In 1970, at the age of 35, my father was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. There was not much done at that time and my father had to rely on the medication and treatment that were at that time. But one thing was , my father was not a quitter. He was a teacher who children with special educational needs in Chicago Public High School. Every day we would hear about “his kids”. These “kids” did not usually my sister and I.
One day, my father arrived at his school and walked up the for his first period. He was having a very day because the disease was really taking everything out of him. He once and bruised (擦伤) his knee but he still kept going. did he know that someone was watching.
As the day his steps began to get a little lighter. At the end of the day, he was about to leave a young girl entered his office. He had met her in the hallway but she was not one of his . He asked what he could do for her and she said, “I just wanted to thank you for my life.”
He looked at her and couldn’t what he had done. She then went on . “When I got up this morning, I felt as if I was at the end of my and ready to kill myself. But when I saw you trying to go up the stairs and then you fell, I felt and the feeling of sadness just kept getting . And now you are walking as as ever. It’s really true that everything will get better as the days go on.”
| 小题1: | | A．information | B．research | C．knowledge | D．experience |
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| 小题2: | | A．favorable | B．believable | C．reasonable | D．available |
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| 小题3: | | A．obvious | B．special | C．natural | D．strange |
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| 小题4: | | A．abandoned | B．followed | C．taught | D．attended |
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| 小题5: | | A．stories | B．jokes | C．songs | D．humors |
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| 小题6: | | A．connect | B．change | C．mean | D．defeat |
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| 小题7: | | A．mountains | B．stairs | C．ladders | D．streets |
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| 小题8: | | A．normal | B．pleasant | C．simple | D．difficult |
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| 小题9: | | A．fell | B．stood | C．happened | D．appeared |
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| 小题10: | | A．Few | B．Little | C．Seldom | D．Never |
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| 小题11: | | A．arrived | B．progressed | C．broke | D．stopped |
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| 小题12: | | A．until | B．before | C．when | D．while |
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| 小题13: | | A．students | B．friends | C．teachers | D．workers |
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| 小题14: | | A．losing | B．giving | C．passing | D．saving |
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| 小题15: | | A．write down | B．figure out | C．cut off | D．put up |
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| 小题16: | | A．responding | B．admitting | C．explaining | D．complaining |
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| 小题18: | | A．sorry | B．bad | C．lucky | D．proud |
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| 小题19: | | A．lower | B．weaker | C．higher | D．stronger |
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| 小题20: | | A．carefully | B．quickly | C．lightly | D．slowly |
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小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:A
小题6:C
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:A
小题10:D
小题11:B
小题12:C
小题13:A
小题14:D
小题15:B
小题16:C
小题17:A
小题18:B
小题19:D
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试题分析：文章讲述的是一个父亲的故事。作者的父亲的了帕金森病，当时的医疗条件有限，只能依靠药物来治疗。作者的爸爸是芝加哥一所公立高中的老师，有一天他来到学校，上楼摔倒的一幕被一个想要自***的女孩看到了。作者爸爸的坚强给了那个女孩以力量，她很感激作者的爸爸。
小题1:There was not much done at that time and my father had to rely on the medication and treatment当时没有太多关于帕金森病的研究，作者的爸爸不得不依赖药物和治疗。A信息；B研究；C知识；D经历，经验。故选B。
小题2:the medication and treatment that were at that time当时仅有的医疗条件，A赞同的，有利的；B可信的；C合理的；D可获得的，可得到的。故选D。
小题3:But one thing was , my father was not a quitter.有一件事是明显的，作者的爸爸不是一个轻言放弃的人。A明显的；B特殊的；C自然的；D奇怪的。故选A。
小题4:He was a teacher who children with special educational needs作者的爸爸教一些有特殊教育需要的孩子，A放弃，抛弃；B跟随；C教书；D参加，上学。故选C。
小题5:Every day we would hear about “his kids”.每天都能听到关于“他的孩子”的故事，A故事；B玩笑；C歌曲；D幽默。故选A。
小题6:These “kids” did not usually my sister and I.这些“孩子”不总是意味着作者和妹妹，A连接；B改变；C意味着；D打败。故选C。
小题7:my father arrived at his school and walked up the for his first period爸爸到达学校，走上楼梯开始他的第一阶段，根据最后一段“go up the stairs”可知，应填stairs，A山；B楼梯；C梯子；D街道。故选B。
