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| 阅读理解。 |
I was feeling a little blue because my mother had been laid off from her job and she had lots of bills to
pay. It left me wondering what was going to happen to us now. But it reassured me some when my mother told me she was relieved to be leaving since her boss wasn"t the nicest person to be around.
I got off the college shuttle bus and started walking. That"s when I heard piano music and singing
rising above the noise of the people and the traffic. I walked a little slower so I could find out to where it
was coming from. Through the crowd I saw a young lady sitting at a piano with a carriage next to her.
She was singing songs about love, keeping on trying, and not underestimating the power within
yourself. The way she was singing comforted me a bit. I stood there watching her play for about fifteen
minutes, thinking that it must take courage to perform on your own in the middle of a crowded New York
ferry terminal.
So I stood there listening.
She must have felt my presence because she would occasionally look in my direction. By now I was
telling myself that if she could perform in front of hundreds of people she didn"t know then I could at least
tell her how good she sounded. I walked over and put some money in her carriage and she said, "Thank
you." Instead of continuing my way home, I said to her, "I have been going through a rough time lately,
but you"ve made me hopeful again."
"I"m happy that I could help," she replied. "Why are you so sad?"
"Well, my mum told me she had got fired from her job, and that made me sad. I"m not so sure what
to do ..."
"You see, here"s the problem," she explained. "The way you were walking, your head was down.
Don"t look defeated, because opportunity comes in different ways and if your head is down you might
never see it. You should smile more ... lift your head up."
I smiled faintly, amazed by how she was encouraging me. So, I asked her, "Why are you playing the
piano in the middle of a crowded place? I"ve seen you do this more then once."
She explained to me that she sees a lot of negative people in the world and she tries to alleviate the
pain and bring more positivity by sharing motivational music. She told me that when she wasn"t making
music she studied psychology. So, that was how she knew some of the things she was telling me.
I smiled a little wider because I knew that she was doing a good thing. So, after that we parted, my
heart touched and lightened by a musical soul! |
| 1. The writer"s felt sad because ______ . |
A. her mother was injured while at work and a lot of money was needed
B. her mother resigned because she disliked her boss
C. her mother made a serious mistake and had to pay for it
D. her mother lost her job and had difficulty paying for her bills |
| 2. We can learn from Paragraph 3 that the young lady sang to ______ . |
A. show her love for life
B. rid herself of low spirits
C. earn money for her schooling
D. inspire others to live positively |
| 3. What did the singer recommend to avoid negative mood? |
A. smiling and raising your head
B. looking for opportunities
C. underestimating the power within yourself
D. playing music in public |
| 4. Which word may best describe the young lady? |
A. helpful
B. outgong
C. ambitious
D. humorous |
| 5. Which do you think is the best title of the passage? |
A. A Unforgettable Experience
B. A Heart Touched By A Musical Soul
C. Music Can Do Wonders
D. A Good Deed Helped Me Out |
答案
| 1-5: DDAAB |
举一反三
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Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The
moment was exciting. Salome"s 1 filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so 2 that I
decided to write an article about her.
I 3 Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk
about her career. She 4 and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was
scared out of my mind. I 5 I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn"t even written a grocery list.
I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there 6 , taking notes and asking questions that all
began with, "Can you tell me…" I soon realized that 7 Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story
for a national magazine was just impossible. The 8 was almost unbearable. I struggled for days 9
draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.
It didn"t take long. My manuscript 10 . How stupid of me! I thought. How could I 11 in a world
of professional writers? Knowing I couldn"t 12 the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into
a drawer.
Five years later, I was moving to California. While 13 my apartment, I came across the unopened
envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor"s letter in 14 :
Ms Profit,
Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some 15 materials. Please add those and
return the article immediately. We would like to 16 your story soon.
Shocked, it took me a long time to 17 . Fear of rejection cost me ly. I lost at least five hundred
dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of 18 writing.
