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I was in a rush as always, but this time it was for an important date I just couldn’t be late for! I found myself at a checkout counter behind an elderly woman seemingly in no hurry as she paid for her groceries. A PhD student with not a lot of money, I had hurried into the store to pick up some flowers. I was in a huge rush, thinking of my upcoming evening. I did not want to be late for this date.
We were in Boston, a place not always known for small conversation between strangers. The woman stopped unloading her basket and looked up at me. She smiled. It was a nice smile –warm and reassuring—and I returned her gift by smiling back.
“Must be a special lady, whoever it is that will be getting those beautiful flowers,” she said.
“Yes, she’s special,” I said, and then to my embarrassment, the words kept coming out.
“It’s only our second date, but somehow I am just having the feeling she’s ‘the one’. Jokingly, I added, “The only problem is that I can’t figure out why she’d want to date a guy like me.”
“Well, I think she’s very lucky to have a boyfriend who brings her such lovely flowers and who is obviously in love with her,” the woman said.” “My husband used to bring me flowers every week –even when times were tough and we didn’t have much money. Those were incredible days; he was very romantic and – of course – I miss him since he’s passed away.”
I paid for my flowers as she was gathering up her groceries. There was no doubt in my mind as I walked up to her. I touched her on the shoulder and said, “You were right, you know. These flowers are indeed for a very special lady.” I handed her the flowers and thanked her for such a nice conversation.
It took her a moment to realize that I was giving her the flowers I had just purchased. “You have a wonderful evening,” I said. I left her with a big smile and my heart warmed as I saw her smelling the beautiful flowers.
I remember being slightly late for my date that night and telling my girlfriend the above story. A couple of years later, when I finally worked up the courage to ask her to marry me, she told me that this story had helped to seal it for her –that was the night that I won her heart.
小题1:Why was the writer in a hurry that day?| A．He was to meet his girlfriend. | B．He had to go back to school soon. | | C．He was delayed by an elderly lady. | D．He had to pick up some groceries. |
小题2:What does the underlined phrase “her gift”(Paragraph 2) refer to?| A．Her words. | B．Her smile. | C．Her flowers. | D．her politeness. |
小题3:Why did the writer give his flowers to the elderly lady?| A．She told him a nice story. | B．She allowed him to pay first. | | C．She gave him encouragement. | D．She liked flowers very much. |
小题4:What is the message conveyed in the story?| A．Flowers are important for a date. | B．Small talk is helpful. | | C．Love and kindness are rewarding. | D．Elderly people deserve respecting. |
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答案
小题1:Ａ
小题2:Ｂ
小题3:Ｃ
小题4:Ｃ |
解析
小题1:细节判断题。由第一段第一句的关键词,date；及最后一段girlfriend可知答案是A.
小题2:词义猜测题。由"She smiled.——I retuned her gift by smiling back."一句得知答案，选B选项。
小题3:推理理解题。由文中"The only problem is that I can"t figure out why she"d want to date a guy like me." 暗示作者当时的不自信；后来年长女士说 "Well, I think she"s very lucky to have a boyfriend who brings her such lovely flowers and who is obviously in love with her,"的话，前后对比，极大地增强了作者的自信心而给了他很大的鼓舞，选C。
小题4:推理判断题。此处句意为女店主——鼓舞——作者——花赠与了女店主——做法又感动其女友——女友嫁给他；由此看出回报之意，所以找准关键词"回报"，选C。 |
举一反三
I recently turned fifty,which is young for a tree,midlife for an elephant,and ancient for a sportsman.Fifty is a nice number for the states in the US or for a national speed limit,but it is not a number that I was prepared to have hung on me.Fifty is supposed to be my father’s age,but now I am stuck with this number and everything it means.
A few days ago,a friend tried to cheer me up by saying,“Fifty is what forty used to be.”He had made an inspirational point.Am I over the hill?People keep telling me that the hill has been moved,and I keep telling them that the high-jump bar has dropped from the six feet I once easily cleared to the four feet that is impossible for me now.
“You’re not getting older,you’re getting better,”says Dr.Joyce Brothers.This,however,is the kind of doctor who inspires a second opinion.
And so,as I approach the day when I cannot even jump over the tennis net,I am moved to share some thoughts on aging with you.I am moved to show how aging feels to me physically and mentally.Getting older,of course,is obviously a better change than the one that brings you eulogies(悼词).In fact,a poet named Robert Browning considered it the best change of all:
Grow old along with me!
The best is yet to be.
