It was a cold winter. The day my husband fell to his death, it started to snow, just 1 any November day.
His 2 , when I found it, was lightly covered with snow. It snowed almost every day for the next four months,
while I sat on the couch and watched it 3 . One morning, I walked slowly 4 and was surprised to see a
snow remover clearing my driveway and the bent back of a woman clearing my walk. I dropped to my knees
and crawled back upstairs, 5 those good people would not see me I was 6 . My first thought was, how
would I ever 7 them? I didn"t have the 8 to brash my hair, 9 clear someone"s walk.
Before Jon"s death, I felt proud that I 10 asked for favors. I identified myself by my competence and 11 .
So who was I if I was no longer capable? How could I 12 myself if I iust sat on the couch every day and
watched the snow fall?
Learning to receive the love and 13 from others wasn"t easy. Friends cooked for me and I cried. Finally,
my friend Kathy said, "Mary, cooking for you isn"t a 14 for me; it makes me feel good to be able to do
something for you."
Over and over, I heard 15 words from the people who supported me during those 16 days. One wise
man told me, "You aren"t doing nothing because being fully open to your 17 may be the hardest work you will
ever do."
I am not the person I 18 was, but in many ways I have changed for the 19 . I"ve been surprised to learn
that there is incredible freedom coming from 20 one"s worst fear and walking away whole. I believe there is
strength, for sure, in accepting a dark period of our life. |
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( )12. A. achieve
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( )14. A. burden
( )15. A. sensitive
( )16. A. blue
( )17. A. despair
( )18. A. still
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( )20. A. facing | B. in
B. soul
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B. yet
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B. award
B. strength
B. leave alone
B. gradually
B. independence
B. praise
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C. respect
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D. expressing | | 阅读理解。 | Forty-three years seems like a long time to remember the name of a mere acquaintance. I have forgotten
the name of the old lady, who was a customer on the paper route in my hometown when I was a twelve-year-
old boy. Yet it exists in my memory that she taught me a lesson in forgiveness which I shall never forget.
On a winter afternoon, a friend and I were throwing stones onto the roof of the old lady"s house. The
object of our play was to observe how the stones changed to missiles as they rolled to the edge of the roof.
I found myself a perfectly smooth rock and threw it out. The stone was too smooth, however, so it slipped
from my hand as I let it go and headed straight not for the roof but for a small window on the old lady"s back
porch. At the sound of crashed glass, we knew we were in trouble and ran away.
I was too scared about getting caught that first night to be concerned about the old lady with the broken
window in winter. However, a few days later, when I was sure that I hadn"t been discovered, I started to feel
guilty for her misfortune. She still greeted me with a smile each day when I gave her the paper, but I was no
longer able to act comfortable in her presence.
I made up my mind that I would save my paper delivery money, and in three weeks I had the seven dollars
to cover the cost of her window. I put the money in an envelope with a note explaining that I was sorry for
breaking her window and hoped that the seven dollars would cover the cost for repairing it.
I waited until it was dark, snuck up to the old lady"s house, and put the letter I didn"t sign through the letter
slot in her door. Once again, I could have the freedom of looking straight into the old lady"s kind eyes.
The next day, I handed the old lady her paper and was able to return the warm smile that I was receiving
from her. She thanked me for the paper and gave me a bag of cookies she had made herself.
Reaching for the cookies, I felt an envelope and pulled it out of the bag. When I opened the envelope, I was
surprised. Inside were the seven dollars and a short note that said, "I"m proud of you!" | | 1. Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage? | A. The author was a newsboy when he was 12 years old.
B. The old lady didn"t know who broke the window.
C. The author felt guilty of breaking the old lady"s window.
D. The story happened forty-three years ago. | | 2. The underlined words "snuck up" in the fifth paragraph probably means "_____". | A. went quietly
B. quickly made my way
C. stole something of no value
D. searched in a secret way | | 3. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? | A. A Bag of Cookies
B. A Broken Window
C. The Secret in the Cookies
D. A Painful Lesson | | 4. _____ probably impressed the author of the passage most. | A. The cookies made by the lady
B. The note inside the cookie bag
C. The broken window
D. The lady"s forgiveness | | 完形填空。 | One day I decided to quit.
I went to the 1 to have one last talk with God. "Can you give me one good 2 not to quit?" His answer
surprised me.
