Streit was an experienced safecracker who never used force—either against people or safes．He was a real of his trade and it took him only 19 minutes to open the most difficult he had ever met．In about 10 years， by his brother Stefan，he took about 33,000,000—from the safes of 28 banks in Austria．On his last job，he the safe door open and 80,000 behind．With the was a note，“We don"t need all that much”．A witness his car and Streit was caught by the police．Then he was sent to Austria"s Stein Prison to serve a six-year ．He boasted（吹嘘）at his trial that he would continue the law, “I"m a thief and I shall use every opportunity.” In spite of the prison officials moved Streit to the prison"s blacksmith shop．One day during the week before Christmas，Streit ．Searchers found all his doors were well locked．Streit had to make a set of keys and let himself out．Not to ，though．After crossing into Bavaria，Streit the suspicion（怀疑）of German customs police on purpose and got himself ．“I want to be in a German prison, ”he to the surprised police．“As German coups give much milder（温和的）sentences for like mine and will the time I would otherwise have served in Stein Prison．”In prison，Streit his keepers to let him telephone his former keeper, Karl Schreiner of Stein Prison．“I"m sorry I caused trouble．I didn"t want to anybody by escaping．Conditions weren"t that bad．In fact the food was better than it is here．”
| 小题1: | | A．dancer | B．artist | C．composer | D．musician |
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| 小题2: | | A．safe | B．bank | C．prison | D．door |
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| 小题3: | | A．offered | B．trained | C．respected | D．helped |
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| 小题4: | | A．made | B．broke | C．left | D．removed |
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| 小题5: | | A．safe | B．money | C．door | D．job |
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| 小题6: | | A．rode | B．stole | C．broke | D．recognized |
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| 小题7: | | A．sentence | B．holiday | C．freedom | D．treatment |
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| 小题8: | | A．obeying | B．respecting | C．breaking | D．destroying |
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| 小题9: | | A．sentence | B．warning | C．trial | D．suggestion |
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| 小题10: | | A．survived | B．starved | C．disappeared | D．worked |
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| 小题11: | | A．tried | B．decided | C．expected | D．managed |
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| 小题12: | | A．safety | B．prison | C．hometown | D．freedom |
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| 小题13: | | A．offered | B．attracted | C．removed | D．admired |
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| 小题14: | | A．arrested | B．relaxed | C．recognized | D．encouraged |
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| 小题15: | | A．went | B．lied | C．explained | D．negotiated |
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| 小题16: | | A．mistakes | B．robbery | C．money | D．crimes |
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| 小题17: | | A．multiply | B．reduce | C．add | D．lose |
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| 小题18: | | A．cheated | B．expected | C．persuaded | D．helped |
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| 小题20: | | A．injure | B．steal | C．accuse | D．embarrass |
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小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:B
小题6:D
小题7:A
小题8:C
小题9:B
小题10:C
小题11:D
小题12:D
小题13:B
小题14:A
小题15:C
小题16:D
小题17:B
小题18:C
小题19:A
小题20:D |
试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文，记叙了斯特莱特是一个不拿武器面对人或保险箱非常有经验的窃贼，他是一个真正的贸易高手，仅仅花了19分钟打开最困难的他见过的保险箱，大约10年后，在他哥哥的帮助下，打开了澳大利亚28个保险箱，从中获得很多钱，目击证人认识他的车，被警察抓到，被送到奥地利监狱被关6年，但他在审判中吹嘘自己他继续违法，因为他是贼.
