They started to hang out together, laughing and talking. Mini’s new friend would give her raisins (葡萄干) and almonds (杏仁) , spending the little money he had on her.
The two of them enjoyed joking together. The Cabuliwallah, who was called Rahmun, would say: “Well, little one, when are you going to the father-in-law’s house?” Mini did not understand this and was puzzled.
One morning, I heard uproar (骚动) in the street, and saw Rahmun being led away by the police. There were bloodstains on his clothes. I gathered that a neighbor had owed Rahmun money for a shawl (披肩) but had falsely denied having bought it, and that in the course of the quarrel Rahmun had struck him. On a charge of murderous assault (攻击), Rahmun was sentenced to jail.
Time passed, and he was not remembered. Mini grew up and we were making arrangements for her wedding. I was sitting in my study when someone entered. It was Rahmun, the Cabuliwallah, released from prison.
Barely recognizable now, he asked to see Mini and said that all those years ago she had reminded him of his own daughter in Kabul. It was his belief that Mini was still the same. He had pictured her running to him calling “Cabuliwallah!”. He had imagined that they would laugh and talk together. In fact, he had brought her, wrapped up in paper, a few almonds and grapes.
The two were reunited but Mini had grown up. She now understood the meaning of the word “father-in-law,” and when he made this joke once more she flushed up (脸红) at the question. He could not revive (还原) their old friendship.
When Rahmun left, I gave him a bank note, saying: “Go back to your own daughter, and may the happiness of your meeting bring good fortune to my child!”
Having made this present, I had to give up the electric lights and the military band I had intended for the wedding and the ladies in the house were disappointed. But to me the wedding feast was all the brighter for the thought that in a distant land a long-lost father met again with his child.
Adapted from Tagore’s (泰戈尔) short novel The Cabuliwallah
1. Which of the following is TRUE about Mini and Rahmun’s friendship?
A.They felt close to each other at first sight. |
B.The author didn’t like Mini making friends with Rahmun. |
C.Rahmun liked Mini more when the author often bought fruits from him. |
D.Though not understanding all Rahmun’s jokes, Mini liked hanging out with him. |
A.He hurt a man. |
B.He stole a shawl. |
C.He cheated his neighbor. |
D.He was dishonest in his business. |
A.not fond of |
B.worried about |
C.not supportive of |
D.sympathetic to |
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【推荐1】It's hard when a best friend isn't around—maybe because he or she moved to a different school or a different class.
If you have trouble doing this or if you're feeling shy,ask your teacher to help you make new friends. Teachers are usually pretty good at matching up friends.
A.The best way to make friends is to be a friend. |
B.What's right for me? |
C.But remember,there's always room for more friends. |
D.You might still miss that special best friends. |
E.Offer to share something or offer greetings. |
F.You may feel lonely at break or lunchtime. |
G.Make a choice in your life. |
As months went on and his health grew worse, I noticed an unexpected change in attitude that came over him.He had also been a happy person with a cheerful personality, but rather than give in to discouragement and self-pity, he took comfort in God and humanity. His talks focused on others rather than himself, and he spoke of the afterlife as something he was prepared for, believing that his concerned ancestors, including his mother and father, were there waiting for him.
During the last few months, weeks, and days of his life, he was kindly cared for by family, friends, his loving wife, who looked after both his physical and emotional needs, and workers from a local hospice(安养院)came to the home to regulate his medication and provide any other needed support. He didn't complain about his fate, and he willingly allowed others to serve him.
Indeed, one might think why God allows death and suffering in our world, but for me, such experiences taught me to value family more and kindness for others. You often can't learn these important attributes(属性) in the lap of luxury(优裕舒适的环境), and perhaps, such an experience is the greatest and final gift the illness can give those left behind.
1. Which word can best describe the man's initial reaction as soon as he was diagnosed with cancer?
A.Satisfied | B.Surprised |
C.Terrified | D.Confused |
A.He was operated on immediately |
B.He retired from his job |
C.He researched cancer treatments |
D.He felt sad, doing nothing |
A.His family and friends |
B.The care from others |
C.His doctors’ encouragement |
D.His belief in humanity |
A.Giving more respect to the family and friends |
B.Extending life as possible |
C.Caring for yourself and enjoying luxury |
D.Getting comfort from God |
A.All people will face death, and thus, we must prepare for it spiritually |
B.Our characters can be strengthened by such an unpleasant situation |
C.Families provide the best support system during such a crisis |
D.People should help those who have got serious illness |
【推荐3】How to Cheer Up a Friend Who Lives Far Away
Text them to let them know that they’re on your mind.
