阅读理解。 It was a warm April day when a big fat envelope came in the mail from
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It was a warm April day when a big fat envelope came in the mail from the only college I had ever imagined attending. I tore open the packet. My eyes were fixed on the word "congratulations". I don"t remember ever smiling so wide. Then I looked at my rinancial package. The cost of Dream School"s tuition, room and board was around $ 40,OOO-an impossible sum ! How could I afford to attend? What good reasons did I have to go there when three other fine colleges were offering me free tuition? My other choices were good, solid schools even if they weren"t as famous as my first choice. In my mind, attending my dream university would be the only way to realize my dream of becoming a world-class writer. My parents understood how l felt. They told me that even though it would be a financial problem, I could go wherever I would be happiest. But as I was always careful with money, l wasn"t sure what to do. One of the schools that offered me a full ride had an informational dinner one night in the spring. Considering my parents" financial difficulties, l decided to drive the 45 minutes and attend. At first, all I had planned to do was smile politely, eat free food, listen quietly. But I surprised myself. At dinner the president of the university talked about the wonderful activities on campus including guest lectures and social gatherings. He also made it perfectly clear that free food would be offered at all future events. He continued with explanations of professors, class sizes, activities, and sporting events on campus. As he spoke, I began to realize that this school, though not as good as my first choice, might be the best one for me. It seemed small yet with many great programs. It seemed challenging yet caring. As the president ended his speech, we clapped politely and pushed back our chain. As I walked out of that door, a feeling of comfort washed over me. Looking at the campus that night, l realized that I would be spending the next four years fighting there. In all honesty, my university is not as well-known as my " dream" university. However, it turned out to be the right choice of schools for me. |
1. How did the author feel when he started to read the letter? |
A. He was full of joy. B. He was lost in his dream. C. He was worried about the money. D. He was uncertain which school to go to. |
2. We can learn from the passage that the parents were _____. |
A. honest B. strict C. supportive D. decisive |
3. In Paragraph 5, " offered me a full ride" can be replaced by " _____". |
A. would pay for transport to the school B. would show me around the campus C. would offer free meals at all events D. would charge me nothing for tuition |
4. What does the author mainly want to say? |
A. Your second-choice college may actually be your best fit. B. You should consider comfort in your choice of schools. C. You should try your best to attend your dream school. D. Your choice of schools should be based on their fame. |
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Laughter and tears are parts of living. But do you find enough time for laughter? I am not asking if you 1 lots of good times. 2 we should laugh during the happy times. But do you also laugh during the 3 times? Erma Bombeck 4 her humorous books, but she wrote one that 5 a more serious topic: cancerin children. Erma talks with many children with cancer and learns 6 life lessons from them. She learns,for instance, that cancer survivors know 7 to laugh. She 8 the experience of 15-year-old Jessica from Burlington. Jessica"s leg was cut off at the knee because of cancer. She was learning to 9 a prosthesis (假肢). Jessica tells about playing 10 . She kicked the ball 11 and it flew off in one 12 while her artificial leg flew another way. She fell on the 13 and laughed. Jessica may not have laughed about her cancer, but she laughed about handling the 14 of it. And her laughter helped her deal. There is the story of 17-year-old Betsy. She 15 her way to the radiation room for her regular radiation therapy. As 16 , she dropped her hospital gown and, wore only her birthday suit, 17 onto the table and waited. The extra people in the room were not the medical students she had thought, but 18 painters giving an estimate on painting! Betsy laughs heartily about the incident. And like Jessica, her 19 to laugh helped her to deal with one of the most difficult things a young person can endure- cancer. Do you find plenty of 20 for laughter? You can ... if you also find reasons to laugh during the especially difficult times. Survivors know how to laugh. If you can laugh even when the going is rough, you"ll make it. And you"ll smile at the end. |
