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“How did you do it, Dad? How have you managed not to take a drink for almost 20 years?” It
took a man almost 20 years to have the courage to ask my father this very personal question. When Dad first quit drinking, the whole family was on pins and needles every time he got into a situation that, in the past, would have started him drinking again. For a few years we were afraid to bring it up for fear the drinking would begin again.
“I had this little poem that I would recite to myself at least four to five times a day,” was Dad’s reply to my 18-year-old unasked question. “The words were an instant relief and constant reminder to me that things were never so tough that I could not handle them,” Dad said. And then he shared the poem with me. The poem’s simple, yet the words are meaningful.
About a month after this talk with my father, I received a gift in the mail from a friend of mine. It was a book of daily words of wisdom listed for each day of the year. It has been my experience that when you get something with days of the year on it, you naturally turn to the page that lists your own birthday.
I hurriedly opened the book to November 10 to see what words of wisdom this book had in store for me. Tears of disbelief and appreciation rolled down my face. There, on my birthday, was the exact same poem that had helped my father for all these years! It went like this: God, give me the Serenity(平静) to accept the things I cannot change; the Courage to change the things I can; and the Wisdom to know the difference.
68.The underlined expression “on pins and needles” in the first paragraph means .
A.upset B.pleased C.nervous D.surprised
69.Dad would review the poem several times a day .
A.to share the poem with the families B.to practice reciting the poem
C.to prevent himself from drinking again D.to remind himself that poems are useful
70.When the author saw the same poem in the book, he felt .
A.regretful B.thankful C.hopeful D.painful
71.The author bust into tears because .
A.his friends gave him a special gift B.the poem was full of wisdom
C.his father had read the same book D.his father quit drinking for his son
答案
68—71 CCBD
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试题【D “How did you do it, Dad? How have you managed not to take a drink for almost 2】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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“Hey! Would you like to play a game?” he asked the woman. “No, thank you. I just want to take a nap (打盹),” the woman answered. “It’s really easy. All you have to do is to answer the questions that I ask you. If you don’t know the answer, you give me five dollars. If I don’t know the answer to your question, then I’ll give you five dollars.” “No,” the woman still refused. “OK. If I don’t know the answer to your question, I’ll give you five hundred dollars. How about that?” the man said. Then the woman became interested and decided to join in the game.
“OK. How many moons does Jupiter (木星) have?” asked the young man. The woman reached into her purse and took out a five-dollar bill. “What goes up the mountain with three legs and comes back with four?” the woman asked. Then the young man took out his computer and searched the Internet for an answer. Minutes later, the young man handed five hundred dollars to the woman.
After a few hours, the young man really wanted to know the answer to the question. So he asked the woman, “What is the answer to your question?” The woman reached into her purse and handed the young man a five-dollar bill.
小题1:Why did the man ask the woman to play a game?
A.He wanted to show his kindness. |
B.He wanted to have a pleasant journey. |
C.He wanted to earn some money from it. |
D.He wanted to make friends with the woman. |
A.$ 500. | B.$ 5. | C.$ 10. | D.$ 490. |
A.The woman told the man the answer to her question. |
B.The woman gave the man’s money back to him. |
C.The woman asked the man another question. |
D.The woman didn’t know the answer, either. |
A.clever | B.friendly | C.polite | D.honest |
注意:每空不超过3个单词。
Each year there is an increasing number of cars as millions of new cars are produced in America. Americans will not live without cars! However, some have realized the serious problem of air pollution by cars. It is necessary to find ways to solve the problem of air pollution.
One way to clean the air is to build a new kind of clean car. That’s what several of the large car factories are trying to do. But to build a clean car is easier said than done. Progress in this field has been slow.
Another way is to take the place of the car engine by something else. Engineers are now working on it. Many makers believe that it will take years to develop a practical model for us.
To prevent the world being polluted by cars, Americans have to make some changes in the way of their life. They have to cut down on the number of their cars and are encouraged to travel and go to work by bike. But this change does not come easily ---- many workers may find themselves without jobs if a car factory closes down. And the problem of their pollution would become less important than that of unemployment.
Americans may live a happy but sad life for a long time because of the car problem..
Cars and Pollution in American
Problem | Methods | Disadvantages | 57.____________ |
53.______________ | Building a new kind of clean car. | Progress in this field is slow. | Americans may live a happy but sad life. |
It takes years to develop a 55._______ | |||
54.________ on the number of cars | Many workers may 56.__________ | ||
Traveling and going to work by bike. |
For Americans, a mosquito bite is an itchy(使人发痒的) bother, but for many in Africa, a tiny bite can be deadly. One million people die each year of malaria, a disease spread by infected mosquitoes. Most of these people live in Africa, and are under age 5.
Malaria can be prevented and treated. However, many African nations don’t have the funds to fight it. Nothing but Nets (NBN) hopes to change that. The United Nations Foundation created the campaign in 2006. The mission: Squash(压制) malaria by covering sleeping areas with nets. Hanging bed nets treated with insecticide(***虫剂) is the simplest way to stop mosquitoes from biting at night. The chemical lasts four to five years. For $10, anyone can send a net to Africa and help save a life.
