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When us teenager Jake Olson isn’t playing football or golf for his high school, he’s often offering inspiration through his new book about his own life.
These activities might be too much for the average 16-year-old to deal with, but Jake is blind. When people ask him how he can possibly play golf without being able to see the ball, he says he is thankful for his father’s guidance.
It seems apparent that his early experience playing sports as a person with sight and muscle memory— repeating behaviors over and over until they become second nature — have also enabled Jake to hit the ball quite well.
Jake was born with a rare kind of eye cancer that took away the vision from his left eye when he was an infant  and eventually his right eye, in 2009, when he was 12 years old. Rather than letting the disease hold him back, Jake used his loss of sight and his faith as sources of motivation .
“If I was going to sit on the couch all day feeling sorry for myself, I wasn’t going to do anything. I decided right then and there that I wasn’t going to let it stop me and that I was going to go out and persevere (坚持不懈),” he said.
It was with that mind-set that the student from Orange Lutheran High School in California was able to write his first book, Open Your Eyes: 10 Uncommon Lessons to Discover a Happier Life. “It’s about opening the readers’ eyes to their true potential in life and making sure that they use all the abilities that they have,” Jake said.
Jake’s father, Brian Olson, said the family is impressed with what he has done with his life, including showing people that they can get through hardships. “Your darkest hour can soon become your brightest, and with every setback, there’s a setup,” Jake said. “In every one of us, there’s more potential than we can ever imagine, and it really is a choice.”
小题1:We can learn from the article that Jake Olson ______.
A.was born a blind child
B.could have been a golf master
C.has great muscle memory
D.is trying to find the cure for his disease
小题2:According to the article, Jake’s family members ______.
A.pity him deeply
B.once gave up hope on him
C.encouraged him to write the book
D.admire his efforts and determination
小题3:The purpose of the book Open Your Eyes: 10 Uncommon Lessons to Discover a Happier Life is to ______.
A.promote good approaches to getting along with disabled people
B.inspire people to discover and use their hidden abilities
C.help people come up with better life goals
D.explain different definitions of “a happier life”
小题4:The underlined word “setback” is closest in meaning to ______.
A.fight B.failureC.opportunity D.success

答案

小题1:C 
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:B
解析

试题分析: Jake Olson在很小的时候就左眼失明,后来右眼也没有了视力。但是他凭借着以前的记忆,失明后继续在学校队里打球。在业余时间里,他还会写书去激励人们不要被挫折失败吓倒,要努力去开发自己的潜能,使自己的人生更精彩。
小题1:C 细节理解题。根据文章第三段It seems apparent that his early experience playing sports as a person with sight and muscle memory……have also enabled Jake to hit the ball quite well.可知他的肌肉记忆力帮他在失明后继续打球,故答案选C。
小题2:D细节理解题。从文章末段Jake’s father, Brian Olson, said the family is impressed with what he has done with his life,可知他的家人特别佩服他的毅力和决心,选D。
小题3:B细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段“It’s about opening the readers’ eyes to their true potential in life and making sure that they use all the abilities that they have,”可知这本书的目的是激励人们去开发自己的潜能,选B。
小题4:B词意推断题。根据文章末段Your darkest hour can soon become your brightest,可以推测setbacke应该是和darkest hour相对应的,A斗争;B失败;C机会;D成功。故判断B选项正确。
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Eleven-year-old Angela had something wrong with her nervous system. She was unable to ______. In fact, she could hardly make any ______. Although she believed that she had a______chance of recovering, the doctors said that ______, if any, could come back to normal after getting this disease. Having heard this, the little girl was not ______. There, lying in her hospital bed, she______that no matter what the doctors said, her going back to school was ______.
She was moved to a specialized health center, and whatever method could be tried was used. Still she would not ______. It seemed that she was ______. The doctors were all fond of her and taught her about______that she could make it. Every day Angela would lie there, ______doing her mental exercise.
One day,___ ___she was imagining her legs moving again, it seemed as though a miracle happened: The bed began to _____! “Look, what I’m doing! Look! I can do it! I moved! I moved! "she ______.
Of course, at this very moment everyone else in the hospital was ____. More importantly, they were running______safety.
People were crying, and equipment was ____. You see, it was an earthquake. But don’t____that to Angela. She has______that she did it, just as she had never doubted that she would recover. And now only a few years later, she’s back in school. You see, to such a person who can____the earth, such a disease is a small problem, isn’t it?
小题1:
A.seeB.hearC.talkD.walk
小题2:
A.progressB.differenceC.movementD.achievement
小题3:
A.poorB.goodC.littleD.special
小题4:
A.fewB.allC.someD.most
小题5:
A.satisfiedB.delightedC.surprisedD.discouraged
小题6:
A.insistedB.sighedC.fearedD.promised
小题7:
A.trueB.doubtfulC.certainD.impossible
小题8:
A.get up B.give upC.turn upD.stand up
小题9:
A.disappointedB.proudC.troubledD.undefeatable
小题10:
A.thinkingB.expectingC.pretendingD.imagining
小题11:
A.sadlyB.madlyC.carefullyD.faithfully
小题12:
A.asB.sinceC.afterD.before
小题13:
A.flyB.moveC.rollD.speak
小题14:
A.jumpedB.wonderedC.screamedD.recovered
小题15:
A.frightenedB.pleasedC.annoyedD.encouraged
小题16:
A.inB.byC.forD.with
小题17:
A.risingB.fallingC.missingD.gathering
小题18:
A.tellB.doC.giveD.show
小题19:
A.noticedB.supposedC.believedD.discovered
小题20:
A.pushB.shockC.shakeD.save