Today, I have become a full - time writer. Looking back on this 19 , I learned a very important lesson:
You can"t 20 to doubt yourself. |
( )1. A. joy
( )2. A. proud
( )3. A. visited
( )4. A. agreed
( )5. A. replied
( )6. A. seriously
( )7. A. blaming
( )8. A. hardship
( )9. A. with
( )10. A. disappeared
( )11. A. compare
( )12. A. ignore
( )13. A. decorating
( )14. A. disbelief
( )15. A. subjective
( )16. A. broadcast
( )17. A. recover
( )18. A. energetic
( )19. A. experience
( )20. A. attempt | B. voice
B. active
B. emailed
B. refused
B. discovered
B. patiently
B. fooling
B. failure
B. by
B. returned
B. struggle
B. deliver
B. repairing
B. anxiety
B. relevant
B. create
B. prepare
B. endless
B. success
B. afford | C. speech
C. satisfied
C. phoned
C. hesitated
C. explained
C. nervously
C. inviting
C. comment
C. on
C. spread
C. survive
C. face
C. cleaning
C. horror
C. private
C. publish
C. escape
C. typical
C. benefit
C. expect | D. smile
D. moved
D. interviewed
D. paused
D. knew
D. quietly
D. urging
D. pressure
D. in
D. improved
D. compete
D. receive
D. leaving
D. trouble
D. reliable
D. assess
D. concentrate
D. enjoyable
D. accident
D. pretend |
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Until I was twelve years old, I thought everyone in the world knew about the grinnies, if I thought
about the term at all - which is unlikely. After all, everyone in my family used the word quite naturally,
and we understood each other. So far as I knew, it was a word like any other word - like bath, or
chocolate, or homework. But it was my homework which led to my discovery that grinnies was a
word not known outside my family.
My last report card had said that I was a "C" student in English, and my parents, both teachers,
decided that no child of theirs would be just an average student of anything. So nightly I spelled words
aloud and answered questions about the fine points of grammar. I wrote and rewrote and rewrote every
composition until I convinced my mother that I could make no more improvements. And the hard work
paid off. One day the teacher returned compositions, and there it was - a big fat, bright red "A" on the
top of my paper. Naturally, I was delighted, but I didn"t know I was attracting attention until the teacher
spoke sharply, "Helen, what are you doing?"
Called suddenly out of my happy thoughts, I said "Oh, I"ve got the grinnies!" The teacher and my
classmates burst into laughter, and then I understood that grinnies were used inside my family. Other
people were not so lucky.
And it is really lucky to have the grinnies, an uncontrollable, natural state of great pleasure. Grinnies
are shown on the outside by sparkling eyes and a wide, wide smile - not just any smile, but one that
shows the teeth and stretches the mouth to its limits. A person experiencing the grinnies appears to be
all mouth. On the inside grinnies are characterized by a feeling of joyful anxiety. Grinnies usually last just
a few seconds, but they can come and go. Sometimes, when life seems just perfect, I have occasional
attacks of the grinnies for a whole day.
The term originated in my mother"s family. Her younger sister, Rose, who had deep dimples (酒窝),
often expressed her pleasure with such a grin that the dimples appeared to become permanent. When
Rose was about four, she started explaining her funny look by saying, "I have the grinnies". The term
caught on, and it has been an important word in our family now for two generations.
The occasion doesn"t matter. Anything can bring on the grinnies - just so long as one feels great
delight. When my brother finally rode his bicycle - without training wheels - from our house to the corner
and back, he came home with the grinnies. When I was little, my mother"s announcement that we would
have homemade ice cream for dessert always gave me the grinnies. My father had the grinnies when I
was chosen to make a speech at the end-of-school-year ceremony. Grinnies can be brought on by a
good meal, a sense of pride, a new friend, a telephone call from someone special, an achievement. Or
sometimes one gets the grinnies for no reason at all: just a sudden sense of happiness can bring on a
case. Whatever brings them on, an attack of the grinnies is among life"s greatest pleasures.
