One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter.
For several weeks she had been 1 me to play chess with her, so I suggested a game and she eagerly
2 . It was a school night, however, and at nine o"clock my daughter asked if I could 3 my moves,
because she 4 to go to bed; she had to get up at six in the morning. I 5 she had strict sleeping
habits, 6 I thought she ought to be able to 7 some of this strictness. I said to her, " 8 , you can
stay up late for once. We"re having 9 ." We played on for another fifteen minutes, during which time
she looked 10 . Finally she said, "Please, Daddy, do it quickly." "No," I replied. "If you"re going to play
it 11 , you"re going to play it slowly." And so we 12 for another ten minutes, until 13 my daughter
burst into tears, and 14 that she was beaten.
Clearly I had made 15 . I had started the evening wanting to have a 16 time with my daughter
but had 17 my desire to win to become more 18 than my relationship with my daughter. When I wa
s a child, my desire to win 19 me well. As a parent, I 20 that it got in my way. So I had to change. |
( ) 1. A. guiding
( ) 2. A. allowed
( ) 3. A. change
( ) 4. A. agreed
( ) 5. A. knew
( ) 6. A. so
( ) 7. A. put up
( ) 8. A. Come on
( ) 9. A. patience
( )10. A. excited
( )11. A. fairly
( )12. A. discussed
( )13. A. nervously
( )14. A. promised
( )15. A. a mistake
( )16. A. free
( )17. A. managed
( )18. A. important
( )19. A. offered
( )20. A. explained | B. expected
B. hurry
B. hated
B. learned
B. but
B. take up
B. Go ahead
B. luck
B. anxious
B. again
B. continued
B. immediately
B. wondered
B. a decision
B. happy
B. recognized
B. attractive
B. served
B. apologized
B. training | C. asking
C. replied
C. repeat
C. begged
C. guessed
C. for
C. pick up
C. By the way
C. fun
C. proud
C. well
C. counted
C. strangely
C. admitted
C. an attempt
C. full
C. allowed
C. practical
C. controlled
C. imagined | D. advising
D. accepted
D. pass
D. needed
D. heard
D. or
D. give up
D. As usual
D. success
D. angry
D. regularly
D. argued
D. suddenly
D. discovered
D. an effort
D. different
D. reduced
D. interesting
D. taught
D. realized |
| 1-5: CDBDA 6-10: BDACB 11-15: CBDCA 16-20: BCABD |
核心考点
试题【完形填空。 One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer r】；主要考察你对 题材分类等知识点的理解。 [详细]举一反三
| 完形填空。 | My teacher Miss Benson was the kindest creature on the earth. I was going to marry her when I
grew up- 1 she would wait. I couldn"t bear to miss one precious moment of her presence by
2 the classroom. I always raised my hands when she called for volunteers to gather 3 and bring
them to her desk. That was the best chore of all. It made 4 getting near enough to her. I would
arrange and rearrange the papers until they were in perfect order.
I started begging my mother to put extra fruit 5 my lunch. I was never brave enough to hand it
to Miss Benson directly, though. Each day the fruit was put unobserved on her desk. And the 6
was always the same. She would come in and sit down. "How nice!" She would pick the fruit up, then
7 the room. "What thoughtful little child brought me this?" No one claimed the honor, let alone me. "
8 it be that I have a secret admirer?" she would ask. I would feel the red rising in my face, and I
would sigh with 9 when Miss Benson put the fruit away and started the lesson.
One morning, the class was excited. The next day was Miss Benson"s birthday. My heart beat fast
I could give her something 10 . That afternoon was spent searching for wild flowers. I found several
kinds.
The next morning I hung back as others presented their gifts. 11 I went to the desk and gave the
flowers to Miss Benson. She was pleased, and held it to 12 cheek for a moment.
The next Monday, Miss Benson was not in class. Then I was 13 to go to the headmaster"s office.
When I arrived, I saw my mother. On a table were my flowers.
"Do you know 14 Miss Benson is today?" the headmaster asked. " 15 , sir," I answered.
"Miss Benson," he said. "is in the hospital, and you sent her there!" I sat, 16 , in my chair.
"Do you know what you gave her?" he continued. I 17 , "some flowers."
"They were poisonous!" He was angry. "How did you protect 18 when you picked them?"
"I didn"t know they were poisonous." I cried.
I begged my mother to take me to the hospital. Miss Benson was in bed when we arrived. "I didn"t
19 to make you sick…" I said. Miss Benson smiled, "You wanted to give me something special, didn"t
you?" I was filled with happiness. She was not mad at me."And I"ll tell you a secret," she continued.
