The Little Angel
Sally jumped up the moment she saw the surgeon(外科医生） come out of the operating room. She asked, “How is my little boy?”
The surgeon said, “I’m ____. We did all we could, but your boy didn’t ____ it.”
Sally ____into the chair. The surgeon asked, “Would you like some time with your son before he was transported to the ____?” Sally nodded. While saying goodbye, she ran her fingers ____ through his thick curly hair. “Would you like a lock（一撮）of his hair?” the surgeon asked. Sally nodded yes. The surgeon cut a few hairs, and handed them to Sally. The mother said, “It was Jimmy’s idea to ____ his body to the university for study. He said it might ____ somebody else. “I said no at first, ____ Jimmy said, ‘Mom, I won’t be using it after I die. Maybe it will help some other little boy spend one more day with his Mom.’”
“My Jimmy had a heart of ____, always thinking of someone else, always wanting to help others if he could.” she went on.
Sally walked out of the hospital. She put the bag with Jimmy’s ____ on the seat beside her in the car. The drive home was ____. It was even harder to enter the ____ house. She carried Jimmy’s belongings, and the lock of his hair to her son’s room. She started placing the model cars and other personal things back in his room ____ where he had always kept them. She lay down across his bed and, hugging his pillow, ____ herself to sleep.
It was around midnight when Sally ____. Lying beside her on the bed was a letter. The letter said,
“Dear Mom,
I know you’re going to ____ me, and me too. I will always love you, Mom, even more ____ each passing day. Someday we will see each other again. Until then, if you want to ____a little boy so you won’t be so lonely, that’s OK with me. He can have my room and old toys to play with.
Don’t be sad thinking about me. I don’t hurt any more. The cancer is all ____. I don’t have to stand that ____any more. The angels in Heaven are so tender. They say I’m a Special Angel! I love you, Mom.”
| 小题1: | | A．worried | B．sorry | C．happy | D．grateful |
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| 小题3: | | A．knocked | B．looked | C．sank | D．got |
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| 小题4: | | A．house | B．church | C．hospital | D．university |
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| 小题5: | | A．anxiously | B．lovingly | C．patiently | D．angrily |
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| 小题6: | | A．donate | B．move | C．show | D．lend |
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| 小题7: | | A．affect | B．help | C．protect | D．impress |
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| 小题9: | | A．gold | B．stone | C．wisdom | D．bravery |
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| 小题10: | | A．toys | B．clothes | C．belongings | D．letters |
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| 小题11: | | A．long | B．smooth | C．difficult | D．dangerous |
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| 小题12: | | A．empty | B．familiar | C．big | D．old |
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| 小题13: | | A．roughly | B．exactly | C．especially | D．possibly |
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| 小题14: | | A．put | B．sent | C．cried | D．buried |
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| 小题15: | | A．wrote | B．spoke | C．slept | D．awoke |
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| 小题16: | | A．understand | B．forgive | C．leave | D．miss |
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| 小题18: | | A．save | B．host | C．visit | D．adopt |
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| 小题19: | | A．lost | B．gone | C．cured | D．spotted |
