At the age of sixteen, I joined a volunteer group with my dad. I went on my firs

At the age of sixteen, I joined a volunteer group with my dad. I went on my firs

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At the age of sixteen, I joined a volunteer group with my dad. I went on my first volunteer project in West Virginia. On the night we arrived, we discovered that “our family” was living in a trailer(拖车) that was in poor condition. A crew had been working on it for two weeks, but every time they finished one problem, another surfaced.
We decided the only reasonable solution was to build a new house – something unusual but necessary under these circumstances. The family was overjoyed with their new house that was twenty by thirty feet with three bedrooms, a bath and a kitchen.
On Tuesday of that week, while we ate lunch together, I asked the family’s three boys, Josh, Eric and Ryan, "What do you want for your new room?" Expecting toys and other gadgets that children usually ask for, we were surprised when Josh responded, "I just want a bed."
The boys had never slept in a bed! They were accustomed to plastic mats. That night we had a meeting and decided that beds would be the perfect gift. On Thursday night, a few adults in our group drove to the nearest city and bought beds and new bedding.
When we saw the delivery truck coming, we told the family about the surprise. We could hardly contain ourselves. It was like watching excited children on Christmas morning.
That afternoon, as we fitted the frames of the beds together, Eric ran into the house to watch us. Too dirty to enter his room, he observed with wide-eyed enthusiasm from the doorway.
As my father slipped a pillowcase onto one of the pillows, Eric asked, "What is that?"
"A pillow," she replied.
"What do you do with it?" Eric continued to ask.
"When you go to sleep, you put your head on it,” I answered softly. Tears came to our eyes as she handed Eric the pillow.
"Oh . . . that"s soft," he said, hugging it tightly.
Now, when my sister or I start to ask for something that seems urgent, my Dad gently asks, "Do you have a pillow?"
We know exactly what he means.
小题1:The writer’s first volunteer project was         .
A.working on a poor trailer
B.helping a poor family
C.donating beds and bedding
D.dealing with a housing problem
小题2:On hearing Josh’s answer, the writer was shocked because         .
A.the family lived in a trailer
B.he expected to get some toys
C.he didn’t know what a bed was
D.the boys had no bed to sleep in
小题3:From the passage, we can learn that Eric had never seen       before.
A.a trailerB.a truckC.a pillowD.a house
小题4:By saying “Do you have a pillow?”, the writer’s father means that        .
A.what they want to get may be unnecessary
B.they should not waste money on small things
C.they should do more volunteer work for the poor
D.what he will buy is not what they want but a pillow

答案

小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
解析

试题分析:本文讲述了作者第一次和父亲去志愿帮助一个穷人家庭的事情。
小题1:细节题。从we discovered that “our family” was living in a trailer(拖车) that was in poor condition. A crew had been working on it for two weeks, but every time they finished one problem, another surfaced. 可知作者的第一次志愿活动是帮助一个贫困的家庭,故选B
小题2:细节题。从The boys had never slept in a bed! They were accustomed to plastic mats. 可知作者之所以惊讶是因为孩子们没有床可以睡,故选D
小题3:细节题。从As my father slipped a pillowcase onto one of the pillows, Eric asked, "What is that?"
和Eric 的问题中可知Eric 从没有见过枕头,故选C
小题4:推断题。从父亲的话中可以知道他们所想要得到的可能并非是我们认为必须的东西,故选A
点评:记叙文是高考必考题型,此类题型比较好解答,在答题过程中注意结合题目在文章中找到答案的位置,注意理解作者所要表达感情色彩和中心思想。 同时,如果第一遍不能理解,结合题目来进行理解全文,也不失为一个好的方法。
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A study by St.. Louis University has found that a lovable dog named Sparky and a robotic dog, AIBO, were about equally effective at reducing the loneliness of nursing home residents. The study confirmed previous findings that dogs have a good effect on nursing home residents.
Dr. Andrew Smith led the Stanford University team that built a home-assistance robot. “If humans can feel an emotional tie with robots, some day they could be not just our assistants, but also our companions,” he said.
To test whether residents responded better to Sparky, a trained dog, or the Sony-made robotic dog, researchers divided 38 nursing home residents into three groups at three long-term care centers in St. Louis.
One group had weekly 30-minute one-on-one visits with Sparky; another group had similar visits with AIBO; a control group had no contact with either dog. The groups’ respective levels of loneliness were tested by having them answer a number of questions at the beginning and near the end of the visits.
After two months, both groups that had contact with the dogs were less lonely and more attached. Most of the elderly regarded Sparky, a 9-year-old dog, as an audience for their life stories, said investigator Marian Banks.
“He listened attentively, wagged his tail, and allowed them to pet him,” said Banks, who adopted and trained Sparky after finding him in a street behind her home seven years ago.
Those who were together with AIBO took a little longer to warm to the robotic creature. Over time, however, they grew comfortable with him, and petted and talked to him. He would respond by wagging his tail, vocalizing, and blinking his lights..
“AIBO is charming once you start to interact with him,” said the study’s author, Dr. William Banks, “He’s an attractive sort of guy. He gives a feeling of being personal, not just a robot.”
小题1:Before the new study, it was known that ____.
A.robots were effective at reducing people’s loneliness
B.robots could build close connection with humans
C.dogs could help get rid of old people’s loneliness
D.dogs and robots were equally effective at reducing loneliness
小题2:Those who had contact with the robotic dog found that ___.
A.they didn’t feel comfortable with it
B.it was hard for them to interact with it
C.they weren’t comfortable with it at first
D.the robot’s vocalizing and blinking confused them
小题3:The findings of the researchers tell us that___.
A.robots are better at caring for old people than nurses
B.robots can to some degree replace dogs as companions for old people
C.it’s easy for people to become close with robots
D.every home will have a robot assistant one day
小题4:What would be the best title for the passage?
A.Robots Serve People Better Than Thought
B.No More Lonely Old Age with Emotional Robots
C.Advanced Technology Used to cheer up the Elderly
D.Robots and Dogs Can Equally Cheer up the Elderly

