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At times my mom has been uncomfortable seeing these qualities in me. For example, when I was 12, I went to Puerto Rico all by myself to stay with my grandmother for the summer. My mom was extremely nervous about it. She kept telling me how things were different in Puerto Rico, to always put on sunscreen, not to wander away from my grandmother, and other warnings. She helped me pack and did not leave the airport until she saw my plane take off.
But despite her worries, she let me go on my own. As I moved into my teens, she continued to give me space to grow and learn, even when it might have been difficult for her. When I reached my senior year, I decided to move away for college. Once again I found that I differed from my peers. While many of them wanted to stay close to home, I couldn"t wait to be out in the world on my own. I had been looking forward to this chance for longer than I could remember. And once again, while my mom may not have been happy at the thought of me going away, she was supportive and excited for me. Sure, there were times when she’d nag (不断地唠叨)me about certain choices I made, but for the most part she did not stand in my way.
One big thing I realized during my senior year was that she actually believes in me and trusts me. That means a lot. Most of my life, and especially when I was little, the main person I tried to impress was my mother. I knew she expected nothing but the best from me. Sometimes it was hard to live up to her standards; getting a single B on my report card would make me feel bad because I knew she wanted me to have all A’s.
I know that her high standards have helped me stay focused on what"s important, like education, and made me who I am. I am thankful for her support and involvement in my life. Most of all I respect her; she is the strongest woman I know and that"s why I have turned out so strong and independent.
小题1:When the author decided to go to Puerto Rico, his mother ________.
A.wanted to go with him
B.worried about his safety
C.didn’t allow him to go
D.asked his grandmother for advice
小题2:The author decided to move away for college to ________.
A.be different from his peers
B.keep away from his mother
C.be independent in outside world
D.make his mother unhappy
小题3:We can learn from the third paragraph that the author’s mother ________.
A.had a high expectation from him
B.was too strict with him
C.used to expect nothing from him
D.cared little about his learning
小题4:We can learn from the last paragraph that the author ________.
A.is quite grateful for his mother’s trust
B.still doesn’t quite understand his mother’s attitude
C.doesn’t like his mother’s involvement in his life
D.wishes to have more freedom from his mother

答案

小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:A
解析

试题分析:作者的妈妈一直都在为作者担心,但是,她并没有因为担心儿子而过多的干预作者的决定。相反,母亲支持作者,对作者严格要求,并抱有很高的期望。作者把自己的成功都归功于妈妈的谆谆教导。
小题1:光棍节“I went to Puerto Rico all by myself to stay with my grandmother for the summer. My mom was extremely nervous about it.”和第二段的“But despite her worries”可知,作者是单独一人去的,作者的妈妈对此是非常的担心。故选B。
小题2:根据“While many of them wanted to stay close to home, I couldn"t wait to be out in the world on my own.”可知,作者与同龄人不同的是,同龄人想到离家近的地方上大学,而作者却想去更远的地方上大学,作者的独立性比较强,故选C。
小题3:根据第三段的“I knew she expected nothing but the best from me.”可知,作者的妈妈对作者的期望很高。nothing but 除了。故选A。
小题4:根据“I am thankful for her support and involvement in my life.”我感激妈妈的支持和参与进我的生活。作者对妈妈充满了感激之情。故选A。
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试题【At times my mom has been uncomfortable seeing these qualities in me. For example】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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As a teaching student, I was sent on my first practice at a high school.During my practice, I      realized high school hadn"t changed since I was there and still an awful place of Cliques(派系).
Jess, a Year 8 student, always respected her classmates,      the lack of respect she usually received in return.Kids constantly laughed at her behind her back.As a teacher, your instinct(本能) is to      students like Jess, but you soon realize that there"s only so much you can actually do.
Tyson was at the    end of the scale(等级).A handsome Year 12 student, and always surrounded by mates, it was clear that he was a confident and popular young man.
When Jess asked to perform a solo act (独唱)in the school talent show, I    to allow her to take the stage, fearing that she might face teasing.However, I knew that it would be unfair to say no on these grounds, so her name made it onto the list of  
The day of the show, the whole school    in the auditorium(礼堂).Shortly after the acts began, it was Jess"s   .Smiling, she stepped onto stage.The music started and, to my horror, she   the first line of the song.She became confused , sang in the wrong key and forgot her lyrics (歌词).As she struggled through the song, kids whispered and laughed.
Jess looked   and was about to give up when the sound of somebody clapping along to the  of the song began to rise above the crowd.It was Tyson.
He was clapping proudly and urged his friends to join in and, surprisingly, they did.
Slowly, from Tyson"s group to the rest of Year 12, finally throughout the auditorium, the claps  spread.
The smile on Jess"s face that day is one that I"ll never forget.Tyson changed my life by restoring my    in the goodness of youth.
小题1:
A.excitedlyB.disappointedlyC.gratefullyD.curiously
小题2:
A.in spite ofB.owing toC.Apart fromD.In addition to
小题3:
A.dislikeB.praiseC.forgive D.protect
小题4:
A.sameB.rightC.oppositeD.general
小题5:
A.agreedB.decidedC.demandedD.hesitated
小题6:
A.teachersB.classmatesC.performersD.partners
小题7:
A.watchedB.collectedC.marchedD.celebrated
小题8:
A.turnB.roleC.stepD.choice
小题9:
A.passedB.sangC.rememberedD.missed
小题10:
A.hopelessB.guiltyC.boredD.unprepared
小题11:
A.soundB.meaningC.beatD.ring
小题12:
A.touchB.faith C.strengthD.power

