My teenage son Karl became withdrawn(孤僻) after his father died. As a single parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him. But the more I tried, the more he pulled away. When his report card arrived during his junior year, it said that he had been absent 95 times from classes and had six falling grades for the year. In this way he would never graduate. I sent him to the school adviser, and I even begged him. Nothing worked.
One night I felt so powerless that I got down on my knees and asked God for help. "Please God, I can"t do anything more for my son. I"m at the end of my rope. I"m giving the whole thing up to you."
I was at work when I got a phone call. A man introduced himself as the headmaster. "I want to talk to you about Karl"s absences." Before he could say another word, I choked up (哽咽) and all my disappointment and sadness over Karl came pouring out into the ears of this stranger. "I love my son, but I just don"t know what to do. I"ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has worked. It"s out of my hands." For a moment there was silence on the other end of the line. The headmaster seriously said, "Thank you for your time", and hung up.
Karl’s next report card showed a marked improvement in his grades. Finally, he was even on the list of the best students at school. In his fourth year, I attended a parent-teacher meeting with Karl. I noticed that his teachers were astonished at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home, he said, "Mum, remember that call from the headmaster last year?" I nodded. "That was me. I thought I"d play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really hit me how much I was hurting you. That"s when I knew I had to make you proud."
小题1:According to the first report card, Karl __________. | A．often went to school late | B．failed in all the exams | | C．did a good job at school | D．didn"t do well at school |
小题2:When the mother said "It"s out of my hands." to the headmaster, she meant that she________. | A．didn"t know what to do about her son | | B．would drive her son away from the house | | C．had no money to support the family | | D．she would have to hang up |
小题3:There was silence on the other end of the line because _____. | A．the speaker was unable to interrupt the mother | | B．the speaker waited for the mother to finish speaking | | C．the speaker didn"t want the mother to recognize his voice | | D．the speaker was too moved to say anything to the mother |
小题4:Who was it that telephoned Karl"s mother that day? | A．The headmaster. | B．The school adviser. | | C．Karl himself. | D．The passage doesn"t tell us. |
小题5:From the passage we can learn that _________. | A．children in single-parent families always have mental problems | | B．mother"s love plays an important role in teenagers" life | | C．parents should give their children as much help as possible | | D．school education still works well without support from parents |
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小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:B |
试题分析：文章大意：丈夫去世后，儿子性格变得孤僻起来，单亲母亲想尽一切办法想帮助儿子，却没有任何好转。终于一次儿子想借校长的名义跟妈妈打电话开个玩笑时听到了母亲的心声，从此振作起来，逐渐成了母亲的骄傲……
小题1:D 推断题。根据第一段里When his report card arrived during his junior year, it said that he had been absent 95 times from classes and had six falling grades for the year.儿子有95次旷课，六门公课不及格，由此推断儿子在学校里表现并不好，所以答案选D。
小题2:A 句意理解题。 根据文章句子"I love my son, but I just don"t know what to do. I"ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has worked. It"s out of my hands."得知，母亲爱儿子，她已经竭尽全力在帮助儿子，但是毫无效果，所以最后一句It"s out of my hands.是说明母亲这时的心理，感觉自己已经无能为力了，不知道该怎么做好了。所以A正确。
小题3:D 推理题。从后文儿子的告白it really hit me how much I was hurting you，自己意识到自己的行为对母亲的伤害有多深，所以他是激动地说不出话来从而沉默了，因此选D。
小题4:C 细节题。根据最后一段中句子Mum, remember that call from the headmaster last year?" I nodded. "That was me. 直接可以得出答案为C。
小题5:B 推断题。整篇文章都是在表明一个伟大的单亲母亲在为儿子默默地付出，用自己的真心感动儿子，使儿子振作起来。所以答案B正确，母亲的爱在青少年的生活中起着重要作用。 |
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试题【My teenage son Karl became withdrawn(孤僻) after his father died. As a single pare】；主要考察你对
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My father was in the navy, which meant that my mother was married to both my father and the sea. As was often the , we had to pack our belongings into boxes and those we had grown to love. We would arrive at our new home and find ourselves once again standing at the pier (码头) good-bye to my father as his ship pulled him away from us. My mother would turn my brother and me around before the ship was out of , wipe our tears, and take us back home to start the process of in the new environment again.