小题8:He was having a very day because the disease was really taking everything out of him.他的病把一切都夺走了，爸爸的一天过得很艰难，A正常的；B令人愉快的；C简单的；D困难的。故选D。
小题9:He once and bruised (擦伤) his knee爸爸摔倒擦伤了膝盖，A摔倒；B站立；C发生；D出现。故选A。
小题10: did he know that someone was watching.他从来不知道有一个人一直在看着他，A少的；B少的，小的；C很少；D从不。故选D。
小题11:As the day his steps began to get a little lighter.随着一天时间的过去，他的脚步变轻了，A到达；B进展，发展；C打破；D停止。根据下一句的At the end of the day可知，这里不是一天的结束，不用stopped。故选B。
小题12:he was about to leave a young girl entered his office当一个年轻女孩进来时，爸爸正要离开，be about to do sth when...正要做某事时，另外一件事发生了。故选C。
小题13:He had met her in the hallway but she was not one of his .爸爸半路上遇见过这个女孩，但她不是爸爸的学生，A学生；B朋友；C老师；D工人。故选A。
小题14:she said, “I just wanted to thank you for my life.”她说：“我只是想谢谢你救了我的命”，A失去；B给；C通过；D拯救。故选D。
小题15:He looked at her and couldn’t what he had done.爸爸看着她，不理解自己曾经为她做过什么事情，A写下；B计算出，弄明白，理解；C切除，切断，中断；D进行，住宿，搭建，张贴。故选B。
小题16:She then went on . “When I got up她接着解释。“当我起床时，......”。A回应；B承认；C解释；D抱怨。故选C。
小题17:I felt as if I was at the end of my and ready to kill myself.她感觉自己的生命已经到了尽头，准备自***，at the end of one’s rope某人生命的尽头，A绳子；B墙壁；C道路；D工作。故选A。
小题18:and then you fell, I felt 她看到作者的爸爸摔倒，心里肯定不会是开心，根据后面的“the feeling of sadness”可知，作者很难过，A遗憾的，抱歉的；B糟糕的；C幸运的；D自豪的。故选B。
小题19:the feeling of sadness just kept getting 难过的感觉一直在增强，A更低的；B更虚弱的；C更高的；D更强的。故选D。
小题20:根据everything will get better as the days go on可知，一切都会好起来。And now you are walking as as ever.作者爸爸的脚步像以前一样轻快。A小心地；B快速地；C轻轻地，轻松地；D慢慢地。故选C。 |
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I still remember my first job in the city center. The was large, dark and old the physics lecture room was on the second floor. , it wasn’t a lecture room at all, it was an ordinary room, but it had “LECTURE ROOM’ on the . The students were sixteen or seventeen years old, several years younger than me. , some of them looked and acted older than me sometimes.
The room was directly the street, and had the window looking out over the street and many houses. One day, I was some words on the blackboard when I heard a sudden change in the noise behind me. There was a man standing in the room with an apple in his hand. He looked .
“Who threw this?” he asked, looking round the class.
“I beg your pardon? What is the matter?” I said. “ threw this apple out of the window,” he said. “It on my car.”
“Who threw an apple out of the window?” I to the class. There was no answer.
“I the fellow who threw this.” said the man. “I will be outside for you.” And then he left, closing the door behind him.
was silence and I continued with the lesson. At the end of every lesson, usually the class were all before the bell finished ringing, leaving me saying “That’s all for today” to an empty . This time, when the bell went for the end of the lesson, no one . “That’s all for today,” I said. “You go first, sir,” said one of the boys. It made a nice change, I being out first.
| 小题1: | | A．room | B．building | C．floor | D．city |
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| 小题3: | | A．Happily | B．Luckily | C．Properly | D．Actually |
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| 小题4: | | A．floor | B．ground | C．door | D．window |
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| 小题6: | | A．In fact | B．In the end | C．After all | D．As a result |
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| 小题9: | | A．getting | B．making | C．taking | D．putting |
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| 小题10: | | A．hardly | B．almost | C．half | D．such |
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| 小题11: | | A．angry | B．kind | C．sorry | D．happy |
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| 小题12: | | A．Anyone | B．One | C．Who | D．Someone |
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| 小题13: | | A．hit | B．defeated | C．landed | D．arrived |
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| 小题14: | | A．asked | B．said | C．talked | D．told |
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| 小题16: | | A．waiting | B．looking | C．finding | D．seeing |
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| 小题17: | | A．It | B．There | C．This | D．That |
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| 小题18: | | A．walked | B．left | C．gone | D．ended |
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| 小题19: | | A．lesson | B．class | C．room | D．lecture |
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| 小题20: | | A．heard | B．finished | C．spoke | D．moved |
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Long ago there were two people--- a young father and an old neighbor. One day the young father was visiting the old neighbor. They were standing in the old man’s garden, talking about children. The young man said, “How strict should parents be with their children?”
