I went to a group activity, “Sensitivity Sunday”， which was to make us more ___ the problems faced by disabled people. We were asked to “ ____ a disability” for several hours one Sunday. Some members，____ chose to use wheelchairs. Others wore soundblocking earplugs(耳塞)or blindfolds(眼罩)．
Just sitting in the wheelchair was a ___ experience. I had never considered before how ____ it would be to use one. As soon as I sat down, my ____ made the chair begin to roll. Its wheels were not ____. Then I wondered where to put my ____. It took me quite a while to get the metal footrest into ____. I took my first uneasy look at what was to be my only means of ____ for several hours. For disabled people, “adopting a wheelchair” is not a temporary(临时的) ____.
I tried to find a ____ position and thought it might be restful, ____ kind of nice, to be ____ around for a while. Looking around, I ____ I would have to handle the thing myself! My hands started to ache as I ___ the heavy metal wheels. I came to know that controlling the ____ of the wheelchair as not going to be a(n)____ task.
My wheelchair experiment was soon ___. It made a deep impression on me. A few hours of “disability” gave me only a taste of the ____， both physical and mental, that disabled people must overcome.
| 小题1: | | A．curious about | B．interested in | | C．aware of | D．careful with |
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| 小题2: | | A．cure | B．prevent | | C．adopt | D．analyze |
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| 小题3: | | A．instead | B．strangely | | C．as usual | D．like me |
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| 小题4: | | A．learning | B．working | | C．satisfying | D．relaxing |
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| 小题5: | | A．convenient | B．awkward | | C．boring | D．exciting |
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| 小题6: | | A．height | B．force | | C．skill | D．weight |
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| 小题7: | | A．locked | B．repaired | | C．powered | D．grasped |
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| 小题8: | | A．hands | B．feet | | C．keys | D．handles |
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| 小题9: | | A．place | B．action | | C．play | D．effect |
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| 小题10: | | A．operation | B．communication | | C．transportation | D．production |
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| 小题11: | | A．exploration | B．education | | C．experiment | D．entertainment |
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| 小题12: | | A．flexible | B．safe | | C．starting | D．comfortable |
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| 小题14: | | A．shown | B．pushed | | C．driven | D．guided |
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| 小题15: | | A．realized | B．suggested | | C．agreed | D．admitted |
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| 小题16: | | A．lifted | B．turned | | C．pressed | D．seized |
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| 小题17: | | A．path | B．position | | C．direction | D．way |
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| 小题18: | | A．easy | B．heavy | | C．major | D．extra |
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| 小题19: | | A．forgotten | B．repeated | | C．conducted | D．finished |
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| 小题20: | | A．weaknesses | B．challenges | | C．anxieties | D．illnesses |
