Ted Thomason was considered one of the students who showed the least interest in school. Whenever
Miss Daisy talked with him, he would answer with a 1 "yes" or "no". He was always in dirty clothes. His
hair was 2 combed (梳). No one liked him. Miss Daisy had to admit that she felt sort of improper 3
when she graded his paper with an "F" (Fail).
It was Christmas. Presents from the boys and girls were piled up on her desk. Miss Daisy was 4 to
find one of them was from Ted. It was an ugly 5 with half of the stones missing. The students raised a
great noise at Ted"s present, but Miss Daisy realized she must put it on and 6 the class. She even asked
whether it looked pretty 7 her. Class was over, and 8 all went home, Ted went up to the desk and, in
a(n) 9 voice, he said, "Miss Daisy, Miss Daisy … I am so glad you 10 my present. You smile like my
mother and her necklace is really beautiful on you." After Ted 11 , Miss Daisy fell on her knees, begging
God to forgive her: Ted"s mother 12 just a year ago and she was treating him in a way she shouldn"t be!
The next day, the children found a completely new teacher. Miss Daisy 13 into a different person.
She did all she could to help each child in her class, 14 those with poor lessons and among them was Ted.
At the end of the year, Ted made great 15 . He caught up with most of the class, and 16 got ahead of some
of them. Several years later, Ted graduated with honors from high school; another four years, Ted left his
17 as a best graduate. Again four years later, Miss Daisy received a letter, 18 her to Dr. Ted Thomason"s
wedding. Of course, she 19 the party. And she was set in the seat intended for Ted"s 20 -her love and what
she did were unforgettable for Ted all his life. |
( )1. A. cold
( )2. A. often
( )3. A. dislike
( )4. A. surprised
( )5. A. chain
( )6. A. frighten
( )7. A. around
( )8. A. since
( )9. A. friendly
( )10. A. receive
( )11. A. cried
( )12. A. visited
( )13. A. changed
( )14. A. exactly
( )15. A. interest
( )16. A. ever
( )17. A. college
( )18. A. reminding
( )19. A. answered
( )20. A. teacher | B. happy
B. sometimes
B. pride
B. happy
B. necklace
B. comfort
B. on
B. until
B. eager
B. praise
B. talked
B. died
B. grew
B. completely
B. presents
B. even
B. school
B. requiring
B. attended
B. friend | C. silent
C. never
C. disappointment
C. interested
C. watch
C. calm
C. over
C. before
C. excited
C. recognize
C. left
C. disappeared
C. got
C. namely
C. progress
C. still
C. class
C. telling
C. accepted
C. mother | D. direct
D. always
D. pleasure
D. puzzled
D. dress
D. punish
D. with
D. after
D. worried
D. like
D. finished
D. suffered
D. went
D. especially
D. necklaces
D. yet
D. course
D. inviting
D. organized
D. lover |
答案
| 1-5 ACDAB 6-10 CBDCD 11-15 CBADC 16-20 BADBC |
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| 阅读理解。 | One evening a police officer was driving slowly along a road. He was off duty and was wearing plain
clothes.
Suddenly he saw two men running out of a building. He heard someone shouting, "Help! Help! Stop
thief!" The police officer was sure that the two men were thieves. He knew he must arrest them. However,
he was not only out of uniform (制服) but also unarmed (没有带枪). He knew if he got out of his car and
tried to arrest them, at least one of the men would easily escape. The police officer was facing a difficult
problem. He knew that he mustn"t let the men escape, but how could he arrest them?
He thought quickly and had an idea. It involved danger and it might not work, but he decided to try.
He drove his car up to the men and stopped beside them. Then he put his head out of the window and
asked, "Do you want a lift?"
"Yes, yes," the men answered, and quickly got into his car. "Please take us to the railway station," they
told him. "Very good," the police officer said and drove off. After a few minutes, one of the men cried out,
"But this isn"t the way to the railway station. Where are you going?" "I must go this way," the police officer
explained. "There"s a big fire and the traffic is held up. You don"t want to sit in a traffic jam, do you?"
"No, no," the men agreed. "Please take us the quickest way." The next moment, the police officer had
pulled up at the police station. He jumped out, shouted for help, and seconds later the two thieves were
arrested. | | 1. How did the police officer decide to try to arrest the two thieves? | | [ ] | A. By telephoning the police for help.
B. By letting them get into his car.
C. By going back to the police station for his gun.
D. By asking people around to help him. | | 2. The underlined word "involved" means "_____". | | [ ] | A. developed
B. offered
C. stopped
D. caused | | 3. Why did the police officer tell the two thieves to get into his car instead of going to catch them directly? | | [ ] | A. He was afraid he would be beaten by them.
B. He was afraid they would recognize him.
C. He was afraid one of them would escape.
D. He was afraid they would not escape. | | 4. Soon after the two thieves got into the car they found out that _____. | | [ ] | A. they were not on the way to the railway station
B. the police officer was taking them to the police station
C. they were on the way to the airport
D. they were caught by the policeman | | 阅读理解。 | Having an interview (面试) doesn"t sound like a big deal, just like getting good marks in college. You
simply go in and meet someone, talk for a while, and then leave. Nothing to stress over, not the end of the
world, but I"ve never been interviewed and I have my first one tomorrow for my job in Columbia.
I"ve spent a lot of time thinking about it and have decided that it shouldn"t matter all that much. It seems
that the interview would only make a difference if the company is on the fence about you, or if the interview
was unpleasant and they walk away thinking that you are too, then the officers might be encouraged to think
about your request again. On the other hand, if you were in the "maybe" pile, a good interview could push
you onto the list of accepted candidates (候选人).
I know I shouldn"t worry. After all, they probably have already made up their minds about me. My essay
was, to say the least, unique. The interview is at Starbucks. What does that mean? My friend, who did a lot
of these interviews last year (and who was accepted to the company there), told me to wear jeans and a nice
sweater. I was going to go with a skirt. The fact that it"s at Starbucks, however, is making me think that jeans
might be more proper. And then there"s the other problem of knowing who my interviewer is. I discussed this
with my music teacher, who suggested, "They"ll probably be wearing something." That good idea hadn"t
crossed my mind, which just goes to show that my brain has stopped to function. Stress is taking over my
life.
Tonight I will prepare. I will choose what to wear and what, if anything, to bring. I like to talk, so this
should not be a problem. Hopefully when I get there I"ll find that this is actually the part of the process I"m
most comfortable with. Until then I"ll spend my time preparing and hoping. | | 1. Before the interview, the author feels quite _____. | | [ ] | A. lucky
B. easy
C. hopeless
D. excited | | 2. The author wants to wear jeans mainly because _____. | | [ ] | A. the interviewer is fond of them
B. her friend likes them very much
C. her music teacher suggests her doing so
D. they are proper at Starbucks | | 3. The author seems to feel her _____ can do best to the interview. | | [ ] | A. clothes
B. degree
C. talking ability
D. college marks | | 4. The best title for the passage would be "_____". | | [ ] | A. My learning trouble
B. A good college
C. An interview
D. Stress of life | | 完形填空。 | 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 | 最新试题
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