A George had stolen some money, but the police had caught him and he had been put in prison. Now his trial was about to begin, and he felt sure that he would be found guilty and sent to prison for a long time. Then he discovered that an old friend of his was one of the members of the jury at his trial. Of course, he did not tell anybody, but he managed to see his friend secretly one day. He said to him, "Jim, I know that the jury will find me guilty of having stolen the money. I cannot hope to be found not guilty of taking it —— that would be too much to expect. But I should be grateful to you for the rest of my life if you could persuade the other members of the jury to add a strong recommendation for mercy to their statement that they consider me guilty." “Well, George,”answered Jim. “I shall certainly try to do what I can for you as an old friend, but of course I cannot promise anything. The other eleven people on the jury look terribly strong-minded to me.” George said that he would quite understand if Jim was not able to do anything for him, and thanked him warmly for agreeing to help. The trial went on, and at last the time came for the jury to decide whether George was guilty or not. It took them five hours, but in the end they found George guilty, with a strong recommendation for mercy. Of course, George was very pleased, but he did not have a chance to see Jim for some time after the trial. At last, however, Jim visited him in prison, and George thanked him warmly and asked him how he had managed to persuade the other members of the jury to recommend mercy. "Well, George," Jim answered, "as I thought, those eleven men were very difficult to persuade, but I managed it in the end by tiring them out. Do you know, those fools had all wanted to find you not guilty!" 小题1:56. We are told that George expected Jim to help _____.A.prove him innocent | B.him turn over a new leaf | C.lighten his punishment | D.him escape from prison | 小题2:57. Which of the following is true about Jim?A.He covered up George"s guilt. | B.He persuaded the jury to set George free. | C.He told the jury that George was indeed guilty. | D.He recommended severe punishment to give George a lesson. | 小题3:58. The passage suggests that _____.A.it was due to Jim that George was found guilty | B.Jim did not do exactly what George asked him to do | C.Jim asked his colleagues to recommend mercy | D.Jim persuaded the jury to lighten George"s punishment | 小题4:59. The title for this passage is ______.A.Illegal or Not? | B.Guilty or Not? | C.Merciful or Not? | D.Answerable or Not? |
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试题分析: 小题1:细节判断题题干:我们告知乔治希望吉姆帮助_____ 选C(为他开罪减刑) 判断依据:第二段最后一句add a strong recommendation for mercy(同义句) 。对于细节题。应该确定答案出现的区域,进而从段位和段首往中间查找,缩小答案区域。最后进行句意转换,通常在原文以原句或同义句形式出现。此题的答案在原文中以同义句形式出现。 小题2:正误判断题题干:下选项中关于吉姆的叙述哪一个是正确的 选C(他说服陪审团说乔治的确是无罪的) 判断依据:文章最后两段,从吉姆和乔治的对话中可推出 those fools had all wanted to find you not guilty!意为:这些蠢货全都想判你无罪。对于此类型题。可从正面和反面着手。从正面上看,看选项然后初步得出答案,验证答案,查找依据。从反面入手,可用排除法,一一排除。 小题3:归纳推理题题干:文章表明___ 根据56和57的判断,可知乔治无罪释放多亏他的老朋友吉姆 对于归纳推理题。考生可利用前面题型已知晓的信息以及对原文主题的把握,从而帮助在考场考生节约时间,提高命中率。 小题4:标题类型题目 题干:文章最适合的标题____ 很显然,全文都在围绕乔治的无罪和有罪问题为中心展开,篇首和篇尾都有涉及。 标题类型题目其实就是对文章主题的整体把握,通常可根据篇首和篇尾初步得出信息,进一步通读全文,方能得出答案。 点评:全文围绕两个主人公展开,进而引出问题无罪与有罪,对全文有整体的把握。对此类型文章,应当根据篇首和篇尾初步得出文章的主旨。该篇主要考察推理和细节考察,要求考生对文章有整体性的把握,二是培养阅读理解的速度。 |
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Louise was 72 years old and she lived by herself. The first thing she noticed when she came downstairs that Sunday morning was that her __36____ window was open. In fact, it was so wide open that she had ___37___ closing it. Then she realized that things were not in their proper __38____. Finally, when she found her empty ___39___ on the kitchen table, she realized the awful __40____. At first, she didn’t know what to do. Then she decided to ___41___ her son, Derek. Derek’s wife Sybil answered the phone, “It’s your mother,” she _42___him, coldly. Louise told Derek about the open window, about things being in the wrong places and about the ____43__ missing from her purse. “ All right,” said Derek, “Don’t __44___ anything. I’ll be __45___ in half an hour. Louise ___46__ and made herself a pot of tea and some toast. Then she went from room to room wondering __47___ anything else was missing. When Derek arrived, he was content to __48___ her looking so calm. “Have you rung the ___49___?”he asked. “No? Then I’ll do that straight away.” So he rang the police. As it was Sunday,__50____ the only detectives were out. However, the police were polite, but vague(含糊的) . “ We’ll send __51__ round as soon as possible.” They said. Derek telephoned his wife. “I’m not sure when I’ll be home, love,” he told her. “I’ve got to ___52__ for the police.” While Derek and his mother waited, Derek _53___ the catches (挂钩) on the windows and locks on the doors. All of them were old and some of the catches hardly__54___ at all. Derek felt __55___. His mother was an old woman, after all. “I’ll have to change all these.” he told her.
小题1: | A.washroom | B.bedroom | C.kitchen | D.bathroom |
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小题2: | A.strength | B.puzzle | C.reason | D.trouble |
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小题3: | A.positions | B.places | C.directions | D.situations |
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小题4: | A.purse | B.vase | C.pot | D.envelope |
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小题5: | A.mistake | B.message | C.truth | D.news |
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小题6: | A.visit | B.ask | C.ring | D.punish |
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小题7: | A.invited | B.informed | C.stated | D.scolded |
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小题8: | A.note | B.coin | C.money | D.bill |
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小题9: | A.say | B.move | C.touch | D.prepare |
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小题10: | A.here | B.round | C.off | D.away |
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小题11: | A.sighed | B.relaxed | C.whispered | D.hurried |
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小题13: | A.realize | B.find | C.know | D.sense |
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小题14: | A.police | B.neighbour | C.hospital | D.friend |
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小题15: | A.generally | B.luckily | C.considerably | D.unfortunately |
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小题16: | A.anyone | B.someone | C.everyone | D.none |
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小题18: | A.examined | B.repaired | C.fixed | D.tested |
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小题19: | A.locked | B.opened | C.helped | D.worked |
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小题20: | A.excited | B.silly | C.worried | D.Guilty |
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Singing had always been an important part of Gloria Estefan’s life. “ Since I was three years old, I sang. I sang everything,” Gloria said. “Gubans,” she added, “are a musical people.” Gloria was born in Cuba in 1957. Her family left the country just before Fidel Castro came to power. In Miami, where the family settled, many people did not accept Cuban immigrants. In first grade, she spoke little English, but she worked hard to learn the language. Six months after she entered school, she won an award for reading in English! When Gloria was ten , her father returned from the Vietnam War. Soon, the family realized he wasn’t well. They soon found out that he was badly ill. Her mother went back to teaching at school to support the family. Gloria cared for her father and her younger sister. She still made the honor roll, and she still had her music, but Gloria was lonely. However, when the band leader Emilio Estefan came to speak at her high school, Gloria sang for him. He asked her to join his band. It was the beginning of the Miami Sound Machine. Within a few months, the Miami Sound Machine was the top band in Miami. In 1978, Gloria and Emilio married. At first, the Miami Sound Machine was known only in Miami. Then the band signed with CBS Records. Estefan and his band became stars. Since then, the Miami Sound Machine has sold millions of records. Estefan has done more than just singing when Hurricane Andrew hit central Florida in 1992. She used only two weeks to organize an all-star concert that raised $ 2 million for the people who suffered in the hurricane. “We needed a party after that disaster,” she said. Estefan said, “You have to stay true to the music you really love to do. There will always be people who will tell you, ‘that won’t work.’ You’ve got to be firm in spite of difficulties. Stick to it——that’s the main thing.” 小题1:Estefan’s father was ill ______. A.after he returned from Vietnam War | B.before they left their home country | C.when they settled down in Miami | D.as soon as she finished high school | 小题2:According to the passage, probably Estefan did the following except________. A.organizing an all-star concert for Hurricane victims | B.teaching at school to support the family | C.winning an award for reading in English | D.taking care of her father and sister | 小题3:The underlined word “disaster” in this passage refers to _______. A.the concert | B.the celebration | C.the hurricane | D.the victims | 小题4:This passage mainly tells about Estefan’s ______. A.Cuban background | B.happy marriage | C.music style | D.life story |
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When I was 18, I had a motorbike accident that put me in a coma for three months. The doctors said there was little chance of my coming out of it, but my identical twin, Marcus, didn’t believe them and carried on talking to me. My first words when I came to myself were, “Hello, Marcus. ”Even though I had no memory of my own name, or that the woman crying at my bedside was my mother, I knew Marcus immediately; it was like a genetic(遗传的)memory. just felt close to him. As weeks went by, I still could remember nothing before the accident. Marcus was the only person I could relate to. I had to relearn everything, and Marcus helped me. Because of my twin I wasn’t scared of having lost my memory; I believed everything he said. He became my memory, telling me about my school, friends, previous girlfriends and holidays, showing me family photographs, and telling me how perfect I was. With his encouragement I slowly recovered and tried to become the person everyone around me loved. Then years later, when my memories flooded back, I learned that I was anything but perfect—I was troublesome, selfish, and now very angry with Marcus for having lied to me. But finally I understood. Out of love, Marcus had chosen not to tell me about my dark side. He wanted me to have a fresh start—and in fact I had one. Thanks to him, I was able to get married and have kids. I’m 46 now, and feel as if I’m in the third stage of my life. I know all there is to know, and wouldn’t want it any other way. 小题1:Which of the following words best describes Marcus?A.Dishonest. | B.Thoughtful. | C.Careful. | D.Strict. | 小题2:According to the text, the author_____.A.felt very close to Marcus when he first woke up | B.didn’t get his memories back until months later | C.had been very popular before the accident | D.remembered nothing but his own name when he first woke up | 小题3:How did the author feel when he first got his memories back?A.Angry. | B.Excited | C.Guilty. | D.Lonely. | 小题4:What was the author’s purpose in writing the text?A.To tell us the importance of being honest. | B.To explain the meaning of success. | C.To express his gratitude to his twin. | D.To show how he had suffered. | 小题5:Which of the following would be the best title for the text?A.My Twin Rewrote My Childhood | B.An Accident Destroyed My Life | C.Family Will Always Be with You | D.Friends Share Everything |
