John Blanchard was studying the crowd making their way through the station. He was looking for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn" t, the girl with the rose.
When reading a book in a Florida library a year before, John became interested not in the contents of the book, but in the notes penciled in the margin (空白处). The handwriting reflected a thoughtful soul and beautiful mind. He discovered the former owner" s name in the front of the book: Miss Hollis Maynell.
He located her address and wrote a letter introducing himself. The next day he was shipped overseas to serve in the army. During the next year, they grew to know each other through the mail and their friendship developed. John requested a photograph, but she refused, saying if he really cared, it wouldn" t matter what she looked like. When the day finally came for him to return home, their first meeting was suggested--7:00 pm. at the Grand Central Station in New York.
She wrote," You" ll recognize me by the red rose I wear on my coat. "So now John was in the station to meet the girl with a rose.
As a pretty and slim girl in green came over, John noticed her blue eyes like flowers in spring. He walked directly towards her , entirely forgetting she was not wearing a rose. As John came closer to her, he saw another woman with a red rose stood nearby. Well past 40, this woman had graying hair done under a worn hat. Seeing the girl in green walk quickly away, John felt as if he were split(劈开) in two. He desired to follow that girl, but longed for the woman whose spirit had truly companioned and supported him.
The woman looked gentle and sensible. John went to her, saying, "1" m Captain John Blanchard. You must be Miss Maynell. I am glad to meet you here. May I take you to dinner?"
She replied with a smile, I don" t know what this is about. But the lady in green who just went by, begged me to wear this rose on my coat. She said if you asked me out to dinner, l" d tell you she is waiting for you in the big restaurant across the street. She said it was some kind of test!"
小题1:John was eager to know the former owner of the book because .| A．he was very interested in the contents of the book | | B．he was impressed by the notes written by the owner | | C．the book offered him practical and valuable advice | | D．there was address of the former owner in the book |
小题2:What happened to John after getting in touch with Miss Hollis Maynell?| A．He began to serve the army abroad. | | B．He was seriously wounded in the war. | | C．He went on a business tour in Europe. | | D．He asked Miss Maynell for a photo. |
小题3:What do we know about the woman with a rose?| A．She was Miss Maynell" s close companion. | | B．She was a conductor working in the station. | | C．She knew nothing about John" s appointment. | | D．She was paid to carry out a love test on John. |
小题4:Which would be the best title of the text?| A．The Meeting in the Station | B．The Girl with a Rose | | C．A Soldier and a Girl | D．A Meeting of the Heart |
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小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
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试题分析：本文讲述的是Miss Hollis Maynell和John Blanchard在多年交流以后的初次见面的戏剧的故事。
小题1:B 细节题。根据第二段2,3,4行John became interested not in the contents of the book, but in the notes penciled in the margin (空白处). The handwriting reflected a thoughtful soul and beautiful mind.可知他感兴趣的是对方所写的笔记。故B正确。
小题2:A 细节题。根据第三段第2句The next day he was shipped overseas to serve in the army.可知A正确。
小题3:C 推理题。根据文章最后一段1,2行She replied with a smile, I don" t know what this is about. But the lady in green who just went by, begged me to wear this rose on my coat.可知这个女的对于这一切一无所知，只是Miss Hollis Maynell临时找来的。故C正确。
小题4:D 主旨大意题。本文讲述的是Miss Hollis Maynell和John Blanchard在多年交流以后的初次见面的戏剧的故事。故D正确。
点评：本文讲述的是Miss Hollis Maynell和John Blanchard在多年交流以后的初次见面的戏剧的故事。本文考查细节题为主，细节题可以在文章中直接找到与答案有关的信息或是其变体。搜查信息在阅读中非常重要它包括理解作者在叙述某事时使用的具体事实、数据、图表等细节信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都属于这类围绕主体展开的细节。做这类题一般采用寻读法即先读题，然后带着问题快速阅读短文，找出与问题有关的词语或句子，再对相关部分进行分析对比，找出答案。 |
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You Are Going Places
I work at a local restaurant in town as cashier, seater and waiter.
