When our restaurant business failed，we headed north in a camping truck to Texas，
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When our restaurant business failed，we headed north in a camping truck to Texas，hoping to have a “fresh start”.
At the of Palo Duro Canyon (峡谷）State Park，I a job advertisement hiring park hosts. The position offered a ，permanent campsite in the park, and , the hosts served as a link between the park’s guests and the rangers (护林人). It was the perfect solution: a rent-free place to reorganize our lives. We entered the park and I made an for the following day.
The park was , so it took us some time to find an available site. That evening, as we finished our dinner, my wife saw two large skunks (臭鼠由）walking toward our table. We climbed onto the table and, for the next four hours, waited for them to our camp.
Having survived that night, we were that everything else would be all right. The next day we met with the people who ran the park. They explained our and gave us a beautiful campsite.
That evening, , we learned about the canyon . They were strong and cold, rocking our little camping truck violently，and we lay in the dark until the winds died away.
the weeks that followed, we learned to survive in our truck and the little money my wife by substitute teaching. Building a successful business and then losing it had left very little time for building a successful For a time after our business I thought I might lose my family as well.
Living in the tiny with no television, we sat close together reading and talking. One evening, standing under a jeweled sky，I found myself for all the hardships. We had walked the trails and climbed the canyon walls. We had become a family!
| 小题1: | | A．back | B．edge | C．centre | D．entrance |
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| 小题2: | | A．sponsored | B．published | C．noticed | D．answered |
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| 小题3: | | A．safe | B．free | C．convenient | D．beautiful |
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| 小题4: | | A．in return | B．in time | C．in short | D．in turn |
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| 小题5: | | A．attempt | B．agreement | C．appeal | D．appointmei |
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| 小题6: | | A．crowded | B．dangerous | C．ideal | D．quiet |
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| 小题7: | | A．repeatedly | B．immediately | C．eventually | D．calmly |
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| 小题8: | | A．attack | B．leave | C．pass | D．search |
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| 小题9: | | A．satisfied | B．determined | C．confident | D．aware |
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| 小题10: | | A．responsibilities | B．requirements | C．circumstances | D．conditions |
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| 小题11: | | A．moreover | B．therefore | C．meanwhile | D．however |
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| 小题12: | | A．winds | B．snows | C．woods | D．trails |
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| 小题13: | | A．shaking | B．quarrelling | C．mourning | D．aching |
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| 小题14: | | A．After | B．Between | C．During | D．Beyond |
