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to the poor. Hoping for a tear-jerker story,a television interviewer went into the back hills where many
welfare recipients(接受者)lived.
The old woman he chose to interview lived in a one-room shack(棚屋):cold in winter；hot in
summer. Her bed was a few rough planks(厚板)nailed together,with a pine-needle mattress. A couple
thin blankets,and a fireplace,did little to protect her from the cold.
Her furniture,a table and two chairs,were fashioned from the same rough wood as her bed. Some
shelves held a few cans of food from the general store. a three mile walk down the road. Several jars
of preserves and a few squash(南瓜类蔬菜)completed her larder(食品室).
She had no fridge or freezer. The fireplace provided heat for cooking. With no phone or television
her only connection with the outside world was an old radio that pulled in two or three local stations on
a good day.
The old woman had one convenience, running water. A crystal clear stream. flowed a short distance
behind her home.
A small garden near her back door provided fresh vegetables during the summer,and some squash
and turnips for the winter. A tidy flower garden brightened the front of her house.
The television crew arrived and set up their big expensive cameras. Their mobile station. broadcast
pictures of the woman and the place she called home.
Eventually the interviewer asked the old woman,"If the government gave you $200 more each month,
what would you do with it?"
Without hesitation the woman replied,"I"d give it to the poor. "
B. From a stream.
C. From a spring.
D. From a well behind her house.
B. Her fireplace couldn"t keep her warm enough in winter.
C. She could get in touch with outside world by radio easily.
D. She couldn"t get fresh food without fridge or freezer.
B. She knows nothing about the outside world.
C. She is living a lonely and miserable life.
D. She must be better-off than many others in the area.
B. Ignorant.
C. Out of mind.
D. Noble-minded.
B. the interviewer was very disappointed with the woman
C. the woman became famous because of the interview
D. the interview became a turning. point in the woman"s life
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bottom hadn"t fallen out of my world when he freefell off the roof. His body. when I found it,was lightly
covered with snow. It snowed almost every day for the next four months,while I sat on the couch and
watched it pile up. One morning,I shuffled downstairs and was surprised to see a snowplow clearing
my driveway and the bent back of a woman shoveling(铲)my walk. I dropped to my knees,crawled
through the living room. and back upstairs so those good people would not see me. I was embarrassed.
My first thought was, how would I ever repay them? I didn"t have the strength to brush my hair let alone
shovel someone"s walk.
Before Jon"s death,I took pride in the fact that I rarely asked for help or favors. I defined myself by
my competence and independence. So who was I if I was no longer capable and busy?How could I
respect myself if all I did was sit on the couch every day and watch the snow fall?
Learning how to receive the love and support that came my way wash"t easy. Friends cooked for
me and 1 cried because I eouldn"t even help them set the table. "I"m not usually this lazy," I wept. Finally,
my friend Kathy sat down with me and said,"Mary,cooking for you is not a chore. I love you and I want
to do it. It makes me feel good to be able to do something for you. "
Over and over,I heard similar emotions from the people who supported me during those dark days.
One very wise man told me,"You are not doing nothing. Being fully open to your sorrow may be the
hardest work you will ever do. "
I am not the person I once wfls,but in many ways I have changed for the better. The fabric of my life
is now woven with gratitude and humility. I have been surprised to. learn that there is incredible freedom
that comes from facing one"s worst fear and walking away whole. I believe there is strength in surrender.
B. The writer had been busy with her life before.
C. The writer recovered from her sorrow quickly with his friend"s help.
D. The day her boyfriend died,it was snowing heavily.
B. independent
C. smart
D. capable
B. dragged slowly
C. walked swiftly
D. slipped sadly
B. the writer became more strong-willed after Jon"s death
C. all the people around the writer were friendly and supported her
D. before Jon"s death,the writer never asked others for help
B. express her guilty conscience to the people who helped her
C. show her gratitude to the people who love and support her
D. tell us the changes she has made because of her boyfriend"s death
there with Western tours, _2_I decided to go travelling with a Chinese tour. Besides the affordability,
the truth is that I am a_3_traveller. Making all the reservations and connections is a nightmare for me,
so I am_4_to sacrifice autonomy(自主权)_5_security.
This does, however, _6_that one should always follow its leader. In most aspects of my life, I am
extremely_7_. No one carries my purse and parcels. I have gone bravely into wildly different life
changes, _8_when it comes to_9_, show me a flag and I"ll follow it.
The group leaders were a bit nervous at first. But I promised them that my not speaking Chinese was
not a problem. I"d just go 10 they pointed. There was one little 11 however. I wouldn"t be eating
Chinese food with them. I would find an eatery(小餐馆) nearby and enjoy local cuisine. It worked out
fine.
Since I was single, I usually 12 a room with another woman. On my first trip, to Egypt, I couldn"t
have been 13 . They paired me up with Shelley, who 14 fluent English and we adored each other
almost instantly. The second time, my potential roommate took one look at me and said she"d rather
sleep with her friends on a rollaway in 15 room. I was 16 at first, but then realised I"d have a room
to myself, so why got upset?
Travelling in a group meant that the first day we were all 17 , but we got familiar 18 each other on
the bus and 19 each other"s faces quickly in a crowd. We got 20 comfortable with each other and
soon a family atmosphere developed.