I went to work feeling 小题1: . And to make things worse, I was busy that evening.
It’s the same thing over and over again. 小题2: with customers who complain about their
food and where they are 小题3: is too big or too small. Little things like that tend to 小题4:
a lot of us 小题5: but we manage to deal with it.
Three elderly ladies walked in and sat by the windows. It happened to be the very 小题6:
near where I keep the dirty 小题7: in the boxes. Trying to keep up with all the dirty tables,
customers leaving and coming in and 小题8: running all over the house, it was crazy. 小题9:
these elderly women were watching 小题10: I was working to make sure every table was clean
and ready for the next customers.
When they 小题11: their meals, I took their plates back to the kitchen. They talked to me
for a while about school, how I was doing, what 小题12: I was in and what I planned to do in
the future.
小题13: they were leaving, they walked past me and one of them said to me in a 小题14:
and gentle voice, “You are going places. And that was it.” They left the 小题15: and I had tears
in my eyes, because they gave me 小题16: to believe in myself. They 小题17: my spirit from
being down and gave me a 小题18: to keep on working hard.
People used to tell me that I couldn’t have a career in 小题19: until I had a degree. I’m now
a co-anchor(联合支持人)of a student-produced television 小题20: . And the best thing is:
I’m only 17 years old and I am a senior in high school.
| 小题21: | | A．tired | B．excited | C．up | D．down |
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| 小题22: | | A．Dealing | B．Helping | C．Talking | D．Meeting |
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| 小题23: | | A．sat | B．seated | C．laid | D．seating |
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| 小题24: | | A．attract | B．avoid | C．adjust | D．annoy |
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| 小题25: | | A．employees | B．customers | C．bosses | D．employers |
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| 小题26: | | A．table | B．box | C．spot | D．kitchen |
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| 小题27: | | A．dishes | B．rooms | C．clothes | D．chairs |
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| 小题28: | | A．men | B．women | C．servers | D．people |
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| 小题31: | | A．finished | B．completed | C．ordered | D．got |
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| 小题32: | | A．place | B．grade | C．mark | D．position |
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| 小题33: | | A．Before | B．While | C．As | D．After |
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| 小题34: | | A．confident | B．loud | C．low | D．pleasant |
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| 小题35: | | A．kitchen | B．house | C．restaurant | D．table |
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| 小题36: | | A．ability | B．courage | C．imagination | D．time |
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| 小题37: | | A．put down | B．picked up | C．took over | D．pointed out |
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| 小题38: | | A．cause | B．reason | C．present | D．permission |
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| 小题39: | | A．television | B．government | C．school | D．restaurant |
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| 小题40: | | A．company | B．station | C．show | D．advertisement |
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Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so that I decided to write an article about her.
I Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.
I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The was almost unbearable. I struggled for days draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.
It didn’t take long. My manuscript . How stupid of me! I thought. How could I in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.
Five years later, I was moving to California. While my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in :
Ms. Profit,
Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some more relevant materials. Please those and return the article immediately. We would like to your story soon.
Shocked, it took me a long time to . Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and the chance of having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of writing. Today, I have become a full-time writer. this experience, I’ve learned a very important lesson: You can’t to doubt yourself.
