Many winters ago I was working at a college when a homeless woman came in wearing only thin clothes. She started as she sat down on a sofa in the student public room . Clearly, she wasn"t well. Without too much about it, I went to the Student Affairs office where I knew I could find . in the "Lost and Found" box. I gathered her up all clothes and made my way . A co-worker told me I should not help this person. it would only lead to her wanting help. I ignored(忽视) her and carried on, the warnings.
Two weeks later a lovely elderly man came to my and asked to speak with me in private. , I gave him my full attention. He went on to tell me that he had overheard (无意听到) the with the co-worker about helping the woman. He wanted me to know that it was always okay to help people, and that was he wanted to give me a check for $1000! I tears, because I really needed the money at the time, but also because I had been recognized in such a way helping someone! We became good friends and, twenty years later, he called me up and told me he wanted to help me my first home! He gave me$ 120,000 to buy my dream house in my home town.
I asked him why he wanted to give me such a large . and he said it was because I was a "giver" and that I deserved(应得) it. I was able to the perfect little home for me, all because one day I a homeless woman without besitation .
| 小题1: | | A．crying | B．coughing | C．drinking | D．working |
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| 小题2: | | A．worrying | B．joking | C．talking | D．thinking |
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| 小题3: | | A．clothes | B．keys | C．bags | D．coins |
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| 小题4: | | A．out | B．forward | C．back | D．through |
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| 小题6: | | A．little | B．less | C．much | D．more |
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| 小题7: | | A．in spite of | B．in face of | C．in charge of | D．in place of |
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| 小题8: | | A．home | B．bank | C．office | D．classroom |
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| 小题9: | | A．Curious | B．Worrying | C．Dangerous | D．Puzzling |
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| 小题10: | | A．quarrel | B．discussion | C．agreement | D．conversation |
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| 小题11: | | A．hungry | B．sick | C．kind | D．boring |
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| 小题13: | | A．burst into | B．held back | C．broke out | D．rolled down |
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| 小题14: | | A．yet | B．still | C．already | D．never |
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| 小题16: | | A．hopelessly | B．carelessly | C．unexpectedly | D．unwillingly |
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| 小题18: | | A．gift | B．effort | C．home | D．friendship |
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| 小题20: | | A．found | B．helped | C．adopted | D．raised |
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小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:B
小题6:D
小题7:A
小题8:C
小题9:A
小题10:D
小题11:B
小题12:C
小题13:A
小题14:D
小题15:B
小题16:C
小题17:D
小题18:A
小题19:C
小题20:B |
试题分析：文章介绍作者遇到一个无家可归的妇女生病了，虽然同事警告他不要帮助这个妇女，但是作者还是毫不犹豫的帮助了她，因为这个小小的善举，作者得到的回报却是巨大的。
小题1:考查动词：A. crying哭， B. coughing咳嗽，C. drinking喝，D. working工作，从下文的：Clearly, she wasn"t well.可知这名妇女在咳嗽，选B
小题2:考查动词：A. worrying担心，B. joking开玩笑，C. talking谈话，D. thinking思考，没有想太多，我去了学生处，选D
小题3:考查名词：A. clothes衣服，B. keys钥匙，C. bags 包，D. coins硬币，从下文的：I gathered her up all clothes and made my way .可知作者在学生处的失物招领处找衣服，选A
小题4:考查副词：A. out在外，B. forward向前，C. back向后，D. through通过，我为她收集了一些衣服，然后回来了，选C
小题5:考查连词：A. if如果，B. as正如，随着，因为，C. though虽然，D. when当…时候，一个同事告诉我我不应该帮助这个人，因为这只能导致她期待更多的帮助，选B
小题6:考查形容词：A. little 小，少，B. less更少，C. much多，D. more更多，因为这只能导致她期待更多的帮助，选D
小题7:考查词组：A. in spite of虽然，B. in face of面对，C. in charge of 负责，D. in place of代替，虽然被警告了，我还是继续，不理会她，选 A
