I grew up poor - living with six brothers, my father and a wonderful mother. We had 1 money and few worldly goods, but plenty of love and attention. I was 2 and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, they could 3 afford a dream. My dream was to be a 4 . When I was sixteen, I could crush a baseball, throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball. I was also 5 : my high - school coach was Ollie Jarvis, who 6 me the difference between having a dream and showing strong belief. One particular 7 with him changed my life forever. It was a summer and a friend recommended me for a summer 8 . This meant a chance for my first income - cash for a new bike and new clothes, and the 9 of savings for a house for my mother. The opportunity was attracting, and I wanted to 10 at it. Then I realized I would have to 11 summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn"t be playing. I was 12 about this. When I told Coach Jarvis, he was as 13 as I expected him to be. "You have your whole life to work," he said. "Your 14 days are limited. You can"t afford to waste them." I stood before him with my head 15 , trying to think of how to explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth 16 his disappointment in me. "How much are you going to make at this job?" he demanded. "$ 3.25 an hour," I replied. "Well, is $ 3.25 an hour the price of a 17 ?" he asked. That 18 laid bare for me the difference between wanting something right now and having a goal. I devoted myself to 19 that summer, and within the year I was offered a $ 20,000 contract. I signed with the Denver Broncos in 1984 for $ 1.7 million, and bought my mother the 20 of my dreams. |
( )1. A. some ( )2. A. happy ( )3. A. only ( )4. A. teacher ( )5. A. lucky ( )6. A. taught ( )7. A. match ( )8. A. job ( )9. A. cause ( )10. A. stand ( )11. A. take out ( )12. A. excited ( )13. A. mad ( )14. A. working ( )15. A. shaking ( )16. A. feeling ( )17. A. dream ( )18. A. offer ( )19. A. study ( )20. A. clothes | B. little B. lovely B. ever B. coach B. satisfied B. asked B. story B. camp B. start B. call B. cut off B. curious B. puzzled B. playing B. hanging B. suffering B. game B. price B. sports B. bike | C. no C. angry C. still C. doctor C. hopeful C. told C. moment C. holiday C. need C. look C. put on C. anxious C. regretful C. learning C. holding C. facing C. chance C. question C. homework C. house | D. much D. noisy D. almost D. sportsman D. surprised D. trained D. incident D. course D. amount D. jump D. give up D. disappointed D. discouraged D. shining D. nodding D. expressing D. life D. order D. business D. goods |
1-5: BACDA 6-10: ADABD 11-15: DCABB 16-20: CACBC |
核心考点
试题【完形填空。 I grew up poor - living with six brothers, my father and a wonderful m】;主要考察你对 题材分类等知识点的理解。 [详细]
举一反三
阅读理解。 | Thanks a Million, Dad I was born disabled. A difficult birth, feet first, my head stuck.By my first birthday, I couldn"t stand or walk. When I was three, the doctor told dad I had cerebral palsy (脑瘫).A loss of oxygen to my brain had destroyed brain signals to the right side of my body. But no son of my dad" s was going to be disabled. Every morning before breakfast and every evening before bed, my dad placed me on the bedroom floor to exercise my right leg. The muscles were shrunk and twisted together. Back and forth up and down, my dad pushed and pulled the muscles into shape. But my dad" s exercise of passion didn"t stop there. For my 13th birthday, he threw me a special party. When everybody was gone, he brought me to open a large box, it was a-set of boxing gloves. We put them on. My dad kept on beating me mercilessly. Each time I tried to get up, leather kissed my nose, eyes and jaw. I "begged him to stop. He said he beat me to get me ready for the tough world. That same year, I was the only kid in my neighborhood that wasn"t picked for Little League. Two weeks later. Dad started the Shedd Park Minor League, and every kid played. Dad coached us and made me a pitcher (棒球投手). The power of my dad" s love guaranteed I walked and more. In high school, I became a football star. In 1997, a brain surgeon in San Jose told me I didn"t t have cerebral palsy after all. He explained how and where the doctor" s forceps (镊子) at birth had damaged my brain. My dad never knew the whole truth since he passed away years ago. But all that counts is the bottom line. After all his madness, on this Father" s Day, like every Father" s Day, I" m no longer disabled. | 1.What caused the author" s disability? | A. A failed operation. B. The doctor"s forceps. C. An accident in a game. D. Shrunken and twisted muscles. | 2. What do we learn from the passage? | A. The author has a talent for boxing. B. The author achieved a lot thanks to his father" s love. C. The author became a baseball star with the help of his father. D. The author doesn"t think his father should be so strict with him. | 3. Paragraph 3 suggests that the author" s father____. | A. wouldn"t give up hope easily B. believed his son was a normal child C. blamed the doctors for his son" s disability D. couldn"t accept the truth that his son was disabled | 4. The author wrote the passage to ____. | A. remember his father B. encourage disabled children C. show the difficulty the disabled face D. give advice to the parents of disabled children | 完形填空。 | Don"t Let the Candle Off A man had a little daughter-an only and much-loved child. He lived for her-she was his whole 1 . He was so happy to hear his girl"s voice that he hardly 2 what he would do 3 her. But unfortunately one day, his daughter became seriously ill. He was very 4 . He tried all he could to 5 her. At last, his 6 proved useless and the child passed away. The father became a bitter recluse (隐士) after that, 7 himself away from his friends and refusing every activity that might 8 him back to his normal self. But one night he had a dream. He was in heaven, seeing a group of little child angels. They were dressed in white and 9 in a line passing by the Great White Throne. Every angel 10 a candle. He noticed that all the candles were bright except one. Then he found that the child with the 11 candle was his own little daughter. 12 to her, he held her in his 13 , hugged her gently, and then asked, "Why is it, darling, that your candle 14 is unlighted?" His daughter said, "Daddy, they often relight it, but your 15 always put it out." Just then he 16 . The lesson was very clear, and its 17 were immediate. From that hour on he was not a recluse, but socialized (交际)freely and 18 with his former friends and colleagues. No longer would his darling"s candle be put out by his 19 tears. We can"t avoid having a sad 20 during lifetime, but we should remember not to let our beloved person"s candle off. | ( )1. A. heart ( )2. A. decided ( )3. A. without ( )4. A. angry ( )5. A. help ( )6. A. efforts ( )7. A. leaving ( )8. A. put ( )9. A. wandering ( )10. A. carried ( )11. A. little ( )12. A. Smiling ( )13. A. hands ( )14. A. badly ( )15. A. tears ( )16. A. got up ( )17. A. effects ( )18. A. disappointedly ( )19. A. kind ( )20. A. aspect | B. life B. regretted B. by B. worried B. persuade B. words B. changing B. fetch B. marching B. picked B. beautiful B. Talking B. arms B. alone B. dreams B. turned around B. plans B. gladly B. noisy B. spirit | C. faith C. concluded C. through C. calm C. save C. care C. dividing C. hold C. speeding C. packed C. dark C. Rushing C. breast C. instead C. hopes C. went back C. aims C. excitedly C. happy C. feeling | D. mood D. imagined D. over D. satisfied D. serve D. strength D. shutting D. bring D. travelling D. delivered D. bright D. Jumping D. face D. above D. complaints D. woke up D. wishes D. hurriedly D. useless D. behavior | 阅读理解。 | "Dr. Papaderos, what is the meaning of life?" The usual laughter followed, and people stirred to go. Papaderos held up his hand and stilled the room and looked at me for a long time, asking with his eyes if I was serious and seeing from my eyes that I was. "I will answer your question." Taking his wallet out of his hip pocket, he fished into a leather billfold and brought out a very small round mirror, about the size of a quarter. And what he said went like this: "When I was a small child, during the war, we were very poor and we lived in a remote village. One day, on the road, I found the broken pieces of a mirror. A German motorcycle had been wrecked in that place. I tried to find all the pieces and put them together, but it was not possible, so I kept only the largest piece. This one, and, by scratching it on a stone, I made it round. I began to play with it as a toy and became fascinated by the fact that I could reflect light into dark places where the sun would never shine-in deep holes and crevices (裂缝) and dark closets. It became a game for me to get light into the most inaccessible places I could find. I kept the little mirror, and, as I went about my growing up, I would take it out in idle moments and continue the challenge of the game. As I became a man, I grew to understand that this was not just a child"s game but a metaphor for what I might do with my life. I came to understand that I am not the light or the source of light. But light-truth, understanding, knowledge-is there, and it will shine in many dark places only if I reflect it. I am a fragment (碎片) of a mirror whose whole design and shape I do not know. Nevertheless, with what I have I can reflect light into the dark places of this world-into the black places in the hearts of men-and change some things in some people. Perhaps others may see and do likewise. This is what I am about. This is the meaning of my life." | 1. On hearing the author"s question, Dr. Papaderos _____ at first. | A. laughed at his foolishness B. wasn"t sure of the answer C. doubted his seriousness D. wasn"t interested at all | 2. Why did Dr. Papaderos like the small round mirror so much as a child? | A. Because he was too poor to afford other toys. B. Because it could shine the places where the sun couldn"t reach. C. Because he believed it would bring good luck to him. D. Because it told him a lot about what life really meant to him. | 3. The underlined "metaphor" in the 7th paragraph most probably means _____. | A. symbol B. source C. light D. purpose | 4. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage? | A. A Special Game in the Childhood B. A Broken Piece of Mirror C. Dr. Papaderos" Experience D. The Meaning of Life | 完形填空。 | About ten years ago, I was on a plane going west, and a young woman 1 and sat across the aisle (过道) from me. I noticed her for two reasons. She was very attractive, and she was holding a teddy bear about half her 2 . I teased her by asking if she had a 3 for the bear.She laughed and said no. About halfway through the flight she 4 over and told me she was going to Tucson to enter rehab (康 复治疗). She 5 to share her life story with me. She had been working as a dancer in a nightclub. That 6 had led her down a dark 7 to drugs and alcohol. As I listened to her story, I was 8 at all she had gone through. I listened to all she shared and told her I was sure she was going to 9 it. At the end of the 10 , she thanked me for listening to her. A few years later, I got a 11 in the mail saying, "Wow, it"s been five years since we met on that plane. It is 12 how you touched my life." She went on to tell me that she had 13 to stay away from drugs, and had been working for a radio station. She felt she had achieved things she could not have 14 that day on the plane. We agreed to set up a time to get 15 . When I saw her, she was 16_ the attractive young woman I remembered. She told me that that little 17 we had had turned her life around. She had got on the plane 18 anything would work in her life, and my affirmation of her as a person and of her 19 had given her the last bit of 20 she needed to work through her problems. The young woman taught me it"s never too late to make a new start in life. | ( )1. A. turned ( )2. A. shape ( )3. A. ticket ( )4. A. moved ( )5. A. agreed ( )6. A. manner ( )7. A. path ( )8. A. disappointed ( )9. A. own ( )10. A. journey ( )11. A. case ( )12. A. effective ( )13. A. worked ( )14. A. realized ( )15. A. through ( )16. A. still ( )17. A. expectation ( )18. A. doubting ( )19. A. condition ( )20. A. delight | B. boarded B. weight B. friend B. pulled B. learned B. lifestyle B. door B. worried B. make B. flight B. word B. amazing B. tried B. imagined B. along B. once B. conversation B. promising B. possibilities B. interest | C. bent C. size C. name C. looked C. continued C. event C. key C. blamed C. leave C. speech C. note C. easy C. decided C. required C. together C. never C. information C. believing C. criticism C. strength | D. slipped D. leg D. cloth D. leaned D. refused D. feeling D. point D. surprised D. reach D. conversation D. text D. clear D. managed D. produced D. off D. even D. explanation D. admitting D. discoveries D. character | 阅读理解。 | Anthony was sad. He was, as he put it, "not very bright" and couldn"t win the attention of his very wealthy parents, who preferred his "clever" older brother. At age 8, Anthony was sent away to a boarding school in his native England, even though he screamed and pleaded with (恳求) his parents year after year not to send him. "The thought was ,it would be good for me," he recalled. It was not. Anthony did badly in his studies, had few friends and was bullied for five years. "My teachers couldn"t have had a lower opinion of me," he said. "I wasn"t even smart enough to rebel. The one thing I remember from the very earliest age was the desire to write. When I was 10 years old, I remember asking my parents to get me a typewriter for my birthday because I wanted to be a writer." Now, at 55, Anthony is one of the world"s most successful children"s book authors. His Alex Rider series has sold more than 5 million copies,and the eighth book featuring the young spy, Crocodile Tears, has come out. The Alex Rider books tell the adventures of 14-year-old Alex Rider, an agent for the British intelligence agency M16. Anthony says he doesn"t try to write for kids; it just comes out that way." I have a feeling that it has something to do with purity and simplicity. I give as little information as is necessary to describe the room, the character in the room, and get on with the action," he said. The style has also made Anthony a successful writer of television shows for adults in Britain because, he says, writing books for kids is a lot like writing television for grown-ups: In both cases, it"s all about entertaining people with a good story. Now, Anthony couldn"t be happier with his life. He sums up his success:"…you can be anything you want to be if you just believe in yourself. I do believe it completely." | 1. Which of the following is true of Anthony? | A. He was the beloved child of his family. B. Although he is successful, he isn"t very happy. C. He places more emphasis on the characters" behavior in his stories. D. Studying in a boarding school proved a good choice for him. | 2. At boarding school , Anthony"s teachers ________. | A. often criticized him. B. showed great concern for him. C. encouraged him to be a writer. D. thought little of his ability. | 3. What would be the best title for the passage? | A. Anthony"s popular books-Alex Rider series B. Alex Rider, a popular character C. Anthony, a successful children"s book author D. Special writing style | 4. What advice does Anthony give to readers? | A. Confidence is the key to success. B. Hardship teaches valuable lessons. C. Internet is the best teacher. D. Failure is the mother of success. |
|
|
|