Have you ever not wanted to do something so badly that you would rather die than
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Have you ever not wanted to do something so badly that you would rather die than go? Well that’s how I about joining Madcaps, a mothers and daughters club assisting philanthropies（慈善事业）.But now I believe that you open up your mind to things because eventually you might end up enjoying it.
“It’s a waste of time”, I said when my mom told I had to join Madcaps, and then when she said I had to at a homeless shelter I thought this just could not be .
We got there late, of course, and the security guard led us to the kitchen we ran into 48 other fellow Madcaps members. Since I’m so socially awkward（糟糕的） I had met only one person at a pool party, earlier this year. I looked around for her but she was not there. Damn, I was ! When the man in charge came out and asked for 3 mothers to work outside the to clean up the plates, my mom just happened to volunteer leaving me to food with others.
Soon the families started to walk in and a little girl walked up and pointed to the food I was I gave her the cold sandwich, she nodded in a form of saying , and then walked to join her family at the large table.
As she walked away I thought of how much I I get to go the top schools. I have a great house and I have a warm meal every night. It that little girl to make me realize how lucky I am. After that moment I had a change of . Now, I love Madcaps and don’t miss one meeting, I have being socially awkward and now have many friends. And this year I am sure I will do the required 20 hours of philanthropies.
I believe that if you have an mind about things you can accomplish more and become a better rounded person. I believe sometimes you can make a difference just doing one thing you don’t want to do .
| 小题1: | | A．cared | B．joked | C．felt | D．doubted |
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| 小题2: | | A．should | B．would | C．may | D．can |
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| 小题4: | | A．report | B．live | C．donate | D．volunteer |
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| 小题5: | | A．better | B．sooner | C．easier | D．worse |
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| 小题6: | | A．where | B．when | C．until | D．because |
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| 小题7: | | A．suddenly | B．occasionally | C．hardly | D．normally |
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| 小题8: | | A．shy | B．late | C．alone | D．hopeless |
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| 小题9: | | A．kitchen | B．house | C．club | D．shelter |
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| 小题10: | | A．pack | B．purchase | C．serve | D．bake |
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| 小题11: | | A．poor | B．homeless | C．vluntary | D．local |
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| 小题12: | | A．playing with | B．putting away | C．looking for | D．holding out |
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| 小题13: | | A．hello | B．sorry | C．thanks | D．okay |
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| 小题14: | | A．had | B．earned | C．achieved | D．did |
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| 小题15: | | A．moved | B．took | C．helped | D．encouraged |
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| 小题16: | | A．heart | B．luck | C．identity | D．taste |
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| 小题17: | | A．believed in | B．learnt from | C．got over | D．thought about |
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| 小题18: | | A．more than | B．nothing but | C．anything but | D．less than |
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| 小题19: | | A．intelligent | B．abstract | C．empty | D．open |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:D
