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What I most about visiting my boyfriend’s parents is the loud tick of the clock in the dining room as we ate our meal. With so little conversation I was quick to his family as cold. When we got into the to go home, his father suddenly appeared. , he began to wash his son’s windscreen. I could feel he was a caring man through the glass.
I learned another lesson about love a few years later. My father often me early in the morning. “Buy Xerox. It’s a good sharp price,” he might say when I answered the phone. No pleasant or inquiry about my life, just financial instructions. This manner of his me and we often quarreled. But one day, I thought about my father’s success in business and realized that his concern for my financial security lay behind his morning calls. The next time he called and told me to buy a stock, I him.
When my social style has conflicted with that of my friends, I’ve often felt . For example, I always return phone calls and regularly contact with my friends. I expect the same from them. I had one friend who rarely called, answering my messages with short e-mails. I rushed to the : She wasn’t a good friend! My anger as the holidays approached. But then she came to a gathering I and handed me a beautiful dress I had fallen in love with when we did some window-shopping the previous month. I was at her thoughtfulness, and regretful for how I’d considered her to be . Clearly I needed to change my expectations of friends.
Far too often, I ignored their expressions, eagerly expecting them to do things in my . Over the years, however, I’ve learned to other persons, love signs.
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小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:B
小题6:D
小题7:A
小题8:B
小题9:B
小题10:D
小题11:D
小题12:C
小题13:C
小题14:B
小题15:C
小题16:D
小题17:A
小题18:A
小题19:B
小题20:B
解析
试题分析:作者对如何表达爱,一直都有着自己的很强烈的观点。但是,生活中的事情逐渐让作者认识到,每个人都有着不同的表达爱的方式,不能武断而失去很好的朋友。
小题1:考查动词辨析。作者去看望男朋友的父母时,记得(remember)最多的就是餐厅中钟表大声的滴答声,而作者他们却在静静地(silently)吃饭。A记得;B享受;C重视;D尊敬。故选A。
小题2:考查副词辨析。A兴奋地;B紧张地;C静静地;D立刻。与loud形成对比,作者他们在静静地吃饭,故选C。
小题3:考查动词辨析。A看作;B对待;C拿走;D认为。Regard... As...把......看作......。根据“With so little conversation I was quick to his family as cold”看作,因为交流如此少,作者很快把他家人看作(regard)是冷酷的。故选A。
小题4:考查名词辨析。When we got into the to go home此时我们准备回家;结合下文的he began to wash his son’s windscreen父亲开始清洗儿子汽车的挡风玻璃,可知作者和男朋友是开车(car)来的。故选C。
小题5:考查副词辨析。I could feel he is a caring man through the glass.通过玻璃,作者能感觉到他是一个有爱心的人。可知父亲在擦拭玻璃时候的动作应该是:carefully细心地。句意:我们上车(car)准备回家时,他父亲突然出现了。父亲开始细心地(carefully)清洗儿子的挡风玻璃。故选B。
小题6:考查动词辨析。根据下文的:he might say when I answered the phone可知,作者的父亲应该是打电话(telephoned)。句意:我父亲经常早晨很早时给我打电话。我接了电话,他可能说,“买些复印纸。价格非常合理的哦。”从没有愉快的问候(greeting)或询问一下我的生活,只是金钱。故选D。
小题7:考查动词辨析。根据下文的:or inquiry about my life,inquiry(询问)暗示用greeting,从来没有问候过作者的生活情况。故选A。
小题8:考查动词辨析。根据文章下文的:This manner of his me and we often quarreled他的态度让我生气(angered),我们经常争吵。根据下文的quarreled可知,是先生气,再吵架。故选B。
小题9:考查形容词辨析。句意:但是有一天,我考虑到父亲生意上的成功,并且意识到,父亲早晨简短的(short)电话背后隐藏着他对我财政的关心。主要为了体现:作者的父亲默默地关注作者的财政支出,为了体现出父爱。故选B。
小题10:考查动词辨析。句意:下次父亲再让我购买股票时,我感谢了(thanked)父亲。故选D。
小题11:考查形容词辨析。句意:当社交风格和朋友的相冲突时,作者常常会感到失望(disappointed)。比如,总是及时(without delay)回电话,定期联系朋友。并期望朋友能有同感。故选D。
小题12:考查介词短语辨析。A有顺序的;B轮流;C毫不耽搁、及时;D没有困难。当作者与朋友发生冲突,作者总是及时回电话并保持联系。故选C。
