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They had only a small flat to live in , but they were happy. They loved each other, and they were both interested in art. Everything was fine until one day they found they had spent all their money.
Delia decided to give music lessons. One afternoon she said to her husband:
“Joe, I’ve found a pupil, a general’s daughter. She is a sweet girl. I’m to give three lessons a week and get $5 a lesson.”
But Joe was not glad.
“But how about me?” he said.” Do you think I’m going to watch you work while I play with my art? No, I want to earn some money too.”
“Joe, you are silly,” said Delia. “You must keep at your studies. We can live quite happily on $15 a week.”
“Well, perhaps I can sell some of my pictures,” said Joe.
Every day they parted in the morning and met in the evening. A week passed and Delia brought home fifteen dollars, but she looked a little tired.
“Clementina sometimes gets on my nerves. I’m afraid she doesn’t practice enough. But the general is the oldest man! I wish you could know him, Joe.”
And then Joe took eighteen dollars out of his pocket.
“I’ve sold one of my pictures to a man from Peoria,” he said, “and he has ordered another.”
“I’m so glad,” said Delia. “Thirty-three dollars! We never had so much to spend before. We’ll have a good supper tonight.”
Next week Joe came home and put another eighteen dollars on the table. In half an hour Delia came, her right hand in a bandage.
“What’s the matter with your hand?” said Joe. Delia laughed and said:
“Oh, a funny thing happened! Clemantina gave me a plate of soup and spilled some of it on my hand. She was very sorry for it. And so was the old general. But why are you looking at me like that, Joe?”
“What time this afternoon did you burn your hand, Delia?”
“Five o’clock, I think. The iron-I mean the soup-was ready about five, Why?”
“Delia, come and sit here,” said Joe. He drew her to the couch and sat beside her.
“What do you do every day, Delia? Do you really give music lesson? Tell me the truth.”
She began to cry.
“I couldn’t get any pupils,” she said, “So I got a place in a laundry ironing shirts. This afternoon a girl accidentally set down an iron on my hand and I got a bad burn. But tell me, Joe, how did you guess that I wasn’t giving music lessons?”
“It’s very simple,” said Joe. “I knew all about your bandages because I had to send them upstairs to a girl in the laundry who had an accident with a hot iron. You see, I work in the engine-room of the same laundry where you work.”
“And your pictures? Did you sell any to that man from Peoria?”
“Well, your general with his Clemantina is an invention, and so is my man from Peoria.”
And then they both laughed.
小题1:To support the family, Delia worked as .
A.a tutor | B.a music teacher |
C.an artist | D.a laundry assistant |
A.a man from Peoria liked Joe’s pictures |
B.Delia earned $15 dollars a week easily |
C.the couple worked at the same laundry |
D.Clemantina and the general were kind |
A.The general | B.Clemantina | C.Herself | D.A girl |
A.Clemantina was an invention of the general |
B.Clemantina was an invention of the man from Peoria |
C.there were no such men as the general, Clemantina and the man from Peoria |
D.the general, Clemantina and the man from Peoria were the couple’s clients |
A.faithful | B.honest |
C.ashamed | D.heartbreaking |
A.A service of love | B.A story of Joe and Delia |
C.Lies and truth | D.Servants of love |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:A
小题6:A
解析
小题1:事实细节题,根据So I got a place in a laundry ironing shirts可知,她在一个洗衣店里工作
小题2:推理判断题,根据倒数第四段It’s very simple,” said Joe. “I knew all about your bandages because I had to send them upstairs to a girl in the laundry who had an accident with a hot iron. You see, I work in the engine-room of the same laundry where you work可知。他们在工一家店里上班。
小题3:事实细节题,根据倒数第四段This afternoon a girl accidentally set down an iron on my hand and I got a bad burn可知,一个女孩伤了她
小题4:推理判断题,根据他们最后的话可知,他们都相互编造了一个故事。
小题5:推理判断题,最后两人都选择了告诉对方真相,所以他们相互之间是忠诚的
小题6:主旨大意题,文章讲述的是他们为了爱对方而选择编造故事,他们都是为了爱而服务。
核心考点
试题【Joe came to New York from the Middle West, dreaming about painting. Delia came t】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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“Good night, Chief,” I reply.
