"It"s my own fault." Carl Fenter pulled his jacket closer against the abnormal bite of cold morning wind.
"The re st of the family is home, where it"s__1__."
Just another  one of his__2__ideas-a big tamale (玉米粉蒸肉) feast after tonight"s Christmas Eve
service at the church-and look where it landed hi m:waiting in a line 50 people deep.
Who would have guessed that the tamale in every shop in the city would be sold out the day before
Christmas?But they__3__, as Carl knew.He had been driving all over El Paso that morning.__4__to bring
home tamales, Carl tried one last shop, an old favorite out in Canutillo.
When he arrived, a fresh batch (一炉) was__5__off the steamer in 45 minutes.__6__at the end of the
snaking line of tamaleseekers, he watched the woman in front of him__7__her jacket to cover her shivering youngster.It wasn"t long before she, too, __8__in the biting wind.After only a moment"s__9__, Carl took
off his own jacket and offered it to the__1 0__mother.
Together, they__11__when the line slowly moved forward at last, and smiling people exited the shop
carrying steamy bags.__12__, Carl got inside the door and__13__closer to the counter, the woman now
first in line."Sorry folks, " the clerk announced, "that"s the last of the tamales.""__14__!" Carl groaned
(抱怨) with everyone else__15__behind him.
"__16__, "stressed the man at the counter, "we"ll have a final batch ready__17__, oh, about two
hours."
Defeated, Carl backed away, but the young mother grabbed his arm.
"You"r e leaving?"
"I__18__, "Carl glanced at his watch."I promised to put up luminarias (传统圣诞灯) at my church."
"I"ll get your order of tamales and bring them to your house."
Carl"s brow furrowed "I couldn"t ask you to do that."
"But it"s__19__I can do.You lent me your coat." Her smile overrode (推翻) his objections."Just give
me your address." She and her little girl settled in for the long wait.
And at__20__noon on Christmas Eve, they delivered four dozen fragrant tamales-along with Carl"s
brown jacket-to his home. |
( )1. A. harmonious
( )2. A. brilliant
( )3. A. were
( )4. A. Decided
( )5. A. ready
( )6. A. Finding his way
( )7. A. move
( )8. A. waved
( )9. A. assumption
( )10. A. grateful
( )11. A. cheered
( )12. A. Immediately
( )13. A. shouldered his way
( )14. A. No problem
( )15. A. lined up
( )16. A. So
( )17. A. before
( )18. A. plan to
( )19. A. the least
( )20. A. just | B. warm
B. bad
B. did
B. Determined
B. prepared
B. Taking his road
B. reject
B. froze
B. appreciation
B. respectful
B. congratulated
B. Hopefully
B. forced his way
B. No way
B. held up
B. But
B. for
B. intend to
B. the most
B. exactly | C. happy
C. stupid
C. could
C. Wanted
C. soon
C. Taking his place
C. abandon
C. shook
C. hesitation
C. hopeless
C. shouted
C. Lastly
C. felt his way
C. No doubt
C. looked up
C. Then
C. in
C. have to
C. the last
C. accurately | D. pleasant
D. common
D. had
D. Expected
D. due
D. Finding his place
D. remove
D. shocked
D. attention
D. shameful
D. screamed
D. Fina lly
D. inched his way
D. No wonder
D. waited up
D. Besides
D. after
D. ought to
D. the best
D. right |
| 1-5: BAABD 6-10: CDCCA 11-15: ADDBA 16-20: BCCAB |
核心考点
试题【完形填空 "It"s my own fault." Carl Fenter pulled his jacket closer against the a】；主要考察你对 题材分类等知识点的理解。 [详细]举一反三
| 完形填空 | It was the summer of 1965.DeLuca,17,visited Buck,a family friend.Buck asked DeLuca about his
__1__for his future."I"m going to college,but I need a(n)__2 _to pay for it," DeLuca_3_saying,"Buck
said,"You should open a sandwich shop.""
