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Hilary Smith belonged to a good family. But by the age of twenty, he had spent all the money the good old family had. He then had some trouble with the bank and was put in prison. He escaped from the prison and ran to Australia without delay.
Hilary did not like Australia and Australia did not like Hilary. What he could do seemed to be one of two things: die or work. The thought of neither of these gave him any pleasure. Then he remembered that he was not alone in the world. He possessed an aunt.
She was his father’s only sister, but his father used to say she brought no glory to the family. Hilary, of course, tried to discover what she had done. It seemed that she had failed to marry a nobleman. Instead, she had chosen a husband who was connected with trade. Of course as soon as she became “Mrs Parks”, her brother considered her dead. Later on, Mr. Parks died and left her a lot of money; but that did not bring her back to life in her brother’s opinion.
Hilary discovered his aunt’s address. Fortunately she remained faithful and honest to him even after she fell ill. So Hilary’s star shone again. When he was feeling honest, he could talk attractively. He frequently visited his aunt’s house; and soon he was living comfortably in the building which the profits of trade had provided.
One thing was soon clear: his aunt was seriously ill, and nothing could cure her illness. Hilary was very worried. Fate had found a home for him, and was now going to throw him out of it. There was only one thing that could save him: her will.
“Will?” she said, “yes, I have made one. That was when I was a girl and had not much money. I left all my money to some religious people.”
“Didn’t you make another will when you were married?” Hilary asked.
His aunt shook her head. “No,” she said in a low voice, “There was no need. When I finally had a lot of money I found I had no relations.”
On the next day he went to the public library and examined a book of law. It told him what he already believed. When a woman is married, an earlier will loses its value. A new will must be made. If no new will is made, the money goes to the nearest relation. Hilary knew that he was his aunt’s only relation. His future was safe.
After a few months had passed, Hilary’s problems became serious. He badly needed money. He had expensive tastes, and owed a lot of money to shopkeepers. They trusted him because his aunt was rich; but the debt was terrible.
Unfortunately his aunt did not want to discuss money matters at all. In the end they had a quarrel about the small amount of ten pounds. Hilary was now very angry. He began to wonder about a new problem. Was it kind to want his aunt to live any longer? Was it not better for her to die now? While he was considering what to do, his aunt told him that she was going to send for her lawyer. So she was going to make a new will. Hilary thought she might leave all her money to someone else. Soon he reached a clear decision.He must do a great kindness to the poor old woman.
One night when the old servant who had been nursing his aunt went off, he doubled the amount of some medicine. The total amount was too great and it could just put her to sleep forever.
“Thank you,” his aunt took the glass from his hand with a grateful look. “I want, more than anything, to sleep, and never to wake up again. Is that what you wish, Hilary? I have given you your chance. Don’t blame me if I have some doubts about what you intended to do. Sick people get these ideas, you know. One thing I ought to explain to you. Mr. Parks never married me. He already had a wife and couldn’t marry again. That made your foolish father very angry with me… Well, if I am alive tomorrow I shall make another will in your favor. If I die tonight, you’ll get nothing… No, Hilary, don’t try to take the glass away. If you do that, I shall know; and I don’t want to know. Good night, Hilary.”
Then, very carefully, she raised the glass to her mouth and drank.
小题1:From the story, we learn that Hilary’s aunt was ______.
A.bad-tempered and lonelyB.kind-hearted and wise
C.careless about moneyD.cruel to her nephew
小题2:Why did Hilary’s father consider his aunt dead?
A.Because they lost contact with each other after her marriage.
B.Because she married a businessman.
C.Because she broke away from the family for a better life.
D.Because he thought she was a shame to the family.
小题3:The underlined sentence “He must do a great kindness to the poor old woman” in Paragraph 11 suggests that Hilary Smith ______.
A.was determined to put his aunt’s life to an end
B.decided to do his aunt a favor to call in a lawyer
C.made up his mind to take good care of his aunt
D.would help his aunt to donate all her money to religious people
小题4:Which of the following is the focus of the story?
A.Hilary’s aunt’s money.B.Hilary Smith’s debts.
C.The intended murder.D.Hilary’s aunt’s marriage.
小题5:Which part of what Hilary’s aunt said finally might make Hilary frustrated?
A.She wanted to sleep and never to wake up again.
B.She never got married to Mr. Parks.
C.Mr. Parks had a wife.
D.She would make a new will tomorrow.
小题6:Which detail from the story is the climax(高潮)of the story?
A.Hilary escaped from the prison.
B.Hilary quarreled with his aunt about ten pounds.
C.Hilary’s aunt drank the medicine her nephew prepared for her.
D.Hilary’s aunt made a will to leave all her money to someone else.

