It was one of the happiest times of my life. I was 29 and had just received my bachelor’s degree, graduating with honors despite working two jobs and being a wife and mother. My parents and five-year-old son were in the audience when I walked onto the stage at Ashland University to get my diploma. I was so excited and proud to be starting a teaching career and contributing more to my family’s well-being.
But when I got home that evening, there was a note from my husband written on the back of an envelope. It basically said he had come to get his clothes and wouldn’t be back. We’d been having trouble, but the finality of that note still came as a shock. He had emptied our bank account. We were horribly in debt. I had quit my previous jobs in expectation of interviewing for a teaching position. Plus, I was eight months pregnant.
I had my son, and I was about to bring a new life into the world, so despite my deep sadness, I had to go on. The next morning, I woke up, put my feet on the floor, took a deep breath, fixed breakfast, and basically did everything I always did. I used my routine to keep me moving. After being in the military for six years, I guess you can say I relied on my training, like all good soldiers do in tough situations. One small step after one small step was the way I bounced back(恢复原状).
And in the seven years since, I’ve continued moving forward. I got a job as a kindergarten teacher, earned a master’s degree in education, and watched my babies grow to twelve and seven. I certainly would never have chosen to put them through this, but looking back, I’m glad it happened to me when it did. It helped me find my voice and myself a lot sooner. It helped me grow independent, confident, and strong—things I’m hopefully instilling(灌输) now in my children.
小题1:After getting her bachelor’s degree, the author expected to ________.| A．become a teacher | B．be a wife and mother | | C．work two jobs | D．get divorced |
小题2:What do we know about the author from Paragraph 2?| A．Her husband wrote a note to congratulate her on her graduation. | | B．She had just been to a job interview when her husband left her. | | C．Her husband paid off all the debts from the bank. | | D．She was going to have another baby soon. |
小题3:The author’s hardships in life made her ________.| A．become confident and independent | | B．work harder in the kindergarten | | C．use her routine to move forward | | D．feel pleased with what happened to her |
小题4: It can be inferred from the passage that __________.| A．The author’s parents helped her a lot | | B．The author received further education later | | C．The author earned a master’s degree when she was 29 | | D．The author didn’t know how to deal with marriage |
小题5:What helped the author to pull through her hard time?| A．The divorce with her husband. | | B．Her fellow soldiers in the army. | | C．Her decision to find a new job. | | D．A strong mind and love for her kids. |
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小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:B
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文章讲述的是作者在快毕业的时候遇到了人生中最大的困难，丈夫离家而去还带走了家里的钱财，作者又要生产第二个孩子，作者坚强地度过了困难时期，变得更加自信和独立了。
小题1:事实细节题，根据第一段I was so excited and proud to be starting a teaching career and contributing more to my family’s well-being可知，作者要成为一名教师
小题2:事实细节题，根据第二段 I was eight months pregnant可知，她已经***八个月，即将要生产。
小题3:事实细节题，根据最后一段It helped me grow independent, confident, and strong—things I’m hopefully instilling(灌输) now in my children可知，这段遭遇让她变得更加独立，自信
小题4:推理判断题，根据最后一段earned a master’s degree in education可知，她又接受了进一步的进修
小题5:推理判断题，根据最后一段内容可知，因为一颗坚强的心和对孩子的爱，让作者坚持了下来。 |
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试题【It was one of the happiest times of my life. I was 29 and had just received my b】；主要考察你对
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Jane’s mother worked on the farm from dawn till dark, which just could make ends meet(量入为出，收支平衡). To make Jane live a 36 life, Mother was very careful about spending money. 37 , Jane didn’t understand her. Every day Mother was busy with her 38 while Jane was studying at school, so they had little time to enjoy themselves.
One day, Mother realized Jane was unhappy and even 39 to her, so she decided to go 40 with Jane to make Jane happy.
On Sunday morning they went happily to the snowfield. Since they were 41 in white clothes, the manager advised them to buy ski clothes. He said 42 there was an accident, they might be easily 43 in their ski clothes. Mother couldn’t 44 them, so she refused.
