When I finished my work and put away my things, I hurried to drive home for my 30th birthday celebration. My husband called, saying he would give me a (1) this evening. Then I came up to a red light and stopped.
As I was (2) ,I saw a young guy standing on my left. He was pale in the face and (3) a cardboard sign with some writing on it. When you're in the heart of downtown, it's pretty (4) to see homeless people asking for money. Generally, I would (5) them. But this time when I looked over the sign,I stopped. I didn't know (6) ,but this sign stuck me.
I can,t remember what the sign said (7) but it was something like:"Need money/ (8) have stomach cancer, homeless, anything helps."
The light had just turned green,and there was a line of supper rush hours traffic (9) me. I went back and forth in my mind a hundred times in that next second. " Should I do something or just (10) ?”The traffic moved forward, and I went with it.
About a block or two away,my heart had sunk simply for this guy. I felt so (11) for him. So,I decided to go back and ask him if I could buy him some food and listen to his (12)
It took me about five minutes to turn around and go back to the same (13) where I had seen him. It was just five minutes—but he had gone.
"Where did he go so fast?" I wondered. So there was (14) left to do except going on my driving.
Back at home,I just couldn't (15) happy when I thought of the pale face. If you get an idea from inside you,act on it. Don't miss out―for yourself and for that other person.
( ) 1. A. kiss B. hand C. donation D. surprise
( ) 2. A. shopping B. waving C. waiting D. standing
( ) 3. A. pulling B. pushing C. holding D. throwing
( ) 4. A. common B. hard C. impossible D. strange
( ) 5. A. help B. pass C. stop D. join
( ) 6. A. how B. when C. where D. why
( ) 7. A. suddenly B. gradually C. exactly D. hardly
( ) 8. A. clothing B. food C. medicine D. houses
( ) 9. A. beside B. before C. above D. behind
( ) 10. A. wait B. drive C. walk D. greet
( ) 11. A. upset B. thankful C. impolite D. angry
( ) 12. A. advice B. songs C. jokes D. story
( ) 13. A. street B. house C. light D. store
( ) 14. A. everything B. anything C. something D. nothing
( ) 15. A. remain B. appear C. seem D. become
1. D 根據(jù)前文I hurried to drive home for my 30th birthday celebration可知,作者的丈夫要給她一個驚喜,因此選擇D。
2. C前文講到作者開車回家,遇到紅燈停下,可知作者在等待紅燈的時候遇到了那個乞討的男人,因此選擇C。
3. C 乞討的男人手里應該是拿著硬紙板,因此選擇C。
4. A當你身處市中心時,遇到乞討的人應該是很常見的,并且后文談到作者通常會無視他們,直接經(jīng)過, 可見該種現(xiàn)象是普遍的,因此選擇A。
5. B 根據(jù)后文but this time when I looked over the sign,I stopped可知前后句是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系,后句說作者仔細看了硬紙板并且停了下來,可以推測作者之前都是直接經(jīng)過,故選B。
6. D雖然我不知道為什么,但是紙板上的內(nèi)容還是打動了我,因此選擇D。
7. C根據(jù)后文"but"可知前后句是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系,句意為:雖然我不能確切地記得紙板上究竟寫了些什么,但是它是諸如此類的話...因此選擇C。
8. B根據(jù)常理判斷,乞丐應該是乞討錢財和食物,因此選擇B。
9. D 根據(jù)前文Then I came up to a red light and stopped可知,我來到了紅綠燈處,高峰期的車流應該是
在我的身后,因此選擇D。
10. B由本句or可知是一個選擇關(guān)系,句意為:是應該把車停下來做點什么,還是直接開走什么都不做?因此選擇B。
11. A前文中作者經(jīng)過一番猶豫之后決定不理會,開車離開,但行了一段路程后,my heart had sunk simply for this guy心中一沉,感到難過愧疚,A項"upset"有"難過;失望"的含義,因此選擇A。
12. D前文提到男子手中紙板上寫的"have stomach cancer,homeless",描述了男子目前的遭遇。此時,作者決定返回,給他買食物并傾聽他的故事,因此選擇D。
13. A前文講到作者在等紅綠燈時看到這個男子,沒有停下來,綠燈亮時駛過了紅綠燈,而這時作者決定返回,要回到原來的那條街道上,因此選擇A。
14. D 14空前講到作者回到原來那條街上時,男子已經(jīng)走了,因此此時作者除了開車離開以外沒有別的事情可以做了 ,因此選擇D。
15. B作者回到家后,還一直想著這件事,想到那張蒼白的面孔,因此無法表現(xiàn)得開心,所以選擇B。
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( ) 20. The teacher showed us do.
