Once there was an old farmer, with a horse which was almost as old as himself. He __16__ one morning with his young son, 17 the horse before it died. Father and son walked, 18 the farmer did not want the horse to be 19 .
They met two men on the road20 said: “Why are you walking, farmer? You have a horse. It"s __21__to market.” The farmer knew that this was__22__, so he rode on the horse, __23__his son walked.
Then they met two old ladies. “__24__are you doing up there, farmer? Can"t you__25__how tired your boy is?” __26__the farmer got down, and his son rode__27__. __28__, three old men stopped them. One said: “Why are you walking, farmer?__29__. It"s too hot for an old man like you to walk today.” So the farmer got up 30__his son, and they__31__. __32__, a young woman passed them. “Why aren"t you walking?” she asked. “It isn"t __33_ to market. Give your poor old horse a rest.”
So the farmer, and his son, got down__34__.
It is a fact that you cannot please__35__the people all the time.
| 小题1: | | A．set out | B．set up | C．set down | D．set |
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| 小题2: | | A．selling | B．buying | C．to sell | D．to buy |
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| 小题3: | | A．so | B．because | C．that | D．when |
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| 小题4: | | A．very tired | B．too tired | C．quite tired | D．tiring |
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| 小题6: | | A．a short way | B．a long way | C．the right way | D．the wrong way |
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| 小题7: | | A．real | B．true | C．truly | D．really |
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| 小题8: | | A．while | B．when | C．as | D．during |
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| 小题10: | | A．see | B．watch | C．look | D．notice |
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| 小题12: | | A．thus | B．yet | C．instead | D．either |
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| 小题13: | | A．First | B．Finally | C．Near | D．Next |
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| 小题14: | | A．Sit down | B．Sit up | C．Get up | D．Get down |
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| 小题15: | | A．behind | B．after | C．beside | D．above |
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| 小题16: | | A．walked on | B．rode on | C．moved on | D．drove on |
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| 小题17: | | A．Some time later | B．A moment ago | C．In no time | D．At once |
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| 小题18: | | A．near | B．long | C．far | D．short |
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| 小题19: | | A．once again | B．on their own | C．the other day | D．all the same |
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| 小题20: | | A．both | B．each of | C．all | D．none of |
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文章通过一个小故事告诉大家我们不可能一直让所有人都满意。
小题1:短语辨析。A出发；B建立；C定居，解决；根据句意可知这对父子出发去卖马。
小题2:上下文串联。解析同上。
小题3:上下文串联。因为他们担心把马搞得太累，所以才步行。
小题4:词义辨析。A非常累；B太累；C相当累；D让人累；解析同上。
小题5:语法分析、根据句子结构可知这是一个定语从句。关系代词who指代two men;
小题6:上下文串联。根据下文可知离市场真的很远。
小题7:形容词辨析。解析同上。
小题8:连词辨析。While意为然而，表示转折。
小题9:句意辨析。根据句意可知那两个女士问：你在做什么？难道你没有看见儿子这么累吗？what作为doing 的宾语。
小题10:代词辨析。A看见；B长时间的看，注视；C看（动作）；D注意；解析同上。
小题11:连词辨析。听了两位女士的话，于是农夫下马，代替他的是他儿子骑上了马。
小题12:副词辨析。解析同上。
小题13:上下文串联。根据下文可知他们又遇见了三个老者。
小题14:动词辨析。根据上下文可知老者让他也骑上马。
小题15:介词辨析。根据句意可知那个农夫骑上了马坐在儿子的后面。
小题16:上下文串联。由上文可知父子俩个是骑着马向前。
小题17:词义辨析。A过了一会；B不久之前；C立刻；D立刻，马上。根据句意可知过了一会，一个年轻人经过，说：离市场不远，你们为什么不让马休息一下呢？
小题18:形容词辨析。解析同上。
小题19:词义辨析。A再一次；B单独；C前一天；D一直；根据句意可知他们再一次下马步行。
小题20:语法分析。这是一个not 与all连用的部分否定句。句意：你不能一直让所有人都满意。 |
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One day a student went to see his teacher. He had been given an important position and now was coming to say goodbye to his teacher. The old man asked him how he would live among high officials. The student answered, “ I will be all right. I have prepared a hundred high hats, one for each official I will meet. I am sure I will succeed.” The teacher got angry on hearing this. “What?” he cried. “Is this what ten years of my teaching has made of you? Nothing but flatterer(拍马屁的人)?” “Excuse me, honored(尊敬的) master,” the student rose to his feet and apologized hurriedly. “But you have always been absorbed in(沉浸于) your studies and don’t know how vulgar(庸俗的) the world has come to be. There are few men in the world who are above flatterers like you.” “There is something true in what you said,” the teacher nodded, smiling with one of the student’s “high hats” on.
