As a boy，Tim was much influenced by books about the sea, but in fact by the age of fifteen he had decided to become a doctor rather than a sailor. His father was a dentist and as a result Tim had the opportunity of meeting many doctors either at home or elsewhere. When he was fourteen he was already hanging around the clinic of a local doctor where he was supposed to be helping to wrap up medicine bottles，but was actually trying to listen to the conversations taking place between the doctor and his patients in the next room.
During the war Tim served in the Navy as a surgeon（外科医生）.“That was the happiest time of my life. I was dealing with very real suffering and on the whole making a success of it .”In California he taught the country people simple facts about medicine. He saw himself as a life-saver. He had proved his skills to himself and his ability to take decisions. Thus，while he was able to tell them what to do, he could feel he was serving them. After the war, he got married and chose to be a doctor in the countryside，working under an old doctor who was popular in the area，but who hated the sight of blood and believed that the secret of medicine was faith. This gave the younger man many opportunities to go on working as a life –saver.
小题1:Tim decided to become a doctor at fifteen mainly because | A．hisfather wanted him to be so | | B．his father was a surgeon himself | | C．e had read many books about medicine | | D．e had chances to meet many doctors through his father |
小题2:Which of the following is true according to the passage?| A．Tim got married to the old doctor’s daughter. | | B．Tim continued working as a surgeon after the war. | | C．Before the war，Tim worked as a doctor at a local clinic． | | D．While working in California，Tim taught life-saving to the patients. |
小题3:From the passage we can infer that Tim .| A．was sent to Europe during the war | B．worked as a surgeon during the war | | C．was satisfied with his career as a surgeon. | D．decided to give up medicine for faith |
小题4:The passage is mainly about .| A．Tim’s life story | B．Tim’s dream | C．Tim’s marriage | D．Tim’ s patients |
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小题1:根据第一段His father was a dentist and as a result Tim had the opportunity of meeting many doctors either at home or elsewhere. 及下文描述，可知选D。
小题1:根据第二段After the war, he got married and chose to be a doctor in the countryside，working under an old doctor who was popular in the area，but who hated the sight of blood and believed that the secret of medicine was faith. This gave the younger man many opportunities to go on working as a life –saver.描述，可知选B。
小题1:根据He saw himself as a life-saver. He had proved his skills to himself and his ability to take decisions. Thus，while he was able to tell them what to do, he could feel he was serving them. 可知他对自己的工作很满意，故选C。
小题1:这篇短文主要介绍了蒂姆生活中的故事。故选A。 |
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While watching the Olympics the other night, I came across an unbelievable sight. It was not a gold medal, or a world record broken, but a show of courage.
The event was swimming and started with only three men on the blocks. For one reason or another, two of them false started, so they were disqualified. That left only one to compete. It would have been difficult enough, not having anyone to race against, even though the time on the clock is important.
I watched the man dive off the block and knew right away that something was wrong. I’m not an expert swimmer, but I can tell a good dive from a poor one, and this was not exactly medal quality. When he resurfaced, it was evident that the man was not out for gold – his arms were waving in an attempt at freestyle. The crowd started to laugh. Clearly this man was not a medal competitor.
I listened to the crowd begin to laugh at this poor man who was clearly having a hard time. Finally he made his turn to start back. It was pitiful. He made a few desperate strokes and you could tell he was worn out.
But in those few awful strokes, the crowd had changed.
No longer were they laughing, but beginning to cheer. Some even began to stand and shout “Come on, you can do it!” and he did.
A clear minute past the average swimmer, this young man finally finished his race. The crowd went wild. You would have thought that he had won the gold, and he should have. Even though he recorded one of the slowest times in Olympic history, this man gave more heart than any of the other competitors.
Just a short year ago, he had never even swum, let alone race. His country had been invited to Sydney.
