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Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One time I arrived in the middle of the night for a pickup at a building that was        except for a single light in a ground floor window. I walked to the door and knocked.
A small woman in her 80’s opened the door. I took her suitcase to the cab then returned to       her into the cab. She thanked me for my kindness. When we got in the taxi, she gave me a(n)     , then asked, “Could you drive through downtown ?”
“It’s not the         way,” I answered.
“Oh, I don’t mind,” she said. “I’m in no hurry. I’m on my way to a hospice (临终关怀医院).”
I looked in the rear view mirror. Her eyes were glistening.
“The doctor says I don’t have very long.”
I quietly reached over and        the meter (计程器). “What         would you like me to take?” I asked.
For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked as an elevator operator. We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived. Sometimes she’d ask me to       in front of a particular building or corner and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.
As the sun was       , she suddenly said: “I’m tired. Let’s go now.”
We drove in        to the address she had given me. There were people waiting for her and they put her in a wheelchair.
“How much do I have to pay you?” she asked, reaching into her purse.
“Nothing,” I said.
Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly.
“You gave an old woman a little moment of       ,” she said.
I squeezed her hand, then walked into the dim morning light. Behind me, a door shut.
I didn’t        any more passengers that shift. I drove aimlessly, lost in thought. We tend to think that our lives revolve around great moments. But great moments often   47 us unconsciously.
小题1:
A.ancient B.darkC.dirty D.remote
小题2:
A.invite B.watchC.help D.receive
小题3:
A.address B.letterC.speech D.present
小题4:
A.wrong B.funniestC.safest D.shortest
小题5:
A.cut out B.showed offC.switched off D.turned on
小题6:
A.direction B.orderC.role D.route
小题7:
A.break downB.get offC.speed up D.slow down
小题8:
A.changing B.movingC.rising D.Setting
小题9:
A.darkness B.noiseC.silence D.sadness
小题10:
A.joy B.interestC.trouble D.surprise
小题11:
A.talk with B.call upC.pick up D.take away
小题12:
A.catch B.driveC.improve D.puzzle

答案

小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:C
小题6:D
小题7:D
小题8:C
小题9:C
小题10:A
小题11:C
小题12:A
解析

