful Park B. The Open Air C. My Daughter and I  D. Uncomfortable Camping |