When it comes to friends, people always know this old saying——A friend in need is a friend indeed. The best friend a man has in the world may him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good reputation, may our faith. A man may the money he has. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most. A man’s reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action. The people who are ready to fall on their knees to do us when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of hatred when settles its cloud upon our heads. The one unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never him, the one that never proves or distrusted, is his dog.
A man’s dog stands by him in richness and in , in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, where the cold wind blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to ; he will lick the wounds and sores that come from encounter with the roughness of the world. He will guard the sleep of his master he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he . When wealth and reputation fall to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journeys through the heavens.
If fortune drives the master forth, a deserted person in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of him, to guard him against danger, to fight against his . And when the last of all comes, and death takes the master in its embrace, and his body is in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends their ways, there by the grave will the dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even in death.
| 小题1: | | A．turn to | B．submit to | C．turn against | D．look up |
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| 小题2: | | A．brought up | B．come up | C．grown up | D．catch up |
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| 小题3: | | A．restore | B．betray | C．keep | D．strengthen |
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| 小题4: | | A．gain | B．lose | C．earn | D．donate |
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| 小题5: | | A．honor | B．favor | C．credit | D．good |
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| 小题6: | | A．shadow | B．success | C．failure | D．depression |
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| 小题7: | | A．accurately | B．deliberately | C．equally | D．absolutely |
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| 小题8: | | A．appreciates | B．envies | C．admires | D．deserts |
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| 小题9: | | A．ungrateful | B．unfortunate | C．faithful | D．considerate |
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| 小题10: | | A．poverty | B．progress | C．welfare | D．wealth |
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| 小题11: | | A．host’s | B．master’s | C．landlord’s | D．chief’s |
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| 小题12: | | A．serve | B．fetch | C．offer | D．order |
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| 小题13: | | A．only if | B．in case | C．even if | D．as if |
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| 小题14: | | A．flees | B．remains | C．ignores | D．persists |
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| 小题15: | | A．serving | B．protecting | C．spoiling | D．accompanying |
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| 小题16: | | A．enemies | B．masters | C．friends | D．acquaintances |
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| 小题17: | | A．sight | B．scenery | C．scene | D．view |
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| 小题18: | | A．buried | B．hung | C．thrown | D．laid |
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| 小题19: | | A．force | B．lose | C．pursue | D．find |
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| 小题20: | | A．mean | B．general | C．selfish | D．Noble |
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小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:B
小题5:A
小题6:C
小题7:D
小题8:D
小题9:A
小题10:A
小题11:B
小题12:C
小题13:D
小题14:B
小题15:D
小题16:A
小题17:C
小题18:A
小题19:C
小题20:D |
试题分析：本文讲述了作者对人生的感悟，朋友会背弃自己，儿女会忘记养育之恩，只有人类忠实的朋友——狗，会时时刻刻陪在你身边，无论你富有还是贫困，健康还是疾病，即使是死亡也会守在墓旁。
小题1:考查词组。turn to变成；submit to向...提出；turn against背叛；look up仰望。根据后面“变成他的敌人”可知此处是“背叛”。故选C。
小题2:考查词组。 brought up抚养大；come up走进；grown up长大成人；catch up赶上。根据常识可知父母抚养子女长大。故选A。
小题3:考查动词。Restore回复；betray背叛；keep保持；strengthen加强。前文一直在描述好朋友会出卖自己，儿女会忘恩负义，由此可知这些都是最亲最近的人背叛了我们信任。故选B。
小题4:考查动词。Gain赚到；lose失去；earn获得；donate捐献。根据语境可知此处应是在最需要钱时，失去了他之前拥有的钱。故选B。
小题5:考查名词。Honor荣誉；favor喜爱；credit信用；good善行。句意是：我们成功时来屈膝奉承的人。此处do sb honor 意为表示敬意。故选A。
小题6:考查名词。Shadow阴影；success成功；failure失败；depression沮丧。前面提到成功时有人会屈膝逢迎，后面对比扔石头就应该在失败时。故选C。
