题目
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Years later, as a ___11___ in Los Angeles, I heard about an immigrant child who was born with his fingers connected, webline. His family could not ___12___ a corrective operation, and the boy lived in ___13___, hiding his hand in his pocket.
I ___14___ my boss to let me do the story. After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the ___15___ for free.
I visited the boy in the recovery room soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his ___16___ hand and say, “Thank you.” I felt a sense of ___17___.
In the past, while I was ___18___, I always sense I was working for the customers, not the store. Today it’s the same. NBC News pays my salary, ___19___ I feel as if I work for the ___20___, helping them make sense of the world.
1. A. maps B. titles C. articles D. reports
2. A. the reader B. the college student C. the shop owner D. the customer
3. A. a book B. a job C. some tea D. any help
4. A. planning B. saving C. preparing D. studying
5. A. read B. studied C. cooked D. worked
6. A. boring B. surprising C. satisfying D. disappointing
7. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything
8. A. in need B. in all C. in order D. in store
9. A. worried B. satisfied C. excited D. puzzled
10. A. pride B. failure C. regret D. surprise
11. A. doctor B. store owner C. bookseller D. TV reporter
12. A. pay B. cost C. afford D. spend
13. A. shame B. honour C. horror D. danger
14. A. advisedB. forced C. persuaded D. permitted
15. A. action B. program C. treatment D. operation
16. A. repaired B. connected C. injured D. improved
17 A. pleasureB. sadness C. interest D. disappointment
18. A. at the TV station B. in the Students Union
C. at the U. S. Forest Service D. at McCarley’s Bookstore
19. A. so B. and C. but D. because
20. A. readers B. viewers C. customers D. passengers
答案
解析
1. B。当你到书店的书架前,你首先看到的是书的“名称/题目”。
2. C。柜台后面一般是售货员或店老板,因为选项中没有售货员,因此答案是“店老板”。
3. B。根据下文作者的回答可知老板问作者是否想找“一份工作”。
4. B。因为上大学需要钱,所以需要“积攒,节省”。
5. D。根据上文“找工作”可得出答案。
6. C。根据下文,尤其是 I felt in having helped her 这句话可以猜出答案。
7. D。根据下文和本句中的副词 almost(我几乎把书店里所有的书都给她看了)可得出答案。
8. D。文章开头第一句就交代了“书店”,上下文都可以证实。
9. A。根据上文作者的热情服务把书店几乎所有的书都拿给她看,以及下文作者对自己工作的满意心情可以判断,那位妇女走时是带着“不太着急的”心情离开的。
10. A。从上文的叙述和下文的 I felt in having helped her 可知作者因帮助了这样一位妇女而感到很“自豪”。
11. D。根据下文的 NBC News 得出答案是电视台记者。
12. C。因为是移民,因此判断他家里“付不起”矫正的手术费。
13. A。因为手是残疾,再根据后面“把手藏在口袋里”判断答案为“害羞”。
14. C。根据下文“我写的故事被播出了”可知我“说服”了老板让我写这个故事。
15. D。从上文提到“矫正手术”得出答案(from www.nmet168.com)。
16. A。从上文,手术后在医院康复期间,作者看望了那个小孩,他做的第一件事就是举起他那动手术“修复过”的手。
17. A。看到那个小孩举起他的手,我有一种“高兴”的感觉。
18. D。从文章的第一句话可得出答案。
19. C。从句子的前后意思可知表示转折关系。
20. B。因为作者现在是一位电视工作者,所做的工作是为“看电视的观众”而做的。
核心考点
试题【I was 15 when I walked into McCarley’s Bookstore in Ashland. As I was looking at】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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It was very tedious work, but it prepared me for life and taught me many lasting lessons. Because the plantation owners were always watching us, I had to be on time every day and work as hard as I could. I’ve never been late for any job since. I also learned about being respectful and faithful to the people you work for. More important, I earned my pay; it never entered my mind to say I was sick just because I didn’t want to work.
I was only six years old, but I was doing a man’s job. Our family needed every dollar we could make because my father never earned more than $ 18 a week. Our home was a three-room wood shack with a dirty floor and no toilet. Nothing made me prouder than bringing home money to help my mother, father, two brothers and three sisters. This gave me self-esteem(自尊心), one of the most important things a person can have.