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When I began teaching in a university, I was invited to a workshop for new professors. I had ____ a long time learning what to teach, but not learning how to ____ it. Somehow, my university seemed to hope a weekend spent with experienced professors would ____ for that. My colleagues presented well­crafted lectures about the tools they used. I enjoyed their ___, but do not remember a thing they said.
At a coffee break during the lectures, finding myself ____, I turned to a mathematics professor standing nearby. I asked him what his favorite teaching ____ was. “A cup of coffee,” he said, “I talk too much and too fast in the classroom. Students sometimes have trouble ____ me. So when I"ve said____ that I want my students to think about, I would____ and take a sip of coffee. It lets what I"ve just said sink in.”
When we were called to the next talk, he put down his cup and I ____ there was not a trace of coffee in it. “My doctor ____ me to stop drinking coffee,” he explained. “So I have always used a(n)____ cup.” I decided to try his ____ in my class.
I took a cup of coffee with me to my next class. It helped. My pauses, as I ____ the coffee, not only gave my students ____ to think about what I had said, but gave me time to think about what I was going to say next. I began to use my ____ to look around the room to see how my students were reacting to what I had just said. When I saw their ____ wander, I tried to bring them back. When I saw them puzzled over some concept that I thought I had ____, I gave another example. My ____ became less organized and less brilliant, but my students seemed to ____ me better.
小题1:
A.wastedB.costC.killedD.spent
小题2:
A.manageB.copyC.teachD.consider
小题3:
A.put upB.build upC.take upD.make up
小题4:
A.experiencesB.plansC.presentationsD.designs
小题5:
A.aloneB.absentC.lonelyD.awkward
小题6:
A.methodB.materialC.toolD.skill
小题7:
A.followingB.graspingC.seizingD.imitating
小题8:
A.everythingB.somethingC.nothingD.anything
小题9:
A.pretendB.stopC.preventD.delay
小题10:
A.observedB.noticedC.glaredD.proved
小题11:
A.suggestedB.protectedC.allowedD.advised
小题12:
A.emptyB.clearC.largeD.false
小题13:
A.discoveryB.inventionC.magicD.idea
小题14:
A.droppedB.madeC.drankD.changed
小题15:
A.spaceB.timeC.roomD.schedule
小题16:
A.chancesB.pausesC.situationsD.conditions
小题17:
A.attentionB.focusC.energyD.devotion
小题18:
A.translatedB.expectedC.explainedD.solved
小题19:
A.speechesB.memoriesC.documentsD.lectures
小题20:
A.realizeB.understandC.admitD.admire

