阅读理解。 A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many month
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A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful
sports car in a dealer"s showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he
wanted.
As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally,
on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he
was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautifully wrapped
gift box. Curious, and somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather
bound Bible, with the young man"s name marked in gold. Angrily, he shouted at his father and said"with all
your money, you give me a Bible?" and stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.
Many years passed and the young man had become very successful in business. He had a beautiful home
and wonderful family, but realized his father now was getting old, and thought perhaps he should go see him.
He had not seen him since that graduation day. However, before he could make arrangements, he received a
mail telling him his father had passed away.
When he arrived at his father"s house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search
through his father"s important papers and saw the still gift-wrapped Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With
tears, he opened the Bible and was about to turn pages whena ear key dropped from the back of the Bible. It
had a tag with the dealer"s name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had wanted. On the tag was the
date of his graduation, and the words PAID IN FULL.
How many times do we miss God"s blessings because we can"t see past our own desires? |
| 1. Why did the young man warn the sports ear eagerly? |
A. His classmates all had such cars.
B. His father once promised him a car.
C. He had a high regard for the car.
D. His father encouraged him to buy a car. |
| 2. Which of the following is NOT TRUE to the passage? |
A. The young man misunderstood his father on his graduation Day.
B. The gift he received in his father"s study was wrapped very well.
C. The father put the car key in between the pages of a Bible.
D. The gift for graduation was a Bible instead of a sports ear. |
| 3. What"s the main idea about this passage? |
A. Bible is the most educable thing.
B. Packing is very important for a gift.
C. There is no father but loves her son.
D. One may miss blessing only by judging the appearance of a gift. |
| 4. In the end of the story, which of the following can describe the young man? |
A. Disappointed
B. Regretful
C. Satisfied
D. Frightened |
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| 阅读理解。 |
I made a pledge (誓言) to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I would
try to be a loving husband and father. Totally loving. No ifs, ands or buts.
The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio. The speaker was quoting a Biblical (圣经
的) passage about husbands being thoughtful of their wives. Then he went on to say, "Love is an act of will.
A person can choose to love." To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband. Well, for two weeks
that would change.
And it did. Right from the moment I kissed Evelyn at the door and said, "That new yellow sweater looks
great on you."
"Oh, Tom, you noticed," she said, surprised and pleased. Maybe a little puzzled.
After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach. I started to refuse,
but then I thought, "Evelyn"s been alone here with the kids all week and now she wants to be alone with me."
We walked on the beach while the children flew their kites.
So it went. Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street firm where I am a director; a visit to the shell museum
though I usually hate museums. Relaxed and happy, that"s how the whole vacation passed. I made a new pledge
to keep on remembering to choose love.
There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment, however. Evelyn and I still laugh about it today. On the last night at our cottage, preparing for bed, Evelyn stared at me with the saddest expression.
"What"s the matter?" I asked her.
"Tom," she said in a voice filled with distress (悲痛), "do you know something I don"t?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well…that checkup (体检) I had several weeks ago…our doctor…did he tell you something about me?
Tom, you"ve been so good to me…am I dying?"
It took a moment for it all to sink in. Then I burst out laughing.
"No, honey," I said, wrapping her in my arms. "You"re not dying; I"m just starting to live." |
| 1. From the story we may infer that Tom drove to the beach cottage __________. |
A. with his family
B. with Evelyn
C. alone
D. with his children |
| 2. During the two weeks on the beach, Tom showed more love to his wife because __________. |
A. she looked lovely in her new clothes
B. he had made a lot of money in his Wall Street firm
C. he was determined to be a good husband
D. she was seriously ill |
3. The author says, "There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment." What was the one thing
that went wrong? |
A. He praised her sweater, which puzzled her.
B. She insisted on visiting a museum, which he hated.
C. He knew something about her illness but didn"t tell her.
D. He was so good to her that she thought she must be dying. |
| 4. By saying "I"m just starting to live," Tom means that _____. |
A. he is just beginning to understand the real meaning of life
B. he is just beginning to enjoy life as a loving husband
C. he lived an unhappy life before and is now starting to change
D. he is beginning to feel regret for what he did to his wife before |
| 完形填空。 |
One afternoon, many years ago, I went to pick up my mother from work. I got there a little early so I 1
the car by the roadside, across the street from where she worked, and 2 for her.
As I 3 outside the car window, to my fight there was a small park where I saw a little boy around two
years old. He was running freely on the 4 as his mother watched him from a short distance. The boy had a
big 5 on his face as if he had just been set 6 from some sort of prison. The boy would then fail to the
grass, get up, and without looking back at his mother, run as 7 as he could again, still with a smile on his
face, as if 8 had happened.