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| 阅读理解 | |||
| Mr Lang worked in a factory. As a driver, he was busy but he was paid much. His wife was an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything at home. So he had enough time when he had a holiday. A few friends of his liked gambling(赌博) and he learned it soon. So he was interested in it and forgot anything except gambling. He lost all his money and later he began to sell the television, watches and so on. His wife told him not to do it but he didn"t listen to her. She had to tell the police. He and his friends were punished for it. And he was hardly sent away. After he came out of lockup(拘留所), he hated her very much and the woman had to leave him. It was New Year"s Day. Mr Lang didn"t go to work. He felt lonely and wanted to gamble again. He called his friends and they came soon. But they were afraid the police would come. He told his five-year-old son to go to find out if there were the policemen outside. They waited for a long time and thought the police would not come and began to gamble. Suddenly opened the door and in came a few policemen. "I saw there weren"t any policemen outside, Daddy," said the boy, "so I went to the crossing and asked some to come." | |||
| 1．Mr Lang was paid much because________. | |||
| A. he was a driver B. he worked in a factory C. he had a lot of work to do D. he had worked there for a long time | |||
| 2．Mrs Lang did all the housework because ________. | |||
| A. she couldn"t find any work B. she thought her husband was tired C. her husband spent all the time in gambling D. she wouldn"t stop her husband gambling | |||
| 3．________, so he was put into lockup. | |||
| A. Mr Lang often gambled B. Mr Lang was late for work C. Mr Lang didn"t help his wife at home D. Mr Lang wasn"t polite to the police | |||
| 4．The woman had to leave Mr Lang because________. | |||
| A. he didn"t love her any longer B. he wouldn"t stop gambling C. he had been put into lockup D. he was hardly sent away by the factory | |||
| 完形填空。 | |||
| A businesswoman got into a taxi in midtown. As it was the rush hour and she was in a __1__ to catch a train, she __2__ a quick way to reach it. "I have been a taxi driver for 15 years!" the driver said __3__. "You don"t think I know the best way to go?" The woman tried to explain that she hadn"t __4__ to annoy him, but the driver kept __5__. She finally realized that he was too annoyed to be __6__, so she changed her __7__. "You know, you are right," she told him. "It must seem __8__ for me not to think you know the best way __9__ the city." __10__, the driver glanced at his __11__ in the rearview mirror, turned down the street she wanted and got her to the train on time. "He didn"t say another word the rest of the ride," she said. "__12__ I got out and paid him. Then he thanked me." When you find yourself __13__ with people like the taxi driver, you will always try to __14__ your idea. It can lead to longer arguments, lose job chances or __15__ marriages. I have discovered one simple __16__ extremely unlikely method that can prevent the disagreement or other difficult situations from __17__ in a disaster. The __18__ is to put yourself in the other person"s shoes and look for the __19__ in what that person is saying. Find a way to __20__, and the result may surprise you. | |||
| ( )1.A. hurry ( )2.A. chose ( )3.A. jokingly ( )4.A. supposed ( )5.A. apologizing ( )6.A. reasonable ( )7.A. road ( )8.A. strange ( )9.A. across ( )10.A. Surprised ( )11.A. rider ( )12.A. until ( )13.A. satisfied ( )14.A. give up ( )15.A. combine ( )16.A. and ( )17.A. lying ( )18.A. problem ( )19.A. fact ( )20.A. agree | B. rush B. made B. angrily B. expected B. driving B. thoughtful B. mind B. wrong B. in B. Worried B. speaker B. after B. concerned B. turn down B. destroy B. that B. resulting B. importance B. meaning B. argue | C. moment C. found C. anxiously C. meant C. asking C. normal C. direction C. terrible C. through C. Annoyed C. helper C. because C. crowded C. stick to C. suffer C. but C. setting C. key C. expression C. explain | D. way D. suggested D. curiously D. decided D. shouting D. practical D. manner D. stupid D. along D. Disappointed D. comer D. since D. faced D. point out D. divide D. though D. leading D. reply D. truth D. escape |
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Long ago, near the village of Hedley, there lived a strange and playful trickster (骗子), known as the Hedley Kow. Sometimes it looked like an ordinary object. Sometimes it looked like a donkey or a goat. One evening, as an old woman went along the path, she saw an old iron pot lying in the ditch. "Fancy that," she said. "Nobody seems to want this old pot. I will take it home and plant pretty flowers in it." When she tried to lift it, she saw that it was full of gold pieces. "Well, now, if that doesn"t beat all," she said. "I"m rich! I can buy a fine house and fancy clothes." The pot was heavy, so she tied her shawl around it and began to drag it home. After a while, she stopped to rest. When she looked in the pot, she was amazed to see that it was full of silver pieces! "Oh, my God!" she said. "Aren"t I the lucky one! If it were gold, thieves would have been after me. My friends might have been jealous. But I can hide these silver pieces, take out a few at a time, and live like a queen." On she went, pulling the pot after her. She was nearing home now. At her gate, she looked into the pot. What a surprise! The silver had changed into a lump (块) of iron. "Iron," she said. "Well, now! No one will be jealous or want to steal this from me. I can use this iron to prop my door open and let in fresh air and sunlight. Lucky me!" As soon as she said that, the pot began to grow and later it became a goat. Then it jumped up and ran off down the road laughing. "Fancy that!" said the old woman. "I believe I have seen the Hedley Kow! Not many folks can say that, and that"s a fact. I"ll just sit up by my fire tonight thinking about how lucky I was to see it for myself. I truly must be the luckiest person in the world!" | |||
| 1. Which of the following sayings can best describe this story? | |||
| A. All good things come to an end. B. The early bird catches the worm. C. Content is better than riches. D. All bad luck goes away. | |||
| 2. What does "the Hedley Kow" stand for in the eyes of the old woman? | |||
| A. Glory. B. Honor. C. Misfortune. D. Luck | |||
| 3. From this passage we can know the old woman is ______. | |||
A. optimistic | |||