In a land far away, once upon a time there was great poverty (贫困), and only the rich could
manage without great__1_. Three of those rich men and their servants were__2_together on a road
when they came to a very__3_village.
The first could not stand seeing the poverty, __4__he took all the gold and jewels from his wagons
(四轮载重马车) and shared__5_out among the villagers. He wished them all the best of luck, and
he left.
The second rich man, seeing the__16__situation, stopped for a short time and gave__7_all his
food and drink, since he__8_see that money would be of little__9_to them. He made sure that they
each 10 their fair share and would have enough food to 11 for some time. Then, he left.
The third rich man, on seeing such poverty, 12 and went straight through the 13 without
stopping.The two other rich men saw this from a distance and commented with each other 14 the
third rich man lacked sympathy. It was 15 that they themselves had been there to offer help.
However, three days later, they 16 the third rich man, who was coming in the opposite
direction. He was 17 travelling quickly, but his wagons, 18 the gold and valuables they had
been 19 , were now full of farming tools and bags of 20 . He was rushing back to help them out
of poverty. |
( )1. A. loss
( )2. A. standing
( )3. A. faraway
( )4. A. unless
( )5. A. them
( )6. A. curious
( )7. A. the villagers
( )8. A. could
( )9. A. interest
( )10. A. returned
( )11. A. remain
( )12. A. turned back
( )13. A. village
( )14. A. whether
( )15. A. good
( )16. A. welcomed
( )17. A. still
( )18. A. except for
( )19. A. loading
( )20. A. food | B. expectations
B. travelling
B. poor
B. because
B. anything
B. worrying
B. his servants
B. might
B. concern
B. gained
B. last
B. set out
B. land
B. how
B. certain
B. met
B. already
B. instead of
B. treasuring
B. jewels | C. success
C. gathering
C. different
C. so
C. nothing
C. dangerous
C. the others
C. should
C. use
C. offered
C. supply
C. showed off
C. field
C. where
C. true
C. accepted
C. always
C. apart from
C. carrying
C. money | D. problems
D. running
D. ancient
D. if
D. those
D. puzzling
D. the rest
D. must
D. attraction
D. received
D. share
D. speeded up
D. road
D. when
D. strange
D. persuaded
D. indeed
D. along with
D. earning
D. seeds |
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试题【完形填空 In a land far away, once upon a time there was great poverty (贫困), 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 | Last weekend, my kids along with few other kids from the neighborhood volunteered to help me
wash my car. My 10yearold daughter came up with the idea of __1 _ other people"s cars as well. It
was pretty __2__ outside and I had no plans to __3__ being in the bright sun. She __4__ wanted to
give lemonade(柠檬汽水)to passersby for free. I had seen little kids __5__ and sell fresh lemonade
for a small cost but not free. Although I felt __6__, I decided to help her.
__7__ she asked me, "What if we __8__ this a smile car wash?" I couldn"t hold back my tears
and 9 her and the other kids to go outside the house and come up with 10 ideas. While I kept
myself busy in drying the car, the gang walked up to me with a(n) 11 with beautiful images of
smiles. They had "Free Car Wash" written on it and the 12 of their exercise was "smile". It was
pretty neat to see a team of kids ranging 5－11 years with the 13 to do something for others.
All that seemed 14 and came right from their heart. Nothing seemed to 15 to them: their
playtime, the heat outside-they just wanted to 16 others and do something nice in the community!
I helped them make some fresh lemonade and brought out some additional 17 to help clean
cars. Passersby were 18 and one even shouted back to them saying "God Bless You, my kids…"
One of them even tried giving them 5 dollars, which they refused. A pretty heartwarming 19 !
I feel blessed by being 20 by such wonderful and loving souls. | ( )1. A. drying
( )2. A. quiet
( )3. A. suggest
( )4. A. further
( )5. A. choose
( )6. A. worried
( )7. A. Finally
( )8. A. show
( )9. A. challenged
( )10. A. creative
( )11. A. board
( )12. A. purpose
( )13. A. need
( )14. A. important
( )15. A. matter
( )16. A. relax
( )17. A. food
( )18. A. interested
( )19. A. scene
( )20. A. supported | B. repairing
B. hot
B. avoid
B. therefore
B. enjoy
B. popular
B. Simply
B. leave
B. expected
B. ready
B. picture
B. trouble
B. duty
B. disappointing
B. mean
B. try
B. rags
B. amazed
B. scenery
B. understood
| C. washing
C. different
C. continue
C. already
C. buy
C. confused
C. Then
C. make
C. invited
C. changed
C. idea
C. secret
C. imagination
C. hopeful
C. belong
C. help
C. money
C. bored
C. story
C. refused | D. decorating
D. dirty
D. practise
D. hardly
D. serve
D. difficult
D. Luckily
D. order
D. encouraged
D. familiar
D. car
D. theme
D. sense
D. natural
D. refer
D. smile
D. fruit
D. frightened
D. view
D. surrounded | | 阅读理解 | At the age of sixteen, I joined a volunteer group with my dad. I went on my first volunteer project
in West Virginia. On the night we arrived, we discovered that "our family" was living in a trailer(拖车)
that was in poor condition. A crew had been working on it for two weeks, but every time they finished
one problem, another surfaced.
