Forty-three years seems like a long time to remember the name of a person．I have forgotten the name of an old lady who was a（n） 36 on my paper route when I was a twelve-year-old boy．Yet it seems like just yesterday that she taught me a lesson in 37 ．One afternoon, a friend and I were 38 rocks onto the roof of the old lady’s house 39 her backyard．The object of our play was to observe how the rocks changed to missiles as they 40 to the roof’s edge and shot out into the 41 ．
I found myself a perfectly smooth rock and sent it for a ride．The stone was too smooth, however, so it 42 from my hand as I let it go and headed 43 for a small window on the old lady’s back wall．
I was too scared about getting 44 that first night to be concerned about the old lady with the broken window．However, a few days later, 45 I was sure that I hadn’t been discovered, I started to feel 46 for her misfortune．
I made up my mind that I would 47 my paper delivery money, and in three weeks I had the seven dollars that I 48 would cover the cost of her window．I put the money in an envelope with a（n） 49 explaining that I was sorry for breaking her window and hoped that the seven dollars would cover the 50 for repairing it．
I waited until it was dark, then put the envelope through the letter slot in her door．
The next day, I 51 the old lady her paper and was able to 52 the warm smile that I was 53 her．She thanked me for the paper and said, “Here, I have something for you．” It was a bag of cookies．I thanked her and ate the cookies as I 54 my route．
After several cookies, I 55 an envelope．When I opened the envelope, I was shocked．Inside was the seven dollars and a short note that said, “I’m proud of you．”
| 小题1: | | A．assistant | B．customer | C．adviser | D．neighbour |
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| 小题2: | | A．selfishness | B．cleverness | C．carefulness | D．forgiveness |
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| 小题3: | | A．picking | B．kicking | C．throwing | D．striking |
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| 小题4: | | A．from | B．under | C．by | D．around |
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| 小题5: | | A．flowed | B．rolled | C．dropped | D．fell |
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| 小题6: | | A．yard | B．kitchen | C．room | D．sky |
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| 小题7: | | A．stepped | B．stopped | C．skipped | D．slipped |
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| 小题8: | | A．right | B．slow | C．straight | D．fast |
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| 小题9: | | A．caught | B．trapped | C．lost | D．hurt |
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| 小题10: | | A．but | B．when | C．before | D．though |
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| 小题11: | | A．guilty | B．nervous | C．anxious | D．safe |
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| 小题12: | | A．borrow | B．save | C．transfer | D．move |
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| 小题13: | | A．used | B．earned | C．chose | D．calculated |
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| 小题14: | | A．book | B．notice | C．note | D．article |
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| 小题15: | | A．period | B．distance | C．size | D．cost |
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| 小题16: | | A．handed | B．showed | C．left | D．sold |
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| 小题17: | | A．witness | B．bring | C．return | D．wear |
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| 小题18: | | A．comparing to | B．receiving from | C．learning about | D．playing with |
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| 小题19: | | A．continued | B．forgot | C．followed | D．chose |
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| 小题20: | | A．tore | B．felt | C．bought | D．marked |
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小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:B
小题6:A
小题7:D
小题8:C
小题9:A
小题10:B
小题11:A
小题12:B
小题13:D
小题14:C
小题15:D
小题16:A
小题17:C
小题18:B
小题19:A
小题20:B |
小题1:B。她是我12岁那年在家乡送报时的一位客户（customer）。
小题2:D。不过，她曾给我上的那堂关于“宽恕（forgiveness）”的课却始终让我难以忘怀。
