Two soldiers both seriously wounded in a war shared the same hospital room. One man was __1__ to sit up in his bed for an hour a day. His bed was next to the room"s only window. The other man had to spend all his time lying on his back on the only other bed in the room. Every afternoon when the man by the window could sit up and describe what he saw outside the window, the man in the other bed would relive. The window __2__ a park with a lovely lake, the man had said. Ducks and swans played on the water while children __3__ their model boats. Hearing the description, the soldier on the other side of the room imagined the beautiful __4__ with his eyes closed. One warm afternoon, a strange thought __5__ the soldier: Why should his roommate have all the __6__ of seeing everything while he never got to see anything? It seemed __7__. The man felt ashamed at first, but gradually his __8__ turned into hatred and soon turned him bitter and angry. He found himself unable to sleep. He should be by that window and this only thought now __9__ his life. One day the man by the window died and the body was taken away. __10__ it seemed appropriate, the man asked the nurse if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the __11__ and after making sure he was comfortable, she left the room. Slowly and painfully, he supported himself on one elbow to take his first look out of the window. However, he saw nothing but a blank and dirty wall… So the pursuit of __12__ isn"t a gift coming through the window. It"s a positive attitude we consciously choose to express. Our circumstances are just a small part of what makes us joyful. If we wait for them to get it just right, we"ll never find lasting joy. |
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完形填空。 | A little boy knocked on the door of the old house. He waited, and sweated from 1 of seeing the owner, who 2 ever came out. As he was ready to 3 , the door slowly opened. "What do you want?" the old man asked. "Uh, sir, I"m 4 magazines for school and I was 5 if you would like to buy 6 ." The old man only 7 at the boy. Meanwhile, the boy saw many dog figurines(小雕像) inside the house. "Do you 8 dogs?" he asked. "Yes, I have many dog figurines in my house; they are all I have." The boy then felt sorry for the man, as it seemed he was very 9 . "Well, I do have a magazine here for collectors. It is 10 for you. I also have one about dogs since you…" The old man started to close the door, saying 11 , "No, boy. I don"t need any magazines of any kind. Now goodbye." The boy was 12 for the old man being so lonely. He went home and then had an 13 . He had a little dog figurine which didn"t 14 much to him since he had a real live dog and a large family. The boy headed 15 . He knocked on the door again and this time the old man came right to the door. "Boy, I thought I told you no 16 ." "No, sir. I want to bring you a 17 ." The boy 18 him the figurine and the old man"s face 19 . " Boy, you have a big heart. 20 are you doing this?" "I think it means more to you." From that day on, the old man started coming out and talking with neighbors. | ( )1. A. excitement ( )2. A. hardly ( )3. A. knock on ( )4. A. selling ( )5. A. wandering ( )6. A. it ( )7. A. laughed ( )8. A. keep ( )9. A. busy ( )10. A. clear ( )11. A. easily ( )12. A. sad ( )13. A. opinion ( )14. A. mean ( )15. A. off ( )16. A. noises ( )17. A. book ( )18. A. handed ( )19. A. went pale ( )20. A. How | B. fear B. frequently B. break in B. collecting B. wondering B. that B. pointed B. hate B. delighted B. safe B. coldly B. anxious B. idea B. worth B. back B. interruptions B. doll B. lent B. turned dark B. When | C. embarrassment C. hurriedly C. cut off C. raising C. proving C. one C. reached C. kill C. lonely C. suitable C. comfortably C. eager C. mind C. talk C. away C. dogs C. gift C. attracted C. lit up C. Where | D. happiness D. readily D. walk away D. designing D. hoping D. them D. looked D. collect D. disappointed D. boring D. nervously D. respectable D. thought D. use D. outside D. magazines D. help D. pleased D.calmed own D. Why | 阅读理解 | In 1969 I was a young girl working in Toronto. I was from a small town in Ontario and had just moved to the big city about three months earlier. It was one week before Christmas and I was going home on the last streetcar of the evening. I remember looking at my paycheque(工资单) and asking myself how it was going to endure. At that time in my life I hardly had enough money to exist on. Bread for supper and oatmeal for breakfast was the only way I kept hunger at bay. I got off the streetcar and started walking up the street, when I suddenly noticed a man was running after me. I stopped, turned around, seeing that he was black. I snapped, "What do you want?" The man answered in a soft voice, "I am returning your wallet. You left it on the streetcar seat." Because of that man"s thoughtfulness, I was allowed the comfort of going home by bus for the summer holidays. Otherwise, I would have stayed alone in my small room with a hog plate. I have never been so ashamed of myself, and that poor, kind man had to walk, who knows how far, home. I recognized immediately that this was wrong of me and it changed my ways forever. | 1. What can we learn from the second paragraph? | A. The writer had no job when the story happened. B. The writer were leaving the big city for her hometown. C. The writer had little money when the story happened. D. The writer"s parents were very poor when she was young. | 2. What does the underlined word "snapped" most probably mean? | A. To speak in a soft voice. B. To shout angrily. C. To scream for help. D. To whisper. | 3. Why was the black man running after the writer? | A. To rob her. B. To scare her. C. To make friends with her. D. To return her wallet. | 4. What is the writer trying to tell her readers? | A. Never judge people by their appearance. B. She had been struggling to her success. C. She had changed a lot since that night. D. Being kind to strangers will pay back. | 完形填空 | Directions:For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. The story happened in my childhood when I was living with my stepmother. She worked all day so I was _1_ looking after my younger half brother. During that time in our life, my dad wasn"t present much, but I didn"t 2 , because my stepmother took good care of my little brother and me. I loved her and always 3 she could spend more time with us but she worked Monday through Saturday. At that time my little brother was about four years old and he 4 her so much all the time. One day, he cried, saying he wanted his "Mummy". So I locked the house and carried him on my back to find his mummy. My stepmother worked very far away. After about an hour"s 5 , my little brother got tired and fell asleep. Then I 6 and saw he"d lost a shoe while sleeping. I took him from my back and put him down. I knew we had to find that shoe because my stepmom wouldn"t be able to 7 new shoes for him, but it would take too 8 to do it while carrying my brother. So I told him to stay where he was and I would run and find the shoe and come back. A man overheard me and stopped me right 9 I walked off. He asked me, "You"re leaving your brother here to go to find the shoe? What if he isn"t here when you 10 ?" I didn"t know how to answer that question. So he said, "People are always more 11 than things. It"s okay if you can"t find the shoe, but it isn"t okay to lose your brother over a shoe." He asked where we were headed and I told him the fact. I remember him looking at me and smiling when I told him what I was doing. He took both my brother and me and put us in a taxi and sent us to our 12 . | ( )1. A. nervous about ( )2. A. mind ( )3. A. believed ( )4. A. loved ( )5. A. ride ( )6. A. looked up ( )7. A. seek ( )8. A. long ( )9. A. until ( )10. A. leave ( )11. A. wonderful ( )12. A. destination | B. good at B. worry B. appreciated B. missed B. drive B. looked around B. afford B. much B. when B. return B. intelligent B. home | C. responsible for C. complain C. ensured C. demanded C. run C. looked down C. repair C. far C. before C. search C. essential C. factory | D. bored with D. regret D. wished D. thought D. walk D. looked out D. make D. late D. though D. wander D. important D. shelter | 完形填空 | One day I was mailing a package in the office when I saw a woman approach the postal clerk. "I found this lying on the floor by my box, " she said, "and I"d like to hand it in." The postal clerk laughed and said, "I"ve _1_ had anyone hand in money before, but I"ll put it in an envelope. Please write your name and telephone number on the front. If no one 2 the money, we"ll call you." The lady explained, "I"ve lost money before and it was never turned in. I remember how I 3 . I don"t want to make someone else feel that way." The postal clerk responded with her own 4 of having dropped some money while shopping and not knowing it 5 she was preparing to pay for her purchases. I admit that I"d slowed down on my preparations as I was busy listening to their 6 . The lady who handed in the money left the post office. At almost the same time a very young woman 7 . She approached the postal clerk and asked, "Has anyone turned in any money recently?" She told the clerk the 8 , and the clerk laughed again. "As a matter of fact, yes!" she responded. "It was turned in just several 9 ago." Then a young man ran in and said, "It"s not on the ground!" She turned to him and said, "Someone turned the money in!" The look of 10 on both of these young people"s faces is a memory I"ll have for a long time. The young lady told how she thought the money was 11 in her coat pocket when she walked in to check her mailbox. Only when she arrived home did she 12 that it was no longer there. Yes, I finally finished preparing the package to be mailed, but I was the one who had a very special surprise in the post office. | ( )1. A. often ( )2. A. claims ( )3. A. behaved ( )4. A. way ( )5. A. until ( )6. A. debate ( )7. A. drove in ( )8. A. event ( )9. A. minutes ( )10. A. surprise ( )11. A. generally ( )12. A. believe
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| C. never C. accepts C. reacted C. memory C. after C. lecture C. cut in C. story C. days C. pression C. dly C. realize
| D. occasionally D. seeks D. imagined D. risk D. though D. conversation D. broke in D. amount D. weeks D. excitement D. securely D. prove | 阅读理解 | It was Thanksgiving morning. I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together on the top step. "Any old papers, lady?" asked one of them. I was busy. I wanted to say "no" until I looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin little sandals(凉鞋), wet with heavy snow. "Come in and I"ll make you a cup of hot cocoa." They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet sandals left marks upon the floor. I served them cocoa and bread to fight against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started cooking. The silence in the front room struck me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice, "Lady, are you rich?" "Am I rich? Pity, no!" I looked at my wornout slipcovers(椅套). The girl put her cup back in its saucer(茶碟)carefully and said, "Your cups match your saucers." They left after that, holding their papers against the wind. They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful. Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they matched. I tasted the potatoes and stirred(搅动)the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads, my man with a regular job, these matched, too. I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The muddy marks of little sandals were still wet upon my floor. Let them be for a while, I thought, just in case I should begin to forget how rich I am. | 1. Which of the following would be the best title for the text? | A. Lady, are you rich? B. A story of Thanksgiving Day C. Don"t forget how rich you are D. Does cups and saucers match well? | 2. The writer let the two children come in and served them well because________. | A. she wanted to sell old papers to them B. she wanted to invite them to her Thanksgiving party C. she showed great pity and care on them D. she had the same experience as them in the past | 3. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage? | A. The girl thought the writer was rich just because she wanted to make the writer happy. B. The writer had thought she wasn"t rich because her supplies were not expensive. C. If cups and saucers match well, they are a best pair even though cheap. D. After hearing what they said, the writer seemed to understand what a rich life was. | 4. The writer left the muddy marks of little sandals on the floor for a while to________. | A. show that she was a kindhearted lady B. remind her that she shouldn"t forget how rich she was C. leave room for readers to think about what being rich is D. prove that she had understood what meant being rich | 5. It can be inferred from the text that whether you are rich depends on________. | A. how much money you have made B. what attitude you have had towards life C. the way you help others D. your social relationship |
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