阅读理解 Once upon a time, two brothers who lived on neighboring farms fell into
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| 阅读理解 |
Once upon a time, two brothers who lived on neighboring farms fell into conflict(冲突). It was the
first serious one between them in 40 years of farming peacefully side by side.In the end,they fell apart.
One morning, a man with a carpenter"s toolbox came for some work.The elder brother said,"I just
have a job for you.Look at that farm across the creek(河沟). My younger brother lives there.It was he
who used his bulldozer(推土机)to dig the creek last week to spite(刁难)me.So I want you to build me
a fence, an 8foothigh fence, in order not to see his place any more." The carpenter smiled and said,"I see.
I"ll try to do a job that satisfies you." Then the elder brother went downtown.
At sunset when the farmer returned,the carpenter had just finished his job.The farmer"s eyes opened
wide! To his surprise, there was no fence there at all!Instead, there was a bridge stretching from one side
of the creek to the other! A fine piece of work! He saw his younger brother coming to him with the hands outstretching.The brothers stood at each end of the bridge,and then they met in the middle, taking each
other"s hands.They turned to see the carpenter lift his toolbox on his shoulder. "No, wait! Stay a few
days.I"ve a lot of other work for you,"said the elder brother."I"d love to stay on," the carpenter said,"but
I have so many more bridges to build." |
| 1. What was the life like for the two brothers before the conflict? |
A. They lived a poor life.
B. They lived in peace.
C. They never spoke to each other.
D. They lived on the same farm. |
| 2. It can be learned that the carpenter was________. |
A. unwilling to obey the farmer
B. fond of building bridges
C. unable to build a fence
D. willing to help others |
| 3. The best title for this passage is________. |
A. A Fine Piece of Work
B. A Carpenter
C. A Conflict between Two Brothers
D. Two Brothers |
| 4. Which of the following is true according to the passage? |
A. The elder brother used his bulldozer to dig a creek.
B. The elder brother helped the carpenter build the bridge.
C. The brothers were both satisfied with the carpenter"s work.
D. The carpenter planned to build an 8foothigh fence as asked to. |
答案
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Jerry is the kind of man you love to hate. He is always in a(n) 1 mood (心态) and always has
something 2 to say. In his opinion, the bottom line is your choice 3 you live a life.
One morning, he did something you are never 4 to do in the restaurant business: he left the back
door open and was 5 up at gunpoint by three armed robbers. While trying to open the 6 , with his
hand shaking from 7 , he input the wrong code. The robbers beat him and even 8 him. Luckily, Jerry was found 9 quickly after the robbers had fled and he was rushed to the local first aid center. After 18
hours of operation and weeks of good care, he was out of hospital with fragments (碎片) of the bullets still in his body.
Jerry told me what happened after he was sent to hospital. He said the doctors were 10 . They kept telling him he was going to be fine and 11 him into the emergency room. But when he saw the 12 on
the faces of the doctors and nurses, he got really 13 . In their eyes, he 14 ,"He"s dying." He knew he needed to take 15 . There was a big nurse shouting questions at him. She asked if he was allergic
(过敏的) to anything, and the doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for his reply. Jerry
16 for a while and then he decided to live. He took a deep breath and said, "Yes. 17 !" Over their
laughter, Jerry told them to operate on him 18 he wouldn"t die.
Jerry lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing 19 . I learnt from him
that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, 20 , is everything. |
( )1．A.exciting
( )2．A.positive
( )3．A.how
( )4．A.advised
( )5．A.pulled
( )6．A.box
( )7．A.nervousness
( )8．A.knocked
( )9．A.probably
( )10．A.excited
( )11．A.rolled
( )12．A.surprise
( )13．A.scared
( )14．A.knew
( )15．A.notice
( )16．A.thought
( )17．A.Medicine
( )18．A.unless
( )19．A.reply
( )20．A.to be honest | B．good
B．funny
B．where
B．imagined
B．put
B．safe
B．worry
B．killed
B．relatively
B．organized
B．carried
B．expressions
B．embarrassed
B．found
B．order
B．wondered
B．Operation
B．even if
B．attitude
B．in that case | C．usual
C．new
C．whether
C．asked
C．held
C．counter
C．unwillingness
C．knifed
C．merely
C．hard-working
C．wheeled
C．feeling
C．disappointed
C．meant
C．breath
C．judged
C．Bullets
C．as if
C．opinion
C．after all | D．balanced
D．different
D．why
D．supposed
D．done
D．door
D．pressure
D．shot
D．reasonably
D．great
D．forced
D．puzzles
D．annoyed
D．read
D．action
D．stopped
D．Fragments
D．before
D．determination
D．strictly speaking |
| 阅读理解。 |
The poor are very wonderful people. One evening we went out and we picked up four people from the street. And one of them was in a most terrible condition－and I told the sisters: You take care of the other three. I take care of this one who looks worse. So I did for her all that my love can do. I put her in bed,
and there was such a beautiful smile on her face. She took hold of my hand as she said just the words
"Thank you" and she died.
