I IMCKKD up the phone. Without so much as a hello ,a voice said: “What’s new? We
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I IMCKKD up the phone. Without so much as a hello ,a voice said: “What’s new? We have an eagle in the backyard.
It look me three second* lo recognize my nephew’s a voice. He was excited.
“He’s sitting on top of a dead tree in the backyard .He’s been there a long lime. We’re tilling in the sunroom watching him."
But actually, my nephew is blind.
Ketinitis pigmentosa（色素性视网膜炎）brgan stealing his sight when he was 12. He’ s in his 20s now.
“It’s a big thing. Dad said it must have a wingspan of 6 feet (1.88 meters). We’ve got an eagle out hack!"
I could believe they had the rare pleasure of spotting an eagle. What I couldn’t believe was that my nephew, without sight, was giving the comment. It shouldn’t have been that surprising,really?
His sight might be gone, but he sees plenty. From memory, mostly; from conventions around him; from listening to television and radio. He has an amazing memory. We took him into town with us when we were visiting his parents once. Our GPS wasn’ t working, so he gave us directions turn by turn, complete with landmarks, approximate distances and cautions on curves（拐弯处）in the road. He knew exactly where we were and got us to where wanted to go.
Second to his family, there are two things that have been important in this young man’s life: a guide dog and a job.
The guide dog gave him the confidence he didn’t know he had.
The job, “well” as his dad said: “Having a job makes him like everybody else. Now, he has something to come home and complain about at the end of the day."
I never have a conversation with my nephew without asking about his job in case lie wants to complain. But I know-and I know that he knows work is a gift.
We were created to work. We were made to produce goods and services, to invent and solve problems. Work is what drags us out of bed in the morning.
Work gives us something to do and somewhere to go. If that doesn’t I sound like a big deal, talk to someone who’ s unemployed. It is working hard that enhances the lime that you don’t work, from kicking back and reading a book to watching an eagle in your backyard.
小题1:What surprised the author when she received her nephew’s phone call?| A．An eagle remained in her nephew’ s backyard for a long time. | | B．The sight of an eagle made her nephew so excited. | | C．Her nephew regained his sight after he had been blind for several years. | | D．Despite being blind, her nephew described the eagle as if he could really see it. |
小题2:By mentioning her nephew lending her amend when site visited his parents, the author intends to . | A．show that she got along well with her nephew and his family | | B．fell us of her nephew’s good sense of direction | | C．show how good a memory her nephew has | | D．prove that her nephew had no trouble living by himself alone |
小题3:According lo the article, a job is very important lo the author"s nephew mainly because .| A．a job make* him confident and slops him from complaining | | B．a job enables him lo feel normal | | C．with a job he can afford to raise his guide dog | | D．with a job he can help his parents support I he family |
小题4:What can we conclude from the lust two paragraphs?| A．Everyone has to work, so make sure to play. | | B．The hander you work, the more successful you w ill lie. | | C．Work enriches our lives, so we should appreciate it. | | D．Work is just a way for us to kill time and make a living. |
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答案
小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:C |
解析
试题分析：这篇文章主要讲了作者接到侄子的电话，让她吃惊的是尽管她的侄子是盲人，却能描述一只鹰，好像他亲眼看到一样。作者侄子的记忆力非常好，他拥有一份工作。工作对作者的侄子很重要，因为工作可以让他感觉像正常人一样。
小题1:细节题：根据I could believe they had the rare pleasure of spotting an eagle. What I couldn’t believe was that my nephew, without sight, was giving the comment. It shouldn’t have been that surprising,really? 可知作者接到侄子的电话，让她吃惊的是尽管她的侄子是盲人，却能描述一只鹰，好像他亲眼看到一样。故选D。
小题2:细节题：根据He has an amazing memory. We took him into town with us when we were visiting his parents once. Our GPS wasn’ t working, so he gave us directions turn by turn, complete with landmarks, approximate distances and cautions on curves（拐弯处）in the road.可知通过这件事说明作者侄子的记忆力非常好，故选C。
小题3:细节题：根据The job, “well” as his dad said: “Having a job makes him like everybody else. Now, he has something to come home and complain about at the end of the day."可知工作对作者的侄子很重要，是因为工作可以让他感觉像正常人一样，故选B。
小题4:推断题：最后两个自然段工作的重要性以及意思，故选C。 |
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As the new semester begins，millions of college students across the country are trying hard to remember how best to write a paper-or，more likely，how best to delay that paper．