小题3:C。一个冬天的下午，我和一个朋友在离这个老太太家屋后不远的一个地方往她家斜斜的屋顶上扔（throwing）石子玩。
小题4:A。from从……。解析见上题。
小题5:B。我们的目的是观察这些石子如何顺着屋顶的斜坡变成一颗发射物，在滚落到（rolled）屋顶边缘的瞬间，像滑过天空的彗星那样射入院中（yard）。
小题6:A。解析见上题。
小题7:D。但是，这颗石子太光滑（slipped）了，出手的一刹那，它偏离了方向。
小题8:C。它没有落在屋顶上，反而直接（straight）击中了老太太屋后门廊上的一扇小窗户。
小题9:A。get caught被抓。当天晚上，我太害怕被抓住，没有考虑到冬天里的破玻璃窗会给老太太带来什么样的麻烦。
小题10:B。when当…….时候。但是，过了几天，当我确信自己没被发现时，就开始对给她带来的倒霉事感到内疚了。
小题11:A。feel guilty for对……感到内疚。解析见上题。
小题12:B。我决定把送报挣的钱攒（save）起来。
小题13:D。三周后，我便有了7美元。我估计（calculated）这大概够赔偿她的窗户了。
小题14:C。我把钱装进一个信封，并附上一张纸条（note）。
小题15:D。希望这7美元足够赔付（cost）修窗户的钱。
小题16:A。hand递送。第二天，当老太太微笑着从我手上接过报纸时，我也能向她回报（return）一个热情的微笑。
小题17:C。解析见上题。
小题18:B。receiving from从……所接受的。解析见前一题。
小题19:A。谢过她后，我一边吃着饼干，一边继续（continue）去给别的客户送报纸。
小题20:B。吃了几块饼干后，我摸到了（felt）一个信封，就把它拽了出来。 |
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Maggiano is an award-winning teacher in the Social Studies Department at West Springfield High School in Virginia．He has taught in public and private schools for 25 years．In a piece on his blog called “The Classroom Post,” he calls for more males to enter the profession(职业).
Men Teach, a non-profit organization that encourages men to enter teaching, reports that in 2008, 18.8% of all elementary and middle school teachers were men．At the high school level during the same year, men comprised（构成） 44% of the work force.
Why are there so few men in teaching? Men Teach says low pay and lack of prestige（声望）, as well as a perception in our culture that teaching is for women．As a result, there is no organized effort across the country to attract men into the teaching profession.
A study in 2008 by the National Education Association showed that the number of male teachers hit a record 40-year low．Males comprised 24.5 percent of public schoolteachers．States with high percentages: Kansas (33.6 percent), Oregon (31.6 percent), Alaska (30.9 percent) and Indiana (30.5percent).States with the lowest percentage : Arkansas (16.2 percent), Virginia (17.4 percent), Mississippi (17.5 percent), Louisiana (18 percent), South Carolina (18.5 percent) and Georgia (19.7 percent)．
There is no definitive(确定) research that male students--or female students, for that matter-- learn better from a particular sex.
But as Maggiano put it, “Kids today, both boys and girls, must have the same opportunity to learn from outstanding, devoted men that I did．However, I have heard little discussion about this problem coming from our national leaders．
小题1:What worries Maggiano is that_______． | A．nobody will take his place when he retires | | B．male teachers are not so excellent | C．men are not interested in teaching
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小题2:According to the text , we can infer that______． | A．the number of male teachers hit a record 40-year low in 2008 | | B．it is not certain that students will learn better from male teachers | | C．male teachers get a higher pay | | D．organized efforts have been made to call on men into the teaching profession |
小题3:In which state are male teachers most badly needed?| A．Alaska | B．Virginia | C．Georgia | D．Arkansas |
小题4:What does the last paragraph suggest?| A．The government doesn’t pay much attention to the shortage．of male teachers in the school. | | B．Students find it easy to learn from male teachers. | | C．I’m glad to hear the discussion about the shortage of male teachers in the school. | D．The shortage of ma le teachers in the school has no effect on students． |
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Jean Driscoll can go faster in her wheelchair than the world’s best marathoners(马拉松运动员) can run!
In April, Jean finished the Boston Marathon in 1 hour 34 minutes 22 seconds. That’s about 33 minutes faster than the winning male runner! She competed on the track, too. She was second in the 800 meter wheelchair race at the 1992 Olympics.
Jean doesn’t like to be told she’s brave. “I’m in sports because I’m a competitive person!” Jean was born with spina befida(脊柱裂), a birth illness that damages the spine（脊椎）. She began to use a wheelchair to get around in high school. Then she tried wheelchair race and was amazed.” Players crashed into each other and fell out of their chairs,” she says, “It was fun.”
