Optimism and pessimism are both powerful forces. Each of us must choose which we
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Optimism and pessimism are both powerful forces. Each of us must choose which we want to our future and our expectations. We can choose to laugh or cry, bless or . It’s our decision: From which perspective do we want to view life? Will we look up in or down in desperation? I believe in the upward look. I choose to the positive and skip right over the negative.
An optimistic attitude is not a luxury; it’s a(n) . The way you look at life will determine how you feel, how you perform, and how well you will get along with other people. , negative thoughts, attitudes, and expectations themselves; they become a self-fulfilling prophecy (预言). Pessimism creates a dark place where no one wants to live.
Years ago, I drove into a service station to get some gas. It was a beautiful day, and I was feeling great. As I walked into the station to pay for the gas, the attendant said to me, “How do you feel?” That seemed like a(n) question, but I felt fine and told him so. “You don’t look well,” he replied. This me completely by surprise. A little confidently, I told him that I had felt better. Without hesitation, he continued to tell me how bad I looked and that my skin appeared yellow.
By the time I left the service station, I was feeling a little . About a block away, I over to the side of the road to look at my face in the mirror. How did I feel? Was I affected with jaundice(黄疸)? Was everything all right? By the time I got home, I was beginning to feel a little nauseous(恶心). Did I have a bad liver? Had I some rare disease?
On another beautiful day, when I went into that gas station, feeling again, I figured out what had happened. The place had recently been painted a bright, distasteful , and the light reflecting the walls made everyone inside look as though they had hepatitis（肝炎）! I wondered how many other folks had the way I did. I had let one short conversation with a total change my attitude for an entire day. He told me I looked sick, and before long, I was actually feeling sick. That single observation had a great effect on the way I felt and acted.
The only thing more powerful than negativism is a word of optimism and hope. When a whole culture adopts an upward look, incredible things can be accomplished.
| 小题1: | | A．shape | B．decide | C．preview | D．transform |
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| 小题2: | | A．forgive | B．curse | C．praise | D．regret |
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| 小题3: | | A．vain | B．anger | C．action | D．hope |
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| 小题4: | | A．highlight | B．analyze | C．evaluate | D．introduce |
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| 小题5: | | A．necessity | B．opportunity | C．quality | D．identity |
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| 小题6: | | A．Actually | B．Consequently | C．Accordingly | D．Contrarily |
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| 小题7: | | A．rely on | B．feed on | C．go on | D．take on |
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| 小题8: | | A．familiar | B．ordinary | C．odd | D．easy |
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| 小题9: | | A．got | B．took | C．stopped | D．made |
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| 小题11: | | A．never | B．ever | C．once | D．always |
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| 小题12: | | A．uneasy | B．unconcerned | C．unsatisfied | D．unaffected |
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| 小题13: | | A．got | B．came | C．took | D．pulled |
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| 小题14: | | A．come up | B．brought up | C．picked up | D．put up |
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| 小题15: | | A．fine | B．upset | C．sick | D．calm |
