I grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area. My parents 1 the necessities of life 2 they couldn"t give much more. If I asked my father 3 a pair of jeans, he would say, "If you want them, make the money and buy them 4 ." He wasn"t being mean; he just couldn"t 5 them. From age 12 on, I did part-time jobs after school. When I 6 from high school, I joined the navy. Soon I was in a boot camp (新兵训练营) at Parris Island, S. C., where I learned that life in the navy centered around completing daily 7 . These could be anything from cleaning the camp to conducting mock (模拟的) battles. Completing these tasks successfully 8 discipline, team-work and responsibility. It didn"t 9 whether you were black, white or Asian; everyone worked together for the 10 of the company. I went 11 to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy and later became an officer in the navy. The part of my job I 12 most was the comseling (咨询) meeting I 13 with the family members of the men and women in my 14 , trying to help them deal with the long periods of 15 . These proved popular and word of them spread. 16 I was being asked to give encouraging 17 to business groups, educators and keds across the country. But I consider the boot camp my first real 18 , and my life is still guided by the 19 lessons I learned there. It taught me discipline, friendship and the pride related to setting a task every day and working hard to 20 it. |
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阅读理解。 | When I met him, I had a lot of anger inside of me. I"ve lived my whole life in Spanish Harlem, but in my neighborhood, there are shoot-ups all the time. I know kids who have been shot or beaten up. I have friends who ended up in prison. I could have ended up that way, too, but Mr. Clark wouldn"t let that happen. Mr. Clark worked long hours, making sure I did my work. My grades rose. In fact, the scores of our whole class rose. One day, he took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera, and it was the first time some kids had ever been out of Harlem. Before the show, he treated us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full. We did not want to let him down. Mr. Clark was selected as Disney"s 2000 Teacher of the Year. He said he would draw three names out of a hat; those students would go with him to Los Angeles to get the award. But when the time came to draw names, Mr. Clark said,"You"re all going." On graduation day, there were a lot of tears. We didn"t want his class to end. In 2001, he moved to Atlanta, but he always kept in touch. He started giving lectures about education, and wrote a bestselling book based on his classroom rules, The Essential 55. In 2003, Mr. Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to deliver school supplies and visit orphanages(孤儿院). It was the most amazing experience of my life. It"s now my dream to one day start a group of women"s clubs, helping people from all backgrounds. | 1. Without Mr. Clark, the writer _____. | A. might have been put into prison B. might not have won the prize C. might have joined a women"s club D. might not have moved to Atlanta | 2. The Essential 55 is _____. | A. a show B. a speech C. a classroom rule D. a book | 3. How many students"names were finally drawn out of a hat by Mr. Clark? | A. None B. Three C. Fifty-five. D. All. | 4. In the passage, the writer intends to tell us that _____. | A. Mr. Clark went to South Africa because he liked travelling B. Mr. Clark helped to set up a group of women"s clubs C. a good teacher can help raise his or her students" scores D. a good teacher has a good influence on his or her students | 语法填空。 阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号 中词语的正确形式填空,并将答案填写在相应位置上。 | I was on my way to the Taiyetos Mountains. The sun was setting when my car 1______ (break) down near a remote and poor village. Cursing my misfortune, I was wondering where I was going to spend the night when I realized that the villagers who had gathered around me were arguing as to 2______ should have the honor of receiving me 3______ a guest in their house. Finally, I accepted the offer of an old woman who lived alone in a little house. While she was getting me 4______ (settle) into a tiny but clean room, the head of the village was tying up his horse to my car to pull it to 5______ small town some 20 kilometers away 6______ there was a garage. I had noticed three hens running free in my hostess"s courtyard and that night one of them ended up in a dish on my table. 7______ villagers brought me goat"s cheese and hone. We drank together and talked 8______ (merry) till far into the night. When the time came for me to say goodbye to my friends in the village, I wanted to reward the old woman 9______ the trouble I had caused 10______. | 完形填空。 | Until 1954 it was thought that no man could run one mile in less than four minutes. As years 1 ,the record came closer and closer to four minutes and Roger Bannister, a young English 2 ,began to believe be might 3 this almost magic barrier. It was a cold afternoon on May 6th,1954,when Bannister knew be had a 4 chance. Bannister had been 5 hard and was very fit, but the weather conditions were a real 6 to him. Describing the 7 later, Bannister said, "On the way to the track the wind blew strongly. As I 8 for the start I glanced at the flag. It moved 9 now. This was the moment when I made my decision." "The gun fired. My legs 10 to meet no resistance, as if I was 11 forward by some unknown force. The noise from the faithful 12 gave me greater strength. I felt the 13 of a lifetimes had come." "I was driven on by a 14 of fear and pride. My body had long since used up all its energy 15 it