1 . Twelve years ago, Danny called me from a dark, damp subway station. “A baby!” he shouted. “Get down here, and flag down a police car or something.” By nature, Danny is a remarkably calm person, so when I felt his heart pounding through the phone line, I ran.
When I got to the subway station, Danny was holding a light-brown-skinned baby, about a day old. The baby had been wrapped in an oversize black sweatshirt and left on the ground in a corner behind the gate.
Three months later, Danny appeared in family court to give an account of finding the baby. Suddenly, the judge asked, “Would you be interested in adopting this baby?” The question stunned everyone in the courtroom, except Danny, who answered, simply, “Yes.”
“But I know it’s not that easy,” he said.
“Well, it can be,” assured the judge before barking out orders to allow me to be a parent-to-be.
My first reaction, when I heard, went something like: “Are you crazy? How could you say yes without consulting me?”
In three years as a couple, we had never discussed adopting a child. I was an ambitious playwright working as a part-time word processor. Danny was a respected yet wildly underpaid social worker. We had a roommate, who slept in our living room, to help pay the rent.
We knew how many challenges couples usually faced when they wanted to adopt. And while Danny had patience and selflessness, I didn’t know how to change a diaper(尿布), let alone nurse a child. I didn’t trust the system and was sure there would be obstacles. Also, I couldn’t handle parenthood. So I promised myself I wouldn’t get attached.
The caretaker held him and then placed him in my arms. But when the baby stared up at me, with all the innocence and hope he represented, I, like Danny, was completely hooked.
1. Why did the author rush to the subway station?A.Because Danny finally found their long lost son. |
B.Because she sensed Danny met something urgent. |
C.Because Danny was knocked down by a police car. |
D.Because Danny wasn’t a remarkably calm person by nature. |
A.Surprised by the question. |
B.Crazy to be a parent-to-be. |
C.Annoyed at Danny’s decision. |
D.Interested in adopting this baby. |
A.the author will adopt the baby |
B.the caretaker will take the baby away |
C.the couple love each other very much |
D.the baby will bring hope to the family |
A.To introduce a story of a poor family. |
B.To inform people of how to adopt a baby. |
C.To call on people to donate money to them. |
D.To show human’s kindness and love by nature. |
2 . It was a bright sunny day, and the terrible experience happened when I was studying in Bangalore. One day, I got a call from my mom that my brother’s
But as it is said, once you face such
Then next day, I was just a few hours from my hometown. When my aunts family and I were boarding our car, my
The journey continued. We were trying to overtake(超越) another car when
A.trip | B.position | C.marriage | D.graduation |
A.school | B.station | C.dormitory | D.hometown |
A.supposed | B.forced | C.persuaded | D.convinced |
A.ship | B.train | C.flight | D.bus |
A.booking | B.learning | C.calculating | D.driving |
A.by accident | B.at random | C.in advance | D.on purpose |
A.passenger | B.guard | C.customer | D.agent |
A.ruining | B.finishing | C.forgetting | D.dropping |
A.common | B.tough | C.funny | D.hopeful |
A.fortunately | B.immediately | C.patiently | D.occasionally |
A.explanation | B.discussion | C.notice | D.delay |
A.busy | B.available | C.direct | D.free |
A.watch | B.visit | C.design | D.attend |
A.permitted | B.asked | C.assisted | D.guided |
A.prepared | B.arrived | C.agreed | D.ignored |
A.aunt | B.mother | C.daughter | D.cousin |
A.closely | B.suddenly | C.eventually | D.gradually |
A.crashed | B.practiced | C.combined | D.met |
A.saved | B.beaten | C.injured | D.punished |
A.but | B.and | C.if | D.so |
3 . I had just started my second year studying at Cambridge University when I was faced with the news I had never expected. A lump in my neck
After the shock, I was struck by this thought: my
I was faced with the
My doctors and teachers convinced me that taking some time off to
Together with ray parents, I tried to persuade the university to
Treatment began and I was up and down from Cambridge to London every other week. It made me feel
I took a
Every person facing a disease like cancer must make the
A.stuck | B.came | C.turned | D.worked |
A.require | B.expect | C.sense | D.arrange |
A.body | B.memories | C.family | D.dreams |
A.face | B.achieve | C.show | D.understand |
A.necessary | B.temporary | C.difficult | D.disappointing |
A.join | B.treat | C.settle | D.continue |
A.fought | B.advised | C.acted | D.decided |
A.recover | B.exercise | C.study | D.play |
A.better | B.worse | C.more | D.less |
A.save | B.spend | C.take | D.miss |
A.help | B.remind | C.allow | D.invite |
A.struggle | B.failure | C.burden | D.trouble |
A.tired | B.relaxed | C.confident | D.nervous |
A.afraid | B.ready | C.able | D.eager |
A.purpose | B.projects | C.treatment | D.exams |
A.rest | B.risk | C.privilege | D.job |
A.ended up | B.passed on | C.paid off | D.broke out |
A.clearly | B.interestingly | C.specifically | D.importantly |
A.choices | B.changes | C.efforts | D.chances |
A.surprised | B.excited | C.determined | D.proud |
4 . Two things changed my life: my mother and a white plastic bike basket. I have thought long and hard about it and it’s true. I would be a different person if my mom hadn’t turned a silly bicycle accessory into a life lesson I carry with me today.
