There was once a professor of medicine, who was very strict with the students. Whenever he took the chair on the exam committee, the students would be in fear, because he was seldom pleased with the answers they gave. A student would be lucky enough if he or she could receive a good mark from him. At the end of the term, the students of medicine would take their exam again. Now a student entered the exam room and got seated before the committee. This student was a little nervous as he knew it would not be so easy to get through the exam at all.
The professor began to ask. The student was required to describe a certain illness, his description of which turned out to be OK.
Then the professor asked about the cure (药剂) for illness, and the student, too, answered just as right.
“Good,” said the professor, “ and how much will you give the patient?”
“A full spoon”, answered the student.
“Now you may go out and wait for what you can get.”, said the professor. At the same time, the committee discussed carefully the answers the student had given. Suddenly the student noticed that there was something wrong with his last answer. “ A full spoon is too much,” he thought to himself. Anxiously he opened the door of the room and cried, “Mr Professor, I’ve make a mistake! A full spoon is too much for a patient. He can take only five drops.”
“I’m sorry, sir.” Said the professor coldly, “But it’s too late. Your patient has died.
小题1:The students were afraid of the professor because_________.| A．they often angered and disappointed him | | B．their answers often astonished him | | C．their answers seldom satisfied him | | D．he often misunderstood(误解) them and give them bad marks |
小题2:The student’s description of the illness was _____.| A．not correct | B．not satisfied | C．completely discouraging | D．accepted. |
小题3:Before he left the room the student was almost sure that ______.| A．he had passed the exam, and the only thing was to wait for the mark | | B．his last answer was satisfying | | C．he had made a mistake | | D．he had not done well in the exam. |
小题4:Which of the following is Not true?| A．The patient will be in danger if he’s taken as much as a full spoon. | | B．The doctor will be in trouble if he’s given the patient a full spoon. | | C．Since one spoon is less than five drops, the patient will be all right soon if he takes only one full spoon at a time. | | D．If the patient wants to remain safe, he should take no more than five drops at a time. |
小题5:Which guess is the most reasonable from the passage?| A．The student must have passed the exam. | | B．The student may not have passed the exam. | | C．The student must have been very happy when he heard, “Your patient has died.” | | D．The professor must have been very pleased and given the student a good mark. |
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小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:B |
试题分析：一名医学院的教授因严厉而著称，在他面前学生们都会紧张害怕，因为他们做出的回答很少会令教授满意。然而在一次考试中一名学生对问题的回答出乎意料的得到了教授的认可，但是正当他沾沾自喜时，他最后一个问题的回答却使他与及格失之交臂。
小题1:C细节理解题。根据文中第一段the students would be in fear, because he was seldom pleased with the answers they gave.可知学生害怕这位教授的原因是他很少对学生们的答案感到满意，所以答案选C。
小题2:D细节理解题。由文章第二段The student was required to describe a certain illness, his description of which turned out to be OK.，可知教授认可了这名学生对于某种疾病的描述，答案选D。
小题3:A推理判断题。根据上文内容his description of which turned out to be OK.和 answered just as right.可知这名学生对于教授前面所提出的几个问题都做出了正确的回答，由此推断他应该确信自己能够通过考试，故答案选A。
小题4:C细节理解题。由倒数第二段这名学生的话“A full spoon is too much for a patient. He can take only
five drops”可以判断C选项内容错误。
小题5:B推理判断题。根据文章最后“I’m sorry, sir.” Said the professor coldly, “But it’s too late. Your patient has died.可以推断这名学生会因最后一个问题的错误回答而不能通过考试。 |
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One spring, when I was 10, during one of my father’s layoffs, I could tell my mother was unhappy. I decided to cheer her up by buying her a special Mother’s Day gift.
One day after school I rode my bike to the Agins, which, I learned years later, was known for its high-end fashions and style. I introduced myself to Sylvia Agins, telling her I was looking for a Mother’s Day present.
“Do you think she’d like a purse?” she asked. “I think she might.” I told her.
She took out an Italian handbag made of leather. She asked me what I thought, and I told her that my mom would like it.
