Outside our hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, a seemingly ancient woman waited
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Outside our hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, a seemingly ancient woman waited beside the door with her hand outstretched. Every day I put my hand in hers as our eyes met. She never failed to return my smile, my grasp, and my greeting. On the last day of our visit, I found myself alone on a busy corner across the street from our hotel. Bicycles and motorbikes rushed in front of me. As I hesitated on the sidewalk, I felt a hand on my elbow and looked down to see the smile of my small beggar friend looking up at me. She nodded her head toward the street, indicating that she would take me across. Together, we moved slowly into the chaos. Then we moved on toward the sidewalk, where she pulled my face down to hers, kissed me on both cheeks, and then left, still smiling and waving back to me. Traveling in poorer nations, I have witnessed a variety of ways to deal with beggars. The most common response of tourists faced with the poverty-stricken is to ignore them and focus their eyes elsewhere. I have seen people push away an outstretched hand in angry annoyance. A few may drop a few coins into the hand in a hurry, hoping that other ragged pursuers won’t immediately appear on the scene. For many reasons, giving money is not the best response to an outstretched hand. Many world travelers have discovered that the greatest gift they can give is their time and respect. Everyone needs recognition, to be seen as worthy of being known, to feel appreciated and loved. And I believe that everyone is worthy and worth knowing. 小题1:The woman beggars helped the author go across the busy street because __________.A.the author gave her material assistance | B.the author treated her kindly and friendly | C.the author would help her as a reward | D.the author was a foreigner | 小题2:From the story, what position of the beggars in the author’s mind might be?A.equal | B.superior | C.lower | D.valuable | 小题3:In common cases, people will do the following things to the beggars EXCEPT for ________.A.pretending to see nothing | B.handing out some money | C.refusing them angrily | D.greeting them normally | 小题4:According to the author, the most important things beggars really need are _________.A.mercy and pity | B.money and food | C.smile and greeting | D.attention and respect | 小题5:The purpose of the passage is to _________.A.show how poor the beggars are in Vietnam | B.offer some advice on dealing with begging | C.express what we should offer the beggars | D.describe an experience with a beggar |
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小题1:B 小题2:A 小题3:D 小题4:D 小题5:C |
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小题1:细节理解题。结合文章中的Every day I put my hand in hers as our eyes met(。每天,当我和她目光交汇时,我都会把我的手放在她的手里。)和Many world travelers have discovered that the greatest gift they can give is their time and respect…(他们所能给予的最好礼物是他们的时间与友情。每个人都需要认同,需要关注,需要感激和关爱。)可知作者并没有给woman beggars钱或其它东西,而是认同和关爱。 小题2:推理判断题。结合文章最后一句I believe that everyone is worthy and worth knowing(我坚信每个人都是有价值的――值得你去了解)可知在作者心目中所有的人都是平等的。 小题3:细节理解题。结合The most common response of tourists faced with the poverty-stricken is to ignore them and focus their eyes elsewhere. I have seen people push away an outstretched hand in angry annoyance. A few may drop a few coins into the hand in a hurry(面对穷人最常见的回应是不理睬,还有转移注意力。我曾看见有人非常恼火地把他们的伸出来的手推开。还有一些人急匆匆地把几个硬币丢在他们乞求的手掌里)可知D项不合题意。 小题4:细节理解题。结合Many world travelers have discovered that the greatest gift they can give is their time and respect可知答案。 小题5:写作目的题。作者结合自己的一次经历告诉人们:对于乞丐来说,给他们钱并不是最好的回应。他们也需要认同,需要关注,需要感激和关爱。 |
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I can still remember when I met my best friend.She had just moved into the neighborhood and her grandmother brought her down to 1 me.I hid behind my mother she hid behind her grandmother, 2 to look at each other.Soon we lost the 3 and started playing with each other. In the 7th grade,I first intentionally distanced myself from her.At that time, she was 4 family problems and I deserted her to be with me because she got _ 5 than ever before.None of my new friends liked her as much as I did because they knew she had_ 6 .However,every summer we couldalways sit at each other’s house and watch soap operas,and talk about all the boys we liked. It was last year when I noticed the problem.I guess I was too devoted in high school to 7 she needed someone there for her.Anyway,she made a new best friend and so did I.Then I didn’t know why,but she started cutting herself! She then was diagnosed(诊断)with clinical depression.At first,I was very 8 ,but we still stayed in __9___.I wanted to be there for her since her new best friend basically 10 __ her and people were calling her 11 . Yesterday she came to me and said:“I never knew what a best friend was until you were the only person that would stop me cutting.I 12 you so much,and you didn’t even know you were ___13 me.” We both cried.And a kind of 14 that I learn from my life so far is never to give up on your friends.Even if they aren’t as warm as others,or people think they are crazy,they need someonethere.If you desert them,you will only be 15 yourself.
