When I was in college twenty-five years ago, I spent four summers working in 36 at a luxury hotel in downtown Chicago. 37 , I was a maid.
I did not enter the world of housekeeping enthusiastically. My friends had 38 jobs such as making ice cream, selling goods at the mall, or life guarding at the outdoor pool. I had been hoping to get a job as an office lady for a famous company: 39 pay, air-conditioned office, the gold standard for summer jobs, as most of us dreamed of. When that 40 , the only option left was to take a train ride downtown each morning to work as a maid.
It was tiring work, cleaning up to eighteen rooms a day. My 41 attitude reflected my disdain(鄙视) for cleaning toilets, 42 bed sheets, dusting, eight hours a day for the comfort of total strangers who 43 left a tip. I thought it was beneathme. My maid work was average 44 the day I was assigned to the eighteenth floor.
That was Lorena’s regular floor. The only time another maid set foot on it was on Lorena’s day off. If you left any water 45 on the mirror, or a hair on the bed, Lorena would hunt you down when she 46 , as I found out firsthand. She’d ended her lecture to me with “ 47 some pride in your work.”
She did. And so did Rosalie, Helen, Annette, and all the other experienced maids. Their devotion to doing a good job and their belief that their work was a 48 of their character stuck with me throughout my 49 career after graduation. I learned a lot from them during those four summers.
Not a week would go without one of them 50 some firm but friendly advice: “Where’s your commode brush? You don’t have one? How do you expect to get that bowl clean?”
Their pride in a job well done was reflected in how they treated 51 . They left the building at the end of the day in nice dresses and 52 makeup. They looked like they could have been attending an afternoon tea. And, 53 often, they were smiling and laughing, cheerfully greeting their co-workers a good evening. When you work with happiness and 54 , a job will be well done. I believe there is 55 in any job if you work hard and try your best.
| 小题1: | | A．cleaning | B．housekeeping | C．serving | D．managing |
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| 小题2: | | A．In short | B．In brief | C．In other words | D．On the other hand |
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| 小题3: | | A．winter | B．summer | C．awful | D．permanent |
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| 小题4: | | A．extra | B．poor | C．average | D．good |
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| 小题5: | | A．fell over | B．fell through | C．fell down | D．fell off |
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| 小题6: | | A．negative | B．right | C．excellent | D．casual |
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| 小题7: | | A．making | B．spreading | C．changing | D．doing |
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| 小题8: | | A．frequently | B．rarely | C．occasionally | D．willingly |
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| 小题9: | | A．when | B．after | C．until | D．before |
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| 小题10: | | A．drops | B．signs | C．tracks | D．marks |
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| 小题11: | | A．visited | B．arrived | C．left | D．returned |
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| 小题12: | | A．take | B．obtain | C．reject | D．make |
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| 小题13: | | A．reflection | B．truth | C．gratitude | D．award |
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| 小题14: | | A．special | B．general | C．different | D．professional |
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| 小题15: | | A．taking | B．following | C．offering | D．refusing |
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| 小题16: | | A．others | B．themselves | C．customers | D．co-workers |
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| 小题17: | | A．expensive | B．cautious | C．cheap | D．careful |
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| 小题18: | | A．more | B．least | C．most | D．less |
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| 小题19: | | A．frustration | B．regret | C．prejudice | D．satisfaction |
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| 小题20: | | A．respect | B．aspect | C．challenge | D．failure |
