阅读理解 My mother through her fine example instilled (慢慢灌输)within me the desire
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ers.Shetaught me to notice those whom others ignore.
The railroad tracks (轨道) were within a mile of our house.Beggars frequently would knock at the
doors in our neighbourhood in summer asking for food.They were often turned away.Others simply
ignored the knocks.
My mum always went to the door smiling.She would invite them to stay and have something to eat.
She would have me open up the card table and carry a chair out onto the covered side porch (走廊).
There was a nice view into the flower gardens, and it was cool even on the hottest days.
She would bring a red and white tablecloth and set the table as carefully as she did for any company.
She would pour their coffee and pile their plates with food and dessert.Usually she sent a packed lunch
with them when they were ready to go, too.Sometimes she would take the newspapers to those who
asked about work.
She listened to those who wanted to talk.She never asked what would lead them to be in this difficult
situation.It did not matter.She saw only the need.Some thought she should not extend this courtesy (礼
貌). She would say, "In the depression (萧条时期) when my father was searching around for any work
to feed us, thoughtful people fed him.I am just repaying their kindness.I cannot offer them money, but I
can see they do not leave hungry and discouraged." My mum was quite a lady.
1. The writer"s house was frequently visited by beggars because________.
A. they seemed to be very rich
B. his mother was known to be generous
C. they lived near a railway station
D. there was a railway near their house
2. How did the writer"s mother treat beggars?
A. She was on guard against them.
B. She looked down upon them.
C. She respected them equally.
D. She took pride in them.
3. The writer"s mother sometimes took out newspapers________.
A. for the beggars to kill time
B. to teach the beggars how to read
C. to help the beggars who asked about work
D. to help the beggars to find their families
4. Which of the following can make an explanation for the mother"s attitude to beggars?
A. Her father was once helped by others.
B. Her father liked to help beggars.
C. She was once a beggar herself.
D. Her mother taught her to help beggars.
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grey, research suggests.
And the under25s who have watched color TV all their lives tend to have colorful adventures in_the
_land_of_nod.
Research from the first half of the 20th century, especially in the 1930s and 1950s, suggested that
most dreams are in black and white.
But results from tests in the 1960s and later suggested that up to 80 per cent of dreams contain some
colors.
Since this period marked the transition (过渡) from blackandwhite films and TV to widespread
Technicolor (彩色印片法), an obvious explanation was that television was influencing dreams, but
differences between the studies prevented the researchers from drawing any firm conclusions.
Later studies asked subjects (实验对象) to complete dream diaries immediately they woke up, but
the earlier research used questionnaires completed in the middle of the day, so the subjects might have
simply forgotten color elements in their dreams and assumed they were grey.
To solve the problem, psychologist Eva Murzyn asked 60 subjects, half of whom were under 25 and
half over 55, to answer a questionnaire on the color of their dreams and their childhood exposure (暴露)
to films and TV.
The subjects then recorded different aspects of their dreams in a diary every morning.
She found there was no significant difference between results drawn from the questionnaires and the
dream diaries.
She then analyzed data to find out whether an early exposure to blackandwhite TV or films could still
have a lasting effect on her subjects"dreams,40 years later.
Less than five per cent of the under25s"dreams were black and white.But the over55s who had access
to blackandwhite media in their younger days reported dreaming in black and white roughly a quarter of
the time.
Murzyn said, "There could be a critical period in our childhood when watching films has a big
influence on the way dreams are formed." People"s attention might be heightened during the time they are
watching TV or films.
1. "this period" in the fifth paragraph refers to________.
A. the 20th century
B. the 1930s
C. the 1950s
D. the 1960s and later
2. The underlined words "in the land of nod" in Paragraph 2 means________.
A. in the evening
B. during travelling
C. in a dream world
D. when they are thinking
3. Murzyn"s study was different from other studies because ________.
A. more people of different ages were involved
B. both diaries and
questionnaires were usedC. more advanced technology was used
D. subjects were given more time to record their dreams
4. From the passage, we can learn that________.
A. studies on the color of dreams have been going on for many years
B. the results of the previous studies on dreams couldn"t be trusted
C. older people are more likely to be influenced by TV viewing
D. the colors of TV sets are more likely to appear in viewers"dreams
5. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The color of people"s dreams changes along with their ages.
B. TV viewing has different influences on different people.
C. Childhood TV viewing may determine the color of dreams.
D. Childhood TV viewing may influence a person"s later life.
event that was unusual for me.I spent three or four hours handin
g out warm dinner to the homeless outin the streets.After that I went to a homeless shelter not far from the Bay Bridge.
I was in high school and at the time my sister was too young to__1__.She wanted to help, __2__
she made four or five dozen chocolate chip cookies for me to__3__and hand out to people.When
getting to the homeless shelter__4__passed out the re
maining meals.__5__, I began making sandwiches and__6__them with the crowd.I had the containers with my__7__cookies in them and began to__8__,
offering them to anyone near me. I__9__an old gentleman and said, "Sir, would you like a cookie?" He
stopped and turned around, __10__and said, "What did you say?Did you call me sir?" I told him I
__11__, and his eyes__12__a little bit and he said, "No one has__13__called me sir." So he__14__.
It struck me.
I explained I had been raised that__15__color and social status, everyone deserved respect.It
__16__me to think that just because he was homeless, no one__17__him the honor.It broke my heart,
and I__18__I just didn"t understand__19__no one ever called him sir?I had never thought that anyone
was below me because I wasn"t raised that way.Every__20__person deserves to be treated with dignity.
Years later, I still carry that memory and the lessons it taught me.Sometimes, what we take for granted
can really make a difference in someone"s life.
How have you made a difference to others?How have others made a difference to you?
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| My wife and I had just finished the 150mile trip home from our daughter"s college. It was the first time in our lives that we would __1__ for any length of time. We wondered how other people had __2__ it. Later in bed, I __3__ the time I started college. My father had driven me, too. My mother had to stay home to keep the __4__from getting into the crops. I, the fourth in a line of brothers, was the first to __5__ college. The truck was slow, and I was glad. I didn"t want to get to the city __6__. I shook hands with my father in the truck and he didn"t say a word. But I knew he was going to make a little __7__. He finally said, "I never went to college and __8__of your brothers did. I can"t say don"t do this or that, because everything is __9__and I don"t know what is going to come up, but I think things will __10__. When you get a job, be sure to be honest and work hard. " I knew that soon I would be __11__in the big town and I would be __12__the life home. Then my father__13__the Bible (圣经) that he had read so often. I knew that he would miss it but I must__14__it. He just said, "This can help you __15__you will let it." When I finished school I took the Bible __16__to my father. But he said he wanted me to __17__it. Now, too late, I remember. It would have been so __18__ to give it to my daughter when she got out of the car. But I didn"t. My father could give me only a Bible, but I don"t really believe now that I gave her half as __19__as my father gave me. So the next morning I__20__up the book and sent it to her. I wrote a note. "This can help you." I said, "if you will let it." | ||||||||||||||
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nd walked out of the door, she 
ed.I also knew he would probably 
that he paid his bill and