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to "make something" of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of
keeping up with the competition.
With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were
two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself highly visible,
making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY
EVENING POST. When it was supper time, I walked back home.
"How many did you sell, my boy?" My mother asked.
"None."
"Where did you go?"
"The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues."
"What did you do?"
"Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post."
"You just stood there?"
"Didn"t sell a single one."
"My God, Russell!"
Uncle Allen put in, "Well, I"ve decided to take the Post." I handed him a copy and he paid me a
nickle(五分镍币). It was the first nickle I earned.
Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address
adults with selfconfidence(自信), and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor,
could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.
One day, I told my mother I"d changed my mind. I didn"t want to make a success in the magazine
business.
"If you think you can change your mind like this," she replied, "you"ll become a goodfornothing." She
insisted that, as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines. Whenever
I said no, she would scold me.
My mother and I had fought this_battle almost as long as I could remember. My mother, dissatisfied
with my father"s plain workman"s life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people. But
never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful journalist as me would go back to her
husband"s people for true life and love.
B. The job was quite easy for him.
C. His mother had high hopes for him.
D. The competition for the job was fierce.
B. interested
C. ashamed
D. disappointed
B. She punished him.
C. She gave him some money.
D. She changed her plan.
B. The argument between the boy and his mother.
C. The quarrel between the boy and his customers.
D. The fight between the boy and his father.
答案
核心考点
试题【阅读理解 I began working in journalism(新闻工作)when I was eight. It was my mother"s】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
A boy was born to a couple after eleven years of marriage. They were a loving couple and loved the
boy very much. When the boy was around two years old, one morning the husband saw a medicine
bottle open. He was late for office so he asked his wife to cap the bottle and put it back into the
cupboard in the bathroom. However, his wife, busy, in the kitchen, totally forgot the matter.
The boy saw the bottle and playfully went to the bottle, fascinated by its color and drank it all. It
happened to contain a kind of medicine for adults with poisonous and side effects. When the child broke
down,the mother hurried him to the hospital. But he finally died. The mother was shocked. She was
terrified how she was going to face her husband.
When the desperate father came to the hospital and saw the dead child, he looked at his wife and
voiced five words. The husband just said "I am with you, Darling." The husband"s totally unexpected
reaction is a positive behavior. The child is dead. He can never be brought back to life. There is no point
in finding fault with the mother. Besides, if only he had taken time to keep the bottle away, this would
not have happened. No one is to be blamed. She had also lost her only child. What she needed at that
moment was comfort and sympathy from the husband. That is what he gave her.
If everyone can look at life with this kind of viewpoint, there would be much fewer problems in the
world. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears and you will find things
are actually not as difficult as you think. Sometimes we spend time asking who is responsible or whom
to blame, whether in a relationship, in a job or with the people we know. By this way we miss out some
warmth in human relationship.
1. The uncapped medicine bottle was not put back into the cupboard because ________.
B. the husband was busy
C. the wife wasn"t informed of the matter
D. the wife ignored the matter
B. It appeared like a nice drink.
C. It was broken by the child.
D. It was kept in the kitchen.
B. confident
C. considerate
D. generous
B. It is always useless finding who is responsible.
C. Think of nothing and life will be easy.
D. Life should give way to responsibility.
to buy holiday presents for those he loved. He had 1 twenty dollars.
The third Saturday in December, Mark said he had 2 his list and had his money in his 3 . I drove
him to a 4 supermarket. Mark picked up a hand basket and went off on his own 5 I waited 6 reading
a book at the front of the store. It 7 Mark over 45 minutes to choose his presents. When he came up
to the checkout(结账台), the smile on his face was truly 8 . The clerk rang up his purchase(在收款机
输入金额)as I politely looked at the other way. Mark kept 9 his budget and 10 into his pocket for his
money. 11 was not there! There was a hole in his pocket, but no money. Mark stood 12 the store holding
his basket, tears rolling down his cheeks. His whole body was 13 with his sobs. Then a(n) 14 thing
happened. A 15 shopping in the store came up to Mark. She knelt down and took him 16 her arms.
