One afternoon, my son Adam asked me, "Are all people the same even if they are different in color?"
I thought for a minute, and then I said, "I"ll explain, 1 you can just wait until we make a quick 2 at
the grocery store. I have something 3 to show you."
At grocery store, we 4 some apples-red, green and yellow ones. Back home, I told Adam, "It"s time
to 5 your question." I put one apple of each 6 on the table. Then I looked at Adam, who had a 7 look
on his face.
"People are like apples. They come in all 8 colors, shapes and sizes. On the 9 , some of the apples may
not 10 look as the others." As I was talking, Adam was 11 each one carefully.
Then, I took each of the apples and peeled (削皮) them, 12 them back on the table, but 13 a different
place.
"Okay, Adam, tell me which is which."
He said, "I 14 tell. They all look same now." "Take a bite of 15 . See if that helps you 16 which one is
which."
He took 17 , and then a huge smile came cross his face. "People are 18 like apples! They are all different,
but once you 19 the outside, they"re pretty much the same on the inside."
He totally 20 it. I didn"t need to say or do anything else. |
( )1. A. although
( )2. A. stop
( )3. A. expressive
( )4. A. bought
( )5. A. check
( )6. A. size
( )7. A. worried
( )8. A. ordinary
( )9. A. outside
( )10. A. still
( )11. A. examining
( )12. A. keeping
( )13. A. on
( )14. A. mustn"t
( )15. A. each one
( )16. A. admit
( )17. A. big bites
( )18. A. just
( )19. A. put away
( )20. A. made | B. so
B. start
B. encouraging
B. counted
B. mention
B. type
B. satisfied
B. normal
B. whole
B. even
B. measuring
B. placing
B. toward
B. can"t
B. each other
B. consider
B. deep breaths
B. always
B. get down
B. took | C. because
C. turn
C. informative
C. saw
C. answer
C. shape
C. proud
C. different
C. table
C. only
C. drawing
C. pulling
C. for
C. shouldn"t
C. the other
C. decide
C. a firm hold
C. merely
C. hand out
C. got | D. if
D. stay
D. interesting
D. collected
D. improve
D. class
D. curious
D. regular
D. inside
D. ever
D. packing
D. giving
D. in
D. needn"t
D. one another
D. believe
D. close look
D. seldom
D. take off
D. did |
| 1-5: D A D A C 6-10: B D C A B 11-15: A B D B A 16-20: C A A D C |
核心考点
试题【完形填空。 One afternoon, my son Adam asked me, "Are all people the same even if 】；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。 | I am a writer. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language-the way it can evoke
(唤起) an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth. Language is the tool of my trade. And
I use them all-all the Englishes I grew up with.
Born into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California, I"ve been giving more thought to the kind
of English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as "broken" English. But feel
embarrassed to say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than "broken",
as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness. I"ve heard other terms used,
"limited English," for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people"s
perceptions (认识) of the limited English speaker.
I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mother"s "limited" English limited my perception
of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say.
That is, because she expressed them imperfectly, her thoughts were imperfect. And I had plenty of evidence to
support me: the fact that people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did
not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her.
I started writing fiction in 1985. And for reasons I won"t get into today, I began to write stories using all the
Englishes I grew up with: the English she used with me, which for lack of a better term might be described as
"broken", and what I imagine to be her translation of her Chinese,her internal (内在的) language.and for that I
sought to preserve the essence, but neither an English nor a Chinese structure:I wanted to catch what language
ability tests can never show; her intention, her feelings, the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her
thoughts. | | 1. By saying "Language is the tool of my trade", the author means that _____. | | [ ] | A. she uses English in foreign trade
B. she is fascinated by languages
C. she works as a translator
D. she is a writer by profession | | 2. The author used to think of her mother"s English as _____. | | [ ] | A. impolite
B. amusing
C. imperfect
D. practical | | 3. Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 3? | | [ ] | A. Americans do not understand broken English.
B. The author"s mother was not respected sometimes.
C. The author" mother had positive influence on her.
D. Broken English always reflects imperfect thoughts. | | 4. The author gradually realizes her mother"s English is _____. | | [ ] | A. well structured
B. in the old style
C. easy to translate
D. rich in meaning | | 5. What is the passage mainly about? | | [ ] | A. The changes of the author"s attitude to her mother"s English.
B. The limitation of the author"s perception of her mother.
C. The author"s misunderstanding of "limited" English.
D. The author"s experiences of using broken English. | | 完形填空。 | My mom passed away on April 22, 1991. I was the last person she had spoken with. I didn"t have a great
life, but I had what I 1 so I was very angry with my mother. She had a car accident in 1989, which took
her 2 . I would not go to see my mother die. I could not feel bad, 3 could I feel any pleasure. Thank God,
she 4 through the night, because I would never fogive myself for not seeing her, if she had died. My mom
suffered 5 anyone I have ever heard. She broke 7 ribs (肋骨), broke 6 legs, ankles and knees.