答案

小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:A
小题5:B
小题6:C
解析

试题分析:本文讲述了Hilary的故事,他为了钱而谋***了自己的阿姨。最终聪明反被聪明误了。
小题1:B 推理题,根据文章倒数第二段One thing I ought to explain to you.Mr Parks never married me.He already had a wife and couldn"t marry again.That made your foolish father very angry with me...Well, if I am alive tomorrow I shall make another will in your favour.If I die tonight, you"ll get nothing...No, Hilary, don"t try to take the glass away.If you do that, I shall know and I don"t want to know.Goodnight, Hilary说明他的阿姨很清楚他想做的事情,是非常明智的。在他穷苦潦倒的时候,他的阿姨接纳了他,也说明她是很善良的,故B说法正确。
小题2:D 推理题。根据第3段Instead, she had chosen a husband who was connected with "trade".Of course as soon as she became "Mrs Parks" ,her brother considered her dead.和倒数第2段One thing I ought to explain to you.Mr Parks never married me.He already had a wife and couldn"t marry again.That made your foolish father very angry with me...说明Hilary的父亲认为他的妹妹是家庭的耻辱,故D正确。
小题3:A 推理题。根据下一段he doubled the amount of some medicine.The total amount was too great and it could just put her to sleep forever.说明他想谋***他的阿姨,想让她一睡不醒。故A正确。
小题4:A 推理题。Hilary来到阿姨这里是因为缺少钱,他和阿姨的争吵也是为了钱,最后想把阿姨害死还是因为钱,所以他的一切都是为了钱,故A说法正确。
小题5:B 细节题。根据倒数第三段的句子:One thing I ought to explain to you. Mr. Parks never married me. He already had a wife and couldn’t marry again. That made your foolish father very angry with me…可知他的阿姨告诉他没有和Park先生结婚是让他感到受挫的事情。故B正确。
小题6:C 根据文章最后两段内容可知在他的阿姨喝了那杯水的时候,故事到了高潮。故事也随之结束。Hilary聪明反被聪明误了。故文章最后一段是高潮部分,C项正确。
点评:本文讲述了Hilary的故事,他为了钱而谋***了自己的阿姨。最终聪明反被聪明误了。在阅读的时候要抓住故事的时间,地点,人物,故事的线索以及主要的情节,再结合题目的要求和选项的搭配,做出准确的选择。本文考查题型多样,答题时在文章找到对应的地方,用笔进行标记,这有利于后期有时间检查时可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔细理解作者所讲的意思,再结合选项,通过排除法和自己对全文的把握,选出正确答案。
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My favorite English teacher could draw humor out of the driest material. It wasn"t forced on us either.  He took Samuel Johnson"s dictionary, Addison"s essays, and many other literary wonders from the eighteenth century and made them hilarious, even at eight o"clock in the morning. The thing that amazed me most was that the first time I read these works on my own some of them seemed dead, but the second time, after his explanation, I couldn"t believe that I hadn"t seen the humor. The stories and poems and plays were suddenly filled with allusions (典故) and irony (反讽) and hilarious moments. I learned more from him than from any other teacher.
My least favorite English teacher also made people laugh. Some students found him to be funny. Many others did not. He assigned journals over a six week period, to be written every day. At the end of the six weeks I had a notebook full of bits and pieces about my ideas, short stories, reactions to what we had read, and so on. Our teacher announced that we would be grading each other"s journals. Mine was passed to Joe, that class clown, who always behaved in a funny or silly way. He saw it fit to make joke of and said, " This writing isn"t fit to line (衬垫) the bottom of a birdcage. " Our teacher laughed at that funny remark. It hurt me so much that the anger from it has driven my writing and teaching ever since.
So what makes the difference? Humor is one of the most powerful tools teachers or writers have. It can build up students and classes and make them excited about literature and writing, or it can tear them apart. It is true that humor is either productive or counter-productive and self-defeating.
小题1:The passage mainly discusses ________.
A.teachingB.literature
C.humorD.knowledge
小题2:The underlined word "hilarious" in Paragraph 1 probably means ________.
A.funnyB.tiring
C.inspiringD.brilliant
小题3:The English teacher the writer disliked most ________.
A.was not able to make students laugh
B.hurt his students" feelings
C.didn"t let his students do the grading
D.had no sense of humor

