I came to study in the United States a year ago. Yet I did not know the American society until I was injured in a car accident. After the accident, I had to see a doctor and go to court. When the accident happened, my roommate called a doctor for me. I was very grateful and decided to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done. I was astonished. He said he had good reason to charge me and that if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury, I’d have to have a good lawyer. Now that he had helped me to find a good doctor, it was only fair that I should pay him.
But every time I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another. Yet he charged me $115 each time. The final examination report only contained ten lines, and it cost me $215.
My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. But after that he avoided seeing me at all. He knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he hardly did anything. He simply waited to collect his money. He was so irresponsible that I decided to fire him. And he made me pay him $770.
Now I had to act as my own lawyer. Because of my inexperience, I told the insurance the date I was leaving America. Knowing that, they played for time … and I left without getting a cent.
My experiences taught me two things about America: firstly, in a country like America, money is everything. It is more important than friendship, honor or professional morality; secondly, foreigners are still being unfairly treated. So when we talk about America, we should see both its advantages and disadvantages.
小题1: The author’s roommate offered to help him because ________.| A．he felt sorry for the author. | | B．he thought it was a chance to make some money | | C．he knew the doctor was a very good one | | D．he wanted the author to have a good lawyer |
小题2: A good lawyer is important for the author to _______.| A．be properly treated | | B．talk with the person responsible for the accident | | C．recover before he leaves America | | D．eventually get the responsible party to pay for his injury |
小题3: Which of the following statements is wrong according to the passage?| A．The author has learned a lot through the experience. | | B．Everything about America is advantageous. | | C．The author’s roommate helped him but charged for that. | | D．The author’s final examination report only contained ten lines but cost $215. |
小题4: What conclusion can you draw from this story?| A．Going to court is something very common in America. | | B．One must be very careful while driving a car. | | C．There are more disadvantages in America than advantages. | | D．Money is more important than other things in the US. |
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小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:D |
试题分析：本文叙述了作者在美国经历了一次交通事故，室友帮忙后向他要钱，为作者服务的医生和律师在作者付给他们钱后却只为了他的钱，而不是真心地帮他，最后，自己给自己当律师做辩护，最终作者没有拿到一分钱的赔偿而离开了美国。由此，作者认为在美国钱高于一切。
小题1:细节理解题。根据he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done. I was astonished. He said he had good reason to charge me and that if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury, 他的室友知道他可能会从肇事方要来钱，故选B。
小题2:细节理解题。根据律师应该给作者负责要回肇事方的赔偿，故选D。
小题3:细节理解题。根据So when we talk about America, we should see both its advantages and disadvantages.并非美国的一切都好，故选B。
小题4:细节理解题。根据钱在美国比什么都重要，故选D。
点评：在快速阅读的过程中，要掌握主旨大意，要有阅读的整体意识，避免那种“只见树木，不见森林”的逐字逐句的阅读习惯。接着是寻读，确定“信息源”，找出问题的相关信息出自文章何处，跟哪些段落或句子有关，仔细比较所给选项与文中细节一点一滴的区别，在准确理解细节的前提下，最后确定最佳答案。 |
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试题【I came to study in the United States a year ago. Yet I did not know the American】；主要考察你对
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I was said to be the worst student in my class, and my family thought I was hopeless. I had to 41 grade six. At that time a new teacher, Miss Sadia, came to our school.
One day after class, she 42 that I was staying alone during the lunch break. She came 43 to me and began to talk to me. It was just a normal conversation. After that day, she gave me particular 44 and it made me feel special. I started to work hard because she gave me the feeling _ 45 _someone believed me , and my 46 started to improve in her subject.
Months later, she moved into a house near my 47 . We would walk home together after school. Her constant (不断的 ) support helped me, 48 in my studies, as I knew she would check my grades both in her subject 49 the other subjects. I finally 50 second in my class.
Then, after grade six, she started to slowly drift away（疏远） 51 still kept a constant (不断的) check on me. By the time I was in grade seven, we 52 spoke, but by then I had become the 53 in my class. When I left my school, I was 54 with her, as she never answered the 55 when I called her.
