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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
It was 20 years ago. I was driving home with my 4-year-old son. Traffic was light. I was singing quietly along   36  the song playing on the radio. I   37   at the intersection(交叉路口) and looked both ways. The road was   38 . I slowly started to make a right turn when suddenly a car rounded the curve at high speed and came straight at me. I stomped (猛踩) on the brakes of my car  39 the engine in the process. The speeder zoomed (疾驰) past my dead car  40  me by inches without even slowing down.
  41  I knew it, a stream of rude words was flying from my lips,   42  after the car and its driver. I then saw my son who was staring up at me   43 . With a red face and a(an)   44  smile I started the car, pulled back onto the road, and headed home.
Later that evening I was reading a book when I heard certain  45 words coming from my son’s bedroom. He was replaying the   46  over and over in his mind. Too   47  I realized the   48  of those words that had   49  from my lips in that moment of anger. It took a lot of talks about good language and bad language with my son to undo (消除)the   50  of that incident.
That  51  , however, did teach me just how strong words  52  be. It helped me to decide to stop swearing (咒骂) in my own life and to start using words uplifting and   53   instead. I slowly realized that language is a gift from God and should be used to make our world better but not worse. I learned   54  that a few loving words can help a hurting heart, strengthen a   55  spirit, and lighten a heavy load. I pray then that all of your words today are full of love, joy, happiness, and light.
小题1:
A.toB.byC.throughD.over
小题2:
A.pulled inB.pulled upC.pulled outD.pulled back
小题3:
A.cleanB.lightC.clearD.busy
小题4:
A.slowing B.killingC.runningD.firing
小题5:
A.leavingB.missingC.knockingD.approaching
小题6:
A.WhenB.AfterC.BeforeD.Until
小题7:
A.chasingB.huntingC.lookingD.seeking
小题8:
A.awfullyB.innocentlyC.bravelyD.typically
小题9:
A.pleasedB.embarrassedC.surprisedD.worried
小题10:
A.acuteB.unpleasantC.accurateD.marvelous
小题11:
A.musicB.storyC.languageD.incident
小题12:
A.sorryB.badlyC.soonD.late
小题13:
A.powerB.strengthC.natureD.potential
小题14:
A.saidB.spokenC.flownD.floated
小题15:
A.damageB.lessonC.imageD.process
小题16:
A.mistakeB.accidentC.crashD.phenomenon
小题17:
A.shouldB.canC.needD.would
小题18:
A.consideringB.promisingC.inspiringD.motivated
小题19:
A.orB.otherwiseC.too D.however
小题20:
A.challengingB.strugglingC.risingD.caring

答案

小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:B
小题5:B
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:B
小题9:B
小题10:B
小题11:D
小题12:D
小题13:A
小题14:C
小题15:A
小题16:A
小题17:B
小题18:C
小题19:C
小题20:B
解析