小题13:考查名词辨析。A感觉;B建议;C判断;D信念。句意:作者有一个很少打电话的朋友,她用简短的信息回复作者。作者立刻判定(judgment)她不是一位好朋友。此处的rush to the judgment相当于draw a conclusion。故选C。
小题14:考查动词辨析。A消失;B增加;C帮助;D下降。句意:随着假期的来临,作者的愤怒增加了(grew)。后来,她来参加作者举办(hosted)的一个聚会,送给作者一件漂亮衣服,是上个月她们一块逛街时,作者喜欢上的一件裙子。对于她周到的做法,作者非常震惊(shocked),作者过去一直认为她不关心人(uncaring),此时作者深感惭愧。显然,作者需要改变对朋友的期望。故选B。
小题15:考查动词辨析。But then she came to a gathering I and handed me a beautiful dress后来,她来参加我举办的聚会,并送作者一件漂亮的裙子。A打开;B拒绝;C举办;D邀请。故选C。
小题16:考查形容词辨析。A沮丧的;B懊恼的、烦乱的;C迷人的、迷惑的;D震惊的。作者对朋友的细心体贴感到震惊,故选D。
小题17:考查形容词辨析。regretful for how I’d considered her to be 作者原本认为她的这个朋友只是回复简短的邮件,是一个冷漠的人。A漠不关心的;B不诚实的;C不高兴的;D不合作的。故选A。
小题18:考查形容词辨析。句意:通常,我会忽略她们独特的(unique)表情,急切地期望她们用我的方法(way)处理事情。然而,随着岁月的推移,我已经学会了觉察(read)他人爱的迹象。故选A。
小题19:考查名词辨析。A观点;B方法;C思想;D生活。in one’s way按照某人的方式,故选B。
小题20:考查动词辨析。A发送;B觉察、读懂;C付出、给;D表达。作者经过多年的生活经历,已经学会读懂他人表达爱的信号。read在此意为“读懂”他人的爱的信号。故选B。
核心考点
试题【I’ve always had strong opinions of how love should be expressed, but others had 】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
When I was about 13, my father would take me on short outings on Saturdays.On the way home, Dad stopped at the Dairy Queen for 10-cent ice creams. I couldn"t it. but I could pray from the we started heading home to that corner where we would either go straight for the ice cream or and go home empty-handed. That corner either mouth-watering excitement or .
On one special day. we were heading home. and again I was praying for the sound of his offer. It . "Would you like an ice cream today?" "That sounds great, Dad!" But then he said, "How would you like to today?"
Twenty cents! My mind reeled(震惊). I could afford it. I got a weekly allowance of 25 cents. plus some for odd jobs. But it was my money, ice cream wasn"t a good use of it. In a fit of , I said, "Well, in that case. I guess I"ll ." My father just said, "Okay, Son."
But as we headed home, I realized how wrong I was and begged him to . But he just said. "That"s okay. We don"t really need one." I felt for my selfishness and ungratefulness. He didn"t mind, or act disappointedly.
I that generosity goes two ways and gratefulness sometimes costs more than "thank you". On that day gratefulness would have cost 20 cents and it would have been the ice cream I"d ever had.
I"Il tell you one more thing. We another trip the next week. As we the corner, I said, "Dad, would you like an ice cream today? My treat."
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Then one night at a high school dance, a remark, not intended for my , injured my youthful happiness: “That girl, what a pity she is blind.” Blind! A(n) word that implied everything dark, blank and helpless. I turned and called out, “Please don’t feel sorry for me, I’m having lots of fun.” the fun was not to last.
In college years, I began to struggle with the problem of earning a living. Part-time teaching of piano and occasional giving concerts proved only sources of economic support. In terms of time and effort involved, the financial return was . Self-doubt and dark moods sparked within me. to my misery was the repeated experience of knowing my sisters and friends dating excitedly. How I was to my piano, I could dissolve my frustration, accompanied by Chopin, Brahms, and Beethoven.