The cell door __36__ and I hear Chief"s keys clinking as other doors clang shut further down the row. I step into my little cell and sit down. I glance up at the window, covered in mesh(铁网),and think to myself, “This isn"t a life, it"s just a(n) __37__.”
Being __38__ makes me feel as though I"m being buried alive. I am a puppet(木偶) with people __39__ strings so that I eat, sleep and wake when they want me to.
I lie on my bed as night __40__ and think the same thoughts __41__. I think about how it all went so wrong, and imagine how I will __42__ for all the time I"ve lost.
Every day I live the same routine and nothing changes except the people. Prisoners depart for other prisons, or get __43__. Others __44__ from different prisons, or fresh from custody. It"s a __45__ revolving(旋转) door.
When I committed my __46__, I was a lost young boy, but now I am __47__. Walking around the yard, I would notice my fellow prisoners reading books and writing letters to friends and family, which upset me as my __48__ at school was limited.
I longed for the day when I"d be able to sit in the sun, enjoying a cup of coffee and reading a newspaper or book __49__ my choice. I also longed to write letters to my friends and family, sharing my thoughts and feelings.
I decided not to waste my time inside and, __50__, make the most of all the resources available to me. I started to learn and was __51__ to realize my dream.
Now, after five years" persistence, heartache and hard work, I have __52__ my goal. Having __53__ a course as a reading adviser, I can now help others to read and write. And I have even started a creative writing workshop at Junee Correctional Centre. Learning to read and write at a highter level has given me the inner strength to present myself in a more __54__ manner.
And the day I"ve dreamed about has come true: I now enjoy my cup of coffee with a book in my other hand. Learning to read and write has changed my life and this article is my first piece of “proper” writing, and it won"t be my __55__.
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This mind wandering, it seems, actually gives your working memory a workout. Working memory is the mental work space that allows the brain to juggle multiple thoughts at the same time. The more working memory a person has, the more daydreaming they can do without forgetting the task at hand.
Researchers studied groups of people from the University of Wisconsin-Madison community, ranging in age from 18 to 65. The volunteers were asked to perform simple tasks, like pressing a button every time they took a breath or clicking in response to a letter popping up on a computer screen; these tasks were so easy that their minds were likely to wander, the researchers figured.
The researchers checked in periodically, asking the participants if their minds were on task or wandering. When the task was over, they measured each participant"s working memory capacity by having them remember letters while doing math questions. Though all participants performed well on the task, the researchers noticed that the individuals who indicated their minds had wandered more than others also scored higher on the working memory test.
“What this study seems to suggest is that, when circumstances for the task aren"t very difficult, people who have additional working memory resources allocate them to think about things other than what they"re doing,” said Jonathan Smallwood, a study researcher of the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitve and Brain Science.
When our minds run out of working memory, these off-topic thoughts can take the main stage without us consciously meaning them to; for instance, arriving at home with no memory of the actual trip, or suddenly realizing that they"ve turned several pages in a book without understanding any of the words.
“It"s almost like your attention was so absorbed in the mind wandering that there wasn"t any left over to remember your goal to read,” study researcher Daniel Levinson, said in a statement.
People with overall higher working memory were better able to stay focused when the task at hand required it. Those who had low working memory often had their thoughts drift away from the task, and did less well at it.
The findings add to past research suggesting these mind drifts can be positive moments. For instance, daydreaming has often been associated with creativity—researchers think that our most creative and inventive moments come when daydreaming. It"s likely that the most intelligent among us also have high levels of working memory, Levinson noted.
小题1:The word “juggle” in the second paragraph can be replaced by “________”.
A.handle | B.search | C.understand | D.distribute |
A.People who often have daydreams probably own a pretty capable working memory. |
B.On the working memory test, people with wandering minds will get high score. |
C.Absorbed in the mind wandering, your attention left no space for your goal. |
D.Dealing with some easy jobs, people with higher working memory will daydream. |
A.Mind drifts are always positive. |
B.Daydreaming is good for the mind. |
C.Creative moments come with working memory. |
D.The more daydreaming, the more effectively one works. |
He had gone out of the study for some 22 , leaving me alone. In his absence I looked to see what was on his 23 . In the 24 was a small piece of paper on which were written the 25 “English Writing Prize 1949. History Is a Serious of Biographies (人物传记)”.
