It seemed that ever since Amanda started her school, kids often made fun of her, which made her feel very helpless and lonely.
One day before her birthday, she was told by her mum that a “Make A Special Birthday ” contest was being held in a radio program of the city. If she wrote a to the program, she might win a big prize. The contest sounded , so she started thinking what she most for her birthday. After thinking for a short while, Amanda went to write her letter.
Here was Amanda’s letter:
My name is Amanda. I am nine years old. I have a at school. Can you help me? I have a special . Due to the way I walk and talk, kids often me. I just want one when no one plays jokes on me.
At the radio station in the city, the workers had fun about all the different presents that kids wanted on their birthdays. When Amanda’s letter arrived, the manager Mr. Tobin read it . He knew her disease that might her schoolmates who didn’t understand her . He thought it was for people to know the girl and her wish. It’s necessary for people to that everyone wants and deserves to be with respect, dignity and warmth. , Mr. Tobin quickly called up a local . The next day, a picture of Amanda and her letter made the front page of the newspaper.
All across the country, the media the story of Amanda, who for such a simple yet unusual gift — just one day without being laughed at. Finally her wish came true.
| 小题1: | | A．Poster | B．Card | C．Wish | D．Cake |
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| 小题2: | | A．poem | B．note | C．song | D．letter |
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| 小题3: | | A．fun | B．ridiculous | C．scientific | D．familiar |
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| 小题4: | | A．cared | B．missed | C．wanted | D．planned |
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| 小题5: | | A．challenge | B．problem | C．program | D．project |
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| 小题6: | | A．disease | B．family | C．dream | D．birthday |
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| 小题7: | | A．run after | B．care for | C．watch over | D．laugh at |
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| 小题9: | | A．worrying | B．thinking | C．reading | D．looking |
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| 小题10: | | A．nervously | B．carefully | C．helplessly | D．happily |
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| 小题11: | | A．attract | B．disappoint | C．confuse | D．surprise |
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| 小题12: | | A．disability | B．strength | C．reality | D．loss |
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| 小题13: | | A．impossible | B．hard | C．common | D．good |
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| 小题14: | | A．unknown | B．unusual | C．unimportant | D．unexpected |
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| 小题15: | | A．understand | B．promise | C．admit | D．imagine |
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| 小题16: | | A．observed | B．invited | C．treated | D．allowed |
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| 小题17: | | A．Instead | B．Therefore | C．Anyway | D．However |
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| 小题18: | | A．school | B．website | C．hospital | D．newspaper |
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| 小题19: | | A．edited | B．informed | C．reported | D．explained |
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| 小题20: | | A．asked | B．prepared | C．cared | D．waited |
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小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:B
小题6:A
小题7:D
小题8:A
小题9:C
小题10:B
小题11:C
小题12:A
小题13:D
小题14:B
小题15:A
小题16:C
小题17:B
小题18:D
小题19:C
小题20:A |
试题分析：Amanda是一个有残疾的女孩，为此经常被同学嘲笑，让她很难过很孤单，一次电台的比赛让她实现了一个不寻常的愿望。
小题1:考查名词辨析：A. Poster海报，B. Card卡片，C. Wish愿望，D. Cake蛋糕，从下文的：so she started thinking what she 19 most for her birthday可知是许下一个生日愿望，选C
小题2:考查名词辨析：A. poem诗歌，B. note笔记，注释，C. song歌曲，D. letter信，从下文的：Here was Amanda’s letter:可知如果你写一封信给大赛，可能或获大奖，选D
小题3:考查形容词辨析：A. fun有趣的，B. ridiculous荒诞的，可笑的，C. scientific科学的，D. familiar熟悉的，从下文的内容，可知这个比赛听起来很有趣，选A
小题4:考查动词辨析：A. cared关心，B. missed错过，C. wanted想要，D. planned计划，她开始想生日最想要什么，选C
小题5:考查名词辨析：A. challenge挑战，B. problem 问题，C. program计划，D. project项目，课程，从文章的第一段可知她在学校有一个问题，选B
小题6:考查名词辨析： A. disease疾病，B. family家庭，C. dream梦想，D. birthday生日，从下文的：Due to the way I walk and talk,可知她有一种病，选A