小题7:考查副词。Accurately精确地；deliberately故意地；equally同样地；absolutely绝对地。句意是：一个人在自私的世界里所拥有的绝对不自私的朋友。只有D项符合语境。故选D。
小题8:考查动词。Appreciates欣赏；envies嫉妒；admires羡慕；deserts遗弃。句意是：从不会遗弃他，此处只有D项符合语境。故选D。
小题9:考查形容词。Ungrateful忘恩负义的；unfortunate不幸的；faithful忠实的；considerate体贴的。句意是：从未证明忘恩负义或诡异的那个--是他的狗。A相符合语境。故选A。
小题10:考查名词。Poverty贫困；progress进步；welfare福利；wealth财富。根据后文中“in health and in sickness”健康和疾病可知是反义词，故前文也是对比的反义词。故选A。
小题11:考查名词所有格。 host’s 宿主的；master’s 主人的；landlord’s 业主的；chief’s首长的。根据常识可知狗要待在主人旁边。故选B。
小题12:考查动词。Serve服务；fetch拿；offer提供；order命令。句意是：它会吻主人的手，哪怕手里没有丁点食物。根据常识可知养狗就要为狗提供食物。故选C。
小题13:考查词组。only if只要...就；in case 万一；even if即使；as if犹如，好似。句意是：纵然主人是乞丐，狗也像守护王子一样地伴随他。根据句意“主人是王子”，这是比喻。故选D。
小题14:考查动词。Flees逃走；remains留下；ignores忽视；persists坚持 。前文提到所有朋友都遗弃他，只有狗还在陪着他。故选B。
小题15:考查动名词。Serving服务；protecting保护；spoiling破坏；accompanying伴随。句意是：忠实的狗没有问他要比陪伴随行更高的特权。根据常识可知养狗做伴。故选D。
小题16:考查名词。Enemies敌人；masters主人；friends朋友；acquaintances熟人。“fight against”对抗，与...作斗争。根据语境只有A项符合。故选A。
小题17:考查名词。Sight景象；scenery风景；scene情景；view景色。sight既可以指场景、眼前看到的景观（多指人工的事物，如大建筑史迹等有名的处所），又可以指名胜、风景，只是在表示后者的含义时，必须要用复数。scenery 指某地乃至国家总的外景或外貌，尤指美丽的乡间景色。scene 指展现在眼前的情景，也可以指scenery的一部分，可与view通用，但还包括其中的人及活动在内。view 普遍用语，常指从远处或高处看到的景象，属于scenery的一部分，有时可与scene互换。因这里包括人在内的情景，C相符合语境。故选C。
小题18:考查动词。Buried埋葬；hung悬挂；thrown扔掉；laid放。根据前文提到死亡拥抱了它的主人可知主人已死，应被埋葬。故选A。
小题19:考查动词。Force强迫；lose失去；pursue追求；find发现。根据句意可知主人的其他朋友都走了，从事自己的事情了，只有狗还留在主人坟墓旁。只有C符合语意。选C。
小题20:考查形容词。Mean卑劣的；general一般的；selfish自私的；noble高贵的。阅读全文可知只有狗不会背叛主人，永远陪在主人身边，因此此处应该用赞美的词。故选D。 |
核心考点
试题【When it comes to friends, people always know this old saying——A friend in need i】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
John Smith，an office worker，lives in Washington．He inherited (继承) a million dollars when he was 23，but he wasn’t happy at all．When his college friends were looking for their jobs，he didn’t have to．Jack decided to living a simple life like everyone else．He gave $l0,000 of his money to a charity (慈善机构) to help poor children live a better life．Today he is 36．He still wears cheap shoes and clothes and drives a small car only，but he is very happy．
Up to now John has helped some children from poor countries all over the world，by sending them each $200 a month．The money was used for the children’s study, food, medicine and clothing．John receives a report each year on the children’s progress．They can write to each other, but usually the children do not speak English．
When John first heard about these children，he wanted to help them．“It was nothing special,” he said．“Until I went to these countries and met the children I was helping，I didn’t know anything about their life．” Once John went to meet a little girl in Africa．He said that the meeting was very exciting．“When I met her．I felt very ,very happy．"he said．“And I saw that the money was used for a good cause．It brought me happiness．I want to do everything I can to go on helping those children.”
小题1:John didn’t need to look for a job ___________.| A．before he went to college | B．after he went to Africa | | C．because he got a lot of money | D．before he received a report |
小题2:John has sent them each $200 a month to help some poor children _______．| A．near Washington | B．in European countries | | C．only in Africa | D．throughout the world |
小题3:John learned about the children’s progress by ________.| A．visiting them each year | B．getting a report every year | | C．staying with them | D．talking to them in English |
小题4:The underlined words “for a good cause ”means“________” in Chinese．小题5:What’s the main idea of the story?| A．Help others，and you will feel happy． | | B．It’s necessary to write letters to poor children． | | C．Live a simple life，and you can give others help． | | D．It’s the most important to help the children in Africa |
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In the middle of a beautiful day, I was feeling lost, as if the world was crashing on me. didn"t know which way to go, except to head out to the countryside. I went to the spot where I used to take my kids-when I still had kids. Now they had and were leaving.
I was sitting alone in my car when I saw a man in his seventies, whose problem appeared bigger than mine. He stood near the edge of the road, a kite spindle(风筝线锭) in his hands. Apparently, lost in thought, he stared skyward. I my neck to see how successful he had been in the clouds. Following his string with my eyes, I almost lost 0f the other end. Finally, the kite rested on what seemed to be the highest branch of the tree in the park. Obviously, that was his grandson"s kite! The kite was a replica (复制品) of a beautiful bald eagle, and its wings spread 0pen. Grandpa had only one to his problem: cut the string.