In fact, now that I look back on the experience, I feel sorry for my seventh-grade teacher. I think it"s
a pity that she didn"t know the word grinnies. It"s such a useful term for saying, "I"m really, really pleased!" |
| 1. After the writer was twelve years old, she ______. |
A. thought everyone knew the meaning of "grinnies"
B. equaled "grinnies" to bath or chocolate in meaning
C. got to know "grinnies" was used only inside her family
D. discovered the word "grinnies" through her mother |
| 2. When her English teacher called her name, the writer was ______. |
A. looking at the big "A" on the top of her paper
B. listening to her English teacher attentively
C. too happy to notice what"s happening around her
D. busy rewriting and improving her compositions |
| 3. According to the writer, the word "grinnies" originates from______. |
A. her mother
B. her aunt
C. her brother
D. her father |
| 4. The writer feels sorry for her seventh-grade teacher because the teacher______. |
A. has no pity on her students
B. should not have laughed at her
C. doesn"t have any luck to meet her parent
D. has no idea of what "grinnies" is |
| 5. What method does the writer use to explain "grinnies"? |
A. Cause and effect.
B. Examples.
C. Comparison and contrast.
D. Process. |
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We always celebrated Dad"s November birthday on Thanksgiving Day, even after he entered a
nursing home. As years 1 , these events took on a 2 meaning for me-a traditional birthday party for
Dad, and a 3 thanking for all he had been to me in my life.
When we knew that it might be his last birthday, the 4 family decided to prepare for a huge
Grandpa Simon birthday celebration at the nursing home. It was a crowded party with lots of noise and
food.
During a quiet moment ,I announced that it was now Dad"s 5 to listen to some stories for a 6
change.I wanted everyone to tell Grandpa Simon 7 we loved about him .The room because 8 , abd
even Dad was quiet as his family crowded around him. One after 9 another ,people told stories from
their hearts ,while Dad listened with 10 . people 11 recalled all kinds of lost memories-stories about
12 when they were little, stories about when Dad was young ,stories that are shared family treasures .
The stories 13 . Each one seemed to trigger the memory of two more. 14 the littlest grandchildren
couldn"t wait to tell Dad why they loved him. For a man who had been kind to so many hundreds of
people in his life, here was our 15 to celebrate him.
A few months later, at Dad"s memorial 16 , we more fully realized what we had given Dad that
night. Those were the stories people 17 tell at a burial service, after a loved one is no longer around to
hear the words. They are told, then, full of tears, with the 18 that the person who passed away will
somehow hear the outpouring of love. But we had given those loving memories to Dad in life, told 19
laughter, with hugs and joy. He had 20 to hold and roll over in his mind during his last months and days. |
( )1. A. past
( )2. A. several
( )3. A. personal
( )4. A. all
( )5. A. turn
( )6. A. chance
( )7. A. why
( )8. A. still
( )9. A. others
( )10. A. wet
( )11. A. realized
( )12. A. which
( )13. A. escaped
( )14. A. especially
( )15. A. course
( )16. A. service
( )17. A. eventually
( )18. A. hope
( )19. A. in
( )20. A. it | B. went in
B. double
B. personnel
B. both
B. way
B. change
B. when
B. noisy
B. the other
B. dry
B. recognized
B. what
B. flowed
B. specially
B. courage
B. section
B. normally
B. anger
B. into
B. them | C. went on
C. any
C. person
C. whole
C. saying
C. charge
C. what
C. empty
C. another
C. clean
C. rewrote
C. when
C. memorized
C. even
C. custom
C. servant
C. importantly
C. kindness
C. through
C. us | D. past on
D. single
D. personality
D. entirely
D. right
D. choice
D. that
D. crowded
D. other
D. amazing
D. recalled
D. why
D. told
D. ever
D. chance
D. settlement
D. occasionally
D. opening
D. by
D. me |
| 阅读理解。 |
"Everything happens for the best," my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. "If you carry on,
one day something good will happen. And you"ll realize that it wouldn"t have happened if not for that
previous disappointment."
Mother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college in 1932, I had decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to a sports announcer. I hitchhiked to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station-and got turned down every time. In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn"t risk hiring an inexperienced person. "Go out in the sticks and find a small station that"ll give you a chance," she said. I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois.
