Some people believe that a Robin Hood is at work, others that a wealthy person simply wants to distribute（分发）his or her fortune before dying. But the donator who started sending envelopes with cash to deserving causes, accompanied by an article from the local paper, has made a northern German city believe in fairytales（童话）.
The first envelope was sent to a victim support group. It contained €10,000 with a cutting from the Braunschweiger Zeitung about how the group supported a woman who was robbed of her handbag; similar plain white anonymous（匿名）envelopes, each containing €10,000, then arrived at a kindergarten and a church.
The envelopes keep coming, and so far at least €190,000 has been distributed. Last month, one of them was sent to the newspaper’s own office. It came after a story it published about Tom, a 14-year-old boy who was severely disabled in a swimming accident. The receptionist at the Braunschweiger Zeitung opened an anonymous white envelope to find 20 notes of €500 inside, with a copy of the article. The name of the family was underlined.
“I was driving when I heard the news,” Claudia Neumann, the boy’s mother, told Der Spiegel magazine. “I had to park on the side of the road; I was speechless.”
The money will be used to make the entrance to their house wheelchair-accessible and for a course of treatment that their insurance company refused to pay for.
“For someone to act so selflessly, for this to happen in such a society in which everyone thinks of himself, was astonishing,” Mrs. Neumann said. Her family wonder whether the donator is a Robin Hood character, taking from banks to give to the needy.
Henning Noske, the editor of the Braunschweiger Zeitung, said: “Maybe it is an old person who is about to die. We just do not know.” However, he has told his reporters not to look for the city’s hero, for fear that discovery may stop the donations.
小题1:The Braunschweiger Zeitung is name of _____.| A．a church | B．a bank | C．a magazine | D．a newspaper |
小题2:Which of the following is TURE about the donation to Tom?| A．The donation amounted to €190,000. | | B．The donation was sent directly to his house. | | C．His mother felt greatly surprised at the donation. | | D．All the money will be used for his treatment. |
小题3:It can be inferred from the passage that .| A．the donation will continue to come | | B．the donator is a rich old man | | C．the donation comes from the newspaper | | D．the donator will soon be found out |
小题4:What would be the best title for the passage?| A．Money Is Raised by the Newspaper. | | B．Unknown Hero Spreads Love in Envelopes. | | C．Newspaper Distributes Money to the Needy. | | D．Robin Hood Returns to the city. |
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小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:B |
本文主要讲述一个匿名英雄用信封捐钱来默默传递爱心的故事，告诉我们爱心无处不在，要学会用自己的爱来温暖身边那些需要帮助的人群，那么这个世界将会变成美好的人间。
小题1:推理判断题。根据第一段最后一句中的accompanied by an article from the local paper可推知 Braunschweiger Zeitung 是一份报纸的名字，另外在第三段第一句话有一个one of them was sent to the newspaper’s own office有提示。
小题2:细节理解题。根据第四段谈到这位受害男孩母亲听到她的孩子被匿名捐赠的消息后表示的一句话“I was speechless”可知她很震惊，很无语。D项表达正确。
小题3:推理判断题。根据最后一段最后一句话“报纸的编辑告诉记者不要找这个城市的英雄，因为担心发现后他就可能不再进行捐赠的活动”也可推知这个匿名捐赠活动还会继续下去，B项表达正确。
小题4:标题推断题。本文主要讲述用信封匿名捐赠的事情在社会引起很大反响，这个捐赠者还会继续把这个善举进行下去，用C项Unknown Hero Spreads love in Envelopes“匿名英雄用信封传递爱”最能概括文章大意。 |
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At exactly eleven Sir Percival knocked and entered, with anxiety and worry in every line of his face. This meeting would decide his future life, and he obviously knew it.
“You may wonder, Sir Percival,” said Laura calmly, “if I am going to ask to be released（免除）from my promise to marry you. I am not going to ask this. I respect my father’s wishes too much.”
His face relaxed a little, but one of his feet kept beating the carpet.