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There are many stories about people who did not let age stop them in the pursuit of their goals. I’m sure you have heard of recent 70-year-old college graduates, or teenagers who are 1 of many useful things or owners of companies. Actually, it can be done; it just 2 your attitude.
Michael had wanted to run his own business from an early age, but he was 3 a big risk taker. After many years of working for others, he put a business plan together and was about to make the 4 , but his friends told him that at 45 he was too 5 to start his own construction business. They thought it was a young man’s business while Michael needed a steady income to support his family. Michael was discouraged. 6 many of his friends worked in the very field that he was considering starting his business in, he 7 that they knew what was best, so he decided to give up his 8 . But his wife told him that he was foolish to do so. They discussed it and Michael 9 that he’d been using his age as a(n) 10 instead of as an advantage.
Have you put off a goal 11 age or another limiting factor? Does the limiting 12really have as much influence as you think? Age is just a number and each challenge is an opportunity. Your attitude 13 . You’re not too old to try something 14 and never too old to give up on your dreams. They may 15 a bit of adjustment, but if you want something enough, believe in yourself and your desires will have no bounds.
小题1:
A.ownersB.discoverersC.inventors D.users
小题2:
A.depends on B.turns downC.makes up D.leads to
小题3:
A.neverB.hardlyC.nearly D.surely
小题4:
A.decisionB.leapC.conclusion D.contribution
小题5:
A.early B.old C.hard D.wise
小题6:
A.If B.Before C.Even D.Since
小题7:
A.hopedB.learntC.thoughtD.heard
小题8:
A.plan B.job C.belief D.method
小题9:
A.stressedB.decidedC.realizedD.Dreamed
小题10:
A.response B.replyC.answer D.excuse
小题11:
A.instead ofB.regardless ofC.because of D.in spite of
小题12:
A.resultB.factorC.pressureD.strength
小题13:
A.changesB.helps C.beginsD.matters
小题14:
A.oppositeB.impossibleC.strange D.valuable
小题15:
A.make B.suggest C.requireD.follow

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How difficult change is depends a lot on your attitude towards it and your resistance to it. Your attitude to change can make the whole transformation process much easier.
Imagine change as a pair of shoes and this will help you understand change and how it works. I am sure that you have ever had a comfortable pair of shoes in your life. A pair of shoes is so comfortable that you really don’t want to get rid of them.
You know you need a new pair, and may even have them, but you don’t want to wear them because you are comfortable with your current pair. Besides, the new pair may hurt your feet, give you blisters(水疱) or be awkward to wear to start with. So, you resist the new shoes. However, you know that this new pair would be much better for your feet, and after the initial discomfort they would probably be even more comfortable, yet you still resist.
Do you know I’m doing this now? I’m wearing my comfortable shoes and they feel good. They have a hole in each heel, and the sole is starting to fall off, but I’m persisting in wearing them.
This describes change exactly; change of our habits, change of our thought patterns. We stick with the old patterns because they are comfortable. Yet once we get over the initial pain of the transformation, the new pattern will be comfortable and feel good until the time comes when we need another new pair of shoes.
小题1:Why do people prefer old shoes to new ones?
A.They have much emotion in the old ones.
B.They are more comfortable.
C.New shoes always harm the feet.
D.They look better than the new ones.
小题2: According to the passage, we know that people ______.
A.don’t realize the benefit of the new shoes very well
B.are positive and open-minded to accept new things
C.actually know the change will finally be good for them
D.don’t accept new patterns because they are not good
小题3: What can be inferred from the passage?
A.Once we form a habit, it’s difficult to change it.
B.Most people pay more attention to the future life.
C.One’s attitude towards something is usually traditional.
D.The more often we change, the better our life will be.