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:B
小题6:A
小题7:C
小题8:B
小题9:C
小题10:D
小题11:D
小题12:A
小题13:A
小题14:D
小题15:C
小题16:B
小题17:D
小题18:C
小题19:D
小题20:A |
试题分析：文章介绍作者在酒店做服务员，从一开始消极的态度，到在同事的影响下全力以赴去工作，使她相信无论做什么都能够全力以赴，这样本身就值得礼赞。
小题1:考查动词：A. cleaning打扫B. housekeeping整理房间C. serving服务D. managing管理，从后面的句子：I did not enter the world of housekeeping enthusiastically.可知选B
小题2:考查短语：A. In short简言之B. In brief简要的C. In other words换句话说D. On the other hand另一方面，换句话说，我是打扫房间的。选C
小题3:考查名词：A. winter冬天B. summer夏天C. awful可怕的D. permanent永久的，从前面的I spent four summers working ，可知选B
小题4:考查形容词：A. extra额外的B. poor穷的C. average平均的D. good好的，我一直梦想在著名的公司做助理，拥有体面的薪水和舒适的办公环境。选D
小题5:考查词组：A. fell over跌倒B. fell through（计划）泡汤C. fell down倒下D. fell off掉下，现实很快把我打败，我不得不到芝加哥市中心去做酒店服务员，选B
小题6:考查形容词：A. negative负面的B. right对的C. excellent优秀的D. casual随意的，从后面的句子：my disdain(鄙视) for cleaning toilets,可知作者的态度是消极的。选A
小题7:考查动词：A. making使得B. spreading蔓延C. changing改变D. doing做…,这里指换床单。选C
小题8:考查副词：A. frequently频繁地B. rarely罕见地C. occasionally偶然地D. willingly愿意地，为了伺候我完全不认识的客人，而且基本上得不到消费，选B
小题9:考查连词：A. when当…时候B. after在…后面C. until直到D. before在…前面，这种情况直到我被分派到新装修的18楼时才有所改变。选C
小题10:考查名词：A. drops水滴B. signs迹象C. tracks 足迹D. marks记号，如果浴缸上留有一点肥皂沫，选D
小题11:考查动词：A. visited参观B. arrived到达C. left离开D. returned回来，等lorena回来你就会遭她一顿批，选D
小题12:考查词组：take pride in以…为荣，她的训话的最后一句总是：“要为你的工作感到骄傲。”选A
小题13:考查名词：A. reflection反思，体现B. truth事实C. gratitude感激D. award奖励，她们相信工作的质量体现了她们做人的标准。A
小题14:考查形容词：A. special特殊的B. general一般的C. different不同的D. professional专业的，她们的这一信念陪伴我度过我的整个职业生涯。选D
小题15:考查动词：A. taking拿B. following听从C. offering提供D. refusing拒绝，每天她们都会提供中肯而又友善的建议：选C
小题16:考查名词：A. others其他人B. themselves他们自己C. customers顾客， D.co-workers同事，他们对工作的自豪也体现在他们怎么对待自己上。选B
小题17:考查形容词：A. expensive贵的B. cautious谨慎的C. cheap便宜的D. careful仔细的，在一天工作结束后，她们会涂好口红，仔细的化好妆，离开酒店大楼D
小题18:考查形容词：A. more更多B. least最少C. most最多D. less更少，最多的时候。选C
小题19:考查名词：A. frustration挫败B. regret遗憾C. prejudice偏见D. satisfaction满意，当你快乐满意的工作的时候，工作就很好。选D
小题20:考查名词：A. respect尊敬B. aspect方面C. challenge挑战D. failure失败，我相信你全力以赴就值得尊敬。选A
点评：本文主要是测试学生综合运用语言的能力，即从语篇的角度综合测试阅读理解能力、词汇的掌握和对英语习惯用语的熟悉程度、以及语法规则的灵活运用。考生做题时必须时刻从上下文考虑，不应该只看到所添的词在短语或句子内是否可行。因此，在做题时最好将全文通读一下，了解了全文的意思以后再作答。 |
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Recently, I experienced a wonderful lesson in how little things still mean a lot. My brother, mother and I live in a very rural district on the Big Island of Hawaii. Our farm is at least a dozen miles from the most basic of services. Consequently, we take weekly trips to COSTCO to procure fuel and supplies. About a month ago, we’d finished loading up the SUV and prepared to leave. As I settled into my seat, I glanced down at the roadside, when a piece of paper caught my eye. I picked it up and read it carefully. Instantly, I was grateful I did.
The form turned out to be a receipt from the State Motor Vehicle Division, documenting the owners’ payment of their Vehicle’s Registration fees. Quickly, I put myself in their shoes and figured: no one would throw this out, especially if it was current. I also looked over the form for contact or any personal data, perhaps a license tag or telephone number. But that seemed impractical. Although the form had been born on the wind, where in the busy, crowded parking lot would I find the owners? Had it been lying there for a few minutes or a week? So I checked the date, the fees paid, noted the names of the owners and pocketed the receipt. Recalling the parable of the Good Samaritan, I concluded that the best and easiest step to take was to put the form in an envelope addressed to the couple and send it to them by post. Further, I imagined how crazy I’d be if I had misplaced my receipt. Much easier to attempt returning it than to leave them angry, upset, etc. over the loss.
By the end of the week, I received a beautiful thank-you letter from a very grateful and happy couple containing a hand written message and a gift card to use at any Starbuck’s. In her note, the wife explained how a gust of wind snatched their receipt from a pocket in her car’s passenger door. They had panicked and searched crazily for quite some time before giving up. It felt great to know I’d helped someone avoid a major loss by doing something that at first glance seemed minor or even unimportant.