“No, if we are going to withdraw（退出）from our planned marriage, it will be because of your wish, not mine. ”
“Mine?” he said in great surprise. “What reason could I have for withdrawing?”
“A reason that is very hard to tell you,” she answered. “There is a change in me.”
His face went so pale that even his lips lost their color. He turned his head to one side.
“What change?” he asked, trying to appear calm.
“When the promise was made two years ago”, she said, “my love did not belong to anyone. Will you forgive me, Sir Percival, if I tell you that it now belongs to another person?”
“I wish you to understand”, Laura continued, “that I will never see this person again, and that if you leave me, you only allow me to remain a single woman for the rest of my life. All I ask is that you forgive me and keep my secret.”
“I will do both those things,” he said. Then he looked at Laura, as if he was waiting to hear more.
“I think I have said enough to give you reason to withdraw from our marriage,” she added quietly.
“No. You have said enough to make it the dearest wish of my life to marry you,” he said.
小题1:How did Percival feel during his meeting with Laura?| A．Angry. | B．Calm. | C．Excited. | D．Nervous. |
小题2:We can learn from the passage that ______. | A．Laura’s father wished to end her marriage | | B．Laura had once promised to marry Percival | | C．Percival had been married to Laura for two years | | D．Percival asked to be released from the marriage |
小题3:What do you think is the ending of the story? | A．Laura was married to Percival. | | B．Laura was married to another man. | | C．Percival was married to another woman. | | D．Both Percival and Laura remained single for the rest of their lives. |
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One sunny afternoon, a seven-year-old girl went for a walk．She crossed a large area of grassland into the woods before she realized that she was lost．
Sitting on a rock and __41 what to do, she began crying．After a while, she__42__ to walk along a wide path lined with tall trees and thick bushes．When it was getting dark, she saw a small, dark wooden house．She opened the door and __43__ stepped in．Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, and she ran out of the door and back to the __44__．Cold and tired, she fell asleep near a __45_．
The girl’s parents were out and her dog, Laddy, was at home．Laddy __46__ that his mistrees（女主人）was in danger．He jumped through a window, breaking the glass．He looked in the fields．But he couldn’t find his mistress anywhere．However, from the ground came a __47__ scent (气味) as he lowered his head．He __48__ the scent and walked across the grassland．Barking loudly into the air, the dog _49__ through the woods until he found the __50_．But the girl was not there, so he headed back to the woods．Much to his __51__ , he saw his mistress’ blue shirt in the distance．He jumped over some bushes and saw the little stream, where the girl was __52__．
When she opened her eyes and 53 her dog standing beside her, the girl said, “you 54 me, Laddy,” and she kissed him several times．Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears of 55 ．That night Laddy had a heror’s supper: a huge meal of steak
| 小题1: | | A．forgetting | B．wondering | C．remembering | D．regretting |
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| 小题2: | | A．preferred | B．expected | C．failed | D．decided |
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| 小题3: | | A．cautiously | B．carelessly | C．hopelessly | D．unwillingly |
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| 小题4: | | A．trees | B．bushes | C．woods | D．grasses |
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| 小题5: | | A．stream | B．rock | C．tree | D．house |
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| 小题6: | | A．found | B．heard | C．sensed | D．smelt |
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| 小题7: | | A．terrible | B．strange | C．pleasant | D．familiar |
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| 小题8: | | A．missed | B．discovered | C．followed | D．ignored |
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| 小题9: | | A．searched | B．wandered | C．looked | D．travelled |
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| 小题10: | | A．window | B．girl | C．house | D．hero |
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| 小题11: | | A．satisfaction | B．delight | C．disappointment | D．embarrassment |
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| 小题12: | | A．awake | B．abandoned | C．available | D．asleep |
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| 小题13: | | A．spotted | B．watched | C．observed | D．saw |
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| 小题14: | | A．rescued | B．disturbed | C．comforted | D．scared |
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| 小题15: | | A．pain | B．shock | C．relief | D．sorrow |
