Hurricane Katrina was one of the most devastating (毁灭性的) tragedies in American history. Since
our 1 was given prominent media exposure, we 2 thousands of calls per day.
I spoke with countless victims who were trying to locate family members lost in the flood. They all
needed 3 with housing, food and clothing. It took weeks 4 federal assistance was available to the
majority. Some received none.
5 we were there to help, the trauma(心灵创伤) made some callers rude. Some were 6 . Some
were suicidal(有自***倾向的). It was hard to stay 7 and encouraging. Just at that time, I got a call
from Brenda.
Brenda was a single woman 8 her early fifties with no children. She was all alone and had been
living in a crowded 9 in Houston for the past month. She said, "I"ve heard that my house was still
10 and at this point, the hardest part of all of this, though, is seeing the 11 suffer. The young tend
to recover easily, 12 many of the elderly have no other resources."
Brenda was hit hard but her heart still overflowed with 13 for others.
"I know that recovery lies ahead," she continued. "I 14 that if we were the ones chosen to endure
(忍受) this 15 , then God will give us the grace to endure. The 16 of our city has given birth to a
spirit of unity."
"My hope isn"t 17 on my circumstances," she continued. "My hope is based on my 18 to hope.
Hope is a choice."
The only thing Brenda could 19 was her attitude. She made a decision to thrive(茁壮成长), not
just 20 . |
( )1. A. airline
( )2. A. devoted
( )3. A. acceptance
( )4. A. when
( )5. A. Even though
( )6. A. impatient
( )7. A. unconcerned
( )8. A. in
( )9. A. street
( )10. A. underworld
( )11. A. wounded
( )12. A. and
( )13. A. instruction
( )14. A. doubt
( )15. A. friendship
( )16. A. population
( )17. A. based
( )18. A. decision
( )19. A. appear
( )20. A. leave | B. hotline
B. dealt
B. attendance
B. while
B. As though
B. patient
B. angry
B. at
B. road
B. underground
B. elderly
B. or
B. description
B. wonder
B. scholarship
B. development
B. lay
B. opinion
B. change
B. accept | C. office
C. handled
C. appearance
C. before
C. Therefore
C. moved
C. positive
C. for
C. church
C. undersea
C. young
C. but
C. compassion
C. wander
C. membership
C. destruction
C. seated
C. idea
C. experience
C. defeat | D. website
D. offered
D. assistance
D. after
D. However
D. delighted
D. pessimistic
D. by
D. shelter
D. underwater
D. poor
D. so
D. addiction
D. believe
D. hardship
D. story
D. affected
D. mind
D. solve
D. survive |
| 1-5: BCDCA 6-10: ACADD 11-15: BCCDD 16-20: CAABD |
核心考点
试题【完形填空 Hurricane Katrina was one of the most devastating (毁灭性的) tragedies in A】；主要考察你对 题材分类等知识点的理解。 [详细]举一反三
| 阅读理解。 | Long ago in a small town, there was a place known as the House of 1,000 Mirrors. A small,
happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit.
When he arrived, he bounced (跳) happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked
through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great
surprise, he found himself staring at 1,000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as
his. He smiled a great smile, and was answered with 1,000 great smiles just as warm and friendly.
As he left the house, he thought to himself, "This is a wonderful place. I will come back and visit
often."
In this same village, another little dog, who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to
visit the house. He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door.
When he saw the 1,000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him, he growled at them and was
horrified to see 1,000 little dogs growling back at him. As he left, he thought to himself, "This is a
horrible place, and I will never go back there again."
All the faces in the world are mirrors. What kind of reflections do you see on the faces of the
people you meet? | | 1. Why was the first dog surprised when he entered the house? | A. Because he didn"t expect to see so many happy dogs.
B. Because he didn"t know there were 1,000 mirrors in the house.
C. Because he was always in a mixed mood.
D. Because he saw so many dogs smiling at him. | | 2. Why did the first dog like the house? | A. Because there were 1,000 mirrors in the house.
