The other day when I was passing a clothing store, I fell in love with a skirt.
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The other day when I was passing a clothing store, I fell in love with a skirt. I knew it would suit me best at first sight. But when I looked at the price tag (标签), I knew I had to give it up.
The love for beautiful clothes has been planted in my heart the day when I was born to be a woman. Several years ago I read an article in a magazine. The article stated that when a woman is at her best time, she is usually poor or tasteless, so she can’t get the right clothes; when she can afford to buy the clothes she likes, she often finds that they do not suit her anymore.
On the way home, I was quite disturbed by such thoughts. It was just a pity, like many other pities. I thought to myself this way. But when I was about to enter the building where I was living, I saw the big mirror placed in the entrance. I saw a girl in it who was in cheap but cleanly washed sweater and jeans. She was rather young, healthy and energetic. For quite a while I was touched by what I had seen in the mirror.
Then I almost forgot the tale: A person without shoes cried until he saw a man without feet. Being young without good clothes is like the person without shoes. I should have felt grateful that I haven’t lost my feet.
小题1:How did the author feel when she decided not to buy the skirt?| A．Embarrassed. | B．Wise. | C．Regretful. | D．Relieved. |
小题2:The underlined word “She” in Paragraph 3 refers to .| A．the author’s friend | B．a stranger | | C．the author’s roommate | D．the author |
小题3:Why was the author touched by what she saw in the mirror?| A．She came to realize what she really possessed. | | B．She was reminded of her devotion to beauty. | | C．She didn’t feel at ease when looking into a mirror. | | D．She never thought over the other side of a person. |
小题4:We can learn from the text that the author considered her love for beautiful clothes as .| A．funny | B．natural | C．silly | D．simple |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:B |
解析
试题分析：作者天生喜欢衣服，为了一件喜欢但是没有买的衬衫，作者很遗憾，但是看到镜子中年轻的，精力充沛的自己，作者理解自己真正拥有的是重要的。
小题1:细节题：从文章第三段的句子：On the way home, I was quite disturbed by such thoughts. It was just a pity, like many other pities.可知作者决定不买这个衬衫的时候，感觉很遗憾，选C
小题2:细节题：从文章第三段的句子：I saw a girl in it who was in cheap but cleanly washed sweater and jeans.可知she指的是“作者”，选D
小题3:细节题：从文章第三段的句子：She was rather young, healthy and energetic. For quite a while I was touched by what I had seen in the mirror.可知作者被镜子里面的东西感动了，因为她知道自己真正拥有什么，选A
小题4:推理题：从文章第二段的句子：The love for beautiful clothes has been planted in my heart the day when I was born to be a woman.可知作者对衣服的爱是自然的，选B |
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~40各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I was a law professor, a student reported that I made an error in grading his exam by giving him too many points. He was and after thanking him for his honesty, I changed the in my records. His beaming (欢笑的) face turned to “You’re lowering my grade?” he said angrily. “I would never have come in ……”
He didn’t finish the but it was obvious that his display of honesty was false. He thought he’d have it all—praise and the grade.
Several colleagues thought I should have let the higher grade stand all I’d accomplished was to discourage him from being in the future. And every time I tell this , some people agree with this remark.
But I can’t see how I could give good for worsening my mistake in grading by undermining (损害) the honesty of all my grades by failing to an error. The grade itself would be a dishonest reflection of his and it would have been to other students. How could I possibly give a a gift of an unearned grade?
I know voluntarily reporting an error in one’s favor is , but, like extra change, it’s the thing to do. People with real honesty, hate to give up benefits as mush as anyone else. The difference is that for them a good conscience and reputation is reward enough to give reason for the cost of doing the right thing.
