One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried ___1___ for ho
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One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried ___1___ for hours as the farmer tried to think out ___2___ to do. Finally, he decided the animal was ___3___, and the well needed to be ___4___ up anyway; it just wasn’t ___5___ it to save the donkey. He invited all his ___6___ to come over and help him. They all grabbed（握起）a shovel（铁锹）and began to shovel ___7___ into the well. At first, the donkey ___8___ what was happening and cried horribly(惊恐的,害怕的). Then, to everyone’s ___9___ he quieted down.
A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked ___10___ the well. He was surprised at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. As the farmer’s neighbours ___11___to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would ___12__ it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily ran off!
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. If you want to get out of the well, the ___13___ is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone（垫脚石）. We can get out of the ___14___ wells just by not stopping, never ___15___! Shake it off and take a step up.
| 小题1: | | A．sadly | B．happily | C．excitedly | D．fiercely |
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| 小题3: | | A．painful | B．old | C．rare | D．powerful |
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| 小题4: | | A．drowned | B．solved | C．covered | D．emptied |
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| 小题5: | | A．important | B．possible | C．necessary | D．worth |
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| 小题6: | | A．neighbours | B．relatives | C．friends | D．family |
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| 小题7: | | A．dust | B．dirt | C．waste | D．soil |
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| 小题8: | | A．doubted | B．recognized | C．realized | D．admitted |
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| 小题9: | | A．sorrow | B．joy | C．fear | D．amazement |
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| 小题10: | | A．down | B．around | C．through | D．over |
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| 小题11: | | A．pretended | B．continued | C．stopped | D．determined |
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| 小题12: | | A．wash | B．blow | C．wipe | D．shake |
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| 小题13: | | A．trick | B．trap | C．trouble | D．tradition |
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| 小题14: | | A．longest | B．largest | C．deepest | D．widest |
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| 小题15: | | A．having fun | B．watching over | C．giving up | D．dying out |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:D
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:C
小题9:D
小题10:A
小题11:B
小题12:D
小题13:A
小题14:C
小题15:C |
解析
小题1:考查副词。驴子掉到井里了，上不来，自然是痛苦地sadly叫。
小题2:考查疑问词。在“疑问词+不定式结构”中，作宾语用what。农户在想该做什么。
小题3:考查形容词。根据下文“他们都拿起了铁铲开始把土抛进井里，”可知农夫要填井，也就是驴子了。也就是认为驴子太老了没用了。这句话的意思是“驴子已经老了，再说那井也需要被填平”
小题4:考查动词。cover up 掩饰，掩盖；盖住。
小题5:考查形容词。结合上文可知农夫认为再救驴子不值得了。
小题6:考查名词。结合47题前the farmer’s neighbours可知答案。
小题7:考查名词。既然是填井，自然是向井里填土dirt。
小题8:考查动词。realize 意识到。看到人们的行为，驴子意识到了农夫要干什么。其它选项词义不符。
小题9:考查名词。让所有的人感到惊奇的是，它安静下来。
小题10:考查副词。人在井上，看井里的驴子自然是向下down看。
小题11:考查动词。结合49题后shake it off and take a step up。当农夫的邻居继续把土倒在驴子背上时，它会抖下每一铲土并使自己站高一点。
小题12:考查动词。结合11题解析。
小题13:考查名词。从井里出来的窍门是把身上的土抖落并把它当作垫脚土。 trick n.诡计;诀窍;谋略。
小题14:考查形容词。只要不停地努力我们就能从最深的井里出来，永远不放弃！把它抖下来并向上跨一步。
小题15:考查动词短语。结合14题解析。 |
举一反三
When I entered Berkeley, I hoped to earn a scholarship. Having been a Straight-A student(优等生), I believed I could 1 tough（=hard） subjects and really learn something. One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne. I was extremely interested in the ideas he 2 in class.
When I took the first exam, I was 3 to find a 77, C-plus, on my test paper, 4 English was my best subject. I went to reason with Professor Jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained 5 .
