When I looked at the grade on my math paper my jaw almost dropped to the ground: a big “65” in bright red ink. I had never received such a terrible grade before.
I was so ashamed that when I got home that afternoon I lied to my dad. I told him I got 85 and that the report wouldn’t come until the end of the month. Dad smiled. His daughter would never lie about her grade, so he didn’t doubt the unusual delay of my report.
A month later, Dad casually asked me again about the report at the dinner table. He looked right into my eyes and asked for an answer. Having no choice, I told him that I had in fact got just 65 in my math final. I had lied because I didn’t want to let him down.
For a moment, he just looked at me. I would have preferred a telling off than that silence. Finally, Dad said, in a hurt voice, “You have already let me down, with your lie. I am not disappointed at your math score. That is no big deal – no one can be perfect all the time. But I am very disappointed in you. If you can’t be honest with your dad, who can you be honest with? It’s much easier to achieve a better grade than rebuild someone else’s trust in you.”
Dad’s words touched my heart. I couldn’t forgive myself for having hurt his feelings. I took out the report that I had been hiding for weeks, handed to him and apologized, sincerely. I realized that my honesty is not only important to me personally, but to those around me that truly care about my well-being.
In one of Shakespeare’s plays a character says: “No legacy is so rich as honesty.” After the crisis between Dad and me, I began to understand those words.
小题1:.The first paragraph may suggest that the author ______. | A．was punished by her father for a bad grade | | B．never expected teachers to give her bad grades | | C．usually got a higher grade | | D．was bad at math |
小题2:. The author lied to her father because ______. | A．she thought her father would believe her story | | B．she didn’t want to let her father down | | C．her father wouldn’t get her grade report | | D．her father got angry whenever she got a poor grade |
小题3:. Why did her father stay silent after his daughter told him that she had lied? | A．He didn’t understand what his daughter had said. | | B．He was angry that his daughter lied to him again. | | C．He was unhappy with his daughter’s bad score. | | D．He was hurt that his daughter had lied to him. |
小题4:. The purpose of the article is to tell us that ______.| A．dishonesty may work sometimes, but there is a price to pay | | B．sometimes a lie can make things easier | | C．we should study hard to make our parents happy | | D．we should accept the fact that we are not perfect |
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试题【When I looked at the grade on my math paper my jaw almost dropped to the ground:】；主要考察你对
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I live in a rural area but sometimes we go to the city to go shopping. One day, my daughter and I 21 we needed a day of it. We 22 made the most of it. Like anyone that likes going shopping, we of course had a 23 day.
After we bought all that we needed, it was time to go. On the way to the exit doors, there was a lady 24 the pay phone who wasn’t able to speak English very well. She 25 getting help from people but kept getting 26 all the time. Seeing the 27 in her face, I stopped to see if I could help her. I didn’t really 28 much of what she was saying but I finally got the idea 29 she wanted a 30 . She gave me the coins and I called one of the taxi companies. I 31 that the lady didn’t talk much English but 32 a taxi. They replied they would 33 one out right now. I tried my best to tell that to the lady. Soon she 34 happily. Obviously, she was very 35 to me.
When my kids were 36 , I would do an act of kindness and after we were away from the 37 , I would explain what I did and 38 . I wasn’t trying to 39 but just trying to teach them about acts of 40 . They learned that it was OK to help others and have gone on to do the same.
| 小题1: | | A．meant | B．argued | C．accepted | D．decided |
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| 小题2: | | A．surely | B．willingly | C．legally | D．sadly |
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| 小题3: | | A．hopeful | B．pleasant | C．lucky | D．equal |
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小题5:.| A．considered | B．managed | C．begged | D．tried |
| 小题6: | | A．turned to | B．turned up | C．turned down | D．turned off |
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小题7:.| A．calmness | B．sadness | C．courage | D．anger |
| 小题8: | | A．think | B．seize | C．hear | D．understand |
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| 小题9: | | A．that | B．which | C．what | D．where |
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小题10:.| A．company | B．taxi | C．telephone | D．lift |
小题11:.| A．apologized | B．explained | C．repeated | D．sentenced |
小题12:.| A．escaped | B．voted | C．needed | D．rewarded |
小题13:.| A．send | B．lend | C．give | D．leave |
小题14:. A. listened B. smiled C . moved D. agreed
| 小题15: | | A．helpful | B．satisfied | C．thankful | D．loyal |
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| 小题16: | | A．generous | B．young | C．unhappy | D．unfair |
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| 小题17: | | A．exhibition | B．position | C．situation | D．acceptance |
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小题19:.| A．show off | B．show around | C．blow up | D．give up |
| 小题20: | | A．guidance | B．kindness | C．principle | D．willingness |
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Why is setting goals important? Because goals can help you do, be, and experience everything you want in life. Instead of just letting life happen to you, goals allow you to make your life happen.