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| 小题16: | | A．gray | B．blue | C．yellow | D．red |
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| 小题18: | | A．quit | B．adapted | C．answered | D．reacted |
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| 小题19: | | A．liar | B．onlooker | C．attendant | D．stranger |
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| 小题20: | | A．positive | B．negative | C．careful | D．rigid |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:A
小题6:D
小题7:B
小题8:C
小题9:B
小题10:B
小题11:A
小题12:A
小题13:D
小题14:C
小题15:A
小题16:C
小题17:C
小题18:D
小题19:D
小题20:B |
解析
试题分析：乐观和悲观都是强大的力量，我们每个人都必须在这两者之间做出选择，从而给我们对未来的展望和预期染上或明或暗的色彩。文章通过作者亲身经历告诉读者：我们应该用什么样的眼光去看待生活——是昂首去寻找希望抑或垂头在绝望中逡巡。
小题1:考查动词辨析：A. shape 塑造，B. decide决定，C. preview预习吗，D. transform改变，根据下文：We can choose to laugh or cry, bless or .可知从而给我们都必须选择来塑造对未来的展望和预期。选 A
小题2:考查动词辨析：A. forgive原谅，B. curse 咒骂，C. praise表扬，D. regret后悔，我们可以选择哭或是笑，祝福或是诅咒。和bless对应的是curse，选B
小题3:考查名词辨析：A. vain徒劳，B. anger生气，C. action行动，D. hope希望，我们可以选择用什么样的眼光去看待生活——是昂首去寻找希望抑或垂头在绝望中逡巡。和desperation对应的是hope。选D
小题4:考查动词辨析：A. highlight强调，突出，把……照亮，B. analyze分析，C. evaluate评价，评估，D. introduce介绍，我喜欢向上看。我会突出生活中光明的一面，忽略那些阴暗的角落。选A
小题5:考查名词辨析：A. necessity必需品，B. opportunity机会，C. quality质量，D. identity 身份，乐观的态度不是一种奢侈品;它是我们生活的必需。和luxury对应的是necessity，选A
小题6:考查副词辨析：A. Actually事实上，B. Consequently因此，C. Accordingly因此，有根据的，D. Contrarily反之，相反地，反对地，反过来，悲观的想法、态度和预期也会自食其果：这句话和上文是相反的关系，选D
小题7:考查动词短语辨析：A. rely on依赖，B. feed on以…为主食，C. go on继续，D. take on承担，这里使用了词组：feed on oneself自食其果，选B
小题8:考查形容词辨析：A. familiar熟悉的，B. ordinary普通的，C. odd .古怪的，奇数的，剩余的，零散的，D. easy容易的，根据下文：but I felt fine and told him so.可知这看起来象古怪的问题，选C
小题9:考查动词辨析：A. got 得到，B. took拿，C. stopped停止，D. made制作，根据上文的:“You don’t look well,”可知作者大吃一惊，词组：take sb. by surprise让某人非常惊讶，选B
小题10:考查形容词辨析：A. more更多，B. less更少，C. quite相当多的，D. too也，根据下文的句子:I told him that I had felt better.可知作者不怎么自信了，选B
小题11:考查副词辨析：A. never从不，B. ever曾经，C. once一次，D. always总是，我告诉他我从没有感觉更好，这里用否定词和比较级连用，表示最高级，选A
小题12:考查形容词辨析：A. uneasy不容易的，不轻松，B. unconcerned不关心的，C. unsatisfied不满意的，D. unaffected没有影响的，根据下文的：About a block away, I over to the side of the road to look at my face in the mirror.可知作者感觉很不轻松，选A
小题13:考查动词辨析：A. got得到，B. came来，C. took拿，D. pulled拉，我将车停靠在路边，选D
小题14:考查动词短语辨析：A. come up被提出，B. brought up养育，C. picked up 捡起，习得，恢复，接送，D. put up搭建，根据上文的：I was beginning to feel a little nauseous(恶心). Did I have a bad liver?可知作者怀疑自己得了罕见的疾病，选C
小题15:考查形容词辨析：A. fine好的，B. upset不安的，C. sick生病的，D. calm冷静的，根据下文的：I figured out what had happened.可知作者明白了发生的事情，感觉好了，选A
小题16:考查形容词辨析：A. gray灰白的，B. blue蓝色的，C. yellow黄色的，D. red红色的，根据上文的：Without hesitation, he continued to tell me how bad I looked and that my skin appeared yellow.可知加油站的墙上粉刷了黄色，发射到人的脸上都是黄色，选C。
小题17:考查介词辨析：A. in在…里面，B. over越过，C. off离开，D. through通过，光线从墙上反折过来使每个人都好像得了黄疸肝炎，选C
小题18:考查动词辨析： A. quit放弃，B. adapted适应，C. answered回答，D. reacted反应，我想知道多少其他的人反应和我一样，选D
小题19:考查名词辨析：A. liar 撒谎者，B. onlooker旁观者，C. attendant服务人员，D. stranger陌生人，根据上文和作者对话的服务员是完全的陌生人，选D
小题20:考查形容词辨析：A. positive 积极的，B. negative消极的，C. careful 仔细的，D. rigid严格的，僵硬的，这一个负面的观察对我感觉和反应的方式都产生了变化。所以选B |
举一反三
This is my world now; it’s all I have left. You see, I’m old. And, I’m not as healthy as I used to be. I’m not necessarily happy with it, but I accept it. Occasionally, a member of my family will stop in to see me. He or she will bring me some flowers or a little present, maybe a set of slippers—I’ve got eight pairs. And then they will return to the outside world and I’ll be alone again. Oh, there are other people here in the nursing home. Residents, we’re called. The majority are about my age. I’m 84. Many are in wheelchairs. The lucky ones are passing through—a broken hip, a diseased heart, something has brought them here for rehabilitation(康复). When they’re well they’ll be going home.
