If practicing an attitude of gratitude(感激） during the storms of life is too muc
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If practicing an attitude of gratitude(感激） during the storms of life is too much for you right now, that’s OK. When things are tough, most people have a hard time being thankful. They"re so caught up in what"s wrong in the present moment that they simply can"t see some things are still right.
If that"s true for you, then accept it. You"re going through a particularly difficult or unhappy period of time, and don"t like it one bit. Very normal, very human. But remember this: there is always something to be grateful for. It may be only a small comfort right no, but it is a start. Make a list of some of the terrible things that didn"t happen. For example:
 You"re in debt... but you"re not homeless.
 You lost your job... but you didn"t lose your health.
You broke your leg... but you didn"t break your neck.
 Your mother has Alzheimers disease... but your father doesn"t.
No matter how bad things are, they could always be worse. Start finding gratitude for what might have happened, but didn"t. It does help a lot. Of course, you may not be thankful for everything- but you can always be thankful for something.
小题1:How many "terrible things that didn"t happen" are listed in this passage?小题2:The writer thinks it ____ for people to feel unhappy in time of difficulty.| A．necessary | B．normal | C．great | D．helpful |
小题3:.What is the purpose of this passage?| A．To discuss ways to make a list of terrible things | | B．To explain what is gratitude towards the storms of life. | | C．To persuade people to be thankful for what didn"t happen. | | D．To show people different ways to consider their tough situations. |
小题4:. How is the passage organized?| A．Explanation―Comparison―Topic | | B．Argument―Opinion―Discussion | | C．Comparison―Argument―Explanation | | D．Introduction―Discussion―Conclusion |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:D |
解析
试题分析：
小题1:C 细节题。根据文章第二段后列出的四点说明C正确。
小题2:.B 细节题。根据第二段1,2行If that"s true for you, then accept it. You"re going through a particularly difficult or unhappy period of time, and don"t like it one bit. Very normal, very human.说明这样的事情是非常正常的。故B正确。
小题3:.C 主旨大意题。在第一段 If practicing an attitude of gratitude(感激） during the storms of life is too much for you right now, that’s OK.就是说我们要对生活有感激的情绪。要为那些没有发生在我们身上的不好的事情感到高兴。故C正确。
小题4:D 文章首先在第一段中提出了一个话题，然后在第二段和以后的两段中进行了讨论，最后一段得出一个结论。故D正确。
点评：文章主要讲述的就是我们要对生活充满感激之情。以细节题的考查为主，。要求考生在审题时准确定位考查内容，做题关键是找出原文的根据，认真核查题支和原文的异同，常犯错误有：绝对化语言，范围扩大或缩小，以偏概全，张冠李戴等。 |
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的从四个选项中（A、B、C和D），选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
She was a five-year-old girl with very fine golden hair when I first met her. She was carrying a bowl of _36_. I was 29 at that time and suffering from the flu.
Her mom and I had been friends for years._37 that friendship grew into care, from care into _38_ and marriage. Marriage brought the three of us together as a _39_. At first I was afraid to be a “stepfather”. Therefore, I tried not to come _40_ my future daughter and her 41 father. I acted in that way in order to be liked. However, 42 she was growing up, I found it increasingly hard to 43 with her.
Once her school required the parents to individually write an open and 44 letter to our children. I wrote a letter about a little golden-haired girl who had 45 me a bowl of soup when I needed 46 .
A week later, all the parents 47 together with our children. The students were allowed to make a few statements. I was 48 to hear what my daughter would say.
Finally my daughter 49 make her way up to the microphone. She said something like others and then 50 , “At this very moment, I just want to say …I love you, Father.”
Immediately people around me started 51 at me. For a teenage girl to say 52 in front of so many people, “I love you,” took a great deal of courage.
Since then I have 53 to understand I didn’t need to have any 54 about being a stepfather. I can still 55 honest love with the same little girl I met so many years before － carrying a bowl full of what turned out to be kindness. I can also be friends with the girl － my dear daughter.
