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It’s a sad and familiar voice that we often hear in big cities: “Can you spare some change?”
Usually, when faced with that particular         , I have feelings of guilt if I pass by          giving a coin or two.
I had that feeling       in Venice while on a tour of Italy’s famous sites in 2006. I had taken refuge from the          in a quiet café. Outside, there was an old woman kneeling on the hard, ancient paving stones,         .
Steady          of tourists were walking past her. A young backpacker stood away from the crowd,       drinking in the vistas(景观、景色), but I noticed the young traveler was also          the old woman.
A tourist group walked along the street,          the woman and walked on.          group of tourists arrived and walked past the old lady. The backpacker watched          everybody else went on their way, focused on the          around them. Then, I was preparing to leave when I caught sight of the backpacker stepping forward and          some money in the woman’s cup. He did this somewhat        just before the arrival of another tourist group. As I         , the leader of the group stopped and put some money in the cup. Having been shown the way, other tourists followed suit and          some more coins to the cup.
His work done, the young man walked over to the old beggar-woman, patted her on the shoulder and said, “I hope that          a little.”
I don’t know if the woman understood his English or          what had just happened, but I did.
I placed some money in the woman’s cup and continued my travels,          after witnessing such a          act of kindness.
小题1:
A.soundB.questionC.excuseD.command
小题2:
A.beyondB.afterC.withoutD.before
小题3:
A.many timesB.some times C.only onceD.once again
小题4:
A.crowdsB.familiesC.streetsD.signs
小题5:
A.singingB.cryingC.beggingD.trembling
小题6:
A.streamsB.packsC.massesD.groups
小题7:
A.simplyB.seeminglyC.similarlyD.specially
小题8:
A.showingB.followingC.checkingD.observing
小题9:
A.glanced atB.laughed atC.rushed atD.stared at
小题10:
A.OneB.MoreC.AnotherD.Other
小题11:
A.ifB.sinceC.becauseD.as
小题12:
A.stonesB.sightsC.signsD.tourists
小题13:
A.lendingB.borrowingC.placingD.taking
小题14:
A.accidentallyB.successfullyC.purposefullyD.cheerfully
小题15:
A.watchedB.shownC.understoodD.walked
小题16:
A.changedB.chargedC.foundD.added
小题17:
A.measuresB.helpsC.explainsD.matters
小题18:
A.recognizedB.caughtC.realizedD.figured
小题19:
A.pleasantB.annoyedC.disappointedD.light-hearted
小题20:
A.beautifulB.smartC.pureD.happy

答案

小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:C
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:A
小题10:C
小题11:D
小题12:B
小题13:C
小题14:C
小题15:A
小题16:D
小题17:B
小题18:C
小题19:D
小题20:B
解析

试题分析:作者经常为自己没有能够帮助一些乞讨的人感到内疚,在威尼斯的一次经历让他再次有了这种感觉,但是他也目睹了一个年轻的背包客的智慧的善举。
小题1:考查名词辨析:A. sound声音,B. question问题,C. excuse借口,D. command命令,精通,根据上文:“Can you spare some change?”可知是当面临这样的问题,选B
小题2:考查介词辨析:A. beyond超过,B. after在…后面,C. without没有,D. before在…前面,根据I have feelings of guilt可知作者如果走过去而没有给一两枚硬币会感觉很内疚。选C
小题3:考查词组辨析:A. many times很多次,B. some times 几次,C. only once只有一次,D. once again再一次,根据上文:I have feelings of guilt if I pass by    22    giving a coin or two. 可知作者一直有这种感觉,这次在Venice又一次感受到这点。选D
小题4:考查名词辨析:A. crowds人群,B. families家庭,C. streets街道,D. signs标志,根据:in a quiet café.可知作者在一个安静的咖啡店躲避人群,选A
小题5:考查动词辨析:A. singing唱歌,B. crying哭,喊,C. begging请求,乞讨,D. trembling颤抖,根据an old woman kneeling on the hard, ancient paving stones,可知这个老太太是在乞讨,选C
