A famous teacher was speaking to the students at our school. He began his lesson by holding up a ￡100 bill. Then he said to the three hundred students, "Who would like to have this ￡100 bill?" The students began to put up their hands at once.
Then he said, "I am going to give this bill to one of you, but first, let me do this." He then made this bill into a ball. Then he said, "Who wants it?" Hands went into the air.
"Well," he said, "What if I do this?" and he dropped it on the floor and stepped on it. He picked up the dirty, crumpled bill and said, "Who still wants it?" Hands went back into the air.
"My friends," he said, "You"ve learned a valued lesson today. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it didn"t go down in value. It was still worth ￡100.
Many times in our lives, we"re dropped, crumpled, and stepped on by the chances we take and the things that happen to us. We feel as if we are worth nothing. But remember, no matter what has happened to you, you will never lose your value. You are always valuable to those who love you. Your value doesn"t come from what you drop or whom you know，but WHO YOU ARE .
You are special and valuable. Don"t ever forget it!
小题1:The story happened ______.| A．when the teacher gave the students some advice on how to learn English | | B．when the students were having a meeting | | C．when the teacher gave the students a speech | | D．when the students were discussing something interesting with their teachers |
小题2:Even though the money was dirty, it _______.| A．went up in value | B．was worth much | | C．didn"t reduce in value | D．was still ours |
小题3:The underlined sentence “Hands went back into the air.” in the third paragraph
means_______.| A．the students put up their hands again | | B．the students put down their hands | | C．the students agreed to what the teacher said | | D．the students put their hands in front of them |
小题4:Why did the famous teacher use a ￡100 at his lesson?| A．Because he wanted to give a lecture about money. | | B．Because he was used to dropping a bill on the floor and stepping on it. | | C．Because he was going to give the bill to one of the students. | | D．Because he wanted to make the students know what the value was. |
小题5:What lesson can you learn from the passage?| A．￡100 bill is worth the same no matter what you do with it. | | B．All people love money most. | | C．Your value doesn"t change no matter what happens to you. | | D．The value of money changes when it is made dirty. |
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小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:D
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我们要珍惜我们自己，因为我们的价值在爱我们的人的眼里，永远不变。
小题1:细节题。根据第一段第一行A famous teacher was speaking to the students at our school.
小题2:细节题。根据第四段第二行because it didn"t go down in value. It was still worth ￡100.
小题3:猜测词义题。根据下一段的No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it可知即使钱脏了，但是学生们仍然举手要钱。
小题4:推理题。根据文章倒数第二段第三行no matter what has happened to you, you will never lose your value.可知他是想用这个故事告诉学生他们自己的价值。
小题5:推理题。根据倒数第二段最后三行no matter what has happened to you, you will never lose your value. You are always valuable to those who love you. Your value doesn"t come from what you drop or whom you know，but WHO YOU ARE .可知C正确。 |
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A few years ago, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, where I was employed. purchased Norand Corporation. Pioneer"s sales representatives in the field used Norand hand-held terminals to upload daily sales information and download new price and sales incentive information. Pioneer bought so many of these hand-held-terminals, the economies made the purchase of Norand look interesting. Owning Norand also allowed Pioneer to explore high-technology markets outside agriculture.
But after a few years, the emerging laptop PC technology made the hand-held units obsolete (已废弃的). Pioneer sold Norand at a loss. Pioneer always took a given percent of the annual profits to divide equally among all employees, so our profit-sharing checks were lower than if Pioneer had not purchased Norand. Additionally, my Pioneer stock was lower than it had been before the purchase of Norand. I was not pleased.
The CEO of Pioneer, Tom Urban, made annual formal visits to each of the Pioneer divisions to talk about the state of the business and to listen to employees" concerns. When he walked into the meeting room for his first visit after the sale of Norand, he acknowledged the group, remove his jacket, and neatly folded it across the back of the chair. He loosened his tie, undid his collar and rolled up his sleeves.The next thing he said was the last thing I ever expected to hear a CEO say.