Then they went skiing in their white clothes. They were skiing happily on the 45 when suddenly the snowfield began to 46 .It was the snowslide (雪崩).They ran a long way and 47 the snowslide finally, but they couldn’t find their way. Later, a helicopter (直升机) was flying above, 48 people on it couldn’t see or hear them. Jane was 49 because she had hurt her head seriously and 50 dropped on the snow. Just then an idea struck Mother. She cut her wrist(手腕) 51 and then bright red blood dropped down on the snowfield. A red SOS was on the snow. At last Jane 52 , but Mother died.
Every time I 53 the blood dropping onto the snowfield, I feel 54 , I believe anyone who hears the tragedy will 55 Mother for her selfless love to her daughter.
| 小题2: | | A．Though | B．However | C．Although | D．Or |
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| 小题3: | | A．writing | B．housework | C．work | D．research |
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| 小题4: | | A．unfriendly | B．loyal | C．kind | D．cruel |
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| 小题5: | | A．skating | B．dancing | C．hiking | D．skiing |
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| 小题6: | | A．all | B．both | C．either | D．every |
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| 小题7: | | A．now that | B．in case | C．as though | D．even if |
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| 小题8: | | A．searched | B．examined | C．found | D．caught |
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| 小题9: | | A．cost | B．make | C．afford | D．stand |
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| 小题10: | | A．mountain | B．farmland | C．playground | D．snowfield |
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| 小题11: | | A．change | B．melt | C．shake | D．jump |
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| 小题12: | | A．escaped | B．passed | C．experienced | D．overcame |
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| 小题14: | | A．at work | B．in danger | C．in peace | D．in ruins |
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| 小题15: | | A．hair | B．blood | C．tears | D．jewels |
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| 小题16: | | A．carefully | B．slowly | C．immediately | D．hardly |
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| 小题17: | | A．cried | B．died | C．woke | D．survived |
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| 小题18: | | A．find out | B．think of | C．suffer from | D．come across |
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| 小题19: | | A．satisfied | B．curious | C．anxious | D．painful |
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| 小题20: | | A．admire | B．hate | C．reward | D．think |
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Pulled from the rubble （碎砖）of the big earthquake after eight days of unimaginable suffering, 8- year-old Kiki Joachin caught the world’s attention. Today he and his 21 struggle to rebuild their home, their lives and their hopes.
When the terrible earthquake broke out, Kiki’s mother 22 from the porch （门廊）of their apartment building 23 her five –year-old-son, David, who was outside fetching water. 24 injured by falling concrete （水泥），she tried to dig through it and 25 toward her five other kids who were 26 in the ruins of their home. 27 , she could make little progress.
For eight days Kiki and his 28 were buried beneath. They curled (蜷缩) their bodies in a (n) 29 space, with no food or water, hardly able to move; nearby lay the 30 of their three other siblings（兄弟姐妹）. Kiki 31 as his sister covered them with her T-shirt.
On the eighth day, a neighbour 32 her possessions heard Kiki’s 33 cries for water. Two 34 spent the next four hours 35 drilling through the rubble and finally 36 Kiki and his sister. As Kiki was 37 by the firefighters from the hole, he made a victory gesture.
Now Kiki hopes to be an engineer when he grows up, so he can help 38 his country. His father wants to start a 39 for his family, maybe selling rice and beans, to be able to put another room on the house so his kids can sleep better. Meanwhile, his father and mother are 40 for what they have and the survival of the three children.