"You wanted it to fly as high as it could. Bill. didn"t you?" "Yes, Grandpa, wanted to keep it forever. " "There just comes a time when the only thing you can do is to cut the string and let it go. Perhaps by doing that, when it flies very high like real eagles do, it will come back to us. " Grandpa said.
I how the old man cut the string to let fly the kite. As the two walked away, looked to the . There I saw my answer, too. Today I have to cut the final strings that kept my two boys my reach. Though I want to keep them forever, I have taught them to fly like an eagle. Maybe by doing this, when it"s time to soar like real eagles do. one day they would come back to me.
| 小题1: | | A．grown up | B．turned up | C．picked up | D．taken up |
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| 小题2: | | A．carrying | B．grabbing | C．keeping | D．holding |
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| 小题3: | | A．raised | B．spread | C．stretched | D．expanded |
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| 小题4: | | A．reaching | B．touching | C．getting | D．climbing |
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| 小题5: | | A．scene | B．sight | C．interest | D．control |
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| 小题6: | | A．thickest | B．strongest | C．tallest | D．largest |
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| 小题7: | | A．widely | B．wide | C．tightly | D．closely |
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| 小题8: | | A．method | B．hope | C．solution | D．result |
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| 小题10: | | A．sensed | B．glanced | C．watched | D．found |
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| 小题12: | | A．within | B．in | C．beyond | D．with |
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Dear Dad,
Today I was at the shopping mall and I spent a lot of time reading the Father’s Day cards. They all had a special message that in some way or another reflected how I feel about you. Yet as I selected and read, it occurred to me that not a single card said what I really want to say to you.
You’ll soon be 84 years old, Dad, and you and I will have had 55 Father’s Day together. I haven’t always been with you on Father’s Day but I’ve always been with you in my heart.
You know, Dad, there was a time when we were separated by the generation gap. You stood on one side of the Great Divide and I on the other.
The Father-Daughter Duel shifted into high gear ( 档位) when you taught me to drive the old Dodge and I decided I would drive the "54 Chevy whether you liked it or not. The police officer who sent me home, after you reported the Chevy stolen, didn"t have much tolerance for a stubborn 16 year old, while you were so tolerant about it, Dad, and I think that was probably what made it the worst night of my life.
Our relationship greatly improved when I married a man you liked, and things really turned around when we began making babies right and left. Somewhere along the line, the generation gap disappeared. I suppose I saw us and our relationship as aging together, rather like a fine wine.
But the strangest thing happened last week. I was at a stop sign and I watched as you turned the corner in your car. It didn"t immediately occur to me that it was you because the man driving looked so elderly and fragile behind the wheel of that huge car. It was rather like a slap in the face delivered from out of nowhere. Perhaps I saw your age for the first time that day.
I guess what I"m trying to say, Dad, is what every son and daughter wants to say to their Dad today. Honoring a father on Father"s Day is about respect and sharing and acceptance and tolerance and giving and taking. It"s about loving someone more than words can say, and it"s wishing that never had to end.
I love you, Dad.
Love,
Jenny
小题1:How did Jenny probably feel on the night she was sent home by the police? | A．Disappointed. | B．Nervous. | C．Guilty. | D．Frightened. |
小题2:We can learn from the passage that Jenny and her father_________.| A．kept in touch by writing each other | | B．are separated due to the generation gap | | C．have been getting along very well | | D．had a hard time understanding each other |
小题3:Why did Jenny feel strange when she saw her father last week?.| A．She seldom saw him driving that huge car. | | B．She had never realized his being old and weak. | | C．She didn"t expect to meet with him there. | | D．She had never seen him driving so slowly before. |
小题4:Jenny wrote his father this letter to _________| A．tell him about their conflicts | B．say sorry for her being stubborn | | C．express her gratitude to him | D．remind him of the early incident |
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Whatever misfortune you face, just hold up your head and face it with a smile! I got to know this from a musical soul.
The other day I was feeling quite , having just been laid off from my job. With so many to pay, I was wondering what was going to happen to my family.
I got off the bus when I heard piano music and singing rising above the noise of the . I walked a bit slower, trying to find out where it was coming from. Through the I saw a young lady sitting at a piano with a box next to her.
She was singing songs about love and her sweet voice me a bit. Then I stood there watching her playing, thinking that it must take to perform on her own in front of hundreds of people she didn’t know.
She might have felt my for she occasionally looked in my direction.
By now I was telling myself that I could at least tell her how good she sounded. I walked and put some money in her box and she expressed her thanks with a smile on her face.
