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My mother was beautiful with dark hair and brown eyes, but she was also quiet and shy. Early in the Ridge years, she kept to herself, but later, she started going to the neighbourhood centre to make friends.
It was her dream to mine, but her get-rich-quick thinking was unrealistic. She was cheated and she was never very successful. But she kept a sense of humour and a charming smile.
Then, just as friendships began to blossom, she was diagnosed with cancer and had to return south for treatment. She had the intention of cooking Spanish food as special treat for her Ridge friends, but died too soon. In her honour, my aunt, Marisa, and I fulfilled her desire when we visited the Ridge in March last year.
People who mine the Ridge come from a cross section of society, from lawyers to travels. Looks don’t mean much: it can be hard to tell who is millionaire and who is poor. Opals attracted Sebastian and Hanna Deisenberger to Lightning Ridge. They planned a two-year stay, but became permanent residents.
Then there’s Neil Schellnegger, 45, who moved to the area with his parents when he was a child. He lives with his son, Luke. Luke is a shy 19-year-old boy who enjoys helping his dad. They haven’t had much luck over the past couple of years, but their passion for opals conquers disappointment. They love the peaceful lifestyle.
Danny Hatcher, 38, is a second-generation miner and president of the Lightning Ridge Miners’ Association. He is an optimistic man, driven by the desire to find the perfect opal. “It’s magic,” he explains. “Once you start opal mining you don’t want to do anything else… There is always the potential for finding a million dollars. Nothing beats it.”
It’s a place where dreams --- spiritual or material --- can be fulfilled; a place, for one last bet in life.
小题1:What made the author’s mother go to Lightning Ridge?
A.The luxurious life there. | B.Her new marriage there. |
C.Her interest in opals. | D.Her passion for nature. . |
A.treating her mother’s Ridge friends with Spanish food |
B.writing a biography about her whole life |
C.decorating her house in Lightning Ridge |
D.finding a lot of black opals in Lightning Ridge |
A.the rich and the poor can be distinguished by their looks |
B.Luke is a successful miner, just like his father |
C.Sebastian is planning to leave Lightning Ridge |
D.Danny Hatcher’s parents were miners in Lightning Ridge |
A.there are precious stones and life is peaceful |
B.there are people from all walks of life |
C.there are rich people who can help poor people |
D.there is a lot of gold hidden in the ground |
A.To show the magic power of opal mining. |
B.To tell people it isn’t always hard to mine opals. |
C.To warn people not to take up this kind of job. |
D.To persuade people to look for more resources for the country. |
答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:A
解析
试题分析:本文介绍了妈妈对于猫眼石的追求以及对Lightning Ridge这里的猫眼石的矿对人们的影响的举例说明。
小题1:C 细节题。根据第一段3,4行Her interest in opals (猫眼石) took her to the New South Wales remote town of Lightning Ridge.可知是对猫眼石的兴趣让她去了这个地方,故C正确。
小题2:A 细节题。根据第二段2,3,4行She had the intention of cooking Spanish food as special treat for her Ridge friends, but died too soon. In her honour, my aunt, Marisa, and I fulfilled her desire when we visited the Ridge in March last year. 可知她们通过请妈妈的朋友享用西班牙的食物来实现她的愿望。故A正确。
小题3:D 推理题。根据文章倒数第二段1,2行Danny Hatcher, 38, is a second-generation miner and president of the Lightning Ridge Miners’ Association.可知Danny Hatcher是第二代矿工,也就是输他的父母亲是第一代矿工,故D正确。
小题4:A 细节题。根据文章第一段和最后一段It’s a place where dreams --- spiritual or material --- can be fulfilled; a place, for one last bet in life. There were no luxuries (奢华的享受), but she was closer to nature and had a chance to find black opals and make some money.可知在Lightning Ridge有宁静的生活也有可能找到猫眼石。故A项内容正确。
小题5:A 推理题。根据文章倒数第二段最后3行“It’s magic,” he explains. “Once you start opal mining you don’t want to do anything else… There is always the potential for finding a million dollars. Nothing beats it.”可知这个两个例子就是为了告诉我们猫眼石的魔力,很多人都愿意为此做很多事情。故A正确。
点评:本文介绍了妈妈对于猫眼石的追求以及对Lightning Ridge这里的猫眼石的矿对人们的影响的举例说明。本文所设试题主要考察细节查找,对于文章中的细节题,要注意文本内容的理解。关键是找出原文的根据,认真核查题支和原文的异同,常犯错误有:绝对化语言,范围扩大或缩小,以偏概全,张冠李戴等。带着问题,再读全文,找出答题所需要的依据,完成阅读。
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试题【My mother, Marisol Torres, came with her family to Australia in the early 1960s.】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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People say that housewives should have the 39 to make delicious meals, keep their houses clean, and 40 every minute of their child’s life. Their words used to 41 me a lot. I felt that I should also be able to do those things as a housewife. So 42 I couldn’t make the turkey-shaped cookies, I 43 feeling like a failure as a mom.