| 小题1: | | A．friends | B．classmates | C．family | D．team |
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| 小题2: | | A．walked | B．ran | C．jumped | D．wandered |
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| 小题3: | | A．in search of | B．in honour of | C．in face of | D．in charge of |
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| 小题4: | | A．Because | B．If | C．Unless | D．Though |
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| 小题6: | | A．buried | B．killed | C．controlled | D．hidden |
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| 小题7: | | A．Otherwise | B．Therefore | C．However | D．Meanwhile |
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| 小题8: | | A．brother | B．sister | C．father | D．mother |
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| 小题9: | | A．wide | B．tiny | C．open | D．public |
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| 小题10: | | A．bodies | B．clothes | C．shadows | D．toys |
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| 小题11: | | A．nodded | B．smiled | C．wept | D．slept |
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| 小题12: | | A．sorting out | B．showing off | C．looking for | D．giving away |
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| 小题13: | | A．weak | B．good | C．long | D．clear |
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| 小题14: | | A．neighbours | B．relatives | C．passers-by | D．firefighters |
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| 小题15: | | A．skillfully | B．carefully | C．impatiently | D．rapidly |
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| 小题16: | | A．fastened | B．adopted | C．cured | D．reached |
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| 小题17: | | A．raised | B．fixed | C．grabbed | D．touched |
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| 小题18: | | A．rebuild | B．protect | C．lead | D．visit |
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| 小题19: | | A．company | B．business | C．movement | D．club |
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| 小题20: | | A．suitable | B．ready | C．excited | D．grateful |
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Last Sunday, I waked into the house in the afternoon to find my brother rushing around in a hurry. As soon as I took my coat off, my little brother placed a bunch of papers in my hands and asked me to fold them up so they could fit into an envelope as quickly as possible. He said it needed to get done quickly before it turned dark.
I was a little surprised that something could be so urgent on a Sunday. It wasn’t until I was halfway through that I actually looked at what I was folding. After I read it, it put the biggest smile on my face. It was a lovely letter to all the residents （居民）in my neighborhood. My brother was asking everyone to let him know if anyone needed help. He left his contact information and said that anyone that needed help should get in touch with him and he would figure something out. He also asked people to get in touch if they were able to help out.
London received an unusual amount of snow last week, and the city was completely under- prepared for it. So it was quite difficult to get anywhere. Only the major roads had been cleared, and smaller roads and pavements could be quite treacherous. There are a good number of old people in our little community. So my brother thought that the snow may have posed （造成）some difficulty for some of them, particularly because we live on a hill.
A few elderly people got in touch with him asking for help for things they needed. One of them was especially grateful because his caregiver couldn’t make it. To our surprise, he got more responses from people offering to help. Then he received help from people who wanted to help. Everyone was really touched and wrote to my brother wonderful email. One of our neighbors wrote email saying that although she wasn’t able to help, she was “very proud of having a neighbor like him who puts other people’s interests first.”
小题1:The author’s brother wrote the letter to _______.| A．ask for help from his neighbors | | B．give a hand to those in need of help | | C．require his neighbors to clear the snow | | D．raise money for the old people in his community |
小题2:What can we learn from the text?| A．Few people were willing to help out. | | B．The snow was unexpectedly heavy. | | C．Most residents in the community are elderly people. | | D．The community was completely cut off from the outside world. |
小题3:The underlined word “treacherous” in Paragraph 3 probably means “_______”.| A．dirty | B．dangerous | C．safe | D．crowded |
小题4: One of their neighbors sent email to the author’s brother to ________.| A．express thanks | B．lend a hand | | C．show appreciation | D．ask for help |
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Not many foreigners can say that they have lived in China for as long as I have. Perhaps some can hack(应对) it for about two or three years and then they want to either go back home or move on to another country. As for me, I cannot get 36 of this place. I love it here so much and I honestly believe that I am very comfortable here. It feels just like 37. And, here 38 the story.
It was August 2001 and I had just said 39 to my family and friends as I 40 to Los Angeles International Airport to catch my 41 to Incheon, South Korea which would then 42 me to Beijing. When I arrived in LA I was very excited and a little 43 because I didn"t know what to 44 when I arrived in China. It 45 like receiving a wrapped gift and you had no idea what was in it 46 you opened it. As I 47 the Korean Airlines 48 desk I gave the attendant(空乘人员) my ticket. He looked at me and said, "I"m sorry, sir. This flight was yesterday." I was in 49 and lost for words. The attendant told me I had to wait several hours until they could 50 whether I could get onto another flight.
