I came to study in the US last fall. My life had been 1 since I arrived at Andover. Although I had several
outside-class activities, I hadn"t taken any official leadership position.
This 2 changed when I received an e-mail from Ms Griffith, my cluster (一组, 一群) dean (主任), 3
that a new female DC Rep was needed. DC Rep 4 Discipline Committee Representative. 5 boarding
school (寄宿学校) students break serious rules, like using 6 , getting drunk or cheating in their studies. The
punishments given to such students are 7 by a DC Rep, a house adviser, two student representatives, the
cluster president and the cluster dean. I was interested in becoming a DC Rep for my cluster, Pine Knoll, 8
so were other students. We had to hold an election and Ms Griffith asked us to write 9 to be sent to
everyone in Pine Knoll.
I thought hard about what to write. I didn"t want to make any 10 , because they are difficult to keep. So I
started my speech by explaining 11 I wanted to become a DC Rep. "I want to serve Pine Knoll and also learn
how American boarding schools carry out discipline," I wrote 12 .
I made three 13 that said, "Vote For Teresa" and put them on every exit of my dorm (宿舍) so that people
would 14 my name when they went to vote.
Although I tried hard, I didn"t win the election. I was 15 , but my positive (乐观的) nature did not allow me
to 16 for very long. I actually 17 when my friends tried to 18 me, "Teresa, I am sorry."
"Don"t be sorry for me. I"m very happy to have taken part in the election," I said.
It is true that the process is much more important than the 19 . I am surprised and happy to 20 my
hidden courage. |
( )1. A. hard
( )2. A. condition
( )3. A. explaining
( )4. A. stands for
( )5. A. Usually
( )6. A. computers
( )7. A. realized
( )8. A. but
( )9. A. articles
( )10. A. mistakes
( )11. A. how
( )12. A. openly
( )13. A. posters
( )14. A. recognize
( )15. A. satisfied
( )16. A. put down
( )17. A. smiled
( )18. A. encourage
( )19. A. reason
( )20. A. know | B. terrible
B. situation
B. writing
B. asks for
B. Sometimes
B. drugs
B. given
B. although
B. speeches
B. movements
B. whether
B. easily
B. advertisements
B. remember
B. surprised
B. feel down
B. cried
B. cheer
B. attitude
B. find | C. happy
C. time
C. saying
C. calls for
C. Often
C. cars
C. determined
C. or
C. compositions
C. promises
C. when
C. fluently
C. pictures
C. forget
C. disappointed
C. look down
C. laughed
C. comfort
C. result
C. invent | D. simple
D. life
D. talking
D. looks for
D. Seldom
D. mobiles
D. made
D. therefore
D. introductions
D. requests
D. why
D. honestly
D. rules
D. see
D. helpless
D. lie down
D. sorrowed
D. persuade
D. aim
D. discover |
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核心考点
试题【完形填空。 I came to study in the US last fall. My life had been 1 since I 】；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。 | Sometimes you make a wish, but when it comes, you decide you don"t want it. That"s what happened with
Micky"s "birthday wish".
Our family tradition is that you make a wish before you blow out the birthday candle. After he blew out the
candle, Micky told us that his wish was to win a prize in the Pine Ridge-match. We quickly told Micky, "If you
tell people your wish, your wish won"t come true." So we lit the candle again, and he made another wish. Micky
and Paul were both supposed to start playing at 5:30.
When Micky reported to the check-in table, the game organizers told him his opponent (对手) had phoned
and said he was coming late. The officials told Micky he could choose not to play and be declared the victor of
the first round of competition.
But Micky said he didn"t want to win by not playing. He wanted the experience of playing a great player.
Finally, the beast showed up. He was tall, smiling and relaxed. His serve (发球) was like lightning.
Micky had some good returns, but he lost quickly, 6-1, 6-0.
We congratulated Micky on having some good returns and a few great serves. And we noted that he had
won the first game.
"I didn"t win that game," Micky said. "I think he just gave it to me at the beginning because he arrived late."
"It was a birthday present." I said, smiling.
"No, I refused my birthday present," Micky said. In his eyes, his "birthday present" had been the chance to
win by his opponent"s being late.