“How much money do you have?” she asked.
“Twelve dollars,” I said.
“You’re in luck,” she told me. “It’s only $11. You have a dollar left over for the card.” She wrapped the purse and thanked me for my business, and I rode off home with the package under my arm.
When my mother opened the gift the next Sunday morning, she asked in an accusing tone, “Where did you get this?”
“I bought it at the Agins. It cost me $11.” I said.
My mother was shocked into silence.
It wasn’t until many years later, when I learned that the purse was worth several hundred dollars, that I appreciated just how wonderful Sylvia Agins had been to me. I always felt regretful that I never had a chance to properly thank her.
“You know, my son, what really amazes me to this day,” my mother said. “Letting you have the purse for just a few dollars was unbelievable enough. But the fact that she let you leave the store with a dollar for the card was a touch of kindness that I’ll never forget.”
小题1:The author bought his mother a purse to_________.| A．surprise his mother | B．make his mother happy | | C．show his ability of making money | D．thank his mother for buying him a bike |
小题2:Why was the author’s mother shocked into silence?| A．The purse was bought from the Agins. | | B．She wasn’t expecting a gift from her son. | | C．The author bought a card to go with the purse. | | D．The Agins charged so little money for the purse. |
小题3:Sylvia Agins’ behavior shows that_________.| A．she is critical and mean | B．she is kind and thoughtful | | C．she is good at making money | D．she knows how to choose presents |
小题4:What amazed the mother most was that_________.| A．the shop owner left one dollar for her son to buy a card | | B．her son bought her a beautiful purse on Mother’s day | | C．her son rode his bike to buy things by himself | | D．the purse was worth several hundred dollars |
小题5:Which can be the best title for the text?| A．An Unforgettable Event | B．A Considerate Mother | | C．A Priceless Mother’s Day Gift | D．A Clever Shop Owner |
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My daughter Alisa was born blind in her right eye and was bullied (欺侮) pretty severely in school. So I quitted my job as a babysitter and then schooled my daughter heart and soul at home.
A year ago a boy of 14 befriended my daughter on Facebook after reading something Alisa wrote about bullying. Today he messaged her and asked if she would like six tickets to a Colorado Rockies baseball game. They have never met in person but she said, “Sure! That would be great.”
Then I received a call from his mother explaining why her son had chosen my daughter. She said he thought my daughter deserved them because of all the good she does in the community. Her son, she explained, had experienced a similar situation and was also home schooled.
What she said is true. Now my daughter Alisa continues to teach groups of girls in trouble in our community how to look within themselves for the positive and how to be their own person.
Everything taken into consideration, we decided to meet the mother and the boy at a local bike shop. After meeting, the boy approached my car and my daughter gave him a hug and thanked him for his generosity. She told him that she had never been to a baseball game and that she was going to take her entire family, including myself, her dad, little sister, her cousin and an aunt who has brain cancer.
We all thanked one another, got in our car, and went our way. As we drove home my daughter opened the envelope. Inside it were the tickets and ＄100 each to buy hot dogs, pay for parking and not have any worries but a great time.
My daughter has always been the giver and now she and our family are the receivers and I can not tell you how incredibly honored we feel to be on the other end. What an incredible young man to have such a kind idea.
小题1:What did the author once do according to the passage?| A．She was a ticket seller. | B．She was a school teacher. | | C．She was a babysitter. | D．She was a social worker. |
小题2:How did the boy get to know my daughter?| A．They met when buying tickets to a baseball game. | | B．They got in touch via the Internet. | | C．They became familiar when talking face to face. | | D．They went to the same school and met each other. |
小题3:Why did the boy want to offer free tickets to Alisa?| A．Because Alisa is a disabled girl. | | B．Because he has a lot money to share. | | C．Because Alisa often helps those in trouble. | | D．Because he has a similar situation with Alisa. |
小题4:What can we learn about the boy?| A．He is afraid of meeting strangers. | | B．He always bullies smaller children. | | C．He is addicted to the internet. | | D．He receives education at home. |
小题5:Which of the following best describes the passage?| A．Good is rewarded with good. | | B．A friend in need is a friend indeed. | | C．Two heads are better than one. | | D．Where there is a will, there is a way. |
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When he was just 19, Michael Dell started the company that would dominate the industry.