小题1:考查名词辨析：A．dancer舞蹈家，B．artist艺术家，美术家，能手，高手，骗子，C．composer作曲家， D．musician音乐家，由后面的句子it took him only 19 minutes to open the most difficult…可以知道是高手。B
小题2:考查名词辨析：A．safe 保险箱，B．bank银行，C．prison 监狱，D．door门，由前面的句子Streit was an experienced safecracker who never used force — either against people or safes可以知道是保险箱，选A
小题3:考查动词辨析：A．offered提供，B．trained训练，C．respected尊敬，D．helped帮助，由后面的句子he took about €33,000,000 —from the safes of 28 banks in Austria可以知道是帮助，选D
小题4:考查动词辨析：A．made 制作，使得，B．broke打破，C．left离开，使得，D．removed移动，固定用法leave sth adj意思“使某物处于某种状态”，句子意思“他让保险箱开着”选C
小题5:考查形容词辨析：A．safe 保险箱，B．money 钱，C．door门，D．job工作，因为是保险箱，保险箱里都是钱，所以在钱上写字，句子意思“在钱上写着我不需要这么多”，选B
小题6:考查动词辨析：A．rode骑车，B．stole 偷，C．broke打破，D．recognized认识，识别，由后面的句子Streit was caught by the police.可以知道是认出，句子意思“目击者认出他的车，斯特莱特被警察抓住了”，选D
小题7:考查名词辨析：A．sentence句子，判决，B．holiday假日，C．freedom自由，D．treatment对待，由前面的句子Then he was sent to Austria"s Stein Prison to serve a six-year可以知道是判决选A
小题8:考查动词辨析：A．obeying遵守，B．respecting尊敬，C．breaking 打破，D．destroying破坏，固定词组break the law意思“违法”，句子意思“在审判中斯特莱特吹嘘自己他将继续违法”选C
小题9:考查名词辨析：A．sentence判决，B．warning警告，C．trial审判，D．suggestion建议，由前面的句子Then he was sent to Austria"s Stein Prison to serve a six-year可以知道是警告选B
小题10:考查动词辨析：A．survived幸存，B．starved 挨饿，C．disappeared消失，D．worked工作，由后面的句子Searchers found all his doors were well locked可以知道是消失，句子意思“在圣诞节的前一周的某一天斯特莱特消失了”，选C
小题11:考查动词辨析：A．tried尝试，B．decided决定，C．expected期待，D．managed设法，固定句型mange to do sth意思“尽力做某事”，句子意思“斯特莱特尽力配了一套钥匙使他自己出来”，选D
小题12:考查名词辨析：A．safety安全，B．prison监狱，C．hometown家乡，D．freedom自由，由前面的句子Then he was sent to Austria"s Stein Prison to serve a six-year可以知道是自由选D
小题13:考查动词辨析：A．offered提供，B．attracted吸引，C．removed消除，D．admired敬佩，句子意思“斯特莱特故意引德国海关注意”选B
小题14:考查动词辨析：A．arrested逮捕，B．relaxed放松，C．recognized认识，识别，D．encouraged鼓励，由后面的句子I want to be in a German prison可以知道是被抓选A
小题15:考查动词辨析：A．went去，B．lied 撒谎，C．explained解释，D．negotiated谈判，固定词组explain to sb sth意思“向某人解释某事”，句子意思“他向惊讶的警察解释”选C
小题16:考查名词辨析：A．mistakes 错误，B．robbery 抢劫，C．money钱，D．crimes罪行，因为斯特莱斯打开28家银行的保险箱，所以是犯罪，句子意思“当德国法官给与犯罪温和的判断”选D
小题17:考查动词辨析：A．multiply 乘，B．reduce减少， C．add 增加，D．lose丢失，句子意思“将要减少斯特莱斯在监狱的时间”选B
小题18:考查动词辨析：A．cheated欺骗，B．expected期待，C．persuaded 说服，D．helped帮助，固定词组persuade sb to do sth意思“说服某人做某事”，句子意思“说服看守者让他打电话给以前的看守者”选C
小题19:考查连词辨析：A．if如果B．but但是，C．for为了，D．though虽然，句子意思“很抱歉如果我引起麻烦”选A
小题20:考查动词辨析：A．injure受伤，B．steal 偷，C．accuse指责，D．embarrass使尴尬，由前面的句子Searchers found all his doors were well locked可以知道是使某人局促不安，选D |
核心考点
试题【Streit was an experienced safecracker who never used force—either against people】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head．Now I am thirty two．I can slightly remember the brightness of sunshine and what color red is．It would be wonderful to see again, but a calamity（灾难） can do strange things to people．It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadn"t been blind．I believe in life now．I am not so sure that I would have believed in it so deeply, otherwise．I don"t mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes．I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate the more what I had left．
 The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself．That was basic．If I hadn"t been able to do that, I would have collapsed and become a chair rocker on the front porch for the rest of my life．When I say belief in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone．That is part of it．But I mean something bigger than that: an assurance that I am, despite imperfections, a real, positive person; that somewhere in the sweeping, intricate（错综复杂的） pattern of people there is a special place where I can make myself fit．
It took me years to discover and strengthen this assurance．It had to start with the simplest things．Once a man gave me an indoor baseball．I thought he was making fun of me and I was hurt．"I can"t use this．" I said．"Take it with you," he urged me, "and roll it around．" The words stuck in my head．"Roll it around! "By rolling the ball I could hear where it went．This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought impossible: playing baseball．At Philadelphia"s Overbrook School for the Blind I invented a successful variation of baseball．We called it ground ball．
