阅读理解 Much as Robby tried, he lacked the sense of tone and basic rhythm (节奏).
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Much as Robby tried, he lacked the sense of tone and basic rhythm (节奏). But he dutifully reviewed his lessons. Over the months he tried and tried, and often repeated to me "My mom"s going to hear me play some day." But he seemed hopeless, with no born ability. A real bad advertisement for my teaching! I was so happy when one day he stopped coming. Several weeks later my students were to have a recital (演奏会). To my surprise, Robby came, asking to play in the recital. "But, it is for current pupils; you dropped." "My mom was sick. But I have been practicing. I"ve just got to play!" I didn"t know what led me to agree, maybe... The recital came. I__put__Robby__up__last__to__play__before__my__"curtain__closer", by which, I could save the recital if... The recital went on well. Robby came up on stage, clothes wrinkled and his hair looked like he"d run an eggbeater through it. "How could his mom...?" Robby pulled out the piano bench and began. It was Mozart"s work! I was not prepared for what I heard next. Like in a dream, I was then woken up by the wild applause-everybody was on their feet! "I"ve never heard you play like that, Robby! How"d you do it?" Through the microphone Robby explained: "Well, Miss Hondorf, remember I told you my mom was sick? Actually she had cancer and died this morning. She was born deaf, and tonight was the first time she ever heard me play. I wanted to make it special." My eyes were wet. He was not a student of mine, but a teacher! |
1. We can infer from the underlined sentence that the writer ________. |
A. was fully confident that Robby would perform well in the recital B. thought that Robby would make the recital special C. thought that Robby wouldn"t play in the recital D. had no confidence in Robby at all in the recital |
2. What made the boy succeed in the recital? |
A. Love for his mother. B. Musical talent. C. The writer"s help. D. Regular practice. |
3. What made the writer think that Robby was her teacher, not a student? |
A. That he played better than her in the recital. B. That he loved his mother more than she did. C. That he never gave up. D. That the audience gave him more applause than her. |
4. What is the highlight of the recital? |
A The writer"s performance. B. Robby"s performance. C. Robby and his mom"s story. D. The audience"s applause. |
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A businesswoman got into a taxi in midtown. As it was the rush hour and she was in a __1__ to catch a train, she __2__ a quick way to reach it. "I have been a taxi driver for 15 years!" the driver said __3__. "You don"t think I know the best way to go?" The woman tried to explain that she hadn"t __4 __ to annoy him, but the driver kept __5 __. She finally realized that he was too annoyed to be __6 __, so she changed her __7 __. "You know, you are right," she told him. "It must seem __8 __ for me not to think you know the best way __9 __ the city." __10__, the driver glanced at his __11__ in the rearview mirror, turned down the street she wanted and got her to the train on time. "He didn"t say another word the rest of the ride," she said. "__12__ I got out and paid him. Then he thanked me." When you find yourself __13__ with people like the taxi driver, you will always try to __14__ your idea. It can lead to longer arguments, lose job chances or __15__ marriages. I have discovered one simple __16__ extremely unlikely method that can prevent the disagreement or other difficult situations from __17__ in a disaster. The __18__ is to put yourself in the other person"s shoes and look for the __19__ in what that person is saying. Find a way to __20__, and the result may surprise you. |
( )1. A. hurry ( )2. A. chose ( )3. A. jokingly ( )4. A. supposed ( )5. A. apologizing ( )6. A. reasonable ( )7. A. road ( )8. A. strange ( )9. A. across ( )10. A. Surprised ( )11. A. rider ( )12. A. until ( )13. A. satisfied ( )14. A. give up ( )15. A. combine ( )16. A. and ( )17. A. lying ( )18. A. problem ( )19. A. fact ( )20. A. agree | B. rush B. made B. angrily B. expected B. driving B. thoughtful B. mind B. wrong B. in B. Worried B. speaker B. after B. concerned B. turn down B. destroy B. that B. resulting B. importance B. meaning B. argue | C. moment C. found C. anxiously C. meant C. asking C. normal C. direction C. terrible C. through C. Annoyed C. helper C. because C. crowded C. stick to C. suffer C. but C. setting C. key C. expression C. explain | D. way D. suggested D. curiously D. decided D. shouting D. practical D. manner D. stupid D. along D. Disappointed D. comer D. since D. faced D. point out D. divide D. though D. leading D. reply D. truth D. escape |