A. what can a computer B. how could a computer
C. what a computer could D. how can a computer
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On Christmas Eve,the Woods, an English couple, received a very unusual telephone call. Although it (1)only twenty seconds, it was from their fifteen-year-old daughter who disappeared six months ago.
"I'm phoning to (2) you a happy Christmas," she said. "I love you."
The Woods were so happy that they started a (3)telephone service called "Alive and Well".
The service (4) parents to keep in touch with children who have run away from home.
Young people can phone "Alive and Well" and leave a(5) for their parents. The (6) are answered by answering machines. (7) no one speaks to the child or makes them (8) home. Parents of runaway children who are under eighteen can ask the (9) to bring their children home. So children do not want to tell their parents (10) they are. Through "Alive and Well" they can telephone their parents without (11) about letting their parents know their address.
The Woods and their helpers (12) the telephone messages which are recorded by the tape and get in touch with the (13) . Many of the 30 ,000 British children who have left home are (14) in London. For only two pence they can go into a telephone box and (15)their parents. They can dial 756-7556 and stop their parents' worry:Is he dead or alive?
( ) 1. A. started B. ended C. sounded D. lasted
( ) 2. A. wish B. tell C. expect D. make
( ) 3. A. strange B. terrible C. special D. popular
( ) 4. A. stops B. imagines C. helps D. hopes
( ) 5. A. letter B. message C. number D. surprise
( ) 6. A. parents B. machines C. helpers D. telephones
( ) 7. A. So B. But C. If D. Because
( ) 8. A. miss B. leave C. return D. stay
( ) 9. A. friends B. police C. grandparents D. teachers
( ) 10. A. who B. how C. what D. where
( ) 11. A. worrying B. thinking C. caring D. complaining
( ) 12. A. give away B. write down C. keep out D. call up
( ) 13. A. church B. school C. police station D. address
( ) 14. A. always B. also C. never D. probably
( ) 15. A. miss B. watch C. call D. kiss
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I work in a company in India which has branches in Germany and the UK,so I often take business trips to these places. We have a (1) at the company. Anybody coming back to India from a foreign country (2) chocolates for all the other members of the company. (3) the chocolates are finished in no time because everyone loves them and tries to get as many as possible.
I (4) that the housekeeping staff never had the chance to get even a single chocolate maybe because they were not as (5) as others to take the chocolates. I felt it was (6) to them.
Recently,I came back to India after a month-long trip from Berlin and I had bought a lot of chocolates. While the office staff were helping themselves to the chocolates, I met the man called Babul. I gave him a packet of chocolates too and told him to hand them out around his department. His face immediately (7) with a wide smile. He thanked me again and again, which made me very happy.
But the story didn't (8) here. The best part of it was that Babul actually handed out the chocolates to (9) in the company equally instead of just giving them among members in his (10) It was so (11) for me to see this. I find it really hard to understand why we,who have the money to buy chocolates and other goodies do not feel like (12) but just think about how to get more? (13) Babul, who earns just enough to raise his family,was so generous(慷慨的)and did not even keep one (14) chocolate for himself.
It made me think of one simple question:Which is better, having a little less money but being (15) or having lots of money but being selfish?
