Years ago, there was a very wealthy man who, with his devoted young son, shared
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Years ago, there was a very wealthy man who, with his devoted young son, shared a passion for art collecting. Together, they traveled around the world, adding only the 36 art treasures to their collection.
One year, as winter approached, 37 engulfed (吞没) the nation, and the young man left to 38 his country. After only a few short weeks, his father received a telegram. His beloved son was 39 in action. The art collector 40 awaited more news, 41 he would never see his son again. Within days, his fears were 42 . The young man had died while rushing a fellow soldier to a doctor.
Upset and 43 , the old man faced the coming Christmas holidays with sadness. On Christmas morning, a knock on the door awakened the 44 old man. As he opened the door, he was greeted by a 45 with a large package in his hands.
He introduced himself to the old man by saying,“ I was a 46 of your son. I was the one he was 47 when he died. May I come in for a few moments? I have something to show you.”
As the two began to 48 , the soldier told of how the man"s son had told everyone of his, not to mention his father"s 49 of fine art. “I am no 50 ,” said the soldier, “but I want to give you this.”
As the old man unwrapped the package, he saw a portrait his son. Though the world would 51 consider it the work of a genius, the painting featured the young man"s face 52 striking detail.
Overcome with emotion, the man 53 the soldier. After the soldier had left, the old man put the painting above the fireplace, pushing 54 thousands of dollars worth of art. His task completed, the old man sat in his chair and spent Christmas gazing at the 55 he had been given.
| 小题1: | | A．latest | B．richest | C．cheapest | D．finest |
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| 小题2: | | A．war | B．fire | C．storm | D．flood |
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| 小题3: | | A．save | B．serve | C．help | D．build |
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| 小题4: | | A．fighting | B．acting | C．missing | D．dying |
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| 小题5: | | A．anxiously | B．calmly | C．quietly | D．secretly |
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| 小题6: | | A．wondering | B．doubting | C．fearing | D．expecting |
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| 小题7: | | A．comp1eted | B．doubled | C．removed | D．confirmed |
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| 小题8: | | A．lonely | B．tired | C．nervous | D．frightened |
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| 小题9: | | A．sad | B．puzzled | C．angry | D．worried |
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| 小题10: | | A．farmer | B．soldier | C．painter | D．seller |
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| 小题11: | | A．friend | B．photographer | C．partner | D．guard |
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| 小题12: | | A．rescuing | B．carrying | C．guarding | D．hiding |
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| 小题14: | | A．description | B．love | C．sense | D．understanding |
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| 小题15: | | A．reporter | B．businessman | C．hero | D．artist |
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| 小题16: | | A．sometimes | B．often | C．never | D．still |
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| 小题18: | | A．treated | B．questioned | C．welcomed | D．thanked |
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| 小题20: | | A．treasure | B．souvenir | C．gift | D．Package |
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答案
小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:A
小题6:C
小题7:D
小题8:A
小题9:A
小题10:B
小题11:A
小题12:A
小题13:C
小题14:B
小题15:D
小题16:C
小题17:B
小题18:D
小题19:D
小题20:C |
解析
文章讲述的是一对富有的父子，喜欢收藏艺术品。一年儿子参军保卫国家，不幸在战场上为了救一位战友而牺牲了生命。后来，在圣诞节，儿子的战友给父亲送来了儿子的肖像画，悲伤的父亲非常珍惜这幅画，而他收藏的艺术品和这幅画比起来一文不值。
小题1:形容词辨析。此处修饰的是art treasures艺术品，所以只能选择fine 精美的。
小题2:上下文。根据后文可知，他儿子在战场了救了一个士兵，所以是发生了战争。
小题3:上下文，根据上一句可知，发生了战争，所以他要报效国家，
小题4:上下文，根据后文可知他的儿子没有回来，暂时还不知道死活，所以是不见了。
小题5:上下文，因为他儿子还没有回来，所以他焦急地等待。
小题6:上下文， 他焦急地等待，害怕他再也见不到他的儿子了。
小题7:上下文，根据后一句 The young man had died while rushing a fellow soldier to a doctor.可知，他已经得到证实，他的儿子牺牲了。
小题8:语境理解。他儿子去世后，他很伤心和孤独
小题9:上下文 同上
小题10:上下文。根据50空后面可知，他是一个士兵。
小题11:同上
小题12:同上
小题13:语境理解。随着二人开始交谈。
小题14:对艺术品的喜爱，根据第一段可知
小题15:我不是艺术家，但是我要给你找个。
小题16:根据语境可知此处为尽管全世界都不会认为这是一幅天才般的作品。
