| ( )1. A. bill ( )2. A. up ( )3. A. threw ( )4. A. showed ( )5. A. good ( )6. A. that ( )7. A. value ( )8. A. studies ( )9. A. do ( )10. A. meet ( )11. A. like ( )12. A. worthless ( )13. A. from ( )14. A. beauty ( )15. A. lesson | B. ground B. down B. dropped B. lifted B. clean B. how B. price B. work B. make B. deal B. hope B. weak B. in B. face B. truth | C. paper C. above C. fell C. put C. large C. what C. effect C. fields C. give C. talk C. wish C. poor C. about C. looks C. saying | D. finger D. below D. put D. picked D. dirty D. why D. part D. lives D. take D. get D. expect D. careless D. at D. impression D. story | |
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语法填空。 | ||||
| A young man, while travelling through a desert,came across a spring of clear water. 1______ water was sweet. He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to an elder 2______ had been his teacher. After a four-day journey, the young man 3______ (present) the water to the old man. His teacher took a deep drink, smiled 4______ (warm), and thanked his student very much for the sweet water. The young man went home 5______ a happy heart. After the student left, the teacher let 6______ student taste the water. He spit it out, 7______ (say) it was awful. Apparently, it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container. He asked his teacher, "Sir, the water was awful. Why did you pretend to like 8______?" The teacher replied, "You tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of kindness and love. Nothing could be 9______ (sweet)." We understand this lesson best 10______ we receive gifts of love from children. Whether it is a cheap pipe on a diamond necklace, the proper response is appreciation. We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing. | ||||
| 阅读理解。 | ||||
| When I was growing up in America, I was ashamed of my mother"s Chinese English. Because of her English, she was often treated unfairly. People in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her. My mother has realized the limitations of her English as well. When I was fifteen, she used to have me call people on the phone to pretend I was she. I was forced to ask for information or even to yell at people who had been rude to her. One time I had to call her stockbroker (股票经纪人).I said in an adolescent voice that was not very convincing, "This is Mrs. Tan." And my mother was standing beside me, whispering loudly, "Why he don"t send me cheek already two week lone." And then, in perfect English I said:"I"m getting rather concerned. You agreed to send the check two weeks ago, but it hasn"t arrived." Then she talked more loudly. "What he want? I come to New York tell him front of his boss." And so I turned to the stockbroker again, "I can"t tolerate any more excuse. If I don"t receive the check immediately, I am going to have to speak to your manager when I am in New York next week." The next week we ended up in New York. While I was sitting there red-faced, my mother, the real Mrs. Tan, was shouting to his boss in her broken English. When I was a teenager, my mother"s broken English embarrassed me. But now, I see it differently. To me, my mother"s English is perfectly clear, perfectly natural. It is my mother tongue. Her language, as I hear it, is vivid, direct, and full of observation and wisdom. It was the language that helped shape the way I saw things, expressed ideas, and made sense of the world. | ||||
| 1. Why was the author"s mother poorly served? | ||||
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| A. She was unable to speak good English. B. She was often misunderstood. C. She was not clearly heard. D. She was not very polite. | ||||
| 2. From Paragraph 2, we know that the author was _____. | ||||
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| A. good at pretending B. rude to the stockbroker C. ready to help her mother D. unwilling to phone for her mother | ||||
| 3. After the author made the phone call, _____. | ||||
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| A. they forgave the stockbroker B. they failed to get the check C. they went to New York immediately D. they spoke to their boss at once | ||||
| 4. What does the author think of her mother"s English now? | ||||
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| A. It confuses her. B. It embarrasses her. C. It helps her understand the world. D. It helps her tolerate rude people. | ||||
| 5. We can infer from the passage that Chinese English _____. | ||||
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| A. is clear and natural to non-native speakers B. is vivid and direct to non-native speakers C. has a very bad reputation in America D. may bring inconvenience in America | ||||
| 阅读理解。 | ||||
| Lisa was running late. Lisa, 25, had a lot to do at work, plus visitors on the way: her parents were coming in for Thanksgiving from her hometown. But as she hurried down the subway stairs, she started to feel uncomfortably warm. By the time she got to the platform, Lisa felt weak and tired-maybe it hadn"t been a good idea to give blood the night before, she thought. She rested herself against a post close to the tracks. Several yards away, Frank, 43, and his girlfriend, Jennifer, found a spot close to where the front of the train would stop. They were deep in discussion about a house they were thinking of buying. But when he heard the scream, followed by someone yelling, "Oh, my God, she fell in!" Frank didn"t hesitate. He jumped down to the tracks and ran some 40 feet toward the body lying on the rails. "No! Not you!" his girlfriend screamed after him. She was right to be alarmed. By the time Frank reached Lisa, he could feel the tracks shaking and see the light coming. The train was about 20 seconds from the station. It was hard to lift her. She was just out. But he managed to raise her the four feet to the platform so that bystanders could hold her by the grins and drag her away from the edge. That was where Lisa briefly regained consciousness, felt herself being pulled along the ground, and saw someone else holding her purse. Lisa thought she"d been robbed. A woman held her hand and a man gave his shirt to help stop the blood pouring from her head. And she tried to talk but she couldn"t, and that was when she realized how much pain she was in. Police and fire officials soon arrived, and Frank told the story to an officer. Jennifer said her boyfriend was calm on their 40一minute train ride downtown-just as he had been seconds after the rescue, which made her think about her reaction at the time. "I saw the train coming and I was thinking he was going to die," she explained. | ||||
