I used to live selfishly, I should admit. But one moment changed me.
I was on my lunch break and had 1 the office to get something to eat. On the way, I 2 a Busker (街头
艺人), with a hat in front of him. I had some 3 in my pocket, but I would not give them to him, thinking to
myself he would 4 use the money to feed his addiction to drugs or alcohol. He 5 like that type-young and
ragged. 6 what was I going to spend the money on? Only to feed my addiction to Coca-Cola or chocolate! I
then 7 I had no right to place myself above 8 just because he was busking.
I 9 and dropped all the coins into his 10 , and he smiled at me, I watched for a while. As 11 as it sounds,
I expected something more to come from that moment-a feeling of 12 or satisfaction, for example. But nothing
happened 13 , I walked off. "It proved to be a waste of 14 ," I thought.
On my way home at the end of the 15 , I saw the busker again and he was 16 . I watched him pick up the
hat and walk 17 a cafe counter. There he poured the 18 contents into a tin collecting 19 an earthquake fund-
raising (募捐) event. He was busking for charity (慈善)!
Now I donate any 20 I have to charity tins and enjoy the feeling of giving. |
( )1. A. left
( )2. A. led
( )3. A. chocolates
( )4. A. almost
( )5. A. acted
( )6. A. Though
( )7. A. declared
( )8. A. it
( )9. A. waited
( )10. A. rag
( )11. A. selfish
( )12. A. happiness
( )13. A. Disappointedly
( )14. A. words
( )15. A. moment
( )16. A. walking around
( )17. A. around
( )18. A. chief
( )19. A. by
( )20. A. work | B. cleaned
B. chose
B. coins
B. only
B. looked
B. For
B. realized
B. all
B. followed
B. hat
B. awkward
B. sadness
B. Unfortunately
B. effort
B. day
B. passing by
B. in
B. basic
B. for
B. time | C. prepared
C. saw
C. tins
C. rather
C. sounded
C. Therefore
C. expected
C. him
C. stopped
C. pocket
C. innocent
C. love
C. Coincidentally
C. space
C. break
C. packing up
C. behind
C. actual
C. on
C. energy | D. searched
D. fooled
D. drugs
D. still
D. smelt
D. But
D. guessed
D. them
D. arrived
D. counter
D. special
D. hate
D. Comfortably
D. money
D. event
D. running off
D. to
D. total
D. with
D. change |
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| 完形填空。 | One summer day my father sent me to buy wire for our farm. At 16, I liked 1 better than driving our
truck, 2 this time I was not happy. My father had told me I"d have to ask for credit (赊账) at the store.
Sixteen is a 3 age, when a young man wants respect, not charity. It was 1976, and the ugly 4 of
racial discrimination was 5 a fact of life. I"d seen my friends ask for credit and then stand, head down,
while the store owner 6 whether they were "good for it." I knew black youths just like me who were 7
like thieves by the store clerk each time they went into a grocery.
My family was 8 . We paid our debts. But before harvest, cash was short. Would the store owner 9
us?
At Davis"s store, Buck Davis stood behind the cash desk, talking to a farmer. I nodded 10 I passed him
on my way to the hardware shelves. When I brought my 11 to the caskh desk, I said 12 , "I need to put this
on credit."
The farmer gave me and amused, distrustful 13 . But Buck"s face didn"t change. "Sure," he said 14 .
"Your daddy is 15 good for it." He 16 to the other man. "This here is one of James Williams"s sons." The
farmer nodded in a neighborly 17 . I was filled with pride. James William"s son. Those three words had opened
a door to an adult"s respect and trust.
That day I discovered that the good name my parents had 18 brought our whole family the respect of our
neighbors. Everyone knew what to 19 from a Williams: a decent person who kept his word and respected
himself 20 much to do wrong. | ( )1. A. something
( )2. A. and
( )3. A. prideful
( )4. A. intention
( )5. A. thus
( )6. A. guessed
( )7. A. watched
( )8. A. generous
( )9. A. blame
( )10. A. until
( )11. A. purchases
( )12. A. casually
( )13. A. look
( )14. A. patiently
( )15. A generally
( )16. A. pointed
( )17. A. sense
( )18. A. earned
( )19. A. receive
( )20. A. very | B. nothing
B. so
B. wonderful
B. shadow
B. just
B. suspected
B. caught
B. honest
B. excuse
B. as
B. sales
B. confidently
B. stare
B. eagerly
B. never
B. replied
B. way
B. deserved
B. expect
B. so | C. anything
C. but
C. respectful
C. habit
C. still
C. questioned
C. dismissed
C. friendly
C. charge
C. once
C. orders
C. cheerfully
C. response
C. easily
C. sometimes
C. turned
C. degree
C. given
C. collect
C. how | D. everything
D. for
D. colorful
D. faith
D. ever
D. figured
D. accused
D. modest
D. trust
D. since
D. favorites
D. carefully
D. comment
D. proudly
D. always
D introduced
D. mood
D. used
D. require
D. too | | 阅读理解。 | Short and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. "Football, tennis
Cricket-anything with a round ball, I was useless, "he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the
object of jokes in school gym classes in England"s rural Devonshire.