The help here is basically pretty good, although there’s a large turnover of staff. Just when I get comfortable with someone he or she moves on to another job. I understand that. This is not the best job to have. I don’t much like some of the physical things that happen to us. I don’t care much for a diaper(尿布). I seem to have lost the control acquired so diligently as a child. The difference is that I’m aware and embarrassed, but I can’t do anything about it. I’ve had three children, and I know it isn’t pleasant to clean another’s diaper. My husband used to wear a gas mask when he changed the kids. I wish I had one now.
Why do you think the staff insists on talking baby talk when speaking to me? I understand English. I have a degree in music and am a certified teacher. Now I hear a lot of words that end in “y”. There is little need for anyone to position their face directly in front of mine and raise their voice with those “y” words. Sometimes it takes longer for a meaning to sink in; sometimes my mind wanders when I am bored. But there’s no need to shout.
I’d love to go out for a meal or travel again. I’d love to go to my own church, sing with my own choir. I’d love to visit my friends. Most of them are gone now or else they are in different “homes” of their children’s choosing. I’d love to play a good game of bridge, but no one here seems to concentrate very well. My children put me here for my own good. They said they would be able to visit me frequently. But they have their own lives to lead. That sounds normal. I don’t want to be a burden. They know that. But I would like to see them more. One of them is here in town. He visits as much as he can.
Something else I’ve learned to accept is loss of privacy. Quite often I’ll close my door when my roommate—imagine having a roommate at my age—is in the TV room. I do appreciate some time to myself and believe that I have earned at least that courtesy(礼貌). As I sit thinking or writing, one of the aides invariably opens the door unannounced and walks in as if I’m not there. Sometimes she even opens my drawers and begins searching around. Am I invisible? Have I lost my right to respect and dignity? I am still a human being. I would like to be treated as one.
Back to my semiprivate room for a little semi-privacy or a nap(午睡). I do need my beauty rest; company may come today. What is today, again? The afternoon drags into early evening. This used to be my favorite time of the day. Things would wind down. I would kick off my shoes. Put my feet up on the coffee table. Pop open a bottle of Chablis and enjoy the fruits of my day’s labor with my husband. He’s gone. So is my health. This is my world.
小题1:Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?| A．The staff at the nursing home mistreated the elderly people. | | B．Nursing home workers sometimes stole items from her drawers. | | C．Her children did not often visit because they felt guilty for having put her in the nursing home. | | D．The staff used baby talk with her because they assumed her mind had aged as her body had. |
小题2:The author concluded her essay with a tone of ________.| A．dignity | B．sadness | C．disappointment | D．confusion |
小题3:How will the author’s son most probably feel after he reads this essay?| A．Sympathetic. | B．Regretful. | C．Angry. | D．Relieved. |
小题4:The best title for the passage would be ________.| A．The Disadvantages of Growing Old | | B．If Only I could be getting better | | C．The Elderly: A Forgotten Generation | | D．The Place That Changed My Life |
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It does not have to be January 1st to give yourself a chance to make the most out of your day — and your life. Every day is a new day and a fresh start to learn, grow, develop your strengths, heal yourself from past regrets or hurts, and move forward older and wiser. Every day gives you a chance to reinvent yourself, to fine-tune who you are, and build on lessons of what you have learned. It is never too late to change things that are not working in your life and switch gears, instead of thinking in the same old ways, hoping for a different outcome.
