My friend Karen and I were always together. Karen was only a few months older th
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My friend Karen and I were always together. Karen was only a few months older than I. I always thought she was so beautiful, with long hair and blue eyes. I loved Karen so much because she liked me for being the way I was. I could be myself and share my secrets with her and I never felt like I was being judged.
We had so much fun and were really quite silly. One time I asked my mom to make us the same dresses so we could pretend we were twins.
We continued as best friends throughout grade school. One day, Karen was going to another friend’s place and asked me to come along, but I couldn’t go because I had a babysitting job that afternoon. We walked together to the Becker’s home where I was to babysit and then she continued on her way without me. We had agreed that I would meet her at the corner when she returned and I finished my job.
At four o’clock I rushed to the corner so I wouldn’t be late for meeting Karen. Just as I arrived at the corner, I saw Karen crossing the street. In a second it happened. I saw Karen’s body fly up in the sky. A car had hit her！
Karen was on life support for a week before it was decided that they would allow her to go in peace. Karen’s parents wanted to donate her organs(器官)to the hospital, but there was nothing left healthy enough to be used because she was hit so hard.
I have never got so close to another person since Karen died. I do miss her! Do you cherish(珍惜)your friends? If you don’t, please do, as you may lose them one day.
小题1:What’s the best title for the passage?| A．A horrible car accident | | B．An unforgettable experience | | C．My dearest friend—Karen | | D．An unforgettable girl |
小题2:When Karen was hit by a car, she was .| A．on her way to a friend’s place | | B．on her way to the Becker’s home | | C．shouting to the writer who was so far from her | | D．heading to the corner where she and the writer would meet |
小题3:Why were Karen’s organs unable to be donated?| A．Because her parents refused to do that. | | B．Because all of her organs were seriously damaged. | | C．Because the doctors thought it was too cruel. | | D．Because no patients needed organs in the hospital then. |
小题4:What does the writer suggest we do?| A．Cherish our friends. | | B．Accept the fact that people die. | | C．Be careful when crossing the street. | | D．Never be too close to someone. |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:A |
解析
试题分析：
小题1:C 主旨大意题。文章主要讲述我和Karen之间珍贵的友谊，故C正确。
小题2:D 细节题。根据第三段最后一句We had agreed that I would meet her at the corner when she returned and I finished my job.和第四段第一句I rushed to the corner so I wouldn’t be late for meeting Karen. Just as I arrived at the corner, I saw Karen crossing the street.说明D正确。
小题3:B 细节题。根据倒数第二段最后一句there was nothing left healthy enough to be used because she was hit so hard.说明B正确。
小题4:A 主旨推理题。根据文章最后一段Do you cherish(珍惜)your friends? If you don’t, please do, as you may lose them one day.说明本文是让我们要珍惜我们的友谊，故A正确。
点评：文章主要讲述我和Karen之间珍贵的友谊来告诉我们要珍惜朋友，珍惜友谊。题目设置一细节题为主，要求考生阅读时关注文章细节，合理判断，准确选择。 |
举一反三
If you want to become a fluent English speaker you should take some advice: There are four skills in learning English. They are reading, listening, speaking, and writing. The most important thing you must remember is that if you want to improve your speaking and writing skills you should first master the skills of reading and listening.
Read as much as you can. But your reading must be active. It means that you must think about the meaning of the sentence, the meanings of the unfamiliar words, etc. There is no need for you to pay much attention to grammars or try to understand all the unfamiliar words you come across, but the fact that you see them for the first time and recognize them whenever you see them, for example in other passages or books, is enough. It would be better to prepare yourself a notebook so you can write down the important words or sentences in it.
As for listening, there are two choices: besides reading, you can listen every day for about 30 minutes. You can only pay attention to your reading and become skillful at your reading, then you can catch up on your listening. Since you have lots of inputs in your mind, you can easily guess what the speaker is going to say. This never means that you should not practice listening.
For listening you can listen to cartoons or some movies that are specially made for children. Their languages are easy. Or if you are good at listening you can listen to VOA or BBC programs every day. Again the thing to remember is being active in listening and preferably taking some notes.
If you follow these pieces of advice, your speaking and writing will improve automatically, and you can be sure that with a little effort they will become perfect.
小题1:According to the author, which should you improve first among the four skills?| A．Reading and listening. | | B．Reading and writing. | | C．Writing and speaking. | | D．Speaking and listening. |
小题2:The underlined phrase “come across” in Paragraph 2 can probably be replaced by“ ”.| A．meet by accident | | B．discover | | C．find on purpose | | D．look for |
小题3:The author seems to agree with the view that .| A．everyone should listen to VOA or BBC programs every day | | B．you needn’t practice listening if you keep on reading every day | | C．being good at reading is helpful in improving your listening | | D．you should take notes of whatever you are hearing |
小题4:The passage is mainly about how to .| A．choose suitable listening materials | | B．deal with new words in reading | | C．improve your English as quickly as possible | | D．become fluent in speaking and writing English |
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Mothers can still offer comfort, even from a distance, a new study has found. The results show that simply hearing their mothers’ voice over the phone works just as well at calming the nerves of stressed children as a real-life pat on the shoulder.
