I live in a big city with a lot of homeless people. Luckily there"re small ways of helping them and you needn"t have a lot of__1__. One way to help is to buy their monthly magazine.__2__doing this one day, I got to
__3__a young homeless man. He was often__4__the magazine at the train station.
He was a poor farmer from another country. After a while, I discovered that his__5__was close to mine. It__6__that we were born in the same month.
I met him last year__7__after his birthday, and after congratulating(祝贺) him, without__8__, I asked if he had had a good day. He__9__and said that he hadn"t really celebrated. I felt so __10__.
I just couldn"t bear the thought of (不敢想)this nice, young man being__11__on his 25th birthday with
no presents, no cake, nothing! So I went home and looked in my yarn(纱线) basket.__12__for me, I had
enough yarn__13__. I set to work and knitted(编织) a__14__for the young man. The yarn had become a
little dirty__15__I didn"t knit very often. Then I washed the yarn so the scarf would be__16__when he got
it.
I met him on my own birthday as I was going shopping. I had__17__to meet him so I had__18__the
scarf and a piece of my own birthday__19__around with me. He was very happy with these gifts and so
was I. The__20__in his eyes was the best present he could have given me!
( )1. A. work ( )2. A. In ( )3. A. realize ( )4. A. selling ( )5. A. birthday ( )6. A. said ( )7. A. long ( )8. A. stopping ( )9. A. looked up ( )10. A. foolish ( )11. A. calm ( )12. A. Suddenly ( )13. A. used ( )14. A. scarf ( )15. A. when ( )16. A. different ( )17. A. liked ( )18. A. made ( )19. A. cake ( )20. A. light | B. energy B. On B. ignore B. reading B. house B. found B. shortly B. helping B. turned up B. excited B. happy B. Luckily B. done B. cap B. because B. dry B. hoped B. thrown B. present B. pain | C. money C. Besides C. know C. covering C. height C. guessed C. ever C. praising C. looked down C. clever C. alone C. Badly C. left C. sock C. so C. wet C. promised C. received C. song C. sight | D. experience D. By D. recognize D. buying D. hobby D. meant D. even D. thinking D. got down D. worried D. hungry D. However D. produced D. glove D. and D. clean D. agreed D. carried D. party D. tear | |||||||||||||
1-5: CDCAA 6-10: DBDCA 11-15: CBCAB 16-20: DBDAA | ||||||||||||||||
阅读理解 It was Thanksgiving morning. I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together on the top step. "Any old papers, lady?" asked one of them. I was busy. I wanted to say "no" until I looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin little sandals(凉鞋), wet with heavy snow. "Come in and I"ll make you a cup of hot cocoa." They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet sandals left marks upon the floor. I served them cocoa and bread to fight against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started cooking. The silence in the front room struck me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice, "Lady, are you rich?" "Am I rich? Pity, no!" I looked at my wornout slipcovers(椅套). The girl put her cup back in its saucer(茶碟)carefully and said, "Your cups match your saucers." They left after that, holding their papers against the wind. They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful. Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they matched. I tasted the potatoes and stirred(搅动)the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads, my man with a regular job, these matched, too. I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The muddy marks of little sandals were still wet upon my floor. Let them be for a while, I thought, just in case I should begin to forget how rich I am. 1. Which of the following would be the best title for the text? A. Lady, are you rich? B. A story of Thanksgiving Day C. Don"t forget how rich you are D. Does cups and saucers match well? 2. The writer let the two children come in and served them well because________. A. she wanted to sell old papers to them B. she wanted to invite them to her Thanksgiving party C. she showed great pity and care on them D. she had the same experience as them in the past 3. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage? A. The girl thought the writer was rich just because she wanted to make the writer happy. B. The writer had thought she wasn"t rich because her supplies were not expensive. C. If cups and saucers match well, they are a best pair even though cheap. D. After hearing what they said, the writer seemed to understand what a rich life was. 4. The writer left the muddy marks of little sandals on the floor for a while to________. A. show that she was a kindhearted lady B. remind her that she shouldn"t forget how rich she was C. leave room for readers to think about what being rich is D. prove that she had understood what meant being rich 5. It can be inferred from the text that whether you are rich depends on________. A. how much money you have made B. what attitude you have had towards life C. the way you help others D. your social relationship | ||||||||||||||||
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It was a cold winter"s night when I stopped for gas on my way home from work. I was tired and had a slight 1 . I worked in a 2 doctor"s office and this was one of those days when the unexpected happened, making the schedule run 3 than usual. It seemed I was going to be late 4 home and my husband, being the 5 person, would be ready to pronounce me late once again. Maybe 6 I hurried, I could still make it home. I was heading inside to 7 for my gas when I noticed an older couple at the counter. I heard them asking for 8 to the local hospital. It was the same hospital that I had just 9 a few minutes ago. The young man at the counter was trying to be 10 in explaining how to get there, with two other people making 11 . One of them was 12 trying to give them a whole different route back. It was then that I walked over to the couple and said, "Would you like to follow me to the 13 ?" A look of 14 crossed the woman" ![]() "I"m going right by there," I said, which wasn"t a(an) 15 since I had just made up my mind to do 16 that. I got in my car ![]() me. It took only fifteen minutes to get there as rush hour traffic was beginning to 18 . I felt better than I had all day and my headache was nearly gone. Later, as I arrived home, my husband 19 , "So you aren"t ever late any more." I said, "Sometimes it"s 20 to be late." | ||||||||||||||||
