Over the last six years I have learned what patience is. Growing up I did not have this virtue（优点）and it is a very important virtue to have. Now I can see that if you are patient you will almost always get what you want if you are supposed to have it. I gained patience when I lost my freedom. I knew that I would eventually get it back in time.
I was locked up in prison for a period of six years because at 19 years old I was playing with a handgun and I accidentally shot and killed my friend. The first couple of years was the hardest.I was always stressed out about everything.Time was dragging by because I was always paying attention to it.While I was locked up，Tom who I talked to helped put this virtue in me.He told me that it was possible that he would never make it home but that being patient and believing that one day he would was what had made him feel better.After a while I realized why he said a lot of things to me.Once I stopped paying attention to the days and just kept in mind that I would get freedom，it seemed that my time passed quickly.
Now I am home and can see that patience paid off for me. I now use this virtue in my daily activities. I know that sometimes life gets hard and that it will pay in the end to stay patient and not to get discouraged. So if you are having a hard time in life，be patient and it will eventually work out one way or another.
小题1:We can learn from the passage that the writer ______.| A．got patience in prison | | B．always wants to know what patience is | | C．began to teach others how to be patient | | D．is a successful man now through failure |
小题2:The writer was put in prison because he ______.| A．sold handguns | | B．stole a handgun | | C．played handguns with friends | | D．killed his friend accidentally with a handgun |
小题3:During the first few years when he was in prison the writer ______.| A．made a couple of good friends | | B．thought time passed too slowly | | C．felt his life was full of unexpected things | | D．was very nervous and frightened |
小题4:In the writer"s opinion people will get a good result at last if they ______.| A．try their best to help others | | B．turn to others for help | | C．keep patient and don"t lose heart | | D．set different goals and keep them up |
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小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:C |
试题分析：这篇文章主要讲了作者因为用手枪意外***死了他的朋友而进监狱，在监狱中学会了耐心。作者认为如果人们有耐心，并且没有丧失信心，那么他们最终会获得好结果。
小题1:细节题：根据. I gained patience when I lost my freedom. I knew that I would eventually get it back in time.作者在监狱中学会了耐心，故选A。
小题2:细节题：根据I was locked up in prison for a period of six years because at 19 years old I was playing with a handgun and I accidentally shot and killed my friend.可知作者进监狱是因为他用手枪意外***死了他的朋友，故选D。
小题3:细节题：根据The first couple of years was the hardest.I was always stressed out about everything.Time was dragging by because I was always paying attention to it.可知作者刚入狱的头几年，认为时间过得太慢了，故选B。
小题4:细节题：根据Now I am home and can see that patience paid off for me. I now use this virtue in my daily activities. I know that sometimes life gets hard and that it will pay in the end to stay patient and not to get discouraged. So if you are having a hard time in life，be patient and it will eventually work out one way or another.
可知作者认为如果人们有耐心，并且没有丧失信心，那么他们最终会获得好结果，故选C。 |
核心考点
试题【Over the last six years I have learned what patience is. Growing up I did not ha】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
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Robeson was born in a very poor family. At seven, he had to pick coal in a deserted mine near his home, and then he sold_ _he had picked and earned a few coins to help his parents. He had_ schooling, for being so poor, how could they_ _school fees?
When he was fifteen, he worked a servant in a school.Looking at other children studying in the classroom，he felt_ _for himself.How he__ _to have the same chance! He decided to study by__ _.In the daytime, after the sweeping and cleaning was over, he__ _stand by the window outside the classroom trying to catch what the teacher said. At night, he tried his best to remember what he_ _during the day. He worked_ _hard at his lessons that he sometimes had just three or four hours to sleep. The more he learned, the greater_ _he showed in his lessons. A math teacher discovered him and came to like this diligent boy and_ __him to sit at the back of the class. In one exam, he was the_ _one in the whole school who reached the highest grade. He would have been given the scholarship if he__ _a regular student of the school.
Robeson_ _through six long years with his study of math and wrote several articles which captured the_ of some university professors.They admired his talent__ __his diligence.To give him a good chance, they hired him as a librarian and_ _him free guidance.Robeson felt_ _, for he was sure that before him there was a broad road_ _success.