He said, "I made a mistake buying Norand and I am sorry. I am sorry your profit-sharing was lower because of the purchase, and I am sorry your stock was hurt by the purchase. I will continue to take risks, but I am a bit smarter now, and I will work harder for you."
A great man and leader stood before us that day. As I sat listening to him, I knew I could trust him, and that he deserved every bit of loyalty I could give to him and to Pioneer. I also knew I could take risks in my own job.
In the brief moment of silence before the questions started, I recall thinking that follow him into any battle.
小题1:All of the following are the results brought by Pioneer"s purchase of Norand except .| A．Pioneer can explore high-technology markets outside agriculture | | B．Pioneer"s sales representatives can upload information using Norand hand-held terminals | | C．some of Norand"s employees joined the Pioneer | | D．it later led to the lower of profit-sharing checks of Pioneer"s original employees |
小题2:The underlined sentence in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to .| A．the next thing he said was what I expected least to hear a CEO say | | B．the next thing he said was the last thing I heard from a CEO | | C．the next thing he said was what I expected most to hear a CEO say | | D．the next thing he said was what I heard from the last CEO |
小题3:Why did Tom Urban remove his jacket, loosen his tie, undo his collar and roll up his sleeves before he spoke?| A．He felt hot in the room. | | B．He wanted to look cool by doing this. | | C．He was too excited. | | D．He wanted to be close and frank with his employees. |
小题4:What did the employees feel after Tom Urban apologized to them?| A．They felt he was a stupid CEO. | | B．They felt he did not deserve their loyalty | | C．They felt he was more trustworthy. | | D．They didn"t want to take risks with him. |
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Lisa was running late．She had a lot to do at work, plus visitors on the way; her parents were coming in for Thanksgiving from her hometown．But as she hurried down the subway stairs, she started to feel uncomfortably warm．By the time she got to the platform, Lisa felt weak and tired - maybe it hadn"t been a good idea to give blood the night before, she thought．She rested herself against a post close to the tracks．
Several yards away, Frank, 43, and his girlfriend, Jennifer, found a spot close to where the front of the train would stop．They were deep in discussion about a house they were thinking of buying．
But when he heard the scream, followed by someone yelling, "Oh, my God, she fell in!" Frank didn"t hesitate．He jumped down to the tracks and ran some 40 feet toward the body lying on the rails．"No! Not you! his girlfriend screamed after him．
She was right to be alarmed．By the time Frank reached Lisa, he could feel the tracks shaking and see the light coming．The train was about 20 seconds from the station．
It was hard to lift her．She was just out．But he managed to raise her four feet to the platform so that bystanders could hold her by the arms and drag her away from the edge．That was where Lisa briefly re-gained consciousness, felt herself being pulled along the ground, and saw someone else holding her purse．
Lisa thought she" d been robbed．A woman held her hand and a man gave his shirt to help stop the blood pouring from her head．And she tried to talk but she couldn"t, and that was when she realized how much pain she was in．
Police and fire officials soon arrived, and Frank told the story to an officer．Jennifer said her boyfriend was calm on their 40 - minute train ride downtown - just as he had been seconds after the rescue, which made her think about her reaction at the time．"I saw the train coming and I was thinking he was going to die．"she explained．
小题1:What was the most probable cause for Lisa" s weakness?| A．She had run a long way． | | B．She felt hot in the subway． | | C．She had done a lot of work． | | D．She had donated blood the night before． |
小题2:Why did Jennifer try to stop her boyfriend?| A．Because they would miss their train． | | B．Because he didn"t see the train coming． | | C．Because she was sure Lisa was hard to lift． | | D．Because she was afraid the train would kill him． |
小题3:How did Frank save Lisa?| A．By lifting her to the platform． | | B．By helping her rise to her feet． | | C．By pulling her along the ground． | | D．By dragging her away from the edge． |
小题4:The passage is intended to _____．| A．warn us of the danger in the subway | | B．show us how to save people in the subway | | C．tell us about a subway rescue | | D．report a traffic accident |
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In 1990 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. The report was a result of a three-year ___36___. according to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2010 is not a ___37___ one. The world will be more __38___ because the population will continue to grow. The population could be ___39__ 6 300 million, almost 2 150 million more than in 1985. More people would move into cities, especially cities in ___40___ countries. Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would ___41___ have 15 million by then.