"When I am married, if I have a 20 , I would like him to grow up just like you." | ( ) 1. A. if
( ) 2. A. entering
( ) 3. A. classmates
( ) 4. A. possible
( ) 5. A. as
( ) 6. A. question
( ) 7. A. look at
( ) 8. A. Must
( ) 9. A. relief
( )10. A. secretly
( )11. A. First
( )12. A. my
( )13. A. asked
( )14. A. when
( )15. A. Of course
( )16. A. stricken
( )17. A. lied
( )18. A. your mother
( )19. A. adapt
( )20. A. son
| B. when
B. cleaning
B. papers
B. important
B. to
B. response
B. look for
B. Should
B. regret
B. immediately
B. Finally
B. our
B. pulled
B. what
B. No
B. thrilled
B. shouted
B. Miss Benson
B. stick
B. husband
| C. since
C. leaving
C. blackboards
C. necessary
C. of
C. courage
C. look around
C. Can
C. refusal
C. openly
C. Moreover
C. its
C. begged
C. where
C. Sorry
C. disappointed
C. nodded
C. the leaves
C. mean
C. father
| D. before
D. arranging
D. seats
D. difficult
D. in
D. reason
D. look into
D. Need
D. regard
D. luckily
D. Meanwhile
D. her
D. forbidden
D. why
D. Thank you
D. delighted
D. ignored
D. yourself
D. bear
D. teacher
| | 阅读理解。 | A lot of us lose life"s tough battles by starting a frontal attack - when a touch of humor might
well enable us to win. Consider the case of a young friend of mine, who was trapped in a traffic
jam on his way to work shortly after receiving a warning about being late for the job. Although
there was a good reason for Sam"s a being late - serious illness at home - he decided that this by
now-familiar excuse wouldn"t work any longer. His boss was probably already pacing up and dow
n preparing a dismissal speech.
Yes, the boss was. Sam entered the office at 9:35. The place was as quiet as a locker room
(更衣室); everyone was hard at work. Sam"s boss came up to him. Suddenly, Sam smiled and
stretched out his hand. "How do you do!" he said. "I"m Sam Maynard. I"m applying for a job,
which, I understand, became available just 35 minutes ago. Does the early bird get the worm?"
The room exploded in laughter. However, the boss clamped off a smile and walked back to
his office. Sam Maynard had saved his job - with the only tool that could win, a laugh.
Humor is a most effective, yet frequently neglected, means of handling the difficult situations
in our lives. It can be used for patching up differences, apologizing, saying "no", criticizing, getting
the other fellow to do what you want without his losing face. For some jobs, it"s the only tool that
can succeed. It is a way to discuss subjects so sensitive that serious dialogue may start a quarrel.
For example, many believe that comedians on television are doing more today for racial and
religious tolerance than people in any other field. | | 1. Why was Sam late for his job? | A. He was ill.
B. He was caught in a traffic jam.
C. He was busy applying for a new job.
D. He got up late. | | 2. The underlined phrase "clamped off" in the third paragraph probably means __________. | A. burst into
B. tried to set up
C. tried to hold back
D. gave out | | 3. Which of the following statements can we infer from the text? | A. Sam was supposed to come to his office at 8:30.
B. It wasn"t the first time that Sam came late for his work.
C. Humor is the most effective way of solving problems.
D. All people lose life"s battles for they are lacking in a sense of humor. | |
| 完形填空。 | A middle-aged woman in an old dress stepped hesitantly without an appointment into the president
of Harvard University"s outer office. The secretary could immediately _1_ that such a hick(乡下人) had
no 2 at Harvard. "I want to see the president", she said softly. "He"ll be_3_ all day," the secretary
snapped. "I"ll wait, " the woman replied.
For hours, the secretary _4_her, hoping that she would finally become _5 and go away. She didn"t.
And the secretary finally had to disturb the president. The president _6_ appeared toward her. The
woman told him, "I had a son that _7_ Harvard for one year but was accidentally killed. And I would
like to put up a _8 for him, somewhere on campus".
The president wasn"t 9 but annoyed. "Madam," he said, "We can"t put up a _10_ for every person
who attended Harvard and _11_. If we did, this place would look like a cemetery(墓地)".
"Oh, no," the woman explained 12 ," I don"t want to erect a statue. I would like to give a building to
Harvard." 13 at the old dress, the president _14 , "A building! Do you have any 15 idea how much
a building costs? We have over eight million dollars in the physical(物质的) costs at Harvard".