A(n) 26 boy would have avoided looking at the title as soon as he saw the 27 . I did not. The subject of the English Writing Prize was kept a 28 until the start of the exam so I could not 29 reading it.
When the headmaster 30 , I was looking out of the window.
I should have told him what had 31 then. It would have been so 32 to say: “I’m sorry, but I 33 the title for the English Writing Prize on your desk. You’ll have to 34 it.”
The chance passed and I did not take it. I sat for the exam the next day and I won. I didn’t mean to cheat, but it was still 35 anyhow.
That was thirty-eight years ago when I was fifteen. I have never told anyone about it before, nor have I tried to explain to myself why not.
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But the nervous father continued. He wondered if the child might suffer psychological effects of ridicule, or if they should consider plastic surgery(整形手术). The nurse assured him that it was really no problem, and he should just wait to see if the boy grows into his ears.
The father finally felt more optimistic about his child, but now he worried about his wife"s reaction to those large ears. She had been delivered by operation, and had not yet seen the child.
“She doesn"t take things as easily as I do,” he said to the nurse.
By this time, the new mother was settled in the recovery room and ready to meet her new baby. The nurse went along with the dad to lend some support in case this inexperienced mother became upset about her baby"s large ears.
The baby was in a blanket(毛毯) with his head covered for the short trip through the cold air-conditioned corridor. The baby was placed in his mother"s arms, who eased the blanket back so that she could look at her child for the first time.
She took one look at her baby"s face and looked to her husband and gasped, “Oh, Honey! Look! He has your ears!”
No problem with Mom. She married those ears...and she loves the man to whom they are attached.
The poet Kahlil Gibran said, “Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.” It"s hard to see the ears when you"re looking into the light.
小题1:When the father first saw his baby, he was worried that________.
A.The baby might not grow up healthily. |
B.The baby might be laughed at by others. |
C.The baby might disappoint its mother. |
D.the baby might have mental problems. |
A.could not function well. |
B.looked the same as others. |
C.only caused a small problem. |
D.needed to have plastic surgery. |
A.She blamed her husband for the baby’s big ears. |
B.She was the first to discover the baby’s large ears. |
C.She suggested having an operation on the baby immediately. |
D.She found something similar between the baby and its father. |
A.The ears. | B.The parents. | C.The doctor and nurse. | D.The problems |
A.To advise readers to listen carefully. |
B.To draw a conclusion from the story. |
C.To criticize the wrong attitude to physical beauty. |
D.To stress the importance of doctor-patient relationship. |
But when I got home that evening, there was a note from my husband written on the back of an envelope. It basically said he had come to get his clothes and wouldn’t be back. We’d been having trouble, but the finality of that note still came as a shock. He had emptied our bank account. We were horribly in debt. I had quit my previous jobs in expectation of interviewing for a teaching position. Plus, I was eight months pregnant.
I had my son, and I was about to bring a new life into the world, so despite my deep sadness, I had to go on. The next morning, I woke up, put my feet on the floor, took a deep breath, fixed breakfast, and basically did everything I always did. I used my routine to keep me moving. After being in the military for six years, I guess you can say I relied on my training, like all good soldiers do in tough situations. One small step after one small step was the way I bounced back(恢复原状).
And in the seven years since, I’ve continued moving forward. I got a job as a kindergarten teacher, earned a master’s degree in education, and watched my babies grow to twelve and seven. I certainly would never have chosen to put them through this, but looking back, I’m glad it happened to me when it did. It helped me find my voice and myself a lot sooner. It helped me grow independent, confident, and strong—things I’m hopefully instilling(灌输) now in my children.
小题1:After getting her bachelor’s degree, the author expected to ________.
A.become a teacher | B.be a wife and mother |
C.work two jobs | D.get divorced |
A.Her husband wrote a note to congratulate her on her graduation. |
B.She had just been to a job interview when her husband left her. |
C.Her husband paid off all the debts from the bank. |
D.She was going to have another baby soon. |
A.become confident and independent |
B.work harder in the kindergarten |
C.use her routine to move forward |
D.feel pleased with what happened to her |
A.The author’s parents helped her a lot |
B.The author received further education later |
C.The author earned a master’s degree when she was 29 |
D.The author didn’t know how to deal with marriage |
A.The divorce with her husband. |
B.Her fellow soldiers in the army. |
C.Her decision to find a new job. |
D.A strong mind and love for her kids. |
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