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"It"s impossible to make a difference unless you"re a huge company or someone with lots of money and power," one of them said.
"Yeah man," another replied. "My mom keeps telling me to move mountains – to speak up and stand up for what I believe. But what I say and do doesn"t even get noticed. I just keep answering to ‘the man’ and then I get slapped back(山谷回声) in place by him when I step out of line."
"Repression…" another snickered.
I smiled because I knew exactly how they felt. When I was their age, I was certain I was being repressed and couldn"t possibly make a difference in this world. And I actually almost got fired from school once because I openly expressed how repressed(压抑) I felt in the middle of the principals’ office.
I Have A Dream.
Suddenly, one of the kids noticed me eavesdropping and smiling. He sat up, looked at me and said, "What? Do you disagree?" Then as he waited for a response, the other three kids turned around too.
Rather than arguing with them, I took an old receipt out of my wallet , tore it into four pieces, and wrote a different word on each piece. Then I crumbled the pieces into little paper balls and handed a different piece to each one of them.
"Look at the word on the paper I just gave you and don"t show it to anyone else." The kids looked at the single word I had handed each of them and appeared confused. "You have two choices," I told them. "If your word inspired you to make a difference in this world, then hold onto it. If not, give it back to me so I can recycle the paper." They all returned their words.
I walked over quickly , sat down on the sand next to their beach blanket and laid out the four words that the students had returned to me so that the words combined to form the simple sentence, "I have a dream."
"Dude, that"s Martin Luther King Jr.," one of the kids said.
"How did you know that?" I asked.
"Everyone knows Martin Luther King Jr." the kid snarled. "He has his own national holiday, and we all had to memorize his speech in school a few years ago."
"Why do you think your teachers had you memorize his speech?" I asked.
"I don"t really care!" the kid replied. His three friends shook their heads in agreement. "What does this have to do with us and our situation?"
"Your teachers asked you to memorize those words, just like thousands of teachers around the world have asked students to memorize those words, because they have inspired millions of repressed people to dream of a better world and take action to make their dreams come true. Do you see where I"m going with this?"
"Man, I know exactly what you"re trying to do and it"s not going to work, alright?" the fourth kid said, who hadn"t spoken a word until now. "We"re not going to get all inspired and emotional about something some dude said thirty years ago. Our world is different now. And it"s more screwed up than any us can even begin to imagine, and there"s little you or I can do about it. We"re too small, we"re nobody."
Together
I smiled again because I once believed and used to say similar things. Then after holding the smile for a few seconds I said, "On their own, ‘I" or ‘have’ or ‘a’ or ‘dream’ are just words. Not very compelling or inspiring. But when you put them together in a certain order, they create a phrase that has been powerful enough to move millions of people to take action – action that changed laws, perceptions, and lives. You don"t need to be inspired or emotional to agree with this, do you?"
The four kids shrugged and struggled to appear totally indifferent, but I could tell they were listening intently. "And what"s true for words is also true for people," I continued. "One person without help from anyone else can"t do much to make a big difference in this crazy world - or to overcome all of the various forms of repression that exist today. But when people get together and unite to form something more powerful and meaningful then themselves, the possibilities are endless.
Together is how mountains are moved. Together is how small people make a big difference.
小题1:Why were the kids repressed?
A.Because they were scolded by their teachers |
B.Because they lacked confidence of making a difference in the world |
C.Because they didn’t have lots of money or power. |
D.Because one of them almost got expelled from school. |
A.He argued with them. |
B.He played a game with them. |
C.He scooted over sat down on the sand next to their beach blanket . |
D.He took an old receipt ,ripped it into four pieces, and wrote a different word on each piece. |
A.“I Have A Dream” was delivered by Martin Luther King. |
B.A national holiday was named after Martin Luther King to honor him. |
C.Teachers asked kids to memorize Martin Luther King’s famous speech. |
D.Martin Luther King made a difference because he is a man with power. |
A.车到山前必有路 | B.从我做起 |
C.团结就是力量 | D.三人行,必有我师 |
A.The kids and the writer are complaining about their life. |
B.All of the four kids don’t believe they can change the world. |
C.The word on the paper inspires the four kids. |
D.The writer’s purpose is to tell them to a faith in the life. |
A.How adults persuade kids |
B.How small people make a big difference |
C.How young adults build up their confidence |
D.How create a better world to live in |
答案
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:D
小题6:B
解析
试题分析:文章讲述作者偶然在海边听见四个孩子的对话,他们对于怎么影响世界很困惑,怀疑凭自己的力量怎么改变世界,这也是作者年轻的时候困惑的地方,作者给孩子讲了两个道理,一个是要有梦想,还有一个是团结。
小题1:推理题:从第二段和第三段的句子:It"s impossible to make a difference unless you"re a huge company or someone with lots of money and power ,But what I say and do doesn"t even get noticed.可知这些孩子觉得不能对世界产生影响,所以感到压抑,选B
小题2:细节题:从I Have A Dream这部分里面的句子:可知一个男孩发现作者偷听后,作者拿出一个收据,撕成四片,每片上写一个不同的单词,选D。
小题3:细节题:从文章的句子:He has his own national holiday, and we all had to memorize his speech in school a few years ago."可知马丁路德金有自己的纪念日,但是文章没有说是用自己的名字命名的,选B。
小题4:句意理解题:最后一句话:Together is how mountains are moved. Together is how small people make a big difference.意思是团结可以撼动山,团结可以让小人物有大作为,意思和“团结就是力量”意思相符。选C。
小题5:细节题:从文章的句子:because they have inspired millions of repressed people to dream of a better world and take action to make their dreams come true. 可知作者的目的是让孩子要有人生的信念,选D
小题6:主旨题:从全篇文章和最后一段的句子:Together is how mountains are moved. Together is how small people make a big difference.可知这篇文章讲的是小人物怎么影响这个世界,选B。
核心考点
试题【Today, as I was relaxing at the beach, I couldn"t help but eavesdrop(窃听,偷听) on a】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
Soon, there was a smell in the air and I guessed something was wrong. , I jumped out of bed and went downstairs to . I saw fire coming out of my neighbour’s kitchen. Right away, I “Fire! Fire!” But there was no one nearby to my shouts for help.