小题6:A
小题7:D
小题8:C
小题9:A
小题10:C
小题11:B
小题12:D
小题13:C
小题14:A
小题15:B
小题16:A
小题17:C
小题18:A
小题19:D
小题20:B |
解析
试题分析：本文通过作者从开始的时候不愿意参加慈善事业，到后来积极参加。告诉我们真正的快乐是在我们放开自己的心灵帮助他人的时候。
小题1:C 动词辨析。A关心；B开玩笑；C感觉；D怀疑；你是否有过非常不愿意做某事以至于你宁愿死也不愿意做的时候？这就是我要参加Madcaps时候的感觉。本句是指我参加Madcaps的时候也有那种宁愿死也不去做的感觉。故使用feel，因为本句是过去时，使用felt。
小题2:A 情态动词辨析。A应该；B会；C也许；D能够，可能；但是现在我认为你应该对那些新鲜事物打开你的思维，因为到最后你会喜欢上那些新鲜事物的。Should应该，强调这样是正确的。
小题3:B 副词辨析。A也；B会，正好（表示强调）；C不；D仍然；本句表示的是强调到最后我们也许会喜欢上原来自己不喜欢的事情。
小题4:D 动词辨析。A报告；B生活；C捐助；D志愿做；根据第一段中的assisting philanthropies（慈善事业）可知做的是慈善事业，故使用volunteer志愿做某事。
小题5:D 形容词辨析。A更好；B更早；C更容易；D更糟糕；根据文章第一段可知我不愿意做这样的事情，所当妈妈要我这样做的时候，我感觉非常糟糕。使用形容词的比较级与否定词连用表示最高级的意思。
小题6:A 语法分析。本句是一个定语从句，先行词是the kitchen，后面的定语从句结构很完整，故使用关系副词where引导起这个定语从句，并在句中做状语。
小题7:D 副词辨析。A突然；B偶尔；C几乎不；D正常地；上下文之间存在着因果关系。因为我在社交方面正常是很糟糕的，所以我的朋友不多，这里我只认识一个人。
小题8:C 上下文串联。根据I looked around for her but she was not there.可知我认识的那个人也不在这里，所以我是独自一人在那里。故使用alone独自，单独。
小题9:A 上下文串联。据41空前the security guard led us to the kitchen可知这是我们是在厨房里，那么负责人找三个人到厨房外面帮助洗东西。
小题10:C 动词辨析。A收拾，整理；B购买；C服务，提供；D烘烤；妈妈志愿出去帮忙，留下我给别人提供食物。这里的serve指我给别人提供服务，给他们提供食物。
小题11:B 形容词辨析。A可怜的；B无家可归的；C志愿的；D当地的；据下文的描述可知这些人都是一个无家可归的人，他们到这里接受帮助。
小题12:D 短语辨析。A玩弄；B收拾，整理；C寻找；D拿出；很快那些无家可归的人都进来了， 一个小女孩走了过来指着我拿出的那些食物。本句是指下有人向我要食物吃。
小题13:C 上下文串联。我给了这个小女孩食物，自然她要向我表示感谢，故使用thanks。
小题14:A 动词辨析。A拥有；B挣得；C获得；实现；D做；当小女孩走了的时候，我意识到自己上了最好的学校，自己是多么的幸运！拥有的东西是多么的多啊！
小题15:B 固定句式。It takes sb some sth to do sth做某事花费某人…；本句是指那个小女孩让我意识到自己是多么的幸运啊！引起了作者的感慨，认为做这样的事情是值得的。
小题16:A 名词辨析。A心灵；B运气；C身份；D品味；从那一刻以后我的想法有了一个很大的改变。我认为我所参加的活动是十分有意义的。
小题17:C 短语辨析。A信任；B向…学习；C克服；D思考；根据下文have many friends可知我交到了很多的朋友，说明我克服了自己社交不好方面的困难，有了很多朋友，故C正确。
小题18:A 短语辨析。A不仅仅；超过；B仅仅，只不过；C绝不；D少于；因为自己的想法有了改变，所以我今年做的慈善事业的时间超过了要求的20小时。More than后面接数字的时候，表示超过。
小题19:D 形容词辨析。A勤奋的；B抽象的；C空的；D开放的；我认为如果你有了一个开放的思想，你就能够完成更多的事情，你就会成为更为全面的人。Open与第一段中我不愿意做社交方面的事情形成呼应。
小题20:B 介词辨析。By表示通过某种方法或者手段；句义：我认为有时候我们可以通过做一些我们不愿意做的事情来对别人产生影响。 |
举一反三
We all have our ways of marking time. As a photographer, my life is measured from one story to the next. My oldest son was born in the middle of a long story about the Endangered Species Act. My daughter came along with a pack of gray wolves.
Twenty stories later, though, it’s the story in Alaska that I’ll remember best. It was the story about the loss of wilderness — and the story during which my wife Kathy got cancer. That’s the one that made time stand still. I stopped taking pictures on the day when she found that tumor (肿瘤). Cruelly, it was Thanksgiving. By Christmas, she had become very weak. Some days she was so sick she couldn’t watch TV.
Early examination saves time. But ours was not early. By the time you can feel it yourself, it’s often bigger than the doctor want it to be.
Cancer is a thief. It steals time. Our days are already short with worry. Then comes this terrible disease, unfair as storm at harvest time. But cancer also has the power to change us, for good. We learn to simplify, enjoying what we have instead of feeling sorry for what we don’t. Cancer even made me a better father. My work had made me a stranger to my three kids. But now I pay attention to what really matters. This is not a race. This is a new way of life and new way of seeing, all from the cancer.
In the end each of us has so little time. We have less of it than we can possibly imagine. And even though it turns out that Kathy’s cancer has not spread, and her prognosis (诊断) is good. We try to make it all count now, enjoying every part of every day.
I’ve picked up my camera again. I watch the sky, searching for beautiful light. When winter storms come, Kathy and I gather our children and take the time to catch snowflakes (雪花) on our tongues. After all, this is good. This is what we’re living for.