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小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:B
小题6:D
小题7:A
小题8:B
小题9:A
小题10:C
小题11:C
小题12:D
小题13:D
小题14:B
小题15:A
小题16:B
小题17:C
小题18:A
小题19:D
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文章大意：本文记叙了作者参加“Sensitivity Sunday”这一活动，体验到了残疾人的艰辛和无助。
小题1:答案：C curious about对……好奇；interested in对……感兴趣；aware of意识到； careful with当心、小心。句意：这一活动目的是使我们意识到残疾人面对的问题。故C项正确。
小题2:答案：C cure治愈； prevent 阻止；analyze分析；adopt保持(姿势)。此处表示在这几个小时里，保持残疾的样子，故C项正确。
小题3:答案：D some...others...一些人……；另一些人……。句意：像我一样的人选择使用轮椅，另一些人戴阻止声音的耳塞或眼罩。
小题4:答案：A learning 学习； working 工作； satisfying 令人满意的； relaxing放松的。此处表示坐在轮椅里，充当残疾人也是一学习经历。
小题5:答案：B convenient方便的；awkward笨拙的，不灵活的； boring单调的，乏味的； exciting 使人兴奋的，令人激动的。句意：以前从来没有想过坐轮椅是多么的不灵活。
小题6:答案：D height身高； force力；武力； skill技能，技巧； weight重量，体重。我一坐上轮椅，我的体重就使得轮椅开始滚动。
小题7:答案：A 由上文可知，轮椅滚动，证明轮椅轮子没锁，故A项正确。
小题8:答案：B 由后面的footrest可知，此处表示我不知道把脚放在那里。
小题9:答案：A get...into place 把……放在恰当的位置。句意：我花了好长一段时间才把脚放进脚蹬里。
小题10:答案：C operation操作，经营；手术； communication通讯，通信；交流； transportation运输工具，运输，交通； production生产，制作；句意：在这几个小时里我第一次不安地看我唯一的交通手段是什么样的。故C项正确。
小题11:答案：C exploration探测，勘探，探险；education教育；教育学； experiment实验，试验；尝试； entertainment娱乐，消遣。句意：对残疾人来说，坐轮椅不是临时的尝试。
小题12:答案：D flexible灵活的；易弯曲的； safe 安全的； starting出发，开始；comfortable 舒适的；安逸的。在轮椅里，我设法找个舒服的位置。
小题13:答案：D 此处表示加强语气，前面有restful，让人得到休息的，后面进一步说“甚至有点好”，故D项正确。
小题14:答案：B 坐在轮椅里，让人推着，故B项正确。
小题15:答案：A 环顾四周，没找到人推我，所以我意识到只有自己转轮椅了。故A项正确。
小题16:答案：B lift举起；提升； turn转动； press压，按； seize抓住。由上一句话的handle可知，此处用turn。
小题17:答案：C 控制轮椅方向也不是一件容易事，故C项正确。
小题18:答案：A 与17解析一样。
小题19:答案：D 几个小时的坐轮椅尝试很快就结束了，但给我留下了很深的印象。故D项正确。
小题20:答案：B weaknesses虚弱； challenges 挑战； anxieties 焦虑；illnesses疾病。几个小时的残疾体验，使我意识到无能力活动是残疾人必须身心要挑战的事情。 |
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试题【I went to a group activity, “Sensitivity Sunday”， which was to make us more ___ 】；主要考察你对
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I used to believe in the American Dream, which meant a job, a mortgage(按揭)，credit cards, success. I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else, all of us ____ chasing the same thing.
One year, through a series of unhappy events, it all fell ____. I found myself homeless and alone. I had my truck and $56. I ____ the countryside for some place I could rent for the ___ possible amount. I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road ____ the Potomac River in West Virginia. It was ____， full of broken glass and rubbish. I found the owner, rented it, and ____ a corner to camp in.
The locals knew nothing about me, ____ slowly, they started teaching me the ____ of being a neighbor. They dropped off blankets, candles, and tools, and began ____ around to chat. They started to teach me a belief in a ____ American Dream—not the one of individual achievement but of ____.
What I had believed in, all those things I thought were ____ for a civilized life, were nonexistent in this place. ____ on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my ____ with my neighbors.
Four years later, I moved back into ____. I saw many people were having a really hard time, ____ their jobs and homes. I managed to rent a big enough house to ___ a handful of people. There are four of us now in the house，but over time I"ve had nine people come in and move on to other places. We"d all be in ____ if we hadn"t banded together.