Be intelligent, be flexible, and keep and open mind to start each day anew! Flexibility is the key!
Ask yourself: How do you wake up each day? Do you start your day going already feeling pressured and rushed? Do you go through the morning routine without much thought at all, doing what you "have to do" to start your day?
How about starting each new day with a moment to stop, breathe and think of a positive intention for the day.
Think not just what you want to DO, but how you want to BE today?
Each day is a new beginning and a blank slate. How would you like to create your day? Think of it as a blank canvas — what would you like to paint on it. What can you create? If you wake up in a negative mindset, you are more likely to paint a dark picture throughout the day, and your canvas will not reflect hope, happiness and joy.
If you take each day to think positively, and have a positive intention for how you would like to create your day, how would your life be different? What positive outcome can reflect your positive intention?
What can daily positive intentions do for you? Every day you will give yourself the gift of an "attitude of gratitude."
Visualizing how you would like your day will help release positive energy from within you and you will attract more positive energy from those around you. Instead of spinning your wheels in an old way of thinking, each day is a chance to reframe and re-look at things in a different way.
You can experience each day an awe （敬畏）in the beauty and creation of the world — and the beauty of you who is in it!
You find yourself shifting from an "I can"t mindset" to an "I can" mindset.
With a focus on positive intentions, you feel more empowered and more like a "victor" than a "victim."
You are more mindful of the present, and will be more likely to live fully in the present each moment of each day. After all, the past is a great place to visit, but you don"t want to live there!
So how about starting each day taking a moment to think of a positive intention for the day? Each morning, write it down and reflect each evening on how you did!
Here are examples of Positive Intentions:
"Today I would like to replace my feelings of annoyance towards my co-worker to feelings of acceptance."
"I am looking forward today to focusing on what I am grateful for in my life, rather than what is missing, and express gratefulness to others."
"Today I want to slow my life down and take time to savor the moment, especially with my children".。
Using each day to recommit yourself to positive thinking and intention will help you create the life you want and that you deserve!
小题1:According to the writer, which is the most important?| A．changeable | B．positive | C．forgettable | D．active |
小题2:When you get up, what is the right way to start?| A．Just do as you do regularly | | B．Brushing teeth and washing as quickly as possible | | C．Stopping for a short while and planning some active things | | D．Doing morning exercise to build up your body |
小题3:Which of the followings is considered to be positive intention?| A．The boss told me to finish the task, so I have to hurry today | | B．Mr. Smith treated me to dinner, so I’d like to send him a card. | | C．I have finished all the tasks ,so I’m free today. | | D．I didn’t sleep well last night, but it’s time to go to work.. |
小题4:What can daily intention do for you ,except______?| A．You can live fully | | B．You will become mindful everyday | | C．You will feel powerful | | D．You can spend your day happily |
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I was at the post office early that morning, hoping to be in and out in a short while. Yet, I myself standing in a queue that went all the way into the hallway. I had never seen so many people there on a weekday. It seemed someone might have made an announcement, customers to carry as many packages as they could. I also needed to have my own package . The queue moved very slowly. My patience and I got annoyed. The longer it took, the angrier I became. When I got to the counter finally, I finished my quickly and briefly, and then walked past the queue that was now extending past the front door.
“Excuse me,” I said, trying not to be too pushy. Several people had to move to make room for me to get to the .