I asked her , “Why are you playing the piano in the middle of this crowded place?”
She explained to me that she sees so many people in the world that she is trying to relieve the pain by motivational(激励的)music.
Instead of continuing my way home, I said to her, “I have been going through a time lately, but you’ve made me again.”
“I’m happy that I could be to you,” she replied. “Why are you so sad?”
I told her my story and said, “I’m not so about what to do….”
“You see, here’s the ,” she responded. “When you were walking, your head was down.” She looked me in the eyes and went on, “Don’t look defeated, because comes in different ways and if your head is down you might never see it. You should more … lift your head up.”
I was really by what she said! I did hold my head up and soon got through the difficult time.
So in trouble, just face it bravely and you are sure to overcome your difficulty sooner or later.
| 小题1: | | A．lonely | B．relaxed | C．awful | D．breathless |
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| 小题2: | | A．bills | B．fees | C．fines | D．prices |
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| 小题3: | | A．listeners | B．traffic | C．instrument | D．background |
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| 小题4: | | A．trees | B．street | C．buildings | D．crowd |
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| 小题5: | | A．shocked | B．comforted | C．excited | D．amused |
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| 小题6: | | A．courage | B．energy | C．patience | D．technique |
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| 小题7: | | A．mood | B．presence | C．thought | D．appreciation |
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| 小题9: | | A．quietly | B．deliberately | C．curiously | D．seriously |
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| 小题10: | | A．negative | B．unhealthy | C．unconscious | D．elderly |
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| 小题11: | | A．creating | B．sharing | C．enjoying | D．teaching |
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| 小题12: | | A．tense | B．wonderful | C．rough | D．crazy |
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| 小题13: | | A．enthusiastic | B．emotional | C．energetic | D．hopeful |
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| 小题14: | | A．available | B．essential | C．superior | D．helpful |
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| 小题15: | | A．sure | B．ashamed | C．particular | D．anxious |
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| 小题16: | | A．problem | B．situation | C．conflict | D．condition |
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| 小题17: | | A．success | B．opportunity | C．aid | D．happiness |
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| 小题18: | | A．concentrate | B．look | C．smile | D．fight |
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| 小题19: | | A．occupied | B．moved | C．inspired | D．satisfied |
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| 小题20: | | A．however | B．wherever | C．whoever | D．whenever |
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I have a cousin who’s a farmer. If you saw him on market day with his old boots and worn hat, you might think he was a tramp (流浪汉). But he’s either buying or selling for thousands of pounds. He doesn’t have a luxurious lifestyle, but the farmhouse, dozens of acres of land, machinery, cattle, chicken and crops must be worth a fortune. You might describe him as a man, but he doesn’t look like that.
My father owned a shop selling newspapers, cigarettes, birthday cards, toys, books and magazines. The shop a comfortable life for us, but we weren’t rich. The only luxury was that my father owned a car when most people in our town couldn’t afford one, professionals such as doctors and lawyers.
My point is that can be misleading. You often can’t the rich from the way they look.
I once met Richard Branson, the Virgin Airlines tycoon (巨头).He’d a hot balloon across the Atlantic and landed in the Irish sea. When he was rescued, he was wearing jeans, a T-shirt and a sneaker. You’d have guessed he was a multimillionaire.
Andrew Bruce, the 11th Earl (伯爵) of Elgin, a group of press people to his luxurious home in Fife, Scotland. His , the 7th Earl of Elgin was famous for removing and transporting to Britain priceless sculptures from the Parthenon, a very famous temple in Greece. The so-called Elgin Marbles can be seen in the British Museum. The Earl’s castle was cold, despite a fire burning in the hearth (壁炉). He explained to us,“I’m sorry it’s so cold, but you should know that a gentleman’s house is always cold.”
There you have it: doesn’t always bring comfort.
| 小题1: | | A．eggs | B．foods | C．cattle | D．fruits |
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| 小题2: | | A．wealthy | B．poor | C．good | D．successful |
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| 小题3: | | A．offered | B．provided | C．supplied | D．gave |
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| 小题4: | | A．besides | B．including | C．as well as | D．apart from |
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| 小题5: | | A．things | B．facts | C．appearances | D．faces |
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| 小题6: | | A．say | B．tell | C．recognize | D．judge |
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| 小题7: | | A．made | B．driven | C．bought | D．flown |
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| 小题8: | | A．perhaps | B．neither | C．never | D．rather |
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| 小题9: | | A．allowed | B．permitted | C．demanded | D．invited |
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| 小题10: | | A．forefather | B．father | C．grandfather | D．father-in-law |
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| 小题11: | | A．frozen | B．freezing | C．surprising | D．surprised |
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| 小题12: | | A．health | B．wealth | C．luck | D．poverty |
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