I could not help but examine my conscience before her and I asked what I would say if I was in her
place. And my answer was very simple. I would have tried to draw a little attention to myself. I would have said I am hungry, I am dying, I am cold, I am in pain, or something, but she gave me much more－she
gave me her grateful love. And she died with a smile on her face. So did that man whom we picked up
from the drain, half eaten with worms, and we brought him to the home. "I have lived like an animal in the
street, but I am going to die like an angel, loved and cared for", he said at the end. And it was so
wonderful to see the greatness of that man who could speak like that, who could die like that without
blaming anybody, without cursing anybody, without comparing anything. Like an angel－this is the
greatness of our people. And that is why we believe what Jesus has said: I was hungry, I was naked, I was homeless, I was unwanted, unloved, uncared for, and you did it to me.
And with this prize that I received as a Prize of Peace, I am going to try to make the home for many
people who have no home. Because I believe that love begins at home and if we can create a home for the poor I think that more and more love will spread. And we will be able through this understanding love to
bring peace, the good news to the poor, the poor in our own family first, in our country and in the world. When I pick up a person from the street, hungry and I give him a plate of rice or a piece of bread, I have
satisfied. I have removed that hunger. But to a person who is shut out, who feels unwanted, unloved,
terrified, who has been thrown out from society, that poverty is so full of hurt and so unbearable… And so let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love, and once we begin to love each other naturally we want to do something. |
| 1. What can be learned from the second paragraph? |
A. The woman should have paid more attention to herself.
B. The man couldn"t blame anyone.
C. The author is religious.
D. The man died in the street. |
| 2. The purpose of this passage is ________. |
A. to appeal for more donation for the poor
B. to call on the public to love each other
C. to tell the readers the poor are wonderful
D. to express how moved the author is to receive the prize |
| 3. Which of the following can NOT be inferred from the passage? |
A. The author has few supporters.
B. The author was somewhat surprised at what the man said.
C. The author is delighted to help others in trouble.
D. The author may agree to solve social problems in soft ways. |
| 4. What"s the best title of this passage? |
A. Have Sympathy for the Poor
B. The Poor are Wonderful
C. Smile and Love
D. Relieve Poverty |
| 阅读理解。 |
In 1885, a young doctor named Arthur Conan Doyle opened offices in London.
He wanted to be a successful doctor, but for some reasons he never found enough patients.
To pass the time, he began to write stories and send them to the newspapers.
Conan Doyle"s stories were about a clever detective, Sherlock Holmes.Conan Doyle wrote
that Sherlock Holmes lived in Baker Street in London, and people with problems came to
Sherlock Holmes with their problems, too.He was able to solve mysteries (疑难案件) that the
cleverest policemen in England were unable to figure out (解决)．
Sometimes Sherlock Holmes could solve a mystery without leaving his chair.He listened
carefully to the information his client (委托人) gave and figured out the answer.At other times
he spent days or weeks looking for clues (线索)．Sherlock Holmes travelled to different cities
and countries to solve the mysteries.Sometimes he wore_disguises,_pretending to be an old man,
or a sailor.Holmes did anything to find out the answer to the mysteries he was working on.
Sherlock Holmes is the most famous detective in English literature (文学),but many people don"t
understand that he is a fictional (小说的) character, not a real person.The English post offices report
that people still send mail to Sherlock Holmes in Baker Street.Even he gets more than 2,000 letters
every year. |
| 1．Conan Doyle began to write stories perhaps because ________. |
A．he wanted to tell something about his patients
B．he wasn"t good at medicine
C．he wanted to make less money
D．most people were strong at that time |
| 2．Conan Doyle got to write very good detective storiesbecause ________. |
A．many people asked him to solve their mysteries
B．he got a lot of experience in solving mysteries
C．he was a person with great literary quality and talent (才能)
D．he was able to help those who came to see him with their problems |
| 3．Sherlock Holmes________. |
A．was only an ordinary detective
B．never existed (存在) in the world
C．was one of the members of the police in London
D．was a real detective who was named by Conan Doyle |
| 4．The phrase "wore disguises" in the fourth paragraph means" ________"． |
A．introduced oneself
B．was in old clothes
C．changed one"s clothes or one"s appearance
D．seemed to be poor and helpless |
| 5．Instead of being a famous doctor,Arthur Conan Doyle came to be successful in writing because ______ _ . |
A．many people wrote letters to him asking about thestories
B．the character he wrote about was thought to be a real person
C．he was finally employed by a police station
D．he earned a lot of money by writing such a story |
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I returned to Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, after graduation.I had been there before my mother
became a minister. Two weeks later, I told my mother I was bored.She said, "Here"re the car keys.
Go and buy some fruit."__1__, I jumped into the car and speeded off.
Seeing me or rather my __2__, a boy sprang up(跳起来),__3__ to sell his bananas and peanuts."
Banana 300 naira.Peanut 200 naira!" Looking at his blackstriped bananas, I __4__ to 200 total for
the fruit and nuts.He __5__.I handed him a 500 naira note.He didn"t have __6__, so I told him not to
worry.He was __7__ and smiled a row of perfect teeth.
When, two weeks later, I __8__ this same boy, I was more aware of my position in Nigerian society.
