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she said. "Would you mind dropping by my house a bit and 2 on my mother?"
"Not a problem," I said.
I"d lived next door to Debbie and her 84-year-old 3 , Nan, for about six months, and we"d become fast
friends. Debbie always worked at night. She 4 leaving her mom alone, so she asked if it was okay if she rigged
up (装配) one of those baby monitors and 5 me a receiver.
I was 6 to help. After all, I"ve been blind since infancy and out of work for years. In fact, at 54, I"d come
to wonder if I had much 7 anymore.
Like me, Nan was 8 -and was also hard of hearing. That evening Nan and I chatted for a bit 9 .
"If you"re okay," I said, "I think I"ll go back." Before I 10 , I made sure the baby monitor was working.
"Good night, Nan," I said. I 11 my cane and headed out of the door. "See you tomorrow," Nan called behind
me. I locked the door and 12 my way home.
Several minutes 13 , I heard a sound. It was Nan on the 14 . "Jim! Jim!" I heard over the monitor. "The
house is 15 ! Help!"
I went as 16 as I could to Debbie"s. I got to the front door. I could 17 a heavy, thick smoke. I put my hand
on the doorknob, and reached for my key and 18 the door. "Here, Jim. Help!" Her voice was weak.
"Let"s get out of here!" I shouted. Grabbing her hand, I started to move on. I tapped with my cane 19 we
found the front door. We felt our way down the steps, 20 in the sweet, fresh summer air, and to the gate of her
yard. "Thank you, Lord. We"re all safe."
( )1. A.play | B. study B. taking B. mother B. worried about B. bought B. sorrowful B. price B. old B. before long B. stayed B. put up B. pushed B. later B. receiver B. in trouble B. slowly B. feel B. shut B. after B. noticing | C. game C. putting C. sister C. cared for C. brought C. glad C. money C. wise C. once again C. talked C. picked up C. wound C. then C. worker C. in danger C. safely C. taste C. broke C. until C. losing | D. work D. keeping D. brother D. looked for D. gave D. upset D. service D. blind D. as usual D. chatted D. took up D. found D. ago D. speaker D. on sale D. well D. smell D. knocked D. since D. breathing | ||||||||||||||||||
1-5: D A B B D 6-10: C A D D A 11-15: C D B B A 16-20: A D A C D | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Though we were poor and struggling, my sister managed to buy me a pair of "magic shoes" that changed my life. Anne is six years older than me. Growing up, we were very poor, and my mother worked evenings at a factory in a small town. Not seeing my mother much, Anne took over much of the maternal support. During those teenage years, Anne was always there for me, not only as a big sister, but as a mother and my best friend. When I was seventeen and had no money, I thought my only chance of going to college was if I could win a scholarship. I had an important interview for such an award. Anne at that time was struggling surviving on a part-time job. I told her of my interview, that General Motors was sending me a bus ticket, and I would get to visit the city for my scholarship interview. I was excited about the adventure and asked her advice on what to wear. I showed her my best outfit and how I planned to be careful, how I sat so that the hole in the bottom of my shoe would not be seen, but I wasn"t sure what I would do if it rained. Anne suggested that we go shopping, and we took the bus to a store and we found a beautiful pair of leather shoes on sale. She told me to try them on, but I thought it was just for fun as neither of us had ever owned anything that expensive before. But this time was different, Anne handed me the boxed shoes and said, "Here, I"ll buy these for you." "But…" was all I could say. "You deserve them," she replied. "I want to see you get that scholarship." I went to the interview and crossed my legs so that my beautiful new shoes shone with pride. I won the scholarship and became an engineer. Now, after twenty years have passed, I still have that pair of shoes with me, and I just wear them on those little occasions when I need to feel special. It"s kind of like having magic ruby slippers when you"re homesick. | |||||||||||||||||||||
1. Why did the author say that Anne was like the author"s mother? | |||||||||||||||||||||
A. Because she took care of the author. B. Because Anne was much older than the author. C. Because Anne looked like the author"s mother. D. Because Anne admired the author"s mother. | |||||||||||||||||||||
2. Anne suggested that they go shopping in order to ____. | |||||||||||||||||||||
A. buy a pair of new shoes for the author B. buy a pair of new shoes for herself C. repair the author"s poor shoes D. try on different kinds of clothes | |||||||||||||||||||||
3. The interview was successful probably because ____. | |||||||||||||||||||||
