Nearly two decades has passed, I still remember my favourite professor, James Schwartz. Whenever he
smiles, it"s as if you"d just been told the funniest joke on earth. Almost all his students are his friends, and
almost all his students know his life story.
When James was a teenager, his father 1 him to a fur factory where he worked. This was during the
Great Depression. The 2 was to get James a job.
He entered the factory, and immediately felt as if the 3 had closed in around him. The room was dark
and hot, the windows covered with dust, and the 4 were packed tightly together, running like trains. The
fur hairs were flying, 5 a thickened air, and the workers, 6 the pieces of fur together, were bent over
their needles 7 the boss marched up and down the rows, searching for them to go faster. James could
hardly 8 . He stood next to his father, frozen with fear, hoping the boss wouldn"t 9 at him, too.
During lunch break, his father took James to the boss and pushed him in front of him, 10 if there was
any work for his son. But 11 there was barely enough 12 for the adult labours, for no one would give it
up once he takes a job.
Thus, for James, it was a 13 . He hated the place. He made a 14 that he kept to the end of his life: he
would never do any work that brought 15 to someone else, and he would never allow himself to 16 money
off the sweat of others.
"What will you do?" his mother, Eva, would ask him.
"I don"t know," he 17 say. He ruled out law, because he didn"t like 18 , and he ruled out medicine, because
he couldn"t take the 19 of blood.
"What will you do?"
20 , my best professor I ever had became a teacher because he thought it was the job not to hurt anybody. |
( )1.A.sent
( )2.A.situation
( )3.A.lights
( )4.A.goods
( )5.A.creating
( )6.A.collecting
( )7.A.as
( )8.A.breathe
( )9.A.attack
( )10.A.doubting
( )11.A.also
( )12.A.time
( )13.A.comforting
( )14.A.request
( )15.A.harm
( )16.A.pay
( )17.A.should
( )18.A.police
( )19.A.sight
( )20.A.Generally | B.took
B.condition
B.doors
B.workers
B.sending
B.pulling
B.after
B.see
B.scold
B.questioning
B.still
B.work
B.regretting
B.promise
B.injury
B.save
B.would
B.lawyers
B.feel
B.Luckily | C.carried
C.idea
C.chances
C.machines
C.taking
C.drawing
C.if
C.walk
C.rush
C.asking
C.yet
C.office
C.blessing
C.plan
C.damage
C.make
C.could
C.judges
C.sense
C.Eventually | D.admitted
D.way
D.walls
D.vehicles
D.disturbing
D.sewing
D.though
D.hear
D.scream
D.demanding
D.even
D.occupation
D.forgiving
D.arrangement
D.inconvenience
D.let
D.might
D.government
D.scenery
D.Basically |
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| 阅读理解。 | Eddie"s father used to say he"d spent so many years by the ocean, breathing seawater. Now, away from
that ocean, in the hospital bed, his body began to look like a beached fish. His condition went from fair to
stable and from stable to serious. Friends went from saying, "He"ll be home in a day," to "He"ll be home in
a week" In his father"s absence, Eddie helped out at the pier (码头), working evenings after his taxi job.
When Eddie was a teenager, if he ever complained or seemed bored with the pier, his father would shout,
"What? This isn"t good enough for you?" And later, when he"d suggested Eddie take a job there after high
school, Eddie almost laughed, and his father again said, "What? This isn"t good enough for you?" And before
Eddie went to war, when he"d talked of marrying Marguerite and becoming an engineer, his father said,
"What? This isn"t good enough for you?"
And now, regardless of all that, here he was, at the pier, doing his father"s labor.
Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on They move away. It is
not until much later, as the heart weakens, that children understand: their stories, and all their accomplishments,
sit on top of the stories of their mothers and fathers, stones upon stones, beneath the waters of their lives.
Finally, one night, at his mother"s urging, Eddie visited the hospital. He entered the room slowly. His father,
who for years had refused to speak to Eddie, now lacked the strength to even try.
"Don"t sweat it, kid," the other workers told him "Your old man will pull through. He"s the toughest man
we"ve ever seen."
When the news came that his father had died, Eddie felt the emptiest kind of anger, the kind that circles
in its cage.
In the weeks that followed, Eddie"s mother lived in a confused state. She spoke to her husband as if he
were still there. She yelled at him to turn down the radio. She cooked enough food for two. One night, when
Eddie offered to help with"the dishes, she said, "Your father will put them away." Eddie put a hand on her
shoulder. "Ma," he said, softly, "Dad"s gone."