Jean tried other wheelchair sports. At the University of Illinois, her wheelchair basketball team won two national titles.
Now Jean coaches and teaches. She tries to get people to set goals. “When I sign my autograph（亲笔签名）,says Jean, “I write, dream big and work hard.”
小题1:What made Jean take part in sports?| A．She was brave. | | B．She was competitive. | | C．She was strong. | | D．She was disabled. |
小题2:What kind of education did she receive?| A．High school. | | B．Junior middle school. | | C．High education. | | D．Primary school. |
小题3:What is Jean’s advice on how to succeed?| A．Work hard. | B．Hope for the best. | | C．Dream a lot. | D．Have great wishes and work hard. |
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Mr. Grey traveled a lot on business. He sold machines of different kinds to farmers. It was not really a very 36 job, but Mr. Grey had always been interested in 37 , and he was quite 38 with his life.
One of Mr. Grey’s problems was often__39___ to stay when he reached some small places in the country. He did not expect great ___40__ and wonderful food, but he found it annoying when he was given a __41___ room and when there was no hot water or good food after a long and ___42__ day.
Late one __43__ evening, Mr. Grey arrived at a small railway station. The journey by __44__ that day had not been ___45__ interesting, and Mr. Grey was cold and tired and hungry. He was __46___ a simple but satisfying meal by a bright burning __47___ , and then a hot bath and a comfortable ___48__.
While he was walking to the taxi stand, he said to a local man who was _ 49__ walking there, “ As this is my first __50___ to this part of the country and I was in too much of a __51___ to find out about hotels before I left home, I would very much like to know how many you have here?”
The local man answered, “ We have two.”
“And which of the two would you __52___ me to go to ?” Mr. Grey asked then.
The local man scratched his __53___ for a few moments and then answered, “ Well, it’s like this: ___54__ you go to, you’ll be ___55__ you didn’t go to the other.”
| 小题1: | | A．curious | B．serious | C．exciting | D．horrible |
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| 小题2: | | A．shopping | B．farming | C．studying | D．teaching |
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| 小题3: | | A．satisfied | B．terrified | C．thankful | D．careful |
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| 小题4: | | A．where | B．which | C．what | D．how |
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| 小题5: | | A．position | B．respect | C．comfort | D．money |
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| 小题6: | | A．cold | B．small | C．common | D．local |
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| 小题7: | | A．happy | B．interesting | C．tiring | D．ordinary |
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| 小题8: | | A．winter | B．summer | C．Sunday | D．holiday |
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| 小题9: | | A．air | B．train | C．plane | D．boat |
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| 小题10: | | A．in all | B．at all | C．all over | D．all the same |
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| 小题11: | | A．booking | B．ordering | C．longing for | D．finding out |
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| 小题12: | | A．fire | B．light | C．wood | D．stove |
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| 小题14: | | A．already | B．also | C．yet | D．quite |
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| 小题15: | | A．arrive | B．look | C．visit | D．moment |
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| 小题16: | | A．while | B．hurry | C．habit | D．wonder |
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| 小题17: | | A．want | B．suggest | C．allow | D．advise |
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| 小题18: | | A．paper | B．head | C．hand | D．notebook |
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| 小题19: | | A．whenever | B．wherever | C．whichever one | D．neither one |
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| 小题20: | | A．proud | B．sure | C．sorry | D．glad |
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When we are unfamiliar with something, we may feel nervous and fearful. The help of others is a good 36 to help us pull through.
I write for a big newspaper, and I wanted to 37 a story about parachute jumping（跳伞）. To make it a realistic as well as exciting 38 , I decided that I had to make a jump myself 39 . Unluckily, I’m not good at any 40 , let alone（更不用说）parachute jumping.
My friend Mr. Smith was willing to give me a 41 . He took me to a ground school. The first day’s 42 included several hours of instruction but not my first drop from a(n) 43 . For this, I had to wait until the following 44 .
