Once, there was a woman who had so many problems, so many worries, so many troubles… that at times she felt she had more troubles than anyone else in the world!
She was depressed. She thought she could never overcome her troubles, so she decided to end her life. That night she went to sleep early and she planned to commit suicide the next morning. But that night she had a dream…
She found herself in a large cave, surrounded by gray bundles (包袱) of all shapes and sizes. Walking toward her was a woman with flowing long white hair.
“Who are you?” asked the dreamer, “and what is this place?”
“This is the cave of bundles of troubles and I am the keeper of the cave.”
“Bundles of troubles?”
“Yes,” the keeper explained, “each person who walks on the earth carries a bundle of troubles on their left shoulder.” The dreamer turned to look and there was a gray bundle on her left shoulder—it had been there all the time and she never noticed!
“If you wish,” the keeper continued,” you can take your bundle down and exchange it for another.”
“Really?” The woman lowered the bundle from her left shoulder. Oh, it felt so good to put it down. Then she picked up a beautiful bundle.
The keeper said, “Why don’t you open it and look inside?”
So the woman opened it and looked inside. “But these are the same troubles I brought here!”
The keeper of the cave smiled softly and nodded. “That’s usually what happens, but do not despair, for there is another bundle on your right shoulder that should help lighten your load.”
The woman turned and saw another bundle on her right shoulder. It had been there all the time and she never noticed! The woman took it down and opened it. Inside were her talents, her gifts, her hopes and opportunities. The woman felt her heart filled with joy and she looked up to thank the keeper of the cave, but she was gone; all were gone. And she found herself sitting up in her own bed with the morning sun streaming through the window, shining on her face.
小題1:Why did the woman decide to end her life?
A．Because there were two gray bundles on her shoulders.
B．Because she always had bad dreams at night.
C．Because the keeper of the cave told her to do so.
D．Because she felt she had too many troubles to overcome.
小題2:According to the keeper of the cave, _____ .
A．there were good things such as talents in beautiful bundles
B．each person carries a bundle on each shoulder
C．different bundles contain different troubles
D．it is impossible for people to take their bundles down from their shoulders
小題3:What did the woman feel when she opened the bundle on her right shoulder?
A．Delighted. B．Moved.C．Depressed. D．Confused.
小題4:The story of the woman is to show that _____ .
A．dreaming a dream can save people’s life
B．the bundles on our shoulders can make us happy
C．a(chǎn)ttitude towards life plays an important role in people’s life
D．we must ignore the troubles in life
小題5:What do you think happened to the woman when she woke up?
A．She still felt depressed.
B．She committed suicide.
C．She looked for the keeper of the cave.
D．She didn’t want to end her life any more.

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:D

試題分析：文章通過一個婦女因為不堪生活的重負決定結束自己的生命，但是在夢中她夢見一個充滿抱負的山洞和洞主，洞主的一番話讓她對人生有了不一樣的看法。
小題1:細節(jié)題：從文章第二段的句子：She thought she could never overcome her troubles,可知這個婦女決定介紹自己的生命因為她覺得自己有太多的困難要克服，選D。
小題2:細節(jié)題：從文章第七段的句子：“Yes,” the keeper explained, “each person who walks on the earth carries a bundle of troubles on their left shoulder.”可知山洞的主人說世界上每個人都會有很多包袱的，選B。
小題3:細節(jié)題：從文章最后一段的句子：Inside were her talents, her gifts, her hopes and opportunities. The woman felt her heart filled with joy and she looked up to thank the keeper of the cave,可知當這個婦女打開右邊肩膀上的包袱的時候，感覺很高興，選A。
小題4:推理題：文章通過一個婦女因為不堪生活的重負決定結束自己的生命，但是在夢中她夢見一個充滿抱負的山洞和洞主，洞主的一番話讓她意識到人有沉重的負擔，也有很多機遇，才能，關鍵是看自己的態(tài)度�？芍@篇文章講的是人對于人生的態(tài)度有很大的作用，選C。
小題5:推理題：從文章的最后一句話：And she found herself sitting up in her own bed with the morning sun streaming through the window, shining on her face.可知這個婦女醒來的時候，一切都很美好，所以她不會結束生命了，選D。
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A．showingB．followingC．checkingD．observing
小題9:
A．glanced atB．laughed atC．rushed atD．stared at
小題10:
A．OneB．MoreC．AnotherD．Other
小題11:
A．ifB．sinceC．becauseD．a(chǎn)s
小題12:
A．stonesB．sightsC．signsD．tourists
小題13:
A．lendingB．borrowingC．placingD．taking
小題14:
A．a(chǎn)ccidentallyB．successfullyC．purposefullyD．cheerfully
小題15:
A．watchedB．shownC．understoodD．walked
小題16:
A．changedB．chargedC．foundD．a(chǎn)dded
小題17:
A．measuresB．helpsC．explainsD．matters
小題18:
A．recognizedB．caughtC．realizedD．figured
小題19:
A．pleasantB．a(chǎn)nnoyedC．disappointedD．light-hearted
小題20:
A．beautifulB．smartC．pureD．happy

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Mary Brown from East county in Scotland, she had the accident that had scarred（留下創(chuàng)傷） her for life when she was only one and a half years old. The curious child reached up to grab the wire of a hot kettle in the family kitchen and poured boiling water over her tiny infant frame.
Her mother Ruby turned round and, seeing Mary horribly burnt, called an ambulance which rushed her daughter to a nearby hospital. Twenty percent of Mary’s body had been burned and all of her burns were third-degree. There, using tissue taken from unburned areas of Mary’s body, doctors performed complex skin transplants to close her wounds and control her injuries, an operation that took about six hours. Over the next 16 years, Mary underwent 12 more operations to repair her body.
When she started school at Maxwelton Primary at age 4, other pupils made cruel comments or simply wouldn’t play with her. “I was the only burned child in the street, the class and the school,” she recalled, “some children refused to become friends because of that.”
Today, aged 17, Mary can only ever remember being a burned person with scars; pain is a permanent part of her body. She still has to have two further skin transplants. Yet she is a confident, outgoing teenager who offers inspiration and hope to other young burns victims.
She is a member of the Scottish Burned Children’s Club, a charity set up last year. This month, Mary will be joining the younger children at the Graffham Water Center in Cambridgeshire for the charity’s first summer camp. “I’ll show them how to get rid of unkind stares from others,” she says. Mary loves wearing fashionable sleeveless tops, and she plans to show the youngsters at the summer camp that they can too. “I do not go to great lengths to hide my burns scars,” she says, “I gave up wondering how other people would react years ago.”
小題1:What did other children do when Mary first went to school?
A．They were friendly to her.
B．They showed sympathy to her.
C．They looked down upon her.
D．They were afraid of her.
小題2:Which of the following words can’t properly describe Mary?
A．CourageousB．sensitiveC．ConfidentD．Outgoing
小題3:What can be the best title of the passage?
A．A seriously burned angel of Hope
B．Ways to Get Rid of Unkind Stares
C．Permanent Scars And Pain For a Girl
D．A Seriously Burned Girl Survives

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