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While watching a swimming competition one night, I came across an unbelievable sight. It was not a gold medal, or a world record broken, but a show of courage. The event started with only three men on the blocks. For one reason or another, two of them false started, so they were disqualified. That left only one to complete. In fact, it is difficult enough, not having anyone to race against. I watched the man dive off the block and knew right away that something was wrong. I’m not an expert swimmer, but I can tell a good dive from a poor one, and this was not exactly medal quality. When he resurfaced, it was obvious that the man was not out for gold — his arms were waving in an attempt at freestyle. The crowd started to laugh. Clearly this man was not a medal competitor. I listened to the crowd beginning to laugh at this poor man who was clearly having a hard time. Finally he made his turn to start back. It was pitiful. He made a few desperate strokes (划水) and you could tell he was exhausted. But in those few awful strokes, the crowd had changed. No longer were they laughing, but beginning to cheer. Some even began to stand and shout “Come on, you can do it!” and he did. This young man finally finished his race. The crowd went wild. Even though he recorded one of the slowest times in swimming history, this man gave more heart than any of the other competitors. Just a short year ago, he had never even swum, let alone race. His country had been invited to the competition. In a competition, we usually watch the brilliant athletes competing for medals, but it is nice to watch an underdog. 小题1:From the passage we learn that the young man _____.A.made his turn to start back pitifully | B.was skillful at freestyle swimming | C.swam faster than the average swimmer | D.seemed unlikely to win a gold medal | 小题2:The crowd changed their attitude because _____.A.they felt sorry for the young man | B.they wanted to show their interest | C.they were moved by the young man | D.they meant to please the young man | 小题3:According to the passage, “it is nice to watch an underdog” probably means ____.A.it’s amusing to watch a skillful swimmer swimming | B.it’s amazing to watch a good loser challenging himself | C.it’s good for athletes to act proudly | D.it’s difficult for some athletes to remove medals | 小题4:What would be the best title for the passage?A.Go for it! | B.Try again! | C.Compete for gold! | D.Break a record! |
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小题1:D 小题2:C 小题3:B 小题4:A |
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试题分析:本文讲述的是一个游泳水平很差的人,勇于挑战自己,最终完成了比赛,感动了观众,他才是真正的胜利者。这才是真正的体育精神。 小题1:D 细节题。根据第三段2,5行this was not exactly medal quality. 和I listened to the crowd beginning to laugh at this poor man who was clearly having a hard time. 说明他的游泳水平较低,并不能夺取奖牌。故D项正确。 小题2:C 推理题。根据No longer were they laughing, but beginning to cheer. Some even began to stand and shout “Come on, you can do it!”说明人们从一开始的嘲笑到后来的鼓励,都是因为被这个人的坚持所感动,故C项正确。 小题3:B 推理题。这个人的游泳水平很差,但是他有勇气战胜自己来到这里参加比赛,最终通过自己的努力完成了比赛,也许她的成绩是最差的,但是这仍然是一种胜利。这才是一种真正的体育精神。故B项正确。 小题4:A 主旨大意题。本文讲述的是一个游泳水平很差的人,勇于挑战自己,最终完成了比赛,感动了观众,他才是真正的胜利者。故A项符合文章的中心思想。 点评:本文讲述的是一个游泳水平很差的人,勇于挑战自己,最终完成了比赛,感动了观众,他才是真正的胜利者。这才是真正的体育精神。以推理题的考查为主,要求我们在仔细阅读文章的基础上,认真分析题目及选项,做出准确的判断和推理。 |
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A few weeks after my first wife, Georgia, was called to heaven, I was cooking dinner for my son and myself. For a 36 , I had decided on frozen peas. As I was cutting open the bag, it 37 from my hand and crashed to the floor. The peas, like marbles, 38 everywhere. I tried to use a broom, 39 with each sweep they just rolled across the kitchen. For the next week, every time I was in the 40 , I found a pea---in a corner, or behind a table leg. They kept 41 . Eight months later I pulled out the refrigerator to clean behind it, and 42 12 frozen peas hidden underneath. At the time I found those few remaining 43 , I was in a new relationship with a wonderful 44 I’d met in a support group. After we married, I was reminded 45 those peas under the refrigerator, and realized that my 46 had been like that bag of frozen peas. It had shattered. My wife had died; I was in a new city with a busy job, and with a son having trouble 47 his new surroundings and the 48 of his mother. I was a bag of spilled frozen peas; my life had come apart and scattered. When life gets you 49 , when everything you know comes apart, and when you think you’ll never 50 , remember that it’s just a bag of scattered frozen peas. The peas can be 51 , and life will move on. You’ll find all the peas 52 , including the ones that are hardest to find. And when you’ve got them 53 you’ll start to feel whole again. The life you know can break apart at any time. But you’ll have to 54 , and how fast you collect your peas depends on you. Will you keep scattering them around with a broom, 55 will you pick them up one by one and put your life back together?
