My daughter Julie and I went shopping this morning. A little part of me thought
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My daughter Julie and I went shopping this morning. A little part of me thought about going to another checkout line. This one had the shortest queue, there was only one guy in it, but he was in a ______ and there seemed to be some complications going on.
Well, I stamped on that little part, and we stepped in _______him. At first, he seemed to be having _____ getting his groceries onto the conveyor belt(输送带). But after a while, I _____ that what he was actually doing was dividing them into two lots.
Still, getting the stuff up there was no_______ task in itself. I ____to help, but he and the checkout lady had it under_____. He asked Julie if she would ______ putting his empty basket away. Then he ______for his wallet which was in a pouch(小袋子)on one side of his chair. The way he was positioned and the fact he only had one usable______ made this quite a stretch for him, so I helped there.
What must it be like, I ________, to be so dependent on other people like that?
The checkout operator came around and gave him his _______ and the items he needed to have to hand. I offered to get ________bigger bag and he said, “ No. but you could do me a favor. Take that lot along to the entrance and give it to Angela.”
I _____did that, leaving Julie with our shopping. Angela, it turned out, was collecting food for people who might otherwise go ___! I hadn’t even noticed her before.
This guy, despite the limitation that his ________condition imposed(强加于) on him, had bought more than twice as much shopping as he needed. He may have been _________ physically, but his heart was more than capable of ________ all that. And it changed my idea of _______ when I realized that the help he had given was ________ the help he had received.
| 小题1: | | A．taxi | B．wheelchair | C．grocery | D．bench |
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| 小题2: | | A．before | B．behind | C．near | D．beyond |
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| 小题3: | | A．difficulty | B．potential | C．doubt | D．ability |
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| 小题4: | | A．regretted | B．recognized | C．requested | D．realized |
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| 小题5: | | A．special | B．obvious | C．easy | D．necessary |
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| 小题6: | | A．struggled | B．offered | C．forced | D．preferred |
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| 小题7: | | A．control | B．consideration | C．repair | D．attack |
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| 小题8: | | A．mind | B．finish | C．enjoy | D．escape |
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| 小题9: | | A．hoped | B．chose | C．reached | D．begged |
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| 小题11: | | A．warned | B．wondered | C．feared | D．insisted |
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| 小题12: | | A．change | B．bill | C．note | D．coin |
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| 小题13: | | A．more | B．another | C．other | D．the other |
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| 小题14: | | A．desperately | B．faithfully | C．sadly | D．Gratefully |
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| 小题15: | | A．thirsty | B．tired | C．hungry | D．crazy |
