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“I’ve changed my mind.I wanted to have a telescope, but now I want my dad back.” Lucien Lawrence’s letter to Father Christmas, written after his father had been knifed to death outside his school gate, must have touched everyone’s heart.Lucien went on to say that without his father he couldn’t see the stars in the sky.When those we love depart from us, we cannot see the stars for a while.
But Lucien, the stars are still there, and one day, when you are older and your tears have gone, you will see them again.And, in a strange way, I expect that you will find your father there too, either in your mind or heart.I find that my parents, who died years ago, still linger (留连) in many of my dreams and that I think of them perhaps more than I ever did when they were alive.I still live to please them and I’m still surprised by their reactions.I remember that when I became a professor, I was so proud, or rather so pleased with myself that I couldn’t wait to cable my parents.The reply was a long time in coming, but when it did, all my mother said was “I hope this means that now you will have more time for the children!” I haven’t forgotten.The values of my parents still live on.
It makes me pause and think about how I will live on in the hearts and minds of my children and of those for whom I care.Would I have been as ready as Philip Lawrence has been to face the aggressors(入侵者), and to lay down my life for those in my care? How many people would want me back for Christmas? It’s a serious thought, which gives me pause.
I pray silently, sometimes, in the dead of night, that ancient cry of a poet “Deliver my soul from the sword and my darling from the power of the God.” Yet I know death comes to us all, and sometimes comes suddenly.We must therefore plan to live together, but live as if we will die tomorrow.We live on, I’m sure, in the lives of those we loved, and therefore we ought to have a care for what they will remember and what they will treasure.If more parents knew this in their hearts to be true, there might be fewer knives on our streets today.
小题1:According to the whole text we can see that the first paragraph ________.
A.puts forward the subject of the text
B.shows the author’s pity on the kid
C.serves as an introduction to the discussion
D.makes a clear statement of the author’s views
小题2:In the second paragraph the author mainly wants to explain to us ________.
A.how much he misses his parents now
B.why his parents often appear in his dream
C.when Lucien will get over all his sadness
D.how proud he was when he succeeded in life
小题3:In the author’s opinion, the value of a person’s life is ________.
A.to leave a precious memory to the people related
B.to have a high sense of duty to the whole society
C.to care what others will remember and treasure
D.to share happiness and sadness with his family
小题4:What does the writer mean by the sentence taken from an old poem?
A.Call on criminals and murderers to lay down their guns.
B.Advise parents to stay with their children safely at home.
C.Spend every day meaningfully in memory of death.
D.Try to keep violence and murder far away from society.

答案

小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:D
解析

试题分析:本文介绍了作者对于人的价值观的看法,人生的价值体现在给与我们有关的、我们所爱的人留下最美好,最珍贵的回忆。
小题1:写作手法题:通读第一段可知,该段的作用是引起下文,把读者带入到作者想要讨论的话题中。.选C
小题2:细节题:根据第二段最后一句The values of my parents still live on可知,作者之所以会梦到父母是因为体会到了父母的价值,这也是作者讲述自己经常梦到父母的主要原因。选B。
小题3:推理题:根据最后一段的live as if we will die tomorrow. We live on, I’m sure, in the lives of those we loved, and therefore we ought to have a care for what they will remember and what they will treasure可知,人生的价值体现在给与我们有关的、我们所爱的人留下最美好,最珍贵的回忆。选A。
小题4:句意理解题:根据诗句的内容和第一段内容可知,作者是想让第一段所发生的悲剧时间不在发生,让暴力和谋杀远离社会。选D
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This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths.
It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend(超越) it. Once we truly know that life is difficult--once we truly understand and accept it--then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.
Most do not fully see this truth. Instead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that difficulties represent a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or else upon their families, their class, or even their nation.
What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one.  Problems, depending on their nature, cause us sadness, or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes an endless series of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.
Yet, it is in this whole process of solving problems that life has its meaning. Problems are the serious test that tells us success from failure. When we desire to encourage the growth of human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems, just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, those things that hurt, instruct. It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems.
小题1:From the passage, it can be inferred that ______.
A.everybody has problems
B.we become stronger by meeting and solving the problems of life
C.life is difficult because our problems bring us pain
D.people like to complain about their problems
小题2: The writer probably used just one short sentence in the first paragraph to ______.
A.save spaceB.persuade readers
C.make readers laughD.get readers’ attention
小题3:The main idea of Paragraph 3 is that ______.
A.most people feel life is easy
B.the writer feels life is easy
C.the writer likes to complain about his problems
D.most people complain about how hard their lives are
小题4: According to the passage, we give school children difficult problems to solve in order to______.
A.encourage them to learn
B.teach them to fear the pain of solving the problem
C.help them learn to deal with pain
D.teach them how to respect from problems
小题5:The saying from Benjamin Franklin “Those things that hurt, instruct” suggests that ______.
A.we do not learn from experience
B.we do not learn when we are in pain
C.pain teaches us important lessons
D.pain cannot be avoided