We decided the only reasonable solution was to build a new house-something unusual but necessary
under these circumstances. The family was overjoyed with their new house that was twenty by thirty feet
with three bedrooms, a bath and a kitchen.
On Tuesday of that week, while we were eating lunch together, I asked the family"s three boys,
Josh, Eric and Ryan, "What do you want for your new room?"Expecting toys and other gadgets that
children usually ask for, we were astonished when Josh responded, "I just want a bed."
The boys had never slept in a bed! They were accustomed to plastic mats. That night we had a
meeting and decided that beds would be the perfect gift. On Thursday night, a few adults in our group
drove to the nearest city and bought beds and new bedding.
When we saw the delivery truck coming, we told the family about the surprise. We could hardly
contain ourselves. It was like watching excited children on Christmas morning.
That afternoon, as we fitted the frames of the beds together, Eric ran into the house to watch us.
Too dirty to enter his room, he observed with wideeyed enthusiasm from the doorway.
As my father slipped a pillowcase onto one of the pillows, Eric asked, "What is that?"
"A pillow, " he replied.
"What do you do with it?" Eric continued to ask.
"When you go to sleep, you put your head on it, " I answered softly. Tears came to my eyes as my
father handed Eric the pillow.
"Oh…that"s soft, " he said, hugging it tightly.
Now, when my sister or I start to ask for something that seems urgent, my dad gently asks,
"Doyouhaveapillow?"
We know exactly what he means.
1. The writer"s first volunteer project was________.
A. working on a poor trailer
B. helping a poor family
C. donating beds and bedding
D. dealing with a housing problem
2. On hearing Josh"s answer, the writer was shocked because________.
A. the family lived in a trailer
B. he expected to get some toys
C. he didn"t know what a bed was
D. the boys had no bed to sleep in
3. From the passage, we can learn that Eric had never seen________ before.
A. a trailer
B. a truck
C. a pillow
D. a house
4. By saying "Doyouhaveapillow?", the writer"s father means that________.
A. what they want to get may be unnecessary
B. they should not waste money on small things
C. they should do more volunteer work for the poor
D. what he will buy is not what they want but a pillow | It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite
shirt on.
A__1__ came, "Nice shirt," I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said, "That shirt belonged
to my dad. Greg"s mother works for my family. We were going to__2__ that shirt away, but gave it to
her__3__." I was speechless. I wanted to hide.
I__4__ the shirt in the back of the closet and told my mom what had happened. She then dialed her
__5__, "I will no longer work for your family," she told him. That night, mom told my dad that she
couldn"t clean anymore; she knew her life"s__6__ was something greater.
The next morning she__7__ with the personal manager at the Board of Education. He told her that
without a proper education she could not teach. So mom decided to__8__ a university.
After the first year in college, she went back to the personal manager. He said, "You are__9__,
aren"t you? I think I have a__10__ for you as a teacher"s assistant. This opportunity deals with children
who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of__11__." Mom accepted the opportunity very
__12__.
For almost five years, as a teacher"s assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children
and quit, feeling__13__. Then one day, the personal manager and the principal__14__ in her classroom.
The principal said, "We have watched how you__15__ the children and how they communicate with you
and admire your hardworking__16__ over the last five years. We are all in agreement that you__17__ be
the teacher of this class."
My mom spent more than 20 years there. __18__ her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All
of this came about because of the__19__ comment made in the classroom that day. Mom showed me
how to handle__20__ situations and never give up.
( )1. A. noise
( )2. A. get
( )3. A. otherwise
( )4. A. settled
( )5. A. teacher
( )6. A. purpose
( )7. A. went
( )8. A. visit
( )9. A. serious
( )10. A. career
( )11. A. learning
( )12. A. patiently
( )13. A. upset
( )14. A. looked up
( )15. A. believe
( )16. A. spirit
( )17. A. must
( )18. A. At
( )19. A. worthless
( )20. A. challenging | B. voice
B. take
B. anyhow
B. pushed
B. employer
B. encouragement
B. met
B. continue
B. fortunate
B. duty
B. judging
B. eagerly
B. frightened
B. went up
B. protect
B. intention
B. would
B. During
B. thoughtless
B. different | C. sound
C. carry
C. instead
C. made
C. director
C. achievement
C. worked
C. attend
C. careful
C. position
C. obeying
C. successfully
C. guilty
C. took up
C. treat
C. action
C. might
C. On
C. hopeless
C. dangerous | D. tune
D. throw
D. actually
D. stuck
D. adviser
D. victory
D. stayed
D. prepare
D. responsible
D. part
D. imagining
D. skillfully
D. ashamed
D. showed up
D. receive
D. attempt
D. should
D. With
D. helpless
D. strange | In early autumn I applied for admission to college. I wanted to go nowhere but to Cornell University,
but my mother fought strongly against it. When she saw me studying a photograph of my father on the
sports ground of Cornell, she tore it up.