Perhaps the student’s grade did discourage him from being honest in the future, but bribing (贿赂) him to be honest so that he does the right thing when it’s cost-free would have him even more. The duty to be honest is right and wrong, not risks and rewards.
| 小题1: | | A．wise | B．right | C．rigid | D．angry |
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| 小题2: | | A．file | B．note | C．name | D．grade |
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| 小题3: | | A．grief | B．shock | C．happiness | D．careless |
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| 小题4: | | A．whether | B．which | C．if | D．what |
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| 小题5: | | A．sentence | B．word | C．exam | D．lesson |
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| 小题6: | | A．higher | B．lower | C．more | D．less |
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| 小题7: | | A．such | B．because | C．so | D．whether |
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| 小题8: | | A．brave | B．adventurous | C．honest | D．successful |
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| 小题10: | | A．reason | B．cause | C．excuse | D．result |
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| 小题11: | | A．make | B．find | C．avoid | D．correct |
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| 小题12: | | A．reaction | B．sense | C．sign | D．knowledge |
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| 小题13: | | A．unfair | B．cruel | C．tough | D．funny |
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| 小题14: | | A．people | B．teacher | C．student | D．worker |
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| 小题15: | | A．active | B．often | C．unusual | D．curious |
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| 小题16: | | A．receiving | B．returning | C．earning | D．paying |
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| 小题18: | | A．lowering | B．influencing | C．protect ing | D．separating |
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| 小题19: | | A．ruined | B．encouraged | C．improved | D．blamed |
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| 小题20: | | A．in | B．after | C．about | D．during |
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There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm． And he was given a slingshot（S单弓） to play with out in the woods． He _ in the woods, he could never hit the ．And getting a little discouraged, he headed back to dinner．
As he was walking back he saw Grandma"s pet duck． Just out of impulse （冲动）, he let fly, hit the duck square in the head, and killed it． He was shocked and felt very sorry．In a panic, he hid the duck in the wood pile, only to see his sister ．Sally had seen it all, but she said nothing．
After lunch that day grandma said, “Sally, let’s wash the dishes．” But Sally said, “Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the today, didn"t you, Johnny?" And then she whispered to him, “Remember, the duck?"
So Johnny the dishes． Later Grandpa asked if the children wanted to go fishing, and said, " I’m sorry but I need Sally to help make ．" But Sally and said, “Well, that"s all right because Johnny told me he wanted to help," and she whispered ,“Remember, the duck?" So Sally went fishing and Johnny ．
After several days of Johnny doing his various small tasks and Sally"s, he ．couldn"t stand it any longer．He came to Grandma and that he killed the duck．She bent down, gave him a , and said, “Sweetheart, ． You see, I was standing at the window and I saw the thing． But because I love you, I forgave you． But I was just wondering how you would let Sally make a slave you．"
| 小题1: | | A．walked | B．played | C．practiced | D．aimed |
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| 小题3: | | A．bird | B．target | C．duck | D．woods |
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| 小题4: | | A．dead | B．square | C．dying | D．living |
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| 小题5: | | A．surveying | B．noticing | C．observing | D．watching |
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| 小题6: | | A．toilet | B．kitchen | C．living-room | D．fields |
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| 小题7: | | A．watched | B．dropped | C．did | D．made |
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| 小题8: | | A．Grandma | B．Grandpa | C．Johnny | D．Sally |
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| 小题9: | | A．cook | B．lunch | C．supper | D．breakfast |
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| 小题10: | | A．laughed | B．smiled | C．cried | D．wept |
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| 小题11: | | A．again | B．only | C．twice | D．loudly |
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| 小题12: | | A．followed | B．stayed | C．remembered | D．boated |
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| 小题13: | | A．all | B．either | C．neither | D．both |
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| 小题14: | | A．secondly | B．firstly | C．finally | D．thirdly |
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| 小题15: | | A．lied | B．denied | C．admitted | D．spoke |
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| 小题16: | | A．beat | B．pet | C．surprise | D．hug |
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| 小题17: | | A．I know | B．you know | C．he knows | D．she knows |
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| 小题18: | | A．other | B．whole | C．funny | D．dull |
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A letter of reply is sometimes a most treasured thing． Here is a story that tells about this common and natural human sentiment．
