Once again, I had run away and really did not know why. I walked out of the gate to go to school and then kept walking, and walking, and walking. I was 11years old. It was almost dark; I was tired, cold, and all alone. I had not eaten all day and was afraid to turn myself over the police. I knew I would receive another beating once I returned to the Children’s Home Society. There was nothing for me to do, except keep on walking.
As darkness fell, I entered the darkened area in a city park sat down on a wooden bench hoping to avoid the police cars. It was cold and I began to tremble uncontrollably. All was quiet except for the passing cars in the distance.
“Well, hello young man.” A voice came from behind me. I jumped, almost falling off the park bench. My heart was beating ninety miles per hour. I gasped and I could hardly catch my breath. I looked up and saw a woman standing behind me in the shadows.
“You look cold and hungry,” she said. She took off her scarf, wrapped it around my shoulders and asked me to follow her. We walked about twenty feet, and then stopped under one of the park streetlights.
She held out her hand and said, “Here, you take this letter.” Seeing nothing in her hand., I stood still.
“Reach out and take the letter from my hand,” she insisted. Slowly I reached out, acting as though I was taking something from her hand. “Now hold the paper tightly and take it to any store owner,” she instructed.
I closed my thumb and finger as though I were grasping the letter and began walking toward Five Points. Several blocks down the road, I came to a store with a woman sitting behind a counter. I opened the door, walked in, and stopped directly in front of her. Very slowly I held out my hand toward her. I watched her face to see if she might think I was crazy or something.
She reached out and as her hand touched mine, I opened my tightly closed fingers and stood there waiting. She pulled back, smiled, and looked down at her hands.
She immediately turned and walked to the back of the store. After a while, the woman returned holding a paper plate.
“Here is something for you to eat.” She smiled and signaled to me to eat. Within two or three minutes, I downed the entire plate of food and several Coca Colas.
Before I left, she held out her hand and asked me to take the letter. Again seeing nothing, I held out my hand and closed my thumb and finger as though I were taking something from her. Tightly grasping nothing more than air, I walked out into the street and headed back to the park. The old woman was still there.
“It is really magic. Can I have the letter so I can be magic too?” I asked her.
She reached out, took my hand, and opened my tightly closed fingers. Whatever was being held between my fingers, she took and placed into her apron pocket. “Would you help someone if they were hungry?” she asked me.
“Yes Ma’am.”
“Would you help someone if they were hurt, cold or scared?”
“Yes Ma’am. I would be their friend.”
“You are a very lucky little boy. You will never need the magic letter,” she responded.
【小題1】What can we learn about the boy?
A.Though lost in the city, he didn’t feel worried or lonely. |
B.He had nowhere to go and wandered aimlessly in the street. |
C.He avoided the police for the fear that he would be sent to prison. |
D.He had to run away because of his bad performance at school. |
A.The boy was out of breath as he did some exercises. |
B.The boy felt excited at the appearance of the woman. |
C.The boy was scared by the sudden voice of the woman. |
D.The boy held his breath, waiting for the woman to come. |
A.Because she had great sympathy for him. |
B.Because she knew the boy and his parents. |
C.Because he was a kind boy who deserved it. |
D.Because the woman in the park had paid for it. |
A.It's better to give than to take. |
B.Kindness is a universal language. |
C.Don't cry even if life cheats you. |
D.Life is full of the getting over of suffering. |
A.A Kind Woman. | B.A Sleepless Night. | C.A Magic Letter. | D.A Lucky Boy. |
【小題1】B
【小題2】C
【小題3】A
【小題4】B
【小題5】C
解析試題分析:本文是通過一封虛擬的信來引起全文,用來表示人與人之間的同情之心。
【小題1】B 推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段I walked out of the gate to go to school and then kept walking, and walking, and walking. I was 11years old. It was almost dark; I was tired, cold, and all alone. I had not eaten all day and was afraid to turn myself over the police.和There was nothing for me to do, except keep on walking.可知我無處可去,只能在街上亂逛。故B正確。
【小題2】C 推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段1,2行. I jumped, almost falling off the park bench. My heart was beating ninety miles per hour. I gasped and I could hardly catch my breath.可知我非常害怕,被對(duì)方突然的聲音嚇到了。故C正確。
【小題3】A 推理題。根據(jù)I watched her face to see if she might think I was crazy or something.和She reached out and as her hand touched mine, I opened my tightly closed fingers and stood there waiting. She pulled back, smiled, and looked down at her hands. 可知實(shí)際上店主是處于對(duì)我的同情才給我東西吃。故A正確。
【小題4】B 推理題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)4行“Would you help someone if they were hungry?” she asked me. “Yes Ma’am.” “Would you help someone if they were hurt, cold or scared?” “Yes Ma’am. I would be their friend.” 可知作者想告訴我們的是對(duì)待任何人我們要有一顆善良的心。故B正確。
【小題5】.C 主旨大意題。本文是通過一封虛擬的信來引起全文,用來表示人與人之間的同情之心。故C項(xiàng)可以作為標(biāo)題。
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In a moment of personal crisis, how much help can you expect from a New York taxi driver? I began studying this question and answers are interesting.
