题目
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A Native American and his friend were in downtown New York City, walking near Times Square
in Manhattan. It was during the lunch hour and the __1__ were filled with people. Cars were honking,
taxis were __2__ around corners, sirens (汽笛)were howling, and the sounds of the city were almost
__3__. Suddenly, the Native American said,"I hear a cricket."
His friend said,"What? You must be __4__. You couldn"t possibly hear a cricket in all of this __5__!"
"No, I"m sure of it," the Native American said,"I heard a __6__."
"That"s crazy," said the friend. The Native American listened __7__ for a moment, and then walked
across the street to a big cement plant where some bushes were __8__. He looked into the bushes,
beneath the branches, and sure enough, he __9__ a small cricket. His friend was utterly __10__.
"That"s incredible(不可思议)," said his friend."You must have superhuman ears."
"No," said the Native American."My __11__ are not different from yours. It all depends on what
you"re listening for."
"But that can"t be," said the friend."I could never __12__ a cricket in this noise."
"You, it"s __13__,"came the reply."It depends on what is really __14__ to you.Here, let me show
you."He __15__ into his pocket, pulled out a few coins, and discreetly __16__ them on the sidewalk.
And then, even with the noise of the __17__ street still blaring in their ears, they noticed every head
within twenty feet __18__ and look to see if the money that tinkled on the __19__ was theirs.
"See what I __20__?" asked the Native American."It all depends on what"s important to you."
( )2. A.waiting
( )3. A.deafening
( )4. A.enthusiastic
( )5. A.environment
( )6. A.siren
( )7. A.carefully
( )8. A.waving
( )9. A.watched
( )10．A.interested
( )11．A.ears
( )12．A.raise
( )13．A.wrong
( )14．A.impressive
( )15．A.reached
( )16．A.distributed
( )17．A.deserted
( )18．A.nod
( )19．A.pavement
( )20．A.perform
B．parking
B．frightening
B．cautious
B．noise
B．horn
B．patiently
B．planting
B．located
B．glad
B．hands
B．feed
B．true
B．extraordinary
B．got
B．hid
B．crowded
B．bend
B．counter
B．possess
C．screaming
C．sickening
C．uncertain
C．scene
C．cricket
C．silently
C．fading
C．followed
C．amazed
C．eyes
C．catch
C．foolish
C．important
C．broke
C．placed
C．narrow
C．turn
C．floor
C．indicate
D．lining
D．weak
D．crazy
D．situation
D．call
D．nervously
D．growing
D．played
D．lucky
D．legs
D．hear
D．terrible
D．necessary
D．cut
D．dropped
D．empty
D．lift
D．square
D．mean
答案
核心考点
举一反三
busy markets and the smell of Thai food.
One day, I set off from my __1__ to find a temple that interested me. When I walked past some
buildings, I was __2__ as I glanced between two unfinished buildings. There, an old woman in __3__
clothing lay on the dusty stones. The terrible thought crossed my mind __4__ she might be dead.
Feeling quite helpless, I __5__ her. She looked quite beautiful but very ill. As an instant __6__, I
reached into my pocket to find some money. __7__, I pushed it into her hand. It was enough money
for her to __8__ for a few months.
At this moment she opened her large, brown eyes filled with tears and __9__ the money I"d given
her. I felt like the "kind stranger"．
__10__ a common language, she looked at me with the __11__ and pity that could burn into a soul.
She __12__ pushed back the money. I was left shocked. Her eyes were __13__ me. It took at least
a kilometre of walking to __14__ I was quite the fool. She didn"t __15__ money. She needed covers,
a bottle of water and possibly some human comfort. She was the one to teach me a valuable lesson.
That evening, I sat analysing my material version of "__16__". I knew I had to __17__ my Western
values. This beautiful woman had given me something that I will __18__ for the rest of my life. When I
look back upon the __19__, I hope my face carries the same wise smile that __20__ laughed at me.