The next morning, I was taken to the airfield. 45 , a heavy parachute was put on my back. Then I was 46 to make my way to a small plane which had just stopped slowly on the runway. Once on board, the plane was soon 47 . I began to feel nervous. As we reached one thousand meters, Harry, my teacher, hooked（钩）a 48 from my parachute to a steel ring inside the plane. The line was to pull my parachute 49 after I jumped.
“Get 50 , Henry,” Harry said. I moved carefully to the door. I wanted to 51 , “NO, no, no!” But no word came.
“Jump!” Harry called 52 . “Jump!”
Away from the plane, and down, down I fell, arms stretched. It worked All at once I was very happy. Then I felt a quick 53 . My big parachute had opened! It was the best 54 I ever had. I looked down. There were rivers, trees, fields and houses. I heard the soft sound of the air. This was 55 .
| 小题1: | | A．way | B．chance | C．idea | D．value |
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| 小题2: | | A．tell | B．write | C．read | D．copy |
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| 小题3: | | A．film | B．poem | C．story | D．program |
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| 小题4: | | A．secretly | B．instead | C．finally | D．first |
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| 小题5: | | A．sport | B．driving | C．lesson | D．drawing |
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| 小题6: | | A．try | B．hand | C．gift | D．suggestion |
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| 小题7: | | A．jumping | B．journey | C．training | D．entertainment |
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| 小题8: | | A．tree | B．tower | C．building | D．airplane |
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| 小题9: | | A．week | B．month | C．evening | D．morning |
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| 小题10: | | A．Besides | B．Once | C．There | D．However |
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| 小题11: | | A．asked | B．invited | C．forced | D．taught |
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| 小题12: | | A．slowing | B．climbing | C．landing | D．filling |
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| 小题13: | | A．belt | B．steel | C．line | D．seat |
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| 小题14: | | A．light | B．broken | C．fixed | D．open |
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 | 小题17: | | A．softly | B．loudly | C．nervously | D．excitedly |
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| 小题18: | | A．comfort | B．wind | C．pull | D．push |
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| 小题19: | | A．failure | B．experience | C．competition | D．danger |
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| 小题20: | | A．tiring | B．shocking | C．true | D．fun |
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In high school I joined the girl athletic club. At our first track meet, I entered for the long jump, but was made an alternate（替补）for the 50 yard dash. I didn’t like it, since I was better at long distance, but they assured me I would never have to run; they just ran out of alternate.
As I walked up to the start line, I saw my Dad on the sidelines. He was watching. Position, ready, set and off went the starting gun. Believe it or not, I closed my eyes and ran like I’d never run before.
I knew I didn’t have a chance of winning. But I started to hear cheering and thought for a minute, was it possible? I opened my eyes and to my disappointment, everyone else was crossing the finish line, inches away from each other and I was only half the distance.
That moment felt like days. I felt so stupid. I just wanted to melt into the ground and disappeared. Worse than that, my Dad was watching and then I felt ashamed. I kept running hard as I could, crying all the way towards the finish line. It seemed no one noticed me as I crossed the finish line. I saw my Dad standing there looking at me. I was ashamed to look at him. He walked over to me and said, “I’m so proud of you.” I was surprised, “For what? Everyone else finished before I even got halfway. I looked like a fool.” “Because you didn’t give up, not even when you realized what had happened. You gave it your all and finished.” I laughed and cried at the same time.
I find I can face what seems impossible, even alone and afraid, and, that winning does not always come in as you expect. I give my best effort to all I do, win or lose. I don’t give up in the middle of anything.
小题1:The author meant to compete in .| A．the 50 yard dash | B．the long jump | C．the long-distance run | D．the high jump |
小题2:When the author heard cheering, she thought . | A．she had the chance to win the game | | B．she left others inches away halfway | | C．other competitors were encouraging her | | D．somebody had won the game |
小题3:What happened after the author crossed the finish line?| A．She cried at the sight of her father. | | B．Everyone cheered her for her success. | | C．Her farther came up and comforted her. | | D．She felt ashamed to meet her classmates. |
小题4:What lesson can we learn form the author’s experience?| A．What seems impossible always becomes possible. | | B．Don’t lose heart halfway whatever you do. | | C．Success will come as long as you expect it. | | D．Try to do everything until you win in the end. |
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