B. Because he thought he could keep himself warm in the house.
C. Because he liked everything presented to him.
D. Because he felt he was welcome here. | | 3. The underlined word "growling" probably means ______. | A. make an unfriendly noise
B. smile
C. say hello
D. stare | | 4. Which of the follwing is the most suitable title for the passage? | A. A Small happy Little Dog
B. The House of 1,000 Mirrors
C. The Wonderful Place and the Horrible Place.
D. Two Little Dogs | | 完形填空 | I live in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and some homeless people wander around. I often gave money
to them, feeling 1 for their bad luck. But later I became a single mom with no home, a huge debt. As
a result, I 2 giving and became very 3 .
 Things started to 4 for me. Again I had a home, and plenty of food, and I started to 5 myself
out of debt. One day we saw a homeless person with the 6 , "Will work for food." I 7 . My
daughter said, "Mommy, you 8 to give to those people in 9 ." I replied, "Honey, they just use that
money for alcohol (酒) or other 10 things." She didn"t respond. But when I  said that, it didn"t feel right.
Three days later, I was driving to 11 my daughter from school. A man was standing on the corner,
and something deep 12 me said, "Just help him." 13 I rolled down my window, and he ran over
happily, saying "God bless you, I only need 77 cents." I 14 into my pocket and strangely enough, there
sat three quarters and two pennies.
I scooped(抓起)it up and gave it to him. He 15 tears in his 16 , "Wow, you just made it 17 for me to see my mom for Christmas! Thank you; the bus that had this great sale is 18 in 20 minutes!" It
was a moment I’ll never forget. I think that man won’t forget it either, 19 I was the one who got the
best 20 in life - GIVING. | ( )1. A. pleased
( )2. A. stopped
( )3. A. upset
( )4. A. reform
( )5. A. pull
( )6. A. mark
( )7. A. passed by
( )8. A. expected
( )9. A. shock
( )10. A. curious
( )11. A. meet
( )12. A. beside
( )13. A. Thus
( )14. A. climbed
( )15. A. turned around
( )16. A. eyes
( )17. A. necessary
( )18. A. taking
( )19. A. so
( )20. A. award | B. sorry
B. refused
B. disappointed
B. reward
B. push
B. symbol
B. gave in
B. tried
B. happiness
B. bad
B. look
B. inside
B. Or
B. jumped
B. broke down
B. face
B. possible
B. operating
B. or
B. message | C. nervous
C. considered
C. satisfied
C. end
C. persuade
C. sign
C. stood up
C. promised
C. comfort
C. exciting
C. find
C. behind
C. However
C. saw
C. burst into
C. nose
C. important
C. leaving
C. and
C. gift | D. amazed
D. continued
D. happy
D. change
D. concern
D. sentence
D. held on
D. used
D. need
D. anxious
D. notice
D. above
D. besides
D. reached
D. spoke up
D. mouth
D. nice
D. driving
D. nor
D. lesson | | 阅读理解。 | Bill and his family has been living in the six－family building for years. All the neighbors got
along fairly well with each other until recently.
An old man and his wife used to live on the second floor. Bill"s mother and the old lady were
good friends. Unfortunately the lady died last month. Her husband could not live alone, so he had
his grandson move over and live with him.
The grandson has become a problem to all the neighbors, especially to Bill"s family. The walls
of the buildin g are thin and he is noisy. Bill is used to peace and quiet but the young man likes to
listen to the radio late at night. Sometimes friends of his visit and they make a lot of noise. That is
too much for Bill"s family.
Bill"s mother once asked the old man politely if he was able to sleep well at night, but obviously
the man didn"t understand what she meant. If he did and spoke to his grandson, the young man
obviously didn"t listen, since things haven"t changed any. Everyone in Bill"s family agrees that
something must be done though they don"t want to hurt the kind old man. | | 1. Bill"s family got angry because ________. | A. the old lady had died
B. a young man moved in
C. the old man could not live alone
D. the grandson made a lot of noise | | 2. Which of the following statements is true? | A. The old man could not live without his wife"s help.
B. The old man and his wife were sometimes making trouble too.
C. Bill"s mother was kind to her neighbors.
D. Bill"s mother was the only one who likes the young man. | | 3. The grandson makes a lot of noise as ________. | A. he never thinks other people might not be happy with so much noise around
B. the walls of the building are thin
C. he likes to listen to the radio at night
D. friends of his visit | | 4. It seems that ________to solve the problem. | A. anyone is able
B. only the grandfather is going
C. Bill"s mother is able
D. nobody is likely | | 阅读理解 | A lot of teachers hate doodlers(乱写乱画的人)during classes. "Pay attention!" Teachers will often
warn doodling students, sure that they must be daydreaming.