试题分析:我们习惯性地认为我们的生命中有一些重大的时刻,然而重大的时刻往往在不经意时降临到我们身上--也许在别人眼中是小事,也许人们不会完全记住你所做的事,或者你所说的话……但他们却会永远记住你带给他们的感觉。在这篇文章中作者带给我们的就是这样一种感受。
小题1:B形容词辨析。A.古代的; B. 黑的 ;C. 脏的 ;D. 遥远的。根据下文except for a single light可知半夜的时候除了从老人房间里透出的灯光外,这栋楼一片漆黑, 故答案选B。
小题2:C动词辨析。A. 邀请 ;B. 观看;C. 帮助; D. 收到。由情理可知作者帮老人把行李放好后,回来帮老人上车,故答案选C。
小题3:A名词辨析。A. 地址;B. 信;C. 演讲;D. 礼物。根据情理判断人们坐上出租车后应该告诉司机要去的地址,而且下文44  to the address也提示此处填address,所以A选项正确。
小题4:D形容词辨析。A. 错的;B.最有趣的;C. 最安全的; D. 最短的。根据下文老人的话以及下文内容可知老人只想在去临终关怀医院前再看看这个城市而没去想会绕远,所以司机此处是提醒老人,故答案选D。
小题5:C动词短语辨析。A. 删除;B. 卖弄;C. 关   ;D. 打开。根据下文可知作者免费载着老人转了她生活了一辈子的地方,由此可知作者伸手去关掉了计程器,答案选C。
小题6:D名词辨析。A. 方向;B. 命令;C. 角色;D.路线。根据情理以及下文we drove through the city. She showed me the building可知作者此时问老人行车的路线,故D选项正确。
小题7:D动词短语辨析。A. 坏掉 B. 下车;C. 加速; D.减速。由下文老人的表现sit staring into the darkness,可以推测当老人看到那些带给她回忆的地方时应该让司机把车子开慢,而自己则陷入回忆当中,故答案选D。
小题8:C动词辨析。A. 改变;B. 移动;C. 升起 ;D. 设置。根据上文内容I arrived in the middle of the night可知作者是半夜载着老人在城市里穿行的,由此推测此时天已经亮了,太阳升起来了,故答案选C。
小题9:C名词辨析。A. 黑暗;B.噪音;C.安静;D.伤心。由上文“I’m tired. Let’s go now.”以及情理可知转了大半夜的老人感觉累了,所以他们不再说话,答案选C。
小题10:A名词辨析。A. 欢乐;B.兴趣;C.麻烦;D. 惊奇。根据上文内容可知作者载着老人穿行在城市中,让老人又重温了美好的回忆,所以判断作者带给老人的是快乐,故答案选A。
小题11:C 动词短语辨析。A. 交谈 ;B. 打电话 ;C. 捡起 ;D. 带走。从文章内容可知作者是出租车司机,老人是他的乘客,由此推断C选项正确,句意:那晚我没有拉载其他的乘客。
小题12:A动词辨析。A. 抓住、捕获; B. 驾驶;C.改善;D.迷惑。由语境可知此处指有些重大时刻会在不经意间降临到人们身上,所以答案选A。
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I received a call today asking if I would be willing to bring food to a family in need. The mother was having a major operation and would be lying down for several weeks. Of course, I responded with an immediate “Yes!”. As I planned the meal in my head, I reflected on how many times over the years I had been asked to prepare food. I have done so countless times with a very open heart.
But the truly amazing thing is that I have received double over the course of my life. When my mother passed away, our house was filled with fresh dinners for weeks. A woman from the church of our community stopped by each evening with some food. The gift of food was her small way of trying to ease our pain.
Later in my life, when I was on bed rest during my pregnancy with twins, women of the church again stepped in to help. They arranged babysitting for my two­year­old daughter, and brought lovely dinners to our house. Even when I was put in the hospital, my husband would bring cooked meals to my hospital room. How we relied on these dinners to feed my tired husband and young daughter.
Food is all about comfort. It feeds our bodies, but it can also feed our souls. When you hear people talking about their favourite holidays, it usually includes their feelings connected with sharing food. I know that I will have many more opportunities in my lifetime to prepare food for others. It is truly a gift I want to prepare and deliver to someone in need.
小题1:The author has given lots of food to others because________.
A.she is poor at cooking
B.she is a church member
C.she is friendly to others
D.she has received others" food
小题2:We can learn from the first paragraph that the author________.
A.had to stay in bed for several weeks
B.knew the family in need very well
C.was glad to be able to lend a hand
D.was tired of preparing food
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE about the author?
A.Her mother died when she was in hospital.
B.She didn"t get enough food during her pregnancy.
C.She received food as well as comfort in her hard times.
D.She thinks offering food is the best way to show love.
小题4:What do we know about the author"s family?
A.Her family is too poor to buy enough food.
B.Her family lives not far from a church.
C.Her husband is not good at cooking.
D.She has a babysitter taking care of her twins.
小题5:According to the passage, which of the following conclusions can we get?
A.A good beginning makes a good ending.
B.One good turn deserves another.
C.Actions speak louder than words.
D.Every man has his faults.

