Difficult times often bring out the best in people. Many well-known people come to help those who are in trouble. And this was the case for basketball player Yao Ming. He hosted a television show in Shanghai and raised US $ 300,000 to help researchers (研究员) find a medical cure. Fund-raising, or charity, is an act of goodwill(好意) towards others.
Charities in the West have more ways. Look at a typical day for Ruth, a rich woman in the UK, for example. Ruth wakes up in the morning and collects her post. There’s a letter addressed to her with a picture of a half-dead, beaten(筋疲力尽的) horse. It’s from a charity asking Ruth to donate money to save the animals. She turns on the television, and sees a picture of a wide–eyed child dying of hunger in Africa with a request (请求) for money to help the child. The tickets for the charity shows often cost her a lot of money, but she doesn’t mind because most of the money is going to a charity that fights AIDS. She feels good about going because she’s helping the sick.
Edna, a little old lady, looks after a second-hand shop—a charity shop. Any profit (收益) it has made goes to a cancer(癌症) charity. Now that she doesn’t have to work, she has lots of time to offer her services for free.
For people like Yao Ming, Ruth and Edna, charity is a virtue (美德) that holds the same importance in life as faith and hope. “As you look back on your life, the moments that stand out are the moments when you have done things for others,” said Scottish writer Henry Drummond.
小题1:Yao Ming hosted a television show to _____.| A．make more money | B．raise money for his basket team | | C．make himself more famous | D．raise money for researchers to find a cure for SARS |
小题2:We can infer (推断)from the passage that _____.| A．Edna may not be a rich lady but she is willing to do something for others | | B．Ruth is angry because she has been asked to donate too much money | | C．Ruth leads a busy life and she feels very tired | | D．Yao Ming wants to be a television host |
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE?| A．Only Yao Ming, Ruth and Edna try their best to do things for charity. | | B．Ruth has given a lot of support to charity although she is not very rich. | | C．The writer hopes that more people can do things for charity. | | D．Edna is very rich because she has her own shop. |
小题4:One morning, Ruth received a letter with a picture of a horse in it because _____.| A．she lost her horse | | B．a charity wanted her to donate some money | | C．she loved horse very much | | D．she wanted to keep a horse as a pet |
小题5:The underlined(划线) part in the last paragraph probably means that _____.| A．what impresses people deeply is what they have done for others | | B．when you want to do something for others, you need stand out | | C．the moment you stand out, you can do something for others | | D．when you look back sometimes, you need stand out |
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小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:B
小题5:A |
小题1:细节题。结合Yao Ming. He hosted a television show in Shanghai and raised US $ 300,000 to help researchers (研究员) find a medical cure可知答案。
小题2:推断题。Ruth确实繁忙但并没有流露出feel tired 之意，寻读“The ticket cost her a small fortune, but she doesn’t mind…” 和 “She feels good about going because she’s helping the sick.” 等句可看出她并没有因为很多人让她捐钱而生气，因此B项、C项均排除。D项没有提到。关于Edna,文中讲到她已退休，有足够的闲暇时间提供免费服务，因此A项正确。
小题3:细节题。结合倒数第二段可知答案。
小题4:细节题。结合It’s from a charity asking Ruth to donate money to save the animals 可知答案
小题5:语义推测题，选D。划线部分本意是“当你回顾你的生活时，往往是你帮助了别人的那些时刻或情景会在你的记忆中清晰地显现（stand out）。” 因此选A。 |
核心考点
试题【Difficult times often bring out the best in people. Many well-known people come 】；主要考察你对
人物故事类等知识点的理解。
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Tolstoy, the greatest Russian writer, liked to walk about in a railway station near his home. One day when he was walking up and down as ___1___, looking at people getting on and off the trains, he heard a lady __2___ after him, “Hey, you old man, go and bring back my handbag I left in the __3___ room.”
