阅读理解。 I was in a terrible mood. Two of my friends had gone to the movies the
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I was in a terrible mood. Two of my friends had gone to the movies the night before and hadn"t invited me. I was in my room thinking of ways to make them sorry when my father came in. "Want to go for a ride, today, Beck? It"s a beautiful day." "No! Leave me alone!" Those were the last words I said to him that morning. My friends called and invited me to go to the mall with them a few hours later. I forgot to be mad at them and when I came home to find a note on the table. My mother put it where I would be sure to see it. "Dad has had an accident. Please meet us at Highland Park Hospital". When I reached the hospital, my mother came out and told me my father"s injuries were extensive. "Your father told the driver to leave him alone and just call 911, thank God! If he had moved Daddy, there"s no telling what might have happened. A broken rib (肋骨) might have pierced (穿透) a lung .... " My mother may have said more, but I didn"t hear. I didn"t hear anything except those terrible words: Leave me alone. My dad said them to save himself from being hurt more. How much had I hurt him when I hurled those words at him earlier in the day? It was several days later that he was finally able to have a conversation. I held his hand gently, afraid of hurting him. "Daddy... I am so sorry .... " "It"s okay, sweetheart. I"ll be okay." "No," I said, "I mean about what I said to you that day. You know, that morning?" My father could no more tell a lie than he could fly. He looked at me and said. "Sweetheart, I don"t remember anything about that day, not before, during or after the accident. I remember kissing you goodnight the night before, though." He managed a weak smile. My English teacher once told me that words have immeasurable power. They can hurt or they can heal. And we all have the power to choose our words. I intend to do that very carefully from now on. |
1. The author was in bad mood that morning because _____. |
A. his father had a terrible accident B. he couldn"t drive to the mall with his friends C. his friends hadn"t invited him to the cinema D. his father didn"t allow him to go out with his friends |
2. Why did the author say sorry to his father in the hospital? |
A. Because he didn"t go along with his father. B. Because he was rude to his father that morning. C. Because he failed to come earlier after the accident. D. Because he couldn"t look after his father in the hospital |
3. The reason why the author"s father said he forgot everything about that day is that _____. |
A. he had a poor memory B. he didn"t want to comfort his son C. he just wanted to comfort his son D. he lost his memory after the accident |
4. What lesson did Beck learn from the matter? |
A. Don"t treat your parents badly. B. Don"t hurt others with rude words. C. Don"t move the injured in an accident. D. Don"t be angry with friends at small things. |
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阅读理解。 |
If you were to walk up to Arthur Bonner and say, "Hey, Butterfly Man," his face would break into a smile. The title suits him, And he loves it. Arthur Bonner works with the Palos Verdes blue butterfly, once thought to have died out. Today the butterfly is coming back thanks to him. But years ago if you"d told him this was what he"d be doing someday, he would have laughed, "You"re crazy." As a boy, he used to be "a little tough guy on the streets". At age thirteen he was caught by police stealing. At eighteen, he landed in prison for shooting a man. "I knew it had hurt my mom," Bonner said after he got out of prison. "So I told myself I would not put my room through that pain again." One day he met Professor Mattoni, who was working to rebuild the habitat for an endangered butterfly called El Segundo blue. "I saw the sign "Butterfly Habitat" and asked, "How can you have a habitat when the butterflies can just fly away?"" Bonner recalls. "Dr. Mattoni laughed and handed me a magnifying glass (放大镜), "Look at the leaves." I could see all these caterpillars (蝴蝶的幼虫) on the plant. Dr Mattoni explained, "Without the plant, there are no butterflies."" Weeks later, Bonner received a call from Dr. Mattoni who told him there was a butterfly that needed help. That was how he met the Palos Verdes blue. Since then he"s been working for four years to help bring the butterfly back. He grows astragals, the only plant the butterfly eats. He collects butterflies and brings them into a lab to lay eggs. Then he puts new butterflies into the habitat. The butterfly"s population once almost zero, is now up to 900. For their work, Bonner and Dr. Mattoni received lots of awards. But for Bonner, he earned something more: he turned his life around. For six years now Bonner has kept his promise to stay out of prison. While he" s bringing back the Palos Verdes blue, the butterfly has helped bring him back, too. |
1. When he was young, Arthur Bonner _____. |
A. broke the law and ended up in prison B. was fond of shooting and hurt his morn C. often offered necessary help to other people D. often caught butterflies and took them home |
2. Bonner came to know the Palos Verdes blue after he _____. |
A. found the butterfly had died out B. won many prizes from his professor C. met Dr. Mattoni, a professor D. collected butterflies and put them into a lab |