I into my house, called the Fire Department and went back to my neighbour’s house. I rang the doorbell, hit on the door and my neighbour’s name but there was no . I managed to the house and rescued a cat and a rabbit.
I tried to throw water through the kitchen window it was no use; the fire was too strong. , a fire engine arrived and soon the firemen put out the fire. They arrived just as the fire was going to to the other rooms in the house.
When my neighbour came back, he was because his kitchen was burnt down, but he thanked me for calling the Fire Department and for saving his . He wanted to give me some money in return but I did not it.
Weeks later, my neighbour repaired and restored his kitchen. He me to his new kitchen and there he gave me a medal that he had ordered from a factory. It made me very happy.
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He knew very well that the had been knocked into the wall ten years before when the house was first . What had happened since then? The lizard had for ten years! To be trapped in a dark wall for ten years without ---it hardly seems possible, and is hard to . Then he wondered how the lizard could have lived for ten years without moving a single step since its was nailed! So he stopped his work and began to the lizard. He wanted to know what it had been doing, and it had survived.
A short time later another lizard with food in its mouth. He was shocked, and at the same time deeply . Another lizard had been the trapped one for the past ten years.
“What love exists(存在) in this animal! What can love do? It can do ! Just think, one lizard has been taking care of for ten long years, without hope that its partner would be saved,” the man said to himself.
If a small animal like a lizard can like this , just imagine how we could if we tried.
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Two weeks later a lovely elderly man came to my and asked to speak with me in private. , I gave him my full attention. He went on to tell me that he had overheard (无意听到) the with the co-worker about helping the woman. He wanted me to know that it was always okay to help people, and that was he wanted to give me a check for $1000! I tears, because I really needed the money at the time, but also because I had been recognized in such a way helping someone! We became good friends and, twenty years later, he called me up and told me he wanted to help me my first home! He gave me$ 120,000 to buy my dream house in my home town.
I asked him why he wanted to give me such a large . and he said it was because I was a "giver" and that I deserved(应得) it. I was able to the perfect little home for me, all because one day I a homeless woman without besitation .
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We had a job in Fort Bending. Robert bought me breakfast there. As we were leaving ,a man walked to us asking if he could get some work from Roberts" company. Robert explained there was no work for the man and the man started to walk away. As I looked from the leaving man back to Robert, l saw Robert getting Out some money and went after the man to give it to him. I asked Robert, "Why did you do that?" Robert said "He really had bad luck-what does a few dollars mater?"
After a very long, hard day, we stopped at a Quick Trip for a soda. I got through the check out ahead of Robert and went back out to the work truck. Beside the truck was a woman in a car. She had 3 kids and asked me if I could help-she had been evicted-had now where to go with her children-they were living in the car. I told her I was also hurting in these times-sorry I could not. Robert came out. opened the work truck and we got in I told him about the lady I didn"t even finish the story when Robert was out. his door- around the truck and giving the women money to help her and her kids out. When Robert returned I asked, "Why did you do that, she didn"t even ask you". He said “I have an ex-wife(前妻)and a kid-if they need help and I am not able, someone will help them"
小题1:Why did the man walk to the writer and Robert?
A.To ask for a lift in Robert"s truck. |
B.To look for a job in Robert"s company |
C.To beg for some money to buy a ticket. |
D.To expect Robert to buy him breakfast. |
A. Robert had a lot of dollars to give.
B Robert didn"t value dollars at all.
C. Robert took a few dollars seriously.
D. Robert didn"t care about money.
小题3:The underlined word "evicted" in the last paragraph may mean______
A.driven away | B.picked up | C.looked down | D.turned down |
A.Kind. | B.Proud. | C.Rich. | D.Cruel, |
A.he expected to get married to the woman |
B.she made him think of his ex-wife and kid |
C.she asked him whether he could give a hand |
D.he felt sorry for being unable to support his family |
A boy decided to dig a hole behind his house. As he was ,a couple of old boys stopped by to give a/an . “What are you doing?” asked one of the .“ I want to dig a hole all the way through the earth!” the boy excitedly. The older boys began to ,telling him that digging a hole all the way through the earth was . After a while,the boy picked up a jar(罐子). He it to the visitors. It was full of all kinds of stones and insects. Then he said calmly and ,“Maybe I can’t finish digging all the way through the earth, look at what I’ve found during this period! ”
The boy’s goal was far too ,but it did cause his to go on. And that is what a goal is --to cause us to move in the we have chosen, in other words, to cause us to keep working!
Not goal will be fully achieved. Not every job will up with a success. Not every dream will come true. But when you short of your aim, maybe you can say, “Yes, but look at I’ve found along the way! So many wonderful things have my life because I tried to do something!” is in the digging that life is lived. It is a joy on the that really makes sense.
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