小题17:词组， in detail 详细地，
小题18:因为是老人的儿子的画像，所以他很感谢那个士兵。
小题19:push off 推开
小题20:此处指的是士兵给他的圣诞节礼物。 |
举一反三
“Confidence” is probably one of the most noticeable traits (品质) in the Americans. They show confidence in the way they talk, the way they smile, the way they dress and the way they walk. Living and competing with all these confident American students, I find it extremely important to be confident as an international student and instructor. As a student, being confident means you should never hesitate to raise your hand whenever a question or a point comes to your mind. Don"t mind if it sounds simple or silly. Otherwise you will never get a chance to speak in class at all. What"s worse, the professors may think you are not prepared for the discussion or you do not have your own opinion on the issue—this is the last comment any graduate would like to receive.
Being confident for me as a foreign instructor means calmly asking the student to repeat what he or she has said if I did not get it. Pretending to understand what you actually did not may just bring yourself embarrassment or even disgrace. But the time I most need to be confident is when my students come to my office and bargain about the grades I have given for their speeches. (The course I"m teaching here is Public speaking). Modesty is a trait highly valued in China, but it won"t be of much help here if you want to survive and succeed in a good American graduate program.
小题1:To compete with American students it"s very important to .| A．be quite confident | | B．be polite and friendly | | C．have more discussions with them | | D．understand what they think about |
小题2:A professor will have the worst opinion of a student who .| A．gives a silly or simple answer | | B．tries to seize any chance to speak in class | | C．shows no interest in the course | | D．is considered to have no opinion of his own |
小题3:The author is most likely to feel embarrassed if .| A．he asks a student to repeat what he has said | | B．the students bargain with him | | C．he pretends to know what he doesn"t | | D．he has to give a speech |
小题4:We learn from the second paragraph that .| A．we should also remain modest in America | | B．modesty doesn"t help you much in America | | C．Americans also like modest people | | D．modesty can help you through an American graduate program |
小题5:What can we infer from the passage? | A．American students are ready to accept the grades from the teacher. | | B．The writer teaches in Europe for a living. | | C．Students are encouraged to present simple questions. | | D．One’s ignorance will give away in time. |
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The world is filled with smart, talented, educated and gifted people. We meet them every day. A few days ago, my car was not running well. I pulled it into a garage and the young mechanic had it fixed in just a few minutes. He knew what was wrong by simply listening to the engine. I was amazed. The sad truth is, great talent is not enough.
I am constantly shocked at how little talented people earn. I heard the other day that less than 5 percent of Americans earn more than $100, 000 a year. A business consultant who specializes in the medical trade was telling me how many doctors and dentists struggle financially. It was this business consultant who gave me the phrase, “They are one skill away from great wealth.”
There is an old saying that goes, “Job means‘ just over broke (***)" ”. And unfortunately, I would say that the saying applies to millions of people. Because school does not think financial intelligence is intelligence, most workers“ live within their means”. They work and they pay the bills. Instead I recommend to young people to seek work for what they will learn, more than what they will earn.
When I ask the classes I teach, “How many of you can cook a better hamburger than McDonald"s?” almost all the students raise their hands. I then ask, “So if most of you can cook a better hamburger, how come McDonald"s makes more money than you?” The answer is obvious: McDonald"s is excellent at business systems. The reason so many talented people are poor is because they focus on bui1ding a better hamburger and know little or nothing about business systems. The world is filled with talented poor people. They focus on perfecting their skills at building a better hamburger rather than the skills of selling and delivering the hamburger.