小题1:As a photographer, the author used to ______.| A．leave his daughter with a pack of gray wolves | | B．express his love for his family in a special way | | C．miss a great many important historical moments | | D．devote much more to his career than his family |
小题2:Why did the author decide to stop taking pictures?| A．To cure his own disease. | B．To spend more time with his wife. | | C．To seek a better position. | D．To leave the wilderness alone. |
小题3:What is the biggest change the cancer has brought to the author?| A．He treasured every bit of time with his family. | | B．He has become a stranger to his children. | | C．He takes his work more seriously. | | D．He focuses more on medical care. |
小题4:The author and his family catch snowflakes on their tongues probably because ______.| A．the snowflakes taste very good | | B．snowflakes are what they feed on | | C．they regard that as a way to enjoy life | | D．there is beautiful light in the snowflakes |
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When it comes to friends, people always know this old saying——A friend in need is a friend indeed. The best friend a man has in the world may him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good reputation, may our faith. A man may the money he has. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most. A man’s reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action. The people who are ready to fall on their knees to do us when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of hatred when settles its cloud upon our heads. The one unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never him, the one that never proves or distrusted, is his dog.
A man’s dog stands by him in richness and in , in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, where the cold wind blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to ; he will lick the wounds and sores that come from encounter with the roughness of the world. He will guard the sleep of his master he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he . When wealth and reputation fall to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journeys through the heavens.
If fortune drives the master forth, a deserted person in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of him, to guard him against danger, to fight against his . And when the last of all comes, and death takes the master in its embrace, and his body is in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends their ways, there by the grave will the dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even in death.
| 小题1: | | A．turn to | B．submit to | C．turn against | D．look up |
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| 小题2: | | A．brought up | B．come up | C．grown up | D．catch up |
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| 小题3: | | A．restore | B．betray | C．keep | D．strengthen |
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| 小题4: | | A．gain | B．lose | C．earn | D．donate |
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| 小题5: | | A．honor | B．favor | C．credit | D．good |
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| 小题6: | | A．shadow | B．success | C．failure | D．depression |
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| 小题7: | | A．accurately | B．deliberately | C．equally | D．absolutely |
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| 小题8: | | A．appreciates | B．envies | C．admires | D．deserts |
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| 小题9: | | A．ungrateful | B．unfortunate | C．faithful | D．considerate |
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| 小题10: | | A．poverty | B．progress | C．welfare | D．wealth |
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| 小题11: | | A．host’s | B．master’s | C．landlord’s | D．chief’s |
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| 小题12: | | A．serve | B．fetch | C．offer | D．order |
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| 小题13: | | A．only if | B．in case | C．even if | D．as if |
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| 小题14: | | A．flees | B．remains | C．ignores | D．persists |
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| 小题15: | | A．serving | B．protecting | C．spoiling | D．accompanying |
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| 小题16: | | A．enemies | B．masters | C．friends | D．acquaintances |
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| 小题17: | | A．sight | B．scenery | C．scene | D．view |
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| 小题18: | | A．buried | B．hung | C．thrown | D．laid |
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| 小题19: | | A．force | B．lose | C．pursue | D．find |
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| 小题20: | | A．mean | B．general | C．selfish | D．Noble |
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John Smith，an office worker，lives in Washington．He inherited (继承) a million dollars when he was 23，but he wasn’t happy at all．When his college friends were looking for their jobs，he didn’t have to．Jack decided to living a simple life like everyone else．He gave $l0,000 of his money to a charity (慈善机构) to help poor children live a better life．Today he is 36．He still wears cheap shoes and clothes and drives a small car only，but he is very happy．
Up to now John has helped some children from poor countries all over the world，by sending them each $200 a month．The money was used for the children’s study, food, medicine and clothing．John receives a report each year on the children’s progress．They can write to each other, but usually the children do not speak English．
When John first heard about these children，he wanted to help them．“It was nothing special,” he said．“Until I went to these countries and met the children I was helping，I didn’t know anything about their life．” Once John went to meet a little girl in Africa．He said that the meeting was very exciting．“When I met her．I felt very ,very happy．"he said．“And I saw that the money was used for a good cause．It brought me happiness．I want to do everything I can to go on helping those children.”
小题1:John didn’t need to look for a job ___________.| A．before he went to college | B．after he went to Africa | | C．because he got a lot of money | D．before he received a report |
小题2:John has sent them each $200 a month to help some poor children _______．| A．near Washington | B．in European countries | | C．only in Africa | D．throughout the world |
小题3:John learned about the children’s progress by ________.| A．visiting them each year | B．getting a report every year | | C．staying with them | D．talking to them in English |
小题4:The underlined words “for a good cause ”means“________” in Chinese．小题5:What’s the main idea of the story?| A．Help others，and you will feel happy． | | B．It’s necessary to write letters to poor children． | | C．Live a simple life，and you can give others help． | | D．It’s the most important to help the children in Africa |
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In the middle of a beautiful day, I was feeling lost, as if the world was crashing on me. didn"t know which way to go, except to head out to the countryside. I went to the spot where I used to take my kids-when I still had kids. Now they had and were leaving.