| 1. What was the most probable cause for Lisa"s weakness? | ||||
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| A. She had run a long way. B. She felt hot in the subway. C. She had done a 1ot of work. D. She had donated blood the night before. | ||||
| 2. Why did Jennifer try to stop her boyfriend? | ||||
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| A. Because they would miss their train. B. Because he didn"t see the train coming. C. Because she was sure Lisa was hard to lift. D. Because she was afraid the train would kill him. | ||||
| 3. How did Frank save Lisa? | ||||
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| A. By lifting her to the platform. B. By helping her rise to her feet. C. By pulling her along the ground. D. By dragging her away from the edge. | ||||
| 4. When did Lisa become conscious again? | ||||
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| A. When the train was leaving. B. After she was back on the platform. C. After the police and fire officials came. D. When a man was cleaning the blood from her head. | ||||
| 5. The passage is intended to _____. | ||||
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| A. warn us of the danger in the subway B. show US how to save people in the subway C. tell US about a subway rescue D. report a traffic accident | ||||
| 阅读理解。 | ||||
| A good friend of mine was complaining about her son the other day. "Did you notice," she started, "how he didn"t wait for me to get my salad before he dove into his?" True enough, the boy attacked his plate faster than a cat in the wild. Without manners, we"re no more than animals. Actually, that"s not true. I"ve been watching and feeding a group of wild cats, and they show unusual politeness toward each other. Even when food is scarce, they take turns, leaving at least a small part for the next in line. My mother educated her three children to have good manners all the time. We were made to feel very uncomfortable as if we were sitting on pins and needles until we got used to saying please, thank you, pardon me, and I"m sorry. And I have to say, while it was a painful learning experience, it was one of the most valuable. I can"t tell you how often I sat with my friends, eating at their dinner tables, and their parents thought highly of my good manners. While it was a little embarrassing, I knew even then that my mother"s teachings were paying off. Many years later, when I was attending seminars across the country, my manners were quite useful. While I regret that I haven"t been a perfect example, I"m still working on it. I suppose, in this regard, my mother lives on through me. I didn"t have her beautiful singing voice or her green eyes, but she did make sure I received one of her finest characteristics. | ||||
| 1. What did the writer"s friend most probably complain about? | ||||
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| A. Her son"s eating too quickly. B. Her son"s not having a healthy diet. C. Her son"s not having good table manners. D. Teenagers" not having good manners. | ||||
| 2. The underlined word "scarce" in Paragraph 3 probably means "_____". | ||||
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| A. too much B. not delicious C. not enough D. quite hot | ||||
| 3. We learn that the writer"s mother _____. | ||||
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| A. was strict about her children"s manners B. never punished her children C. had beautiful blue eyes D. was not good at singing | ||||
| 4. What does the writer think of her experience of learning good manners? | ||||
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| A. Easy and relaxing B. Painful and valuable C. Easy but useless D. Too horrible | ||||
| 5. We can infer from the passage that the writer _____. | ||||
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| A. is surely liked by everyone around her B. is not satisfied with most people"s manners around her C. thinks she has been a perfect example to the young D. thanks her mother for teaching her the good manners a lot | ||||
| 完形填空。 | ||||
| "It"s my own fault." Carl Fenter pulled his jacket closer against the abnormal bite of cold morning wind. "The rest of the family is home, where it"s 1 ." Just another one of his 2 ideas-a big tamale (玉米粉蒸肉) feast after tonight"s Christmas Eve service at the church-and look where it landed him: waiting in a line 50 people deep. Who would have guessed that the tamale in every shop in the city would be sold out the day before Christmas? But they 3 , as Carl knew. He had been driving all over El Paso that morning. 4 to bring home tamales, Carl tried one last shop, an old favorite out in Canutillo. When he arrived, a fresh batch (一炉) was 5 off the steamer in 45 minutes. 6 at the end of the snaking line of tamale-seekers, he watched the woman in front of him 7 her jacket to cover her shivering youngster. It wasn"t long before she, too, 8 in the biting wind. After only a moment"s 9 , Carl took off his own jacket and offered it to the 10 mother. Together, they 11 when the line slowly moved forward at last, and smiling people exited the shop carrying steamy bags. 12 , Carl got inside the door and 13 closer to the counter, the woman now first in line. "Sorry folks," the clerk announced, "that"s the last of the tamales." " 14 !" Carl groaned (抱怨) with everyone else 15 behind him. " 16 ," stressed the man at the counter, "we"ll have a final batch ready 17 , oh, about two hours." Defeated, Carl backed away,but the young mother grabbed his arm. "You"re leaving?" "I 18 ," Carl glanced at his watch. "I promised to put up luminarias (传统圣诞灯) at my church." "I"ll get your order of tamales and bring them to your house." Carl"s brow furrowed "I couldn"t ask you to do that." "But it"s 19 I can do. You lent me your coat." Her smile overrode (推翻) his objections. "Just give me your address." She and her little girl settled in for the long wait. And at 20 noon on Christmas Eve,they delivered four dozen fragrant tamales-along with Carl"s brown jacket-to his home. | ||||
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