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It was as if a Hollywood superstar had walked on stage. And indeed, every single senior that day was a star of the once-in-a-lifetime moment—the commencement.
Seated, I waited anxiously for the opening address. As a foreign exchange student, I was not able to receive a diploma. However, I still had the wonderful feeling of being part of things. Like the other graduates, I was dressed in marron cap and gown(方帽长袍).
Our principal, Mr. Glover, delivered a short, warm greeting. The US national anthem followed and then, hands on chests, a solemn Pledge of Allegiance(对美国的忠孝宣誓).
Students who had excelled academically gave farewell speeches. Then came the core (核心) of the commencement. Hundreds of names were announced. Each graduate walked across the stage to receive his or her diploma from the principal. From the different cheers each graduate got, we had the funny sense that it was a kind of competition of who could cheer the loudest.
To be honest, the presentation of diplomas got boring. But it wasn’t boring for those receiving the diploma: they would treasure the moment the principal placed the sacred brown document in their hands for the rest of their lives.
A new page in the book of that person’s life had turned. They were glimpsing their futures: futures of challenge, hardship, perhaps loneliness too, which would take all of their courage.
小题1:What’s the article mainly about?
A.An American high school’s graduation ceremony. |
B.The opening ceremony of a sports meeting. |
C.A presentation of college diplomas. |
D.A US college’s farewell party. |
A.She was one of the graduates. |
B.She was a foreign exchange student. |
C.She was excited to receive her diploma. |
D.She felt it great to be at the ceremony. |
a. Diplomas were presented to graduates.
b. Students gave farewell speeches.
c. The US national anthem was played.
d. The principal gave a short, warm speech.
e. Seniors went into the stadium.
A.b-c-a-d-e | B.c-d-b-e-a | C.d-b-e-a-c | D.e-d-c-b-a |
A.a diploma ensures a good job |
B.a diploma guarantees a bright future |
C.the commencement symbolizes the beginning of a new stage in life |
D.everyone felt excited at the presentation of the diploma |
答案
小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:C
解析
试题分析:本文讲述了一个交换生在美国的大学参加毕业生毕业典礼的经历,详细描述了毕业典礼的程序。
小题1:细节题。根据第二段2,3行The seniors had been preparing for four years for this once-in-a-lifetime moment—the commencement.说明这是一个大学的毕业典礼,故A正确。
小题2:细节题。根据第三段的第二句话:As a foreign exchange student, I was not able to receive a diploma.可知作者没有获得学位证书,故C的表达是错的。
小题3:D 排序题。本题可以利用排除法,根据文章第一段说明首先是大四的学生进入会场,然后是校长致辞,奏响美国国歌,优秀生发表感言,最后是发证书。故D正确。
小题4:推断题。根据文章倒数第二行A new page in the book of that person’s life had turned.说明人生翻开了新的一页,故C正确。
核心考点
试题【Along with more than 300 other seniors, I marched into the stadium on the aftern】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded. When I left a 20-year career in the US Coast Guard to become a free writer, I had no promise at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didn’t even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used computer and felt a real writer.
After a year or so, however, I still hadn’t gotten a break and began to doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a story that barely made enough to eat. But I know I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn’t going to be one of those people who die wondering. What if? I would keep putting my dream to the test--- even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the Shadowland of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.
小题1:The passage is meant to _______.
A.warn young people of the hardships that a successful writer has to experience |
B.advise young people to give up their idea of becoming a professional writer |
C.show young people it’s unrealistic for a writer to be after wealth and fame |
D.encourage young people to be after a writer career |
A.Real writers often find their work interesting and rewarding |
B.Writer’s success depends on luck rather than on effort |
C.Famous writers usually live in poverty and isolation(隔离) |
D.The chances for a writer to become successful are small |
A.He wasn’t able to produce a single book |
B.He hadn’t seen a change for the better |
C.He wasn’t able to have a rest for a whole year |
D.He found his dream would never come true |
A.thewonderlandonoftendreamsabout |
B.thebrightfuturethatoneislookingforwardto |
C.thestateofuncertaintybeforeone’sfinalgoalisreached |
D.aworldthatexistsonlyinone’simagination |
High-tech Company NEC has a device that it says will users to communicate with people of different .
Shaped like a pair of eyeglasses without the lenses(镜片), the computer-assisted Tele Scouter would a picture-forming device to present almost real-time translations directly onto the retina(视网膜). The text, provided instantly voice recognition and programs, would effectively provide movie-like “subtitles” (字幕) during a conversation between two people the glasses.
“You can keep the flowing,” NEC market development official Takayuki Omino told reporters at Tokyo exposition (展览会) the device was on display. “This could also be used for talks with secret information,” says Omino, stating that there would be no for translators.
Each user’s words would be by microphone, translated, and be instantly for conversation partners in visual text and as audio delivered through headphones.
Users can still see their conversation partner’s face because the text is onto only part of the retina—the first time such technology is used in a commercial product, according to NEC.
The company plans to put the Tele Scouter in Japan in November next year, at the beginning without the translation mode.
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Her father, a cook, took her to the . He filled three pots with and placed each on a high fire. In one he placed carrots, in the second , and in the last ground(磨碎的) coffee beans.
The daughter waited, wondering what he was doing. In about twenty minutes he the fire. He fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. He the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then he poured the out and placed it in a cup. to her he asked, "Darling, what do you see?"
"Carrots, eggs, and coffee." she replied.
He brought her closer and asked her to the carrots. She did and said that they were . He then asked her to take an egg and it. After pulling off the , she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to drink the coffee. She smiled, as she its rich aroma(芳香).
"What does it , Father?" she asked.
He explained that each of them had the same adversity(逆境), boiling water, but each reacted . The carrot went in strong and hard but then it turned softened and weak. The egg had been fragile(易碎的), but at last its inside became . The ground coffee beans were unique, however, after they were in the boiling water, they had the water.
"Which are you?" he asked his daughter.
When adversity knocks on your door, how do you ? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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. |
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 |
A.save space | B.persuade readers |
C.make readers laugh | D.get readers’ attention |
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 |
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 |
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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