小题1:The author mentions the mechanic in the first paragraph to show that .| A．he is just one of the talented people | | B．he is ready to help others | | C．he has a sharp sense of hearing | | D．he knows little about car repairing |
小题2:The underlined part in the third paragraph can be best replaced by .| A．spend more than they can afford | | B．do in their own way | | C．live in their own circle | | D．live within what they earn |
小题3:Why do talented people earn so little according to the author?| A．They don"t work hard enough. | | B．They lack financial intelligence. | | C．They don"t make full use of their talents. | | D．They have no specialized skills. |
小题4:The success of McDonald"s lies in its .| A．skills at making hamburgers. | B．good business systems | | C．talented workers | D．excellent service |
小题5:The main purpose of the author is to tell us .| A．how young people can find a satisfactory job | | B．what schools should teach students | | C．why so many talented people are poor | | D．how McDonald"s makes much money |
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When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My ( 1 ) took me by train or by car to a hotel by the ( 2 ) . All day, I seem to remember, I ( 3) on the sands with strange (4 ) children. We made houses and gardens, and ( 5) the tide destroy them. When the tide went out, we (6) over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.
In those days the ( 7 ) seemed to shine always brightly （ 8 ） the water was always warm. Sometimes we left beach and walked in the country,（ 9 ） ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were （ 10 ） in one’s pockets or good places where one could （ 11 ） ice creams. Each day seemed a lifetime.
Although I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good （ 12 ） is much the same as it was. I （ 13 ） like the sun and warm sand and the sound of （ 14 ） beating the rocks. I no longer wish to （ 15 ） any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets. （ 16 ） , I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.
Sometimes I （ 17 ） what my ideal (理想的) holiday will be like when I am （ 18 ） . All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about （ 19 ） who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves （ 20 ） on too many ices…
| 小题1: | | A．teacher | B．parents | C．nurse | D．younger sister |
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| 小题2: | | A．sea | B．lake | C．mountain | D．river |
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| 小题3: | | A．played | B．slept | C．sat | D．stood |
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| 小题4: | | A．moving | B．exciting | C．anxious | D．nervous |
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| 小题5: | | A．made | B．brought | C．watched | D．heard |
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| 小题6: | | A．rolled | B．jumped | C．turned | D．climbed |
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| 小题9: | | A．exploring | B．examining | C．repairing | D．measuring |
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| 小题10: | | A．sweets | B．sand | C．ice-creams | D．money |
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| 小题12: | | A．house | B．holiday | C．garden | D．tide |
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| 小题13: | | A．hardly | B．almost | C．still | D．perhaps |
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| 小题14: | | A．waves | B．tides | C．hands | D．feet |
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| 小题15: | | A．destroy | B．fix | C．use | D．build |
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| 小题16: | | A．But | B．However | C．Otherwise | D．Besides |
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| 小题17: | | A．wonder | B．feel | C．understand | D．believe |
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| 小题18: | | A．strong | B．weak | C．young | D．old |
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| 小题19: | | A．children | B．boys | C．girls | D．grown-ups |
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| 小题20: | | A．happy | B．tired | C．sad | D．sick |
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I can honestly say it was the best of times and the worst of times. I was joyfully expecting my first child at the same time that my mother was 1 her battle with a brain tumor(瘤). For ten years, my fiercely independent and 2 mother had fought, but none of the treatments had been successful. 3 , she never lost her ability to smile. But now, finally, she became totally 4 —unable to speak, walk, eat or dress on her own.
As she grew closer and closer to death, my 5 grew closer and closer to life inside me. My biggest 6 was that their lives would never connect. I was sad not only at the 7 loss of my mother, but that she and my baby would never know each other. Her doctor did not 8 any hope; they told us her time was up.