The old man pointed to a string（绳子）between a big strong tree and a thin young one．“Please untie（解开）that string，” he said．The young man untied it, and the young tree bent over to one side. “Now tie it again，please,” said the old man, “but first pull the string tight so that the young tree is straight again.”
The young man did so．Then the old man said，“There，it is the same with children. You must be strict with them, but sometimes you must untie the string to know how they are getting on．If they are not yet able to stand alone，you must tie the string tight again. But when you find that they are ready to stand alone，you can take the string away.”
小题1:The story is about ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ．| A．how the young father should get on with his old neighbor | | B．how to tie and untie the string | | C．how to take care of young trees | | D．how strict parents should be with their children. |
小题2:The young man untied the string ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ．| A．only to find that the thinner one bent over to one side | | B．in order to let the old man teach him | | C．in order to throw it away | | D．so that both of the trees would grow straight |
小题3:When can the string be taken away？＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ．| A．When the young man has untied it next time | | B．When the young tree grows strong enough | | C．When the old man has left | | D．After you have untied it |
小题4:At last the old man told the young man ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ．| A． that he should be strict with his children if they could not yet stand alone | | B．that he should be hard on them | | C． that he should tie his children until they are ready to stand alone | | D．that he should always be strict with his children |
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Our house was directly across the street from the clinic entrance of John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to the patients at the clinic.
One evening as I was fixing supper, there was a knock at the door. I opened it to see a truly awful looking man. He’s hardly taller than my eight-year-old son. “Good evening. I’ve come to see if you’ve a room. I came for a treatment this morning from the eastern shore, and there’s no bus till morning.” He told me he’d been hunting for a room since noon but with no success. “I guess it’s my face... I know it looks terrible, but my doctor says with a few more treatments...” For a moment I hesitated, but his next words convinced me: “I could sleep in this chair on the porch. My bus leaves early in the morning.”
I told him we would find him a bed. When I had finished the dishes, I talked with him. He told me he fished for a living to support his five children, and his wife, who was hopelessly crippled（残疾的）from a back injury. He didn’t tell it by way of complaint. Next morning, just before he left, as if asking a great favor, he said, “Could I come back and stay the next time?” He added, “Your children made me feel at home. ”
On his next trip he arrived a little after seven in the morning. As a gift, he brought a big fish and the largest oysters（牡蛎）I had ever seen. I knew his bus left at 4:00 a. m. and I wondered what time he had to get up in order to do this for us.
In the years he came to stay overnight with us and there was never a time that he did not bring us vegetables from his garden. I know our family always will be grateful to have known him; from him we learned how to accept the bad without complaint when facing the misfortune.
小题1:Why did the author agree to let the man spend the night in his house at last?| A．Because the man said others refused to accommodate him. | | B．Because the man said he would not cause much inconvenience. | | C．Because the man said he had come from the eastern shore. | | D．Because the man said he had been hunting for a room since noon. |
小题2:How long would it take the man to travel from his home to Baltimore by bus?| A．About 1 hour． | B．About 2 hours． | C．About 3 hours． | D．About 4 hours． |
小题3:From the text we can know that_____________．| A．the author’s children were kind and friendly to the man | | B．the man was fed up with his hard-work and his family | | C．John Hopkins Hospital provided rooms-for the patients to live in | | D．the author and his family were thought highly of by his neighbors |
小题4:The author’s family were grateful to know the man because__________．| A．he often brought them fish and vegetables from his garden | | B．he paid them money for his staying | | C．he taught them how to accept the bad without complaint | | D．he stayed only overnight with the writer’s family |
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This week Faith Lapidus and Doug Johnson will tell you about Chuck Berry．Chuck Berry，born on October 18，1926，is often called the father of rock and roll．He is one of the most popular and influential performers of rhythm－and－blues and rock‘n’roll music during the 1950s，1960s and 1970s．
He started singing in church when he was six years old．His interest in music stuck with him．A lot of Chuck Berry’s material is about teenage life，especially school．Chuck Berry left school when he was 17．He headed west with two friends，but they did not get far．They were arrested after they used a gun to steal a car in Kansas City，Missouri．He was set free after four years.
