Every school has an ugly girl. In my primary school, it was me.
From first grade through fourth, I had to wear heavy orthopedic(整形外科的)shoes because of my weak ankles. I sounded like overweight elephant wearing bricks whenever I took a single step.
“Hey, Bigfoot!”
“Geez, you’re going to start an earthquake!”
Then in sixth grade I had to start wear glasses. Mom asked for the least expensive ones and that made me look like a fool.
“Four eyes!”
“Couldn’t you cover up more of your faces? Why stop at the eyes?”
In Seventh, I started competing on the city swim team, thinking that if I got a killer body, nobody would notice my face. Wrong again. I loved being fast and winning ribbons now and then, but now I had red, wet eyes from the chlorine(氯) in the pool. I also did not develop a killer body.
I changed my strategy at Eighth grade, the last year of middle school. I offered my help to anyone who needs. I worked for other girls, so they could hang out with their friends. My new program began to work. People who would never have acknowledged my existence before were suddenly seeking me out.
I’d been feeling pretty good until one day I went to Christine’s house to help her fill envelopes. Going into each envelope was invitation to Christine’s birthday party; it was a big event at a fancy hotel. Complete with dinner. She asked me to help her address these envelopes. There was no envelope for me.
My heart was broken. I tried to escape from all the eyes. High school had to be better, right？ Yes and no. Now that I’m here, I know there are still lots of shallow people judging you on what you’re wearing or how cool your hair is , but there are also kids who talk to you because they liked your answers or just as you’re kind, honest, and a good friend.
I still do kind things because I like the feeling I get when I am helping people. I, with my friends, went to Children’s hospital, playing games and reading to the sick kids.
I still had wet red and not a smart look, but you cannot tell me I am not beautiful. Every time I visit hospital, five-year-old Terry grasps my hand, “Morri, you are so nice. I want to grow up to be just like you.”
小題1:Why was Morri laughed at by her classmates when she was in primary school?
A．She had weak ankles and eyesight.
B．Her glasses couldn’t cover up her face.
C．She couldn’t get along well with them.
D．She looked like an overweight elephant.
小題2:Which of the following is the real reason for Morri competing on the city swim team?
A．To win more ribbons.
B．To shift others’ attention from her face.
C．To develop a killer body.
D．To have red wet eyes.
小題3:From what Morri experienced in the last year of middle school, we can learn that __________.
A．her classmates thought highly of her
B．she was popular among her classmates
C．she was often cheated by her classmates
D．her classmates just made use of her
小題4:The passage is intended to encourage people to __________.
A．a(chǎn)ddress as many as invitation envelopes as possible
B．take more sport activities including swimming
C．take others’ comments into careful consideration
D．take positive attitude towards disadvantages in life

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:D

試題分析:作者是一位身患?xì)埣驳呐�。因�(yàn)樽陨淼臍埣菜?jīng)常受到別人的嘲笑，因此她想通過(guò)別的方面來(lái)讓別人去認(rèn)可她自己，于是她去學(xué)游泳，去努力幫助別人，但是最終她意識(shí)到了，只有自己改變對(duì)自己的態(tài)度，才會(huì)獲得快樂(lè)的生活。
小題1:A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章第二段提到作者的殘疾，根據(jù)下文中孩子們的話“Hey, Bigfoot!”“Geez, you’re going to start an earthquake!”可知因?yàn)樗臍埣捕艿絼e人的嘲笑，選A。
小題2:B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中I started competing on the city swim team, thinking that if I got a killer body, nobody would notice my face.可知選B。
小題3:D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。作者努力去幫助別人，但是在那么多圣誕party的邀請(qǐng)中卻沒(méi)有她的名字，由此可知?jiǎng)e人只是利用她，而從未把她當(dāng)做真正的朋友看待，選D。
小題4:D推理判斷題。在文中作者講述了自己因?yàn)闅埣捕艿降某靶σ约白约合敫淖冞@一切的努力，最后終于明白了一個(gè)道理：要積極樂(lè)觀，做真正的自己。由此判斷作者的目的是告訴讀者面對(duì)生活中的挫折困境要樂(lè)觀，選D。
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A．HoursB．MonthsC．DecadesD．Centuries
小題19:
A．lastB．onlyC．leastD．best
小題20:
A．Even ifB．Now thatC．If onlyD．What if

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：完形填空

I arrived in the classroom，ready to share my knowledge and experience with 75 students who would be my English literature class．Having taught in the US for 17 years，I had no      about my ability to hold their attention and to  on them my admiration for the literature of my mother tongue．
I was shocked when the monitor shouted，“    !” The entire class rose as I entered the room，and I was somewhat      about how to get them to sit down again，but once that awkwardness (尷尬) was over，I quickly      calmness and began what I thought was a fact—packed lecture，sure to gain their respect—perhaps    their admiration．I went back to my office with the rosy glow which came from a(n)      of achievement．
My students    diaries．However，as I read them，the happy mood was gradually    by a strong sense of sadness．The first diary said, “Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today．    her next lecture will be better．”Greatly surprised，I read diary after diary，each expressing a     theme．“Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical framework (哲學(xué)體系) of Western thought and laid the historical    for all the works we’ll study in class，” I complained．“How    they say I didn’t teach them anything?”
It was a long term，and it      became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as    of my students．I thought a teacher’s job was to raise    questions and provide enough background so that students could ＿  their own conclusions．My students thought a teacher’s job was to provide      information as directly and clearly as possible．What a difference!
  ，I also learnt a lot，and my experience with my Chinese students has made me a＿  American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.
小題1:
A．certainty B．idea C．doubt D．experience
小題2:
A．impress B．put C．leave D．fix
小題3:
A．Attention B．Look out C．At ease D．Stand up
小題4:
A．puzzled B．sure C．curious D．worried
小題5:
A．found B．returned C．regained D．followed
小題6:
A．more B．even C．yet D．still
小題7:
A．thought B．sense C．emotion D．idea
小題8:
A．shared B．borrowed C．kept D．read
小題9:
A．replacedB． takenC．caughtD．moved
小題10:
A．Naturally B．Perhaps C．FortunatelyD．Reasonably
小題11:
A．different B．same C．similar D．usual
小題12:
A．happenings B．characters C．developmentD．background
小題13:
A．should B．need C．will D．must
小題14:
A．immediately B．certainly C．simply D．gradually
小題15:
A．that B．what C．those D．ones
小題16:
A．difficult B．interestingC．ordinary D．unusual
小題17:
A．draw B．get C．decide D．give
小題18:
A．strange B．standard C．exact D．serious
小題19:
A．Therefore B．However C．Besides D．Though
小題20:
A．stricter B．happier C．worse D．better

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