"You would do me the favor if you let me 17 your money," said the woman. "It would be the most
wonderful present you could ever give me. I only ask you could 18 . One day, when you grow up, I
would like you to find someone you can help. I know you feel as good about it 19 I do now when you
do help other people." Mark took the money, tried to dry his 20 and ran to the checkout as fast as he
could go.
| ( ) 1. A. collected ( ) 2. A. wrote ( ) 3. A. wallet ( ) 4. A. nearby ( ) 5. A. while ( ) 6. A. worriedly ( ) 7. A. spent ( ) 8. A. disappointing ( ) 9. A. in ( )10. A. put ( )11. A. It ( )12. A. at the front of ( )13. A. breathing ( )14. A. interesting ( )15. A. customer ( )16. A. by ( )17. A. reply ( )18. A. pass it on ( )19. A. that ( )20. A. sweat | B. gathered B. made B. purse B. close B. when B. patiently B. cost B. upset B. within B. reached B. There B. at the back of B. worrying B. happy B. clerk B. with B. return B. pass it down B. as B. pocket | C. spared C. had C. pocket C. near C. though C. politely C. took C. surprising C. out of C. turned C. They C. in the middle of C. frightened C. dramatic C. stranger C. in C. give C. continue it C. what C. presents | D. saved D. shown D. backpack D. distance D. as D. regularly D. needed D. joyful D. over D. stretched D. That D. outside D. shaking D. amazing D. guard D. on D. pay D. keep it D. which D. tears | |||
| 阅读理解。 | ||||||
| Anne Whitney, a sophomore at Colorado State University, first had a problem taking tests when she began college. "I was always well prepared for my tests. Sometimes I studied for weeks before a test. Yet I would go in to take the test, only to find I could not answer the questions correctly. I would blank out because of nervousness and fear. I couldn"t think of the answer. My low grades on the tests did not show what I knew to the teacher." Another student in microbiology had similar experiences. He said, "My first chemistry test was very difficult. Then, on the second test, I sat down to take it, but I was so nervous that I was shaking. My hands were moving up and down so quickly that it was hard to hold my pencil. I knew the material and I knew the answers. Yet I couldn"t even write them down!" These two young students were experiencing something called test anxiety. Because a student worries and he is uneasy about a test, his or her mind does not work as well as it usually does. The student can"t write or think clearly because of the extreme tension and nervousness. Although poor grades are often a result of poor study habits, sometimes test anxiety causes the low grades. Recently, test anxiety has been recognized as a real problem, not just an excuse or a false explanation of lazy students. Special university counseling courses try to help students. In these courses, counselors try to help students by teaching them how to manage test anxiety. At some universities, students take tests to measure their anxiety. If the tests show their anxiety is high, the students can take short courses to help them deal with their tension. These courses teach students how to relax their bodies. Students are trained to become calm in very tense situations. By controlling their nervousness, they can let their minds work at ease. Learned information then comes out without difficulty on a test. An expert at the University of California explains. "With almost all students, relaxation and less stress are felt after taking our program. Most of them experience better control during their tests. Almost all have some improvement. With some, the improvement is very great." | ||||||
| 1. To "blank out" in the first paragraph is probably______. | ||||||
| A. to be like a blanket B. to be unsure of an answer C. to show wrong knowledge to the teacher D. to be unable to think clearly | ||||||
| 2. Poor grades are usually the result of _______. | ||||||
| A. poor hygienic habits B. laziness C. lack of sleep D. inability to form good study habits | ||||||
| 3. To deal with this problem, students say they want to ______. | ||||||
| A. take a short course on anxiety B. read about anxiety and know how to deal with it C. be able to manage or understand their anxiety D. take tests to prove they are not anxious | ||||||
| 4. What can be inferred from the passage? | ||||||
| A. all students could overcome the anxiety after taking a special test anxiety program B. most of the students felt relaxed after taking a University of California counseling course C. students found it difficult to improve even if they had taken a special test anxiety course | ||||||
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| "I love you, Bob." "I love you, too, Nancy." My parents" loving reassurances were sweet, touching and surprising. They married on September 14th, 1940, after several __1__ she was __2__ 30 and knew it was time to start a(n) __3__. The handsome, welleducated man who came by her office was __4__ by her figure, her blue eyes. The __5__ didn"t last long. Seeds of __6__ started to grow almost immediately. She liked to travel; he __7__ the thought. He loved golf; she did not. He was a Republican; she was a Democrat. They __8__ at the bridge table, at the dinner table, over money, and so on. __9__, they owned a business together and the __10__ frustrations (挫折) of life at the office came to cause trouble at home. There was a hope that they would __11__ once they retired, and the angry winds did calm somewhat, __12__ what remained made itself bright, hard bitterness. "I always thought we"d… " my mother __13__ begin, before launching __14__ a long list of my father"s faults, which I can still recite today. __15__ he listened, my father would murmur angry threats and curses(辱骂). It wasn"t the happiest marriage, but as their 60th anniversary __16__, my sister and I decided to throw a party. Sixty years was a long time, __17__; why not try to make the best of things? We"d provide the cake, the balloons, the toasts, and they"d abide by one rule: no __18__. The agreement was honored. We had a wonderful__19__. It was an important celebration, because __20__, things began to change for my parents. As debilitating dementia (老年痴呆症) settled in, their marriage was about the only thing they wouldn"t lose. | ||||||
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