Whether or not Browning was right,most of my first fifty years have been golden ones,so I will settle for what is ahead being as good as what has gone by.I find myself moving toward what is ahead with a curious blend(混合)of both fighting and accepting my aging,hoping that the philosopher(哲学家)was right when he said.“Old is always fifteen years from now.”
小题1:The author seems to tell us in Paragraph 1 that .| A．time alone will tell | | B．time goes by quickly | | C．time will show what is right | | D．time makes one forget the past |
小题2:When the author turned fifty,people around him .| A．tried to comfort him | | B．got inspirations from him | | C．were friendlier with him | | D．found him more talkative |
小题3:The author considers his fifty years of life .| A．peaceful | B．ordinary | C．satisfactory | D．regretful |
小题4:We can infer from the passage that .| A．the old should lead a simple life | | B．the old should face the fact of aging | | C．the old should take more exercise | | D．the old should fill themselves with curiosity |
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All her life,my mother wanted busy children.It was very important that her house should remain at all times clean and tidy.
You could turn your back for a moment in my mother’s house,leave a half-written letter on the dining room table,a magazine open on the chair,and turn around to find that my mother had “put it back where it belonged,”as she explained.
My wife,one of her first visits to my mother’s house,placed a packet of biscuits on an end table and went to the kitchen to fetch a drink.When she returned,she found the packet had been removed.Confused(疑惑的),she set down her drink and went back to the kitchen for more biscuits,only to return to find that her drink had disappeared.Up to then she had guessed that everyone in my family held onto their drinks,so as not to make water rings on the end tables.Now she knows better.
These disappearances had a confusing effect on our family.We were all inclined to(有……的倾向) forgetfulness,and it was common for one of us,upon returning from the bathroom,to find that every sign of his work in progress had disappeared suddenly.“Do you remember what I was doing?”was a question frequently asked,but rarely answered.
Now my sister has developed a second-hand love of clean windows,and my brother does the cleaning in his house,perhaps to avoid having to be the one to lift his feet.I try not to think about it too much,but I have at this later time started to dust the furniture once a week.
We have all become busy persons.
小题1:Which of the following is TRUE about my mother?| A．She enjoyed removing others’ drinks. | | B．She became more and more forgetful. | | C．She preferred to do everything by herself. | | D．She wanted to keep her house in good order. |
小题2:My wife could not find her biscuits and drink in my mother’s house because _______.| A．she had already finished them | | B．my mother had taken them away | | C．she forgot where she had left them | | D．someone in my family was holding them |
小题3:The underlined part in the fifth paragraph suggests that my sister _______.| A．is happy to clean windows | | B．loves to clean used windows | | C．is fond of clean used windows | | D．likes clean windows as my mother did |
小题4:This passage mainly tells us that _______.| A．my mother often made us confused | | B．my family members had a poor memory | | C．my mother helped us to form a good habit | | D．my wife was surprised when she visited my mother |
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完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该将涂黑。
It was the night of the full moon,a time which always drives Java’s young people mad with excitement.
Fireworks were lit long before the moon_ 36 .The big noise brought people out 37
the warm night to enjoy the interesting scene.Everywhere,there were the paper remains of 38
fireworks lying on the ground.Little boys 39__more and covered their ears as they waited 40
for the explosions.
The moon appeared above the horizon(地平线):huge, 41 ball high above the city,and the 42__filled with people,as Java began to enjoy one of the year’s greatest 43 :‘the Night of the Full Moon’,a festival(节日)that is especially popular 44 young people.
More and more young Javanese 45 together and walked slowly through the 46 . Joking and chatting,they moved towards the mountain 47 the city.They continued to climb 48 they reached the old temple(寺庙)at the 49 of the mountain.
After they were 50 the temple,they drank their water and ate their moon-cakes—delicious home-made ones, 51 of dried fruit and nuts.Outside,on the mountain,young people
52 cross-legged in circles,chatting and telling each other jokes.And 53 ,in their hundreds,more young people continued to make their way up the mountain to 54 the brightly shining moon.
By midnight,the fireworks had stopped shooting up from the 55 city in the valley below them.But during the night,the sound continued to be heard from the distance.