小题7:考查动词短语辨析：A. run after追赶，B. care for想要，照顾，C. watch over照看，D. laugh at嘲笑，从上文的：kids often made fun of her,可知孩子们经常嘲笑她，选D
小题8:考查名词辨析：A. day日子，B. week星期，C. month月份，D. year年代，我希望有一天同学不要嘲笑我，选A
小题9:考查动词辨析：A. worrying担心，B thinking思考，C. reading阅读，D. looking看，在广播站工人们开心的读着孩子们的来信，上面写着不同的生日礼物，选C
小题10:考查副词辨析：A. nervously紧张，B. carefully仔细，C. helplessly无助地，D. happily快乐地，经理Mr. Tobin仔细的阅读Amanda的信，选B
小题11:考查动词辨析：A. attract吸引，B. disappoint使…失望，C. confuse使…困惑，D. surprise使…惊讶，从那个下文的：who didn’t understand her 27 .可知她的病会让同学困惑，选C
小题12:考查名词辨析： A. disability残疾，B. strength力量，C. reality现实，D. loss损失，同学们是不理解Amanda的残疾，选A
小题13:考查形容词辨析：A. impossible不可能的，B. hard困难的，C. common共同的，常见的，D. good好的，他认为让人们知道这个女孩和她的不寻常的愿望是好事，选D
小题14:考查形容词辨析：A. unknown不为人知的，B. unusual不寻常的，C. unimportant不重要的，D. unexpected意料之外的，从下文的：such a simple yet unusual gift Amanda的礼物和其他孩子的不一样，所以选B
小题15:考查动词辨析： A. understand理解，B. promise许诺，答应，C. admit承认，D. imagine想象，人们有必要理解每个人都想也值得被尊敬的对待。选A
小题16:考查动词辨析：A. observed 观察，B. invited邀请，C. treated对待，D. allowed允许，人们有必要理解每个人都想也值得被尊敬的对待。选C
小题17:考查副词辨析：A. Instead代替，B. Therefore因此，C. Anyway不管怎样，D. However然而，这两句话是因果关系，选B
小题18:考查名词辨析： A. school学校， B. website网站，C. hospital医院，D. newspaper报纸，从下文的： The next day, a picture of Amanda and her letter made the front page of the newspaper. 可知经理打电话给当地的报纸，选D
小题19:考查动词辨析：A. edited编辑，B. informed通知，C. reported报告，D. explained接受，媒体报导了Amanda的故事，选C
小题20:考查动词辨析：A. asked问，B. prepared 准备，C. cared关心，D. waited等待，ask for要求，她要求一天不被嘲笑，最后实现了，选A |
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试题【It seemed that ever since Amanda started her school, kids often made fun of her,】；主要考察你对
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[详细]举一反三
Instead of staying at home to care for the kids, many mothers work to help support their families. But what does a mother do when her child is sick?
Sophia Fowkes worked as a computer programmer before, but she was fired for taking too much time off to care for her very sick child. Although she lost her job, she took an opportunity to turn her hobby into a business: creating “baby cakes”, a combination of diapers (尿布) and baby products artfully arranged to look like a cake. Inside, it contains blankets, towels, bottles and toys — things that can be used for babies. They are perfect gifts.
However, the idea of making “baby cakes” came from one of her experiences. When her child was born, she received a gift called diaper cake. It was made of diapers, but it was small and unusable. So she decided to create her own style of it to give her friends as a gift. Her friends liked these gifts very much and advised her to make and sell “baby cakes”.
She thought that it would be turned into a full-time business. In 1998, she started Baby-Cakes.com. After several years, her business grew and expanded in a way that even she had never expected. She sold her products online at first. Three years after her own website was created, demand for her products was so great that in August, 2001 she opened a real store. She is ready to combine the online store with the traditional store.
小题1:Sophia was out of work because .| A．she wanted to start her own business | | B．she lost interest in computer programming | | C．she failed to design computer programs | | D．she couldn’t balance her work and family |
小题2:What made Sophia decide to create “baby cakes” for sale?| A．Her unemployment. | B．Her family’s support. | | C．Her friends’ suggestion. | D．Her market research. |
小题3:Which of the following is the right order for Sophia’s events?
a. She set up her first real store.
b. She turned her hobby into a business.
c. She used both traditional and online selling.
d. She set up her own website for her products.| A．b, c, d, a. | B．b, d, a, c. | C．a, c, b, d. | D．a, d, c, b. |
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Our tolerating ability is indeed beyond our imagination. But not until the very critical moment will we realize our tolerating ability.
There was a woman in the countryside who had to with her children wherever she could at the age of 26 due to the Japanese army’s . Many people could not bear the and wanted to commit suicide. After she knew about it, she would come to those people and them by saying, “Don’t do that silly thing. There are no such setbacks that we could not overcome. The Japanese armies are sure to be one day!”
