I was sitting in the surgical waiting area at the hospital waiting for word of my wife"s operation. The small room was filled with other families and friends who were 36 waiting to hear how their loved ones were doing.
There was a young boy sitting quietly in the__37__.He held a small box of__38__in one hand and a tablet( 写字板)in the other. Every so often he"d place the tablet on his lap and draw something. As the hours passed I began to see the room almost__39__.And there was a strange silence.
“Daddy，when is Mommy going home？”the young boy asked，breaking the__40__.
“Tomorrow，”his father replied. The boy picked up his crayons and__41__something on the tablet.
I _42__him as he moved his feet back and forth，looking up at the ceiling and then toward the sunshine－filled window.“When"s__43__，Daddy？”he asked. His father__44__him over to sit by him. “Come，_45__here next to me，”he said with a gentle tone in his voice.
__46__his things，the little boy walked slowly to his father"s side from the corner.
The man_47__out and held his son by his shoulders.
“There are three days in life. Yesterday，today and tomorrow. One is over and done，one we live in，the other we__48__.We can"t live in yesterday，but if we are happy enough today，we will be even happier tomorrow，”he said in an attempt to__49__the boy.
The little boy looked at him for a moment and said，“If Mommy is going home tomorrow，I"ll be__50__. So，I want it to be tomorrow already, Daddy.”
Now hanging on every word of this__51__，I leaned forward to hear his response. It was__52__.
“Son，the one great thing about today is once it__53__，it is already almost tomorrow.”
I thought about how__54__it was. Even in my adult life. I still live waiting for what tomorrow may__55__.Now I know that it is already “almost tomorrow.”
| 小题1: | | A．eagerly | B．patiently | C．happily | D．curiously |
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| 小题2: | | A．chair | B．corner | C．distance | D．shadow |
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| 小题3: | | A．gifts | B．toys | C．chalks | D．crayons |
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| 小题4: | | A．dark | B．full | C．empty | D．clean |
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| 小题5: | | A．promise | B．rule | C．record | D．silence |
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| 小题6: | | A．wrote | B．drew | C．printed | D．carved |
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| 小题7: | | A．followed | B．found | C．watched | D．caught |
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| 小题8: | | A．today | B．yesterday | C．future | D．tomorrow |
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| 小题9: | | A．knocked | B．ordered | C．called | D．pulled |
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| 小题11: | | A．Gathering | B．Forgetting | C．Saving | D．Choosing |
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| 小题12: | | A．got | B．took | C．set | D．reached |
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| 小题13: | | A．spend | B．waste | C．kill | D．expect |
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| 小题14: | | A．frighten | B．satisfy | C．persuade | D．warn |
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| 小题15: | | A．happier | B．calmer | C．smarter | D．sadder |
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| 小题16: | | A．story | B．argument | C．conversation | D．discussion |
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| 小题17: | | A．humorous | B．silly | C．positive | D．perfect |
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| 小题18: | | A．ends | B．starts | C．passes | D．lasts |
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| 小题19: | | A．meaningful | B．important | C．interesting | D．fantastic |
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| 小题20: | | A．happen | B．come | C．bring | D．need |
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文章通过一对父子的对话告诉我们不要等待明天，要积极的面对未来。
小题1:形容词辨析。根据上下文可知是在医院的手术室外面。所以人们应该是在焦急地等待亲人的消息。
小题2:名词辨析。A椅子；B角落；C距离；D阴影。由句意可知那个孩子是在角落里。
小题3:名词辨析。根据下文的41空前面可知D正确。
小题4:上下文串联根据上文的As the hours passed可知很长时间过去了，那么应该是很多人都走了，房间空了也安静下来了。
小题5:名词辨析。解析同上。
小题6:上下文串联。拿起来蜡笔，自然就应该是在画板上画了什么内容。
小题7:动词辨析。根据上下文可知我观察这这个孩子。
小题8:上下文串联。根据下文父亲的解释可知孩子是问父亲明天在那里。
小题9: 固定词组。Call sb over让某人走过来；可知父亲是让儿子和他坐在一起。
小题10:动词辨析。解析同上。
小题11:动词辨析。A整理；B忘记；C存，节省；D选择。根据句意课男孩整理好东西朝父亲走了过去。
小题12:固定短语。Reach out伸出手去；
小题13:上下文串联。父亲在这里解释昨天，今天和明天。昨天是已经过去的，今天是我们所生活的。明天是我们所期待的。
小题14:动词辨析。根据上下文可知他是想满足孩子的求知欲。
小题15:上下文串联。由句意可知：如果妈妈明天能回家，我会更加高兴。
小题16:上下文辨析。由上文可知我听见的是这对父子的对话。
小题17:形容词辨析。A幽默的；B愚蠢的；C积极的；D完美的。根据上下文可知我认为他们的对话很完美。
小题18:动词辨析。根据句意可知父亲告诉孩子：一旦开始了，今天就变成了明天，就无法回到以前了。
小题19:形容词辨析。根据下文可知我认为父亲的话非常有意义。
小题20:上下文串联。根据句意可知：即使是我，很多时候也在等待着明天给我带来的东西。 |
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[详细]举一反三
Two thieves came to a house to steal something. They dug a hole in the wall of the house.