My mother and father were united in their way of raising children, but it mostly fell to my mother to actually carry it out. Looking back, I honestly don’t know how she did it. Managing the family budget must have been a very hard task., but she made it look effortless. If we complained about not having what another kid did, we’d hear something like, “I don’t care what so –and –so got for his birthday, you are not getting a TV in your room a car for your birthday a lsvish sweet 16 party.” We had to earn our allowance by doing chores around the house. I can still remember how long it took to polish the legs of our coffee table.My brothers can no doubt remember hours spent cleaning the house .Like the two little girls growing up at the White House,we made our own beds (no one left the house until that was done)and picked up after ourselves.We had to keep track of our belongings ,and if something was lost ,it was not replaced.
It was summer and ,one day ,my mother drove me to the bike shop to get a tire fixed---and there it was in the window, White, shiny, plastic and decorated with flowers ,the basket winked at me and I knew ----I knew---I had to have it.
“It’s beautiful,” my mother said when I pointed it out to her,”What a neat basket.”
I tried to hold off at first ,I played it cool for a short while. But then I guess I couldn’t at and it any longer:“Mom, please can I please ,please get it? I ‘ll do extra chores for as long as you say, I’ll do anything ,but I need that basket,I love that basket.Please ,Mom .Please?”
I was desperate.
“You know,” she said ,gently rubbing my back while we both stared at what I believes was the coolest thing ever,” If you save up you could buy this yourself.”
“By the time I make enough it’ll be gone!”
“Maybe Roger here could hold it for you,” she smiled at Roger ,the bike guy.
“He can’t hold it for that long ,Mom .Someone else will buy it .Please, Mom,Please?”
“There might be another way,” she said.
And so our paying plan unfolded. My mother bought the beautiful basket and put it safely in some hiding place I couldn’t find. Each week I eagerly counted my growing saving increased by extra work here and there (washing the car ,helping my mother make dinner, delivering or collecting things on my bike that already looked naked without the basket in front).And then ,weeks later ,I counted ,re-counted and jumped for joy. Oh ,happy day ! I made it! I finally had the exact amount we’d agreed upon….
Days later the unthinkable happened. A neighborhood girl I’d played with millions of times appeared with the exact same basket fixed to her shiny ,new bike that already had all the bells and whistles. I rode hard and fast home to tell my mother about this disaster. This horrible turn of events.
And then came the lesson . I’ve taken with me through my life:” Honey, Your basket is extra-special,” Mom said, gently wiping away my hot tears.” Your basket is special because you paid for it yourself.”
1. What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?A.The children enjoyed doing housework. |
B.The author came from s well-off family |
C.The mother raised her children in an unusual way |
D.The children were fond of the US president’s daughters. |
A.fell in love with it | B.stared at her mother |
C.recognized it at once | D.went up to the bike guy |
A.She longed to do extra work. | B.She was eager to have the basket. |
C.She felt tired after standing too long. | D.She wanted to be polite to her mother. |
A.something she could afford | B.something important to her |
C.something impossible to get | D.something she could do without |
A.something spoiled her paying plan |
B.the basket cost more than she had saved |
C.a neighborhood girl had bought a new bike |
D.someone else had got a basket of the same kind |
A.Save money for a rainy day | B.Good advice is beyond all price. |
C.Earn your bread with your sweat | D.God helps those who help themselves |
5 . In 1992, when Xi Jinping worked in Fuzhou, he came across a newspaper report about “My Guling,” written by a Chinese student studying in the United States.
The report described an American couple who tried in vain to revisit a southern Chinese town called Guling, where the husband, Milton Gardner, had spent 10 years of his childhood before moving back to the United States in 1911.
Gardner, who later became a professor of physics at the University of California, had been longing to revisit Guling since 1979 when the diplomatic ties between China and the US were set up. But he had never made the trip due to his failing health.
