A few days ago, I bought some ink for my printer at my favorite $1 Supermarket, which sold everything from fresh produce to birthday cards at one dollar. Then l found a better at a computer store. So I went back to the supermarket to it for some other products. With telling me exactly what to do, I put the ink into a plastic bag, tied it up, placed the bag into a push-cart and started .
I was midway when a clerk suddenly stopped me. "You are not allowed to a bag around in this store. Open it and show me the !" she yelled coldly.
, I opened the bag and the ink to her. "I"m returning it. " I said.
"You should have left the bag with the clerk upon . Let me see your receipt!" she demanded I did as told, looking around, embarrassed everyone was laughing at me. "Perhaps in the future you"ll learn how to follow the store . " she added.
By the time I finished shopping, I was angry. How dare she treat me as a ? I went looking for her and asked for her . She mumbled (嘀咕) something. I asked her again, and this time I heard "Ursula. "
"Ursula what?" I asked. She yelled at me, "Ursula! " and stormed away.
"This employee is about to become unemployed, " I when I got home. 1 their headquarters (总部). I described my unpleasant experience to a representative. She was sympathetic, "Our employees are taught to be . Give me your phone number and I will ring you back. "
She did two days later. "I"m sorry," she said, "but there"s no Ursula at that supermarket. Can you her so that I can find out who she is? I assure you, we do not tolerate rude behavior, nor do we tolerate to our customers. "
By this time, I had calmed down. l didn"t really want the employee to lose her . So I told the representative to forget about it.
| 小题1: | | A．reduction | B．choice | C．introduction | D．price |
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| 小题2: | | A．change | B．return | C．receive | D．replace |
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| 小题3: | | A．somebody | B．nobody | C．everybody | D．anybody |
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| 小题4: | | A．bargaining | B．storing | C．loading | D．shopping |
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| 小题5: | | A．across | B．up | C．through | D．down |
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| 小题6: | | A．carry | B．show | C．move | D．push |
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| 小题7: | | A．identity | B．contents | C．belongings | D．ink |
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| 小题8: | | A．Depressed | B．Shocked | C．Amused | D．Stressed |
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| 小题9: | | A．poured | B．mixed | C．showed | D．fell |
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| 小题10: | | A．exit | B．admission | C．entry | D．departure |
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| 小题11: | | A．even though | B．as if | C．so that | D．in case |
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| 小题12: | | A．lines | B．borders | C．regulations | D．permissions |
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| 小题13: | | A．criminal | B．blue-collar | C．beggar | D．colleague |
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| 小题14: | | A．number | B．career | C．explanation | D．name |
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| 小题15: | | A．calmed down | B．thought aloud | C．found out | D．got through |
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| 小题16: | | A．rang | B．visited | C．questioned | D．blamed |
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| 小题17: | | A．patient | B．clever | C．polite | D．hardworking |
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| 小题18: | | A．recognize | B．inform | C．describe | D．forgive |
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| 小题19: | | A．yelling | B．pointing | C．talking | D．lying |
