One day while shopping in a small town in southern California,it was my misfortune to be approached by a clerk whose personality conflicted with mine. He seemed most unfriendly and not at all concerned about my intended purchase. I bought nothing,and marched angrily out of the store. My hostility(敌意) toward that clerk increased with each step. On the outside,standing by the road,was a darkskinned young man in his early twenties. His expressive brown eyes met and held mine,and in the next instant a beautiful, dazzling smile covered his face. I gave way immediately. The magnetic(磁力的) power of that smile dissolved all bitterness within me,and I found the muscles in my own face happily responding(回应). “Beautiful day,isn"t it?”I remarked,in passing. Then,I turned back.“I really owe you a debt of gratitude,”I said softly. His smile deepened, but he made no attempt to answer.A Mexican woman and two men were standing nearby.The woman stepped forward and volunteered, "Sir, but he doesn"t speak English.Do you want me to tell him something?" In that moment I felt transformed(改变).The young man"s smile had made a big person of me.My friendliness and good will toward all mankind stood ten feet tall. "Thank you?" The woman seemed slightly puzzled. I gave her arm a friendly pat as I turned to leave."Just tell him that," I insisted."He"ll understand.I am sure !" Oh, what a smile can do! Although I have never seen that young man again, I shall never forget the lesson he taught me that morning.From that day on, I became smile-conscious, and I practice the art anywhere and everywhere, with everybody. 小题1:Why did the author leave the store angrily?A.The clerk treated him unkindly. | B.He couldn"t buy what he wanted. | C.The clerk didn"t speak English. | D.The store"s goods were too dear. | 小题2:By saying "I felt the muscles(肌肉) in my own face happily responding" (in Paragraph 2), the author means __.A.he was still angry | B.he did not want to smile | C.he would thank the young man | D.he smiled back at the young man | 小题3:The author asked the woman to say "Thank you!" to the young man because the young man_____.A.had helped the author before | B.taught the author how to smile | C.was a kind employee of the store | D.taught the author a valuable lesson | 小题4:In the passage, the author seems to suggest that we should __ ___.A.be generous to strangers | B.practice smiling every day | C.smile at other people | D.help people in trouble |
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文章主要讲述了我与一个营业员发生了不愉快,我心情很不好。在路边看到了一个男子,他的微笑改变了我的心情,也改变了我。从那以后,我对每个人都学会了微笑。 小题1:A 细节题 由文章第一段. He seemed most unfriendly and not at all concerned about my intended purchase. I bought nothing,and marched angrily out of the store. My hostility(敌意) toward that clerk increased with each step.可知营业员没有很好的招待作者,故选A 小题2:D推理题I felt the muscles(肌肉) in my own face happily responding"句意:我感到我的脸部肌肉在松展。 可知我在对那个男子微笑。 小题3:D细节理解题 作者从这个男子身上学会了不论何时何地都要微笑。故选D 小题4:C文章主旨题 本文主要讲了作者学会了何时何地都要微笑。作者传达出希望我们也学会微笑的主旨。 |
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When I was fifteen, I announced to my English class that I was going to write my own books.Half the students sneered(冷笑), the(36)nearly fell out of their chairs laughing. “Don’t be silly, (37)geniuses(天才)can become writers,” the English teacher said , “And you are getting a D this term,” I was so (38)that I burst into tears. That night I wrote a short(39)poem about broken dreams and mailed it to the newspaper. To my(40), they published it and sent me two dollars. I was a published and(41)writer. I showed my teacher and fellow students. They (42). “Just plain dumb luck,” the teacher said. I tasted (43). I’d sold the first thing I’d ever written. That was more than any of them had done and if it was just dumb luck, that was (44) with me. During the next two years I sold dozens of (45), letters, jokes and recipes. By the time I (46) from high school, with a C minus average, I had scrapbooks filled with my published work. I (47) mentioned my writing to my teachers, friends or my family again. They were dream killers and (48) people must choose between their friends and their dreams, they must always choose their (49). I had four children at the time, and the oldest was only four. I wrote what I felt. It (50) nine months, just like a pregnant woman. I mailed it without a sell addressed stamped (51) and without making a copy of the manuscript. A month later I received a(n)(52), and a request to start working on another book. The worst year I earned two dollars. In my best year I earned 36,000 dollars. (53)years I earned between five thousand and ten thousand. No, it isn’t enough to live (54), but it’s still more than I’d make working part time. People ask what college I(55), what degrees I had and what qualifications I have to be a writer. The answer is: “None.” I just write. I’m not a genius.