The busiest woman in Labrador during one bitter cold Christmas not very long ago, was an Australian nurse by the naI11e of Kate Austen． But Nurse Austen was not too busy to acknowledge with a long, friendly letter every gift of food or clothing received for distribution to the natives in that cold and poor district of the north． Among the gifts was a box of knittings for children, knitted（编织）and sent by a woman in Toronto．
Nurse Austen was busy, exhausted and not feeling too well that winter．She could have written just ordinary routine notes of acknowledgement． But that was not her way． She sat down and wrote the woman in Toronto a real letter telling all about the village, and the names of the children who were wearing the knitted gloves and caps, and what they said -when they got them, and how they looked when they wore them．She wanted the woman who had knitted and sent all those lovely knittings "to see how much happiness and warmth she had created．" Not long after, she received the following answer from Canada．
Dear Miss Austen:
Your letter made me happy． I did not expect such a full return． I am eighty years old, and I am blind． There is little I can do except knit, and that is why I knit so many caps and sweaters and scarves．Of course I cannot write this, so my daughter-in-law is doing it for me．She also sewed the seams and made the buttonholes for the knitted things．
I know something of the work you are doing． At the age of nineteen I married a man who was going to China to be a missionary(传教士）． For forty years, with an occasional year at home in America, we Worked in China, and during that time our two sons and a daughter were born to us, of whom only one son survives．After forty years, my husband"s health began to fail． We returned to the States where he took charge of a settlement house in Brooklyn, New York． A surprising number of the problems we faced there were similar to the problems we had met in China．When my husband died, I came to Toronto to live with my son and daughter-in-law． They are very good to me, and I pride myself that I am little trouble to them, though it is hard for a blind old lady to be sure of anything．
What I most want to say, my dear, is this． For sixty years I have been making up missionary packages of such clothing or food or medicine or books as I could collect． In various parts of the world and to various parts of the world I have sent them．Sometimes I have received a printed note of acknowledgement from the headquarters depot or mission board, sometimes nothing．Occasionally I :have been informed that my contribution was planned for Syria or Armenia or the upper Yangtze． But never before in all that time have l had a personal letter picturing the village and telling me who is wearing the clothing and what they said．I did not suppose that ever in my lifetime I should receive a letter like that．
May God bless you．
Sincerely yours,
小题1:The underlined word “sentiment”（in Paragraph l） most probably means“ ”?| A．view point | B．gentle feeling | | C．way of thinking | D．expression of attitude |
小题2:The underlined sentence “But that was not her way” （in Paragraph 3） implies that ．| A．she would not just write an ordinary letter of thanks | | B．she was too busy to write a note of acknowledgement | | C．she was not busy, exhaustec3 0r feeling too well that time | | D．she wrote a letter telling all about the village and the children |
小题3:Why was Laura so happy when she received the letter from Miss Austen? Because ．| A．the letter was* from an Australian nurse | | B．she was already eighty years old and blind | | C．she had never received a letter like that | | D．the letter was not supposed to reach her |
小题4:Ms． Laura N． Russell is now living in ．| A．China | B．Australia | C．Canada | D．the States |
小题5:For decades, Ms． Laura has been to and sent contributions to people all over the world．| A．Toronto and New York only | B．Syria and Armenia once | | C．the upper Yangtze area alone | D．many places of the world |
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One morning, teachers arrived to find the little country schoolhouse swallowed in flames. They dragged an unconscious little boy, who went to start the fire in the old-fashioned coal stove to heat, out of the flaming building more dead than alive. He had major burns over the lower half of his body and was taken to a nearby county hospital.
From his bed the dreadfully burned, semi-conscious little boy faintly heard the doctor talking to his mother. The doctor told his mother that her son would surely die — which was for the best, really — for the terrible fire had ruined the lower half of his body.
But the brave boy didn’t want to die. He made up his mind that he would survive. Somehow, to the amazement of the physician, he did survive. When the deadly danger was past, he again heard the doctor and his mother speaking quietly. The mother was told that since the fire had destroyed so much flesh in the lower part of his body, it would almost be better if he had died, since he was doomed to be in a wheelchair all lifetime with no use at all of his lower limbs (肢体).
Once more the brave boy made up his mind. He would not be a disabled man. He would walk. But unfortunately from the waist down, he had no motor ability. His thin legs just hung there, all but lifeless.
Ultimately he was released from the hospital. Every day his mother would massage his little legs, but there was no feeling, no control, nothing. Yet his determination that he would walk was as strong as ever.
