One family, which had emigrated from Japan and settled at the turn of the centur
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One family, which had emigrated from Japan and settled at the turn of the century near San Francisco, had established a business in which they grew roses and trucked them into San Francisco three mornings a week.
The other family was a naturalized(加入国籍的)family from Switzerland who also marketed roses, and 21 families became modestly successful, 22 their roses were known in the markets of San Francisco for their 23 vase-life.
For four decades the two families were neighbors, and the sons 24 the farms, but then on December 7, 1941, Japan 25 Pearl Harbor. Although the rest of the family members were American, the 26 of the Japanese family had never been naturalized. In the turmoil(动乱) and the questions about internment camps（拘留营）, his neighbor made it clear that, if 27 , he would look after his friend’s nursery（花圃）. It was 28 each family had learned in church—Love the neighbor as thyself. “You would do 29 for us, ” he told his Japanese friend.
It was not long before the Japanese 30 was transported to a poor landscape in Granada, Colorado. The relocation center consisted of tar-paper-roofed barracks (兵营) 31 by barbed wire and armed guards.
A full year went by. Then two. Then three. While the 32 neighbors were in internment, their friends worked in the greenhouses, the 33 before school and on Saturdays, and the father"s work often stretched to 16 and 17 hours. And then 34 , when the war in Europe had
35 , the Japanese family packed up and 36 a train. They were going home.
What would they find? The family was 37 at the train station by their neighbors, and when they got to their home, the whole Japanese family stared.. There was the nursery, complete, clean and shining in the sunlight, neat, prosperous and healthy.
So was the balance of the bank passbook 38 to the Japanese father. And the house was 39 as clean and welcoming as the nursery.
And there on the dining room 40 was one perfect red rosebud, just waiting to unfold- the gift of one neighbor to another.
| 小题2: | | A．as | B．if | C．unless | D．though |
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| 小题3: | | A．short | B．perfect | C．long | D．important |
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| 小题4: | | A．took over | B．dealt with | C．watched out | D．handed over |
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| 小题5: | | A．achieved | B．battled | C．controlled | D．attacked |
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| 小题6: | | A．children | B．members | C．father | D．girls |
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| 小题7: | | A．possibility | B．necessary | C．likely | D．possible |
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| 小题8: | | A．everything | B．anything | C．nothing | D．something |
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| 小题9: | | A．the same | B．similarly | C．familiar | D．the similar |
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| 小题10: | | A．father | B．family | C．neighbors | D．mother |
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| 小题11: | | A．surrounded | B．covered | C．watched | D．guarded |
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| 小题12: | | A．Swiss | B．Swede | C．naturalized | D．Japanese |
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| 小题13: | | A．members | B．girls | C．children | D．boys |
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| 小题14: | | A．sometime | B．some day | C．one time | D．one day |
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| 小题15: | | A．completed | B．ended | C．started | D．died |
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| 小题16: | | A．entered | B．got | C．boarded | D．reached |
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| 小题17: | | A．met | B．seen | C．received | D．accepted |
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| 小题18: | | A．referred | B．devoted | C．prepared | D．handed |
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| 小题19: | | A．right | B．quite | C．just | D．rather |
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| 小题20: | | A．chair | B．table | C．floor | D．ground |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:D
小题6:C
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:A
小题10:B
小题11:A
小题12:D
小题13:C
小题14:D
小题15:B
小题16:C
小题17:A
小题18:D
小题19:C
小题20:B |
解析
文章介绍了在二战中两个家庭的珍贵友谊，告诉我们人间自有真情在。
小题1:上下文串联。根据上文可知一共有两个家庭。所以选both选D应该用the two.
小题2:连词辨析。根据是下文可知他们的生意成功是因为他们种植的玫瑰寿命很长久。
小题3:形容词辨析。解析同上。
小题4:短语辨析。A接管；B处理；C注意；当心；D移交；根据句意可知儿子接管了父辈的生意，两家人的友谊一直保留了下去。
小题5:动词辨析。根据常识可知是日本共计了珍珠港。
小题6:上下文串联。根据文章可知是这家的丈夫没有成为美国公民，仍然是日本国籍。
小题7:词义辨析。根据句意可知根据句意：邻居明确表态，若有需要，他乐意照看朋友的花圃。每个家庭都在教堂学过：要像爱自己一样去爱邻居。他对日本邻居说：“如果你是我，你也会这么做的。”
小题8:词义辨析。Something这里是泛指某些事情。解析同上。
小题9:名词辨析。解析同27.