When I was seven, I got work at a golf course near our house. My job was to stand down the fairway and spot the balls as they landed, so the golfers could find them. Losing a ball meant you were fired, so I never missed one. Some nights I would lie in bed and dreamt of making thousands of dollars by playing golf and being able to buy a bicycle.
The more I dreamed, the more I thought. Why not? I made my first golf club out of guava limb(番石榴树枝) and a piece of pipe. Then I hammered an empty tin can into the shape of a ball. And finally I dug two small holes in the ground and hit the ball back and forth. I practiced with the same devotion and intensity. I learned working in the field — except now I was driving golf balls with club, not oxen with a broomstick.
小题1:The writer’s first job was _______.
A.to stand down the fairway at a golf course |
B.to watch over the sugar-cane plantation |
C.to drive the oxen that ploughed the cane fields |
D.to spot the balls as they landed so the golfers could find them |
A.difficult | B.boring | C.interesting | D.unusual |
A.he should work for those who he liked most |
B.he should work longer than what he was expected |
C.he should never fail to say hello to his owner |
D.he should be respectful and faithful to the people he worked for |
A.Having a family of eight people |
B.Owning his own golf course |
C.Bringing money back home to help the family |
D.Helping his father with the work on the plantation |
A.He wanted to be a successful golfer. |
B.He wanted to run a golf course near his house. |
C.He was satisfied with the job he got on a plantation. |
D.He wanted to make money by guiding oxen with a broomstick. |
What could I do? Ten minutes later I was £20 poorer; and the cupboard was tied on the roof rack. It was six feet long and eighteen inches square, quite heavy too.
In the gathering darkness I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed unusually polite that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea.
After a time my wife said, “There’s a long line of cars behind. Why don’t they overtake, I wonder?” In fact a police car did overtake. The two officers inside looked at us seriously as they passed. But then, with great kindness, they led us through the rush-hour traffic. The police car stopped at our village church. One of the officers came to me.
“Right, sir, ” he said. “Do you need any more help?”
I was a bit puzzled. “Thanks, officer, ” I said. “You have been very kind. I live just on the road.”
He was staring at our car, first at the flowers, then at the cupboard. “Well, well, ” he said, laughing. “It’s a cupboard you’ve got there! We thought it was something else.”
My wife began to laugh. The truth hit me like a stone between the eyes. I smiled at the officer. “Yes, it’s a cupboard, but thanks again.” I drove home as fast as I could.
1. In fact the husband _______ the cupboard.
A. would like very much to buy B. badly wanted
C. was glad to have bought D. would rather not buy
2. Other drivers thought they were _______.
A. carrying a cupboard to the church
B. sending flowers to the church
C. carrying nothing but a piece of furniture
D. going to attend a funeral(葬礼) at the church
3. The police will be more polite to those who are _______.
A. driving in gathering darkness B. in great sorrow (悲痛)
C. driving with wild glowers in the car D. carrying furniture
4. What did the husband think of this matter?
A. It was very strange. B. He felt ashamed of it.
C. He took great pride in it. D. He was puzzled at it.
The manager thought that was uncertain. He said, “It is better than our fish oils. I admit that.” “So I am told, sir,” agreed Johnson.
“Have you any plans to produce it yourself, Mr Johnson?”
Johnson smiled again. “Would I be showing it to you if I had?”
“We might add some chemicals to one of our own fish oils,” said the manager.
“It would be expensive to do that, even if you could.” Johnson said gently. “Besides,” he added, “I am told that this oil will be much cheaper than your best fish oils. Cheaper than any vegetable oil, in fact.”
“Perhaps,” said the manager. “Well, I suppose you want to make an arrangement, Mr Johnson, Shall we discuss it?”
“Of course,” said Johnson. “There are two ways of dealing with a situation of this sort. The usual one is to prevent it altogether or at least to delay it as long as possible. That is, of course, the best way,” The manager nodded. He knew plenty about all that.
“But I am so sorry for you, because, you see, that is not possible this time.” The manager had his doubts, but all he said was an inquiring(asking), “Oh?”
