Some people are lucky enough to be born with a good sense of direction and even
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Some people are lucky enough to be born with a good sense of direction and even if they have only visited a place once, they will be able to find it again years later. I am one of those unlucky people who have poor sense of direction and I may have visited a place time after time but I still get lost on my way there. When I was young I was so shy that I never dared ask complete strangers the way and so I used to wander round in circles and hope that by some chance I would get to the place I was heading for. I am no longer too shy to ask people for direction, but I often receive replies that puzzle me. Often people do not like to admit(承认)that they didn’t know their hometown and will insist on telling you the way, even if they do not know it; others, who are anxious to prove that they know their hometown very well, will give you a long list of directions which you can not possibly hope to remember, and still others do not seem to be able to tell between their left and their right and you find in the end that you are going in the opposite(相反的)direction to that in which you should be going. If anyone ever asks me the way to somewhere, I always tell them I am a stranger to the town in order to avoid giving them wrong direction but even this can have embarrassing results. Once I was on my way to work when I was stopped by a man who asked me if I would direct him the way to the Sunlight Building. I gave my usual reply, but I had not walked on a few steps when I realized that he had asked for directions to my office building. However, at this point, I decide it was too late to turn back and search for him out of the crowd behind me as I was going to meet with someone at the office and I did not want to keep him waiting. Imagine my embarrassment when my secretary showed in the very man who had asked for directions of my office and his astonishment when he recognized me as the person he had asked. 小题1:What is the writer going to do when someone asks him for direction? A.He will direct the right way to the person willingly. | B.He will reply to it by the means of being a stranger to the town. | C.He will give the very person long list of direction. | D.He is going to show the man an opposite direction. | 小题2:Why did the writer consider himself to be an unlucky dog?A.Because of his poor sense of direction. | B.Because he always forget the way to home. | C.Because he did not have any friend. | D. Because he used to be shy and dared not ask others the way. | 小题3:How did the visitor feel when he was showed into the very room?A.He felt strange. | B.He felt embarrassed. | C.He felt very sad. | D.He felt astonished. | 小题4:Who showed the right way to the interviewee according to the passage?A.Someone we don’t know. | B.The writer did it for himself. | C.The secretary did so. | D.A warm-hearted old lady did itI. |
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小题1:B 小题1:A 小题1:D 小题1:A |
解析
小题1:细节题:从第三段的句子:If anyone ever asks me the way to somewhere, I always tell them I am a stranger to the town 可知作者是假装陌生人,避免给别人指路。选B 小题1:细节题:从文章第二段的句子:I am one of those unlucky people who have poor sense of direction and I may have visited a place time after time but I still get lost on my way there.可知作者没有方向感.选 A 小题1:推理题:从文章最后一段的句子:and his astonishment when he recognized me as the person he had asked.可知那个人看到作者很惊讶.选D 小题1:关于是谁把那个人带到办公室,文章没有提及.选A |
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A woman came out of her house and saw three old men sitting in her front yard. She said, "I don’t think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat." "Is the man of the house home?” they asked. "No", she replied, "He’s out." "Then we cannot come in", they replied. In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened. "Go to tell them I am home and invite them in!" The woman went out and invited the men in. "We do not go into a house together," they replied. "Why is that?" she asked. One of the old men explained that their names were Wealth(财富), Success and Love. Then he added, "Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home." The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was overjoyed and he suggested inviting Wealth to fill their home with wealth. And his wife wanted to invite Success; but their daughter-in-law suggested they should invite Love so that their home would be filled with love. At last the husband said to his wife. "Go out and invite Love to be our guest." The woman went out and asked the three old men, "Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest." Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other two also got up and followed him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: "I only invited Love, Why are you coming in?" The old men replied together: "If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would have stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever He goes, we go with him. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!" 小题1:The best title for this passage would be __________.A.A Woman and Three Men | B.Wealth, Success and Love | C.A Strange Thing Happened to a Woman | D.A Husband and his Wife | 小题2:The woman asked the three men to come in and have something to eat because _________.A.she was a warm-hearted woman | B.they were her neighbors | C.they asked her to do | D.they were her friends | 小题3:Who does the underlined word “the man” in the second paragraph refer to?A.The woman’s son. | B.The woman’s father. | C.The woman’s son-in-law(女婿) | D.The woman’s husband. | 小题4:It can be inferred(推断)from the passage that __________.A.The three old men are brothers and they can’t be separated. | B.The husband will refuse them in. | C.The wife will be scolded by the husband. | D.If a person has love, he will own everything. |
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It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the 41 . I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment at 9:30. The nurse had him take a 42 in the waiting area, 43 him it would be at least 40 minutes 44 someone would be able to see him. I saw him 45 his watch and decided, since I was 46 busy — my patient didn’t 47 at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment. The gentleman said no and told me that he 48 to go to the nursing home to have breakfast with his 49 . He told me that she had been 50 for a while and that she had a special disease. I asked if she would be 51 if he was a bit late. He replied that she 52 knew who he was, and that she had not been able to 53 him for five years now. I was 54 , and asked him, “And you 55 go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?” He smiled and said, “She doesn’t know me, but I know who she is.” I had to hold back 56 as he left. Now I 57 that in marriages(婚姻), true love is acceptance of all that is. The happiest people don’t 58 have the best of everything; they just 59 the best of everything they have. 60 isn’t about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.