Food production will ___42___, but not enough to feed all the people. Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1985, __43___ most of the increase would be in countries that ___44___ produce enough food for their people. Little increase is ___45___ in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Poor farming ways are ___46___ large areas of crop land, changing farms into deserts. More farmland is ___47___ as cities become larger and more houses are built. ___48___ will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil. Many of the world’s ___49___ could disappear as more and more trees are cut down. Energy will continue to be a serious problem. The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2010 ___50___. They only carried out the situation that ___51___ today. By changing the situation, by ___52___ the problems, the picture can be changed. There is ___53___ time for the nations of the world to work ___54___ a plan of action. But they warned that ___55___ too long to make decisions would greatly reduce the chances of success.
| 小题1: | | A．learning | B．project | C．notice | D．study |
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| 小题2: | | A．pleased | B．pleasant | C．safe | D．blue |
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| 小题3: | | A．dangerous | B．beautiful | C．crowded | D．terrible |
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| 小题4: | | A．no more than | B．as many as | C．as much as | D．as large as |
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| 小题5: | | A．developing | B．developed | C．big | D．mountainous |
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| 小题6: | | A．none | B．each | C．all | D．neither |
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| 小题7: | | A．insist | B．reduce | C．increase | D．continue |
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| 小题9: | | A．already | B．hardly | C．partly | D．never |
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| 小题10: | | A．wanted | B．lacked | C．found | D．expected |
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| 小题11: | | A．destroying | B．protecting | C．disturbing | D．interrupting |
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| 小题12: | | A．saved | B．lost | C．discovered | D．used |
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| 小题13: | | A．Air pollution | B．Water pollution | | C．Some diseases | D．All farmland |
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| 小题14: | | A．animals | B．plants | C．forests | D．people |
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| 小题15: | | A．must be true | B．will come true | | C．can"t be true | D．may be wrong |
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| 小题16: | | A．happens | B．develops | C．exists | D．appears |
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| 小题17: | | A．settling | B．working out | C．answering | D．dealing |
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| 小题18: | | A．no | B．still | C．less | D．plenty of |
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| 小题20: | | A．working | B．suggesting | C．spending | D．waiting |
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I"d been travelling for long hours on a lonely country road when I had a flat tire. So I had to stop and get the tools to 51 the problem. It certainly wasn’t 52 doing this with a white shirt and suit on.
Nightfall was approaching. Suddenly a car pulled 53 from behind me. A man got out and offered to 54 me. Seeing his unpleasant appearance and tattoos（纹身）on his arm, I became 55 as thoughts of robberies flashed through my mind. But 56 I could say anything he had already begun to take the tools to change the 57 . While watching him I happened to look back at his car and noticed someone sitting in the passenger seat. This had 58 me.
Then, without 59 , it began to rain. He suggested that I wait in his car because my car was unsafe. As the rain increased, getting us wet within seconds, I 60 agreed. When I settle into the back seat, a woman’s voice came from the front seat. “Are you all right?” She turned around to me. “Yes, I am.’’ I replied with much 61 when seeing an old woman there. It must be his Mom, I thought. To my 62 , the old woman was a neighbor of the man who was helping me. “Jeff insisted on stopping when he saw you 63 with the tire. ”“I am grateful for his help, ” I said. “Me, too!” she said with a smile. He helped drive her to see her husband twice a week in a nursing home. She also said that he 64 at the church and tutored disadvantaged students.