One morning, I got into three different taxis and announced,“Well,it's my first day back in New York in seven years.I've been in prison.”Not a single driver replied,so I tried again.“Yeah,I shot a man in Reno.”I explained, hoping the driver would ask me why, but nobody asked.The only response came from a Ghanaian driver,“Reno? That is in Nevada?”
Taxi drivers were uniform sympathetic when I said I'd just been fired.“This is America,”a Haitian driver said.“One door is closed.Another is open.”He argued against my plan to burn down my boss' s house.A Pakistani driver even turned down a chance to profit from my loss of hope;he refused to take me to the middle of the George Washington Bridge—a $20 trip.“Why do you want to go there? Go home and relax.Don't worry.Take a new job.”
One very hot weekday in July, while wearing a red ski mask and holding a stuffed pillowcase with the word “BANK” on it, I tried calling a taxi five times outside different banks.The driver picked me up every time.My ride with a Haitian driver was typical of the superb assistance I received.
“Let's go across the park,” I said.“I just robbed the bank there.I got $25,000.”
“$25,000?” he asked.
“Yeah,you think it was wrong to take it?”
“No, man.I work 8 hours and I don't make almost $70.If I can do that,I will do it too.”
As we approached 86th and Lexington, I pointed to the Chemical Bank.
“Hey,there is another bank,”I said,“Could you wait here a minute while I go inside?”
“No,I can't wait.Pay me now.” His unwillingness may have had something to do with money—taxi drivers think the rate for waiting time is too low—but I think he wanted me to learn that even a bank robber can't expect unconditional support.
【小題1】From the Ghanaian driver's response, we can infer that________.
A.he was afraid of the author |
B.he thought the author was crazy |
C.he looked down upon the author |
D.he was indifferent to the killing |
A.Because he was able to help the author to find a new job. |
B.Because he wanted to go home and relax. |
C.Because he thought that the author would commit suicide. |
D.Because it was far away from his home. |
A.the driver thought it wrong to support a taxi rider unconditionally |
B.the driver was frightened and wanted to leave him as soon as possible |
C.the driver did not want to help a suspect to escape from a bank robbery |
D.the driver thought that the rate for waiting time was too low |
A.They are ready to help you do whatever you want to. |
B.They are sympathetic with those who are out of work. |
C.They refuse to pick up those who would kill themselves. |
D.They work only for money. |
A.the way to please taxi riders |
B.the way to deal with taxi riders |
C.taxi drivers' attitude to riders in personal trouble |
D.taxi drivers' attitude to troublesome taxi riders |
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科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
Last Sunday I made a visit to some new neighbors down the block. No specific in mind, just an opportunity to sit at the kitchen table, have some tea and chat. As I did so, it occurred to me how rare the Sunday visit has become.
When I was a kid in New Jersey of the 1960s, Sunday visits were routine. Most stores were closed, almost nobody worked, and the highways, as a result, were not desperate steeplechases(障礙賽跑) they have become today. My family normally traveled eight city blocks to the home of my grandmother, where adults would sit on the front porch and chat while we children played hide-and-seek.