For a moment the woman was _16_. The president was pleased. He could get rid of her now. "Is
that all it costs to start a _17_?" and then the woman asked quietly._18_ that Mrs. Leland Stanford
walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California where she _19_ the university that bears her _20_, a
memorial to her son that Harvard no longer cared about. | ( )1. A. say
( )2. A. business
( )3. A. tired
( )4. A. scolded
( )5. A. scared
( )6. A. hurriedly
( )7. A. visited
( )8. A. memorial
( )9. A. surprised
( )10. A. photo
( )11. A. left
( )12. A. slowly
( )13. A. Glaring
( )14. A. laughed
( )15. A. strange
( )16. A. silent
( )17. A. class
( )18. A. For
( )19. A. established
( )20. A. wish | B. see
B. student
B. free
B. treated
B. uninterested
B. coldly
B. attended
B. sign
B. disappointed
B. tomb
B. graduated
B. quickly
B. Smiling
B. responded
B. wise
B. sorry
B. course
B. By
B. built
B. promise | C. tell
C. question
C. ill
C. comforted
C. discouraged
C. patiently
C. researched
C. lab
C. interested
C. statue
C. appreciate
C. unpleasantly
C. Glancing
C. debated
C. absurd
C. ashamed
C. university
C. In
C. organized
C. name | D. admit
D. relative
D. busy
D. ignored
D. troubled
D. angrily
D. built
D. study
D. touched
D. will
D. died
D. strongly
D. Pointing
D. advised
D. practical
D. painful
D. cemetery
D. With
D. managed
D. cost | | 阅读理解。 | The old man walked with a cane (拐杖) slowly into the restaurant. His poor jacket, patched(打补丁的) trousers, and worn-out shoes made him stand out from the usual Saturday morning breakfast crowd. Unforgettable were his pale blue eyes that shone like diamonds, large rosy cheeks, and thin lips held in a
steady smile.
He walked toward a table by the window. A young waitress watched him and ran over to him, saying, "Here, Sir. Let me give you a hand with that chair."
Without a word, he smiled and nodded a thank you. She pulled the chair away from the table.
Supporting him with one arm, she helped him move in front of the chair, and get comfortably seated.
Then she pushed the table up close to him, and leaned his cane against the table where he could reach it.
In a soft, clear voice he said, "Thank you, Miss."
"You are welcome, Sir." She replied. "My name is Mary. I"ll be back in a moment. If you need
anything, just wave at me!"
After he had finished a hearty meal of pancakes, bacon, and lemon tea, Mary brought him the change,
helping him up from his chair and out from behind the table. She handed him his cane, and walked with
him to the front door. Holding the door open for him, she said, "Come back and see us, Sir!"
He nodded a thank you and said softly with a smile, "You are very kind!"
When Mary went to clean his table, she was shocked. Under his plate she found a business card and
a note written on the napkin(餐巾纸), under which was a $100 bill.
The note on the napkin read, "Dear Mary, I respect you very much, and you respect yourself, too. It
shows by the way you treat others. You have found the secret of happiness. Your kind gestures will shine
though those who meet you."
The man she had served was the owner of the restaurant. This was the first time that she, or any of
his workers, had seen him in person. | | 1. Mary ran over to the old man because___________. | A. the old man was the boss of the restaurant
B. She was worried that the old man might cause trouble to the restaurant
C. the old man had asked her to wait on him
D. she saw the old man had some difficulty moving and taking a seat | | 2. The man came to the restaurant___________. | A. to have breakfast
B. to see his workers
C. to find out how the workers in his restaurant were working
D. to see how Mary served customers | | 3. The words the man left on the napkin showed that___________. | A. Mary"s kind service would bring in more money for her
B. respecting others means respecting oneself
C. serving others is a respectable job
D. Mary would get a rise as a result of her kindness | | 4. Which of the following titles goes best with the story? | A. Shining Kindness
B. A Kind-hearted Girl
C. Kindness Means Chances
D. A Waitress and Her Boss | | 阅读理解。 | Many years ago,when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver,I was driving to my parents"
home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station about 50 miles from Oklahoma City,where I
was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款台)I said
hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.
I took off,but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I
stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to
at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend"s. We chatted on the way into the city,and
when I got out of the car,the husband gave me his business card.
I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward,I received a Christmas
present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.
Years later,I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car
and found that I"d left the lights on all day,and the battery(电池)was dead. Then I noticed that the
Friendly Ford dealership一a shop selling cars一was right next door. I walked over and found two
salesmen in the showroom.
"Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?"I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup
truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment,so when I got home,I wrote them a note
to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write
him and say thank you,and it meant a lot,he said.
Another few years had passed when a friend"s husband died. Pat had been a well-respected doctor
at a big hospital, and hundreds of cards were sent to the family. Among them was a sympathy card from
a plumber who had once worked at their house. He wrote that when Pat had paid the bill, he wrote on
the invoice(发票), "Thank you for a good job."
"Thank you"一two powerful words. They"re easy to say and mean so much. | | 1. Where did the writer meet with the old couple for the first time? | A. About 50 miles from Denver.
B. On the way to his friend"s.
C. In his parents" home.
D. At a certain gas station. | | 2. From this passage we know that_______. | A. the writer didn"t visit his friends in the end
B. the writer sent the old couple a Christmas package
C. the old couple received thanks from the writer
D. the old couple helped the writer repair his car | | 3.One of the salesmen in the Friendly Ford wrote back to the writer probably because______. | A. only a few customers would write him for his help
B. the writer"s thanks note was meaningful to him
C. the writer was humorous and friendly
D. he wanted to make friends with the writer | | 4. How many stories did the writer tell in the passage? | A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Five |
|
|
|
