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.
小题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. |
小题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 |
小题3:What did the woman feel when she opened the bundle on her right shoulder?| A．Delighted. | B．Moved. | C．Depressed. | D．Confused. |
小题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．attitude towards life plays an important role in people’s life | | D．we must ignore the troubles in life |
小题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. |
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小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:D |
试题分析：文章通过一个妇女因为不堪生活的重负决定结束自己的生命，但是在梦中她梦见一个充满抱负的山洞和洞主，洞主的一番话让她对人生有了不一样的看法。
小题1:细节题：从文章第二段的句子：She thought she could never overcome her troubles,可知这个妇女决定介绍自己的生命因为她觉得自己有太多的困难要克服，选D。
小题2:细节题：从文章第七段的句子：“Yes,” the keeper explained, “each person who walks on the earth carries a bundle of troubles on their left shoulder.”可知山洞的主人说世界上每个人都会有很多包袱的，选B。
小题3:细节题：从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,可知当这个妇女打开右边肩膀上的包袱的时候，感觉很高兴，选A。
小题4:推理题：文章通过一个妇女因为不堪生活的重负决定结束自己的生命，但是在梦中她梦见一个充满抱负的山洞和洞主，洞主的一番话让她意识到人有沉重的负担，也有很多机遇，才能，关键是看自己的态度。可知这篇文章讲的是人对于人生的态度有很大的作用，选C。
小题5:推理题：从文章的最后一句话：And she found herself sitting up in her own bed with the morning sun streaming through the window, shining on her face.可知这个妇女醒来的时候，一切都很美好，所以她不会结束生命了，选D。 |
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It’s known that the 62-year-old Jim Bevier has a great passion. This former FedEx pilot wasn’t ____ on his horse farm, teaching his grandkids to ____. In his spare time, Bevier helps distribute ____ for blindness around the globe.
Bevier now is a volunteer pilot for Orbis, a nonprofit organization which has fought blindness for over 25 years. One of ____ weapons is the Flying Eye Hospital, an old-fashioned DC-10 aircraft. Bevier’s mission is to land this giant sight-saving bird on runways that are most ____ not designed for it. “It’s not ____ flying for FedEx,” says Bevier. “We have to ____ the runway is long enough, figure out the fuel load, and find the ____ place to park in case of accidents.”
Once he gets the ____ to its destination, the aircraft becomes a place for local ____ to get training, so they can treat certain conditions and ____ blindness for people. The plane stays on location for weeks. ____ Bevier is free to return home, he likes to stay and ____ those who arrive for medical checks. “I’m glad to see them get on the airplane and come out the next day, and they can ____.” Bevier says. Many walk on dirt roads for miles; many are blind children.
____, the volunteer doctors can’t handle all the patients. “A Vietnamese boy was ever ____ away.” Bevier says. A pilot’s job involves hours and hours of boredom, so you learn to keep your ____ under control. But when the poor boy didn’t get picked, I ____ down.” he admits.
____ as the job may be, Bevier isn’t looking into retirement anytime soon. “I don’t play golf, and I tell my kids not to buy me tennis shoes,” he says. “But I ____ of my grandchildren back home, and all I want is for those kids to be able to see their own grandparents for the first time.”