小题1:.| A．water | B．soup | C．milk | D．juice |
小题2:.| A．Immediately | B．Finally | C．Especially | D．Generally |
| 小题3: | | A．like | B．pleasure | C．excitement | D．love |
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| 小题4: | | A．union | B．group | C．family | D．whole |
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小题5:.| A．between | B．among | C．from | D．for |
| 小题6: | | A．natural | B．following | C．untrue | D．old |
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小题7:.| A．after | B．as | C．with | D．before |
小题8:.| A．connect | B．share | C．communicate | D．argue |
| 小题9: | | A．honest | B．formal | C．powerful | D．responsible |
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| 小题10: | | A．taken | B．shown | C．shared | D．brought |
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| 小题11: | | A．cure | B．care | C．help | D．friend |
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小题12:.| A．presented | B．invited | C．gathered | D．asked |
小题13:.| A．glad | B．hopeful | C．serious | D．anxious |
小题14:.| A．determinedly | B．independently | C．patiently | D．unexpectedly |
小题15:.| A．lasted | B．declared | C．continued | D．responded |
| 小题16: | | A．hugging | B．smiling | C．kissing | D．celebrating |
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| 小题17: | | A．quietly | B．openly | C．brightly | D．attractively |
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小题18:.| A．used | B．stepped | C．desired | D．come |
| 小题19: | | A．courage | B．fear | C．happiness | D．idea |
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小题20:.| A．exchange | B．send | C．expect | D．fall |
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The "Occupy Wall Street" movement gained more support on Wednesday as unions and students joined in. With the protests developing from a group of young people"s camping out near the New York Stock Exchange on September 17 to large-scale (大规模的) movements across the country and around the world, people can"t help asking: What has led to "Occupy Wall Street?"
Three years after the severe economic crisis, the U.S. economy now is stuck again. Protesters are not satisfied with the present economic situation since unemployment rate is above 9 percent and economic growth has slowed. The housing market is still struggling for a recovery three years after the bubble (泡沫) burst. People are losing their houses even after they have paid a large amount of mortgage(抵押). It is getting difficult for young people to find jobs. People feared that a similar crisis like the one in 2008 may be already on its way.
It is Wall Street that possessed the most riches. It is Wall Street greed that, at least partly, led to the financial crisis in 2008. It was Wall Street"s "fat cats" who take taxpayers" aid money as their own big bonus (奖金). With the growing economic crisis around the world, people realize that Wall Street is responsible for it. So they try to target people who created the crisis.
The majority of the protesters are young people under 30. Many of them are unemployed. Some are students with mountains of loans (贷款). Some are hard-working people about to lose their houses even if they have paid a large amount of mortgage. They are complaining that the hard-working middle class is getting poor, yet Wall Street stays wealthy.
William Cohan, author of Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the world, wrote recently that Wall Street not only learned nothing from the 2008 crisis, they are also trying to kill all reforms that might "break this dangerous cycle in which bankers get very rich while the rest of working people suffer from their mistakes."
小题1:. What is the main idea of the passage?| A．The cause of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement. | | B．The demand of the protesters of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement. | | C．The popularity of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement. | | D．The development of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement. |
小题2:. According to the second paragraph, what set off the “Occupy Wall Street” movement?| A．The housing market. | B．The bad economic situation. | | C．The mortgage | D．The high unemployment rate. |
小题3:. We can learn from the passage that Wall Street is the symbol of in the USA.
A. civilization B. power C. wealth D. fashion
小题4:We can infer that William Cohan .| A．is the organizer of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement | | B．lives on Wall Street | | C．is against the “Occupy Wall Street” movement | | D．approves of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement |
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I grew up in a community called Estepona. I was 16 when one morning, Dad told me I could drive him into a 31 village called Mijas, on condition that I took the car in to be 32 at a nearby garage. I readily accepted. I drove Dad into Mijas, and 33 to pick him up at 4 pm, then dropped off the car at the 34 . With several hours to spare. I went to a theater. 35 , when the last movie finished, it was six. I was two hours late!