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Cohn Blanchard stood up from the bench, straightened his Army uniform, and studied the crowd of people making their way through Grand Central Station. He looked for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn’t, the girl with the rose.
His interest in her had begun thirteen months before in a Florida library. Taking a book off the shelf he found himself intrigued, not with the words of the book, but with the notes penciled in the margin. The soft handwriting reflected a thoughtful soul and insightful mind. In the front of the book, he discovered the previous owner’s name, Miss Hollis Maynell. With time and effort he located her address. She lived in New York City. He wrote her a letter introducing himself and inviting her to correspond. The next day he was shipped overseas for service in World War II.
During the next year and one month the two grew to know each other through the mail. Each letter was a seed falling on a fertile heart. A romance was starting Blanchard requested a photograph, but she refused. She felt that if he really cared, it wouldn’t matter what she looked like.
When the day finally came for him to return from Europe, they scheduled their first meeting —7:00 PM at the Grand Central Station in New York. “You’ll recognize me,” she wrote, “by the red rose I’ll be wearing on my lapel.” So at 7:00 he was in the station looking for a girl whose heart he loved, but whose face he’d never seen.
I’ll let Mr. Blanchard tell you what happened: A young woman was coming toward me, her figure long and slim. Her blonde hair lay back in curls from her delicate ears; her eyes were blue as flowers. Her lips and chin had a gentle firmness, and in her pale green suit she was like springtime come alive. I stared at her, entirely forgetting to notice that she was not wearing a rose. As I moved, a small, attractive smile curved her lips. “Going my way , sailor?” she murmured.
Almost uncontrollably I made one step closer to her, and then I saw Hollis Maynell. She was standing almost directly behind the girl. A woman well past 40, she had graying hair tucked under a worn hat. She was more than plump, her thick-ankled feet thrust into low-heeled shoes. The girl in the green suit was walking quickly away. I felt as though I was split in two, so keen was my desire to follow her, and yet so deep was my longing for the woman whose spirit had truly companioned me and upheld my own.
And there she stood. Her pale, plump face was gentle and sensible, her gray eyes had a warm and kindly twinkle. I did not hesitate. My fingers gripped the small worn blue leather copy of the book that was to identify me to her.
This would not be love, but it would be something precious, something perhaps even better than love, a friendship for which I had been and must ever be grateful. I squared my shoulders and saluted and held out the book to the woman, even though while I spoke I felt choked by the bitterness of my disappointment."I"m Lieutenant John Blanchard, and you must be Miss Maynell. I am so glad you could meet me; may I take you to dinner?"
  The woman"s face broadened into a tolerant smile. "I don"t know what this is about, son," she answered, "but the young lady in the green suit who just went by, she begged me to wear this rose on my coat. And she said if you were to ask me out to dinner, I should go and tell you that she is waiting for you in the big restaurant across the street. She said it was some kind of test!"
It"s not difficult to understand and admire Miss Maynell"s wisdom. The true nature of a heart is seen in its response to the unattractive. "Tell me whom you love," Houssaye wrote, "And I will tell you who you are. "
小题1:How did John Blanchard get to know Miss Hollis Maynell?
A.They were both interested in literature.
B.John knew Hollis"s name from a library book.
C.John came across Hollis in a Florida library .
D.They lived in the same city.
小题2:Hollis refused to send Blanchard a photo because            .
A.she thought true love is beyond appearance
B.she had never taken any photo before they knew
C.she was only a middle - aged woman
D.she wasn"t confident about her appearance
小题3:How could Blanchard recognize Hollis?
A.She would be wearing a scarf around her neck.
B.She would be holding a book in her hand.
C.She would be standing behind a young girl.
D.She would be wearing a rose on her coat.
小题4:What was the real Miss Hollis Maynell like?
A.She was a middle - aged woman in her forties.
B.She was a young, pretty girl wearing a green suit.
C.She was a plump woman with graying hair.
D.She was a slightly fat girl, with blonde hair.
小题5:When Blanchard went over to greet the woman, he was         
A.shocked but inspiredB.annoyed and bad - mannered
C.disappointed but well - behavedD.satisfied and confident
小题6:Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A.Love is blindB.Don"t Judge a Book by its Cover
C.A Test of LoveD.The Symbol of Rose