"You can"t say it"s not a great university, just because Papa went there."
"That"s not it at all. And it is a top university." She was still holding the pieces in her hand. "But we
can"t afford to send you to college."
"I wouldn"t dream of asking you for money. Do you want me to get a job to help support you and
Papa? Things aren"t that bad, are they?"
"No, " she said."I don"t expect you to help support us."
Father borrowed money from his rich cousins to start a small jewellery shop. His chief customers
were his old college friends. To get new customers, my mother had to help. She picked up a
longforgotten membership in the local league of women, so that she could get to know more people.
Whether those people would turn into customers was another question. I knew that my parents had to
wait for quite a long time before their small investment(投资) could show returns. What"s more, they
had not wanted enough to be rich and successful; otherwise they could not possibly have managed
their lives so badly.
I was torn between the desire to help them and change their lives, and the determination not to
repeat their mistakes. I had a strong belief in my power to get what I wanted. After months of hard study
I won a full college scholarship (奖学金). My father could hardly contain his pride in me, and my
mother eventually gave in before my success. | | 1. The author was not allowed to go to Cornell University mainly because________. | A. his father graduated from the university
B. his mother did not think it a great university
C. his parents needed him to help support the family
D. his parents did not have enough money for him | | 2. The father started his small shop with the money from________. | A. a local league
B. his university
C. his relatives
D. his college friends | | 3. Why did the mother renew her membership in the league? | A. To help with her husband"s business.
B. To raise money for her son.
C. To meet her longforgotten friends.
D. To better manage her life. | | 4. According to the text, what was the author determined to do in that autumn? | A. To get a wellpaid job for himself.
B. To improve relations with his mother.
C. To go to his dream university.
D. To carry on with his father’s business. | | 完形填空 | I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be
__1__ Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, "What would I
say when the other kids asked what I"d __2__?"Just when I started to __3__ that there would not be
a Christmas that year, three women __4__ at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a
doll. I felt such a sense of __5__ that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to
school. I wasn"t __6__. Somebody had thought __7__ of me to bring me a gift.
Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my
__8__ Christmas there special and memorable, I __9__ remembered the women"s visit. I decided
that I wanted to create that same feeling of 10 for as many children as I could possibly reach.
So I 11 a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125
orphans(孤儿)at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys,
clothes, and school supplies, 12 with a child"s name. We wanted all of them to know they were
13 . Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I 14 them that they couldn"t
open their presents 15 every child had come forward. Finally, the 16 they had been waiting for
came as I called out, "One, two, three. Open your presents!"As the children opened their packages,
their faces beamed and their bright smiles 17 up the room. The 18 in the room was obvious, and
19 wasn"t just about toys. It was a feeling-the feeling I knew 20 that Christmas so long ago when
the women came to visit. I wasn"t forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter. | ( )1. A. sending
( )2. A. found
( )3. A. doubt
( )4. A. broke in
( )5. A. relief
( )6. A. blamed
( )7. A. highly
( )8. A. present
( )9. A. hardly
( )10. A. strength
( )11. A. kept up with
( )12. A. none
( )13. A. fine
( )14. A. reminded
( )15. A. after
( )16. A. chance
( )17. A. lit
( )18. A. atmosphere
( )19. A. it
( )20. A. by
| B. receiving
B. prepared
B. hope
B. settled down
B. loss
B. loved
B. little
B. first
B. instantly
B. independence
B. caught up with
B. few
B. special
B. guaranteed
B. until
B. gift
B. took
B. sympathy
B. such
B. till
| C. making
C. got
C. suggest
C. turned up
C. achievement
C. forgotten
C. poorly
C. recent
C. regularly
C. importance
C. came up with
C. some
C. helpful
C. convinced
C. when
C. moment
C. burned
C. calmness
C. something
C. for
| D. exchanging
D. expected
D. accept
D. showed off
D. justice
D. affected
D. enough
D. previous
D. occasionally
D. safety
D. put up with
D. each
D. normal
D. promised
D. since
D. reward
D. cheered
D. joy
D. everybody
D. from
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