After many 44 attempts at baking, and many afternoons spent crying over my inabilities as a mother, I finally accepted the 45 that my lot(命运) in life is to be the juice box mom. I worked hard to be the 46 one in the elementary school. And after one of my daughter’s class parties, it 47 . Her teacher stopped me as I was leaving and said, “Thank you so much for always bringing 48 drinks. Sometimes parents forget that other children will also 49 class parties, and they end up being left out because we don’t have enough 50 for everyone.”
I just accepted her appreciation, rather than telling her that I brought extra drinks because I could 51 remember how many kids were in the class. But her 52 taught me an important lesson: I’m not a failure as a mom.
Not everyone is cut out to be a(n) 53 mom. I believe it’s okay to be the juice box mom. I may not bake cookies and decorate them beautifully, but I 54 something to drink. And I think that’s just as 55 .
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His heart filled with a terrible fear, all Bertie could think of was his white lion. "But the lion," he cried, "What about the lion?"
"I"m afraid there"s something else I have to tell you," his father said. Looking across at Bertie"s mother, he took a deep breath. Then he told Bertie he had met a circus(马戏团) owner from France, who was over in Africa looking for lions to buy. He would come to their farm in a few days.
"No! You can"t send him to a circus!" said Bertie. "People will come to see him. He"ll be shut up behind bars. I promised him he never would be. And they will laugh at him. He"d rather die. Any animal would! " But as he looked across the table at them, he knew their minds were quite made up.
Bertie felt completely betrayed. He waited until he heard his father"s deep breathing next door. With his white lion at his heels, he crept downstairs in his pyjamas, took down his father"s rifle from the rack and stepped out into the night. He ran and ran till his legs could run no more. As the sun came up over the grassland, he climbed to the top of a hill and sat down, his arms round the lion"s neck. The time had come.
"Be wild now," he whispered. "You"ve got to be wild. Don"t ever come home. All my life I"ll think of you. I promise I will." He buried his head in the lion"s neck. Then, Bertie clambered down the hill and walked away.
When he looked back, the lion was still sitting there watching him; but then he stood up, yawned, stretched, and sprang down after him. Bertie shouted at him, but he kept coming. He threw sticks. He threw stones. Nothing worked.
There was only one thing left to do. With tears filling his eyes and his mouth, he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired over the lion"s head.
小题1:Bertie"s mother was sad probably because she ______.
A.had been seriously ill recently |
B.had decided to send Bertie to school |
C.knew selling the lion would upset Bertie |
D.knew Bertie would hate to go to England |
A.some audience | B.other animals | C.Bertie"s parents | D.circus owners |
A.kill the lion out of fear |
B.threaten the lion back to the wild |
C.protect himself from the lion |
D.show his anger towards his father |
A.animal-hunting is popular in Africa |
B.parents are sometimes cruel to their children |
C.animals usually lead a miserable life in circuses |
D.people and animals can be faithful to each other |
He may have the 36 that he is not capable (有能力的) of it. A child may think he is stupid because he does not understand how to make 37 of his mental faculties(官能). Older people may be mistaken that they are incapable of 38 anything new because of their age.
A person who believes that he is incapable will not make a real 39 , because he feels that it 40 be useless. He won’t go at a job with the confidence(信心) necessary for success, and he won’t work his hardest, even though he may 41 he is doing so. He is 42 likely to fail, and the failure will 43 his belief in his incompetence(无能).