Then I graduated and went to a good university. One fine day, our paths（路） 56 again. I met her at a wedding. I could not 57 asking her, "Why did you stop talking to me?"
"You are a clever boy. I wanted you to be a tree 58 on your own roots, not depending on others. Now here you are and I feel 59 of you. You are your inspiration(灵感，鼓舞)and do not need to 60 a shoulder," she said. I could not say anything, but I smiled. I"ll always thank her.
| 小题1: | | A．jump | B．attend | C．copy | D．repeat |
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| 小题2: | | A．heard | B．noticed | C．learned | D．sensed |
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| 小题4: | | A．attention | B．attraction | C．explanation | D．examination |
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| 小题6: | | A．words | B．objects | C．classes | D．grades |
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| 小题7: | | A．home | B．school | C．hotel | D．company |
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| 小题8: | | A．generally | B．actually | C．especially | D．usually |
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| 小题10: | | A．received | B．came | C．caught | D．held |
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| 小题12: | | A．ever | B．often | C．once | D．hardly |
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| 小题14: | | A．out of touch | B．in common | C．out of reach | D．in touch |
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| 小题15: | | A．road | B．schoolyard | C．phone | D．machine |
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| 小题16: | | A．separated | B．formed | C．added | D．crossed |
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| 小题17: | | A．finish | B．help | C．prevent | D．keep |
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| 小题18: | | A．standing | B．flying | C．growing | D．sitting |
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| 小题19: | | A．sad | B．proud | C．good | D．ashamed |
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| 小题20: | | A．give up | B．get on | C．look for | D．take up |
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When he wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain turned to Hannibal. The relationship between Hannibal and Twain began in November 1839, when Twain’s father decided to leave the village in Florida and move east about 35 miles to the somewhat larger and more prosperous Hannibal, on the banks of the Mississippi River. Twain marked his fourth birthday about a week after the family settled there. He showed little promise of becoming a long-term resident. However, because his health was so poor that his parents probably feared he would not survive childhood.
During the family’s first few years in Hannibal, Twain was too young to understand fully the changes going on around him. About the time the family moved into their new home. Twain’s health improved a lot. Instead of having to lead a quiet indoor life, he could roam the streets of Hannibal. Climb the surrounding hills, explore the area’s caves and splash about in local swimming holes. He reveled in his newfound freedom, spending nearly all his free time playing outdoors with the other boys in town and soon becoming a leader.
Twain’s carefree days did not last long, on March 24, 1847, his father died. For the next six years, his brother Henry, and his sister Pamela lived with their mother in the family home. Twain began taking odd jobs after school to bring in extra money. Within a year of his father’s death, he quit school and became an apprentice (学徒) printer, and when his brother Orion bought the Hannibal Journal in 1851, Twain went to work for him as a printer and editorial assistant. The stories he wrote for Orion’s paper, his first publications, taught him that he much preferred writing to typesetting. Thus, when he decided to leave Hannibal in May 1853, he already had an idea of his future career.
小题1: Why did little Mark Twain move and live in Hannibal?| A．Because he wanted to live in a larger and more prosperous city. | | B．Because his father brought him there. | | C．Because he wanted to wrote his novels there. | | D．Because he wanted to become a long-term resident of Hannibal. |
小题2: When did Mark Twain become healthy?| A．As soon as he arrived in Hannibal. | | B．At the time when his family moved into their old home. | | C．After his father died. | | D．At the time when his family moved into their new home. |
小题3: The last paragraph mainly tells us _________.| A．the happy childhood of Mark Twain | | B．how Mark Twain became a famous writer | | C．how Mark Twain to earn money to support his family | | D．why Mark decided to leave Hannibal |
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I could have easily gone through life without getting to know one of the most romantic feelings---love for a dog.