went on running just the same. This was the critical moment when my legs were strong enough to carry me over the last few yards as they 16 could have done in previous years. When I leapt at (冲向) the 17 tape, I fell, almost 18 . "I knew I had done it, even before I 19 the time. The announcement came. "Result of the one mile…Time, three minutes…"the test was 20 in the noise of excitement." | ( )1. A. passed along ( )2. A. coach ( )3. A. defeat ( )4. A. real ( )5. A. competing ( )6. A. eagerness ( )7. A. accident ( )8. A. did up ( )9. A. safely ( )10. A. seemed ( )11. A. dragged ( )12. A. mass ( )13. A. moment ( )14. A. concentration ( )15. A. so ( )16. A. never ( )17. A. starting ( )18. A. unconcerned ( )19. A. offered ( )20. A. stuck | B. passed down B. athlete B. move B. lucky B. training B. pleasure B. event B. made up B. heavily B. used B. drawn B. residents B. period B. collection B. but B. ever B. lasting B. unconscious B. told B. involved | C. went by C. captain C. beat C. serious C. figthting C. relief C. issue C. put up C. thinly C. happened C. pulled C. crowd C. while C. combination C. or C. even C. finishing C. unkinown C. announced C. lost | D. went ove D. judge D. break D. false D. attending D. worry D. topie D. lined up D. gently D. had D. pushed D. team D. date D. cleassification D. as D. still D. running D. unnoticed D. beard D. spread | 阅读理解。 | I first went to Harrow in the summer term. The school had the biggest swimming pool I had ever seen. It was a good joke to come up behind a naked boy, and push him into the pool. I made quite a habit of this with boys of my own size or less. One day I saw a boy wrapped in a towel on the side of the pool. He was no bigger than I was, so I thought him a fair game. Coming secretly behind, I pushed him in, holding on to his towel so that it would not get wet, I was surprised to see an angry face come out from the water, and a being of great strength masking its way by face strokes (猛力地划) to the shore. I fled, but in vain. He overtook me, seized me violently, and threw me into the deepest part of the pool. I soon climbed out on the other side, and found myself surrounded by a crowd of younger boys. "Do you know what you have done?" they said, "It"s Amery; he is in Grade Six. He is champion at gym, he has got his football honor." I was frightened and felt ashamed. How could I tell his position when be was wrapped in a bath towel and so small. "He didn"t seem pleased at all, so I added in a most brilliant word," My father, who is a great man, is also small." At this be laughed, and after some general words about my rude behavior and how I had better be careful in the future, signified the incident was closed. | 1. The writer thought Amery "a fair game" because the boy _____. | A. looked like an animal B. was fond of games C. was of similar size D. was good at sports | 2. The writer felt "ashamed" because _____. | A. he was laughed at by other boys B. Amery turned out to be in the same grade C. he pushed Amery hard and hurt him D. he played a joke on an outstanding athlete | 3. By saying "My father, who is a great man, is also small", the write _____. | A. tried to please Amery B. challenged Amery C. threatened Amery D. admired his father | 4. Which of the following is TRUE? | A. The writer could run faster than Amery. B. The writer liked playing on boys of all sizes. C. Amery was a student in Grade Four. D. Amery forgave the writer for his rude behavior. | 完型填空。 | In the United States there was an unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mechanic (技工). One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl 1 to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl 2 the mother would not return to her eggs and she 3 to take them home. There she carefully 4 the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days 5 the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the 6 . Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother. 7 , to these young geese, the girl was their mother. As they 8 , the girl was able to 9 her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to 10 . The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when 11 and in her dreams. Later, she had an 12 : She would pilot a plane to guide them in 13 . She asked her father for a plane and he assembled (组装) a small aircraft for her. Caring about 14 safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not 15 or follow him, and 16 slept in the grass. One day, the girl 17 into the plane, started it and soon left the 18 . Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds 19 flapped (拍打) their wings and 20 . She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following. | ( )1. A. managed ( )2. A. realized ( )3. A. helped ( )4. A. placed ( )5. A. ago ( )6. A. family ( )7. A. But ( )8. A. increased ( )9. A. ask ( )10. A. fly ( )11. A. asleep ( )12. A. idea ( )13. A. sky ( )14. A. his ( )15. A. respect ( )16. A. so ( )17. A. climbed ( )18. A. house ( )19. A. secretly ( )20. A. looked away | B. attempted B. expected B. decided B. protected B. out B. lake B. Also B. improved B. lead B. race B. away B. opinion B. heaven B. her B. remember B. instead B. looked B. floor B. disappointedly B. set out | C. happened C. imagined C. afforded C. treated C. later C. home C. Thus C. rose C. want C. swim C. around C. explanation C. flight C. their C. recognize C. hardly C. reached C. water C. patiently C. went by | D. supposed D. admitted D. meant D. examined D. long D. world D. Still D. grew D. allow D. sing D. awake D. excuse D. plane D. its D. receive D. too D. fell D. ground D. eagerly D. turned back |
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