What makes a gift special? Is it the price you see on the gift receipt？Or is it
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What makes a gift special? Is it the price you see on the gift receipt？Or is it the look on the recipient"s face when they receive it that determines the true value? What gift is worth the most?
This Christmas I was debating what to give my father. My dad is a hard person to buy for because he never wants anything. I pulled out my phone to read a text message from my mom saying that we were leaving for Christmas shopping for him when I came across a message on my phone that I had locked. The message was from my father. My eyes fell on a photo of a flower taken in Wyoming, and underneath a poem by William Blake. The flower, a lone dandelion (蒲公英) standing against the bright blue sky, inspired me. My dad had been reciting those words to me since I was a kid. That may even be the reason why I love writing. I decided that those words would be my gift to my father.
I called back. I told my mom to go without me and that I already created my gift. I sent the photo of the cream-colored flower to my computer and typed the poem on top of it. As I was arranging the details another poem came to mind. The poem was written by Edgar Allan Poe；my dad recited it as much as he did the other. I typed that out as well and searched online for a background to the words of it. The poem was focused around dreaming, and after searching I found the perfect picture. The image was painted with blues and greens and purples, twisting together to create the theme and wonder of a dream. As I watched both poems passing through the printer, the white paper coloring with words that shaped my childhood, I felt that this was a gift that my father would truly appreciate. Christmas soon arrived. The minute I saw the look on my dad’s face as he unwrapped those black letters carefully placed in a cheap frame, I knew I had given the perfect gift.
小题1:The idea for a special gift began to form when the author was _________.| A．doing shopping | B．having a debate | | C．reading a message | D．leaving for Wyoming |
小题2:The author"s inspiration for the gift came from _________.| A．a photo of a flower | B．a story about a kid | | C．a call from the mother | D．a text about Christmas |
小题3:The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refers to a poem by _________.| A．the father | B．the author | C．William Blake | D．Edgar Allan Poe |
小题4:The author made the gift by ________.| A．searching for the poems online | | B．drawing the background by hand | | C．painting the letters in three colors | | D．matching the words with pictures |
小题5:What is the main purpose of the passage?| A．To show how to design images for gifts | | B．To suggest making gifts from one’s heart | | C．To explain how computers help create gifts | | D．To describe the gifts the author has received |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:D
小题5:B |
解析
试题分析：本文主要讲了一份特殊的礼物并不在于价格的高低，而在于用心去制作礼物。我为父亲亲手做了一份圣诞节礼物，父亲非常喜欢。
小题1:根据I pulled out my phone to read a text message from my mom saying that we were leaving for Christmas shopping for him when I came across a message on my phone that I had locked. The message was from my father. 故选C。
小题2:根据My eyes fell on a photo of a flower taken in Wyoming, and underneath a poem by William Blake. The flower, a lone dandelion (蒲公英) standing against the bright blue sky, inspired me. 故选A。
小题3:根据The poem was written by Edgar Allan Poe；my dad recited it as much as he did the other. I typed that out as well and searched online for a background to the words of it. 故选D。
小题4:根据The poem was focused around dreaming, and after searching I found the perfect picture. The image was painted with blues and greens and purples, twisting together to create the theme and wonder of a dream. As I watched both poems passing through the printer, the white paper coloring with words that shaped my childhood，故选D。
小题5:根据全文内容一份特殊的礼物并不在于价格的高低，而在于用心去制作礼物，故选B。
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A hug is a wonderful thing and it is a great gift to share with people. For some people, a hug is considered to be a great way to say “I care.” A hug communicates support, affection(喜爱), unity and belonging. A hug shows a strong feeling of sympathy. A hug brings happiness. A hug also touches the soul.
Hugs are healthy. Hugs can ease pain, reduce stress, cure depression and refresh the heart, yet they have no side effects…No wonder, it is a true miracle medicine.
A hug can say “I love you”…A hug can say “I hate to see you go”. A hug can say “ It’s good to have you back”. A hug can say “It’s great to see you’. A hug can say “I feel your pain”. A hug can also say “Let me share your burden”.
No matter whether you’re the giver or the receiver, hugs touch the inner being. From friends, to families, to loved ones, to those in need, a hug warms the heart.
A hug is truly amazing. It brings generosity(慷慨) to the giver and happiness to the receiver. It brings blessings to those who give and joy to those who receive.
Hugs are one of the reasons why God gave us arms. So, stretch out your arms to someone today. Reach out to those you love. It will warm the heart of the giver and give light to the soul of the receiver.
Reach out to your neighbor. It will show that you care. Reach out to one in need. It will show that you are responsible. Reach out to the world. It will show God that you care for his creation.