So far, NBN has raised $19 million and delivered 700,000 nets to seven countries. Families are taught how to use the nets. Kids also get vaccines(疫苗) and vitamins. “Women line up for miles to get these interventions(干预措施) for their kids,” says NBN director Elizabeth McKee Gore. “They understand the importance.” So do kids in this country. “They get so excited thinking of ways to raise money,” says NBN spokesperson and basketball star Ruth Riley.
NBN’s biggest fund-raiser is Katherine Commale, 7. She’s been spreading thebuzz(嗡嗡声) about bed nets for the past two years. To show how they work, she and her brother made a picture. “We teach that bed nets can save lives,” she told TFK.
Katherine has raised $42,000 for NBN. “She just wants those who need a net to have one,” says her mom, Lynda. “It’s pretty simple to her.” To find out how you can help, visit nothingbutnets.net.
58. Why can a tiny mosquito bite be deadly in Africa? (within 10 words)
___________________________________________
59. List the ways to prevent malaria. (not more than 8 words)
___________________________________________
60. Paraphrase(用英语重述) the underlined sentence. (not more than 12 words)
___________________________________________
阅读下列短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
The story goes that some time ago, a man had a very lovely little daughter. One day the man 26 his 3-year-old daughter for 27 a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became 28 when the child tried to decorate a 29 to put under the Christmas tree. 30 , the little girl brought the gift to her 31 the next morning and said, “This is for you, Daddy.”
The man was 32 by his earlier 33 , but his anger flared again when he found out the box was 34 . He yelled at her, “Don’t you know, when you give someone a present, there is 35 to be something inside?” The little girl looked 36 at him with tears in her eyes and cried, “Oh, Daddy, it’s not empty at all. I 37 kisses into the box. They are all for you, Daddy.”
The father was crushed. He 38 his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her 39 .
Only a short time later, an 40 took the life of the child. It is also told that her father 41 that gold box by his bed for many years and whenever he was discouraged, he would take out a(n) 42 kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.
In a very real sense, each of us, as human beings, has been given a gold container 43 unconditional love and kisses from our children, family members, friends, and God. There is simply no other 44 , which anyone could hold, more 45 than this.
26. A. asked | B. praised | C. begged | D. punished |
27. A. wasting | B. stealing | C. selling | D. holding |
28. A. glad | B. angry | C. sad | D. upset |
29. A. room | B. hall | C. box | D. ball |
30. A. Nevertheless | B. But | C. Therefore | D. And |
31. A. father | B. mother | C. teacher | D. sister |
32. A. puzzled | B. surprised | C. scared | D. embarrassed |
33. A. overwork | B. overreaction | C. overcoat | D. overpass |
34. A. empty | B. heavy | C. full | D. wet |
35. A. happened | B. seemed | C. supposed | D. used |
36. A. down | B. back | C. up | D. forward |
37. A. blew | B. sent | C. set | D. passed |
38. A. put | B. turned | C. handed | D. gave |
39. A. kindness | B. forgiveness | C. sadness | D. carelessness |
40. A. overview | B. incident | C. accident | D. action |
41. A. remembered | B. owned | C. had | D. kept |
42. A. imaginary | B. kind | C. gentle | D. warm |
43. A. filled with | B. pleased with | C. crowded with | D. equipped with |
44. A. world | B. feeling | C. possession | D. love |
45. A. expensive | B. precious | C. comfortable | D. interesting |
Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.
A.Goods for auction (拍卖) sales |
B.Definition of bidding |
C.Way to sell more goods by auction |
D.Auction sales in history |
F. Making a larger profit as an auctioneer
61. ______
Auctions are public sales of goods, conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He asks the crowd assembled in the auction-room to make offers, or “bids”, for the various items on sale. He encourages buyers to bid higher figures, and finally names the highest bidder as the buyer of the goods. This is called “knocking down” the goods, for the bidding ends when the auctioneer strikes a small hammer on a table at which he stands.
62. ______
The ancient Roman probably invented sales by auction, and the English word comes from the Latin auction, meaning “increasing”. The Romans usually sold in this way the goods taken in war. In England in the eighteenth centuries, goods were often sold “by the candle”: a short candle was lit by the auctioneer, and bids could be made while it stayed alight.
63. ______
Practically all goods whose qualities vary are sold by auction. Among these are coffee, skins, wool, tea, furs, silk and wines. Auction sales are also usual for land and property, furniture, pictures, rare books, old china and similar works of art.
64. ______
An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full particulars of the articles to be sold and where and when they can be viewed by potential buyers. If the advertisement cannot give full details, catalogues are printed, and each group of goods to be sold together, called a “lot”, is usually given a number. The auctioneer need not begin with Lot 1 and continue in the order of numbers: he may wait until he notices the fact that certain buyers are in the room and then produce the lots they are likely to be interested in.
65. ______
The auctioneer’s services are paid for in the form of a percentage of the price the goods are sold for. The auctioneer therefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible. He will not waste time by starting the bidding too low. He will also play on the opponents among his buyers and succeed in getting a high price by encouraging two business competitors to bid against each other.
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