I knew Day would be angry if he 36 I’d been watching movies. So I decided not to tell him the truth. When I 37 there I apologized for being late, and told him I’d 38 as quickly as I could, but that the car had needed some major repairs. I’ll never forget the 39 he gave me. “I’m disappointed you 40 you have to lie to me, Jason.” Dad looked at me again. “When you didn’t 41 . I called the garage to ask if there were any 42 , and they told me you hadn’t yet picked up the car. ” I felt 43 as I weakly told him the real reason. A 44 passed through Dad as he listened attentively. “I’m angry with 45 . I realize I’ve failed as a father. I’m going to walk home now and think seriously about 46 I’ve gone wrong all these years.” “But Day, it’s 18 miles!” My protests and apologies were 47 . Dad walked home that day. I drove behind him, 48 him all the way, but he walked silently.
Seeing Dad in so much 49 and emotional pain was my most painful experience. However, it was 50 the most successful lesson. I have never lied since.
| 小题1: | | A．lonely | B．small | C．distant | D．familiar |
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| 小题2: | | A．kept | B．washed | C．watched | D．serviced |
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| 小题3: | | A．agreed | B．planned | C．determined | D．promised |
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| 小题4: | | A．village | B．community | C．garage | D．theater |
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| 小题5: | | A．However | B．Then | C．Therefore | D．Still |
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小题6:.| A．realized | B．found out | C．thought | D．figured out |
小题7:.| A．went | B．ran | C．walked | D．hurried |
小题8:.| A．started | B．left | C．arrived | D．come |
小题9:.| A．word | B．face | C．look | D．appearance |
小题10:.| A．find | B．decide | C．believe | D．feel |
小题11:.| A．turn up | B．drive out | C．go away | D．come out |
小题12: questions B. problems C. mistakes D. faults
小题13:.| A．ashamed | B．frightened | C．nervous | D．surprised |
小题14:.| A．nervousness | B．sadness | C．silence | D．thought |
小题15:.| A．you | B．myself | C．me | D．yourself |
小题16:.小题17:. A meaningless B. useless C. helpless D. worthless
小题18:.| A．asking | B．persuading | C．begging | D．following |
小题19:.| A．physical | B．practical | C．personal | D．natural |
小题20:.| A．indeed | B．always | C．also | D．almost |
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For six hours we shot through the landscape of the Karoo desert in South Africa. Just rocks
and sand and baking sun. Knowing our journey was ending, Daniel and I just wanted to remember all we had seen and done. He used a camera. I used words. I had already finished three notebooks and was into the fourth, a beautiful leather notebook I’d bought in a market in Mozambique.
Southern Africa was full of stories. And visions. We were almost drunk on sensations. The roaring of the water at Victoria Falls, the impossible silence of the Okavango Delta in Botswana . And then the other things: dogs in the streets, whole families in Soweto living in one room, a kilometre from clean water.
As we drove towards the setting sun, a quietness fell over us. The road was empty -- we hadn’t seen another car for hours. And as I drove, something caught my eye, something moving next to me. I glanced in the mirror of the car; I glanced sideways to the right, and that was when I saw them. Next to us, by the side of the road, thirty, forty wild horses were racing the car, a cloud of dust rising behind them -- brown, muscular horses almost close enough to touch them, to smell their hot breath. I didn’t know how long they had been there next to us.
I shouted to Dan: “Look!”, but he was in a deep sleep, his camera lying useless by his feet. They raced the car for a few seconds, then disappeared far behind us, a memory of heroic forms in the red landscape. When Daniel woke up an hour later I told him what had happened.
“Wild horses?” he said. “Why didn’t you wake me up?”
“I tried. But they were gone after a few seconds.”