The soothing（抚慰的）effect is most likely due to the release of the hormone（荷尔蒙）, oxytocin（催生素）, in the brain, the researchers say. This “love hormone” is known to quell stress and is likely to be involved in social connections, including those between a mother and a child.
Previous work has revealed that this hormone is released during physical contact with a mother. “But it’s clear from these results that a mother’s voice can have the same effect as a hug, even if she isn’t actually standing there,” said the researcher, Leslie Seltzer, a biological scientist.
Seltzer tested a group of 61 girls, aged 7 to 12, by having them make an unprepared speech and solve a series of maths problems in front of a group of strangers, sending their hearts racing and levels of cortisol—a hormone associated with stress—soaring.
Facing a challenge like that raises stress levels of a lot of people. Once stressed, a third of the girls were comforted in person by their mothers with hugs. A third of the girls watched an emotionally neutral 75-minute video. The rest were handed a telephone with their mothers on the line.
For the girls who interacted in person or over the phone with their mothers, the levels of the “love hormone” rose significantly, and the stress-marking hormone was washed away. This effect didn’t show up for participants who watched the video.
Seltzer is now testing the amount of oxytocin released with other communication methods—like text messaging—and hopes to see the research spread out from human subjects. “It’s not just us, of course. Lots of very social species have voices,” she said. “on the one hand, we are curious to see if this effect is unique to humans. On the other, we’re hoping researchers who study vocal communication will consider looking at oxytocin release in other animals and apply it to broader questions of social behavior and evolutionary biology.
小题1:Mothers’ voice over the phone can reduce children’s nerves according to the study, because .| A．children can imagine their mothers’ hugs on the line | | B．children enjoy their mothers’ voice and forget their worries | | C．mothers are good at comforting their children, even on the phone | | D．mothers’ voice can promote the release of the love hormone |
小题2:The underlined word “quell” in the second paragraph probably means “ ”.| A．cause or bring | B．delay or direct | | C．stop or reduce | D．develop or train |
小题3: From the study, we know that .| A．the level of cortisol determines how stressed a person is | | B．the 61 girls were divided into two groups in the research | | C．the recent study had the same results as the previous one | | D．watching a video is the best way to reduce one’s stress |
小题4:From the last paragraph, we can conclude that .| A．text messaging has the same effect on oxytocin release as telephoning | | B．the effect of a mother"s voice on oxytocin in animals is still not known | | C．the effect of communication on stress is unique to humans | | D．the research has been applied to social behavior and evolutionary biology |
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It was a Sunday morning, and I was in a terrible mood. Two of my friends had gone to the movies the night before and hadn’t invited me. I was in my room thinking of ways to make them sorry when my father came in. “Want to go for a ride, today, Beck? It’s a beautiful day.”
“No! Leave me alone!” Those were the last words I said to him that morning.
My friends called and invited me to go to the mall with them a few hours later. I forgot to be mad at them and went with them. I came home to find a note on the table. My mother put it where I would be sure to see it. “Dad has had an accident. Please meet us at Highland Park Hospital”.
When I reached the hospital, my mother came out and told me my father’s injuries were extensive. “Your father told the driver to leave him alone and just call 911, thank God! If he had moved Daddy, there’s no telling what might have happened. A broken rib(肋骨) might have pierced(穿透) a lung....”
My mother may have said more, but I didn’t hear. I didn’t hear anything except those terrible words: Leave me alone. My dad said them to save himself from being hurt more. How much had I hurt him when I hurled those words at him earlier in the day?
It was several days later that he was finally able to have a conversation. I held his hand gently, afraid of hurting him.
“Daddy... I am so sorry....”
“It’s okay, sweetheart. I’ll be okay.”
“No,” I said, “I mean about what I said to you that day. You know, that morning?”
My father could no more tell a lie than he could fly. He looked at me and said, “Sweetheart, I don’t remember anything about that day, not before, during or after the accident. I remember kissing you goodnight the night before, though.” He managed a weak smile.
My English teacher once told me that words have immeasurable power. They can hurt or they can heal. And we all have the power to choose our words. I intend to do that very carefully from now on.