试题分析:试题分析:作者在自己的一次亲身经历中,无意中表露的恶劣态度和语言对孩子产生了不良的影响,由此意识到了语言的重要性和影响力。提醒人们要在生活中使用美好的语言给人带来愉快,使人振作,给人安慰;而不要恶语相加。
小题1:A介词辨析。A 随着,朝向;B 通过,凭借;C 通过;D在。。。上方。根据词的用法可知随着音乐唱歌或跳舞,应该使用介词to,故正确答案为A。
小题2:B动词短语辨析。A靠边停车;B停车,停止;C 离站;D撤退,毁约。从下文可知作者要转弯,根据常识可知作者应该是在十字路口原地停下车,去看道路交通状况,而A选项强调靠路边停车,所以选B。句意:我在十字路口停下向道路两边看。
小题3:C形容词辨析。A干净的;B轻的;C无障碍的;D繁忙的。从上文的Traffic was light.判断此时马路上车辆稀少,应该是道路畅通无阻,所以作者才转弯,所以正确选项是C。
小题4:B动词辨析。A慢;B,使。。停止,***死;C运转,跑;D开火,解雇。从作者的叙述可知那辆肇事车径直飞速开过来,按情理推测为了避免撞车作者猛踩刹车让车子停下来,故B选项正确。
小题5:B动词辨析。A离开;B错过;C敲;D 接近。从下文可知状况虽然危险但是没有发生意外,所以是没碰到作者的车上,所以应该是错过。B选项正确。
小题6:C连词辨析。A当。。。时候;B 在。。。之后;C 在。。。之前;D通向。从情理推断作者当时险些被撞,所以应该是气急败坏,不由自主的咒骂起来,故C选项正确。
小题7:A动词辨析。A追逐;B狩猎;C看;D 寻找。从上文The speeder zoomed (疾驰) 。。。without even slowing down. 可知肇事汽车疾驰而过,作者的咒骂只能是在司机身后,所以A选项正确。
小题8:B副词辨析。A及其,很坏地;B 天真无邪地;清白无辜地;C 勇敢地;D典型地。孩子是单纯,天真无邪的,而且由下文作者的叙述可知孩子受到影响回家后也学会了咒骂,所以此处填B。
小题9:B形容词辨析。A高兴的;B 尴尬的;C 惊讶的;D 担心的。根据With a red face和下文mistake一词的出现可知作者意识到在孩子面前犯了一个错误,对孩子产生了不好的影响,所以此处应该是尴尬的表现,故B选项正确。
小题10:B形容词辨析。A 严重的;B不愉快的;C精确的;D 极好的。从下文可知儿子在学作者的咒骂,所以应该用令人不快的话语,所以B选项正确。
小题11:D名词辨析。A音乐;B 故事;C 语言;D事件,事变。从情理可知作者险些被撞应该是不好的事件而且下文出现的to undo (消除)the 。。。of that incident.也是此空的提示,所以答案选 D。
小题12:D副词辨析。A 抱歉;B差得;C很快;D 迟到,晚。从上下文可知此时已经对孩子造成了不好的影响,所以作者现在意识到已经太迟了,故正确选项应该是D。
小题13:A名词辨析。A力量;B力气,体力;C 大自然;D潜力。从故事的叙述中我们可以知道这篇文章讲述的就是语言对于人的影响,而且how strong words 。。。 be.也是明显的提示,所以A选项正确。
小题14:C名词辨析。A恐惧,害怕;B 担心;C 生气;D 后悔。从上文可知作者当时差点被撞,当时是愤怒地咒骂,所以此处C选项正确。
小题15:A名词辨析。A损坏;B课,教训;C 形象,影像;D步骤;进程。从故事可知在事件当中作者的语言给孩子的纯真友善带来了影响。所以选A
小题16:A名词辨析。A 错误;B意外;C 碰撞;D 现象。从上下文可知作者的语言给孩子造成了不良影响,这是作者犯的错误,此处是意识到了自己错误,故正确答案是B。
小题17:B情态动词辨析。A应该;B 能够;C需要;D 将。从语境可知此处是指语言的力量能够有多大,所以B选项正确。
小题18:C动词辨析。A 考虑到;B 有前途的;C 激励人的;D 有动机的。从前面的uplifting和下文a few loving words can help a hurting heart,。。。and lighten a heavy load.可以判断此处是和uplifting同类的,能够鼓舞人的,让人振作的话语。所以C选项正确。.
小题19:C副词辨析。A或者;B 否则;C 也;D 然而。从上句I slowly realized that language is 。。。作者意识到了。。。,此处又讲的是作者的感悟,所以C选项正确。
小题20:B形容词辨析。A有挑战性的;B 奋斗的,努力的;C 上升的;D 关心他人的。从语境可知美好的语言能激励一个人,抚慰一颗受伤的心灵,所以此处应该是与hurting,heavy等相似意义形容词,故B选项正确。
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A month after Hurricane Katrina, I returned home in New Orleans. There lay my house, reduced towaist-high ruins, smelly and dirty.
Before the trip, I’d had my car fixed. When the office employee of the garage was writing up the bill,she noticed my Louisiana license plate. “You from New Orleans?”she asked I said I was, “No charge.”She said, and firmly shook her head when I reached for my wallet. The next day I went for a haircut, and the same thing happened.
As my wife was studying in Florida, we decided to move there and tried to find a rental house that we could afford while also paying off a mortgage (抵押贷款〉on our mined house. We looked at many places, but none was satisfactory. We’d began to accept that we*d have to live in extremely reduced circumstances for a while, when I got a very curious e-mail from a James Kemmedy in California. He’d read some pieces I’d written about our sufferings for State, the online magazine  and wanted to give us (""no conditions attached’)a new house across thelake from New Orleans.
It sounded too good to be true, but I replied, thanking him for his exceptional generosity, that we had no plan to go back. Then a poet at the University of Florida offered to let his house to me, while he went to England on his one-year paid leave. The rent was rather reasonable. I mentioned the poet’s offer to James Kemdedy, and the next day he sent a check covering our entire rent for eight months.
Throughout this painful experience, the kindness of strangers has done much to bring back my faith in humanity. It’s almost worth losing your worldly possessions to be reminded that people are really nice when given half a chance.
小题1:The garage employee’s attitude toward the author was that of          
A.unconcernB.sympathy
C.doubtD.tolerance
小题2:What do we know about James Kemnedy?
A.He was a writer of an online magazine.
B.He was a poet at the University of Florida
C.He offered the author a new house free of charge.
D.He learned about the author’s sufferings via e-mail
小题3:It can be inferred from the text that         
A.the author’s family was in financial difficulty
B.rents were comparatively reasonable despite the disaster
C.houses were difficult to find in the hurricane-stricken area
D.the mortgage on the ruined house was paid off by the bank
小题4:The author learned from his experience that         
A.worldly possessions can be given up when necessary
B.generosity should be encouraged in some cases
C.people benefit from their sad stories
D.human beings are kind after all.