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Barditch High School decided to hold an All-School Reunion．Over 450 people came to the event．There were tours of the old school building and a picnic at Confederate Park．Several former teachers were on hands to tell stories about the old days．Ms．Mabel Yates, the English teacher for fifty years, was wheeled to the Park．
Some eyes rolled and there were a few low groans(嘟囔声)when Ms．Yates was about to speak．Many started looking at their watches and coming up with excuses to be anywhere instead of preparing to listen to a lecture from an old woman who had few kind words for her students and made them work harder than all the other teachers combined．
Then Ms．Yates started to speak:
“I can’t tell you how pleased I am to be here．I haven’t seen many of you since your graduation, but I have followed your careers and enjoyed your victories as well as crying for your tragedies．I have a large collection of newspaper photographs of my students．Although I haven’t appeared in person, I have attended your college graduations, weddings and even the birth of your children, in my imagination．”
Ms．Yates paused and started crying a bit．Then she continued:
“It was my belief that if I pushed you as hard as I could, some of you would succeed to please me and others would succeed to annoy me．Regardless of our motives, I can see that you have all been successful in you chosen path．”
“There is no greater comfort for an educator than to see the end result of his or her years of work．You have all been a great source of pleasure and pride for me and I want you to know I love you all from the bottom of my heart．”
There was a silence over the crowd for a few seconds and then someone started clapping．The clapping turned into cheering, then into a deafening roar(呼喊)．Lawyers, truck drivers, bankers and models were rubbing their eyes or crying openly with no shame all because of the words from a long forgotten English teacher from their hometown．
小题1:What activity was organized for the school reunion?| A．Telling stories about past events． | | B．A picnic on the school playground． | | C．Sightseeing in the park． | | D．Graduates’ reports in the old building． |
小题2:What can be inferred from Paragraph 2? | A．Some graduates were too busy to listen to Ms．Yates’ speech． | | B．Some people got tired from the reunion activities． | | C．Many graduates disliked Ms．Yates’ ways of teaching． | | D．Most people had little interest in the reunion． |
小题3:We can learn from Ms．Yates’ speech that she _____________．| A．attended her students’ college graduations | | B．gave her students advice on their careers | | C．kept track of her students’ progress | | D．went to her students’ wedding ceremonies |
小题4:What was Ms．Yates’ belief in teaching teenagers?| A．Hard-pushed students are more likely to succeed． | | B．Pressure on students from teachers should be reduced． | | C．Teachers’ knowledge is the key to students’achievements． | | D．Students’ respect is the best reward for teachers． |
小题5:Which of the following can best describe Ms．Yates?__________．| A．Reliable and devoted． | | B．Strict but caring． | | C．Proud but patient． | | D．Tough and generous． |
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John was waiting for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn’t, the girl with the rose. Thirteen months ago, in a Florida library he took a book off the ___36___and found himself interested in the notes in the margin. The soft handwriting ___37___a thoughtful soul and insightful mind.
In front of the book, he ___38___the previous owner’s name, Miss Hollis Maynell. With time and effort he ___39___her address. He wrote her a letter ___40___himself and inviting her to correspond.
During the next year and one-month the two grew to know each other ___41___the mail. A Romance was budding. John requested a（an） ___42___, but she refused. She felt that if he really cared, it wouldn’t matter what she looked like. Later they ___43___their first meeting—7：00 pm at Grand Central Station in New York
“You’ll ___44___me, ”she wrote, “by the red rose I’ll be wearing on my lapel. ”So at 7：00 he was in the ___45___looking for the girl with the red rose.
A young woman in a green suit was coming toward him, her ___46___long and slim and her eyes were blue as flowers. Almost ___47___he made one step closer to her, and just at this moment he saw Hollis Maynell—a woman well past 40. The girl was walking quickly away. He felt as though he split in two, so keen was his ___48___to follow her, and yet so deep was his longing for the woman whose ___49___had truly companioned him and upheld his own.
He did not ___50___. He squared his shoulders and said, “I’m John, and you must be Miss Maynell. I am so glad you could meet me；may I take you to ___51___?”