小题1:From the passage we can learn that the young man .| A．made his turn to start back pitifully | B．was skillful in freestyle in the game | | C．swam faster than the average swimmer | D．was not capable enough to win the medal |
小题2:The crowd changed their attitudes because .| A．they felt sorry for the young man | B．they were moved by the young man’s courage | | C．they wanted to show their sympathy | D．they meant to please the young man |
小题3:What’s the best title for the passage?| A．Compete for Gold! | B．Try again! | C．Break a Record! | D．Go for it! |
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During the Christmas break from college, a young man wanted to borrow his father’s car. He was going to a New Year’s Eve 21 to be held in Vermont. The father was 22 about the son hitting one of the roadblocks that people set up all over the place on New Year’s Eve. However, a(n) 23 reached was that the son would be allowed to use the car, but he would not drink at all.
So he drove to Vermont, got completely 24 , and attempted to drive home. On the way home he hit a roadblock. He was told to 25 the car and stand in a line of people that were being given the sobriety (not drunk) 26 . However, the policeman 27 him out. He was 小题1: standing off to the side while the others were 29 the police officer how well they could walk a 30 line, etc.
At 7:00 am the next morning, his father got up to answer the 31 . There were 32 policemen there. They asked him if he was the 33 of that red FIAT. He replied, “Yes, I am.” One of the policemen asked him if he was driving the car the evening before and he said that his son had been the driver.
When the young man 34 himself in front of the policemen, he knew he was in some sort of 35 . Upon questioning, he 36 that he was driving the car. But when asked if he had been 37 , he said, “NO!” When the policemen asked if they could see his car, he was unable to remember the 38 . He said that it was in the garage.
And when the four of them walked out to look at the car, instead of looking at the car he had driven the 39 before, they saw a 40 car parked there.
| 小题2: | | A．party | B．meeting | C．concert | D．sports meeting |
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| 小题3: | | A．sure | B．worried | C．curious | D．anxious |
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| 小题4: | | A．suggestion | B．condition | C．conclusion | D．agreement |
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| 小题5: | | A．excited | B．tired | C．pleased | D．drunk |
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| 小题6: | | A．stop | B．get out of | C．drive | D．get into |
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| 小题7: | | A．punishment | B．test | C．education | D．talk |
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| 小题8: | | A．gave | B．made | C．missed | D．found |
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| 小题9: | | A．considered | B．required | C．suggested | D．left |
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| 小题10: | | A．showing | B．explaining | C．asking | D．telling |
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| 小题11: | | A．long | B．straight | C．calm | D．direct |
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| 小题12: | | A．telephone | B．call | C．doorbell | D．question |
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| 小题14: | | A．manager | B．father | C．student | D．owner |
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| 小题15: | | A．stood | B．found | C．put | D．took |
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| 小题16: | | A．danger | B．test | C．trouble | D．accident |
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| 小题17: | | A．believed | B．told | C．admitted | D．said |
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| 小题18: | | A．driving | B．hurting | C．drinking | D．missing |
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| 小题19: | | A．drive | B．test | C．time | D．line |
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| 小题20: | | A．day | B．morning | C．evening | D．afternoon |
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| 小题21: | | A．similar | B．familiar | C．police | D．damaged |
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For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
My friend had mentioned that her father had a lot of children’s toys that he was looking to give away. She knew I had a three-year-old daughter so she thought of me first. I told her I would 36 it if I could get some nice things for my daughter, which I wouldn’t otherwise have been able
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When I met her father, he began to explain that he was 38 once too and that he would hate to 39 things that could be very 40 . At first, he thought of taking everything to the Salvation Army but then he 41 to see if anyone he knew could use them first.
When he was 42 me around, I saw a bed, a slide(滑板)，a kitchen set and many other things that made me surprised. As my eyes were wide and beginning to tear up a bit, he told me not to feel guilty. He said I was 43 him by getting rid of them.
As I was looking around, I did feel guilty, but I tried to remain more grateful than guilty because he told me to. Every time I tried to 44 him for giving my daughter all these 45 things, he would thank me right back and was grateful that these toys would be put to good use.
