I shall never forget the night, a few years ago, when Marion J. Douglas was a student in one of my adult-education classes. He told us how tragedy had struck at his home, not once, but twice. The first time he had lost his five-year-old daughter. He and his wife thought they couldn’t bear that first loss; but, as he said, “Ten months later, God gave us another little girl and she died in five days.”
This double bereavement was almost too much to bear. “I couldn’t take it,” this father told us. “I couldn’t sleep, eat, rest or relax. My nerves were entirely shaken and my confidence gone.” At last he went to the doctors: one recommended sleeping pills and another recommended a trip, but neither helped. He said, “My body felt as if it was surrounded in a vice(大钳子), and the jaws of the vice were being drawn tighter and tighter.” The tension of grief(悲伤) --- if you have ever been paralyzed(使瘫痪) by sorrow, you know what the meant.
“But thank God, I had one child left --- a four-year-old son. He gave me the solution to the problem. One afternoon as I sat around feeling sorry for myself, he asked, ‘Daddy, will you build a boat for me?’ I was in no mood to build a boat; in fact, I was in no mood to do anything. But my son is a persistent fellow! I had to give in. Building that toy boat took me about three hours. By the time it was finished, I realized that those three hours spent building that boat were first hours of mental relaxation and peace that I had had in months! I realized that it is difficult to worry while you are busy doing something that requires planning and thinking. In my case, building the boat had knocked worry out of the ring. So I determined to keep busy.”
“The following night, I made a list of jobs that ought to be done. Scores of items needed to be repaired. Amazingly, I had made a list of 242 items that needed attention. During the last two years I have completed most of them. I am so busy now that I have no time for worry.”
No time for worry! That is exactly what Winston Churchill said when he was working eighteen hours a day at the height of the war. When he was asked if he worried about his huge responsibilities, he said, “I am too busy. I have no time for worry.”
小题1: The underlined word “bereavement” in the second paragraph refers to _________.
| A．having lost a loved one | | B．having lost a valuable article | | C．having lost a profit-making business | | D．having lost a well-paid job |
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小题2:Marion felt his body as if it was caught in a vice because _________.
| A．he couldn’t earn enough money to support his family | | B．he was suffering from sleeplessness disease | | C．he couldn’t get out of mental pressure | | D．he felt tired of adult-education classes |
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小题3: Marion made a list of over 200 items that needed to be repaired because _________.
| A．he hadn’t been able to spare time to mend them | | B．he wanted to kill his free time by repairing them | | C．the items had actually been broken and needed attention | | D．repairing the items helped crowd worry out of his mind |
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小题4: At the end of the passage, the author wrote about Winston Churchill in order to ________.
| A．prove that he followed Churchill’s example | | B．support his student’s solution to his problem | | C．show that he was successful in his career | | D．make it clear how his conclusion was reached |
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小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:B | A traveler hurried down to the hall of an American hotel and went to the cash-desk. He had just 15 minutes to pay his bill and get to the station. Suddenly he remembered that he had left something in his room.
"Look here, boy," he said to the bellboy, "run up to my room and see if I have left a parcel on the table there. Be quick about it."
The boy ran upstairs. Five minutes passed. The traveler was walking up and down the hall, looking very angry. At last the boy appeared.
"Yes, sir," he reported to the traveler," you have left the parcel there, it"s right on the table in your room."
小题1: The traveler _______. | A．ran down the street | | B．came downstairs hurriedly | | C．ran so quickly that he fell down | | D．came into the hotel hall very quickly |
小题2:Which statement is true?| A．He had to pay his bill and arrived at the station in 15 minutes . | | B．It took him 15 minutes to go to the station from the hotel. | | C．He could pay his bill in 15 minutes and then go to the station . | | D．He had nothing but 15 minutes. |
小题3: According to the passage, a bellboy is _____.| A．a boy whose work is to ring the bell | | B．a boy who plays with a bell | | C．a boy whose work in a hotel is to help guests with their bags | | D．the hotel owner"s boy |
小题4: The traveler asked the boy _____ . | A．to go upstairs | | B．to look for his parcel | | C．to fetch the parcel he had left in his room | | D．only to see if the parcel was on the table in his room |
小题5:Five minutes later, the boy ______ .| A．ran up to the room | | B．came downstairs | | C．reported to the traveler in the room | | D．came down to the hall but brought nothing back |
| Mark Twain left school when he was twelve. Though he had little school education, he became the most famous writer of his time. He made millions of dollars by writing. His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clements, but he is better known all over the world as Mark Twain, his penname.
Mark Twain was born in 1835 and he was not a healthy baby. In fact, he was not expected to live through the first winter. But with his mother’s tender care, he managed to survive. As a boy, he caused much trouble to his parents. He used to play jokes on all his friends and neighbors. He didn’t like to go to school, and he ran away from home from time to time. He always went in the direction of the nearby Mississippi. He was nearly drowned(淹死) nine times.
After his father’s death in 1847, Mark Twain began to work for a printer, who only provided him with food and clothing. Then, he worked as a river-boat pilot and later joined the army. But shortly after that he became a miner, during this period, he started to write short stories. Afterwards he became a full-time writer.
In 1870, Mark Twain got married. In the years that followed he wrote many books including Tom Sawyer in 1876, and Huckleberry Finn in 1884, which made him famous, and brought him a great fortune（财富）.Unfortunately, Mark Twain got into debts in bad investments（投资） and he had to write large numbers of stories to pay these debts. In 1904, his wife died and then three of their children passed away.
