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I grew up poor – living with six brothers, my father and a wonderful mother.We had 26 money and few worldly goods, but plenty of love and attention.I was 27 and energetic.I understood that no matter how poor a person was, they could 28 afford a dream. My dream was to be a 29 .When I was sixteen, I could crush a baseball, throw a ninety – mile – per – hour fastball.I was also 30 : my high – school coach was Ollie Jarvis, who 31 me the difference between having a dream and showing strong belief.One particular 32 with him changed my life forever. It was a summer and a friend recommended me for a summer 33 .This meant a chance for my first income – cash for a new bike and new clothes, and the 34 of savings for a house for my mother.The opportunity was attracting, and I wanted to 35 at it. Then I realized I would have to 36 summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn’t be playing.I was 37 about this. When I told Coach Jarvis, he was as 38 as I expected him to be.“You have your whole life to work,” he said.“Your 39 days are limited.You can’t afford to waste them.” I stood before him with my head 40 , trying to think of how to explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth 41 his disappointment in me. “How much are you going to make at this job?” he demanded. “$ 3.25 an hour,” I replied. “Well, is $ 3.25 an hour the price of a 42 ?” he asked. That 43 laid bare for me the difference between wanting something right now and having a goal.I devoted myself to 44 that summer, and within the year I was offered a $ 20,000 contract.I signed with the Denver Broncos in 1984 for $ 1.7 million, and bought my mother the 45 of my dreams.
小题2: | A.happy | B.lovely | C.angry | D.noisy |
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小题3: | A.only | B.ever | C.still | D.almost |
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小题4: | A.teacher | B.coach | C.doctor | D.sportsman |
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小题5: | A.lucky | B.satisfied | C.hopeful | D.surprised |
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小题6: | A.taught | B.asked | C.told | D.trained |
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小题7: | A.match | B.story | C.moment | D.incident |
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小题8: | A.job | B.camp | C.holiday | D.course |
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小题9: | A.cause | B.start | C.need | D.amount |
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小题10: | A.stand | B.call | C.look | D.jump |
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小题11: | A.take out | B.cut off | C.put on | D.give up |
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小题12: | A.excited | B.curious | C.anxious | D.disappointed |
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小题13: | A.mad | B.puzzled | C.regretful | D.discouraged |
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小题14: | A.working | B.playing | C.learning | D.shining |
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小题15: | A.shaking | B.hanging | C.holding | D.nodding |
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小题16: | A.feeling | B.suffering | C.facing | D.expressing |
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小题17: | A.dream | B.game | C.chance | D.life |
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小题18: | A.offer | B.price | C.question | D.order |
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小题19: | A.study | B.sports | C.homework | D.business |
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小题20: | A.clothes | B.bike | C.house | D.goods |
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答案
小题1:B 小题1:A 小题1:C 小题1:D 小题1:A 小题1:A 小题1:D 小题1:A 小题1:B 小题1:D 小题1:D 小题1:C 小题1:A 小题1:B 小题1:B 小题1:C 小题1:A 小题1:C 小题1:B 小题1:C |
解析
小题1:上下文。根据第一句I grew up poor可知,他们家里很穷,所有是有很少的钱,C,一点钱也没有,不符合现实。选B。 小题2:上下文,根据but plenty of love and attention可知,作者家里虽然很穷,但是充满了爱和父母对他们的关注,所以作者应当是很快乐的!Lovely可爱 angry 生气的 noisy 喧闹的,选A 小题3:上下文,因为作者感觉虽然很穷,但是有了父母对他们的爱,他感到很开心,所以他理解无论一个人多么穷,他仍然可以有梦想。Still 仍然。Only只有 ever永远,曾经 almost几乎,选C 小题4:上下文,根据I could crush a baseball, throw a ninety – mile – per – hour fastball可知,作者很喜欢棒球,所以他本来要成为运动员 。选D 小题5:上下文,根据下文可知一个教练对我产生了深远的影响,所以他很幸运(有这样的教练)选A 小题6:上下文,因为那个人是教练,所以是教会了他有梦想和有强烈信念之间的区别。A小题7:上下文,根据下文可知是一次想放弃体育去打工赚钱的事件(incident)改变了他的一生。选D 小题8:上下文。根据This meant a chance for my first income – cash for a new bike and new clothes可知,这是一份工作,可以给他钱买新单车和新衣服,也可以开始存钱给妈妈买房子。选A 小题9:同上,选B 小题10:考查词组。Jump at sth 意为欣然接受。选D 小题11:考查词组辨析。take out拿出 cut off切断 put on穿上,上演 give up放弃根据句意可知,我要想工作,必须放弃棒球。根据I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn’t be playing也可以看出,选D 小题12:上下文,因为他必须放弃棒球才能去工作,所以他对此感到很担心,很焦虑。选C 小题13:上下文,根据教练所说的话可知,他对作者的决定很生气,因为他认为工作的时间以后多的是,而打棒球的时间是有限的,不能浪费了这段时间。选A 小题14:同上,选B 小题15:因为作者知道他的决定要教练失望了,所以他垂下了头。Shake摇 hang悬挂,垂下 hold 持有 nod点头,选B 小题16:句意为我在想如何向他解释,我想给妈妈买房子和赚钱的梦想值得让我去面对他对我的失望。选C 小题17:根据上文可知,他有一个梦想,此处指的就是为了一个小时3.25美元而放弃自己的梦想这个问题,选A 小题18:根据Well, is $ 3.25 an hour the price of a 52 ?可知,这是一个问题。选C 小题19:根据后文可知作者在体育方面取得了成功,得到了一个两万美元的合同,还有170万美元的合约,选B 小题20:根据上文可知他想给他妈妈买个房子,所以此处指的是他实现了给母亲买房子的梦想。选C |