( )1. A. break ( )2. A. foreign ( )3. A. earlier ( )4. A. getting ( )5. A. tough ( )6. A. as ( )7. A. pay ( )8. A. opinions ( )9. A. reached ( )10. A. skilled ( )11. A. comments ( )12. A. only ( )13. A. station ( )14. A. panic ( )15. A. duty ( )16. A. partly ( )17. A. across ( )18. A. go up ( )19. A. teased ( )20. A. possible | B. fever B. common B. later B. cooking B. punctual B. since B. change B. trouble B. visited B. helpful B. promises B. still B. office B. relief B. fact B. properly B. before B. die down B. shouted B. special | C. cold C. busy C. easier C. calling C. generous C. while C. wait C. directions C. called C. experienced C. jokes C. even C. hospital C. sadness C. reason C. exactly C. beside C. speed up C. burst C. good | D. headache D. noisy D. simpler D. working D. careful D. if D. search D. money D. left D. active D. offers D. ever D. hotel D. peace D. lie D. perfectly D. behind D. turn down D. laughed D. safe | |||||||||||||
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"The world has never been a better place to live in,"says science writer Matt Ridley,"and it will keep on getting better." Ridley"s critics have accused him of his views on climate change and the free market.Yet Ridley,54,sticks to his guns."It is not mad to believe in a happy future for people and the planet. "he says.Ridley,who"s been a foreign correspondent,a zoologist,an economist,and a financier,brings a broad view to his sunny outlook."People say I"m bonkers to claim the world will go on getting better. yet I can"t stop myself,"he says.Read on to see how Ridley makes his case. Compared with 50 years ago,when I was just four years old,the average human ![]() three times as much money,eats one third more calories,and can expect to live one third longer.In fact, it"s hard to find any region of the world that"s worse off now than it was then,even though the global population has more than doubled over that period. City citizens take up less space,use less energy,and have less impact on natural ecosystems than country livers.The world"s cities now contain over half its people,but they occupy less than 3 percent of its land.Urban growth may worry environmentalism,but living in the country is not the best way to care for the earth.The best thing we can do for the planet is build more skyscrapers. The rich get richer,but the poor do even better.Between 1980 and 2000,the poor doubled their consumption.Nigerians are twice as rich and live nine more years.The percentage of the world"s people living in absolute poverty has dropped by over half.The United Nations estimates that poverty was reduced more in the past 50 years than in the previous 500. | ||||||||||||||||
1.Ridley"s attitude towards the human future is . | ||||||||||||||||
A.worried B.proud C.concerned D.optimistic | ||||||||||||||||
2.According to Paragraph 2,the improvement of people"s life is great in their . | ||||||||||||||||
A.earning much money,eating more and living happily B.earning more money,better food and living longer C.spending more money,richer food and easy life D.higher pay,various food ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
3.The writer believes that . | ||||||||||||||||
A.urban living is a good thing B.all people should live in cities C.living in the countryside causes trouble D.tall buildings should be built in the country | ||||||||||||||||
4.The last paragraph mainly tells us that . | ||||||||||||||||
A.the poor people benefit more than the rich B.poverty in the world nearly disappears C.the percentage of the rich has dropped by over half D.the rich get more benefit than the ordinary people | ||||||||||||||||
5.Which of the following would be the best title for the text? | ||||||||||||||||
A.Go ahead! B.Calm Down! C.Cheer Up! D.Take Care! | ||||||||||||||||
完形填空 I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the livingroom, my 12yearold son looked up at me and said, "I__1__you." I did not__2__what to say, and I just stood there, looking__3__at him. My first__4__was that he__5__need help with his homework. Then I asked, "What was that all __6__?" "Nothing," he said, "My teacher said we should tell our parents we love them and__7__what they say." The next day I called his teacher to__8__more about what my son said and how the other parents had reacted( 反应). "Most of the fathers had the__9__response as you did," the teacher said, "When I first __10__that we try this, I asked the children__11__they thought their parents__12__say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble." Then the teacher__13__, " I want my students to know that feeling love is an important part of__14__. I"m trying to tell them it"s too bad that we don"t express our feelings. A boy__15__tell his father or mother he loves him or her." The teacher understands that sometimes it is__16__for some of us to say something that is good for us to say. That evening when my son__17__to me, I took him in my arms and held on for an__18__moment, saying, "Hey, I love you,__19__." I don"t know if saying that made__20__of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good. | ||||||||||||||||
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