I stepped out, about the service conditions. Thinking I was going to be late for my dentist appointment, I into the parking lot.
A woman was coming across the lot in my . She was walking with determination, and each step sounded very . I noticed that she looked as if she could breathe fire. It stopped me in my tracks. Had I looked like that? Her body language said that she was having a day. My anger melted away. I wished I could wrap her in a but I was a stranger. So I did what I could in a minute she hurried past me－I smiled. In a second everything changed. She was astonished, then somewhat . Then her face softened and her shoulders . I saw her take a deep breath. Her pace slowed and she smiled back at me as we passed each other.
I continued to smile all the way to my car. Wow, it’s amazing a simple smile can do.
From then on, I became aware of people’s and my own, the way we show our feelings. Now I use that every day to let it me that when facing the world, I can try a smile.
| 小题1: | | A．found | B．disliked | C．kept | D．avoided |
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| 小题2: | | A．hoping | B．welcoming | C．requiring | D．ordering |
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| 小题3: | | A．paid | B．received | C．weighed | D．bought |
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| 小题4: | | A．died out | B．faded out | C．burst out | D．ran out |
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| 小题5: | | A．business | B．duty | C．turn | D．part |
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| 小题7: | | A．counter | B．office | C．exit | D．car |
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| 小题8: | | A．talking | B．complaining | C．worrying | D．hearing |
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| 小题9: | | A．headed | B．looked | C．pulled | D．turned |
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| 小题10: | | A．way | B．time | C．direction | D．course |
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| 小题11: | | A．slow | B．stable | C．light | D．heavy |
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| 小题12: | | A．rough | B．dull | C．smooth | D．bright |
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| 小题13: | | A．smile | B．hug | C．bag | D．touch |
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| 小题14: | | A．until | B．though | C．before | D．since |
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| 小题15: | | A．excited | B．frightened | C．cheered | D．confused |
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| 小题16: | | A．trembled | B．raised | C．relaxed | D．tightened |
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| 小题18: | | A．appearances | B．reactions | C．behaviors | D．expressions |
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| 小题19: | | A．treatment | B．awareness | C．conclusion | D．achievement |
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| 小题20: | | A．remind | B．warn | C．convince | D．tell |
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My brother and I were in Orlando Florida to witness our first Space Shuttle Launch. The Discovery was to soar at 10:14 AM on a blue sky September day. I’d seen it so many times on television, now I was only minutes away from seeing it launch. And it’s the final demonstration of the of success: Success Takes Off Like a Rocket.
Witnessing the Take Off:
Standing close to the Space Shuttle home one unforgettable point—the Shuttle is the height of a 15-story building—it 4.5 million pounds—and NASA is trying to lift it 200 miles off the ground. On TV the accomplishments look so much , so much easier.
Crowds of people are standing around with you to watch the Shuttle go. The countdown begins through the small of hundreds of portable radios all tuned to the NASA station. It’s enough to get your heart beating .
When time is up, the side booster rockets are lit up and the eight explosive bolts . The first things you see are large white clouds exploding away. Through the steam, you see the fire power. Then the Space Shuttle begins to inch off the pad and climb its way . Thousands upon millions of pounds of can hardly lift the shuttle at all. But with ever increasing ease, the shuttle picks up and roars into the sky, headed into space attaining a of over 17,000 mph.
It is within the first two minutes to launch the Space Shuttle that the great success lesson is . Fact: 85% of the shuttle’s fuel is consumed within the first 2 minutes just to get the 15-story super structure to its orbital .