Throughout the years of changing , schools and friends, there remained one constant in my childhood — my mother. For both my and me, she was the cook, maid and teacher. She played these roles while some type of part-time job. Leaving a career is just one of the sacrifices which my mother made for my family as we moved around the world with our father every three years or so. she had to deal with only a small budget, my mother, , managed to make each house the very home that is safe and .
This probably sounds like a depressing way to live, with two small children: “single”
parenthood, short-term friendships, and the inability to her career or establish a home. But it was not for my mother. She turned this into adventure for us all! Each relocation (变换位置) was a chance to another part of the world. My mother greeted each new culture, climate and neighborhood. Each new house was a to rearrange furniture, make curtains and pictures. Every part-time job was an opportunity to learn something new and work with interesting people.
No matter how difficult the life was, she was always having a attitude. She always had strength in the face of struggle and change. My mother was so all those years during my childhood — she was my island in a sea of change. She is my hero.
| 小题1: | | A．situation | B．condition | C．case | D．matter |
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| 小题2: | | A．leave out | B．leave behind | C．leave off | D．leave for |
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| 小题3: | | A．speaking | B．staring | C．waving | D．talking |
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| 小题4: | | A．range | B．shape | C．sight | D．control |
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| 小题5: | | A．adapting | B．suiting | C．matching | D．fitting |
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| 小题6: | | A．names | B．jobs | C．addresses | D．directions |
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| 小题7: | | A．father | B．classmates | C．brother | D．relatives |
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| 小题8: | | A．performing | B．seeking | C．waiting | D．applying |
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| 小题9: | | A．terrible | B．promising | C．hopeless | D．negative |
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| 小题10: | | A．Once | B．While | C．When | D．Unless |
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| 小题11: | | A．somewhere | B．anyhow | C．somewhat | D．somehow |
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| 小题12: | | A．romantic | B．comfortable | C．mysterious | D．wealthy |
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| 小题13: | | A．generally | B．actually | C．especially | D．unfairly |
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| 小题14: | | A．desert | B．develop | C．affect | D．limit |
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| 小题15: | | A．lifestyle | B．value | C．journey | D．opportunity |
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| 小题16: | | A．acquire | B．explore | C．occupy | D．realize |
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| 小题17: | | A．load | B．sadness | C．result | D．challenge |
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| 小题19: | | A．changeable | B．cautious | C．positive | D．negative |
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| 小题20: | | A．experienced | B．brave | C．ordinary | D．annoyed |
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The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn"t already know.
I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled，little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being. She said，“Hi, handsome. My name is Rose. I" m eighty－seven years old. Can I give you a hug？”I laughed and enthusiastically responded，“Of course you may.”and she gave me a giant squeeze. “Why are you in college at such a young，innocent age？”I asked. She jokingly replied，“I"m here to meet a rich husband，get married，have a couple of children，and then retire and travel.”“No，seriously？”I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.
“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I"m getting one. ”she told me. After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milk- shake. We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months, we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always attracted listening to this “time machine” as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.
Over the course of the year，Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the attention from the other students. She was living it up.
At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I"ll never forget what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up to the podium(讲台). As she began to deliver her prepared speech，she dropped her 3x5 cards on the floor. Frustrated and a little embarrassed, she leaned into the microphone and simply said，“I"m sorry I"m so nervous. I gave up beer for Lent(一种威士忌的牌子) and this whisky is killing me. I"ll never get my speech back in order to let me just tell you what I know.”
As we laughed she cleared her throat and began：“We do not stop playing because we are old；we grow old because we stop playing. There are only four secrets to staying young，being happy，and achieving success.” “You have to laugh and find humor every day.” You"ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams，you die. We have so many people walking around who are dead and don"t even know it.” “There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don"t do one productive thing，you will turn twenty years old. If I am eighty－seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything, I will turn eighty－eight. Anybody can grow older. It’s non-optional but that doesn"t take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change.” “Have no regrets. The elderly usually don"t have regrets for what we did，but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets.” She concluded her speech by courageously singing “The Rose.” She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives. At the year"s end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago.