Successful people imagine how their life should be and set lots of goals. By setting goals you are taking control of your life. It’s like having a map to show you where you want to go. Think of it this way. There are two drivers. One has a destination in mind (her goal) which can be found on a map. She can drive straight there without any wasted time or wrong turns. The other driver has no goal or destination or map. She starts off at the same time from the same place as the first driver, but she drives aimlessly around, never getting anywhere, just using up gas. Which driver do you want to be?
Winners in life set foals and follow through on them. They decide what they want in life and then get there by making plans and setting goals. Unsuccessful people just let life happen by accident. Goals aren’t difficult to set---and they aren’t difficult to reach. It’s up to you to find out what your goals really are. You are the one who must decide what to achieve and in what direction to aim your life.
Research tells us that when we write a goal down we are more likely to achieve it. Written goals can be revi ewed regularly, and have more power. Like a contract with yourself, they are harder to neglect or forget. Also when you write your goals in a particular way, you are able to make yourself continuously aware of situations that will bring you nearer to your goals.
小题1:.
The article is written to throw light on ______.| A．the importance of setting goals | B．the way of setting goals | | C．the winners of competitions | D．the goals in life |
小题2:.
The example of two drivers is adopted in order to ______.| A．compare the difference of goals | B．explain the traffic rules | | C．help readers understand the importance of goals | D．tell the function of a map |
小题3:.
The main idea of the fourth paragraph is that ______.| A．it’s better to write a goal down | B．written goals can’t be forgotten easily | | C．try to make yourself aware of your goals | D．written goals can be reviewed regularly |
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An 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45-year-old son. Suddenly a crow(乌鸦) landed on their window.
The father asked his son, “What is that?”
The son replied, “That is a crow.”
After a few minutes, the father asked his son for the second time, “What is that?”
The son said , “Father, I told you just now. It is a crow.”
After a little while, the father asked his son the same question for the third time, “What is this?”
This time his son shouted at his father, “Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again? I have told you already. ‘IT IS A CROW.’ Are you not able to understand this?”
A minute later the father went to his room and came back with a diary, which he had kept since his son was born. On opening a page, he asked his son to read that page:
Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa, when a crow suddenly landed on the window edge. My son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied him 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him lovingly each time he asked me the same question. I did not at all feel angry, but instead felt affection for my son.
If you parents reach old age, do not look at them as a burden, but speak to them gently, and be kind to them. From today say this aloud, “I want to see my parents happy forever. They have cared for me ever since I was a little child. They have always showered me with love. I will take care of my old parents in the BEST way no matter how they behave.”
小题1:.
The writer mainly intends to ______.| A．tell us the function of a diary | B．call on us to love our parents | | C．teach us what a crow is | D．introduce a pair of son and father |
小题2:.
According to the passage, the son felt _____ when his father kept asking the same question.| A．puzzled | B．angry | C．grateful | D．surprised |
小题3:.
We can know that the father wrote this diary at the age of ______.| A．eighty | B．forty-give | C．thirty-eight | D．thirty-five |
小题4:.
The old man brought out the diary, which he had kept since his son was born, because ___.| A．he forgot what had happened | B．he would like his son to read it | | C．it could remind himself of the past | D．he wanted to find what a crow was in his diary |
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Dick was born in a small town. He was a very clever boy, but his 36 was very poor, so he had to work in his 37 time, and during his holidays too, to pay for his 38 . In spite of this, he 39 to get to the university. But it was so 40 to study there that during the holidays he had to get two jobs at the 41 time so as to earn 42 money for his studies.