The American Dream I believe in now is a shared one. It"s not so much about what I can get for myself; it"s about ____ we can all get by together.
| 小题1: | | A．separately | B．equally | | C．violently | D．naturally |
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| 小题3: | | A．crossed | B．left | | C．toured | D．searched |
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| 小题4: | | A．fullest | B．largest | | C．fairest | D．cheapest |
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| 小题5: | | A．at | B．through | | C．over | D．round |
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| 小题6: | | A．occupied | B．abandoned | | C．emptied | D．robbed |
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| 小题7: | | A．turned | B．approached | | C．cleared | D．cut |
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| 小题8: | | A．but | B．although | | C．otherwise | D．for |
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| 小题9: | | A．benefit | B．lesson | | C．nature | D．art |
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| 小题10: | | A．sticking | B．looking | | C．swinging | D．turning |
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| 小题11: | | A．wild | B．real | | C．different | D．remote |
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| 小题12: | | A．neighborliness | B．happiness | | C．friendliness | D．kindness |
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| 小题13: | | A．unique | B．expensive | | C．rare | D．necessary |
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| 小题15: | | A．cooperation | B．relationships | | C．satisfaction | D．appointments |
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| 小题16: | | A．reality | B．society | | C．town | D．life |
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| 小题17: | | A．creating | B．losing | | C．quitting | D．offering |
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| 小题18: | | A．put in | B．turn in | | C．take in | D．get in |
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| 小题19: | | A．yards | B．shelters | | C．camps | D．cottages |
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| 小题20: | | A．when | B．what | | C．whether | D．how |
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One year ago, I traveled 15,000 kilometers from Australia to the US. I am from a beachside town in the ____ of Sydney, and thought there would be almost no ____ differences between my home country and my ____. I was surprised at how wrong I was, and at ____ different the two countries could be.
The United States is ____ in almost every aspect. The buildings are gigantic (巨大的) and so are the people who ____ and work in them. At mealtimes, the portions (份额) often ____ to me to be big enough for three or four people. I once ____ a baked potato which turned out to be bigger than my head! This was a big ____ for me.
The longer I spent in the US, the more I started to ____ smaller differences like the culture of ____ in restaurants. In Australia we don"t tend to give a tip ____ the service has been really excellent. In the US you tip for ___ everything, even at the hairdresser. Waiters and shop assistants ____ to be given 15 percent of the bill, although in places ____ New York or Washington DC, a tip can be as much as 20 percent.
___， I also became more wary (谨慎的) of believing the stereotypes (成见) I had heard at home as I traveled. Not all Americans are ignorant of geography, for example.Despite this, certain stereotypes about places did seem to ____ true for me. There is an immense (强烈的) sense of speed in New York. Everyone ___ to and fro, and very seldom takes time to ____ the moment. This is very different from the Australian lifestyle. Australians are laid back. Even in a major city like Sydney, we “Aussies” take time to “stop and smell the roses”—very different from our American counterparts.
Navigating (驾驭) the culture divide between Australia and the US was challenging at times. But I took up that ____ and learned a lot from it. It was an adventure.
| 小题1: | | A．heart | B．city | | C．center | D．suburbs |
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| 小题2: | | A．cultural | B．commercial | | C．economic | D．scientific |
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| 小题3: | | A．home town | B．departure | | C．location | D．destination |
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| 小题4: | | A．how | B．why | | C．however | D．where |
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| 小题5: | | A．big | B．modern | | C．small | D．fashionable |
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| 小题6: | | A．travel | B．survive | | C．live | D．serve |
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| 小题7: | | A．happened | B．seemed | | C．proved | D．managed |
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| 小题8: | | A．brought | B．ordered | | C．designed | D．fetched |
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| 小题9: | | A．laughter | B．pleasure | | C．shock | D．embarrassment |
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| 小题10: | | A．prefer | B．notice | | C．tell | D．appreciate |
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| 小题11: | | A．serving | B．tipping | | C．donating | D．toasting |
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| 小题12: | | A．unless | B．if | | C．when | D．since |
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| 小题13: | | A．rarely | B．mostly | | C．almost | D．hardly |
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| 小题14: | | A．try | B．wait | | C．think | D．expect |
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| 小题16: | | A．So | B．Therefore | | C．However | D．But |
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| 小题17: | | A．come | B．become | | C．turn | D．get |
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| 小题18: | | A．walks | B．drives | | C．wanders | D．rushes |
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| 小题19: | | A．depend on | B．reflect on | | C．spy on | D．watch on |
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| 小题20: | | A．experience | B．job | | C．challenge | D．business |
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Scientists have long puzzled over how iguanas, a group of lizards(蜥蜴) mostly found in the Americas, came to live in the isolated Pacific islands of Fiji and Tonga. Some scientists used to suppose that they must have traveled there on a raft, a journey of around 5,000 miles from South America to the islands. There are documented cases of iguanas reaching remote Caribbean islands and the Galapagos Islands on floating logs. But new research in January by Brice Noonan and Jack Sites suggested that iguanas may have simply walked to Fiji and Tonga when the islands were still a part of an ancient southern supercontinent.