I was sitting alone in my car when I saw a man in his seventies, whose problem appeared bigger than mine. He stood near the edge of the road, a kite spindle(风筝线锭) in his hands. Apparently, lost in thought, he stared skyward. I my neck to see how successful he had been in the clouds. Following his string with my eyes, I almost lost 0f the other end. Finally, the kite rested on what seemed to be the highest branch of the tree in the park. Obviously, that was his grandson"s kite! The kite was a replica (复制品) of a beautiful bald eagle, and its wings spread 0pen. Grandpa had only one to his problem: cut the string.
"You wanted it to fly as high as it could. Bill. didn"t you?" "Yes, Grandpa, wanted to keep it forever. " "There just comes a time when the only thing you can do is to cut the string and let it go. Perhaps by doing that, when it flies very high like real eagles do, it will come back to us. " Grandpa said.
I how the old man cut the string to let fly the kite. As the two walked away, looked to the . There I saw my answer, too. Today I have to cut the final strings that kept my two boys my reach. Though I want to keep them forever, I have taught them to fly like an eagle. Maybe by doing this, when it"s time to soar like real eagles do. one day they would come back to me.
| 小题1: | | A．grown up | B．turned up | C．picked up | D．taken up |
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| 小题2: | | A．carrying | B．grabbing | C．keeping | D．holding |
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| 小题3: | | A．raised | B．spread | C．stretched | D．expanded |
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| 小题4: | | A．reaching | B．touching | C．getting | D．climbing |
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| 小题5: | | A．scene | B．sight | C．interest | D．control |
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| 小题6: | | A．thickest | B．strongest | C．tallest | D．largest |
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| 小题7: | | A．widely | B．wide | C．tightly | D．closely |
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| 小题8: | | A．method | B．hope | C．solution | D．result |
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| 小题10: | | A．sensed | B．glanced | C．watched | D．found |
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| 小题12: | | A．within | B．in | C．beyond | D．with |
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Dear Dad,
Today I was at the shopping mall and I spent a lot of time reading the Father’s Day cards. They all had a special message that in some way or another reflected how I feel about you. Yet as I selected and read, it occurred to me that not a single card said what I really want to say to you.
You’ll soon be 84 years old, Dad, and you and I will have had 55 Father’s Day together. I haven’t always been with you on Father’s Day but I’ve always been with you in my heart.
You know, Dad, there was a time when we were separated by the generation gap. You stood on one side of the Great Divide and I on the other.
The Father-Daughter Duel shifted into high gear ( 档位) when you taught me to drive the old Dodge and I decided I would drive the "54 Chevy whether you liked it or not. The police officer who sent me home, after you reported the Chevy stolen, didn"t have much tolerance for a stubborn 16 year old, while you were so tolerant about it, Dad, and I think that was probably what made it the worst night of my life.
Our relationship greatly improved when I married a man you liked, and things really turned around when we began making babies right and left. Somewhere along the line, the generation gap disappeared. I suppose I saw us and our relationship as aging together, rather like a fine wine.
But the strangest thing happened last week. I was at a stop sign and I watched as you turned the corner in your car. It didn"t immediately occur to me that it was you because the man driving looked so elderly and fragile behind the wheel of that huge car. It was rather like a slap in the face delivered from out of nowhere. Perhaps I saw your age for the first time that day.
I guess what I"m trying to say, Dad, is what every son and daughter wants to say to their Dad today. Honoring a father on Father"s Day is about respect and sharing and acceptance and tolerance and giving and taking. It"s about loving someone more than words can say, and it"s wishing that never had to end.
I love you, Dad.
Love,
Jenny
小题1:How did Jenny probably feel on the night she was sent home by the police? | A．Disappointed. | B．Nervous. | C．Guilty. | D．Frightened. |
小题2:We can learn from the passage that Jenny and her father_________.| A．kept in touch by writing each other | | B．are separated due to the generation gap | | C．have been getting along very well | | D．had a hard time understanding each other |
小题3:Why did Jenny feel strange when she saw her father last week?.| A．She seldom saw him driving that huge car. | | B．She had never realized his being old and weak. | | C．She didn"t expect to meet with him there. | | D．She had never seen him driving so slowly before. |
小题4:Jenny wrote his father this letter to _________| A．tell him about their conflicts | B．say sorry for her being stubborn | | C．express her gratitude to him | D．remind him of the early incident |
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