There lived many mice in the house. The woman in the house saw a mouse crawl(爬行) into the house in the moonlight. “Look! In comes one,” she said to the man in the house. The thief was so frightened that he hurriedly crawled out of the house and said to the one waiting outside, “She found me when I was just in.” But the thief outside didn’t believe him, so he said, “Let us try to crawl into the house together.” At that time two mice happened to crawl into the house, too. The woman saw the mice and shouted, “In come two, catch them!” The two thieves were terribly frightened. The man in the house said, “You saw them come in but where are they? I will catch them tonight.” The two thieves started running away at once.
The two thieves wanted to make it clear whether they had been found or not the night before. The next day they acted as men selling sweet potatoes and came before the house. The man and the woman were ploughing in their fields. The rope broke and the woman came home for a rope. She saw two men selling sweet potatoes and wanted to buy some. She picked out two which looked like mice. At the time the man couldn’t wait for her any longer in the fields and he ran back from the fields to hurry her up. The woman showed the sweet potatoes to the man and said, “How they look like the two of last night.” The man said, “I asked you to fetch a rope, why don’t you hurry for it?” The two thieves ran away very quickly without their sweet potatoes.
小题1:The two thieves failed to steal anything from the house because _____.| A．they were found out | | B．they were frightened by what they had heard in the house | | C．they didn’t work together well with each other | | D．mice stopped them from doing so |
小题2:From the last paragraph, we know that _____.| A．the two thieves were famous selling sweet potatoes | | B．the woman recognized the two thieves | | C．the woman pretended to know nothing about the two thieves and made fun of them | | D．the two thieves didn’t know that they were not found at all |
小题3:When the woman said, “How they look like the two of last night!” _____.| A．she referred to the two thieves | B．she meant nothing | | C．she said it on purpose | D．she referred to the mice |
小题4:“____________”is the best title for this passage.| A．Two Clever Thieves | B．Terrible Mice | | C．Hit the Mark by a Fluke(侥幸) | D．A Clever Coupe |
小题5:Which of the following statements is NOT true?| A．The two thieves not only failed to steal things but also lost their sweet potatoes. | | B．Whenever they found mice, the people in the house would try to catch them. | | C．The two thieves ran away at once, because they thought the woman had seen them. | | D．The man let the woman go home for a rope, which would be used for catching the thieves. |
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One day a police officer managed to get some fresh mushrooms(蘑菇). He was so 26 with what he had bought that he offered to 27 the mushrooms with his brother officers. When their breakfast arrived the next day, each officer found some mushrooms on his plate. "Let the dog _28__a piece first," suggested one__29_ officer who was afraid that the mushrooms might be poisonous(有毒的).
The dog seemed to_30__his mushroom, and the officers then began to eat their meal, saying that the mushrooms had a very strange __31___ quite pleasant taste.
An hour later, however, they were all astonished_32___the gardener rushed in and said_33___that the dog was dead. _34__, the officers jumped into their cars and rushed to the __35___hospital. Pumps(洗胃器) were used and the officers had a very_36___time getting rid of the mushrooms that__37__in their stomachs.