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“Now,” Mrs. Virginia DeView said, smiling, “we are going to discover our professions.” The class seemed to be greatly surprised. Our professions? We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be        36  . “Yes, you will all be searching for your future  37 . Each of you will have to  38  someone in your field, and give an oral (口头的) report.”
Each day in her class, Virginia DeView reminded us about this. Finally, I  39  print journalism. This meant I had to go to interview a newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him 40  able to speak. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen?” I shook my head. “How about some  41 ?” I shook my head again.

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    Finally, I thought he realized I was too 42 , and I got my first big tip as a  43 . “Never, never go anywhere without a pen or paper. You never know what you’ll  44  into.” After a few days, I gave my oral report totally from memory in class. I got an A on the entire project.    Years later, I was in college looking around for a new career, but with no success. Then I  45 Virginia DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn"t  46  me. They just reminded me how  47  the field was and how I had run away from competition all my life. This was true. But journalism did something to me; it was in my  48 . And it gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was  49 .
For the past fifty years, I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career,  50  stories from murders to airplane  51  and finally choosing my strongest area. When I went to pick up my phone one day, an incredible wave of memories  52  me and I realized that had it not been  53  Virginia DeView, I would not be sitting at that desk.
I get  54  all the time : “How did you pick journalism?”
“Well, you see, there was this teacher…” I always start out. I just wish I could 55  her.
小题1:
A.cautiousB.mad C.optimisticD.enthusiastic
小题2:
A.universitiesB.familiesC.professionsD.lives
小题3:
A.interviewB.describeC.admireD.face
小题4:
A.consideredB.rejectedC.expectedD.picked
小题5:
A.hardlyB.nearlyC.naturally D.eagerly
小题6:
A.preparationsB.newspapersC.drinkD.paper
小题7:
A.reliableB.grateful C.tenseD.amazed
小题8:
A.student B.journalistC.candidateD.writer
小题9:
A.lookB.turn C.breakD.run
小题10:
A.called B.rememberedC.recognized D.evaluated
小题11:
A.answer B.urge C.stopD.persuade
小题12:
A.funnyB.competitiveC.ordinaryD.mysterious
小题13:
A.bloodB.bodyC.lifeD.opinion
小题14:
A.coming inB.coming outC.going upD.going on
小题15:
A.creatingB.recallingC.coveringD.writing
小题16:
A.flightsB.crashesC.budgetsD.schedules
小题17:
A.hitB.caughtC.impressedD.seized
小题18:
A.forB.with C.of D.to
小题19:
A.hurtB.realized C.adjustedD.asked
小题20:
A.respectB.supportC.thankD.envy