When kids, especially at an early age, fall down, they don" t see their falling down as a 9 , but instead,
they treat it as a 10 experience. They have the desire to try and try again 11 they succeed~ The answer
must be that they have not 12 "falling down" with the word"failure" yet. Thus they don"t know 13 to feel
the state which accompanies failure. What" s more, they probably think that it" s perfectly Okay to fall down,
and that it"s not 14 to do So. In other words, they give themselves 15 to make mistakes subconsciously
(潜意识地). Thus they
16 encouraged.
While I was touched by the boy" s persistence, I was 17 touched by the manner in which he ran. With
each 18 , he looked so confident.., so natural.
No 19 of fear, of nervousness, or of being discouraged -as if he didn" t have a 20 about the world
around him. I learned a lot from that observation and experience, and have successfully brought that lesson
with me in my many pursuits in life. |
( )1. A. found
( )2. A. sent
( )3. A. looked
( )4. A. road
( )5. A. smile
( )6. A. aside
( )7. A. slowly
( )8. A. something
( )9. A. trouble
( )10. A. learning
( )11. A. unless
( )12 A. communicated
( )13. A. where
( )14. A. good
( )15. A. permission
( )16. A. grow
( )17. A. simply
( )18. A. pain
( )19. A scenes
( )20. A care | B. parked
B. called
B. jumped
B. ground
B. scar
B. apart
B. fast
B. nothing
B. difficulty
B. falling
B. after
B. associated
B. when
B. interesting
B. choice
B. remain
B. usually
B. success
B. marks
B. look | C. watched
C. waited
C. stood
C. path
C. tear
C. free
C. beautifully
C. everything
C. fear"
C. walking
C. until
C. mixed
C. what
C. fight
C. situation
C. escape
C. equally
C. attempt
C. signals
C. life | D. cleaned
D. searched
D. left
D. grass
D. sweat
D. right
D. stably
D. anything
D. failure
D. nursing
D. when
D. dealt
D. how
D. wrong
D. condition
D. turn
D. hardly
D. support
D. signs
D. chance | | 阅读理解。 | A 36-year-old man stormed into the Ramona Post Gffice, yelling at everyone to get out of his way.
Carrying a shotgun, he climbed up onto the counter and told everyone to lie on the floor. Then he pulled
the trigger (扳机) and fired a round into the ceiling. Piaster splattered (飞溅) onto the floor and the
customers.
The man ordered all the customers and employees to sit tip and look at him. He said,"Repeat after me:
I hate the post office!" Everyone repeated the words. He fired a second round, but this time he aimed at
the front plate glass window. Shattered (粉碎的) glass went everywhere.
Three minutes later, five police cars pulled up in front of the post office, lights flashing and sirens (警
报器) roaring. Using a bullhorn (喇叭), a police officer told the man to" walk out backwards with his
hands up. The man fired another blast out of the shattered window. The police officer and his bullhorn
were uninjured. However. one police car had t~ee little pit marks in it.
The man yelled,"I" m not coming out until the post office pays me for pain and suffering. A postal truck
ran into my car two years ago. My back is killing me. I can" t work any more. My wife left me. I can" t
take it any more.""
After a while, the man calmed down. He released all the people inside. At 7:00 p. m.", the man walked
out backwards with his hands up. The police handcuffed (给… …带上手铐) him, put him in the back
seat of the car, and drove him to the police station. | | 1. What was the exact situation in the post office? | A. A man rushed in and shot at the customers.
B. An angry man with a gun was robbing the customers of money.
C. A man rushed in and shot at the ceiling and the window on a workday.
D. A man aged 36 shot at the window first and then the police car. | | 2. What can be inferred from the passage? | A. The customers were threatened by the man and did what he asked.
B. Although the man was so careful, the police heard the news.
C. The police officer was injured during his persuasion.
D. After a fierce battle, the police caught him. | | 3. Why did the man storm into the post office? | A. He wanted to kill the workers in the post office.
B. He wanted to rob the post office of money.
C. He wanted the post office to pay for what he had suffered.
D. He had something wrong with his head. | | 4. How did the man probably feel during the event? | A. Angry→excited→helpless
B. Excited→angry→calm
C. Angry→frightened→regretful
D. Bold→puzzled→calm | | 完形填空。 | About one year ago, a couple with three children moved into the apartment next door to me. I never heard
any noise from the children. Instead, I often heard the parents yelling 1 at the kids, not in a nice tone, but in a 2 one.
We often 3 in the hallway. I always greeted them, but the only 4 I ever got was a"hello" from the
eight-year-old girl. I usually 5 to see my doctor and one day when I returned they were just 6 their
apartment and the little girl was 7 the outside door open for the others. I 8 in the car doing 9 things
because I wasn"t eager to be snubbed (冷落) again. Finally, I got out of my car and walked towards the door.
