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One of my fondest memories as a child is going by the river and sitting idly on the bank. There I would enjoy the peace and quiet, watch the water rush downstream and listen to the chirps of birds and the rustling of leaves in the trees. I would also watch the bamboo(竹子) trees bend under pressure from the wind and watch them return gracefully to their upright or original position after the wind had died down.
When I think about the bamboo tree’s ability to bounce back or return to its original position, the word resilience （恢复力）comes to mind. When used in reference to a person, this word means the ability to readily recover from shock, depression or any other situation that stretches the limits of a person’s emotions.
Have you ever felt like you are about to snap（突然折断）? Have you ever felt like you are at your breaking point? Thankfully, you have survived the experience to live to talk about it.
During the experience you probably felt a mix of emotions that threatened your health. You felt emotionally drained, mentally exhausted and you most likely endured（忍耐） unpleasant physical symptoms（症状）.
Life is a mixture of good times and bad times, happy moments and unhappy moments. The next time you are experiencing one of those bad times or unhappy moments that take you close to your breaking point, bend, but don’t break. Try your best not to let the situation get the best of you.
If the going gets tough and you are at your breaking point, show resilience. Like the bamboo tree, bend, but don’t break!
60．When the writer talks about the bamboo trees, he wants to tell us .
A．he can’t forget those bamboo trees
B．he used to watch them bend under pressoure and return to their upright position
C．he still remembers the good days as a child
D．he admires the character of the bamboo trees
61．Which of the following is TRUE?
A．When you have overcome some depression, you show resilience.
B．When you are about to snap, we say you are resilient.
C．If you feel like you are at your breaking point, you are fortunate.
D．If you feel mentally exhausted, you are likely to experience pleasant physical symptoms.
62．What does the writer mean by saying “Try your best not to let the situation get the best of you?”
A．You should make the best of the situation.
B．You should try your best to get the best situation.
C．You should try your best not to be defeated by the situation.
D．You should try your best not to give up the best situation.
63．What would be the best title for the passage?
A．My fondest memories B．Good times and bad times
C．Enjoy the peace and quiet D．Bend, but don’t break
答案
60—63DACD
解析
核心考点
试题【B One of my fondest memories as a child is going by the river and sitting idly o】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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My neighbor Peter Gate’s life was shadowed for years by the memory of his part in an outdoor adventure that resulted in the death of one of his classmates. He and his wife 21 after six years of marriage. Then the news about Peter changed. His wife Betty came back; he 22 a fine position in a company.
One day he told me what had changed his 23 : I used to think, ‘Nothing can undo what I have done.’ The thought of my guilt(罪恶感) would 24 me in the middle of a smile or a handshake. It put a wall between my wife and me. Then I had an 25 visit from the person I 26 most to see —the 27 of the college classmate who died. “Years ago”, she said, “I found it in my heart, through prayer(祈祷), to28 you. Betty forgave you. So did your friends and employers.” She 29, and then said 30, “You are the one person who hasn’t forgiven Peter Gate. Who do you think you are to 31 the people of this town and God ？” “I 32 her eyes and found there a kind of 33 to be the person I might have been if her son had lived. For the first time in my adult life I felt 34 to love and be loved.”
So, you see, it is only through forgiveness of our 35 that we gain the freedom to learn from experience. But forgiving our shortcomings doesn"t mean 36 that they exist. 37 , it means 38 them honestly, realistically. 39 you forgive, you cannot love. And without 40, life has no meaning. Forgiveness is a good quality.