( )2.A.interested
( )3.A.traditional
( )4.A.unless
( )5.A.greeted
( )6.A.failure
( )7. A.Carefully
( )8.A.save
( )9.A.accepted
( )10．A.Without
( )11．A.wisdom
( )12．A.naturally
( )13．A.depending on
( )14．A.explain
( )15．A.need
( )16．A.sadness
( )17．A.offer
( )18．A.look
( )19．A.experience
( )20．A.still
B．excited
B．clean
B．though
B．approached
B．warning
B．Strangely
B．survive
B．won
B．In
B．comfort
B．proudly
B．caring for
B．realise
B．enjoy
B．loneliness
B．share
B．carry
B．trade
B．hardly
C．disappointed
C．expensive
C．that
C．nursed
C．reaction
C．Hopelessly
C．value
C．discussed
C．Except
C．luck
C．nervously
C．laughing at
C．agree
C．make
C．kindness
C．follow
C．stand
C．pleasure
C．often
D．shocked
D．beautiful
D．when
D．moved
D．reward
D．Unhappily
D．work
D．examined
D．Like
D．courage
D．weakly
D．quarrelling with
D．remind
D．waste
D．business
D．challenge
D．forget
D．adventure
D．once
| Jennie and I met in night school. After having completed the required courses, we started teaching in the same school. Frequently we had lunch together. For a time we were just casual friends, but one day, when I was telling Jennie about my problem son, we discovered we were kindred spirits. "He"s a difficult little character," I explained. Jennie looked thoughtful, “Maybe you"re seeing him with your eyes.” She was silent a moment and then added softly, "It is only with the heart that one sees rightly." I stared at her, "You"re quoting that! It"s from The Little Prince, SaintExupery"s book for children. One of my favorites. You know it, too?" Jennie nodded, "I love it. I"ve read it so often, I"ve practically memorized it." Now, when I think of Jennie, I recall that book, because Jennie-more than anyone I know-possessed the gift of seeing with the heart. From that moment of a treasured book shared, our friendship grew steadily. It wasn"t that I didn"t have an excellent relationship with my husband and son. But my mother had died shortly after my marriage, and I had neither sisters nor daughters. I realize, now, how I needed someone to share those little, seemingly unimportant things that add so much to life-things that must be shared to be fully appreciated. And it was Jennie who helped me with my fourthgrade problem child. One day I was at_my wit"s_end. "What he needs is a good beating!" I exploded. "He"s probably had plenty of those," Jennie said. "Maybe he just needs sincere praise for anything he does right, and a hug or two each day." I followed this suggestion, and eventually, because of Jennie, I discovered a lovable little boy. Looking back, I had to admit that she taught me so much, such as how to love spring. One April day I said, "I hate rain!" And I"ll never forget what she said, "You can"t hate spring rain! It brings the flowers!" So I learned to love spring rain, too, because it did bring flowers-violets, tulips and daffodils. | ||||||||||||||
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| Once upon a time there was one storyteller. After getting tired of telling old fabricated stories, he left his house in search of a real life story. He reached a village and took a cottage for rent. After wandering in the village throughout the month, in search of true stories, the storyteller couldn"t find one. Disappointed, he decided to stop his search. The next day, while sitting in the cottage, he suddenly heard a voice-a woman was yelling(吼叫)at someone. The voice was coming from the big wall behind his cottage. He tried to hear the conversation; it sounded like the woman was abusing(辱骂)her daughterinlaw. The storyteller didn"t like it but he was happy to finally get his story. Listening to the conversations each day he added them to his story. Though he couldn"t see the characters of his story, he started hating the motherinlaw, as she seemed to be a villain(坏人). Now it was time to finalize the end of the story. But before he did, the storyteller wanted to see the characters once, so he climbed up the wall. There he saw the motherinlaw sitting in a wheelchair. It seemed she was disabled and that the daughterinlaw was resting nearby. He saw the old lady trying to get some food lying on the table near her chair. But because of her condition, she couldn"t reach it and it looked like the daughterinlaw was enjoying the old lady"s helplessness. Suddenly the old lady fell from the chair and started abusing her daughterinlaw. The storyteller went back and quickly changed the ending of the story. He was surprised how different it was compared to what he originally thought it would be.Truly he had found both a real life story and areal life lesson. | ||||||||||||||
| 1. What"s the meaning of the underlined word "fabricated" in Paragraph 1? | ||||||||||||||
| A. Funny. B. Imaginary. C. Amazing. D. Romantic. | ||||||||||||||
| 2. Why did the storyteller climb up the wall? | ||||||||||||||
| A. He thought he was strong enough to do it. B. He expected to find out what was happening. C. He would like to find a good ending for his story. D. He wanted to have a look at the woman and herdaughterinlaw. | ||||||||||||||
| 3. Why did the old woman start abusing her daughterinlaw? | ||||||||||||||
| A. Her daughterinlaw didn"t take care of her. B. Her daughterinlaw was too busy to help her. C. Her daughterinlaw pushed her out of her wheelchair. D. Her daughterinlaw didn"t allow her to get food. | ||||||||||||||
| 4. What lesson can we learn from the text? | ||||||||||||||
| A. No one is as deaf as the man who will not listen. B. A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. C. Don"t just listen to one"s words. Watch what one does. D. Everybody lies, but it doesn"t matter because nobody listens. | ||||||||||||||
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| Mr. Black lived in a small town. Nobody was 1 than him there, but he wished to get 2 money all the time. One day on his way home, he found there was a 3 on the ground. He thought it was 4 to him, so he picked it up and put it in his pocket That 5 , after he had supper, he brought it out and began to 6 it in the room. He was interested in a piece of news on it Some gold 7 in a desert He was afraid someone would know about it and started off, 8 telling anybody about it. He tried to find the place 9 the gold was. The greedy man walked on the 10 desert for two weeks, but he didn"t find any gold and his food and water was 11 . His horse was so weak that he couldn"t 12 it. He had to go back to his hometown, but it was too 13 . His horse at last died and he was too hungry and thirsty to go any 14 . He looked around, there was nothing 15 sand. Suddenly he saw a man 16 on the ground far away. He crawled to him and found he was 17 , with a bag in his hand. He hurried to open the bag to find something to 18 ,but it was full of gold. He threw it away. As he was 19 , he cried and said," Now a bag of bread is far more 20 than a bag full of gold. How unhappy I am!" | ||||||||||||||
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