They agreed to be 4 . And they set a_5_:to open thirty stores in ten years.After doing some
research,Buck wrote a check for $1,000.DeLuca 6 a storefront (店面),and when they couldn"t 7
their startup costs,Buck kicked in another $1,000.
But business didn"t go smoothly as they 8 . DeLuca was 9 the store and going to 10 at the same
time.Buck was working at his day job as a nuclear physicist in New York.They"d 11 on Monday
evenings and brainstorm ideas for keeping the business running.They 12 themselves to 13 a second
store.And they did in the spring of 1966.
The partners" learnasyougo approach turned out to be their greatest 14 . Every Friday,DeLuca
would drive around and handdeliver the checks to pay their 15 ."It took me two hours and it wasn"t
16 , but as a result,the suppliers got to know me well,and the personal 17 established really helped
out," DeLuca said.
And having a goal was also important."There are so many 18 that can get you down.You just have
to 19 working toward your goal," DeLuca adds.
DeLuca 20 founding Subway Sandwich,the multimilliondollar restaurant chain. | ( )1. A. proverbs
( )2. A. way
( )3. A. reminded
( )4. A. friends
( )5. A. example
( )6. A. lent
( )7. A. cover
( )8. A. wondered
( )9. A. managing
( )10. A. hospital
( )11. A. discuss
( )12. A. enjoyed
( )13. A. discover
( )14. A. strength
( )15. A. suppliers
( )16. A. possible
( )17. A. right
( )18. A. problems
( )19. A. stop
( )20. A. gave up | B. plans
B. means
B. repeated
B. partners
B. direction
B. rented
B. spend
B. supposed
B. changing
B. church
B. quarrel
B. encouraged
B. invent
B. health
B. employers
B. necessary
B. property
B. anxieties
B. imagine
B. ended up | C. projects
C. approach
C. requested
C. colleagues
C. guide
C. returned
C. fill
C. expected
C. planning
C. college
C. meet
C. convinced
C. open
C. energy
C. consumers
C. important
C. relationship
C. connections
C. keep
C. stayed up | D. positions
D. method
D. recalled
D. leaders
D. goal
D. sent
D. offer
D. explained
D. helping
D. court
D. appear
D. taught
D. buy
D. value
D. participators
D. convenient
D. information
D. questions
D. risk | | 阅读理解 | If this 13year old American boy succeeds in climbing Mount Everest,he has modest ambitions-pick a
small piece of rock from the top as a memento (纪念品) and wear it in a necklace.
"It is something for myself to say "this is a rock from the top","Jordan Romero from California,told
reporters in Kathmandu.He left for the mountain on Sunday.
If he succeeds,Romero will become the youngest climber to climb the 8,850 meters Everest Summit.
Currently a 16yearold Nepali boy,Temba Tsheri Sherpa,holds the record of being the world"s youngest
climber of Mount Everest.
But Romero,sitting over lunch with his climbing father and stepmother in Kathmandu"s tourist district
of Thamel,said he was not after setting climbing records.
Romero said Mount Qomolangma,that runs across NepalChina border,was part of his goal to climb
the highest mountains on all seven continents.
"It is just a goal," he said confidently."If I don"t succeed I am okay.I will try again."
Romero has already climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa and Mount McKinley in Alaska among
others.
Romero"s father Paul said the boy was ready to take on the climb and understood the risk of climbing
the giant mountain.
"I know it requires a lot of patience.I will remain patient.I want to stay safe and make right choice,"
Romero said of his climb using the northeast ridge (山脊) route on the Chinese side of the mountain.
Over 4,000 climbers have reached the top of Mount Qomolangma since it was first climbed by New
Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepal"s Tenzing Norgay Sherpa in 1953.Romero said he wanted to
climb the highest mountains in all 50 states in the US next."It does not need to be after Qomolangma and
could be in between."