Finally she insisted until the day when all the Japanese armies were kicked out of China. However, her son died of disease without medicine and nutrition in those days of hardships. Her husband lay in bed for two days without eating and drinking . She teared to her husband and said, “We have a tough , but however tough our lives will be, we should never . Though our son has passed away, we can have another. There are no such setbacks that we could not overcome.”
After giving birth to the second son, her husband died of edema(水肿), which blew her away. But eventually, she and hugged the three young children, saying, “My sweet hearts, don’t feel scared. You still have me, your dear mum!”
It took her painstaking efforts to raise her children up and the life of her family was getting . She was aging and could not do the farm work any more. she stayed at home and did some housework. Nevertheless, the Heaven to show no affection to her who had undergone a rough life. She lived until 86. Before she went to Heaven, she said to her children, “You all should live your best. There are no such setbacks that we could not overcome!”
We will get to realize our own iron will and strong tolerating after getting stricken heavily. Therefore, no matter what you are suffering from now, do not merely complain about the of our destiny.
| 小题1: | | A．potential | B．partial | C．beneficial | D．influential |
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| 小题2: | | A．fight | B．live | C．escape | D．hide |
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| 小题3: | | A．arrival | B．attack | C．activity | D．invasion |
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| 小题4: | | A．trouble | B．sorrow | C．starvation | D．suffering |
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| 小题5: | | A．persuaded | B．informed | C．comforted | D．warned |
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| 小题6: | | A．killed | B．defeated | C．punished | D．blamed |
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| 小题7: | | A．sufficient | B．effective | C．satisfactory | D．proper |
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| 小题8: | | A．nothing | B．everything | C．anything | D．something |
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| 小题9: | | A．destiny | B．environment | C．period | D．future |
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| 小题10: | | A．break away | B．break down | C．give away | D．give up |
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| 小题11: | | A．immediately | B．exactly | C．almost | D．slowly |
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| 小题12: | | A．struggled | B．cured | C．weakened | D．recovered |
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| 小题13: | | A．better | B．sadder | C．worse | D．richer |
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| 小题14: | | A．eventually | B．gradually | C．healthily | D．unluckily |
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| 小题16: | | A．seemed | B．happened | C．attempted | D．intended |
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| 小题18: | | A．only | B．never | C．even | D．still |
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| 小题19: | | A．effort | B．will | C．desire | D．ability |
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| 小题20: | | A．arrangement | B．unfairness | C．appointment | D．unhappiness |
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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。
When I was in high school, my father retired and set up a food stand on the street near my school. He was particularly good at making . Every day after I finished school, my classmates and I would his food stand. But I really talking to him before his food stand, because I didn’t want my classmates to know my father was selling noodles on the street!
One night, I couldn’t it any more and shouted, “Dad, could you selling your annoying noodles? I don’t need a father who sells noodles on the street!” At that moment, my father was . He tried to say something but didn’t. When he turned , something happened that I would never . His eyes were filled with tears. I saw him for the first time. My mother later told me my father was selling noodles to money for my college education. Even today I still feel for what I did that night.
Time really flies. I finished and then left my home to work. During the past years, whenever I home, he was always there meeting me at the railway station. Whenever he saw me off, he never tried to hug me, although I always his hug. When I was away from home, he never wrote or telephoned me, he always pushed my mother to telephone me. Whenever my mother was telephoning me, he’d sit beside her with a list of questions. He’d my mother to talk to me for him. That’s the way he is, and that’s how he shows his to me.
My father is quiet, but I feel a , which is deep and powerful. It lives in a place far beyond , and it is something special－“a silent father’s love”.
