题目
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Nearly ten years ago, I was told that I had a brain tumor (瘤), and this experience changed my
attitude about adventure forever. I thought that I was going to die and that all my adventures were over.
I did not have a brain tumor, it turned out, but rather multiple sclerosis (多发性硬化症), which meant
that, although they were not over, the nature of my adventures could have to change.
Each morning that I wake up is a fresh event, something that I might not have had. Each gesture that
I make carries the weight of uncertainty and demands significant attention: buttoning my shirt, changing a
light bulb, walking down stairs. I might not be able to do it this time. If I could not delight in them, they
would likely drown me in anger and in self-pity.
I admire the grand adventures of others. I read about them with interest. With Peter Matthiessen I
have hiked across the Himalayas to the Crystal Mountain. I have walked with Annie Dillard up, down,
into, and across Tinker Creek in all seasons. David Bain has gone with me along 110 miles of Philippine
coast, and Ed Abbey has rowed me down the Colorado River. I enjoy the adventures of these
courageous figures, who can strike out on difficult trips - 2 miles, 250 miles, 3000 miles - ready to bear
cold and tiredness, indeed not just to bear but to celebrate.
But as for me, I can no longer walk very far from the armchair in which I read. Some days I don"t
even make it to the backyard. And yet I"m unwilling to give up the adventurous life, the difficulty of it,
even the pain, the anxiety and fear, and the sudden brief lift of spirit that makes a hard journey more
attractive.
I refine adventure, make it smaller and smaller. And now, whether I am moving on my hands and
knees across the dining room to help my cat, lying wide-eyed in the dark battling another period of
sadness, gathering flowers from the garden, meeting a friend for lunch, I am always having the adventures
that are mine to have.
B. The author travels to places he/she has dreamed of.
C. The author can"t take care of himself/herself any longer.
D. The author adapts to the condition successfully.
B. Because they are great adventurers.
C. Because they are famous geographers.
D. Because they fight with hardship in life.
B. The author works hard to make more money for adventures.
C. The author imagines having adventures while reading.
D. The author expects to recover only to continue adventures.
答案
核心考点
举一反三
so I decided I would leave the children in the __2__ before I rushed into a shop. I warned the girls not
to __3__ anything and told them I would be back within a few__4__. Then I locked all the doors and
__5__ them happily looking out of the window.
I returned to the car in less than five minutes but the girls had __6__! I could hardly believe my __7__. The car doors were __8__ locked, the windows tightly shut and in the back seat __9__ only two coats.
Being __10__, I ran to the corner of the street __11__ there was no sign of them. I __12__ up to an old
lady nearby and asked __13__ she had seen two small girls but she said "No".
Feeling quite sick with __14__, I sat on the driver"s seat, and tried to stop trembling. Suddenly, I
__15__ a merry laugh behind me. I got out of the car, ran round to __16__ the boot and there inside
were two very red-faced and excited __17__. They had obviously pulled out the back seat, __18__
behind it and then been unable to push the __19__ forward again. With tears in my eyes, I leaned
forward and __20__ their ears.