One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep. Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in honor of the wonderful woman who taught by example that it"s never too late to be all you can possibly be. When you finish reading this, please send this peaceful word of advice to your friends and family, they’ll really enjoy it! These words have been passed along in loving memory of ROSE.
小题1:The writer provides the details about Rose in Paragraph 2 to show that_______.| A．she was an innocent and enthusiastic person | | B．she was an optimistic and humorous person | | C．she was an aggressive person with a strong sense of honor | | D．she was an intelligent person with highly motivated personality |
小题2:Why does the writer compare Rose to “time machine” in Paragraph 3?| A．To describe the friendship between Rose and her young schoolmates. | | B．To stress her old age and rich wisdom and experience. | | C．To show that she enjoyed dressing up in spite of her old age. | | D．To emphasize that she took on the challenge at such an old age. |
小题3:Which of the following best explains the sentence ”We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing”(Paragraph 6)?| A．“If we lose our dreams, we will regret for what we did when young.” | | B．“If we don’t laugh every day, we will easily get old.” | | C．“Once we stop seeking and working for our dreams, we will really become old.” | | D．“Once we stop exercising, we will get weaker physically and mentally.” |
小题4:It can be inferred from Paragraph 6 that________.| A．those who don’t have dreams are as good as dead | | B．growing old is uncontrollable but growing up is optional | | C．the elderly usually feel regretful for what they did | | D．our talent and ability decline with age |
小题5:The method the writer uses to describe the character of Rose is________.| A．making comments | B．making comparisons | | C．providing arguments | D．giving examples |
小题6:Which of the following is the best title for the passage?| A．Meeting challenges | B．Secrets to success | | C．Dream in heart | D．My best friend |
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Andy was born with a developmental(发展的disorder. The two sides of his brain were not normally together. The right side of his could not communicate with the left. At the age of three, it was for him to walk, speak, and play. He could only echo (重复) back a few words, and walked while someone held each of his hands.
Then came the . He attended an all-day center where he every unimaginable treatment. He struggled, sometimes in , to get stronger. Andy hated it when his parents would him there in the
mornings. However, they —against all odds(逆境)—that he would grow up to live a healthy life. They believed it for themselves, and for Andy.
It .Today Andy is a successful 13-year-old high school student and has won the gold medal for his math competition. His _____ has been nothing short of a wonder. He receives special help with a few things, but _____ his friends in all the activities he loves. Andy overcame a lot of to move from adversity (逆境) to victory.
Ask yourself: “What are the seeds of hidden in my struggles today? If I get up when I , what will that make possible tomorrow? ”
“Overnight success” is the of years of tenacity (坚韧)and continued .
Victory is possible for those who never give in to whatever bad to them. They’ll find the path to their dream. , they will accept adversities as universities that will foster (促进) strength, growth, and skills to attract the victory they seek.
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| 小题2: | | A．ear | B．body | C．foot | D．shoulder |
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| 小题3: | | A．difficult | B．easy | C．interesting | D．funny |
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| 小题4: | | A．fast | B．strangely | C．strongly | D．slowly |
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| 小题5: | | A．power | B．attention | C．struggles | D．failures |
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| 小题6: | | A．watched | B．followed | C．received | D．enjoyed |
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| 小题7: | | A．tears | B．smiles | C．excitement | D．disappointment |
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| 小题8: | | A．make | B．leave | C．forget | D．put |
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| 小题9: | | A．doubted | B．believed | C．guessed | D．imagined |
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| 小题10: | | A．lovely | B．rich | C．normal | D．colorful |
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| 小题11: | | A．paid off | B．set out | C．ran out | D．went off |
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| 小题12: | | A．story | B．problem | C．experience | D．progress |
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| 小题13: | | A．sees | B．visits | C．invites | D．joins |
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| 小题14: | | A．objects | B．Enemies | C．habits | D．difficulties |
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| 小题15: | | A．flower | B．spirit | C．strength | D．pride |
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| 小题16: | | A．lose | B．fail | C．fall | D．stop |
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| 小题17: | | A．mark | B．result | C．symbol | D．sign |
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| 小题18: | | A．learning | B．taking | C．offering | D．refusing |
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| 小题19: | | A．related | B．happened | C．appealed | D．referred |
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| 小题20: | | A．However | B．Otherwise | C．Besides | D．Rather |
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Paul couldn’t sleep last night. He woke up early and sat up, and then he lay down again. He felt terrible. “I must be sick,” he thought. “but I must study for that test.”