小题1: | A.drink | B.fruit | C.vegetable | D.meat |
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小题2: | A.moved | B.walked | C.ran | D.slipped |
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小题3: | A.rubbed | B.rolled | C.grew | D.existed |
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小题5: | A.bedroom | B.living room | C.kitchen | D.storeroom |
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小题6: | A.getting up | B.turning up | C.taking up | D.using up |
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小题7: | A.found | B.ate | C.left | D.planted |
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小题8: | A.presents | B.cans | C.vegetables | D.peas |
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小题11: | A.wife | B.life | C.son | D.friend |
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小题12: | A.turning to | B.leading to | C.adjusting to | D.adding to |
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小题13: | A.thank | B.love | C.help | D.loss |
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小题14: | A.down | B.near | C.close | D.wide |
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小题15: | A.get it | B.make it | C.take it | D.leave it |
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小题16: | A.grew | B.bought | C.collected | D.frozen |
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小题17: | A.eventually | B.fortunately | C.properly | D.specially |
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小题18: | A.both | B.all | C.either | D.each |
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小题19: | A.call on | B.put on | C.bring on | D.move on |
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小题20: | A.while | B.because | C.since | D.or |
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My l4-year-old son, John, and I spotted the coat which was hanging at a secondhand clothing store in Northampton Mass. While the other coats drooped, this one looked as if it were 36 itself up. The coat had beautiful tailoring, a Fifth Avenue label and a(an) 37 price of $28, which was popular just then with 38 , but could cost several hundred dollars new. This coat was even better, bearing that 39 of classic elegance. John tried it on and the fit was perfect. John 40 the coat to school the next day and came home wearing a big smile "Did the kids like your coat?" I asked. "They loved it," he said, 41 folding it over the back of a chair and smoothing it flat. Over the next few weeks, a 42 came over John. Agreement replaced contrariness and reasoned discussion replaced fierce 43 . He became more mannerly and 44 , eager to please. He would generously loan his younger brother his tapes and lecture him 45 his behavior. When I mentioned this incident to his teacher and 46 what caused the changes, she said laughing. "It 47 be his coat!" Another teacher told him she was giving him a good 48 not only because he had earned 49 but because she liked his coat. At the library, we ran into a friend “Could this be John?" he asked surprisingly, 50 John"s new height, assessing the cut of his coat and extending his hand, one gentleman to another. John and I both know we should never 51 a person"s clothes for the real person within them. 52 there is something to be said for wearing a standard of excellence for the world to see and for 53 what is on the inside to what is on the outside. For John it is a time when it is as easy to try on different approaches to 54 as it is to try on a coat. The whole world, the whole future is stretched out ahead, a vast landscape 55 all the doors are open. And he could picture himself walking through those doors wearing his wonderful, magical coat.
