“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. “If you can 41 on, one day something good will happen. And you’ll 42 that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous disappointment.”
Mother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college. I had designed myself for a 43 announcer(播音员). So I went to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station and got 44 every time.
In one station, a kind lady told me that 45 stations wouldn’t risk employing a person without 46 since I had just graduated. “Go out in the town and find a small station that might give you a chance,” she said.
I returned to Dixon, 47 I had finished my high school education and had 48 in the school football team. My father said that our town had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to 49 its sports department(部门). The job sounded just 50 for me but I wasn’t hired.
My 51 had shown as if by design. “Everything happens for the best,” Mum 52 me. Dad offered me his car to job hunt. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport. The program director told me they had already hired a/an 53 . 54 I left his office, my frustration boiled over(发怒).I asked aloud, “ 55 can a fellow get to be a sports announcer 56 he can’t get a job in a radio station?”
Suddenly, I heard the director 57 .“What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to 58 an imaginary game.
It was easy, and I did it without difficulty. The director was 59 and told me I would be broadcasting a game on the 60 Saturday.
| 小题2: | | A．recognize | B．realize | C．react | D．respond |
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| 小题3: | | A．news | B．sports | C．weather | D．TV |
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| 小题4: | | A．invited | B．promised | C．refused | D．accepted |
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| 小题5: | | A．large | B．all | C．good | D．small |
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| 小题6: | | A．experience | B．examination | C．agreement | D．degree |
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| 小题7: | | A．which | B．where | C．there | D．here |
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| 小题8: | | A．played | B．joined | C．taken | D．fought |
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| 小题9: | | A．own | B．manage | C．report | D．enter |
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| 小题10: | | A．possible | B．successful | C．right | D．important |
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| 小题11: | | A．disappointment | B．delight | C．pleasure | D．interest |
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| 小题12: | | A．woke | B．advised | C．demanded | D．reminded |
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| 小题13: | | A．manager | B．clerk | C．worker | D．announcer |
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| 小题15: | | A．What | B．How | C．Whenever | D．Wherever |
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| 小题17: | | A．calling | B．answering | C．broadcasting | D．announcing |
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| 小题18: | | A．make | B．act | C．broadcast | D．play |
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| 小题19: | | A．moved | B．sorry | C．thankful | D．satisfied |
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| 小题20: | | A．future | B．coming | C．last | D．later |
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小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:A
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:A
小题9:B
小题10:C
小题11:A
小题12:D
小题13:D
小题14:B
小题15:B
小题16:C
小题17:A
小题18:C
小题19:D
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本文主要围绕着母亲的教导“Everything happens for the best.”而展开故事，告诉我们不要畏惧困难和挫折！要坚持下去！一切都会为了更美好的未来而发生的。
小题1:考查动词。carry on 在这里的意思是“继续，不放弃” 相当于not give up。小题2:考查动词。句意; “一切都会好的。如果你坚持下去，总有一天会有好事发生。你会认识到，如果没有以前的挫折就不会有现在的一切。”
小题3:考查名词。结合下文can a fellow get to be a sports announcer sports announcer可知答案。我曾给我自己设计了一个sports announcer (体育播音员)的工作。
小题4:考查动词。从空前的every station 及空后的every time得此答案。从后文我们也可以得知，最后，WOC Radio Davenport录用了“我”，因此以前的这些都拒绝了“我”。
小题5:考查形容词。从后文那位lady 说的话“Go out in the town and find a small station that might give you a chance.” 我们得知，她认为大的电台不会录用“我”。
小题6:考查名词。从空后的since I had just graduated 得知，“我没有工作经验。”
小题7:考查连词。where 在此引导非限定性定语从句,修饰地点名词Dixon。
小题8:考查动词。join 表示加入某个团体时后面不加in。
小题9:考查动词。父亲说，蒙哥马利·沃德开了一家新商店，想雇请一个本地的运动员管理店里的体育部。manage在这里是“经营，管理”的意思。