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I graduated from a small public school in Michigan. One day,Mr. Ledy,our football coach,asked me to play football. I couldn’t help 36 :me,play football? I was six feet tall and was not much __37__ a hundred pounds in weight. I thought that they might just need  38   fool to increase the number of the players. However,he was persistent(坚持的) and __39__I joined the football team. That           40  to be one of my best decisions as a kid.
Our worst game  __41__ was the one against Crystal Falls. They beat us 56 to 6. Yeah! That was a football not a basketball _42__. We played them again when we were seniors. They __43__ us again but the score was much more _44_,30 to 20.
Coach Ledy would not let that __45__ again. He encouraged us to beat them,to pay them back. And we did so in the last game we played before __46__. I had scored 6 points alone in the game. Coach Ledy praised me. It was a huge _47 for me.
Was I a football hero? Ha! Ha! No,I couldn’t __48__ it without our team. The thing I learned through football was __49__. We won as a team and we __50__ as a team.
I think Mr. Ledy would be __51__ of me if he knew that I had broken the athletic __52__ at the University of Michigan. I’m __53__to him as I would not have today’s honor without him. I’ll __54__life’s final war with pain to win the victory;I’ll seek the lights of glory wholeheartedly and I’ll __55__ working hard so as not to let him down.
小题1:
A.shoutingB.screamingC.laughingD.applauding
小题2:
A.upB.over C.moreD.out
小题3:
A.another B.otherC.someD.any
小题4:
A.immediatelyB.secretlyC.personallyD.finally
小题5:
A.took outB.turned outC.gave offD.gave out
小题6:
A.neverB.once C.everD.again
小题7:
A.gameB.teamC.storyD.score
小题8:
A.won B.metC.beatD.fought
小题9:
A.accessibleB.comfortableC.sensitiveD.acceptable
小题10:
A.happen B.succeedC.spreadD.develop
小题11:
A.liberationB.closingC.graduationD.school
小题12:
A.honorB.hopeC.successD.surprise
小题13:
A.takeB.manageC.solveD.explain
小题14:
A.courageB.devotionC.teamworkD.contribution
小题15:
A.unitedB.appearedC.preparedD.lost
小题16:
A.proudB.fond C.fullD.kind
小题17:
A.timeB.recordC.dateD.ability
小题18:
A.pleasedB.gratefulC.hopefulD.loyal
小题19:
A.fightB.joinC.desire D.enjoy
小题20:
A.take onB.put onC.rely onD.keep on

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“Scotty!” Mr. Brown, my Year 11 English teacher, called me by my nickname (绰号) across the classroom. His eyes were bright and a secret   36  was half hidden behind the beard.
Once he finished joking over my unbearable   37 , I realized he was going to read my story aloud to the class. I turned red, feeling at once both embarrassed and   38 . I had my very   39  reading audience! Though my classmates were a ‘passive audience’, it didn’t weaken my feeling of being   40 .
After that, I came to   41  those Year 11 English classes. Throughout school I had always studied hard and achieved well in my school subjects. But creative   42  was a passion, and it was not an assignment, but a way of understanding the world and of   43  my thoughts and feelings about events and attitudes.
Mr. Brown was the first to   44  me for my writing so openly. My scores were always 19/20 or 20/20. My stories were often read out to the class. He even   45  one with the respected Head of English teachers, which was the most   46  part that is impressed on my memory. But   47  that, he offered a belief in me that no other teacher had.
My school   48  often stated, ‘Candice is a quiet achiever.’ I thought it was meant as a(n)   49  for being hard-working. I was someone that no one really   50  before, but Mr. Brown managed to   51  all that by bringing me to the attention of the world. Though it was the relatively   52  world of school, it put the seed of belief in myself that some day I could be an   53  person rather than the person who faded into the background.
I   54  touch with my teacher long ago, as we do when we move away from the school system and enter life. I wish I could tell him now how much he   55  me.
小题1:
A.trickB.fearC.surpriseD.smile
小题2:
A.sadnessB.shynessC.weaknessD.kindness
小题3:
A.ashamedB.calmC.thrilledD.depressed
小题4:
A.unfriendlyB.devotedC.smallD.first
小题5:
A.specialB.intelligentC.famousD.diligent
小题6:
A.loveB.hateC.attendD.miss
小题7:
A.thinkingB.readingC.writingD.speaking
小题8:
A.organizingB.collectingC.expressingD.hiding
小题9:
A.trainB.recommendC.criticizeD.acknowledge
小题10:
A.comparedB.sharedC.composedD.exchanged
小题11:
A.interestingB.shockingC.challenging D.exciting
小题12:
A.more thanB.other thanC.instead ofD.in spite of
小题13:
A.days B.efforts C.booksD.reports
小题14:
A.praiseB.urgeC.reason D.competition
小题15:
A.believedB.noticedC.supportedD.respected
小题16:
A.forgetB.compensateC.changeD.prove
小题17:
A.developedB.limitedC.preservedD.disturbed
小题18:
A.importantB.educatedC.honestD.optimistic
小题19:
A.soughtB.regainedC.lostD.ignored
小题20:
A.owedB.influencedC.satisfiedD.attracted

