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As the bus passed through New Jersey, they began to notice Vingo. He sat in front of them, completely in silence.
Deep into the night, outside Washington, the bus pulled into Howard Johnson’s, and everybody got off except Vingo. The young people began to wonder about him. When they went back to the bus, one of the girls sat beside him and introduced herself.
“Want some wine?” she said. He smiled and took a swig from the bottle. He thanked her and became silent again. After a while, she went back to the others, and Vingo nodded in sleep.
In the morning, they awoke outside another Howard Johnson’s, and this time Vingo went in. The girl insisted that he join them. He ordered black coffee and some cookies as the young people talked about sleeping on beaches. When they returned to the bus, the girl sat with Vingo again, and after a while, slowly and painfully, he began to tell his story. He had been in prison in New York for the past four years, and now he was going home.
“Are you married?”
“I don’t know.”
“You don’t know?” she said.
“Well, when I was in prison I wrote to my wife,” he said, “I told her that I was going to be away for a long time, and that if she couldn’t stand it, if the kids kept asking questions, and if it hurt her too much, well, she could jus forget me. I’d understand. Get a new man, I said — she’s a wonderful woman. I told her she didn’t have to write me. And she didn’t. Not for three and a half years.”
“And you’re going home now, not knowing?”
“Yeah. Well, last week, when I was sure the parole (假释) was coming through, I wrote her again. We used to live in Brunswick, just before Jacksonville, and there’s a big oak (橡树) just as you come into town. I told her that if she didn’t have a new man and if she’d take me back, she should put a yellow handkerchief on the tree, and I’d get off and come home. If she didn’t want me, forget it — no handkerchief and I’d go on through.”
“Wow,” the girl exclaimed, “Wow.”
She told the others, and soon all of them were in it, looking at the pictures Vingo showed them of his wife and three children.
Now they were 20 miles from Brunswick, and the young people took over window seats on the right side, waiting for the approach of the great oak. Vingo stopped looking, tightening his face, as if protecting himself against still another disappointment.
Then Brunswick was ten miles, and then five. Then, suddenly, all of the young people were up out of their seats, shouting and crying.
Vingo sat there astonished, looking at the oak. It was covered with yellow handkerchiefs — 20 of them, 30 of them, maybe hundreds, flying in the wind. As the young people shouted, Vingo slowly rose from his seat and made his way to the front of the bus to go home.
小题1:At the beginning of the story, the young boys and girls ______.
A.showed a great interest in Vingo | B.didn’t notice Vingo at all |
C.wanted to offer help to Vingo | D.didn’t like Vingo at all |
A.bus station | B.apartment | C.hospital | D.restaurant |
A.Ashamed. | B.Relaxed. | C.Nervous. | D.Disappointed. |
A.Vingo’s experience in prison |
B.the young people’s travel to Fort Lauderdale |
C.Vingo’s three lovely children |
D.the dialogue between Vingo and his family |
答案
小题1:B
小题1:D
小题1:C
小题1:D
解析
小题1:细节题,根据As the bus passed through New Jersey, they began to notice Vingo.这句话看出他们开始根本没有注意温格,故选B.
小题1:推理题.根据下文“Want some wine?”和this time Vingo went in.……ordered black coffee and some cookies这几句话可知这是在饭馆里,故选D.
小题1:细节题,通过上文Vingo的谈话及Vingo stopped looking, tightening his face, as if……这句话可看出他很紧张,故选C。
小题1:推理题。通过上文可知Vingo很在乎他的妻子和三个孩子,那么多的黄手绢也说明了 他的家人是多么的欢迎他回家。所以文章接下来就要描写他和家人相见后的事情。故选D。
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试题【They were going to Fort Lauderdale — three boys and three girls — and when they 】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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One very cold, wet night at about 3:30 a.m., there was a 36 on the front door of our house. A young man, wet from 37 to toe, explained that he had 38 out of petrol about 30 km up the road. He had left his pregnant wife and his two children 39 at the car and said that he would hitchhike(搭便车) back.
Once I had 40 a can with petrol, I took him back to his car where his two-year-old and four-year-old children were both 41 , saying that they were cold. Once the car had started, I suggested that he 42 me back.