小题10:考查形容词。工作听起来挺适合我的，但是我没被聘用。因为是体育部要人，因此工作对“我”是对口的。作者一直想找一个适合自己专业的工作，如体育播音员等，因此作者以为管理商店的体育部适合自己。
小题11:考查名词。“我的失望（找工作失败）好象设计好了后向我袭来。
小题12:考查动词。remind在这里是“提醒”的意思。“一切总会好的，”母亲提醒我说。
小题13:考查名词。我试到爱荷华州达文波特的WOC电台去求职。那里的电台节目负责人告诉我他们已经雇到播音员了。
小题14:考查连词。离开他办公室时，我愤怒极了。as 当……的时候。
小题15:考查疑问词。“一个连在电台都找不到工作的家伙又怎么能成为体育节目的播音员呢？”
小题16:考查连词。“一个连在电台都找不到工作的家伙又怎么能成为体育节目的播音员呢？”
小题17:考查动词。突然我听见负责人喊道：“你说什么体育？你了解橄足球吗？”因为此时“我”已经离开了他的办公室，因此他从背后喊。
小题18:考查动词。接着他让我站到麦克风前，请我解说一场想象中的比赛。其他答案有一定干扰性。从前文我们得知“我”去寻找的是一份体育播音员的差事，而不是运动员，因此其他答案不合题意。
小题19:考查形容词。因为“我”表现出色，因此他对“我”很满意。
小题20:考查形容词。the coming Saturday 即the next Saturday。 |
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I had been rather proud of myself when my friends and family got the ticket，whether it was for speeding，parking or stop sign violations (违反)．It was something that happened to others. But last Friday I joined the club.
I was asked to do a new project last week. On Friday morning on my way to work，I suddenly remembered that I had spent the past six weeks without considering that I had a week’s vacation planned during that time. I was very disappointed with myself for not remembering it. The fact is that I was not paying enough attention to my driving and I did not come to a complete stop at the stop sign in front of a school. I was so distracted (思想不集中的)that I didn’t even notice I had a policeman on my tail with his lights flashing. Finally I looked in my mirror and caught on.
The policeman was rude and took my papers. Fortunately，I had everything up to date and since I had never had a ticket before，there was nothing for him to do but write me a ticket. While I was sitting there in the seat of “shame”，I felt bad. If I had been that distracted and a child had run onto the road，perhaps I would have not reacted as well as I could have. It was a wake-up call.
People at work asked me if I tried to talk my way out of it. Frankly，it never occurred to me. I felt guilty. Now I no longer have a clean driving record. Please be careful out there，as a moment’s distraction can lead to tragedy.
小题1:What is this passage mainly about?| A．The writer’s most unforgettable experience. | | B．How the writer got her first ticket. | | C．An accident caused by the writer. | | D．Why the writer is always so careful. |
小题2:We can infer that the underlined part “the club” in Paragraph 1 here refers to ________.| A．people who are crazy about driving cars | | B．a club for drivers without much experience | | C．people who get tickets for breaking traffic rules | | D．a club for people to talk about their driving stories |
小题3:What made the writer unable to focus on her driving?| A．Planning how to spend the vacation. | | B．Thinking of the forgotten vacation. | | C．Thinking about her work. | | D．Missing her children. |
小题4:From the experience，the writer has probably learnt ________.| A．what is really important to her | | B．how to deal with policemen | | C．to enjoy the small things in life | | D．to be much more careful |
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At the age of 15，I paid my first visit to Disneyland in America. It wasn"t the first time for me to be ___36___ . Like most English children I learned French ___37___school and I had often been to France，and I ___38___ speaking English to people who didn"t understand ___39___ . So ___40____ I went to America，I was really looking forward to ____41___ a nice easy holiday without any ___42____problems. ___43___ wrong I was! The misunderstanding ___44___at the airport. I was looking for a ___45___ telephone to give my friend Danny a ___46____ and tell her that I had arrived. A___47___ old man saw me looking lost and asked ___48___ he could help me.“Yes，”I said，“I want to give my friend a ring.”“Well，that"s nice，”he said，“Are you getting ____49____ ? But aren"t you a bit young?” “ ___50___ is talking about marriage?” I replied. “I just want to call her to tell her I"ve arrived. Can you tell me ___51___ there’s a phone box?” “Oh!” he said, “there"s a phone downstairs.” When at last we did meet up，Danny explained the misunderstanding to me. “Don"t worry，”she said to me，“I had so many ___52___ at first. There are lots of words which the Americans ___53___ differently in meaning from us British. You"ll soon get used to ___54___ funny things they say. Most of the ___55___, British and American people understand each other!”