“The other way,” continued Johnson, “is to produce yourself before the trouble starts.”
小题1:The manager thought of adding chemicals to the fish oil to make it ________.
A.cheaper than the new oil | B.more quickly |
C.more expensive | D.as good as the new oil |
A.more expensive than fish oil, but better |
B.less expensive, and better |
C.less expensive, but not good |
D.more expensive, and not so good |
A.could not stop the new oil being made |
B.would never know how to make it |
C.had spent a lot of money on it |
D.didn’t know enough about it |
A.to produce it himself | B.to prevent it being produced |
C.to be paid not to produce it | D.the manager to produce it |
Their hamburgers sold for fifteen cents. Cheese was another four cents. Their French fries and hamburgers had a remarkable uniformity(一致性), for the brothers had developed a strict routine(程序) for the preparation of their food, and they insisted on their cooks’ sticking to their routine. Their new drive-in became surprisingly popular, particularly for lunch. People drove up by the hundreds during the busy noontime. The self-service restaurant was so popular that the brothers had allowed ten copies of their restaurant to be opened. They were content with this modest success until they met Ray Kroc.
Kroc was a salesman who met the McDonald brothers in 1954, when he was selling milkshake-mixing machines. He quickly saw the special attraction of the brothers’ fast-food restaurants and bought the right to franchise(特许经营) other copies of their restaurants. The agreement included the right to duplicate(复制) the menu, the equipment, even their red and white buildings with the golden arches(拱门).
Today McDonald’s is really a household name. In 1976, McDonald’s had over $ l billion in total sales. Its first twenty-two years is one of the most surprising success stories in modern American business history.
小题1: This passage mainly talks about _______.
A.the development of fast food services |
B.how McDonald’s became a billion-dollar business |
C.the business careers of Mac and Dick McDonald |
D.Ray Kroc’s business talent |
A.a drive-in | B.a theater |
C.a cinema | D.a barbecue restaurant |
A.Mac and Dick McDonald never became wealthy for they sold their idea to Kroc. |
B.the place the McDonalds chose was the only source of the great popularity of their drive-in |
C.forty years ago there were lots of fast-food restaurants |
D.Ray Kroc was a good businessman |
A.creativity is an important element of business success |
B.Ray Kroc was the close partner of the McDonald brothers |
C.Mac and Dick McDonald became broken after they sold their ideas to Ray Kroc |
D.California is the best place to go into business |
Of course, his secret was not magic, or supernatural powers. It was simply strength. He had the ability to move his toes as well as he moved his fingers. He could move his body into almost any position he wanted.
Houdini started working in the entertainment world when he was 17, in 1891. He and his brother Theo performed card tricks in club in New York. They called themselves the Houdini Brothers. When Harry married in 1894, he and his wife Bess worked together as magician and assistant. But for a long time they were not very successful. Then Harry performed his first prison escape, in Chicago in 1898. Harry persuaded a detective to let him try to escape from the prison, and he invited the local newspapermen to watch.
It was the publicity(宣传) that came from this that started Harry Houdini’s success. Harry had fingers trained to escape from handcuffs and toes trained to escape ankle chins. But his biggest secret was how he unlocked the prison doors. Every time he went into the prison cell, Bess gave him a kiss for good luck — and a small skeleton key, which is a key that fits many locks, pass quickly from her mouth to his.
Harry used these prison escapes to build his fame. He arranged to escape from the local prison of every town he visited. In the afternoon, the people of the town would read about it in their local newspapers, and in the evening every seat in the local theater would be full. What was the result? World-wild fame, and a name remembered today.
小题1: According to the passage, Houdini’s success in prison escapes depends on _______.
A.his special tricks and supernatural powers |
B.his unusual ability and a skeleton key |
C.his magic tricks and unhuman powers |
D.his wisdom and magic tricks |
A.his first prison escape | B.the year 1898 |
C.the publicity | D.Harry Houdini’s success |
A.in 1894 | B.before he married |
C.at the age of 17 | D.when he was about 24 |
A.A Skeleton Key | B.A Man of Many Secrets |
C.World-wild Fame | D.Great Escape |
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