( )1. A. heavy ( )2. A. car ( )3. A. ask ( )4. A. hours ( )5. A. had ( )6. A. disappeared ( )7. A. ears ( )8. A. too ( )9. A. hanged ( )10. A. stupid ( )11. A. where ( )12. A. jumped ( )13. A. that ( )14. A. fear ( )15. A. felt ( )16. A. shut ( )17. A. child ( )18. A. climbed ( )19. A. window ( )20. A. hit | B. hard B. bus B. eat B. minutes B. made B. died B. words B. again B. put B. proud B. which B. rushed B. when B. happiness B. smelt B. repair B. boys B. flew B. door B. pulled | C. hardly C. house C. read C. seconds C. left C. quarrelled C. eyes C. already C. had C. frightened C. that C. drove C. whether C. excitement C. saw C. start C. women C. threw C. seat C. cut | D. big D. school D. touch D. days D. let D. cried D. brains D. still D. were D. pleased D. when D. flew D. how D. anger D. heard D. open D. girls D. landed D. boot D. bit | |||||
I"d just got in a taxi at the railway station when suddenly I found one of my suitcases missing. Just then, I saw a young fellow about 30 walking away with it, opening it and drawing out the valuables. "Stop thief! Stop thief!" I shouted and threw open the car door and rushed out to him, followed by the driver and half a dozen passers-by. Very soon the thief was cornered at the turn of the road. My driver caught the thief by the neck and put his hand into his trouser pocket, drawing out money, credit card, telephone book and so on and put them back into my suitcase. Half an hour later, the car was running at full speed on the express highway. I sat back and breathed a long sigh of relief (松口气). But as I pulled out those stolen things from the suitcase and started to check them, I became dumbfounded (惊呆了). Before my eyes were 200 yuan instead of 100. And a blood test report of a 58-year-old woman appeared. I suddenly realized that the taxi driver must have mistaken the thief"s belongs and put his into my suitcase. The pitiful and begging look of the poor young man flashed across my mind again. My heart began to sink. Two years has passed since then. But this event keeps coming back to me. Was the young man a habitual robber or a dutiful son who had been driven to desperation (铤而走险) to find money to save his mother"s life? My heart aches for him. How I wish I had gone back that summer afternoon to return the 200 yuan and say sorry to him. For the first time in my life, I realized that hate and love are very close. | ||||||||
1. Why was the writer dumbfounded when he opened his suitcase? | ||||||||
A. Because he was now searching a different suitcase. B. His own blood test report has changed into an old woman"s. C. An old woman had put her savings into his suitcase. D. He was facing things that did not belong to himself. | ||||||||
2. What was one of the reasons for the young man to steal in the writer"s opinion? | ||||||||
A. The young man was a born thief. B .The young man couldn"t afford to pay for his old mother"s medical treatment. C. The young man"s mother asked him to do so. D. Young people are likely to steal when they are poor. | ||||||||
3. What does the writer really mean by "hate and love are very close"? | ||||||||
A. Sometimes you hate a person but soon the feeling completely changes. B. People easily love and hate others. C. Human beings are always a mixture of different feeling. D. Don"t always hate others. | ||||||||
4. The major purpose for the writer to write this passage is ______. | ||||||||
A. to describe what hate and love are like B. to entertain the readers with an interesting story C. to impress the readers with an interesting story D. to encourage the readers to help him find the thief | ||||||||
完形填空 | ||||||||
Cheerful Charlie was a very special boy. When he was still in his mother"s tummy (肚子), she had had an accident, which 1 that Charlie couldn"t walk. But that had never been a(n) 2 for him; he had always been happy. When he became older, they had started calling him Cheerful Charlie because of his joyful and 3 nature. He really brightened everything up for those around him. There wasn"t a postman, or a taxi driver who wasn"t 4 to see Charlie. "Cheer up, Mr. Postman, that way you"ll 5 more letters today!" he would say, or "That was great, Mr. Taxi Driver. You 6 that thing better than anyone else." He also had great ideas and 7 for everything; and he shared them so 8 that, just about every day in that town, someone did a great job, or 9 something new, thanks to Charlie"s ideas. One day, though, he came up against a real 10 . A young boy came to town on his holidays. He was known as Waterworks and was a real crybaby. No matter what Charlie said to him, Waterworks would always find some 11 to be sad: "I don"t have many sweets…my parents didn"t buy me that toy…" Everything seemed so bad to him. But Cheerful Charlie wasn"t going to be 12 , and he kept spending more time with Waterworks, 13 trying to cheer him up, just as he did with everyone. Then, one day, when they were together in the street, someone 14 a pie from a window above by chance, and it landed 15 on Charlie"s head. He got such a fright that he couldn"t even move his lips. He was speechless, and 16 Waterworks was just about to cry, he 17 Charlie"s happy words so much that he finally said, "Wow, Charlie, that"s a nice clown mask (小丑面具) you just 18 !" On saying those words, Waterworks felt so 19 that he finally understood why Charlie was always so happy and cheerful. He realized that he was so used to Charlie"s enthusiasm that he couldn"t help but see the fun 20 of everything. | ||||||||
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