1. According to the passage,at present________keeps the record of being the world"s youngest
climber of Mount Everest.
A. Jordan Romero
B. Temba Tsheri Sherpa
C. Tenzing Norgay Sherpa
D. Sir Edmund Hillary
2. From the passage we can learn that Romero"s goal is________.
A. to break the record of the youngest climber to climb Everest Summit
B. to pick a small piece of rock from the top of Everest Summit
C. to climb the highest mountains on all seven continents
D. to climb the highest mountains in all 50 states in the US
3. We can infer from the passage that________.
A. Romero has made a promise that he must climb up the top of Mount Qomolangma
B. the highest mountain in America is Mount Kilimanjaro
C. Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa come from different countries
D. there is no risk climbing Mount Qomolangma
4. The following statements are true EXCEPT________.
A. Romero is to use the northwest ridge route on the Chinese side of the mountain
B. Romero has his patience and understands the risk of climbing the giant mountain
C. Romero has made a safe climbing plan
D. Romero is fond of climbing | | 阅读理解 | I remember that when I was in my teens,I used to go against many of the Dos and Don"ts my parents
taught me.For example,when I kept playing jazz records on the player,my father would think of such
music as making noise and replace them with disks of classical music that I always considered extremely
dull.
My mom and dad were also very particular about the friends I went out with,always saying that "One
rotten (腐烂) apple could ruin a whole barrel of apples". When I insisted on sleeping with my pet dog,
they immediately said NO because they thought that I would be bitten by fleas (跳蚤).
These are just a few examples of many of the things that I thought my parents were unreasonable
about.Today,however,I am a father of a boy of sixteen,and I find that I,too,am pressuring my son with a
lot of rules that he seems to find hard to accept.The other day,I noticed that my son"s hair was too long,
so I told him to go to the barber"s and get it cut short.Usually,he is fairly obedient,but this time he put_his_
foot_down."What"s wrong with my long hair?I don"t think you have the right to order me to cut it short,
even if you"re my father!"
When I was a boy,if I had spoken in such a way to my father,he would have taught me a good lesson.
But now we are living in a world with more freedom.My son"s insistence on wearing his long hair was only an example of the generation gap that existed between us.So I tried to be more understanding and now
he still wears his long hair.
1. The writer"s parents thought it proper for him to________.
A. sleep with his pet dog
B. listen to jazz
C. be careful about making friends
D. wear long hair
2. Which of the following is true?
A. The writer gave more freedom to his son.
B. The writer"s son often went against him.
C. The writer always obeyed his parents as a child.
D. The writer liked wearing long hair.
3. The underlined phrase "put his foot down" in the third paragraph means ________.
A. obeyed
B. insisted
C. accepted
D. left
4. The writer thinks that________.
A. parents should be more strict with their children
B. no generation gap exists between parents and children
C. parents have the right to order their children
D. parents should show more respect to their children | | 阅读理解 | Much as Robby tried,he lacked the sense of tone and basic rhythm (节奏). But he dutifully reviewed
his lessons.Over the months he tried and tried,and often repeated to me "My mom"s going to hear me play some day."
But he seemed hopeless,with no born ability.A real bad advertisement for my teaching!I was so happy when one day he stopped coming.
Several weeks later my students were to have a recital (演奏会). To my surprise,Robby came,asking
to play in the recital.
"But,it is for current pupils,you dropped."
"My mom was sick.But I have been practicing.I"ve just got to play!"
I didn"t know what led me to agree,maybe...
The recital came.I_put_Robby_up_last_to_play_before_my_"curtain_closer",by which,I could save the recital if...
The recital went off well.Robby came up on stage,clothes wrinkled and his hair looked like he"d run an eggbeater through it."How could his mom...?"
Robby pulled out the piano bench and began.It was Mozart"s work!I was not prepared for what I heard next.Like in a dream,I was then woken up by the wild applause-everybody was on their feet!