Remind them of your favorite friendship memories.
Help them remember all of the good times.
Mail them a letter or a postcard.
This is a classic way to show someone that you care. First, draft what you want to include in your letter. Try things like updates about what’s been going on in your life, all the reasons you miss them, and fond memories you have of the last time you hung out.
Schedule a trip to stay with them and help them in person. Though this might not always be practicable, it’ll be a very welcome gesture if you can. Make travel arrangements to drive or fly to the city they live in.
A.Make a plan to visit them. |
B.What you should do is communicate. |
C.Try not to show up to ease their load. |
D.This simple gesture can really brighten your friend’s day. |
E.If that’s too far away, agree to meet somewhere in the middle. |
F.When you decide what to include, write it out on some nice paper. |
G.Message them a random shared memory that always makes you two smile. |
【推荐1】When someone asks me what my goals are for the coming year, I don’t usually know how to reply. Of course I, as most people do, want to see an improvement in my grades. This year, however, I’m hoping for something different.
Through the course of my school life, I’ve gradually developed a new understanding of the word “prioritization (优先次序)”. The first thing I wish to get in Senior One is the ability to manage my time better. I’ll surely become busier with the coming semester, and proper organization is important. From school clubs to academic competitions, everything should be set up in a way that doesn’t influence my health, which leads me to my second goal.
My mother has always told me put my health first, so in the future, I hope to be both physically and mentally healthy. A person can’t study without the energy to do so. In order to stay energetic, they must put their health first, no matter how busy they are, or how much work they have to complete.
And finally, I hope that I won’t be discouraged by my failure and never give up on my dreams. I hope that I’ll have the courage to try new activities and clubs. I believe my final goal can apply to every student around the world. We should all respect one another’s likes and dislikes, and focus on each other’s strengths, not our weaknesses. Everyone should try to make use of all of life’s opportunities.
Albert Einstein once said, “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” In my case, it’s the other way around. In order to keep moving, I must keep my balance—the balance between studies and activities, efficiency and procrastination (拖延症), academics and health, passions and dislikes. The new journey is going to be a hard one, but if I set these goals, I believe I will make it through to the end.
1. During Senior One, what does the writer want to do first?A.Focus on improving her overall grades. |
B.Join as many school clubs as possible. |
C.Learn how to manage her time well. |
D.Spend more time on outdoor activities. |
A.Discouraged. | B.Brave. | C.Worried. | D.Careful. |
A.It is the opposite. | B.It is difficult. |
C.It is necessary. | D.It is helpful. |
A.To share her goals for the coming school year. |
B.To stress the importance of health to students. |
C.To show what she likes about high school life. |
D.To explain how to balance studies and activities. |
【推荐2】When Lina was awoken by the sound of thunder, she was alone on the island. The air was cool and bullfrogs croaked. It was that brief moment when the summer sun had set but the stars hadn’t yet appeared. Lina rubbed her eyes and looked around. “Hello?” she called. “Celia? Marie?” There was no response.
The moon was rising now, shedding light on the island. They had always called it “Forgotten Island” because no one but they seemed to remember its existence. It wasn’t on any of the maps they could find, and even the forest rangers didn’t know about it. Lina loved that the island, hidden in a heavily-wooded side stream of the river, was a secret between the three friends---her, Celia, and Marie. But now Lina was here alone, and it was night. Worse still, it was her own fault.
“Come on, Lina, let Marie row the boat.” Celia had said. Marie was two years older than Lina, but she was a hopeless rower. That’s why Lina refused and rowed the boat to the island. The argument that followed the refusal took the usual form. Celia took Marie’s side, as she always did. Lina exploded and yelled at them to just leave. So they got back in the boat and left.
A bolt of lightning crossed the darkened sky, accompanied by a deafening thunder clap. The storm was here. As the first cold raindrop slid down her neck, Lina’s mind returned to her current problem. She was stuck here by herself. She just hoped she didn’t become as forgotten as the island. The thought of it sent a chill down her back.
Suddenly, Lina spotted something in the water. It was a boat, and inside it were Marie, Celia, and Marie’s dad, who was steering through the fast flowing waters. As the boat approached, they saw Lina waving and the worried expressions on their faces turned to relief.
In her excitement Lina jumped into the river. Only once she was in the icy water did she remember how fast the water was moving. Luckily a strong arm reached into the water and pulled her out. She smiled weakly at Marie’s dad and, without a word, hugged Celia and Marie. They didn’t seem to mind becoming wet.