小题1: | A.follow | B.meet | C.join | D.support |
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小题2: | A.scared | B.annoyed | C.worried | D.delighted |
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小题3: | A.temper | B.interest | C.confidence | D.shyness |
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小题4: | A.taking up | B.getting through | C.going through | D.making up |
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小题5: | A.happier | B.cooler | C.stronger | D.cleverer |
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小题6: | A.problems | B.shortcomings | C.partners | D.disabilities |
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小题7: | A.admit | B.accept | C.consider | D. realize |
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小题8: | A.calm | B.considerate | C.upset | D.helpful |
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小题9: | A.place | B.touch | C.control | D.mood |
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小题10: | A.confused | B.bothered | C.reminded | D.deserted |
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小题11: | A.crazy | B.stubborn | C.clumsy | D.stupid |
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小题12: | A.expect | B.influence | C.appreciate | D.demand |
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小题13: | A.urging | B.blaming | C.helping | D.hurting |
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小题14: | A.honour | B.favor | C.pleasure | D.lesson |
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小题15: | A.uncomfortable | B.successful | C.guilty | D.reliable |
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Because my family were not going to be helpful, I decided I would look for one all by myself and not tell them about it till I’d got one. I had seen an agency advertised in a local newspaper. I rushed out of the 36 in search of it. I was wildly excited, and as 37 as if I were going on the stage. Finding the 38 quite easily, I ran breathlessly through a door which said “Enter without knocking, if you please.” The simple atmosphere of the office 39 me. The woman looked carefully at me 40 through her glasses, and then 41 me in a low voice. I answered softly. All of a sudden I started to feel rather 42 ,She wondered why I was looking for this sort of 43 . I felt even more helpless, when she told me that it would be 44 to get a job without 45 .I wondered whether I ought to leave, 46 the telephone on her desk rang, I heard her say:“ 47 , I’ve got someone in the 48 at this very moment, who might 49 .” She wrote down a 50 , and held it out to me, saying: “Ring up this lady. She wants a 51 immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people.” “Oh yes,” said I — 52 having cooked for more than four in my life. I 53 her again and again, and rushed out to the 54 telephone box. I collected my thoughts, took a deep breath, and rang the number. I said confidently that I was just what she was looking for. I spent the next few hours 55 cook books. 小题1:A. bed B house C. agency D. office
小题2: | A.proud | B.please | C.nervous | D.worried |
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小题3: | A.family | B.door | C.place | D.stage |
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小题4: | A.calmed | B.excited | C.frightened | D.disturbed |
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小题5: | A.as usual | B.for a while | C.in a minute | D.once again |
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小题6: | A.advised | B.examined | C.informed | D.questioned |
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小题7: | A.encouraged | B.dissatisfied | C.hopeless | D.pleased |
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小题8: | A.place | B.job | C.advice | D.help |
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小题9: | A.difficult | B.helpless | C.possible | D.unusual |
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小题10: | A.ability | B.experience | C.knowledge | D.study |
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小题11: | A.after | B.since | C.until | D.when |
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小题12: | A.Above all | B. As a matter of fact | C.As a result | D.In spite of that |
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小题13: | A.family | B.house | C.office | D.restaurant |
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小题14: | A.hire | B.accept | C.suit | D.offer |
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小题15: | A.letter | B.name | C.note | D.number |
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小题16: | A.cook | B.help | C.teacher | D.secretary |
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小题17: | A.almost | B.never | C.nearly | D.really |
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小题18: | A.answered | B.promised | C.thanked | D.told |
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小题19: | A.outside | B.local | C.closest | D.nearest |
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小题20: | A.borrowing | B.buying | C.reading | D.writing |
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After 17 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said, “I love you, but I know this other woman loves you and would love to spend some 36 with you.” The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my MOTHER, who has been 37 for 20 years, but the demands of my work and my boys made it possible to visit her only 38 . Then I called to visit her to go out for dinner and a movie. When I arrived at her house, I noticed that she had curled her 39 and was wearing a nice dress. My mother took my arm 40 she were the First Lady. During the dinner, we had an agreeable 41 —nothing extraordinary but catching up on recent events of each other’s life. We talked so much that we missed the movie. At last, she said,” I’ll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you.” I 42 . Two days later, my mother died of a massive heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a 43 to do anything for her. Later, I received a copy of a restaurant receipt from the place mother and I had dined. A(n) 44 note said, “I paid this bill in advance. I wasn’t sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I paid for two plates—one for you and the other for your wife. You will never know what that night 45 for me. I love you, son.” At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time “I LOVE YOU” and giving our loved ones the time that they 46 . Nothing in life is more important than your family. Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be 47 till “some other time”.