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When a rather dirty, poorly dressed person kneels at your feet and puts out his hands to beg      a few coins, do you hurry on, not    what to do, or do you feel sad and hurriedly    some money? What should our attitude   beggars be? There can be no question that the world is full of terribly sad stories. It   be terrible to have no idea where our next meal is going to come from. It seems      not to give some money to beggars.
   , most of the world"s great religions order us to be open-hearted and    what we have with those less lucky than ourselves. But has the world changed? Maybe what was morally right in the old days,     one knew exactly who in the village had suffered misfortune and needed help, is no longer the best idea. Quite a few people will not give to beggars. Let us look at their    .
First, some believe that many city beggars dress up    to look pitiable and actually make a good   from begging. Giving to beggars only encourages this sort of evil.
    , there is the worry that the money you give will be spent on beer, wine or drugs.
Thirdly, there is the opinion    there is no real excuse for begging. One might be poor, but that is no reason for losing one"s sense of    and self-dependence.
There is an opinion that the problem should be handled by the government    ordinary people. Some people think beggars should go to the local government department and     help.
It is hard to come to any final conclusion: there are various    and we must    them differently. A few coins can save a life in some situations, and even if the money is wasted, that does not take away the moral goodness of the    .
小题1:
A.toB.withC.at D.for
小题2:
A.knowingB.expectingC.demandingD.settling
小题3:
A.put awayB.hand overC.take inD.get out
小题4:
A.atB.inC.overD.towards
小题5:
A.mustB.canC.needD.might
小题6:
A.warm-heartedB.generousC.cruelD.considerate
小题7:
A.StrangelyB.HonestlyC.CertainlyD.Surprisingly
小题8:
A.giveB.donateC.share D.contribute
小题9:
A.whyB.whenC.whatD.how
小题10:
A.argumentsB.quarrelsC.sayingsD.talks
小题11:
A.on showB.on purposeC.for funD.by accident
小题12:
A.moneyB.comfortC.livingD.decision
小题13:
A.SecondlyB.SurelyC.Possibly D.Then
小题14:
A.whatB.whetherC.thatD.which
小题15:
A.goodnessB.prideC.securityD.responsibility
小题16:
A.rather thanB.or ratherC.other thanD.but also
小题17:
A.produceB.receiveC.earn D.offer
小题18:
A.casesB.eventsC.conditionsD.states
小题19:
A.go with B.communicate withC.deal with D.meet with
小题20:
A.giverB.receiverC.villager D.government

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I just finished the household chores for the night and was preparing to go to bed, when I heard a noise in the front of the house. I opened the door to the front room and to my surprise, Santa himself stepped out from behind the Christmas tree.
He placed his finger over his mouth so I would not cry out. “What are you doing?” I started to ask. The words choked up in my throat, and I saw he had tears in his eyes. His usual jolly manner was gone. Gone was the eager, boisterous soul we all know.
He then answered me with a simple statement“TEACH THE CHILDREN!”
I was puzzled; what did he mean?
Santa then reached in his bag and pulled out a FIR(杉木) TREE .“Teach the children that the pure green color of the stately fir tree remains green all year round,describing the everlasting hope of mankind,all the needles point heavenward, making it a symbol of man"s thoughts turning toward heaven.”
He again reached into his bag and pulled out a brilliant STAR. “Teach the children that the star was the heavenly sign of promises long ago. God promised a savior(救世主) for the world, and the star was the sign of fulfillment of his promise.”
He then reached into his bag and pulled out a CANDLE. “Teach the children that the candle symbolizes that Christ is the light of the world, and when we see this great light we are reminded of he who displaces(取代) the darkness.”
Suddenly I heard a soft twinkling sound, and from his bag he pulled out a BELL. “Teach the children that as the lost sheep are found by the sound of the bell, it should ring mankind to the fold. The bell symbolizes guidance and return.”
Santa looked back and was pleased. I saw that the twinkle was back in his eyes. He said, “Remember, teach the children the true meaning of Christmas and do not put me in the center, for I am but an humble servant of the one that is, and I bow down to worship HIM, our LORD, our GOD.”
小题1:Author opened the door when he was going to sleep because________.
A.he heard something unusual
B.he was not sleeping at the moment
C.he saw the Santa at the moment
D.he wanted to step out of the room
小题2:According to Santa, the star was ________.
A.a symbol of man"s thoughts turning towards heaven
B.the sigh of fulfillment of the Santa"s promise
C.the symbol of the light of the world
D.the sound of the bell which ring mankind to the fold
小题3:What does the underlined word “twinkle” refer to?
A.Tears.B.Smiles.C.Glasses.D.Eyes.

