I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eyes: Queen City Casket Company.
"What is it?" I wondered. I 1 it over. There, in faded ink, was a hand-scrawled (手写的) 2 .
Immediately my mind traveled 3 many years.
I was nine years old, walking down the cold, wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of 4 on my
shoulder. On my rounds that day, I came to that company finally, whose owner, Mr. Rader, had always
taken me there to ask his workers 5 they wanted any magazines.
Shaking off the 6 like a wet dog, I entered Mr. Rader"s office. After a quick glance he 7 me over
to the fireplace. Noticing the 8 in the top of my shoe,he said."Come with me!"
Pulling me into his pick-up 9 , he pulled to a stop before a 10 store. Inside, a salesman fitted me
with the finest pair of Oxfords I had 11 seen. I 12 about 100 feet tall when I stood up 13 them."We"d
like a pair of new 14 too." Mr Rader said.
Back in his office, Mr Rader took out a 15 , wrote something on it, and handed it to me. With 16 eyes,
I read, "Do to others as you would have them do to you." He said affectionately (深情地), "Jimmy, I want
you to 17 I love you." I said goodbye, and for the first time I sensed a hope that somehow things would
be 18 . With people like Mr. Rader in the world, there was hope, 19 and love,and that would always make
a 20 . |
( )1. A. turned
( )2. A. address
( )3. A. forward
( )4. A. letters
( )5. A. if only
( )6. A. dust
( )7. A .led
( )8. A. water
( )9. A. truck
( )10. A. magazine
( )11. A. ever
( )12. A. grew
( )13. A for
( )14. A. socks
( )15. A. pen
( )16. A. tearful
( )17. A. admit
( )18. A. mistake
( )19. A. sadness
( )20. A. deal | B. thought
B. list
B. for
B. magazines
B. how
B. sweat
B. followed
B. mud
B. factory
B. shoe
B. already
B. measured
B. in
B. shoes
B. paper
B. unbelievable
B. know
B. wrong
B. kindness
B. fortune | C. read
C. message
C. ahead
C. books
C. whether
C. tail
C. watched
C. hole
C. home
C. umbrella
C. never
C. rose
C. on
C. coat
C. card
C. curious
C. consider
C. all right
C. carelessness
C. choice | D. passed
D. lesson
D. back
D. cards
D. why
D. rain
D. carried
D. cover
D. store
D. bag
D. hardly
D. felt
D. without
D. gloves
D. notebook
D. puzzled
D. express
D. possible
D. awareness
D. difference | | 阅读理解。 | One Sunday night, a teenager, Rory Campbell heard noises next door to his home in Bonita Mews, off St.
Asaph Road, Brockley. When he went outside, he saw his neighbor climbing out of a front window of his
second floor flat. He then saw the man covered in black soot (黑灰), tying himself to the window, shouting
for help.
The 15-year-old boy called the fire brigade( 队) and tried to calm the neighbor, who is in his 30s, until
firefighters arrived. Rory said, "He was shouting "help me, help me, get a ladder, get a ladder". He was a bit
wild. I didn"t have time to think. I just tried to calm him by telling him the fire brigade was on his way."
Rory was told by the man that the fire had been caused by a candle falling over. Fire crews from New
Cross, Peckham, Lewisham and Forest Hill rescued the man by ladder and got the fire under control within
minutes of arriving. He was taken to a south London hospital where he is still recovering from smoke
inhalation. (吸入)
There was 25 percent fire damage done to the flat.
Rory, studying music, added, " As the man walked past me, he said "thanks" and that meant a lot to me.
I do feel good that I helped save his life."
Another neighbor added, " I heard a lot of noise but thought it was the railway opposite. I couldn"t believe
it when I saw the man hanging there. The boy next door really did save his life by calling the fire brigade." | | 1. According to the passage, what might caused the fire? | A. Rory"s smoking.