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There are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product, the other as a process. People have generally viewed personal growth as an external(外部的) result or product that can easily be identified and measured. The worker who gets a promotion, the student whose grades improve, the foreigner who learns a new language--- all these are examples of people who have measurable results to show for their efforts.
By contrast, the process of personal growth is much more difficult to determine, since by definition it is a journey and not the specific signposts (路标)or landmarks along the way. The process is not the road itself, but rather the attitudes and feelings people have, their caution or courage, as they go through new experiences and unexpected obstacles(阻碍). In this process, the journey never really ends; there are always new ways to experience the world, new ideas to try, new challenges to accept.
In order to grow, to travel new roads, people need to have a willingness to take risks, to be faced with the unknown, and to accept the possibility that they may “fail” at first. How we see ourselves as we try a new way of being is essential(基本的) to our ability to grow.
These feelings of insecurity and self – doubt are both unavoidable and necessary if we are to change and grow. If we do not face and overcome these internal(内部的) fears and doubts, if we protect ourselves too much, then we cease(停止) to grow. We become trapped inside a shell of our own making.
小题1:.A person is generally believed to achieve personal growth when______..
A.he has given up his smoking habit
B.he has made great efforts in his work
C.he is interested in making anything new
D.he has tried to determine where he is on his journey
小题2:.In the author’s eyes, one who views personal growth as a process would______.
A.judge his ability to grow from his own achievements
B.succeed in climbing up the social ladder
C.face difficulties and take up challenges
D.aim high and reach his goal each time
小题3:.When the author says “a new way of being” (para. 3), he is referring to _____.
A.a new way of taking risks
B.a new approach to experiencing the world
C.a new system of adapting to change
D.a new method of finding ourselves
小题4:.For personal growth, the author may not support __________.       .
A.curiosity and more chances
B.being quick in self – adaptation
C.open – minded to new experiences
D.avoidance of internal fears and doubts

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I once had a teacher whose husband died suddenly of heart attack.About a week after his death, she    some of her thoughts with a classroom of students.As the late afternoon sunlight shone    the classroom windows, and when the class was nearly over, she    a few things aside on the edge of her desk and sat down.
With a    look on her face,she paused and said,“  class is over,I’d like to share with all of you a deep    which I feel is very important.Each of us is put here on    to learn,share,love,appreciate and give of ourselves.  of us knows when this fantastic experience will   .It can be taken away at any moment.Perhaps this is the God’s    of telling us that we must make the     of every single day.”
Her eyes were beginning to   ,but she went on,“So I would like you all to make me a   :From now on,on your way to school,or on your way home,find something beautiful to   .It doesn"t have to be something you see.It could be a    of freshly baked  bread  floating  out  of  someone’s house,  or  it  could  be  the  sound  of  the soft    rustling(沙沙作响)the leaves in the trees….Please look for these things, and     them,for at anytime it can all be taken away.’’
The class was completely   .We all picked up our books and went out of the room silently.That   ,I observed many more beautiful things on my way home from school than usual.
Remember:Life is not    by the number of breaths we take,but by the moments that take our breath away.
小题1:
A.learnedB.sharedC.arguedD.discussed
小题2:
A.ontoB.intoC.acrossD.through
小题3:
A.movedB.brushedC.sweptD.pulled
小题4:
A.surprisedB.worriedC.gentleD.strange
小题5:
A.AfterB.UnlessC.BeforeD.If
小题6:
A.feelingB.understanding C.loveD.memory
小题7:
A.businessB.timeC.duty D.earth
小题8:
A.NoneB.AllC.EachD.Neither
小题9:
A.happenB.beginC.endD.gain
小题10:
A.wayB.signalC.planD.joke
小题11:
A.leastB.worstC.lowestD.most
小题12:
A.acheB.waterC.shineD.dry
小题13:
A.promiseB.choiceC.wishD.rule
小题14:
A.buyB.enjoyC.takeD.learn
小题15:
A.smellB.giftC.tasteD.sight
小题16:
A.windB.handC.lightD.color
小题17:
A.getB.appreciateC.hideD.follow’
小题18:
A.puzzledB.excitedC.quietD.anxious
小题19:
A.morningB.nightC.noonD.afternoon
小题20:
A.wastedB.measuredC.savedD.lost