( ) 1. A. law B. completely C. tradition D. habit
( ) 2. A. affords B. offers C. supports D. provides
( ) 3. A. Luckily B. Naturally C. Custom D. Necessarily
( ) 4. A. reminded B. wondered C. noticed D. mentioned
( ) 5. A. quick B. honest C. brave D. smart
( ) 6. A. unfair B. strange C. special D. important
( ) 7. A. came up B. lit up C. took up D. put up
( ) 8. A. start B. continue C. end D. last
( ) 9. A. anybody B. nobody C. somebody D. everybody
( ) 10. A. company B. neighborhood C. club D. group
( ) 11. A. tiring B. interesting C. moving D. worrying
( ) 12. A. fighting B. sharing C. competing D. enjoying
( ) 13. A. Since B. Though C. However D. Therefore
( ) 14. A. extra B. exact C. spare D. free
( ) 15. A. humorous B. active C. mean D. kind
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Each of us fails from time to time. If we are wise,having enough experience and knowledge, we regard these failures(失敗)as a necessary and (1) part of learning. But often as parents and teachers, we don't (2) this right(權(quán)利)to our children.
Donnie was a third grader in my class. His (3) about failure kept him from classroom games that other children enjoyed. He (4) answered my questions―he was afraid of making mistakes.
I tried my best to build his self-confidence. But nothing changed (5) midterm, when Mary,a new teacher, came. She was young and pretty, and she was loved by every student (6) Donnie. It was her who made a big difference to Donnie later.
One morning, they were doing math problems at the blackboard. Donnie had copied the problems clearly and (7) . But he'd missed the fourth problems and began to cry with his head in his arms.
I didn't know what to do. Suddenly, a smile (8) on Mary's face. From the desk she got a box(9) pencil. "Look,Donnie," she said gently, kneeling(跪)beside him. "I've got something to (10) you.”She remove the pencils, one at a time,and placed them on his desk.
"See these pencils,Donnie," she continued. " They (11) Mrs. Landon and me. See how the erasers are worn(磨損)?That's because we make mistakes too. But we erase the mistakes and try again. That's what you (12) learn to do,too."
She kissed him and stood up, Here," she said, "I'll leave one of these pencils on (13) desk,so you'll remember that everybody makes mistakes, even teachers. " Donnie looked up with (14) in his eyes and a smile.
The pencil became Donnie's prize. That,together with Mary's encouragement, gradually made him understand (15) the meaning of making mistakes is―it's all right to make mistakes, as long as you erase them and try again.
( ) 1. A. similar B. active C. important D. positive
( ) 2. A. offer B. pass C. send D. support
( ) 3. A. puzzle B. worry C. complaint D. answer
( ) 4. A. always B. usually C. seldom D. sometimes
( ) 5. A. since B. after C. until D. when
( ) 6. A. including B. except C. without D. however
( ) 7. A. simply B. carefully C. casually D. only
( ) 8. A. appeared B. froze C. disappeared D. felt
( ) 9. A. made of B. covered by C. filled with D. covered with
( ) 10. A. tell B. show C. ask D. say
( ) 11. A. come to B. refer to C. belong to D. prefer to
( ) 12. A. might B. could C. must D. should
( ) 13. A. your B. his C. her D. its
( ) 14. A. hate B. love C. fear D. like
( ) 15. A. how B. why C. what D. who
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Fll never forget the summer day in 1975. On that day,my (1) suddenly died because of an unexplained illness at the age of 36. Later that afternoon, a police officer (2) to my house to ask for my father's permission(允許)for the hospital to (3) Mother's valve(心臟瓣膜).I was greatly surprised. I ran into the house in tears. At 14 I just couldn't understand why people would take apart(分解)a person I (4) (5) my father told him, "Yes."
"How can you let them do that to her?" I (6) him.
"Linda," he said (7) ,putting his arms around me, "the greatest present you can give is a part of (8) Your mother and I decided long ago that if we can make a person's life (9) after we die, our death will have meaning."
The lesson my father taught me that day became one of the most (10) in my life.
Years passed. I married and had a family (11) my own. In 1996 my father became seriously ill. With a smile he told me that when he died,he wanted to donate(^It) (12) was in good condition(狀況),especially his eyes.