| 小题1: | | A．out | B．away | C．abroad | D．outside |
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| 小题2: | | A．from | B．during | C．after | D．at |
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| 小题3: | | A．get used to | B．was used to | C．used to | D．used |
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| 小题4: | | A．English | B．French | C．Russian | D．Latin |
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| 小题6: | | A．buying | B．having | C．giving | D．receiving |
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| 小题7: | | A．time | B．human | C．1anguage | D．money |
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| 小题9: | | A．beginning | B．begun | C．begin | D．began |
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| 小题10: | | A．cheap | B．popular | C．public | D．good |
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| 小题11: | | A．letter | B．ring | C．news | D．information |
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| 小题12: | | A．friendly | B．stranger | C．stupid | D．kindly |
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| 小题14: | | A．to marry | B．to be married | C．marrying | D．married |
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| 小题16: | | A．where | B．in which | C．over there | D．that |
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| 小题17: | | A．trouble | B．difficulties | C．things | D．fun |
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| 小题18: | | A．write | B．speak | C．use | D．read |
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| 小题19: | | A．every | B．these | C．some | D．all the |
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| 小题20: | | A．chance | B．situation | C．condition | D．time |
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In the year after my mother left us, my father was 42 and he knew that he wasn’t going to make it to 43. He wrote a letter to me and hoped that something in it would help me for the rest of my life.
Since the day I was 12 and first read his letter, some of his words have lived in my heart. One part always stands out. “Right now, you are pretending to be a time killer. But I know that one day, you will do something great that will set you among the very best.” Knowing that my dad believed in me gave me permission to believe in myself. “You will do something great.” He didn’t know what I would be, and neither did I, but at times in my life when I’ve felt proud of myself, I remember his words and wish he were here so I could ask, “Is this what you were talking about , Dad ? Should I keep going?”
A long way from 12 now, I realize he would have been proud when I made any progress. Lately, though, I’ve come to believe he would want me to move on to what comes next: to be proud of , and believe in somebody else. It’s time to start writing my own letters to my children. Our children look to us with the same unanswered question we had. Our kids don’t hold back because they’re afraid to fail. They’re only afraid of failing us. They don’t worry about being disappointed. Their fear ---- as mine was until my father’s letter---- is of being a disappointment.
Give your children permission to succeed. They’re waiting for you to believe in them. I always knew my parents loved me. But trust me: That belief will be more complete , that love will be more real, and their belief in themselves will be greater if you write the words on their hearts ：“Don’t worry; you’ll do something great .”Not having that blessing from their parents may be the only thing holding them back.
小题1:We learn from the text that the author__________.| A．lost his father when he was young | | B．worked hard before he read his father’s letter | | C．asked his father’s permission to believe in himself | | D．knew exactly what great thing his father wanted him to do |
小题2:What does the author tell us in the 3rd paragraph? | A．Children need their parents’ letters. | | B．Children are afraid to be disappointed. | | C．His children’s fear of failure held them back. | | D．His father’s letter removed his fear of failing his parents. |
小题3:Which of the following is true of the author?| A．He got no access to success. | | B．He wrote back to his father at 12. | | C．He was sure his parents loved him. | | D．He once asked his father about the letter. |
小题4:The main purpose of the text is to .| A．describe children’s thinking | | B．answer some questions children have | | C．stress the importance of communication | | D．advise parents to encourage their children |
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Florence Nightingale was born in a rich family. When she was young she took lessons in music and drawing, and read great books. She also traveled a great deal with her mother and father.