Tolstoy went there. He picked the bag up and walked quickly along the platform (站台). At the same time the lady was waiting beside the carriage (车厢), looking __4___. When at last the old man gave the bag back to her, she opened it to make sure nothing was __5___. “ Good, old man,” said the woman. “ You are just as quick as I can __6___. Here you are. ” She gave a coin to him. Tolstoy __7__ the coin and put it into his pocket with a smile.
The woman was very _8__ when she heard he was Tolstoy, the writer of the great novel War and Peace. She returned to Tolstoy and said, “ Oh, excuse me ….. Oh, how silly I was to __9__ you as a porter (搬运工). Please throw back that coin if you forgive me.”
“Oh, madam, why? You have nothing wrong,” Tolstoy laughed and said, “ The coin is given for my work, so I’ll __10___ it. Thank you, madam! ”
| 小题1: | | A．possible | B．often | C．usual | D．well |
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| 小题2: | | A．talking | B．speaking | C．telling | D．shouting |
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| 小题3: | | A．reading | B．meeting | C．waiting | D．dining |
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| 小题4: | | A．happy | B．back | C．well | D．worried |
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| 小题5: | | A．there | B．inside | C．missing | D．wrong |
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| 小题7: | | A．showed | B．watched | C．accepted | D．picked |
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| 小题8: | | A．angry | B．surprised | C．happy | D．sad |
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小题1: Sun Mei, 23, is a clerk in a bank. She likes playing table tennis. She would like a companion(伴侣) who is a soldier (军人) and not shorter than 170 cm. it will be good if he is a sports fan.
小题2: Tang Xiaoli, 29, 160 cm tall, has just come to Guangdong Province. She works as an accountant(会计) now. she hopes to find a companion who has a house of his own and at least has got a bachelor’s degree(学士学位).
小题3: Liu Fenghua, 56, is a retired teacher from high school. Her husband died of a heart attack()心脏病发作) four years ago. She hopes to find a companion who is 60-70.
小题4: Xie Qun, 24, works as a secretary in Shenzhen. She is 161 cm tall and just finished college a year ago. She loves listening to all kinds of music. She wants to find a companion who is under 30, and at least has got a bachelor’s degree.
小题5:Zhang Ying, 35, is a kindergarten(幼儿园) teacher. She is divorced(离婚的) now. in her free time, she enjoyed learning English. She wants to find a companion who has no housing problems, and isn’t younger than her.  |
Chen Guangbiao（陈光标） was born in Jiangsu in July,1968. He is the chairperson of a company in Jiangsu. Now he is one of China’s richest men and he has donated a great amount of money to charity projects. He says he will donate everything he has to charity after he dies.
When people are in need of help, he will appear at once. He helped people during the Wenchuan earthquake, the Yunnan earthquake and the Taiwan earthquake. He also gave a helping hand in Japan’s earthquake. He has built many Hope Primary Schools to support the education in poor areas.
He doesn’t do charity for honour. He wants to encourage more people to make contributions to charity. After announcing he would donate everything to charity after his death, many businesses, overseas(海外)Chinese people and common people encouraged by him have also promised to do something for charity.
As a philanthropist(慈善家),he is asked for help every day. Sometimes he gets very tired, but he has never stopped caring.
So far, he has received a lot of awards, including Pioneer of the Year, and National May Day Labour Medal(全国五一劳动奖章).He is considered（认为） as one of china’s top philanthropists.
