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Bobby was sitting out in his back yard in the snow. The thin sneakers he wore had a few holes in
them. Try as he might, he could not come up with an idea for his mother"s Christmas gift.
Ever since his father had passed away three years ago, his mother worked nights at the hospital, but
the small wage could only be stretched so far.
What the family lacked in money and material things, they more than made up for in love and family
unity. They ran the household in their mother’s absence. All three of his sisters had already made
beautiful gifts for their mother.It was Christmas Eve already, and he had nothing. Bobby started to walk
down to the street. He walked from shop to shop. Everything seemed so beautiful and so out of reach.
It was starting to get dark, then suddenly his eyes caught a shiny dime. Never has anyone felt so
wealthy as Bobby did at that moment.
He went inside a flower shop. When the owner asked if he could help him, Bobby presented the
dime and asked if he could buy one flower.
The shop owner looked at Bobby, then said, "You just wait here and I"ll see what I can do for
you." The shop owner returned holding red roses all tied together with a big silver bow. Bobby"s heart
sank as the owner placed them gently into a long white box. "That will be ten cents, young man," said the
shop owner, reaching out his hand for the dime. Slowly, Bobby moved his hand to give the man his dime.
Then the shopkeeper"s wife appeared. "Where are the roses you were fixing?"
The shop owner replied, "A strange thing happened to me this morning. I thought I heard a voice
telling me to set aside a dozen of my best roses for a special gift. I wasn"t sure at the time whether I had
lost my mind or what, but I set them aside anyway. When I saw that little boy tonight, I knew who that
voice was." |
| 1. According to the first three paragraphs we know that _____. |
A. Bobby"s sisters didn"t help Bobby to buy a gift
B. Bobby had known what gift he’d give to his mother
C. the children in the family all loved their mother
D. Bobby"s family was rich before his father died |
| 2. Why did Bobby walk along the street? |
A. Because he didn"t know what to do.
B. Because he wanted to try his luck there.
C. Because he wanted to get some money.
D. Because he hoped to see what he could get. |
| 3. What could he buy with a dime then? |
A. A flower.
B. Nothing.
C. A piece of cake.
D. Many flowers. |
| 4. Bobby slowly gave the dime to the shop owner because _______. |
A. he did not want any rose flowers
B. the flowers weren"t worth a dime
C. the shop owner would cheat him
D. he hardly believed what had happened |
| 5. From the last two paragraphs we can infer that the shop owner ______. |
A. was shocked by the voice he heard
B. was always ready to help others
C. didn"t know how to run a business
D. was good at making up stories |
答案
| 1-5: CABDB |
举一反三
| 完形填空。 |
On Sundays my father always wore that dull gray apron after breakfast when Dad always announced, "Go ahead everyone. I"ll take care of the dishes!"
I suppose it was strange for a boy"s father to 1 an apron, but I never thought 2 of it until the day
that Dad 3 with tradition. It was the last Sunday in August. My father seemed in an expansive mood as we walked 4 from church together.
"Tommy," he said letting my name roll off his tongue. "There comes a time in every boy"s life when he
must take on 5 ."
"Responsibilities?" I asked.
"Yes. It"s 6 that you took a greater role in the household. Starting today, I want you to do the dishes on Sunday morning 7 your mother and I can work the crossword puzzle together."
"The dishes?"
"Anything 8 with taking over the dishes, my son?"
I started to say 9 about a man"s job or woman"s work, but I knew immediately that my 10 would
fall on deaf ears.
I didn"t taste a bit of breakfast that morning. Dad seemed in a merry mood as he 11 an exceptional
Yankee game on the radio last night.
Suddenly, everything grew 12 . My father announced, "Let"s go on to read the paper."
"Aren"t you doing the 13 ?" my mother asked anxiously.
"Your oldest son has generously offered to fill the 14 ."
"I want you to have this, Tommy. It"ll 15 your clothes from getting wet." And 16 I could say a
protest, he had put the thing on me. "Thanks, my son. Your mother and I 17 this."