| 小题1: | | A．voice | B．joy | C．smile | D．speech |
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| 小题2: | | A．proud | B．moved | C．satisfied | D．active |
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| 小题3: | | A．visited | B．emailed | C．interviewed | D．phoned |
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| 小题4: | | A．refused | B．agreed | C．hesitated | D．paused |
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| 小题5: | | A．explained | B．discovered | C．knew | D．replied |
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| 小题6: | | A．seriously | B．nervously | C．patiently | D．quietly |
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| 小题7: | | A．fooling | B．blaming | C．inviting | D．urging |
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| 小题8: | | A．hardship | B．failure | C．comment | D．pressure |
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| 小题10: | | A．disappeared | B．improved | C．spread | D．returned |
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| 小题11: | | A．compare | B．survive | C．compete | D．struggle |
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| 小题12: | | A．face | B．deliver | C．ignore | D．receive |
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| 小题13: | | A．decorating | B．repairing | C．leaving | D．cleaning |
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| 小题14: | | A．anxiety | B．disbelief | C．horror | D．trouble |
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| 小题15: | | A．increase | B．replace | C．add | D．mix |
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| 小题16: | | A．broadcast | B．create | C．assess | D．publish |
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| 小题17: | | A．concentrate | B．prepare | C．escape | D．recover |
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| 小题18: | | A．energetic | B．enjoyable | C．typical | D．endless |
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| 小题19: | | A．Holding on to | B．Dating back to | C．Looking back on | D．Dropping in on |
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| 小题20: | | A．afford | B．attempt | C．expect | D．pretend |
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Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were year exams. All the in the school had been working hard for some time, reviewing their lessons for the exams. If they didn’t , they would have to retake(重考) them in September. There were usually a few who , but Jane didn’t want to be one of them. She had worked hard all year, just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister Barbara was about her. She went to bed too . The night before the first exam, Barbara that she have an early night and take a pill. She promised to wake up in the morning.
As she was falling asleep, Jane was afraid that she might oversleep. Her kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of , she went to sleep. In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the examination , but she couldn’t answer any of the questions. around her was writing pages and pages. she thought hard, she couldn’t find anything to write . She kept looking at her . Time was running out. There was only an hour to go. She started one question, wrote two sentences, and tried another one. With only half an hour left, she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started . Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she up. She was still in bed and it had all been a dream. A minute later, Barbara called her name.
| 小题1: | | A．teachers | B．students | C．classmates | D．poets |
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| 小题2: | | A．prepare | B．miss | C．gain | D．pass |
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| 小题3: | | A．succeeded | B．failed | C．ended | D．harvested |
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| 小题5: | | A．excited | B．frightened | C．worried | D．satisfied |
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| 小题6: | | A．early | B．late | C．sadly | D．eagerly |
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| 小题7: | | A．insisted | B．admired | C．ordered | D．wished |
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| 小题8: | | A．sleeping | B．starving | C．exciting | D．breathing |
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| 小题9: | | A．him | B．her | C．them | D．herself |
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| 小题11: | | A．her sister | B．her parents | C．the lessons | D．the medicine |
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| 小题12: | | A．result | B．marks | C．desk | D．paper |
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| 小题13: | | A．The teacher | B．The students | C．No one | D．Everyone |
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| 小题16: | | A．watch | B．textbook | C．sister | D．subject |
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| 小题17: | | A．gave up | B．put off | C．look around | D．thought over |
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| 小题18: | | A．examining | B．drowning | C．copying | D．crying |
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| 小题19: | | A．raised | B．woke | C．turned | D．cheered |
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| 小题20: | | A．nice | B．wonderful | C．terrible | D．special |
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Mark and his brother Jason both were looking at the shining new computer enviously, Jason was determined not to go against their father"s wishes but Mark was more adventurous than his brother. He loved experimenting and his aim was to become a scientist like his father.
“Dad will be really mad if he finds out you"ve been playing with his new computer.” Jason said, “He told us not to touch it.”
“He won’t find out,” Mark said. “I"ll just have a quick look and shut it down.”
Mark had been scolded before for touching his father"s equipment. But his curiosity was difficult to control and this new computer really puzzled him.