小题1:What did the author really mean when he said “Instantly, I was grateful I did.”?| A．He was lucky to notice the paper on the roadside. | | B．He was happy to do shopping in the district for it was convenient. | | C．He was right to pick the paper up because it was important. | | D．He was thankful to pick up the paper because he found it for a long time. |
小题2:Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the short passage?| A．I rode my car to COSTCO to buy supplies a month ago. | | B．The receipt was out of date, so the owner threw it away. | | C．I waited on the roadside for the receipt owner for half a day. | | D．I called up the owner to take back the receipt. |
小题3:The author decided to give the paper back to the owner because ______.| A．it was useless for him | | B．he knew the owner was upset about losing it | | C．the owner asked him to do so | | D．he knew the owner would reward him for it |
小题4:Which would be the best title for this passage?| A．How I helped the couple | B．The loss of an important receipt | | C．The owner of the receipt | D．Little things still mean a lot |
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I love it at night. It’s peaceful. And when it cools down I sometimes do some ironing. I don’t really care for it. I work full-time and too busy for most housework. I remember the old woman who taught me to iron. I was about 15 and somehow got a live-in job taking care of a woman who had been an able-bodied, healthy woman until the accident that caused her to be paralyzed（瘫痪）.
The woman had an electric wheelchair. She could move her head and arms but not her hands or fingers. She had this clamp（夹子）attached to her arm and I’d have to open it and put a cup or a pencil in it and then she could move it. She would tell me how to do things. She would instruct me in great detail on the correct way to do things. Her home was perfect and beautiful. She would follow me around in her electric wheelchair to make sure I did everything exactly right. I’m sure she had been a perfect homemaker. She would have me fold everything, including socks and pillow cases. I would complain silently and wish terrible things on her. She taught me the right way to make the bed and tuck （塞）the corners. I know sometimes she’d get frustrated and impatient with me. I knew she wanted to grab it and do it herself. But she never yelled or scolded. Only insisted I do it right. I didn’t like it much, but I did it.
Today I can iron pretty well. I know where to start on a shirt, the right way to do the collar and sleeves. Now that I think about it, I don’t think she is an old lady. I think she might have been about my age now. Anyway, when I iron, I think of her and silently thank her for all the things I learned.
小题1:From the passage we can infer that the writer of the passage now is ________. | A．a housewife | B．a full-time worker | | C．a clothes maker | D．a college student |
小题2:The writer used to take care of the lady because ______. | A．she wanted to learn how to do housework | | B．she was a relative of the disabled woman | | C．she wanted to earn some money while sleeping and eating there | | D．she had to do something in return to the lady for her kindness |
小题3:When the lady taught the writer how to do housework, the little girl was ______. | A．eager to learn | B．unwilling to learn | | C．forced to learn | D．careful to learn |
小题4:What’s the writer’s attitude towards the lady now? | A．Sympathetic | B．Fearful | C．Hateful | D．Grateful |
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Ever since I was little, my favorite season was winter. I loved to play in the snow and enjoy the hot chocolate.
____36_____, winter never gave me the special gift of snow on my birthday. I would ask my grandmother ____37____ it didn’t snow on my birthday. She would laugh and tell me I asked too many questions. ___38____one day, she promised that she would make it snow on my next birthday.
That year, ____39____ my birthday, my grandmother died. I was sad but angry because she had promised to make it snow. The day of my sixth birthday, I woke up and ran to the window, hoping to see just one snowflake. But there was no snow. I felt mad at my grandmother. She had broken a promise.
But my sixteenth birthday, I had lost all hope of getting my snow, even though I still wished for ___40____. During my party, I stayed with my friends and family and was truly happy. I ___41___ the best time ever! Then I saw the white snow ____42___down all around. I was so excited that I ran around screaming and laughing. My friends all laughed ____43___me, but I didn’t care.
When I ___44____home, my grandpa said he had a gift for me. I was ___45___ because he had given me a gift. It was a small white box, which looked old. I opened it. There was a crystal snowflake(水晶雪花) with a card that said, “Happy Birthday.”
How could this be? My grandpa said it was my grandmother’s final ___46____ on my “sweet sixteenth”. I cried.
I was ___47_____ that my smiling grandmother angel was and had been watching over me.
| 小题1: | | A．Certainly | B．Unfortunately | C．Importantly | D．Luckily |
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| 小题2: | | A．when | B．how | C．whether | D．why |
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| 小题6: | | A．had | B．was | C．played | D．feared |
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| 小题7: | | A．fell | B．to fall | C．fallen | D．falling |
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| 小题9: | | A．arrived at | B．remained | C．got | D．entered |
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| 小题10: | | A．excited | B．confused | C．pleased | D．frustrated |
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| 小题11: | | A．order | B．mistake | C．wish | D．decision |
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| 小题12: | | A．certain | B．angry | C．sad | D．anxious |
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Barack Obama became US President in January, 2009. Since then, the world has been watching him closely to see whether he keeps his promises about the economy(经济), foreign policy and health care.