I was so afraid at this time that I called my mother and frantically(狂乱地) told her," I missed my flight! I don"t think I can go to 51! I"m better off going back to Washington, DC!" That"s when she 52 I call my leader in China and ask whether I could still go there. Looking 53 all of the papers I found a phone number and called the Beijing office. 54, my leader was there and assured me I could still join the group. Also, KAL had a seat for me on the next flight. So, after 24 hours and a 55 in Korea, I arrived in Beijing. I don"t know what my feeling was, but I wasn"t tired because I had finally arrived and I just wanted to look around the city. As I traveled to the hotel in the car I saw all the wonderful buildings, friendly people and interesting sites. I was so happy to be here.
| 小题1: | | A．many | B．much | C．enough | D．little |
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| 小题2: | | A．home | B．family | C．house | D．country |
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| 小题3: | | A．says | B．goes | C．tells | D．talks |
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| 小题4: | | A．hello | B．sorry | C．good | D．goodbye |
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| 小题5: | | A．headed | B．walked | C．settled | D．jogged |
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| 小题6: | | A．train | B．flight | C．bus | D．ship |
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| 小题7: | | A．adjust | B．lead | C．conduct | D．adapt |
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| 小题8: | | A．surprised | B．annoyed | C．adsurd | D．nervous |
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| 小题9: | | A．happen | B．see | C．expect | D．know |
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| 小题10: | | A．felt | B．looked | C．seemed | D．sounded |
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| 小题11: | | A．after | B．when | C．while | D．until |
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| 小题12: | | A．got | B．arrived | C．approached | D．sat |
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| 小题13: | | A．check-in | B．office | C．check-out | D．examine |
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| 小题14: | | A．shock | B．trouble | C．danger | D．difficulty |
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| 小题15: | | A．sure | B．confirm | C．construct | D．ask |
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| 小题16: | | A．Korea | B．Washington | C．Los Angeles | D．China |
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| 小题17: | | A．explained | B．suggested | C．ordered | D．requested |
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| 小题18: | | A．around | B．back | C．through | D．for |
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| 小题19: | | A．Luckily | B．Seriously | C．Honestly | D．Sadly |
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| 小题20: | | A．visit | B．living | C．stopover | D．stay |
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My daughter recently asked me what a Travel Agency does. There is one located on our street and it has just been completely rebuilt. I told her that they helped people book their trips and vacations. “Why haven’t we ever been in there?” she wanted to know. “Because we do everything ourselves online these days” I explained. “But why do it yourself if other people want to do it for you?” she wondered out loud.
The answer is that the travel agency makes a little bit of money on each ticket you book through them. If you book your ticket yourself, online, you save that money. Saving money sounds great except that when you think about it you typically spend three evenings comparing prices to end up saving $30 on a $300 trip. All those $30 discounts add up of course so I guess we should be happy with that.
Still, how bad is it really to pay someone $30 and trust them to buy you something decent? Wouldn’t you say your free evenings are worth more than $10 a piece?
Consider books for a moment. Buying your book at Amazon saves you maybe 30% to 40% on each book. Add to that the convenience of shopping from home and getting the package delivered to your home address. So far so good.
Unfortunately that does mean you spend way too much time browsing Amazon. com while you could do something fun instead. Like maybe reading an actual book?
Then the package arrives and you aren’t home and end up having to pick it up at the local post- office. All in all I wonder how much time I end up investing in the whole process.
Time sounds free, but to most of us, it is more valuable than money.
The Internet Economy promised to get rid of the middle-men and we loved it. Somehow, I’m starting to get the feeling that we ourselves ended up doing the work of that middle-men we were so eager to get rid of.
In any project you can always pick two of these: fast, cheap or good. We seem to have focused a lot on ‘cheap’ and ‘good’ but the extra time we need to invest to keep it ‘fast’ comes out of our own pockets.
You can always make more money but you can never make more time.
小题1:What is the purpose of the first paragraph?| A．It mainly shows the curiosity of the author’s daughter. | | B．It indicates that the Internet has influenced our daily life. | | C．It tells us the importance of a travel agency. | | D．It shows why people need a travel agency. |
小题2:What’s the author’s attitude towards the Internet Economy?| A．The author thinks online shopping saves time and is a convenient way to buy products. | | B．The author worries about sending personal information over the internet. | | C．The author doesn’t think online shopping is satisfactory in every way. | | D．The author likes the convenience but is concerned about the e-commerce environment. |
小题3:What’s the best title for the passage?| A．The convenience of the Internet Economy. | | B．How to save money in the Internet Economy. | | C．The hidden cost of the Internet Economy. | | D．How to save time in the Internet Economy. |
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