21．A．divided B. separated C. quarrelled D. left
22. A．lost B. kept C. earned D. discovered
23. A．marriage B. job C. family D. life
24.A．help B. stop C. protect D. attract
25.A．unexpected B .unwilling C. unfriendly D. unknown
26.A．hoped B. feared C. terrified D. wished
27.A．sister B. wife C. mother D. teacher
28.A．hate B. love C. forgive D. forget
29.A．stopped B. added C. continued D. paused
30.A．seriously B. sadly C. cheerfully D. nervously
31.A．get along with B. stand out against
C. keep in touch with D. live in harmony with
32.A．looked at B. looked for C. looked into D. looked after
33.A．permission B. determination C. sorrow D. apology
34.A．worried B. worthy C. lonely D. curious
35.A．adventures B. friends C. mistakes D. classmates
36.A．ignoring B. admitting C. remembering D. finding
37.A．To begin with B. On the other hand C. A
bove all D. On the contrary38 A．facing B. recognizing C. returning D. forgetting
39.A．Although B. If C. Unless D. Because
40.A．forgiveness B. love C. freedom D. shortcomings
inning teacher in the Social Studies Department at West Springfield High School in Virginia. He has taught in public and private schools for 25 years .In a piece on his blog called “The Classroom Post,” he calls for more males to enter the profession(职业).Men Teach, a non-profit organization that encourages men to enter teaching, reports that in 2008, 18.8% of all elementary and middle school teachers were men. At the high school level during the same year, men comprised（构成） 44% of the work force.
Why are there so few men in teaching? Men Teach says low pay and lack of prestige（声望）, as well as a perception in our culture that teaching is for women. As a result, there is no organized effort across the country to attract men into the teaching profession.
A study in 2008 by the National Education Association showed that the number of male teachers hit a record 40-year low. Males comprised 24.5 percent of public schoolteachers. States with high percentages: Kansas (33.6 percent), Oregon (31.6 percent), Alaska (30.9 percent) and Indiana (30.5percent).States with the lowest percentage : Arkansas (16.2 percent), Virginia (17.4 percent), Mississippi (17.5 percent), Louisiana (18 percent), South Carolina (18.5 percent) and Georgia (19.7 percent).
There is no definitive(确定) research that male students--or female students, for that matter-- learn better from a particular sex.
But as Maggiano put it, “Kids today, both boys and girls, must have the same opportunity to learn from outstanding, devoted men that I did. However, I have heard little discussion about this problem coming from our national leaders.
小题1:What w
orries Maggiano is that_______. | A．nobody will take his place when he retires |
| B．male teachers are not so excellent |
| C．men are not interested in teaching |
| D．there is not enough teachers in the schools |
| A．the number of male teachers hit a record 40-year low in 2008 |
| B．it is not sure students will learn better from male teachers |
| C．male teachers get a higher pay |
| D．organized efforts have been made to call on men into the teaching profession |
| A．Alaska | B．Virginia | C．Georgia | D．Arkansas |
| A．The government doesn’t pay much attention to the shortage. of male teachers in the school. |
| B．Students find it easy to learn from male teachers. |
| C．I’m glad to hear the discussion about the shortage of male teachers in the school. |
| D．The shortage of male teachers in the school has no effect on students. |
M：Hi．Jenny．Nice to meet you here! Have you got eve
rything ready for Christmas?W：61．What about you，Mike?
M：62．By the way，have you read this news in the newspaper? Two men broke into a store near here last night and took more than $4,500 in cash．
W：63．Two young men held up my husband on the street last week in the middle of the afternoon.
M：Really? 64．Where did that take place?
W：65．Right in front of the cinema．
| A．I’m sorry to hear that |
| B．No．I came here to get some meat and fruit |
| C．Only a block from here |
| D．I think I can get everything ready today |
F. That’s nothing
G. Good luck to you
第三部分完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
An elderly carpenter (木匠) was ready to retire. He told his employer of his 41 to leave the house building 42and live a more leisurely life with his wife, 43 time with his extended family. He would 44 the pay, but he needed to retire. They could 45 .
The employer was 46 to see such a good worker leave and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal 47 . The carpenter said yes, but in time it was 48 to see that his heart was not in his work. He built the house 49 and used poor materials. It was an 50 way to end his career.
