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I was blind, but I was ashamed of it if it was known. I refused to use a white stick and hated asking for help. After all, I was a teenager girl, and I couldn’t bear people to look at me and think I was not like them. I must have been a terrible danger on the roads, coming across me wandering through the traffic, motorists probably would have to step rapidly on their brakes. Apart from that, there were all sorts of disasters that used to occur on the way to and from work.
One evening, I got off the bus about halfway home where I had to change buses, and as usual I ran into something,“I’m awfully sorry,”I said and stepped forward only to run into it again. When it happened a third time, I realized I had been apologizing to a lamppost. This was just one of the stupid things that constantly happened to me. So I carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus wouldn’t stop unless passengers wanted to get on or off. No one else was there and I had to try to guess if the bus had arrived.
Generally in this situation, because I hated showing I was blind by asking for help, I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would stop a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away. In the end, I usually managed to swallow my pride and ask someone at the stop for help.
But on this particular evening no one joined me at the stop; It seemed that everyone had suddenly decided not to travel by bus. Of course I heard plenty of buses pass, or I thought I did. But because I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by. I stood there alone for half an hour without stopping one. Then I gave up. I decided to walk on to the next stop.
小题1:The girl refused to ask for help because she thought_________.| A．she might be recognized | | B．asking for help looked silly | | C．she was normal and independent | | D．being fond blind was embarrassing |
小题2:After the girl got off the bus that evening, she_________.| A．began to run | | B．hit a person as usual | | C．hit a lamppost by accident | | D．was caught by something |
小题3:At the request stop that evening, the girl___________.| A．stopped a big lorry | | B．stopped the wrong bus | | C．made no attempt to stop the bus | | D．was not noticed by other people |
小题4:What was the problem with guessing at the sound to stop a bus?| A．Other vehicles also stopped there. | | B．It was unreliable for making judgments. | | C．More lorries than buses responded to the girl. | | D．It took too much time for the girl to catch the bus. |
小题5:Finally the girl decided to walk to the next stop, hoping__________. | A．to find people there | | B．to find more buses there | | C．to find the bus by herself there | | D．to find people more helpful there |
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答案
小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:C
小题4:B
小题5:A |
解析
此文是记叙文，叙述盲人作者因为害羞而不愿向别人求助的故事。
小题1:细节理解题。由本文第一句（I was blind, but I was ashamed of it if it was known. ）可知。其中 ashamed 与embarrassing 属于同义重现。
小题2:细节理解题。由第二段前三句，特别是第三句（When it happened a third time, I realized I had been apologizing to a lamppost）可知。
小题3:细节理解题。由But because I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by.可知，其中give up与no attempt to 属于同义重现。
小题4:推理判断题。由Sometimes I would stop a big lorry可知，靠声音来判断有时是靠不住的。
小题5:推理判断题。从I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself可知，她本人不想拦车了，又由managed to swallow my pride and ask someone at the stop for help可知，她是决定找人帮忙了，而在本站没有人，去下一站当然就是希望在那里可以找到人帮忙。此题易错选D，其中的more helpful 表达有误。 |
举一反三
Education from My Father
My memories of my father are slim because he was so sick in the last years of his life. But there are 32 that I am often reminded of and which may have had some bearing on my love of 33 .
When I was small I was somewhat 34 of lightning and thunder. My father explained it. The explanation was in 35 that a child could understand but was basically correct. I gained a better 36 later, but I didn’t have to unlearn anything.
What he said was that there was electricity in the clouds 37 it traveled to the ground like a spark. When it traveled 38 the air it made the air so hot that it 39 . Then there was nothing where the air had been and the air all around rushed in to 40 the space. He clapped his hands together very loud, 41 to be the air rushing in, and said that makes the thunder. When I hear thunder, I can still hear that 42 .
He explained why if it was cloudy in the winter the night was warmer than if it was 43 . It was one of those nights when the sky was full of stars: no moon, no town lights. But there were more stars than you could 44 and they had color too. He said that if there were no clouds, we had no blankets and were 45 to the universe. Our warmth was going to 46 the whole universe. When there were clouds, they were like blankets and we were not exposed to the universe. I 47 feel on the edge of space on a very clear night.
I am sure there were many other lessons that I 48 but no longer remember. What I did 49 , in general, was that there were explanations and that the more I understood them, the more comfortable the world was to live in. I was not taught that there were 50 but that there was understanding if you looked for it. This may be why I have always been 51 in science.