When they_38___to the police station, they sat down and started to__39__the mushroom poisoning. Each man explained the pains(痛苦) that_40___had felt and they agreed that these had grown worse on their_41___to the hospital. The gardener was 42__to tell the way in which the poor dog had died." Did it__43___much before death?" asked one of the officers, feeling very pleased that he had escaped a_44__death himself. "No," the gardener looked rather __45___. "It was killed the moment a car hit it."
| 小题1: | | A．sure | B．careless | C．pleased | D．disappointed |
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| 小题2: | | A．share | B．grow | C．wash | D．cook |
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| 小题3: | | A．check | B．smell | C．try | D．examine |
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| 小题4: | | A．exciting | B．shy | C．happy | D．careful |
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| 小题5: | | A．refuse | B．hate | C．want | D．enjoy |
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| 小题7: | | A．until | B．while | C．before | D．when |
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| 小题8: | | A．cruelly | B．traditionally | C．seriously | D．finally |
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| 小题9: | | A．Immediately | B．Carefully | C．Finally | D．Slowly |
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| 小题10: | | A．animal | B．biggest | C．plant | D．nearest |
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| 小题11: | | A．hard | B．busy | C．exciting | D．unforgettable |
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| 小题12: | | A．stopped | B．dropped | C．settled | D．remained |
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| 小题13: | | A．hurried | B．drove | C．went | D．returned |
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| 小题14: | | A．study | B．discuss | C．record | D．remember |
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| 小题16: | | A．road | B．street | C．way | D．direction |
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| 小题17: | | A．punished | B．called | C．promised | D．helped |
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| 小题18: | | A．suffer | B．eat | C．harm | D．talk |
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| 小题19: | | A．strange | B．painful | C．peaceful | D．natural |
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| 小题20: | | A．happy | B．interested | C．surprised | D．excited |
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Thanksgiving(感恩节) Day was near. The first grade teacher gave her class a fun task——to draw a picture of something for which they were thankful.
Most of the class would celebrate the holiday with turkey(火鸡) and other traditional goodies(好吃的东西) of season. These, the teacher thought, would be the subjects of her students’ art. And they were. But Douglas made a different kind of picture. He drew a hand. Nothing else. Just an empty hand. Douglas was a different kind of boy. Most of the time, as other children played together, Douglas was likely to stand close by her side. Everyone could guess the pain he felt from his eyes.
His picture interested other students. Whose hands could it be? One child guessed it was the hand of a farmer, because farmers raise turkeys. Another suggested a police officer, because the police protect and care for people. Still others guessed it was the hand of God, for Gold feeds us.
The teacher stopped at Douglas desk, bent down, and asked him whose hand it was. The little boy looked away and said, “ It’s yours, teacher.”
She recalled the times she had taken his hand and walked with him here and there. How often had she said, “Take my hand, Douglas, we’ ll go outside.” or, “ Let me show you how to hold your pencil.” Douglas was thankful for his teacher’s hand. It means much to Douglas. He might not always say thanks, but he’ll remember the hand that reaches out. She wiped her tears away and went on with her work.
小题1:What did most students think of when given the task?| A．Hand | B．Turkey | C．God | D．Farmer |
小题2:Douglas drew an empty hand in order to_____.| A．show thanks to his teacher | B．ask for a turkey | | C．attract other students’ attention | D．make the teacher cry |
小题3:How did the teacher feel when Douglas told her the answer?| A．Sad | B．Happy | C．Moved | D．Interested. |
小题4:The underlined word “recall” in paragraph 5 means_____.| A．pass | B．spend | C．waste | D．remember |
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Twenty years ago I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I 21 -，I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor 22
I walked to the door and knocked “Just a minute” answered a weak elderly 23
After a long pause the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood 24 me by her side was a small suitcase. I took the suitcase to the car and then 25to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked 26 toward the car.
She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s nothing” I told her. “I just try to 27 my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.” “Oh you’re such a good man.” She said. When we got into the taxi she gave me an address and then asked“Could you drive 28 downtown”
“It’s not the shortest way” I answered quickly.
“Oh I’m 29 ” she said. “I’m on my way to a hospice临终医院. I don’t have any 30 left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”
I quietly reached over and 31 the meter计价器.
For the next two hours we drove through the city. She 32 me the building where she had once worked the neighborhood where she had lived and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone 33 as a girl.
Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a 34 building and would sit staring into the darkness saying nothing.
At 35 she suddenly said” I’m tired. Let’s go now.”
We drove in silence to the 36 she had given me. “How much do I 37 you” she asked. “Nothing.” I said. “You have to make a living” she answered. “Oh there are other 38 ” I answered. Almost without thinking I 39 and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. Our hug ended with her remark“You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”
I walked into the 40 morning light. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the closing of a life.
| 小题1: | | A．waited | B．stopped | C．arrived | D．wandered |
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| 小题2: | | A．window | B．house | C．door | D．glass |
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| 小题3: | | A．sound | B．whisper | C．sign | D．voice |
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| 小题4: | | A．beneath | B．before | C．behind | D．over |
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| 小题5: | | A．walked | B．left | C．returned | D．stepped |
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| 小题6: | | A．calmly | B．hurriedly | C．quietly | D．slowly |
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| 小题7: | | A．receive | B．collect | C．treat | D．drive |
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| 小题8: | | A．through | B．from | C．to | D．towards |
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| 小题9: | | A．out of work | B．in no hurry | C．on no purpose | D．out of danger |
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| 小题10: | | A．hope | B．money | C．time | D．family |
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| 小题11: | | A．turned on | B．shut off | C．switched over | D．covered up |
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| 小题12: | | A．showed | B．pointed | C．indicated | D．forgot |
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| 小题13: | | A．working | B．growing | C．playing | D．dancing |
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| 小题14: | | A．memorial | B．significant | C．particular | D．similar |
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| 小题15: | | A．dawn | B．sunset | C．noon | D．night |
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| 小题16: | | A．house | B．address | C．direction | D．destination |
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| 小题17: | | A．pay | B．owe | C．promise | D．save |
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| 小题18: | | A．cars | B．buildings | C．passengers | D．chances |
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| 小题19: | | A．nodded | B．landed | C．swung | D．bent |
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| 小题20: | | A．dim | B．colorful | C．bright | D．black |
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That cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco. There I was, walking home at one in the morning after a tiring practice at the theatre. With opening night only a week ago, I was still learning my lines. I was having trouble dealing with my part-time job at the bank and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about giving up both acting and San Francisco. City life had become too much for me.
As I walked down empty streets under tall buildings, I felt very small and cold. I began running, both to keep warm and to keep away from any possible robbers (抢劫犯). Very few people were still out except a few sad-looking homeless people under blankets.
About a block from my apartment (公寓房间), I heard a sound behind me. I turned quickly, half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the noise had made me nervous, so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I realize what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk.
Suddenly I wasn’t cold or tired anymore. I ran out of the door and back to where I’d heard the noise. Although I searched the sidewalk anxiously for fifteen minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found.
Just as I was about to give up the search, I heard the garbage truck (垃圾车) pull up to the sidewalk next to me. When a voice called from the inside, “ Alisa Camacho?” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? the door opened, and out jumped a small red-haired man with an amused look in his eye. “Is this what you’re looking for?” he asked, holding up a small square shape.
It was nearly 3 A.M. by the time I got into bed. I wouldn’t get much sleep that night, but I had gotten my wallet back. I also had gotten back some enjoyment of city life. I realized that the city couldn’t be a bad place as long as people were wiling to help each other.
小题1:How did the write feel when she was walking home after work?| A．Cold and sick | | B．Fortunate and helpful | | C．Satisfied and cheerful | | D．Disappointed and helpless |
小题2:From the first paragraph, we learn that the write was busy ______.| A．solving her problem at the bank | | B．taking part in various city activities | | C．learning acting in an evening school | | D．preparing for the first night show |
小题3:On her way home the writer _______.| A．lost her wallet unknowingly | | B．was stopped by a garbage truck driver | | C．was robbed of her wallet by an armed man | | D．found some homeless people following her |
小题4:In the fifth paragraph, why did the writer say she was dreaming?| A．Someone offered to take her back home. | | B．A red-haired man came to see her. | | C．She heard someone call her name | | D．Her wallet was found in a garbage truck. |
小题5:From the text, we can infer that the writer _________.| A．would stop working at night | | B．would stay on in San Francisco | | C．would make friends with cleaners | | D．would give up her job at the bank. |
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