"I"ve never heard you play like that,Robby!How"d you do it?"
Through the microphone Robby explained:"Well,Miss Hondorf,remember I told you my mom was
sick?Actually she had cancer and died this morning.She was born deaf,and tonight was the first time she
ever heard me play.I wanted to make it special."
My eyes were wet.He was not a student of mine,but a teacher! | | 1. We can infer from the underlined sentence that the writer________. | A. was fully confident that Robby would perform well at the recital
B. thought that Robby would make the recital special
C. thought that Robby wouldn"t play at the recital
D. had no confidence in Robby at all for the recital | | 2. What made the boy succeed in the recital? | A. Love for his mother.
B. Musical talent.
C. The writer"s help.
D. Regular practice. | | 3. What made the writer think that Robby was her teacher,not student? | A. That he played better than her in the recital.
B. That he loved his mother more than she did.
C. That he never gave up.
D. That,the audience gave him more applause than her. | | 4. What is the highlight of the recital? | A. The writer"s performance.
B. Robby"s performance.
C. Robby and his mom"s story.
D. The audience"s applause. | | 完形填空 | Lucky to have him
When I met him,I had a lot of anger inside of me.I never had a father,though in my neighborhood that"s
not__1__.I know some kids just like me.You have to__2__yourself.There are fights and killings all the
time.I have friends who ended up in jail or pregnant.I could have ended up that way,too,__3__Mr Clark
and my mom wouldn"t let that happen.
Mr Clark worked long hours,making sure I did my work.My grades rose.In fact,I did so well that in
sixth grade,I entered the__4__class,and Mr Clark was the teacher.I felt so__5__to have him for a second
year!
He took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera. Before the show, he__6__ us to dinner at a
restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full.We didn"t want to let him__7__,so we listened to
him attentively.
__8__of us were surprised when Mr Clark was selected as Disney"s 2000 Teacher of the Year.When
he learned he"d won,he said he would__9__three names out of a hat；he would go to Los Angeles to get
the__10__with those students.But __11__it came time to draw names,Mr Clark said,"You"re all going."
He got__12__to fly all 37 of us out to Disneyland in California and put us up at the Hilton.People were
_13__,but Mr Clark really cared about us.There"s no way I can__14__most teachers doing that.No way.
But he saw something in us that nobody else saw.
On graduation day,there were a lot of tears.We didn"t want his class to__15__.In the new school year,
we were all happy when Mr Clark__16__in our class once again.He"s been a__17__in our lives.
In 2003,Mr Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to__18__school supplies and visit
orphanages.It was the most amazing__19__of my life.It"s now my__20__to one day start a group of
women"s clubs,helping people from all backgrounds. | ( )1．A.common
( )2．A.encourage
( )3．A.but
( )4．A.local
( )5．A.sudden
( )6．A.treated
( )7．A.off
( )8．A.Some
( )9．A.give
( )10．A.reward
( )11．A.after
( )12．A.donations
( )13．A.excited
( )14．A.suggest
( )15．A.end
( )16．A.picked up
( )17．A.colleague
( )18．A.deliver
( )19．A.adventure
( )20．A.turn | B．normal
B．watch
B．therefore
B．general
B．lucky
B．directed
B．out
B．Any
B．draw
B．bonus
B．when
B．suggestions
B．satisfied
B．advocate
B．start
B．showed up
B．sponsor
B．collect
B．experience
B．conclusion | C．real
C．comfort
C．otherwise
C．gifted
C．annoyed
C．showed
C．up
C．None
C．enter
C．diploma
C．before
C．requests
C．ashamed
C．imagine
C．continue
C．rang up
C．success
C．display
C．vacation
C．dream | D．unusual
D．tolerate
D．or
D．sacred
D．anxious
D．swapped
D．down
D．Many
D．register
D．award
D．since
D．messages
D．amazed
D．complain
D．last
D．packed up
D．constant
D．recommend
D．interview
D．demand |
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