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I was shopping in the supermarket when I heard a young voice.
"Mom, come here! There"s this lady here my size!"
The mother rushed to her son; then she turned to me to apologize.
I smiled and told her, "It"s okay." Then I talked to the boy, "Hi, I"m Darryl Kramer. How are you ?"
He studied me from head to toe, and asked, "Are you a little mommy?"
"Yes, I have a son," I answered.
"Why are you so little?" he asked.
"It"s the way I was born," I said. "Some people are little. Some are tall. I"m just not going to grow any
bigger. " After I answered his other questions, I shook the boy"s hand and left.
My life as a little person is filled with stories like that. I enjoy talking to children and explaining why I
1ook different from their parents.
It takes only one glance to see my uniqueness. I stand three feet nine inches tall. I was born an a
chondroplasia dwarf (侏儒). Despite this, I did all the things other kids did when I was growing up.
I didn"t realize how short I was until I started school. Some kids picked on me, calling me names.
Then I knew. I began to hate the first day of school each year. New students would always stare at me
as I struggled to climb the school bus stairs.
But I learned to smile and accept the fact that I was going to be noticed my whole life.I decided to
make my uniqueness an advantage rather than a disadvantage. What I lacked in height, I made up for in
personality.
I"m 47 now, and the stares have not diminished as I"ve grown older. People are amazed when they
see me driving. I try to keep a good attitude. When people are rude, I remind myself, "Look what else I
have -- a great family, nice friends. "
It"s the children"s questions that make my life special. I enjoy answering their questions. My hope is
that I will encourage them to accept their peers ( a person of the same age, class, position, etc. ),
whatever size and shape they come in, and treat them with respect.
1. Why did the mother apologize to the author?
A. Because the boy ran into the author.
B. Because the boy laughed at the author.
C. Because the boy said the author was fatter than him.
D. Because the mother thought the boy"s words had hurt the author.
2. When did the author realize that she was too short?
A. When she grew up.
B. When she was 47 years old.
C. When she began to go to school.
D. When she met the boy in the supermarket.
3.Which of the following word can best replace the underlined word"diminished" ?
A. dismissed
B. increased
C. decreased
D. discriminated
4. How does the author feel about people"s stares?
A. Angry.
B. Calm.
C. Painful.
D. Discouraged.
答案
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举一反三
top producer. He looked over the audience and trembled, and there was a clear pause that brought a
silence to the room. It took him a moment to control himself.
"The last three months hit me pretty hard," he began. "And I feel the need to share a piece of my story
though I"m not sure why. A friend called me about his new marketing system, an outbound (发往外国
的) fax(传真)service that could reach thousands of potential customers at very little cost. I checked it out, got excited and accepted it. After thousands of faxes, it seemed that what I did was illegal . I was
punished a dollar for every one sent out.
The crowd was surprised.
"I failed to do proper research, and didn"t pay attention to the details. Now I am heavily in debt. As
some of you know, I recently move up here from down south. I stored my stuff (资料)in my old office,
which I closed down. When I drove back to pick it all up, I found that everything except my computer
and the clothes I brought with me was gone."
He continued, "I drive a sports car. I love that car. One day while driving it, I stepped on the
accelerator (油门), lost control at 85 miles an hour, and hit the guard rail. I damaged my car very badly."
"In three months, I got charged, lost everything I owned, and damaged my car. We all face challenges," he smiled. "I guess I wanted to share mine with you. Thanks for listening. " He left to a standing ovation
(鼓掌).
Standing in the back of the room, I realized how much respect that young man earned. He faced his
fear, publicly admitted his mistakes and never gave up, in spite of the difficulties. That day, he won much
more than a trophy (奖杯).
1. According to the first paragraph, which word can describe the young man?
A. Calm.
B. Brave.
C. Shy.
D. Nervous.
2. Why was the young man punished?
A. He made a serious mistake in his research.
B. He illegally sent faxes to customers.
C. He stole a computer from an office.
D. He drove his car at a high speed.
3. The young man told his experiences perhaps to _________.
.
