题目
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from the simplest things-such as a peach stone (桃核). It is obvious that it has nothing to do with success.
For Sir Henry Stewart, it was certainly successful. I remember some ten years ago when he was made King"s Counsel, Amos and I went to congratulate him. We smiled happily; he merely looked as miserable
as though he"d received a punishment. He took his success as a child does his medicine. And not one of
his achievements brought even a sign of a smile to his tired eyes.
I asked him one day what it was like to achieve all one"s ambitions. He looked down at his roses and
went on watering them. Then he said, "The only value in achieving one"s ambitions is that you then realize
that they are not worth achieving."
Yesterday, I was passing his house and he called me, "Come and see, Jan. Look! I have done it at last! "There he was, holding a small box of earth in his hand. I observed three tiny shoots out of it.
"And there were only three!" he said, his eyes laughing to heaven.
"Three what?" I asked.
"Peach stones," he replied."I"ve always wanted to make peach stones grow, even since I was a child,
when I used to take them home after a party, or as a man after a banquet. And I used to plant them, and
then forgot where I planted them.But now at last I have done it. I had only three stones, and three shoots," he counted.
Then Sir Henry ran off, calling for his wife to come and see his achievement-his achievement of
simplicity.
B. He was made King"s Counsel.
C. He was able to make the peach stones shoot.
D. He didn"t take his success seriously.
B. to prove that Sir Henry didn"t want to be successful
C. to suggest that Sir Henry"s future job would be hard to do
D. to tell us that Sir Henry took his success as a tiny thing in his life
B. that he finds it worth his efforts
C. that he has achieved it
D. that he fails to realize it
B. disapproval
C. admiration
D. tease
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核心考点
试题【 To some people, happiness is something to do with simplicity, and it is the】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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1.________ As the policeman came to him, he said, "Hi, officer, I guess you caught me a little bit over
the limit. I was in a rush to get home, to be with my wife and kids, you know my younger son wasn"t
feeling well when I left home this morning."
The policeman said, "Well, I guess so, " and started writing something in his notebook.2.________A
few moments later, the policeman came to his window and handed him a paper, and returned to his car
without saying a single word. The man started to wonder, how much this ticket was going to be as he
began to look at the paper.3.________ But something which read: "I had a daughter who was killed by
a speeding car at the age of six, by a speeding driver like you. He got a fine, a few months in prison, and
was free, free to hug two other daughters.4.________I have tried to forgive that man a thousand times,
and I thought I had. Maybe I really forgive him, but I have to do it again, even right now.5.________."
The man was very surprised and could not move for the next few minutes. When finally he did, he
drove slowly, even a few miles under the speed limit, praying for forgiveness.
A. So pray for you, and be careful when you drive again, your daughters all you have left.
B. I only had one, and now I had to wait I go to heaven before I can hug her again.
C. Right away the man started thinking of excuse to give.
D. He was surprised it was not a ticket.
E. So pray for me, and be careful when you drive again, my son is all I have left.
F. As minutes went by, he hadn"t asked for his driver"s license.
G. He was surprised it was not a ticket as he began to read.
that was unusual for me.I spent three or four hours handing out warm dinner to the homeless out in the
streets.After that I went to a homeless shelter not far from the Bay Bridge.
I was in high school and at the time my sister was too young to __1__.She wanted to help, __2__ she
made four or five dozen chocolate chip cookies for me to__3__ and hand out to people.When getting to the homeless shelter __4__ passed out the remaining meals.__5__ ,I began making sandwiches and__6__them
with the crowd.I had the containers with my __7__ cookies in them and began to __8__,offering them to
anyone near me. I __9__ an old gentleman and said,"Sir,would you like a cookie?" He stopped and turned
around, __10__ and said,"What did you say?Did you call me sir?" I told him I __11__,and his eyes__12__a little bit and he said,"No one has__13__ called me sir." So he__14__.
It struck me.
I explained I had been raised that __15__ color and social status,everyone deserved respect.It __16__me to think that just because he was homeless,no one __17__ him the honor.It broke my heart,and I __18_I just didn"t understand __19__ no one ever called him sir?I had never thought that anyone was below me
because I wasn"t raised that way.Every__20__ person deserves to be treated with dignity.Years later,I
still carry that memory and the lessons it taught me.Sometimes,what we take for granted can really make a
difference in someone"s life.
How have you made a difference to others?How have others made a difference to you?
( )1. A.participate ( )2.A.however ( )3.A.bring ( )4.A.I ( )5.A.First ( )6.A.shared ( )7.A.classmae"s ( )8.A.walk around ( )9. A.went ( )10. A.looked at me rightly ( )11.A.had ( )12.A.watered ( )13.A.already ( )14.A.was completely frightened ( )15.A.in spite of ( )16.A.strengthened ( )17.A.handed ( )18.A.had no choice but to cry ( )19.A.what ( )20.A.single | B.invole B.but B.fetch B.you B.Next B.gave B.schoolmate"s B.knock around B.came B.stared at me with difficulty B.called B.cried B.ever B.was not a little confused B.regardless of B.saddened B.afforded B.couldn"t help to cry B.when B.poor | C.choose C.yet C.collect C.she C.Third C.helped C.sister"s C.come around C.approache C.glared at me in anger C.would C.tore C.still C.was completely taken aback C.concerned about C.frightened C.provided C.had no right to cry C.whether C.ordinary | D.go D.so D.take D.we D.Finally D.assisted D.family"s D.stand around D.met D.looked me right in the eye D.do D.dropped D.yet D.was not a bit surprised D.for fear o f D.pleased D.supplied D.couldn"t help but cry D.why D.normal | |||||
完形填空 Mother"s Day was coming, but John had been visiting customers.He was now in a small town just outside a flower shop and he knew what to do. He went into the shop and saw a young man__1__the clerk to sell him some roses for six dollars, but the clerk just explained that roses were__2__. The clerk looked up at John, __3__her head.Something inside of John was__4__by the boy"s voice. John had been__5__in his business, and he looked at the clerk and__6__mouthed that he would pay for the roses. The clerk looked at the young man and told him to get the roses for six dollars.The young man almost jumped into the__7__and ran from the store with the__8__.It was worth the extra dollars just to see that kind of__9__. John ordered his own flowers and made sure that the__10__would include a note telling his mother how much he loved her.He drove away from the shop, feeling very__11__.He caught a light about two blocks away.As he__12__at the light, he saw the young boy walking down the sidewalk.He watched him cross the street and enter a park through two huge gates.Suddenly, he__13__that it wasn"t a park but a cemetery (公墓). The light__14__, and John slowly crossed the intersection.He__15__and on an impulse (冲动) got out and began to follow the boy.The young man stopped by a small monument and went to his__16__.He began to cry after he carefully__17__the roses on the grave.He stared at the little boy"s heaving (起伏的) body and listened to his crying. John turned with__18__, and walked back to his car.He drove__19__to the shop and told the clerk he would__20__the flowers personally.He wanted to tell his mother one more time just how much he loved her. | ||||||||
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