36.A.let out B.gave out C.came out D.set out
37.A.into B.at C.of D.from
38.A.burning B.used C.exploding D.broken
39.A.lit B.bought C.piled D.removed
40.A.patiently B.calmly C.worriedly D.excitedly
41.A.silver B.new C.colorful D.gold
42.A.mountains B.valleys C.streets D.shops
43.A.games B.meetings C.sports D.events
44.A.for B.to C.with D.in
45.A.danced B.gathered C.drank D.shouted
46.A.village B.scene C.night D.ground
47.A.on the edge of B.on the way to
C.in the center of D.in the direction of
48.A.while B.until C.unless D.though
49.A.tip B.back C.top D.bottom
50.A.inside B.near C.off D.across
51.A.fond B.little C.full D.free
52.A.jumped B.sat C.stood D.bent
53.A.so B.even C.yet D.still
54.A.follow B.show C.notice D.admire
55.A.clean B.gray C.peaceful D.empty |
完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was having my dinner at McDonald’s one evening when an old couple slowly walked in.They 21 their meal,took a table near the window and started 22 food out of the plate.There was one hamburger,one order of French fries(炸薯条) and one drink.The man 23 the food into two halves and carefully placed 24 before his wife.
He took a sip(一小口) of the drink.His wife also took one and then 25 the cup down between them.“That 26 old couple!All they can 27 is one meal for the two of them,”thought I. 28 the man began to eat his French fries,I 29 to my feet,went over and said that I was 30 to buy another meal for them.But he 31 refused me and said that they made it a 32 to share everything.
_____33_____,the lady didn’t take a bite.She sat there 34 her husband eat,and taking turns(轮流) sipping the drink.Again I 35 to buy them something but was refused.When the man finished eating and was 36 his face with a napkin(纸巾),I 37 no longer stand it.I made an offer to them a third time. 38 being politely refused,I asked the lady 39 ,“Madam,why aren’t you eating?You said that you share everything. 40 is it that you are waiting for?”“The teeth,”she answered.
21.A.served B.requested C.collected D.ordered
22.A.carrying B.taking C.fetching D.bringing
23.A.divided B.cut C.changed D.formed
24.A.it B.this C.that D.one
25.A.got B.settled C.set D.turned
26.A.funny B.crazy C.strange D.poor
27.A.afford B.pay C.demand D.choose
28.A.While B.Since C.As D.Until
29.A.came B.struggled C.rushed D.rose
30.A.anxious B.willing C.satisfied D.quick
31.A.warmly B.proudly C.kindly D.seriously
32.A.way B.habit C.case D.model
33.A.Surprisingly B.Sadly C.Shockingly D.Bitterly
34.A.seeing B.noticing C.watching D.finding
35.A.wanted B.asked C.planned D.attempted
36.A.wiping B.touching C.bathing D.washing
37.A.should B.could C.might D.would
38.A.In B.Upon C.After D.With
39.A.curiously B.carefully C.naturally D.plainly
40.A.How B.Who C.Why D.What |
完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Many years ago,I owned a service station and roadhouse on the main road between Melbourne and Adelaide.
One very cold,wet night at about 3:30 a.m.,there was a 41 on the front door of our house.A young man,wet from 42 to toe,explained that he had 43 out of petrol about 30 km up the road.He had left his pregnant(***的) wife and his two children 44 at the car and said that he would hitchhike(搭便车) back.
Once I had 45 a can with petrol,I took him back to his car where his two-year-old and four-year-old children were both 46 ,saying that they were cold.Once the car had started,I suggested that he 47 me back.
Before leaving,I had turned the heater 48 in the roadhouse,so that when we went in,it was nice and 49 .While the little ones played and ran 50 ,I prepared bread and butter for the children,and hot chocolate for the 51 .
It was about 5 a.m. before they 52 .The young fellow asked me how much he 53
me and I told him that the petrol pump(加油泵) had 54 $15.He offered to pay “call-out fee”,but I wouldn’t accept it.
About a month later,I received a 55 from Interstate,a large bus company that we bad been trying to 56 to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time.It 57 out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager,the most 58 person in the company.
In his letter,he thanked me again and 59 me that,from then on,all their buses would stop at my service station.In this 60 ,a little bit of kindness was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.
41.A.kick B.hit C.beat D.knock
42.A.finger B.shoulder C.head D.hand
43.A.driven B.used C.come D.run
44.A.away B.behind C.over D.out
45.A.supplied B.poured C.equipped D.filled
46.A.sleeping B.crying C.quarrelling D.fighting
47.A.allow B.ring C.lead D.follow
48.A.on B.off C.in D.over
49.A.neat B.hot C.warm D.attractive
50.A.around B.inside C.nearby D.along
51.A.drivers B.guests C.customers D.adults
52.A.left B.arrived C.ate D.disappeared
53.A.gave B.paid C.owed D.offered
54.A.appeared B.exhibited C.calculated D.shown
55.A.call B.letter C.check D.notice
56.A.get B.force C.require D.hope
57.A.pointed B.turned C.worked D.found
58.A.generous B.successful C.serious D.powerful
59.A.praised B.persuaded C.informed D.convinced
60.A.lesson B.business C.aspect D.case |
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