He died on April 21, 1910 at the age of 70.
小题1:Mark Twain was ________ in his childhood. | A．a naughty boy | B．a good student | | C．a handsome boy | D．a strong boy |
小题2:Mark Twain began to write short stories when he _______.| A．was at school | B．was in the army | | C．worked for a printer | D．was a miner |
小题3:Before he became a full time writer Mark Twain had not been ___| A．a printer. | B．a miner | | C．a tailor | D．a soldier |
小题4:Mark Twain’s wife died _________| A．soon after she give birth to three children | | B．at the same time with her children | | C．before three of her children died | | D．after Mark Twain had died |
| I was brought up by my grandparents for the first years of my life. We 36 in a very small community and all of my aunts and uncles lived 37_ . Everyone had a hand in taking care of my safety. Of course in those days 38 everyone in the community spoke the beautiful language of my childhood. When my grandfather spoke I would _ 39_ him carefully.
Then at age six my father 40 from the army. I was forbidden to speak that 41 ever again. My grandfather was 42 . He couldn’t speak English, so my grandmother would 43 for him whenever he spoke to me. With my mother and father we 44 from that small community. I was about to enter public school so I had to learn English. My grandfather 45 when I was eight and we returned to that small community for his funeral. He was 46 in the living room, as was the tradition. I went and stood by him and 47 no one was around I spoke to him in a whisper 48 that beautiful language of my childhood. That was the 49 time I spoke those words.
Almost fifty years later, _ 50 _ I had forgotten the beautiful language of my childhood, I had the opportunity to 51 a newly written paper of it. On my first look at it I recognized 52 . I must have looked it over several times in the following weeks. Then one day I read out loud a word from my past. I almost cried. I was 53 reading over other words. Words came 54 back to me after all these years. When receiving something from someone, you don’t take it from their hand, rather you let them lay it in your hand. For me it was 55 ---The beautiful language of my childhood was Michif. It was not only a language but also a way of life.
| 小题1: | | A．lived | B．reached | C．made | D．put |
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| 小题2: | | A．far | B．nearby | C．inside | D．outside |
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| 小题3: | | A．never | B．already | C．seldom | D．almost |
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| 小题4: | | A．give | B．believe in | C．listen to | D．like |
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| 小题5: | | A．returned | B．went | C．rushed | D．swept |
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| 小题6: | | A．language | B．community | C．hand | D．safety |
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| 小题7: | | A．happy | B．joyful | C．heartbroken | D．warm-blooded |
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| 小题8: | | A．look | B．translate | C．wait | D．speak |
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| 小题9: | | A．moved into | B．move back | C．move away | D．moved on |
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| 小题10: | | A．worked | B．traveled | C．visited | D．died |
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| 小题11: | | A．carried out | B．laid out | C．held out | D．pick out |
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| 小题12: | | A．when | B．if | C．even if | D．although |
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| 小题14: | | A．first | B．latter | C．last | D．former |
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| 小题15: | | A．long before | B．long ago | C．before long | D．long after |
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| 小题16: | | A．beat | B．see | C．ask | D．touch |
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| 小题17: | | A．nothing | B．something | C．anything | D．everything |
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| 小题18: | | A．sadly | B．hardly | C．faithfully | D．anxiously |
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| 小题19: | | A．drawing | B．frying | C．flooding | D．steaming |
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| 小题20: | | A．simple | B．merciful | C．perfect | D．bitter |
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| We were on our way home from Houston one Saturday morning. We decided to stop at a local gas station to get coffee and something to snack on since it was a good hour and a half before we got home.
When we were done, we got back into our car and before I started it, we noticed a man standing outside in front of the building. He was a homeless man with worn clothes and it looked like he had gone in and gotten himself some coffee or something warm to drink since it was cold this time of the year. He must have not had enough money to get something to eat.
Then a dog walked up to the front of the building. I could tell she was a “she”, because you could tell that she had baby dogs. She was terribly in need of something to eat and I felt so bad for her. I knew if she didn’t eat soon, she and her baby dogs would not make it.
I and my wife sat there and looked at her. We noticed that people walked by and didn’t even pet her, like most people do when they walk by an animal in front of a store. We still did not do anything. But the homeless man, who I thought did not buy himself anything to eat, went back into the store. And what he did brought tears to me and my wife. He had gone into the store and with what money he may have had, bought a can of dog food and fed that dog.
This story plays a great part in our lives. You see, that was Mother’s Day weekend. And a lot of people forget that some animals are parents too.
It took a homeless man, to show me what I should have done. He make me a better man that day.
小题1: The homeless man only had something to drink because _______.| A．he didn’t have enough money for food | B．he was thirsty only | | C．the store only provided drinks | D．he felt cold that day |
小题2: Seeing what the poor man did for the dog, the author and his wife ________.| A．were puzzled | B．were greatly moved | | C．regretted they hadn’t done anything | D．were indifferent |
小题3: If the homeless man hadn’t given the dog food to eat, she and her babies would ________.| A．not survive | B．have to attack people | | C．not have to die | D．lose their homes |
小题4:Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage?| A．A kind Homeless Man | B．A Lucky Mother Dog | | C．Mother Day’s Weekend | D．Animals Are Parents Too |
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