Micky ended up winning the "consolation prize (鼓励奖)" a small prize that we didn"t know existed until
Micky earned it by being undefeated in the consolation bracket (档次).
We"ll" never know what Micky"s second wish was-the wish he didn"t share with us.
It seems to me that no matter how many birthdays you celebrate, as long as you enjoy challenges, you will
never be "old". | | 1. What kind of person is Micky? | | [ ] | A. A person who always gives up.
B. A person who is afraid of challenges.
C. One who enjoys challenges.
D. One who is selfish. | | 2. Why did Micky lose the match? | | [ ] | A. Because he gave up a good chance.
B. Because he let the others know his birthday wish.
C. Because he was proud of himself.
D. Because his opponent played much better than him | | 3. The prize Micky won was _____. | | [ ] | A. one he had expected
B. not a well-known one
C. a famous one
D. one he thought meaningless | | 4. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _____. | | [ ] | A. enjoying challenges is helpful for one to keep "young"
B. one will become old as he celebrates his birthdays
C. one will stay young by continuously celebrating his birthdays
D. challenges can make one never get old | | 完形填空。 | Teaching second grade is always a challenge. Each student arrives at school with his own needs and
difficulties. One year, a student called Billy 1 me with his behavior as well as his academic requirements.
He struggled daily with his 2 emotions and often became angry or violent. I knew that, to make 3
progress, his emotions needed controlling.
One 4 I tried to help Billy was to have him come directly into the classroom when he arrived at school.
Billy"s mom would 5 me to alert (警告) me to a particularly emotional morning at home. Then, I would
focus on 6 his anger and calming him down before the other students arrived.
One week our class was studying 7 . I thought one way to bring learning into the classroom was to
bring my dog Rocky to school for the day.
That day began as normal. I was preparing activities focused on dog themes 8 I was told that Billy
had a 9 morning at home and I might need to get him 10 . As I was talking to his mom, Billy 11 into
the classroom. To Billy"s 12 , Rocky immediately ran up to his new 13 , wagging his tail and licking Billy"s
face with doggy affection. Billy couldn"t 14 Rocky"s charm (魅力) and began laughing as his anger melted
away.
Throughout the day, Billy never left Rocky"s side, feeding him, being gentle with him and even 15 the
other students while Rocky was sleeping.
Billy was known for doing anything he could to avoid 16 , but on this day he found a good dog story,
"Clifford"s Puppy Days," and read it to Rocky. How 17 I was at the sight of Billy reading happily! My little
dog was able to 18 Billy"s day from one of anger and frustration to one of laughter, gentleness and 19 .
That day Rocky more than helped me with my 20 ; he helped to change the life of a child! After that
Billy"s behavior definitely improved. | ( )1. A. challenged
( )2. A. unforgettable
( )3. A. physical
( )4. A. advantage
( )5. A. awake
( )6. A. tolerating
( )7. A. emotions
( )8. A. after
( )9. A. boring
( )10. A. settled
( )11. A. fled
( )12. A. surprise
( )13. A. protector
( )14. A. resist
( )15. A. educating
( )16. A. exploding
( )17. A. surprised
( )18. A. urge
( )19. A. admiration
( )20. A. family | B. cheated
B. uncontrollable
B. mental
B. agenda
B. call
B. observing
B. pets
B. as
B. fantastic
B. punished
B. stormed
B. delight
B. trainer
B. describe
B. envying
B. reading
B. disappointed
B. shorten
B. curiosity
B. teaching | C. benefited
C. unconscious
C. academic
C. reason
C. visit
C. relieving
C. botany
C. when
C. busy
C. treated
C. jogged
C. shame
C. friend
C. reduce
C. comforting
C. arguing
C. amused
C. transform
C. anxiety
C. housework | D. betrayed
D. unfortunate
D. authentic
D. way
D. sign
D. ignoring
D. diet
D. before
D. rough
D. excited
D. floated
D. fear
D. owner
D. forget
D. quieting
D. apologizing
D. confused
D. expand
D. love
D. performance | | 阅读理解。 | The thing is, my luck"s always been ruined. Just look at my name: Jean. Not Jean Marie, or Jeanine, or
Jeanette, or even Jeanne. Just Jean. Did you know in France, they name boys Jean? It"s French for John.
And okay, I don"t live in France. But still, I"m basically a girl named John, If I lived in France, anyway.