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| 小题15: | | A．give away | B．hand out | C．live on | D．put aside |
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| 小题16: | | A．borrowed | B．earned | C．posted | D．raised |
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| 小题17: | | A．business | B．career | C．family | D．image |
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| 小题18: | | A．started | B．failed | C．expanded | D．declined |
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| 小题19: | | A．truck | B．park | C．house | D．camp |
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| 小题20: | | A．desperate | B．ready | C．suitable | D．thankful |
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答案
小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:A
小题5:D
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:B
小题9:C
小题10:A
小题11:D
小题12:A
小题13:A
小题14:C
小题15:C
小题16:B
小题17:C
小题18:B
小题19:A
小题20:D |
解析
【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。作者在生意失败后和妻子一起前往Texas希望能有一个新的开始。在帕罗杜洛峡谷州立公园找到一份作为护林人的工作，通过在此期间生活经历的种种深悟家庭的重要，也顺利地从生意失败的阴影中走出，勇敢地面对生活。
小题1:D上下文串联及语境理解。此段的最后有“We entered the park and…”可知我们走进公园，所以一开始是在入口处。A 后面；B 边缘；C 中央；D 入口。
小题2:C 动词辨析及语境理解。空格后面是一工作广告，所以是作者看见，注意到。A是“赞助”；B“出版”；D“回答”
小题3:B上下文串联及语境理解。后面有“a rent-free place…”,所以这儿直接用 “free”表“免费的”。
小题4:A 介词短语辨析及语境理解。句意上这儿需要的是“公园提供免费的永久的露营地但需要做相应的工作”。A项“作为回报”适合；B “及时”；C简短；D “ 轮流，反过来”。
小题5:D 名词辨析与搭配及语境理解。根据下文作者是应征了这份工作并对于接下来的生活有了自己的计划安排。这儿考的是形近词的辨析，A表示“尝试”；B “同意”；C “吸引”；D是“安排，计划”在这类似于“plan”与前面的“make”搭配使用。
小题6:A 形容词辨析及语境理解。根据后面的内容“so it took us some time to find an available site ”表示“我们花了一段时间找到合适的地方”所以A “拥挤的”适合。B表示“危险的”；C是“理想的”；D是“安静的”。
小题7:B 副词辨析及语境理解。根据前面的内容，有臭鼬过来人是吓的立即爬上了桌子，所以B“立刻地”适合。A表示“重复地”；C表示“最终地”；D是“镇定地”。
小题8:B 动词辨析及语境理解。根据上文是吓得爬上桌子几个小时所以是等臭鼬离开。A表示“攻击”；C是“经过”；D是“搜寻”之意。
小题9:C形容词辨析及语境理解。根据句意，经过了一晚上除了臭鼬的事情没有别的事，所以是感觉其它的都好，只有C符合。A表示“满意的”；B是“意志坚定的”；D是“意识到”。
小题10:A 名词辨析及语境理解。根据上文人们向我们阐述我们所要承担的什么样的责任或任务。B是“要求”；C是“状况”；D是“条件”。
小题11:D上下文串联及语境理解。前面刚提到“a beautiful campsite”，后面出现了冰冷的寒风，所以这儿是转折的概念。A表示递进；B表示因果；C表示并列。
小题12:A名词辨析及语境理解。下文有“until the winds died away.”，属于上下文原词一栏。D是“小径，小道”的意思。
小题13:A 动词辨析及语境理解。根据上下文冰冷的暴风刮了一夜，所以我们躺的地方一直是摇摇晃晃的感觉。B表示“争吵”；C是“哀悼”之意；D是“疼痛”。
小题14:C 介词搭配及语境理解。句意上在接下来的几个星期内，所以应该是C项的During；D表示“超越”之意。
小题15:C 短语辨析及语境理解。上下文来看是关于用钱的问题，指得是靠不多的钱生活。A表示“捐赠，泄露”；B是“交出”之意；C是“以…为生”；D表示“放在一旁”。
小题16:B 动词辨析及语境理解。与money的搭配是make或earn，这儿指的是妻子挣到的钱。A表示“借”；C是“张贴”而D是“抚养，筹集，举起”之意。下文有“by substitute teaching”，所以应该是挣钱。
小题17:C 名词辨析及语境理解。根据文章最后作者表达的最终建立家庭的情况来看，这儿只能用family,上下对应。A是”生意“；B是 “事业”；D表示的是“形象”。
小题18:B 动词辨析及语境理解。根据文章一开始作者介绍的背景知道是生意上的失败。A表示“开始”；C是“扩大”之意；D是“下降，拒绝”。
小题19:A 名词辨析及语境理解。上文一直在提到是在我们的卡车里，所以这儿是作者对于这样生活的感受。
小题20:D 形容词辨析及语境理解。作者最后对于这样行的生活有感而发，虽然生意失败了，但是却给了作者一个温暖的家，所以这儿的情感更是对困难的一种感激与敬意。A表示“绝望”；B是“准备好了”C表示“适合的”。 |
举一反三
You’ve flown halfway around the world; you’ve sniffed out this place that nobody in Falongland or Thailand seems to have ever heard of; so what on earth is there to do here? You consider this question as you sink into an old wooden beach chair that holds you above the sand.
It was a long journey from Bangkok to Huaplee. By the time you found the bus station and got yourself sorted out, it took almost as long as the flight from Falongland.