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| 小题20: | | A．job | B．way | C．chance | D．business |
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小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:C
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:B
小题9:C
小题10:C
小题11:B
小题12:C
小题13:A
小题14:D
小题15:B
小题16:A
小题17:C
小题18:C
小题19:D
小题20:A |
试题分析：
作者在商店购物，遭遇无礼店员而心生不快。于是向店方总部投诉，希图该店员被解雇。但是随着时间推移，作者平息了心中的怨愤，在店方总部让她描述店员体貌特征以便查处的时候，她放弃了继续追究。
小题1:考查名词词义辨识。A. reduction：减少、简化；B. choice：选择、选项；C. introduction：介绍；D. price：价格。作者在一元超市购买了油墨，后来在一家电脑商店发现了更好的油墨。电脑商店的油墨是一个更好的选项。故选择choice，B项正确。
小题2:考查语境理解和动词搭配。A change：改变、更换；B. return：归还；C. receive：接收；接待；D. replace：替换。据后面for some other products可知，作者是要将油墨换成其他商品，而非退货，排除B项；C项不合语境；D项与with搭配使用，即replace X with Y，用Y替代X；故选择change，change X for Y：将X换成Y。A项正确。
小题3:考查代词在语境中的运用。A somebody：有人、某人；B. nobody：没人； C. everybody：所有人；D. anybody：任何人。因为没有人告诉过她商店里的规定，作者将油墨放进塑料袋且将袋口扎起。这是与商店规定不相符的，因此后来才遭遇店员的无礼。选择B项。
小题4:考查语境理解。A bargaining：讨价还价； B. storing：储存；C. loading：装载；D. shopping：购物。作者将装有油墨的塑料袋放进购物车，开始购物。购物有一个选择过程，不可能推起购物车直接往里面装货，排除C项。故D项正确。
小题5:考查副词在语境中的运用。A. across：（从表面）穿过；B. up：往上；C. through：（从中间）穿过；结束（一个过程）；D. down：往下。作者购物过程中，一个店员走过来拦住她。 be midway through (shopping)：（购物）中途。选择C项。
小题6:考查动词在语境中的运用。A. carry：携带；B. show：展示；C. move：移动；D. push：推。商店里购物时不准带包。“移动”、“推”的是购物车，不是包。故选择A项。
小题7:考查名词在语境中的运用。A. identity：身份；B. contents：内容、容器里的东西；C. belongings：个人物品；D. ink：油墨、墨水。店员要求作者将塑料袋打开，让她查看里面的东西。店员不可能知道包里是油墨，排除D项。故B项正确。
小题8:考查语境理解。A. Depressed：情绪低落的；B. Shocked：震惊的；C. Amused：高兴的；D. Stressed：压力大的。作者没有想到店员像对待小偷一样，要她打开塑料袋让她查看，感到震惊。B项正确。
小题9:考查语境理解。A. poured：倒、倾倒；B. mixed：混合；C. showed：展示；D. fell：倒下、掉下。
作者按照要求，将油墨拿给店员看。show sth. to sb.：将某物展示给某人看。C项正确。
小题10:考查语境和固定搭配。A. exit：出口、退出；B. admission： 接纳、录取；C. entry：入口、进入；D. departure：离开。按照商店规定，进入商店时应该将塑料袋交给店员。upon entry/entering：进入时。故C项正确。
小题11:考查语境理解。 A. even though：即使；B. as if：似乎、好像；C. so that：以便；D. in case：以防。作者向四周张望、非常尴尬，好像每个人都在嘲笑她。B项正确。
小题12:考查名词在语境中的运用。 A. lines：队列；行；B. borders：边界；C. regulations：规章、制度；D. permissions：许可、允许。店员要作者今后遵守商店规定。C项正确。
小题13:考查语境理解。A criminal：罪犯；B. blue-collar：蓝领、体力劳动者；C. beggar：乞丐； D. colleague：同事。作者很是气愤，因为店员将她当成罪犯一样对待。A项正确。
小题14:考查语境理解。A. number：工号；B. career：职业；C. explanation：解释；D. name：姓名。从店员咕哝的Ursula以及后来商店总部找不到该店员来判断，作者打算投诉该店员，于是问她姓名，而非工号。D项正确。
小题15:考查短语动词在语境中的运用。A. calmed down：冷静下来； B. thought aloud：自言自语；C. found out：发现；D. got through：顺利度过。从This employee is about to become unemployed一句判断，作者到家后依然愤怒，排除A项。因为过于愤怒，就把心里的想法脱口说了出来。B项正确。
小题16:考查语境理解。 A rang：打电话；B. visited：拜访；C. questioned：提问；D. blamed：指责。从下文described my unpleasant experience判断，作者并没有指责总部，排除D项；下文还提到，总部代表承诺ring back，由此可见，作者是在给总部打电话。A项正确。
小题17:考查语境理解。A. patient：耐心的；B. clever：聪明的；C. polite：礼貌的；D. hardworking：勤奋的。因为作者投诉店员的粗鲁无礼，总部代表回应说他们要求店员应该“礼貌”。选择C项。
小题18:考查语境理解。A. recognize：认出；B. inform：通知；C. describe：描述；D. forgive：原谅。因为店员报了假名，总部没能查出该店员是谁，所以让作者描述其体貌特征。C项正确。[：原谅
小题19:考查语境理解。A. yelling：叫喊、吼叫；B. pointing：指着；C. talking：谈话；D. lying：说谎。 总部代表说他们不能容仍店员的粗鲁行为（排除A项），同样不能容忍对顾客撒谎（他们未能查到叫做Ursula的人，说明店员报了假名）。D项正确。
小题20:考查语境理解。A. job：工作；B. way：道路；C. chance：机会；D. business：生意。作者开头非常气愤，投诉就是想要店方总部解雇该店员。经过这番周折，作者已经平静下来，意识到她并非真要让店员丢掉工作。选择A项。 |
核心考点
试题【A few days ago, I bought some ink for my printer at my favorite $1 Supermarket, 】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
Growing up, I knew I was different. My father had left and he never came back. As I later discovered, the abandonment triggered my anxiety attacks. I feared being alone, unwanted, unpopular, and unloved.
My first attack came in a ninth-grade class: The teacher asked me to walk in front of the class, but I couldn"t do it- I was soaked in sweat, shaking. My symptoms began every morning from the moment when I stepped inside the school building.
Throughout my childhood, I was no stranger to the doctor"s office. My mother tried everything she could in hope of a breakthrough. There were times I thought suicide could be the only way to make the pain stop.