"Gone where?" | | 1. In Paragraph 4, the writer indicates that _____. | | [ ] | A. Children like moving away from their parents
B. Children often feel regretful because they leave their parents
C. Children wouldn"t have achieved so much without their parents" support
D. Children can never understand how much their parents have devoted to them | | 2. The underlined sentence probably means "_____". | | [ ] | A. Don"t give it up
B. Don"t worry about it
C. Don"t let him down
D. Don"t touch it | 3. Which of the following shows the right order of the story?
a. Eddie"s father died.
b. Eddie worked as a taxi driver.
c. Eddie married Marguerite.
d. Eddie was bored with his father"s job. | | [ ] | A. bacd
B. dcab
C. bcda
D. dcba | | 4. From the last part of the passage, we learn that _____. | | [ ] | A. Eddie"s mother liked to listen to the radio
B. Eddie often helped his mother wash the dishes
C. Eddie and his wife lived in his mother"s apartment
D. Eddie"s mother missed her husband so much that she was at a loss | | 完形填空。 | It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite
shirt on.
A 1 came, "Nice shirt," I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said, "That shirt belonged to
my dad. Greg"s mother works for my family. We were going to 2 that shirt away, but gave it to her
3 ." I was speechless. I wanted to hide.
I 4 the shirt in the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened. She then dialed her 5 ,
"I will no longer work for your family," she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn"t clean
anymore; she knew her life"s 6 was something greater.
The next morning she 7 with the personal manager at the Board of Education. He told her that without
a proper education she could not teach. So Mom decided to 8 a university.
After the first year in college, she went back to the personal manager. He said, "You are 9 , aren"t
you? I think I have a 10 for you as a teacher"s assistant. This opportunity deals with children who are
mentally challenged with little or no chance of 11 ." Mom accepted the opportunity very 12 .
For almost five years, as a teacher"s assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and
quit, feeling 13 . Then one day, the personal manager and the principal 14 in her classroom. The principal
said, "We have watched how you 15 the children and how they communicate with you and admire your
hard-working 16 over the last five years. We are all in agreement that you 17 be the teacher of this class."
My mom spent more than 20 years there. 18 her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this
came about because of the 19 comment made in the classroom that day. Mom showed me how to handle
20 situations and never give up. | ( )1. A. noise
( )2. A. get
( )3. A. otherwise
( )4. A. settled
( )5. A. teacher
( )6. A. purpose
( )7. A. went
( )8. A. visit
( )9. A. serious
( )10. A. career
( )11. A. learning
( )12. A. patiently
( )13. A. upset
( )14. A. looked up
( )15. A. believe
( )16. A. spirit
( )17. A. must
( )18. A. At
( )19. A. worthless
( )20. A. challenging | B. voice
B. take
B. anyhow
B. pushed
B. employer
B. encouragement
B. met
B. continue
B. fortunate
B. duty
B. judging
B. eagerly
B. frightened
B. went up
B. protect
B. intention
B. would
B. During
B. thoughtless
B. different | C. sound
C. carry
C. instead
C. stored
C. director
C. achievement
C. worked
C. attend
C. careful
C. position
C. obeying
C. successfully
C. guilty
C. took up
C. treat
C. action
C. might
C. On
C. hopeless
C. dangerous | D. tune
D. throw
D. actually
D. stuck
D. adviser
D. victory
D. stayed
D. prepare
D. responsible
D. part
D. imagining
D. skillfully
D. ashamed
D. showed up
D. receive
D. attempt
D. should
D. With
D. helpless
D. strange | | 阅读理解。 | Eight-year-old Jesse Arbogast was playing in the sea late one evening in July 2001 when a 7-foot bull
shark attacked him and tore off his arm. Jesse"s uncle jumped into the sea and dragged the boy to shore.
The boy was not breathing. His aunt gave him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (人工呼吸) while his uncle
rang the emergency services. Pretty soon, a helicopter arrived and flew the boy to hospital. It was a much
quicker journey than the journey by road.
Jesse"s uncle, Vance Folsenzier, ran back into the sea and found the shark that had attacked his nephew.
He picked the shark up and threw it onto the beach. A coastguard shot the fish four times and although this
did not kill it, the shark"s jaws relaxed so that they could open them, and reach down into its stomach, and
pull out the boy"s arm.
At the Baptist Hospital in Pensacola, Dr Ian Rogers spent eleven hours reattaching Jesse"s arm "It was a
complicated operation," he said, "but we were lucky. If the arm hadn"t been recovered in time, we wouldn"t
have been able to do the operation at all. What I mean is that if they hadn"t found the shark, we wouldn"t have
had a chance."
According to local park ranger Jack Tomosvic, shark attacks are not that common "Jesse was just
unlucky," he says, "evening is the shark"s feeding time. And Jesse was in an area without lifeguards. This
would never have happened if he had been in an area where swimming is allowed."
When reporters asked Jesse"s uncle how he had had the courage to fight a shark, he replied, "I was mad
and you do some strange things when you"re mad." | | 1. What was the boy doing when the accident happened? | | [ ] | A. Feeding a hungry shark.
B. Jumping into the rough sea.
C. Dragging a boy to the shore.
D. Swimming in a dangerous area. | | 2. In which way did the boy"s uncle help with the operation? | | [ ] | A. By finding his lost arm.