Huaplee is located just south of Hua Hin, about two hundred kilometres from Bangkok, down the west side of the Gulf of Thailand. Not many tourists find this place，and the ones that do wonder if finding it has been their purpose all along.
There’s an apparent laziness that surrounds you here. It’s what this place offers, and it，s free of charge. The small waves that tap the shoreline seem to slow everything down. You settle into your beach chair in preparation for a long rest. You sit there and watch the sea.
It’s early afternoon, so the cook comes out and asks what you’d like to eat this evening. Before long he’s rushed off to the market to buy the ingredients for whatever it was that you ordered---every meal fresh and to order. No menu here.
There is no poolside noise here but just that wonderfully warm, clear blue sea. There9 s no street noise. The only sounds are the murmurs of nature.For now you just count your blessings (福祉)，listing them in the sand with your toe (脚趾)• You don’t have to worry about being late for work. You don’t have to do anything.
The beach to your right stretches off to the horizon (地平线)，slowly narrowing to nothingness only to re-emerge again on your left, now steadily widening until it covers the chair beneath you. Sand to your left and sand to your right; it’s unbroken, endless. No start, no end, just sand, sun,and peace. Step off it, and you re-enter the world of traffic, stress, work，and hurry.
Normally you，re the type who can，t sit still for more than ten minutes, but you’re on Huaplee Lazy Beach now and, in the right frame of mind, it stretches all the way around theworld.
“How could it take me so long to find it?” you wonder.
小题1:When the author first went to Huaplee Beach,____| A．he found it unworthwhile | | B．he failed to sort himself out | | C．he became sensitive to smell | | D．he had difficulty in finding it |
小题2:What is special about the food service at Huaplee Beach?| A．No menu. | | B．Free food. | | C．Self service. | | D．Quick delivery. |
小题3:In the author’s opinion, a tourist can enjoy Huaplee Beach most when he____ .| A．sits in a beach chair | | B．forgets his daily routine | | C．plans a detailed schedule | | D．draws pictures in the sand |
小题4:What does the author imply by his question at the end of the passage?| A．He shouldn’t have counted his blessings. | | B．He should have understood the wonder of nature. | | C．He shouldn’t have spent so much time on the trip. | | D．He should have come to the place earlier. |
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For most city people, the elevator is an unremarkable machine that inspires none of the enthusiasm or interest that Americans afford trains, jets，and even bicycles. Dr. Christopher Wilk is a member of a small group of elevator experts who consider this a misunderstanding. Without the elevator, they point out, there could be no downtown skyscrapers or tall buildings, and city life as we know it would be impossible. In that sense, they argue，the elevator’s role in American history has been no less significant than that of cars. In fact, according to Wilk? the car and the elevator have been locked in a “secret war” for over a century, with cars making it possible for people to spread horizontally (水平地)，and elevators pushing them toward life in close groups of towering vertical (垂直的)columns.
If we tend to ignore the significance of elevators, it might be because riding in them tends to be such a brief, boring, and even awkward experience^one that can involve unexpectedly meeting people with whom we have nothing in common, and an unpleasant awareness of the fact that we’re hanging from a cable in a long passage.
In a new book, Lifted, German journalist and cultural studies professor Andreas Bernard directed all his attention to this experience, studying the origins of elevator and its relationship to humankind and finding that riding in an elevator has never been a totally comfortable experience. “After 150 years, we are still not used to it”， Bernard said. “We still have not exactly learned to cope with the mixture of closeness and displeasure.” That mixture, according to Bernard, sets the elevator ride apart from just about every other situation we find ourselves in as we go about our lives.
Today，as the world’s urban population explodes，and cities become more crowded, taller, and more crowded, America’s total number of elevators—900,000 at last count, according to Elevator World magazine’s “2012 Vertical Transportation Industry”一are a force that’s becoming more important than ever. And for the people who really, really love them, it seems like high time that we looked seriously at just what kind of force they are.