小题1: | A.school | B.hospital | C.station | D.bank |
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小题2: | A.breath | B.test | C.seat | D.break |
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小题3: | A.persuading | B.promising | C.understanding | D.telling |
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小题4: | A.if | B.before | C.since | D.after |
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小题5: | A.taking off | B.giving up | C.looking at | D.getting into |
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小题6: | A.very | B.also | C.seldom | D.not |
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小题7: | A.turn up | B.take in | C.come on | D.go away |
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小题8: | A.needed | B.forgot | C.agreed | D.happened |
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小题9: | A.daughter | B.wife | C.mother | D.sister |
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小题10: | A.late | B.well | C.around | D.there |
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小题11: | A.lonely | B.worried | C.doubtful | D.hungry |
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小题12: | A.so far | B.neither | C.no longer | D.already |
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小题13: | A.recognize | B.answer | C.believe | D.expect |
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小题14: | A.moved | B.disappointed | C.surprised | D.satisfied |
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小题15: | A.only | B.then | C.thus | D.still |
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小题16: | A.chat | B.tears | C.words | D.judgement |
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小题17: | A.realize | B.suggest | C.hope | D.prove |
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小题18: | A.necessarily | B.completely | C.naturally | D.frequently |
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小题19: | A.learn | B.make | C.favor | D.try |
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小题20: | A.Adventure | B.Beauty | C.Trust | D.Life |
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Linda Evans was my best friend—like the sister I never had. We did everything together: piano lessons, movies, swimming, horse back riding. When I was 13, my family moved away. Linda and I kept in touch through letters, and we saw each other on special time—like my wedding and Linda’s. Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often. One day a card that I sent came back, stamped “Address Unknown. ” I had no idea how to find Linda. Over the years, I missed Linda very much. I wanted to share happiness of my children and then grandchildren. And I needed to share my sadness when my brother and then mother died. There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill. One day I was reading a newspaper when I noticed a photo of a young woman who looked very much like Linda and whose last name was Wagman — Linda’s married name. “There must be thousands of Wagmans,” I thought, but I still wrote to her. She called as soon as she got my letter. “Mrs Tobin!” she said excitedly, “Linda Evans Wagman is my mother. ” Minutes later I heard a voice that I knew very much, even after 40 years, laughed and cried and caught up on each other’s lives. Now the empty place in my heart is filled. And there’s one thing that Linda and I know for sure: We won’t lose each other again! 小题1:The writer went to piano lessons with Linda Evans .A.at the age of 13 | B.before she got married | C.after they moved to new homes | D.before the writer’s family moved away | 小题2:They didn’t often write to each other because they .A.got married | B.had little time to do so | C.didn’t like writing letters | D.could see each other on special time | 小题3:There was an empty place in the writer’s heart because she .A.was in trouble | B.didn’t know Linda’s address | C.received the card that she sent | D.didn’t have a friend like Linda to share her happiness or sadness | 小题4:The writer was happy when she .A.read the newspaper | B.heard Linda’s voice on the phone | C.met a young woman who looked a lot like Linda | D.wrote to the woman whose last name was Wagman | 小题5:They haven’t kept in touch .A.for about 40 years | B.for about 27 years | C.since they got married | D.since the writer’s family moved away |
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One day an out of work mime(哑剧演员) was visiting the zoo and attempted to earn some money as a street performer. As soon as he started to draw a 31)______, a zoo keeper grabbed him and dragged him into his office. The zoo keeper explained to the mime that the zoo’s most popular attraction, a gorilla, had died suddenly and the keeper feared that 32)_____ at the zoo would fall off. He offered the mime a job to 33)______ the gorilla until they could get another one. The mime 34)______. So the next morning the mime put on the gorilla suit and entered the cage before the crowd came. He discovered that it was a35)_______ job. He could sleep if he wanted, play and 36)______ people and he drew bigger crowds than he ever had as a mime. 37)_____, eventually the crowds got tired of him and he got tired of just swinging on tails. He 38)_______ to notice that he people were paying more attention to the lion in the cage next to his. Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience, he climbed to the top of his cage, crawled across a partition(隔墙), and dangled(悬荡) from the top to the lion’s cage. Of course, this made the lion very angry, but the crowd 39)______ it. At the end of the day, the zoo keeper came and gave the mime a 40)______ for being such an attraction. Well, this went on for some time, the mime kept 41)______ the lion, the crowds grew larger, and his salary kept going up. Then one terrible day when he was dangling over the angry lion, he slipped and fell. The mime was 42)______. The lion gathered itself and prepared to pounce(猛扑). The mime was so scared that he began to run round and round the cage with the lion close 43)______. Finally, the mime started screaming and yelling, “Help me,help me!”, but the lion was quick and pounced. The mime soon found himself flat on his back, looking up at the angry lion and the lion said, “44)______you fool! Do you want to get us 45)_______.”
