阅读理解 That cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco
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That cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco. There I was walking home at one in the morning after a tiring practice at the theater. With opening night only a week away, I was
still learning my lines. I was having trouble dealing with my part-time job at the bank and my acting at
night at the same time.
As I walked, I thought seriously about giving up both acting and San Francisco. City life had become
too much for me. As I walked down empty streets under tall buildings, I felt very small and cold. I began
running, both to keep warm and to keep away from any possible robbers. Very few people were still
out except a few sad-looking homeless peopl e under blankets.
About a block from my apartment, I heard a sound behind me. I turned quickly, half expecting to
see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the
noise had made me nervous, so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building and
unlocked the door did I realize what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk.
Suddenly I wasn"t cold or tired any more. I ran out of the door and back to where I"d heard the
noise. Although I searched the sidewalk anxiously for fifteen minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found.
Just as I was about to give up the search, I heard the garbage truck pull up to the sidewalk next to
me. When a voice called from the inside , "Alisa Camacho?" I thought I was dreaming. How could this
man know my name? The door opened, and out jumped a small red-haired man with an amused look
in his eyes. "Is this what you"re looking for?" he asked, holding up a small square shape.
It was nearly 3 a.m. by the time I got into bed. I wouldn"t get much sleep that night, but I had got my
wallet back. I also had got back some enjoyment of city life. I realized that the city couldn"t be a bad
place as long as people were willing to help each other.
B. Lucky and hopeful
C. Satisfied and cheerful
D. Disappointed and helpless
B. getting used to the city life
C. learning acting in an evening school
D. preparing for the first night show
B. talked a lot with a garbage truck driver
C. was robbed of her wallet by a man with a knife
D. found some homeless people following her
B. would stay on in San Francisco
C. would make friends with cleaners.
D. would give up her job at the bank
答案
举一反三
Success Principles.
During his talk, Jack__1__his wallet, pulled out ahundred-dollar bill, and said, "Who
wants this?"__2__shot up in the audience; people leaned forward to see whomJack
would__3__. But Ijumped up, ran up the __4__tothe stage, and grabbed the bill. As I
was launching myself inthe air, thoughts__5__through my mind - was I about tobe
humiliated(羞辱)in front of 800 people? Would they__6__security guards and take me
f rom the stage?__7__my desire(***,要求)for brave action was louder than any__8__voice.
As I got the bill from his hand,he said, "That"s it ! Wecan"t wait for the__9__to come to
us. We must take action to__10__what we want!"
After his talk, 1 managed to formally meet Jack and bravely asked for his__11__email
address. Over the next months, I sent him emails__12__my vision and dreamswith him. He
kindly emailed back lots of encouragement. But my life got__13__with other things. I stopped
e-mailingJack.
A year later, my dreams had worn away. I thought Jackwould inspire me into action, like
a gian__14__that would show me the way.
I emailed him, and then again---but got no__15__. As I sat down at my computer to
check my emails, I_16__woke up. What was I doing? I was waiting! Now I remembered
the crowd, most likely__17__that hundred- dollar biil, while they sat__18__ to their chairs.
Usually we all have a "Jack" for whom we wait-whether it"s a person, a place or a thing.
We __19__believe the gifts of life are just around the corner, and thateverything will come
in a(n)__20__way. So we don"t try. We give up. But as Wayne cretzky said: "You"ll always
miss 100% of the opportunities you don"t take!" So I stopped waiting and started my writing
career.Now what are you waiting for?
( )2.A. Cheers
( )3.A.offer
( )4.A. path
( )5.A. raced
( )6.A. ask
( )7.A. And
( )8.A. careful
( )9.A. opportunitie
( )10.A. attract
( )11.A. professional
( )12.A. speaking
( )13.A. quick
( )14.A. hand
( )15.A. news
( )16.A. gradually
( )17.A. desiring
( )18.A. lost
( )19.A. sincerely
( )20.A. difficult
B. Shouts
B. greet
B. road
B. started
B. call
B. So
B. doubtful
B. times
B. accept
B. secret
B. describing
B. busy
B. gate
B. notice
B. suddenly
B. announcing
B. stuck
B. honestly
B. impressive
C. Heads
C.like
C. steps
C. appeared
C. demand
C. But
C. meaningful
C. results
C. repair
C. public
C. presenting
C. full
C. exit
C. response
C. immediately
C. begging
C. attached
C. falsely
C. early
D. Hands
D. choose
D. route
D. existed
D. order
D. ()r
D. helpful ,.
D. aims
D. create
D. personal
D. sharing
D.loose
D. entrance
D. reaction
D. slowly
D. valuing
D. devoted
D. correctly
D. natural
elephant,a peacock and a rabbit.At last,he gets to a lake.He 3.l________at his reflection in the lake and
says,"I wish 4. I________(有) an elephant"s nose,a peacock"s tail and a rabbit"s 5.e________." After
a while, Danny"s wish comes true.He runs back6. ________ (激动地). But his parents can"t 6recognize
him,"Go away,you"re not our son." Danny goes to the 7.________again."I just want to be a pig." After
8.________(说) that,Danny waits ans waits. Finally,he becomes a pig again, 9.________makes him
overcome with joy.Dannyruns back quickly.His parents hug him and say, "This is 10.o________lovely
baby."
by toy animals.My husband, Pat, and I went to sleep__2__.