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I was driving in the car. It was raining. The car suddenly slid (滑) off of the__36__road and turned upside down. The roof of the car was damaged and my__37__was trapped in the window. I could not move it__38__the glass on my face and the pressure from the roof. I was__39__.It was still raining and I was afraid that the ditch (壕沟) I was in would__40__ with water. I was also afraid that the car would__41__as I could smell gasoline. Then two male truck drivers came to me and tried to__42__me.They got a car jack and_43__the top of the car and released me. Then they __44__me out of the car. Two young women stepped forward and__45__to take me to the hospital. I immediately realized that I was_46__hurt.I had hurt my back and I was in a lot of__47__.At the hospital,I was Xrayed and the__48__told me that there was something serious.The__49__on my face were also done with and I was given pain__50__. This__51__in the South in 1958,a time of segregation (种族隔离)__52__ “black” people and “white” people. As it happened,the two men and the two women who were so__53__to help me were all African Americans. Whoever they are,I__54__life has been good and kind to them as they were to me. I am always thankful to them and I will never__55__them. 小题1: A.clean | B.wet | C.white | D.wide | 小题2: 小题3: A.except for | B.thanks to | C.ahead of | D.because of | 小题4: A.tired | B.comfortable | C.scared | D.surprised | 小题5: A.put on | B.show up | C.hold on | D.fill up | 小题6: A.catch fire | B.set off | C.make a difference | D.break down | 小题7: A.see | B.help | C.answer | D.encourage | 小题8: A.lifted | B.broke | C.burnt. | D.checked | 小题9: A.threw | B.kicked | C.pulled | D.pushed | 小题10: A.refused | B.offered | C.wished | D.pretended | 小题11: A.seriously | B.strangely | C.slowly | D.commonly | 小题12: A.pity | B.sadness | C.luck | D.pain | 小题13: A.man | B.woman | C.doctor | D.helper | 小题14: A.cuts | B.smiles | C.signs | D.expressions | 小题15: A.instruction | B.medicine | C.training | D.treatment | 小题16: A.changed | B.disappeared | C.occurred | D.began | 小题17: A.after | B.with | C.for | D.between | 小题18: A.kind | B.worried | C.careful | D.eager | 小题19: A.doubt | B.hope | C.think | D.imagine | 小题20: A.fight | B.fear | C.forget | D.scold |
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The students at Sandy’s high school were badly shaken by the news that a classmate had 36 himself. The suicide note read: “It’s hard to 37 when nobody cares if you die.” Glen, a teacher, realized this was a 38 moment about the importance of making people feel 39 . He asked his class to imagine they were about to 40 and to write a note “telling someone how and why you 41 him or her.” Sandy, who had a 42 relationship with her mother, decided to write her 43 . Her letter read: “We’ve had some 44 times and I haven’t always been a very good 45 ,but I know I’m lucky to have you in my life. You’re the 46 person I’ve ever known, And even when I disagree with you, I never 47 you love me and want what’s best for me. Thanks for not 48 up on me”. When her mom read the note, she cried and hugged Sandy 49 but said little. The next morning, Sandy found a 50 on her mirror: “Dearest Sandy, I want you to know being your mother is ,by far, the most important thing in my life. 51 I got your note, I thought I had lost your love and 52 . I felt like such a failure. I intended to 53 it all last night. Your note saved my 54 .” Be careful not to underestimate the 55 of expressed appreciation. It won’t always save a life, but it will always make someone’s life better. 小题1: A.sacrificed | B.defeated | C.abandoned | D.killed | 小题2: A.live | B.imagine | C.struggle | D.think | 小题3: A.sad | B.final | C.teachable | D.great | 小题4: A.ashamed | B.valued | C.excited | D.scared | 小题5: A.die | B.fail | C.retire | D.survive | 小题6: A.miss | B.hate | C.admire | D.appreciate | 小题7: A.close | B.casual | C.bad | D.personal | 小题8: A.classmate | B.mom | C.father | D.teacher | 小题9: A.free | B.delightful | C.pleasant | D.rough | 小题10: A.daughter | B.student | C.friend | D.trainer | 小题11: A.best | B.wisest | C.luckiest | D.gentlest | 小题12: A.trust | B.doubt | C.consider | D.predict | 小题13: A.taking | B.going | C.giving | D.looking | 小题14: A.coldly | B.hesitantly | C.shyly | D.tightly | 小题15: A.note | B.gift | C.notice | D.reminder | 小题16: A.Since | B.Until | C.though | D.When | 小题17: A.confidence | B.courage | C.respect | D.heart | 小题18: 小题19: A.life | B.time | C.money | D.honor | 小题20: A.push | B.price | C.meaning | D.power |
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