小题6:考查名词辨析:A. streams河流,小河,川,溪,潮流趋势,倾向,(事件等的)连续,(财富等的)滚滚而来,流出,流注,一连串B. packs.群,包裹,(纸牌的)副,组C. masses大量,大多,块,堆,团,D. groups组,队,不断的有人流从她身边走过,选A
小题7:考查副词辨析:A. simply简单地,B. seemingly似乎,C. similarly相似地,D. specially特别地,一个背包客远离人群站着,似乎在沉醉于景色。选B
小题8:考查动词辨析:A. showing展示,B. following跟随,C. checking检查,D. observing观察,根据:A young backpacker stood away from the crowd,   27   drinking in the vistas(景观、景色),可知这个年轻的游客也在观察这个老太太,选D
小题9:考查动词短语辨析:A. glanced at瞥见,B. laughed at嘲笑,C. rushed at猛冲,D. stared at凝视,根据walked on.可知一群游客是瞥了一下这个老太太然后继续走,选A
小题10:考查代词辨析:A. One一个,B. More更多,C. Another另一个,D. Other其他的,前面说的是一群游客,这里是泛指另外一群,选C
小题11:考查连词辨析:A. if如果,B. since自从,C. because因为,D. as正如,当…时候,当其他每个人都在继续走的时候,年轻的背包客在一旁观看着,选D
小题12:考查名词辨析:A. stones石头,B. sights风景,景象,C. signs标志,D. tourists游客,这里指这个年轻的背包客专注于周围的景象,选B
小题13:考查动词辨析:A. lending借出,B. borrowing借进,C. placing放置,D. taking带走,拿走,我看见这个背包客走向前,在妇女的帽子里面放了一些钱,选C
小题14:考查副词辨析:A. accidentally偶然地,B. successfully成功地,C. purposefully有目的地,D. cheerfully兴奋地,他是故意在另外一群游客到来之前这么做的,选C
小题15:考查动词辨析:A. watched观察,B. shown  展示,C. understood理解,D. walked走,就在我看着的时候,旅游团的头停下来,在帽子里面放了一些钱,选A
小题16:考查动词辨析:A. changed改变,B. charged要价,C. found发现,D. added增加,其他游客也效仿,在帽子里面加入了更多的钱,选D
小题17:考查动词辨析:A. measures衡量,B. helps帮助,C. explains解释,D. matters重要,根据上文的内容,可知这个背包客的行为是想帮助这个老太太,选B
小题18:考查动词辨析:A. recognized认出,识别出,B. caught抓住,C. realized意识到,D. figured理解,我不知道是否这个妇女理解了他的英语或是意识到发生了什么,但是我懂的。选C
小题19:考查形容词辨析:A. pleasant令人愉快的,B. annoyed感到生气的,C. disappointed感到失望的,D. light-hearted无忧无虑的 ,愉快的,在目睹了这样的善举后,我感到兴趣很愉快,选D
小题20:考查形容词辨析:A. beautiful美丽的,B. smart聪明的,C. pure纯粹的,D. happy快乐的,根据上文可知:这个年轻人所做的善举也是运用了一些智慧,选B。
核心考点
试题【It’s a sad and familiar voice that we often hear in big cities: “Can you spare s】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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“Father, do you see Mother in your dreams?” the young girl asks. “You know sometimes I do.”
“Mother comes to see me a lot, you know. We sit and talk.” The father smiles. “How is your homework coming along?”
“Why do I have to study so hard?”
“It is what your mother would have wanted!”
She regrets speaking her mind. “I’m sorry, Father, I shouldn’t have said that.” She looks up and sees his eyes well up with tears.
“It’s okay, love,” he gets up and pours himself a drink. “I’ll just sit outside for a while. You finish up your work, okay?”
“I’m sorry, Father; Mother did love you very much. She told me all the time.”
“Homework, first, eh? Then we can chat about your mother.”
He heads off outside and sits in his usual chair, looking around the courtyard. The whole area relaxes the mind and somehow soothes the soul.
“All finished, Father. May I get a drink and sit with you? I have some questions.”
She comes with two drinks one for him and one for herself. He looks surprised. She never really liked him having a drink. Although he had cut back a lot from before he brought her here, it still seemed strange.
“Mother told me all about you. That is before she passed away. We would laugh together at your love stories.”
He listens without uttering a single sound.
“Why didn’t you come and take her away with you? She really wanted that. Did you know that?”
Her father looks at his daughter lovingly. “Circumstances were difficult back then. It was just the way things were. When it came time to…” He sighs. “To visit her it was too late.”
The girl smiles. “I hope I will have the same kind of love you and mother had.”