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On a trip to California, my family stopped for lunch. As we walked toward the entrance to the restaurant, a man, with a     beard and dirty hair, jumped up from a bench outside the restaurant and opened the door for us.Regardless of his     , he greeted us in a friendly way.
Once inside, my daughters whispered, "Mom, he    . " After we ordered our lunch, I explained, telling the kids to look     the dirt. We then watched other customers approach the restaurant but many     him. Seeing this rudeness truly upset me. The day I became a mother, I had determined to set a good     to my children. Yet sometimes when things didn"t go right, being a good example was     . When our meal arrived, I realized I had left the car-sick pills in the truck.With the windiest trip ahead, the kids needed them, so I  myself from the meal and went to get them.
Just then, the "doorman" was opening the door for a couple. They rushed past him without even acknowledging his    . Letting them in first, I said a loud "thank you" to him as I     .When I returned, we talked a bit. He said he was not allowed inside     he purchased food . I went back and told my family his    .Then I asked our waitress to add one soup and sandwich.
The kids looked     as we had already eaten, but when I said the order was for the "doorman" , they smiled. When it was time to     our trip, I found the "doorman" enjoying his meal. Upon seeing me, he stood up and thanked me heartily. He then   out his hand for a handshake and I gratefully accepted. I suddenly    the tears in his eyes—tears of gratitude (感激) .What happened next drew great astonishment: I gave the " doorman" a    _ . He pulled away, with tears     down his face.
Back in truck, I fell into deep thought.While we can"t choose many things in life, we can choose when to show gratitude.I said thanks to a man who had     held open a door for me, and also said thanks for that     to teach my children by example.
小题1:
A.messyB.cleanC.prettyD.bright
小题2:
A.serviceB.stateC.appearanceD.attitude
小题3:
A.smokesB.smellsC.sighsD.smiles
小题4:
A.aroundB.overC.beyondD.into
小题5:
A.ignoredB.hatedC.missedD.refused
小题6:
A.targetB.ruleC.recordD.example
小题7:
A.stressfulB.accessibleC.awkwardD.tough
小题8:
A.excusedB.refreshedC.preventedD.forgave
小题9:
A.companyB.presenceC.challengeD.attack
小题10:
A.quittedB.marchedC.exitedD.approached
小题11:
A.beforeB.unlessC.thoughD.since
小题12:
A.storyB.deedC.desireD.demand
小题13:
A.concernedB.puzzledC.excitedD.bored
小题14:
A.makeB.startC.continueD.take
小题15:
A.wavedB.washedC.raisedD.reached
小题16:
A.watchedB.inspectedC.witnessedD.noticed
小题17:
A.hugB.nodC.liftD.strike
小题18:
A.slippingB.rushingC.rollingD.breaking
小题19:
A.firmlyB.simplyC.constantlyD.politely
小题20:
A.journeyB.wisdomC.communityD.opportunity

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My father got his first job at eleven years old. cleaning up the garbage outside of the bowlingalley(保龄球场). Two years later his dad died. and my fatber worked odd jobs to help put food onthe table during the Depression. Ten years after that. Dad fell in love. married Mom and had ababy girl. Eight more children followed. During those years, Dad slipped into a routine he neverbroke He woke up before six. took the train to work and wouldn"t get home until after five thirly.After supper, Dad spent the rest of the evening in the basement making dental parts for extra    
Two years ago, at the age of sixty-four, Dad retired. When I was young, Mom and Dad did well to hide the fact that we were poor. All nine of us attended Catholic schools and we always had plenty of school supplies. We slept in wooden beds, shared one bathroom and watched television from a tiny black-and-white set in the living room. Mom and Dad never bought anything for themselves. They clipped coupons, wore the same pair of sneakers for twenty years and sewed wom clothing together every Saturday afternoon.
At his retirement party. I wanted to thank Dad for all his hard work and sacrifice by buying him the best present I could think of. As I shopped though. l realized there was nothing I could buy for Dad. Dad taught me through his own faith that the greatest gifis come from the heart Finally. I left my present on the kitchen table for Dad to find before he Ieft for his frnal day at work.
小题1:How did Dad get extra money besides his daytime routine work?
A.Collecting garbage outside the alley.
B.Making dental parts in the basement.
C.Putting food on the table in a hotel.
D.Working oddjobs on the train.
小题2:What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about?
A.Dad retired after sixty-four years of hard work.
B.Dad and Mom could afford their children good education.
C.Parents made every effort to save for chcir children
D.The family was once poor but became well off later.
小题3:After reading the text. what would be the author"s present for his Dad?
A.A big-screen television.
B.A vacation schedule.
C.A letter of grateful words.
D.A great retirement party.
小题4:What can be the best title for the text?
A.Thank You. Dad.B.Dad"s Expenence.
C.A Hardworking Dad.D.Dad. a Breadwinner.

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