小题8:考查名词：A. home 家，B. bank银行，C. office 办公室，D, classroom教室，从上文的：A co-worker told me I should not help this person.可知作者应该有办公室，选C
小题9:考查形容词：A. Curious好奇的，B Worrying令人担心的，C. Dangerous危险的，D. Puzzling令人困惑的，从下文的：I gave him my full attention. 可知作者很好奇，所以非常注意他， 选A
小题10:考查名词：A. quarrel 争吵，B. discussion讨论，C. agreement协议，D. conversation对话，他无意间听见我和同事关于帮助这个生病的妇女的对话，选D
小题11:考查形容词：A. hungry饥饿的，B. sick生病的，C. kind好心的，D. boring令人厌烦的，从上文的Clearly, she wasn"t well.可知这个妇女生病了，选B
小题12:考查表语从句：A. how怎样，B. what 什么，C. why为什么，D. where哪里，这就是为什么他想给我一张1000美元的支票，选C
小题13:考查词组：A. burst into突然爆发，B. held back忍住，C. broke out 爆发，D. rolled down滚下，我突然哭了，因为那时我真的需要钱，burst into tears“突然哭了”，选A
小题14:考查副词：A yet然而，B. still 仍然，C. already 已经，D. never从不，还有因为我从没有因为帮助别人，以这种方式被认可，选D
小题15:考查介词：A. to给，B. for 为了，C. with 和…一起，D under在…下面，还有因为我从没有因为帮助别人，以这种方式被认可，选B
小题16:考查副词：A. hopelessly无望地， B. carelessly粗心地，C. unexpectedly 预料之外地，D. unwillingly不情愿地，因为过了20年，所以他是意想不到的打电话给我，选C
小题17:考查动词：A. build 建立，B. move 移动，搬家，C. plan计划，D. buy买，从下文的：He gave me$ 120,000 to buy my dream house in my home town.可知是老人想帮助作者买第一个家，选D
小题18:考查名词：A. gift礼物，B. effort 努力，C. home家，D. friendship友谊，我想知道他为什么给我这么大的礼物，选A
小题19:考查动词：A. live 生活，B. stay逗留，C. have 有， D. go去，我能够拥有这个完美的小房子，选C
小题20:考查动词：A. found发现，B. helped帮助，C. adopted采纳，收养，D. raised饲养，都是因为有一天我毫不犹豫的帮助一个无家可归的妇女，选B |
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Robert is a boss who hires me as a helper. He has lost his home and now has to live back at home, with his mother, at 46.
We had a job in Fort Bending. Robert bought me breakfast there. As we were leaving ,a man walked to us asking if he could get some work from Roberts" company. Robert explained there was no work for the man and the man started to walk away. As I looked from the leaving man back to Robert, l saw Robert getting Out some money and went after the man to give it to him. I asked Robert, "Why did you do that?" Robert said "He really had bad luck-what does a few dollars mater?"
After a very long, hard day, we stopped at a Quick Trip for a soda. I got through the check out ahead of Robert and went back out to the work truck. Beside the truck was a woman in a car. She had 3 kids and asked me if I could help-she had been evicted-had now where to go with her children-they were living in the car. I told her I was also hurting in these times-sorry I could not. Robert came out. opened the work truck and we got in I told him about the lady I didn"t even finish the story when Robert was out. his door- around the truck and giving the women money to help her and her kids out. When Robert returned I asked, "Why did you do that, she didn"t even ask you". He said “I have an ex-wife(前妻)and a kid-if they need help and I am not able, someone will help them"
小题1:Why did the man walk to the writer and Robert?| A．To ask for a lift in Robert"s truck. | | B．To look for a job in Robert"s company | | C．To beg for some money to buy a ticket. | | D．To expect Robert to buy him breakfast. |
小题2:What does the underlined sentence mean in the Second Paragraph?
A. Robert had a lot of dollars to give.
B Robert didn"t value dollars at all.
C. Robert took a few dollars seriously.
D. Robert didn"t care about money.
小题3:The underlined word "evicted" in the last paragraph may mean______| A．driven away | B．picked up | C．looked down | D．turned down |
小题4:Which word do you think can best describe Robert?| A．Kind. | B．Proud. | C．Rich. | D．Cruel, |
小题5:Robert helped the woman because_______.| A．he expected to get married to the woman | | B．she made him think of his ex-wife and kid | | C．she asked him whether he could give a hand | | D．he felt sorry for being unable to support his family |
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Have you ever been sad because of failure? Please remember, for often. achieving what you set out to do is not the most important thing.
