It was at a concert that I happened to find David. He was holding his head at a strange 36 as if he were staring down at something. Then the truth 37 me. He was blind. The last thing he remembers seeingwas his daughter being born. Then the whole world went 38 .
Bad luck is no stranger to this 44-year-old man. His mother died of cancer, and his weak father had to 39 11-year-old David to the 40 of the state.
Things seemed always to go for 41 . Two years ago, his beloved guide dog pulled him out of the pathof a truck. David was not 42 . The dog died.
But David does not feel sorry for himself. “These are just little obstacles(障碍困难) you have to 43 in your life,” he said.
He has to make a daily two-hour trip to his working place—the X-ray department of an 44 room. It was a hard job to 45 by. Before he got it, David was determined to escape the workshop run by the Lighthouse, an organization 46 to helping blind people. He wanted a job of developing X-ray film, a job 47 everyone, not just he, must work in the dark, including those with 48 eyesight. The Lighthouse called many hospitals, with no result, 49 they offered to pay his first three months’ salary.
David works alone in a dark room that 50 of chemicals. He doesn’t wear gloves. Otherwise, he could not feel. 51 this is an emergency room, lives can be put either 52 or out of danger. His director says he trusts him 100 percent.
He makes $20,000 a year. But his motivation goes 53 money. “By working I can realize my own 54 . That’s what really counts!” he said.
What a shining example for us to 55 !
| 小题1: | | A．angle(角度) | B．direction | C．manner | D．way |
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| 小题2: | | A．stuck to | B．came out | C．struck | D．occurred |
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| 小题3: | | A．blank | B．darkness | C．wrongly | D．emptiness |
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| 小题4: | | A．give in | B．look after | C．leave | D．remain |
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| 小题5: | | A．attention | B．care | C．worry | D．control |
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| 小题6: | | A．better | B．worst | C．the better | D．the worse |
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| 小题7: | | A．hurt | B．wound | C．damaged | D．ruined |
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| 小题8: | | A．experiment | B．get over | C．do with | D．go over |
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| 小题9: | | A．upstairs | B．information | C．emergency | D．underground |
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| 小题11: | | A．intended | B．aimed | C．offered | D．devoted |
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| 小题12: | | A．that | B．where | C．which | D．how |
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| 小题13: | | A．average | B．common | C．normal | D．poor |
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| 小题14: | | A．because | B．as if | C．in case | D．even though |
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| 小题15: | | A．consists | B．smells | C．tastes | D．makes |
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| 小题16: | | A．If | B．Although | C．Since | D．When |
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| 小题17: | | A．at risk | B．in need | C．at ease | D．to test |
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| 小题18: | | A．into | B．beyond | C．for | D．over |
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| 小题19: | | A．disadvantage | B．blindness | C．purpose | D．value |
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| 小题20: | | A．set | B．take | C．give | D．follow |
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文章讲述的是一个盲人从小就经历了非常悲惨的经历，长大后终于找到了实现人生价值的工作。
小题1:词组搭配，跟at搭配的就是at a strange angle,意为以一个奇怪的角度 其他几个词都用in
小题2:上下文，根据后面的He was blind可知，作者得知真相后，感到惊讶，strike sb意为冲击某人，使某人震惊
小题3:词性，句意为然后整个世界变为一篇空白，什么也没有了，go后面用形容词，go blank
小题4:句意理解，他虚弱的父亲不得不把他留给政府来照顾了
小题5:同上
小题6:上下文，根据后面的他的狗救了他，结果狗死掉了，可知事情还在变坏
小题7:句意理解，他没有受伤，狗死掉了 wound刀伤，墙上 damage受损 ruin变为废墟
小题8:常用搭配，该词组的宾语是obstacles，所以应当选择B意为克服，句意为，在你的一生中有很多困难需要克服
小题9:根据the X-ray department可知，他是在医院里的急救室的X光室内，根据后文的this is an emergency room也可以知道
小题10:上下文，后面的几句讲述的是他是如何得到这份工作的，因此此处意为这是一份不容易得到的工作，come by意为得到
小题11:词组搭配，根据后面的to helping blind people可知，与devote的用法相符，be devoted to doing sth,意为致力于，献身于
小题12:从句，该句为定语从句，先行词是job在从句中充当地点状语，
小题13:这是一份每个人都必须在黑暗中进行的工作，除了他，当然包括视力正常的人。
小题14:句意理解，尽管他们愿意三个月的工资，但是他们在打了很多医院的电话后，还是没有什么结果
小题15:句意理解，他单独一个在暗室中工作，里面满是化学物品的味道
小题16:句意理解，因此这是一个急救室，生命可能会很安心或者会脱离危险
小题17:同上，at ease意为舒适，安逸，
小题18:句意理解，他的东西已经超越了金钱
小题19:通过工作，我可以实现我的价值，那才是重要的
小题20:词组搭配，follow one"s example意为以某人为榜样 |
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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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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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