There was a blacksmith (铁匠) who wasn"t satisfied with his work. Once he complained, "I am not well
and my work is too warm. I want to be a 1 on the mountain. There it must be 2 , for the wind blows
and the trees give a shade.." A wise man who had 3 over all things replied, "Go you, be a stone." And he
was a stone, high up on the 4 side. It happened that a stone-cutter 5 that way for a stone and when he
saw the one that had been the 6 , he knew that it was what he 7 and he began to cut it. The stone 8
out, "This hurts! I no longer want to be a stone. A stone-cutter I want to be. That 9 be pleasant." The wise
man, humoring him, said, "Be a cutter." 10 he became a stone-cutter and as he went seeking a suitable stone,
he 11 tired and his feet were sore (酸痛). He 12 , "I no longer want to cut stone. I would be the sun; that
would be pleasant." The wise man 13 , "Be the sun." And he was the sun. But the sun was warmer than the
blacksmith, than a stone, than a stone-cutter, and he complained, "I do not 14 this. I would be the moon. It
15 cool." The wise man spoke yet again, "Be the moon." And he was the moon. This is warmer than being
the sun, 16 he, "for the light from the sun 17 on me ever. I do not want to be the moon. I would be a 18
again. That, indeed, is the 19 life." But the wise man replied, "I am 20 of your changing. You wanted to be
the moon; the moon you are and you will remain." |
( )1. A. tree
( )2. A. warm
( )3. A. energy
( )4. A. river
( )5. A. went
( )6. A. moon
( )7. A. bought
( )8. A. cried
( )9. A. would
( )10. A. Though
( )11. A. became
( )12. A. complained
( )13. A. refused
( )14. A. like
( )15. A. feels
( )16. A. whispered
( )17. A. twinkles
( )18. A. smith
( )19. A. worst
( )20. A. bored | B. iron
B. hot
B. force
B. mountain
B. took
B. sun
B. caught
B. read
B. should
B. Nevertheless
B. turned
B. suggested
B. commanded
B. hate
B. sounds
B. shouted
B. shines
B. carpenter
B. best
B. fond | C. stone
C. cold
C. power
C. lake
C. came
C. wise man
C. sought
C. spoke
C. will
C. Thus
C. grew
C. persuaded
C. mentioned
C. want
C. looks
C. stated
C. drops
C. woodcutter
C. longest
C. proud | D. stone-cutter
D. cool
D. strength
D. sea
D. made
D. blacksmith
D. protected
D. looked
D. shall
D. But
D. went
D. nodded
D. married
D. get
D. smells
D. declared
D. falls
D. stone-cutter
D. shortest
D. afraid | | 阅读理解。 | Even before my father left us, my mother had to go back to work to support our family. Once I came out
of the kitchen, complaining, "Mom, I can"t peel (削皮) potatoes. I have only one hand." Mom never looked up
from sewing. "You get yourself into that kitchen and peel those potatoes," she told me, "And don"t ever use that
as an excuse for anything again!"
In the second grade, our teacher lined up my class on the playground and had each of us race across the
monkey bars (攀登架), swinging from one high steel rod to the next. When it was my turn, I shook my head.
Some kids behind me laughed, and I went home crying.
That night I told Mom about it. She hugged me, and I saw her "we"ll see about that" look. The next
afternoon, she took me back to school. At the deserted playground, Mom looked carefully at the bars.
"Now, pull up with your right arm," she advised. She stood by as I struggled to lift myself with my right
hand until I could hook the bar with my other elbow. Day after day we practiced and she praised me for every
rung (横档) I reached. I"ll never forget the next time, crossing the rungs. I looked down at the kids who were
standing with their mouths open.
One night, after a dance at my new junior high, I lay in bed sobbing. I could hear Mom come into my
room. "Mom," I said, weeping,"None of the boys would dance with me."