We brought Mother 9 to her own bed in her own house. As 10 as I could, I sat beside her and talked to her about the baby moving inside me.
On February 3, 1989, at about the same time my labor(分娩) 11 , Mother opened her eyes. When they told me this at the 12 , I called her home, “Mom, listen. The baby is coming! You’re going to have a new grandchild!”
“Yes! Yes! I know!”
Four beautiful words! The first 13 words she’d spoken in months!
When I 14 again an hour later, the nurse at her house told the 15 message: Mom sat up, smiling, with her oxygen tubes removed. When I brought Jacob home. Mom was sitting in her chair and 15 to welcome him. Tears of joy blocked my vision(视野) as I 17 my son in her arms and she clucked (发出咯咯声) at him. They 18 .
Then she quietly clipped back into a coma (昏迷) and 19 peacefully. Memories of my son’s birth will always be bittersweet(甜中带苦的) for me, but it was then that I learned love has the 20 to overcome any worries and any sorrow. And love can last forever.
| 小题1: | | A．attending | B．losing | C．quitting | D．defeating |
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| 小题2: | | A．brave | B．interesting | C．funny | D．lucky |
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| 小题3: | | A．So | B．Again | C．Instead | D．Still |
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| 小题4: | | A．outstanding | B．blind | C．disabled | D．troublesome |
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| 小题5: | | A．sorrow | B．love | C．baby | D．body |
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| 小题6: | | A．problem | B．dream | C．surprise | D．fear |
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| 小题7: | | A．coming | B．disappearing | C．falling | D．greeting |
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| 小题8: | | A．admit | B．hold | C．drop | D．permit |
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| 小题10: | | A．soon | B．fast | C．early | D．often |
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| 小题11: | | A．started | B．failed | C．ended | D．continued |
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| 小题12: | | A．office | B．hospital | C．house | D．station |
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| 小题13: | | A．common | B．caring | C．clear | D．correct |
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| 小题14: | | A．got up | B．woke up | C．called up | D．looked up |
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| 小题15: | | A．impossible | B．possible | C．necessary | D．terrible |
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| 小题16: | | A．likely | B．ready | C．free | D．nervous |
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| 小题17: | | A．hugged | B．threw | C．took | D．laid |
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| 小题18: | | A．joined | B．knew | C．nodded | D．cried |
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| 小题19: | | A．passed away | B．turned over | C．settled down | D．gave out |
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| 小题20: | | A．depth | B．description | C．power | D．mask |
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Two traveling angels(天使) stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the guest room. Instead the angels were given a space in the cold basement. As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied: “Things aren’t always what they seem.”
The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor but very hospitable(好客的) farmer and his wife. After sharing what little food they had, the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have a good night’s rest. When the sun came up the next morning, the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears. Their only cow, whose milk had been their only income, lay dead in the field.
The younger angel was very angry and asked the older angel, “How could this happen?” Why did you not watch out for the cow? The first man had everything, yet you watched over his house,” she accused. “The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you did not help.”
“Things aren’t always what they seem,” the older angel replied. “When we stayed in the basement, I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so greedy and unwilling to share his good fortune, I asked God if I could seal(封口) the wall so he couldn’t find it. Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed, the angel of death came for his wife. I asked God if the angel could take the cow instead. Things aren’t always what they seem.”
小题1:Why did the older angel repair the hole for the rich family?| A．Because she didn’t like the greedy owner. | | B．Because she wanted to save the gold for the poor. | | C．Because the basement was too cold to stay in. | | D．Because she believed that one should always be ready to offer help. |
小题2:In paragraph two, “the pair” refers to_____________.| A．The poor couple | B．the rich couple | | C．the guests | D．the angels |
小题3:The story tries to tell the reader that_________________.| A．angels are always ready to help the poor | | B．sometimes things are not what they seem | | C．angels are always ready to help the rich | | D．the young should always learn from the old. |
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