A boy decided to dig a hole behind his house. As he was ,a couple of old boys stopped by to give a/an . “What are you doing？” asked one of the .“ I want to dig a hole all the way through the earth!” the boy excitedly. The older boys began to ,telling him that digging a hole all the way through the earth was . After a while,the boy picked up a jar(罐子). He it to the visitors. It was full of all kinds of stones and insects. Then he said calmly and ,“Maybe I can’t finish digging all the way through the earth, look at what I’ve found during this period! ”
The boy’s goal was far too ,but it did cause his to go on. And that is what a goal is --to cause us to move in the we have chosen, in other words, to cause us to keep working!
Not goal will be fully achieved. Not every job will up with a success. Not every dream will come true. But when you short of your aim, maybe you can say, “Yes, but look at I’ve found along the way! So many wonderful things have my life because I tried to do something!” is in the digging that life is lived. It is a joy on the that really makes sense.
| 小题2: | | A．working | B．playing | C．moving | D．wondering |
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| 小题3: | | A．hand | B．look | C．tool | D．order |
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| 小题4: | | A．visitors | B．girls | C．friends | D．neighbors |
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| 小题5: | | A．dug | B．answered | C．admitted | D．debated |
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| 小题6: | | A．laugh | B．shout | C．attack | D．explain |
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| 小题7: | | A．dangerous | B．illegal | C．impossible | D．unnecessary |
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| 小题8: | | A．took | B．gave | C．passed | D．showed |
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| 小题9: | | A．excitedly | B．happily | C．confidently | D．successfully |
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| 小题11: | | A．good | B．difficult | C．clear | D．common |
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| 小题13: | | A．road | B．way | C．path | D．direction |
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| 小题15: | | A．begin | B．end | C．start | D．finish |
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| 小题17: | | A．whether | B．when | C．where | D．what |
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| 小题18: | | A．come into | B．got into | C．devoted to | D．turned to |
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| 小题20: | | A．life | B．goal | C．failure | D．journey |
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One determined student stepped off the traditional job for blind people in China, and now challenges a new life at university in Britain. Being a message therapist （按摩师）is a perfect job for many people with a visual disability, but for Zheng Jianwei, it was far from enough.
The 30-year-old former massage therapist gave up his hospital job in 2009to prepare for admission to graduate school. He took IELTS（雅思考试）, the language-fluency test necessary for university admission in the UK, in 2012 and scored 6.5 points. He was the first blind examinee to take the IELTS in the Southeast Chinese region. After about four year’s struggles, Zheng successfully gain an offer from the University of Essex in the United Kingdom and became a graduate student.
However,Zheng’s path to graduate school was not easy. “I can’t take China’s national entrance exam for graduate school, which doesn’t provide study material（材料）for blind students,” he says.
He then turned to search for graduate school overseas. However, English became his nightmare. Zheng studied in special schools for visually challenged students since primary school, but foreign language was never a main subject.
Before giving up his job and learning English again in 2009, Zheng only knew the alphabet, a few words and some basic expressions. “Learning English again in my late 20s is not easy,” he says.
It took him three years of intensive study to gain entrance to a graduate school overseas. Because of the lack of study material, Zheng needs to spend hours and days looking for textbooks for the visually disabled and copying them, while it may take only five minutes for a sighted person to order a plain English textbook from Amazon.
In his parents’ eyes, Zheng has been a sensible, independent and decisive man from a young age. Zheng made all the major decisions by himself, including studying abroad and choosing majors. “We just follow his decisions, ” the mother says.
小题1:According to the first paragraph, a blind person in China is likely to . | A．go abroad for graduate school | B．work as a message therapist | | C．be far from pleased with life | D．enjoy a perfect job |
小题2:It can be learned from the passage that the blind students in China .| A．can’t take the national entrance exam to college | | B．can find less study material than normal students | | C．can never learn a foreign language well | | D．can’t afford the English textbooks for an entrance exam |
小题3:Which of the following can match Zheng Jianwei’s story?| A．All mankind is created equal. | B．Many hands make light work. | | C．Rome is not built in a day. | D．Nothing is impossible when mind is set. |
小题4:It can be inferred from the passage that Zheng’s .| A．parents have to follow any of his decisions | | B．parents don’t understand or care about him | | C．visual disability meant a hopeless damage to him | | D．mind is healthy though physically disabled |
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There was once a group of young people searching everywhere for happiness but what they got was only annoyance, grief and misery.