__3__after midnight, Jack quietly touched me."Mommy, I want to stay with you.I promise I won"t
take much room." I shifted__4__to make room.My son soon fell asleep.
An hour later, Tara cried and I carefully went downstairs."Mommy, my__5__is all stuffed up (堵住).
I can"t really breathe very well.Will you please__6__with me a little while?" Tara doesn"t often get up at
night, __7__I decided to be there for her.She soon fell asleep.I returned to my own bed.I was determined
to sleep.But to my__8__, I found Jack
sleeping on my side of the bed.He looked so__9__that I couldn"t remove him.Quietly and carefully, I lay
down between__10__and Jack.
I did manage to get some sleep__11__I heard Tara"s voice again.I returned to__12__Tara."Mom,
please lie down with me a little bit.I had a bad dream, and I"m so__13__.""Of course, honey.It was only
a dream.Mommy"s here and__14__is okay." We fell asleep__15__each other"s arms.
Even in my sleepy state, I thought of__16__these nights of merrygoround (一连串的繁忙活动) will
be over.In their place, my twins will be grown.__17__before I"m ready, our children"s rooms will be much
too__18__and empty.So it is especially on days when I"m worn out after a night on this mom"s
merrygoround that I remind__19__that these very days and nights are, in fact, "the good old days", ever
so__20__.
| ( )1. A. sons ( )2. A. downstairs ( )3. A. Sometimes ( )4. A. gently ( )5. A. nose ( )6. A. come ( )7. A. even though ( )8. A. joy ( )9. A. friendly ( )10. A. my father ( )11. A. before ( )12. A. show off ( )13. A. scared ( )14. A. something ( )15. A. over ( )16. A. how often ( )17. A. No doubt ( )18. A. noisy ( )19. A. my children ( )20. A. potential | B. twins B. in B. Every time B. kindly B. mouth B. stay B. so B. anger B. heavy B. Tara B. when B. look after B. exciting B. anything B. on B. how soon B. No wonder B. quiet B. my husband B. precise | C. daughters C. out C. Sometime C. rudely C. heart C. talk C. no matter when C. disappointment C. content C. Pat C. after C. watch out C. excited C. everything C. by C. how long C. No problem C. still C. my friend C. precious | D. students D. upstairs D. Anytime D. impatiently D. eye D. play D. however D. surprise D. sad D. my mother D. while D. take care D. scaring D. nothing D. in D. how much D. No worry D. calm D. myself D. previous |
| 短文填词 A little child was playing one day with a very valuable vase. He put his h________into it and could not draw it back out.His father tried________vain to get his hand out.They were thinking of breaking the vase ________(这时) his father said, "Now, my son, try one more time.Hold your fingers out straight as you see me d________and then pull."4.________ To________astonishment, the little fellow said. "Oh no, father, I couldn"t pull my fingers out like that because if I did I________drop my penny." You may think it is stupid________the boy to stick to penny at the cost of his hand.Aren"t we l________that little boy sometimes?We are busy holding on to the world"s ________(无价值的) penny that prevents us from enjoying________(自由) belonging to us. | |||
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| Mr Glen is a millionaire.Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he__1__up his small company.Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his__2__expensive "school" fee.He always owes his success to it. At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph.Degree, decided to return to the homeland, starting a company.Before__3__, he bought a Rolex watch with the__4__made through years of work after school and the scholarships.At the airport he had to accept the routine customs check.The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be__5__down for inspection.Glen knew that carrying the__6__ goods out had to pay the tax.And he worried about paying__7__for his watch.So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a worthless__8__.When he was__9__of his "smarts", immediately, __10__the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, which__11__nearly ￥100,000, into pieces at hearing Glen"s words.Glen was amazed.__12__he understood why, he was taken to the office to be __13__strictly.For many times of entryexit__14__he knew that only those people in the "blacklist" would "enjoy" this special treatment.The officers looked out every thing carefully in the box, and warned him __15__time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if__16__reusing and carrying fake and shoddy (劣质的) goods, he would be charged according to law!Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after__17__the plane for long. After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too.He said that this made a deep__18__on him, because the additional high"school"fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of__19__, which he would__20__as the secret of his success forever. | |||