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Now came great news! It came from a neighboring state, where the family’s only surviving relative lived. It was Sally’s relative—a distant relative by the name of Tilbury Foster, seventy and single. Tilbury now wrote to Sally, saying he should shortly die, and should leave him thirty thousand dollars, cash; not for love, but because money had given him most of his troubles, and he wished to place it where there was good hope that it would continue its evil work. The bequest would be found in his will, and would be officially handed over provided that Sally should be able to prove to the executors (遗嘱执行人).
As soon as Aleck had partially recovered from the strong emotions created by the letter, she sent someone to the relative’s home and subscribed for the local paper.
For the rest of the day Sally made confusion with his books, and Aleck could not keep her mind on her affairs, not even take up a flower-pot or book or a stick of wood without forgetting what she had intended to do with it. For both were dreaming.
“Thirty thousand dollars!”
All day long Aleck was absorbed in planning how to invest it, Sally in planning how to spend it.
There was no romance-reading that night. The children took themselves away early, for their parents were silent, disturbed, and strangely unentertaining. Two pencils had been busy during that hour —note-making; in the way of plans. It was Sally who broke the stillness at last. He said, with excitement, “Ah, it’ll be grand, Aleck! Out of the first thousand we’ll have a horse and a buggy for summer, and a cutter and a skin lap-robe for winter.”
Aleck responded with decision and calmness.
“You can spend a part of it. But the whole of the capital must be put right to work.
“Why, yes. Yes, of course. Have you got it invested yet?”
“No, there’s no hurry about that; I must look around first, and think, er…, I’ve turned it over twice; once in oil and once in wheat.”
“Why, Aleck, it’s splendid! What does it amount to?”
“I think — well, to be on the safe side, about a hundred and eighty thousand clear, though it will probably be more.”
“My! Isn’t it wonderful? Good heaven! Luck has come our way at last, Aleck!”
Then they went up to bed, but they left the candle burning in the sitting room. They did not remember until they were undressed; then Sally was for letting it burn; he said they could afford it, if it was a thousand. But Aleck went down and put it out.
A good job, too; for on her way back she hit on a scheme that would turn the hundred and eighty thousand into half a million before it had had time to get cold. 
小题1: Why would Tilbury like to give all his money to Sally?
A.Because Sally was Tilbury’s only relative alive.
B.Because Tilbury loved Sally and his family deeply.
C.Because Tilbury wanted his money to continue its function.
D.Because Sally and his wife are good at investing.
小题2:The underlined word “bequest” in Paragraph1 probably means _________.
A.a gift of personal property B.a proof of a person’s identity
C.a method of getting money D.a reason for giving money
小题3:What do we know about Sally and his wife after receiving the letter?
A.They were in deep sorrow and stayed up all night.
B.They cared little about the bequest and lived their life as usual.
C.They paid a visit to Tilbury to confirm the truth of the letter.
D.They had a big ambition to invest the money and make huge profits.
小题4:Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A.Thrilling News B.Sally’s Distant Relative
C.The $30,000 Bequest D.A Smart Investment

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