She lived, thank God. The doctors said that she would not be able to 7 as an "able" person. My mom
blew these people out of the water! I was there when she died April 22, 1991. She walked, talked, and did 8 ,
besides, she added in being the "Mom" I always 9 for.
However, finally she 10 on April 22, and I was home.
My mom told me many things on the Saturday, before she died. I told her about all of my pain, just 11 she
was actually listening to me! Needless to say,my mom is a woman with so much 12 . I learned this too late. It
was at that time that I 13 that my mother devoted all her 14 and care to me.
She came to me in a 15 one week after her death. I did not 16 at the funeral. I had to be 17 , like my mom
was. All I wanted to do is to 18 my mom. I had the most 19 dream of my life. My mom came to me, and she
looked so pretty, and healthy! I asked her why she was "here" (in my dream), and she 20 the last "hug". I
hugged her so hard in my dream that I asked her, "Did I hurt you?" And she said, "I don"t hurt anymore." | ( )1. A. had
( )2. A. happiness
( )3. A. and
( )4. A. got
( )5. A. more than
( )6. A. neither
( )7. A. run
( )8. A. nothing
( )9. A. hoped
( )10. A. passed by
( )11. A. as
( )12. A. fun
( )13. A. realized
( )14. A. pride
( )15. A. dream
( )16. A. mourn
( )17. A. rich
( )18. A. see
( )19. A. terrible
( )20. A. explained | B. did
B. fortune
B. so
B. survived
B. rather than
B. both
B. talk
B. something
B. waited
B. passed away
B. when
B. money
B. recalled
B. love
B. imagination
B. glance
B. strong
B. greet
B. interesting
B. mentioned | C. was
C. chance
C. nor
C. carried
C. less than
C. either
C. break
C. everything
C. looked
C. passed off
C. since
C. pain
C. recognized
C. worries
C. memory
C. blame
C. insistent
C. hug
C. beautiful
C. told | D. have
D. life
D. either
D. passed
D. other than
D. each
D. walk
D. none
D. sought
D. passed on
D. because
D. dream
D. recovered
D. anxiety
D. reality
D. cry
D. careful
D. help
D. forgetful
D. answered | | 阅读理解。 | It was a cool, rainy day and it was the day before Thanksgiving-the first one my three children and I would
be spending without their father, who passed away several months ago. Now the two older children were sick
with the flu. I hurried around, trying to care for each child:thermometers, medicine, juice, bread. I found the
children had run out of fruits. But what almost broke me down was that I only had $2.50 left-and this should
last until the end of the month.
That"s when I heard the phone ring. It was the secretary from our former church,and she told me that they
had been thinking about us and had something to give us. I called at the church on my way to the market just
before lunch. The church secretary met me at the door and handed me two currency notes (流通券), each
worth $20. I was so moved that I cried.
Then I drove on to a store near our home for something needed for the children. The things I picked up cost
me a little over $14.00, and I handed the cashier (收银员) one note. She took it and looked at it for a long time.
I thought something might be wrong and told her that I was a single parent and how I got it. With tears in her
eyes, the cashier said that morning she had prayed (祈祷) to help someone, and I gave her the chance. She
added a turkey to my items (货物), took out two $20 bills and paid for my items. Once more I was moved to
tears.
As I walked to my car, I was still moved by the stranger"s love and realized that God loves my family. He
shows us his love through others" hands. | | 1. What made the author become sad the day before Thanksgiving? | | [ ] | A. It was cool and raining outside.
B. Her two older children got the flu.
C. Her children had no fruits to eat.
D. She almost had no money to support her family. | | 2. Why did the cashier look at the author"s note for a long time? | | [ ] | A. Because she wanted to know how the author got it.
B. Because she couldn"t believe the author was so poor.
C. Because she thought the auhor stole it from somebody else.
D. Because she was glad she had a chance to help someone. | | 3. What did the cashier do for the author? | | [ ] | A. She paid for all the author"s items in the store.
B. She gave the author $40 and a turkey for free.
C. She made sure the note was true.
D. She believed the author and moved her to tears. | | 4. We can infer from the passage that _____. | | [ ] | A. the author"s husband lived in another place
B. people often do good things only near Thanksgiving
C. life was hard for the author and her children
D. the author was a person who always cried | | 阅读理解。 | One day, when we had been riding in the burning sun for five hours, we came to a narrow, shaky bridge
where a railway crossed a stagnant (发臭的) pond. For 30 feet there was nothing but the widely-spaced
wooden sleepers under our wheels, and nothing to stop us from falling into the steaming bot below if we
overbalanced. Right under the bridge lay the body of a dead cow. I watched Mat as hc approached the bridge
and rode straight over, without even slowing down. I stopped.