All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time．I had to learn my limitations．It was no good trying for something that I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited the bitterness of failure．I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress．
小题1:We can learn from the beginning of the passage that _______| A．the author lost his sight because of a car crash． | | B．the author wouldn"t love life if the disaster didn"t happen． | | C．the disaster made the author appreciate what he had． | | D．the disaster strengthened the author"s desire to see． |
小题2:What"s the most difficult thing for the author?| A．How to adjust himself to reality． | | B．Building up assurance that he can find his place in life． | | C．Learning to manage his life alone． | | D．How to invent a successful variation of baseball． |
小题3:According to the context, “a chair rocker on the front porch” in paragraph 3 means that the author __________ | A．would sit in a rocking chair and enjoy his life． | | B．would be unable to move and stay in a rocking chair． | | C．would lose his will to struggle against difficulties． | | D．would sit in a chair and stay at home． |
小题4:According to the passage, the baseball and encouragement offered by the man _____| A．hurt the author"s feeling． | | B．gave the author a deep impression． | | C．directly led to the invention of ground ball． | | D．inspired the author． |
小题5:What is the best title for the passage?| A．A Miserable Life | | B．Struggle Against Difficulties | | C．A Disaster Makes a Strong Person | | D．An Unforgettable Experience |
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Lightning flashed through the darkness over Donald Lubeck’s bedroom skylight．The 80-year-old retired worker was shaken by a blast of thunder．It was 11 p．m．The storm had moved directly over his two-story wood home in the rural town of Belchertown, Massachusetts．Then he heard the smoke alarm beeping．Lubeck padded down the stairs barefoot and opened the door to the basement, and flames exploded out．
Lubeck fled back upstairs to call 119 from his bedroom ,but the phone didn’t work．Lubeck realized he was trapped．“I started panicking,” he says．
His daughter and young granddaughters ,who lived with him ,were away for the night．No one will even know I’m home, he thought．His house was three miles off the main road and so well hidden by pines that Lubeck knew calling for help would be fruitless．
Up a hill about a third of a mile away lived Lubeck’s closest neighbors, Jeremie Wentworth and his wife．Wentworth had been lying down, listening to the radio when it occurred to him that the sound was more like a smoke detector．He jumped out of bed ,grabbed a cordless phone and a flashlight, and headed down the hillside toward the noise．
He dialed 119“Is anyone there?” he called out as he approached the house．Wentworth knew that Lubeck lived in the house．
Then he heard ,“Help me! I’m trapped!” coming from the balcony off Lubeck’s bedroom．
“I ran in and yelled, ‘Don, where are you ?’Then I had to run outside to catch my breath．”
After one more attempt inside the house, he gave up and circled around back．But there was no way to get to him．“I shined the flashlight into the woods next to an old shed and noticed a adder,” says Wentworth．He dragged it over to the balcony and pulled Lubeck down just as the second floor of the house collapsed．
Wentworth and Lubeck don’t run into each other regularly, but Lubeck now knows that if he ever needs help ,Wentworth will be there．
Lubeck still chokes up when he tells the story．“I was alone,”he says．“Then I heard the most beautiful sound in my life．It was Jeremie．”
小题1:According to the text ,Lubeck ．| A．stayed calm in the fire | B．couldn’t find a safe way out | | C．lived on the first floor | D．called for help in the fire |