小题10:名词辨析。根据句意：日本家庭去了加拿大一块贫瘠的土地。
小题11:上下文串联。根据下文的armed guards可知A符合句意。
小题12:上下文串联。当日本家庭在拘留营中的时候，瑞士邻居在花圃忙碌。上学前和周六，孩子们都要去干活，父辈们一天的工作时间长达十六七个小时。
小题13:上下文串联。BD属于C的范围，解析同上。
小题14:词义辨析。根据句意：欧洲战争结束那天，日本家庭打理好行囊，踏上了回家的列车。
小题15:动词辨析。解析同上。
小题16:动词辨析。Board登机，登船；
小题17:动词辨析。Meet迎接；句意是在他们在车站受到了邻居的迎接。
小题18:动词辨析。Hand sth to sb把…递给某人；
小题19:词义辨析。根据句意：花圃就在那儿，完好无损，一尘不染，在阳光的照耀下熠熠生辉，他们的屋子和花圃一样，一尘不染，迎接主人的归来。餐厅里的桌子上有一朵漂亮的红玫瑰，含苞欲放——这是一个邻居为另一个邻居准备的礼物。
小题20:名词辨析。解析同上。 |
举一反三
The Winter Olympics proved no match for television"s gold-medal winner, "American Idol". Fox"s unbelievable successful contest crashed the Olympics in head-to-head competition on Tuesday night, 27 million viewers to 16.1 million, according to Nielsen Media Research.
The Olympics recovered a bit after "Idol" went off the air, but its overall audience of 18.6 million was the least-watched winter Olympics telecast since Nagano"s closing ceremonies in 1998, Nielsen said.
Since its opening on Friday, the Turin games have been running well below the 2002 Salt Lake City games in viewership interest. Much of that was expected, but Tuesday"s rating was the first alarming sign for NBC that increased TV competition has taken a toll.
"The competition from "Idol" is heavier than the Olympics has ever seen," said NBC Sports spokeswoman Alana Russo.
It doesn"t figure to get any easier, with "Idol" and ABC"s "Lost" on the air Wednesday. CBS" "Survivor" and "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" offer more competition on Thursday.
Even figure skating, the most popular winter Olympics sport for viewers, didn"t help much on Tuesday. NBC filled about two-thirds of the hour during which it competed with "American Idol" with tape of the men"s figure-skating competition.
Through five nights of Olympics coverage, NBC"s average prime time rating is 12.7 ( a rating point represents 1,102, 000 households, or 1 percent of the nation"s estimated 110.2 million TV homes). NBC said before the games started that it had promised its advertisers a rating of between 12 and 14. If it slips below that, NBC will have to make it up to advertisers with free commercial time.
" ‘American Idol" is clearly a phenomenon," said Randy Falco, president of the NBC Universal Television Group. "But we expected it and are tracking fight where we planned to be at this point." Between NBC and its networks, about 65 percent of the nation"s television homes have tuned in at least some of the games.
小题1:How many viewers watched the Winter Olympics on Tuesday night?| A．110.2 million | B．12.7 million | | C．27million | D．16.1million |
小题2:What did NBC do on Tuesday night to attract more viewers?| A．To ask the "idol" to go off the air. | | B．To play the tapes of men"s figure skating. | | C．To add "Survivor" to its program. | | D．To do more advertising. |
小题3:If the rating slips below 12, NBC will .| A．do more advertising for nothing | | B．stop running normally | | C．never cover the Olympics | | D．pay extra money for advertisers |
小题4:What does the underlined word "taken a toll" mean?| A．paid off. | B．caused loss. | C．broken out. | D．picked up. |
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I have nothing to say about whether or not "A Day Without Immigrants" had a positive or negative effect on the question of how the federal government should deal with the huge population of undocumented illegal immigrants in this country. I"ll leave that question to others.
Regardless of how you feel about the event, one conclusion is obvious. Using the theme of" A Day Without" as a way to focus national attention on a particular subject is a great idea, and could serve as a method for increasing public awareness about other issues that affect daily life in America. Here are my top three examples:
"A Day Without Speeding." How hard could this be? If all drivers would strictly obey every posted speed limit on highways, downtown, on neighborhood streets, and in parking lots for one 24-hour cycle, the benefits would be huge.
"A Day Without Losing Your Temper." A higher degree of difficulty here, and I know that from personal experience. When something goes wrong at home or on the job, there may be brief satisfaction in yelling or kicking the furniture, but erupting with anger usually doesn"t do anything to solve the problem, and in many cases it makes the situation more unpleasant.
"A Day Without Having All The Answers." I would like to get a break from hearing anyone speak the phrase, "Here"s what you"re doing wrong." Right now the US is jampacked with citizens who believe they can point out the cause of every single problem in existence and then solve it on the spot. I believe they need to be quiet sometimes and use their ears instead of their voices.
I wonder how would average Americans react to such a collective pause? Would it be a day of angry protests, or joyful celebrations?
小题1:The first paragraph suggests .| A．the writer is against A Day Without Immigrants | | B．immigrants are not equally treated by the US federal government | | C．the writer cares little about the problems of the country. | | D．some people move to America without the permission of the US government |
小题2:"The event" in the second paragraph is related to .| A．"A Day Without Immigrants" | | B．"A Day Without Having All The Answers" | | C．"A Day Without Speeding" | | D．"A Day Without Losing Your Temper" |
小题3:According to the writer, losing one"s temper is .| A．personal | B．satisfying | C．pointless | D．unpleasant |
小题4:The writer suggest a day without having all the answers because .| A．he thinks the American are too proud | | B．he doesn"t think what he is doing is wrong | | C．he wants others to keep quiet | | D．the writer is so tired that he needs a break |
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Young people and older people do not always agree with each other. They sometimes have different ideas about living, working and playing. But in one special program in New York State, adults and teenagers live together in a friendly way.
Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. They do so not just to keep busy but to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make things like tables and chairs and to build houses. The adults teach them these skills.
There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn photo-taking or painting. Others sit around and talk to sing. Each teenager chooses his own way to spend his free time.
When people live together, rules are necessary. In this program the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. They talk about it and ask, “Why did it happen? What should we do about it?”
One of the teenagers has this to say about the experience: “You stop thinking only about yourself. You learn how to think about the group.”
小题1:In one special program in New York State, young and older people_______.| A．are friendly to one another | | B．teach one another new ways of building houses | | C．live together but do not work together | | D．spend 8 weeks together, working as farmers. |
小题2:Living together, _________.| A．the teenagers have to obey the rules the adults made. | | B．the members don’t have to obey the rules. | | C．the members are not allowed to break the rules they make together. | | D．the members have no free time except on weekends |
小题3:The last paragraph shows that the teenager thinks his experience in the program is _________.| A．disappointing | B．helpful | C．tiring | D．unpleasant |
小题4:The best title for the passage is ________.| A．Sadness of Living Together | B．Different Ideas About Living | | C．Teenagers and Adults Together | D．Life in New York State |
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Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends．They believe that their family members, especially their parents．Don’t know them as well as their friends do．In large families．it is often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for advice．
It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or many friends．Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among themselves on the phone．This communication is very important in children’s growing up, because friends can discuss something difficult to say to their family members.
However, parents often try to choose their children’s friends for them．Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends. The question of “choice” is an interesting one．Have you ever thought of the following questions?
Who choose your friends?
Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you?
Have you got good friend your parents don’t like?
小题1:Many teenagers think their know them better than their parents do．| A．friends | B．teachers | C．brothers and sisters | D．classmates |
小题2:When teenagers stay alone，the usual way of communication is to ,| A．go to their friends. | | B．talk with their parents | | C．have a d discussion with their family | | D．talk with their friends on the phone |
小题3:The passage suggests（暗示）that ．| A．Parents cannot choose friends for their children successfully． | | B．Perhaps some children’s friends are chosen by their parents． | | C．Children won’t let their parents choose friends for them． | | D．Parents often try to choose their children’s friends for them． |
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TheUnitedStateshasaround475,000schoolbuses.Eachdaytheycarrymorethan25million children,halfofalltheschoolchildreninthecountry.
Thesebuses,onaverage,use4litersofdiesel(柴油)fueltotravellessthan16kilometers. When theschoolyearbeganlastfall,dieselaveraged55centsaliternationally.Thepricenearlydoubledby theendofschool inJune.
BobRileyisthespokesmanfortheAmericanSchoolBusCouncil.Hesaysfuelpricesnegotiated(商议) for schools arenot lower thanothers have to pay. Asaresult,schoolsarelookingfor waystoreducetransportationcosts.Busroutesarebeing redrawnor,insomecases,canceled.Someareas arebuyingbusesthatuse naturalgas orother alternativefuels.
Otherstepsincludefewerfieldtrips andlesstravel bysports teams.Someschool districtsmayend any busservicenotrequiredby law.
Studiesshowthatschoolbusesarethesafestform oftransportationtoandfrom school.
The AmericanSchoolBus Councilsayscutsinbus serviceare badfor childrenandpossiblythe environment.Itsaysremovingbusesfromtheroadwillmeananincreaseinothervehiclestransporting students. Spokesman Bob Riley saysanotherconcern is thatreducing busservicemightreduce attendance.
It couldalso getmorechildren to walkor bicycle to school.That wouldsurely makepeople happy attheNationalCenterforSafeRoutestoSchool.Morekidswalkingorbikingsafelytoschoolisthe aimofa3-year-oldfederal program,partofaninternationalmovement.Thegoalis toincreasephysical activity and reduce air pollution.
小题1:Inthesecondparagraph,theauthorwantsto provethat .| A．toomany schoolchildren takebuses every day | | B．thecost offuelhasincreased | | C．theschoolbusesconsumemorefuelthanaverage | | D．the school busesusuallygoon long routes |
小题2:Inthe thirdparagraph,what doesBobRiley mean"?| A．Thefuel pricesforschool busesneed to be negotiated again. | | B．High fuelprices are also affecting the efficiency of their services. | | C．The fuelprices for school are much higher thanothers pay. | | D．TheAmericanSchool BusCouncilshould workforstudents’benefit. |
小题3:Whatistheadvantage ofreducingschoolbusserviceaccordingto thepassage?| A．Morefuelwillbesaved. | | B．Studentscangotoschool inasaferway. | | C．Studentscanexercisebywalkingorriding toschool. | | D．Trafficjams willbereducedduringrushhour. |
小题4:Whatisthesixth paragraphmainly about?| A．Bob Riley"s concern about the resultsof reducing school buses. | | B．Theconvenience brought by school buses. | | C．Thebad effectsofreducingschool buses. | | D．Thestudiesabout students"choicescarried out by theAmericanSchool BusCouncil. |
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