My father died and we donated (13) as he had wanted. Three days later, my daughter said, "Mum,Fm so (14) of what you did for Grandpa. " At that moment I realized that my father gave (15) his eyes. What he left behind sparkled(閃爍)in my daughter's eyes.
( ) 1. A. father B. mother C. grandma D. grandpa
( ) 2. A. shouted B. sent C. came D. reached
( ) 3. A. operate B. use C. make D. repair
( ) 4. A. loved B. lost C. forgot D. remembered
( ) 5. A. So B. As C. But D. And
( ) 6. A. reported B. said to C. told D. cried at
( ) 7. A. quietly B. happily C. angrily D. loudly
( ) 8. A. yourself B. myself C. himself D. herself
( ) 9. A. worse B. poorer C. better D. more helpful
( ) 10. A. wonderful B. important C. warm-hearted D. beautiful
( ) 11. A. at B. with C. of D. for
( ) 12. A. however B. while C. whoever D. whatever
( ) 13. A. his heart B. his eyes C. his life D. his ears
( ) 14. A. afraid B. tired C. full D. proud
( ) 15. A. much more than B. less than
C. many more than D. as much as
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A famous foreign company in China wanted a clerk for its public relation department (公關(guān)
部).
A beautiful girl with a master's degree(碩士學位)went through a lot of challenges and went to the final. In the final stage she faced an interview together with another girl. Both of them were outstanding,not only in looks but also in education.
The girl was successful in the interview. It seemed that she would get the chance. At last the examiner asked her, "Can you come to the office next Monday?" Shocked by the unexpected question,the beautiful girl couldn't make a decision at the moment,so she said, "I have to talk with my parents before I give an answer. " The examiner felt surprised but said calmly , " If so , let's wait till you are ready."
The next day , the girl came to tell the examiner that her parents had agreed to let her begin work next Monday. But the examiner said regretfully(遺憾地)."Sorry,another suitable candidate (選手)has got the job. You had better try another place. " The beautiful girl was surprised. She asked for an explanation(解釋)and was told, "What is needed here is a person who knows her own mind.”
That was how a good opportunity right under the nose of a beautiful girl ran away.
( ) 1. The beautiful girl wanted to ask her parents for advice because .
A. she didn't like the job
B. she didn't expect the examiner would ask such a question
C. she didn't want to answer the question
D. her parents would be angry if she didn't ask them
( ) 2. We can learn from the passage that
A. the company lost its best clerk
B.no girl got the job
C. the other girl who failed in the last interview might get the job
D. the examiner was very pleased with the girl
( ) 3. The examiner regarded as the most important.
A. a person's confidence B. a person's knowledge
C. a person's age D. a person's beautiful looks
( ) 4. The phrase "right under the nose of probably means .
A.就在鼻子下 B.想要得到的
C.沒有把握的 D.就在眼前的
( ) 5. The best title for the passage above might be .
A. Make Decisions with Your Parents
B. A Successful Interview
C. Use Your Own Mind
D. Answer the Examiner's Question Quickly
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Fred didn't like to use his head. He never put his h (1) into his studies when he was at school. So he f (2)behind his classmates and couldn't pass the exams. Before long he left school and stayed at home. With his father's help,he found a job in a factory. At first he worked in an office,but he was u (3) to do his job well. So he was sent to a workshop. He had to do some h (4) work there. He was always tired when he got home,and went to bed as soon as he f (5) supper. One day, he went to have his long hair cut. He found the work was clean and light. He d (6) to be a barber,too. So he left the factory. He took the barber a (7) his teacher. Three months passed, but he h (8) learned anything and the barber lost his patience. The young man had to go home. His father helped him to o (9) a barber's shop in their small town,but nobody would have their hair cut in his shop. In order to help Fred and set others an example , his father decided to be the first customer.
However,the young man was so c (10) that he hurt his father's ear. His father shook his head sadly and said, "Have you ever done anything successfully?" "Oh, Dad,I'm dreaming of it.”
1. h 2. f 3. u 4. h 5. f
6. d 7. a 8. h 9. o
10. c
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