A. the interviewers noticed her new shoes and liked them B. the author looked especially beautiful wearing the shoes C. the author was confident with the new shoes on D. the shoes are a pair of "magic shoes" | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Reading about history is nice, but finding ties to long-ago historical events in your own back yard is really exciting. In their heavily populated area, neighbors Adam Giles, 13, and Derek Hann, 12, uncovered pieces of glass that looked quite different from what"s used today. "After digging about two feet down, I came across an interesting bottle," Derek said. The bottle had a "pontil scar" on the bottom, an indication that it was hand-blown rather than machine made. It also had the name "Fraser" on one side. Adam found remains of a green bottle and some very thick brown glass-again, far different from today"s. After doing research on the computer, the boys contacted Aimee Wells of the county"s (县) Cultural Resources office. She showed them a computer program that digitally puts old maps over modern satellite photographs. Bingo! Their back yards were once part of a military (军事的) encampment (营地) called Camp Alger used by Ohio soldiers on their way to fight in the Spanish-American War in 1898. So how do a few bottles get connected to a brief war that was more than a century ago? "We get there by good judgment," Wells said. "We know the time period of the bottles and what happened in that area." Anyone can dig a hole, but archaeologists seek a deeper understanding. How do objects found relate to things around them? When Derek and Adam realized that a soldier might have held that Fraser bottle 110 years ago, they wondered what he might have been thinking. What did he see as he looked around him? How did he pass the time waiting to go into battle? Historical records show that while waiting for orders, the soldiers in and around Camp Alger played baseball, played instruments and walked seven miles to the Potomac River once a week for baths. A spread of strange fever forced the closing of the camp, and there are no buildings to study. "What"s left is only what"s in the ground," Wells said. Derek"s and Adam"s back yards have joined the 3,400 places listed on the county"s register of archaeological sites. The boys were given tips on how to dig effectively and safely, and on how to document the location of items found. The official record of their finds serves as another piece of the puzzle for historians seeking to form a more complete story of what happened. "Not everybody is going to have historical objects in their own yard," Wells said. "That"s okay. Make your own time capsule and bury it. What would you want people to know about your life years from now?" | |||||||||||||||||||||
1. What is the passage mainly about? | |||||||||||||||||||||
A. What Adam Giles and Derek Hann found in their back yard and its relationship with an encampment. B. How Adam Giles and Derek Hann dug out the remains of an ancient military encampment. C. The great contributions Adam Giles and Derek Hann made to the cause of archaeology. D. The tips on how to dig out ancient objects buried under the ground safely and effectively. | |||||||||||||||||||||
2. From the passage, we can see that the boys" discovery ____. | |||||||||||||||||||||
A. includes all kinds of hand-made and. machine-made glass B. couldn"t have been meaningful without Aimee Wells" help C. has helped historians find out what happened in 1898 D. has added the county to the list of archaeologist sites | |||||||||||||||||||||
3. When Wells said "We get there by good judgment." (Paragraph 6), she meant that ____. | |||||||||||||||||||||
A. they have figured out how to get to the place where the brief war happened B. they have established the ties to Camp Alger by finding out the time period of the bottles C. they have managed to dig out the bottles in the back yard safely with common sense D. they were able to locate the soldier who used the Fraser bottles 110 years ago | |||||||||||||||||||||
4. Which of the following fits the description of" historical records? | |||||||||||||||||||||
A. The soldiers in and around Camp Alger delighted in playing basketball in their spare time. B. When Camp Alger was forced to close, all the buildings there were destroyed. C. The soldiers in and around Camp Alger often buried some bottles underground as time capsules. D. Camp Alger was forced to close because of a spread of a strange fever. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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When I entered Berkeley, I hoped to earn scholarship. Having been a Straight-A student, I believed I could 1 tough subjects and really learn something. One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne. I was extremely interested in the ideas he 2 in class. When I took the first exam, I was 3 to find a 77, C-plus, on my test paper, 4 English was my best subject. I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained 5 . I decided to try harder, although I didn"t know what that 6 because school had always been easy for me. I read the books more carefully, but got another 77. Again, I 7 with Professor Jayne. Again, he listened patiently but wouldn"t change his 8 . One more test before the final exam. One more 9 to improve my grade. So I redoubled my efforts and, for the first time 10 the meaning of the word "thorough". But my 11 did no good and everything 12 as before. The last hurdle (障碍) was the final. No matter what 13 I got, it wouldn"t cancel three C-pluses. I might as well kiss the 14 goodbye. I stopped working hard. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the final, I even 15 myself to a movie. The next day I decided for once I"d have 16 with a test. A week later, I was surprised to find I got an A. I hurried into Professor Jayne"s office. He 17 to be expecting me. "If I gave you the A"s you 18 , you wouldn"t continue to work as hard." I stared at him, 19 that his analysis and strategy (策略) were correct. I had worked my head 20 , as I had never done before. I was speechless when my course grade arrived: A-plus. It was the only A-plus given. The next year I received my scholarship. I"ve always remembered Professor Jayne"s lesson: you alone must set your own standard of excellence. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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