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| 小题16: | | A．mental | B．natural | C．official | D．physical |
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| 小题17: | | A．admired | B．limited | C．forgotten | D．accepted |
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| 小题18: | | A．overcoming | B．keeping | C．passing | D．destroying |
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| 小题19: | | A．pride | B．patience | C．dependence | D．bravery |
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| 小题20: | | A．other than | B．more than | C．less than | D．rather than |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:C
小题6:B
小题7:A
小题8:A
小题9:C
小题10:D
小题11:B
小题12:A
小题13:D
小题14:B
小题15:C
小题16:D
小题17:B
小题18:A
小题19:C
小题20:B |
解析
试题分析：本文讲述了作者在超市遇见一位买了很多东西的男人，他把东西分成两份，自己留下一小份，把更大的一份拜托作者给了超市入口收集食物的安琪拉来帮助那些面临饥饿的人。这让作者对独立有了新的认识，在自身条件艰难的情况下还去帮助别人，他就是一个独立坚强的人
小题1:考查名词。 Taxi出租车；wheelchair轮椅；grocery食品杂货店；bench长凳。根据常识可知在超市买东西，排除了A、C两项，如果要坐也只有B符合语境，不可能搬着长凳坐。故选B。
小题2:考查介词。Before在...之前；behind在....之后；near在...附近；beyond在...较远的一边。根据上文可知我们排在了坐轮椅的人后面。故选B。
小题3:考查名词。 Difficulty困难；potential潜能；doubt怀疑；ability能力。根据下文提到把东西收起来都不是件容易的事，暗示把东西放上去也不容易。故选A。
小题4:考查动词。Regretted后悔；recognized认识；requested要求；realized认识到。 根据句意：一会之后，我意识到他其实是在把东西分成两份。Realize作为及物动词，可以表达“认识到;了解”的意思，recognize也可以用作及物动词，表示“认出;辩认;认识”的意思，但realize是指“抽象”上的“意识到”；recognize是指“具体”的“认出”。故选D。
小题5:考查形容词。 Special特别的；obvious明显的；easy容易的；necessary必须的。根据句意：把东西收起来都不是件容易完成的任务。故选C。
小题6:考查动词。 Struggled奋斗；offered提供；forced强迫；preferred偏爱。根据句意：我主动提供帮助。故选B。
小题7:考查名词。Control控制；consideration考虑；repair修理；attack攻击。固定搭配under control 处于控制之下，情况正常。故选A。
小题8:考查动词。 Mind介意；finish完成；enjoy喜欢；escape逃脱。根据句意：他问朱莉是否介意帮他把空篮子拿走。短语would you mind doing sth你介意做某事吗。故选A。
小题9:考查动词。Hoped希望；chose选择；reached伸出；begged请求。根据句意：接着他伸手摸他放在椅子另一边袋子里的钱包。短语reach for 伸手去拿。故选C。
小题10:考查名词。Leg腿；knee膝盖；foot脚；arm手臂。根据上下文可知他的一只手去拿钱包了，因此只剩一只手去装东西了。故选D。
小题11:考查动词。Warned警告；wondered想知道；feared畏惧；insisted坚持。根据句意：我想知道，那么依赖别人生活该是什么一种情况呀。故选B。
小题12:考查名词。Change找回的零钱；bill票据；note笔记；coin硬币。根据句意：收银员给他找零和他需要上交的条目。故选A。
小题13:考查不定指示词。 More更多；another有一个；other另位一个；the other另一个。根据上文可知坐轮椅的人把东西分成了两部分，装在两个袋子，一个是他自己拿着小袋子，因此这里应用the other 。故选D。
小题14:考查副词。Desperately拼命地；faithfully忠实地；sadly悲伤地；gratefully感激地。根据句意：我照他说的做。故选B。
小题15:考查形容词。Thirsty口渴的；tired疲劳的；hungry饥饿的；crazy疯狂的。根据常识可知食物是为了吃，句意是给那些饥饿的人。故选C。
小题16:考查名词。mental 精神的；natural自然的；official官方的；physical身体的。根据上文可知这个男人身体不好，坐轮椅，这是他身体上的局限。故选D。
小题17:考查动词。Admired羡慕；limited限制；forgotten忘记；accepted接受。根据上句中的身体上的局限性，limitation暗示了此处用limited。故选B。
小题18:考查动名词。 Overcoming克服；keeping保持；passing通过；destroying破坏。根据句意：他的心能够克服着一切。故选A。
小题19:考查名词。Pride骄傲；patience耐心；dependence独立；bravery勇敢。根据上文中作者还认为这个男人还的依赖别人，不能独立。而此时她对独立性有了新认识。故选C。
小题20:考查形容词。other than除了；more than多余；less than少于；rather than宁可...也不愿。根据上文可知他把装有更多食物的袋子给了别人，自己只留一个小的，由此可知他给与别人的帮助多过他收到过的帮助。故选B。 |
举一反三
On Thursday afternoon Mrs. Clarke, dressed for going out, took her handbag with her money and her key in it, pulled the door behind her to lock it and went to the Over 60s Club. She always went there on Thursdays. It was a nice outing for an old woman who lived alone.
At six o’clock she came home, let herself in and at once smelt cigarette smoke. Cigarette smoke in her house? How? Had someone got in? She checked the back door and the windows. All were locked or fastened, as usual. There was no sign of forced entry.