小题1: | A.ticket | B.profit | C.crowd | D.lesson |
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小题2: | A.reputation | B.cost | C.confidence | D.attendance |
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小题3: | A.take care of | B.dress up as | C.make up for | D.keep up with |
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小题4: | A.declined | B.hesitated | C.accepted | D.doubted |
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小题5: | A.great | B.demanding | C.meaningless | D.busy |
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小题6: | A.make fun of | B.communicate with | C.cooperate with | D.take advantage of |
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小题7: | A.Surprisingly | B.However | C.Therefore | D.Additionally |
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小题8: | A.failed | B.refused | C.managed | D.began |
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小题9: | A.loved | B.feared | C.forgot | D.excused |
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小题10: | A.warning | B.direction | C.rise | D.punishment41. |
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小题11: | A.fighting | B.insulting | C.boring | D.frightening |
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小题12: | A.caught | B.attacked | C.terrified | D.offended |
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小题13: | A.behind | B.ahead | C.beyond | D.aside |
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小题14: | A.Hurry up | B.Get up | C.Wake up | D.Shut up |
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小题15: | A.helped | B.killed | C.favored | D.fired |
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I will never forget the two impressive things that happened last winter. One of my classmates and I were 36 our project work late at night on my university"s campus far from home. Since there was 37 in the forecast, I had worn a winter 38 to school that day with a raincoat in my bag. Throughout our work on the project, I could 39 that my friend was tired from a very long day working. As we stepped outside to begin the 40 walk home, I 41 she was shivering(颤抖). The temperature had dropped to the low thirties (Fahrenheit) and she 42 had a sweater on. I 43 offered her my warm jacket. She accepted it and asked me what I 44 wear then. I told her I had another one and pretended that my 45 was a jacket. She said later that she 46 the next morning and the first thing on her mind was feeling moved about my 47 of the jacket. Coincidentally(碰巧), the next day I went to an open-air play and I was freezing 48 I didn’t expect it to be so 49 . A person who I hardly 50 insisted that I wear his jacket. I was 51 touched by this warm gesture. He was so matter-of-fact(讲究实际的) about me 52 his coat, too: he simply took it off and handed it to me telling me that I should 53 it. I used to think that this vast universe was a cold 54 . It turns out that even when the temperature drops low, the people never 55 to warm each other"s hearts.
小题1: | A.starting | B.destroying | C.showing | D.doing |
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小题3: | A.suit | B.jacket | C.cap | D.coat |
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小题4: | A.think | B.guess | C.see | D.check |
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小题5: | A.easy | B.short | C.safe | D.long |
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小题6: | A.heard | B.believed | C.noticed | D.expected |
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小题7: | A.bravely | B.nearly | C.only | D.usually |
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小题8: | A.suddenly | B.immediately | C.madly | D.calmly |
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小题9: | A.would | B.could | C.should | D.might |
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小题10: | A.blouse | B.sweater | C.dress | D.raincoat |
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小题11: | A.ran away | B.woke up | C.fell ill | D.got hurt |
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小题12: | A.sale | B.size | C.color | D.offer |
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小题13: | A.though | B.until | C.since | D.if |
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小题14: | A.warm | B.cold | C.sunny | D.dark |
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小题15: | A.knew | B.mattered | C.loved | D.blamed |
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小题16: | A.deeply | B.wrongly | C.finally | D.firmly |
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小题17: | A.envying | B.watching | C.holding | D.wearing |
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小题18: | A.keep | B.buy | C.borrow | D.throw |
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小题19: | A.environment | B.place | C.wind | D.situation |
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小题20: | A.deny | B.agree | C.help | D.stop |
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