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It seems hard to watch someone yawn and not to yawn ourselves. Even reading about yawning can make you do it. Now, a new study has found why yawning has such a powerful force.
Yawning when others yawn, the study suggests, is a sign of pity and a form of social connection. Kids don’t develop this deeply rooted behavior until around age four, the study found. Kids with autism (自闭症) are less likely to catch yawns. In the most serious cases, they never do. Yawning might help doctors to see whether the children are developing rightly. The work could also lead to a better understanding of the ways that people communicate and connect.
"Emotional infection seems to be a born thing that connects us together," said Molly Helt, a graduate student in psychology at the University of Connecticut. "Yawning may be part of that." Inspiration for her study came when she tried to get her own autistic son to clear his ears on an airplane. She repeatedly yawned at him, hoping he would yawn back. He never did.
"The fact that autistic kids don’t do it might mean they’re really missing out on that emotional connection with people around them," she said. "The biggest thing people try to figure out after birth is how we become humans and understand that humans have minds that are different from others’," she added. "Autistic people never seem to understand that."
Like infectious laughter and crying, scientists have found that yawning is a shared experience that promotes social connection. Helt said it could fight stress after a period of being nervous and spread a feeling of calm through a group.
小题1:What does the new study suggest, according to the first two paragraphs?
A.It is easy to stop yawning when you see others yawn.
B.Yawning has some mysterious force which is related to God.
C.Children follow others in yawning just after they are born.
D.Yawning is a form of communication.
小题2:According to Molly Helt, _________________.
A.emotions are infectious, but yawning is not
B.yawning helps clear ears on planes
C.humans differ from animals because they communicate with others
D.yawning is a kind of emotional connection among humans
小题3:Which of the following is NOT true about yawning?
A.It is natural to yawn back if people around you yawn.
B.Some kids are too young to yawn after others.
C.Yawning can be used to test children’s development.
D.Kids with autism yawn easily when others yawn.
小题4:The author implies in the last paragraph that ________.
A.it is bad manners to yawn on some social occasions
B.yawning can make people feel relaxed
C.yawning is different from infectious laughter and crying in theory
D.the more you yawn, the happier you will be

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On a hot summer day in late August, I sought shade and a cool drink at a waterfront café on a Greek island. Over a hundred degrees in    1   air. Crowded. Tempers(脾气)of both the tourists and waiters had    2  to meet the situation, making it a rather quarrelsome environment(环境)
At the table next to mine sat an attractive,    3   couple, waiting for    4 .  They held hands, whispered, kissed, and laughed. Suddenly they stood, picked up their    5   and stepped together    6   the edge of where they were sitting to place the table in the sea water. The man stepped   7  for the two chairs. He politely   8  his lady in the knee-deep water and then sat down himself. All people around laughed and cheered.
  9  appeared. He paused for just a second, walked into the water to   10   the table and take their   11  , and then walked back to the    12   cheers of the rest of his    13 . Minutes later he returned carrying a bottle of wine and two glasses. Without pausing, he went    14   into the water to     15    the wine. The couple toasted(祝酒)each other, the waiter and the crowd. And the crowd   16  by cheering and throwing flowers to them. Three other tables  17  to have lunch in the water. The place was now filled with laughter.
One doesn’t step into water in one’s best summer clothes. Why not?
Customers are not served    18   . Why not?
Sometimes one should consider   19  the line of convention(常规)and enjoy   20  to the fullest.
小题1:
A.freshB.coolC.stillD.thin
小题2:
A.managedB.expectedC.attemptedD.risen
小题3:
A.lonelyB.curiousC.well-dressedD.bad-tempered
小题4:
A.cheersB.serviceC.attentionD.flowers
小题5:
A.metal tableB.empty bottleC.chairsD.bags
小题6:
A.onB.offC.aroundD.along
小题7:
A.outsideB.forwardC.downD.back
小题8:
A.ledB.seatedC.watchedD.received
小题9:
A.The managerB.A friendC.A waiterD.The servant
小题10:
A.setB.washC.removeD.check
小题11:
A.menuB.billC.foodD.order
小题12:
A.loudB.anxiousC.familiarD.final
小题13:
A.touristsB.customersC.fellowsD.assistants
小题14:
A.at lastB.in timeC.once moreD.as well
小题15:
A.changeB.drinkC.sellD.serve
小题16:
A.repliedB.insistedC.agreedD.understood
小题17:
A.preparedB.joined inC.settled upD.continued
小题18:
A.with pleasureB.in the caféC.in the seaD.with wine
小题19:
A.followingB.keepingC.limitingD.crossing
小题20:
A.lifeB.wineC.lunchD.time

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