I should __9__ this country as the son of a __10__.But it was hard to find pleasure in a place where it
was so __11__ to see a little boy who should have been in school selling fruit.
"What"s up?" I asked.He answered in __12__ English, "I…I no get money to buy book." I took out
two 500 naira notes.He looked around __13__ before sticking his hand into the car __14__ the bills.
One thousand naira means a lot to a family that __15__ only 50,000 each year.
The next morning, security officers told me, "In this place, when you give a little, people think you"re a
fountain of opportunity(机会)．"__16__ it"s right, but this happens everywhere in the world.I wondered
if my little friend had actually used the money for __17__.After six months" work in northern Nigeria, I
returned and saw him again standing on the road. "Are you in school now?" He nodded.A silence fell as
we looked at each other, then I __18__ what he wanted.I held out a 500 naira note."Take this." He
shook his head fiercely and stepped back __19__ hurt. "It"s a gift," I said.Shaking his head again, he
handed me a basket of bananas and peanuts."I"ve been waiting to __20__ these to you." |
( )1.A.Encouraged
( )2.A.car
( )3.A.willing
( )4.A.got down
( )5.A.explained
( )6.A.change
( )7.A.troubled
( )8.A.ran after
( )9.A.protect
( )10.A.minister
( )11.A.lucky
( )12.A.old
( )13.A.proudly
( )14.A.for
( )15.A.spends
( )16.A.Possibly
( )17.A.joys
( )18.A.asked
( )19.A.when
( )20.A.send | B．Disappointed
B．mother
B．afraid
B．bargained down
B．promised
B．notes
B．regretful
B．ran into
B．enjoy
B．headmaster
B．amazing
B．broken
B．madly
B．with
B．pays
B．Actually
B．nuts
B．imagined
B．as if
B．provide | C．Delighted
C．driver
C．eager
C．put down
C．agreed
C．checks
C．comfortable
C．ran over
C．help
C．manager
C．funny
C．traditional
C．curiously
C．at
C．makes
C．Certainly
C．books
C．reminded
C．even if
C．sell | D．Confused
D．keys
D．ashamed
D．took down
D．admitted
D．bills
D．grateful
D．ran to
D．support
D．president
D．common
D．modern
D．nervously
D．upon
D．affords
D．Fortunately
D．bananas
D．realised
D．after
D．give |
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As the train approached the seaside town where I was going to spend my holidays, I went
into the corridor to __1__ my legs. I stayed there a short while, breathing in the fresh sea air
and __2__ a few words with one of the passengers, whom I had met earlier on the __3__.
When I turned to go back to __4__, I happened to glance into the compartment (车厢) next
to mine. Sitting there was a man who many years before had been my neighbour. He was a great
__5__, I remembered; it used to take hours to __6__ him once he began a conversation. I was
not at all __7__ when he went to live in another part of London. We had not met since then,
__8__ did I wish to meet him now, when __9__ was about to begin.
Luckily at that moment he was __10__ busy talking to the man opposite him to catch sight
of me. I slipped back into my compartment, took down my two suitcases and carried them to the
far end of the corridor so as to be ready to __11__ the train as soon as it stopped. The moment
the train came to a halt (停止), I called a porter, who in no time at all had carried my luggage out
of the station and __12__ me a taxi. As I drove towards my small hotel on the outskirts of the town,
I breathed a deep sigh of relief at my__13__. There was little chance that I should __14__ my boring
exneighbour again.
When I reached the hotel, I went __15__ to my room and rested there until it was time for dinner.
Then I went down to the dining room and __16__ a drink. I had barely raised the glass to my lips
__17__ an all too familiar voice greeted me. I had not escaped from the tiresome neighbour __18__!
He grasped me warmly by the hand and insisted that we __19__ a table in the dinningroom. "This is a
pleasant __20__," he said. "I never expected to see you again after all these years." |
( )1.A.reach
( )2.A.exchanging
( )3.A.fruit stand
( )4.A.the station
( )5.A.talker
( )6.A.get rid of
( )7.A.happy
( )8.A.so
( )9.A.holiday
( )10.A.very
( )11.A.get on
( )12.A.found
( )13.A.good luck
( )14.A.lose in touch with
( )15.A.carelessly
( )16.A.ordered
( )17.A.while
( )18.A.above all
( )19.A.spare
( )20.A.surprise | B．extend
B．changing
B．department store
B．my seat
B．poet
B．take care of
B．afraid
B．no
B．school day
B．too
B．stay on
B．gave
B．nice choice
B．run into
B．aimlessly
B．requested
B．before
B．after all
B．rent
B．interview | C．stretch
C．talking through
C．bus stop
C．the waiting room
C．speaker
C．get away from
C．sorry
C．not
C．work day
C．so
C．catch
C．offered
C．narrow escape
C．knock down
C．idly
C．fetched
C．when
C．first of all
C．reserve
C．appointment | D．loosen
D．talking about
D．station platform
D．the office
D．hero
D．pay attention to
D．content
D．nor
D．conversation
D．much
D．get off
D．bought
D．bad fortune
D．catch up with
D．straight
D．asked
D．after
D．in all
D．share
D．party |
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