“Without all the heartache,” her father adds.
“She always knew you loved her. She told me every day,” the child mentions cheerfully. “I saw her crying sometimes when she read your letters.”
“Did she make you promise to look after me?” She inquires.
“She asked me to take care of you.”
“You promised her, didn’t you?”
“Yes, I did.”
“It is nice out here, isn"t it? Mother would have been very happy here.”
She talks with some authority. Her father remains silent. A smile comes to his weary brow. He nods his head.
“Mother wanted me to give you something. I think now the time is right.” She runs to her room. Upon returning she hands her father a book. “It’s mother’s diary! She wanted me to give it to you.”
He takes the book and holds it in his trembling hands, “Thank you.”
“Mother said you would understand things better.”
“Wise woman, your mother.”
He places the book on the table as he gets up. The girl gets up and wraps herself around her father.
“I love you.” she looks up at his face.
He picks her up and hugs her. “I love you, too.” His voice trembles.
“It’s okay, Father. We have each other now and mother is in both of us.”
He kisses her head.
“Time you went to bed,” her father softly says.
He puts her down and she scampers off to get washed and ready for bed.
Clearing up everything he checks on his daughter. She is in bed waiting for her good night kiss. He tucks her in and bids her goodnight.
Just as he is to leave she tells him. “Mother told me she adopted me when I was a baby.”
He stands at her bedroom door. Words fail him. Yes, he knew she was adopted.
“I am really lucky for being loved by my parents, even if I am not really theirs.”
You trying to bring on the water works?” he tells her.
She giggles, “Goodnight, Father. I love you.”
“Love you, too.”
His face lights up as he wipes his dampened eyes.
The door closes and the child falls asleep dreaming of her mother.
Sitting outside he picks up the diary and opens it and reads the first line: “I love you, my dearest, if only things could have been different…”
小题1:Why isn’t the mother with her family?
A.She has already died.B.She is ill in hospital.
C.The couple is divorced.D.She lives in another city.
小题2:What can we know about the couple’s relationship?
A.They understood each other very well.
B.They quarreled a lot and are separated.
C.They used to have misunderstandings.
D.They were quite sure of each other’s love.
小题3:What can we learn from the story?
A.The girl was adopted because the couple couldn’t give birth.
B.Father looks after the girl just because the girl is alone.
C.The girl feels unfortunate that she was adopted.
D.Father was not very close to the girl before she moved in with him.
小题4:Why didn’t father bring mother home when she was ill?
A.Because he was too busy with his work
B.Because he didn’t know he was wanted
C.Because he was too poor to afford the medical fees
D.Because he didn’t know she was in hospital
小题5:What does the sentence “You trying to bring on the water works?” mean?
A.You want another cup of water?
B.Are you kidding me?
C.Are you trying to make me cry?
D.Are you thinking about the water factory?
小题6:Which word best describes father’s feeling at the end of the story?
A.RegretfulB.SatisfiedC.ConfusedD.Doubtful

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In a small open courtyard, outside a school building, there were flowers here and there. In the sunshine,a        was lying on the grass,reading a book with        concentration. Near her,another child was carefully watering the flowers, while a third was        with his back against a tree and had a        on his knees. He appeared to be drawing or writing something on it. He was       in his task, like the first child.
      the building, there were pleasant carpeted areas. Many children were busy with their tasks in a variety of        while teachers wandered among them, talking to them,        them, and encouraging their efforts.
      I watched this scene on a morning in May years ago, it        to me that a visitor here would        have thought he had entered a formal school. He would have been even more      if he had been told that the children he was        came from different kinds of academic levels.
That        has been staying with me ever since. I have been        about some problems. Why in many schools are our children        asked to acquire skills in a way        from a real-life context(情境)? Why does a        school child so often become a defeated school failure?
Developmental psychologist Margaret Donald once said, “      of the intellectual framework (知识框架) on which we        our teaching is misleading.” In my opinion, a child learns everything in human situation. And if every child could learn in the same way as the children in the school I visited, they would develop better.