| 小题1: | | A．chicken | B．noodles | C．bread | D．dessert |
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| 小题2: | | A．pass | B．watch | C．visit | D．advertise |
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| 小题3: | | A．enjoyed | B．hated | C．considered | D．continued |
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| 小题4: | | A．stand | B．deserve | C．forgive | D．digest |
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| 小题5: | | A．start | B．stop | C．forget | D．remember |
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| 小题6: | | A．tired | B．confused | C．interested | D．shocked |
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| 小题7: | | A．around | B．back | C．up | D．down |
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| 小题8: | | A．describe | B．forget | C．prove | D．face |
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| 小题9: | | A．arguing | B．weeping | C．laughing | D．smiling |
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| 小题10: | | A．save | B．take | C．spend | D．count |
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| 小题11: | | A．happy | B．empty | C．lonely | D．guilty |
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| 小题12: | | A．meeting | B．reading | C．homework | D．college |
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| 小题13: | | A．returned | B．missed | C．left | D．stayed |
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| 小题14: | | A．shyly | B．regularly | C．quietly | D．responsibly |
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| 小题15: | | A．saw | B．refused | C．expected | D．rewarded |
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| 小题17: | | A．force | B．challenge | C．tell | D．inspire |
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| 小题18: | | A．love | B．hate | C．anger | D．respect |
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| 小题19: | | A．connection | B．competition | C．condition | D．combination |
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| 小题20: | | A．greetings | B．injuries | C．links | D．words |
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A ship was damaged during a storm at sea and only two of the men aboard were able to swim to a small island. Not knowing what else to do, the two survivors decided that they should pray to God.
However, to find out whose prayers were more powerful, they agreed to divide（分割开）the land between them and stay on opposite sides of the island.
The first thing they prayed for was food. The next morning, the first man saw a tree on his side of the island, and he was able to eat its fruit. But the other man’s side of land remained barren.
After a week, the first man became lonely and decided to pray for a wife. The next day, another ship was damaged and the only survivor was a woman who swam to his side of the island. But on the other side of the island, there was nothing.
Soon the first man prayed for a house, clothes and more food. The next day, like magic, all of these things were given to him. However, the second man still had nothing.
Finally, the first man prayed for a ship so that he and his wife could leave the island, and in the morning he found a ship stopped at his side of the island.
The first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided to leave the second man on the island. As the ship was about to leave, the first man heard a voice from Heaven, “Why are you leaving your partner on the island?”
“My blessings are mine alone since I was the one who prayed for them.” The first man answered. “ His prayers were all unanswered so he doesn’t deserve anything.”
“You are mistaken!” the voice said. “He had only one prayer, which I answered. He prayed that all your prayers would be answered.”
小题1:Why didn’t the two men stay together on the island?| A．Because they both wanted to live a quiet life | | B．Because they couldn’t get along well with each other | | C．Because they wanted to test the power of their prayers | | D．Because they wanted to keep their own life secret from others |
小题2:The underlined word “barren” is closest in meaning to ______.| A．noisy | B．empty | C．dangerous | D．calm |
小题3:Which of the following words can best describe the first man?| A．Hard-working | B．Lucky | C．Selfish | D．Dishonest |
小题4:What does the author try to express through the story?| A．God helps those who help themselves | | B．A life without a friend is a life without a sun | | C．A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds | | D．What we do for others is more important than what we do for ourselves |
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After 17 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said, “I love you, but I know the other woman loves you and would love to spend some with you.” The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my MOTHER, who has been for 20 years, but the demands of my work and my boys made it possible to visit her only .
Then I called to visit her to go out for dinner and a movie. When I arrived at her house, I noticed that she had curled her and was wearing a nice dress. My mother took my arm she were the First Lady.
During the dinner, we had an agreeable —nothing extraordinary but catching up on recent events of each other’s life. We talked so much that we missed the movie. At last, she said,” I’ll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you.” I .
Two days later, my mother died of a massive heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a to do anything for her.
Later, I received a copy of a restaurant receipt from the place mother and I had dined. A(n) note said, “I paid this bill in advance. I wasn’t sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I paid for two plates—one for you and the other for your wife. You will never know what that night for me. I love you, son.”
At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time “I LOVE YOU” and giving our loved ones the time that they . Nothing in life is more important than your family. Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be till “some other time”.
| 小题1: | | A．time | B．money | C．dinner | D．movie |
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| 小题2: | | A．upset | B．cheerful | C．alone | D．excited |
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| 小题3: | | A．usually | B．occasionally | C．frequently | D．often |
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| 小题4: | | A．program | B．comb | C．organ | D．hair |
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| 小题5: | | A．as if | B．even though | C．such as | D．as to |
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| 小题6: | | A．discussion | B．quarrel | C．conversation | D．fight |
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| 小题7: | | A．refused | B．wondered | C．ordered | D．agreed |
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| 小题8: | | A．luck | B．chance | C．will | D．hope |
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| 小题9: | | A．connected | B．attached | C．abandoned | D．deserted |
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| 小题10: | | A．cared | B．arranged | C．meant | D．applied |
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| 小题11: | | A．spend | B．want | C．need | D．deserve |
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| 小题12: | | A．put off | B．paid off | C．put forward | D．looked forward |
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