So they Socrates for advice on where happiness . But giving any answers, Socrates asked them to help with building a first. The group of guys had to the task, laying aside their own business of seeking happiness. It took them a long time to cut down a tall tree, gouging out (挖空) the center. Through painstaking effort, they made a canoe out of the tree. They launched the canoe into a river, and then together in it, singing with .
Socrates asked, “My children, do you have happiness now?” They answered in chorus: “We be happier!” Socrates , “That’s it! you are too busy pursuing something to notice anything bitter, happiness will occur.”
From the story I got to know that happiness hides behind every tiny thing that you are involved in, and that you may only get pleasure through work and creativity.
We may have to pain in our daily life and in the process of happiness. Sometimes we tend to look for happiness in things, like a new car, clothes, etc. True long term happiness, however, comes from within our and spirit. So why not turn suffering into life, and tears into the light in your heart? Only in this way can we make it through and find true happiness.
So my dear friends, just remember happiness is a state of mind and a matter of , and I you all a life of happiness.
| 小题1: | | A．pointed to | B．referred to | C．turned to | D．kept to |
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| 小题2: | | A．lay | B．belonged | C．stood | D．laid |
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| 小题3: | | A．apart from | B．instead of | C．other than | D．for fear of |
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| 小题4: | | A．house | B．boat | C．bridge | D．school |
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| 小题5: | | A．set about | B．set down | C．set out | D．set up |
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| 小题7: | | A．joy | B．sorrow | C．curiosity | D．hope |
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| 小题8: | | A．mustn’t | B．shouldn’t | C．couldn’t | D．needn’t |
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| 小题9: | | A．declared | B．thought | C．added | D．assumed |
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| 小题10: | | A．Unless | B．Whenever | C．Until | D．However |
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| 小题11: | | A．never | B．always | C．ever | D．seldom |
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| 小题12: | | A．cautious | B．endless | C．hard | D．effective |
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| 小题13: | | A．experience | B．avoid | C．enjoy | D．deny |
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| 小题14: | | A．searching | B．seeking | C．hoping | D．improving |
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| 小题15: | | A．spiritual | B．nice | C．new | D．material |
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| 小题17: | | A．blaming | B．praising | C．ending | D．cursing |
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| 小题18: | | A．turn | B．put | C．divide | D．draw |
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| 小题19: | | A．time | B．energy | C．fact | D．choice |
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| 小题20: | | A．wish | B．promise | C．bring | D．require |
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It was 9:00 am already! Richard had to leave for work! Before leaving he hurriedly looked at the newspaper and stood still! Is he seeing it right? He rubbed his eyes and saw again… Yes, it was his name in the obituary(讣告)! He threw the paper in the bin and screamed.
Richard started to recollect. He remembered that last night when he went to bed he had a chest pain and he was rushed to hospital. Then he went into a sound sleep. But what happened after that?
He could suddenly see his living room filled with people… all in tears; his mom, his wife and his children. He also saw his best friend, the one he had a serious misunderstanding a few days back. He wanted to say “Sorry” to him… but now no one could hear his voice.
He wondered how he could tell his mom that he felt so thankful to have her in his life! He wanted to tell his children how much he loved them. He wanted to tell his wife how much he loved her; he felt sorry to have hurt her sometimes.
Richard started crying and pleading to God for one LAST chance! “God, one last chance, please”, shouted Richard and opened his eyes.
Oh, this was a dream!
He woke up; looked around everywhere. He was on his bed; his wife lay beside him, deep in sleep. Richard whispered in her ears, “You are the best thing to have ever happened to me!”
He went up to the window, looking outside. Yes, everything was just the way he has been knowing so long. He decided to meet up his friends and clear all misunderstandings; he also decided to tell everyone who mattered to him all that has remained unsaid so far!
小题1:When Richard saw his name in the newspaper, he felt _________.| A．sad | B．shocked | C．regretful | D．worried |
小题2:Richard felt sorry to his wife because _________.| A．they had a quarrel the other day | B．he misunderstood her | | C．he hurt her sometimes | D．he didn’t love her |
小题3:After the dream, Richard would probably _________.| A．be on good terms with his friend again | | B．express appreciation and thanks to his friend | | C．demand an apology from his friend | | D．break up with his friend |
小题4:The writer of the story mainly tells us that _________. | A．misunderstanding between friends is common | | B．we need to see a doctor when having a chest pain | | C．getting along well with friends is important | | D．we should tell our family how much we love them |
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