At the beginning of my 8:00 a.m. class one Monday at UNLV（拉斯维加斯内华达大学）, I cheerfully asked my students how their weekend had been. One young man said that his weekend had not been very good. The young man then proceeded to ask me why I always seemed to be so cheerful.
His question reminded me of something I’d read somewhere before: “Every morning when you get up, you have a choice about how you want to approach life that day,” I said to the young man. “I choose to be cheerful.”
“Let me give you an example,” I continued. “In addition to teaching here at UNLV, I also teach out at the community college in Henderson. One day a few weeks ago I drove to Henderson. I exited the freeway and turned onto College Drive. But just then my car died. I tried to start it again, but the engine wouldn’t turn over. So I put my flashers on, grabbed my books, and marched down the road to the college.”
“As soon as I got there, the secretary in the Provost’s office asked me what had happened. ‘This is my lucky day’, I replied, smiling.”
“Your car breaks down and today is your lucky day?” She was puzzled, “What do you mean?”
“I live seventeen miles from here. I replied. My car could have broken down anywhere along the freeway. It didn’t. Instead, it broke down in the perfect place: off the freeway, within walking distance of here. I’m still able to teach my class, and I’ve been able to arrange for the tow truck to meet me after class. If my car was meant to break down today, it couldn’t have been arranged in a more convenient fashion.”
小题1:If you want to be cheerful you should ___________.| A．try to succeed in doing everything | B．try to please your boss every day | | C．earn a lot of money by working | D．choose to be cheerful every day |
小题2:The underlined phrase “turn over” in the third paragraph means “________”| A．roll over | B．work normally | C．stopped suddenly | D．move around |
小题3:According to this passage we can infer that the teacher’s car broke down ____.| A．near UNLV | B．along the highway | | C．near Henderson | D．at the community college |
小题4:Which one of the following is TRUE?| A．The teacher taught not only at UNLV but also at the community college. | | B．That was the teacher’s lucky day because the teacher liked walking. | | C．The teacher always hoped that the car would break down often. | | D．The young man was sad because his car broke down. |
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小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:A |
通过一个小故事告诉我们：快乐是一种选择，如果你选择了快乐，那么你就是快乐的。
小题1:推理题。根据第二段最后一行“I choose to be cheerful.可知如果你想要快乐，那么就要选择快乐。
小题2:猜测词义题。根据前面的发动汽车可知，我希望车子能正常工作。
小题3:细节题。根据最后一段第2,3行it broke down in the perfect place: off the freeway, within walking distance of here.
小题4:细节题。根据第三段第1,2行Let me give you an example,” I continued. “In addition to teaching here at UNLV, I also teach out at the community college in Henderson. |
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试题【At the beginning of my 8:00 a.m. class one Monday at UNLV（拉斯维加斯内华达大学）, I cheerfu】；主要考察你对
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“I am going home to Denmark, Son, and I just want to tell you I love you.”
In my dad’s last telephone call to me, he __36__ that line several times in half an hour. I wasn’t listening at the right level. I heard the words, but not the message, and__37__not their deeper meaning. I believed my dad would live to be 100 years old, __38__my great uncle lived to be 107 years old. I hadn’t felt his __39__over Mum’s death, understood his loneliness or__40__most of his friends had left the world. He often asked my brother and me to create grandchildren__41__he could be a devoted grandfather. I was too busy with my business to really listen.
“Dad’s dead,” sighed my brother not long after dad went back to Denmark.
I was__42__ and just cried for the loss of my dad. This isn’t the __43__it’s supposed to happen. If I had known these were to be dad’s final days, I would have asked to go with him to Denmark. If I had been really listening and thinking, I would have offered comfort during his final hours. After all, a loved one should hold his hand and__44__him as he makes the transition(过渡) from reality to another world. Dad __45__ his departure(离开) repeatedly, but I__46__it. I felt sadness, pain and regret. Why had I not been there for him? He’d always been there for me. In the mornings when I was nine years old, he__47__come home from working 18 hours and __48__ me up by patting my back lightly with his strong powerful hands and whispering, “Time to get up, Son.” __49__I was dressed and ready to go, he had put my schoolbag in my bicycle basket. Recalling these__50__moments with dad brings tears to my eyes.