I decided to try harder, although I didn"t know what that 6 because school had always been easy for me. I read the books more carefully, but got another 77. Again, I 7 with Professor Jayne. Again, he listened patiently but wouldn"t change his 8 .
One more test before the final exam. One more 9 to improve my grade. So I redoubled my efforts(加倍努力) and, for the first time, 10 the meaning of the word "thorough"（彻底的）.But my 11 did no good and everything 12 as before.
The last hurdle（障碍）was the final. No matter what 13 I got, it wouldn"t cancel three C-pluses. I might as well kiss the 14 goodbye.
I stopped working hard. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the final, I even 15 myself to a movie. The next day I decided for once I"d have 16 with a test.
A week later, I was surprised to find I got an A. I hurried into Professor Jayne"s office. He 17 to be expecting me. "If I gave you the As you 18 , you wouldn"t continue to work as hard."
I stared at him, 19 that his analysis and strategy（策略）were correct. I had worked my head 20 , as I had never done before.
I was speechless when my course grade arrived: A-plus. It was the only A-plus given. The next year I received my scholarship. I"ve always remembered Professor Jayne"s lesson: you alone must set your own standard of excellence.
| 小题1: | | A．take | B．discuss | C．cover | D．get |
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| 小题2: | | A．found | B．presented | C．exchanged | D．obtained |
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| 小题3: | | A．shocked | B．worried | C．scared | D．anxious |
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| 小题5: | | A．unchanged | B．unpleasant | C．unfriendly | D．unmoved |
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| 小题6: | | A．reflected | B．meant | C．improved | D．affected |
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| 小题7: | | A．quarreled | B．reasoned | C．bargained | D．chatted |
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| 小题8: | | A．attitude | B．mind | C．plan | D．view |
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| 小题9: | | A．choice | B．step | C．chance | D．measure |
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| 小题10: | | A．memorized | B．considered | C．accepted | D．learned |
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| 小题11: | | A．ambition | B．confidence | C．effort | D．method |
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| 小题12: | | A．stayed | B．went | C．worked | D．changed |
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| 小题13: | | A．grade | B．answer | C．lesson | D．comment |
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| 小题14: | | A．scholarship | B．course | C．degree | D．subject |
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| 小题15: | | A．helped | B．favored | C．treated | D．relaxed |
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| 小题16: | | A．fun | B．luck | C．problems | D．tricks |
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| 小题17: | | A．happened | B．proved | C．pretended | D．seemed |
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| 小题18: | | A．valued | B．imagined | C．expected | D．welcomed |
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| 小题19: | | A．remembering | B．guessing | C．supposing | D．realizing |
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I once had a teacher whose husband died of heart attack. About a week after his death, she shared some of her __36___ understanding with students. __37___ the late afternoon sunlight came shinning in and the class was nearly __38___, she moved a few things aside on the edge of her __39___and sat down there.
With a gentle look of reflection(反思) on her face, she paused and said, “Class is over. I would like to 40 with all of you, a thought that is __41___to class, but which I feel is very __42___.”
“Each of us is put here on earth to learn, share, love and give of ourselves. __43___of us knows when this fantastic experience will end. It can be __44___at any moment. Perhaps this is the Power’s way of telling us that we must make the __45___of every single day.”
Her eyes were __46___ to water, but she went on, “So I would like you all to make me a __47___.From now on, on your way to school, or on your way home, find something beautiful to __48___. It could be the __49___of the breeze (微风)slightly rustling the leaves in the trees, or the way the morning light catches one autumn leaf as it __50___gently to the ground.
“Please look for these things, and ___51__them. It is the __52___things that we are put here on earth to enjoy. We must make it important to notice them, for at __53___it can all be taken away.” The class was completely __54___. We all picked up our books and walked out of the room silently. That __55___, I noticed more things on my way home from school than I had that whole semester.