When the carpenter 51 his work, the employer handed the front – door key to the carpenter. “This is your house,” he said, “a 52 to you.”
What a shock! What a 53 ! If he had only known he was building his 54 house, he would have done it all so 55 . Now he had to live in the house he had built none too well.
56 it is with us. We build our 57 in a distracted (心不在焉)way, reacting rather than acting, willing to put up less than the best. At 58 points we do not give the job our best effort. Then with a shock we look at the situation we have 59 and find that we are now living in the house we have built . If we had 60 , we would have done it differently.
( )41.A.retirement B. problem C. purposes D. plans
( )42.A.business B. site C. teams D. workers
( )43.A.cheering B. dividing C. enjoying D. sparing
( )44.A.consider B. miss C. raise D. save
( )45.A.get by B. get alone C. get back D. get around
( )46.A.ashamed B. anxious C. frightened D. sorry
( )47.A.favor B. bargain C. present D. reply
( )48.A.frank B. probable C. easy D. content
( )49.A.sadly B. carelessly C. slowly D. proudly
( )50.A.unfair B. unhappy C. unfortunate D. unusual
( )51.A.checked B. discovered C. prepared D. finished
( )52.A.gift B. salary C. memory D. punishment
( )53.A.quality B. prize C. shame D. surprise
( )54.A.final B. best C. everlasting D. own
( )55.A.differently B. quickly C. hard D. happily
( )56.A.Then B. So C. But D. Whatever
( )57.A.houses B. bodies C. glories D. lives
( )58.A.difficult B. main C. strong D. important
( )59.A.created B. faced C. improved D. avoided
( )60.A.recognized B. noticed C. realized D. previewed
第四部分阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
A
In the summer of 1978 an English farmer was driving his tractor through a field of wheat when he discovered that some of his wheat was lying flat on the ground. The flattened(变平的) wheat formed a circle about six meters across. Around this circle were four smaller circles of flattened wheat. The five circles were in a formation(构造) like five dots （点）. During the following years, farmers in England found the strange circles in their fields more and more often.
The circles are called “crop circles” because they appear in the fields of grain—usually wheat or corn. The grain in the circles lies flat on the ground but is never broken; it continues to grow, and farmers can later harvest it .Farmers always discover the crop circles in the morning, so the circles probably form at night. They appear only in the months from May to September.
At first, people thought that the circles were a hoax. Probably young people were making them as a joke ,or farmers were making them to attract tourists .To prove that the circles were a hoax, people tried to make circles exactly like the ones that farmers had found. They couldn’t do it .They couldn’t enter a field of grain without leaving tracks, and they couldn’t flatten the grain without breaking it.
Many people believe that beings from outer space are making the circles to communicate（交流）with us from far away and that the crop circles are messages from them.
Scientists who have studied the crop circles suggested several possibilities. Some scientists say that a downward rush of wind leads to the formation of the circles—the same downward rush of air that sometimes causes an airplane to crash（坠毁）.Other scientists say that forces within the earth cause the circles to appear. There is one problem with all these scientific explanations: crop circles often appear in formations, like the five-dot formation. It is hard to believe that any natural force could form those.
61. In the summer of 1978 , an English farmer discovered in his field that______.
A．some of his wheat had been damaged
B．his grain was growing up in circles
C．his grain was moved into several circles
D．some of his wheat had fallen onto the ground
62. According to the text, the underlined part “hoax” (line 1, para.3 ) probably means .
A．an action made to fool people
B．a special way to plant crops
C．a research on the force of winds
D．an experiment for the protection of crops
63. Which of the following may prove that the crop circles are not made by man？
A．The farmers couldn’t step out of the field.
B．The farmers couldn’t make the circles round.
C．The farmers couldn’t leave without footprints.
D．The farmers couldn’t keep the wheat straight up.
64. That the crop circles are made by is probably true.
A．air movement B．airplane crashes
C．new farming techniques D．unknown flying objects
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