B. The lighted candle.
C. The gas fire.
D. Carelessly cooking. | | 2. Before the fire brigade arrived, what did Rory do? | A. Lightening the candle.
B. Calming his neighbor.
C. Closing doors to stop the fire.
D. Holding a ladder. | | 3. It can be inferred from the passage that ____. | A. much of the flat was damaged
B. Rory was sent to hospital for injuries
C. Rory studied music
D. Rory"s neighbor was lucky to be met by Rory | | 4. What should be the best title for the passage? | A. A Neighbor Was Saved
B. A Boy Did What He Should Do
C. A Terrible Fire
D. The Boy Next Door Saved His Neighbor | | 完形填空。 | A girl complained to her father about her hard life. She wanted to 1 because she didn"t know what she
had to do. She felt 2 of fighting and fighting. When one 3 had been solved, another just came.
Her father, a cook, took her into the kitchen. He 4 water into three pans. After boiling, in the first pan
5 some carrots, the second some eggs and the last was put with coffee. He waited without any 6 from
his mouth.
The girl closed her mouth and waited, 7 by what her father did. After about twenty minutes, her father
8 the stove and took out the carrots and the eggs. After that the coffee was poured into the cup.
Turning back to her daughter, he asked,"What do you 9 ?"
"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she answered.
Her father suggested her 10 the carrots. She did and felt the carrots were 11 . Then he asked her to take
the eggs and break them. After 12 them, she got the eggs, cooked and hard. 13 , he asked her to smell the
coffee. She asked 14 , "What"s the meaning on earth, father?" He explained that 15 had experienced the same
unfortunate-the boiling water, but made 16 responses. The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak after
in the 17 water. The fragile eggs became hard after cooked. Coffee was very unique, but it could 18 water.
" 19 are you?" asked her father,"When the suffering knocks at your door, how is your 20 ? Are you
carrots, eggs, or coffee?" | ( )1. A. catch up
( )2. A. tired
( )3. A. matter
( )4. A. made
( )5. A. was added
( )6. A. breath
( )7. A. judged
( )8. A. turned off
( )9. A. mean
( )10. A. touching
( )11. A. bad
( )12. A. hitting
( )13. A. Besides
( )14. A. impatiently
( )15. A. nothing
( )16. A. different
( )17. A. cold
( )18. A. influence
( )19. A. Who
( )20. A. feeling | B. wear out
B. thrilled
B. business
B. poured
B. were put
B. praises
B. frightened
B. turned up
B. see
B. eat
B. hard
B. peeling
B. Thus
B. shyly
B. anything
B. certain
B. boiled
B. spoil
B. Which
B. replacement | C. give up
C. confident
C. puzzle
C. put
C. remained
C. words
C. disappointed
C. turned down
C. suggest
C. to observe
C. soft
C. beating
C. Still
C. regretfully
C. each thing
C. more
C. boiling
C. improve
C. What
C. refusal | D. run out
D. promising
D. problem
D. turned
D. increased
D. complaints
D. confused
D. turned away
D. explain
D. kept
D. gentle
D. destroying
D. Lastly
D. bravely
D. something
D. unequal
D. changeable
D. change
D. How
D. reaction | | 完形填空。 | The smell of old, dusty books reminds me of my father. An avid (贪婪的) 1 , he had many books, most
of which went unread.
He owned books on 2 from medicine to Vietnam to several sets of encyclopedias (百科全书). When I
enter one of his 3 bookshops, such as Powell"s, I am 4 back to a time when the two of us were 5 .
I see him standing by a shelf, 6 through a medical magazine, or opening his wallet to pay for yet 7
book, knowing full well that Mom would 8 him on"wasting money on books you never 9 !"
Walking past rows and rows of books in our study, I remember 10 , after the cancer struck, he came less
and less and read fewer and fewer books. They became just part of the 11 , collecting only dust and 12 .
Near the end, perhaps knowing he would never get to read them all, he gave almost all of the books away,
13 only a few. He treated them with an almost holy (神圣的) reverence (崇敬), 14 any crease (皱褶) or
damage would destroy them totally. 15 was the man who would neglect a huge coffee mark, replaced by one
who would get 16 suddenly at a small crease.