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| 小题20: | | A．depression | B．sadness | C．pain | D．stress |
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小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:D
小题5:B
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:A
小题10:C
小题11:C
小题12:A
小题13:B
小题14:C
小题15:D
小题16:D
小题17:A
小题18:D
小题19:B
小题20:C |
试题分析：本文讲述莎莉的儿子死于癌症，并且把遗体捐献给大学做研究，妈妈十分不舍，在孩子的床上发现儿子写给自己的信，安慰妈妈不要悲伤，天堂的天使是很温柔的。
小题1:B考查形容词辨析A. worried着急的；B. sorry对不起；C. happy高兴的；D. grateful感激的；句意：医生说，对不起。我们已经尽力。根据上文提到Sally jumped up the moment she saw the surgeon(外科医生） come out of the operating room.在手术室外等待医生，可见医生说尽力了，所以是对不起。
小题2:A考查动词辨析A. make 使；B. pass经过；C. win赢得；D. like喜欢；句意：我们已经尽力了，但你的孩子已经不行了。根据下方提到The surgeon asked, “Would you like some time with your son before he was transported to the ____?”可知孩子死了，故选A项。
小题3:C考查动词辨析A. knocked敲；B. looked看；C. sank下沉；D. got得到；句意：莎莉一下子坐到椅子上。根据上文提到We did all we could, but your boy didn’t ____ it.”可知母亲经受不起这样的打击，一下坐到椅子上。
小题4:D考查名词辨析A. house房子；B. church教堂；C. hospital医院；D. university大学；句意：在他被送到大学之前你需要看看你儿子吗？根据“It was Jimmy’s idea to ____ his body to the university for study.可知把儿子送去大学做研究，故选D项。
小题5:B考查副词辨析A. anxiously焦虑地；B. lovingly柔情地；C. patiently耐心地；D. angrily生气地；句意：当说再见时，她温柔地抚摸着儿子浓密的卷发。根据语境，母亲与儿子说再见时，不舍地爱抚着，故选B项。
小题6:A 考查动词辨析A. donate捐赠；B. move移动；C. show展示；D. lend借出；句意：这是他自己的主意把尸体捐献给大学做研究。Donate sth to sb 把某物捐给某人，故选A项。
小题7:B考查动词辨析A. affect影响；B. help帮助；C. protect保护；D. impress留下印象；句意：他说这样能帮助到他人。根据下方提到Maybe it will help some other little boy spend one more day with his Mom可见可以用来帮助别人故选B项。
小题8:D考查连词辨析A. for因为；B. and并且；C. so因此；D. but但是；句意：开始时我说不行，但他跟我说，妈妈，当我死后又没有用。根据句意两个句子是转折关系，故选D项。
小题9:A考查名词辨析A. gold金子；B. stone石头；C. wisdom聪明；D. bravery勇敢；句意：我的孩子有金子般的心，一直在考虑别人，总是尽可能地去帮助别人。根据文中提到总爱帮助别人，可见有金子一样的心，故选A项。
小题10:C考查名词辨析A. toys玩具；B. clothes衣服；C. belongings所有物；D. letters信；句意：当妈妈走出医院时，把吉姆的头发放在包里。根据上文提到“Would you like a lock（一撮）of his hair?” the surgeon asked.可知留下了撮孩子的头发，故选C项。
小题11:C考查形容词辨析A. long长的；B. smooth光滑的顺利的；C. difficult难的；D. dangerous危险的；句意：回家之路是那么的艰难。根据文中提到儿子死去，捐出自己的身体，对于母亲来说，回家之路是那么的艰难，故选C项。
小题12:A考查形容词辨析A. empty空的；B. familiar熟悉；C. big大的；D. old老的；句意：回到空空的家更难过。与上句话提到The drive home was ____回家之路很难，而回到空空的家更难，故选A项。
小题13:B考查副词辨析A. roughly粗略地；B. exactly确切地；C. especially尤其；D. possibly可能地；句意：她开始收拾孩子的东西，这些东西一直在她熟悉的地方。根据文中可知母亲熟悉孩子每件东西的位置，故选B 项。
小题14:C考查动词辨析A. put放；B. sent 送；C. cried哭；D. buried埋藏；句意：她躺在孩子的床上，抱着孩子的枕头，哭着睡着了。根据句意，母亲抱着孩子的枕头肯定是哭到不行，故选C项。
小题15:D考查动词辨析A. wrote写；B. spoke说；C. slept 睡觉；D. awoke醒着；句意：午夜时，莎莉突然醒了。根据下方提到Lying beside her on the bed was a letter.床上放着封信，所以是妈妈突然醒来看到的，故选D项。
小题16:D考查动词辨析A. understand 理解；B. forgive原谅；C. leave离开；D. miss错过，想念；句意：妈妈，我知道你肯定在想我，我也想你。根据语境得知儿子提前给妈妈写的信，说想念妈妈，妈妈肯定也在想念着他，故选D项。
小题17:A考查介词辨析A. with与。。B. around在。。周围；C. on 在。。上；D. in在。。里；句意：妈妈，我爱你，一直爱你每天。With表示伴随，故选A项。
小题18:D考查动词辨析A. save挽救；B. host 举办；C. visit访问；D. adopt收养；句意：如果你收养个小孩，你就不会那么孤单。根据you won’t be so lonely 可知要妈妈收养个孩子，故选D项。
小题19:B考查动词辨析A. lost失去；B. gone去；C. cured治愈；D. spotted找到；句意：癌症也会消失。根据上文提到Don’t be sad thinking about me. I don’t hurt any more.想我时不要悲伤，我不再受伤，可知天堂没有疾病了，故选B项。
小题20:C考查名词辨析A. depression沮丧；B. sadness悲伤；C. pain痛苦；D. stress压力 ；句意：我不必在忍受痛苦。根据下方提到The angels in Heaven are so tender.天堂里的天使是如何的温柔，可知天堂没有痛苦，让妈妈放心，不要悲伤，故选C项。 |
核心考点
试题【The Little AngelSally jumped up the moment she saw the surgeon(外科医生） come out of】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
Sharing Beauty
It was in October. I was aimlessly wandering down the street, heading into a most gloriously beautiful sunset. I had an urge to speak to someone on the street to share that beauty, but it seemed everyone was in a hurry.
