题目
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To my shame I. was driving a school bus "to make ends meet (收支平衡) and living with friends. I had been through five interviews with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not get
the job.
Later that afternoon, while doing my rounds (当班出勤) through a quiet neighborhood I had an internal
(inside) wave-like a scream (尖叫) come upfrom deep inside me and I thought "Why has my life become so hard?"
Immediately after tbis internal scream I pulled the bus over to drop off a little girl and as she passed she
handed me an earring saying I should keep it in case somebody looked for it. The earring was stamped with words" BE HAPPY". At first I got angry. Then it hit me. I had been putting all of my energies into what was
wrong with my life rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a list of 50 things I was
thankful to.
At first/t was hard, and then it got easier. One day I decided to up it to 75. That night there was a phone call for me, asking if I would do a one-day training for 200hospital workers. I said yes and got the job.
My day with the hospital workers went very well. I got a standing welcome and many more days of work.
To this day I KNOW that it was because I changed my attitude" (态度) to gratitude.
By chance, the day after I found the earring the girl asked me if anyone had looked for it. I told her no
and she snid"I guess it was meant for you then."
I spent the next year doing training, workshops all around the Seattle area and then decided to risk
everything and go back to Scotland where I had lived Before. I closed my one man business and bought a
plane ticket. One month later I met-my wonderful English wife and best friend of 15 years now. We live in
a small heautiful house in Scotland.
"THE ONLY ATTITUDE IS GRATITUDE" has been my motto (座右铭) for years now and yes, it
completely changed my life.
A. To make a list of things he was thankful to
B. The words "BE HAPPY"
C. To forget that his life became so hard
D. The special earring the girl gave to the writer
B. open
C. careful
D. kind
B. The writer"s wife has been his best friend for 15 years.
C. The writer has lived in Seattle since 20 years ago.
D. The writer did the training for 200 hospital workers.
B. The Girl and I.
C. Be Happy.
D. The Earring.
答案
核心考点
试题【阅读理解。 Around twenty years ago I was-living in Seattle and going through hard】;主要考察你对人物故事类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
3 hours. At first, the Sky g_____ dark all of a sudden. Within minutes, forks of lightening f_____ a way into
the sky. Ten it was f_____ by the boom of thunder. A very strong wind blew into my room. My valuable
notes, l______ on the desk in the room, flew high into the air. I jumped uped up to catch them but unluckily a
few sheets sailed out of the open window. As I ran out to get the notes, big d_______ of rain began to fall.
As soon as I ran back into the house, the rain began to p_______ in waves. If ______ to close the windows. I did it but was wet all over. I d_____ myself with a towel. Then I heard a sudden loud sound from the back of
the house. I ran out of the room to find out what it was. A tree was broken. Part of its big branches lay a
________ the floor. The table was broken into pieces. It would take a lot of work to r ________ it. Hoover
we were thankful that no one was hurt.
cakes. People from the train were buying them. The man wanted to buy a cake, but the woman was standing
far from the window. It was raining, and the man didn"t want to go out in the rain.
Suddenly he saw a boy. He was walking on the platform (站台) not far from him."Come here, boy!" the
man said."Do you know how much those cakes cost?"
"Five cents for each," the boy answered.
The man gave the boy ten cents and asked him to buy two cakes."One for me, and one for you," he told
the boy.
A few minutes later, the boy came back. He was eating a cake. He gave the man five cents and said,
"There was only one cake."
B. by the window
C. at the station
D. far from the station
B. buy a cake
C. talk to the woman
D. take a walk
B. far from the train
C. selling cakes
D. playing there
B. got one cake to eat
C. was pleased with the boy
D. got half of the money back
B. very sorry
C. eating one cake
D. very unhappy
thinking of the 1 ."It"s bad out there. Black clouds are coming from the sea," Jamie said. "Yes. I"m thinking of
those fishing boats at sea," she said. At that moment, the 2 went out. Jamie and his mother were in the dark.