( )1. A. lose ( )2. A. Of course ( )3. A. sad ( )4. A. is famous as ( )5. A. connected ( )6. A. serious ( )7. A. when ( )8. A. describes ( )9. A. put ( )10. A. basketball ( )11. A. gently ( )12. A. way ( )13. A. ground ( )14. A. cause ( )15. A. tried ( )16. A. common ( )17. A. climbed ( )18. A. also ( )19. A. strength ( )20. A. times | B. miss B. In addition B. difficult B. was famous as B. reported B. important B. why B. learns B. have B. badminton B. hard B. method B. table B. result B. took B. often B. lay B. rather B. courage B. places | C. experience C. At first C. pleasant C. is known for C. called C. careful C. how C. keeps C. wear C. volleyball C. slightly C. direction C. chair C. process C. made C. be fore C. jumped C. already C. ability C. days | D. enjoy D. First of all D. usual D. was known for D. covered D. thoughtful D. what D. imagines D. make D. soccer D. straightly D. point D. bed D. end D. carried D. usual D. sat D. almost D. confidence D. moments |
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Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. One day I went up to Michael and asked him, "I don"t get it. You can"t be positive all the time. How do you do it?" Michael replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself "Mike, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood." I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining (抱怨), I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life." I often thought about that when I made a choice about life. Several years later, Michael was involved in a serious accident, falling off 60 feet from a communication tower. After l8 hours of operation, and weeks of intensive care, Michael was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back. I asked him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place. "The first thing that went through my mind was the well being of my soon-to-born daughter," Michael replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered I had two choices: I could choose to live or I could choose to die. In the operation room, I told the doctors and nurses, "I"m choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead"." Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. |
1. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 really means that Michael is a person _____. |
A. people would fall in love with B. people would easily get tired of C. people would envy for his positive life attitude D. people wouldn"t take seriously |
2. Each time something bad happens, Michael chooses to _____. |
A. be in a good mood B. learn from it C. complain about it D. ignore the negative side of it |
3. From the passage we can infer that _____. |
A. most people manage to lead a positive life at any time B. most people can"t lead a positive life at any time C. only Michael can be so positive D. the author is always a sad person |
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When Ray Necochea was building his dream house four years ago, he wrote the story of his life on a wooden beam below the rooftop, hoping a future relative might discover it. With that beam and everything else inside the home destroyed in the firestorm that has struck southern California this week, the 55-year-old electric company worker is promising to rebuild on the same hilltop overlooking nearby farms and mountain-tops. Such scenes of pain and hope for the future are taking place across southern California, where officialsare gradually lifting evacuation orders to allow residents back into areas damaged by some of the worst fires in the state"s history. Officials say the fires destroyed more than 2,000 homes, often with such fierceness that little remained. As a "troubleman" or repair worker for the San Diego Gas & Electric Company, Necochea had already seen his destroyed home on Monday, but returned on Thursday and mused(沉思) philosophically on the nature of life and loss. "I was so shocked," he said as he looked across what had once been a 4,600 square foot, three-bedroom home with a swimming pool in an area where the sounds of cows, coyotes and birds, not the din of modernity, are the soundtrack of daily life. "It was just a burning heap of ash. It was a horrible feeling; I don"t wish that on anyone." |
1. The fire that struck southern California this week ______. |
A. was the worst in the human history B. made residents there suffer a lot C. was set by somone on purpose D. made local officials upset |
2. When did Necochea first see his destroyed home? |
A. On Monday. B. On Tuesday. C. On Wednesday. D. On Thursday. |
3. Judging by Necochea"s words, we know he felt ______. |
A. terrible B. calm C. optimistic D. excited |