The parents were telling their daughter to hurry and get into the car, 10 the little girl was still holding the door,
11 me! I hurried although I was still in pain from my injury. I forgot to tell her how 12 I was for her
kindness. I wrote a note saying how much her act of kindness had 13 an old man"s heart.
The next day there was a 14 on my door and it was the little girl and her father. She was quite 15 of
her behavior and thanked me. Then I noticed her mother standing there too. Her parents 16 me. From then
on when we met in the hallway we always greeted each other,in a friendly 17 .
Last night there was a heavy snow. I looked out at my car and 18 how I was going to keep my doctor"s
19 because I could only walk for a short time. This morning when I opened the front door, all the snow was
removed.
Isn"t it 20 that the small kind act of an 8-year-old girl can change so many things for the better? It is said
that good things come from small acts. | ( )1. A. quietly
( )2. A. frightening
( )3. A. quarreled
( )4. A. present
( )5. A. went out
( )6. A. decorating
( )7. A. breaking
( )8. A. kept
( )9. A. favorite
( )10. A. but
( )11. A. hunting for
( )12. A. useful
( )13. A. strengthened
( )14. A. note
( )15. A. proud
( )16. A. questioned
( )17. A. manner
( )18. A. found
( )19. A. promise
( )30. A. amazing | B. strangely
B. exciting
B. met
B. result
B. set out
B. cleaning
B. operating
B. remained
B. helpful
B. and
B. asking for
B. influential
B. broken
B. knock
B. aware
B. recognized
B. appearance
B. ignored
B. appointment
B. confusing | C. quickly
C. sincere
C. chatted
C. reply
C. took out
C. returning
C. holding
C. insisted
C. unnecessary
C. so
C. waiting for
C. anxious
C. touched
C. invitation
C. afraid
C. praised
C. sound
C. remembered
C. suggestion
C. scaring | D. angrily
D. kind
D. argued
D. return
D. gave out
D. leaving
D. unlocking
D. continued
D. curious
D. then
D. calling for
D. grateful
D. saved
D. picture
D. sure
D. thanked
D. announcement
D. wondered
D. attention
D. challenging | | 阅读理解。 | "Mum, what does it mean when someone tells you that they have a skeleton (骨骼) in the closet (衣橱)?"
Jessica asked. "A skeleton in the closet?" her mother paused thoughtfully. "Well, it"s something that you would
rather not have anyone else know about. For example, if in the past, someone in Dad"s family had been arrested
for stealing a horse, it would be a skeleton in his family"s closet. He really wouldn"t want any neighbor to know
about it."
"Why pick on my family?" Jessica"s father said with anger. "Your family history isn"t so good, you know.
Wasn"t your great-great-grandfather a prisoner who was transported to Australia for his crimes?" "Yes, but
people these days say that you are not a real Australian unless your ancestors arrived as prisoners." "Gosh, sorry
I asked. I think I understand now," Jessica cut iin before things grew worse.
After dinner, the house was very quiet. Jessica"s parents were still quite angry with each other. Her mother
was ironing clothes and every now and then she glared at her husband, who hid behind his newspaper pretending
to read. When she finished, she gathered the freshly pressed clothes in her arms and walked to Jessica"s closet.
Just as she opened the door and reached in to hang a skirt, a bony arm stuck out from the dark depths and a
bundle of white bones fell to the floor. Jessica"s mother sank in a faint (晕倒), waking only when Jessica put a
cold, wet cloth on her forehead. She looked up to see the worried faces of her husband and daughter.
"What happened? Where am I?" she asked. "You just destroyed the school"s skeleton, Mum," explained
Jessica. "I brought it home to help me with my health project. I meant to tell you, but it seemed that as soon as
I mentioned skeletons and closets, it caused a problem between you and Dad." Jessica looked in amazement as
her parents began to laugh madly. "They"re both crazy," she thought. | | 1. According to Jessica"s mother, "a skeleton in the close" means _____. | A. a family honor
B. a family secret
C. a family story
D. a family treasure | | 2. What can we learn about some Australians" ancestors form Paragraph 2? | A. They were brought to Australia as prisoners.
B. They were the earliest people living in Australia.
C. They were involved in some crimes in Australia.
D. They were not regarded as criminals in their days. | | 3. Why did Jessica bring a skeleton home? | A. She was curious about it.
B. She planned to keep it for fun.
C. She needed it for her school task.
D. She intended to scare her parents. | | 4. Jessica"s parents laughed madly at the end of the story probably because _____. | A. they were crazy
B. they were over excited
C. they realized their misunderstanding
D. they both thought they had won the quarrel | 最新试题
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