According to the newspaper, Gardner kept uttering (叨念) “Kuling, Kuling” in the final hours of his life.
After he passed away, his wife Elizabeth Gardner decided to carry out the dying wish of her husband and since then made several trips to China in an attempt to find the small town that her husband had so much affection about. Her efforts ended in vain as she had few clues (线索) about the exact spot of the town. But a Chinese student lodging (寄宿) at the Gardners’ recognized the small town as Guling near Fuzhou City from postmarks on some old mails of late Mr. Gardner. The student wrote an article about Gardners’ story and sent it to the People’s Daily, one of the major newspapers in China.
“After I read the story, I immediately contacted Mrs. Gardner through the departments concerned and invited her to visit Guling,” Xi told the media. Thanks to Xi’s arrangement, Mrs. Gardner finally arrived at Guling in August 1992. She met there with nine childhood friends of her husband, all of whom were over 90 years old at that time.
It was a happy occasion for Mrs. Gardner, who was later awarded the honorary citizenship of Fuzhou City, Xi recalled.
“She said that she would value this bond (纽带) of friendship between her husband and the people of China, because after seeing for herself the beautiful Guling and the warmth and goodwill of the Chinese people, she now understood why her husband had been so deeply attached to China.”
“I believe there are many such touching stories between our two peoples,” said Xi.
1. What can we infer from the passage?A.Mr. and Mrs. Gardner were brought up in a southern Chinese town. |
B.The name of the town changed shortly after Milton Gardner left. |
C.Guling might have originally been pronounced as Kuling in English. |
D.Mrs. Gardner knew exactly where the small town lay in south China. |
A.lived and worked in Guling for ten years |
B.had few memories about the small Chinese town |
C.kept in touch with his childhood playmates until he passed away |
D.was deeply impressed by Guling’s people and environment |
A.The help from newspapers. |
B.Mrs. Gardner’s hard efforts. |
C.Mr. Xi’s concern and arrangement. |
D.The Chinese student’s letter to Mr.Xi. |
A.the Gardners’ story is a moving one with a happy ending |
B.the Chinese student studying in the US must be from Fuzhou |
C.the mails which became clues of Guling were sent by Gardner |
D.the American couple revisited China trying to find Guling but in vain |
To make matters worse, I recalled my failure again and again, which put more pressure on me than I could bear.As a result, I was always feeling down during class time.
My teacher found me spiritless.One day he asked me to come to his office and told me about his attitude towards life: we might suffer from mistakes, but it’s important to learn lessons from them.All the pains and the embarrassing things we experience are part of the process.So keep up your spirit! At last, he added, “If you are optimistic, things you want may happen to you!”
Warmth rushed through my soul.I suddenly found the sun shining again when I stepped out of his office.
With the teacher’s help, I eventually got over my depression.From then on, I no longer bowed my head and began smiling to my classmates.I would put up my hand confidently in class and play with my new friends in my spare time.Meanwhile, I was graduallyembracedby my classmates.
Now faced with fierce competition, we all study hard because we know that every second counts.Moreover, there is an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect between us.I love my class; I love my classmates!
To be frank, I still have a thirst for my dream university, but I’m not afraid of failure because I can profit by it.With parents and teachers’ encouragement, I’m quite certain of my success and I’m sure I can fly high.