Remember, life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
| 小题1: | | A．close | B．deep | C．sad | D．limited |
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| 小题4: | | A．classroom | B．desk | C．computer | D．sofa |
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| 小题5: | | A．share | B．doubt | C．wonder | D．talk |
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| 小题6: | | A．unlikely | B．unfair | C．unnoticed | D．unrelated |
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| 小题7: | | A．funny | B．modern | C．important | D．embarrassing |
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| 小题8: | | A．None | B．All | C．Each | D．Neither |
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| 小题9: | | A．put away | B．thrown away | C．taken away | D．given away |
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| 小题10: | | A．most | B．worst | C．lowest | D．least |
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| 小题11: | | A．stopping | B．beginning | C．continuing | D．ending |
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| 小题12: | | A．promise | B．prediction | C．principle | D．rule |
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| 小题13: | | A．play | B．notice | C．spread | D．smell |
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| 小题14: | | A．voice | B．noise | C．sound | D．scream |
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| 小题15: | | A．knocks | B．pours | C．reaches | D．falls |
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| 小题16: | | A．provide | B．appreciate | C．hide | D．follow |
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| 小题17: | | A．generous | B．great | C．little | D．formal |
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| 小题18: | | A．any time | B．a time | C．no time | D．some time |
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| 小题19: | | A．crowded | B．worried | C．quiet | D．excited |
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| 小题20: | | A．morning | B．night | C．noon | D．Afternoon |
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There once lived a rich businessman who had a lazy son. The businessman wanted his son to realize the value of labour and said: “Today, I want you to go out and earn something, failing which you won’t have your meals tonight.”
He went crying straight to his mother. Her heart melted at her son’s eyes. She gave him a gold coin. When the father asked his son what he had earned, the son presented him the gold coin. The father asked him to throw it into a well.
The next day, he asked his son to earn something. This time he went crying to his sister who gave him a coin. When he showed it to his father he again asked him to throw it in a well. Then the father asked him to earn more money.
This time since there was no one to help him, the son was forced to go to the market. One shopkeeper told him he would pay him two coins if he carried his trunk to his house. He did so and sweated plenty. As he returned home he was asked to do the same. The son almost cried out. He could not imagine throwing his hard-earned money like this. He cried, “My entire body is aching. You are asking me to throw the money into the well.”
At this moment, the businessman told him one feels the pain only when the fruits of hard labour are wasted. On the earlier two occasions he was helped and therefore had no pain in throwing the coins into the well. The son had now realized the value of hard work. He promised never to be lazy and to safely keep the father’s wealth. The father handed over the keys of his shop to the son and promised to guide him through the rest of the life.
小题1:Which of the following is TRUE?| A．At first the son was hard-working and responsible. | | B．The father taught his son a lesson in a good way. | | C．The father didn’t like his son at all. | | D．The businessman was a little lazy. |
小题2:According to the passage, the father wanted his son to realize ______.| A．the importance of helping others | | B．the importance of money | | C．the value of hard labour | | D．the value of money |
小题3:It can be inferred from the passage that ______.| A．the mother was very generous | | B．the sister was very warm-hearted | | C．the father was very strict | | D．the shopkeeper was very cruel |
小题4:According to the last paragraph, we can guess the boy was likely to ______.| A．look for a good job | | B．use up his father’s wealth | | C．become a successful guide | | D．follow his father’s career |
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Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her 3-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new sister. And day after day, night after night, Michael sang to his sister in Mommy’s tummy(肚子).
Everything was normal for Karen. But she had difficulty giving birth to the baby. Finally, Michael’s little sister was born. But she was in serious condition and was sent to hospital at once. The days went by. The little girl got worse. The doctor told the parents, “There is very little hope. Be prepared for the worst.”
Karen and her husband had fixed up a special room in their home for the new baby—now they planned a funeral. Michael, kept begging his parents to let him see his sister, “I want to sing to her,” he said.
Karen knew if he didn’t see his sister now, he would never see her alive. She led Michael to his sister’s bedside. In the pure-hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sang: “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine; you make me happy when skies are gray…”
Immediately the baby girl responded. Her breath became calm. “Keep on singing, Michael!” ‘You never know, dear, how much I love you. Please don’t take my sunshine away…” Tears ran down Karen’s face.
Funeral plans were cancelled(取消). The next day, the little girl was well enough to go home! The doctors just called it a miracle(奇迹). Karen called it a miracle of God’s love!