The ancient supercontinent was made up of present-day Africa, Australia, Antarctica and parts of Asia. If that’s the case, the island species would need to be very old. Using “molecular (分子) clock” analysis of living iguanas’ DNA, Noonan and Sites found that, sure enough, the lineage of iguanas has been around for more than 60 million years—easily old enough to have been in the area when the islands were still connected by land bridges to Asia or Australia.
Fossils (化石) uncovered in Mongolia suggest that iguanid ancestors did once live in Asia. Though there’s currently no fossil evidence of iguanas in Australia, that doesn’t necessarily mean they were never there. “The fossil record of this continent is surprisingly poor and cannot be taken as evidence of true absence,” the authors write.
So if the iguanas simply walked to Fiji and Tonga from Asia or possibly Australia, why are they not also found on the rest of the Pacific islands? Noonan and Sites say fossil evidence suggests that iguana species did once inhabit other islands, but went extinct right around the time when humans settled in those islands. But Fiji and Tonga have a much shorter history of human presence, which may have helped the iguanas living there to escape extinction.
The researchers say that their study can’t completely rule out the rafting theory, but it does make the land bridge theory “far more reasonable than previously thought.”
小题1: What did some scientists previously believe about the iguanas?| A．They were once discovered in America. | | B．They traveled by raft to Fiji and Tonga. | | C．They could survive in poor living conditions. | | D．They moved to Fiji and Tonga from Australia. |
小题2:According to Noonan and Sites, 60 million years ago ____. | A．the land of the world was a supercontinent | | B．Fiji and Tonga were connected to Asia or Australia | | C．Africa, Australia and America were a continent | | D．iguanas walked to Fiji and Tonga from Africa |
小题3:The underline word “lineage” in Paragraph 2 probably refers to ____.| A．conditions in which creatures can survive | | B．the change in ancient plants and animals. | | C．the line of generations of an ancestor | | D．the habitat of a type of an ancient animal |
小题4: What is the main topic of this passage? | A．The life span of animals living on the ancient supercontinent. | | B．The two islands being home to several iguana species in the Pacific region. | | C．The fossil evidence suggesting iguanas’ ancestors’ swimming to Fiji and Tonga | | D．By raft or by land — how did iguanas reach the tiny Pacific islands? |
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My grandmother Adele loved culture and was generous with its gifts. When I was a child, she took me to museums, restaurants, dances. She showered me with gifts from her travels around the world. But I can only remember her giving me one book—a book that, to this day, I have not read. She presented me with her own favorite childhood book: Hans Brinker. My grandmother was happy to share this book with me. She even decorated the title page with her proud writing.
I tried to read it. I adored reading, and would dive into a new pile of books from the library all at once. But something about Hans Brinker just wouldn’t let me in. The story was set in Holland, a long time ago. It felt dull and unfamiliar—even though I was a fan of classics of other times and places. I simply read the first pages over and over. I could not progress.
Standing on a bookshelf in our living room, the book was like something I avoided. It scolded me for not being interested, for not trying hard enough, for disappointing my grandmother.
The book started to fit in, almost forgotten, until Adele asked. Had I read it? Did I like it? Always determined, she wanted to know the answer. I would make some kind of excuse, feel bad, and open it again, hoping for a new reaction. The book weighed on me.