| 小题2: | | A．science | B．nature | C．weather | D．universe |
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| 小题3: | | A．sure | B．fond | C．tired | D．afraid |
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| 小题4: | | A．depth | B．words | C．gestures | D．data |
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| 小题5: | | A．understanding | B．knowledge | C．command | D．confidence |
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| 小题7: | | A．above | B．to | C．along | D．through |
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| 小题8: | | A．shone | B．burned | C．expanded | D．broke |
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| 小题9: | | A．fill | B．make | C．avoid | D．break |
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| 小题10: | | A．trying | B．proving | C．hoping | D．pretending |
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| 小题11: | | A．clap | B．remark | C．voice | D．crash |
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| 小题12: | | A．cold | B．bright | C．clear | D．foggy |
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| 小题13: | | A．explore | B．foresee | C．imagine | D．identify |
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| 小题14: | | A．committed | B．exposed | C．related | D．led |
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| 小题15: | | A．heat | B．protect | C．extend | D．light |
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| 小题16: | | A．ever | B．also | C．even | D．still |
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| 小题17: | | A．selected | B．arranged | C．absorbed | D．delivered |
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| 小题18: | | A．consider | B．promise | C．explain | D．learn |
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| 小题19: | | A．memories | B．blankets | C．mysteries | D．thunders |
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| 小题20: | | A．engaged | B．interested | C．successful | D．skillful |
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How many times have you gotten upset because someone wasn’t doing their job, because your child isn’t behaving？How many times have you been annoyed when you’ve planned something carefully and things didn’t go as you’d hoped?
This kind of anger and irritation happens to all of us — it’s part of the human experience.
One thing that annoys me is when people talk during a movie. Or cut me off in traffic. Actually, I have a lot of these little annoyances — don’t we all? And it isn’t always easy to find peace when you’ve become upset or annoyed.
Let me tell you a little secret to finding peace of mind: see the glass as already broken.
See, the cause of our stress, anger and irritation is that things don’t go the way we like, the way we expect them to. Think of how many times this has been true for you. And so the solution is simple: expect things to go wrong, expect things to be different than we hoped or planned, expect the unexpected to happen. And accept it.
One quick example: on our recent trip to Japan, I told my kids to expect things to go wrong — they always do on a trip. I told them, “See it as part of the adventure.”
And this worked like a charm. When we took the wrong train on a foreign-language subway system, or when it rained on the day we went to Disney Sea, or when we took three trains and walked 10 blocks only to find the National Children’s Castle closed on Mondays … they said, “It’s part of the adventure!” And it was all OK — we didn’t get too bothered.
So when the nice glass you bought inevitably falls and breaks, someday, you might get upset. But not if you see the glass as already broken, from the day you get it. You know it’ll break someday, so from the beginning, see it as already broken. Be a time-traveler, or someone with time-traveling vision, and see the future of this glass, from this moment until it inevitably breaks. And when it breaks, you won’t be upset or sad — because it was already broken, from the day you got it. And you’ll realize that every moment you have with it is precious.
小题1:The author would probably agree that________.| A．we should control our anger and irritation | | B．we must get well prepared for the future | | C．optimism can help us overcome our anger and irritation | | D．anger and irritation is an important part of our life |
小题2:The purpose of the author is to ___________.| A．tell us his own experience in life | | B．give advice on how to find peace of mind | | C．tell us a happy trip took with his children | | D．advise us to see things from both sides |
小题3:By the underlined part, the author intends us to _____________.| A．get ready for the worst result of things | | B．enjoy the process of things | | C．expect little from life | | D．find the relation between cause and effect |
小题4:The author’s children could enjoy their trip to Japan because _____________.| A．everything went smoothly | | B．they had a lot of adventures | | C．they had expected things to go wrong | | D．they could soon get used to the customs there |
小题5:We can learn from the passage that the author ____________.| A．often gets angry in his life | | B．can adjust his state of mind accordingly | | C．always expects others to act in his way | | D．has suffered a lot from his anger and irritation |
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A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms, though my teacher stressed the importance again and again. But soon, the importance of English idioms was shown in an amusing experience.
One day, I happened to meet an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be astonished. Gently shaking his head and shrugging his shoulders, he said, “You don’t say!” “You don’t say!” I was puzzled. I thought, perhaps this is not a proper topic. “Well, I’d better change the topic.” So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? By the way, have you ever been there?” “Certainly, everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing it. It was wonderful.” He was deep in thought when I began to talk like a tourist guide. “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world. We are very proud of it”. Soon I was interrupted again by his words：“You don’t say!” I couldn’t help asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t request you to do so,” he answered, greatly surprised. I said, “Didn’t you say ‘you don’t say’?” Hearing this, the Englishman laughed to tears. He began to explain, “‘You don’t say’ actually means ‘really?’ It is an expression of surprise. Perhaps you don’t pay attention to English idioms.” Only then did I know I had made a fool of myself. Since then I have been more careful with idiomatic expressions.
Always remember: what the English teachers say is always right to us students.