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My ears are recently full of joyous remarks from my friends such as, “oh, Beckham is so handsome, so cool, that I can’t help falling in love with him!” or “what perfect skills he has!” Yeah, I agree 21 some degree, though I sometimes do want to ask them how much they 22 Beckham, apart from his appearance and how much they know about football 23 scoring goals. It seems funny that we are crazy for things, with which we are unfamiliar or 24 we are uncertain, but we all, my friends 25 I, consider this 26 . We need these pleasures to brighten up our lives. But that doesn’t amount to craziness 27 nonsense. As an old saying_28_: “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” We should not __29__anything from its appearance. We should all know, it is one’s good character and great contribution that _30__one a star and unforgettable. Therefore we’d better say __31_about Beckham’s good looks If we close our eyes, ___32__in deep thought, we can find that the things__33__us to be in true happy, sad or moved ___34__a clear meaning. If we don’t go deeper and just satisfied with superficial(表面) things , ___35__we will find that we have not really gained anything ___36__ our first impression had blinded and misled us, and we’ll remain ignorant___37___ we realize that and make some changes. It is believed that thinking and going deeper than before is sign of great___38___. If one day we are willing to go deeper into everything, no matter how much it _39___us, we will finally prove how much we have grown up, how much more sensible, mature, and intelligent we have __40__.
小题2: | A.learn from | B.learn | C.know | D.know about |
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小题3: | A.rather than | B.except for | C.except | D.apart from |
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小题4: | A.with which | B.about that | C.about which | D.which |
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小题5: | A.not | B.as well as | C.rather than | D.but |
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小题6: | A.one of life’s pleasures | B.pleasures of life | C.one of life’s sorrow | D.one of life’s regrets |
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小题8: | A.speaks | B.talks | C.tells | D.goes |
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小题9: | A.take | B.judge | C.accept | D.conclude |
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小题10: | A.makes | B.causes | C.builds | D.create |
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小题11: | A.more | B.much | C.worse | D.less |
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小题12: | A.fell | B.fallen | C.falling | D.fall |
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小题13: | A.that move | B.that moves | C.move | D.moves |
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小题14: | A.lack | B.have | C.include | D.cover |
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小题15: | A.in fact | B.indeed | C.in a while | D.sooner or later |
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小题16: | A.so | B.even though | C.because | D.although |
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小题17: | A.even if | B.although | C.unless | D.if |
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小题18: | A.joy | B.progress | C.effort | D.work |
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小题19: | A.cares | B.pains | C.worries | D.minds |
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小题20: | A.come | B.made | C.had | D.become |
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You wake up in the morning,the day is beautiful and the plans for the day are what you have been looking forward to for a long time. Then the telephone rings,you say hello, and the drama starts.The person on the other end has a depressing tone in his voice as he starts to tell you how terrible his morning is and that there is nothing to look forward to.You are still in a wonderful mood? Impossible! Communicating with negative people can wash out your happiness.It may not change what you think,but communicating long enough with them will make you feel depressed for a moment or a long time. Life brings ups and downs,but some people are stuck in the wrong idea that life has no happiness to offer.They only feel glad when they make others feel bad.No wonder they can hardly win others’ pity or respect. When you communicate with positive people,your spirit stays happy and therefore more positive things are attracted.When the dagger(匕首) of a negative person is put in you,you feel the heavy feeling that all in all,brings you down. Sometimes we have no choice but to communicate with negative people.This could be a co-worker,or a relative.In this case,say what needs to be said as little as possible. Sometimes it feels good to let out your anger back to the negative person,but all this does is to lower you to that same negative level and they won’t feel ashamed of themselves about that. Negativity often affects happiness without even being realized.The negative words of another at the start of the day can cling to(附着) you throughout the rest of your day,which makes you feel bad and steals your happiness.Life is too short to feel negative.Stay positive and avoid negativity as much as possible. 