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| 小题8: | | A．could | B．ought to | C．should | D．would |
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| 小题9: | | A．had learned | B．has been taught | C．has heard | D．had been written down |
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| 小题11: | | A．joy | B．interest | C．time | D．taste |
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| 小题12: | | A．allowed | B．agreed | C．let | D．refused |
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| 小题14: | | A．had been | B．has been | C．is | D．was |
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| 小题16: | | A．notice | B．influence | C．eyes | D．attention |
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| 小题18: | | A．taught | B．offered | C．lent | D．sent |
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After a terrible electrical accident，which caused him to become both blind and deaf，the whole world became completely dark and quiet for Robert Edwards for almost ten years. The loss of sight and hearing threw him into such sorrow that he tried a few times to put an end to his life. His family，especially his wife，did their best to tend and comfort him and finally he regained the will to live.
One hot summer afternoon，he was taking a walk with a stick near his house when a thunderstorm started all at once. He stood under a large tree to avoid getting wet，but he was struck by the lightning. Witnesses thought he was dead but he woke up some 20 minutes later lying face down in muddy water at the base of the tree. He was trembling badly，but when he opened his eyes，he could hardly believe what he saw——a plough and a wall. When Mrs Edwards came running up to him，shouting to their neighbors to call for help，he could see her and hear her voice for the first time in nearly ten years.
The news of Robert regaining his sight and hearing quickly spread，and many doctors came to examine him. Most of them said that he regained his sight and hearing from the shock he got from the lightning. However，none of them could give a convincing answer as to why this should have happened. The only reasonable explanation given by one doctor was that，since Robert lost his sight and hearing as a result of sudden shock，perhaps，the only way for him to regain them was by another sudden shock.
小题1:The reason for Robert"s attempts to kill himself was that________.| A．a terrible traffic accident happened to him | | B．he had to live in a dark and silent world | | C．he was struck by the lightning once more | | D．nobody in the world cared about him |
小题2:What was Robert doing when he was struck by the lightning?| A．Sheltering for the rain under a tree. | | B．Driving a car. | | C．Taking a walk with a stick. | | D．Lying on the ground. |
小题3:What did Robert see first when he regained his sight after the shock?| A．His wife. | B．His neighbours. | C．A plough and a wall. | D．Many doctors. |
小题4:Which of the following statements is NOT true?| A．Robert had been deaf and blind for nearly ten years. | | B．Robert hid himself under the tree for 20 minutes. | | C．Robert could hear his wife"s shouting for help when he woke up. | | D．The family"s love helped Robert regain confidence to live. |
小题5:We can infer from the text that________.| A．there was no accurate explanation for Robert"s recovery | | B．many doctors came because Robert was badly injured | | C．Robert"s wife sent for doctors immediately after the shock | | D．a sudden injury in the head led to Robert"s recovery |
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When I was little, my mother sold flowers at Camden Market in London, She couldn"t leave me at home on my own, so I had to go to the market with her. As I grew older, I began to give my mom a hand and I really enjoyed it.
Things changed when I was 14. My grandma gave me a book for Christmas, which was all about making candles . I loved it so much that I spent all my free time making candles of all shapes and sizes. I made hundreds of them.
One day, my mother was ill so I had to go to the market on my own. I decided to take some candles with me and see if I could sell them. To my surprise, they were sold out in 20 minutes! The next week, my mom gave me some money to buy some wax (蜡) to make more candles. They sold out really quickly, too.
Nine months later, we decided to stop selling flowers. My mom and I couldn"t make enough candles during the week, so some of my school friends started to help us. I paid them one pound for every candle, and we used to sell them for three or four times that. It was fun. and my friends worked with me in the market.
When I was 22, my uncle lent me some money and I opened my first shop on Portobello Road. Since then, I"ve never looked back, even in difficult times. At the first store, we only sold candles, but now we sell everything from designing furniture to paintings.
小题1:The sentence "I began to give my mom a hand" means" ".| A．I began to give my mom some gifts | | B．I began to help my mom sell flowers | | C．I began to wash my hands before working | | D．I began to get along better with my morn |
小题2:What did the writer do in her free time when she was 14？| A．She talked with her mother at the market. | | B．She played with her school friends at home. | | C．She read all kinds of books about Christmas | | D．She made candles of different shapes and sizes. |
小题3:The right order of the following things is
a. The writer"s morn stopped selling flowers.
b. The writer went to the market with some candles.
c. The writer bought candles from her friends and sold them well.
d. The writer"s morn fell ill.
e. The writer"s candles sold well.| A．bdeac | B．bedac | C．adbec | D．dbeac |
小题4:The writer’s uncle helped her open a shop by when she was 22.| A．buying her a shop | B．teaching her basic skills | | C．lending her some money | D．working together with her |
小题5:From the passage you can learn that you should .| A．spend all your free time on developing your interests | | B．have your own idea and work hard to make it succeed | | C．get as much support as you can from your family | | D．hold on to your dreams and never give up |
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My teenage son Karl refused to communicate with others after his father died. As a parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him. But the more I tried, the more he pulled away. When his report card during his junior year, it said that he had been 95 times from classes and had six grades for the year. At this rate he never graduate. I sent him to the school adviser, and I even him. Nothing worked.