"What"s up?" he shouted, from the other side.
"I"m not riding over that thing. If I fail, I"ll be there with that cow!"
"There"s nothing to it. I just did it, didn"t I?"
"You"re stronger and taller. My feet can"t touch the ground. You do it for me!"
Mat said strength didn"t come into it and rode off,leaving me staring down into the sickly brown soup. He
would be waiting for me around the next corner, but I knew he would oive me at least ar hour before coming
to help. The sun burned my face; sweat ran off my forehead into my eyes and stuck my shirt to my body;
mosquitoes flew into my mouth when I breathed. To stand still in this place was to kill myself; anyway, to sit
around waiting for Mat to help was more than my feminist pride could take. I rode back along the track a f"ew
hundred yards to get a good run-up (助跑) and over I went. Mat was right: all the obstacles were in my mind. | | 1. The author stopped near the bridge because _____. | | [ ] | A. she was tired and wanted to have a rest
B. she found a dead cow under the bridge
C. she was afraid of failing off the bridge
D. she didn"t know how to cross the bridge | | 2. Why did Mat refuse to help the author? | | [ ] | A. He wanted to finish the journey as soon as possible.
B. He felt she should overcome her fear by herself.
C. He didn"t believe she was really afraid.
D. He knew she was too proud to accept his help. | | 3. What does the underlined part "sickly brown soup" in the last paragraph ref"er to? | | [ ] | A. The body of a dead cow.
B. The mud on the wheels.
C. The dirty water in the pond.
D. The author"s food for the journey. | | 4. According to the last paragraph,the author seems to believe that _____. | | [ ] | A. nothing is difficult to the man who will try
B. a friend in need is a friend indeed
C. you can"t make something out of nothing
D. well begun is half done | | 完形填空。 | Steve and Mark were good friends. They decided to spend their vacation in Haiti. Since they 1 no
French, they took a French word book with them and hoped it would help them in difficult situations.
The flight was 2 , and the hotel was very comfortable. Each day after breakfast, Steve and Mark
3 a picnic lunch and dinner and went off to visit interesting places. After a while, the boys became tired
of 4 picnic meals and decided to eat a big fish dinner in a good restaurant. Unfortunately, they 5 their
word book in the hotel.
They 6 the menu carefully. After ten minutes, Steve said to Mark:
"I don"t understand this menu."
"Neither do I," said Mark. "I see poison on this menu. Are they 7 here?"
"Maybe. They even spelled poison 8 . They spelled it p- o-s-s-o-n instead of p-o-i-s-o-n. But it 9
mean the same thing. Maybe we should go to another restaurant. I don"t 10 to eat something that will kill
me."
But Mark was 11 , so he said:"There is no other restaurant near here, and I"m tired of walking around
the city. Let"s order something else instead. It"s 12 here, so the food must be good. "The boys looked at
the menu again. They finally decided to order steak, 13 they really wanted fish. The boys just pointed to
the word steak, and the waiter 14 .
As they were eating they 15 some tourists speaking English.
"This 16 is delicious."
"We"re lucky we picked a restaurant that"s famous for its fish."
Steve and Mark wondered about what they 17 .
"Famous for its fish? There was no fish on 18 !" said Mark.
Finally, Steve decided to find out what all this was about.
"Excuse me, how did you order fish when it wasn"t on the menu?"
"Sure it"s on the menu. It"s right here. Poisson."
The boy shouted:
"Poisson. That"s 19 ! We were wondering why a restaurant like this could have poison on the menu."
The tourists 20 . One of them said:
"No. Poisson is French for fish." | ( )1. A. learned
( )2. A. terrible
( )3. A. packed
( )4. A. buying
( )5. A. reviewed
( )6. A. checked
( )7. A. crazy
( )8. A. silly
( )9. A. must
( )10. A. have
( )11. A. tired
( )12. A. quiet
( )13. A. since
( )14. A. realized
( )15. A. heard
( )16. A. steak
( )17. A. bought
( )18. A. the table
( )19. A. poison
( )20. A. agreed | B. spoke
B. booked
B. ordered
B. suffering
B. kept
B. studied
B. stupid
B. right
B. should
B. expect
B. puzzled
B. crowded
B. because
B. recognized
B. met
B. meal
B. discovered
B. show
B. wrong
B. stopped | C. taught
C. excellent
C. carried
C. eating
C. lost
C. compared
C. cruel
C. simply
C. can
C. want
C. scared
C. convenient
C. and
C. understood
C. found
C. fish
C. picked
C. the menu
C. it
C. screamed | D. knew
D. delayed
D. cooked
D. enjoying
D. left
D. observed
D. funny
D. wrong
D. would
D. dare
D. endangered
D. comfortable
D. although
D. satisfied
D. noticed
D. food
D. selected
D. sale
D. dangerous
D. laughed |
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