小题1:The author was in bad mood that morning because _______.| A．his father had a terrible accident | | B．he couldn’t drive to the mall with his friends | | C．his friends hadn’t invited him to the cinema | | D．his father didn’t allow him to go out with his friends |
小题2:Why did the author say sorry to his father in the hospital?| A．Because he didn’t go along with his father. | | B．Because he was rude to his father that morning. | | C．Because he failed to come earlier after the accident. | | D．Because he couldn’t look after his father in the hospital. |
小题3: The reason why the author’s father said he forgot everything about that day is that _______.| A．he had a poor memory | | B．he didn’t want to forgive his son | | C．he just wanted to comfort his son | | D．he lost his memory after the accident |
小题4:What lesson did Beck learn from the matter?| A．Don’t treat your parents badly. | | B．Don’t hurt others with rude words. | | C．Don’t move the injured in an accident. | | D．Don’t be angry with friends at small things. |
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Loma just had to get in touch with someone: “I had to tell my best
friend something important. I tried calling her but I couldn’t get through. So I sent her an e-mail and then I spoke to her on MSN. Without technology I would not have been able to tell her. ”
Staying connected with friends and family is important for us. That’s
why we asked our readers to tell us how cell-phones, e-mail, blogs, text messaging, and personal pages help them keep in touch. More than 1,500 responded.
Most of them told us they couldn’t live without technology: 80％of
teens said they need technology to stay in touch. Almost 30％said they’d be completely out of their friends without their cell-phones and other methods of communication.
What do they do when they’ve got news they need to share now? Most
teens say they try to reach their friends by phone. But if they don’t reach them, they use QQ, e-mails, and text messaging to get the words out.
Lots of people use one way of communication—like text messaging—to
get a friend’s attention and then use another where they can talk more. “My friends and I always tell each other everything that happens. So I send them text messages to tell them to come online so we can talk about it,” said Sabeiha.
“When planning to get together with friends”, Julian said, “the easiest
and fastest way I know is to send a text message to my contact group.”
Jocelyn said. “If I want to go to see a movie with a few friends, I usually
send text message to them. By telephone, you have to call every single friend
one by one. But text messaging allows you to send the same message to as
many as you’d like, which saves a lot of time. ”
小题1:Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?| A．E-mails. | B．Blogs. | C．Personal pages. | D．Personal letters. |
小题2:What do most young people use first when they have news to tell their friends?| A．MSN. | B．QQ. | C．Phones. | D．Text message. |
小题3:The underlined part “get the words out” means“ ”.| A．send the message | B．send the e-mail | | C．talk with their friends | D．meet their friends |
小题4: In which part of a newspaper can you find this passage?| A．Sport. | B．Education. | C．Technology. | D．Culture. |
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I climbed Kilimanjaro with Lava Expeditions (探险队) during the rainy season.
I flew to Nairobi in Kenya and spent several days there. At my hotel in Nairobi I met the rest of the group with whom I would spend the next week. We all travelled on the bus together for a 6-hour journey into Tanzania and then Arusha , a quiet town.
After we arrived at our hotel in Arusha , we had dinner and a few drinks. Then we were introduced to more members including Taddeus Minja, the main guide, who was very experienced — climbing Kilimanjaro runs through the generations (代) of his family.
The next day the Lava Expeditions members checked if we had the correct and enough clothing for our expedition on Kilimanjaro. Only one person needed to bring more clothes.
After that we set off, walking in the rain through the beauty of the rainforest, all the way to the first camp. I was happy the next few days as the view was so wonderful and changed every day. I suffered a little during the trip and I felt so tired. But the members of Lava Expeditions provided me with lots of encouragement, which was one of the best memories. Finally we reached the top of Kilimanjaro in bright blue skies.
I felt excited about climbing Kilimanjaro and the feeling didn’t change during my trip. Lava Expeditions looked after me so well that I was deeply thankful for their help.
小题1:How did the author get to Nairobi?| A．By bus. | B．By train. | C．By air. | D．On foot. |
小题2:What do we know about Taddeus Minja according to the passage?| A．He organized the journey. | | B．He was the main guide of Lava Expeditions. | | C．He was the manager of a hotel in Arusha. | | D．He had little knowledge about climbing mountains. |
小题3:How did Lava Expeditions help the author while climbing Kilimanjaro?| A．By carrying bags for him. | | B．By offering food to him. | | C．By encouraging him. | | D．By teaching him climbing skills. |
小题4:What did the author think of his climbing Kilimanjaro?| A．Tiring and disappointing. | | B．Tiring but excited. | | C．Dangerous but exciting. | | D．Dangerous and tiring. |
小题5:What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage?| A．To tell readers about Lava Expeditions. | | B．To give readers advice on climbing Kilimanjaro. | | C．To encourage more people to climb Kilimanjaro. | | D．To share his experience of climbing Kilimanjaro. |
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