A. encourage others to face challenges bravely
B. let the audience forgive him
C. show his misunderstanding of the law
D. complain about being treated unfairly
to 1 my studies in literature at evening classes. It was a tiresome 2 from one end of the city to
another and to 3 among adults was uninteresting. I was the youngest in the 4 , so the friendship I
knew at school was 5 . I put up with it for a short period. It was 6 long a walk on cold winter"s
nights and it was hard to put my 7 into Shakespeare with wet shoes and trousers. So I continued
writing poetry at home.
By chance, I 8 some prizes and awards for literature. A young woman from a 9 company
came to the college one day. She told me that I won a national poetry award. I 10 at her in
astonishment (吃惊) and disbelief. She wanted to make a short 11 about me, to which I said, "No, I
couldn"t do that." Not that I had any real 12 . I was just frightened. In the end she 13 me that I
should do it the following day.
So I did. They made a short film of me reading one of my 14 and I became 15 interested in
literature than ever. I 16 what I should do after this, and decided some weeks later that I could not
17 myself spending the rest of my days dealing with machines. So one evening, I hesitatingly (犹豫地)
told my parents that I wanted to _ 18 to school. They were greatly surprised and a little afraid, but they
did not try to persuade me not to. They wanted to know if I was 19 , and if I knew what it meant
and 20 I realized that if I gave up my job training, it would be very difficult to get a good job. But
nothing could stop me, and they asked about the matter no further.
| ( )1. A. stop ( )2. A. talk ( )3. A. do ( )4. A. family ( )5. A. absent ( )6. A. too ( )7. A mind ( )8. A. defeated ( )9. A. TV ( )10. A. looked ( )11. A. talk ( )12. A. reason ( )13. A. advised ( )14. A. poems ( )15. A. less ( )16. A. wandered ( )17. A. think ( )18. A. drop ( )19. A. sure ( )20. A. whether | B. go on B. journey B. sit B. class B. missed B. very B. heart B. beat B. radio B. fixed B. film B. cause B. suggested B. stories B. much B. considered B. consider B. leave B. clear B. that | C. continue C. job C. talk C. city C. lost C. much C. soul C. won C. shoe C. shouted C. conversation C. excuse C. agreed C. speeches C. far C. discussed C. spend C. return C. curious C. how | D. walk D. walk D. work D. country D. over D. quite D. thought D. hit D. food D. stared D. speech D. wish D. persuaded D. plans D. more D. wondered D. imagine D. go to D. true D. what |
| 阅读理解 | |||
| I was on a train the other day, in an empty compartment, and I wanted to read the last part of a detective story. Then the door opened and a mother with two small children asked me, "may we sit here, Madam?" at first I wanted to say, "well, actually, I"m reading an exciting book and I"d like to finish it. Could you find another compartment?" But of course I said, "yes, certainly," I still had not finished that book. Unfortunately, I found it very difficult to say "No" to those magic words "May I …" or "would you mind if…Of course people usually ask permission to do quite harmless things, like using the telephone, turning the light on, opening the window and things like that. But then there are some funny requests. Some people even ask if they may wash their hands or take their coats off. On the other hand, very few smokers will bother to ask permission to smoke! But what about those difficult requests like, "Do you mind if I come round for a cup of coffee?" or "Is it all right if I bring the children to the party? They are very good really." The trouble is, I just don"t have the nerve to refuse. Well, do you? | |||
| 1. The writer describes those requests as "magic words" because they ___ | |||
| A. are amusing B. are harmless C. always work D. are easily understood | |||
| 2. According to the writer, asking permission to smoke is ___ | |||
| A. a foolish request B. a difficult request C. an unnecessary request D. none of the above | |||
| 3. Difficult requests are those which____ | |||
| A. are never permitted B. are never refused C. make other people uneasy D. make other people unfortunate | |||
| 4. Which of the following may express the main idea of the passage? | |||
| A. I"m a polite person B. Requests of different kinds C. How to make a request D. How to answer a request | |||
| 完型填空 | |||