小题1:What is the best title of the passage?| A．The advantages of hugs. | B．How should we hug | | C．The tips on giving others hugs | D．The facts of hugs |
小题2:Hugs can benefit people in the following ways EXCEPT________.| A．improving the health | B．cheering people up | | C．making receivers happy | D．creating great wealth |
小题3:According to the third paragraph, we can learn hugs can__________.| A．send some messages | B．make people come back | | C．stop people going somewhere | D．break people’s hearts |
小题4:To show you care, you should reach out to_________.| A．those who need joy | B．your neighbor | C．those you miss | D．God |
小题5:What can we learn from the passage?| A．Sometimes hugs have side effects. | | B．If people are sad, we"d better not hug them. | | C．We must hug each of our neighbors every day. | | D．People often feel joyful when they receive hugs. |
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Recently, one of my best friends, whom I’d shared just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten, spent the weekend with me. Since I moved to a new town several years ago, we’d both always looked forward to the few times a year when we could see each other.
Over the weekend, we spent hours and hours, staying up late into the night, talking about the people she was hanging around with. She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how she experimented with drugs and was into other bad habits. I was blown away! She told me how she had been lying to her parents because they didn’t want her around him.
I tried to convince her that she was ruining her future and heading for big trouble. But she didn’t believe me. Her self-respect seemed to have disappeared. I just couldn’t believe that she really thought it was acceptable to hang out with such a loser.
By the time she left, I was really worried about her. It had been so discouraging, and I had come close to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just grown too far apart to continue our friendship—but I didn’t. I put the power of friendship to the ultimate(最终的)test. We’d been friends for far too long. I had to hope that she valued me enough to know that I was trying to save her from hurting herself. I wanted to believe that our friendship could conquer (克服)anything.
A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our conversation，and then she told me that she had broken up with her boyfriend．I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of joy running down my face. It was one of the truly rewarding moments in my life.
Never had I been so proud of a friend.
小题1:From the beginning of the text，we can learn that the author .| A．lost touch with the girl several years ago. | | B．used to spend weekends with the girl. | | C．moved to the same town as the girl. | | D．kept in touch with the girl. |
小题2:It can be inferred that the girl .| A．knew she was in danger. | B．took the author seriously. | | C．lost hope of a bright future. | D．used to quarrel with her parents. |
小题3:What’s the author’s purpose in telling the story?| A．To show the power of friendship. | | B．To describe the troubles of friendship. | | C．To tell the necessity of trusting friends. | | D．To tell the importance of keeping up with friends. |
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Paula Radcliffe, chasing (角逐) a third London marathon title (马拉松冠军), says she has become a stronger person after her terrible experience at the 2004 Athens Games.
Radcliffe, who failed to complete the Olympic marathon and the 10,000m last August, said: “Athens made me a stronger person and it made me care less about criticism.”
“In the past I wanted to please everyone, but now I am going to listen even more to the people around me.”
She didn’t care about criticism made at the weekend by Liz McColgan, who felt Radcliffe should have rested and let her body recover after her failure in Athens.
“Liz is someone I look up to but she hasn’t spoken to me since last year and if she really cared for me, I"m sure she would have contacted me.”
Instead Radcliffe won the New York City marathon just 11 weeks after Athens.
“In New York I wasn’t in my best state but I did know I was good enough to win the race.” Radcliffe insisted her only goal in Sunday’s race would be winning a third title and not chasing world records.
However, Radcliffe has not ruled out (排除) in the future chasing her "final" world record time and questioned sayings that marathon runners have the ability in their career to produce only four or five world-class times.
“I don"t think that—although I can"t put a number on it,” said Radcliffe. “That changes from person to person.”
Radcliffe is sure she can better her winning London 2003 performance at some point in the future. Following a successful three-month training period in the United States, the 31-year-old will chase a third title on Sunday after her first victory in 2002 and again 12 months later.
Radcliffe clocked a time of 2:18:56 in her first 42.2-kilometer race three years ago.
Afterwards she set a "mixed course" mark of 2:17:18 five months later in Chicago before lowering that to a time of 2:15:25 in the 2003 London event.
小题1:Radcliffe’s failure in Athens made her .| A．develop respect for Liz. | B．love people around her more. | | C．rest for five months. | D．face criticism calmly. |
小题2:Which of the following is true according to the passage?| A．Radcliffe broke the world record in the New York City marathon. | | B．Radcliffe didn"t fully recover before the New York City marathon. | | C．Radcliffe won her first marathon title in the New York City marathon. | | D．Radcliffe had a 3-month training before the New York City marathon. |
小题3:By saying “I can"t put a number on it,” Radcliffe means she’s not sure .| A．if she has the ability to set a new world record. | | B．if she can win another race though she has won many times. | | C．how many times a marathon runner can set the world record. | | D．if she has the ability to produce four or five world-class times. |
小题4:What can we learn from Radcliffe"s story?| A．Practice makes perfect. | B．Well begun is half done. | | C．A friend in need is a friend indeed. | D．Where there is a will there is a way. |
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Years ago I had the opportunity to meet a girl who reinforced my understanding of the power of belief. She was 36 the most powerful person I had ever met. I met Chris for the first time while taking the Dale Carnegie 37 in California.