Then one day, I met a girl, an army nurse, whose faith was to change my life. As our acquaintance into friendship, she sensed my . She said, “Stop knocking on closed doors. I know your opportunity will come. You’re trying too hard. Why don’t you relax? And have you ever tried ?” The idea was strange to me. I had always believed that if you wanted , you had to go and get it for yourself. Yet, my sincerity and hard work had yielded poor returns, so I was to try anything else. Self-consciously, I performed the daily practice of prayer. I said, “God, show me the for which You sent me to this world.
In the years to follow, the answers began to arrive, satisfying my most optimistic expectation. One of the answers was Enchanted Hills, where my friend and I had the privilege of seeing blind children come alive in God’s out-of-doors. are the sources of pleasure and comfort I have found in friendship, and most important of all, I closer to God and, through Him, to immortality (永生).
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When I first knew Bill, back in , he was one of the most carefree(无忧无虑的) people I had ever . He was always ready to have a . He usually went out for beer at three o’clock in the morning or drove 50 miles to see an old he really liked. Bill and I were in the same class in college, and was never dull when he was . With him there was one wild after another. Sometimes I wonder how we to study for our exams.
Last week I was in Houston on business, and I ran into Bill in the bar at the hotel. , I wasn’t even it was he. Was this short-haired businessman really the same person? I wasn’t really sure until I came near him, but it indeed was Bill. Now he works for a bank. He most of the evening about his job, his new car and his house. How he had changed! Back when we were in college, the thing Bill cared about was possessions. Now they seemed to be his main . Although I have changed quite a bit myself, somehow, I never Bill changing so much. My image of him the one I had formed the time when we were college students together.
I suppose it’s to expect people to remain the same, especially I have changed so much myself. But I must say that I enjoyed the old Bill much more than the new Bill. Maybe he the same way about me.
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“I never get tired of singing it.” He said. “I like it too much . It’s a great city and it’s a good song.”
Bennett is to record a TV program with American singer Lens Home while he is here. And a new LP recorded by him in London for Philips titled “Listen Easy” will be published in June.. “I like it here.” He added quietly over whiskey. “I would like to live here so many months of the year.”
He already keeps a large flat in Grosenor Square, where he is staying with his actress wife Sandie Grant and their three-year-old daughter Joanna. It has a studio where he likes to paint. Tony plans to have his first exhibition later in the year and he has already sold one picture for $4000. At the end of the year Tony is to star in a musical film , which has been specially written for him called “Two Bits”, an informal expression for 50 cents. It’s about an Italian immigrant who goes to America , but he becomes a failure.
“In many ways it’s very close to my life the way the story has been written,” said Bennett. “My father, an Italian ,was ill and died when I was nine. He always wanted me to sing, but he never lived long enough to be a part of my success.
小题1:The underlined phrase “standard hit” most nearly means______
A.Bennett’s favourite song but it’s not very popular. |
B.a song that is always popular |
C.a song which makes him standard |
D.a song which is like a heavy blow to his audience |
A.Buy a house and live in England. |
B.Stay with his wife and daughter in England. |
C.Live part of each year in England |
D.Leave American and settle in England |
A.Singing | B.Drinking | C.Playing | D.Painting |
A.He liked his son’s singing. |
B.He was born in Italy and died when Tony Bennett was a small boy |
C.He was a part of Bennett’s achievement |
D.He was glad that his son became famous. |
A.hardworking and humorous |
B.family-centered and hardworking |
C.outgoing and kind |
D.ambitious and trustworthy |
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从36~55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
You Did More Than Carry My Books
Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed a boy ahead of him had dropped all of the books he was , along with a baseball bat and several other things. Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up these articles. They _____ be going the same way, so Mark helped to carry some of them for him. As they walked, Mark the boy"s name was Bill, that he computer games, baseball and history, that he was having a lot of with his other subjects and that he had just broken with his girl friend.
They arrived at Bill"s home first and Mark was in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed with a few laughs and some shared small talk, and then Mark went home. They to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, and then both ended up from the same high school. Just three weeks before , Bill asked Mark if they talk. Bill him of the day years ago when they had first met. “Do you ever __ why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see, I cleaned out my locker(储物柜) I didn"t want to leave a mess (脏乱 )for anyone else. I planned to leave this school and I was going home to my things. But after we spent some time together and laughing, I realized that I had done that, I would have a new friend and missed all the fun we would have together. So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day, you did a lot more. You my life.”
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