I took the next-best action. Quickly I ducked into a department store and asked the lady behind the counter if she could come outside for just a minute. She looked at me as though I were from some other planet. She hesitated, and then seemingly against her better judgment, she moved toward the door.
When she got outside I said to her, “Just look at that sunset! Nobody out here was looking at it and I just had to share it with someone.”
For a few seconds we just looked. Then I said, “God is in his heaven and all is right with the world.” I thanked her for coming out to see it; she went back inside and I left. It felt good to share the beauty.
Four years later my situation changed greatly. I came to the end of a twenty-year marriage. I was alone and on my own for the first time in my life. I lived in a trailer park which, at the time, I considered a real come-down, and I had to do my wash in the community laundry room.
One day, while my clothes were going around, I picked up a magazine and read an article about a woman who had been in similar circumstances. She had come to the end of a marriage, moved to a strange community, and the only job she could find was one she disliked: clothing sales in a department store.
Then something that happened to her changed everything. She said a woman came into her department store and asked her to step outside to look at a sunset. The stranger had said, “God is in his heaven and all is right with the world,” and she had realized the truth in that statement. From that moment on, she turned her life around.
小题1:The author asked the woman to go outside to ______.| A．admire the sunset | B．cheer her up | C．offer some help | D．have a chat |
小题2:Four years later, the author ______.| A．found her dream job | | B．put an end to her marriage | | C．worked in a laundry room | | D．lived in the same community |
小题3:After reading the article in the magazine, the author was probably______.| A．disappointed | B．puzzled | C．inspired | D．overjoyed |
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On Saturday, Feb 12, 2000, two things happened that changed my life.
First of all, my baby sister got married. She was 26 this day, and yet to me she was still my baby sister.
I was happy, but also sad. Gone were the days of me bossing(支使) her around. My bossy behavior had once earned me the nickname Lucy. If you’re a fan of Peanuts, then you can clearly imagine my behavior as an older sister.
At one point, I left the wedding reception to get some air. I went outside and walked to a nearby playground. I’m not sure how long I sat there before my sister came and joined me. We talked about how we were both grown up. As she wiped a tear from my eye, she lovingly said, “You’ll always be Lucy to me.” We hugged.
Then, my cousin Mike walked over to tell us that it was time to cut the cake, and the second thing that changed my life that day came to pass.
“Hey, did you guys hear that Charles Schulz died today?” he said casually – as if it were no big deal. Then he took my sister’s arm and they turned to head back to the reception hall. “Coming?” they asked. “In a minute,” I replied, and I sat back down on the bench, dizzy from what Mike had just told me.
How could Charles Schulz be dead? He was my creator! He was almost like a father to me!
I had lost so many things on that day. My innocence had slipped away like a thief in the night. It was gone before I could do anything about it, taking with it all the treasures that I had held in my heart. I felt myself grow up in an instant. I saw, for the first time, what I really was – a 30-year-old woman with a husband of my own, and soon, a child of my own.
I took a deep breath and stood up from the bench. I turned and headed back to the hall, hoping I hadn’t missed the cutting of the cake. It was the day that my sister grew wings of her own and left the nest – the day that Lucy died, and I was born.