It was a strange-looking machine — one his dad had brought home from the laboratory where he worked. “It’s an experimental model," his father had explained, “so don’t touch it under any circumstances.” But his father"s warning only made Mark more curious. Without any further thought, Mark turned on the power switch. The computer burst into life and seconds later, the screen turned into colors, shifting and changing and then two big white words appeared in the centre of the screen: “SPACE TRANSPORTER.” “Yes!” Mark cried excitedly, “It"s a computer game. I knew it! Dad"s only been pretending to work. He"s really been playing games instead.”A new message appeared on the screen: “
ENTER NAMES
VOYAGER 1:…
VOYAGER 2:…
Mark"s fingers flew across the keyboard as he typed in both of their names.
“INPUT ACCEPTED. START TRANSPORT PROGRAM. AUTO-RETRIEVE INITIATED( 自动回收程序已启动).”The screen turned even brighter and a noise suddenly rose in volume. “I think we"d better shut it off, Mark,” Jason yelled, reaching for the power switch. He was really frightened.But his hand never reached the switch. A single beam of dazzling white light burst out of the computer screen, wrapping the boys in its glow(光芒) , until they themselves seemed to be glowing. Then it died down just as suddenly as it had burst into life. And the boys were no longer there. On the screen, the letters changed.
“TRANSPORT SUCCESSFUL. DESTINATION ( 目的地)：MARS. RETRIEVE DATE: 2025.”
小题1:Why did Mark touch the computer against his father"s warning?| A．He wanted to take a voyage. | B．He wanted to practice his skill. | | C．He was so much attracted by it. | D．He was eager to do an experiment. |
小题2: Where did the boys" father most likely work?| A．In an electronic factory. | B．In a computer company. | | C．In a scientific research center. | D．In an information processing center. |
小题3:Mark thought “SPACE TRANSPORTER” on the screen was the name of______.| A．a computer game | B．a company website | | C．a software producer | D．an astronomer |
小题4:Why did Jason want to shut off the computer?| A．He was afraid of being scolded. | | B．He didn"t like the loud noise and light. | | C．He didn"t want to play games any more. | | D．He was afraid something dangerous might happen. |
小题5:What happened to the boys at the end of the story?| A．They were blown into the air. | | B．They were sent to another planet. | | C．They were hidden in the strong light. | | D．They were carried away to another country. |
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阅读表达：
[1]An 18-year-old student was struggling to pay his fees. He was an orphan, and not knowing where to turn for money, he came up with a bright idea. He and a friend decided to host a musical concert on campus to raise money for their education.
[2]They reached out to the great pianist Ignacy J. Paderewski. His manager demanded a guaranteed fee of $2000 for the piano recital. A deal was struck and the boys began to work to make the concert a success.
[3]The big day arrived. But unfortunately, they had not managed to sell enough tickets. The total collection was only $1600. Disappointed, they went to Paderewski and explained their plight(困境). They gave him the entire $1600, plus a cheque for the balance(差额) $400. They promised to pay the cheque at the soonest possible.
[4]“No,” said Paderewski. “This is not acceptable.” He tore up the cheque, returned the $1600 and told the two boys: “Here’s the $1600. Please deduct（扣除）whatever expenses you have spent on. Keep the money you need for your fees. And just give me whatever is left”. The boys were surprised, and thanked him a lot.
[5]It was a small act of kindness. But it clearly marked out Paderewski as a great human being.
[6]Why should he help two people he did not even know? We all come across situations like these in our lives. And most of us only think “If I help them, what would happen to me?” The truly great people think, “If I don’t help them, what will happen to them?” They don’t do it expecting something in return. They do it because they feel it’s the right thing to do.
[7]Paderewski later went on to become the Prime Minister of Poland. He was regarded as a great leader in Poland’s history.
小题1:Why did the student decide to hold the musical concert? (Within 10 words)
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小题2:What do you know about Ignacy J. Paderewski? (Within 15 words)
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小题3:Please find a word in the text to replace the word “recital” in Paragraph 2.
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小题4:How did the boys feel on hearing what Paderewski said? (No more than 5 words)
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小题5:What should we learn from Paderewski’s words in Paragraph 6? (Within 20 words)
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