He got up and looked for his history notebook. He finally found it under a pile of clothes on a chair. He went over his history notes, but he couldn’t remember any of the facts in the notes. “What shall I do?” he thought. He felt terrible.
Just then Paul’s telephone rang. He put down his notebook and picked up the telephone.
“Good morning,” Jack’s voice said, “You must be wrong about that test.”
“What do you mean?” Paul asked weakly.
“We’re not going to have the test today.” Jack said. “I wrote down the date in my notebook. The test will be next Wednesday; it isn’t today. How do you feel this morning?”
“Fine,” said Paul. “Just fine!” Suddenly he really felt fine.
小题1:Paul felt uneasy because he | A．was seriously ill. | B．was too tired. | | C．was worried about the coming test. | D．couldn’t find his history notebook. |
小题2:It seemed that Paul __________| A．was good at history. | B．liked to study history. | | C．lost interest in history. | D．was ready for the history test. |
小题3:What made Paul feel fine at once?| A．The telephone call | | B．the coming test. | | C．Jack’s notebook | | D．The fact that the test was not to be given that day. |
小题4:“How do you feel this morning?” From this question we can see Jack________| A．knew Paul. | B．knew Paul very well. | | C．wanted to help Paul with his history. | D．would lend Paul his notebook.. |
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I met Billy the last summer before college. He was handsome and his irreverence(玩世不恭) was to me. We liked each other the first instant we met. , I was a straight A student and my parents had high hopes for me to an Ivy League (常春藤联盟) school. Billy did not concentrate all his attention his study and school life. However, we were in love --- so teenager love. I still remember we had a plan for prom(舞会). It was understood that we had about where we would dance and drink and party together.
This meant one thing to my parents---panic. And it grew as the letters began to roll in. Of the eleven schools I applied to, nine accepted me. And one of them was Brown University---the Ivy League in 1770 in historic Providence, Rhode Island.
There was no that I was drawn to Brown, but Billy (who had joined the army) was down south and I had offers for me there, too. I was torn between my love for him and my family .
One week the start of school, my mother had a talk with me. She said I was eighteen years old and I had a to make--- one that went beyond the choice of to attend university.
In August, I and drove north to Providence. It took several months to that my life was moving on in a way that was completely different from Billy’s. Brown changed my life, opening doors and giving me the I now use to think, to learn and to write. Life is always about it seems, and the older I get, the more I understand this. Still, there are times when I think of Billy because he taught me about love.
| 小题1: | | A．confusing | B．disturbing | C．appealing | D．amusing |
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| 小题2: | | A．Unfortunately | B．Actually | C．Luckily | D．Originally |
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| 小题3: | | A．leave | B．start | C．finish | D．attend |
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| 小题5: | | A．special | B．crazy | C．wrong | D．normal |
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| 小题6: | | A．talked | B．looked | C．lied | D．argued |
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| 小题7: | | A．description | B．rejection | C．application | D．acceptance |
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| 小题8: | | A．constructed | B．assessed | C．assisted | D．informed |
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| 小题9: | | A．point | B．use | C．doubt | D．need |
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| 小题10: | | A．left | B．sent | C．exposed | D．employed |
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| 小题11: | | A．waiting | B．asking | C．hoping | D．searching |
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| 小题12: | | A．tradition | B．connection | C．reputation | D．expectation |
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| 小题13: | | A．before | B．after | C．at | D．since |
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| 小题14: | | A．plan | B．decision | C．rule | D．promise |
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| 小题16: | | A．when | B．where | C．whether | D．how |
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| 小题17: | | A．got up | B．packed up | C．looked up | D．turned up |
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| 小题18: | | A．foresee | B．imagine | C．realize | D．consider |
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| 小题19: | | A．chances | B．position | C．equipment | D．tools |
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| 小题20: | | A．surprises | B．adventures | C．opportunities | D．choices |
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