As a child she felt that visiting sick people was both a duty and a pleasure. She enjoyed helping them.
At last mind was made up. “I’m going to be a nurse,” she decided.
“Nursing isn’t the right work for a lady,” her father told her.
“Then I will make it so,” she smiled. And she went to learn nursing in Germany and France. When she returned to England, Florence started a nursing home for home. During the Crimean War in 1854 she went with a group of thirty eight nurses to the front hospitals. What they saw there was terrible. Dirt and death were everywhere to be seen — and smelled. The officer there did not want any woman to tell him how to run a hospital, either. But the brave nurse went to work.
Florence used her own money and some from friends to buy clothes, beds, medicine and food for the men. Her only pay was in smiles from the lips of dying soldiers. But they were more than enough for this kind woman.
After she returned to England, she was honored for her services by Queen Victoria. But Florence said that her work had just begun. She raised money to build the Nightingale Home for Nurses in London. She also wrote a book on public health, which was printed in several countries.
Florence Nightingale died at the age of ninety, still trying to serve others through her work as a nurse. Indeed, it is because of her that we honor nurses today.
小题1:When she was a child, Florence ____ . | A．loved to travel very much | | B．knew what her duty in life was | | C．loved to help the sick people | | D．was most interested in music and drawing |
小题2:What made Florence make up her mind to become a nurse？ | A．Her father’s support. | | B．Her desire to help the sick. | | C．Her education in Germany and France. | | D．Her knowledge from reading great books. |
小题3:During the Crimean War in 1854, Florence served in the front hospital where ____ . | A．she earned a little money | | B．work was very difficult | | C．few soldiers died because of her work | | D．she didn’t have enough food or clothes |
小题4:The passage can best be described as ____ . | A．the life story of a famous woman | | B．a description of the nursing work | | C．an example of successful education | | D．the history of nursing in England |
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Mr. Scott has worked at a police station since he left army five years ago. He’s brave and has already caught many thieves. He was promoted (提升) to the rank of officer last month. Now he works harder.
It was Mrs. Scott’s birthday yesterday. The woman thought her husband was very busy, and she decided to hold a small party only with her husband. Mr. Scott agreed with her and they didn’t invite any friends of theirs to the party. At noon he didn’t go home for lunch and went to a shop. There he bought an expensive diamond necklace for his wife. He hoped to put it on her neck with his own hands at the party. To his sorrow, a rich woman’s house was broken into and some jewelry was stolen, and at once he was sent there to solve the case (案件)，when he came back to his office, it was late at night. He was tired and hungry. He brought out the necklace and was going to leave when he was asked to answer a telephone. Several minutes later when he came into his office, he found the necklace was gone, and he saw the case (盒子) only on his table. He became very angry and called all the policemen in and told them about it. But nobody admitted having stolen the necklace.
“I’ll give you a chance.” Said Mr. Scott, “ All the lights will be turned off. The man who took the necklace away will be able to put the necklace into the case in the dark.”
A few minutes later, Mr. Scott turned on the lights again. To his surprise, the case was also stolen.
小题1:Mr. Scott was promoted because _______.| A．he had been in the army. | | B．he was young. | | C．he had worked there for five years. | | D．he did his duty better than his workmates. |
小题2:Having read the story, we can know ______.| A．Mr. and Mrs. Scott loved each other. | | B．the necklace was the most expensive in the town. | | C．The Scotts had a few friends there. | | D．Mr. Scott was the richest at the police station. |
小题3:At last, _________| A．Mr. Scott knew who had stolen the necklace. | | B．Mr. Scott lost both the necklace and the case. | | C．the thief put the necklace back into the case. | | D．Mr. Scott caught the thief in his office. |
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