小题1:
A.gardenerB.childC.teacherD.visitor
小题2:
A.poorB.littleC.completeD.slight
小题3:
A.sittingB.standingC.sleepingD.listening
小题4:
A.toyB.pencilC.flowerD.notebook
小题5:
A.laidB.setC.defeatedD.lost
小题6:
A.OverB.AboveC.InsideD.Outside
小题7:
A.waysB.ideasC.opinionsD.views
小题8:
A.referring toB.smiling atC.pointing to D.staring at
小题9:
A.Unless B.AsC.UntilD.Before
小题10:
A.happenedB.wentC.occurredD.got
小题11:
A.alreadyB.neverC.ratherD.ever
小题12:
A.satisfiedB.disappointedC.delightedD.surprised
小题13:
A.helpingB.teachingC.encouragingD.observing
小题14:
A.sceneB.signC.lookD.screen
小题15:
A.dreamingB.regrettingC.wonderingD.joking
小题16:
A.seldomB.hardly C.oftenD.badly
小题17:
A.takenB.preventedC.learnedD.separated
小题18:
A.slowB.livelyC.luckyD.friendly
小题19:
A.MuchB.AnyC.LittleD.None
小题20:
A.turnB.feedC.drawD.base

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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As of Monday, Amy Carrickhoff’s video “Spoiled deer getting her bottle” was viewed more than 792,000 times and shared 9,600 times. In this heartwarming video, Carrickhoff stands outside her house in Oakridge, North Carolina, ______ for a deer she has named “Little Girl.” The deer comes out of the ______ and jumps on her. It hurries up the driveway and ______ Carrickhoff into the house, where it then sucks down a baby bottle of goat’s milk. When the ______ is gone, Carrickhoff wipes its mouth with a tissue.
While some animal lovers were touched by the obvious ______ Carrickhoff had with the deer, others felt she wasn’t doing the deer any ______. They said she was allowing the deer to get too ______ around humans and it could have been hit by a car, been shot by a hunter, or hurt someone. “You just gave this animal a death ______ — you also have put all your neighbors and their children at ______ of being attacked when this deer matures, and when it doesn’t get ______, it attacks someone,” one reader wrote.
Carrickhoff’s comment was that if she had known the video would get so many ______ she would have changed out of her gym clothes. As for the deer, ______, the update isn’t a happy one.
Little Girl continued coming back for bottles until around January 2011, when it moved onto ______ deer food, Carrickhoff said. “She walked off into the woods and we never saw her again,” she said. “We ______ those woods … we never found anything.”
Looking back, Carrickhoff said getting to know the deer was a special ______ that she wouldn’t regret.
Friends had brought Little Girl to Carrickhoff’s home because the woods in their backyard were protected, and the deer would be ______ from hunters. School children loved visiting the gentle creature, who would ______ them with its soft tongue and didn’t mind being ______.
Carrickhoff is confident that she didn’t over-domesticate (过度驯养) the animal. Even when Little Girl was bottle-fed, she lived in the woods and did “deer things”, Carrickhoff’s daughter said. The deer gave birth to a ______ of its own the following June, and toward the end, it wouldn’t come when it was called. It was becoming ______ again.
She and her husband got so attached to Little Girl that they don’t ever want to take care of another animal. “I just watch the videos and she kind of lives on,” she said.
小题1:
A.huntingB.askingC.callingD.applying
小题2:
A.houseB.woodsC.cageD.garage
小题3:
A.walksB.takesC.followsD.watches
小题4:
A.animalB.milkC.bottleD.time
小题5:
A.appointmentB.accommodationC.peaceD.bond
小题6:
A.favorB.harmC.serviceD.business
小题7:
A.comfortableB.excitedC.uneasyD.embarrassed
小题8:
A.sentenceB.punishmentC.directionD.prediction
小题9:
A.sightB.mercyC.momentD.risk
小题10:
A.huntedB.fedC.respectedD.welcomed
小题11:
A.copiesB.cheersC.attacksD.views
小题12:
A.fortunatelyB.hopefullyC.sadlyD.doubtfully
小题13:
A.sufficientB.rareC.regularD.favorite
小题14:
A.protectedB.watchedC.enteredD.combed
小题15:
A.eventB.experienceC.incidentD.accident
小题16:
A.discouragedB.safeC.partedD.invisible
小题17:
A.liftB.lickC.touchD.taste
小题18:
A.cheatedB.caredC.studiedD.petted
小题19:
A.sisterB.brotherC.babyD.beast
小题20:
A.timidB.tamedC.wildD.natural

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On 23rd December, 2013, Michael Schumacher — the famous Formula-One race car driver — received serious brain injuries after hitting his head on a rock while downhill skiing with his son. The accident happened during a family holiday in the French Alps. Although he was wearing a helmet, which broke apart on impact, the F1 celebrity was moving at speeds of up to 62 mph and skiing outside the off-piste safety demarcations (滑雪场地外的安全区). Doctors reported that he would have died on impact if he hadn’t been wearing a helmet. He has been in a coma (昏迷) since arriving at a nearby hospital where he was airlifted to from the site of the accident.