While there were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I applied. The job sounded just right for me. But I wasn"t hired. My disappointment must have shown. "Everything happens for the best." Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to hunt a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, my frustration (挫折) boiled over. I asked aloud, "How can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he can"t get a job in a radio station?" I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling, "What was you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?" Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game. The preceding (在前的) autumn, my team had won a game in the last 20 seconds with a 65-yard run. I did a 15-minute build-up to that play, and Peter told me I would be broadcasting Saturday"s game! On my way home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother"s words: "If you carry on, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn"t have happened if not for that previous disappointment."
I often wonder what direction my life might have taken if I"d gotten the job at Montgomery Ward. |
| 1. The writer shows his _____ by saying ""… if I"d not gotten the job at Montgomery Ward". |
A. regret
B. happiness
C. gratefulness
D. disappointment |
| 2. The underlined phrase "out in the sticks" probably means _____? |
A. in radio stations
B. in the country
C. in big cities
D. in Dixon, Illinois |
| 3. Why did the writer mention his mother"s words over and again? Because _____. |
A. it was his mother"s words that encouraged him
B. his mother was a person who talked a lot
C. nothing good has happened to him up to now
D. he got turned down every time he tried |
| 4. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? |
A. There was a small radio station in Dixon, Illinois.
B. Peter MacArthur was a program director in Scotland.
C. WOC Radio in Davenport broadcast imaginary games.
D. Montgomery Ward had a store with a sports department. |
| 5. When did the writer decide to take a radio-announcing job? |
A. When he hitchhiked to Chicago.
B. After he graduated from college.
C. Before he graduated from college.
D. As soon as he was turned down. |
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A poor boy Howard Kelly was trying to make some money for school by selling goods. He found
that he had only one coin left. He was so _1 that he decided to beg for a meal at the next house.
However, he lost his courage(勇气) when a lovely young 2 __ opened the door. Instead of asking
for a meal, he asked for a drink of ___3__ . She smiled understandingly and brought him a __4__glass
of milk. He drank it slowly and then asked, “How much is it?”
“You need pay nothing.” she replied. “Mother has __5__me never to accept pay for a __6__.” As
Howard __7_ that house, he not only felt stronger __8__ , but it also made him believe in God and the
human beings more. He was about to give up before this.
__9_ later, the young woman became very ill. She was sent to the big city, Dr Howard Kelly, now
famous, was called in for the treatment（治疗）. __10__When he heard the name of the __11__she
came from,
a _12__light filled his eyes. Immediately, he rose and went down through the hospital hall into her room.
He __13__her at once. From that day on, he gave __14_ attention to her case and __15__ to do his
best to saveher life.
After a long time, she recovered. The bill was sent to her room. She was ___16__to open it because
she
knew it would ___17__ the rest of her life to pay it off. Finally she looked at the bill and saw these
words on ne side of it,
“Paid in full with __18__ .”
Dr Howard Kelly
Tears of __19__ ran out of her eyes as she cried, “Thank you, _20___. Your love has got around
through human hearts and hands.”
|
( )1.A. worried
( )2.A. lady
( )3.A. water
( )4.A. hot
( )5.A. said to
( )6.A. happiness
( )7.A. went in
( )8.A. in body
( )9.A. Days
( )10.A. when
( )11.A. city
( )12A. quick
( )13. treated
( )14.A. special
( )15.A. wished
( )16.A. afraid
( )17.A. need
( )18.A. all her money
( )19.A. comfort
( )20.A. Doctor | B. milk
B. gentleman
B. milk
B. cold
B. ordered
B. kindness
B. stayed in
B. in mind
B. Weeks
B. where
B. room
B. happy
B. realized
B. much
B. decided
B. excited
B. spend
B. my pay
B. joy
B . Mother |
C. soup
C. doctor
C. soup
C. large
C. allowed
C. food
C. left
C. in courage
C. Months
C . then
C. town
C. familiar
C. recognized
C. little
C. hoped
C. unable
C. take
C. love
C. surprise
C. Boy
| D. wine
D. mother
D. wine
D. small
D. taught
D. milk
D. ran from
D. in health
D. Years
D. that
D. house
D. strange
D. saved
D. large
D. ordered
D. certain
D. cost
D. a glass of milk
D. sadness
D. God |
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