B. By shooting the fish.
C. By flying him to hospital.
D. By blowing into his mouth. | | 3. How was his uncle in time of danger? | | [ ] | A. Careful.
B. Brave.
C. Optimistic.
D. Patient. | | 阅读理解。 | The Touchstone
When the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable
book; and so a poor man, who could read a little, bought it for very little money.
The book wasn"t very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting indeed. It
was a thin strip of animal skin on which was written the secret of the "Touchstone"! The touchstone was a
small pebble that could turn any common metal into pure gold.
The writing explained that it was lying among thousands and thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly
like it. But the secret was this: The real stone would feel warm, while ordinary pebbles were cold.
So the man sold his few belongings, bought some simple supplies, camped on the seashore, and began
testing pebbles. He knew that if he picked up ordinary pebbles and threw them down again because they were
cold, he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into
the sea He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone. Yet he went on and on this way.
Pick up a pebble. Cold-throw it into the sea. Pick up another. Throw it into the sea. The days continued over
a long period of time.
One day, however, about mid-afternoon, he picked up a pebble and it was warm. He threw itinto the sea
before he realized what he had done. He had formed such a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the sea
that when the one he wanted came along, he still threw it away.
So it is with opportunity. Unless we are cautious, it"s easy to fail to recognize an opportunity when it is in
hand and it"s just as easy to throw it away. | | 1. The man bought the book because _____. | | [ ] | A. he wanted to read it
B. it was very interesting
C. there was a secret in the book
D. he wanted to find the touchstone | | 2. We can learn from the passage that the touchstone is _____. | | [ ] | A. pure
B. cold
C. magic
D. big | | 3. Why did the man throw-the pebbles into the sea? | | [ ] | A Because he didn"t want to get the same pebbles.
B. Because he didn"t want others to pick them up.
C. Because he didn"t like their ordinary looks.
D. Because he didn"t like the cold feelings. | | 4. What does the author want to tell us in the passage? | | [ ] | A. We should create opportunities in our life.
B. We should seek for opportunities in the world.
C. We may seize opportunities when we are watchful.
D. We may discover opportunities when forming habits. | | 阅读理解。 | Angus MacLeod was fifty and he had spent his entire life as a shepherd in the remote mountainous region
of northwest Scotland. He had never owned a radio or television nor had he travelled further than forty
kilometres from his birthplace. His knowledge of the world was gained only from his brief trips to the village
to sell his sheep and buy food. However, he had lately come to rely on the growing number of hill-walkers in
the region as sources of international news.
In the spring of 1992, a Spanish student came across Angus high in the mountains. Eager to practise his
English he engaged Angus in conversation. The student told Angus of the forthcoming Olympic Games in
Barcelona. Excited by the student"s colourful description of Spain and the Games, Angus decided to attend
the event in person and two months later arrived in Barcelona.
The ticketless Angus stood outside the stadium with his canny brain working overtime, watching a growing
number of individuals entering the stadium through a small entrance at the side. He noticed that they all seemed
to be carrying objects. Perhaps they were workmen, he thought. He moved closer and watched.
Within minutes a thin young man came along carrying an extremely long pole. He approached the official
at the door and said "Pole Vault". The official moved to the side and the man entered. Next came a heavy-set
man with a spear. Angus wondered how a man could carry such a dangerous weapon in a modern city. The
man shouted "Javelin" and was presently admitted. Angus was puzzled. Perhaps they were all connected with
security. His puzzlement grew when a huge man appeared with a steel ball in his hand. He shouted "Shot Putt"
and walked past the official.
It suddenly dawned on Angus that these people were competitors. He opened his programme and sure
enough under the heading "events" he saw the three words the men had said. Angus laughed to himself as a
plan began to take shape in his mind. First he needed to buy one or two things.
An hour later he reappeared dressed in a tracksuit with "Scotland" written across the chest. Over his shoulder
he carried a roll of barbed wire (铁丝网). Smiling to himself he walked up to the official and as casually as he
could, shouted, "Fencing!" | | 1. Which was Angus" new way of getting information about the outside world? | | [ ] | A. Travelling from his birthplace.
B. Listening to radio and watching TV.
C. Going to the nearby village to sell sheep.
D. Talking to hill-walkers in the region. | | 2. What are "Javelin", "Pole Vault","Shot Putt" and "Fencing" in the passage? | | [ ] | A. Olympic events.
B. Names of competitors.
C. Security weapons.
D. Names of countries. | | 3. From the passage we can learn that _____. | | [ ] | A. more and more people went to Scotland to practise their English
B. the Spanish student"s description of his country excited Angus
C. Angus had been planning a trip to Barcelona to see the Olympic Games
D. Angus became a member of the Scottish Olympic team | | 4. From the passage we know that Angus seemed to be _____. | | [ ] | A. poorly-informed
B. intelligent
C. strong-minded
D. athletic | | 5. What do you expect the official would do in the end? | | [ ] | A. Help him carry the wire.
B. Refuse to let him in.
C. Give him a close inspection.
D. Lead him to the competition. | 最新试题
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