Procrastination is the thief of time and a lot of students suffer from it．They can spend whole days in the library doing nothing but staring into space，eating snacks，surfing the Internet，watching videos and looking at their pretty peers sitting around them，who，most likely，are doing nothing either．
Paralyzed by their habit to procrastinate，they write micro blogs about their fears，asking their online friends if they sometimes have the same issue．But this does nothing to solve their problems．
According to a recent report by the BBC，95 percent of us procrastinate at some point and 20 percent of the world’s population are procrastinators，complicating their lives with their continual delaying of tasks．
Procrastinators like to find excuses to justify their behavior，but BBC columnist Rowan Pelling says they are all wrong．Many procrastinators tell themselves they are perfectionists who work best under pressure．Pelling says this is nonsense，as work done at the last minute is more likely to have mistakes than work done on time．
She says the behavior of procrastinators often makes them feel flustered and ashamed，inconveniences others，and annoys loved ones．
Fortunately，social seientists have made tireless efforts to understand this behavioral shortcoming and offer strategies to control it．Piers Steel，a Canadian social scientist and author of The Procrastination Equation，believes humankind is“designed”to procrastinate．Nevertheless，he suggests a couple of good ways to get through the task at hand．
The first one is obvious：Break the task down into small pieces and work your way through them methodically．
The second is clever：Give a trusted friend a sum of money and tell them that if you don’t complete the task you have undertaken by a specific time，they can keep it or donate it to a cause you hate.
小题1:What does the underlined word“Procrastination” in the second paragraph refer to?| A．A bad habit of putting work or tasks off． | | B．A thief who steals time and money in college. | | C．A college student who learns nothing． | | D．A study way of doing nothing in the library. |
小题2:Which of the following statements is true according to the text?| A．College students can have their papers written if they delay them． | | B．Many students don’t know what to do in the library． | | C．Students can’t solve their procrastination by writing micro blogs． | | D．20％of the procrastinators make their life complicated． |
小题3:According to Rowan Pelling，we can learn that procrastinators .| A．can find reasonable excuses for their behavior | | B．are able to work best under pressure | | C．are more likely to avoid mistakes at work[] | | D．may upset themselves and their loved ones more frequently |
小题4:Which of the following may Piers Steel support?| A．Human beings are not born to be procrastinators． | | B．Complete your tasks or work step by step． | | C．Give your trusted friend money and ask him to help you finish your tasks． | | D．You can’t control procrastination but you can avoid it． |
小题5:What’she best title of the text?| A．Who steals my time? | | B．The solutions to procrastination | | C．I’ll do it tomorrow，I swear! | | D．Don’t do nothing! |
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The connection shared by grandparents and grandchildren is something very special and despite the changing family situation, it still remains strong across generations. For most of us, our grandparents were our first best friends, the ones with whom we shared our secrets and our pain.
In majority of the cases, grandparents would have babysat their grandchildren while parents were busy working and didn"t have much time for their children. Even as a kid grows up, the love and affection for grandparents never dies, and for many teens, visiting grandparents or living with them in the same house is a pleasure. Kedar Patwary, a mass communication student, says, "I often end up having long conversations with my grandfather about the evolution of Indian society and I really admire him for the patience with which he answers all my questions. "
Many teenagers feel that their parents treat them as grown-ups, while their grandparents give them much freedom.
Leela Narayanan, a grandmother. says that she loves to pamper her grandchildren and cook favorite dishes for them. She further adds that her eldest granddaughter, who is now 19, was brought up by her till she was four and the closeness they shared remains the same even now。
At times, the gap m generations plays a negative role, when grandparents find it difficult adjusting to the modern lifestyle. Technology is what works against this relationship. Youngsters" eing crazy about with gadgets leaves them with no time for their loved ones.