For at least ten years my __36 _ had been suggesting that we get a dog. There were several reasons why the idea _37_ . We had noticed that, on our block, couples with no children as a rule 38_ one large or two small dogs. So we got one puppy 39_ we too had no children.
He flew into the house with the 40 of a Formula 1 (一级方程式赛车). In several minutes he ran over all the house, 41 from my shoulder onto the bed, and ended up in the 42 , where my wife washed him with motherly 43 . From that day on, the invisible（看不见的） _44 for the love of the new member of our household began at my home.
He seemed to 45 that at once. Most of the meals that my wife had _ 46 for him with greater care than those for me---he didn’t 47 look at.
Every evening I went out walking with him. I could not know who was walking whom _ 48_ one evening, when, tired from work, I 49 the walk. The dog was very angry and dragged me out.
Last night our dog pulled me by the ear with his teeth, 50 me up in my dream, and dragged me into the kitchen to make me turn off the 51 which had disturbed（干扰）his sleep. I meekly（乖乖地） 52 that I had forgotten to switch off the light, but that was not 53 . He looked at me like a teacher at a pupil who repeatedly makes _ 54 .
Now we finally know who’s the_ 55 at home, and for twenty years we had seriously argued whether it was my wife or I.
| 小题1: | | A．wife | B．son | C．husband | D．daughter |
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| 小题2: | | A．came up with | B．came out | C．came up | D．came on |
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| 小题3: | | A．kept | B．rose | C．carried | D．invited |
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| 小题4: | | A．if | B．unless | C．since | D．before |
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| 小题5: | | A．speed | B．shape | C．cost | D．race |
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| 小题6: | | A．climbed | B．covered | C．jumped | D．stopped |
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| 小题7: | | A．yard | B．street | C．bathroom | D．kitchen |
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| 小题8: | | A．worry | B．care | C．identity | D．power |
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| 小题9: | | A．signal | B．war | C．work | D．truth |
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| 小题10: | | A．doubt | B．dislike | C．wonder | D．understand |
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| 小题11: | | A．reached | B．searched | C．looked | D．prepared |
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| 小题13: | | A．while | B．because | C．until | D．as |
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| 小题14: | | A．gave in | B．gave up | C．gave away | D．gave out |
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| 小题15: | | A．broke | B．woke | C．picked | D．packed |
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| 小题16: | | A．water | B．heater | C．cooker | D．light |
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| 小题17: | | A．hoped | B．considered | C．admitted | D．decided |
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| 小题18: | | A．enough | B．good | C．bad | D．true |
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| 小题19: | | A．plans | B．mistakes | C．decisions | D．faces |
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| 小题20: | | A．boss | B．member | C．adult | D．child |
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Until 1954 it was thought that no man could run one mile in less than four minutes. As years 31 , the record came closer and closer to four minutes and Roger Bannister, a young English 32 , began to believe he might 33 this almost magic barrier.
It was a cold afternoon on May 6th, 1954, when Bannister knew he had a 34 chance. Bannister had been 35 hard and was very fit, but the weather conditions were a real 36 to him. Describing the 37 later, Bannister said,” On the way to the track the wind blew strongly. As I 38 for the start I glanced at the flag. It moved 39 now. This was the moment when I made my decision.”
“The gun fired. My legs 40 to meet no resistance, as if I was 41 forward by some unknown force. The noise from the faithful 42 gave me greater strength. I felt the 43 of a lifetimes had come.”
“I was driven on by a 44 of fear and pride. My body had long since used up all its energy 45 it went on running just the same. This was the critical moment when my legs were strong enough to carry me over the last few yards as they 46 could have done in previous years. When I leapt at（冲向）the 47 tape, I fell, almost 48 .