小题1: The purpose of the first paragraph is to ______.A.make a comparison | B.offer an evidence | C.introduce a topic | D.describe a daily scene | 小题2: How can negative people have effect on us?A.By influencing our emotion. | B.By telling us the nature of life. | C.By changing our ways of thinking. | D.By comparing their attitudes to life with ours. | 小题3: Some negative people base their happiness on _______.A.other people’s pity for them | B.making other people unhappy | C.building up a positive attitude | D.other people’s respect for them | 小题4: According to the passage, to reduce negative people’s influence on us,we are advised to ____. A.change negative people’s attitudes to life | B.show our dissatisfaction to negative people | C.make negative people feel ashamed of themselves | D.communicate with negative people as little as possible | 小题5:What is the author’s attitude towards negative people?A.Favorable. | B.Critical. | C.Indifferent. | D.Supportiv |
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One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter. For several weeks she had been 21 me to play chess(棋) with her, so I suggested a game and she eagerly 22 . It was a school night, however, and at nine o’clock my daughter asked if I could 23 my moves, because she 24 to go to bed; she had to get up at six in the morning. I 25 she had strict sleeping habits, 26 I thought she ought to be able to 27 some of this strictness. I said to her, “ 28 , you can stay up late for once. We’re having 29 .” We played on for another fifteen minutes, during which time she looked 30 . Finally she said, “Please, Daddy, do it quickly.”“No,” I replied. “If you’re going to play it 31 , you’re going to play it slowly.” And so we 32 for another ten minutes, until 33 my daughter burst into tears, and 34 that she was beaten. Clearly I had made 35 . I had started the evening wanting to have a 36time with my daughter but had 37 my desire to win to become more 38 than my relationship with my daughter. When I was a child, my desire to win 39 me well. As a parent, I 40 that it got in my way. So I had to change.
小题1:A. guiding 小题2:A. allowed 小题3:A. change 小题4:A. agreed 小题5:A. knew 小题6:A. so 小题7:A. put up 小题8:A. As usual 小题9:A. patience 小题10: A. excited 小题11: A. well 小题12:A. discussed 小题13: A. nervously 小题14:A. promised 小题15:A. a mistake 小题16:A. free 小题17: A. managed 小题18:A. important 小题19:A. offered 小题20:A. realized
| B. asking B. expected B. repeat B. needed B. learned B. for B. take up B. Go ahead B. luck B. proud B. again B. continued B. immediately B. admitted B. a decision B. different B. recognized B. attractive B. served B. apologized
| C. training C. replied C. hurry C. begged C. guessed C. but C. pick up C. By the way C. fun C. anxious C. fairly C. counted C. strangely C. wondered C. an attempt C. full C. allowed C. practical C. controlled C. imagined
| D. advising D. accepted D. pass D. hated D. heard D. or D. give up D. Come on D. success D. angry D. regularly D. argued D. suddenly D. discovered D. an effort D. happy D. reduced D. interesting D. taught D. explained
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Last year.I took a sightseeing trip to Washington, DC.I heard a voice say, “Can you help me?” When I turned around, I saw an elderly blind woman with her hand extended.Immediately, I pulled out all of my change and placed it on her hand without even looking at her.But the blind woman smiled and said, “I don’t want your money.I just need help finding the post office.” In an instant, I realized what I had done.I acted with prejudice―I judged another person simply for what I assumed she had to be.I hated what I saw in myself. The thing I had forgotten about myself is that I am an immigrant.I left Honduras and arrived in the US at the age of 15.I started my new life with two suitcases, my brother and sister.Through the years, I have been a doorkeeper, cashier and pizza delivery driver among many other humble(卑微的)jobs, and eventually I became a network engineer. In my own life, I have experienced prejudice.I remember a time―at the age of 17―when I was a busboy, I heard a father tell his little boy that if he did not do well in school, he would end up like me. But now, living in my American middle-class lifestyle, it is too easy to forget my past, to forget who I am, where I have been ,and to lose sight of where I want to be going.That blind woman on the streets cured me of my blindness.She reminded me of my belief in humility(谦虚).By the way, I helped that lady to the post office.I hope to thank her for the priceless lesson. 