Alfred Adler, a famous doctor, had 44 like this. When he was a small boy, he had a poor 45 in maths. His teacher told his 46 he had no ability in maths in order that they would not 47 too much of him. In this way, they too 48 the idea. He accepted 49 mistaken thinking of his ability, felt that it was useless to 50 , and was very poor at maths, 51 as they expected.
One day he worked out a problem which 52 of the other students had been able to solve.
Adler succeeded in solving the problem. This gave him confidence. He now 53 with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at 54 . He not only proved that he could learn maths well, but luckily he learned early in his life from his own experience that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may 55 himself as well as others by his ability. 36—40 ABBCA 41—45 BDBAC 46—50 DBADC 51—55 CABDA
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Fortunately he had a strong-willed (意志坚强的) caring mother. John remembered that his mother told him many times, “Son, you can be anything you want really to be if you just believe.”She told him not to depend on others, including his mother. “You have to earn success, ”she said. “All the people who work hard don’t succeed, but the only people who do succeed are those who work hard.”
These words came from a woman with less than a third grade education. She also knew that believing and hard work don’t mean everything. So she worked hard as a cook for two years to save enough to take her son, who was then 15, to Chicago.
Chicago in 1933 was not the promised land that black southerners were looking for. John’s mother and stepfather could not find work. But here John could go to school, and here he learned the power of words—as an editor of the newspaper and yearbook at Du Sable High School His wish was to publish a magazine for blacks.
While others discouraged him, John’s mother offered him more words to live by.“Nothing beats a failure but a try. ”She also let him pawn(典当)her furniture to get the $ 500 he needed to start the Negro magazine.
It is natural that difficulties and failures followed John closely until he became very successful. He always keeps his mother’s words in mind.“Son, failure is not in your vocabulary!”
Now John H. Johnson is one of the 400 richest people in America—worth $ 150 million.
小题1:John’s mother decided to move to Chicago because _____.
A.his father died when John was very young |
B.life was too hard for them to stay on in their hometown |
C.John needed more education badly |
D.there were no schools for Negroes in their hometown |
A.didn’t believe in or depend on others |
B.thought one could be whatever one wanted to be |
C.believed one would succeed without working hard |
D.thought no one could succeed without working hard |
A.if you try, you would succeed |
B.a failure is difficult to beat, even if you try |
C.a try is always followed by a failure |
D.no failure can be beaten unless you try |
A.how John H. Johnson became successful |
B.about the mental (心理的) support John’s mother gave him |
C.about the importance of a good education |
D.about the key to success for blacks |
But at 38 , a different story is told. How we treat our loved ones, young and old. Later in the kitchen, as I 39 our meal, my daughter walked up to me, very still. When I turned, I 40 knocked her down. “Get out of the way!” I shouted with a frown(皱眉). She stepped away silently, with her little heart 41_ . I didn"t realize how harshly(苛刻地) I had spoken.
That night, when I lay 42 in bed, God"s quiet voice spoke to me and said, “While 43 with a stranger, you are calm and polite, but with those you love, you are QUICK to excite... Go look around on the kitchen floor, you"ll find some flowers there by the 44 . Those are the flowers she brought for you. She 45 them herself-- pink, yellow, and your favorite blue. She stood there quietly, and you never saw the 46 in her eyes.”
By this time, I felt sad and small and now my own tears had begun to fall. I quietly went and knelt by her 47 : “Wake up, my dear,” I said, “Are these the flowers you picked up for me?” She smiled, “I found them out by the tree. I 48 them in a napkin, just for you. I knew you"d like them, especially the 49 .” I said, “I am so sorry that I missed them today... And I 50 have fussed(慌乱)at you that way.”
And she whispered, “Mommy, that"s okay... I still love you 51 .” I hugged her and said, “I love you, too and I LOVE the flowers.”
Do you know that: if you die tomorrow, the 52 you are working for could easily replace you in a matter of days. But the family you leave _53 will feel the loss for the rest of their lives. And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into our 54 than into our families--an unwise investment indeed.
Remember that 55 =" (F)ATHER" -- (A)ND--(M)OTHER -- (I)--(L)OVE--(Y)OU.
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