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When I was 8, a gentleman came to my orphanage(孤儿院)and taught us how to do woodworking projects.
I remember my first project—a small table. I was so      of it that I looked upon it as if I had created a(an)     . It was absolutely beautiful and it had taken me six weeks to      it. I could hardly wait to give it to Mother Winters as a     . She was the head mistress of our orphanage, who was always      with us.
As the tables were not dry from the clear coating, the man told us to wait a few days before taking them to our dormitories. But I was just so      and happy that I couldn’t wait. I dashed out like a     , carrying my table, smiling from ear to ear.
When I reached the dormitory I placed the little table beside my bed. I was      it when Mother Winters entered. She walked over to the table. Running her hand      it, she noticed that it was still wet.
“Were you      to bring this home?” she asked.
“No, ma’am,” I      with my head down.
She ordered me to throw the table out and so I did. After she left, I immediately opened the door to get it back. There was      stuck all over. I brushed and cried, but it would not come off.
I hid the table in my closet and never      it. A year later while cleaning up, I gave the table to Mother Henderson, my houseparent(宿管员), thinking that she would      it away.
Thirty years later at a reunion, I      that Mother Henderson was living nearby, so I drove up to see her. We talked cheerfully for long. As I was about to leave, she asked me to come down to her      to get something important. I followed her      into a dark corner. She picked something up.      she turned around, I could see that she was holding a little table.
Mother Henderson kept the little table that I had given up for lost so long ago.
Today, I look at that table with bittersweet memories but full of      to Mother Henderson, who kept it for a young orphan who tried very hard to     .
小题1:
A.tiredB.ashamedC.proudD.aware
小题2:
A.awardB.wonderC.recordD.product
小题3:
A.designB.inventC.paintD.complete
小题4:
A.giftB.rewardC.prize D.souvenir
小题5:
A.satisfiedB.strictC.patientD.angry
小题6:
A.upsetB.amazedC.confidentD.excited
小题7:
A.thiefB.heroC.swordD.flash
小题8:
A.dryingB.observingC.admiringD.hiding
小题9:
A.intoB.acrossC.aboveD.after
小题10:
A.supposedB.embarrassedC.encouragedD.determined
小题11:
A.agreedB.sighedC.whisperedD.argued
小题12:
A.dirtB.glueC.paintD.wood
小题13:
A.removedB.touchedC.shookD.split
小题14:
A.putB.giveC.takeD.throw
小题15:
A.learnedB.expected C.rememberedD.recommended
小题16:
A.bathroomB.balconyC.basementD.bedroom
小题17:
A.curiouslyB.unwillinglyC.doubtfullyD.worriedly
小题18:
A.BeforeB.SinceC.AsD.Until
小题19:
A.admirationB.gratitudeC.sympathyD.regret
小题20:
A.adaptB.studyC.performD.please