小题1:The student came to say goodbye to his teacher because_____________.| A．he had got hundred hats to sell | | B．he had got a fairly high position in society | | C．he wanted to see his parents in his home town | | D．he moved away to another city |
小题2:The student would live among high officials by___________.| A．selling hats to them | | B．making a hundred hats for them | | C．flattering them | | D．serving them |
小题3:The teacher was angry with__________.| A．himself | B．the society | C．his student | D．high officials |
小题4:The phrase “rose to his feet” means________.| A．stood up | B．kicked with his feet | | C．became quite excited | D．raised his feet |
小题5:The teacher____________.| A．liked to be flattered as well | | B．really knew nothing about the vulgar world | | C．was in need of a high hat | | D．was satisfied with the new hat |
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A farmer had a cow. He took very good care of this cow and one day when it was ill, he was very worried. He telephoned the vet.
“What’s the problem?” The vet asked him when he arrived.
“My cow’s ill,” the farmer said. “I don’t know what"s the matter with her. She’s lying down and won’t eat. She’s making a strange noise.”
The vet looked over the cow. "She’s certainly ill," he said, "and she needs to take some very strong medicine."
He took a bottle out of his box, put two pills into his hand and said, "Give her these. The pills should make her better."
“How should I give them to her?” the farmer asked.
The vet gave him a tube (管子)and said, "Put this tube in her mouth, then put the pills in the tube and blow. That’ll make it."
The next day the vet came to the farm again. The farmer was sitting outside his house and looked more worried.
“How’s your cow?” the vet asked.
“No change,” the farmer said, “and I’m feeling very strange myself.”
“Oh?” the vet said, "Why?"
“I did what you said,” the farmer answered. “I put the tube in the cow’s mouth and then put two pills down it.”
“And?” the vet asked.
“The cow blew first,” the farmer said.
小题1:In the story, the vet must be _________.| A．the farmer"s friend | B．a milk factory | | C．a hospital for cows | D．a doctor for animals |
小题2:The farmer asked the vet for help when his cow _______| A．couldn"t lie down | B．didn"t eat the pills | | C．couldn"t make any noise | D．was ill |
小题3:What medicine did the vet give the farmer?| A．Bottle of pills. | B．A long tube. | C．Two pills. | D．A small box. |
小题4:The vet taught the farmer how _________.| A．to blow the tube | | B．to make the cow take the pills | | C．to take the medicine | | D．to put the tube in his mouth |
小题5:Which of the following is true?| A．The farmer ate the pills himself. | | B．The cow got better after taking the medicine. | | C．The vet came to help the farmer change the cow the next day. | | D．The farmer waited for the vet outside his house the next day. |
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Abuse can be defined as “to treat wrongfully or harmfully”. There are different categories of abuse that have been recognized and within our case study there appear to be two distinct forms of abuse, family abuse and child abuse. These can be subdivided into terms of physical abuse and psychological abuse. Physical abuse is the intentional physical injury or harm or deliberately not preventing harm occurring. The minimum physical signs seen in our study of James are bruises but they might feel more painful to his heart than the more serious invisible injuries. Emotional abuse is the continual failure to meet basic emotional needs. Emotional development is prevented and well-being harmed. The emotional signs in our case study can be seen in James by his actions of being withdrawn and non-communicative. The behavioural sign to abuse taking place to James is his aggressive behaviour.
The short term effect of physical abuse on James is physical pain. In the long term, injuries that often happen can result in secondary illness and complications, permanent scars or even disabilities. His emotional effects in the short term are a fear of people, withdrawal, and poor relationship with others. The long term emotional effects could be low self-respect, depression, inability to form relationships.
Abuse can arise for many reasons and there are a number of theoretical views which may be useful in clarifying why the abuse has taken place. The female view believes that sex and family roles give approval to a culture of abuse. Considering the historical and fixed ideas, men have power and control. In James’ case he lives in a re-constructed family with the father being rude and a heavy drinker. From a psychological angle, alcohol misuse can bring mental health problems which may increase aggression in the person and so James is more at risk from abuse by his stepfather. The relationship between the mother and James involves a dependency of James on his mother. With other problems in James’ mother’s life, this leads to increasing stress and the inability of his mother to cope with and manage a family with four children borne by two mothers. The attachment theory states that significant separations of a child from the carer in the early years can have an effect on their emotional development and can lead to psychological and social difficulties in later life. The loss of both his father and his half sister’s father with whom he lives may have contributed to his behaviour.
Abusive behaviour can sometimes be the result of mental health problems, brain damage or being abused themselves. By becoming the abuser they believe they are taking control; some even believe that they are not doing anything wrong and cannot stop themselves. When working with individuals who have abused, it is important to be aware that they may go on to abuse again and there is a need to protect the community from the abuser.
