“Linda, if beating yourself up were an Olympic sport, you’d win a gold medal!”An

“Linda, if beating yourself up were an Olympic sport, you’d win a gold medal!”An

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“Linda, if beating yourself up were an Olympic sport, you’d win a gold medal!”
Annabel, my close friend, stunned(使…震惊)me with that frank observation after I told her how I had mishandled a situation with a student in a third-grade class where I was substituting(代替). “I should never have let him go to the boy’s room without a pass! It was my fault he got into trouble with the hall monitor! I’m so stupid!”
My friend burst out laughing, and then made her “Olympic” comment. After a brief period of reflection I had to admit that she was right. I did put myself down an awful lot. Why, just during the previous day I had called myself “a slob” for having some papers spread out on my desk, “ugly” when I left the house without makeup and “an idiot” when I left the house for an emergency substitute job without my emergency lesson plan.
In a more reflective tone, Annabel said, “I once took a workshop at church where the woman in charge had us list all the mean things we say about ourselves.”
“How many did you have on your list?” I asked.
“Fifteen,” she confessed. “But then the teacher said, ‘Now turn to the person next to you and say all the items on your list as if you were speaking to that person!’ ”
My jaw dropped,“What did you do?”
“Nothing. Nobody did. We all just sat there, until I said, ‘I could never say these things to anyone else!’ ”
“And our teacher replied, ‘Well, if you can’t say them to anyone else, then don’t ever say them to yourself!’ ”
My friend had a point. I would never insult a child of God---and I’m God’s child, too!
God, today let me be as kind to myself as I would be to another of Your children.
小题1:What does Annabel mean by the first sentence of the passage?
A.The writer is a good athlete.
B.The writer scolds herself too much.
C.She is encouraging the writer
D.A gold medal is not a big deal.
小题2:What does the writer intends to tell us through the second and third paragraphs?
A.She has low self-esteem over some small things.
B.She often makes serious mistakes in daily life.
C.She is a third-grade teacher.
D.She cares too much about her appearance.
小题3:We can infer that the underlined word “slob” might be _____.
A.something untidyB.someone dangerousC.something dirtyD.someone lazy
小题4:What can we learn about Annabel?
A.She used to put herself down a lot.
B.She often goes to church.
C.She was in charge of a workshop.
D.She used to be too shy to talk to others.
小题5:What does the writer mean by the last sentence of the passage?
A.She is ready to turn to God for help.
B.She will be kind to all children.
C.She won’t insult(侮辱) herself as well as others.
D.She is willing to be a child of God.

答案

小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:C
解析

试题分析:本文讲述了作者对自己的评价太低,过于贬低自己。这让作者感悟了很多,最后在和朋友Annabel的讨论中对人生有了新的认识。
小题1:B 推理题。根据第二段最后三行“I should never have let him go to the boy’s room without a pass! It was my fault he got into trouble with the hall monitor! I’m so stupid!” 说明作者对于自己的责备太深了,这让Annabel很震惊。故B正确。
小题2:A 细节题。根据第三段2,3行I did put myself down an awful lot.说明我对自己的评价实在太低。故A正确。
小题3:D 推理题。根据Why, just during the previous day I had called myself “a slob” for having some papers spread out on my desk, “ugly” when I left the house without makeup and “an idiot” when I left the house for an emergency substitute job without my emergency lesson plan.说明当我离开的时候,什么都没有做。故该词应该指D项。
小题4:A 推理题。根据第四段In a more reflective tone, Annabel said, “I once took a workshop at church where the woman in charge had us list all the mean things we say about ourselves.” “How many did you have on your list?” I asked. “Fifteen,说明Annabel和作者一样,故A正确。
小题5:C 推理题。根据God, today let me be as kind to myself as I would be to another of Your children.从这句话里我们可以得知她不再会像以前那样来贬低自己和他人。要对自己有信心,故C正确。
点评:本文较难,本文要求考生在阅读理解整体语篇的基础上,把握文章的真正内涵。要吃透文章的字面意思,从字里行间捕捉有用的提示和线索,这是推理的前提和基础;要对文字的表面信息进行挖掘加工,由表入里,由浅入深,从具体到抽象,从非凡到一般,通过分析、综合、判定等,进行深层处理,符合逻辑地推理。不能就是论事,断章取义,以偏概全。要忠实于原文,以文章提供的事实和线索为依据。
举一反三
Childhood is a time (1)_____ there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do.  (2)_____ is impossible that he will ever again in his life (3)________(give) so much without having to do anything in return. But a child hashis pains; he is not so free to do (4) _____he wishes to; he is continually being told not to do something, or being punished (5)_____ what he has done wrong.
When the child has become a young man and this young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work on his own if he wants to live (6)________ (comfort). If he spends most of his time (7) ________(play) about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go (8)________ (hunger). If, however, he works hard, (9)________(keep) out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in (10)________ (social).
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When I was learning calligraphy my teacher told me a story.
A calligrapher taught handwriting. One of his students who often practised handwriting with old sheets of newspapers complained that he made very little progress though he had learned it with the calligrapher for a long time. His teacher said to him, “Try to use the best paper. Maybe you’ll write better. ”
 The student did as he was told. It really worked. He made headway not long afterwards and felt curious. He asked his teacher about the reason. The calligrapher answered, “When you used old newspapers to practice handwriting,you would think you were writing a draft(草稿).  It didn’t matter if you wrote badly as old newspapers were plenty in supply. In that case you wouldn’t pay much attention to it. Now you use the best paper you’ll treasure it. Each time you write you feel strongly about the rarity (稀少) of chances and you’ll devote to it with all your heart and soul; you’ll do the handwriting much more attentively than otherwise practising it. Of course you’ve made rapid progress.”
Indeed,we spend our ordinary days just as they are worthless “old newspapers”. We don’t care if we scrawl and waste them, thinking that they will come endlessly --- those “old newspapers” are inexhaustible. In such a mood we may each day pass by opportunities but fail to catch any of them.
Life is not a military exercise but an actual war in which real weapons are used. In everyday life there’s no chance for us to draw a draft. That’s because what we call “draft” actually is the answer sheet we write that cannot be changed. Every day of our life is something new. Let us take every day as a sheet of best paper.
小题1:The calligrapher in the story told the student to write on the best paper because he thought _______.
A.the student would practice more carefully on the best paper
B.it was comfortable to write on the bet paper
C.the student had enough money to buy the best paper.
D.the student could write more on the best paper.
小题2:The student didn’t make much progress at first because _________.
A.he regarded his writing on old newspaper just as a draft
B.he was too poor to buy better paper to write
C.he didn’t follow his teacher’s advice
D.he was not used to the calligrapher’s teaching manner
小题3:We learn from the passage that _________.
A.the student finally gave up
B.the student made rapid progress by persisting more carefully
C.the calligrapher was strict with his students
D.old newspaper is not useful
小题4:Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.What teachers say is always true.
B.Success calls for attentiveness.
C.Handwriting is easy to practice.
D.New things are always better than old ones.
小题5:The writer wants to tell us that _________.
A.there are some good ways to practice handwriting
B.life is like old newspaper
C.we should learn from the student in the story
D.life will not give us a chance to draw a draft