By age 16, I had shut down socially. Most of my peers were going to parties, playing sports, and dating. But I was a prisoner in my own home.
Then one Sunday morning, my wake-up call came from a magazine article. Freddie Prinze, Jr. was on the cover. The article detailed the pain of losing his father at a young age. I felt as though I were reading my own life story. The only difference? He was now a success.
That article inspired me to explore a new treatment option for myself. I wanted to turn my life around as well. So I hit the library and the Internet, and I began to realize how my negative thoughts controlled my physical well-being.
Immediately, I made a plan to take charge of my life. Shortly after following the items I had listed, I was able to stop seeing a therapist. I never returned to high school, but I did go to college. After graduation, I pursued a career in television news. My relationships have changed for the better, too. I"ve made new friends and reconnected with many from my past
The anxiety isn"t completely gone, but whenever it returns, I know the feeling will pass, and know I have the power to change my life, only if I will give myself a chance.
小题1:The writer"s anxiety attacks were mainly caused by .| A．the high school which he attended | B．the teacher who asked him to walk | | C．the writer himself who was fearful | D．the father who left in his childhood |
小题2:The breakthrough of the writer"s treatment came when________.| A．the mother took him to the doctor | B．the writer read a magazine article | | C．the writer"s pain finally stopped | D．the writer went to college |
小题3:What did the writer do after following the plan?| A．He went to see therapists. | B．He returned to high school. | | C．He contacted his old friends. | D．He didn"t suffer any attacks. |
小题4:The writer wrote this story to tell us________.| A．anxiety attacks are not lasting if we have proper treatment | | B．we shouldn"t keep ourselves away from the outside world | | C．we can change our lives if we give ourselves a chance | | D．fathers are not supposed to abandon their small kids |
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One very cold and rainy night in the winter of 2012, my husband and I were in a fast food restaurant. We were about to begin our meal a man walked in. He was completely from the rain and went into the men"s room.
I watched him go by, then I said to my husband, "That man must have had nothing to eat in a long time." When the man came out of the men"s room, he just himself in a chair, not going anywhere near the food counter. I that he didn"t have any money for food and wanted to dry off for a while.
I just couldn"t eat my food knowing that someone else was sitting only a few tables away. So, I a $20.00 bill from my shopping money to my husband. "Please get him dinner," I said. "We can do with less money this week."
My husband the man and quietly asked if he needed some food. The man at us. "A small cup of coffee would be great," he said. "Thank you so much!" He wasn"t going to take advantage of us, but we that he should have a full meal, which he gratefully(感激地) .
After he the food, he thanked my husband and my husband said, "No. Thank my . She noticed that you were ."
The man asked me, " did you know I haven"t eaten in a long time?" I smiled at him and said nothing , just asking him to the change(零钱) from the $20.00.
Giving others a whenever they’re in trouble not only brings happiness to the ones who it but also to the ones who give it. I am so grateful that I was able to with someone truly in need. It is a little bit of extra warmth on a rainy day.
| 小题2: | | A．angry | B．cold | C．wet | D．energetic |
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| 小题3: | | A．devoted | B．found | C．helped | D．seated |
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| 小题4: | | A．doubted | B．guessed | C．imagined | D．hoped |
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| 小题5: | | A．only | B．completely | C．occasionally | D．hardly |
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| 小题6: | | A．sad | B．quiet | C．hungry | D．silent |
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| 小题7: | | A．handed | B．took | C．borrowed | D．saved |
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| 小题8: | | A．respected | B．approached | C．begged | D．invited |
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| 小题9: | | A．shouted | B．laughed | C．smiled | D．cried |
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| 小题10: | | A．rarely | B．easily | C．clearly | D．immediately |
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| 小题11: | | A．instructed | B．insisted | C．admitted | D．observed |
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| 小题12: | | A．accepted | B．expressed | C．refused | D．expected |
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| 小题13: | | A．ordered | B．revised | C．booked | D．fetched |
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| 小题14: | | A．friend | B．children | C．wife | D．boss |
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| 小题15: | | A．in surprise | B．in shock | C．in danger | D．in need |
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| 小题17: | | A．return | B．lend | C．keep | D．give |
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| 小题18: | | A．gift | B．face | C．heart | D．hand |
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| 小题19: | | A．take | B．bring | C．refuse | D．receive |
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| 小题20: | | A．connect | B．share | C．talk | D．communicate |
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Once a great boxer （拳击家）, Tom Brown, went to a restaurant（饭馆）for dinner. He put his bag near the door, but he was afraid that someone would take it. So he got out a pen and a piece of paper and wrote on it: “The great boxer, Tom Brown, left his bag here. He’ll come back in a few minutes. ” He put the paper on his bag and went to have his dinner. When he came back, his bag wasn’t there. But he found a piece of paper on the ground. It said: “A great runner took away your bag, and he will not come back. ”
小题1:Tom Brown went to the restaurant ________.| A．for his bag | B．to see the runner | | C．to have his meal | D．for his pen |
小题2:Mr Brown was afraid ________.| A．to put down his bag near the door | | B．he couldn’t find his pen | | C．thieves would take his bag away | | D．he couldn’t get enough food himself from the restaurant |
小题3:Mr Brown wrote the words on the paper because he ________.| A．thought the thief would not steal （偷） his bag when he read the words | | B．was a boxer | | C．wanted to catch the thief | | D．wanted to get to know the runner |
小题4:When Mr Brown came back he ________.| A．found another piece of paper on the ground | | B．found his bag wasn’t there | | C．both A and B | | D．saw the runner running after him |
小题5:Which is not right?| A．Mr Brown was foolish． | | B．The runner was a thief. | | C．The runner made a joke on Mr Brown. | | D．The boxer didn’t know the runner at all. |
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Michel is a young girl who works for the police ____ a handwriting expert. She has helped ____ many criminals (罪犯) by using her special talents.