The Sunday visit was something to desire strongly. It was the repetition to church, our reward for an hour of devotion, an opportunity to take advantage of the fact that Dad was not at work, we were not in school, and there was no housework that couldn’t wait until Monday. Sunday was, indeed, different from the other days of the week, because everyone seemed to be on the same schedule, which means that there was one day when everyone seemed to have time for everybody else.
Sunday as a day of rest is, or was, so deeply rooted in the culture that it’s surprising to find that, in a short span of time, it has almost entirely lost this association. In my childhood, it was assumed that everyone would either be home or visiting someone else’s home on Sunday. But now the question is, “What do you plan to DO this Sunday?” The answer can range from going to the mall, to participating in a road race, to Montreal for lunch. If one were to respond, “I’m making a Sunday visit to family,” such an answer would feel strange, which sounds like an echo from another era.
I suppose I should be grateful to live in Maine, a state of small towns, abundant land and tight relationships. Even though folks work as hard here as they do anywhere else, the state’s powerfully rural feature still keeps at least remnants(殘余部分) of the moral of yesterday’s America, where people had to depend on one another in the face of economic vagaries(反復(fù)無常的情況) and a challenging environment.
【小題1】The writer’s general impression of the Sunday in the past was a day when__.
A.everyone was paying a visit to some relatives far away |
B.everyone seemed to be free for others |
C.Dad was not at work while Mom was busy cleaning the house |
D.nearly every adult would go to church and children weren’t at school |
A.people nowadays prefer staying at home on Sunday |
B.such answers are rarely heard in our modern society |
C.people in the city dislike being disturbed on Sunday |
D.visiting someone on Sunday was routine in the past |
A.people in Maine suffer more from economic depression and the changed environment |
B.people in Maine have abandoned their tradition and lived an absolutely new life |
C.land in Maine is short, thus the relationship between people is tense |
D.people in Maine tend to help each other out of necessity |
A.Doing many activities on Sunday is beneficial. |
B.We should often travel a long distance to visit some friends and relatives. |
C.Nowadays, Sunday has almost lost its association as a day of rest. |
D.We should abandon some old tradition. |
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科目:高中英語(yǔ) 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
Self-confidence is an attitude which allows individuals to have positive yet realistic views of themselves and their situations. Self-confident people trust their own abilities, have a general sense of control in their lives, and believe that,within reason, they will be able to do what they wish., plan., and expect. Having self-confidence does not mean that individuals will be able to do everything. Self-confident people have expectations that are realistic. Even when some of their expectations are not met,they continue to be positive and to accept themselves.
People who are not self-confident depend too much on the approval of others in order to feel good about themselves. They tend to avoid taking risks because they fear failure. They generally do not expect to be successful. They often put themselves down and tend to ignore compliments(贊美)paid to them By contrast,self-confident people are willing to risk the disapproval of others because they generally trust their own abilities. They tend to accept themselves;they don't feel they have to conform in order to be accepted.
Many factors affect the development of self-confidence. Parents' attitudes are crucial to children's feelings about themselves,particularly in children's early years. When parents pro- vide acceptance, children receive a solid foundation for good feelings about themselves. If one or both parents are much to critical or demanding, or if they are overprotective and discourage children's moves toward independence, children may come to believe they are unqualified or inadequate.
Surprisingly, lack of self-confidence is not necessarily related to lack of ability. Instead it is often the result of focusing too much on the unrealistic expectations or standards of others, especially parents and society. Friends' influences can be as powerful or more powerful than those of parents and society in shaping feelings of one's self. Students in their college years reexamine values and develop their own identities and thus are particularly sensitive to the influence of friends.
【小題1】Paragraph 1 mainly talks about____.