But at home, he has also been under pressure from his two daughters to keep his promise: to give them a new dog as a gift for helping him with his election campaign(竞选活动).
On Tuesday the nation’s first dog, named Bo, came out. It is a six-month-old water dog which is black with a white chest and white paws(爪).
“Bo’s got star quality,” said President Obama as he and his family took a walk with the dog on the White House lawn(草坪) in front of reporters.
He then joked, “ I finally got a friend. It took some time,” mentioning a famous saying, “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.”
小题1:Barack Obama is ______ President now.| A．French | B．British | C．Russian | D．American |
小题2:Which of the following is NOT true?| A．The dog is called Bo. | B．The dog is six month old. | | C．The dog is black and white. | D．The dog is all white. |
小题3:The dog is Obama’s gift to ______.| A．the reporters | B．his wife | C．his daughters | D．his sons |
小题4:What might the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean?| A．It’s not easy to find a dog in Washington. | | B．It’s not easy to find a friend in Washington. | | C．Dogs aren’t friendly to man. | | D．Man isn’t friendly to dogs. |
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Mackenzie Hughes had just returned from school and was waiting for her older brothers to arrive home. She was home alone 1 a man started knocking on the front door, turning the handle and trying to 2 .
She’s 12 years old and she was 3 . So she dialed 9-1-1 and reached the operator Rachelle Berry. After a brief talk, Berry 4 what was happening. “OK, hang on, OK? Can you get in a 5 ?” Berry asked. Mackenzie told Berry that her phone --- it wasn’t cordless (无绳的) --- wouldn’t reach into the cupboard. “Will the phone reach under your bed?” Berry asked 6 . “No,” Mackenzie said.
“Can you hide under a 7 and pull your bedspread over you?” That’s 8 what Mackenzie did. She hid under her blanket, holding the phone and listening to Berry’s voice.
Berry talked quietly, which 9 Mackenzie. It helped, too, when Berry told her to think of something 10 . “Try not to cry,” Berry told Mackenzie during the call. “ I know it’s 11 . Do you have something you can hold onto?” Mackenzie struggled to 12 tears. She couldn’t 13 anything without showing her hiding spot. “ It’s OK,” Berry said. “You’ve got me here with you.”
“He’s in my room,” Mackenzie 14 . “Now be quiet, OK? Just don’t talk,” Berry said. For much of the call, Berry dropped her voice to a whisper, 15 the intruder (闯入者) might hear her voice over the phone. 16 , the man came into her room, then left.
Berry told Mackenzie that the 17 were on their way. Minutes later, they arrived and 18 one man in the backyard and another man in a getaway car.
On Thursday morning, the Emergency Communications Bureau gave Mackenzie its Hero Award for her 19 . Berry also received high praise. And then it was off to school for Mackenzie. But first Berry had something to 20 to the middle-schooler: a cordless phone.
| 小题1: | | A．until | B．before | C．because | D．when |
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| 小题2: | | A．get in | B．get away | C．get around | D．get through |
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| 小题3: | | A．annoyed | B．scared | C．curious | D．surprised |
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| 小题4: | | A．remembered | B．realized | C．reviewed | D．recalled |
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| 小题5: | | A．bedroom | B．kitchen | C．cupboard | D．bathroom |
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| 小题6: | | A．anxiously | B．calmly | C．carefully | D．happily |
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| 小题7: | | A．sofa | B．bed | C．table | D．blanket |
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| 小题8: | | A．ever | B．never | C．just | D．still |
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| 小题9: | | A．worried | B．helped | C．moved | D．upset |
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| 小题10: | | A．interesting | B．strange | C．wrong | D．valuable |
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| 小题11: | | A．hard | B．important | C．useful | D．possible |
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| 小题12: | | A．hold onto | B．hold down | C．hold back | D．hold up |
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| 小题13: | | A．discover | B．imagine | C．reach | D．invent |
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| 小题14: | | A．cried | B．shouted | C．whispered | D．replied |
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| 小题15: | | A．assuming | B．believing | C．fearing | D．confirming |
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| 小题16: | | A．Obviously | B．Fortunately | C．Probably | D．Certainly |
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| 小题17: | | A．parents | B．brothers | C．police | D．neighbors |
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| 小题18: | | A．met | B．killed | C．arrested | D．found |
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| 小题19: | | A．contribution | B．success | C．kindness | D．bravery |
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| 小题20: | | A．lend | B．present | C．show | D．mail |
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