When she was fourteen, Michel was already ____ interested in the differences in her friends" ____ that she would spend hours ____ them. After ____ college she went to France for a ____ two-year class in handwriting at the School of Police Science.
Michel says that it is ____ for people to hide their handwriting. She can discover ____ of what she needs to know simply ____ looking at the writing with her own eyes, ____ she also has machines ____ help her make ____ different kinds of paper and ink. This knowledge is often ____ great help to the police.
Michel believes that handwriting is a good ____ of what kind of person the ____ is. "I wouldn"t go out with a fellow ____ I didn"t like his handwriting." She says. But she ____ she fell in love with her future husband, a young policeman ____ she studied his handwriting. It is later proved to be ____, however.
| 小题2: | | A．search | B．follow | C．catch | D．judge |
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| 小题3: | | A．so | B．too | C．quite | D．extra |
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| 小题4: | | A．books | B．letter | C．tongues | D．handwriting |
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| 小题5: | | A．writing | B．studying | C．settling | D．uncovering |
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| 小题6: | | A．attending | B．finishing | C．starting | D．stepping into |
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| 小题7: | | A．powerful | B．natural | C．special | D．common |
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| 小题8: | | A．main | B．safe | C．easy | D．impossible |
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| 小题9: | | A．most | B．nothing | C．little | D．sight |
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| 小题12: | | A．they | B．in which | C．that | D．those |
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| 小题15: | | A．test | B．sign | C．means | D．habit |
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| 小题16: | | A．thief | B．criminal | C．writer | D．policeman |
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| 小题17: | | A．whether | B．unless | C．if | D．after |
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| 小题18: | | A．adds | B．tells | C．repeats | D．cries |
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| 小题19: | | A．before | B．after | C．shyly | D．and |
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| 小题20: | | A．necessary | B．all right | C．important | D．quite easy |
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The week after Jane"s birthday, Barbara and Mary were away. Jane decided to have a late birthday party. She telephoned several friends. She asked some to bring records, some to bring food and others to bring something to drink. She rang another friend to see if she could borrow his record player. She herself bought some food and drink to get the party going. She took up all the carpets (地毯) so that they could dance. She did not know whether Barbara and Mary would have approved (赞成), but as long as she was careful, she was sure that they would not mind. She warned the two people in the flat above and invited them down.
“Oh, ” said Jane, surprised. “What"s all this about? ”
The first guests arrived soon after eight. The music was soon playing loudly and they started dancing. Some of Jane"s friends brought other friends with them. As more and more people arrived,the noise increased. People started shouting at each other, so they turned the music up. This made it more difficult to hear each other above the music, so they shouted more loudly. At half past ten the bell rang. “Turn down the music!” someone shouted. “Someone probably called the police.” When Jane opened the door, there was a policeman standing there. She started to apologize, “I"m sorry about all the noise, officer. But you see, it was my birthday last week and I"m having a party.” “Never mind about that, miss. We"re here because of something much more important.”
“Well, there"s been a report of burglary (盗窃行为). We think the thief may have come to your party, pretending to be a friend of someone here. ”
小题1:When did Jane have the party? | A．On her birthday. | B．After her birthday. | | C．Before Barbara and Mary left. | D．As soon as she telephone her friends. |
小题2:Why did people shout at each other at the party? | A．They got rather angry with each other. | | B．They were very glad to make new friends. | | C．They became too excited while dancing. | | D．They couldn"t hear each other because of the music. |
小题3:What reason did Jane think the policeman came for? | A．They made too much noise. | | B．A thief was among the guests. | | C．He had some important things to do. | | D．He was interested in birthday parties. |
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