Now my heart is still in__51__because dad was there for me and I wasn’t there for him. My hearty__52__is: always, always seize the moment to__53__ your love with your loved ones, and keep them__54__when they leave the world. Experiencing the__55__of death with one you love will make you understand the meaning of life better.
| 小题1: | | A．held | B．repeated | C．signed | D．declared |
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| 小题2: | | A．possibly | B．fortunately | C．certainly | D．occasionally |
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| 小题4: | | A．sorrow | B．shock | C．disappointment | D．disadvantage |
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| 小题5: | | A．achieved | B．regarded | C．admitted | D．realized |
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| 小题6: | | A．in case that | B．so that | C．now that | D．for fear that |
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| 小题7: | | A．speechless | B．hopeless | C．useless | D．homeless |
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| 小题8: | | A．thing | B．result | C．case | D．way |
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| 小题9: | | A．comfort | B．believe | C．blame | D．educate |
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| 小题10: | | A．abandoned | B．afforded | C．announced | D．allowed |
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| 小题11: | | A．damaged | B．missed | C．lost | D．replaced |
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| 小题12: | | A．would | B．should | C．could | D．might |
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| 小题13: | | A．dress | B．bring | C．break | D．wake |
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| 小题14: | | A．The moment | B．The first time | C．In time of | D．By the time |
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| 小题15: | | A．terrible | B．sweet | C．stressful | D．delighted |
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| 小题16: | | A．trouble | B．danger | C．confusion | D．pain |
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| 小题17: | | A．advice | B．wish | C．dream | D．aim |
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| 小题18: | | A．provide | B．spare | C．share | D．mix |
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| 小题19: | | A．safe | B．company | C．alive | D．informed |
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| 小题20: | | A．possibility | B．process | C．strength | D．warning |
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In the past few years development in medical technology has made it possible for people to live longer than in the past. New medicines and machines are being developed every day to extend(延长) life. However, some people, including some doctors, are not in favor of(支持) these life extending measures, and they argue that people should have the right to die when they want to. They say that the quality of life is as important as life itself and that people should not be forced to go on living when conditions of life have become terrible. They say that people should be allowed to die with dignity (尊严) and to decide when they want to die. Others argue that life under any conditions is better than death and that the duty of doctors is always to extend life as long as possible. And so the argument goes on and on without a final answer.
小题1:The best title for this passage is _____.| A．The Right to Live | B．The Right to Die | | C．The Doctor’s Duty | D．The Right to Live or Die |
小题2:In recent years, people can live longer than in the past. It’s because of __ .| A．the development of medical technology | | B．big hospitals | | C．good doctors | | D．both B and C |
小题3:According to some people whether a dying patient has the right to die or not is decided by _____ . | A．the doctors | | B．the head of the hospital | | C．his or her family | | D．the patient himself or herself |
小题4:Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?| A．Most of the medical workers join in the argument. | | B．The argument has ended in favor of the patient. | | C．The argument hasn’t ended yet. | | D．The quality of life is not as important as life itself. |
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After my brother died in an accident, my mother was in deep sadness. I was only a four-year-old girl at the time, but I still understood the sudden shift in my mom’s attitude towards safety. Suddenly everything around us was potentially dangerous. Overnight, the world had gone from a playground to a dangerous zone. I grew up with a lot of limits and rules. I couldn’t walk home from school by myself, even though everyone I knew already did. I couldn’t go to summer camp because what if something happened to me?
As I got older, the list of things of fear got longer. My whole life was divided into “things you should avoid”, and “things you needed to do in order to have a good, long life.” I became a natural worrier. I worry about things like getting cancer, losing my wallet, car accidents, earthquakes, and losing my job — disasters big and small, real and imagined.
The funny part is that you’d never know it by looking at my life. In fact, I’ve developed a rule for myself: If it scares me, then I have to do it at least once. I’ve done lots of things that my mom would have worried about: I’ve ridden a motorcycle; I’ve traveled —a lot. I’ve performed stand-up comedy, and I’m planning my second wedding.
There’s something else I don’t usually talk about, but it’s a cornerstone in my belief: When I was 14, my mother died suddenly in a car accident. At my mom’s funeral I remember making a choice. I could either live out the rest of my life trying to be “safe” or I could be brave enough to live out a fulfilling, exciting and, yes, sometimes dangerous life.
I worry that I may have betrayed(背叛) my mother by writing her in this light, but she has been a driving force in my life and, in the end I think she would have been proud of me. Courage isn’t a natural character of human beings. I believe that using courage is like developing a muscle. The more often I do things that scare me or that make me uncomfortable, the more I realize that I can do a lot more than I originally thought I could do.
Even though I inherited (继承) my mother’s cautious nature. I’ve also come to believe that fear can be a good thing, if we face it. Believing that has made my world a less scary place.
小题1:In the writer’s childhood, the limits and rules were used to ______.| A．improve her behavior | B．develop her independence | | C．be in memory of her dead brother | D．protect her from possible danger |
小题2: How does the writer deal with the things that frighten her?| A．She just ignores them. | B．She faces up to them. | | C．She turns to her mother for help. | D．She does them with her friends. |
小题3:From the passage, we can learn that ______.| A．the writer failed in her first marriage | | B．nothing can make the writer afraid now | | C．frightening things made the writer lose her self-confidence | | D．the writer’s mother felt annoyed with her |
小题4:What does the passage mainly talk about?| A．Mothers influence their children much. | | B．Fear is in fact not a bad thing. | | C．Facing fear bravely produces courage. | | D．The world is not as scary as people expect. |
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When I was about 8 years old, I asked my mum to buy me a certain biscuit because it sponsored（赞助）Flash Gordon. Gordon was a super-hero who 31 for good deeds（事情）in outer space.