At the time, IBM personal computers sold in stores for about ＄3,000. After taking them apart and rebuilding them, Dell realized the components (零部件) could be bought for one-fourth the price. Soon he was buying components to reduce the cost. A good business decision, but it meant his room was starting to look like a mechanic’s shop.
“I was quite excited about the possibilities for personal computers and how they could change society. I had this idea to sell the products directly to the users over the phone”, he said. College plans and his parents’ expectations bothered him a lot. But Michael Dell was determined. He drove off to the University of Texas at Austin in August 1983 in a car he’d bought with earnings from selling newspapers. He was surprised that his mother wasn’t suspicious about the three computers in the backseat. By November, news reached his parents that he wasn’t attending classes. On a surprise visit to Austin, they caught their son on spot. Michael Dell told his dad that he wanted to compete with IBM.
Although Michael agreed to focus on his studies, the business chances and the timing couldn’t have been better. The public was becoming more interested in computers, but no one was producing them. In early May, a week before his final exams, Michael started Dell computer Corporation with ＄1,000. He took his exams, and then dropped out of college at the end of his freshman year. It was time to try out his direct-to-customer business model.
“Three years later”, Dell says, “we had already achieved annual sales of about ＄150 million, I was 22 years old then.”
小题1:What does the underlined word in paragraph 1 mean?| A．affect | B．develop | C．support | D．lead |
小题2:Which of the following is true according to paragraph 2?| A．Dell discovered a good chance to make money | | B．Dell could buy a computer at one-fourth the price | | C．IBM made little money from personal computers | | D．Dell rebuilt computers in a mechanic’s shop |
小题3:When Dell’s parents learned about his absence from class, they . | A．tried to help with his business | | B．were too suspicious to accept it | | C．wanted him to go hack to class | | D．encouraged him to compete with IBM |
小题4:It can be inferred from the article that . | A．Dell was tired of his college life | | B．Dell was not devoted to his study at college | | C．Dell’s college life helped him greatly | | D．Dell didn’t finish his final exams |
小题5:Dell’s experiences show that . | A．determination and opportunity lead to success | | B．family support plays an import in one’s success | | C．there’s no need for all of us to go to college | | D．we should insist on whatever we are doing |
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A man hired a taxi outside the airfield. The cab had a woolen carpet with 26 lace edges. On the glass partition that 27 the driver"s seat was a copy of a famous painting. Its windows were all clean.The customer was very much 28 and said to the driver, “I"ve never seen a nicer 29 .”“Thank you for your praise.”the driver answered 30 .
“The car isn"t mine,” said the driver. “It belongs to the company. I used to be a 31 of cabs. When they returned, all of them were as 32 as garbage cans with cigarette butts and rubbish 33 here and there. On the seats and door-handles could be found something 34 like peanut sauce or, chewing gum.Why so? I thought if the car itself were very clean the passengers would most 35 be considerate and refrain from littering.”
“So when I got a 36 to be a taxi-driver, I began 37 my idea into practice-to tidy and 38 the car. Now before a new passenger gets on my car, I"d make a cheek and be sure it is in good order.When my car 39 after a day"s work, it always remains 40 .”
When doing a thing, one makes efforts and wants to see the result. To change others, one has to make twice the 41 but get half the result. To change oneself is the other way round-more fruit with less effort. One had better ask oneself why one makes 42 on others much more than on oneself. 43 you take enough care to do as best you can for other people"s sake, your efforts will yield results, If you 44 the inner world of your own, examine yourself and wipe out the dust and dirt, instead of fixing your eyes on other people, you will find a cheerful 45 for yourself and create a pleasant environment for others.