Before leaving, I had turned the heater 43 in the roadhouse, so that when we went in, it was nice and 44 .While the little ones played and ran 45 ,I prepared bread and butter for the children, and hot chocolate for the 46 .
It was about 5 a.m. before they 47 .The young fellow asked me how much he 48 me and I told him that the petrol pump had 49 $15.He offered to pay “call-out fee”, but I wouldn’t accept it.
About a month later, I received a 50 from Interstate, a large bus company that we had been trying to 51 to stop off at our roadhouse for a long time. It 52 out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager, the most 53 person in the company.
In his letter, he thanked me again and 54 me that, from then on, all their buses would stop at my service station. In this 55 ,a little bit of kindness was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.
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“What I mean is,” explained the recorder, “do you have a job, or are you just a …”
“Of course I have a job,” said Emily. “I’m a mother.”
“We don’t list ‘mother’ as an occupation…‘housewife’ covers it,” said the recorder.
One day I found myself in the same situation. The clerk was obviously a career woman, confident and possessed of a high sounding title. “What is your occupation?” she asked.
The words simply popped out. “I’m a Research Associate in the field of Child Development and Human Relations.”
The clerk paused, ballpoint pen frozen in midair.
I repeated the title slowly, then I stared with wonder as my statement was written in bold, black ink on the official questionnaire.
“Might I ask,” said the clerk with new interest, “Just what you do in this field?”
Coolly, without any trace of panic in my voice, I heard myself reply, “I have a continuing program of research (what mother doesn’t), in the lab and in the field (normally I would have said indoors and out). Of course, the job is one of the most demanding in the humanities (any mother care to disagree?), and I often work 14 hours a day (24 is more like it). But the job is more challenging than most careers and rewards are more of a satisfaction rather than just money.”There was an increasing note of respect in the clerk’s voice as she completed the form, stood up, and showed me out.
As I drove into our driveway, buoyed up (鼓舞) by my glamorous new career, I was greeted by my lab assistants---ages 13, 7, and 3.
Upstairs I could hear our new experimental model (a 6 month old baby), in the child-development program, testing out a new vocal(嗓音的) pattern.
I felt proud! I had gone on the official records as someone more distinguished and indispensable (不可缺少的) to mankind than “just another mother.”
Motherhood…What a glorious career! Especially when there’s a title on the door.
小题1:What can we infer from the conversation between the woman and the recorder at the beginning of the passage?
A.Motherhood was not recognized and respected as a job by society. |
B.The recorder was impatient and rude. |
C.The author was upset about the situation that mothers faced. |
D.The woman felt ashamed to admit what her job was. |
A.curious | B.indifferent | C.interested | D.puzzled |
A.Because the author cared little about rewards. |
B.Because she admired the author’s research work in the lab. |
C.Because the writer did something she had little knowledge of. |
D.Because she thought the author did admirable work. |
A.To show how you describe your job affects your feelings toward it. |
B.To show that the author had a grander job than Emily. |
C.To argue that motherhood is a worthy career and deserves respect. |
D.To show that being a mother is hard and boring work. |
During his second year at the University of Mary Washington, he volunteered in Honduras with a campus group and was struck by the extreme poverty he saw—barefoot children collecting cans and sleeping in the streets. Fujiyama realized he could help give other children their own second chance.
Today, his organization, Students Helping Honduras, brings education and community projects to children and families in need.
He started by telling his friends about his experience and collecting spare change at his two campus jobs. “When I had my very first meeting, only two people showed up,” he says. “I knew I had to keep fighting.” He persuaded his younger sister, Cosmo, to join the cause. “She’s dynamite,.” He says. “When she talks in front of a crowd, she can move mountains. Knowing that she was behind it, I knew I could do anything.” Since 2006, the siblings’ organization has grown to 25 campuses and raised more than $750,000 to fund projects, including the construction of two schools and the establishment of scholarships to help young women attend college.
Fujiyama says students are deeply committed to the organization. They raise money and then travel to Honduras to help building houses. While Fujiyama spends his summers in Honduras working alongside volunteers, he spends a large portion of the year on the road visiting colleges to raise funds. Cosmo Fujiyama, 23, lives in Honduras full time to coordinate(协调)the group’s building efforts on the ground.