小题1:How did the writer give the blind woman money?A.In a modest way | B.In a polite way | C.In an impatient way. | D.In a painful way | 小题2:According to the text, the writer__________. A.still lives a poor life B.was busy with his work C.was born in Honduras D.was a native of Washington D.C. 小题3:According to the text, the author most probably agrees that one should__________.A.be nice to the elderly and the disabled | B.try to experience different kinds of culture | C.treat others equally with love and respect | D.think about one’s past as often as possible | 小题4:What would be the best title of the text?A.A priceless lesson | B.An act of prejudice | C.A sightseeing trip | D.A humble moment |
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The passengers on the bus watched with sympathy as Susan made her way carefully up the steps. She paid the driver and then, using her hands to 36 the seats, settled in one of them. It had been a year since Susan became blind. As the result of an accident she was suddenly thrown into a world of 37 . Susan’s husband Mark watched her 38 into hopelessness and he was 39 to use every possible means to help his wife. Finally, Susan felt ready to 40 to her job, but how would she get there? She used to take the bus, but she was now too 41 to get around the city by herself. Mark 42 to ride the bus with Susan each morning and evening 43 she could manage it by herself. For two weeks, Mark 44 Susan to and from work each day. He taught her how to rely on her other 45 , specifically her hearing, to determine where she was and how to adapt to her new 46 . At last, Susan decided that she was ready to try the trip 47 . Monday morning arrived. Before she left, she hugged her husband 48 , her eyes filled with tears of gratitude(感激). She said good-bye and, for the first time, they went their 49 ways. Each day went perfectly, and a wild excitement 50 Susan. She was doing it! On Friday morning, Susan took the bus to work 51 . As she was getting off the bus, the driver said, “Miss, I sure 52 you.” Curious, Susan asked the driver 53 . “You know, every morning for the 54 week, a fine-looking gentleman in a military uniform has been standing across the corner watching you until you enter your office building safely,” the bus driver said. Tears of happiness poured down Susan’s cheeks. She was so lucky for he had given her a gift more powerful than 55 . That is the gift of love that can bring light where there is darkness.
小题1: | A.touch | B.grab | C.count | D.feel |
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小题2: | A.weakness | B.sickness | C.darkness | D.sadness |
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小题4: | A.inspired | B.determined | C.honored | D.pleased |
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小题5: | A.return | B.adjust | C.contribute | D.stick |
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小题6: | A.dread | B.astonished | C.depressed | D.frightened |
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小题7: | A.volunteered | B.attempted | C.continued | D.struggled |
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小题8: | A.when | B.as | C.until | D.after |
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小题9: | A.drove | B.directed | C.accompanied | D.sent |
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小题10: | A.feeling | B.organs | C.skills | D.senses |
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小题11: | A.position | B.environment | C.status | D.role |
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小题12: | A.on her own | B.in person | C.to her benefit | D.on foot |
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小题13: | A.politely | B.calmly | C.briefly | D.tightly |
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小题14: | A.opposite | B.separate | C.fixed | D.lonely |
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小题15: | A.took charge of | B.took place of | C.took advantage of | D.took hold of |
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小题16: | A.as usual | B.as a rule | C.as well | D.as a consequence |
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小题17: | A.respect | B.envy | C.know | D.support |
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小题19: | A.past | B.same | C.first | D.next |
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小题20: | A.courage | B.will | C.sight | D.wisdom |
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