小题1:What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 1 refer to?| A．The general view of elevators. | | B．The particular interests of experts. | | C．The desire for a remarkable machine. | | D．The enthusiasm for transport vehicles. |
小题2:The author’s purpose in mentioning cars is .| A．to contrast their functions with elevators, | | B．to emphasize the importance of elevators | | C．to reveal their secret war against elevators | | D．to explain people’s preference for elevators |
小题3:According to Prof. Bernard, what has made the elevator ride different from other life experiences?| A．Vertical direction. | | B．Lack of excitement. | | C．Little physical space. | | D．Uncomfortable conditions. |
小题4:The author urges readers to consider .| A．the exact number of elevator lovers | | B．the serious future situation of elevators | | C．the role of elevators in city development | | D．the relationship between cars and elevators |
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小题1:Why is June 6, 1990 a special day for Mommy?| A．Her dream of being a mother came true. | | B．She found her origin from her Chinese mother. | | C．She wrote the letter to her daughter. | | D．Her female line was well linked. |
小题2:How does Mommy feel about her being given away?| A．It is bitter and disappointing. | | B．It is painful but understandable. | | C．She feels sorry but sympathetic. | | D．She feels hurt and angry. |
小题3:What does “I stood out like a sore thumb” in Paragraph 5 mean?| A．I walked clumsily out of pains. | | B．I was not easy to love due to jealousy. | | C．I was impatient out of fear. | | D．I looked different from others. |
小题4:What can be inferred from Mommy’s Anglo family life?| A．She used to experience an identity crisis. | | B．She fought against her American identity. | | C．She forgot the pains of her early years. | | D．She kept her love for Asia from childhood. |
小题5:Why did Mommy name her daughter “Shao-ming?”| A．To match her own birth-name. | | B．To brighten the lives of the family. | | C．To identify her with Chinese origin. | | D．To justify her pride in Chinese culture. |
小题6:By “Your past is more complete than mine,” Mommy means ________.| A．her past was completed earlier than Shao-ming’s | | B．Shao-ming has got motherly care and a sense of roots | | C．her mother didn’t comfort her the way she did Shao-ming | | D．her past was spent brokenly, first in Asia, then in the US |
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“Mum, can I invite my classmate Brett over to stay tomorrow night, please? It’s Friday, and we don’t have any ___.Can I, please?” Mum was sitting at the kitchen table. Dad was ___next to her, resting his head on his arms. Mum could ___that James wanted so badly to have his friend over.
“I’m so sorry, James,” she said.
“I’m never allowed to have friends come to the house? Why, Mum?” James asked sadly, almost in ___.
“I know it’s ___ for you,” Mum said softly. “But I’m just worried other people might think we’re a little… strange. And then they would make fun of you.”
“No, they wouldn’t, Mum,” James protested. “We’re not ___ at all. We’re just ordinary people.”
Mum sighed heavily. “To tell you the truth, James, my neck has been so painful that it’s given me a heavy ___. And your poor father –he doesn’t feel ___. He really needs a rest.”
“I can help, Mum!” James said. “___ I can make you and Dad feel better, can Brett come over? Please?”
“Well…”Mum began.
“Great! Thanks Mum!” James almost shouted. “Just sit there, don’t move.” He rushed over to the kitchen drawer and ___ what he needed –two spanners. “Hang on, Mum,” he said. “This won’t take a second.” After some ___, James was finished. With a smile of ___ on his face he said, “There! How does that feel?” “Oh, James,” Mum said. “That’s a much better! How did you do it?”
“Easy,” James said ___.” Dad had tightened your neck bolts (螺栓) too much! I just___ them slightly! I learned that in robotic science at school.”
“What about you father? Can you ___ him?” asked Mum.