The rain stopped and Jeff and I changed me tire. I tried to offer him money and of course he 65 it. It was shameful that I judged people by the way they 66 . As we shook hands I began to apologize for my 67 . He said, ‘‘I experience that same 68 often. People who look like me don’t do nice things. I 69 thought about changing the way. But then I saw this as a chance to make a 70 . So I’ll leave you with the same question I ask everyone who takes time to know me. If Jesus returned tomorrow and walked among us again, would you recognize Him by what He wore or by what He did?’’
| 小题2: | | A．useful | B．easy | C．wise | D．lucky |
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| 小题4: | | A．carry | B．lift | C．drive | D．help |
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| 小题5: | | A．discouraged | B．frightened | C．disappointed | D．astonished |
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| 小题6: | | A．when | B．until | C．as | D．before |
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| 小题7: | | A．tire | B．suit | C．expression | D．shirt |
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| 小题8: | | A．embarrassed | B．concerned | C．discouraged | D．puzzled |
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| 小题9: | | A．warning | B．realizing | C．knowing | D．waiting |
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| 小题10: | | A．directly | B．happily | C．hurriedly | D．unwillingly |
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| 小题11: | | A．fear | B．satisfaction | C．relief | D．excitement |
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| 小题12: | | A．regret | B．amusement | C．surprise | D．delight |
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| 小题13: | | A．working | B．repairing | C．fighting | D．struggling |
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| 小题14: | | A．studied | B．performed | C．grew | D．volunteered |
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| 小题15: | | A．refused | B．kept | C．ignored | D．left |
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| 小题16: | | A．behaved | B．spoke | C．looked | D．thought |
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| 小题17: | | A．selfishness | B．stupidity | C．weakness | D．disability |
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| 小题18: | | A．life | B．incident | C．reaction | D．change |
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| 小题19: | | A．hardly | B．actually | C．finally | D．probably |
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| 小题20: | | A．point | B．start | C．remark | D．comparison |
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Galaxy saw a man and a woman who communicated with the sign language at the train station when she was on the way home one evening. She noticed that the woman asked the mon for the direction. He told her that he did not know. Galaxy decided to help them. She had learned the sign language when she served as a volunteer in the deaf and mute（聋哑）school. Then she showed the woman the direction and left her email address to them in case they needed her help later.
She received an email from that man the next day. Kazrim was his name. Galaxy replied his mail sincerely. They both started chatting online soon after and began seeing each other. Although they only communicated with the sign language, it never bothered her.
Galaxy was fond of him gradually. Obviously, Kazrim was the same too. He presented Galaxy with a bunch of sunflowers and asked her sincerely, “Are you willing to be my girlfriend?” Galaxy was pleasantly surprised. She requested him to give her some time to persuade her parents.
As she had expected, her parents were very angry after they had learned of their love story. Galaxy explained, “Kazrim is an excellent and a very optimistic person. He has a very positive attitude towards life and work. He cares for others always. He is 100％ better than the normal. Moreover, the mute is still a human. He should possess a perfect and wonderful love. ”
Her parents asked to see him, then. The very worried Galaxy took Kazrim home a few days later. When they were on the train, Kazrim told her, ‘‘I’m going to tell your parents I’ll be looking after you well with all my life!” Galaxy was deeply moved.
As soon as they had entered the house, Galaxy introduced him to her parents. She said, ‘‘This is Kazrim.” Just right after her speech, an unbelievable thing happened. Kazrim threw the gift away and held her in his arms tightly.
He said, “YOU CAN TALK?” It was the same question that Galaxy wanted to ask, too.
The four people were shocked all of a sudden. As a matter of fact, Kazrim always believed that Galaxy was a mute and he still fell in love with her deeply.
小题1:How did Galaxy and Kazrim get to know each other?| A．They met each other by chance. | | B．They were introduced to each other, | | C．They once studied at the same university. | | D．They both served in a special needs school. |
小题2:How did Galaxy probably communicate with Kazrim before she took him home?| A．Writing words on paper. | | B．Using the sign language. | | C．Judging from his expression. | | D．Speaking her native language. |
小题3:What did Galaxy expect her parents to do?| A．To have a talk with Kazri. | | B．To prepare for her marriage. | | C．To treat Kazrim as a normal man. | | D．To accept Kazrim as her boyfriend. |
小题4:What can we learn about the two young people from the passage?| A．They fell in love at the first sight. | | B．They cheated each other to win love. | | C．They mistook each other for being mutes. | | D．They ignored the anger of Galaxy’s parents. |
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