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In March 1987, I started a new magazine called Creating Excellence. It was a ver

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In March 1987, I started a new magazine called Creating Excellence. It was a very proud moment for me. I’d worked hard for over a year to create it, and the premiere issue (首次发刊) was a real success.
Shortly after we mailed 25,000 copies, I received one in the mail. But this one wasn’t as beautiful as the ones we’d sent out. It was marked in red ink correcting the grammatical errors (语法错误) in it. A talented editor had read the issue carefully and found more errors than I could have imagined.
I felt abashed. A magazine called Creating Excellence should be perfect in its content (内容). The stories were good, but the errors this woman had found showed that we were far from being excellent.
At first, I was upset with my editor for not having caught more mistakes, and also upset with the woman who seemed to have taken pleasure in pointing them out. Later, I was upset with myself for not having employed a better editor.
Then I realized that I had to face up to my mistakes. I called the woman who had shown me that we were not so excellent. I thanked her for taking the time to read our magazine so carefully. As painful as it was, I accepted responsibility for it.
Then I offered her the job of editing our publication. The result was a great improvement in it; we could now be very proud of our magazine.
From this I learnt that an upsetting moment could be an opportunity to see the truth, and accepting responsibility could help to prevent one making the same mistakes for a second time, and to make "excellence" a reality.
小题1:From the first paragraph we learn that _____.
A.the author put little effort into his first magazine
B.the author’s job was selling magazines
C.the author was very satisfied with his work
D.the author experienced a total failure
小题2:What does the underlined word "abashed" mean?
A.excited.B.embarrassed.C.interested.D.exhausted.
小题3:What do we learn about the woman who had found the errors in the magazine?
A.She was causing trouble on purpose.
B.She liked pointing out the errors of others.
C.She contributed a lot to the success of the premiere issue.
D.She ended up joining the magazine.
小题4:What do we learn from this passage?
A.Pride is the biggest enemy of success.
B.Success is behind many failures.
C.Picking holes in something can help you find a job.
D.Accepting responsibility for one’s errors can lead to real excellence.

答案

小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:D
解析

试题分析:本文叙述了作者办了名叫Creating Excellence的杂志,首次发刊获得了很大成功,可是作者后来却收到了一位女士寄来的一本指出杂志错误的邮件,作者感到很尴尬,于是她决定聘请这位女士来他的杂志社工作,结果使他的杂志办的更好,这件事告诉我们,要虚心接受别人指出的错误,这样才会取得更大的成就。
小题1:细节理解题。根据It was a very proud moment for me. I’d worked hard for over a year to create it, and the premiere issue (首次发刊) was a real success. 首次发刊就非常成功,故选C。
小题2:细节理解题。Excited兴奋的; embarrassed尴尬的; interested感兴趣的; exhausted疲惫的。
根据A magazine called Creating Excellence should be perfect in its content (内容). 杂志应该内容时最好的,却出现了错误,故选B。
小题3:细节理解题。根据Then I offered her the job of editing our publication. The result was a great improvement in it故选D。
小题4:细节理解题。根据accepting responsibility could help to prevent one making the same mistakes for a second time, and to make "excellence" a reality.接受别人指出的错误以免同样的错误,就能做到最好,故选D。
点评:细节理解题可以分为集中型细节理解题和分散型细节理解题。集中型:就文章的单个细节提问,答案在原文中出现的位置一般也位于单句话或几句话中。因为具体细节不同,出题形式千变万化,因题而异。分散型:题目涉及到文章某一段或几段,甚至贯穿全文的各个位置,需要考生寻找文章中的多个细节。请注意,分散型细节理解题并不意味着题目的正确答案出现在文章的不同位置,正确答案往往也是关于文章的某一个句子或细节。只是说文章的干扰选项是关于不同的细节,需要我们在定位的时候阅读某一个区域。
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When Cathleen Gardiner’s twins were born 17 years ago, doctors told her that they were a pair in a million. One had Down syndrome(低能综合症), while the other did not. Here, Cathleen tells their touching story.
Since Sean was born 17 years ago, I have always thought that he is just as wonderful as his brother and sister. Though he had a disability(残疾), we have never viewed him as a burden. He has always been a blessing. The doctors explained that though they were twins, they came from two different eggs. Lisa could walk at 11 months old, while Sean didn’t take his first steps till he was three. By two, Lisa was talking a lot, but Sean wasn’t able to speak until he was nearly four.
For the first five years of his life, Sean needed a great deal of care. Looking after him was my full-time job, though I also worked as a technical adviser in a computing company. We never treated them differently. We gave them the same toys and spoke to them in the same way. We encouraged Sean to keep up with Lisa, even though he never could, and we would help him develop his abilities. We sent them to the same primary school even after doctors advised us that Sean should go to a school for the disabled.
We had to explain to Lisa that he wouldn’t learn as quickly as she would. She told us that she’d help him with his school work. Having a non-disabled twin has really helped Sean develop. The love they share has given him a great deal of support. Now Sean and Lisa are both about to finish high school. I don’t think he would have done nearly as well today without Lisa’s help.
小题1:At least how many children does Mrs. Gardiner have?
A.Two.B.Three. C.Four.D.One.
小题2:Mrs. Gardiner and her husband regarded Sean as _______.
A.a boy making others touchedB.a normal child without disabilities
C.a special giftD.a burden of their family
小题3:The third paragraph mainly tells us that _______.
A.the couple treated the twins equally
B.Cathleen did all she could to look after Sean
C.the couple didn’t follow the doctor’s advice
D.the couple encouraged Sean to grow up
小题4:This passage tells us that _________.
A.love can do wondersB.nobody is foolish or clever
C.being stupid doesn’t matterD.all men are born equal