Students Helping Honduras is working with community members of Siete de Abril to build a new village. Many of the families lost their belongings in Hurricane Mitch in 1998. A lot of them didn’t have access to clean water or health care, and they didn’t have a school. Fujiyama’s group helped build 44 homes in the village named “Sunshine Village”. The organization is also raising funds to build a water tower, an eco-friendly sanitation system and a library.
小题1: At the beginning of his organization, ________.
A.Fujiyama was supported by many friends | B.things didn’t go on smoothly |
C.Fujiyama had little idea of Honduras | D.many famous people joined in |
A.diligent | B.mean | C.sympathetic | D.cheerful |
A.brothers’ | B.brother and sister’s | C.friends’ | D.couple’s |
A.Help the people in need |
B.Students lend a hand in America |
C.Fujiyama helps build “Sunshine Village” |
D.Fujiyama gives poor people in Honduras a second chance |
Peter, safe inside that hole, didn’t have a word to say, or, if he did, he didn’t have breath enough to say it. It was quite true that if he had been one jump farther from that hole, Reddy Fox would have caught him. As it was, the hairs on Peter’s funny white tail actually had tickled Reddy’s back as Peter ran wildly through the root-bound entrance to that hole. It had been the narrowest escape Peter had had for a long, long time. You see, Reddy Fox had surprised Peter eating sweet clover(苜蓿)on the bank of the Smiling Pond, and it had been a lucky thing for Peter that hole, dug long ago by Johnny Chuck’s grandfather, had been right where it was. Also, it was a lucky thing that old Mr. Chuck had been wise enough to make the entrance between the roots of that tree in such a way that it could not be dug any larger.
Reddy Fox was too shrewd(机灵的)to waste any time trying to dig it larger. He knew there wasn’t room enough for him to get between those roots. So, after trying to make Peter as uncomfortable as possible by telling him what he, Reddy, would do to him when he did catch him, Reddy walked across the Green Meadows. Peter remained where he was for a long time. When he was quite sure that it was safe to do so, he crawled out and hurried to the Old Orchard. He felt that that would be the safest place for him, because there were ever so many hiding places in the old stone wall along the edge of it.
小题1: Where is Peter Rabbit hiding?
A.On the bank of a pond | B.In a hole |
C.In a tall tree | D.Behind a room |
A.Reddy Fox might find rabbit hairs on him. |
B.Old Mr. Chuck took advantage of the roots to dig the hole. |
C.The hole could be made larger. |
D.Reddy almost caught Peter this time. |
A.Because Reddy was trying to get him. |
B.Because it was cold outside. |
C.Because his grandfather would help him dig a large hole. |
D.Because the Old Orchard was not so safe as this hole. |
They had a great time there. However, with their hangovers(宿醉)and tiredness, they overslept all day Sunday and didn’t make it back to Duke until early Monday morning. Rather than taking the final then, they found professor Bonk after the final and explained to him how they missed the final. They told him they went up to the University of Virginia for the weekend and had planned to come back in time to study, but they had a flat tire on the way back and didn’t have a spare. So they were late getting back to campus.
Bonk thought this over and agreed that they could take the final the following day. The two guys, happy and relieved, studied that night and went in the next day at the time that Bonk had told them. He placed them in separate rooms and handed each of them a test booklet. He told them to begin.
They looked at the first problem which was something simple about solution(溶解). It was worth 5 points. “Cool,” they thought, “this is going to be an easy final”. They then turned the page. They were unprepared, however, for what they saw on it. The question contained only two words: (95 points) Which tire?
小题1: The two guys decided to go to the University of Virginia because ________.
A.they were afraid of the final | B.there was a party there |
C.the final would be held there | D.they thought they can pass the final easily |
A.the two guys came back to campus late on purpose |
B.Bonk wasn’t strict with the two guys |
C.repairing the flat tire took the two guys a lot of time |
D.Bonk didn’t believe the two guys’ explanation |
A.may apology to professor Bonk | B.must have the same scores |
C.wouldn’t be confident in their Chemistry | D.would feel happy and relieved |
A.he who makes no mistakes makes nothing | B.he is wise that is honest |
C.one never loses anything by politeness | D.think twice before you do |
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