小题1: | A.whole | B.rest | C.most | D.other |
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小题3: | A.delighted | B.anxious | C.upset | D.ashamed |
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小题4: | A.sad | B.innocent | C.disappointing | D.puzzled |
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小题5: | A.delight | B.astonishment | C.comfort | D.happiness |
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小题6: | A.borrowed | B.lent | C.paid | D.cost |
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小题7: | A.cried | B.agreed | C.swore | D.laughed |
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小题8: | A.success | B.failure | C.coldness | D.squeeze |
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小题9: | A.fine | B.mixed | C.compared | D.full |
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小题10: | A.books | B.poets | C.novels | D.poems |
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小题11: | A.dropped out | B.left | C.graduated | D.laid off |
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小题12: | A.ever | B.never | C.seldom | D.even |
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小题13: | A.if | B.unless | C.until | D.before |
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小题14: | A.teachers | B.family | C.dreams | D.friends |
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小题15: | A.took | B.swapped | C.fitted | D.changed |
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小题16: | A.letter | B.envelope | C.writer | D.cover |
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小题17: | A.edition | B.agreement | C.trade | D.patent |
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小题18: | A.Recent | B.Memorable | C.Most | D.Several |
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小题20: | A.deserved | B.introduced | C.founded | D.attended |
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As you grow rapidly through your teenage years, you will experience a lot lf changes.The changes may seem difficult and they may seem to happen quickly. Don’t panic! You will deal successfully with them! You are a young adult now! With more responsibility, you will find more freedom to make your own choices. This is a time to be well informed about own choices. This is a time to be well informed about your choices so that you can make healthy balanced decisions that will help shape your future. You may already know your career path or you may have no idea at all what you want to do. Both situations are fine! Work hard and the right opportunity will present itself to you. Young adulthood means greater freedom and more choices. You will probably want to be independent. But try not to shut your family out of your life. You should learn to think of others even though you are old enough to look after yourself. Your family have been with you since you came into this world. It is also perfectly natural in this time for you to spend more time with your friends than your family. Choose your friends wisely. A true friend will stand by you no matter what happens. This period is a part of the life cycle. There are some people who will be with you throughout life’s journey and there will be some people with whom you part and go separate ways. Leaving school can be hard. The reality is that you may not ever see all of your classmates again. You are a young adult. It is your life. No one can live it for you. The choices that you make from now on will be your choices. So making the right choices will be important to you. Life is for living. Enjoy your life wisely! 小题1:The best title for this passage would be .A.The Choices in Life | B.The Key to Success | C.Say Goodbye to the Past | D.Becoming a Young Adult | 小题2:Who do the underlined words “ some people”(Paragraph 5)probably refer to?A.your parents | B.your classmates | C.true friends | D.your relatives | 小题3:The author thinks teenage years are .A.a period of complete freedom | B.too hard for young people to get through | C.an important time for the young to make the right choices | D.a very important period for young students to leave their parents | 小题4:Who is the passage mainly written for?A.Teenagers. | B.Teachers. | C.Young parents. | D.Adults. |
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Have you ever wanted to feel like you were in a western film? Or maybe you wanted to feel like you were a pioneer traveling the west? It is possible to experience such things during a Wild West vacation! Here are four of the best Wild West vacation locations available: Walk the Lewis and Clark Trail Walk some or all of the 3,700 miles trail that was traversed by Mariwether Lewis and William Clark, two of the world’s greatest explorers. Though not all the trails are marked, there are various stops that have been preserved by various historic societies. There is also a coach (长途客车) that makes a 16-day trek following the trail. This begins in St. Louis, Missouri, and ends in Astoria, Oregon. Venture Route 66 Take a tour or go to see it yourself — ride on the famous Route 66. The road is nearly 2,500 miles long. Harley Davidson offers motorcycle tours that last two weeks. Route 66 will provide an experience that may only be found on the open road. The historic road is still well taken care of. Visit the Grand Canyon Visit the greatest canyon in the world, located in Northern Arizona. Raft down the Colorado River, or hike the various trails that run throughout the canyon. If walking is not your thing, there are donkey and horse riding adventures available. In addition, there are motorized boats that float down through the canyon in a week’s time. Visit Deadwood Located in South Dakota, Deadwood is a historic landmark. It is the kind of town that comes to mind when one thinks of an old western film. Actors who act as gunslingers (***手) will often be seen in the streets playing their roles. Winter activities are popular in this old town, and there is always something to do. 小题1:The underlined word “trek” (Para 2) can be replaced by .A.beautiful scenery | B.traveling information | C.pleasant holiday | D.long and hard journey | 小题2:Which of following riding adventures can tourists take on Route 66? A.A horse riding adventure. | B.A coach riding adventure. | C.A motorcycle riding adventure. | D.A donkey riding adventure. | 小题3:If you want to hike various trails you are advised to .A.visit the Grand Canyon | B.visit Deadwood | C.venture Route 66 | D.walk the Lewis and Clark Trail | 小题4:What do we know from the passage?A.A number of historic stops aren’t protected well. | B.William Clark was a pioneer who explored the west. | C.Western films are the most popular among Americans. | D.None of the trails in the west are marked. |