Over a cup of tea she wondered whether someone might have a key that fitted her front door—“a master key ”perhaps. So she stayed at home the following Thursday. Nothing happened. Was anyone watching her movements? On the Thursday after that she went out at her usual time, dressed as usual, but she didn’t go to the club. Instead she took a short cut home again, letting herself in through her garden and the back door. She settled down to wait.
It was just after four o’clock when the front door bell rang. Mrs. Clarke was making a cup of tea at the time. The bell rang again, and then she heard her letter box being pushed open. With the kettle of boiling water in her hand, she moved quietly toward the front door. A long piece of wire appeared through the letter box, and then a hand. The wire turned and caught around the knob on the door lock. Mrs. Clarke raised the kettle and poured the water over the hand. There was a shout outside, and the skin seemed to drop off the fingers like a glove. The wire fell to the floor, the hand was pulled back, and Mrs. Clarke heard the sound of running feet.
小题1:Mrs. Clarke looked forward to Thursday because__________.| A．she worked at a club on the day | | B．she lived alone | | C．she visited a club on Thursdays | | D．a special visitor came on Thursday Clarke |
小题2: If someone had made a forced entry,________.| A．Mrs. Clarke would have found a broken door or window | | B．he or she was still in the house | | C．things would have been thrown about | | D．he or she would have needed a master key |
小题3:According to the passage, which of the following is right?| A．She is about more than 50 years old. | | B．The next day after she found something unusual in her house, she stayed at home. | | C．The man who tried to enter her house wore a pair of gloves. | | D．Mrs. Clarke was in an attempt to trick the thief when she noticed something unusual. |
小题4:The wire fell to the floor________.| A．because Mrs. Clarke refused to open the door | | B．when the man’s glove dropped off | | C．because it was too hot to hold | | D．because the man just wanted to get away |
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Over the years, thanks to my life’s obstacles(障碍), I understood the meaning of faith and the strong will to survive. It was Hurricane Ike that made me fully____ the beauty of our strength and a human’s motivation to ____.
Mom had a two-week ____ in summer. While we enjoyed our holiday in Southeast Texas, we didn’t realize the fact that Ike ____ cause months and likely years of “labor”. By September 7th, the “eyes of Texas” were watching Hurricane Ike more ____, making the typical mad rush for last-minute hurricane ____. Two days later, both oil and ice were in ____ demand.
In the early hours of September 11th, some neighbors were planning to ____the storm in their homes, ____ others were making final preparations to get away. At first, we decided to stay. But that afternoon, the Houston-Galveston area would be on the more ____ side of the storm. Mom and I packed some of our most ____ belongings in the car and ____ the East Texas town of Lufkin.
As Ike pushed farther inland, we ____power in Lufkin. On Sunday, our next-door neighbor told us via cell phone that our ____ had remained well. Our hopes could not have been ____. But a few hours later, the neighbors reported that our brick chimney had ____, and it was sitting on our living room, ____ a hole in the roof between two skylights (天窗).
We wouldn’t be allowed to return home ____ September 17th. I climbed upstairs, and looked toward the hole in the roof which showed a beautiful blue sky.
Without hesitation, I shouted, “Wow! A third skylight!”
My neighbors could not believe I was making jokes ____ crying, but ____ is always good medicine. It was with that joke that I knew, given time, everything would be okay.
