A mother and daughter living in my community are two of the most unfriendly people I have ever come
across in my life. They are totally separated, mixing with 1 . As they drive past 2 they keep their eyes
looking away and make no sign of acknowledgement. The only fame they have is making a nuisance (讨厌
的人) of themselves to the local police station by 3 music played too loud, dogs barking more than once
a day and any other petty 4 gripe (把柄).
On moving into this neighborhood, I was 5 of these two but decided I would make up my own mind.
This proved quite a 6 to me as more than once either the mother or the daughter would knock on my
door and blast (猛烈抨击) me with some 7 or other.
I 8 answered politely and made sure I 9 as they went past my place and also made the effort now
and then to make a kind remark about their garden or pets.
Time passed and in October, as part of the Kindness Rock Give (送爱心石活动), Maureen and I 10 to
place a kindness rock in their garden. Their 11 remained unchanged, however, and I continued to be as
friendly as possible. During the Easter, we decided once again to 12 these two unhappy ladies to our
list and left a packet of cookies on their 13 . Imagine my 14 when two days later they 15 at my gate and
jokingly said they are considering hanging their Christmas stocking on their gate, and they 16 me a bunch
of flowers!
So, my fellow gifters, do not 17 on your random gifts of kindness. You may never know just what
this 18 to others, nor how many broken or 19 hearted people you may just change with a simple act
of 20 . |
( )1. A. nobody
( )2. A. ladies
( )3. A. composing
( )4. A. important
( )5. A. accused
( )6. A. challenge
( )7. A. jokes
( )8. A. seldom
( )9. A. waved
( )10. A. started
( )11. A. smile
( )12. A. add
( )13. A. place
( )14. A. interest
( )15. A. whispered
( )16. A. brought
( )17. A. take in
( )18. A. refers
( )19. A. kind
( )20. A. sorrow | B. someone
B. neighbors
B. requesting
B. easy
B. warned
B. job
B. advice
B. never
B. stared
B. continued
B. attitude
B. recommend
B. roof
B. smile
B. stopped
B. wished
B. take up
B. means
B. light
B. hope | C. anyone
C. friends
C. reporting
C. interesting
C. reminded
C. task
C. explanation
C. always
C. noticed
C. mentioned
C. decision
C. reduced
C. gate
C. surprise
C. shouted
C. threw
C. give in
C. relates
C. hard
C. imagination | D. nothing
D. relatives
D. explaining
D. little
D. convinced
D. matter
D. complaint
D. sometimes
D. laughed
D. decided
D. anger
D. drove
D. fence
D. face
D. wandered
D. expected
D. give up
D. contributes
D. warm
D. kindness | | 阅读理解。 | "Linda, if beating yourself up were an Olympic sport, you"d win a gold medal!"
Annabel, my close friend, stunned (使…震惊) me with that frank observation after I told her how I had
mishandled a situation with a student in a third-grade class where I was substituting (代替). "I should never
have let him go to the boy"s room without a pass! It was my fault he got into trouble with the hall monitor!
I"m so stupid!"
My friend burst out laughing, and then made her "Olympic" comment. After a brief period of reflection
I had to admit that she was right. I did put myself down an awful lot. Why, just during the previous day I
had called myself "a slob" for having some papers spread out on my desk, "ugly" when I left the house
without makeup and "an idiot" when I left the house for an emergency substitute job without my emergency
lesson plan.
In a more reflective tone, Annabel said, "I once took a workshop at church where the woman in charge
had us list all the mean things we say about ourselves."
"How many did you have on your list?" I asked.
"Fifteen," she confessed. "But then the teacher said, "Now turn to the person next to you and say all the
items on your list as if you were speaking to that person!""
My jaw dropped, "What did you do?"
"Nothing. Nobody did. We all just sat there, until I said, "I could never say these things to anyone else!""
"And our teacher replied, "Well, if you can"t say them to anyone else, then don"t ever say them to
yourself!""
My friend had a point. I would never insult a child of God-and I"m God"s child, too!
God, today let me be as kind to myself as I would be to another of Your children. | | 1. What does Annabel mean by the first sentence of the passage? | | [ ] | A. The writer is a good athlete.
B. The writer scolds herself too much.
C. She is encouraging the writer.
D. A gold medal is not a big deal. | | 2. What does the writer intends to tell us through the second and third paragraphs? | | [ ] | A. She has low self-esteem over some small things.
B. She often makes serious mistakes in daily life.
C. She is a third-grade teacher.
D. She cares too much about her appearance. | | 3. We can infer that the underlined word "slob" might be _____. | | [ ] | A. something untidy
B. someone dangerous
C. something dirty
D. someone lazy | | 4. What can we learn about Annabel? | | [ ] | A. She used to put herself down a lot.
B. She often goes to church.
C. She was in charge of a workshop.
D. She used to be too shy to talk to others. | | 5. What does the writer mean by the last sentence of the passage? | | [ ] | A. She is ready to turn to God for help.
