阅读理解。 Between the innocence of babyhood and the seriousness of manhood we fi
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a "boy" Boys are found everywhere-on top of, under, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running around,
or jumping to. Mothers spoil them, little girls hate them, older sisters and brothers love them, and God protects
them. A boy is TRUTH with dirt on its face, BEAUTY with a cut on its finger, WISDOM with chocolate in its
hair, and the HOPE of the future with a snake in its pocket.
When you are busy, a boy is a trouble - maker and a noise. When you want him to make a good impression,
his brain turns to jelly or else he becomes a wild creature bent on destroying the world and himself with it.
A boy is a mixture-he has the stomach of a horse, the digestion (消化力) of stones and sand, the energy of
an atomic bomb, the curiosity of a cat, the imagination of a superman, the shyness of a sweet girl, the brave
nature of a bull, the violence of a firecracker, but when you ask him to make something, he has five thumbs (拇
指) on each hand.
He likes ice cream, knives, saws, Christmas, comic books, woods, water (in its natural habitat), large
animals, Dad, trains, Saturday mornings, and fire engines. He is not much for Sunday schools, company,
schools, books without pictures, music lessons, neckties, barbers, girls, overcoats, adults, or bedtime.
A boy is a magical creature-he is your headache but when you come home at night with only shattered
pieces of your hopes and dreams, he can mend them like new with two magic words, "Hi, Dad!"
B. respect and harmony
C. ambition and expectation
D. confidence and imagination
B. He is slow, foolish and clumsy.
C. He becomes clever and smart.
D. He cuts his hand with a knife.
B. comic books
C. Saturday mornings
D. Sunday schools
B. He is fed up with these creatures.
C. He is amazed by their naughtiness.
D. He feels unsafe staying with them.
答案
举一反三
for a major airline and was looking forward to the 1______ of my shift (轮班) at Stapleton International Airport
in Denver. My wife was waiting up for me at home so that we could 2______ our gifts for Christmas.
Just then, a very 3______ gentleman went up to me: He asked how he could get to Cheyenne, Wyoming. He
had just arrived from Philadelphia and 4______ his connecting flight. I pointed him to the ground transportation
area, where he could rent a 5______. And then I called ray wife to let her know I would be home 6______
About fifteen minutes later, the gentleman 7______ and informed me that all the buses were full and there
were no cars 8______. I told him that he had to stay for a night ai the airport. Hearing that, he burst into
9______.
I tried to make him calm down. He explained that his name was Tom, and that his only son was 10______
ill at home and was not expected to 11______ another year, He expected that this would likely be the 12______
Christmas with his son. I told Tom to 13______ his luggage and wait for me at the gate. I was driving to
Cheyenne. I called my wife Kathy, telling her about it and not to wait up for me. I drove fast 14______ and we
arrived in Cheyenne around 2:30 a.m.
Kathy was still 15______ me when I got home in the early morning. We traded gifts and then our conversation
16______ Tom. For Kathy and me, there was no 17______ that driving Tom to Cheyenne was the 18______
choice.
A couple of days later, I 19______ a Christmas card with a picture of Tom and his family. In it, Tom thanked
me for the special 20______ lie had received that holiday season, but I knew the best gift was mine.
| ( )1.A. end ( )2.A. expect ( )3.A. kind ( )4.A. mistook ( )5.A. bus ( )6.A. soon ( )7.A. left ( )8.A. reliable ( )9.A. laughter ( )10.A. really ( )11.A. suffer ( )12.A. last ( )13.A. hand ( )14.A. for a while ( )15.A. waiting for ( )16.A. remembered ( )17.A. idea ( )18.A. main ( )19.A. received ( )20.A. drive | B. turn B. get B. helpless B. missed B. flight B. late B. moved B. present B. tears B. slightly B. live B. best B. find B. all around B. caring for B. recalled B. doubt B. only B. sent B. help | C. role C. exchange C. sad C. caught C. room C. early C. came C. available C. anger C. seriously C. share C. happiest C. pack C. all the way C. thinking of C. concerned C. point C. nice C. saved C. deal | D. change D. make D. worried D. continued D. car D. lately D. returned D. acceptable D. sorrow D. unluckily D. grow D. hardest D. collect D. from time to time D. depending on D. contained D. problem D. great D. discovered D. gift | ||||||||||||
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| Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, "Mum, you must come and see the daffodils (水仙花) before they are over." I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive from Lake Arrowhead. "I will go next Tuesday," I promised, a little unwillingly, on her third call. The next Tuesday dawned cold and rainy. Still, I had promised, and so I drove there. When I finally walked into Carolyn"s house and hugged and greeted my grandchildren, I said, "Forget the daffodils, Carolyn! The road is invisible (看不见的) in the cloud and fog, and there is nothing in the world except you and these children that I want to see!" My daughter smiled calmly and said, "We drive in this weather all the time, Mum. You will never forgive yourself if you miss this experience." After about twenty minutes, we turned onto a small road and I saw a small church. On the far side of the church, I saw a hand-lettered sign that read "Daffodil Garden"? We got out of the car and each took a child"s hand,and I followed Carolyn down the path. Then, we turned a comer of the path, and I looked up and gasped. Before me lay the most beautiful sight? There were five acres of flowers! "But who has done this?" I asked Carolyn. "It"s just one woman," Carolyn answered. That"s her home, "Carolyn pointed to a well-kept A-frame house that looked small and modest in the midst of all that glory. We walked up to the house. On the patio (庭院), we saw a poster." Answers to the Questions I Know You Are Asking" was the headline. The first answer was a simple one. "50,000 bulbs (鳞茎)" it read. The second answer was,"One at a time, by one woman." The third answer was, "Began in 1958." I thought of this woman whom I Had never met, who, more than fifty years before, had begun-one bulb at a time-to bring the beauty and joy to the mountain top. | |||||||||||||||
| 1. The author didn"t go to see the daffodils at first because ______. | |||||||||||||||
| A. she was not interested in them B. they were growing on the mountain top C. the weather was not good enough D. it was not easy for her to drive there | |||||||||||||||
| 2. What do we know about the woman living in the A-frame house? | |||||||||||||||
| A. She must be out of mind. B. She acted as a gardener there. C. It took her great determination to grow the daffodils. D. She was poor and made her living by selling daffodils. | |||||||||||||||
| 3. What could the author probably learn front this experience? | |||||||||||||||
| A. Nothing is too difficult if you put your heart into it. B. We must put the interests of others above our own. C. We can change the world by growing flowers. D. It"s never too late to learn. | |||||||||||||||
| 4. What would be the best title for the passage? | |||||||||||||||
| A. An Unforgettable Experience. B. Beautiful Daffodils. C. One Bulb at a Time. D. I Love Daffodils. | |||||||||||||||
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