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Somebody might say, “I want to be a big fish, as big as Bill Gates, in a big pool, as large as Microsoft.” However, we all know it is   36   for a green hand(新手) in the field. Then you have to   37  the question carefully. No matter    38   side you choose to take, you have your chance to succeed. Now the problem is which can provide you more    39   .
I choose to be a big fish in a small pool. A big company may provide you a    40   starting point, but a small company offers you opportunity to practice  various     41   . During the     42   , you may     43    yourself, recognize your     44     points and find your potentiality(潜力). What’s more,   45  so many limitations and rules in a small company, if you are competent you have     46    chances to climb to a higher point. Finally, being a big fish (although) in a small pool, gives a green hand     47    self-confidence which is quite important for     48   .
     49   , you should not be confined(使局限) to your small pool, and be     50    with being a big fish there. You should always dream of being a big fish in a big pool!
小题1:
A.impossibleB.uninterestingC.unnecessaryD.uncorrectable
小题2:
A.thinkB.recognizeC.considerD.realize
小题3:
A.whatB.whetherC.howD.which
小题4:
A.helpB.chancesC.adviceD.money
小题5:
A.highB.properC.richD.practical
小题6:
A.jobsB.toolsC.skillsD.topics
小题7:
A.successB.performC.productsD.process
小题8:
A.increaseB.improveC.impressD.encourage
小题9:
A.weakB.reasonableC.strongD.amazing
小题10:
A.withoutB.because ofC.except forD.with
小题11:
A.lessB.equalC.noD.more
小题12:
A.variousB.seriousC.preciousD.former
小题13:
A.succeedB.successC.successfulD.succeeded
小题14:
A.PersonallyB.CertainlyC.ImmediatelyD.Generally
小题15:
A.satisfiedB.proudC.relaxedD.regretted