| 小题1: | | A．anxious | B．proud | C．content | D．active |
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| 小题2: | | A．ride | B．drive | C．work | D．study |
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| 小题3: | | A．signs | B．cures | C．funds | D．ways |
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| 小题5: | | A．similarly | B．definitely | C．differently | D．exactly |
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| 小题6: | | A．beyond | B．on | C．like | D．within |
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| 小题7: | | A．refer to | B．work out | C．make sure | D．give up |
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| 小题8: | | A．safest | B．largest | C．wildest | D．farthest |
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| 小题9: | | A．shop | B．hotel | C．restaurant | D．hospital |
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| 小题10: | | A．villagers | B．patients | C．friends | D．doctors |
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| 小题11: | | A．prevent | B．restrict | C．warn | D．stop |
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| 小题12: | | A．While | B．Once | C．Unless | D．If |
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| 小题13: | | A．examine | B．consider | C．meet | D．ignore |
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| 小题14: | | A．walk | B．see | C．leave | D．concern |
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| 小题15: | | A．Therefore | B．Besides | C．Somehow | D．However |
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| 小题16: | | A．put | B．turned | C．given | D．thrown |
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| 小题17: | | A．efforts | B．advantages | C．plans | D．emotions |
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| 小题18: | | A．settled | B．knocked | C．broke | D．held |
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| 小题19: | | A．Exciting | B．Challenging | C．Disappointing | D．Attracting |
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| 小题20: | | A．think | B．dream | C．hear | D．talk |
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Mom’s birthday present? It may be a difficult thing for some people, but for me, it is an easy thing. Mom loved flowers, so every year I sent her flowers. Actually she had a bed of irises (鸢尾花) in the backyard of her small, Indiana farm. They were beautiful. “Take some,” she said, “Dig some up and plant them on the side of your own house.”
But in my yard they became lacking in energy. A year passed, then two, but not one flower appeared. I cut back all their green leaves. I was tired of seeing them so lonely. Finally, I dug the irises up and threw them away.
About that time Mom died unexpectedly. My sister and I sold the farm. I never went back to see the irises. I just couldn’t bear seeing another family living in our home—Mom’s home. Autumn came, then winter. The following spring, as Mom’s birthday approached, I struggled with the question of how to remember her. I stared out the window and saw a few stubborn irises in my side yard sprouting (发芽), —tall, thin but flowerless. Because of seeing them, I decided to order flowers as I always did on Mom’s birthday, and send them to my sister. I wished so badly I could still send flowers to Mom. But that was impossible.
In the morning of Mom’s birthday, I was in my car ready to work. Something in the yard caught my eye. The irises! One had bloomed with flowers, big, showy and purple, as lovely as they ever had been on Mom’s farm. I smiled and turned my eyes upward. I could no longer send flowers to Mom. But somehow, she’d been able to send them to me.
小题1:According to the first paragraph, Mom ________.| A．wanted to give the author some flowers | | B．didn’t like the presents from the author | | C．lived with the author on an Indiana farm | | D．got different birthday presents from the author every year |
小题2:At first, the irises in the author’s yard ________.| A．all died quickly | | B．didn’t bloom at all | | C．grew as well as on Mom’s farm | | D．grew better than those on Mom’s farm |
小题3:What troubled the author?| A．She didn’t know how to grow irises. | | B．She regretted they had sold Mom’s farm. | | C．She didn’t know what to do in memory of Mom. | | D．She couldn’t bear others living in Mom’s home. |
小题4:After seeing the irises sprouting, the author________.| A．decided to send flowers to her sister on Mom’s birthday | | B．dug them out because they were flowerless | | C．decided to send them to Mom after they bloom | | D．ordered flowers for the people living in Mom’s home |
小题5:What can be learned from the last paragraph?| A．All the irises in the author’s yard bloomed. | | B．The author went to see the irises in Mom’s yard. | | C．It was Mom who took care of these irises in the author’s yard. | | D．The author thought the blooming irises were gifts from Mom. |
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Henry Ford grew up on an un-electrified farm, and as a young man he followed Edison"s career as the inventor became a national role model. Ford took a job at the Edison Illuminating Company working his way up to chief engineer．
In 1896 Ford was thirty-three and, though still working for Edison Co., he had created his first experimental automobile the Ford Quadricycle2 during his off-time. At an Edison company party in New York, Ford had his first chance to meet his hero Edison and was able to explain his new automobile to the great inventor. Edison was impressed. Edison is said to have slammed his fist down_and shouted, “Young man, that"s the thing! You have it! Your car is self-contained and carries its own power plant.” Edison himself had been working on the idea, but had only been considering electricity as the power source, so the idea of a gas engine was a somewhat new one．
The words comforted Ford greatly, who immediately set out building a second car which was to become the Model-T.6. The two men became fast friends and would go on camping trips together．When Edison later became limited to a wheelchair, Ford brought an extra one to his house so they could race．At the 50th anniversary of the invention of light-bulb, Ford honored Edison．When Edison spoke, he ended his speech directed at Ford, “ As to Henry Ford, words fail to express my feelings．I can only say that he is my friend.” Therefore it is no surprise that Ford wanted something to remember Edison by after he passed away in 1931.