Chuck Berry signed his first recording contract in 1955，with the company Chess Records．Because one of his early hits，“Rock＆Roll Music”，hit big in the United States then，which was greeted with enthusiastic reviews．Many other famous bands copied it again and again．
Filmmaker Taylor Hackford made a documentary called“Hail! Hail! Rock‘n’Roll”, named for a Chuck Berry song．It centered on the making of a concert to honor the musician on his 60th birthday in 1986．Guitarist Keith Richards from the Rolling Stones organized the concert．Listening to Chuck Berry songs got him interested in music．In Keith Richards’words，“I didn’t dream I could make a living at it but that’s what I wanted to do．”More than 75 artists and bands have done their own versions of Chuck Berry songs．
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland，Ohio，included Chuck Berry in its first year of honors in 1986．The Hall of Fame had this to say：“While no individual can be said to have invented rock and roll，Chuck Berry comes the closest of any single figure to being the one who put all the essential pieces together．”
Thank you for your listening．Faith Lapidus and Doug Johnson were your announcers．
小题1:The underlined words“hit big”in Paragraph 3 probably mean“__________”．| A．won great Success | B．made rapid progress | | C．got into big trouble | D．made a small difference |
小题2:Guitarist Keith Richards is mentioned in Paragraph 4 to show ___________．| A．music is a way of making a life | B．Chuck Berry influenced him a lot | | C．he disliked Chuck Berry in fact | D．he is a real fan of Chuck Berry |
小题3:Which of the following about Chuck Berry is true?| A．Chuck Berry was the first to invent rock and roll on his own． | | B．Chuck Berry was put into prison for leaving school in 1943． | | C．Chuck Berry can be said to have formed rock and roll’s basic structure． | | D．Chuck Berry is the most popular and influential performer． |
小题4:Where does this text probably come from?| A．An advertisement． | B．A science fiction． | | C．A magazine． | D．A radio report． |
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A year ago, August, Dave Fuss lost his job driving a truck for a small company in west Michigan. His wife, Gerrie, was still working in the local school cafeteria, but it was for Dave to find work, and the price of everything was rising. The Fusses were at the risk of joining the millions of Americans who have their homes in recent years. Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely —$7,000, a legacy(遗产) from their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, who died in an accident. “It really made a difference when we were meeting difficulty.” says Dave.
But the Fusses weren’t the only folks in Alto and the neighboring town of Lowell to unexpected legacy from the Hatches. Dozens of other families were by what the Hatches had done. In some cases, it was a few thousand dollars; in , it was more than $100,000.
It nearly everyone that the Hatches had so much money, more than $3 million—they were an elderly couple who lived in an old house on what was left of the family farm.
Children of the Great Depression, Ish and Arlene were known for their habit of . They preferred comparison shopping and would go from store to store, checking prices before making a new purchase.
Through the years, the Hatches paid for local children to attend summer camps when their parents couldn’t it. “Ish and Arlene never asked if you anything,” says their friend Sandy Van Weelden, “They could see things they could do to make you happier, and they would do them.”
Even more extraordinary was that the Hatches their farmland. It was the Hatches’ wish that their legacy—a legacy of kindness as much as one of dollars and cents—should the whole community and last for generations to come.
Neighbors helping neighbors—that was Ish and Arlene Hatch’s story.
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| 小题2: | | A．lost | B．bought | C．left | D．wanted |
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| 小题3: | | A．gift | B．money | C．encouragement | D．package |
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| 小题4: | | A．accept | B．defeat | C．win | D．receive |
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| 小题5: | | A．amazed | B．excited | C．upset | D．touched |
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| 小题6: | | A．the other | B．another | C．other | D．others |
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| 小题7: | | A．surprised | B．frightened | C．pleased | D．encouraged |
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| 小题8: | | A．kind | B．generous | C．living | D．saving |
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| 小题9: | | A．afford | B．buy | C．offer | D．keep |
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| 小题10: | | A．suffered | B．enjoyed | C．needed | D．did |
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| 小题11: | | A．put away | B．put up | C．gave up | D．gave away |
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| 小题12: | | A．enrich | B．bless | C．brighten | D．expand |
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