| ( )1.A. encouraging ( )2.A. declared ( )3.A. unforgettable ( )4.A. exercise ( )5.A. time-saving ( )6.A. As soon as ( )7.A. strangely ( )8.A. cared ( )9.A. clean ( )10.A. set out ( )11.A. notice ( )12.A. nervous ( )13.A. After all ( )14.A. mistakenly ( )15.A. leading ( )16.A. pretended ( )17.A. thoughts ( )18.A. scoring ( )19.A. play ( )20.A. friendship | B. hopeless B. mentioned B. unexpected B. preparation B. comfortable B. As long as B. personally B. forgot B. larger B. got ready B. admire B. curious B. As a result B. then B. coming B. stopped B. doubts B. completing B. start B. respect | C. surprising C. persuaded C. easy C. joy C. suitable C. When C. reasonably C. quarreled C. straight C. arrived C. believe C. careless C. Above all C. instead C. waiting C. continued C. situations C. receiving C. sleep C. support | D. regular D. suggested D. early D. fitness D. effort-making D. Since D. eagerly D. joked D. darker D. returned D. measure D. speechless D. At last D. naturally D. counting D. decided D. problems D. keeping D. move D. favor | ||||||||
| 阅读理解。 | |||||||||||
| Grandpa Nybakken loved life-especially when he could play a trick on somebody. At those times, his large Norwegian frame shook with laughter while he pretended innocent surprise, exclaiming, "Oh, forevermore!" But on a cold Saturday in downtown Chicago, Grandpa felt that God played a trick on him, and grandpa wasn"t laughing. Grandpa worked as a carpenter. On this particular day, he was building some boxes for the clothes his church was sending to an orphanage abroad. On his way home, he reached into his shirt pocket to find his glasses, but they were gone. He remembered putting them there that morning, so he drove back to the church. His search proved fruitless. Suddenly, he realized what had happened. The glasses had slipped out of his pocket unnoticed and fallen into one of the boxes, which he had nailed shut. His brand new glasses were heading for China! The Great Depression was at its height, and Grandpa had six children. He had spent twenty dollars for those glasses that very morning. "It"s not fair," he told God as he drove home in frustration."I"ve been very faithful in giving of my time and money to your work, and now this." Several months later, the director of the orphanage was on vacation in the United States. He wanted to visit all the churches that supported him, so he came to speak on Sunday night at my grandfather"s small church in Chicago. Grandpa and his family sat in their usual seats among the small congregation (教堂会众). "But most of all," he said, "I must thank you for the glasses you sent last year." "Even if I had the money, there was simply no way of replacing those glasses. Along with not being able to see well, I experienced headaches every day, so my co-workers and I were much in prayer about this. Then your boxes arrived. When my staff removed the covers, they found a pair of glasses lying on the top." After a long pause, he continued, "Folks, when I tried on the glasses, it was as though they had been custom-made just for me! I want to thank you for being a part of that!" The people listened, happy for the amazing glasses. But the director surely must have confused their church with another, they thought, there were no glasses on their list of items to be sent overseas. But sitting quietly in the back, with tears streaming down his face, an ordinary carpenter realized the Master Carpenter had used him in an extraordinary way. | |||||||||||
| 1. Which of the following is NOT true about Grandpa Nybakken according to the passage? | |||||||||||
| A. He was an outgoing man and held an active attitude towards life. B. He had a large family to support. C. He was a carpenter working in the church. D. He was a loyal Christian. | |||||||||||
| 2. The people in the church but Grandpa felt confused at what the director said because _______. | |||||||||||
| A. Grandpa didn"t tell the director that he was the owner of the glasses B. the director wanted to return the glasses even though he liked it C. the director could not get such glasses in their own country D. the glasses were not included in the donation list | |||||||||||
| 3. Who does "the Master Carpenter" in the last paragraph probably refer to? | |||||||||||
| A. Grandpa"s master. B. One of Grandpa"s friends. C. God. D. Grandpa"s co-worker. | |||||||||||
| 4. Which can be the best title of the passage? | |||||||||||
| A. Grandfather"s life B. The Helpful Donation C. The Perfect Mistake D. An Impressive Speech | |||||||||||
| 阅读理解。 | |||||||||||
| I don"t ever want to talk about being a woman scientist again. There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what it"s like to work in a field dominated by men. I was never very good at telling those stories because truthfully I never found them interesting. What I do find interesting is the origin of the universe, the shape of space-time and the nature of black holes. At 19, when I began studying astrophysics (天体物理学), it did not bother me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. But while earning my Ph.D. at MIT and then as 3 post-doctor doing space research, the issue started to bother me. My every achievement-jobs, research papers, awards- was viewed through the lens of gender (性别) politics. So were my failures. Sometimes, when I was pushed into an argument on left brain versus (相对于) right brain, or nature versus nurture (培育), I would instantly fight fiercely on my behalf and all womankind. Then one day a few years ago, out of my mouth came a sentence that would eventually become my reply to any and all provocations: I don"t talk about that anymore. It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didn"t want to deal with gender issues. Why should curing sexism be yet another terrible burden on every female scientist? After all, I don"t study sociology or political theory. Today I research and teach at Barnard, a women"s college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how many of the 45 students in my class were women. You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer; 45. I know some of my students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire for children. And I don"t dismiss those concerns. Still, I don"t tell them"war" stories. Instead, I have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments. And in turn they have given me the image of 45 women driven by a love of science. And that"s a sight worth talking about. | |||||||||||
| 1. From Paragraph 2, we can infer that people would attribute the author"s failures to ______. | |||||||||||
| A. the very fact that she is a woman B. her involvement in gender politics C. her over-confidence as a female astrophysicist D. the burden she bears in a male-dominated society | |||||||||||
| 2. What did the author constantly fight against while doing her Ph.D. and post-doctoral research? | |||||||||||
| A. Lack of confidence in succeeding in space science. B. Unfair accusations from both inside and outside her circle. C. People"s stereotyped attitude towards female scientists. D. Widespread misconceptions about nature and nurture | |||||||||||
| 3. Why does the author feel great satisfaction when talking about her class? | |||||||||||
| A. Female students no longer have to worry about gender issues. B. Her students" performance has brought back her confidence. C. Her female students can do just as well as male students. D. More female students are pursuing science than before. | |||||||||||
| 4. What does the image the author presents to her students suggest? | |||||||||||
| A. Women students needn"t have the concerns of her generation. B. Women have more barriers on their way to academic success. C. Women can balance a career in science and having a family. D. Women now have fewer discrimination problems about science career. | |||||||||||
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As a teenager, I felt I was always letting people down. I was rebellious (反叛的) outside, 1 on the inside, | |||||||||||
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