Once, Ford asked Thomas Edison"s son Charles to sit by the dying inventor"s bedside and hold a test tube next to his father"s mouth to catch his final breath. Ford was a man with many strange behaviors (as was Edison) including some interest in reanimation and spiritualism（夏活通灵术）and some say that he was attempting to catch Edison"s soul as it escaped his body in hopes of later bringing the inventor back to life.
The test tube itself didn"t turn up until 1950 when it was listed in the Ford possessions after Clara Ford"s passing away, and then lost again until 1978 when it was discovered in an exhibit Entitled “Henry Ford-A Personal History” in the Henry Ford Museum. It would then be discovered that the tube was labeled “Edison"s Last Breath”.
There is a further mystery of this “last breath” test tube．It would seem as if Edison had quite a last breath indeed, as the Edison Estate holds a collection of 42 test tubes all supposedly containing Edison"s last breath．
Regardless of the excitement over the last breath, the test tube is quite touching in its meaning．Although both men were known for all sorts of poor behavior towards their loved ones and mistreatment of employees, between them at least, there was clearly a deep respect and admiration．
小题1:The purpose of the author writing this passage is to .| A．remind the readers of the importance of the two inventors | | B．stress the importance of friendship | | C．tell the readers some stories about the two inventors | | D．show that love can lead to some poor behaviors |
小题2:From the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2, we can learn that .| A．Edison envied what Ford had achieved | | B．Edison was annoyed that Ford did better than him | | C．Edison was angry because Ford stole his idea | | D．Edison was extremely amazed at Ford"s new idea |
小题3:“The 1ast breath test tube” can probably be regarded as .| A．a symbol of a friendship and memory | | B．a witness to a scientific breakthrough | | C．a failure to bring Edison back to life | | D．a sign of the two inventors" poor behavior |
小题4:It can be learned from the last paragraph that“ ”.| A．Great minds think alike | | B．Nobody is perfect | | C．Two heads are better than one | | D．A friend in need is a friend indeed |
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A few days ago，I went to school with lots of books，hoping to get a locker (锁柜)．Suddenly，it started raining heavily. I hurried to pay for my locker，but I was disappointed when they informed me they only accepted cash. I was $7.00 short，which meant I had to carry the books back home. It would be an exhausting (令人筋疲力尽的) twohour journey back home with all those books.
An elderly gentleman nearby noticed my problem. He asked how much cash I needed. When I told him I was $7 short，he quickly took out the money from his wallet. “You don’t have to pay me back，”he said. I was speechless；I didn’t know whether to take the money or come back with the books the next day. A young student who was working there noticed my hesitation. “He’s really nice，” said the student. “I was starving this morning and he bought breakfast for me. He always helps people in different ways.”
The next day，I went to him and thanked him for trusting me and lending me the money. He said he forgot about it and didn’t expect I would give it back. “I’m very happy，”he said，“not because I’m getting my money back，but because this is the right way to go—whatever you get from this world，give it back as much as you possibly can. Spread kindness around the world with the smallest things you can do.”
Later，I found out he wasn’t involved with any charity organizations. He has been performing these types of acts for years. Earlier，someone had done something incredibly kind for him and he has been spreading the kindness ever since. He taught me a very important lesson in life—we come to this world with nothing and we will leave with nothing. Whatever we own，it will become somebody else’s and whatever we leave，it will become somebody else’s.