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When Andrea Peterson landed her first teaching job, she faced the daunting task of creating a music program with almost no money for equipment or supplies in a climate where standards-based learning was the focus and music just provided a break for students and teachers.
For her drive and creativity in overcoming those challenges, she’s been named national teacher of the year.
Principal Waynes Kettler said he’s worked with many outstanding teachers in his 22 years as an educator, but Peterson is “just that one step above anybody I’ve ever worked with before.”
Kettler and others at Monte Cristo Elementary School talk about the ways she has introduced the learning from other classrooms into her music program and her creativity in working around things such as the lack of money for new music.
When students were reading S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders in their regular classroom, Peterson helped them write a 30-minute play with scenes from the book. Then they chose three Broadway tunes that focused on race, equality and social justice, the themes of the book. Peterson composed two other songs herself after classroom discussions about the play and the book.
The honor means a lot to residents of Granite Falls. It’s inspiring to know that people from small towns can even win national honors.
As national teacher of the year, Peterson will spend the next year outside the classroom, as a national and international spokeswoman for education.
Not surpassingly, she is a big believe in the value of acts education. She said it’s essential for schools to offer classes such as act or music and physical education because for some kids one of those subjects is the only thing that motivates them to come back to school day after day.
小题1:The underlined word “daunting” in Paragraph 1 most probably means __________.
A.discouragingB.interesting
C.creativeD.unbearable
小题2:When Peterson began her teaching career, ____________.
A.music was a focus of learning in most schools
B.the environment was favorable to music teaching
C.the school lacked teaching facilities for music
D.financial support for music programs was unavailable
小题3:What is the most important reason that Peterson won the award?
A.She concerned herself with current social problems.
B.She motivated students to learn music with her creativity.
C.She has taught music at the elementary school for 22 years.
D.She made great efforts to arouse students’ interest in literature.
小题4:Which of the following is an example of Peterson’s way of teaching music?
A.She wrote plays on themes of race, equality and social justice.
B.She made use of the contents of other classes in her teaching.
C.She organized classroom discussions of Broadway tunes.
D.She helped students compose songs by themselves.
小题5:In Peterson’s opinion, ____________.
A.art, music and PE classes are all important
B.more subjects should be offered to students
C.students should be motivated to attend art classes
D.arts education is more important than other subjects
小题6:It can be inferred from the text that ________.
A.Peterson’s honor was a surprise for the local people
B.Peterson’s art classes attracted students back to school
C.Peterson aroused the local residents’ passion for music
D.Peterson will change her profession next year