小题1: | A.time | B.money | C.dinner | D.movie |
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小题2: | A.upset | B.cheerful | C.alone | D.excited |
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小题3: | A.usually | B.occasionally | C.frequently | D.often |
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小题4: | A.program | B.comb | C.organ | D.hair |
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小题5: | A.as if | B.even though | C.such as | D.as to |
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小题6: | A.discussion | B.quarrel | C.conversation | D.fight |
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小题7: | A.refused | B.wondered | C.ordered | D.agreed |
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小题8: | A.luck | B.chance | C.will | D.hope |
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小题9: | A.connected | B.attached | C.abandoned | D.deserted |
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小题10: | A.cared | B.arranged | C.meant | D.applied |
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小题11: | A.spend | B.want | C.need | D.deserve |
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小题12: | A.put off | B.paid off | C.put forward | D.looked forward |
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A certain student passed all his examinations. Then he went to college to 21 his studies. There he wrote down his 22 for a course in English, but after the first 23 , he didn’t go to it any more. The English lecturer 24_this student was always absent (缺席的) and thought he had 25_to another course, so he was 26 when he saw the boy’s name on the list of students who wanted to take the English 27at the end of this year. The lecturer had 28 a difficult paper, which followed his 29 closely, and he was eager (热切的) to see 30 this student would answer the questions. He 31__the boy’s answers would be very bad, but when they 32 him and he examined them 33 , he was able to find only one small mistake in them. As this surprised him greatly, he 34 the paper repeatedly but still couldn’t find more than one mistake, so he 35 for the student to question him about it. When he came and sat down, the lecturer asked him, “I 36 you came to my first lecture and you’ve been absent from all the others. But I’ve examined your 37 carefully and I’ve found only one small mistake in it. I’m curious (好奇的) to know your 38 .” “I’m very 39 about that mistake,” answered the student. “After the examination, I 40 what I should have done. I would not have made that mistake if I had not been confused by your first lecture.”
小题1: | A.value | B.continue | C.improve | D.begin |
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小题2: | A.questions | B.advice | C.problems | D.name |
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小题3: | A.week | B.lecture | C.meet | D.sight |
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小题4: | A.astonished | B.regretted | C.noticed | D.believed |
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小题5: | A.led | B.devoted | C.gone | D.changed |
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小题6: | A.surprised | B.angry | C.pleased | D.unhappy |
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小题7: | A.test | B.subject | C.note | D.course |
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小题8: | A.discovered | B.prepared | C.invented | D.found |
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小题9: | A.ideas | B.senses | C.lectures | D.texts |
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小题11: | A.hoped | B.proved | C.expected | D.wished |
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小题12: | A.showed | B.gave | C.handed | D.reached |
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小题13: | A.carelessly | B.carefully | C.slowly | D.happily |
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小题14: | A.enjoyed | B.kept | C.did | D.examined |
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小题15: | A.cared | B.called | C.sent | D.looked |
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小题16: | A.promise | B.know | C.advise | D.guess |
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小题17: | A.lessons | B.paper | C.notebook | D.exercises |
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小题18: | A.wisdom | B.experience | C.method | D.explanation |
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小题19: | A.glad | B.proud | C.content | D.sorry |
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小题20: | A.realized | B.understood | C.remembered | D.suffered |
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My friend Jim and I finally decided to spend our 14 days off in the eastern country.We were arranged to stay with a local family, which made it possible for us to share a real life experience with the locals and in return bring ourselves a richer experience of the native culture and tradition. In the company of one of our well-informed local tour leaders, we started one of the trips to the nearby town . As we were passing elephants, we stopped , confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by a small rope tied to their front legs . No chains, no cages. It was obvious that these elephants could, at any time, break away from the ropes they were tied to but for some reason, they did not . My friend went up to the trainer and asked why these beautiful animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away. “Well,”he said , “When they were young and much smaller we used the same size rope to tie them and at that age, it was enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are accustomed to believing that they can not break away. They believe that the rope can hold them, so they never try to break free. We were amazed . These animals could at any time break away from their ropes but just because they believed they couldn’t, they were stuck right where they were. Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we can not do something , simply because we failed at it once before ? How many of us are being held by outdated belief that no longer serves us ? How many of us have avoided trying something new because of a limited belief? Worse still , how many of us are being held back by someone else’s limiting beliefs? Your attempt may fail but never fail to make an attempt. 小题1:What was the author most interested in during his visit?A.The local people and elephants | B.The local culture and tradition | C.The history of the eastern country | D.The local food and scenery | 小题2:What amazed them was to see__________.A.the trainer playing skillfully with the huge animals | B.the trainer attracting the visitors’s attention in such a way | C.the huge elephants tied only by a small rope | D.the elephants being trained with small ropes | 小题3:The elephants never tried to get away because_______.A.they believed they couldn’t break away from the small ropes | B.they got used to being raised and controlled by human beings | C.they had a very close relationship with their trainers | D.it was hard to break away from the strong and powerful ropes | 小题4:The author holds the view that _______.A.people should never fail to make an attempt or get held by false beliefs | B.people should travel around and try new things | C.animals should be trained to obey their masters | D.it’s necessary to train creatures when they are young |
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