小题1:How old is Chen Guangbiao now?小题2:He says he will donate _____ to charity after he dies.| A．nothing | B．some schools | | C．everything he has | D．his whole company |
小题3:What does he do charity for?| A．He wants to do charity for money. | | B．He wants to do charity for pleasure. | | C．He wants to ask people to help him. | | D．He wants to encourage more people to contribute to charity. |
小题4:Which of the following is NOT mentioned（提到，提及） in the passage?| A．He is from Jiangsu. | | B．He has visited many countries. | | C．He has helped people in need. | | D．He has got a lot of awards. |
小题5:Which do you think is the best title for the passage?| A．Earthquakes. | | B．Hope Primary Schools. | | C．Pioneer of the Year. | | D．Philanthropist Chen Guangbiao |
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Walt Disney，the great film-maker was born in Chicago in 1901. His greatest wish was to be a famous ___1___. When he was young, he went to a __2___ office in a city named Kansas. There he had some friends __3__. He took some pictures with himself and wanted to get a job. But he had no __4_. They looked at the pictures and said, “Sorry, young man, we don’t think there is __5__interesting in your pictures. ”
But he didn’t lose 6_ . He went on to draw pictures. His family was __7__. One day a mouse came into his room and played on the floor. He stopped __8 _ and watched it. The mouse came to him and sat on his desk, so he gave the mouse a piece of bread. Then the mouse came nearer and was given more bread. 9 this way after some days the mouse became his good friend.
Disney went to the west of the USA after a few years. He tried to get work as an artist, but he wasn’t still 10 . One day he remembered the cute mouse. He picked up his pencil and began to draw. He drew some different pictures of the mouse. He called it Mickey Mouse. Now most people knew and loved him all over the world.
| 小题1: | | A． artist | B． scientist | C． inventor | D． actor |
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| 小题2: | | A． book | B． newspaper | C． post | D． photo |
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| 小题3: | | A． working | B． living | C． playing | D． doing |
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| 小题4: | | A． luck | B． luckily | C． unluckily | D． lucky |
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| 小题5: | | A． anything | B． nothing | C． something | D． everything |
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| 小题6: | | A． head | B． mind | C． heart | D． idea |
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| 小题7: | | A． rich | B． happy | C． poor | D． sad |
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| 小题8: | | A． draw | B． drawing | C． to draw | D． drew |
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| 小题10: | | A．successful | B． success | C． successfully | D． fail |
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0ur village carpenter(木匠)，John Hill, came one day and made a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two window. When I got home that evening, John was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill( 账单) for his job.
My wife said to me quietly, “That’s his ninth cup of tea today. ”But she said in a loud voice, “It’s a beautiful table, dear, isn’t it?” “I’ll decide about that when I see the bill,” I said. John laughed and gave me his bill for the work. I read:
One dining table 10th November, 2011
Cost of wood $ 17:00
Paint $1. 50
Work, 8 hours($1 an hour) $8. 00
Total $36. 50
When I was looking at the bill, John said,” It’s been a fine day, hasn’t it? Quite sunny. ”
“Yes,” I said. “I’m glad it’s only the 10th of November. ”
“Me, too,” said John, “you wait—it will be a lot colder by the end of the month. ”
“Yes, colder—and more expensive! Dining table will be $20 more expensive on November 30th, won’t they, John?”
John looked hard at me for half a minute. Was there a little smile in his two blue eyes? I gave his bill back to him.
“If it’s not too much trouble, John,” I said,“Please add(加) it up again, You can forget the date-------”
I paid him $26. 50 and he was happy to get it.
小题1:Why did John talk about the weather when the writer was looking at the bill?| A． Because he didn’t want the writer to check the bill carefully. | | B． Because he wanted to show that he was really polite. | | C．Because it’s a good way to communicate with each other. | | D．Because he wanted to confirm what the weather was like. |
小题2:How much would John ask for if he made a dining table on the last day of December according to his bill?| A．$ 26. 50 | B．$36. 50 | C．$56. 50 | D．$57. 50 |
小题3:When John got the money, he was happy because__________________________. | A． he felt lucky to get the money for his work | | B． he got paid a lot more than usual for his work | | C． he got as much money as he had expected | | D． he didn’t have to add up the costs any more |
小题4:Which word can best describe John?| A． Clever | B． Silly | C． Dishonest | D． Humorous(幽默的) |
小题5:What can we learn about John from the passage?| A． He made a mistake carelessly in the bill | | B． He tried to get more money for his work. | | C． He had written the bill before the writer got home | | D． He had talked about the bill with the writer’s wife. |
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