One night I felt so that I got down on my knees and prayed for help. “Please God, I can’t do anything for my son. I"m at the end of my rope. I"m giving the whole thing up to you.”
I was at work when I got a phone call. A man himself as the headmaster. “I want to talk to you about Karl’s absences.” he could say another word, I choked up and all my disappointment and sadness over Karl came out into the ears of this stranger. “I love my son but I just don’t know what to do. I’ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has . It’ s out of my hands.” For a moment there was on the other end of the line. The headmaster said, “Thank you for your time, ” and hung up.
Karl’s next report card showed a marked in his grades. Finally, he even made the honor roll. In his fourth year, I a parent-teacher meeting with Karl. I noticed that his teachers were at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home, he said, “Mum, remember that call from the headmaster last year?” I . “That was me. I thought I’d play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really me how much I was hurting you. That"s I knew I had to make you proud.”
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| 小题2: | | A．arrived | B．finished | C．returned | D．proved |
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| 小题3: | | A．naughty | B．troublesome | C．absent | D．present |
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| 小题4: | | A．failing | B．satisfying | C．disappointing | D．surprising |
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| 小题5: | | A．must | B．need | C．would | D．should |
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| 小题6: | | A．convinced | B．forced | C．persuaded | D．begged |
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| 小题7: | | A．powerless | B．useless | C．homeless | D．meaningless |
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| 小题8: | | A．better | B．worse | C．less | D．more |
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| 小题9: | | A．described | B．regarded | C．introduced | D．explained |
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| 小题10: | | A．Before | B．When | C．After | D．While |
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| 小题11: | | A．speaking | B．pouring | C．running | D．putting |
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| 小题12: | | A．continued | B．operated | C．affected | D．worked |
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| 小题13: | | A．silence | B．anger | C．sadness | D．surprise |
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| 小题14: | | A．painfully | B．happily | C．seriously | D．jokingly |
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| 小题15: | | A．progress | B．advance | C．improvement | D．encouragement |
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| 小题16: | | A．attended | B．joined | C．arranged | D．organized |
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He was the baby with no name. Found and taken from the north Atlantic 6 days after the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, his tiny body so moved the rescue workers that they called him “our baby.” In their home port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, people collected money for a headstone in front of the baby"s grave, carved with the words: “To the memory of an unknown child.” He has rested there ever since.
But history has a way of uncovering its secrets. On Nov. 5, this year, three members of a family from Finland arrived at Halifax and laid fresh flowers at the grave. “This is our baby,” says Magda Schleifer, 68, a banker. She grew up hearing stories about a great aunt named Maria Panula, 42, who had sailed on the Titanic for America to be reunited with her husband. According to the information Mrs. Schleifer had gathered, Maria gave up her seat on a lifeboat to search for her five children -- including a 13-month-old boy named Eino, from whom she had become separated during the final minutes of the crossing. "We thought they were all lost in the sea," says Schleifer.
Now, using the teeth and bone pieces taken from the baby"s grave, scientists have compared the DNA from the unknown child with those collected from members of five families who lost relatives on the Titanic and never recovered the bodies. The result of the test points only to one possible person: young Eino. Now, the family sees no need for a new grave. "He belongs to the people of Halifax," says Schleifer. "They"ve taken care of him for 100 years."
小题1:The baby travelled on the Titanic with his_______.| A．mother | B．parents | C．aunt | D．relatives |
小题2:What is probably the boy"s last name?| A．Schleiferi | B．Eino. | C．Magda. | D．Panula. |
小题3:Some members of the family went to Halifax and put flowers at the child"s grave on Nov. 5 _______.| A．1912 | B．1954 | C．2012 | D．2004 |
小题4:Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word recover?| A．uncover | B．find | C．bury | D．gather |
小题5:This text is mainly about how______________.| A．the unknown baby"s body was taken from the north Atlantic | | B．the unknown baby was buried in Halifax, Nova Scotia | | C．people found out who the unknown baby was | | D．people took care of the unknown baby for 100 years |
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