"The coastline (海岸) will be in the dark," Jamie"s mother said. She got more worried." 3 always come in
threes. I 4 my best glasses this morning, and my sister has a cold."
"Now, don"t worry, mum. They"re 5 to come through this all right." But Jamie really worried about those
fishing boats himself. The fishing boats would 6 the cove (海湾) in the dark. Jamie took flares (火焰信号弹)
and rushed into the wind. He started to climb the hills near the coastline. He 7 himself up hand over hand. At
last he reached the top.
He 8 three times. On the fourth try he fired off one of the flares. It rose and cut into the black sky in bright
light. Then he saw an answering flare up at sea. Jamie fired off two more. He saw another answering flare up,
then another, then another. The answering flares from the fishing boats showed they 9 the entrance to the
cove but then changed their way and were now sailing into the cove. They were almost home. Jamie helped 10
the fishermen of the village.
( )1. A. wind ( )2. A. doors ( )3. A. Messages ( )4. A. got ( )5. A. sure ( )6. A. lose ( )7. A. pushed ( )8. A. tried ( )9. A. found ( )10. A. answer | B. clouds B. two people B. Accidents B. broke B. lucky B. miss B. pulled B. made B. left B. save | C. rain C. fire C. Troubles C. had C. safe C. leave C. carried C. took C. passed C. find out | D. weather |
根据短文内容,判断下列句子,正确的用“T”,错误的用“F”。 | |||
General Pershing was a great American officer. He was in the American army, and fought in Europe in the First World War. After he died, some people in his hometown put up a big statue (雕塑) of him on a horse to commemorate (纪念) him. There was a school near the statue, and some of the boys went there every day on their way to school and again on their way home. After a few months, some of them began to say "Good morning" to Pershing whenever they reached the statue, and soon all the boys at the school were doing this. One Saturday, one of the youngest of the boys was going to do shopping with his parents. When he passed the statue, he said "Good morning, Pershing." to it, then he stopped and said to his parents" I like Pershing very much, Mum and Dad, but who"s that strange man on his back?" | |||
( )1. General Pershing fought in Europe, but he was from the USA. ( )2. Some people put up a statue of the famous man in New York. ( )3. The statue was very far from the school. ( )4. The boys went to the statue every day only on their way to school. ( )5. One of the youngest boys thought Pershing was the horse. | |||
阅读理解。 | |||
Jill lived with her grandma. The old woman was strong enough that she could do everything herself at home. As soon as Jill began to tidy the rooms or wash something, her grandma stopped her and told her to work hard at her lessons. Jill had to listen to her grandma and spent all her time on her study. So she went to college at last. Now the girl has left college. She did well in all her subjects and easily found work in Mr Brown"s company. She was sure Mr Brown would put her in an important position (位置). On the first day the boss gave her a broom and said, "Your first work is to sweep the offices." "What?" the girl called out in surprise, "I"m a college student, you know." "I"m sorry I don"t know that. Here, give me the broom and let me show you!" | |||
1. As Jill"s grandma was strong, ________. | |||
A. the girl would live with her B. she did all the housework C. she kept doing morning exercise D. she could help her with her lessons | |||
2. Jill had enough time, so ________. | |||
A. she put her heart into her study B. she had time to rest C. she could play games D. she did not learn to do the housework | |||
3. Jill easily found work because ________. | |||
A. she was strong, too B. she knew Mr Brown C. she could do everything D. she did well in her lessons | |||
4. ________, so she was surprised. | |||
A. Mr Brown didn"t know Jill was a college student B. Mr Brown didn"t know Jill was good at her subjects C. Mr Brown didn"t like Jill at all D. Mr Brown told Jill to be a cleaner | |||
5. Which of the following is WRONG? | |||
A. Jill hoped to have an important job. B. Jill couldn"t do any housework at all. C. Mr Brown had to say sorry to Jill. D. Jill graduated from a college. |