小题1:Before his sister’s birth, Michael _____ .| A．often whisper to her | B．often sang songs to her | | C．helped with the housework | D．decorated her room beautifully |
小题2:The new baby was in serious condition because ______ .| A．the doctors were not skillful | | B．she was not taken good care of | | C．her mother Karen was in poor health | | D．Karen had trouble in giving birth to the baby |
小题3:We can know from the text that ____ .| A．singing often has magical power | | B．Michael saved his sister by singing | | C．doctors often use songs to help treat patients | | D．the song Michael sang was made by himself |
小题4:The passage is mainly written to _____ .| A．show sometimes songs can cure disease | | B．introduce a funny way of saving life | | C．show readers that God’s love is powerful | | D．tell people a moving and interesting story |
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In 1982, I was a young marketing person in a company in Mumbai. I had a very senior colleague named Paul, who taught me how to 36 marketing effectively and how to deal with life 37 .
It was one of those 38 days…management, sales calls, planning my travel schedule, booking hotels, arranging appointments and the 39 was endless. By the end of the day, I was not only exhausted but was getting 40 . It was at this time that Paul invited me to his house to have a rest.
We made our way to Paul’s house. Although 41 after a day’s hard work, I was excited to chat with Paul and 42 his rich experience in marketing. As we entered his house 43 the main door, Paul started singing his favourite song, I have a dream. I was in no 44 to listen to his song. I only wanted to hear about how he handled 45 sales calls.
As I leaned over Paul’s shoulder to tell him that, two young girls walked up to Paul and hugged him. They couldn’t walk steadily, and neither could they talk 46 , but their faces were full of 47 and they also sang a song: No mummy’s kisses only daddy’s smiles; nobody wants us, and daddy hugs us tonight.
I was watching what was going on, totally 48 in the beautiful singing, when Paul tapped me on the shoulder and asked me to sit down. 49 to know, I asked Paul who these girls were. To my 50 , Paul told me they were his daughters and they were born as “ 51 children” (mentally disabled). His wife died and he was both Mother and Father to them.
I was moved to tears. In the office, no one knew what Paul was 52 in his personal life. He never looked for 53 from his friends and colleagues. On the contrary, he always helped us at the office. And being head of the Department, he always 54 us to move forward in life.
Paul’s life has been a great 55 to me. If a man can smile through these troubles, nothing can prevent him from achieving success in work or life.
| 小题1: | | A．do | B．reduce | C．learn | D．handle |
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| 小题2: | | A．calmly | B．cheerfully | C．hurriedly | D．quickly |
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| 小题3: | | A．busy | B．happy | C．pleasant | D．worrying |
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| 小题4: | | A．call | B．event | C．list | D．order |
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| 小题5: | | A．disappointed | B．excited | C．refreshed | D．annoyed |
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| 小题6: | | A．worried | B．tired | C．discouraged | D．ashamed |
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| 小题7: | | A．share | B．celebrate | C．collect | D．improve |
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| 小题8: | | A．for | B．into | C．through | D．with |
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| 小题9: | | A．condition | B．mood | C．patience | D．situation |
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| 小题10: | | A．grateful | B．expensive | C．unlucky | D．troublesome |
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| 小题11: | | A．properly | B．freely | C．actively | D．slowly |
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| 小题12: | | A．fear | B．scars | C．smiles | D．tears |
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| 小题13: | | A．caught | B．lost | C．stuck | D．trapped |
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| 小题14: | | A．Curious | B．Keen | C．Strange | D．Stubborn |
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| 小题15: | | A．disappointed | B．joy | C．relief | D．surprise |
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| 小题16: | | A．talented | B．naughty | C．special | D．homeless |
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| 小题17: | | A．coming across | B．going through | C．dealing with | D．putting on |
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| 小题18: | | A．sympathy | B．opinions | C．requirement | D．friendship |
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| 小题19: | | A．allowed | B．trained | C．forced | D．encouraged |
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| 小题20: | | A．confusion | B．challenge | C．inspiration | D．impression |
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