Michael Schumacher grew up in frugal (简朴的) conditions and started what would become his remarkable professional career when his working class father — a bricklayer — built him a go-kart from where he started participating in competitions. He started his adult career racing for Formula Ford in 1988 and later raced for Formula One Ford, Ferrari, and Mercedes AMG. He holds numerous F1 world records including most race victories, fastest laps, and most races won in a single season. According to the Formula One website, he is “statistically the greatest driver the sport has ever seen”. Also notable are his contributions to charity, during the peak of his career he has given away more than 50 million Euros to a variety of charity organizations, most to help children around the world.
Millions of Europeans and other fans around the world are holding their breath and waiting for information about his hopeful recovery. We wish him and his family the best.
小题1:Michael Schumacher is in a coma after ________.
A.crashing in an airlift accident
B.a Formula One Ford car crash
C.a skiing accident during his holiday
D.a bump onto a rock in a skiing race
小题2:What is a go-kart most likely to be?
A.A medical instrument.
B.A small car-racing field.
C.A racing-car driver’s safety helmet.
D.A small motor vehicle used for racing.
小题3:From the passage we can learn that Michael Schumacher ________.
A.is recovering quickly at the Alpine Hospital in France
B.gave all his money to charity during the height of his career
C.raced for Ferrari and Mercedes before becoming a celebrity
D.came from humble origins to become the greatest F1 driver ever

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One sunny afternoon, a seven-year-old girl went for a walk. She crossed a large area of grassland into the woods        she realized that she was lost.
Sitting on a rock and        what to do, she began crying. After a while, she        to walk along a wide path lined with tall trees and thick bushes.        it was getting dark, she saw a small, dark wooden house. She opened the door and        stepped in. Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, and she ran out the door and back to the       . Cold and tired, she fell asleep near a       .
The girl’s parents were out and her dog, Laddy, was at home. Laddy        that his mistress(女主人) was in danger. He jumped        a window, breaking the glass. He looked in the fields, but he couldn"t find his mistress anywhere. However, from the ground came a       scent(气味)as he lowered his head. He        the scent and walked across the grassland. Barking        into the air, the dog
      through the woods until he found the       . But the girl was not there, so he headed back to the woods. Much to his       , he saw his mistress" blue shirt in the distance. He        over some bushes and saw the little stream, where the girl was       .
When she opened her eyes and        her dog standing beside her, the girl said, “You        me, Laddy.” and she kissed him several times. Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears of       .That night Laddy had a hero’s supper: a huge meal of steak.
小题1:
A.beforeB.sinceC.whileD.as
小题2:
A.wonderingB.forgettingC.remembering D.regretting
小题3:
A.preferred B.expectedC.failedD.decided
小题4:
A.When B.UntilC.IfD.Because
小题5:
A.carelesslyB.cautiously C.hopelesslyD.unwillingly
小题6:
A.treesB.bushesC.woodsD.grasses
小题7:
A.streamB.rockC.treeD.house
小题8:
A.foundB.sensedC.heardD.smelt
小题9:
A.atB.throughC.inD.onto
小题10:
A.terribleB.strangeC.pleasantD.familiar
小题11:
A.missedB.discoveredC.followedD.ignored
小题12:
A.calmlyB.loudlyC.merrilyD.gently
小题13:
A.searched B.wanderedC.lookedD.travelled
小题14:
A.window B.girlC.houseD.hero
小题15:
A.satisfactionB.disappointmentC.embarrassmentD.delight
小题16:
A.jumpedB.climbedC.walkedD.flew
小题17:
A.awakeB.abandonedC.availableD.asleep
小题18:
A.spottedB.watchedC.observedD.saw
小题19:
A.disturbedB.comfortedC.rescuedD.scared
小题20:
A.painB.shockC.sorrowD.relief

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