It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first the teen went biking
alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to cycle along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind
building up his body, increasing his speed, strength and endurance. At age 18, he ran his first marathon.
The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat
across the Atlantic Ocean. Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgway"s school of Adventure in Scotland,
where he learned about the older man"s cold-water exploits (成就). Intrigued, Saunders read all he could about
Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, then decided that this would be his future.
Journeys to the Pole aren"t the usual holidays for British country boys, and many people dismissed his
dream as fantasy."John Ridgway was one of the few who didn"t say, "You are completely crazy," Saunders
says.
In 2001, after becoming a skilled skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition toward the North
Pole. He suffered frostbite, had a closer encounter (遭遇) with a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit.
Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he"s skied more of the
Arctic by himself than any other Briton. His old playmates would not believe the transformation.
This October, Saunders, 27, heads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, an 1800-mile journey that has never been completed on skis. | | 1. The turning point in Saunders" life came when _____. | A. he started to play ball games
B. he got a mountain bike at age 15
C. he ran his first marathon at age 18
D. he started to receive Ridgway"s training | | 2. We can learn from the text that Ridgway _______. | A. dismissed Saunders" dream as fantasy
B. built up his body together with Saunders
C. hired Saunders for his cold-water experience
D. won his fame for his voyage across the Atlantic | | 3. What do we know about Saunders? | A. He once worked at a school in Scotland.
B. He followed Ridgway to explore the North Pole.
C. He was chosen for the school sports team as a kid.
D. He was the first Briton to ski alone to the North Pole. | | 4. The underlined word "Intrigued" in the third paragraph probably means _____. | A. Excited
B. Convinced
C. Delighted
D. Fascinated | | 5. It can be inferred tat Saunders" journey to the North Pole ______. | A. was accompanied by his old playmates
B. set a record in the North Pole expedition
C. was supported by other Arctic explorers
D. made him well-known in the 1960s | | 阅读理解。 | November not only marks the publication of Toni Morrison"s eagerly anticipated (期待) eighth novel,
Love, but it is also the tenth anniversary of her Nobel Prize for Literature. Morrison is the first black
woman to receive a Nobel, and so honored before her in literature are only two black men: Wole Soyinka,
the Nigerian playwright, poet and novelist, in 1986; and Derek Walcott, the Caribbean-born poet, in 1992.
But Morrison is also the first and only American-born Nobel prizewinner for literature since 1962, the year
novelist John steinbeck received the award.
Like Song of Solomon, Love is a multigenerational story, revealing the personal and communal legacy
of an outstanding black family. As Morrison scholars will tell you, Love is the third volume of a literary
master"s trilogy (三部曲) investigating the many complexities of love. This trilogy began with Beloved
(1988), which deals with a black mother"s love under slavery and in freedom. Jazzy (1993), the second
volume, tells a story of romantic love in 1920s Harlem. This latest novel looks back from the 1970s to the
1940s and 50s.
The emotional center of Love is Bill Cosey, the former owner and host of the shabby Cosey"s Hotel and
Resort in Silk, North Carolina, described in the novel as "the best and best-known vacation sport for colored
folk on the East Coast." We get to know Cosey through the memories of five women who survive and love
him: his granddaughter, his widow, two former employees, and a homeless young girl.
The latest novel, Love, had been described in the promotional material from her publisher as "Morrison"s
most accessible work since Song of Solomon." This comparison to her third novel, published in 1977, was
an effective selling point. | |
| 1. What would be the best title for the text? | A. Toni Morrison"s latest novels
B. Toni Morrison and her trilogy
C. Toni Morrison and her novel Love
D. Toni Morrison, the Nobel prizewinner | | 2. What can we learn about John Steinbeck? | A. He was a black writer.
B. He was born in America.
C. He received the Nobel Prize after Morrison
D. He was the first American novelist to win a Nobel | | 3. The similarity between Love and Song of Solomon is that they both _____. | A. belong to the same trilogy together with Beloved
B. concern families of more than one generation
C. deal with life of blacks under slavery
D. investigate life in 1920s Harlem | | 4. The novel Love mainly describes ______. | A. the best-known vacation spot for blacks
B. the life of an outstanding black family under slavery
C. the miserable experience of the five women in Harlem
D. the memories of five women about Bill Cosey | | 完形填空。 | The child in the hospital bed was just waking up after having a throat (喉咙) operation. His throat 1 , and
he was afraid. However, the young nurse 2 by his bed smiled so 3 that the little boy smiled back. He 4
to be afraid. The young nurse was May Paxton 5 she was deaf (聋的). May Paxton graduated 6 the
Missouri School for the Deaf near the year 1909.Three years 7 she went to see Dr. Richard son about 8
a nurse. Dr Richardson was one of the founders of Mercy Hospital of Kansas City. 9 had never heard of a
deaf nurse. She told May that her 10 would be very low and that the work would be 11 . However, May said
that hard work did not frighten her. Dr. Richardson was 12 her, and accepted May as a student nurse.