For a long time, I didn"t hear anything. Then she said, "Oh, honey, someday you"ll be beating those boys
off with a bat." Her voice was faint and cracking. I peeked out from my covers to see tears running down
her cheeks. Then I knew how much she suffered from my disability. She had never let me see her tears. | 1. Which of the following expressions can be used most suitably to describe Mom"s attitude when she made
the child peel potatoes? | | [ ] | A. Cruel.
B. Rude.
C. Strict.
D. Cold. | | 2. From the passage, we know monkey bars can help a child train _____. | | [ ] | A. the skill to throw and catch things
B. the speed of one"s hand movement
C. the strength and skill to hang and sway
D. the bodily skill to rotate round a bar. | | 3. What does the underlined sentence "I saw her "we"ll see about that" look." imply? | | [ ] | A. Mom believed every aim could be achieved if you stuck to it.
B. The race across monkey bars was not difficult enough for a child to give up.
C. Mom was determined to prove she herself was better than the teacher.
D. What the child had said brought Mom great attraction and curiosity. | | 4. When the author looked down at the kids, they were standing with their mouths open because _____. | | [ ] | A. they felt sorry for what they had done before
B. they were afraid the author might fall off and get hurt
C. they wanted to see what the author would do on the bars
D. they were astonished to find the author"s progress | | 阅读理解。 | A husband-and-wife team from California reached the Pacific Ocean after a 4,900- mile-cross -country
walk, becoming the first to backpack the American Discovery Trail in one continuous walk.
Marcia and Ken powers, of Pleasanton, started the travel across 13 states, through 14 national parks and
16 national forests on Feb. 27 from Cape Henlopen in Delaware. Nearly eight months later, the excited couple
walked through water into the Pacific Ocean at Point Reyes, a day ahead of time.
"We are a little sad that a great adventure is over. It was a fantastic adventure. And now we go home and
just do housework. It"s really sad." Marcia, who said she"s in her 50s, and her 60-year-old husband traversed
cities, desert, mountains and farmland before reaching the Pacifics alone with arms around each other"s
backpacks. They overcame deep snow in the East, a quicksand in Utah, close lightning strikes in the Mid-west
and strong desert sandstorms in the West while averaging 22 miles a day and taking only four days off. But
they enjoyed the French history of St. Louis" the beauty of the Colorado Rockies and the kindness of strangers
they met along the way. They particularly remember two brothers-a doctor and dentist-who put them up in
their homes, after terrible days, and a motorcyclist who gave them water after they failed to find any on Utah"s
lonely Wah Wah Desert.
"Americans are truly warm-hearted and wonderful people." Marcia Powers said. "We got to meet people
that we would never meet in our daily living at home. We got to touch it with our feet and hands and smell all
its scents and hear its wildlife. It" s an amazing country," she added. | | 1. Which of the following about couple"s walk is TRUE? | | [ ] | A. The walk covered more than 13 states.
B. The walk lasted about half a year.
C. The walk didn"t meet any desert.
D. The walk might end before October 27. | | 2. The underlined word "traversed" in the third paragraph means "_____." | | [ ] | A. enjoy
B. move across, through or over
C. overcome
D. look at | | 3. According to the text, we can infer that during the walk the couple _____. | | [ ] | A. were treated warm-heartedly by the local people
B. never stopped to have a rest
C. were ever caught in a heavy rain and became ill
D. felt the quicksand in Utah was very interesting | | 4. The couple went through many places except _____. | | [ ] | A. big rivers
B. desert
C. hills
D. fields | | 完形填空。 | The yearly Marathon in my town usually happened during a heat wave. My job was to follow behind the
runners in an ambulance (救护车) 1 any of them needed medical attention.
"We"re supposed to stay behind the 2 runner, so take it slowly," I said to the driver, Doug, as the race
started.
The front-runners started to 3 and then my eyes were drawn to the woman in blue silk running shorts
and a loose white T-shirt.
We knew we were already watching our "last runner." Her 4 were so crippled (残疾的) that it seemed
almost impossible for her to be able to walk, let alone run a marathon.
Doug and I watched in silence as she slowly moved forward. 5 , she was the only runner left in sight.