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阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As soon as I saw the cat in our yard, I knew he was a stray(流浪儿).He looked
      -a wounded warrior with a badly scarred body.
I started putting out food for him each day, but he wouldn’t come near me if other people were      . Winter came, and he still wouldn’ t        us. Then, one day, a car hit him so we took him to the vets.
After a week, we were eager to bring him home to       our family. But when we went to take the cat home, the vet told us we should put him to        immediately because the cat was so fierce and mean that he would        become tame, let alone a pet.
But I have always had       in love’s power to      even the wildest beasts. I told the vet, "I want to take him home.” We         him Paws.
Three days went by, and we only knew Paws was         the bed because when we walked past it we heard deep growling.
1 wanted to somehow let him know he was      and loved. So I put on a hard hat and a pair of welding gloves. 1         under the bed toward Paws, with my face to the
      and only the top of my head facing him. 1       out to stroke (抚摩) him gently over and over again.
He growled and tried to      and bite me. It was scary but I knew he couldn’t         me, so I just kept going. Slowly, he began to        . Then I slid out from under the bed and left the room.
Several hours later. I noticed a cat on the bed. It was Paws all         on the pillows! I couldn’t believe it.
That dear cat became the        of our household. Although Paws finally died of cancer, his legacy (馈赠)-my        and firm belief in the power of love lives on.
小题1:
A.cuteB.strongC.fierceD.smart
小题2:
A.aroundB.inC.outD.away
小题3:
A.loveB.attackC.refuseD.trust
小题4:
A.pleaseB.joinC.seeD.satisfy
小题5:
A.deathB.sightC.observationD.sleep
小题6:
A.simplyB.hardlyC.easilyD.gradually
小题7:
A.senseB.interestC.faithD.feeling
小题8:
A.comfortB.convinceC.protectD.tame
小题9:
A.namedB.appointedC.acceptedD.made
小题10:
A.onB.besideC.underD.inside
小题11:
A.hopefulB.pitifulC.carefulD.safe
小题12:
A.hidB.slidC.shelteredD.slept
小题13:
A.bedB.skyC.floorD.feet
小题14:
A.turnedB.pickedC.pulledD.reached
小题15:
A.playB.scratchC.lickD.push
小题16:
A.hurtB.botherC.avoidD.betray
小题17:
A.get angryB.give upC.run awayD.calm down
小题18:
A.stepped outB.stood outC.stretched witD.stuck out
小题19:
A.hopeB.loveC.supportD.comfort
小题20:
A.normalB.nobleC.strangeD.continued