Our class had already been going for quite some time when 38 , supported by metal crutches（拐杖）, 39 herself in. Chris had cerebral palsy（大脑性麻痹）. She had many 40 in communicating with others. This was not due to 41 of desire, but because most of her twenty-one years of life she had been kept in a room with no more than Elvis records and tapes to 42 her. No one had taken the time to assist her in developing the ability to 43 . It was Bonnie, her current caretaker, who 44 there was much more to Chris than anyone else gave her credit for.
When asked by the instructor what her goal 45 the twelve-week course was, Chris struggled to respond and became frustrated and 46 in the process. For most of her 47 nobody would listen to her. The only way she knew to get someone to 48 was through temper outbursts. With Bonnie as her interpreter, Chris conveyed that her 49 was to be able to stand by herself in front of forty-five people and tell us about herself.
On the twelfth week, Chris stood in front of the room and 50 with us, in her own words, what her life had been like. It was one of the most beautiful and enlightening experiences I had ever 51 . Though as a girl who had in many ways been 52 , she believed that she could __53__ more in her life and she did. And she also had the love and support of forty-five friends, who, just weeks before, had been 54 strangers.
What we all witnessed through Chris’ courage is that life is 55 moment by moment, based on our beliefs, which are relevant to both our personal and professional direction and have the power to make our wildest dreams come true.
| 小题1: | | A．luckily | B．probably | C．formally | D．naturally |
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| 小题2: | | A．break | B．course | C．house | D．chance |
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| 小题3: | | A．someone | B．he | C．herself | D．she |
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| 小题4: | | A．dragged | B．rushed | C．ran | D．jumped |
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| 小题5: | | A．difficulties | B．indications | C．disagreements | D．suggestions |
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| 小题6: | | A．notice | B．need | C．lack | D．cheer |
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| 小题7: | | A．impress | B．annoy | C．love | D．entertain |
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| 小题8: | | A．walk | B．pronounce | C．communicate | D．write |
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| 小题9: | | A．knew | B．asked | C．spoke | D．required |
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| 小题11: | | A．grateful | B．surprised | C．angry | D．noisy |
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| 小题12: | | A．way | B．process | C．operation | D．life |
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| 小题13: | | A．listen | B．smile | C．watch | D．understand |
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| 小题14: | | A．class | B．goal | C．ability | D．reason |
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| 小题15: | | A．began | B．agreed | C．found | D．shared |
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| 小题16: | | A．argued | B．attended | C．witnessed | D．accepted |
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| 小题17: | | A．found out | B．thrown away | C．brought up | D．held out |
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| 小题18: | | A．give | B．accompany | C．spend | D．achieve |
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| 小题19: | | A．complete | B．necessary | C．enough | D．typical |
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| 小题20: | | A．called | B．carried | C．created | D．searched |
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We were talking about engagement when my boyfriend, Jack, had to go to war. I was so afraid of losing him; the only way I could stay sane(保持清醒) was to dance. I became very good and critics praised me, but I could feel was the ache in my heart, no knowing whether the love of my life would ever return. And then one day a letter from him came:“I have lost my leg. I am no longer a whole man and now give you back your freedom. It is best you forget me.”
I made my decision there and then I left the city. When I returned I had bought myself a cane(拐杖) and learned to limp convincingly. I told everyone I had been in a car crash and that my leg would never completely heal again. My dancing days were over. No one suspected the story. And I made sure the first person to hear of my accident was a reporter. Then I travelled to the hospital. They had pushed him outside in his wheelchair. I leaned on my cane and limped to him.
I told him he was not the only one who had lost a leg, even if mine were still attached to me. I showed him newspaper clippings of my accident. “ There is a whole life waiting for us out there! And I am not going to carry you—you are going to walk yourself.”
I limped a few steps towards him and showed him what I’d taken out of my pocket.” Now show me you are still a man,” I said. He bent to take his cane and struggled out of that wheelchair. I could see he had not done it before, because he almost fell on his face. But I was not going to help. Finally he managed it on his own and walked to me and never sat in a wheelchair again in his life.
What I showed to him was engagement rings. And I would limp with him for the rest of life.
小题1:The author felt ache in her heart though critics praised her dancing because_______.| A．She wasn’t sure if Jack still loved her. | | B．Jack became handicapped and couldn’t walk | | C．Jack asked her to forget about him | | D．She was afraid that Jack might die in the war |
小题2:What decision did the author make after she received Jack’s letter?| A．To see Jack in the battlefield. | B．To leave the city for travel. | | C．To give up dancing. | D．To see a reporter. |
小题3:What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 2?| A．She visited a hospital. | B．She broke her leg. | | C．She helped push Jack’s wheelchair. | D．She had a car crash. |
小题4:After they met in the hospital, Jack ______.| A．gave her the engagement rings | B．got rid of the cane | | C．picked up the hope of life | D．lived without a wheelchair |
小题5:Which of the following words can best describe the author?| A．Strong and optimistic | B．Clever and faithful | | C．Timid but faithful | D．Brave and helpful. |
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