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Long ago, near the village of Hedley, there lived a strange and playful trickster (骗子), known as the Hedley Kow. Sometimes it looked like an ordinary object. Sometimes it looked like a donkey or a goat. One evening, as an old woman went along the path, she saw an old iron pot lying in the ditch. "Fancy that," she said. "Nobody seems to want this old pot. I will take it home and plant pretty flowers in it." When she tried to lift it, she saw that it was full of gold pieces. "Well, now, if that doesn"t beat all," she said. "I"m rich! I can buy a fine house and fancy clothes." The pot was heavy, so she tied her shawl around it and began to drag it home. After a while, she stopped to rest. When she looked in the pot, she was amazed to see that it was full of silver pieces! "Oh, my God!" she said. "Aren"t I the lucky one! If it were gold, thieves would have been after me. My friends might have been jealous. But I can hide these silver pieces, take out a few at a time, and live like a queen." On she went, pulling the pot after her. She was nearing home now. At her gate, she looked into the pot. What a surprise! The silver had changed into a lump (块) of iron. "Iron," she said. "Well, now! No one will be jealous or want to steal this from me. I can use this iron to prop my door open and let in fresh air and sunlight. Lucky me!" As soon as she said that, the pot began to grow and later it became a goat. Then it jumped up and ran off down the road laughing. "Fancy that!" said the old woman. "I believe I have seen the Hedley Kow! Not many folks can say that, and that"s a fact. I"ll just sit up by my fire tonight thinking about how lucky I was to see it for myself. I truly must be the luckiest person in the world!" |
1. Which of the following sayings can best describe this story? |
A. All good things come to an end. B. The early bird catches the worm. C. Content is better than riches. D. All bad luck goes away. |
2. What does "the Hedley Kow" stand for in the eyes of the old woman? |
A. Glory. B. Honor. C. Misfortune. D. Luck. |
3. From this passage we can know the old woman is ______. |
A. optimistic B. pessimistic C. strange D. mindless |
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The Pecan Thief When I was six years old, I was visiting my grandfather"s farm in Kansas. Grandpa had sent me into the 1 to gather pecans for us to enjoy later. Pecan picking was really 2 work and my little basket was only half full. I wasn"t about to 3 Grandpa down. Just then something caught my 4 . A large brown squirrel was a few feet away. I watched as he picked up a pecan, hurried to a tree and 5 in a large hole in the trunk. A moment later the squirrel 6 out and climbed down to the ground to pick up another nut. Once again, he took the pecan back to his hiding place. Not so 7 anymore, I thought. I dashed over to the tree and looked into the hole. It was 8 with pecans! Golden pecans were right there for taking. This was my 9 . Handful by handful, I scooped all of those pecans into my basket. Now it was full! I was so 10 of myself. I couldn"t wait to show Grandpa all the pecans. 11 , I ran back and shouted, "Look at all the pecans!" He looked into the basket and said, "Well, well, how did you find so many?" I told him how I"d 12 the squirrel and taken the pecans from his hiding place. Grandpa congratulated me on how smart I"d been in observing the squirrel and his habits. Then he did something that 13 me. He handed the basket back to me and put his arm gently 14 my shoulders. "That squirrel worked very hard to gather his winter 15 of food," he said. "Now that all of his pecans are gone, don"t you think that little squirrel will 16 the cold winter?" "I didn"t think about that," I said. "I know," Grandpa said. "But a good man should never take 17 of someone else"s hard work." Suddenly I felt a bit 18 . The image of the starving squirrel wouldn"t 19 my mind. There was only one thing I could do. I carried the basket back to the tree and poured all the nuts into the hole. I didn"t eat any pecans that night, but I had something much more filling-the 20 of knowing I had done just the right thing. |
( )1. A. rooms ( )2. A. hard ( )3. A. let ( )4. A. sweater ( )5. A. joined ( )6. A. jumped ( )7. A. strange ( )8. A. covered ( )9. A. time ( )10. A. afraid ( )11. A. Otherwise ( )12. A. driven ( )13. A. annoyed ( )14. A. off ( )15. A. supply ( )16. A. escape ( )17. A. place ( )18. A. guilty ( )19. A. open ( )20. A. inspiration | B. woods B. dirty B. settle B. basket B. lived B. held B. secret B. filled B. choice B. ashamed B. However B. followed B. satisfied B. beside B. cost B. spend B. notice B. unconfident B. leave B. expectation | C. holes C. light C. have C. eye C. discovered C. stood C. anxious C. rebuilt C. chance C. careful C. Besides C. protected C. surprised C. over C. support C. survive C. advantage C. embarrassed C. cross C. impression | D. roads D. easy D. keep D. hand D. disappeared