The woman smiled. “I don’t know what this is about, son, ”she answered, “but the young lady in the green suit ___52___me to wear this rose on my coat. And she said if you were to ask me out to dinner, I ___53___tell you that she is waiting for you in the ___54___across the street. She said it was some kind of ___55___!”
It’s not difficult to admire Miss Maynell’s wisdom. The true nature of a heart is seen in it’s response to the unattractive.
| 小题1: | | A．exhibition | B．shelf | C．figure | D．diagram |
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| 小题2: | | A．represented | B．refreshed | C．replaced | D．rejected |
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| 小题3: | | A．transformed | B．conveyed | C．observed | D．discovered |
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| 小题4: | | A．located | B．expressed | C．settled | D．evaluated |
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| 小题5: | | A．explaining | B．introducing | C．appointing | D．predicting |
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| 小题6: | | A．by | B．on | C．beyond | D．through |
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| 小题7: | | A．photograph | B．E-mail | C．measurement | D．document |
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| 小题8: | | A．separate | B．scheduled | C．strengthen | D．possessed |
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| 小题9: | | A．recognize | B．witness | C．advocate | D．tolerate |
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| 小题10: | | A．library | B．station | C．downtown | D．square |
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| 小题11: | | A．shadow | B．shoulder | C．appearance | D．figure |
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| 小题12: | | A．randomly | B．mentally | C．uncontrollably | D．ridiculously |
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| 小题13: | | A．desire | B．dream | C．attempt | D．determination |
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| 小题14: | | A．carefulness | B．wealth | C．expectation | D．spirit |
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| 小题15: | | A．hesitate | B．guarantee | C．submit | D．hurry |
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| 小题16: | | A．theatre | B．dinner | C．shopping | D．service |
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| 小题17: | | A．advised | B．applied | C．begged | D．required |
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| 小题18: | | A．should | B．would | C．may | D．must |
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| 小题19: | | A．balcony | B．restaurant | C．corner | D．department |
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| 小题20: | | A．patience | B．experiment | C．test | D．decision |
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When I was eight, I saw a movie about an island that had an erupting volcano and jungles filled with wild animals. The island was ruled by a beautiful woman called Tondalaya, the Fire Goddess of the Volcano. It was a low budget movie, but to me, it represented the perfect life. But through the years, Tondalaya was forgotten.
The week I turned 50, my marriage came to a sudden end. My house, furniture and everything I’d owned was sold to pay debts that I didn’t even know existed. In a week I had lost my husband, my home and my parents who had refused to accept a divorce in the family. I’d lost everything except my four teenage children. I used every penny I had to buy five plane tickets from Missouri to Hawaii. Everyone said I was crazy to think I could just run off to an island and survive. I was afraid they were right.
I worked 18 hours a day and lost 30 pounds because I lived on one meal a day. One night as I walked alone on the beach, I saw the red orange lava（火山岩）pouring out of Kilauea Volcano in the distance. It was time to live my imagination!
The next day, I quit my job, bought some art supplies and began doing what I loved. I hadn"t painted a picture in 15 years. I wondered if I could still paint. My hands trembled the first time I picked up a brush. But before an hour had passed, I was lost in the colors spreading across the canvas（画布）in front of me. And as soon as I started believing in myself, other people started believing in me, too. The first painting sold for $ 1500.
The past six years have been filled with adventures. My children and I have gone swimming with dolphins, watched whales and hiked around the crater rim（火山口边缘）of the volcano. We wake up every morning with the ocean in front of us and the volcano behind us. The dream I had more than 40 years ago is now reality. I’m living freely and happily ever after.
小题1:Why did the writer go to Hawaii?| A．To free herself from trouble. | | B．To make a living. | | C．To spend her holiday. | | D．To realize her childhood dream. |
小题2:Which of the following is the writer’s dream? | A．Become a successful painter. | | B．Live in nature with animals. | | C．Get close to wildlife. | | D．Live a free and happy life. |
小题3:We can infer from the passage that __________. | A．the writer wasn’t sure whether she could survive in Hawaii at first | | B．the writer’s parents encouraged her to divorce | | C．the writer’s husband took away most of her money | | D．the writer had never done painting before |
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