小题1: | A.turning | B.holding | C.showing | D.hanging |
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小题2: | A.unreasonable | B.expected | C.unbelievable | D.acceptable |
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小题3: | A.teenagers | B.adults | C.women | D.strangers |
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小题4: | A.color | B.price | C.style | D.size |
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小题5: | A.sent | B.carried | C.lent | D.wore |
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小题6: | A.casually | B.comfortably | C.carefully | D.quickly |
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小题7: | A.happiness | B.change | C.smile | D.matter |
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小题8: | A.doubt | B.fight | C.argument | D.war |
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小题9: | A.thoughtful | B.handsome | C.hopeful | D.curious |
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小题11: | A.wondered | B.confirmed | C.concluded | D.discovered |
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小题12: | A.can | B.must | C.will | D.should |
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小题13: | A.present | B.mark | C.word | D.result |
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小题15: | A.looking up at | B.looking down to | C.checking up | D.taking up |
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小题16: | A.trust | B.mistake | C.exchange | D.regard |
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小题18: | A.attaching | B.connecting | C.relating | D.matching |
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小题19: | A.career | B.life | C.study | D.success |
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At least thirty times Bobby has attempted to climb the big snowy mountain, but he had never reached the top. His friend old Peeper, who knew a lot about his failures, 26 Bobby to try again. He gave Bobby a pair of 27 and said, “If it starts clouding over, put on the glassed, or if your feet start hurting, put them on too. The glasses are very 28 . They’ll help you.” Bobby accepted the gift without much thought. The day came when he was to have another try. About two hours after he started, he felt his feet hurting. Then he 29 what Peeper had said, and put on the glasses. The pain was pretty bad, but 30 the sunglasses he could see the snow-covered mountain top, so he went on. 31 , clouds were gathering. But this time Bobby could still see the 32 through the clouds. He kept climbing, leaving the clouds behind, forgetting his pain, and finally arriving at the top. It was certainly worth it. His feeling of 33 was extremely good, almost as great as that 34 view. The mountain below was surrounded by a sea of clouds. He couldn’t that the clouds were as 35 as that, so he looked more closely at the sunglasses, and discovered the secret. Peeper had engraved (镌刻) the snow-covered mountain top on the sunglasses, 36 Bobby could see it when he was looking upwards! Bobby 37 that the only obstacle (障碍) to reaching the top had been losing 38 when he couldn’t see the mountain top. He was thankful that Peeper had used that little 39 to help him see that his 40 was never impossible, and that it was still there, where it had always been.
小题1: | A.ordered | B.encouraged | C.allowed | D.warmed |
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小题5: | A.with | B.under | C.for | D.about |
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小题6: | A.Happily | B.Hopefully | C.Unnecessarily | D.Unfortunately |
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小题7: | A.top | B.friend | C.climber | D.village |
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小题8: | A.decision | B.success | C.freedom | D.friendship |
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小题9: | A.strong | B.popular | C.wonderful | D.familiar |
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小题10: | A.cool | B.natural | C.wide | D.thick |
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小题12: | A.realized | B.suggested | C.expected | D.announced |
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小题13: | A.love | B.help | C.heart | D.face |
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小题14: | A.word | B.trick | C.plan | D.opinion |
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小题15: | A.position | B.lesson | C.story | D.aim |
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In the first week after arriving in the new city for further study, I fell and broke my leg. I was really 36 by the kindness of my new roommate. “We are family now,” she said when she 37 me lying in my room with a swollen(浮肿的) 38 , unable to move. She took me to the nearest 39 by taxi to get my leg examined. The driver was so 40 that we arrived there very quickly. After that, my 41 didn’t stop helping me though I told her I could do things on my own. So many blessings(幸事) I had never 42 came to me when I was alone and helpless. Bus drivers picked me up 43 anywhere they saw me. Many people 44 the door for me. Such things were small but 45 for a person on walking sticks. 46 people’s kindness, I did whatever I could to make people 47 . I made many jokes about my two 48 and the bad fall. And I tried not to 49 even a single time about what had happened. I also tried to be kind to 50 students who were injured. I took time to 51 with a girl in a wheelchair who always ate lunch alone. I soon realized that pain can be 52 by mental (精神上的) power. I could see that 53 I was using physical sticks, there were hundreds of mental sticks I could depend on. I also saw that sometimes 54 situations could be good. Einstein once said, “You can live your life seeing nothing as a miracle( 奇迹 ) 55 seeing everything as a miracle.”