And that’s exactly how success : The first steps you take towards launching a successful career are the and will require an enormous consumption of energy—a great big push. However, you persist through the launch period, which can seem almost for quite some time, everything gets easier and easier and your results get bigger and bigger.
| 小题1: | | A．advised | B．hoped | C．scheduled | D．reminded |
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| 小题2: | | A．rise up | B．come up | C．step up | D．go up |
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| 小题3: | | A．but | B．and | C．as | D．therefore |
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| 小题4: | | A．universe | B．world | C．nature | D．air |
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| 小题5: | | A．gets | B．drives | C．runs | D．jumps |
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| 小题6: | | A．costs | B．weighs | C．measures | D．sells |
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| 小题7: | | A．smaller | B．greater | C．bigger | D．smoother |
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| 小题8: | | A．rockets | B．workers | C．speakers | D．actors |
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| 小题9: | | A．off your mouth | B．out of your stomach | C．off your mind | D．out of your chest |
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| 小题10: | | A．blow | B．follow | C．glow | D．flow |
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| 小题11: | | A．gas | B．smoke | C．mist | D．steam |
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| 小题12: | | A．downward | B．upward | C．forward | D．outward |
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| 小题13: | | A．pull | B．lift | C．push | D．pressure |
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| 小题14: | | A．distance | B．degree | C．height | D．speed |
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| 小题15: | | A．ordinary | B．absolute | C．apparent | D．present |
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| 小题16: | | A．attitude | B．altitude | C．route | D．rail |
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| 小题17: | | A．puts off | B．pays off | C．takes off | D．drops off |
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| 小题18: | | A．hardest | B．easiest | C．simplest | D．biggest |
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| 小题19: | | A．while | B．if | C．unless | D．until |
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| 小题20: | | A．useless | B．careless | C．wireless | D．priceless |
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I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye: Queen City Casket Company. “What is it? ”I wondered. I it over. There, in faded ink, was a hand-scrawled . Immediately my mind back many years ago.
I was nine years old, walking down the cold, wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of on my shoulder. On my that day, I came to that company finally, whose owner, Mr. Rader, had always taken me there to his workers whether they wanted any magazines.
off the rain like a wet dog, I entered Mr. Rader’s office. After a quick glance he me over to the fireplace. Noticing the in the top of my , he said, “Come with me! ”pulling me into his truck. We before a shoe store. Inside, a salesman me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had seen. I felt about 10 feet tall when I got up them. “We’d like a pair of new socks too, ”Mr. Rader said.
Back in his office, Mr. Rader took out a , wrote something on it, and handed it to me. With tearful eyes, I read, “ to others as you would have them do to you. ”He said affectionately(亲切地), “Jimmy, I want you to I love you. ”
I said goodbye, and for the first time I a flicker of hope that somehow things would be all right. With people like Mr. Rader in the world, there was hope, and love, and that would always make a .
| 小题1: | | A．read | B．thought | C．turned | D．passed |
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| 小题2: | | A．address | B．list | | C．message | D．information |
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| 小题3: | | A．brought | B．approached | | C．returned | D．traveled |
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| 小题4: | | A．magazines | B．newspapers | | C．notes | D．books |
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| 小题5: | | A．returns | B．rounds | C．trips | D．arrivals |
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| 小题6: | | A．beg | B．demand | C．tell | D．ask |
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| 小题7: | | A．Letting | B．Giving | C．Turning | D．Shaking |
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| 小题8: | | A．followed | B．led | C．watched | D．carried |
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| 小题9: | | A．hole | B．mud | C．water | D．cover |
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| 小题10: | | A．coat | B．shoe | C．sock | D．bag |
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| 小题11: | | A．pulled up | B．took in | | C．drove away | D．walked up |
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| 小题12: | | A．dressed | B．fitted | C．shared | D．comforted |
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| 小题13: | | A．never | B．already | C．ever | D．hardly |
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| 小题15: | | A．pen | B．paper | C．card | D．notebook |
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| 小题16: | | A．Do | B．Give | C．Show | D．Lend |
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| 小题17: | | A．say | B．know | C．consider | D．express |
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| 小题18: | | A．sensed | B．predicted | C．lost | D．admitted |
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| 小题19: | | A．sadness | B．challenge | C．kindness | D．intension |
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| 小题20: | | A．deal | B．fortune | C．choice | D．difference |
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