Years passed and finally Adele and I both accepted that I would never read Hans Brinker. Eventually I cleared the book from the shelf. The Hans Brinker experience led me to set a rule that I’ve lived by ever since: Do not ask about a book given as a gift. Don’t ask, despite your desire to discuss it to grow closer. The desire for such connection is what gives book-giving with special meaning—and increases the owner’s possibility to be a letdown.
Guilt is basically the same as for all gifts, though. If the giver doesn’t have the pleasure of seeing or hearing about the gift being enjoyed, and asks whether it is, then the owner—unless she can truthfully say “yes”—either has to admit to not liking the present, or else lie on the spot. Neither is pleasant. So, don’t ask.
小题1: When the author was a kid, his grandmother ________.| A．took him to travel around the world a lot | | B．loved to take him to museums and stores | | C．shared her childhood stories with him | | D．gave him many gifts |
小题2:What does the author think about the book his grandmother gave him?| A．Boring. | B．Interesting. | C．Puzzling. | D．Disappointing. |
小题3:The underlined sentence “The book weighed on me” in Paragraph 4 probably means _______.| A．the book is too heavy for the author to carry | | B．the author feels stressful facing the book | | C．the book is full of powerful viewpoints | | D．the author keeps reading the book |
小题4:. The author learns from the Hans Brinker’s experience that never________.| A．give others books as gifts | | B．lie to people who give you gifts | | C．get close to others through gifts | | D．talk about the books given as gifts |
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It has become the modern substitute of glancing at your watch—the furtive(偷偷的)look at a phone screen to check for new messages or have a quick look at Facebook．Researchers have now found why we often feel such a strong urge to glance at our handset．Using your mobile，they say，is easily affected by other people．
A University of Michigan team say people are twice as likely to pull out their phones to check their messages or emails if they’re with someone who has just done the same．It also found that females were more likely to use their mobile than men because it was more ‘consistent’ with the daily lives of women．
The team watched students in dining halls and coffee shops around campus，observing pairs of students sitting at tables for as long as 20 minutes and recorded their cellphone use at 1 0-second intervals．
“What we found most interesting was just how often people were using their mobile phones，” Dr Daniel Kruger， the study’s co-author, said．“Every person we observed used his／her phone at least once while one woman was on hers about half of the time．You may see others checking their incoming messages and be encouraged to check your own．’’
Overall，the students used their cellphones in an average of 24 percent，the researchers found．But they were significantly more likely to use their phones(39．5 percent)when their companion had just done so in the previous 10-second interval than without the social clue，the researchers said，adding that this behavior was often repeated．
Cell phones create an alternative way for one’s attention and may both promote and interrupt ongoing social activities，the researchers wrote．
Kruger believes this pattern could be related to the effects of social acceptance and rejection．If one person in a pair engages in another conversation through their phone，his or her companion may feel rejected．That companion then might be forced to connect with others from outside so as not to feel left out．
小题1:People’s strong desire to check their messages partly results from ___________．| A．the modern substitute of their watches | | B．the new messages of their handsets | | C．the same behavior of other people | | D．the update service of Facebook |
小题2:Why do women use their phones more frequently?| A．They want to show off their modern mobiles． | | B．They are more likely to be influenced by others． | | C．They try to set a good example for others． | | D．They desire to meet the demands of society． |
小题3:How might one feel when his companion is busy checking messages?| A．Relaxed． | B．Ashamed． | | C．Surprised． | D．Ignored． |
小题4: The underlined part“this behavior” in Paragraph 5 refers to _______________．| A．using the cellphones | B．receiving social clues | | C．joining in activities | D．engaging in conversations |
小题5:Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?| A．Social Acceptance And Rejection | | B．Females Use Mobiles More than Men | | C．How Do People Check Messages? | | D．Cellphone Use Is Spreading |
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