With that he 18 into the Sunday paper. I looked down at the plastic. It had seen better days. I could see my dad reaching for the dishes. The dark angel flew 19 . Soon I was singing about Mrs. Murphy’s chowder. The words came out of nowhere. And out of nowhere I knew the kind of man I 20 to be. |
( )1. A. share
( )2. A. many
( )3. A. broke
( )4. A. school
( )5. A. worries
( )6. A. time
( )7. A. because
( )8. A. wrong
( )9. A. everything
( )10. A. discussions
( )11. A. declared
( )12. A. quiet
( )13. A. manners
( )14. A. environment
( )15. A. keep
( )16. A. after
( )17. A. regret
( )18. A. disappeared
( )19. A. back
( )20. A. refused | B. wear
B. any
B. promised
B. business
B. responsibilities
B. room
B. so
B. good
B. something
B. judgement
B. pretended
B. empty
B. dishes
B. role
B. put
B. until
B. appreciate
B. returned
B. on
B. ordered | C. dress
C. little
C. showed
C. home
C. abilities
C. effort
C. but
C. beneficial
C. anything
C. excitement
C. described
C. cheerful
C. atmospheres
C. status
C. leave
C. before
C. dislike
C. existed
C. off
C. believed | D. hold
D. much
D. read
D. class
D. faults
D. money
D. for
D. right
D. nothing
D. protests
D. admitted
D. noisy
D. friends
D. position
D. make
D. while
D. focus
D. pretended
D. in
D. wanted |
| 阅读理解。 |
I was born in Rockville, Maryland into an immigrant (移民的) family that came to America from
Mainland China in the 1940"s. Last summer, I was in Beijing to work at the Chinese Center for Disease
Control and Prevention.
For 20 years I was regarded as Chinese or Asian in America. So answering the question "Where are
you from?" in China with "United States" was a little uncomfortable, sometimes for both sides. Some
co-workers were surprised at my use of chopsticks and my taste for Chinese food, as if being "American" could only mean eating at McDonald"s.
Luckily, I was not always looked on as an American. One afternoon, I took a bus back to my
apartment. A local (当地人) was talking with a white American in English. When the American got up at
his stop, I took his seat and heard the local"s conversation with a friend sitting on the other side of her. The local told her friend she often talked with foreigners and that was the best way to learn spoken English.
Meanwhile, I sat there and wanted to tell her that an American was still next to her.
Then I received a call from a friend about meeting up to watch Peking Opera the next day. When I
hung up my cellphone, the woman sitting next to me asked for how long I had been learning English in
order to speak it that well. She was a bit disappointed at my answer that I was born in the US, but the
question led to an interesting conversation on language learning. |
| 1.Why did the author come to China last year? |
A. To learn Chinese.
B. To do a job in China.
C. To learn more about China.
D. To help Chinese learn English. |
| 2. From the second paragraph we can learn that the author _____. |
A. liked McDonald"s food
B. knew some Chinese culture
C. didn"t like the life in China
D. didn"t come from the US |
| 3. The local talked with the white American mainly to _____. |
A. spread Western culture
B. discuss how to learn Chinese
C. ask how to go somewhere
D. practice spoken English |
| 4. When the author was telephoning, the local thought he was _____. |
A. a Chinese who spoke English well
B. an American who worked in China
C. a Japanese who could speak English
D. a local who liked Peking Opera |
| 5. Which of the following would be the best title of the text? |
A. Why do I love Beijing so much?
B. More American than Americans
C. A Chinese-American in China
D. Is English the global language? |
| 阅读理解。 |
When I started teaching at school, I was sure I would change the world and touch children who needed love.
Although my students seemed to respond pretty well to my teaching, there was a small group of girls
who became more and more hostile (敌对的) towards me.
One day a fight happened in my classroom. Attempting to end it, I stepped in (居中调停) to face one of these hostile young women, who started hitting me in the face. Two boys jumped up to control the girl,
but the damage was done.
While the girl was suspended (暂时停学) for a few days, I was determined that she would not return
to my classroom. But I also prayed. I wanted to see all the students right there in my daily work at school.
On the top of my daily lesson-plan book, I wrote this statement, "To see all the children in my
classroom is always beautiful." With this view I could expect to heal any anger towards the girl in my heart.
After her suspension, she returned to my classroom. The student"s young mother was trying to raise six children while her husband was away in the war. The mother and I agreed to work together to help her
oldest daughter.
There were no more incidents of anger the rest of the year. In fact, in the seven years I remained at that school, I taught all six of this family"s children. When the youngest was in my class, the mother told me,
"Our family loves you. Every year one of my kids says, "I hope I"m in her class!""