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When I was a little girl, I found love in a box all because of a class assignment. On a Friday night I   36  at the dinner table, “My teacher said we have to bring a box, a special box, for our valentines on Monday”.
Mother said, “We’ll see,” and she continued eating.
What did “We’ll see” mean? I had to have that box,   37  my second grade Valentine’s Day would be a disaster. Maybe they didn’t love me enough to help me with my   38  .
All Saturday I waited   39  and with Sunday arriving, my concern increased. However, I   40  that an enquiry about the box would   41  anger or loud voices, for in my house children only asked once. More than that   42  trouble.
Late Sunday afternoon, my father called me into the kitchen. The table was covered with different kinds of colorful   43  . A (n)   44  shoebox rested on top of it.   45  flooded through me when Daddy said, “Let’s get started   46  your project.”
In the next hour my father   47  the shoebox into an impressive valentine box. Colorful paper covered the ugly cardboard with red hearts   48  to what I considered all the right places. He sang while he worked. When he finished, he was so delighted that a   49  smile spread across his face. “What do you think of that?” he asked.
I answered him with a hug.
But inside,   50  danced all the way to my heart. It was the first time that my father had devoted so much   51  to me, for his world consisted only of work.
The holiday party arrived, and my classmates put cards and presents into the valentine boxes. Laughter filled our classroom until dismissal time   52 .
On the way home, I held out my valentine box for the world to   53  . The love that filled it meant more to me than all the valentines inside.
The valentine box became a symbol of his love that   54  through decades of other Valentine’s Days. My father gave me other gifts through the years, but none   55  compared with the love I felt within the limits of the old, empty shoebox.
小题1:
A.announcedB.appearedC.servedD.sat
小题2:
A.andB.butC.orD.so
小题3:
A.designB.planC.ideaD.project
小题4:
A.sadlyB.anxiouslyC.disappointedlyD.patiently
小题5:
A.foundB.realizedC.knewD.imagined
小题6:
A.startB.causeC.markD.produce
小题7:
A.invitedB.tookC.savedD.had
小题8:
A.boxesB.giftsC.paperD.food
小题9:
A.newB.bigC.attractiveD.empty
小题10:
A.RelaxationB.ReliefC.CheerD.Calm
小题11:
A.byB.atC.inD.on
小题12:
A.foldedB.packedC.changedD.pressed
小题13:
A.joinedB.attachedC.linkedD.connected
小题14:
A.slightB.briefC.broadD.confident
小题15:
A.joyB.funC.interestD.amusement
小题16:
A.moneyB.timeC.supportD.hope
小题17:
A.reachedB.setC.spentD.came
小题18:
A.acceptB.respectC.admireD.recognize
小题19:
A.carriedB.keptC.spreadD.lasted
小题20:
A.everB.evenC.yetD.still

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Minimalism (简约主义) is a term that describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is reduced to its most basic features.
As for me, minimalism functions well not in art or design, but in my daily life.
When I was packing for university, I found it extremely difficult to let go of some of the things I owned. I knew I couldn’t take everything with me, but I kept asking myself “how could I possibly throw this away?”, “what if I need it one day?”, and “what about all of the memories?” Now that I’ve moved, and left that stuff behind, I don’t even miss it. Whether or not I got rid of it, it barely makes a bit of difference to me now.
I’ve learned that over time people forget, or their need for a particular object eventually disappears. Either they store it away or they get rid of it.
You might think nostalgically(怀旧的) about the toys you cared about when you were a child, but what is making you smile now is not the thing itself but the memory of it. 1’ve heard it a hundred times, “you don’t need things to make you happy.” It takes something life-changing like moving across the country to realize how true this is.
Speaking of which, for a lot of people, minimalism is about able to move. It’s about being able to go almost anywhere at any time because you don’t have many possessions to carry. When you keep things you don’t need they become a burden that ties you to a place. Moving to university was a good time to let go of a lot of stuff. And when I visit for the holidays, I’ll probably get rid of even more, to lighten the burden.
Of course there are exceptions. There are some things that are irreplaceable, very rare or expensive or we simply love and cherish for some reason or another, since we are humans. But after we keep those, how much is left that we don’t really need?
Hence, minimalism. And why does minimalism bring happiness? That was a bit of a roundabout way of saying that, it’s because what really makes me happy is freedom. And the key to freedom is minimalism because minimalism reduces our attachment to things.
Attachment to too many objects creates a great mess and can severely hold back our freedom to do whatever we want, while minimalism helps us start new projects, move, travel, learn new things, work, expand, be debt-free, be healthy – really living life to our full potential.
I left the nest to fly onwards and upwards, I can’t do it with old things weighing me down. And that is why I have adopted minimalism with open arms.
小题1:In paragraph l, the writer gives the definition of minimalism to      .
A.introduce a topicB.present his own idea
C.describe a sceneD.offer an argument
小题2:Many people don’t want to let go of some of their belongings because       .
A.they haven’t had any life-changing experiences
B.they fear their memories will be gone with the thrown-away stuff
C.they hope to live life to their full potential by storing things away
D.they may have to change their lifestyle because of the loss of them
小题3:Which of the following is NOT the reason why the writer favors “minimalism” in life?                          
A.It takes the burden off her while she is moving.
B.It reduces her attachment to her personal things.
C.It enables her to gain the freedom that she desires.
D.It helps her to realize how true life is.
小题4:By saying “there are exceptions”, the writer means       
A.little is left if we keep what we cherish most in our life
B.minimalism should be practised accordingly in different situations
C.minimalism is a method difficult to employ in reality
D.life is full of exceptions so it’s difficult to preserve what we value
小题5:What’s the main idea of the passage?
A.Minimalism brings happiness.
B.Minimalism is applied in many fields.
C.Minimalism makes people think nostalgically.
D.Minimalism is about able to move.

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