小题2:How did Wentworth help Lubeck escape?| A．He called 911． | | B．He went upstairs and took Lubeck out． | | C．He put out the fire | | D．He used a ladder and pulled lubeck down． |
小题3:Which of the following factors was not mentioned in the text that almost caused Lubeck’s life?| A．He was living in his wood home alone that night． | | B．The storm was too heavy and the fire was too fierce． | | C．He lived far from the main road and was surrounded by pines． | | D．He was too frightened to escape from the danger． |
小题4:What does the text mainly talk about?| A．A near neighbour is better than a distant cousin． | | B．A good way to get a narrow escape． | | C．God helps those who help themselves． | | D．Blood is thicker than water． |
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Cameron thought of himself as merely organized．He certainly did not consider that he took great pains over anything ,he did just enough to get it right．Exactly right, of course as he was fond of telling his staff, “if it’s not exactly right, it’s wrong”．Occasionally a worker might be sad on hearing these words, because it meant another hour or so of going over the same bit of work, correcting the mistakes which Cameron had patiently pointed out．And doing the corrections exactly right of course．
Strangely enough ,his department had the reputation for performing the highest quality work in the company ,and it was seen, and not only by those who worked in the department ,as a sort of elite（出类拔萃）unit．Those programs that had to work first time, straight out of the box, Cameron’s men got those．“It’s mission（任务）critical—give it to Cameron” was almost a catch—phrase with his team．
It helped that Cameron was not merely particular about things．He wanted things done just so ,not because of a personal taste ,but because he had discovered through patient experimentation that this was the best way for it to be done．
小题1:Cameron was a ．| A．software programmer | B．a chief scientist | | C．quality controller | D．head of department |
小题2:“Mission-critical” work given to Cameron because ．| A．Cameron’s work was error—free | B．Cameron was critical | | C．he didn’t mind working late | D．he had a good team |
小题3:Working for Cameron, people felt that ．| A．they were part of an elite | | B．their mission was critical | | C．Cameron was very particular about things | | D．Cameron was patient and responsible |
小题4:According to the underlined part in paragraph 5,what is meant by someone “who couldn’t cut it”?| A．He didn’t cut corners． | B．He wasn’t good enough． | | C．He had the wrong measurements． | D．He was a perfection． |
小题5:What can we learn about Cameron?| A．He never got things Wrong． | | B．He didn’t allow for any mistake． | | C．He encouraged work to be done in office hours． | | D．He was often misunderstood． |
小题6:The attitude of the author towards Cameron is that of being ．| A．positive | B．sympathetic | | C．non-subjective | D．optimistic |
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My wife Julie and I were out on the road that______around where we live, when we saw a（n）______ worn-out dog stumbling (蹒跚) painfully up the road. We stopped, bent down, talked __38____to the dog and patted it. I______ and there was a collar with a phone number. I called ______ no one answered.
The dog was painfully thin. So Julie ran home to get some of our dog’s ______ while I tried to encourage the dog. After Julie came back, we sat down on the sidewalk ______ our new friend made short work of the food. ______we got her home.
After trying for many times we got a ______from the number. A lady came around with a bunch of flowers for us. She ______ that Tara had been her father’s dog. She was very old and got lost that morning. So, Tara was ______returned home.
Here is the _____of the story:
Actually Julie and I were out that morning because I was leaving. She was trying to______me to come back, but I wasn’t hearing ______ that made that sound likely.