One summer he managed to get a job in a butcher’s shop during the daytime and 43 in a hospital at night, In the shop, he learned to cut meat up quite nicely and the butcher liked him very much and often 44 him do all the serving.
In the hospital, on the other hand, he was, 45 , allowed to do the 46 jobs, like helping to lift 47 and to carry them from one part of the hospital to another.
One evening at the hospital, Dick had to help to carry a woman from he r bed to the 48 room. The woman 49 to be one of his 50 who used to buy meat at the butcher’s shop. She was already feeling 51 at the thought of the operation 52 he came to get her. And when she 53 Dick, it seemed to her 54 that nearly finished her.
“ No, no!” she cried. “Not the butcher! I won’t be operated on by the butcher!” And she 55 her eyes painfully.
| 小题1: | | A．home | B．house | C．family | D．village |
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| 小题2: | | A．spare | B．rest | C．active | D．lunch |
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小题3:.| A．toys | B．education | C．school | D．clothes |
| 小题4: | | A．managed | B．tried | C．failed | D．wasn’t able |
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| 小题5: | | A．free | B．hard | C．easy | D．expensive |
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小题6:.| A．other | B．last | C．different | D．same |
| 小题7: | | A．enough | B．much | C．a little | D．most |
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| 小题8: | | A．the others | B．another | C．others | D．other |
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| 小题9: | | A．didn’t have | B．helped | C．let | D．begged |
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| 小题10: | | A．in all | B．actually | C．of course | D．sometimes |
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小题11:.| A．light | B．simplest | C．difficult | D．different |
| 小题12: | | A．doctors | B．knives | C． tools | D．people |
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| 小题13: | | A．living | B．sitting | C．operating | D．waiting |
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| 小题14: | | A．happened | B．hated | C．seemed | D．remembered |
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小题15:.| A．neighbours | B．teachers | C．friends | D．customers |
| 小题16: | | A．unhappy | B．sad | C．surprised | D．frightened |
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| 小题17: | | A．before | B．after | C．until | D．for |
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| 小题18: | | A．spoke to | B．told | C．saw | D．refused |
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| 小题19: | | A．as if | B．even if | C．what if | D．if only |
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小题20:.| A．started | B．glared | C．opened | D．shut |
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After her husband had gone to work, Mrs. Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. She was too excited to do any housework that morning, for in the evening she would be going to a fancy-dress party with her husband. She intended to dress up as a ghost（幽灵） and as she had made her costume the night before, she was impatient to try it on. Though the costume consisted only of a sheet, it was very effective. After putting it on, Mrs. Richards went downstairs. She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.
Just as Mrs. Richards was entering the dining room, there was a knock on the front door. She knew that it must be the baker. She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and leave the bread on the kitchen table. Not wanting to frighten the poor man, Mrs. Richards quickly hid in the small storeroom under the stairs. She heard the front door open and heavy footsteps in the hall. Suddenly the door of the storeroom was opened and a man entered. Mrs. Richards realized that it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the meter. She tried to explain the situation, saying “ It’s only me”, but it was too late. The man let out a cr y and jumped back several paces. When Mrs. Richards walked towards him, he fled（逃走）, slamming（砰然关上） the door behind him.
小题1:.
Mrs. Richards went upstairs becau se .| A．she did not need to do any housework | | B．she still had to finish the costume she was going to wear | | C．she wanted to change her clothes before doing the housework | | D．she wanted to change into her fancy-dress costume |
小题2:.
. What do you think of Mrs. Richards’ costume?| A．She had the costume made tonight. | | B．It was comfortable to wear. | | C．It didn’t work because it was made of only a sheet. | | D．It was effective for the fancy dress. |
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. By saying “ It’s only me”, Mrs. Richards hoped .| A．the man would realize she was alone | | B．to persuade the man he was seeing a ghost | | C．the man would recognize her | | D．the man would not close the door of the storeroom |
小题4:.
Suppose you are the man from the Electricity Board, how do you feel in that situation?| A．Satisfied | B．Frightened | C．Worried | D．Disappointed. |
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