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While success is surely sweeter than failure, it seems failure is a far better teacher, and organizations that fail spectacularly often flourish more in the long run, according to a new study by Vinit Desai, assistant professor of management at the University of Colorado Denver Business School. Researchers have found that people missing their goals perform much better in the long run. That is because they gain more knowledge from their failures than their successes and the lessons are more likely to stay longer in their minds. “We found that the knowledge gained from success was often fleeting while knowledge from failure stuck around for years,” said professor Desai, who led the study. “But companies often ignore failure. Managers may fire people or turn over the whole workforce while they should treat the failure as a learning opportunity.” Prof Desai compared the flights of the space shuttle Atlantis and the Challenger. During the 2002 Atlantis flight, a piece of insulation (绝缘体) broke off and damaged the left solid rocket booster (助推火箭) but didn’t influence the program. There was little investigation. The Challenger was launched next and another piece of insulation broke off. This time the shuttle and its seven–person crew were destroyed. The disaster led to a major investigation resulting in 29 changes to prevent future disasters. The difference in response in the two cases came down to this: Atlantis was considered a success and the Challenger a failure. “Despite crowded skies, airlines are extremely reliable,” he said. “The number of failures is extremely small. And past researches have shown that older airlines, those with more experience in failure, have a lower number of accidents.” Prof Desai doesn’t recommend finding out failure in order to learn. Instead, he advises organizations to analyze small failures to collect useful information rather than wait for major failures. 小题1:Why did experts pay little attention to the problem of Atlantis?A.Because it worked perfectly. | B.Because the right booster was still OK. | C.Because nothing serious happened then. | D.Because fewer people died in the flight. | 小题2:Fewer accidents happen to older airlines in that _____.A.their planes couldn’t fly high in the sky | B.they gained much from experience in failure | C.their planes were often checked by the experts | D.they were unpopular among passengers | 小题3:The passage is written mainly to _____.A.show failure is a better teacher than success | B.explain why Challenger failed | C.introduce something about Prof Desai | D.tell managers how to achieve success | 小题4:Which writing strategy is NOT used in developing the passage?A.Giving definitions. | B.Making comparisons. | C.Analyzing causes. | D.Providing different examples. |
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l like to feel close to someone. It is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh and do things with. Surely, there are times when we need to be alone. We don"t always want people around. But we would feel lonely if we never had a friend. No two people are the same. Sometimes friends don"t get along well, which doesn"t mean that they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will go on being friends. Sometimes friends move away, then we feel very sad. We miss them much, but we can call them and write to them. Maybe we would never see them again, and we can make new friends. It is surprising to find out how much we like new people when we get to know them. Families sometimes name their children after a close friend. Many places are named after men and women, if they are friendly to people in a town. So are some schools. We think of these people when we go to these places. There"s more good news for people, if they have friends. These people live longer than those people if those don"t have friends. Why? It could be that they are happier. Being happy helps you stay well. Or it could be just knowing that someone cares, if someone cares about you, you take better care of yourself. 小题1:The first paragraph tells us __________.A.none needs friends | B.we always need friends around us | C.making friends is the need in people"s life | D.we need to be alone | 小题2:Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?A.People are happy when their friends leave them. | B.People may never see their friends after their friends move away. | C.People can know their friends in different ways. | D.People like their friends very much if they get to know them. | 小题3:Which of the following is the most probable place people name after friendly people?A.A house. | B.A room. | C.A library. | D.A village. | 小题4:If people have friends, they would live longer, because __________.A.they feel happier and healthier | B.they get a lot of help from their friends | C.they take better care of themselves | D.both A and C | 小题5:This passage tells us __________.A.that people are all friends | B.that people need friends | C.how to get to know friends | D.how to name a place |
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