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Professor Williams lived alone and he was very          .He used to arrive at the university to give a lecture and find that he had forgotten to bring his notes.Or he would lose his spectacles and be unable to see the         .He could never find any chalk to          with,and he often forgot the time and would ramble(漫谈)on for hours because he had          his watch at home.But the most          thing of a11 about him was his          .His overcoat was rarely           ,as most of the buttons were          .His shoes were usually untied because he had lost the laces.He must have lost his comb as well because his hair was always standing on.His trousers were         by an old tie instead of a belt.He was a chain smoker.He would smoke          in class.Cigarette ash was liberally scattered over his waistcoat.
小题1:
A.hard-workingB.warm-hearted C.good-temperedD.absent-minded
小题2:
A.blackboard B.floorC.ceiling D.window
小题3:
A.signB.deliverC.writeD.address
小题4:
A.putB.placedC.1eftD.forgotten
小题5:
A.excitingB.amazingC.attractiveD.delightful
小题6:
A.appearanceB.actC.behaviorD.conduct
小题7:
A.tiedB.fastenedC.ironedD.packed
小题8:
A.1osingB.fallingC.missingD.hanging
小题9:
A.rounded upB.stuck togetherC.put togetherD.held up
小题10:
A.evenB.frequentlyC.constantlyD.continuously

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A Wonderful Christmas Gift

Ann and her mother had lived in a small cottage as long as Ann could         
Christmas was so close.Ann wished she could get a new         with lace as a wonderful Christmas gift.But Ann did not want to ask her Mom for a new dress.She knew how hard her mom worked to         both ends meet.Maybe she could make a         —maybe Santa Claus would come…
It was not just gift that         Ann.It was her mother.Nowadays she was working overtime and looked          and worn out.
The days passed and soon it was Christmas Eve.Ann went to bed with a         heart.She knew that there would be         gifts for her.
Ring….Ring…Ann jumped,hearing alarm.
She suddenly remembered it’s Christmas day.Without much hope she looked          there were any gifts for her.Wonder of wonders! There lay a beautiful packet         with a red ribbon.
Ann         opened the package.It was a pretty frock with attractive lace.The material was soft and silky         the hard material of the dresses she usually wore.
She checked the gift carefully to         who gave her the frock.Suddenly a small piece of paper fell out.Ann         started to read the note.
“Dear Ann,
This frock is gifted to you for being a good girl.Hope you continue to do good things and help your mother.   
Yours,
Santa Claus”
Ann felt that there was something         about this note.She         the note carefully. Then it struck her.She realized this       is her mother"s.Her mother had worked overtime to        money to buy this expensive sift.Ann was happy beyond         .She knew that she is the          girl to have such a wonderful mother as a wonderful Christmas gift.
小题1:
A.rememberB.imagineC.think D.speak
小题2:
A.packetB.hatC.doll D.dress
小题3:
A.earnB.makeC.put D.get
小题4:
A.promiseB.decisionC.plan D.wish
小题5:
A.worriedB.discouragedC.ashamed D.surprised
小题6:
A.happyB.energeticC.paleD.miserable
小题7:
A.1ightB.heavyC.tired D.cheering
小题8:
A.fewB.someC.no D.any
小题9:
A.ifB.thoughC.as D.because
小题10:
A.attachedB.tiedC.packed D.carried
小题11:
A.patientlyB.calmlyC.excitedlyD.quietly
小题12:
A.1ikeB.unlikeC.dislike D.1ikely
小题13:
A.point outB.bring outC.hand out D.find out
小题14:
A.carelesslyB.nervouslyC.eagerly D.disappointedly
小题15:
A.familiarB.similarC.strange D.unique
小题16:
A.1ooked intoB.made use ofC.wrote down D.took away
小题17:
A.dressB.handwritingC.note D.packet
小题18:
A.offerB.winC.spend D.save
小题19:
A.reachB.praiseC.words D.power
小题20:
A.bestB.poorestC.greatest D.luckiest

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