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I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a weak and elderly voice. After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.
I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly towards the car.
She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It"s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.”
“Oh, you are such a good man.” She said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?”
“It"s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.
“Oh, I"m in no hurry,” she said. “I"m on my way to a hospice (临终医院). I don"t have any family left. The doctor says I don"t have very long.”
I quietly reached over and shut off the meter (计价器).
For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.
Sometimes she"d ask me to slow down in front of a special building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.
At dawn, she suddenly said, “I"m tired. Let"s go now.”
We drove in silence to the address she had given me.
“How much do I owe you?” she asked.
“Nothing.” I said.
“You have to make a living,” she answered. “Oh, there are other passengers.” I answered.
Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. Our hug ended with her remark, “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”
小题1:Why did the man help the old woman so much?
A.He wanted to get more money from the old woman. |
B.He was out of patience with the woman and wanted to leave quicker. |
C.The old woman asked him to help. |
D.He hoped others could also treated his old mother as well as he did. |
A.show she was familiar with the city |
B.see some places for the last time |
C.let the driver earn more money |
D.reach the destination on time |
A.Excited. | B.Shocked. |
C.Grateful. | D.Upset. |
A.Giving is always a pleasure. |
B.People should respect each other. |
C.An act of kindness can bring people great joy. |
D.People should learn to appreciate others" concern. |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:C
解析
试题分析:文章讲述的是作者去接了一个即将即开这个世界的老人去医院,路上对老人非常友善,并免费带老人去市中心转了一圈。
小题1:细节题:从第四段的句子:She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It"s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.”可知这个人帮助老人很多,因为他想自己的妈妈也被这么对待,选D
小题2:考查整体推断的能力。老人请求开车穿过市区(Could you drive through downtown?),然后,她说她要去临终医院(I’m on my way to a hospital.)。在接下来的两个小时,她在车上最后观看了市区的景象,回忆了她年轻时的情景。最后她到达了临终医院。选B。
小题3:考查简单推断的能力。从文章最后一段的句子:She held onto me tightly. Our hug ended with her remark, “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.” 可知老人对司机做的事情很感激。选C。
小题4:考查主旨题。从全篇文章看出租车司机没有收老人任何费用,很善良,使得老人感到很欣慰。同时老人也善良,主动要付给出租车司机费用,也使得出租车司机很感动。所以文章要表达的是:一个善举会给人们带来快乐。选C。
核心考点
试题【Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a pas】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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We soon reached the sands. There was there, but we were not discouraged. Instead we were that we were the only ones that dared to challenge the weather. we changed our clothes quickly. But things were not going so . The freezing sea wind was blowing. We felt very cold and trembled all over. At we made up our minds to go into the water. We put our feet in first to take them back very quickly. The water was unbelievably cold. Then I suggested we all jump in . We all went back ten steps. I gave the , and we all rushed forward and jumped in. I shall never forget the moment I was in the water. I was up and rushed again to the shore. it was with my friends. We put on our clothes as quickly as possible.
On the way back home, we talked about this unforgettable . The four of us did not school for the following three days. We all suffered a lot a very bad cold. But we thought it was all worth it.
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Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi on September 25, 1897. Despite his interest in writing, he left Oxford High School, Mississippi, without graduating. After World War I, he entered the University of Mississippi as a special student, a right to study which was granted to retired soldiers, although Faulkner had only finished training with the Air Force in Canada, and not entered combat(战斗).
Faulkner began to write poems, a verse play, short stories and finished his first novel Sartoris in 1928. His fiction was centered for 14 of the 19 novels published during his lifetime in a fictional region called Yoknapatawpha County. The name is said to come from the Indian Chickasaw word meaning split land.
In December 1950, Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. When he accepted it in Stockholm, his speech emphasized that he wished to continue writing, but in a positive way that affirmed the power of humanity to prevail over adverse circumstances. As he said in his speech, he still felt that, despite the threat of nuclear war then hanging over the world, the central concern of the writer should be “the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself”. He wanted the tensions and problems that he had cast the spotlight on in the southern states of America to be resolved by the life-affirming attitudes and action of his characters. Like playwright Tennessee Williams, Faulkner was a major voice who spoke for the troubled heart of the southern states of America. His achievement is all the more remarkable because, as a schoolboy, he was not only a frequent absentee but also reportedly failed to reach pass grades in English class. His collected short stories, novels, poems, and other writings form a legacy( 遗产) of literature which casts profound illumination(启发) on the special culture of the South, a culture which developed from a history and social circumstances that were always unique.
From the focus on a fictional county, and by remaining true to his view of a close-knit but real society that reflected the greater world around him, Faulkner in the end fashioned a legend of the Deep South that is one of the major achievements of the 20th century literature.
小题1:Which of the following statements about William Faulkner is NOT true?