Maria Kutty, is a grandmother t0 12 kids. Her face lights up every time her grandchildren are mentioned. But she has one complaint. "All my children stay close to me but when they come to visit and I want to spend time with them, I can"t find them anywhere. They only have time for clickety-clackety things in their hands. Sometimes they listen to loud music and talk about things I don"t understand. I feel very sad when I think of all those times," she says.
小题1:The author uses Kedar Patwary as an example ______.| A．to show Indian society is full of perfect harmony | | B．to stress all the children admire their grandparents | | C．to show grandparents get on well with grandchildren | | D．to indicate grandparents are all good babysitters |
小题2:What does the underlined word "pamper" mean in the passage?| A．Spoil. | B．Raise. | C．Manage. | D．Educate. |
小题3:The gap generation sometimes is negative because_______.| A．grandchildren can "t fit in with modern lifestyle | | B．grandparents are eager to know more technology | | C．grandchildren are addicted to their digital products | | D．grandparents spared no time with their grandchildren |
小题4:How does the author develop the passage?| A．By giving example. | | B．By following the order of time. | | C．By making comparisons. | | D．By his personal experience. |
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San Francisco"s Chinatown is the biggest and oldest in the country. It"s the third most visited tourist destination in the city. It"s also the city"s most densely populated neighbor- hood. So why are. businesses in Chinatown struggling?
In this week"s paper, I outline some of the reasons for why Chinatown"s crowded streets and busy shops might be declining. Underneath the surface, Chinatown is falling. And the city, local organizations and businesses are trying to figure out what they can do to turn things around.
While numbers of people visit Chinatown, they don"t stay long and they don"t spend a lot of money. And beyond annual festivals,1ike Chinese New Years, this month"s Moon Festival and last month"s Sunday Streets - which drew about 15,000 t0 20.000 people – the neighborhood has a hard time attracting locals.
Can you remember the last. time you went to Chinatown ?If you can"t, You"re not alone. Locals told me that Chinatown doesn"t have much to offer them - that the stores are all the same. There are some good eating joints, people said, but they don"t know how to find them. Some people even told me that they sometimes go to extreme measures to avoid the neighborhood altogether. But when asked if the-v would like to see Chinatown gone, the answer was always a strong no.
Locals are hopeful that things will get better and traffic will increase when the Central Subway is complete. But chat"s not for another five years. at least. And if" new shops or restaurants don"t make their way into Chinatown. the same problem of attracting locals will exist.
Not that Chinatown"s going to die. The dragon still has some fire in its belly. And many people are rooting for positive change. The question is, how does Chinatown change without losing the very importance of what makes it unique?
小题1:Which can we know about Chinatown according to the passage?| A．Businesses in Chinatown are going well. | | B．Local people like going shopping there. | | C．A great number of people visit it every year. | | D．No period has seen a more prosperous Chinatown. |
小题2:According to the locals we can know that _______.| A．Chinatown doesn"t love to offer them assistance | | B．shops in Chinatown lack their own characteristics | | C．it is hard to buy quality goods at proper prices | | D．they feel annoyed to see so many familiar faces |
小题3:What is the author"s attitude towards Chinatown?| A．Negative. | B．Sympathy. | C．Hopeful. | D．Indifferent. |
小题4:It can be inferred from the passage ______.| A．the Central Subway is under construction | | B．Chinatown has to make way for subway | | C．many restaurants have been closed down | | D．the locals hope Chinatown will be extinct |
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These days, many young people in Ho Chi Minh City(胡志明市), Vietnam, are taking gymnastics, dancing or yoga classes after work. Actually, there are many why young people are taking exercise classes and going to the gym, instead of shopping and entertaining friends work.