This is the kind of luck I"ve had since before Mom even filled out my birth certificate. So it wasn"t any
big surprise to me when the cab driver didn"t help me with my suitcase. I"d already had to tolerate arriving
at the airport to find no one there to greet me, and then got no answer to my many phone calls, asking
where my aunt and uncle were. Did they not want me after all? Had they changed their minds? Had they
heard about my bad luck-all the way from Iowa-and decided they didn"t want any of it to rub off on them?
So when the cab driver, instead of getting out and helping me with my bags, just pushed a little button
so that the trunk (汽车后备箱) popped open a few inches, it wasn"t the worst thing that had ever happened
to me. It wasn"t even the worst thing that had happened to me that day.
According to my mom, most brownstones in New York City were originally single-family homes when
they were built way back in the 1800s. But now they"ve been divided up into apartments, so that there"s
one-or sometimes even two or more families-per floor.
Not Mom"s sister Evelyn"s brownstone, though. Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Ted Gardiner own all four floors
of their brownstone. That"s practically one floor per person, since Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Ted only have three
kids, my cousins Tory, Teddy, and Alice.
Back home, we just have two floors, but there are seven people living on them. And only one bathroom.
Not that I"m complaining. Still, ever since my sister Courtney discovered blow-outs, it"s been pretty frightful
at home.
But as tall as my aunt and uncle"s house was, it was really narrow-just three windows across. Still, it was
a very pretty townhouse, painted gray. The door was a bright, cheerful yellow. There were yellow flower
boxes along the base of each window, flower boxes from which bright red-and obviously newly planted,
since it was only the middle of April, and not quite warm enough for them.
It was nice to know that, even in a sophisticated (世故的) city like New York, people still realized how
homey and welcoming a box of flowers could be. The sight of those flowers cheered me up a little.
Like maybe Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Ted just forgot I was arriving today, and hadn"t deliberately failed to
meet me at the airport because they"d changed their minds about letting me come to stay.
Like everything was going to be all right, after all.
Yeah. With my luck, probably not.
I started up the steps to the front door of 326 East Sixty-Ninth Street, then realized I couldn"t make it
with both bags and my violin. Leaving one bag on the sidewalk, I dragged the other up the steps with me.
Maybe I took the steps a little too fast, since I nearly tripped and fell flat on my face on the sidewalk. I
managed to catch myself at the last moment by grabbing some of the fence the gardeners had put up. | | 1. Why did the author go to New York? | | [ ] | A. She intended to go sightseeing there.
B. She meant to stay with her aunt"s family.
C. She was homeless and adopted by her aunt.
D. She wanted to try her luck and find a job there. | | 2. According to the author, some facts account for her bad luck EXCEPT that _____. | | [ ] | A. she was given a boy"s name in French
B. the cab driver didn"t help her with her bags
C. her sister Courtney discovered blow-outs
D. nobody had come to meet her at the airport | | 3. The underlined phrase "rub off on" in Paragraph 3 probably means _____. | | [ ] | A. have an effect on
B. play tricks on
C. put pressure on
D. throw doubt on | | 4. From the passage, we can know that _____. | | [ ] | A. the author left home without informing her mother
B. the author arrived in New York in a very warm season
C. her aunt"s family lived a much better life than her own
D. her aunt and uncle were likely to forget about her arrival | | 完形填空。 | Once there was a king who liked pictures very much. One day, he 1 a prize to the artist who would paint
the best picture of peace. Many artists 2 . The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only two he 3
liked, and he had to choose between them.
One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect 4 for peaceful towering mountains all around
it. 5 was a blue sky with fluffy (蓬松的) white clouds. All who saw this 6 thought that it was a perfect
picture of peace.
7 picture had mountains, too. But these were large, rough and 8 . Above was an angry sky, from which
rain fell and in which lightning 9 . Down the side of the mountain 10 a foaming (起泡沫的) waterfall. This
did not look 11 at all.
But when the king looked 12 , he saw behind the waterfall a tiny 13 growing in a crack in the rock. In the
bush a mother bird had built her 14 . There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on her
nest- 15 perfect peace.
Which picture do you think won the prize? The king 16 the second picture. Do you know why?