1. Why was the writer in low spirits at the beginning? (No more than 10 words)
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2. What did the teacher expect the writer to do? (No more than 10 words)
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3. What is the main idea of Paragraph 5? (No more than 15 words)
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4. The underlined word “embraced” in paragraph 5 means ______.(No more than 5 words)
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5. What does the writer think of failure now? (No more than 10 words)
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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I was a teenager, my dad did everything he could do to advise me against becoming a brewer (造酒人). He’d
In my second year of graduate school, I began to realize that I’d
I decided to give up my job to become
A.cost | B.spent | C.taken | D.paid |
A.like | B.as if | C.so | D.nor |
A.anywhere、 | B.anyway | C.anyhow | D.somewhere |
A.habits | B.teachers | C.grades | D.work |
A.promised | B.convinced | C.advised | D.allowed |
A.never | B.ever | C.always | D.hardly |
A.Fortunately | B.Obviously | C.Possibly | D.Surprisingly |
A.assure | B.decline | C.deny | D.wait |
A.school | B.Colorado | C.my home | D.my decision |
A.thrilled | B.stressed | C.wondered | D.sneezed |
A.cheap | B.expensive | C.low | D.high |
A.Englishmen | B.Europeans | C.the world | D.Americans |
A.a lawyer | B.a brewer | C.an instructor | D.an engineer |
A.astonished | B.satisfied | C.interested | D.anxious |
A.hated | B.supported | C.raised | D.left |
A.for | B.at | C.in | D.after |
A.Therefore | B.Otherwise | C.Also | D.Yet |
A.price | B.name | C.company | D.party |
A.advice | B.life | C.job | D.experience |
A.hard | B.busy | C.short | D.long |
8 . We’ve heard it before-we’ve heard it on the news, from teachers, from parents-children and teenagers today are growing up too fast.There are not too many people that will
I have been working since I was thirteen, and always in
We are expected to work hard, get excellent
I hadn’t
We proceeded to shoot hoops for about 40 minutes. Both of us were terribly bad at it, but we spent the whole time
A.argue | B.disagree | C.satisfy | D.discuss |
A.age | B.stage | C.year | D.grade |
A.certain | B.busy | C.careful | D.perfect |
A.companies | B.places | C.positions | D.offices |
A.study | B.speak | C.work | D.act |
A.last | B.other | C.rest | D.coming |
A.purposes | B.success | C.goals | D.jobs |
A.textbooks | B.grades | C.teachers | D.schools |
A.in life | B.in time | C.for ages | D.forever |
A.information | B.message | C.notice | D.idea |
A.ruining | B.correcting | C.envying | D.shortening |
A.respect | B.accept | C.learn | D.follow |
A.inspired | B.disappointed | C.affected | D.frightened |
A.valuable | B.serious | C.important | D.useful |
A.walked | B.flown back | C.gone back | D.driven |
A.furniture | B.improvements | C.equipment | D.arrangements |
A.moved | B.fixed | C.sold | D.broke |
A.played | B.caught | C.touched | D.held |
A.laughing | B.shouting | C.running | D.shooting |
A.a rest | B.a talk | C.fun | D.sports |
9 . On August 26, 1999, New York City was struck by a terrible rainstorm. The rain caused the streets to
Unfortunately, this happened during the morning rush hour. Many people who were going to work were
I
My co-workers and I spent most of the day drying off. When it was 5:00 pm, I was ready to go home, I was about to turn off my computer
I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and
Garth’s email was short, but I learned more from that
A.break | B.flood | C.sink | D.crash |
A.forced | B.refused | C.adjusted | D.gathered |
A.order | B.pay | C.call | D.search |
A.climate | B.scenery | C.storm | D.burden |
A.used | B.promised | C.deserved | D.happened |
A.practice | B.routine | C.process | D.service |
A.to | B.through | C.over | D.for |
A.operating | B.cycling | C.turning | D.rushing |
A.check | B.carry | C.find | D.board |
A.street | B.ground | C.floor | D.platform |
A.paused | B.crossed | C.reached | D.parked |
A.wet | B.weak | C.sick | D.hurt |
A.ashamed | B.discouraged | C.surprised | D.puzzled |
A.while | B.when | C.where | D.after |
A.hardly | B.causally | C.absolutely | D.eventually |
A.devotion | B.donation | C.connection | D.reaction |
A.accurate | B.urgent | C.brief | D.humorous |
A.promise | B.appreciation | C.advice | D.guidance |
A.troubles | B.signals | C.rules | D.signs |
A.corrected | B.supported | C.amazed | D.refreshed |
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A terrible fever made Anne Sullivan nearly lose her eyesight in her childhood, and the doctors said she was a hopelessly mad girl. She had been
However, an old nurse
After she grew up, Anne Sullivan hoped to
If there had been no Anne Sullivan, the name of Helen Keller would not be
A.hidden | B.received | C.locked | D.found |
A.angrily | B.proudly | C.warmly | D.secretly |
A.praised | B.doubted | C.believed | D.remembered |
A.treat | B.see | C.promise | D.miss |
A.still | B.already | C.ever | D.never |
A.hard-working | B.good-looking | C.open-minded | D.kind-hearted |
A.cheer | B.love | C.luck | D.happiness |
A.worries | B.problems | C.changes | D.needs |
A.worsening | B.spreading | C.increasing | D.improving |
A.active | B.healthy | C.hopeless | D.useless |
A.greet | B.help | C.surprise | D.please |
A.classmate | B.teacher | C.neighbor | D.boss |
A.laughed at | B.waited for | C.looked at | D.cared for |
A.if | B.unless | C.until | D.because |
A.time | B.dream | C.light | D.power |
A.created | B.shared | C.stopped | D.expected |
A.control | B.shame | C.pity | D.confidence |
A.stupid | B.lazy | C.funny | D.unfriendly |
A.called | B.known | C.left | D.protected |
A.doctor | B.patient | C.nurse | D.worker |