小题1:Why did the author feel sad at her sister’s wedding?| A．She was afraid of change. | | B．Her sister was getting ready to move far away from her. | | C．Her wonderful childhood with her sister had become a thing of the past. | | D．She had nobody to turn to for help with housework. |
小题2:When the author’s cousin told her that Charles Schulz had died, she __________.| A．felt a great sense of loss | | B．burst into tears | | C．thought he was joking | | D．got angry at him for his attitude |
小题3:What is implied when the author says that “Lucy died, and I was born”?| A．The author has realized how her sister must have felt about her and decided to change. | | B．Lucy no longer matters to the author. | | C．The author doesn’t like the nickname Lucy anymore. | | D．The author is no longer sad and ready to face the fact that she is an adult. |
小题4:The best title of the passage can be __________.| A．Two things changing my life | | B．My baby sister’s wedding | | C．Not Lucy anymore | | D．Not innocent anymore |
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Each morning during fifteen- minute bath, I determined to cultivate a big, happy smile. I found out it had to be an honest-to-goodness smile from down deep , an outward expression of happiness from within!
Let’s see how the smile muscles me during the day. I would think of the things I had to be for, work up a big smile and then enter. It people when I passed them on the street to give them a smile. Give every living soul you meet the best smile you have smiled in your life, and see how much better you feel and look. It’s one of the best ways to worrying, and start living. When I began to do this, I found I became more welcome everywhere.
| 小题1: | | A．outside | B．upward | C．inside | D．forward |
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| 小题2: | | A．helped | B．upset | C．satisfied | D．disappointed |
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| 小题3: | | A．ready | B．eager | C．thankful | D．famous |
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| 小题4: | | A．greeted | B．pleased | C．puzzled | D．welcomed |
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| 小题5: | | A．cheerful | B．forced | C．strange | D．bitter |
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| 小题6: | | A．never | B．just | C．already | D．ever |
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| 小题7: | | A．keep | B．stop | C．hate | D．protect |
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Optimism and pessimism are both powerful forces. Each of us must choose which we want to our future and our expectations. We can choose to laugh or cry, bless or . It’s our decision: From which perspective do we want to view life? Will we look up in or down in desperation? I believe in the upward look. I choose to the positive and skip right over the negative.
An optimistic attitude is not a luxury; it’s a(n) . The way you look at life will determine how you feel, how you perform, and how well you will get along with other people. , negative thoughts, attitudes, and expectations themselves; they become a self-fulfilling prophecy (预言). Pessimism creates a dark place where no one wants to live.
Years ago, I drove into a service station to get some gas. It was a beautiful day, and I was feeling great. As I walked into the station to pay for the gas, the attendant said to me, “How do you feel?” That seemed like a(n) question, but I felt fine and told him so. “You don’t look well,” he replied. This me completely by surprise. A little confidently, I told him that I had felt better. Without hesitation, he continued to tell me how bad I looked and that my skin appeared yellow.
By the time I left the service station, I was feeling a little . About a block away, I over to the side of the road to look at my face in the mirror. How did I feel? Was I affected with jaundice(黄疸)? Was everything all right? By the time I got home, I was beginning to feel a little nauseous(恶心). Did I have a bad liver? Had I some rare disease?
On another beautiful day, when I went into that gas station, feeling again, I figured out what had happened. The place had recently been painted a bright, distasteful , and the light reflecting the walls made everyone inside look as though they had hepatitis（肝炎）! I wondered how many other folks had the way I did. I had let one short conversation with a total change my attitude for an entire day. He told me I looked sick, and before long, I was actually feeling sick. That single observation had a great effect on the way I felt and acted.
The only thing more powerful than negativism is a word of optimism and hope. When a whole culture adopts an upward look, incredible things can be accomplished.