I was ______ to turn and go when an old black dog walked between us and almost fell down. Suddenly we had something more______than our problem to worry about. There was a creature ______ right before us and we had to work together to help it.
We did help it. And here I am writing the story in my own home, in my own family.
In the______ “Love Is Not a Fight” Warren Barfield talks about marriage. At one point he sings, “And if we try to leave, ______ God send angels (天使) to guard the door.”
Sometimes angels come ______ as dogs.
| 小题1: | | A．flows | B．reaches | C．runs | D．walks |
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| 小题2: | | A．young | B．old | C．tired | D．ugly |
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| 小题3: | | A．gently | B．carefully | C．angrily | D．slowly |
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| 小题4: | | A．comforted | B．touched | C．tested | D．checked |
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| 小题6: | | A．clothes | B．food | C．toys | D．basket |
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| 小题7: | | A．while | B．when | C．until | D．though |
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| 小题8: | | A．Gradually | B．Successfully | C．Eventually | D．Surprisingly |
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| 小题9: | | A．letter | B．phone | C．note | D．response |
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| 小题10: | | A．explained | B．declared | C．suggested | D．insisted |
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| 小题11: | | A．happily | B．safely | C．quickly | D．loudly |
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| 小题12: | | A．secret | B．point | C．truth | D．background |
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| 小题13: | | A．advise | B．allow | C．urge | D．persuade |
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| 小题14: | | A．anything | B．nothing | C．everything | D．something |
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| 小题15: | | A．going | B．about | C．supposed | D．used |
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| 小题16: | | A．important | B．influential | C．effective | D．foolish |
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| 小题17: | | A．in order | B．in danger | C．in need. | D．in use |
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| 小题18: | | A．song | B．story | C．film | D．book |
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| 小题19: | | A．should | B．may | C．would | D．could |
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| 小题20: | | A．treated | B．regarded | C．worked | D．disguised. |
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I hadn’t even got a chance to enter the store before an African American woman approached me and asked if I would help her return an item. The item she has ___ __ was intended for her daughter, but she had already received a similar one. The lady ___ __ to exchange the item for something else in the store but she was told she needed an ID or the deal could not take place.
I went to the __ __ with the woman so we could use my ID. The sales associate immediately started ___ ___ her of asking the first random person she saw to help her. Although that was true , I didn’t understand why it mattered. After all, not everyone is given the opportunity to __ __ an ID in this country.
Then, we asked to speak with a manager, who explained that there was no way to return the item without a receipt and then went on to say the woman could not ___ ___ she purchased the item.
“If I , a young white female, were to enter the store and request you to make an exchange without a receipt, I would not be ___ __ the privilege--- as I have proof from the past.” I said. He must have realized at that moment what he had done, because he ___ __ to exchange the item.
There are many valuable lessons in the story. The first is to help a stranger in need. I hesitated when the woman asked for my help, but ___ ___ in my hand I asked myself, “ Why not? What valid reasons do I usually have?” I had none, so I helped her.
The second lesson is not to judge a book by its cover. The woman looked poor, but she ___ __ the same treatment as anyone else does.
| 小题1: | | A．purchased | B．shown | C．lost | D．mended |
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| 小题2: | | A．managed | B．wanted | C．refused | D．promised |
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| 小题3: | | A．counter | B．department | C．market | D．window |
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| 小题4: | | A．warning | B．informing | C．reminding | D．accusing |
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| 小题5: | | A．leave | B．pay | C．find | D．obtain |
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| 小题6: | | A．answer | B．prove | C．support | D．admit |
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| 小题7: | | A．ordered | B．asked | C．denied | D．given |
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| 小题8: | | A．agreed | B．prepared | C．failed | D．remembered |
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| 小题9: | | A．totally | B．gradually | C．hardly | D．quickly |
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| 小题10: | | A．deserved | B．required | C．received | D．appreciated |
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