A.the sources of self-confidence |
B.the benefits of self-confidence |
C.the development of self-confidence |
D.the lack of self-confidence |
A.refuse | B.separate | C.permit | D.obey |
A.be practical | B.control others |
C.a(chǎn)void risks | D.depend on others |
A.Self-confidence is usually the symbol of special abilities. |
B.Parents' protection prevents children's self-confidence development. |
C.Parents and friends matter in building one's self-confidence. |
D.College students are the least self-confident group in society. |
A.How we can become more acceptable. |
B.Lack of self-confident has many side effects. |
C.What self-confident children usually get from parents. |
D.What one should avoid in building self-confidence. |
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I believe in leaving work at five o’clock. In a nation with such a strict work ethic(道德規(guī)范) , this is considered strange. Working only 40 hours a week? I just don’t know many people who punch out (打卡下班) at five o’clock anymore.
My father tried to teach me the importance of hard work, long hours and devotion to a career. But then there are the things he taught me unintentionally, like when he arrived home from work for the last time and crawled up the stairs.
My father, a self-employed sales trainer, was that sick, that tired. His body was wracked with liver cancer, and he suffered the effects of a diabetic ulcer(糖尿病). Despite all this, he insisted on traveling a long way to give a lecture. He probably earned a lot of money that day, but he paid the price. He returned to the hospital soon afterwards and was dead within three months, aged just 58.
It’s been 10 years since I saw my father come home that night and since then, I’ve thought a lot about work. I’ve decided something: I will never crawl up the stairs exhausted. As much as I love my job as a newspaper reporter, I will never work myself into the ground, physically or emotionally. Not taking my work home didn’t come easily to me at first. After all, I am my father’s daughter. In college, I was the girl who sat on the library steps each morning, waiting for the doors to open. I even dreamt about schoolwork.
My dad once told me he was unable to just gaze at a sunset; he had to be doing something as he looked at it—writing, reading, playing chess. You could say he was a success: He was a published author, an accomplished musician, fluent in many languages. That’s an impressive list, but the thing is I want to gaze at sunsets. I don’t want to meet a deadline during them or be writing a column at the same time, or glance at them over the top of a book.
This raises the question: If I leave work at five o’ clock to watch the sunset, what are the consequences? Do I risk not reaching the top of my profession? Maybe, because honestly, knocking off after eight hours probably won’t earn me the best promotion. But hey, leaving work at five o’ clock means I eat dinner with my family. I get to hop on my bike and cycle through the streets of my hometown when there is no traffic.
And I get to take in a lot of sunsets. That’s got to be worth something.
【小題1】Which of the following about the author’s father is true?
A.He set a good example to his daughter. |
B.He tried to force his values on his daughter. |
C.He gained much pleasure from his work. |
D.He achieved great success at the expense of his health. |
A.There was so much work to do. |
B.All her colleagues took work home. |
C.She was educated to be a workaholic. |
D.She wanted a promotion in her work. |
A.She doesn’t care about it at all. |
B.She is eager to get promoted |
C.She thinks it’s for the ambitious people |
D.Getting promoted at all costs is not worthwhile |
A.by giving examples | B.by making comparisons |
C.by describing process | D.by order of time |
A.To praise his father’s diligence |
B.To ask us to take time off work to enjoy life |
C.To complain about the strict work ethic |
D.To stress the importance of hard work |
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When I was struggling with cancer a few years ago, my wife and I formed our own “couple caution circle”. Anytime a doctor came with news of my progress, my wife would give me a big hug. The reports were seldom good during the early stages of my illness, and one day a doctor brought particularly frightening news. Staring at my reports, he said in a low voice, “It doesn’t look like you’re going to make it.”
Before I could ask him a question, my wife stood up, handed me my clothes, adjusted the tubes fastened to my body and said, “Let’s get out of here. This man is a risk to your health. ” As she helped me struggle to the door, the doctor came near us. “Stay back,” demanded my wife. “Stay away from us.”
As we walked together down the hall, the doctor attempted to catch up with us “Keep going,” said my wife, pushing the intravenous(靜脈注射的)stand. “We’re going to talk to someone who really knows what is going on.” Then she held up her hand to the doctor. “Don’t come any closer to us.”
The two of us moved as one. We escaped to the safety and hoped of a doctor who did not confuse diagnosis with conclusion. I could never have made that walk toward wellness alone.