However, according to a recent study, doodling while listening to a boring lecture helps concentrate(集中)the attention:
Andrade, a psychology professor in England asked participants to listen to a boring lecture. Half the
participants were told to color in squares and circles freely on a piece of paper while listening to the
lecture. The other half weren’t given a task. After it was over, the participants were asked to retell the
lecture.
Those given the doodling task (color in squares and circles) remembered 29 percent more information
than the non-doodlers. Andrade said.
"If someone is doing a boring task, like listening to a dull conversation, they may start daydream,"
said Professor Andrade.
"Daydreaming distracts(使分心)them from the task, resulting in poorer performance. A simple task,
like doodling, can stop them from daydreaming without affecting their performance at the task," he said.
So the next time you"re doodling during a class, and you hear "pay attention", you can tell the teacher
with confidence that you"ve been paying attention to every word．
1. The passage mainly tells us . | A. doodling will be banned(禁止) in classes
B. teachers are against doodling
C. doodling may help concentrate
D. doodling can lead to daydream | | 2. Teachers hate doodlers because they thought . | A. doodlers are not good at study
B. doodlers are doing no task
C. doodlers pay no attention in class
D. doo dlers are not polite to them | | 3. According to the text, it is helpful to doodle when . | A. a boring lecture is given
B. an interesting story is told
C. watching a long TV program
D. having a conversation with the teacher | | 4. Professor Andrade thinks . | A. those given the doodling task can remember less information
B. if you have daydream during classes you"ll have a good memory
C. daydreaming is better than doodling
D. doodling can stop us from daydreaming | | 5. We can learn from the text that . | A. doodling is the best way to draw attention
B. daydreaming is different from doodling
C. doodling will be helpful in any occasion
D. every student should doodle in class | | 完形填空。 | Around twenty years ago I was living in York.__2__I had a lot of experience and a
Master"s degree, I could not find__1__work.
I was__3__a school bus to make ends meet and__4__with a friend of mine, for I had
lost my flat. I had__5__five interviews with a company and one day between bus runs they
called to say I did not__6__the job. "Why has my life become so__7__?" I thought painfully.
As I pulled the bus over to__8__a little girl, she handed me an earring__9__I should keep
it__10__somebody claimed (认领) it. The earring was painted black and said "BE HAPPY".
At first I got angry. Then it__11__me - I had been giving all of my__12__to what was
going wrong with my__13__rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a
__14__of fifty things I was happy with. Later, I decided to__15__more things to the list.
That night there was a phone call for__16__from a lady who was a director at a larger__17__.
She asked me if I would__18__a one-day lecture on stress management to 200 medical
workers. I said yes.
My__19__there went very well, and before long I got a well-paid job. To this day I know
that it was ecause I changed my way of __20__that I completely changed my life. | ( )1.A. As
( )2.A. successful
( )3.A. driving
( )4.A. working
( )5.A. prepared for
( )6.A. lose
( )7.A. hard
( )8.A. wave at
( )9.A. ordering
( )10.A. in case
( )11.A. hurt
( )12.A. feelings
( )13.A. opinions
( )14.A. list
( )15.A. connect
( )16.A. her
( )17.A. hospital
( )18.A. listen to
( )19.A. plan
( )20.A. operation
| B. Though
B. extra
B. repairing
B. travelling
B. attended
B. like
B. busy
B. drop off
B. promising
B. or else
B. hit
B. attention
B. education
B. book
B. turn
B. a passenger
B. factory
B. review
B. choice
B. speaking
| C. If
C. satisfying
C. taking
C. discussing
C. asked for
C. find
C. serious
C. call on
C. saying
C. as if
C. caught
C. strength
C. experiences
C. check
C. keep
C. me
C. restaurant
C. give
C. day
C. employment
| D. When
D. convenient
D. designing
D. living
D. held
D. get
D. short
D. look for
D. showing
D. now that
D. moved
D. interests
D. life
D. copy
D. add
D. my friend
D. hotel
D. talk about
D. tour
D. thinking
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