| There are many kinds of friends. Some are always 1_ you, but don"t understand you. Some say only a few words to you, but understand you. Many people will step in your life, but only 2_ friends leave footprints (脚印). I shall always recall (回忆) the autumn and the girl with the 3 _ .She will always bring back the friendship between us. I know she will always be my best friend. It was the golden season. I could see the yellow leaves 4 on the cool 5 .In such a season, I liked walking alone in the leaves, 6 to the sound of them. Autumn is a 7_ season and life is uninteresting. The free days always get me 8 .But one day, the sound of a violin 9 into my ears like a stream (小溪) flowing in the mountains. I was so surprised that I jumped to see what it was. A young girl, standing in the wind, was 10 in playing her violin. I had __11__ seen her before. The music was so nice that I listened quietly. Lost in the music, I didn"t know that I had been __12__there for so long but my existence (存在) did not seem to disturb her. Leaves were still falling. Every day she played the violin in the corner of the building _ 13 I went downstairs to watch her performance. I was the only listener. The autumn seemed no longer lonely and life became 14 . 15 we didn"t know each other, I thought we were already good friends. I believe she also loved me. Autumn was nearly over. One day, when I was listening carefully, the sound suddenly __16 . To my astonishment (惊讶), the girl came over to me. "You must like violin." she said. "Yes. And you play very well. Why did you stop?" I asked. Suddenly, a 17 expression appeared on her face and I could feel something unusual. "I came here to see my grandmother, but now I must leave. I once played very badly. It was your listening every day that 18 me." she said. "In fact, it was your playing 19 gave me a meaningful autumn," I answered, "Let"s be friends." The girl smiled, and so did I. I never heard her play again in my life. I no longer went downstairs to listen like before. Only thick leaves were left behind. But I will always remember the fine figure (身影) of the girl. She is like a 20 so short, so bright, like a shooting star giving off so much light that it makes the autumn beautiful. | |||
| ( )1. A. with ( )2. A. good ( )3. A. sound ( )4. A. shaking ( )5. A. wind ( )6. A. watching ( )7. A. lively ( )8. A. up ( )9. A. flowed ( )10. A. lost ( )11. A. once ( )12. A. waiting ( )13. A. because ( )14. A. interesting ( )15. A. But ( )16. A. stopped ( )17. A. happy ( )18. A. surprised ( )19. A. that ( )20. A. song | B. for B. true B. song B. hanging B. snow B. listening B. lovely B. off B. grew B. active B. never B. stopping B. so B. moving B. However B. began B. sad B. excited B. which B. dream | C. against C. new C. play C. falling C. air C. seeing C. harvest C. down C. entered C. busy C. often C. standing C. when C. encouraging C. Even C. gone C. strange C. encouraged C. it C. fire | D. to D. old D. violin D. floating D. rain D. hearing D. lonely D. over D. ran D. interested D. usually D. hearing D. but D. exciting D. Though D. changed D. surprised D. interested D. who D. sister |
| 阅读理解 | |||
| One night when my wife was preparing dinner, our little son took a piece of paper to her which read: For washing the car...........................................$5.00 For making my own bed this week...................$1.00 Going to the provision shop..............................$0.50 Playing with little sister ...................................$0.25 Taking out the rubbish......................................$1.00 Getting a good report card................................$5.00 And for sweeping the common corridor...........$2.00 Total .......................................................... ......$14.75 His mother looked at him standing there expecting payment. I could see a thousand memories flashed through her mind. So she picked up the pen and turning the paper over, this is what she wrote: For 9 months I carried you, growing inside me.....................................No Charge For the nights I sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you..............No Charge For the toys, food and clothes and wiping your nose............................No Charge When you add it all up, the full cost of my love...................................No Charge Well, when he finished reading, he had great big tears in his eyes. He looked at his mother and said, "Mummy, I love you." Then he took the pen and in great big letters wrote on the "bill" "All paid." | |||
| 1. What"s the best title for this passage? | |||
| A. Part-time Job B. Mother"s Love, No Charge C. Payment for House Work D. Greedy Mother | |||
| 2. The writer wrote the passage in order to ______. | |||
| A. show that children should be paid for their housework B. show that children should not be paid for their housework C. show a clever way of teaching children D. tell children how to spend their spare time | |||
| 3. How do you think of the mother in the passage? | |||
| A. Clever. B. Greedy. C. Cold-hearted. D. Selfish. | |||
| 4. From the last passage we know that ______. | |||
| A. the boy got all the money he wanted B. the mother was unwilling to give the money to the boy C. the boy realized that it was not right to ask for money for the housework D. the mother was angry with what the boy said | |||