"Look around. Do you see the fern (蕨类植物) and the bamboo? When I planted their seeds, I took good
care of them. The fern quickly grew from the earth. 3 nothing came from the bamboo seed. During the
following three years, the fern grew more plentiful. And 4 nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did
not quit on the bamboo. Then in the fifth year a 5 sprout (新芽) emerged (出现) from the earth. Compared
to the fern it was 6 small and insignificant. But just 6 months later the bamboo 7 to over 100 feet tall. It
had spent the five years growing 8 . Those roots made it strong and gave it 9 it needed to survive. I
wouldn"t give any of my creations a challenge it could not 10 ."
He said to me. "All this time you have been struggling, you have 11 been growing roots. I would not quit
on the bamboo. 12 will I ever quit on you. Don"t 13 yourself with others. The bamboo had a different 14
from the fern Yet they both make the forest beautiful. Your time will 15 . You will rise high!"
"How high should I rise?" I asked.
"How high will the bamboo rise?" He asked 16 .
"As high as it can?" I 17 .
"Yes," He said. "Give me glory 18 rising a high."
I left the forest and bring back this story. I hope it can help you see that God will never 19 on you. Never
regret a day in your life. Good days give you happiness. Bad days give you 20 . Both are necessary to life. | ( )1. A. farm
( )2. A. reason
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( )4. A. often
( )5. A. thin
( )6. A. largely
( )7. A. raised
( )8. A. fruits
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( )10. A. handle
( )11. A. particularly
( )12. A. Either
( )13. A. furnish
( )14. A. purpose
( )15. A. go
( )16. A. in nature
( )17. A. questioned
( )18. A. from
( )19. A. cut up
( )20. A. experiences | B. woods
B. sense
B. Instead
B. always
B. tiny
B. entirely
B. provided
B. leaves
B. where
B. explore
B. actually
B. So
B. associate
B. recognition
B. come
B. in exchange
B. required
B. with
B. give up
B. strengths | C. bushes
C. response
C. Yet
C. ever
C. weak
C. seemingly
C. rose
C. seeds
C. how
C. present
C. merely
C. Neither
C. connect
C. credit
C. get
C. in respect
C. requested
C. by
C. break up
C. awards | D. heaven
D. explanation
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D. again
D. short
D. probably
D. produced
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D. what
D. offer
D. obviously
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D. compare
D. possibility
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D. pick up
D. ambitions | | 完形填空。 | It was at a concert that I happened to find David. He was holding his head at a strange 1 as if he were
staring down at something. Then the truth struck me. He was blind. The last thing he remembers 2 was
his daughter being born. Then the world went 3 .
Bad luck is no stranger to this 44-year-old man. His mother died of cancer, and his weak father had to 4
11-year-old David to the care of the state.
Things seemed always to go from bad to 5 . Two years ago, his beloved guide dog pulled him out of the
6 of a truck. David was not hurt. The dog 7 .
But David does not feel sorry for himself. "These are just little obstacles (障碍) you have to 8 in your life,"
he said.
He has to make a daily two-hour trip to his working place-the X-ray department of an 9 room.
It was a hard job to 10 . Before he got it, David was determined to escape the workshop run by the
Lighthouse, an organization 11 to help blind people. He wanted a job of developing X-ray film, something 12 ,
not just he, must do in the dark, including people with 13 eyesight. The Lighthouse called many hospitals, with
no result, 14 they offered to pay his first three months" salary.
David works alone in a dark room that 15 of chemicals. He cannot wear gloves. 16 , he could not feel.
Since this is an emergency room, lives can be put 17 or out of danger. His directress says she trusts him 100
percent.
He makes $ 20 000 a year. But his motivation (动机) goes 18 money. "By working, I can actualize my own
19 . That"s the most important!" he said.