小题1: | A.amazed | B.saved | C.loved | D.supported |
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小题2: | A.heard | B.left | C.found | D.remembered |
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小题3: | A.head | B.stomach | C.arm | D.leg |
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小题4: | A.museum | B.hospital | C.playground | D.library |
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小题5: | A.patient | B.angry | C.nice | D.funny |
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小题6: | A.driver | B.doctor | C.family | D.roommate |
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小题7: | A.listed | B.expected | C.given | D.accepted |
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小题8: | A.before | B.from | C.through | D.with |
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小题9: | A.cleaned | B.moved | C.opened | D.guarded |
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小题11: | A.Instead of | B.In place of | C.Except for | D.In return for |
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小题12: | A.believe | B.laugh | C.talk | D.think |
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小题13: | A.hands | B.books | C.sticks | D.stories |
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小题14: | A.complain | B.advise | C.miss | D.enjoy |
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小题16: | A.study | B.discuss | C.practise | D.eat |
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小题17: | A.reduced | B.seen | C.caused | D.doubted |
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小题18: | A.since | B.because | C.whether | D.although |
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小题19: | A.boring | B.unpleasant | C.dangerous | D.tiring |
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I remember my first Christmas party with Grandma.I remember the day when my big sister dropped the bomb: “There is no Santa Claus,” she laughed.“Even dummies know that!” I fled to Grandma because I knew she always told me 21 .After I told her everything, she said “No Santa Claus? Don’t believe it. Now, 22 your coat, and let’s go.” “Go? Go where?” I asked. “Where” 23 to be the General Store.As we walked through its doors, Grandma 24 me ten dollars.That was a lot in those days.“Take this money and buy something for 25 needs it.I’ll wait for you in the car.” The store seemed big and 26 , full of people hurrying to finish their Christmas shopping.For a few moments I just stood there, 27 , holding that bill, wondering what to buy, and who on earth to buy it for. Suddenly I thought of Bobbie who sat right behind me.I remembered he didn’t have a coat.I fingered the bill with growing 28 .I would buy Bobbie a coat. “Is this a Christmas present for someone?” the lady behind the 29 asked me kindly, as I laid my ten dollars down “Yes,” I replied shyly.“It’s…for Bobbie.” The nice lady smiled at me.I didn’t get any 30 , but she put the coat in a bag and wished me a Merry Christmas. That evening, Grandma helped me 31 the coat and wrote, “To Bobby, From Santa Claus” on it.Then she 32 me over to Bobbie’s house. Grandma parked down the street from Bobbie’s house, and she and I crept 33 and hid in the 34 .Then Grandma gave me a sign.“All right, Santa Claus, get going.” I took a deep 35 , dashed for his front door, threw the present down, pounded his doorbell and flew back to the safety.Together we 36 breathlessly in the darkness for the front door to open.Finally it 37 , and there stood Bobbie. Forty years haven’t dimmed the thrill of those 38 spent shivering, beside my grandma, in Bobbie’s bushes. 39 , I realized: Santa was alive and well, and we were 40 his team.
小题1: | A.the reason | B.many things | C.stories | D.the truth |
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小题2: | A.put on | B.put away | C.put up | D.put down |
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小题3: | A.used | B.turned out | C.found out | D.turned up |
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小题4: | A.lent | B.took | C.paid | D.handed |
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小题5: | A.anyone | B.whomever | C.someone who | D.those who |
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小题6: | A.crowded | B.varied | C.noisy | D.convenient |
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小题7: | A.satisfied | B.confused | C.curious | D.amazed |
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小题8: | A.worry | B.disappointment | C.happiness | D.excitement |
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小题9: | A.counter | B.desk | C.shelf | D.goods |
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小题10: | A.money | B.gifts | C.change | D.encouragement |
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小题11: | A.make | B.wrap | C.undo | D.design |
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小题12: | A.drove | B.took | C.led | D.asked |
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小题13: | A.quickly | B.painfully | C.nervously | D.noiselessly |
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小题14: | A.bushes | B.darkness | C.doorway | D.car |
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小题15: | A.courage | B.look | C.step | D.breath |
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小题16: | A.waited | B.whispered | C.crept | D.stood |
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小题17: | A.came | B.sounded | C.did | D.appeared |
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小题18: | A.moments | B.days | C.time | D.people |
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小题19: | A.Today | B.That year | C.That night | D.Since then |
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