The standard of seeing each of my students as a perfect one was the best teaching tool I had, and led to success. |
| 1. At the beginning of teaching, the author _____. |
A. was full of confidence in herself
B. doubted if she could be a good teacher
C. was sure to win love from her students
D. decided to change her students" life |
| 2. What happened in the author"s class one day? |
A. A girl fought with two boys.
B. She was hit by a girl.
C. She hit a girl in the face.
D. Her class was troubled by several girls. |
| 3. How was the girl punished? |
A. She was sent to another class.
B. She was driven out of school at once.
C. She had to stay at home for a few days.
D. She was beaten heavily by her mother. |
| 4. When the girl returned to school, _____. |
A. she apologized to the author
B. she took her mother to school
C. the author was still angry with her
D. the author treated her with love |
| 5. It can be inferred from the text that _____. |
A. the author got along better with boys
B. the author tried to let the girl come to her class
C. the girl"s mother was very thankful to the author at last
D. all the six kids of the woman are hard to teach |
| 完形填空。 |
I grew up poor, living with my wonderful mother. We had little money but plenty of love and attention.
I was 1 and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still 2 a dream.
My dream was to be a sportsman. 3 I was sixteen, I had started playing baseball. I could throw a
ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and hit anything that moved on the football field. I was also 4 : my
high-school coach was Ollie Jarvis, who not only believed in me, but taught me 5 to believe in myself.
He 6 me the difference between having a dream and realizing the dream. One particular 7 with Coach
Jarvis changed my life forever.
It was the summer between my junior and senior years, and a friend recommended (推荐) me for a
summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket-money for a new bike and new clothes, and
the 8 of savings for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to 9 summer baseball to deal
with the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn"t be playing.
When I told Coach Jarvis, he was as 10 as I expected him to be. "You have your whole life to
work," he said. "Your playing days are limited. You can"t 11 to waste them." I stood before him with
my head hanging, trying to think of the 12 that would explain 13 him why my dream of buying my
mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his 14 in me.
"How much are you going to make at this job, son?" he asked. "Three twenty-five an hour," I replied.
"Well," he asked, "is $3.25 an hour the 15 of a dream?"
That simple question made it 16 to me the difference between 17 something right now and
following a dream. I 18 myself to sports that summer, and within the year I was 19 by the Pittsburgh
Pirates to play baseball, and was 20 a $20,000 contract. In 2000, I bought my mother the house of my
dream! |
( )1. A. happy
( )2. A. lose
( )3. A. By the time
( )4. A. right
( )5. A. how
( )6. A. gave
( )7. A. accident
( )8. A. aim
( )9. A. keep up
( )10. A. mad
( )11. A. adopt
( )12. A. answers
( )13. A. for
( )14. A. sadness
( )15. A. source
( )16. A. direct
( )17. A. wanting
( )18. A. provided
( )19. A. worked
( )20 A. paid
| B. polite
B. have
B. The time
B. popular
B. why
B. taught
B. matter
B. idea
B. put up
B. happy
B. afford
B. excuses
B. to
B. regret
B. prize
B. clear
B. changing
B. devoted
B. mentioned
B. got | C. shy
C. make
C. At one time
C. lucky
C. when
C. brought
C. problem
C. start
C. give up
C. frightened
C. affect
C. words
C. on
C. hopelessness
C. price
C. clean
C. dreaming
C. headed
C. fired
C. offered | D. honest
D. need
D. At a time
D. confident
D. whether
D. asked
D. experience
D. purpose
D. pick up
D. shameful
D. effect
D. ways
D. in
D. disappointment
D. allowance
D. straight
D. choosing
D. imagined
D. hired
D. signed | | 阅读理解。 | When my family moved to America from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our
luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should
always respect elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States.
I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a
middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had
made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her
face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive (敏感) Americans are and how they dislike the description "old". I
then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they
understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer
angry.
In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or
eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people
always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.
However, in the United States, people think "growing old" is a problem since "old" shows that a
person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves
away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused
them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn"t want to hear.
After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don"t respect them any
more; I still respect them, but now I don"t show my feelings through words. | | 1. Jack brought the couple their food very fast because . | A. the manager asked him to do so
B. he respected the elderly
C. the couple wanted him to do so
D. he wanted more pay | | 2. When Jack called the couple "elderly", they became . | A. nervous
B. satisfied
C. unhappy
D. excited | | 3. In Jack"s hometown, . | A. people dislike being called "old"
B. people are proud of being old
C. many people reach the age of seventy or eighty
D. the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants | | 4. After this experience, Jack . | A. lost his job in the restaurant
B. made friends with the couple
C. no longer respected the elderly
D. changed his way with older people | | 5. Which of the following is TRUE? | A. The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got.
B. Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience.
C. The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple.
D. From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture. | 最新试题
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