| 小题1: | | A．observe | B．appreciate | C．explore | D．improve |
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| 小题2: | | A．work | B．apologize | C．recover | D．change |
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| 小题3: | | A．vacation | B．journey | C．meeting | D．schedule |
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| 小题4: | | A．must | B．might | C．should | D．would |
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| 小题5: | | A．closely | B．constantly | C．warningly | D．differently |
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| 小题6: | | A．adventure | B．equipment | C．supplies | D．reports |
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| 小题7: | | A．basic | B．high | C．pure | D．neat |
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| 小题8: | | A．get through | B．put away | C．test out | D．suffer from |
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| 小题9: | | A．since | B．when | C．until | D．while |
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| 小题10: | | A．dangerous | B．abundant | C．peaceful | D．awesome |
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| 小题11: | | A．available | B．concrete | C．prized | D．potential |
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| 小题12: | | A．set out | B．headedfor | C．settled down | D．watched out |
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| 小题13: | | A．provided | B．reduced | C．produced | D．lost |
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| 小题14: | | A．garden | B．house | C．pool | D．yard |
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| 小题15: | | A．clearer | B．wilder | C．lower | D．higher |
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| 小题16: | | A．passed | B．stood | C．gone | D．followed |
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| 小题17: | | A．leaving | B．digging | C．filling | D．kicking |
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| 小题18: | | A．by | B．before | C．until | D．after |
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| 小题19: | | A．in spite of | B．instead of | C．apart from | D．in terms of |
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| 小题20: | | A．faith | B．will | C．strength | D．laughter |
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I’d meant to go to Miros that day. I’d packed my bag and was ready. The motor-boat in on time. The sky was cloudy, but the wind wasn’t too strong for the two-hour . I stood at my window, staring at the boat. Then I lost of her, an old light-house partly blocked my view of the harbor. A dozen passengers were their way there. I was about to join them --- when a man’s face at the light-house window.
This was strange, because the light-house had been empty, unused and for thirty years. It was stranger still --- because I’d seen that before. I couldn’t place it but it was, or had once been, familiar to me. I opened my window and across. “I know we’ve met before, but I can’t remember where.”
I him to open his if he could and answer me. He did neither. The face behind the glass motionless (静止). Seeing him more clearly now, I knew he was not looking at me. He seemed to be looking upwards, the clouds. How well I’d known that face, sometime, somewhere!
I again. “We met years ago. Was it in Athens in the 1950s? I used to live in Plaka.”
He didn’t reply nor give any that he’d heard. I went back further, to I was in the navy. “Perhaps we met at sea during the war,” and that thought at once him to mind. Commander Leftis! He was Commander Leftis of course! How could I have forgotten? I’d saved his life once. But surely he …
The motor-boat her bell. I turned my eyes. The wind had risen, but she was pulling . Laughing, I called, “Now I’ve missed her, and it’s your , Commander!”
As the boat drew away, the face at the window faded. minute it was there. Looking up, I could see the whites of the eyes. The minute it was gone.
Well, I didn’t rush to the light-house. I knew that Leftis was dead. He died at sea in 1963 or 1964. But there’s one other thing I ought to tell you: the motor-boat never reached Miros. It was lost in a storm, with all the passengers.
| 小题1: | | A．reached | B．arrived | C．went | D．came |
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| 小题2: | | A．voyage | B．crossing | C．travel | D．boating |
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| 小题3: | | A．sight | B．way | C．patience | D．chances |
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| 小题4: | | A．searching | B．finding | C．making | D．hurrying |
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| 小题5: | | A．placed | B．existed | C．occurred | D．appeared |
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| 小题6: | | A．locked | B．opened | C．rebuilt | D．chained |
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| 小题7: | | A．man | B．face | C．window | D．light-house |
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| 小题8: | | A．jumped | B．ran | C．shouted | D．screamed |
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| 小题9: | | A．expected | B．hoped | C．believed | D．asked |
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| 小题10: | | A．became | B．remained | C．seemed | D．grew |
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| 小题11: | | A．through | B．after | C．for | D．at |
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| 小题12: | | A．persuaded | B．repeated | C．tried | D．continued |
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| 小题13: | | A．suggestion | B．answer | C．sign | D．action |
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| 小题14: | | A．when | B．which | C．where | D．how |
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| 小题15: | | A．kept | B．brought | C．caused | D．changed |
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| 小题16: | | A．beat | B．rang | C．turned on | D．put on |
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| 小题18: | | A．problem | B．question | C．duty | D．fault |
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| 小题20: | | A．next | B．rest | C．other | D．last |
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I consider myself something of an expert on apologies. A quick temper has me with plenty of opportunities to make them. In one of my earlier , my mother was telling me“Don’t watch the when you say, ‘I’m sorry’. Hold your head up and look at the person in the , so he’ll know you it. ”
My mother thus made the key point of a(n) apology: It must be direct. You must never to be doing something else. You do not a pile of letters while apologizing to a person in position after blaming him or her for a mistake that turned out to be your . You do not apologize to a hostess, whose guest of honor you treat , by sending flowers the next day without mentioning your bad .