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Carly Zalenski’s eyes were filled with tears as the dusty bus ran down a dirt road in southern Vietnam. She and her parents had travelled to Ho Chi Minh City by plane from Canton, Ohio of the USA. As they became     to the village, hundreds of cheering      stood in lines at the     to the Hoa Lac School, a two-story building that Carly had     money for.
Carly started helping      when she was eight. She often walked about to send Thanksgiving baskets at church to families in need. When she saw one girl      very little in a snowy day and others didn’t have warm    , she went door-to-door asking for      coats, hats, gloves, and scarves, then handed them    to the poor families with the baskets.
However, Carly wanted to do    more—she wanted to “change these children’s     with her efforts”. She remembered that her grandmother’s Rotary club had collected money to build a     in Vietnam a few years ago. She wanted to build a school,     .
She put together a short show on the people and culture of Vietnam to his audience.    her new braces(脚支架) made it      to make the speech, she was full of enthusiasm, “I want to give them a place to    their lives better.”
That summer, Carly    with her family across Ohio, visiting three or four Rotary clubs a week. “We travelled like     people to all these meetings,” said her mother. In two years, Carly had raised $50,000. At the donation   in Hoa Lac, the school principal was deeply   by the little girl. “How wonderful it is,” he said, “that a girl at her age wants to do something for kids so far away.”
小题1:
A.fartherB.closerC.higherD.faster
小题2:
A.adultsB.farmersC.workersD.children
小题3:
A.entranceB.centreC.topD.exit
小题4:
A.collectedB.borrowC.savedD.earned
小题5:
A.anotherB.the othersC.othersD.the other
小题6:
A.wearingB.putting onC.dressingD.taking off
小题7:
A.housesB.bedsC.clothesD.food
小题8:
A.newB.beautifulC.usedD.broken
小题9:
A.outB.upC.backD.over
小题10:
A.anythingB.somethingC.everythingD.nothing
小题11:
A.moodsB.worksC.studiesD.lives
小题12:
A.churchB.villageC.libraryD.school
小题13:
A.eitherB.alsoC.tooD.neither
小题14:
A.BecauseB.UnlessC.AlthoughD.When
小题15:
A.hardB.funnyC.easyD.happy
小题16:
A.remainB.makeC.turnD.allow
小题17:
A.set offB.take offC.turn offD.pay off
小题18:
A.sickB.disabledC.crazyD.friendly
小题19:
A.ceremonyB.traditionC.currencyD.condition
小题20:
A.surprisedB.pleasedC.excitedD.touched

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Nearly a quarter-century after a German boy threw a message in a bottle off a ship in the Baltic Sea, he’s received an answer.
A 13-year-old Russian, Daniil Korotkikh, was walking with his parents on a beach when he saw something lying in the sand.
“I saw that bottle and it looked interesting,” Korotkikh told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “it looked like a German beer bottle and there was a message inside. ”
It said, “My name is Frank, and I’m five years old. My dad and I are traveling on a ship to Denmark. If you find this letter, please write back to me, and I will write back to you.” The letter, dated 1987, included an address in the town of Coesfeld.
The boy in the letter, Frank Uesbeck, is now 29. His parents still live at the letter’s address.
The Russian boy and the German man met each other earlier this month through an internet video link. The Russian boy said he did not believe that the bottle actually spent 24 years in the sea. He believed it had been hidden under the sand where he found it for a long time.
Uesbeck was especially happy that he was able to have a positive effect on a life of a young person far away from Germany. “It‘s really a wonderful story,” he said. “And who knows? Perhaps one day we will actually be able to arrange a meeting in person. ”
小题1:What is this passage mainly about?
A.Traveling on a ship.B.A beautiful beer bottle.
C.Message in a bottle. D.Meeting an old friend.
小题2:When the German boy threw the bottle into the sea, ________________.
A.he was going back home.
B.he was traveling to Denmark by ship with his dad.
C.he was walking with his parents on a beach.
D.he was already 29 years old.
小题3:According to the text, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A.Korotkikh’s parents still live in the town of Coesfeld.
B.The German boy did not believe that the bottle actually spent 24 years in the sea.
C.Frank Uesbeck and Daniil Korotkikh have met each other in person.
D.Daniil Korotkikh and Frank Uesbeck have got in touch with each other.
小题4:Why was Uesbeck very happy when he got the information of the 24 years’ beer bottle?
A.Because he could have a new friend.
B.Because the two boys could surf the internet together.
C.Because he could have a positive influence on a life of a young person.
D.Because he finally got what he had lost.

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