小题1:A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms because _______.| A．I didn’t have the slightest interest in them | | B．English idioms are not important | | C．My teacher didn’t emphasize the importance of them | | D．I was not careful with English idioms |
小题2:At first, on hearing “You don’t say,” I thought the foreigner meant _______ .| A．I had talked too much | | B．he was not interested in the topic | | C．he was only interested in the Great Wall | | D．he had something to tell me |
小题3:Which of the following is true according to the passage?| A．The Englishman left China without seeing the Great Wall. | | B．The Englishman wanted to see the Great Wall after I talked about it. | | C．The Englishman wanted me to act as his guide. | | D．The Englishman visited the Great Wall and thought it worth visiting. |
小题4:After the Englishman explained the idiom, _______. | A．I felt very silly | | B．the Englishman became a real fool | | C．I thought he had made me a fool | | D．I became more careful in everything |
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I don’t want to talk about being a woman scientist again. There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what it’s like to work in a field dominated (controlled) by men. I was never very good at telling those stories because truthfully I never found them interesting. What I do find interesting is the origin of the universe, the shape of space, time and the nature of black holes.
At 19, when I began studying astrophysics(天体物理学), it did not bother me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. But while earning my Ph.D. at MIT and then as a post-doctor doing space research, the issue started to bother me. My every achievement—jobs, research papers, awards—was viewed through the lens (镜片) of gender (性别) politics. So were my failures. Sometimes, when I was pushed into an argument on left brain versus (相对于) right brain, or nature versus nurture (培育), I would instantly fight fiercely on my behalf and all womankind.
Then one day a few years ago, out of my mouth came a sentence that would eventually become my reply to any and all provocations (挑衅) : I don’t talk about that anymore. It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didn’t want to deal with gender issues. Why should curing sexism be yet another terrible burden on every female scientist? After all, I don’t study sociology or political theory.
Today I research and teach at Barnard, a women’s college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how many of the 45 students in my class were women. You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer, 45. I know some of my students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire for children. And I don’t dismiss those concerns. Still, I don’t tell them “war” stories. Instead, I have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments. And in turn they have given me the image of 45 women driven by a love of science. And that’s a sight worth talking about.
小题1:Why doesn’t the author want to talk about being a woman scientist again?| A．She is fed up with the issue of gender discrimination (歧视). | | B．She feels unhappy working in male-dominated fields. | | C．She is not good at telling stories of the kind. | | D．She finds space research more important. |
小题2:From Paragraph 2, we can infer that people would attribute (把…归因于) the author’s failures to ________.| A．the burden she bears in a male-dominated society | | B．her involvement in gender politics | | C．her over-confidence as a female astrophysicist | | D．the very fact that she is a woman |
小题3:What did the author constantly fight against while doing her Ph.D. and post-doctoral research?
A. Lack of confidence in succeeding in space science.
B. Unfair accusations from both inside and outside her circle.
C. People’s fixed attitude toward female scientists.
D. Widespread misconceptions about nature and nurtured.
小题4:What does the image the author presents to her students suggest?| A．Women students needn’t have the concerns of her generation. | | B．Women can balance a career in science and having a family. | | C．Women have more barriers on their way to academic success. | | D．Women now have fewer problems pursuing a science career. |
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Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D．Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context．
There once was a happy monkey in the jungle. He was wandering all days, eating delicious fruit when hungry and 36 when tired. One day he came upon a house, where he saw a bowl of the most beautiful 37 . He took one in each hand and ran back into the forest.
The monkey tried to eat them, but hurt his teeth. The apples were made of wood, but they were beautiful, and when the other monkeys said that they 38 them, he held onto them even tighter.
The monkey admired his new possessions proudly as he wandered the jungle. The two apples glistened (闪亮) red in the 39 , and seemed perfect to him. He became so attached to them that he didn’t even notice his 40 at first.
A fruit tree reminded him, but he felt the apples in his hands. He couldn’t bear to set them down to reach for the fruit. In fact, he couldn’t 41 , either, if he was to defend his apples. This proud, but less happy monkey continued to walk along the forest trails (小路).
The apples became 42 , and the poor little monkey thought about leaving them behind. He was tired and hungry; he couldn’t climb trees or collect fruit with his hands 43 . What if he just let go (释放)?
Letting go of such 44 things seemed crazy, but what else could he do? He was so tired. Seeing the next fruit tree and smelling its fruit, the monkey stopped. He 45 the wooden apples and reached up for his meal. He was happy again.
Like that little monkey, we 46 carry things that seem too valuable. Letting go of them seems crazy. But 47 : only with open hands can we receive something else.
| 小题1: | | A．walking | B．shouting | C．resting | D．crying |
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| 小题2: | | A．bananas | B．pears | C．stones | D．apples |
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| 小题3: | | A．picked | B．carried | C．saw | D．enjoyed |
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| 小题5: | | A．appearance | B．hunger | | C．danger | D．home |
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| 小题6: | | A．stop | B．look | C．relax | D．breathe |
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| 小题7: | | A．heavier | B．larger | C．taller | D．cheaper |
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| 小题9: | | A．inexpensive | B．delicious | | C．strange | D．valuable |
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| 小题10: | | A．finished | B．dropped | C．sold | D．passed |
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| 小题11: | | A．always | B．seldom | C．never | D．sometimes |
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| 小题12: | | A．copy | B．write | C．remember | D．Hope |
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