“I knew I had done it, even before I 49 the time. The announcement came. ‘Result of the one mile…Time, three minutes…’the test was 50 in the noise of excitement.”
| 小题1: | | A．passed along | B．passed down | C．went by | D．went over |
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| 小题2: | | A．coach | B．athlete | C．captain | D．judge |
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| 小题3: | | A．defeat | B．move | C．beat | D．break |
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| 小题4: | | A．real | B．lucky | C．serious | D．false |
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| 小题5: | | A．competing | B．training | C．fighting | D．attending |
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| 小题6: | | A．eagerness | B．pleasure | C．relief | D．worry |
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| 小题7: | | A．accident | B．event | C．issue | D．topic |
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| 小题8: | | A．did up | B．made up | C．put up | D．lined up |
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| 小题9: | | A．safely | B．heavily | C．thinly | D．gently |
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| 小题10: | | A．seemed | B．used | C．happened | D．had |
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| 小题11: | | A．dragged | B．drawn | C．pulled | D．pushed |
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| 小题12: | | A．mass | B．residents | C．crowd | D．team |
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| 小题13: | | A．moment | B．period | C．while | D．date |
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| 小题14: | | A．concentration | B．collection | C．combination | D．classification |
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| 小题16: | | A．never | B．ever | C．even | D．still |
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| 小题17: | | A．starting | B．lasting | C．finishing | D．running |
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| 小题18: | | A．unconcerned | B．unconscious | C．unknown | D．unnoticed |
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| 小题19: | | A．offered | B．told | C．announced | D．heard |
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| 小题20: | | A．stuck | B．involved | C．lost | D．spread |
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It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen 36 for almost a month. The crops were dying. Every day, my husband 37 to get water to the fields. But 38 we saw some rain soon, we would lose everything.
However, one day I learned the true lesson of 39 and witnessed the only miracle I had 40 seen before. I was cooking in the kitchen when I saw my son, Billy, 41 toward the woods. He was walking 42 with effort, trying to be as still as possible. Minutes after he disappeared into the 43 , he came running back. I went on cooking, 44 that whatever he had been doing was finished. Moments later, 45 , he was once again walking slowly toward the woods. This activity went on for an hour. Finally I couldn’t help 46 him and saw the most amazing 47 .
Several large deer stood in front of him. Billy walked right up to them. I 48 screamed(尖叫) for him to get away, because a huge deer was dangerously 49 to him at that time. But the deer didn’t even move as Billy knelt down(跪下). I saw a tiny 50 lying on the ground, obviously suffering from 51 , lifting its head to drink the water cupped in Billy’s hands. When the water was 52 , Billy ran back to get more. It then became quite 53 to me what my son was doing.
I stood there, watching my 54 boy working so hard to save another life. As my tears began to hit the ground, they were suddenly joined by other drops. I looked up at the sky. It was as if God himself was weeping with pride. The rain that day 55 our farm.
| 小题1: | | A．water | B．cloud | C．rain | D．storm |
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| 小题2: | | A．decided | B．chose | C．tried | D．offered |
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| 小题3: | | A．before | B．unless | C．until | D．if |
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| 小题4: | | A．sending | B．sharing | C．forgiving | D．begging |
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| 小题6: | | A．running | B．jumping | C．walking | D．riding |
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| 小题7: | | A．slowly | B．quickly | C．hurriedly | D．dangerously |
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| 小题8: | | A．plants | B．flowers | C．woods | D．vegetables |
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| 小题9: | | A．thinking | B．wondering | C．worrying | D．dreaming |
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| 小题10: | | A．though | B．besides | C．however | D．too |
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| 小题11: | | A．beating | B．following | C．teaching | D．hoping |
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| 小题12: | | A．scene | B．field | C．world | D．sign |
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| 小题13: | | A．almost | B．already | C．just | D．even |
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| 小题14: | | A．weak | B．close | C．ill | D．brave |
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| 小题15: | | A．horse | B．crop | C．baby | D．deer |
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| 小题16: | | A．thirst | B．diseases | C．heat | D．pain |
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| 小题17: | | A．gone | B．cleaned | C．lost | D．dried |
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| 小题18: | | A．comfortable | B．clear | C．acceptable | D．simple |
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| 小题19: | | A．kind | B．clever | C．naughty | D．honest |
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| 小题20: | | A．hit | B．washed | C．ruined | D．save |
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