“Are you sure you didn’t dream it?”
“You were the one who was sleeping!”
Typical, he said. “The best photos are the ones we never take.”
We checked into a dusty hotel and slept the sleep of the dead.
小题1: During their journey in Africa, the two travelers______.| A．made friends with local residents | | B．complained about the poor living conditions | | C．enjoyed the sunset in the Karoo desert most | | D．recorded their experiences in different ways |
小题2: What did Daniel think when he woke up and was told what had happened?| A．He always missed out on the best thing. | | B．He had already taken beautiful pictures. | | C．A sound sleep was more important. | | D．The next trip would be better. |
小题3: What is the passage mainly about?| A．How to view wildlife in Africa. | | B．Running into wildlife in Africa. | | C．Tourist attractions in southern Africa. | | D．Possible dangers of travelling in the desert. |
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John Steinbeck once said, “All Americans believe they are born fishermen. For a man to admit to a distaste in fishing would be like denouncing (公开指责) mother – love or hating moonlight.”
I can’t say that I’m the biggest John Steinbeck fan. Actually, the only thing I can ever remember reading by him was “The pearl” when I was in middle school, but I couldn’t agree more with the man when it comes to fishing. Whether I am on a boat in the middle of the Lay Lake, fishing off the shores of the Florida Keys for tarpon or catching rainbow trout in the Shoshone River of Wyoming, fishing is my life.
According to the American Sports Fishing Association, the fishing industry brings in more than $ 116 billion per year from fishermen across the country.
Though a beautiful picture to imagine, fishing is much more than that. Fishing is a way of life for many people and a way to escape everyday stress. Being a fisherman makes me a member of a wonderful group of people extending to all walks of life. Even President Obama can be found fishing on his farm in Texas with his good friend Roland Martin when the job gets too stressful.
I can remember fishing with my grandfather when I was 5 years old on his boat at Lake Mitchell. Although I didn’t understand what I was doing, I did know that my grandfather was happy and that made me happy. Since then I’ve spent the past 16 years on the rivers and lakes of Alabama.
After days of practice, before and after work, I slowly developed an understanding of fishing. My boss, Ric Horst, took me back to the Shoshone, and I managed to bring in a 19–inch cutthroat trout. Fishing with Ric was a life–changing experience for me. He not only showed me how to fish correctly, but also told me how fishing could be a way to escape your problems.
Since then, prime–time season seems to take forever to arrive.
Now, with the ending of February and beginning of March in sight, the excitement of heading out Lake Tuscaloosa or Lake Lurleen before classes and catching something has finally returned.
小题1:What John Steinbeck said in the first paragraph implies that ______________.| A．Americans are believed to be the offspring of fishermen | | B．it is unthinkable for an American to admit his dislike of fishing | | C．all Americans are expert at fishing | | D．those who dislike fishing would not love their mother |
小题2:．The writer came to understand the real meaning of fishing ______________.| A．when he was reading “The pearl” by John Steinbeck | | B．when he went fishing with his grandfather at Lake Mitchell | | C．after he had spent 16 years on the rivers and lakes of Alabama | | D．after he went fishing with his boss, Ric Horst on the Shoshone |
小题3:What can be inferred from the text?| A．The author is at most 21 years old. | | B．The author regards fishing as a very important part in his life. | | C．The author agreed with John Steinbeck the most when he was in middle school. | | D．President Obama often goes fishing in public in order to collect idea for his job. |
小题4:．According to the author, __________________.| A．people can get to know VIPs when fishing. | | B．people can smooth away all the troubles by fishing | | C．Fishing is a way of communication | | D．Fishing is a way to make a living for most American people |
小题5:．What is the purpose of the writing?| A．To describe the writer’s experience and understanding of fishing. | | B．To explain the reason why so many Americans like fishing. | | C．To make others understand the industry of fishing. | | D．To express his opinions about fishing in different time of the year. |
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