Question

There was a woman named Japan Atsuko Saeki living in the city of Fujisawa．When she was a teenager, she of going to the United States．Most of what she knew about American was from the textbooks she had read．“I had a in mind: Daddy watching TV in the living-room, Mummy cakes and their teenage daughter off to the cinema with her boyfriend．”

Atsuko __to attend college in California．When she arrived, however, she found it was not her world．“People were struggling with problems and often seemed ,” she said．“I felt very alone．”

One of her hardest was physical education．“We played volleyball,” she said．“The other students were it, but I wasn’t．”

One afternoon, the instructor asked Atsuko to the ball to her teammates so they could knock it the net．No problem for most people, but it terrified Atsuko．She was afraid of losing face __she failed．

A young man on her team what she was going through．“He walked up to me and , ‘Come on．You can do that．’”

“You will never understand how those words of made me feel…Four words: You can do that．I felt like crying with happiness．”

She made it through the class．Perhaps she thanked the young man; she is not ．

Six years have passed．Atsuko is back in Japan, working as a salesclerk．“I have   forgotten the words,” she said．“When things are not going so well, I think of them．”

She is sure the young man had no idea how much his kindness to her． “He probably doesn’t even remember it,” she said．That may be the lesson．Whenever you say something to a person cruel or kind—you have no idea how long the words will ．She’s all the way over in Japan, but still she hears those four words: You can do that．

1.A．learned B．dreamed C．spoken D．heard

2.A．picture B．education C．life D．spirit

3.A．photo B．painting C．way D．drawing

4.A．frying B．baking C．steaming D．boiling

5.A．hoped B．a(chǎn)ttempted C．liked D．a(chǎn)rranged

6.A．described B．created C．imagined D．discovered

7.A．tense B．cheerful C．relaxed D．deserted

8.A．classes B．questions C．times D．projects

9.A．curious about B．nervous about C．slow at D．good at

10.A．kick B．hit C．carry D．pass

11.A．over B．into C．through D．past

12.A．if B．a(chǎn)fter C．because D．until

13.A．believed B．considered C．sensed D．wondered

14.A．warned B．whispered C．ordered D．sighed

15.A．excitement B．suggestion C．persuasion D．encouragement

16.A．interested B．sure C．puzzled D．doubtful

17.A．seldom B．a(chǎn)lready C．never D．a(chǎn)lmost

18.A．happened B．a(chǎn)pplied C．meant D．seemed

19.A．stay B．continue C．exist D．live

20.A．merciful B．bitter C．easy D．simple

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.A

9.D

10.B

11.A

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.D

16.B

17.C

18.C

19.A

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文通過作者在美國讀書的經(jīng)歷說明，你對別人說的話，不管是殘忍的或是友善的，都可能對別人的生活產(chǎn)生影響。

1. of going to the United States．可知這里意思是她夢想去美國。Dream of是固定用法，意思是夢想，故選B。

2.Most of what she knew about American was from the textbooks she had read．可知這里意思是她了解的美國生活大多源于她讀得教科書。Picture照片；education教育；life生活；spirit精神，故選C。

3. cakes and their teenage daughter off to the cinema with her boyfriend．”這是勾勒出了一張照片。Photo照片；painting繪畫；way方法；drawing繪畫，故選A。

4. cakes可知是媽媽烤蛋糕。Frying油炸；baking烤；steaming蒸；boiling煮，故選B。

5. __to attend college in California．可知這里意思是Atsuko安排到加利福尼亞讀大學(xué)。Hoped希望；attempted嘗試；liked喜歡；arranged安排，故選D。

6. world．可知這里意思是她發(fā)現(xiàn)并不是她想象的世界。Described描述；created創(chuàng)造；imagined想象的；discovered發(fā)現(xiàn)的，故選C。

7. ,” she said．“I felt very alone．” 可知這里意思是人們看起來很緊張。Tense緊張；cheerful高興的；relaxed放松的；deserted無人居住的，故選A。

8. was physical education．“We played volleyball,” she said．“The other students were it, but I wasn’t．” 可知這里意思是她最艱難的課程之一就是體育課。Classes課；questions問題；times時代；projects工程，故選A。

9.

10. the ball to her teammates so they could knock it the net．可知老師讓Atsuko打球。Kick踢；hit打；carry搬運；pass傳，故選B。

11. the net．可知他們可以讓球越過球網(wǎng)。Over在…上；into進入；through穿過；past經(jīng)過，故選A。

12. __she failed．可知這里意思是她害怕如果失敗，會很丟臉。If如果；after在……后；because因為；until直到，故選A。

13. , ‘Come on．You can do that．’”

可知她們隊的一個年輕人感覺到了她正在經(jīng)歷的事情。Believed相信；considered考慮；sensed感覺；wondered想知道，故選C。

14.

15.

鼓舞，故選D。

16. ．可知這里意思是她不確定。Interested感興趣；sure確信；puzzled困惑；doubtful懷疑的，故選B。

17.

18.

19. ．可知這里意思是你不知道它會待多久。Stay停留；continue繼續(xù)；exist存在；live生存，故選A。

20.

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