When he wasn’t in bed, he was confined to a wheelchair. One sunny day his mother wheeled him out into the yard to get some fresh air. This day, instead of sitting there, he threw himself from the chair. He pulled himself across the grass, dragging his legsbehind him.
He worked his way to the white fence bordering their lot. With great effort, he raised himself up on the fence. Then he began dragging himself along the fence，resolved that he would walk. He started to do this every day until he wore a smooth path all around the yard beside the fence. There was nothing he wanted more than to develop life in those legs.
Ultimately through his daily massages, his iron persistence and his resolute determination, he did develop the ability to stand up, then to walk slowly, then to walk by himself — and then to run.
He began to walk to school, then to run to school, to run for thepure joy of running. Later in college he made the track team.
Still later in Madison SquareGarden this young man, the great athlete, Dr. Glenn Cunningham, ran the world’s fastest mile!
小题1:Which word can best describe Glenn Cunningham according to the author?| A． Miserable | B．Unfortunate | C．Determined | D．Disabled |
小题2:Glenn got seriously burned _____.| A．when he was playing near the stove | | B．when he went to set fire to the schoolhouse | | C．when he was probably younger than ten | | D．when his teachers were lighting the fire |
小题3:Which cannot be inferred from the passage?| A．Glenn didn’t catch what the doctor told his mother so he didn’t worry about his burns. | | B．Glenn decided to survive though his lower part of body had lost the sense of feeling. | | C．Glenn struggled to stand up by dragging along the fence and other supportable matters. | | D．Glenn never stopped practicing walking and running, even after he ran first in the race. |
小题4:The doctor advised Glenn’s mother to let Glenn die because the doctor was too______.| A．unskillful | B． practical | C． subjective | D． irresponsible |
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One of my fondest memories as a child is going by the river and sitting idly on the bank. There I would enjoy the peace and quiet, watch the water rush downstream and listen to the singing of birds and the rustling of leaves in the trees. I would also watch the bamboo trees bend under pressure from the wind and watch them return gracefully to their original position after the wind had died down.
When I think about the bamboo trees’ ability to bounce back or return to its original position, the word “resilience” comes to my mind. When used in reference to a person, this word means the ability to readily recover from shock, depression or any other negative situation that stretches the limits of a person’s emotions.
Have you ever felt like you are about to lose control of your emotions? Have you ever felt like you are at your breaking point? Thankfully, you have survived the experience to live to talk about it.
During the experience you probably felt a mix of emotions that threatened your health.You felt emotionally
tired, mentally exhausted and you most likely bored unpleasant physical symptoms.
Life is a mixture of good times and bad times, happy moments and unhappy moments. The next time you are experiencing one of those bad times or unhappy moments that take you close to your breaking point, bend, but don’t break. Try your best not to let the situation get the best of you.
A measure of hope will take you through the unpleasant moments. Will hope for a better tomorrow or a better situation, things may not be as bad as they seem to be. The unpleasant moment may be easier to deal with if the end result is worth having.
If the situation gets toughand you are atyour breaking point, show resilience. Like the bamboo trees, bend, but don’t break!
小题1:What does the underlined word “resilience” mean in Paragraph 2?| A．The ability to overcome any difficulty. | | B．The quality of hoping for a better tomorrow. | | C．The quality of being brave at the breaking point. | | D．The ability to recover easily and quickly from unpleasant or damaging events. |
小题2:Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?| A．Life is like a bamboo tree that never breaks. | | B．Whatever difficulties we may meet with in our life, we can bend, but can never break. | | C．Life is a mixture of good times and bad times, happy moments and unhappy moments. | | D．If you get over your breaking point, you can survive to live longer and more happily than others. |
小题3:According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?| A．The author was an idle child when he was living near the river. | | B．We should try our best not to let our bad times get the best of us. | | C．Our being likely to lose control of our emotions is common in our life. | | D．We should always believe things may not be as bad as they seem to be. |
小题4:Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?| A．Bend, but don’t break. | B． My wonderful childhood. | | C．The bamboo trees. | D． Love the bamboo trees and your life. |
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