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When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My   16  took me by train or by car to a hotel by the   17 . All day, I seem to remember, I   18  on the sands with strange   19  children. We made houses and gardens, and   20  the tide(潮汐) destroy them. When the tide went out, we   21  over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.
In those days the   22  seemed to shine always brightly   23  the water was always warm. Sometimes we left beach and walked in the country, 24  ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were   25  in one’s pockets or good places where one could   26  ice creams. Each day seemed a lifetime.
Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good   27  is much the same as it was. I   28  like the sun and warm sand and the sound of   29  beating the rocks. I no longer wish to   30  any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets.   31 , I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.
Sometimes I   32  what my ideal (理想的) holiday will be like when I am   33 . All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about   34  who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves   35  on too many ices…
小题1:
A.teacherB.parentsC.nurseD.younger sister
小题2:
A.seaB.lakeC.mountainD.river
小题3:
A.playedB.sleptC.satD.stood
小题4:
A.movingB.excitingC.anxiousD.nervous
小题5:
A.madeB.broughtC.watched D.heard
小题6:
A.rolledB.jumpedC.turnedD.climbed
小题7:
A.lightB.sunC.moonD.lamp
小题8:
A.andB.yetC.butD.or
小题9:
A.exploringB.examiningC.repairingD.measuring
小题10:
A.sweetsB.sandC.ice-creamsD.money
小题11:
A.makeB.sellC.buyD.offer
小题12:
A.houseB.holidayC.gardenD.tide
小题13:
A.hardlyB.almostC.stillD.perhaps
小题14:
A.wavesB.tidesC.handsD.feet
小题15:
A.destroyB.fixC.useD.build
小题16:
A.ButB.HoweverC.OtherwiseD.Besides
小题17:
A.wonderB.feelC.understandD.believe
小题18:
A.strong B.weakC.youngD.old
小题19:
A.childrenB.boysC.girlsD.grown-ups
小题20:
A.happyB.tiredC.sadD.sick

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In 1986, when Monty Reed was a member of the Army Rangers (黑鹰突击 队), he had an accident. "It was a night jump, and we were jumping low," he recalls. "We were training. Somebody got too close to my parachute (降落伞)."The parachute below blocked Reed’s air and his parachute failed to open. Reed crashed a hundred feet to the ground, breaking his back in five places.
The next morning, Reed could not move. "Doctors said it was likely that I would never walk again." Reed stared out of his hospital window, wondering what the future would be like. It was the saddest moment of his life. "The experts are telling me my body doesn’t work! What am I supposed to do?" he thought.
To distract (转移注意力) himself, he picked up a book: Robert Heinlein’s Starship Troopers. The science-fiction describes a set of man-made muscles that would allow people to carry 2,000 pounds. He thought that if he could build something like that, it might be able to lift him out of his wheelchair. So he began his project and finally succeeded in building a set of robot legs. Several years later, he made an amazing recovery and was able to get up and walk away from his wheelchair. He even jumped out of an airplane again to celebrate.
Reed wanted to do something for others with the second chance that life had given him. He has now perfected the robot legs that can get the injured, the elderly and the paralyzed (瘫痪的) out of their wheelchairs. Now he has started his own company to make the legs. "I’ve seen them compete in marathons and go swimming and mountain climbing," he said. "So never give up!"
小题1:Monty had an accident in 1986 because_______.
A.his feet hit the ground too hard
B.his parachute was under another person’s
C.another person’s parachute stopped his from opening
D.he was training to jump at night
小题2:Monty started to read Starship Troopers to ______.
A.create a new kind of wheelchair for himself
B.discover how to make man-made muscles
C.learn how to jump out of an airplane
D.stop himself from thinking about his pain
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE about Monty?
A.He didn’t lose heart in the face of difficulty.
B.He is fond of reading science fiction.
C.He spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
D.He didn’t believe what the doctors said.
小题4:We can learn from the passage that Monty’s goal is to ______.
A.become a famous writer like Robert Heinlein
B.return to the Army Rangers and continue with his jumps
C.compete in games and marathons and go swimming
D.help more patients in wheelchairs to recover