3. From the last sentence of the text, we learn that raising butterflies has _____. |
A. made Bonner famous B. changed Bonner"s life C. brought Bonner wealth D. enriched Bonner"s knowledge |
4. Which of the following would be the best title for the text? |
A. A Promise to Morn B. A Man Saved by Butterflies C. A Story of Butterflies D. A Job Offered by Dr. Mattoni |
阅读理解。 |
A man was on the side of the road hitchhiking (搭便车) on a very dark night in the middle of a terrible rainstorm, with no cars on the road. The storm was so strong that the man could hardly see a few feet ahead of him. Suddenly, he saw a car come towards him and stop. The man, without thinking about it, got in the car and closed the door and only then did he realize that there was nobody behind the steering wheel (方向盘)! The car started to move very slowly. The man looked at the road and saw a curve (拐弯处) coming his way. Terrified, he started to pray, begging for his life. He had not come out of shock when, just before the car hit the curve, a hand suddenly appeared through the window and moved the wheel. The man, paralyzed with fear, watched how the hand appeared every time the car was drawing near a curve. Finally, although terrified, the man managed to open the door and jump out of the spooky car. Without looking back, the man ran through the storm all the way to the nearest town. In a state of complete horror, the man walked into a nearby bar and asked for two glasses of Scotch whisky. Then, still shaking with fright, he started telling everybody in the bar about the horrible experience he just went through in the spooky car. Everyone in the bar listened in silence and became frightened, with hair standing on end, when they realized the man was telling the truth because he was crying and he was certainly not drunk! About half an hour later, two other young men walked into the same bar and one said to the other, "Hey, there"s a stupid man who jumped into the car while we were pushing it!" |
1. When the car was first drawing near a curve, the man _____. |
A. felt very curious B. was extremely frightened C. cried for help D. remained as calm as possible |
2. According to the passage, what made the man"s experience believable? |
A. His reasonable behavior. B. His vivid description. C. His plain appearance. D. His honest attitude. |
3. We can infer from the passage that _____. |
A. it is unsafe for people to take a free ride B. the man was telling a lie to his listeners C. the car probably broke down on the way D. the two young men were familiar with the man |
完形填空。 |
I was sure that I was to be killed. I became terribly nervous. I searched in my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes, which had 1 their search. I found 2 and because of my shaking hands, I could 3 get it to my lips. But I had no matches, they had taken those. I looked 4 the bars at my jailer (看守监狱的人). He did not make eye contact with me. I 5 to him "Have you got a light?" He looked at me, shrugged and came over to light my cigarette. 6 he came close and lit the match, his eyes inadvertently (无意中) locked with mine. At that moment, I 7 . I don"t know why I did that. Perhaps it was 8 , perhaps it was because, when you get very close, one to another, it is very 9 not to smile. In any case, I smiled. In that instant, it was 10 a spark jumped across the gap between our two hearts, our two human souls. I know he didn"t want to, but my smile leaped through the bars and generated smile on his lips, too. He lit my cigarette but 11 , looking at me directly in the eye and continuing to smile. I 12 smiling at him, now aware of him as a (n) 13 and not just a jailer. And his looking at me seemed to have a new 14 too. "Do you have kids?" he asked. "Yes, here, here." I took out my wallet and nervously fumbled for the 15 of my family. He, too, took out the pictures of his family and began to talk about his plans and hopes for them. My eyes filled with tears. I said that I feared that I"d never see my family again, never have the chance to see them grow up. Tears came to his eyes, too. 16 without another word, he 17 my cell (牢房) and silently led me out. Out of the jail, quietly and by back routes, out of the town. There, at the edge of town, he released me. And without another word, he turned back toward the town. "My life was 18 by a smile." Yes, the smile-the unaffected, unplanned, 19 connection between people. I really believe that if that part of you and that part of me could 20 each other, we wouldn"t be enemies. We couldn"t have hate or envy or fear. |
( )1. A. lost ( )2. A. them ( )3. A. barely ( )4. A. on ( )5. A. gave out ( )6. A. As ( )7. A. cried ( )8. A. anger ( )9. A. easy ( )10. A. even though ( )11. A. went away ( )12. A. kept ( )13. A. stranger ( )14. A. dimension ( )15. A. cigarettes ( )16. A. Intentionally ( )17. A. unfolded ( )18. A. misled ( )19. A. surprising ( )20. A. like | B. given B. it B. quickly B. through B. let out B. Before B. shook B. nervousness B. hard B. as well as B. dropped out B. stopped B. enemy B. suggestion B. bags B. Unconsciously B. unlocked B. destroyed B. natural B. expect | C. escaped C. that C. possibly C. at C. called out C. After C. refused C. bitterness C. glad C. as though C. stayed far C. began C. opponent C. impression C. pictures C. Unwillingly C. uncontrolled C. saved C. different C. notice | D. reached D. one D. likely D. up D. screamed out D. Until D. smiled D. sympathy D. embarrassed D. as long as D. stayed near D. forgot D. person D. concept D. wallet D. Suddenly D. undefended D. ignored D. frequent D. recognize | 完形填空。 | It was a cold winter morning. Half asleep at the train station, I stared into the distance, 1 for the train to take me to my 2 in Boston. The world was quiet. The very few people on the street kept to themselves, 3 their steaming cups of coffee. Reaching into my pocket as the 4 was approaching, my numb hand searched for the $20 bill to pay my fare. The pocket was 5 ! I searched through my bag and then I felt 6 . Unless the money dropped from the sky, I"d be 7 there. "What" s the matter?" A short, elderly man stood before me. "Oh, nothing...Well, I 8 my money and now I can"t pay for the ticket. I"m going to 9 my match class, and the train is leaving." "Here, use this." The man held a $20 bill. I looked up, 10 . People just didn"t do that anymore. Everyone worried about their own 11 , rarely stopping to think about others, especially teenage strangers. "Thank you, but no, I can"t." " 12 it-go!" The man pushed me 13 the train. I bought a round-trip ticket, and he refused the change I 14 to give him back. I did not know what to say-a million thoughts raced through my mind, yet I stood 15 . For the train ride I was silent. I began to see the world through 16 eyes. That man made a difference with such a simple 17 . A week later I was at the train station again, with an extra $20 18 I saw the man. And there he was. "Excuse me, sir, I believe I owe you this." I 19 the money into his hand. Failing to refuse, he said, "Just remember to do the same for someone in your shoes someday." I smiled, content. The elderly man is my hero. For many, heroes are famous, but my hero is a 20 stranger who taught me a lesson in life. I will never forget his kindness. | ( )1. A. watching ( )2. A. home ( )3. A. serving ( )4. A. chance ( )5. A. deep ( )6. A. hopeless ( )7. A.blocked ( )8. A.wasted ( )9. A.miss ( )10. A.frightened ( )11. A.problems ( )12. A.Seize ( )13. A.in ( )14. A.offered ( )15. A.unconsciously ( )16. A.curious ( )17. A.task ( )18. A.so that ( )19. A.dropped ( )20. A.giving | B. looking B. class B. carrying B. crowd B. empty B. useless B. drawn B. counted B. skip B. disturbed B. complaints B. Get B. beyond B. managed B. silently B. changed B. act B. even if B. pushed B. encouraging | C. reaching C. office C. minding C. driver C. messy C. relieved C. stuck C. spent C. fail C. surprised C. positions C. Catch C. toward C. happened C. seriously C. bright C. example C. now that C. pressed C. promising | D. arranging D. factory D. making D. train D. tight D. dissatisfied D. tied D. lost D. stop D. concerned D. challenges D. Take D. on D. attempted D. uncomfortably D. widened D. performance D. in case D. placed D. respecting | 阅读理解。 | Has anyone noticed how, with the passage of time, one"s relationship with one"s grown-up daughters and sons becomes changed? I"ve been aware of this for some time but I"m not quite sure how to deal with it. Take the kitchen sink for example. Following a family get-together at my place, I walked into the kitchen to find Kate, my daughter carefully cleaning the sink. "Don"t do that; what are you doing that for?" I said, unhappy about the hidden criticism. "Mum," she said, "you really ought to put your glasses on when you clean the sink. Behind the tap here was black!" But it"s just things like kitchen sinks. Another time Kate arrived to pick me up to lunch. She looked at me and then asked, "Mum, why do you use brown eyebrow pencil when your hair is grey?" A sudden memory of her, aged 14, going to her first mixed party flooded back. She had come in to say goodbye. For a moment I thought she"d been an accident. Both eyes were black. I remember suggesting that perhaps a little less eye make-up might be more effective. Now I told her, "My hair used to be brown." "It looks absurd." "Mrs. Menzies had dark eyebrows with grey hair." "Yes, but you"re not Mrs. Menzies, are you?" she said triumphantly, as if that proved her point. But a recent event made me realize that something really must be done. She had returned home for a few weeks before getting married. One evening I went out on a dinner date. By the time my companion left me at the front door, it was about 2 am. As I stepped in, an angry figure in a white nightgown stopped me. "Well, what time of night is this to be coming home?" she shouted. "Where have you been? I"ve been worried sick!" Shades of the past come back to disturb me. But what should I do about all this? Nothing, probably. Maybe, after all, it"s only a stage young people are going through. | 1. The daughter thought her mother didn"t clean the kitchen sink well because of her _____. | A. laziness B. carelessness C. unhappiness D. poor-quality glasses | 2. From the passage we know the daughter _____. | A. didn"t want to help with the sink B. didn"t like brown eyebrow pencils C. had an accident when she went to her first party D. shouted at her mum because she came home late | 3. How does the mother feel after all these have happened? | A. Shocked. B. Proud. C. Envious. D. Confused. | 4. The author writes the stories to prove that _____. | A. their relationship became stronger B. their roles changed as time passed C. her daughter very much cared about her D. her daughter got upset as she grew up |
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