Nguyen Thu Nguyet, a white-collar worker, says, “Five o’clock is the time when everyone is in the street. If I to go home at that time, I’ll get in traffic. So rather than being in a traffic jam, in smoke and dust, I go to a gym near my office for about an hour. ”Tran Minh Tue, a staff member of a company, also says, “I’ve found dancing is a good way to the non-stop drinking. More , I’m in better health and my stomach has gotten smaller. ”
At present, traffic jams in Ho Chi Minh City are very . The government is installing(安装)water pipes, and many blockhouses(木屋)are built for their workers to work in. That the traffic problem. Authorities say that this year, another
57 km road will be up and more blockhouses will be built, the total dug-out road length to 200 km. At the same time, traffic jams can serious air pollution, people’s health and the city’s investment environment, not to mention(提到) the city’s future development.
If more people rush hour by exercising or taking classes the rush hour, traffic jams may be . This is a clever that can also help people improve their health and meet others with similar .
| 小题1: | | A．reasons | B．reactions | C．actions | D．activities |
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| 小题2: | | A．out of | B．after | C．except | D．at |
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| 小题4: | | A．manage | B．decide | C．try | D．refuse |
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| 小题5: | | A．lost | B．thrown | C．stuck | D．put |
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| 小题6: | | A．breathing | B．giving | | C．growing | D．breaking |
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| 小题7: | | A．keep up with | B．keep away from | | C．keep in touch with | D．keep on |
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| 小题8: | | A．surprisingly | B．interestingly | | C．importantly | D．fortunately |
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| 小题9: | | A．good | B．serious | | C．comfortable | D．convenient |
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| 小题10: | | A．improves | B．reduces | | C．worsens | D．shortens |
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| 小题11: | | A．dug | B．picked | C．put | D．given |
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| 小题12: | | A．rising | B．raising | C．providing | D．offering |
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| 小题13: | | A．let | B．strike | C．cause | D．influence |
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| 小题14: | | A．affording | B．preventing | | C．protecting | D．affecting |
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| 小题15: | | A．limiting | B．benefiting | | C．predicting | D．promising |
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| 小题16: | | A．avoid | B．admit | C．attract | D．attend |
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| 小题18: | | A．increased | B．reduced | | C．stopped | D．replaced |
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| 小题19: | | A．solution | B．search | | C．pollution | D．advice |
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| 小题20: | | A．jobs | B．friends | | C．equipment | D．interests |
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When I started my career in management, I was really green, but I always tried to stay positive on the job. I was working for a new company that was having a difficult time with its customers. Actually, at one point my General Manager told me he liked me and suggested I should start looking for a new job as we were about to lose our only order. Every day we faced people leaving the company, customers complaining, and upper management preparing to close the place.
One night, I went home thinking about the problems. My wife told me to forget about work and see a movie. We went and saw Slumdog Millionaire. Jamal, an eighteen-year-old Indian young man, is from a poor family and becomes rich later. He tries his best to change his position. I realized what we needed to do was to correct the situation.
The next day I called my customers to have a talk. I promised to do my best to solve the problems if they would give us some time. As a result, we were given one month to turn the situation around. This was our only chance to correct the situation. To achieve this, I worked day and night with my team. I can remember working from 6 a. m. and not going home until 2 a. m. the next day.
To make a long story short, we succeeded in solving all of the problems and at the same time increased our productivity(生产率). The customers and management were very happy, and I knew at that moment we had saved our jobs. Actually things went so well that we ended up having our pay doubled.
Through this experience I understand that you can achieve what you desire as long as you work at it and stay positive.
小题1: The General Manager advised the author to look for a new job mainly because . | A．he knew the author didn’t want to stay there | | B．his company was too small to hire so many people | | C．he believed the author could get more pay that way | | D．the management was preparing to close the department |
小题2: Who caused the author to decide to change his situation? | A．The hero in a movie. | B．His wife. | | C．His boss. | D．The customers. |
小题3: How long did the author stay in his department every day during that month? | A．8 hours. | B．15 hours. | | C．20 hours. | D．24 hours. |
小题4:The experience of the author shows that . | A．if a person does his best and keeps positive, he’ll succeed | | B．if a person takes advice from others, he’ll make progress | | C．if a person is clever, he’ll realize his dream sooner or later | | D．if a person wants to change his fate, he mustn’t change his job |
小题5:What would be the best title for this passage? | A．My Work Experience | | B．My First Management Job | | C．How to Correct Your Situation | | D．The Importance of Working Hard |
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