A.William Faulkner’s work focuses on several troubled problems of southern America. |
B.William Faulkner died one hundred years ago. |
C.Although William Faulkner did not graduate from high school, he had great interests in writing. |
D.William Faulkner once took part in the army when he was young. |
A.They were the place where he grew up and his family took an important role in the history of that region. |
B.His work became a touchstone. |
C.He cared about the troubled issues of southern America. |
D.He felt sympathy for the poor in southern America. |
A.Both Tennessee William and William Faulkner are playwrights. |
B.Tennessee William was a major voice who spoke for the troubled people in southern America. |
C.Like Faulkner, he once won Nobel Prize for literature. |
D.Tennessee William had to pursue his writing career through difficult times. |
A.He reflected them by writing and criticized them. |
B.He intended to call on the troubled people to rebel. |
C.The troubled issues of southern America just provided many elements for his novels. |
D.He advocated resolving them in positive attitudes and actions. |
So he climbed up to the top, where the branches were thin. He managed to pick up a few sweet reddish fruits, but, in an attempt to climb down, he slipped and started falling towards the ground. Fortunately, he caught the branch as he was falling and remained helplessly hanging on the tree. Then he started to call nearby villagers for help. They immediately came with a ladder and sticks, but could do little to help him.
Then after some time one calm and thoughtful person arrived - a well-known sage who lived in a simple hut nearby. People were very curious to see what he would do, as he was famous in solving many people’s problems in the area and sometimes very complicated ones.
He was silent for a minute and then picked up a stone and threw it at the hanging man. Everybody was surprised. The hanging mango lover started to shout: What are you doing?! Are you crazy? Do you want me to break my neck?” The sage was silent. Then he took another stone and threw it at the man. The man was very angry: “If I could just come down, I would show you!”
That’s what everybody wanted - that he came down. But how? Now everybody was tense(紧张), as to what would happen next! Some wanted to punish the sage, but they didn’t. The sage picked another stone and threw it again at the man, even more forcefully. Now the man on the tree was enraged and developed a great determination to come down and take revenge(报仇).
He then used all his skill and strength and somehow reached the branches which were safe to start going down. And he made it! Everybody was amazed.
However, the rescued man found the sage gone. He stood there, realizing that the man really helped him because he induced him to try his best and save himself.
“I should be thankful and not angry.”
小题1:What happened after he had picked a few sweet reddish mangoes?
A.He remained hanging helplessly on the tree. |
B.He slipped and fell to the ground suddenly. |
C.He was climbing down quickly but carefully. |
D.He shouted loudly for help but no one helped. |
A.He was nervous. | B.He kept silent. | C.He was angry. | D.He felt surprised. |
A.Courage. | B.Assistance. | C.Carefulness. | D.Revenge. |
A.on the tree for the longest time | B.hidden in the middle of a tree |
C.on the very top of the a tree | D.exposed to sunlight less often |
A.Anger saves one’s life. | B.Wisdom does count. |
C.Skill and strength count. | D.Anger is the biggest enemy. |
In 1902, Huntington moved his business operations to Los Angeles, where he developed the street railway system that created the structure of the Los Angeles area. He greatly expanded the existing electric railway lines, creating an extensive inter-urban system providing the transportation necessary. Huntington’s business interests continued to grow particularly in the areas of water, power, and land development; at one time he served on as many as 60 corporate boards throughout the United States.
At the age of 60, he announced his decision to retire in order to devote time to his book and art collections and the landscaping of the 600-acre farm. In 1911 the large Beaux Arts building, in the charge of the architect Myron Hunt, was completed.
In 1913, Huntington married Arabella Duval Huntington. She shared his interests in collecting. As one of the most important art collectors of her generation, she was highly influential in the development of the art collection now shown in the former building.
In 1919, Henry and Arabella Huntington signed the agreement that conveyed their San Marino property and collections to a nonprofit educational trust, creating the Huntington, one of the world’s great cultural, research, and educational centers.
Henry E. Huntington died in 1927, leaving his great treasures the Huntington, including the world-famous Huntington Library, Art Gallery, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California to the public, which hosts more than 500,000 visitors each year.
小题1:What can you learn about Huntington from the first two paragraphs?
A.He worked in many fields before he came to Los Angeles. |
B.He built a house to store his art collection in San Marino. |
C.He did a lot to the USA railway development. |
D.He founded the Central Pacific Railroad. |
A.He devoted himself to his personal interests. |
B.He worked part time for non-profit business. |
C.He was in charge of an educational center. |
D.He shared his wife’s interests with her. |
A.An excellent artist. | B.A talented architect. |
C.An ambitious educator. | D.A successful businessman. |
A.a science fiction | B.a newspaper report | C.a novel | D.a biography |
Ellen chose to study at Englishtown because no evening classes were in the German countryside where she lives. At Englishtown, she joins classes online and speaks with live native English-speaking teacher.
In 2010, Ellen began with the first level of Englishtown and quickly . “I spent hours and hours studying,” she said “Maybe I wanted too much in a short time. I finished all my after 2 years and studying English isn’t all about hard work. It should also be ! I really like the online conversation classrooms, in which I can learn so much about other cultures and traditions. I am open for all .”
Ellen has been able to her English to use by visiting England five times! “I am very thankful to Englishtown because most of the English I know now was learned here,” Ellen says. “My life has with Englishtown.”
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