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When the swim season began, my 11-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, and I cut a deal. She would go to practice three times a week and try really hard, and I wouldn’t make her compete in the swim meets because on the day of a meet, she would be nervous all day. Her nerves rooted from the possibility that she would do something horribly wrong and let everyone down.
Recently, they had a T-shirt relay, which works like this: one person from each relay team puts on a T-shirt and a pair of socks, swims 50 meters, and gets out of the pool. She takes off the clothes and puts them on the next person, who then swims 50 meters. This continues until everyone on the team has completed a lap.
By the last leg, Elizabeth’s team had built up a moderate lead. Then it was Elizabeth’s turn to swim. She seemed to swim faster in the T-shirt and socks than when she wasn’t wearing them.
Approaching the halfway mark, she was still in the lead. Then one of Elizabeth’s socks fell off and was floating in the pool. “She has to get that sock on before the end of the race,” a swimming official told her team, “or you will be disqualified.”
Everybody on her team started screaming, “Elizabeth! Elizabeth! Stop! Get the sock!” But she couldn’t hear them. As she started her last 25 meters, a girl in Lane 2 was gaining on Elizabeth. It was time for desperate measures. A girl on my daughter’s team jumped in the pool, grabbed the sock, and swam after Elizabeth. She grabbed Elizabeth’s foot. “You have to put the sock on,” the girl screamed. Elizabeth continued swimming while her teammate put on the sock.
By now, the girl in Lane 2 was about to pass Elizabeth. With the sock finally on, Elizabeth swam her heart out for the last 15 meters. It was close, but Elizabeth beat the other girl to the wall for the victory.
On the ride home, she relived her moment of glory again and again. She told me that if the T-shirt relay was an Olympic event, her team would win the gold medal. I told her that in my professional opinion, she was absolutely right.
小题1:Elizabeth was nervous about swim meets because she _______.
A.was afraid of disappointing everyone
B.didn’t expect to lose the swim match
C.didn’t want to compete against other girls
D.was worried about making errors in public
小题2: From the passage, we know that _______.
A.socks contributed greatly to Elizabeth’s victory
B.the match nearly drove Elizabeth desperate
C.good luck finally fell on Elizabeth’s team
D.Elizabeth’s team narrowly won the match
小题3: It can be inferred that Elizabeth would _______.
A.swim faster in the T-shirt
B.enjoy swim meets later on
C.experience the moment again
D.take part in an Olympic event

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My father was Chief engineer of a merchant ship, which was sunk in World War II. The book
Night of the U-boats told the story.
Memories
In September, 1940, my mother, sister and I went to Swansea, where my father’s ship was getting ready to sail. We brought him a family photograph to be kept with him at all times and keep him sail.
Then I remember my mother lying face down, sobbing. She had heard from a friend that the ship had been sunk by a torpedo(鱼雷).
I can remember the arrival of the telegram(电报),which in those days always brought bad news. My grand- mother opened it. It read, “Safe, Love Ted.”
My most vivid memory is being woken and brought down to sit on my father’s knee, his arm in a bandage.
He was judged unfit to return to sea and took a shore job in Glasgow for the rest of the war. For as long as I can remember, he had a weak heart. Mother said it was caused by the torpedoes. He said it was because of the cigarettes. Whichever, he died suddenly in his early 50s.
Ten years later I read Night of the U-boats and was able to complete the story.
Torpedo
One torpedo struck the ship. Father was in the engine room, where the third engineer was killed. He shut down the engines to slow the ship making it easier for it to be abandoned.
By the time he got on deck (甲板) he was alone. Every lifeboat was gone except one which had stuck firm. When he tried to cut it free it swung against the ship, injuring his hand and arm. He had no choice but to jump—still with the photograph in his pocket.
Three days later, he and other survivors were safe in Glasgow. All 23 with him signed the back of the photograph.
In my room is the book and the photograph. Often, glass in hand, I have wondered how I would have dealt with an explosion, a sinking ship, a jump into a vast ocean and a wait for rescue? Lest(以免)we forget, I have some more whisky and toast the heroes of the war.
小题1:We can infer(推断) that the mother and children went to Swansea ________.
A.to meet a friend
B.to see the father off
C.to take a family photo
D.to enjoy the sailing of the ship
小题2:What did the author learn about the father from the telegram?
A.he was still alive.
B.His knee was broken.
C.His ship had been sunk.
D.He had arrived in Glasgow.
小题3:What can we know about the author’s father after his ship was attacked?
A.He lost his arm
B.He repaired the engines.
C.He managed to take a lifeboat.
D.He was the last to leave the ship.
小题4:What is the passage mainly about?
A.A group of forgotten heroes
B.A book describing a terrifying battle.
C.A ship engineer’s wartime experience.
D.A merchant’s memories of a sea rescue.

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