| 小题1: | | A．shape | B．decide | C．preview | D．transform |
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| 小题2: | | A．forgive | B．curse | C．praise | D．regret |
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| 小题3: | | A．vain | B．anger | C．action | D．hope |
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| 小题4: | | A．highlight | B．analyze | C．evaluate | D．introduce |
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| 小题5: | | A．necessity | B．opportunity | C．quality | D．identity |
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| 小题6: | | A．Actually | B．Consequently | C．Accordingly | D．Contrarily |
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| 小题7: | | A．rely on | B．feed on | C．go on | D．take on |
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| 小题8: | | A．familiar | B．ordinary | C．odd | D．easy |
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| 小题9: | | A．got | B．took | C．stopped | D．made |
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| 小题11: | | A．never | B．ever | C．once | D．always |
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| 小题12: | | A．uneasy | B．unconcerned | C．unsatisfied | D．unaffected |
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| 小题13: | | A．got | B．came | C．took | D．pulled |
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| 小题14: | | A．come up | B．brought up | C．picked up | D．put up |
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| 小题15: | | A．fine | B．upset | C．sick | D．calm |
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| 小题16: | | A．gray | B．blue | C．yellow | D．red |
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| 小题18: | | A．quit | B．adapted | C．answered | D．reacted |
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| 小题19: | | A．liar | B．onlooker | C．attendant | D．stranger |
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| 小题20: | | A．positive | B．negative | C．careful | D．rigid |
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This is my world now; it’s all I have left. You see, I’m old. And, I’m not as healthy as I used to be. I’m not necessarily happy with it, but I accept it. Occasionally, a member of my family will stop in to see me. He or she will bring me some flowers or a little present, maybe a set of slippers—I’ve got eight pairs. And then they will return to the outside world and I’ll be alone again. Oh, there are other people here in the nursing home. Residents, we’re called. The majority are about my age. I’m 84. Many are in wheelchairs. The lucky ones are passing through—a broken hip, a diseased heart, something has brought them here for rehabilitation(康复). When they’re well they’ll be going home.
The help here is basically pretty good, although there’s a large turnover of staff. Just when I get comfortable with someone he or she moves on to another job. I understand that. This is not the best job to have. I don’t much like some of the physical things that happen to us. I don’t care much for a diaper(尿布). I seem to have lost the control acquired so diligently as a child. The difference is that I’m aware and embarrassed, but I can’t do anything about it. I’ve had three children, and I know it isn’t pleasant to clean another’s diaper. My husband used to wear a gas mask when he changed the kids. I wish I had one now.
Why do you think the staff insists on talking baby talk when speaking to me? I understand English. I have a degree in music and am a certified teacher. Now I hear a lot of words that end in “y”. There is little need for anyone to position their face directly in front of mine and raise their voice with those “y” words. Sometimes it takes longer for a meaning to sink in; sometimes my mind wanders when I am bored. But there’s no need to shout.
I’d love to go out for a meal or travel again. I’d love to go to my own church, sing with my own choir. I’d love to visit my friends. Most of them are gone now or else they are in different “homes” of their children’s choosing. I’d love to play a good game of bridge, but no one here seems to concentrate very well. My children put me here for my own good. They said they would be able to visit me frequently. But they have their own lives to lead. That sounds normal. I don’t want to be a burden. They know that. But I would like to see them more. One of them is here in town. He visits as much as he can.
Something else I’ve learned to accept is loss of privacy. Quite often I’ll close my door when my roommate—imagine having a roommate at my age—is in the TV room. I do appreciate some time to myself and believe that I have earned at least that courtesy(礼貌). As I sit thinking or writing, one of the aides invariably opens the door unannounced and walks in as if I’m not there. Sometimes she even opens my drawers and begins searching around. Am I invisible? Have I lost my right to respect and dignity? I am still a human being. I would like to be treated as one.
Back to my semiprivate room for a little semi-privacy or a nap(午睡). I do need my beauty rest; company may come today. What is today, again? The afternoon drags into early evening. This used to be my favorite time of the day. Things would wind down. I would kick off my shoes. Put my feet up on the coffee table. Pop open a bottle of Chablis and enjoy the fruits of my day’s labor with my husband. He’s gone. So is my health. This is my world.
小题1:Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?| A．The staff at the nursing home mistreated the elderly people. | | B．Nursing home workers sometimes stole items from her drawers. | | C．Her children did not often visit because they felt guilty for having put her in the nursing home. | | D．The staff used baby talk with her because they assumed her mind had aged as her body had. |
小题2:The author concluded her essay with a tone of ________.| A．dignity | B．sadness | C．disappointment | D．confusion |
小题3:How will the author’s son most probably feel after he reads this essay?| A．Sympathetic. | B．Regretful. | C．Angry. | D．Relieved. |
小题4:The best title for the passage would be ________.| A．The Disadvantages of Growing Old | | B．If Only I could be getting better | | C．The Elderly: A Forgotten Generation | | D．The Place That Changed My Life |
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