小题1:When the old gentleman offered the money，the writer was________.| A．touched | B．hesitant | C．amazed | D．embarrassed |
小题2:From Paragraph 3 we learn that________.| A．the gentleman worked in the school | | B．the gentleman was kind but forgetful | | C．the gentleman refused to take back the money | | D．the gentleman thought it right to give back to society |
小题3:Why had the gentleman been doing acts of kindness?| A．He wanted to join the charity organizations. | | B．He managed a lot of other people’s money. | | C．He had received help from others before. | | D．He thought money was of little importance. |
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When I started riding a bike a couple of years ago, I didn"t think my involvement would ever be more serious than the occasional short ride. But as I built strength, my friends _______me to step up my training and try some longer trips, The first one to come along was a 150-mile trip, the MS-150, an annual _______ that raises money to fight AIDS.
When I registered，the idea seemed fantastic and I trained with ____.However，as the time for the ride approached，my selfdoubts ____ beyond my endurance(忍耐)．I ____ wanted to raise money for the charity，but I didn’t really want to bike all those miles for two days straight.
The ride began on a beautiful Sunday morning in the Georgia countryside，and for the first few hours I felt ____.This was just the experience I had ____，and my spirits were high.__ __ by the end of the day，I felt tired out. If the body is ____ to the mind，here was evidence. Every ____ my brain pushed out seemed to travel right down to my legs. “I can’t handle this” became a leg cramp (抽筋)，and “Everyone else is a better rider” translated into ____ of breath. I was sure I’d have to ____.
As I topped the crest (顶) of a hill，the beautiful sunset kept me going for a few minutes more. Then in the distance，I saw a lone woman riding very slowly ____ the bright red sun. I ___ that the person looked different in some way，but I couldn’t tell why. So I pushed myself to ___.There she was，riding along slowly but ____，with a slight and determined smile on her face and she had only one leg.
My focus changed in that instant. For a whole day I’d been ____ my body. But now I knew it wasn’t the body，but the ___ that would help me reach my goal. It rained all the second day. I never saw the one-legged biker again，but I pushed on without ____，knowing she was out there with me somewhere. And at the end of the day，still feeling ____，I completed the 150mile trip.
| 小题1: | | A．encouraged | B．forbade | C．forced | D．warned |
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| 小题2: | | A．accident | B．event | C．incident | D．affair |
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| 小题3: | | A．care | B．ease | C．enthusiasm | D．difficulty |
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| 小题4: | | A．achieved | B．gained | C．progressed | D．advanced |
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| 小题5: | | A．still | B．even | C．rather | D．then |
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| 小题6: | | A．nervous | B．disappointed | C．wonderful | D．refreshed |
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| 小题7: | | A．assumed | B．appreciated | C．admired | D．imagined |
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| 小题8: | | A．But | B．Therefore | C．Meanwhile | D．Moreover |
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| 小题9: | | A．opposite | B．connected | C．exposed | D．equal |
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| 小题10: | | A．cause | B．reason | C．excuse | D．effect |
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| 小题11: | | A．holding | B．saving | C．catching | D．shortness |
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| 小题12: | | A．quit | B．continue | C．insist | D．fade |
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| 小题13: | | A．on | B．against | C．down | D．over |
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| 小题14: | | A．observed | B．watched | C．noticed | D．overlooked |
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| 小题15: | | A．put up | B．look up | C．catch up | D．take up |
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| 小题16: | | A．steadily | B．abruptly | C．closely | D．narrowly |
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| 小题17: | | A．trusting | B．doubting | C．cheating | D．fighting |
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| 小题18: | | A．strength | B．honesty | C．will | D．power |
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| 小题19: | | A．struggling | B．arguing | C．discussing | D．complaining |
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| 小题20: | | A．strong | B．weak | C．healthy | D．spiritless |
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