One of the important things we should do for an apology is a readiness to the responsibility for our careless mistakes. We are used to making excuses, which leaves no for the other person to us. Since most people are open-hearted, the no-excuse apology leaves both parties feeling about themselves. That, after all, is the of every apology. It little whether the apologizer is wholly or only partly at fault. Answering for one’s encourages others to take their share of the blame.
| 小题1: | | A．provided | B．mixed | | C．compared | D．treated |
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| 小题2: | | A．dreams | B．courses | | C．memories | D．ideas |
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| 小题3: | | A．side | B．ground | | C．wall | D．bottom |
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| 小题4: | | A．mind | B．soul | | C．face | D．eye |
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| 小题5: | | A．imagine | B．enjoy | | C．mean | D．regret |
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| 小题6: | | A．useful | B．successful | | C．equal | D．basic |
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| 小题7: | | A．pretend | B．forget | | C．refuse | D．expect |
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| 小题8: | | A．hold on | B．put away | | C．look through | D．pick up |
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| 小题9: | | A．poorer | B．weaker | | C．worse | D．lower |
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| 小题10: | | A．fault | B．reason | C．result | D．duty |
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| 小题11: | | A．cruelly | B．freely | | C．roughly | D．foolishly |
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| 小题12: | | A．manners | B．excuses | | C．efforts | D．roles |
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| 小题13: | | A．active | B．effective | | C．extra | D．easy |
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| 小题14: | | A．raise | B．perform | | C．admit | D．bear |
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| 小题15: | | A．situation | B．need | | C．sign | D．room |
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| 小题16: | | A．advise | B．forgive | | C．warn | D．blame |
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| 小题17: | | A．wiser | B．warmer | | C．better | D．cleverer |
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| 小题18: | | A．purpose | B．method | | C．end | D．advantage |
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| 小题19: | | A．cares | B．matters | | C．depends | D．remains |
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| 小题20: | | A．facts | B．states | | C．rights | D．actions |
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A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps. One should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men.
A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the most patient and cheerful of companions. It always receives us with the same kindness; amusing and instructing us in youth, and comforting us in age.
Men often discover their similarity to each other by the common love they have for a book just as two persons sometimes discover a friend by the admiration which both entertain for a third. There is an old proverb, “Love me, love my dog.” But there is more wisdom in this: “Love my, love my book.” The book is a truer and higher bond(纽带) of union. Men can think, feel, and sympathize with each other through their favorite author. They live in him together, and he in them.
A good book is often the best container of a life preserving the best that life could think out; for the world of a man’s life is, for the most part, but the world of his thoughts. Thus the best books are treasuries of good words, the golden thoughts, which become our steady companions and comforters.
Books are by far the most lasting products of human effort. Temples and statues decay(腐朽), but good books survive. Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author’s minds, ages ago.
The great and good do not die, even in this world. Preserved in books, their spirits walked abroad. The book is a living voice. It is an intellect(智者) to which one still listens.
小题1:The writer introduces the topic of the passage by .| A．describing life experience of great writers | | B．telling his own story of reading good books | | C．presenting the best thoughts in good books | | D．comparing good books to good friends in life |
小题2:What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 mean?| A．Readers feel sympathy for the author. | | B．Readers live together with the author. | | C．Readers and the author share the same feeling. | | D．Readers are the author’s companions and comforters. |
小题3:which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?| A．We can learn about the great and good through books. | | B．The most important part of a man’s life is his treasures. | | C．Good books help us to know about their authors’ friends. | | D．Books are often regarded as best containers in our life. |
小题4:the passage mainly tells us that .
A. one should have some good friends
B one should read as many books as possible
C. one should keep company with good books
D books are the most lasting products of human efforts |
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