1. What is special about the island?A.It is very near the ocean. | B.It is a popular place for boating. |
C.It is surrounded by thick forest. | D.It has never been reached by others. |
A.Lina was left alone on the island. | B.Marie would not help row the boat. |
C.Marie didn’t know how to row the boat. | D.Celia supported Marie in the disagreement. |
A.Her shame about the unnecessary argument. |
B.The first raindrop of the approaching storm. |
C.The idea that no one would come to save her. |
D.The drop in temperature as the sun went down. |
A.All of them could swim well. | B.They had an adventurous spirit. |
C.They lived far away from the island. | D.They didn’t make up in the end. |
【推荐3】It was a nervous time. World War II had started, and British ships were always watching for German submarines called U-boats. The ship Ben Lomond had left Cape Town, South Africa, with a crew of 55, including a young officer named Poon Lim.
On November 23, 1942, the worst fear came true. The Ben Lomond was attacked by a U-boat. Within minutes the boat was sinking. Poon Lim grabbed a life jacket and leaped over the side. He swam rapidly away from the ship in case it exploded. Sure enough, it let out a large boom and sank beneath the waves. For two hours Poon Lim struggled in the water. Once he almost got onto a life raft with five other sailors, but it got away from his grasp. Then he saw another life raft that was empty, swam to it, and climbed aboard. He found a few cans of biscuits, a water jug, some flares, and a flashlight, which could be enough supplies for about a month.
Day after day Poon Lim had his few biscuits and a couple of sips of water. He searched the horizon for ships. Twice he leaped up to shout and wave when he saw help coming. Once he saw a freight ship. It passed him. At a later time, he saw a United States Navy plane. It flew low over the raft but then disappeared. Still later a U-boat spotted him but for some reason left him alone.
Poon Lim knew he needed to stay strong. He couldn’t get much exercise on an eight-foot-square raft, but he could swim. A couple of times a day, he circled the raft, always watching for sharks. Soon his food and water ran low. He knew that drinking seawater would make him sick, so he tore off the canvas cover on his life jacket and set it out to catch rainwater. Then he took apart the flashlight and used a wire inside to make a fishhook. For months Poon Lim drifted, catching fish and sometimes birds. One time he even caught a shark. Finally, after 130 days, he noticed that the color of the water was changing. Two days later, on his 133rd day, he saw a boat. Three sailors in a small sailboat picked him up and took him to Belem, a city on the coast of Brazil. Poon Lim had crossed the Atlantic Ocean.
No one ever had survived longer on a raft at sea. Poon Lim received many honors, including Britain’s highest award. A booklet of his survival methods was put into every British life raft.
1. What happened just after Poon Lim’s ship was hit?A.It immediately exploded. |
B.Poon Lim jumped over the side. |
C.Poon Lim found a life raft. |
D.The U-boat picked up survivors. |
A.He jumped up and down and waved, hoping to attract help. |
B.He went swimming, hoping to find some fish. |
C.He made a rain catcher and some fishing equipment. |
D.He spotted a United States Navy plane. |
A.Poon Lim noticed that the water had changed color. |
B.Poon Lim landed in a Brazilian city. |
C.Some sailors picked up Poon Lim. |
D.Poon Lim caught a shark with his fishhook. |
A.He had voyaged the longest time on the Atlantic Ocean. |
B.He managed to spend 133 days on a life raft with determination. |
C.He had a knowledge of survival methods on the sea. |
D.He didn’t surrender himself to German U-boats. |
【推荐1】Twenty years ago, when Angela and I were studying in college, our professor taught us a lesson we've never forgotten. On the last day of class before graduation, she walked up on stage to teach one final lesson, which she called "a life lesson on the power of mindset". As she raised a glass of water over her head, everyone expected her to repeat the saying "glass half empty or glass half full. Instead, with a smile on her face, our professor asked, “How heavy is this glass of water I'm holding?"
Students shouted out answers, from a couple of ounces to a couple of pounds. After a few moments of fielding answers and nodding her head, she replied, "From my point of view, the absolute weight of this glass is not important. It all depends on how long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute or two, it's quite light. If I hold it for an hour straight, my arm might feel painful. If I hold it for a day straight, my arm will likely be losing the power of sense, and finally get paralyzed (麻痹的), forcing me to drop the glass to the floor. In each case, the absolute weight of the glass doesn't change, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it feels to me."
As most of us students nodded our heads in agreement, she continued. "Your anxiety, anger, disappointments, fear and other passive feelings are very much like this glass of water. Think about them for a little while and nothing happens. Think about them a bit longer and you begin to feel pain. Think about them all day long, and it will make you paralyzed, unable to do anything else until you drop them."