小题1:Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “bruises” in Paragraph 1?| A．Slight injury | B．Deep Cut | C．Body disability | D．Inner wound |
小题2:According to the writer’s case study, which of the following cases can be defined as abuse?| A．A father scolds his son because he doesn’t pass the exam in school. | | B．A car knocks down a woman but the driver doesn’t take her to hospital. | | C．A father never talks to his daughter and shows no interest in what she does. | | D．A husband is angry with his wife when she stays out late into the night. |
小题3:From the passage we can infer that ______________.| A．James’ step father doesn’t show any concern for his mother | | B．James’ mother gave birth to a girl in the re-constructed family | | C．James’ stepfather is rude to all the children in the family | | D．James’ mother loves her husband more than her own son |
小题4:Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage? | A．Categories of Abuse | B．How to Prevent Abuse | | C．Abuse and Its Causes | D．Effects Caused by Abuse |
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Outside our hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, a seemingly ancient woman waited beside the door with her hand outstretched. Every day I put my hand in hers as our eyes met. She never failed to return my smile, my grasp, and my greeting.
On the last day of our visit, I found myself alone on a busy corner across the street from our hotel. Bicycles and motorbikes rushed in front of me. As I hesitated on the sidewalk, I felt a hand on my elbow and looked down to see the smile of my small beggar friend looking up at me. She nodded her head toward the street, indicating that she would take me across. Together, we moved slowly into the chaos.
Then we moved on toward the sidewalk, where she pulled my face down to hers, kissed me on both cheeks, and then left, still smiling and waving back to me.
Traveling in poorer nations, I have witnessed a variety of ways to deal with beggars. The most common response of tourists faced with the poverty-stricken is to ignore them and focus their eyes elsewhere. I have seen people push away an outstretched hand in angry annoyance. A few may drop a few coins into the hand in a hurry, hoping that other ragged pursuers won’t immediately appear on the scene.
For many reasons, giving money is not the best response to an outstretched hand. Many world travelers have discovered that the greatest gift they can give is their time and respect. Everyone needs recognition, to be seen as worthy of being known, to feel appreciated and loved. And I believe that everyone is worthy and worth knowing.
小题1:The woman beggars helped the author go across the busy street because __________.| A．the author gave her material assistance | | B．the author treated her kindly and friendly | | C．the author would help her as a reward | | D．the author was a foreigner |
小题2:From the story, what position of the beggars in the author’s mind might be?| A．equal | B．superior | C．lower | D．valuable |
小题3:In common cases, people will do the following things to the beggars EXCEPT for ________.| A．pretending to see nothing | | B．handing out some money | | C．refusing them angrily | | D．greeting them normally |
小题4:According to the author, the most important things beggars really need are _________.| A．mercy and pity | B．money and food | | C．smile and greeting | D．attention and respect |
小题5:The purpose of the passage is to _________.| A．show how poor the beggars are in Vietnam | | B．offer some advice on dealing with begging | | C．express what we should offer the beggars | | D．describe an experience with a beggar |
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I can still remember when I met my best friend．She had just moved into the neighborhood and her grandmother brought her down to 1 me．I hid behind my mother she hid behind her grandmother， 2 to look at each other．Soon we lost the 3 and started playing with each other．
In the 7th grade，I first intentionally distanced myself from her．At that time, she was 4 family problems and I deserted her to be with me because she got _ 5 than ever before．None of my new friends liked her as much as I did because they knew she had_ 6 ．However，every summer we couldalways sit at each other’s house and watch soap operas，and talk about all the boys we liked．
It was last year when I noticed the problem．I guess I was too devoted in high school to 7 she needed someone there for her．Anyway，she made a new best friend and so did I．Then I didn’t know why，but she started cutting herself!
She then was diagnosed（诊断）with clinical depression．At first，I was very 8 ，but we still stayed in __9___．I wanted to be there for her since her new best friend basically 10 __ her and people were calling her 11 ．
Yesterday she came to me and said：“I never knew what a best friend was until you were the only person that would stop me cutting．I 12 you so much，and you didn’t even know you were ___13 me．”
We both cried．And a kind of 14 that I learn from my life so far is never to give up on your friends．Even if they aren’t as warm as others，or people think they are crazy，they need someonethere．If you desert them，you will only be 15 yourself.
| 小题1: | | A．follow | B．meet | C．join | D．support |
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| 小题2: | | A．scared | B．annoyed | C．worried | D．delighted |
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| 小题3: | | A．temper | B．interest | C．confidence | D．shyness |
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| 小题4: | | A．taking up | B．getting through | C．going through | D．making up |
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| 小题5: | | A．happier | B．cooler | C．stronger | D．cleverer |
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| 小题6: | | A．problems | B．shortcomings | C．partners | D．disabilities |
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| 小题7: | | A．admit | B．accept | C．consider | D． realize |
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| 小题8: | | A．calm | B．considerate | C．upset | D．helpful |
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| 小题9: | | A．place | B．touch | C．control | D．mood |
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| 小题10: | | A．confused | B．bothered | C．reminded | D．deserted |
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| 小题11: | | A．crazy | B．stubborn | C．clumsy | D．stupid |
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| 小题12: | | A．expect | B．influence | C．appreciate | D．demand |
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| 小题13: | | A．urging | B．blaming | C．helping | D．hurting |
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| 小题14: | | A．honour | B．favor | C．pleasure | D．lesson |
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| 小题15: | | A．uncomfortable | B．successful | C．guilty | D．reliable |
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