It was a rather hot day. Everybody seemed to be looking for some kind of relief, so an ice cream store was a natural place to stop at.
A little girl, holding her money firmly, entered the store. Before she could say a word, the store clerk sharply told her to get outside and read the sign on the door, and stay out until she put on the shoes. She left slowly, and a big man followed her out of the store.
The man watched as she stood in front of the store and read the sign. “No Bare (赤裸) Feet”.
Tears started rolling down her cheeks as she turned and walked away. Just then the big man called to her. After sitting down on the roadside, he took off his size-12 shoes, set them in front of the girl and saying, “Here, you won’t be able to walk in these, but if you slide (拖) along, you can get your ice cream.”
Then he lifted the little girl up and set her feet into the shoes. “Take your time,” he said, “I get tired of moving them around, and it’s good to just sit here and eat my ice cream.”
The shining eyes of the little girl could not be missed as she ordered her ice cream.
He was a big man, all right. Big body, big shoes, but most of all, he had a big heart.
【小題1】The little girl wasn’t allowed to enter the store because ______.

A．she was dirtyB．she had no money
C．the store was closedD．she had no shoes on
【小題2】What happened to the little girl in the end?
A．The big man bought an ice cream for her.
B．The store clerk took an ice cream out to her.
C．She got her ice cream with the big man’s shoes.
D．She left the store without getting her ice cream.
【小題3】From the story we can conclude （得出結(jié)論）that the big man is ______.
A．kindB．funnyC．honestD．hard-working


【小題1】D
【小題2】C
【小題3】A

解析試題分析：文章大意：炎熱的夏天，人人都想著吃冰激凌，但小女孩因?yàn)闆](méi)有鞋穿卻不能進(jìn)冰激凌商店買(mǎi)，終于有位好心人讓小女孩如愿以償。
【小題1】D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段……stay out until she put on the shoes可知小女孩沒(méi)有穿鞋，所以答案選D。
【小題2】C推斷題。 根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段The shining eyes of the little girl could not be missed as she ordered her ice cream. 可推知小女孩穿著那個(gè)大人的鞋終于買(mǎi)到了冰激凌。所以C正確。
【小題3】A 推理題。根據(jù)最后一段Big body, big shoes, but most of all, he had a big heart.可推知這個(gè)男士有顆善良的心。因此選A。
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I played my Tchaikovsky, Saint-Sa‘ns’s Havanaise, and Ravel's Tzigane for the judges: managers, famous violinists, teachers, and critics. I went on stage at five past eleven and finished at noon. Those fifty-five minutes seemed like three days.
I was so relieved when I finished playing; I was finished! It's impossible to say how happy I was to see the dressing room. I went out for lunch with my friends. It was like coming back from the grave. We laughed and joked and watched TV.
As I returned to Carnegie Hall to hear the other violinists, I realized I'd made a big mistake: they might ask for recalls. A recall is when they can't decide between two people and they want you to play again. It's been done; it's done all the time in competitions. No way was I in shape to go onstage and play again.
In the late afternoon, the competition was over. Everybody had finished playing. Quite luckily─no recalls.
The judges deliberated for an hour. The tension in the air was unbelievable. All the violinists were sitting with their little circle of friends. I had my few friends around me, but no one was saying much now.
Finally, the Naumburg Foundation president Robert Mann came on stage.
“It's always so difficult to choose ...” he began.
“Every year we hold this competition,” Robert Mann said. “And in the past, we've awarded three prizes. This year we've elected to only have one prize, the first prize.”
My heart sank. Nothing for me. Not even Miss Congeniality.
“We have found,” Mann went on, “that second place usually brings great dismay to the artist because they feel like a loser. We don't want anyone here to feel like a loser. Every finalist will receive five hundred dollars except the winner, who will receive three thousand dollars.”
And then he repeated how difficult it was to choose, how well everyone had played ...dah, dah, dah.
I was looking down at the floor.  
“The winner is ...”
And he said my name.
A friend next to me said, “Nadja, I think you won!”
I went numb. My friends pulled me up and pointed me toward the stage. It was a long walk because I had slipped into a seat in the back. Sitting up in front was my old friend. I would have to walk right past him and I was dreading it, but before I could, he got up and stopped me.
He threw his arms around me and I threw my arms around him. I kept telling him how sorry I was. I was holding him and started to cry, saying, “I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.” I didn't want to lose, but I really didn't want him to lose either. And he was holding me and saying, “Don't be sorry. I'm so proud of you.” It was over, and we would be friends again.
I took my bow, then ran to Juilliard. Ten blocks uptown, one block west, to give Miss DeLay the news. She could be proud of me now, too.
Suddenly, everything was clear. Playing the violin is what I'd do with my life. Heaven handed me a prize: “You've been through a lot, kid. Here's an international competition.”
Everything had changed when I prepared for the Naumburg, and now everything changed again. I made my first recording. Between September 1981 and May 1982, I played a hundred concerts in America, made one trip to Europe, then two months of summer festivals. And people asked me back.
There was a great deal of anxiety playing in Europe for the first time. But I was able to rely on my self-confidence to pull me through.
Self-confidence onstage doesn't mean a lack of nerves backstage. The stakes had increased. This wasn't practice anymore, this was my life. I'd stare into a dressing-room mirror and say, “Nadja, people have bought tickets, hired baby-sitters, you've got to calm down; go out there and prove yourself.”
Every night I'd prove myself again. My life work had truly begun.
【小題1】In a gesture to prepare for the competition, Nadja did all the following except _________. 

A．preoccupying herself in practice 
B．trying to carry out her deeds secretly 
C．a(chǎn)bandoning going to school for classes 
D．consuming the best food to get enough energy 
【小題2】.How many violinists does the passage mention advanced to the finals?
A．Four. B．Five. C．Six. D．Seven. 
【小題3】After Nadja finished playing at the finals, she went out for a while and when she came back to hear the other violinists she realized she had made a mistake because _________.
A．she forgot that there was going to be a recall 
B．she didn’t get hold of the permission to leave 
C．chances were that she had to replay and she was off guard 
D．there was another play she had to take part in in the afternoon 

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