1. What is the passage mainly about?A.A lovely professor. |
B.The weight of the glass |
C.How long we should hold the glass. |
D.Glass half empty or glass half full |
A.During the writer's last visit to the college. |
B.When the writer started his college life. |
C.In the professor's last lesson at college. |
D.Just before the writer graduated from college. |
A.They gave no reply. |
B.They disagreed with her. |
C.They accepted her viewpoint. |
D.The text didn't talk about it. |
A.worry |
B.hopefulness |
C.joy |
D.fearlessness |
A.Working under stress for long is quite common for modern people. |
B.Momentous feeling of sadness will definitely ruin a person. |
C.People will feel well if they don't touch the bottle at all. |
D.One should get rid of bad feelings as soon as possible. |
【推荐2】A fat man with a camera around his neck and a bottle of sunscreen cream sticking out of his bag, he really did look like a tourist. He sat on the terrace (平台), sipping lemonade and pretending to look at a tourism brochure. His sunglasses masked his eyes, but I knew he wasn't looking at the brochure: he hadn't turned a page for the last ten minutes. As I brought him his dishes, he coughed up a "thank you" and looked at me briefly I tried not to stare at the tiny scar across his left eyebrow.
I walked back inside with my empty tray, shaking my head. He looked familiar, but I couldn't quite place him. Then it hit me. The car accident. The mysterious stranger who helped me out of my crashed car, just before it exploded. I rushed back to his table. He was gone.
I moved his saucer and found his tip, along with a card: I am deeply grateful to you. The night of your car accident, I was on my way to rob a jewelry store. Saving your life brought things back in a right way. I now live an honest life, thanks to you. God bless you! Mr. D.
I shivered (震颤). The night of my car accident, I was heading for an interview in an illegal dance club. Seeing human kindness through his heroic gesture (英雄姿态) turned my life around and brought faith back into my life. I unfolded the tip he left. Among the singles was a grand (一千块) with a pen mark underlining "In God We Trust. "I said a silent prayer for him and got back to work, smiling.
1. Why did the fat man look like a tourist?A.Because he doesn't look like a native citizen. |
B.Because he ordered strange food and drinks |
C.Because he used money not the same as the locals. |
D.Because he carried what tourists usually have on. |
A.The page remained unturned. | B.He was drinking all the time. |
C.He sat still with his sunglasses. | D.He was staring at the writer. |
A.The man became a rich man year later. |
B.The writer didn't go to that interview. |
C.The writer had been searching for the man. |
D.They kept in touch with each other since then. |
A.Cod. | B.Worried. | C.Grateful. | D.Trusty. |
【推荐3】My two daughters and I got into the car to spend our weekend in Florida. Autumn, the elder one, offered to drive. I sat next to her, and Amber sat in back. After setting out, the three of us sang to the radio at the top of our voice.
It was a great trip until the rain poured and the rain was too heavy. “I have to pull over.” Autumn said. She tried to enter the far right lane (车道) to find a place to stop, but trucks ran fast, making water onto our car. The car was out of control, then worse — it started to move left and right. Autumn fought to control it but it was too late. We ran into a truck. The girls jumped out of the car. My chest felt much pain.
“Get out, Mom. Come on!” Amber cried. “I can’t.” I said. Autumn took out her cellphone. “There’s been an accident. Send an ambulance (救护车)!” Amber and Autumn pulled me out of the car and helped me lie on my back in the grassy area by the roadside. I had to calm myself and looked up. A man held a large umbrella over me and other kind faces appeared above me. A woman helped to treat a cut over Amber’s eye. Another woman came close to me and said, “No one in the truck was injured. Help was on the way.” The woman mentioned she was a nurse; the other woman who took care of Amber’s cut was an eye specialist. We couldn’t have asked for better care.
In the hospital the pain in my chest began to disappear. Later, the tests at the hospital made sure we had no serious injuries. We’d left all our troubles behind thanks to these kind people, who seemed to be angels (天使) in my eyes.
1. How did the author and her two daughters feel after setting out?A.They were worried about the weather. | B.They enjoyed themselves greatly. |
C.They thought it was a long journey. | D.They felt lucky to take the journey. |
A.To stop by the roadside. | B.To follow the truck closely, |
C.To get into the fast traffic lane. | D.To move the car left and right. |
A.The author herself drove the car. | B.It was raining heavily. |
C.A nurse held a large umbrella to help. | D.The truck driver was badly injured. |
A.Unexpected heavy rain | B.Leave our troubles behind |
C.Kind angels saved the day | D.My two kind daughters |