D. found D. patient D. decorated D. achievement D. proud D. Therefore D. caught D. delighted D. around D. preparation D. flee D. charge D. nervous D. occupy D. satisfaction | 完形填空 | "Today is the day I start the big diet (节食)," I told my wife as I raised my hand and 1 , "No chocolate today!" "Oh, has the hospital gift shop 2 selling it?" she asked. "No," I said. "I"ll just have to __3__ my strong determination." But when I arrived at the hospital, my little friend Benton had been there _4_. I knew my promise would 5 disappear. Because if Benton had things his way, I"d always be eating a piece of candy from the 6 bag he often shared with me. Benton was an eightyearold boy who was 7 because of a kind of cancer, which caused him to live in the darkness, when he was fifteen 8 old. For the next twentysix months, he was in and out of our hospital. For nearly four years, it seemed 9 Benton could beat the disease, until one Friday afternoon in April 2009, when he 10 a headache and lost 11 on his right side. His mom 12 him to the hospital. Over the next several months, Benton came to our 13 many more times. Each time he came, we 14 say hello, while Benton answered the 15 by holding out a candy from his bag. So, on that first day of my diet, I went to his room and found Benton lying in his bed, his eyes 16 but not looking into this world. "We brought his candy bag with us. Would you like to have some?" his mother asked. Without thinking of my diet, I 17 into the bag and pulled out the first piece my fingers touched. It was my favorite as if Benton had saved one last piece 18 me. At home that evening, I answered a phone about Benton"s 19 . As I 20 it up, I opened the candy and ate it. | ( )1. A. shouted ( )2. A. stopped ( )3. A. base on ( )4. A. once ( )5. A. suddenly ( )6. A. bottomless ( )7. A. ill ( )8. A. years ( )9. A. even though ( )10. A. found ( )11. A. movement ( )12. A. hurried ( )13. A. home ( )14. A. would ( )15. A. meeting ( )16. A. closed ( )17. A. ran ( )18. A. at ( )19. A. illness ( )20. A. put | B. answered B. continued B. depend on B. yet B. quickly B. countless B. injured B. seasons B. as though B. developed B. touch B. brought B. room B. could B. greeting B. glimpsed B. touched B. for B. blindness B. hung | C. stated C. kept C. insist on C. again C. quietly C. endless C. deaf C. months C. if only C. managed C. motion C. rushed C. office C. should C. encouraging C. glared C. reached C. with C. death C. set | D. promised D. tried D. keep on D. early D. shortly D. beltless D. blind D. days D. as with D. provided D. sight D. carried D. hospital D. must D. praising D. opened D. felt D. on D. sadness D. gave | 阅读理解 | Early one morning the subinspector at a station at the other end of the town rang me. An elephant was damaging the town. Would I please come and do something about it? I did not know what I could do, but I got onto a horse and started out. I took my gun, maybe too small to kill an elephant, but I thought the noise might scare him. Various local people stopped me on the way and told me about the elephant"s doings. It was not, of course, a wild elephant, but a tame one. It had been chained up but last night it had broken its chain and escaped. Its owner had set out to run after it, but had taken the wrong direction. He was now twelve hours" journey away, and in the morning the elephant had suddenly appeared in the town. It had already destroyed somebody"s bamboo hut (棚屋), killed a cow and turned over fruitstalls. I came round the hut and saw a man"s dead body sprawling in the mud. He was an Indian, and he could not have been dead many minutes. The people said that the elephant caught him with its trunk, put its foot on his back and grounded him into the earth. This was the rainy season and he was lying on his stomach in the soft mud, the__peacebreaker standing beside, looking innocent. As I lifted my gun, I hesitated a few seconds. Then I fired. That was a shot that did for him. You could see the pain of it knock the last strength from his legs. But in falling he seemed for a moment to rise, his trunk reaching skyward like a tree. He trumpeted, for the first and only time. And then down he came, with a crash that shook the ground. | 1. Which of the following statements about the author is TRUE? | A. He was an Indian. B. He knew elephants well. C. He was not a local villager. D. He was the owner of the elephant. | 2. The elephant made so much trouble because ________. | A. its owner treated him cruelly B. it got out of control C. it hated the village people D. it was a wild elephant | 3. The underlined words "the peacebreaker" in Paragraph 4 refer to ________ | A. the elephant B. the dead man C. the author D. the subinspector | 4. It can be inferred that the author felt ________ when he shot the elephant. | A. excited B. sad C. frightened D. happy |
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