What a shining example for us to 20 ! | ( )1. A. ankle
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( )3. A. blank
( )4. A. bring up
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( )7. A. killed
( )8. A. seek
( )9. A. upstairs
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( )11. A. intended
( )12. A. everyone
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( )14. A. because
( )15. A. consists
( )16. A. However
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( )19. A. blindness
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B. feeling
B. colorful
B. bring in
B. good
B. path
B. sacrificed
B. overcome
B. emergency
B. get through
B. aimed
B. nobody
B. poor
B. if
B. smells
B. Unfortunately
B. in brief
B. beyond
B. income
B. take | C. angle
C. seeing
C. empty
C. give up
C. better
C. wheel
C. died
C. surround
C. information
C. take up
C. offered
C. someone
C. normal
C. in case
C. allows
C. Otherwise
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C. onto
C. value
C. hold | D. altitude
D. hearing
D. silent
D. give in
D. mad
D. back
D. injured
D. search
D. underground
D. come by
D. devoted
D. none
D. actual
D. even though
D. fills
D. Besides
D. in charge
D. below
D. experiences
D. follow | | 阅读理解。 | In a moment of personal crisis, how much help can you expect from a Ne York taxi driver? I began
studying this question and found the answers interesting.
One morning I got into three different taxis and announced, "Well, it"s my first day back in New York
in seven years. I"ve been in prison." Not a single driver replied, so I tried again. "Yeah, I shot a man in Reno."
I explained, hoping the driver would ask me why, but nobody asked. The only response came from a Ghanaian
driver, "Reno? That is in Nevada?"
Taxi drivers were uniformly sympathetic when I said I"d just been fired. "This is America," a Haitian driver
said."One door is closed. Another is open." He argued against my plan to burn down my boss"s house. A
Pakistani driver even turned down a chance to profit from my loss of hope; he refused to take me to the middle
of George Washington Bridge-a $ 20 trip. "Why you want to go there? Go home and relax. Don"t worry. Take
a new job."
One very hot weekday in July, while wearing a red ski mask and holding a stuffed pillowcase with the word
"BANK" on it, I tried calling a taxi five times outside different banks. The driver picked me up every time. My
ride with a Haitian driver was typical of the superb assistance I received.
"Let"s go across the park." I said. "I just robbed the bank there. I got $ 25 000."
"$ 25 0007" He asked.
"Yeah, you think it was wrong to take it?"
"No, man. I work 8 hours and I don"t make almost $ 70. If I can do that, I do it too."
As we approached 86th and Lexington, I pointed to the Chemical Bank.
"Hey, there"s another bank," I said, "Could you wait here a minute while I go inside?"
"No, I can"t wait. Pay me now." His reluctance may have something to do with money-taxi drivers think
the rate for waiting time is too low-but I think he wanted me to learn that even a bank robber can"t expect
unconditional support. | | 1. From the Ghanaian driver"s response, we can infer that _____. | A. he was indifferent to the killing
B. he was afraid of the author
C. he looked down upon the author
D. he thought the author was crazy | | 2. Why did the Pakistani driver refuse to take the author to the middle of the George Washington Bridge? | A. Because he was able to help the author to find a new job.
B. Because he wanted to go home and relax.
C. Because it was far away from his home.
D. Because he thought that the author would commit suicide. | | 3. What is the author"s interpretation of the driver"s reluctance "to wait outside the Chemical bank"? | A. The driver thought that the rate for waiting time was too low.
B. The driver thought it wrong to support a taxi rider unconditionally.
C. The driver was frightened and wanted to leave him as soon as possible.
D. The driver did not want to help a suspect to escape from a bank robbery. | | 4. Which of the following statements is true about New York taxi drivers? | A. They are ready to help you do whatever you want to.
B. They often refuse to pick up those who would kill themselves.
C. They are sympathetic with those who are out of work.
D. They work only for money. | | 5. The passage mainly discusses _____. | A. how to please taxi drivers
B. how to deal with taxi drivers
C. the attitudes of taxi drivers towards riders in personal trouble
D. the attitudes of taxi drivers towards troublesome taxi riders | 最新试题
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