I have read a few now, after he died, and each time it causes a 17 . But I suppose it is a kind of quest
(追求), because if I can take on his thirst for 18 , cheerful smile, and willingness to help others, then like a
match in the 19 , I will bring a little light into the world. And if that light touches others, maybe it will spread
far and 20 , to light up the heavens. I think he"d like that. | ( )1. A. bookseller
( )2. A. something
( )3. A. lovely
( )4. A. carried
( )5. A. fortunate
( )6. A. studying
( )7. A. another
( )8. A. shout
( )9. A. care
( )10. A. where
( )11. A. background
( )12. A. memories
( )13. A. remaining
( )14. A. only if
( )15. A. Missed
( )16. A. joyful
( )17. A. hurt
( )18. A. power
( )19. A. daylight
( )20. A. wide | B. collector
B. all
B. fond
B. held
B. happy
B. seeing
B. one
B. tell
B. read
B. who
B. sign
B. time
B. keeping
B. if only
B. Gone
B. sorry
B. damage
B. peace
B. darkness
B. widely | C. author
C. nothing
C. favorite
C. dated
C. disappointed
C. working
C. more
C. lecture
C. like
C. why
C. furniture
C. information
C. holding
C. even if
C. Absent
C. angry
C. wound
C. money
C. sunshine
C. broad | D. writer
D. everything
D. enjoyable
D. returned
D. sad
D. looking
D. other
D. criticize
D. enjoy
D. how
D. symbol
D. powder
D. owning
D. as if
D. Disappeared
D. excited
D. cure
D. knowledge
D. shadow
D. near | | 阅读理解。 | On May 12, 2008, an earthquake of 8 magnitude struck Sichuan. Everyone in China was shocked, and
quickly became heartbroken as reported deaths climbed from 10,000 to 32,000 to more than 62,000 people.
The death toll is still rising, and the number of injured and missing is many times more.
The Chinese people faced this disaster with compassion (同情) and courage. I was touched by the teacher
who died forming a bridge with his body between two desks, protecting four surviving students under him,
by the trapped child who told the rescue workers to save others first, and by the dying mother who texted her
baby, "My Treasure: If you survive, always remember I love you." She died using her own body to protect
her 3-month-old from harm. But don"t worry about this baby growing up without a family. Thousands of
families in China have already volunteered to adopt earthquake orphans. And the Chinese people faced this
disaster with resourcefulness (智慧) and tenacity (坚韧). A brave CEO took his weekend SUV, drove
hundreds of miles, started digging, and saved several lives. A child used his hands to dig out two fellow
students. His hands were severely injured, but his friends survived. Cab drivers turned their cars into
ambulances and delivery trucks. More than 100,000 brave soldiers risked (and some gave) their lives to find
every survivor.
These are the heroes among us, whether they use an SUV, a shovel or a phone. Their heroic deeds and
selflessness inspired me so deeply that I can recall only one other such occasion. It was 9/11-I vividly
remember the police officers, the firefighters, and of course the passengers and crew on United Flight 93.
As a Chinese American, I hope that the Chinese and the Americans will see that they have so much in
common-their compassion, courage, and generosity. I hope that people will see that these heroic commonalities
are much stronger than any differences. And I hope that these heroes from 9/11 and 5/12 will inspire all of us
to turn our anxiety into courage, our misery into tenacity, and our sorrow into love. | | 1. The second and the third paragraphs mainly tell us about ______. | A. how severe the earthquake was
B. how much victims were in need of help
C. some heroic deeds of the Chinese in the earthquake
D. lucky survivors in the earthquake | | 2. The author compares the 5/12 earthquake to 9/11 attacks because ______. | A. they were both natural disasters
B. both Americans and Chinese were brave and full of compassion in emergencies
C. he is a Chinese American D. both killed a large number of people | | 3. The main purpose of the essay is to _______. | A. encourage a better understanding of the two peoples
B. suggest how important courage is in time of crisis
C. provide some useful advice for rescue work
D. present the important similarities as well as the differences between the two people | 最新试题
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