Dr. Richardson never 13 her decision 14 , she was so pleased with May"s work that she later accepted two
other deaf women as student nurses. The 15 was Miss Marian Finch, who was hard of 16 . The second was
Miss Lillie Bessie. These three were 17 "the silent angles (天使) of Mercy Hospital" during the 18 they worked
there.
Dr. Richardson often 19 her faith in the girls" ability to learn nursing. She wrote to May, "For three years,
you have been with us… It is wonderful to me that no man, 20 or child ever, to my knowledge, made a
complaint (投诉) against you…" | ( )1.A. cut
( )2.A. standing
( )3.A. shyly
( )4.A. continued
( )5.A. for
( )6.A. as
( )7.A. later
( )8.A. seeking
( )9.A. You
( )10.A. money
( )11.A. easy
( )12.A. angry with
( )13.A. regretted
( )14.A. In fact
( )15.A. one
( )16.A. reading
( )17.A. offered
( )18.A. year
( )19.A. spoke of
( )20.A. person | B. hurt
B. jumping
B. sadly
B. began
B. so
B. from
B. before
B. changing
B. She
B. check
B. disappointing
B. satisfied with
B. thought of
B. In a hurry
B. others
B. hearing
B. chosen
B. month
B. said
B. woman | C. wounded
C. lying
C. cheerfully
C. stopped
C. and
C. with
C. ago
C. hiring
C. We
C. pay
C. joyful
C. sorry for
C. liked
C. In surprise
C. first
C. listening
C. told
C. time
C. heard of
C. boy | D. damaged
D. crying
D. weakly
D. forgot
D. but
D. in
D. then
D. becoming
D. He
D. price
D. difficult
D. ashamed of
D. believed
D. In public
D. other
D. writing
D. called
D. term
D. noticed
D. girl | | 阅读理解。 | LONDON Thursday Just Read-Eddy missed his girlfriend so made he flew back to Britain from Australia
to propose (求婚) to her. The problem is she did the same in the opposite direction.
He and Anna even managed to miss each other when they sat in the same airport waiting room in Singapore
at he same time to wait for connecting flights.
Anna, heartbroken, when she arrived at Eddy"s Sydney flat to find he had flown to London, told The times:"It
was as though someone was playing a cruel joke on us."
"He is the most romantic person I have ever known. I think our problem is that we are both quite impulsive
(冲动的) people. We are always trying to surprise each other."
After an 11,000-mile flight across the globe, she was greeted by Eddy"s astonished roommate asking what
she was doing.
Eddy, a 27-year-old engineer taken year off to travel round Australia. But he was missing Anna, a 26-year
secretary, so much he got a job on a Sydney building site (工地) and started saving for a surprise.
He then flew home to Britain and went to her flat armed with an engagement (订婚) ring, wine and flowers.
"I really missed Anna and I"d been thinking about her all the time. I was so excited when she phoned me
from Australia," he said.
Eddy then asked Anna to marry him on the phone. "I didn"t know whether to laugh or cry but I accepted,"
she said.
Anna was given a tour of Sydney by Eddy"s friends before going back home. Eddy and to stay in Britain
for two weeks because he could not change his ticket. | | 1. What does the last sentence of the first paragraph tell us? | A. Anna flew to Britain from Australia to marry him.
B. Anna flew to Australia from Britain to marry him.
C. Anna flew to Britain from Australia to propose to him.
D. Anna flew to Australia from Britain to propose to him. | | 2. The underlined word "miss"in paragraph 2 most probably means _____. | A. escape from
B. fail to understand
C. fail to meet
D. long to see | | 3. Eddy got a job on a Sydney building site because he _____. | A. wanted to travel round Australia
B. needed money to pay his daily cost
C. was an engineer at this building site
D. hoped to make money from this job | | 4. Which of the following is TRUE about Eddy and Anna according to the text? | A. Eddy proposed to Anna on the phone and Anna accepted.
B. Anna stayed in Australia waiting for Eddy"s arrival.
C. Anna bad a good time touring Sydney with Daddy.
D. Eddy met Anna in the airport waiting room by chance. | 最新试题
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