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Kerry and Alice were both artists in Britain.They taught drawing and painting at Cambridge University.Although they were friends,each thought oneself to be the better painter.
One day,Kerry promised marriage to Alice.Surprised and pleased by the offer,the girl was not sure whether she would spend her future as a wife or a painter.After a moment she replied as follows,“Each of us must paint a picture.If yours is superior to mine.you can make me your wife.If not,please drop the question.”Then it was decided to give it the following day.
The next morning,Alice hung her picture on the gate.It showed a bunch of flowers and won high praise(赞扬)from everyone who passed by.In fact,a crowd collected in front of her masterpiece and fixed their eyes on it.
Several hours passed.Then Kerry was seen coming along to the gate with what appeared to be a beautiful leather suitcase in his hand.When he finally stopped before Alice, the girl artist blushed like a rose and agreed to marry him without any hesitation(犹豫).Why?
Answer the questions:
小题1:What are Kerry and Alice?
__________________________________________.
小题2:What’s the meaning of the underlined part“superior to”?
____________________________________________________
小题3:Did Kerry agree to Alice’s suggestion?
_____________________________________________________
小题4:Why did Alice’s picture win high praise?
____________________________________________________
小题5:What do you think the“leather suitcase’’ really was?
________________________________________________________________
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The family had just moved. The young woman was feeling a little__31__. It was Mother"s Day — and 800 miles separated her from her parents.
She had called them that morning, and her mother had__32__ how colorful their backyard was__ 33__ spring had arrived. Later, she told her husband how she__34__ those lilacs(丁香)in her parents" yard. “I know where we can find some,” he said. “Get the__35__ and come on.” So off they went.
Some time later, they stopped at a hill and there were lilacs all round. The young woman rushed up to the nearest__ 36__ and buried her face in the flowers. Carefully, she__37__ some. Finally, they returned to their car for the__38__ home. The woman sat smiling, surrounded by her__39__.
When they were near home, she shouted “stop,” got off quickly and__40__ to a nearby nursing home.  She went to the end of the porch(门廊), where a(n)__41__ patient was sitting in her wheelchair, and put the flowers into her lap. The two__42__, bursting into laughter now and then. Later the young woman turned and ran back to her__43__. As the car pulled away, the woman in the wheelchair__44__ with a smile, and held the lilacs__45__.
“Mom,” the kids asked, “__46___ did you give her our flowers?” “It is Mother"s Day, and she seems so__47__ while I have all of you. And anyone would be__48__ by flowers.”
This satisfied the kids, but not the husband. The next day he__49__ some young lilacs around their yard.
I was the husband. Now, every May, our yard is full of lilacs. Every Mother"s Day our kids__50__ purple lilacs. And every year I remember that smile of the lonely old woman.
小题1:
A.movedB.worriedC.angryD.depressed
小题2:
A.learnedB.imaginedC.mentionedD.realized
小题3:
A.now thatB.so thatC.as ifD.even if
小题4:
A.missedB.grewC.wateredD.showed
小题5:
A.carsB.kidsC.clothesD.lilacs
小题6:
A.bushB.hillC.yardD.door
小题7:
A.boughtB.pickedC.setD.raised
小题8:
A.breakB.holidayC.tripD.dinner
小题9:
A.friendsB.memoryC.flowersD.honor
小题10:
A.respondedB.pointedC.droveD.hurried
小题11:
A.lovingB.elderlyC.seriousD.sensitive
小题12:
A.hesitatedB.waitedC.satD.chatted
小题13:
A.familyB.motherC.pathD.home
小题14:
A.noddedB.wavedC.leftD.continued
小题15:
A.sadlyB.politelyC.quicklyD.tightly
小题16:
A.whyB.whenC.howD.where
小题17:
A.quietB.confusedC.aloneD.patient
小题18:
A.calmedB.persuadedC.disappointedD.cheered
小题19:
A.arrangedB.driedC.plantedD.hid
小题20:
A.findB.gatherC.receiveD.sell

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I’d always dreamed of exploring Africa, ever since I read my first Tarzan(《人猿泰山》)comic as a child. Finally, in 2004, to celebrate my 60th birthday, I went to Tanzania to experience a safari(东非游猎)and climb Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. Seated next to me on the flight was Tanzania’s minister of water and wildlife development. We talked for thousands of miles, and he arranged me to visit a school. When I toured the school, I was shocked. The leaky(漏的)roofs turned the dirt floors into mud during the rainy season, and the walls couldn’t keep out the heat, cold or bugs(小昆虫). The school was in need of all material goods, but the kids possessed great human spirit.
It broke my heart that these children had to struggle to survive, so I asked the headmaster what it would cost to feed them. As little as 20 cents per child per day, he told me. Immediately I got home, I founded Kids of Kilimanjaro. Since then we’ve grown to provide hot lunches for nearly 13,000 schoolchildren every day. The free lunch program has eased a major problem the youngsters face.
I know a good education could really make a difference in these children’s lives. My parents always stressed the importance of education. I paid my own way through college in Tokyo by teaching English to students and businesspeople. After attending university I moved to San Francisco, when I was 25 years old. In 1978 I realized my American dream when I founded my own company. My success all started with a good education.
It’s amazing that something as simple as a nutritious lunch can change and enrich so many lives. Giving young people a better, healthier life can inspire them to go all the way through college and lead a movement that transforms their country.
小题1:Why did the author go to Tanzania to celebrate his 60th birthday?
A.He was curious about what Africa was like.
B.He was concerned about the Africans’ miserable life.
C.He wanted to get an idea of the area’s wildlife.
D.He hoped to lead a movement that would transform his country.
小题2:After his tour to the school, the author found that the kids there were ________.
A.in need of help
B.not interested in studies
C.not used to the rainy season
D.in low spirits
小题3:What is the main purpose of Kids of Kilimanjaro?
A.To make sure the African kids are mentally healthy.
B.To spread knowledge among the African kids.
C.To build new schools for the African kids.
D.To protect the African kids from hunger.
小题4:What is the correct sequence of the following events?
a.“I” founded “my” first company.
b.“I” founded Kids of Kilimanjaro.
c.“I” read “my” first Tarzan comic.
d.“I” moved to San Francisco.
A.a, c, d, b
B.a, d, c, b
C.c, a, d, b
D.c, d, a, b
小题5:The author believes education is important because __________.
A.his parents always stressed the importance of education
B.a good education contributes to his success
C.he paid his own way through college by teaching English
D.he’s trying to realize his American dream

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