【小題1】When hearing his progress, what did the author’s wife usually do?
A.She would give a present to the doctor. |
B.She would keep quiet and cry. |
C.She would not say anything about the progress. |
D.She would give her husband a big hug. |
A.the wife’s decision in crisis contributed to the husband’s wellness |
B.hearing that her husband was not going to make it, the wife went out of her mind |
C.the husband was diagnosed with cancer by mistake |
D.the husband became weaker and weaker as a result of the treatment conducted by the doctor |
A.The wife loved her husband very much. |
B.The doctor was a dangerous man. |
C.The wife was a woman hard to get along with. |
D.The husband was a man who believed everything would be OK. |
A.A Happy Couple in Crisis | B.In Crisis, Become As One |
C.Struggle with Cancer | D.Don’t Believe the Doctor |
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A couple had a son eleven years after they married. They were a loving couple and the boy was the apple of their eye. When the boy was around four years old, one day the father was very tired after work so he asked his wife to pick up their son. The mother, who was very busy in the kitchen, totally forgot about it.
Later the boy lost his way on the street. When the son was found missing, the mother hurried to look for him, but she didn’t find him. The mother felt very sad and didn’t know how to face her husband.
When the father went to the police station after hearing that the son was missing, he looked at his wife and said just four words. What do you think the four words were? The husband just said "I love you, darling." www.zxxk.com
The son was missing. If she had picked him up earlier, this would not have happened. There is no point in blaming (責(zé)備) anyone. His wife had also lost her only child. What his wife needed at that moment was comfort and understanding from her husband. That is what the husband gave his wife. Several weeks later, with the help of the police, the couple finally found their lost son. The family’s relationship became stronger over that time.
Sometimes we spend lots of time asking who is to blame. We miss many chances to give each other support and let each other feel the warmth of human relationships. Get rid of all your unwillingness to forgive, selfishness, and fears and you will find the world is much more wonderful.
【小題1】What is the meaning of the underlined phrase “the apple of their eye”
A.A person who always has a sweet smile in their opinion. |
B.A person who is as pretty as an apple in their opinion. |
C.A person who is loved more than anyone else in their opinion. |
D.A person who looks like an apple in their opinion. |
A.He was very lazy. |
B.He thought the mother had picked him up. |
C.He forgot to pick him up. |
D.He was too tired to do it. |
A.Be careful in everything you do. |
B.Love is the most important thing. |
C.Learn to forgive others. |
D.Everyone can make mistakes. |
A.Warm-hearted. | B.Careful. | C.Hard-working. | D.Broad-minded. |
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It is common and usual to see people freak out when they face challenges in their life. We all pass in different life problems and challenges. No one is free of life problems. Only a dead man faces no problem. As long as you are alive, challenges are everywhere.
How do you face problems and challenges in your life? Problems and challenges are the building blocks of your personality. They make you who you are. Besides, whether what happened in your life builds or destructs you depends on how you look at it. If you take your problems as troubles, they will be troubles and may cause destruction. If you take them as constructive tools, you are going to be built up on them.
Problems are everywhere. No one can avoid them. And they are good too. They open up a different look and opportunity if you are willing to see. When you face troubles, do not frustrate or freak out. Just cool yourself to think in a different direction. Think in a positive way. Every problem has its own good as well as bad sides. Focus on the good one. Look at the bright side.
Besides, there is always a good person, perhaps your mom or dad, or one of your friends, right beside you who can turn everything into your best if you are willing to turn to them. No matter what happens, they will be there to help you. Trust them and they will never let you down. All you need to know is that you are loved wherever you are.
【小題1】What’s the meaning of the underlined phrase “freak out” in Paragraph 1?
A.feel shy. | B.feel upset. | C.keep up. | D.stay calm. |
A.problems cause troubles |
B.challenges can be avoided |
C.a(chǎn)ttitude is everything |
D.personalities are built on failures |
A.can only depend on our parents | B.a(chǎn)re not confident |
C.should only believe ourselves | D.a(chǎn)re not alone |
A.To explain. | B.To compare. |
C.To prove. | D.To encourage. |
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