My mum would buy the 32 for me because I 33 the prize that came with it. The prize was a pair of glasses that Gordon 34 .
However, in order to get the prize I had to 35 the whole box of biscuits out because it was at the 36 . I didn’t dare to think of 37 my way to the prize because I was too 38 . Yes, I wanted to be like Flash Gordon! 39 the glasses came out from the bottom, I put them on. I felt like my favorite 40 . I wore them everywhere my mum and I went. I even tried to wear them to 41, but the teachers didn’t want a super-hero flying around the playground.
Over the years there were other prizes from many 42 brands（牌子）of biscuits, but I was never really 43 the biscuits, only the 44 .
When you think about it, 45 itself can be like a box of biscuits. Even as adults, we keep 46 that prize at all costs. Just 47 what we do at times. We become greedy（贪婪的）to get what we think is the prize.
Try to look at it from a different view. Wouldn’t it be better to 48 the journey along the way ? In other words, don’t be impatient and pour the box. That will only spoil（破坏）the 49 meaning of the prize. Enjoy what you have and be grateful. I promise your prize will 50 , without having to push others out of the way to get it.
| 小题1: | | A．paid | B．prepared | C．fought | D．waited |
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| 小题2: | | A．biscuit | B．toy | C．book | D．space |
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| 小题3: | | A．designed | B．deserved | C．offered | D．wanted |
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| 小题4: | | A．made | B．sold | C．owned | D．wore |
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| 小题5: | | A．throw | B．pour | C．put | D．leave |
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| 小题6: | | A．beginning | B．side | C．bottom | D．top |
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| 小题7: | | A．changing | B．losing | C．eating | D．finding |
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| 小题8: | | A．impatient | B．lazy | C．weak | D．nervous |
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| 小题9: | | A．Although | B．Since | C．While | D．Once |
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| 小题10: | | A．soldier | B．hero | C．model | D．player |
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| 小题11: | | A．cinema | B．school | C．hospital | D．shop |
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| 小题12: | | A．old | B．famous | C．different | D．special |
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| 小题13: | | A．interested in | B．afraid of | C．good at | D．angry at |
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| 小题14: | | A．color | B．price | C．box | D．prize |
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| 小题15: | | A．success | B．life | C．love | D．wealth |
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| 小题16: | | A．looking at | B．looking after | C．looking for | D．looking up |
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| 小题17: | | A．think about | B．set down | C．pack up | D．go through |
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| 小题19: | | A．new | B．real | C．funny | D．strange |
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| 小题20: | | A．appear | B．disappear | C．flow | D．enrich |
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Two years ago my grandmother was going to turn 75. My family discussed what was the best way to celebrate. Should we throw her a party ? Should we take her on a trip ? We remembered that she had touched so many people’s lives, and there were so many people for her to consider. Then someone got the idea that we should include everyone in the celebration by turning it into a tribute（献礼）to my grandmother.
We secretly sent out letters to the people in Grandmother’s address book and asked them to send a letter with a memory that they had shared with her. People sent us letters with poems, stories and pictures. The deep feeling that was shared through the response（回应）surprised us. We compiled（编辑）these letters into a memory book and amazed her with it on the morning of her birthday.
The unusual thing about my grandmother’s friends was not the number that she had, but the connection they shared. In many ways this book of friendship was the greatest achievement of my grandmother’s life.
I believe that developing true friendships is one of the most important things that anyone can do in one’s lifetime. It is not a matter of the number of friends one has, but the quality of the bonds. If one has had at least one true friendship before dying, then one can say one has lived a successful life. I have made many friends and I believe I have begun to develop the same types of friendships my grandmother kept up over her lifetime. I only hope that I will be as successful as she has been.
小题1:How did the author’s family celebrate Grandmother’s birthday ?| A．They took her on a trip across the country. | | B．They gave her a memory book of friendship. | | C．They invited all her friends to her birthday party. | | D．They asked all her friends to send her cards. |
小题2:When receiving her birthday gift, the author’s grandmother probably felt _____.| A．disappointed and lonely | B．sorry and sad | | C．surprised and pleased | D．nervous and excited |
小题3:According to the passage, the author probably agrees that _____.| A．the more friends you have, the better | | B．friends are more important than family | | C．understanding leads to greater success | | D．true friendship is very important to us |
小题4:Which of the following words can best describe the author’s grandmother ?| A．Kind. | B．Great. | C．Polite | D．Pleasant |
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