So, sometimes when we are helped by others, the others that helped us are helped as a side –effect. In the 46 of charity , it makes sense to feel grateful, but guilt is just as normal, I know we could have lived without a slide, which is why I do feel guilty, but I am grateful all the same because my daughter 47 enjoys all these nice things!
| 小题1: | | A．wear | B．repair | C．appreciate | D．check |
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| 小题2: | | A．believe | B．afford | C．see | D．spare |
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| 小题3: | | A．handsome | B．young | C．poor | D．healthy |
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| 小题4: | | A．throw away | B．hand out | C．add up | D．pick out |
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| 小题5: | | A．suitable | B．expensive | C．useful | D．dangerous |
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| 小题6: | | A．continued | B．forgot | C．had | D．decided |
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| 小题7: | | A．driving | B．showing | C．turning | D．sending |
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| 小题8: | | A．helping | B．saving | C．troubling | D．guiding |
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| 小题9: | | A．praise | B．move | C．call | D．thank |
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| 小题10: | | A．wonderful | B．cheap | C．strange | D．foreign |
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| 小题11: | | A．habit | B．end | C．eyes | D．corners |
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| 小题12: | | A．sadly | B．hardly | C．secretly | D．really |
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I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk,” she said again, “is for Elizabeth.”
I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.
They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional(易动感情的)”. But she lived “on the surface”.
As years passed and I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive me.
I posted the letter and waited for her answer, none came.
My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace. It seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.
Now the present of her desk told me that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work though she’d never been able to. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside — a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded(折叠) and refolded many times.
Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose, Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.
小题1:The writer began to love her mother’s desk _______.| A．after Mother died | B．before she became a writer | | C．when she was a child | D．when mother gave it to her |
小题2:The passage shows that _______.| A．Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter | | B．Mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done | | C．Mother cared much about her daughter in words | | D．Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words. |
小题3: The world “gulf” in the passage means _______.| A．deep understanding between the old and the young. | | B．different ideas between the mother and the daughter. | | C．free talks between mother and daughter. | | D．part of the sea going far in land. |
小题4:What did Mother do with her daughter’s letter asking for forgiveness?| A．She had never received the letter. | | B．For years, she often talked about the letter. | | C．She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in all her life. | | D．She read the letter again and again till she died. |
小题5: What’s the best title of the passage?| A．My letter to Mother | B．Mother and Children | | C．My Mother’s Desk | D．Talks between Mother and me. |
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Once an Arab was traveling in the desert . When the sun went down in the west , he stopped and put up his tent , made a fire and had a 36 meal . When night fell , he 37 down to sleep .
He had 38 fallen asleep when he felt a soft 39 on his elbow(肘) . He woke up to find that his camel had put his head inside the tent . The camel said , “Would you please let me keep my head in the tent to get warm ? It’s so cold outside . I won’t take up much room . ”
The Arab was a 40 man . “All right ,do as you please , ”he said . Then he turned on his side and went back to sleep .
It wasn’t long 41 he felt a push on his shoulder . It was the camel again . “Dear master ,”the camel said , “my head is quite warm now , but my neck is still cold . Do you mind 42 I keep it inside the tent ,too ? ”
“No , not at all , ”the man said . But this time he felt a bit 43 , as the camel had such a long neck .
Hardly had he shut his eyes when he got a harder push in his side . This time the camel said , “Will you please 44 me to bring my front legs inside and warm them up a little ?”
The Arab moved over to one side of the tent .He made 45 as small as he could . It wasn’t a bit comfortable , and sleep was now 46 .
After a while, the camel gave him a rough push and said , “The tent is too small for the two of us .Besides , my two hind legs are still left in the cold. 47 is only reasonable that you should leave the whole tent to me .”
| 小题1: | | A．simple | B．rich | C．excellent | D．ordinary |
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| 小题3: | | A．seldom | B．not | C．almost | D．hardly |
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| 小题4: | | A．touch | B．beat | C．kick | D．bite |
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| 小题5: | | A．hard-hearted | B．kind-hearted | C．cruel | D．careless |
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| 小题6: | | A．after | B．before | C．since | D．then |
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| 小题8: | | A．crowded | B．comfortable | C．warmer | D．narrower |
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| 小题10: | | A．the tent | B．himself | C．room | D．ground |
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| 小题11: | | A．impossibly | B．impossible | C．quite possible | D．possibility |
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