| 小题1: | | A．ugly | B．exciting | C．brilliant | D．favorite |
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| 小题2: | | A．separated | B．covered | C．protected | D．prevented |
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| 小题3: | | A．moved | B．annoyed | C．disappointed | D．surprised |
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| 小题4: | | A．seat | B．carpet | C．garage | D．cab |
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| 小题5: | | A．naturally | B．smilingly | C．hopefully | D．firmly |
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| 小题6: | | A．driver | B．cleaner | C．repairer | D．customer |
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| 小题7: | | A．attractive | B．pleasant | C．dirty | D．clean |
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| 小题8: | | A．spread | B．extended | C．dotted | D．1eft |
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| 小题9: | | A．funny | B．busy | C．sticky | D．clumsy |
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| 小题10: | | A．likely | B．willingly | C．extremely | D．regularly |
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| 小题11: | | A．permit | B．1icense | C．certificate | D．passport |
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| 小题13: | | A．provide | B．drive | C．decorate | D．describe |
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| 小题14: | | A．speeds | B．leaves | C．arrives | D．returns |
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| 小题15: | | A．spotless | B．pretty | C．bright | D．dirty |
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| 小题16: | | A．progress | B．effort | C．attempt | D．trial |
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| 小题17: | | A．suggestions | B．comments | C．demands | D．decisions |
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| 小题19: | | A．look into | B．look for | C．look up | D．look through |
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| 小题20: | | A．spirit | B．mood | C．mind | D．sense |
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One day I visited an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting . I was expecting a quiet 21 of the splendid artwork.
A young 22 viewing the paintings ahead of me 23 nonstop between themselves. I watched them a moment and decided the lady was doing all the talking. I admired the man’s
24 for putting up with her 25 stream of words. 26 by their noise, I moved on.
I met them several times as I moved 27 the various rooms of art, Each time I heard her continuous flow of words, I moved away 28 .
I was standing at the counter of the museum gift shop making a 29 when the couple approached the 30 . Before they left, the man 31 into his pocket and pulled out a white object. He 32 it into a long sick and then 33 his way into the coatroom to get his wife’s jacket.
“He′s a 34 man.” The clerk at the counter said. “Most of us would give up if we were blinded at such a young age, During his recovery, he made a promise his life wouldn’t change. So, as before, he and his wife come in 35 there is a new art show.”
“But what does he get out of the art?”I asked .“He can’t see.”
“Can’t see? You’re 36 . He sees a lot, More than you and I do,” the clerk said, “His wife 37 each painting so he can see it in his head.”
I learned something about patience, 38 and love that day. I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person without 39 and the courage of a husband who would not 40 blindness to change his life. And I saw the love shared by two people as I watched this couple walk away, their arms intertwined.
| 小题1: | | A．view | B．touch | C．wander | D．scenery |
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| 小题2: | | A．lady | B．man | C．couple | D．clerk |
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| 小题3: | | A．yelled | B．argued | C．screamed | D．chatted |
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| 小题4: | | A．attempt | B．patience | C．wisdom | D．independence |
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| 小题5: | | A．vivid | B．constant | C．casual | D．exciting |
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| 小题6: | | A．Adopted | B．Adapted | C．Conducted | D．Disturbed |
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| 小题7: | | A．towards | B．to | C．through | D．from |
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| 小题8: | | A．anxiously | B．slowly | C．quickly | D．sensibly |
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| 小题9: | | A．comment | B．decision | C．purchase | D．profit |
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| 小题10: | | A．entrance | B．queue | C．front | D．exit |
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| 小题11: | | A．plugged | B．reached | C．held | D．bent |
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| 小题12: | | A．lengthened | B．made | C．brought | D．broadened |
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| 小题13: | | A．led | B．found | C．forced | D．tapped |
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| 小题14: | | A．brave | B．rough | C．smart | D．generous |
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| 小题15: | | A．wherever | B．whatever | C．whenever | D．whichever |
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| 小题16: | | A．wrong | B．silly | C．equal | D．unique |
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| 小题17: | | A．describes | B．draws | C．shows | D．decorates |
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| 小题18: | | A．kindness | B．courage | C．enthusiasm | D．pride |
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| 小题19: | | A．support | B．expectation | C．sight | D．confidence |
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| 小题20: | | A．allow | B．hope | C．get | D．Cause |
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