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When I was young, I had an old neighbor named Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known. He never shouted at us for playing in his yard. I remembered him as a neighbor who was nicer than anyone else in the neighborhood.
When Dr. Gibbs was happy, he was planting trees. And his life’s goal was to make it a forest.
Dr. Gibbs had some interesting theories about planting. He talked about trees that weren’t watered would grow deep roots in search of water. So he never watered his trees. He planted an oak (橡树) and, instead of watering it every morning, he beat it with the rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree’s attention.
Dr. Gibbs died a couple of years. Every now and again, I walk by his house and look at the trees that he planted twenty-five years ago. They’re very strong now.
I planted a couple of trees a few years later. I watered them regularly and took good care of them. Whenever a cold wind blows, they shake their leaves and branches.
The funny thing about those trees of Dr. Gibbs was that difficulty seemed to help them in ways comfort and ease never could.
小题1:What was Dr. Gibbs’ life goal?
A.To build a forest.B.To save more lives.
C.To make a lot of money.D.To study plants.
小题2:One of Dr. Gibbs’ theories about planting was that ______.
A.he often talked to the treesB.he kicked the trees heavily
C.he never watered the treesD.he buried the leaves around the roots
小题3:What does the writer mainly want to tell us?
A.Trees are not as weak as we think.
B.We should listen to others’ advice.
C.Difficulty is necessary for growth.
D.Planting trees is good for the environment.

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We were standing at the top of a church tower. My father had __36__ me to this spot in a small  town not far from our home in Rome. I wondered __37__.
“Look __38__, Elsa,” Father said. I gathered all my __39__ and looked down. I saw the square in the centre of the village. And I saw the crisscross(十字形) of twisting, turning streets leading to the __40__. “See, my dear,” Father said gently. “There is more than one way to the square. __41__ is like that. If you can’t get to the place where you want to go __42__ one road, try another.”
Now I understood why I was there. __43__ that day I had begged my mother to do __44__ about the terrible lunches that were served at school. But she __45__ because she could not believe the lunches were as __46__ as I said.
When I __47__ my father for help, he would not help. __48__, he brought me to this high tower to __49__ me a lesson — the value of an open, searching mind. By the time we reached home, I had a __50__.
At school the next day, I __51__ poured my lunch soup into a bottle and brought it home. Then I asked our cook to __52__ it to mother at dinner. The plan __53__ perfectly. She swallowed one spoonful and said, “The cook must have gone mad!” Quickly I told what I had done, and mother said firmly that she would take up the matter of lunches at school the next day.
In the years that followed I often remembered the lesson father taught me. I began to work as a fashion designer two years ago. I wouldn’t stop working __54__ I tried every possible means to my goal. Father’s wise words always __55__ me that there is more than one way to the square.
小题1:
A.takenB.sentC.broughtD.left
小题2:
A.thatB.whyC.whatD.how
小题3:
A.downB.upC.outD.around
小题4:
A.strengthB.courageC.spiritD.bravery
小题5:
A.towerB.churchC.squareD.village
小题6:
A.SchoolB.SocietyC.FamilyD.Life
小题7:
A.inB.onC.byD.at
小题8:
A.EarlierB.LaterC.AfterD.During
小题9:
A.her bestB.a favorC.somethingD.everything
小题10:
A.defendedB.refusedC.excusedD.agreed
小题11:
A.wellB.goodC.badD.usual
小题12:
A.belonged toB.turned toC.tried toD.led to
小题13:
A.ThereforeB.SoC.InsteadD.Anyway
小题14:
A.showB.makeC.prepareD.give
小题15:
A.planB.questionC.problemD.suggestion
小题16:
A.angrilyB.secretlyC.kindlyD.politely
小题17:
A.cookB.boilC.makeD.serve
小题18:
A.madeB.failedC.workedD.took
小题19:
A.if B.once C.since D.until
小题20:
A.remindB.approveC.affectD.limit

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