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I am used to taking a bus home, but last night it was 1 and I decided to ride in a taxi. I stood on the side-walk 2 to each car that passed. I 3 each one to 4 , but none would. Then I 5 that it was the time of day when one group of taxi drivers stopped and another began work. I began to wish that I hadn"t had the idea of taking a 6 . I was all wet. I 7 my hat to pour 8 the water that had collected in the brim (帽边). At that moment, a taxi stopped in front of me and the driver said something that I didn"t 9 . I quickly jumped in and sat down. "Where do you want to go ?" he asked me. I gave him my 10 . "That"s uptown (向住宅区), sir," he said. "I"m 11 duty now. I was just to 12 you up if you were going my 13 ." 14 this time it was raining harder. Cars were stopped 15 the taxi. Their knocking horns (喇叭) were beginning to 16 that we move. I 17 I had known what to do! I felt like insisting that the taxi driver 18 me home. But at the same time, I knew that I 19 have gotten into the taxi without understanding what the driver had said to me. Two more blasts (鸣笛) from somebody"s horn made the driver demand that I make up my mind. I got out, 20 I didn"t want to. |
( )1. A. late ( )2. A. signing ( )3. A. hoped ( )4. A. pass ( )5. A. remembered ( )6. A. walk ( )7. A. put on ( )8. A. off ( )9. A. understand ( )10. A. place ( )11. A. from ( )12. A. take ( )13. A. direction ( )14. A. By ( )15. A. at ( )16. A. order ( )17. A. wished ( )18. A. get ( )19. A. mustn"t ( )20. A. as if | B. dark B. showing B. thought B. pause B. forgot B. car B. took off B. out B. notice B. house B. off B. bring B. road B. On B. in front of B. demand B. hoped B. send B. couldn"t B. although | C. raining C. shaking C. considered C. stop C. imagined C. bus C. put away C. away C. hear C. home C. to C. pick C. path C. During C. behind C. suggest C. hated C. take C. shouldn"t C. so | D. snowing D. nodding D. expected D. stand D. thought D. taxi D. picked up D. into D. listen D. address D. on D. keep D. way D. In D. beside D. encourage D. regretted D. fetch D. mightn"t D. and |
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The famous director of a big and expensive movie planned to film a beautiful sunset over the ocean, so that the audiences could see his hero and heroine in front of it at the end of the film as they said goodbye to each for ever. He sent his camera crew out one evening to film the sunset for him. The next morning he said to the men, "Have you provided me with that sunset?" "No, sir," the men answered. The director was angry, "Why not?" he asked. "Well, sir," one of the men answered, "we are on the east coast here, and the sun sets in the west. We can get you a sunrise over the sea, if necessary, but not a sunset." "But I want a sunset!" the director shouted. "Go to the airport, take the next flight to the west coast, and get one" But then a young secretary had an idea. "Why don"t you photograph a sunrise?" she suggested, " and then play it backwards? Then it"ll look like a sunset." "That"s a good idea!" the director said. Then he turned to the camera crew and said, "Tomorrow morning I want you to get me a beautiful sunrise over the sea." The camera crew were out early the next morning and filmed a bright sunrise over the beach in the middle of a beautiful bay. Then at nine o"clock they took it to the director. "Her it is, sir." They said, and gave it to him. He was very pleased. They all went into the studio. " All right," the director explained, "now our hero and heroine are going to say goodbye. Run the film backwards so that we can see the "sunset" behind them." The "sunset" began, but after a quarter of minute, the director suddenly put his face in the hands and shouted to the camera crew to stop. The birds in the film were flying backwards, and the waves on the sea were going away from the beach. |
1. One evening, the director sent his camera crew out ______________. |
A. to watch a beautiful sunset B. to find an actor and an actress C. to film a scene on the sea D. to meet the audience |
2. Why did the director want to send his crew to the west coast? |
A. Because he changed his mind about getting a sunset B. Because he was angry with his crew C. Because it was his secretary"s suggestion D. Because he wanted to get a scene of sunset |
3. The director wanted to film a sunset over the ocean because___________. |
A. it went well with the separation of the hero and heroine B. when they arrived at the beach it was already in the evening C. it was more moving than a sunrise D. the ocean looked more beautiful at sunset |
4. After the "sunset" began, the director suddenly put his face in his hands __________. |
A. because he was moved to tears B. as he saw everything in the film moving backwards C. as the sunrise did not look as beautiful as he had imagined D. because he was disappointed with the performance of the hero and heroine] |
5. Which of the following is not true? |
A. The crew had to follow the secretary"s advice B. If you want to see a sunrise. The east coast is the place to go to C. The camera crew wasn"t able to film the scene the first day D. The director ordered his crew to stop filming the sunrise |
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