“I’ll try,” James replied. He ___ up Dad’s hair at the back of his neck. and plugged the electric wire into Dad’s head. Then he turned the ___on. Dad opened his eyes and ___ immediately. “He just let his ___run too low, that’s all,” James said, “Shall I tell Brett to come over straight after school tomorrow?”
“I guess so,” replied Mum. “Your friends will just have to ___ that we are a very unusual family. Thanks, son!”
| 小题1: | | A．chance | B．message | C．homework | D．difficulty |
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| 小题2: | | A．asleep | B．reading | C．alone | D．standing |
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| 小题3: | | A．explain | B．see | C．agree | D．doubt |
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| 小题4: | | A．terror | B．tears | C．surprise | D．silence |
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| 小题6: | | A．strange | B．normal | C．popular | D．anxious |
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| 小题7: | | A．headache | B．loss | C．task | D．day |
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| 小题8: | | A．ill | B．funny | C．sorry | D．well |
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| 小题10: | | A．kept | B．controlled | C．found | D．returned |
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| 小题11: | | A．requests | B．thoughts | C．repairs | D．instructions |
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| 小题12: | | A．sympathy | B．satisfaction | C．bitterness | D．politeness |
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| 小题13: | | A．embarrassedly | B．gratefully | C．impatiently | D．proudly |
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| 小题14: | | A．adjusted | B．collected | C．produced | D．covered |
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| 小题15: | | A．greet | B．accompany | C．help | D．ask |
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| 小题16: | | A．lifted | B．caught | C．gave | D．filled |
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| 小题17: | | A．television | B．power | C．light | D．gas |
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| 小题18: | | A．grew up | B．lay down | C．broke down | D．sat up |
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| 小题19: | | A．food | B．temperature | C．battery | D．blood |
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| 小题20: | | A．prove | B．expect | C．suspect | D．accept |
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(Q =" Question;" A = Answer)
Situation I
Q: If someone sits right next to me in an empty movie theater, is it rude to move?
A: Maybe, but nobody will fault you for it. Chances are that close sitter doesn"t realize he disturbs you, so he may miss your annoyance. You undoubtedly aren"t the first person he"s met who needs enough room. Forgive his bad judgment, move quietly and enjoy the show.
Situation II
Q: If I use the bathroom at a store, do I need to buy something?
A: Consider frequency and urgency. Is this a one-time or an emergency? If so, you don"t have to buy anything, but it would be kind if you did. However, if you regularly use the bathroom at this place, then you are a customer, and you should act like one.
Situation III
Q: If someone is talking loudly on the bus, is there a nice way to ask him to keep it down?
A: No. Try other means.1) Stare at him until he gets aware of it and quiets down. 2) Lift your finger in a silence motion(动作)and smile. 3) Put on earphones and ignore him.
Situation IV
Q: If I remember my friend"s birthday a day late, should I apologize or just wish her a happy birthday like nothing happened?
A: This is the reason why the word belated was invented. "Happy belated birthday!" is short for: "Well, I know I forgot, but then I remembered. Forgive me and happy birthday."
Situation V
Q: Can I lie about seeing a text because I was too busy or lazy to respond(回复) to it?
A: Don"t lie. Receiving a text does not mean you need to respond to it. Why waste a perfectly good lie when the truth will serve? "Yes," you can say if ever asked, "I saw it." No explanation is needed as to why you don"t respond.
小题1:You will get annoyed in a theater when .| A．a person is too active | | B．a person is too rude to you | | C．a person talks too loudly | | D．a person sits too close to you |
小题2:How will you quiet someone down in a public place?| A．By making fun of him continuously. | | B．By looking purposefully at him. | | C．By talking to him directly. | | D．By pointing angrily at him. |
小题3:The underlined word "belated" in Situation IV probably means .| A．predicted | B．returned | C．cancelled | D．delayed |
小题4:What is the passage mainly about?| A．Modern ways to mind your manners. | | B．Different ways to change others" manners. | | C．Proper manners to offer help to others. | | D．Good manners to talk to people. |
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