B. She will be kind to all children.
C. She won"t insult (侮辱) herself as well as others.
D. She is willing to be a child of God. | | 完形填空。 | I dropped my 5-year-old daughter off at the day care centre (育儿中心) yesterday. There we saw one
of her friends sitting at a table 1 , crying. She sometimes gets 2 when her mom leaves. My daughter
often 3 with her, and they"re good friends. When we saw the little girl 4 , I asked my daughter if she
wanted to go and 5 with her. She said, "Yes, I don"t want her to be 6 ," and then took her breakfast to
sit beside her friend. I watched her 7 her food and talk to the little girl.
Walking back to my car I was very 8 to know that my little girl had a kind 9 . When I got home
last night, I asked her how her day had been. She said that her 10 wasn"t sad any more. She was proud
to have shared (分享) her 11 with her and played with her all day. I praised my daughter for being such
a caring friend and 12 her that I was very proud of her. She 13 , and told me that she didn"t like to see
people sad.
I hugged her and told her what a wonderful girl she was. 14 , she said "I"m Daddy"s little girl!" I
couldn"t help but smile, and was proud to be her dad. My little girl has 15 me a lot. Because of her I do
my best to make people who may be sad smile. | ( )1. A. alone
( )2. A. bored
( )3. A. agrees
( )4. A. singing
( )5. A. sit
( )6. A. Frightened
( )7. A. make
( )8. A. happy
( )9. A. mind
( )10. A. daughter
( )11. A. feeling
( )12. A. taught
( )13. A. cried
( )14. A. quickly
( )15. A. encouraged | B. alike
B. surprised
B. plays
B. talking
B. wait
B. nervous
B. eat
B. disappointed
B. heart
B. teacher
B. drink
B. wrote
B. smiled
B. luckily
B. suggested | C. likely
C. excited
C. fights
C. crying
C. pass
C. afraid
C . enjoy
C. helpful
C. feeling
C. toy
C. food
C. told
C. shouted
C. proudly
C. taught | D. lonely
D. worried
D. argues
D. dancing
D. drop
D. sad
D. share
D. great
D. idea
D. friend
D. dream
D. asked
D. disagreed
D. rudely (粗鲁地)
D. told | | 阅读理解。 | An old friend from California called from the airport (机场) to tell me that he had arrived. I was not able
to leave the office, but I had made plans for his arrival. After explaining where my new house was, I told him
that I had left the key under the doormat (门垫). Since I knew it would be pretty late before I could get home,
I suggested that he make himself at home and help himself to anything that was in the refrigerator.
Two hours later my friend phoned me from the house. At the moment, he said, he was listening to some
of my records after having had a delicious meal. Now, he said, he was drinking a glass of orange juice. When
I asked him if he had had any difficulty finding the house, he answered that the only problem was that he had
not been able to find the key under the doormat (门垫), but luckily, the living room window by the apple tree
had been left open and he had climbed in through the window. I listened to all this in great surprise. There is
no apple tree outside my window, but there is one by the living room window of my next door neighbor"s
house! | | 1. An old friend of mine called ______. | [ ] | A. to tell me to meet him at the airport
B. to tell me about his arrival
C. to ask me to leave the office
D. to ask me to make plans for his arrival. | | 2. My friend climbed into the room because ______. | [ ] | A. there was an apple tree outside
B. the living room window was left open
C. he had difficulty opening the door
D. he hadn"t found the key | | 3. My friend telephoned me two hours later ______. | [ ] | A. from my home
B. at the airport
C. in his office
D. from my neighbor"s house | | 4. The purpose (目的) of writing this passage (文章的段) is to ______. | [ ] | A. introduce a friend
B. tell an interesting story
C. explain something
D. show what friendship is | | 阅读理解。 | It doesn"t matter when and how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That"s
what all doctors thought, until they heard about Al Herpin. Al Herpin, it was said, never slept. Could this be
true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.
Al Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that
he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they
were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw him sleeping.
In fact, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one.
The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The
doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They asked him many questions, hoping to
find an answer. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk
about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real
reason? No one could be sure.
Herpin died at the age of 94. | | 1. The main idea of this passage is that _____. | | [ ] | A. large numbers of people do not need sleep
B. a person was found who actually didn"t need any sleep
C. everyone needs some sleep to stay alive
D. people can live longer by trying not to sleep | | 2. After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Al Herpin _____. | | [ ] | A. needed some kind of sleep
B. was too old to need any sleep
C. needed no sleep at all
D. often sleep in a chair | | 3. One reason that might explain Herpin"s sleeplessness was _____. | | [ ] | A. his mother"s injury before he was born
B. that he had gradually got rid of the sleeping habit
C. his magnificent physical condition
D. that he hadn"t got a bed | | 4. Al Herpin"s condition could be regarded as ______. | | [ ] | A. a common one
B. one that could be cured
C. very healthy
D. a rare one | 最新试题
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