Tears streamed down my face when I watched with respect 6 she pushed forward with great determination
through the last miles.
When the finish line came into sight, rubbish lay everywhere and the 7 crowds had long gone home.
Yet, standing straight and ever so proud 8 a lone man. He was 9 one end of a ribbon (缎带) of crepe
paper (皱纹纸) 10 to a post. She slowly crossed through, leaving both ends of the paper fluttering behind
her.
I do not know this woman"s name, but that day she became part of my 11 - a part I often depend on.
For her, it wasn"t about 12 the other runners or winning a prize, but about 13 what she had set out to do,
no matter 14 . When I think things are too difficult or I get those "I-just-can"t-do-it," I think of the last runner.
Then I realize how 15 the task before me really is. | ( )1. A. so that
( )2. A. first
( )3. A. run
( )4. A. hands
( )5. A. Quickly
( )6. A. since
( )7. A. tired
( )8. A. stood
( )9. A. helping
( )10. A. kept
( )11. A. dream
( )12. A. following
( )13. A. finishing
( )14. A. where
( )15. A. difficult | B. in case
B. best
B. separate
B. legs
B. Unluckily
B. before
B. waiting
B. waited
B. catching
B. tied
B. feeling
B. hoping
B. realizing
B. how
B. interesting | C. even though
C. only
C. disappear
C. arms
C. Naturally
C. as
C. cheering
C. came
C. holding
C. connected
C. idea
C. encouraging
C. starting
C. when
C. easy | D. only if
D. last
D. appear
D. body
D. Finally
D. until
D. impatient
D. had
D. tying
D. led
D. life
D. beating
D. winning
D. what
D. hopeful | | 阅读理解。 | One day, Wilson was walking quietly along the road when someone hit him hard on the back of his neck.
He looked behind him, and saw a young man whom he had never seen before.
"How dare you hit me like that?" shouted Wilson.
The young man said he had mistaken Wilson for a friend of his and that he thought Wilson was making a
lot of noise about nothing.
This insult (侮辱) made Wilson even angrier, of course, and he at once decided to bring the young man
before a judge.
Now, the judge, who heard the case was a friend of the young man"s father"s, and, although he pretended
to be quite fair, he was thinking about what he could do to protect the young man from being punished while
at the same time not to be appearing unfair.
Finally he said to Wilson, "I understand your feelings in this matter very well. Would you be satisfied if I
let you hit the young man as he hit you?"
Wilson said he would not be. The young man had insulted him and should be properly punished.
"Well, then," said the judge to the young man,"I order you to pay ten coins to Wilson."
Ten coins was very little for such a crime, but the young man did not have it with him, so the judge
allowed him to go and get it.
Wilson waited for him to return with the money. He waited an hour, and then two hours, while the judge
took care of other business.
When it was nearly time for the court to close, Wilson chose a moment when the judge was especially
busy, came up quietly and hit him hard on the back of the neck. Then he said to him, "I am sorry, but I can"t
wait any longer. When the young man comes back, tell him that I have passed my right to the ten coins on to
you." | | 1. Why did the young man hit Wilson from behind? | | [ ] | A. Wilson had hit him before.
B. He had mistaken Wilson for a friend of his.
C. Wilson was a stranger there.
D. Wilson made a lot of noise when he was walking. | | 2. The judge thought about how to protect the young man because ____. | | [ ] | A. he thought it a small matter
B. as a judge, he should be fair
C. he thought the man too young to be punished
D. the young man was his friend"s son | | 3. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE? | | [ ] | A. The young man was ordered to hit himself as hard as he had done on Wilson.
B. Wilson was allowed to hit the young man as hard as he had done.
C. Wilson was allowed to do more insulting on the young man.
D. The young man was ordered to hand a lot of money to Wilson. | | 4. The best title for this passage is _____. | | [ ] | A. I"ve passed my right on to you
B. The judge and Wilson
C. Wilson and the young man
D. The young man was set free | 最新试题
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