"Because," 17 the king, "peace does not mean to be in a place 18 there is no noise, trouble, or hard work.
Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and 19 be calm in your heart. That is the real 20 of peace." | ( )1. A. afforded
( )2. A. collected
( )3. A. hardly
( )4. A. bowl
( )5. A. Outward
( )6. A. prize
( )7. A. The one
( )8. A. bare
( )9. A. played
( )10. A. connected
( )11. A. hopeful
( )12. A. regularly
( )13. A. flower
( )14. A. house
( )15. A. of
( )16. A. protect
( )17. A. explained
( )18. A. which
( )19. A. thus
( )20. A. story | B. offered
B. planned
B. slightly
B. mirror
B. Indoors
B. result
B. Another
B. fresh
B. screamed
B. floated
B. peaceful
B. suddenly
B. ground
B. business
B. in
B. forced
B. described
B. where
B. even
B. meaning | C. accepted
C. tried
C. really
C. plate
C. Overhead
C. artist
C. Other
C. green
C. wandered
C. fell
C. successful
C. closely
C. tree
C. nest
C. by
C. depended
C. reminded
C. whose
C. also
C. source | D. canceled
D. directed
D. generally
D. cover
D. Downhill
D. picture
D. The other
D. distant
D. cheered
D. rose
D. careful
D. casually
D. bush
D. relationship
D. for
D. chose
D. persuaded
D. that
D. still
D. history | | 完形填空。 | Several years ago, while attending a communication course, I experienced a most unusual process. The
instructor asked us to list 1 in our past that we felt 2 of, regretted, or incomplete about and read our lists
aloud.
This seemed like a very 3 process, but there" s always some 4 soul in the crowd who will volunteer.
The instructor then 5 that we find ways to 6 people, or take some action to right any wrongdoings. I was
seriously wondering how this could ever 7 my communication.
Then the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story. Making my 8 , I remembered an
incident from high school. I grew up in a small town. There was a Sheriff 9 of us kids liked. One night, my
two friends and I decided to play a 10 on him.
After drinking a few beers, we climbed the tall water tank in the middle of the town, and wrote on the tank
in bright red paint: Sheriff Brown is an s.o.b. The next day, almost the whole town saw our glorious 11 .
Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had us in his office. My friends told the truth but I lied. No one 12 found
out.
Nearly 20 years later, Sheriff Brown"s name 13 on my list. I didn"t even know if he was still 14 . Last
weekend, I dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a Roger Brown still listed. I tried his
number. After a few 15 , I heard, "Hello?" I said, "Sheriff Brown?" Paused. "Yes." "Well, this is Jimmy
Calkins."
"And I want you to know that I did it!" Paused. "I knew it!" he yelled back. We had a good laugh and a 16
discussion. His closing words were: "Jimmy, I always felt bad for you 17 your friends got it off their chest,
but you were carrying it 18 all these years. I want to thank you for calling me…for your sake."
Jimmy inspired me to 19 all 101 items on my list within two years, and I always remember what I learned
from the course: It" s never too late to 20 the past wrongdoings. | ( )1. A. something
( )2. A. ashamed
( )3. A. private
( )4. A. foolish
( )5. A. expected
( )6. A. connect with
( )7. A. improve
( )8. A. notes
( )9. A. any
( )10. A. part
( )11. A. view
( )12. A. also
( )13. A. appears
( )14. A. angry
( )15. A. words
( )16. A. cold
( )17. A. in case
( )18. A. around
( )19 A. build up
( )20. A. regret | B. anything
B. afraid
B. secret
B. polite
B. suggested
B. depend on
B. continue
B. list
B. most
B. game
B. sign
B. even
B. considers
B. happy
B. rings
B. plain
B. so long as
B. out
B. make up
B. forgive | C. somebody
C. sure
C. interesting
C. simple
C. ordered
C. make apologies to
C. realize
C. plan
C. none
C. trick
C. attention
C. still
C. presents
C. doubtful
C. repeats
C. nervous
C. unless
C. up
C. clear up
C. right | D. anybody
D. proud
D. funny
D. brave
D. demanded
D. get along with
D. keep
D. stories
D. all
D. record
D. remark
D. ever
D. remembers
D. alive
D. calls
D. lively
D. because
D. away
D. give up
D. punish |
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